Midnight Cowboy blev belønnet med Oscars for bedste film, bedste instruktør og bedste manuskript, og kan desuden prale af, at Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voigt og Sylvia Miles alle blev Oscar-nomineret for deres præstationer. Dustin Hoffman er uforglemmelig som "Ratso" Rizzo, en snyltende, snusket, ubetydelig bondefanger med store drømme. Jon Voigt er fantastisk som Joe Buck, den smukke, naivt charmerende "cowboy" fra Texas, som er overbevist om, at han kan frelse New Yorks mange kærlighedshungrende kvinder. Disse to personer finder sammen i denne stærke og følelsesladede film om menneskeskæbner i storbyens jungle.
Det romantiske drama The Sessions er baseret på journalisten Mark O'Briens inderligt optimistiske forfatterskab og fortæller historien om en veluddannet og sindsfrisk poet (spillet af den fantastiske John Hawkes), hvis kropsfunktioner er lammet af polio, og derfor må leve i en jernlunge døgnet rundt. På det sidste er Marks tanker begyndt at kredse om sex og især spørgsmålet, om den snart fyrreårige jomfru overhovedet er i stand til at udføre akten? Hans hjælper Vera (Moon Bloodgood) præsenterer ham derfor for muligheden i professionel hjælp, og efter kyndig vejledning og spirituelt samtykke hos sin præst (William H. Macy) hyrer Mark sex-surrogatet Cheryl (Helen Hunt). Ifølge reglerne kan de to kun afholde i alt seks sessioner, men dette er mere end nok til at søsætte et fascinerende forhold og kickstarte Marks manddom.
Første Verdenskrig lakker mod enden, da Mathilde får besked om, at hendes forlovede er blevet dømt af en krigsret. Straffen er forvisning til ingenmandsland mellem de franske og tyske tropper og dermed den sikre død. Men Mathilde er sikker på at hendes udkårne har overlevet, og hun beslutter at rejse mod fronten for at afklare hans skæbne.
A biography of Ian Dury, who was stricken with polio at a young age and defied expectations by becoming one of the founders of the punk-rock scene in Britain in the 1970s.
Sophie, a writer of racy romance novels, is working on one of her stories in the library, when Eddie overhears her. Sophie, embarrassed by her paralyzed leg from childhood polio, spurns his advances, but when Sophie breaks her leg, she has the perfect way of hiding her disability from Eddie. As Sophie struggles to win over Eddie and hide her disability, Eddie's jealous fiance and a police officer investigating a jewel heist threaten their relationship.
A crippled lady songwriter meets an older lawyer who becomes her first love.
A dancer who has just gotten engaged to her partner and choreographer and is about to embark on a major career is devastated to learn that she has contracted polio.
It's Christmas, 1955 in Daytona Beach, FL, and middle child Maryellen longs to stand out amidst the hustle and bustle of her big family. When Benji, a family friend afflicted with polio comes to stay with them, Maryellen is intent on making the holiday special. After her plans for a big celebration fall through, she discovers the best gifts are often simple, meaningful gestures of friendship.
In the 1920s, enterprising Louise Randall is determined to succeed in a man's world. Despite numerous setbacks, she always picks herself back up and moves forward again.
The film interweaves the personal accounts of polio survivors with the story of an ardent crusader who tirelessly fought on their behalf while scientists raced to eradicate this dreaded disease. Based in part on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book Polio: An American Story by David Oshinsky, Features interviews with historians, scientists, polio survivors, and the only surviving scientist from the core research team that developed the Salk vaccine, Julius Youngner.
Han ænsede det ikke, men hun var dybt involveret i hans liv gennem hele deres barndom. Nu er rollerne byttet om. Epidemiens Ekko er en bevægende fortælling om søskendeparret Niels og Lisbet, der voksede op i skyggen af den store polio epidemi i 1952. Den ene mærket for livet af invaliderende begrænsninger. Den anden tilsyneladende rask, men... Epidemiens Ekko er en dybt personlig dokumentarfilm med og af den prisbelønnede filminstruktør Niels Frandsen. En film om fortrængninger og fortielser, kropstraumer og kulturhistorie.
Probably the most atypical star in the history of popular music, Ian Dury overcame Polio to be one of the most iconic figures of the late punk movement. With his supercharged live performances and unique blend of sexually poetic lyrics, Ian Dury achieved critical aclaim from both his fans and fellow artists. From his early days with Kilburn and the High Roads to his superstardom with the Blockheads, Ian Dury was a complicated cocktail of warmth, wit, bile and bombast... quite simply he was unique and unforgettable. To discover the legend that is Ian Dury this DVD contains amazing live performances of Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, What A Waste, Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick, Sweet Gene Vincent and many other hits from his heyday, alongside in-depth interviews that give an insight to the man himself.
Grace Fisher was an active musician and dancer until a rare spine disease almost derailed her budding career. In this award winning documentary, we see grief transformed into gratitude and tragedy turned into opportunity.
jeg husker ikke noget, men jeg glemmer det aldrig. Om den store polioepidemi der i 1952 raser hen over Danmark. Niels Frandsen bliver som ét-årig en af de mange, der får børnelammelse, og i flere år ligger han på hospitalet, totalt adskilt fra sine forældre. I løbet af et par måneder bliver mere end 6000 mennesker ramt af polio, heraf er langt de fleste børn. Det er sin egen og disse børns historie, han her fortæller om.