The Invention of Dr. NakaMats (2009)
ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー
上映時間 : 57分
演出 : Kaspar Astrup Schröder
シノプシス
NakaMats is an unlikely character made for the movies, an eccentric 80-year-old Japanese inventor responsible for 3,357 inventions, including the floppy disk. With his deadpan English and impeccable comic timing, he provides nonstop laughs— utterly nutty, but also a paean to the spirit of human invention.
19世紀イギリス。小説家を夢見るメアリーは“異端の天才”と噂される、妻子ある詩人パーシー・シェリーと出会う。互いの才能に強く惹かれあった二人は、情熱に身を任せ、駆け落ちする。愛と放蕩の日々は束の間、メアリーに襲い掛かる数々の悲劇。失意のメアリーはある日、パーシーと共に滞在していた、悪名高い詩人・バイロン卿の別荘で「皆で一つずつ怪奇談を書いて披露しよう」と持ちかけられる。深い哀しみと喪失に打ちひしがれる彼女の中で、何かが生まれようとしていた──。
Paris, France, early 19th century. The legendary convict François Vidocq lives in disguise trying to escape from a tragic past that torments him. When, after an unfortunate event, he crosses paths with the police chief, he makes a bold decision that will turn the ruthless mastermind of the Parisian underworld against him.
19世紀末、ロンドン。医師トリーブスは、街の見世物小屋で象人間と呼ばれていたジョン・メリックに出会う。研究のために彼を病院で生活させるが、やがてメリックの知性と純粋な心に触れ、人間らしい交流が生まれる。<19世紀末に実在した奇型の青年の数奇な運命と、彼をとりまく人々との交流を描き世界的に大ヒットした不朽の名作。鬼才デイヴィッド・リンチは本作の成功で一躍脚光を浴びた。出演には、本作で英国アカデミー賞主演男優賞に輝いたジョン・ハート、アンソニー・ホプキンス、サー・ジョン・ギールグッドら>
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ジェニファー・ローレンスが迫真の演技を披露した感動の実録サクセス・ストーリー。貧乏で冴えない日々を送っていたシングルマザーが、“触らずに絞れるモップ”を思いついたことから億万長者になるまでを描く。監督はデヴィッド・O.ラッセル。
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女子テニスプレーヤーのビリー・ジーン・キング(エマ・ストーン)は、女子選手の優勝賞金が男子選手の8分の1であることなど男性優位主義に不満を募らせていた。男女平等を求めるために仲間とテニス協会を脱退した彼女は、女子選手の地位向上を掲げた女子テニス協会を立ち上げる。そんなビリーに元男子チャンピオンのボビー・リッグス(スティーヴ・カレル)が男性優位主義代表として対決を申し込むが、それには妻に逃げられた彼にとっての人生逆転の意味合いもあった。
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A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy, from the perspective of his longtime girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloepfer, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.
タイで自堕落な生活から麻薬中毒者となってしまったイギリス人ボクサーのビリー・ムーアは、家宅捜索により逮捕され、タイでも悪名の高い刑務所に収監される。殺人、レイプ、汚職がはびこる地獄のよう刑務所で、ビリーは死を覚悟する日々を余儀なくされた。しかし、所内に新たに設立されたムエタイ・クラブとの出会いによって、ビリーの中にある何かが大きく変わっていく。<タイの刑務所に服役し、ムエタイでのし上がることに成功したイギリス人ボクサー、ビリー・ムーアの自伝小説を映画化したアクションドラマ。>
1819年、エセックス号のクルーたちは鯨油を入手するためにアメリカ・マサチューセッツ州のナンタケット島を出港する。一等航海士オーウェン・チェイスをはじめとする乗員たちは、太平洋沖4,800キロメートルの海域で白い化け物のようなマッコウクジラと遭遇。彼らは強大な敵を相手に必死で抵抗するものの船を沈没させられる。
After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as Willy, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette is transplanted from her childhood home in rural France to the intellectual and artistic splendor of Paris. Soon after, Willy convinces Colette to ghostwrite for him. She pens a semi-autobiographical novel about a witty and brazen country girl named Claudine, sparking a bestseller and a cultural sensation. After its success, Colette and Willy become the talk of Paris and their adventures inspire additional Claudine novels.
マクドナルド・コーポレーションの創業者、レイ・クロックをマイケル・キートンが演じた伝記ドラマ。ある兄弟が手掛けていたレストランに着目したレイが、世界最大規模のファストフード・チェーンに育てていく。
誰からも天才と認められるも、周囲との衝突が絶えないスティーブ・ジョブズ(アシュトン・カッチャー)。既存の組織に所属するのに向いていないと悟った彼は、自分のような友人らと自宅ガレージをオフィスにしてアップルコンピュータ社を設立する。革新的な商品を次々と放ってはヒットさせ、たった4年で株式の上場に成功、IT界の寵児(ちょうじ)となるジョブズ。しかし、意見の相違がある社員は問答無用で解雇、創立時メンバーを冷遇するなど、独善的な言動を繰り返すように。その果てに、彼は自身の会社から追放されてしまう。
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“OK牧場の決闘”をスタイリッシュに甦らせた西部劇。トゥームストーン=墓標という名のこの街は悪徳保安官とその仲間に牛耳られていた。しかしワイアット・アープとドク・ホリディが現れ……。
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