Michael Cooke

Michael Cooke

Perfil

Michael Cooke

Filmes

Across the Tracks
Producer
Tara and Ella Hines are sisters living very different lives. Tara is a big city architect with a fighting spirit that has brought her great success. Ella, a few years younger, never left the hometown of their youth and has been the primary caretaker of the family. Estranged for 40 years, they are brought together finally with the death of their mother. Through a series of flashbacks, their childhood in rural 1960s Georgia unfolds. The "Coloreds only" bathroom and side entrance to shops. The train tracks that separated the town by skin color. We see them navigate this world full of inferiority and bullying, ultimately leading to Ella's decision to become white. As the sisters lay their mother to rest, the past rises up to meet them and we're finally shown the moment that tore their family apart.
Across the Tracks
Writer
Tara and Ella Hines are sisters living very different lives. Tara is a big city architect with a fighting spirit that has brought her great success. Ella, a few years younger, never left the hometown of their youth and has been the primary caretaker of the family. Estranged for 40 years, they are brought together finally with the death of their mother. Through a series of flashbacks, their childhood in rural 1960s Georgia unfolds. The "Coloreds only" bathroom and side entrance to shops. The train tracks that separated the town by skin color. We see them navigate this world full of inferiority and bullying, ultimately leading to Ella's decision to become white. As the sisters lay their mother to rest, the past rises up to meet them and we're finally shown the moment that tore their family apart.
Across the Tracks
Director
Tara and Ella Hines are sisters living very different lives. Tara is a big city architect with a fighting spirit that has brought her great success. Ella, a few years younger, never left the hometown of their youth and has been the primary caretaker of the family. Estranged for 40 years, they are brought together finally with the death of their mother. Through a series of flashbacks, their childhood in rural 1960s Georgia unfolds. The "Coloreds only" bathroom and side entrance to shops. The train tracks that separated the town by skin color. We see them navigate this world full of inferiority and bullying, ultimately leading to Ella's decision to become white. As the sisters lay their mother to rest, the past rises up to meet them and we're finally shown the moment that tore their family apart.
Mulholland Drive
Herb
Mulholland Drive é uma estrada que atravessa a região serrana a Oeste de Hollywood. Nessa estrada, um acidente de carro faz com que uma jovem mulher perca completamente a memória, acabando por se refugiar na casa onde vive Betty, uma outra jovem que foi para a cidade a fim de tentar singrar no mundo do cinema. Ali, ela identifica-se como Rita, mas assume não saber se é realmente esse o seu nome. Juntas, vão tentar descobrir a verdade acerca de Rita, numa história de amor, ciúme, sucesso e fracasso, onde tudo é silêncio, sonho e ilusão... e nada, realmente nada, é o que parece ser.
Poodle Springs
Captain
Private eye Philip Marlowe and his bride move to a desert town, where he uncovers a land scheme.
Showgirls
Casino Lecher
Uma jovem mulher, decidida a fugir de seu tumultuado passado, vai para Las Vegas com o objetivo de tornar-se dançarina, mas logo tem toda a sua bagagem roubada. No entanto, ela faz amizade com uma costureira, que trabalha no showbiz, e as duas passam a dividir um modesto local. Para sobreviver, começa a trabalhar como stripper em uma casa noturna de reputação duvidosa e, em virtude do seu belo rosto e de um corpo escultural, também atrai clientes, que desejam fazer com ela a "dança do colo", na qual ela pode fazer tudo com um homem mas ele não pode tocá-la. Com o tempo, ela passa a ser corista no show de um grande cassino, mas surge uma rivalidade indisfarçável entre ela e a estrela do show. Até que, quando ela começa a se envolver com o responsável pelos espetáculos, fica claro que o cassino é pequeno demais para ela e sua rival.
The Silence
Tom Thorne
A cadet at West Point is subjected to "internal exile," which means that other students refuse to talk to him or acknowledge his existence, after he is accused of violating the school's code of honor.