Πέντε παιδικοί φίλοι ξανασυναντιούνται, όταν ο προπονητής, που τους είχε απογειώσει το ηθικό οδηγώντας τους στην κατάκτηση του τοπικού πρωταθλήματος basket τριάντα χρόνια πριν, πεθαίνει. Αποφασίζουν να περάσουν μαζί το Σαββατοκύριακο της 4ης Ιουλίου στο σπίτι δίπλα στη λίμνη, εκεί που κάποτε μαζεύονταν και γιόρταζαν ως ξέφρενα νιάτα τις νίκες τους. Τώρα βέβαια, μεσήλικες πια, σέρνουν μαζί ιδιότροπες συζύγους, κακομαθημένα παιδιά, βραχνά σκυλιά, φωνακλούδες πεθερές και παριστάνουν τους μεγάλους και επιτυχημένους.
Ένα ηλικιωμένο ζευγάρι (Tomi και Sukichi) αφήνουν το χωριό τους για να επισκεφτούν τα παιδιά τους στο μεταπολεμικό Τόκυο. Η υποδοχή τους θα είναι απογοητευτική: τα παιδιά δεν μπορούν να τους διαθέσουν χρόνο γιατί είναι πολύ απασχολημένα. Έτσι καταφεύγουν σε μια εύκολη λύση: τους στέλνουν σε ένα τουριστικό θέρετρο
Ένας ηλικιωμένος γραφειοκράτης προσπαθεί να βρει νόημα στη ζωή του, όταν πληροφορείται ότι σύντομα θα πεθάνει από καρκίνο.
Ινδία, τέλη του 19ου αιώνα. Στο περίτεχνο σπίτι του φιλελεύθερου αλλά και εργασιομανή Μπούπατι, εκδότη εφημερίδας και της μοναχικής γυναίκας του, Τσαρουλάτα, έρχεται να φιλοξενηθεί ο Αμάλ, ο ξάδερφος του Μπούπατι. H Τσαρουλάτα ανακαλύπτει την καλλιτεχνική της πλευρά, αλλά ταυτόχρονα νιώθει και μια επικίνδυνη έλξη.
Η Αν Λέικ μόλις πρόσφατα εγκαταστάθηκε στην Βρετανία μαζί με την κόρη της, την Μπάνι. Όταν πηγαίνει να παραλάβει την μικρή από την πρώτη της ημέρα στο σχολείο, κανείς δεν την ξέρει και δεν έχει γίνει καν εγγραφή. Καθώς ούτε η αστυνομία μπορεί να βγάλει κάποια άκρη, υποθέτουν πως το κορίτσι είναι στην φαντασία της Αν. Κι όταν ο αδελφός της επιβεβαιώνει τις υποψίες της αστυνομίας, η Αν θεωρείται ψυχολογικά ασθενής. Είναι όμως;
A farm girl learns she is a princess and is swept away by a tornado to the land of Oz.
In Italy, small-town newlyweds Wanda and Ivan Cavalli embark on their honeymoon in the big city of Rome. Ivan dutifully wants to keep appointments with family and church, but Wanda is only interested in meeting her favorite photo-strip star known as "The White Sheik". While Wanda impetuously sneaks away to locate the object of her affections, disconsolate Ivan tries his hardest to keep up appearances with the couple's relatives.
At the Katnip Kollege, we see a roomful of cats taking a course in Swingology. Everyone swings except Johnny, who can't cut it and has to sit in the dunce chair. Miss Kitty Bright tells him to look her up when he learns how to swing. Finally, listening to the pendulum clock at night, Johnny gets the beat. He rushes out to where everyone is playing and sings "Easy As Rollin' Off a Log" to Kitty Bright. She joins in; he grabs a trumpet for an instrumental break, with the complete band. They both fall off a log; she covers him with kisses.
This concert program was shot with 10 Camera Hi-Definition featuring R. Kelly at the world famous Paramount Theater in Oakland, CA. Kelly's previous albums have garnered sales of over 25 million records in the U.S. alone. The show will feature hit songs from his entire career leading up to his next album in 2007. This high end program runs over 60 minutes in length and features all of the smash hits that R.Kelly is famous for. The first live concert feature from international R&B star R. Kelly was shot in Oakland, California and includes over 60 minutes of his best-loved hits.
Beverly Ross, the switchboard operator at a local radio station, jumps at the chance to be the DJ for an early morning show before the soldiers at a nearby army camp assemble for reveille. Beverly, with her modern music, camp bulletins and chatter, is a hit with the soldiers. Beverly's younger brother and his two buddies are soldiers at the camp. The buddies vie for Beverly's attentions.
Julia Whitman and her daughter Jody flee their husband and father’s violence to a doomsday paradise. Julia meets Matthey Haley in New Zealand and falls in love despite her inner resistance. However, the shadows of the past will not let you forget. Julia's ex-husband, Charles, who follows in the footsteps of his wife and daughter, shows up on the island.
Agostino is a 13-year-old boy on vacation in Venice with his widowed mother. When a local stud seduces her, jealous Agostino joins a local group of juvenile delinquents out of protest. They force him to face his budding sexuality..
Living in the forest, little spider Temi dreams of catching the Moon. For that, she will do anything.
The professor shows his power to Mephisto by mysteriously placing a young lady in a swing. Mephisto then shows his power by making the young lady disappear from the swing, to the surprise of the professor. The professor makes another mystic pass and produces a second young lady then in the swing, and also a skeleton.
Two young men form a connection on the swings of their local park.
Louis Jordan's Orchestra perform Jordan Jive. Setting is a canteen, with the orchestra and audience in US military uniform. The Swing Maniacs go through some extremely strenuous acrobatic dancing.
A Playground Day is a single-channel screen-recorded video with a voiceover of a narration of a fictional playground trip with my sisters. Through the illegible 3D scans of the playground, I constructed a fragmented visual story that depicts reimagination and faded memories. The self-referential voiceover serves as an index to the process of making this video, I had let the visuals of the video take its course and simply follow along, making up unscripted stories along the way.
In the absence of the genuine article, stable boy Pandoy serves as the Panday, forging a magic sword out of a meteorite and fighting pirates and white slavers. The film features a subplot of Pandoy having to choose between two romantic interests.
Two instants separated by 99 days conflict with each other.
In this musical, a con man makes a good living by promoting bogus charity shows. He gets the communities all revved up and then skips town with all their money. But then he meets three earnest people wanting to garner financial support for an orphanage. This time the con man's loyal assistant finally catches on to the wicked scam and turns him in to the police. Meanwhile, the newly reformed assistant and one of the charity workers fall in loves.