Richard Pearce

An outbreak of avian flu mutates into a virus that becomes transmittable from human to human.

Tom Guthrie, a high school history teacher, is faced with raising two young sons after his wife leaves him. Maggie Jones, a fellow teacher, tries to provide comfort and support.

Director Richard Pearce (The Long Walk Home, Leap of Faith, A Family Thing) traces the musical odyssey of blues legend B.B. King in a film that pays tribute to the city that gave birth to a new style of blues. Pearce's homage to Memphis features original performances by B.B. King, Bobby Rush, Rosco Gordon and Ike Turner, as well as historical footage of Howlin' Wolf and Rufus Thomas.

During World War II in the South Pacific love is found between a young nurse, Nellie Forbush and an older French plantation owner, Emile de Becque. The war is tearing them apart.

Гангстер Бобби, спасая себя и свою семью от мести босса, ищет защиты у ФБР: новое имя, новое место жительства в обмен на показания против бывших сообщников. Теперь самая радужная перспектива его новой жизни — через несколько лет получать за год столько, сколько раньше тратил в течение нескольких дней… Сумеет ли он жить и работать, как простые обыватели, которых он презирает, и сможет ли он сохранить свою семью, где годами за внешним благополучием скрывался глубокий разлад…

Griffin Byrne is the idealistic new history, English and maths teacher in Father Frank Larkin's school in a mainly Latino ghetto neighborhood where most kids, even many of its graduates, end up in crime and poverty. He takes a particular interest in one of the boys nobody believes will ever come to anything, Lee Cortes, who he finds to be a prodigy in cartoon drawing but who never spoke a word at school, and always wears a Walkman, essentially because of his home situation: his elder brother Tyro, a drug dealer, abuses him and his mother, so he often stays home to mind the smallest siblings. Griffin tries everything to help Lee, despite everyones cynicism, even takes him in his bachelor flat, but finds the whole family situation must be solved, which is probably beyond his power, yet tries tireless, even if he gets nothing but abuse and the results seem to do more hurting then helping...

Earl Pilcher Jr., runs an equipment rental outfit in Arkansas, lives with his wife and kids and parents, and rarely takes off his gimme cap. His mother dies, leaving a letter explaining he's not her natural son, but the son of a Black woman who died in childbirth; plus, he has a half brother Ray, in Chicago, she wants him to visit. Earl makes the trip, initially receiving a cold welcome from Ray and Ray's son, Virgil. His birth mother's sister, Aunt T., an aged and blind matriarch, takes Earl in tow and insists that the family open up to him.

Бывший преступник Джонас Найтингейл стал бродячим евангелистом, чьи проповеди можно скорее назвать религиозно-цирковыми представлениями. Случилось так, что Джонас «застрял» в небольшом провинциальном городишке, где половина жителей - безработные, выброшенные на улицу сталелитейной компанией. Проходимец вытрясает из горожан их последние деньги, не испытывая при этом ни малейших угрызений совести, но на одном из «шоу» происходит истинное чудо, заставляющее его всерьез поверить в Бога.

1955 год, США, штат Алабама. Чернокожая и белая женщины пытаются определиться с тем, как им реагировать на легендарный бойкот общественного транспорта, объявленный самым известным борцом за права чернокожего населения США — Мартином Лютером Кингом.

The Final Days concerns itself with the final months of the Richard Nixon presidency.

A psychiatrist is sent to evaluate if a convicted multiple murderer who's awaiting execution on Death Row for eighth year now and whose behavior during that time got more and more erratic is still mentally fit to be executed.

Полицейский из Чикаго Эдди Жилетт мстит за своего напарника, убитого демоническим бандитом по имени Лосадо. Но проблема в том, что единственная свидетельница преступления — любовница Лосадо, очаровательная Мишель. Вполне естественно, что Эдди и Мишель влюбляются друг в друга. Поможет ли это романтическое чувство довести задуманное до логического конца.

Джевелл и Гил — фермеры, но финансовый кризис и неурожай приводят их ферму к краху. Правительство грозит отнять у них землю, но Джевелл находит в себе силы для борьбы.

Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually getting ready for another World War.

High-priced call girl Lee Churchill, is examining her life via therapy "sessions". Her double life is unknown to her parents, sister and "straight" man with whom she falls in love.

Celebrated heart surgeon Thomas Vrain supports the research of an offbeat scientist who has invented an artificial heart. Against the advice of the Ethics Committee, Dr. Vrain decides to perform the first artificial heart transplant.

Начало 20-го века, Вайоминг. Элианор прибывает в дом закрытого шотландского фермера Клайда Стюарта на работу домохозяйкой. Несмотря на маленькую оплату, она работает самозабвенно, в надежде накопить достаточно денег, чтобы обеспечить лучшую жизнь для своей 10-летней дочери Эррин.

A young marginally intellectually-disabled girl and boy meet, plan to marry, and convince the world that they are entitled to a life of their own -- despite attempts by the girl's parents to separate them.

A drama about a community of senior citizens who are terrorized by a ruthless neighborhood gang. After learning that the police are stymied because the victims are too scared to testify against the bullying leader, a semi-retired toolmaker decides to take a stand.

Based on true events which took place in the mill town of Graniteville, South Carolina in 1876, the story follows the rich Greggs, who run the mill, and the poor McEvoys, who work there. The animosity between their sons leads to tragedy.

Many times during his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson said that ultimate victory in the Vietnam War depended upon the U.S. military winning the "hearts and minds" of the Vietnamese people. Filmmaker Peter Davis uses Johnson's phrase in an ironic context in this anti-war documentary, filmed and released while the Vietnam War was still under way, juxtaposing interviews with military figures like U.S. Army Chief of Staff William C. Westmoreland with shocking scenes of violence and brutality.

Many times during his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson said that ultimate victory in the Vietnam War depended upon the U.S. military winning the "hearts and minds" of the Vietnamese people. Filmmaker Peter Davis uses Johnson's phrase in an ironic context in this anti-war documentary, filmed and released while the Vietnam War was still under way, juxtaposing interviews with military figures like U.S. Army Chief of Staff William C. Westmoreland with shocking scenes of violence and brutality.

Отчасти документальный, отчасти разоблачающий, этот фильм описывает жизнь бывшего евангелиста Марджо Гортнера, рассказывающего о своем прибыльном шоу и «религиозном бизнесе», имевшем место задолго до появления «телевангелизма».

Interviews with five former American soldiers who were present at the March 16, 1968 attack on the village of My Lai during the Vietnam War; they discuss the orders that were issued leading up to the attack, their expectations of what they would find there, and the subsequent massacre of the inhabitants and destruction of the village, as well as possible motivations for the killings and rapes which took place.

Три дня счастья посреди грязи в 1969 году, свыше полумиллиона человек на маленькой ферме на севере штата Нью-Йорк собрались, чтобы жить, любить и слушать музыку в Вудстоке. Съёмочная группа находилась в центре событий и записала живые выступления многих величайших музыкантов той эры.