Captain Ambrose comes from a long line of distinguished sailors...but is all too susceptible to seasickness. After the war, he buys himself a nautical command on shore; a decrepit amusement pier at the British resort town Sandcastle-on-Sea, whose prim town council has outlawed arcade games as a form of gambling! Running the pier like a naval vessel, the captain's determination to make it a modern, going concern meets steady opposition. But with an unexpected new ally, he pursues a remarkable scheme to liberate his ship from land authorities...
Eric and Quentin, hosts in a children's show, are at the peak of their television careers. On a night that is a little too crazy, they drink too much and do a little rubbish. Unfortunately, someone films their exploits and broadcasts the video over the Internet. It's bad buzz, the dreaded phenomenon for a public figure. Their producer gives them 48 hours to restore their image, otherwise they will be fired. The more the duo tries to get by, the more they accumulate blunders, as during the funeral of Quentin's grandmother.
【布偶大追缉】的故事则是关于一场珠宝大窃案,本故事中主角 Kermit 和伙伴 Fozzie 是报社的记者,被报社派去英国伦敦采访一位知名的时尚设计师 Lady Holiday ,Kermit 还爱上了设计师的助理秘书 Miss Piggy,不料这时却发生窃案,设计师的名贵珠宝不翼而飞,而且 Miss Piggy 被陷害成为嫌犯,为了要洗刷 Miss Piggy 的冤屈,Kermit 和他的布偶伙伴们于是展开一场追缉珠宝窃贼的大冒险。 【布偶大追缉】(The Great Muppet Caper)是 Jim Henson 《布偶系列》跨入大银幕的第二部电影,于1981年推出,当年是由环球电影所发行的,迪斯尼于2004年2月买下了 Jim Henson 《布偶系列》的所有作品版权之后,本片如今也已经成为迪斯尼旗下的作品了。 本片是由 Jim Henson 亲自担任执导,他同时也在片中担任包括主角 Kermit 等众多角色,其它布偶配音的也都是原来电视节目【大青蛙布偶秀】的原配音者,包括 Frank Oz 、Richard Hunt 、Jerry Nelson 、Dave Goelz 、Richard Hunt …等等,至于真人的演员部份,则包括 Diana Rigg 、Charles Grodin …等等,还有许多客串演员,包括 John Cleese 、Robert Morley 、Peter Ustinov 、Jack Warden 等。本片的配乐是由 Joe Raposo 负责,他同时也一人包办片中所有歌曲的作词与作曲,歌曲“The First Time It Happens”还获得该年奥斯卡金像奖的题名。本片的原声带在美国曾经有发行,但如今已经绝版多年了。
Brij Mohan (36), a hosiery shop owner in a busy Delhi market, desperately wants to change his life. He is fed up of his ball-crusher wife and mounting debts. In order to escape his wretched life, he changes his appearance and adopts a new identity as Amar Sethi, but ends up committing a botched up murder. He runs off with his young girlfriend, hopeful of making a new beginning. Instead, as luck would have it, he finds himself trapped in a web of his own Karma.
After the corrupt former Mayor is killed by the peasants, poor janitor Juan Vargas is appointed new Mayor of a desert town in central Mexico. Although he tries to bring the motto of the ruling party to town (modernity, peace and progress) he realizes soon that there's nothing to do against corruption... except to become corrupt. Step by step, helped by his pistol, Juan Vargas becomes the law and the worst Major in the town's history. 故事讲述墨西哥农民杀死腐败的前市长后,不幸的看门人阿瓦尔加斯在墨西哥中部被任命为一个沙漠镇的新市长,他努力提倡执政党的新意识,到任不久就立下反对腐败的座右铭,但反对也开始变得腐败,一步步在他的枪手帮助下,阿瓦尔加斯成为法郎和镇上历史最恶劣的一页。