Jake Speed (1986)
More than a myth. Less than a legend. And a bit too big for his boots
ジャンル : アクション, コメディ, スリラー
上映時間 : 1時間 40分
演出 : Andrew Lane
脚本 : Wayne Crawford, Andrew Lane
シノプシス
Jake Speed (Wayne Crawford) is the lead character in some of the biggest page-turners of the 1940s. A chiseled, heroic action figure, Speed saves lives on paper, but when a young girl is kidnapped and her sister (Karen Kopins) begs the real-life Speed for help, he must find a way to be as gallant as the book hero whose creation he's inspired. Accompanied by the victim's sibling, Speed flies to Africa to see if he's up to the task.
若くして天才作家としてもてはやされたカルヴィン（ポール・ダノ）だったが、今ではひどいスランプに陥ってしまっている。そこで、理想の女の子“ルビー・スパークス”の物語を書くことに。執筆に没頭していたある日、何とカルヴィンの前に自分が空想して作り上げていたルビー（ゾーイ・カザン）が現われ……。
姉がコロンビアで誘拐されたことを知った、女流作家ジョーン。姉から届いた1枚の地図を持って救出に向かうが、それはエメラルドの在り処を示す宝の地図だった!? 密林を舞台に繰り広げられるアクション・アドヴェンチャー。
An acclaimed writer, his ex-wife, and their teenaged children come to terms with the complexities of love in all its forms over the course of one tumultuous year.
どこか満たされない日々を送る女性の元に、20年前に離婚した前夫が著した暴力的で衝撃的な内容の小説が送られてくる。そこから小説と過去、愛と復讐が紡がれる。エイミー・アダムス主演のミステリー・サスペンス。
Joan Wilder is thrust back into a world of murder, chases, foreign intrigue... and love. This time out she's duped by a duplicitous Arab dignitary who brings her to the Middle East, ostensibly to write a book about his life. Of course, he's up to no good, and Joan is just another pawn in his wicked game. But Jack Colton and his sidekick Ralph show up to help our intrepid heroine save the day.
作家のチャールズ・ディケンズは執筆した小説が売れずに 出版社から契約を打ち切られる。彼は自費出版で作家を続けようと決意し、クリスマス・イヴを舞台に過去・現在・未来を旅する奇想天外な小説「クリスマス・キャロル」の執筆にとりかかる。
ノーベル賞を受賞することになった世界的作家の夫と、彼の作品を密かに執筆していた妻。受賞を機に崩壊する夫婦の関係と妻の決意を、華麗な授賞式の裏側に描く。グレン・クローズが圧巻の演技を見せる心理サスペンス。
ベストセラー作家に近づく謎に満ちたエル＜彼女＞。
彼女は何者なのか？ 狙いは何なのか？
ふたりの女性の危ういほどスリリングな関係に、
ポランスキーが仕掛けた戦慄のミステリー
フランスで今もっとも注目されている作家デルフィーヌ・ド・ヴィガンの小説「デルフィーヌの友情」を映像化したのは巨匠ロマン・ポランスキー。熟練の技巧を凝らして随所に意味ありげな描写を織り交ぜながら、ふたりのヒロインがたどる予測不能の運命をスリリングに映し出す。人間の孤独とアイデンティティーの揺らぎ、密室的なシチュエーションで膨れ上がる極限の不安、じわじわと曖昧になっていく現実とフィクションの境目。これらまさしくポランスキー的なサスペンスと倒錯が渦巻く映像世界は、ひとときもスクリーンから目が離せず、ラスト・シーンを見届けた後もしばし観客を幻惑する。
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あれもダメ、これもダメ。何をやっても失敗ばかりの不細工主婦ルース。愚鈍な妻に愛想を尽かした会計士の夫ボブは、美人小説家メアリーと不倫関係に！ 家族を捨て、メアリーのもとへ向かうボブに「シー・デビル（女悪魔）」とののしられたルース。その時、彼女の瞳には復讐の炎がメラメラと燃え盛っていた…！！
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