Two poor men try to find a television as a last wish for the terminally ill brother of one of them.
The story of one shepherd's single-handed quest to re-forest a desolate valley in the foothills of the French Alps throughout the first half of the 20th century.
Herbert Ponting travelled to Antarctica as part of Captain Scott's ill-fated South pole expedition and shot the footage that makes up this extraordinary documentary.
Documentary about war photographer James Nachtwey, considered by many the greatest war photographer ever.
The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), formed upon nationalization of the British Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, employed film systematically, producing many films on oil and petrochemical subjects. It also made films depicting Iran's progress and modernization, highlighting the role of the Shah and NIOC in that direction. Under its auspices, Ebrahim Golestan directed A FIRE (1961), a highly visual treatment of a seventy-day oil well fire in the Khuzestan region of southwestern Iran. This film was edited by the Iranian poet Forough Farrokhzad and won two awards at the Venice Film Festival in 1961.
Kravet fra den amerikanske offentlighed var ubønhørligt, da russerne allerede havde haft Jurij Gagarin oppe i rummet. USA havde en raket, der aldrig var blevet afprøvet. Man manglede bare folkene, der kunne manøvrere det primitive rumskib. USA havde behov for en pilot af den rette støbning - med andre ord en helt.
Den enarmede John T. Macreedy kommer til en lille, gudsforladt by. Ingen kender hans ærinde, men snart begynder han at stille et spørgsmål, byens indbyggere nødigt vil svare på. De er vagtsomme, for de har alle været med til at skjule den hemmelighed, som Macreedy har fået færten af. Især Reno Smith og hans hjælpere er villige til at forsvare hemmeligheden med alle tænkelige midler.
Om en ung mand, der uimodståeligt drages mod lommetyvens virke. Han er fatalist, og accepterer sin skæbne, da han arresteres af politiet. Siden oplever han med ét nådens lys, da det går op for ham, at en ung pige elsker ham betingelsesløst.
Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman takes us inside Northeast High School as a fly on the wall to observe the teachers and how they interact with the students.
S. is an eight-year-old Turkish girl endowed with an exuberant imagination, who loves nature and animals. When, from her hospital bed she recalls the happy days spent in her grandparents village, dark and terrifying memories rise to the surface and slowly start to make sense.
Choi Min-sik (Oldboy) spiller en de mest respekterede militærstrateger i koreansk historie, Admiral Yi Sun-shin. Historien udspiller sig i 1597, hvor admiralen var ansvarlig for at lokke den japanske flåde i et episk baghold, så det lykkedes blot 12 koreanske skibe at udradere en flåde, der talte over 300 fartøjer. Der er ikke langt fingrene imellem når det gælder storslåede søslag i denne film, der blev set af over 15 millioner mennesker i hjemlandet og har vundet adskillige filmpriser!
After moving from Calcutta to New York, members of the Ganguli family maintain a delicate balancing act between honoring the traditions of their native India and blending into American culture. Although parents Ashoke and Ashima are proud of the sacrifices they make to give their children opportunities, their son Gogol strives to forge his own identity without forgetting his heritage.
A puppet, newly released from his strings, explores the sinister room in which he finds himself.
To brødre, Marcus og David Grant, deltager begge i det benhårde maraton-cykelløb 'Hell of the West', som går over Rocky Mountains. Men en arvelig - og dødelig - familiesygdom truer med at sætte dem en kæp i hjulet.
Home Run handler om den professionelle baseballstjerne - og alkoholiker - om hvordan han forsøger at tackle (drukne) barndomstraumer. En hjælp bliver det for ham, da han accepterer at deltage i den lokale kirkes afvænningsprogram. En hæderlig kristen film om misbrug - omend handlingen i den er ret forudsigelig.
Interviews with director Kon and others cover the entire production from beginning to end. Opening and closing narrated by Genya Tachibana.
Kim Nam-woo struggles through life as people around him constantly leave him; his best friend, Jun-ho, is going to study in Seoul and in some ways his widowed mother is "leaving" him too by paying more attention to her new boyfriend. To escape, he goes to a dream world, where he meets a girl named Mari. The story follows Nam-woo in discovering himself and maturing.
An American manager and his daughter want to hire "the little singers with the wooden cross" for a tour of the United States,but Jeannot,a young member of the choir recognize his grandma's locket round the girl's neck .
En flok aliens invaderer jorden med det endelige herredømme for øje. Magtovertagelsen skal blandt andet ske ved at vække de døde til live, hvilket de fremmede er i stand til uden problemer.