The Wager (2007)
Faith is found when tested.
ジャンル : ドラマ
上映時間 : 1時間 22分
演出 : Judson Pearce Morgan
シノプシス
An actor at the pinnacle of his Hollywood career finds himself buckling to temptation after he accepts the lead in a classic tale of good versus evil. Michael Steele has just been nominated for Best Actor at the Academy Awards. In the wake of that announcement, Michael is cast in what may be the role of a lifetime. He's set to play the lead in an incredible story of monumental conflict, but will all of the swirling gossip around Michael cause him to stumble on the path of righteousness? His marriage is in jeopardy and his career is on the line. This man who has always tried to do the right thing must find the courage and conviction needed to set his life straight.
Striving to be independent, the blind but determined Don Baker moves away from his overprotective mother. After settling into his new San Francisco digs, Don meets kooky neighbor Jill Tanner. Don's quick wit and good looks disarm the free-spirited Jill, and before long they're more than just friends. Will Mrs. Baker's incessant meddling destroy Don and Jill's budding relationship?
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and insight into what made the year so special.
An actor at the pinnacle of his Hollywood career finds himself buckling to temptation after he accepts the lead in a classic tale of good versus evil. Michael Steele has just been nominated for Best Actor at the Academy Awards. In the wake of that announcement, Michael is cast in what may be the role of a lifetime. He's set to play the lead in an incredible story of monumental conflict, but will all of the swirling gossip around Michael cause him to stumble on the path of righteousness? His marriage is in jeopardy and his career is on the line. This man who has always tried to do the right thing must find the courage and conviction needed to set his life straight.
This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeches for films released in 1939 with recipients and presenters including Vivien Leigh, Judy Garland, Hattie McDaniel, Fay Bainter, Mickey Rooney, Thomas Mitchell, Sinclair Lewis, and more, with host Bob Hope.
A Hollywood writer becomes embroiled while investigating into the lives of five fictitious actresses all nominated for the Academy Award for best actress.
The acclaimed poet is examined in this film completed just prior to his death at age 88, with his speaking engagements at Amherst and Sarah Lawrence Colleges intercut with studies of his work, as well as with scenes of his life in rural Vermont and personal reminiscences about his career. He is also seen receiving an award from President Kennedy and touring an aircraft carrier.
Music by Prudence tells a self-empowering story of one young woman's struggle who, together with her band, overcomes seemingly insurmountable odds and, in her own voice conveys to the world that disability does not mean inability. In addition to its sheer emotional punch, Music by Prudence has become the cornerstone of an advocacy campaign and has been embraced by the UN, Human Rights Watch and the disability community as an unprecedented portrayal advocating for the rights of persons with disabilities. Prudences poignant, inspiring and irreverent message of hope has received an amazing response from press and audiences all across North America, and has won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short and several other awards as it continues drawing in more audiences.
All the winners.
A making-of featurette for the first Academy Award winning film "Wings" (1927), with plenty of rare photographs and the participation of William Wellman, Jr.
A thorough and thoroughly entertaining look at "Wings" and the undertaking of restoring the film's visuals, recreating and re-recording its score, and adding authentic sound effects.
A look back at the most honored films in Universal's history.
『羊たちの沈黙』のアンソニー・ホプキンス主演によるサスペンスホラー。神学生のマイケルは、恩師の勧めでバチカンのエクソシスト養成講座を受講する。彼はそこで、異端だが一流と賞賛されるエクソシスト・ルーカス神父と出会い…。
Seduced by the challenge of an impossible case, the driven Dr. Carl Jung takes the unbalanced yet beautiful Sabina Spielrein as his patient. Jung’s weapon is the method of his master, the renowned Sigmund Freud. Both men fall under Sabina’s spell.
After his father's death, a young man is introduced to a world of hedonism and depravity by his amoral mother.
少女ラウラは毎夏、避暑ですごす山村で一人の少年を遊び友達に、王と王妃を気取るのだが、その年は少年の様子が違う。明らかに性的好奇の目が注がれ、態度も横暴。悩む少女に少年は、森の外れの別荘に暮らす少女シルヴィアを仲間に誘うよう命令する。そして、その娘が王女として君臨。美しいカップルを前に奴隷のように屈従するしかないラウラ。しかし、シルヴィアの高慢さは少年にも手に負えないものだった…。
A recently married scholar goes on a quest for knowledge of other people's wives, based on his philosophical differences with the Sack Monk. He encounters the Flying Thief, who agrees to help him find women, but only if he attains a penis as big as a horse's. The scholar has a surgeon attach said unit, and he's off and running on his mission, only to find that there are obstacles to his new lifestyle, such as jealous husbands and treacherous females.
A man remembers 48 crucial hours in his life when, as a child, he visited his mother, the favorite woman of an important politician, in a bordello owned by him, right before some important political changes in 1937 Brazil. In those hours, he discovers his own sexuality.
白血病を患い小児病棟に入院する10歳の少年、オスカー。周りの大人たちが余命を悟られないようにと怖々接する中、偶然出会ったデリバリーピザの女主人ローズが見せた遠慮ない態度は、かえってオスカーの心を掴んだ。そんなある日、オスカーはついに自分が余命わずかであることを知ってしまう。誰とも口を利いてくれないオスカーに困り果てた病院長は、彼が唯一心を開いていたローズに話し相手になってほしいと懇願する。戸惑いつつも依頼を引き受けたローズは、短い余命に落ち込むオスカーを励まそうと、ある提案をする。それは、1日を10年と考えて日々を過ごし、その10年間の人生を毎日神様宛の手紙にしたためるというものだった。
幼い頃に母を亡くした王女スノーホワイト。国中から愛される姫君だった彼女だが、父王が魔女ラヴェンナに惑わされ、新たな妃に迎えたことから運命が一変する。ラヴェンナは王を殺害して国を奪い、スノーホワイトを塔に幽閉してしまったのだ。やがて永遠の美と若さを得るため、成長した姫の心臓を奪おうとする魔女だったが、姫は間一髪で脱走、黒い森へ逃れる。魔女は森を熟知するハンター、エリックに姫の捕獲を命じる。