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John Tyree è un ragazzo dall'indole ribelle e cresciuto senza madre che ha un rapporto tormentato con il padre e con se stesso. Un giorno decide di arruolarsi nell'esercito americano e viene mandato in Europa. Quando torna a casa, per una licenza, incontra Savannah Curtis, studentessa modello e ragazza molto diversa da lui della quale s'innamora, ricambiato. A pochi mesi dal congedo di John però l'America viene colpita dagli attentati terroristici dell'11 settembre 2001 e il ragazzo viene impegnato in missioni di guerra sempre più pericolose in Medioriente. I loro incontri diventano sempre più sporadici e il loro unico contatto è lo scambio di lettere d'amore, una corrispondenza che avrà conseguenze fatali. Tratto dal romanzo "Ricordati di guardare la luna" di Nicholas Sparks.
A girl who is stalked by a psychotic manic hides out with transvestites who aren't at all what they seem.
"This short film is a letter to a person whom I haven't seen for a long time. Since I couldn't find the words to explain to him what had happened in my life that time, I thought I'd show him in pictures what my days had been like without him."
Two young Mormons, John and Darla, meet one evening in a video outlet that rents "edited, cleaned-up" versions of movies. They hit it off, share a lot of time together, and some weeks later John proposes marriage. Darla explains that her parents have asked her to only marry a man who has served a religious mission for the LDS Church, and he immediately pledges to become a missionary to allow their dream of a future together to be possible. After 3 months in the mission field, John moves to a new apartment with three other elders. Elder White has just received a "Dear John" letter from his girlfriend after a year away from home. The other elders got their letters at 6 months and 8 months respectively. John tells them that he will never get such a letter, but back home Darla is showing off her wedding dress to her girlfriends the day before her marriage to somebody else, and is explaining about her "romance" with John. However, in her rationalization, John is a socially inept klutz.
Con l'aiuto della figlia, l'anziano padre della regista Kirsten Johnson inscena diverse versioni della propria morte, affrontando l'inevitabile con umorismo ed emozione.
Chronicles the work of cult director John Carpenter through interviews with him and his associates, with emphases on the earlier work.
Nel Texas confederato, Johnny e il suo amico sordomuto Erastus sventano il complotto di un generale che vuole instaurare una dittatura con l'aiuto dei prussiani.
Despite having time to reflect upon his twelve years behind bars, he can’t shake off the ghosts of the past. If he could catch up with Johnno, the guy who put in him in prison. Make him understand what it was like to have entire life waste.
A man receives a worrying letter from his next door neighbours.
Divorced skipper John meets Anita, a single mother, at a port and spends the weekend with her.
Dear Rodeo: The Cody Johnson Story, a brand-new cinematic feature-length documentary, is the much bigger picture, recounting Johnson’s real-life journey from the dusty rodeo arenas of rural Texas to some of the biggest musical stages in America. Every emotion Johnson felt over the past 20 years – whether he was standing in the back of the chute at the rodeo or singing about it in front of 75,000 fans – is captured vividly in this big screen experience, with all the highs and lows that come from the dreams you cling to and the dreams you ultimately let go of. Featuring interviews with Reba McEntire, Taya Kyle (the widow of “American Sniper” Chris Kyle), and more, this evocative and celebratory film is a love letter to everyone who has had to abandon a dream in order to find true purpose.
This film is an expression of a thought and a desire by Mississippi filmmaker Philip Scarborough. He, along with fellow Mississippians (not actors—real, native Mississippians) have crafted a letter to the Confederate "sentinels" looming over courthouse lawns across their state. In a heartfelt
Un mix di nuove interviste con vecchi filmati e registrazioni, questo documentario, narrato da Danny Glover, evidenzia il leggendario Mississippi blues, chitarrista-cantante Robert Johnson (1911-1938). Kevin Moore (che registra come Keb Mo) appare come Johnson nelle sequenze di rievocazione storica narrati, e il produttore Don Law è interpretato da Don L. Jr. Con colori e filmati in bianco e nero, il film ripercorre la breve ma estremamente influente carriera di questa figura quasi mitica, generalmente considerato come il re del blues del Delta. Mostrato al Boston Film Festival del 1997.
Il film ripercorre la storia di Karol Wojtyla dalla sua elezione a Papa il 16 ottobre 1978 fino alla morte avvenuta la sera del 2 aprile 2005. Giovanni Paolo II, passato indenne da un tremendo attentato in piazza San Pietro il 13 maggio 1981, ha contribuito al crollo del comunismo nell'Est europeo.
The year: 1969. Headlines blare war and civil unrest while John Lennon and Yoko Ono are in love. The eccentic rock 'n' roll couple has just gotten married, and more than happy to be together, they want to change the world. Lying in a hotel bed surrounded by journalists, they announce their mission for peace and invite the rest of the world to symbolically climb into bed with them and share their dream. People call them silly, naive, even ridiculous, yet one famous couple's bed-in spread new hope that there really could be an end to war, hate and violence. Here is rare footage from that amazing time, including footage from John and Yoko's wedding, the infamous bedside confrontation between John and conservative cartoonist Al Capp, Lennon debating media expert Marshall McLuhan, and meeting Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Now twenty years after Lennon's murder, Yoko and others involved in the peace mission reflect on the events of that magical, mystical year.
The spotlight is on guitarist Johnny Thunders, best known for his stint with punk gods the New York Dolls, in this combination concert video and documentary chronicling his hedonistic, self-destructive lifestyle. Included is his only live show on film -- backed by the Heartbreakers and featuring the songs "Chinese Rocks," "Born to Lose" and "Hurt Me" -- plus behind-the-scenes studio footage and clips from his 1976 "Anarchy" tour of Britain.
Screenwriter John Michael Hayes reminisces about his partnership with Alfred Hitchcock during the making of the classic 1954 film Rear Window.