In every profession there is someone who changes the rules of the game. In music, that person is Bruce Swedien. In the early eighties in Los Angeles, Bruce embarked on a project that revolutionized the music industry forever. For the first time, those involved in that project tell the unknown story behind the work that Bruce did and how his talent ended up being an essential piece in the history of popular culture. Sonic Fantasy introduces you to the man behind the best music you've ever heard.
Arindam, a matinee idol, is going by train to collect an acting award. On the train, he is confronted by Aditi, a journalist who somewhat unwillingly starts to take his interview. Arindam, won over by Aditi's naivete, starts to disclose his past, his fears and his secrets.
The life and love affairs of a 12-year-old boy Pierre who lived in France during the Nazi occupation in 1944. We see his family, his chubby friend, the girl who ignores him - and the German defector who hides in the cellar. He suffers from a slightly more prominent nasal appendage than the average of his congeners. This complex initially serving it, will ultimately be the detonator of his success with women and the entire population of the city.
Tūkstančiai, milijonai žmonių veržiasi į Jungtines Amerikos Valstijas, ieškodami geresnio gyvenimo, tikėdamiesi, kad išsipildys jų brangiausi troškimai. Teatro aktoriaus Džonio šeima persikelia iš Airijos į Niujorką, kad pradėtų gyvenimą iš naujo ir atsikratytų praeities šmėklos. Juos persekiojo beveik mistinis piktas likimas, sielvartas apėmė jų namus, ir jie buvo priversti bėgti gelbėti savo šeimos. Neturėdami pinigų ir turto – poros lagaminų, seno automobilio ir vaizdo kameros, bet kupini optimizmo ir tikėjimo savimi Džonis ir jo žmona Sara bando prisitaikyti prie žiaurių ir keistų Niujorko papročių. Jų dukros – dešimtmetė Christy ir mažoji Ariel, atvirkščiai, Ameriką laiko stebuklinga šalimi, kurioje gyvena nuostabūs žmonės. Kaip bebūtų keista, būtent dukterų tikėjimas žmonių gerumu ir meilė visiems aplinkiniams padės Džoniui ir Sarai išgelbėti šeimą nuo irimo.
Pagal E. L. Doctorow romaną sukurtas spalvingas XX a. pradžios Amerikos papročių ir charakterių kaleidoskopas. Tarp filmo herojų – garsusis iliuzionistas Harry Houdini, radikalė Emma Goldman, kino režisieriumi tapęs imigrantas, šlykštus rasistas, gražuolė šokėja, policijos šefas, architektas…
During the Spanish Civil War a platoon of mismatched Republican soldiers cross the front-line to steal the bull that the enemy is going to fight on the local holiday of the nearby village. In addition to ruining the Nationalist faction's celebration they want the animal in order to butcher it and feed their famished troops. They get caught in the process and have to go through a series of funny and pathetic incidents before they can get back to their side.
On the eve of retirement, Captain Nathan Brittles takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Encumbered by women who must be evacuated, Brittles finds his mission imperiled.
An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.
Aeneas leads escapees from the Trojan war to new land in Italy, and must deal with new threats to his people.
Mary and her friend, Rachel, are new students at St. Francis Academy, a boarding school run by the iron fist of Mother Superior. The immature teens grow bored and begin playing pranks on both the unsuspecting nuns and their unpleasant classmates, becoming a constant thorn in Mother Superior's side. However, as the years pass, Mary and Rachel slowly mature and begin to see the nuns in a different light.
British army sergeants Ballantine, Cutter and MacChesney serve in India during the 1880s, along with their native water-bearer, Gunga Din. While completing a dangerous telegraph-repair mission, they unearth evidence of the suppressed Thuggee cult. When Gunga Din tells the sergeants about a secret temple made of gold, the fortune-hunting Cutter is captured by the Thuggees, and it's up to his friends to rescue him.
Rafe Covington is as good as his word, and he's determined to keep his promise to a dying man that he'll look after the man's widow and Wyoming ranch. But the widow doubts the integrity of drifter Covington. And an unscrupulous land grabber and his gunmen are sizing up the ranch the way a spider eyes a fly.
The story of Frank W. "Spig" Wead - a Navy-flyer turned screenwriter.
The son of a notorious hangman is gradually becoming insane and he finds himself unable to resist the urge to strangle women to death.
Jaded rock star Dax is found by New York paparazzi passed out in his car with a frozen holiday turkey in the passenger seat. In order to repair his tarnished image, Dax publicly agrees to grant a fan’s “Dear Santa” Christmas wish. To his dismay, his manager Jason drops Dax off in Cedar Grove, a Midwest small town, where he’s committed to spend a week and perform in a local holiday Christmas concert.
Two military men, Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt, who are rivals to begin with, grow more at odds with each other when Quirt is made Flagg's top sergeant. And when a local beauty comes between them, their rivalry escalates even further. But when they discover that the woman has marriage in mind, they now compete to try to avoid marching down the aisle - that is, until they are called upon to march into battle.
Forty-year-old Sandro is married to Claude. Sandro has one strange obsession: he is a self-confessed voyeur. He films his wife in all walks of life on his wobbly hand held camcorder. But everything changes when Mark enters their life.
Barbara Leen owns a coffee export company based in Rio de Janeiro. The company has long since been infiltrated by smugglers, without Barbara knowing about it. The criminals are smuggling diamonds. Barbara's boyfriend is a journalist and tries to get to the bottom of the matter. But during his research he comes across more and more deaths. Eventually, however, he comes across the nightclub owner Leila and her lover Dumont. They appear to be the masterminds.
House Un-American Activities Committee investigators Jim McLain and Mal Baxter come to post war Hawaii to track Communist Party activities even though belonging to the party was legal at the time. They are interested in everything from insurance fraud to the sabotage of a U.S. naval vessel.
A young woman's friendship with a drug-dealing drifter evolves into a lesbian romance.