Harve Presnell
出生 : 1933-09-14, Modesto, California, USA
死亡 : 2009-06-30
略歴
Harve Presnell (September 14, 1933 – June 30, 2009) was an American actor and singer. He began his career in the mid 1950s as a classical baritone, singing with orchestras and opera companies throughout the United States. His career reoriented away from classical music to musical theatre in 1960 after Meredith Willson cast him in the lead role of his new Broadway musical The Unsinkable Molly Brown. His portrayal of "Leadville Johnny" was a resounding success and he reprised the role in the 1964 film version of the musical, winning a Golden Globe Award for his portrayal.
Presnell went on to star in a few more films during the 1960s, but by the early 1970s that aspect of his career came to a standstill. From 1970 to 1995 he mostly worked as a musical theatre performer on Broadway, the West End, and in touring productions out of New York. In his early 60s, Presnell saw a resurgence in his movie career which lasted until his death. He portrayed character roles in films like Fargo (1996), Saving Private Ryan (1998), and Flags of Our Fathers (2006). He also appeared on television as Mr. Parker in The Pretender and Lew Staziak in Andy Barker, P.I.. He had recurring roles on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and Dawson's Creek.
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Dr. Smathers
Story of a couple that starts the first legal brothel in Nevada and a boxer they own a piece of.
Its Barbershop for Rednecks. Bill is a bait shop owner who has to make a balloon payment of $15,000 or else the bank will close his shop. Unable to make the payment from the proceeds of the shop, Bill must compete in the annual Bass Tournament, which he pathetically loses every year, to win the money.
Congressman Burrows
Junior congressman Evan Baxter, whose wish is to "change the world" is heard by none other than God. When God appears with the perplexing request to build an ark, Evan is sure he is losing it.
Self
Women who have played orphans in "Annie" are brought together in this documentary.
Mr. Springbrook
それぞれに事情を抱え惨めな生活を送っていた男3人が大学のそばで同居することになったことから、自宅を非公式の学生友好の場として開放しバカ騒ぎを繰り広げるコメディ。
Preston Blake
片田舎でピザ屋を営む純朴な青年ディーズに、400億ドルの莫大な遺産が舞い込んだ！ ニューヨークで彼を待ち受けていたのは、マスコミや腹黒い重役たち。美人看護婦とも知り合い、恋に落ちるが……。2大スターが共演したラヴ・コメディ。
Winslow Schnaebelt
Two door to door vaccuum cleaner salesmen hilariously compete against each other.
Mr. Parker
Jarod takes a keen interest in an ancient symbol that may unlock secrets about his family. But Miss Parker is hot on Jarod's trail and about to make discoveries of her own. Their investigation leads to a remote Island off the Scottish coast, where a set of sacred scrolls, vital to the Centre, have been hidden – and protected – for centuries.
Joe Kennedy
They were more than Washington wives. They were part of an American dream known as Camelot. With strength and cunning they upheld their public image by concealing their private truths. Jackie, Ethel and Joan had little choice. They were Kennedy women. What really unfolded behind the monolith of Kennedy power is revealed for the first time: the true story of the Kennedy reign told through the eyes of the three women who lived it.
Albert Soady
A macho man in a family on the eve of deer-hunting season must deal with the eldest son's curse of never having bagged a buck.
Mr. Parker
Picking up where the television series left off, "The Pretender 2001" features even deeper explorations in the show's mythology, including a revealing look back at how Jarod originally espaced from the Centre. But now he must infiltrate the NSA to capture a ruthless assassin who might be a fellow Pretender from his past!
Big Ed
優雅な独身生活を謳歌していたビジネスマンが昔の恋人との“もうひとつの人生”を体験することで本当の幸せに目覚める姿を描いた大人のファンタジー。成功を夢見て恋人ケイトと別れロンドンへ旅立ったジャック。13年後のいま、ジャックは大手金融会社の社長として、優雅な独身生活を満喫していた。クリスマス・イブ、昔の恋人ケイトからの電話があったが、かけ直すことはしなかった。その夜、自宅で眠りについたジャックだが、目覚めると、ケイトと我が子2人に囲まれた家庭人ジャックになっていた……。
John Invergordon
自殺した大富豪を父に持つ娘。戦場から戻って以来、酒浸りの生活を続けている彼女の恋人。そんな2人の前にバガー・ヴァンスと名乗る男が現われた。ロバート・レッドフォード監督の感動作。
Finner
An elderly widow befriends an orphaned juvenile delinquent.
Dean Anderson
ロビン・ウィリアムズが、実在の医師に扮した感動ドラマ。“ユーモアによる治療が重要”という説を実践し、医学界の常識を覆した医学生パッチ・アダムスの半生を描く。人間味溢れるアダムス役をロビンが熱演。彼お得意のユーモアと温かな視点で、現代医学の問題点をさり気なく突く。自殺未遂の果て、自らの意志で精神科に入院したアダムス。彼はそこで目覚め、医学の道を志す。2年後、ヴァージニア大学の医学部に入学したアダムスは、規則に背いては患者をユーモアで楽しませていた。冷ややかな視線を向ける学部長や同僚を後目に、やがて彼は恋人カリンとともに、夢に見ていた無料治療院を開設するが・・・。
Garth
His son's critical injury forces a Montana man (Dennis Quaid) to reconsider priorities as he struggles to retain family land.
Mayor Henry Leech
Christian Slater is a stranger who comes to a small town. The local citizens think he's up to no good. After bothering him for a while, he blurts out in frustration, that he is there to kill himself.
Victor Lazarro
憎むべき相手と互いに顔を取り替えた二人の男の果てしなき死闘を描いた、ジョン・ウー監督によるバイオレンス・アクション。かつて冷酷無比のテロリスト、トロイによって最愛の息子を失っているFBI捜査官アーチャーは飛行場でトロイを捕らえたが、トロイがLAのどこかに細菌爆弾を仕掛けている事が判明。当のトロイは植物人間となっており、唯一の情報源は獄中にいるトロイの弟ポラックスだけだった。FBI特殊班はアーチャーにトロイの顔を移植しポラックスから爆弾の設置場所を聞き出すことに……。
Stanley Schiff
A retired and disgruntled scientist is brought out of retirement to explain why tidal waves are wiping out coastal communities. But is he part of the problem?
Trowbridge Bowers
Motivational Speaker Jack Corcoran is determined to get his career off the ground, but the biggest gigs he can get are the ones nobody wants. Then one day, he receives a telegram that his circus clown father has passed away, and has left a "huge" inheritance. When he gets there, he finds that his inheritance has come in the form of an elephant that was his father's pride and joy in circus acts. His main intention is to sell the pachyderm off. Jack must choose between loud and rude zookeeper Mo or attractive animal show owner Terry. As the two treks through the country Jack and the elephant develop a bond, and it changes his approach on life for the better.
Attorney General Roxburgh
Idealistic young attorney Adam Hall takes on the death row clemency case of his racist grandfather, Sam Cayhall, a former Ku Klux Klan member he has never met.
Dr. Howard
In 1930s Texas, pulp fiction master Robert E. Howard is introduced to Novalyne Price, a teacher with aspirations of becoming an author herself, and they begin a unique relationship filled with conversation and imagination. Although the possibility exists for romance, Howard's obsession with his work and dedication to his sick mother leads Price to look elsewhere for love, leaving Howard feeling betrayed and alone.
Wade Gustafson
アメリカ中北部の田舎町を舞台に、偽装誘拐が引き起こす惨劇とそれに関わる人々の奇妙な姿を描いたユニークな犯罪ドラマ。 ミネソタ州ミネアポリスに住むカー・ディーラーのジェリー・ランディガード（Ｗ・Ｈ・メイシー）は借金返済のために自分の妻ジーンを誘拐し、会社のオーナーでもある義父から身代金をいただこうと考えた。誘拐を実行するのは、前科者の従業員から紹介された妙な二人組、カール（Ｓ・ブシェミ）とグリムスラッド（Ｐ・ストーメア）。だがジーンを自宅から誘拐した二人は、隣町ブレイナードまで逃げたところで、停車を命じた警官と目撃者を射殺してしまう。ブレイナードの女性警察署長マージ・ガンダーソン（Ｆ・マクドーマンド）は事件を追ってミネアポリスに赴くが、その間にも狂い始めた誘拐計画は次々と犠牲者を産んでいく……。 コーエン兄弟はその特異な作風で知られる、８０～９０年代アメリカ・インディペンデント映画界の雄だが、この作品はその真価がもっとも発揮された一編と言っていいだろう。実話を基にしているとはいえ、ほとんどは創作だというストーリー自体の面白さももちろんだが、個々のキャラクターのおかしさとさりげなくも効果的な台詞の数々は、ドラマの完成度を極限まで高めている。雪に覆われた白い町で起こる血みどろの物語。まさに“白のフィルム・ノワール”と呼んでもいい。カンヌ映画祭で監督賞に輝いただけでなく、アカデミーでは主演女優賞と脚本賞も獲得した逸品。
From 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown' (archive footage)
A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30s, 40s 50s and 60s up to the break dance and the music videos from the 80s.
Peter Brown
The actors for a horror movie go out to dinner one evening with their director and tell horror stories to each other.
Ballad Singer
A young girl writes to President Abraham Lincoln to advise him to grow a beard.
"Rotten Luck Willie"
A Michigan farmer and a prospector form a partnership in the California gold country. Their adventures include buying and sharing a wife, hijacking a stage, kidnapping six prostitutes, and turning their mining camp into a boom town. Along the way there is plenty of drinking, gambling, and singing. They even find time to do some creative gold mining.
Danny Churchill
A playboy helps a young woman turn her father's Nevada ranch into a haven for divorcees.
Sol Rogers
Though a fictionalized Western based on George Armstrong Custer's 7th Cavalry Regiment at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, the film is almost a generic war story covering the enlistment, training, and operational deployment of a group of recruits that could take place in any time period.
Johnny Brown
The buoyant Molly Brown has survived the first crisis of her life—a flood. Sixteen years later she sets out to make her way in the world. She assures the Leadville saloon keeper that she can sing and play the piano, and learns quickly. Soon she marries Johnny Brown, who in a few years will be able to replace the original cigar wrapper wedding ring with a replica in gold and gemstones. The Browns head for Europe and bring a few crowned heads back to Denver for a party that turns into a ballroom brawl. Molly goes to Europe alone, returning on the Titanic. She didn't survive a flood as a baby for the story to end here.
