Come On, Cowboy! (1949)
Жанр : вестерн
Время выполнения : 1Ч 7М
Краткое содержание
Mr. Wilson hires Mantan to travel out West and clean out an old property. Mantan runs into trouble in believing the house is haunted while a gang uses it as a hideout. A race film Western produced by the Toddy Company; made for $500 over two days. Restoration by the Academy Film Archive and Blackhawk Films with funding from the estate of David Shepard from the only surviving 35mm nitrate print donated by Giancarlo Esposito and Laurence Fishburne.
Соблазнительная и печальная, Розлин специально приехала в городок Рино, чтобы развестись с мужем. В местном баре Розлин и ее приятельница Изабель - неунывающая дамочка преклонных "средних лет", специалистка по разводам - знакомятся с двумя ковбоями. Гэй и Гвидс - мужчины с большим жизненным опытом тоже одинокие и неприкаянные. Они странствуют по Неваде в поисках случайного заработка, и горячий ветер пустыни, суровая мужская дружба, тяга к виски, мальчишеская влюбленность в родео и недостроенный домик вдалеке от города - это все, что у них есть. Богатством, которым ковбои обладают, они готовы поделиться с Розлин, которая ищет верности и настоящего человеческого тепла. Странная компания и присоединившийся к ним неудачливый ковбой Пирс отправляются в горы на ранчо, чтобы "как в старые добрые времена" объезжать диких невадских мустангов...
Италия. XII век. Свирепствующая чума уничтожает людей без разбору. Принц Просперо, поклоняющийся Сатане, укрывается в своем замке вместе со своей возлюбленной Юлианой и молодой Франческой, чьи отец и жених становятся его пленниками. Жизнь в замке состоит из череды оргий и убийств, пока не появляется таинственный незнакомец, одетый во все красное...
Фильм рассказывает о судьбе молодого священника Стивена Фермойла, ставшего кардиналом. История начинается вскоре после окончания первой мировой войны и кончается накануне второй. Режиссер показывает жизнь Стивена в тесной связи с миром людей, забывших Бога и живущих греховными страстями…
Старшина присяжных в суде Эдвард Уэлдон выносит смертный приговор Этель Сакстон, убившей своего возлюбленного после того, как он сообщил ей о разрыве отношений. Никто и ничто не может поколебать уверенности присяжного в правильности принятого решения. Но в ночь накануне приведения в исполнение приговора его собственная дочь Стелла совершает подобное убийство.
A young man attempts to fight the system in an entertaining account of bureaucracy amok and the tyranny of red tape. Restored by the Academy Film Archive and the Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos in 2019.
Interview with Jason Holliday aka Aaron Payne. House-boy, would-be cabaret performer, and self-proclaimed hustler giving one man's gin-soaked, pill-popped view of what it was like to be coloured and gay in 1960s Unites States. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.
A bored insurance salesman quits his job to go into politics. He first starts preaching about how man is greater than he thinks and that man can live forever. He ends up forming his own political party, "The Eternal Man" party. He begins to be referred to as "God". Then he starts having doubts about the eternalness of man. Restored by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation, with funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
A young woman in a photography class begins taking pictures of black men out of fear they will soon be extinct. Restored by the Criterion Collection, Janus Films, and the Academy Film Archive. Supervised by Cauleen Smith.
This film recounts the murder of Vincent Chin, an automotive engineer mistaken as Japanese who was slain by an assembly line worker who blamed him for the competition by the Japanese auto makers that were threatening his job. It then recounts how that murderer escaped justice in the court system. Restored by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation, in association with the Museum of Chinese in America. Restoration funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation, with additional support provided by Todd Phillips.
Kavery Kaul’s engaging documentary traces the history of calypso and soca music from their birth in the African-East Indian traditions of Trinidad and Tobago through its worldwide diaspora, including its popularization in the 1950s by Harry Belafonte and the new independent distribution networks that arose to serve the expatriate community in the 1980s. North American restoration premiere at To Save and Project: The 19th MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation on January 27 and 31, 2023. Digital restoration by the Academy Film Archive and the Women’s Film Preservation Fund of New York Women in Film & Television; courtesy of Riverfilms.
The heroine, Peggy Cameron, is a high-society debutante with a mind of her own. After making a public spectacle of herself once too often, Peggy is bundled off to Scotland, where she is to be looked after by her no-nonsense uncle Andrew Cameron (William H. Thompson). If Peggy's family had hoped that she would straighten up and behave herself in Scotland, they were sorely mistaken. Restored in 2018 by the Academy Film Archive with restoration funding provided by the Louis B. Mayer Foundation.
Дэвид и Ева прожили вместе 47 лет, и весьма несчастливо. Их любовь выцвела, словно окраска их дома. Дэвид хочет продать их жилище и переехать в дом престарелых. Ева и слышать об этом не желает — в буквальном смысле. Когда эта тема всплывает, она отключает свой слуховой аппарат. Если время лечит, то ему следует поторопиться — времени у Евы осталось совсем немного. Путь к примирению с мужем и семьей будет неблизким — и географически, и душевно.
A cowboy helps a pretty young woman find lost gold. Restored by the Academy Film Archive with additional funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.
The film explains the French Revolution of 1848. Bernard Blier's narration is supported by pictures once drawn by contemporary artists including Honoré Daumier. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.
An Oscar-nominated film with no narration showing the Exploratorium (The Palace of Arts and Science) in San Francisco. It shows many of the exhibits and the reaction of visitors to many of these. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
A documentary about four African-American comediennes set in 1984. Restored in 2021 by the Academy Film Archive.
Mixing narrative and documentary filming in a unique way the story is autobiographical and is about a date rape dissecting the characters and circumstances around it. Restored in 2022 by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation. Restoration funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
Adaptation of a Strindberg play by Lee Grant for the 1974 AFI Directing Workshop for Women. Restored in 2022 by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation. Restoration funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
Once crowned "The Princess of Black Poetry," the prolific and political Nikki Giovanni has become one of America's most popular poets. The film highlights the life and work of a poet whose verse appeals to everyone interested in poetry and modern American life. This lyrical and visually provocative film details the poet's coming-of-age against the background of her times: the Civil Rights struggle, Vietnam, and the Women's Movement. In this dynamic portrait, selected readings by Giovanni reveal the values and personal history which have deeply influenced her poetry. Spirit to Spirit unveils the sly wit and sharp insights of Giovanni's multi-layered work, making it a delightful introduction to this talented poet and incisive social commentator. Restored in 2022 by the Academy Film Archive and the Women’s Film Preservation Fund, with support from the Leon Levy Foundation.
Documentarian Jon Boorstin follows architect Frank Gehry and his sister, Doreen Gehry Nelson, as they attempt a new method of teaching elementary school children in Los Angeles. With funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, the siblings work together on a pilot program of “design-based learning” that would restructure the typical classroom curriculum, replacing rote math or civics lessons with an imaginary city designed and built entirely by the students themselves. Restored in 2018 by the Academy Film Archive.
