John Barnett

A documentary team gets a grant to do a film on a rare fatal disease that is attacking homeless people. However, they quickly find the film too depressing. Ducking into a nightclub, they discover a young Manhattan comedienne and decide instead to follow her as she makes the circuit of auditions in L.A. as she tries to get a TV pilot. Unfortunately, she has failed to tell her boyfriend of this move. He decides he will trail her out west. There, the boyfriend runs into an old friend who has already made a break on a TV pilot. Seizing the opportunity, the actress turns her attentions to the established actor. However, the actress goes nowhere in auditions, but her ex-boyfriend is suddenly noticed and becomes the next hot prospect.

Vue à travers le regard d’une escouade de soldats américains, l’histoire débute le jour du Débarquement au cours de la 2ème Guerre Mondiale, le long des plages de Normandie. Le capitaine John Miller a pour mission de retrouver le soldat James Ryan, dont les trois frères sont morts au combat et il s’expose ainsi à de nombreux risques. Confrontés à une situation périlleuse, les hommes discutent les ordres. Pourquoi huit hommes risqueraient-ils leur vie pour un seul homme ? Rattrapés par la brutalité de la guerre, chacun cherche sa propre réponse ainsi que la force de vaincre un futur incertain avec honneur, décence et courage.

Martin Clunes stars as a straight-laced museum curator who finds himself travelling to New Zealand to settle a dispute with a Maori community about an ancient carving - with unexpected consequences.