În anii 1970, în Las Vegas, Ace Rothstein conduce hotelul-cazinou Tangiers cu o mână de fier, finanțat pe ascuns de puternicul sindicat al camionagiilor. The Tangiers este unul dintre cele mai de succes cazinouri din oraș, iar Ace a devenit capul din Las Vegas, asistat de prietenul său din copilărie, Nicky Santoro. Nemilos cu înșelătoriile, Rothstein este într-o zi sedus de frumusețea insolentei, Ginger McKenna. Îndrăgostit, îi deschide porțile paradisului său și se căsătorește cu ea. Necazurile lui încep atunci.
Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life.
Linus and David Larrabee are the two sons of a very wealthy family. Linus is all work – busily running the family corporate empire, he has no time for a wife and family. David is all play – technically he is employed by the family business, but never shows up for work, spends all his time entertaining, and has been married and divorced three times. Meanwhile, Sabrina Fairchild is the young, shy, and awkward daughter of the household chauffeur, who goes away to Paris for two years, and returns to capture David's attention, while falling in love with Linus.
Edinburgh, 1831. Among those who undertake the illegal trade of grave robbery is Gray, ostensibly a cab driver. Formerly a medical student convicted of grave robbery, Gray holds a grudge against Dr. MacFarlane who had escaped detection and punishment.
Filmul „49th Parallel” este produs în 1942 și a fost făcut pentru a sprijini eforturile britanicilor din cel de Al Doilea Război Mondial. Este o dramă creată în scop patriotic. Acțiunea care se desfășoară în anul 1941 și prezintă povestea unui mic echipaj german de pe o navă eșuată în Canada la Hudsons Bay. Germanii încearcă să traverseze Canada căutând un culoar spre Statele Unite. Pelicula prezintă peisajele încântătoare ale Canadei iar Emeric Pressbenger a luat Prmiul Oscar pentru scenariu.
The streets of the Bronx are owned by '60s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is lived. Philip Kaufman tells his take on the novel by Richard Price about the history of the Italian-American gang ‘The Wanderers.’
O bancnotă falsă de 500 de franci trece de la o persoană la alta, de la un magazin la altul, până când ajunge în mâinile unui nevinovat care nu își dă seama ce este, iar asta va avea consecințe devastatoare asupra vieții lui.
While a Mexican revolutionary lies low as a U.S. rodeo clown, the cynical Polish mercenary who tutored the idealistic peasant tells how he and a dedicated female radical fought for the soul of the guerrilla general Paco, as Mexicans threw off repressive government and all-powerful landowners in the 1910s. Tracked by the vengeful Curly, Paco liberates villages, but is tempted by social banditry's treasures, which Kowalski revels in.
This 2004 documentary by Werner Herzog diaries the struggle of a passionate English inventor to design and test a unique airship during its maiden flight above the jungle canopy.
After his young lover, Gitone, leaves him for another man, Encolpio decides to kill himself, but a sudden earthquake destroys his home before he has a chance to do so. Now wandering around Rome in the time of Nero, Encolpio encounters one bizarre and surreal scene after another.
Two women, Nic and Jules, brought a son and daughter into the world through artificial insemination. When one of their children reaches age, both kids go behind their mothers' backs to meet with the donor. Life becomes so much more interesting when the father, two mothers and children start to become attached to each other.
Eyüp decides to cross mount Ararat looking for his aunt in Yerevan after following a madman's words. His aunt has also been expecting someone to come from behind this mount for many years. Eyüp cannot be sure about the woman he finds behind the blue door, whether it is his aunt or not because they can't understand each other.
A mother takes her two sons on an unusual road trip from New York to Pittsburgh, St. Louis and eventually Hollywood in her quest to find a man to take care of them all.
A small town in Spain, October 1955. Isabel, a 35-year-old dreamer who feels like a failure because she is not married yet, becomes the new target of a group of soulless pranksters.
The film tells the story of three best friends named Ako, Aki and Awang, who are well-known in their village for their mischievous and humourous pranks. The trio work for Pak Man. One day, they are assigned to pick up his daughter Misha, who has just returned from overseas and dreams of becoming a doctor. The trio have been in love with her for a long time but she does not pay them any heed. When Misha is robbed by a snatch thief one day, she is rescued by a doctor named Shafiq. Her face reminds the doctor of his late wife, and he begins to pursue her, which annoys the trio.
A kindergarten teacher meets a novice magician and together they travel to another city to find love.
Fioravante decides to become a professional Don Juan as a way of making money to help his cash-strapped friend, Murray. With Murray acting as his "manager", the duo quickly finds themselves caught up in the crosscurrents of love and money.
Brent Weinbach is weird. In this show, Brent attempts to adjust his quirky personality so that he can fit in with the world around him, which would be valuable to his career as a comedian and entertainer. Through an absurd and abstract discourse, Brent explores the ways in which he can appeal to a broader, mainstream audience, so that ultimately, he can become successful in show business.