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The Passenger (Italian: Professione: reporter) is a film directed and co-written by Michelangelo Antonioni, released in 1975, in which Jack Nicholson stars as a television reporter in Africa who assumes the identity of a dead stranger. The film competed for the "Palme d'Or" award at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival. Coupled with a train ride, this film is the basis for the 1977 Iggy Pop song The Passenger (song).
David Locke (Jack Nicholson) is a television journalist making a documentary film on post-colonial Africa. To finish the film, he is in the Sahara desert seeking to meet with and interview rebel fighters involved in Chad's civil war. Struggling to find rebels to interview, his frustrations reach a climax when his Land Rover gets hopelessly stuck on a sand dune. After a long walk through the desert back to his hotel a thoroughly glum Locke finds that an Englishman by the name of Robertson (Charles Mulvehill), who has also been staying there and with whom he had struck up a friendship, has died overnight in his hotel room.
Actors: Mario DeAngelis (producer), Mario DeAngelis (editor), Danny James (actor), Thomas J. Post (actor), Thomas J. Post (miscellaneous crew), Brandon Hobbs (producer), Brandon Hobbs (writer), Brandon Hobbs (director), Dillon Graves (actor), Sean Smithson (actor), Sean Smithson (producer), Q (composer), Nick Sanchez (actor),
Genres: Horror, Short,Actors: Kenneth Scicluna (writer), Kenneth Scicluna (director), Manuel Cauchi (actor), Philip Mizzi (actor), Ruben Zahra (composer), Polly March (actress), Michael Camilleri (actor), Chris Micallef (actor), Jasmin Tenninger (miscellaneous crew), Rina Camilleri (actress), Charles Gauci (actor), Jasmin Tenninger (actress), Marvic Xerri (actor), Ilaria Falzon (actor), Diana Bailey (actress),
Plot: Inspired by Shakespeare's Hamlet, set in the old city of Valletta, Malta; this is a short film that explores dark, liquefied decrepitude. A sailor's son is damned to row a rotting boat back and forth across a hemmed harbour. Numbed by ineptitude yet spurred by guilt and expectations, tormented by the enseamed union between overbearing mother and weaselly uncle, the boy spirals down a foredoomed path.
Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Short,Actors: Daniel Posey (director), Spencer Ernst (editor), Michael Eschbacher (actor), Daniel Posey (actor), Spencer Ernst (producer), Michael Eschbacher (producer), Daniel Posey (producer), Michael Eschbacher (writer), Michael Eschbacher (writer), Daniel Posey (writer), Spencer Ernst (actor), Spencer Ernst (director), Ryan Bocklage (miscellaneous crew), Sebastian Martinez (composer), Rachael Amick (actor),
Plot: Beginning to lose his grip on reality, a young man is confronted by a stranger that challenges his way of life, and more importantly, challenges his ability to continue living. Unsure if the stranger is a friend or foe, the young driver must make a decision that will effect the fate of his life.
Genres: Drama, Sci-Fi, Short, Thriller,Actors: Adam May (director), Adam May (producer), Fabian Peters (editor), Dan Bernstein (writer), Dan Bernstein (actor), Aaron Day (composer), Rebecca Chisholm (producer),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Scott Woodard (producer), Loy Edge (actor), Aaron Antaloczy (editor), Aaron Antaloczy (producer), Aaron Antaloczy (writer), Aaron Antaloczy (director), Kelly Dixon (actor), Eric Page (composer), Joshua Mann (actor), Eric B. Cookson (producer),
Genres: Action, Comedy, Short,Actors: Ken Glaser (writer), Ken Glaser (editor), Ken Glaser (producer), Ken Glaser (actor), Ken Glaser (composer), Ken Glaser (director), Stephen T. Marchillo (actor),
Plot: Frisco: City In Motion is a surreal short film that highlights the kinetic nature of San Francisco's landmarks. Part travelogue, part music video, and part comedy, the video is notable for its unusual scene transitions and special effects that complement the vivid scenes.
Keywords: comedy-duoActors: Ángel Hernández Zoido (editor), Lucio Godoy (composer), Sarah Zoe Canner (actress), Jorge Torregrossa (director), Anne Carney (actress), Bryan Close (actor), Jenna Jolley (actress),
Genres: Sci-Fi, Short,Actors: David Warner (actor), Dedee Pfeiffer (actress), Jefery Levy (producer), Jefery Levy (director), Jefery Levy (writer), Steve Antin (actor), Lauren Zuckerman (editor), Hayley Marcus Simpson (costume designer), Colin MacLeod (writer), Gregory D. Levy (producer), Colin MacLeod (producer), Nancy Cannava (miscellaneous crew), Andrew Cannava (producer), Dustin Todd Levy (producer), John Walsenko (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: ,Actors: Giba Assis Brasil (editor), Carlos Gerbase (writer), Carlos Gerbase (director), Luciana Tomasi (producer), Zé Adão Barbosa (actor), Sérgio Lulkin (actor), Glênio Póvoas (writer), Glênio Póvoas (director), Paulo Marques (actor), Heron Heinz (composer), Marcos Carbonell (actor), Marco Fronchetti (actor),
Genres: Short,Actors: Piero Umiliani (composer), Sam Giancana (actor), J.X. Williams (writer), J.X. Williams (director), J.X. Williams (editor), Ernest Cook (actor),
Genres: ,I am the passenger
And I ride and I ride
I ride through the city's backsides
I see the stars come
Out of the sky
Yeah the bright and hollow sky
You know it looks
So good tonight
I am the passenger
I stay under glass
I look through my
Window so bright
I see the stars
Come out tonight
I see the bright
And hollow sky
Over the city's
Ripped backside
And everything looks good tonight
chorus
Singing la la la la
La-la-la-la
La la la la
La-la-la-la
La la la la
La-la-la-la
La la
Get into the car
We'll be the passenger
We'll ride through the city tonight
We'll see the city's ripped backsides
We'll see the bright and
Hollow sky
We'll see the stars that shine
So bright
Stars made for us tonight
O the passenger
How how he rides
O the passenger
He rides and he rides
He looks through his window
What does he see
He sees the sign and
Hollow sky
He sees the stars
Come out tonight
He sees the city's ripped backsides
He sees the winding ocean drive
And everything was made
For you and me
All of it was made for
You and me - 'cause it
Just belongs to you and me
So let's take a ride and
See what's mine
chorus
O the passenger
He rides and he rides
He sees things from under glass
He looks through his window inside
He sees the things he knows are his
He sees the bright
Hollow sky
He sees the city
Sleep at night
He sees the stars
Come out tonight
And all of it is yours and mine
And all of it is yours and mine
So let's ride and ride
And ride and ride