Taylor Brandon Burns (Mark Rendall), a conflicted young TV star from the U.S., runs away from the set - and his problems - while shooting a big-budget film in Canada. His reluctant limo-driver, Rick Schiller (Don McKellar), a down-on-his-luck indie filmmaker, is enlisted to find Taylor before the childstar destroys himself.
Le comédien britannique Peter Sellers, après avoir été l'un des animateurs radio de la BBC, s'imposera comme l'un des plus grands acteurs comiques de la planète.
Ce film analyse de manière détaillée et documentée comment l'empire médiatique du magnat australo-américain Rupert Murdoch, mené par la chaîne d'information continue Fox News, et à travers ses programmes et ses journaux télévisés, met en place un système visant à manipuler l'opinion des trois quarts de la planète.
"Manhattan" est la série de tous les désirs. De la star déchue sur le retour jusqu'au jeune premier, tous les acteurs de cette saga connaissent maintenant la gloire grâce à Mel Weschler le producteur. Tous ont aussi des secrets et certains vont éclater au grand jour, mettant en péril la série qui bat tous les records d'audience...
Frank Sinatra (Casnoff) emerges from Hoboken, New Jersey, the son of local politician Natalie "Dolly" Sinatra (Dukakis) and fireman Anthony "Marty" Sinatra (Santos). Beginning his career as a singer for the Harry James (Posey) and Tommy Dorsey (Gunton) big bands, Sinatra struggles to keep his marriage to his teenage sweetheart Nancy Barbato (Gershon). Before long, his talent catapults him to both music and movie fame, but his personal failings place his career and marriage in danger. He endures tumultuous marriages and divorces with starlets Ava Gardner (Harden) and Mia Farrow (Siemaszko) while juggling his movie and singing careers and forming significant friendships with an ambitious young senator named John F. Kennedy (Kelly) and powerful Chicago mob boss Sam Giancana (Steiger).
Bill est le scénariste d'une série à succès. Il a toujours privilégié sa carrière, et sa femme l'a finalement quitté, emmenant avec elle leurs deux fils.
Adriane est une épouse comblée mais lorsqu'elle apprend qu'elle est enceinte, tout change : son mari refuse l'enfant à venir.
Ils ne le savent pas encore, mais Bill et Adriane sont faits l'un pour l'autre...
Un documentaire sur Z Channel, l'une des premières chaînes câblées payantes des États-Unis, et son responsable de la programmation, Jerry Harvey. Lancée en 1974, cette chaîne basée à Los Angeles a proposé une programmation éclectique de films qui est devenue un exemple parfait de la puissance inexploitée de la télévision par câble.
In Japan, a school's movie club was shut down when one member disappeared and another was hospitalized after suffering a nervous breakdown. Seven years later, two students, Maki and Ai, restart the club with the intention of making a horror film based on the events that led to the organization's closure. Three other girls (Natsuki, Yayoi, and Yuka) join the club, and they, Maki and Ai are taken to a secluded lodge called the Yuai House by Maki's sister Yoko, a teacher and former club member, who has brought along the awkward Takako.
Due to masturbating to Clown Porn, college student and sex addict Michael Brichums misses a date with his girlfriend, Carrie, prompting Carrie to dump him. Later, Mike goes to a sex shop, where he finds a magazine featuring Andromeda Strange, an alt porn star whose films are so extreme they have been banned in numerous countries. Mike asks the clerk about Andromeda, and is told that obscenity laws prohibit the store from selling her merchandise, but he can probably find her films online. When Mike leaves, the clerk disappears, leaving another employee (who was in the washroom) to find Mike's receipt, and wonder "Who the Hell rang this up?"
The film opens on a beach in Malibu, where Tobolowsky recounts a miraculous swim he took on an earlier birthday. It continues in the kitchen of his home, as he boils sausages for his guests and recounts stories about his early auditions in Los Angeles. After some stories in the backyard, where he is grilling the sausages, the guests arrive. Then Stephen entertains his guests with stories about being nominated as one of 100 coolest people in LA, being in a rock 'n' roll band, and working on such films as Bird on a Wire and Mississippi Burning.
An unnamed director is casting the lead actress for his first feature film. He discusses the process with his off-screen wife, becoming increasingly angry as he speaks. The director has selected Sandy, a young actress, and will finalise the deal in an upcoming meeting. Meanwhile, Sandy's roommate refuses to let her into their house, as Sandy has failed to pay back a loan. After convincing her roommate that she will pay her back once she gets the part, Sandy enters the house, where she has a phone conversation with her controlling and unsupportive mother. It is revealed that the director's wife is gagged and tied to a meat hook in their living room. The director, a violent misogynist, feels disgraced by his wife's lesbianism. He praises Sandy's qualities, then kills his wife with an axe. The director continues his diatribe, declaring that he will invite Sandy to stay in the house with him while they make the film.
Gepy Fuxas, présentateur de la télévision de grande réputation mène la transmission "il Étage Italienne"qui mene des repas au public une série de cas humains, traité avec de la superficialité et du cynisme. Pendant un épisode de "Terrasse Italiene" Fuxas interviewe une dame sur les problèmes des handicapés, mais il laisse de côté bien bientôt le sujet qui juge de pas grande prise sur le public, pour mettre en place problèmes douloureux privés de l'hôte.