A Kick in the Head: The Lure of Las Vegas
ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー
上映時間 : 1時間 13分
演出 : Jill Nicholls
シノプシス
Dream city, Sin City, a mirage in the desert, Las Vegas is a film set in its own right, a piece of pop art, an outdoor museum of American culture. What is the story behind the neon lights and fantastical buildings? What will its future be in these tough times? Alan Yentob takes a mob tour and talks to producers and performers about the golden days when Sinatra and Dino held the stage, and the wise guys called the shots.
A romantic comedy set in the world of gambling, debt collecting and professional boxing. Laura is an unlucky gambler with a huge debt, she crosses paths with Claus, a former boxer who now makes a living as a debt collector. Laura is cheating, scamming, and lying and eventually life catches up with her. Claus is trying to regain his self respect and start anew. Together, they make an awkward but very charming couple on the verge of love. It is a story about trust, friendship, new beginnings, getting a second chance and doing the right thing.
ドミニクは南米でガソリン運搬車を強奪するグループのリーダーを務めていたが、警察の捜査の手は彼にジワジワと伸びてきていた。それを感じ取った彼は仲間に解散を促し、一緒にいればレティを危険な目に遭わせることに悩み、黙って彼女の元を去ってしまう。その後、ドミニクは妹のミアから「レティが殺された」という衝撃的な報せにより、ある男への復讐のために危険を承知で再びアメリカへ舞い戻るのだった。 一方、ブライアンはマイアミでの活躍によってFBI入りを果たし、職務を果たす日々を過ごしていた。彼はとある麻薬密輸組織の捜査をしていたが、ドミニクが国境を越えて戻って来た事を知る。ブライアンにはその理由がわかっていた。複雑な思いを胸に彼は捜査を続けるが、その先で計らずもドミニクと再会することになる。追っている相手が同じだったのである。 しかし、以前の経緯と立場の違いから、二人は手を組むこと無く別々に相手を追い始め、そして麻薬組織のボスが仕切るストリート・レースにそれぞれ参加する。
Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.
Four college friends become small-time bookies, only to find their world spinning dangerously out of control when their greed attracts the attention of organized crime.
A drama set in the 1920s, where free-spirited Janie Crawford's search for happiness leads her through several different marriages, challenging the morals of her small town. Based on the novel by Zora Neale Hurston.
A behind-the-scenes look at Céline Dion's opening night in Las Vegas.
The film is about a group of Las Vegas sexy showgirls who are undercover agents working with a former C.I.A. agent (Robertson) to stop a terrorist attack.
Writer Alex Sheldon must finish his novel within a month. If he doesn't, he won't get paid. And, if that happens, angry Mafia types to whom he owes money will come looking for him. In order to expedite things, Alex hires typist Emma Dinsmore and begins dictating his novel. The book is about a doomed love affair between a character similar to Alex and a character named Polina Delacroix. But, as Alex falls for Emma, his work takes a different turn.
A car salesman journeys to France and encounters an apparently lonely woman. He immediately begins to successfully woo her only to learn that she is actually a baron's wife. Fortunately, the baron believes in open marriages and winds up hiring the Englishman to teach his son (from an earlier marriage) everything about automobiles. Meanwhile the car salesman finds himself falling seriously in love with the wife. The baron really doesn't mind as he himself is involved with another.
ロバート・ミッチャム、マリリン・モンロー共演、壮大なロッキーの山々を背景に、「帰らざる河」と呼ばれる激流をいかだで下る男女の苦難を描いた名作西部劇。 ゴールド・ラッシュにわくアメリカ北西部。開拓者マットは、離ればなれになった息子マークの行方を尋ねてやって来た。マークの面倒を見てくれた酒場の女性歌手ケイから息子を引き取り、農場に落ち着いたマットだが、思わぬ困難に直面する…。 劇中でモンローが歌う主題歌「帰らざる河」も大ヒットとなった。
主人公ハックはポーカー世界大会で２度優勝する腕前を持つ父親を尊敬できないでいた。家族を捨て常にポーカーの虜となっていた父。しかし気付いてみれば彼も各地のポーカーテーブルで稼ぐプロのポーカープレイヤーとして日々過ごす存在となっていた。ある日友人の妹ビリーと知り合い惹かれあうが、彼女のなけなしの金を黙ってポーカーの種銭として使ってしまい愛想をつかされてしまう。 ポーカーの騙し合いの日々の中でハックはビリーが自分にとって心許せる特別な存在である事に深く気付かされるのだが、彼の中のポーカープレイヤーとしての葛藤や父親との確執に悩み続ける。そんな中ハックは、ラスベガスで開かれる世界最大のポーカー選手権出場が決まる。大会には３度目の優勝を狙う越えられない存在である父親も対戦相手として名乗りをあげていた。ビリーのいない中、ハックの孤独な勝負が始まる。
Bernie works at a Las Vegas casino, where he uses his innate ability to bring about misfortune in those around him to jinx gamblers into losing. His imposing boss, Shelly Kaplow, is happy with the arrangement. But Bernie finds unexpected happiness when he begins dating attractive waitress Natalie Belisario.
一万四千人の観衆が集まったアトランティックシティ(ニュージャージー)のバンクアトランティック・センター。そこで行われていたボクシングのヘビー級タイトルマッチの最中、VIP席にいたカークランド国防長官が暗殺された。現場にいた地元の汚職刑事リック・サントーロは犯人捜査を進めるうち、そこに巨大な陰謀が仕組まれていることに気付く。
Documentary tracing the attempts of a team of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Institue students to become rich playing blackjack at casinos throughout the United States and the attempts of the casinos' management to thwart them.
One unlucky evening, Louis Cropa, a part-time bookmaker, discovers that his restaurant has become a hotbed of conflicting characters. In addition to having to please a whiny food critic, Louis must fend off a hostile takeover from a pair of gangsters, to whom his sous-chef is in debt. Further, Louis has an argument with his son, the star chef, whose culinary creativity has brought success to the business.
When the champ's promoter, Rev. Sultan, decides something new is needed to boost the marketability of the boxing matches, he searches and finds the only man to ever beat the champ. The problem is that he isn't a boxer anymore and he's white. However, once Rev. Sultan convinces him to fight, he goes into heavy training while the confident champ takes it easy and falls out of shape.
Chelsea is an in-demand call girl whose $2,000 an hour price tag allows her to live in New York's lap of luxury. Besides her beauty and sexual skill, Chelsea offers her clients companionship and conversation, or, as she dubs it, "the girlfriend experience." With her successful business and a devoted, live-in boyfriend, Chelsea thinks she has it made... until a new client rocks her world.
重要証人マリーをラスベガスからフェニックスまで護送する任務。ありふれた仕事だと思っていたショックレー刑事だが、出発から不可解な出来事が続発。謎の組織に命を狙われていると気づいた彼と証人マリー。しかし、頼りの警察までもが執拗に２人の命を狙ってくる！！黒幕は警察内部にいる－そう確信したショックレー刑事は、彼女を守るため猛然と反撃を開始する。
An average kind of guy who has a slight problem with gambling goes to the track, and mystically, it seems as though he can't lose, no matter how he bets; and he has an incredible day.
Gambling addiction bring the stories of three otherwise unconnected people together as it destroys each of their lives.
