"All men are not created equal. It is the purpose of the Government to make them so." This is the premise of the Showtime film adaption of Kurt Vonnegut's futuristic short story Harrison Bergeron. The film centers around a young man (Harrison) who is smarter than his peers, and is not affected by the usual "Handicapping" which is used to train all Americans so everyone is of equal intelligence.
Spin off from the classic 1946 Jimmy Stewart film "It's A Wonderful Life" finds his protecting angel, Clarence, again returning to Earth to help another human.
Llano Estacado jako by bylo tím nejméně pohostinným místem na slunci. Přes tuto vyprahlou poušť musejí projet kryté vozy přistěhovalců směřujících na Západ. Čeká je tu nejedna útrapa - nejen žhavá výheň, ale i Supové... Tak si říkají bandité, kteří přepadávají vysílené osadníky, aby se zákeřnou lstí zmocnili jejich majetku. Mladý syn lovce medvědů Martin společně s Vinnetouem a Old Surehandem chtějí toto místo zbavit jeho věčného prokletí. Je to však úkol nad jiné obtížný.
The life and career of Clarence Darrow, the noted American lawyer and civil libertarian.
The movie consists of three odd and strange tales that each teach a different lesson.
Some time after her messy divorce, Fanny Connelyn realises her ex-husband is becoming her best friend.
A coming-of-age story, adapted from Irv Ruckman's 1984 novel, about a teenager who bonds with his stepfather while the Blainsworth, Nebraska farm family battles a series of killer twisters.
An American cop teams up with a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman and together they uncover a plot to hide international terrorists in Vancouver.
The true story of a woman who is sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering her husband's ex-wife.
Vincent Price hosts this documentary exploring the historical myths surrounding vampires.
In a Canadian metropolis, failed actor David shares a place with the bookish Candy, whom he dated before coming out as gay. While David, who now waits tables, pursues an aimless romance with a younger coworker, Candy dabbles in both same-sex and heterosexual affairs. As David and Candy's odd assortment of friends — including a telepathic sex worker and an ill-tempered yuppie — pass in and out of their beds, a serial murder stalks the city's women.
An outcast Confederate soldier protects a woman from bandits trying to steal her gold mine.
Katie and Guy take a sea cruise in their sailboat and discover a couple on a wrecked boat, victims of a brutal attack by their crew. They take Eliza and Nick on board. The new boarders appear nervous about returning to Honolulu, and when the boat's engines die and other little incidents occur, Katie and Guy start wondering whether the shipwrecked couple are what they appear to be.
Fact-based drama, set in 1910 Milwaukee, about an older married woman, bored with her husband, and her dead son's friend she takes as a lover and hides in her attic over the next two decades -- an affair that ends in murder.
Patnáctiletá Katie žije se svými rodiči na farmě a její láskou jsou koně. Konečně získala žokejový průkaz a se svým hřebcem se připravuje na závody. Úspěch oslavuje s Cassem, přítelem z dětství, do kterého je zamilovaná. Katiin šťastný život se ovšem rychle změní. Její matka zemře. Otec požádá dceru, aby dodržela její poslední vůli přestěhovala se do města a vystudovala. Katie je nucena opustit ranč, přátele, rodinu a odejít do neznáma... Po šesti letech se Katie vrací se svým snoubencem Ericem. Její nemocný otec konečně našel koně, který by mohl vyhrát derby. Žádá Katie, aby se opět přestěhovala na farmu a žila s ním. Jenže 21-letá mladá dáma, žijící v Bostonu, vidí svou budoucnost celkem jinak. Nepřízeň osudu jí zasáhne do života podruhé, protože otec zemře. Zůstanou po něm jen dluhy.
After four years, Jake Cardigan is prematurely awoken from his fifteen year cryogenic punishment to a world very different than the one he knew. Much more than before 'Tek', the highly-addictive electronic designer narcotic of the 21st century, seems to be prevalent. His wife has divorced him and disappeared together with their son. He wants them back and he wants justice for those undercover policemen who were murdered by unknown conspirators which led to his imprisonment for a crime he did not commit.
Bezbranná rodina musí na horském výletě čelit smrtícímu přírodnímu živlu. Ještě větším ohrožením je však pro ni psychopat D. Hasselhoff. Dobrodruh Snyder se pustil do podezřelého obchodu s pašovanými diamanty. Navíc se rozhodl podvést parťáka, a tak zastřelil pilota a vyskočil z letadla, jímž spolu cestovali do Kanady. Stroj narazil do horského svahu a spustil lavinu. Tuny sněhu zavalily chatu, kde trávil prázdniny Brian Campbell s dětmi. Když se otci nepodařilo spojit se světem vysílačkou, začali se prokopávat. Poblíž domu našli napůl zmrzlého Snydera, a protože neměli tušení, co je zač, zachránili ho. Snyder je krmí smyšlenými historkami, postupně si získává náklonnost všech a prosadí, aby kopali tunel tím směrem, kde podle něj leží batoh s drahokamy. Jenomže Max najde jeho pistoli a rodině rázem jde o holý život...
David Grodin has an obsessive-compulsive personality. But he is also just plain obsessed with Maxine Smith, his ex-wife of five years and his business partner. Their small business is Mr & Mrs, a small swimwear company he founded but that only became successful when she became its creative director. They work well together and are best friends, but Max feels that they just could not live together and be married to each other. They learn that because of a legal technicality, their divorce was never executed and thus they are still legally married.
Twenty years after walking out on his family and bride on his wedding day, Jacob Hansen returns to the family farm and must accept the changes that happened after his departure.
Montreal 1948. On Rosh Hashanah, Chaim (a Yiddish writer) is forced to think of his religion when he's asked to be the tenth in a minyan. As he sits in the park, he suddenly sees an old friend whom he hasn't seen since they quarrelled when they were yeshiva students together. Hersh, a rabbi, survived Auschwitz and his faith was strengthened by his ordeal, while Chaim escaped the Nazis, but had lost his faith long before. The two walk together, reminisce, and argue passionately about themselves, their actions, their lives, their religion, their old quarrel, and their friendship.