This FitzPatrick Traveltalk short tours North Carolina, first visiting the Cataloochie Ranch near Waynesville, where the ranch hands are shown square-dancing and singing folk songs. We cut to a visit with the many Cherokee Indian living in the state, followed by the camera showing the fields of azaleas, flowers that grow wild in many areas of this state. At the Biltmore estate, the annual Rhododendron Pageant is seen. Our screen tour winds up with a visit to Asheville, depicting Pack Square, the St. Lawrence Catholic Church and the Skyline Drive.
The "Tri-State" gang goes on a successful bank robbing streak causing local authorities to turn up the heat on the daring career criminals.
Musikken er Bizet’s - fra hans berømte opera Carmen - men ordene er Oscar Hammerstein II’s, som ellers er mest kendt for sit samarbejde med komponisten Richard Rodgers. I denne amerikanske version, med sorte skuespillere, er scenen flyttet fra Sevilla, Spanien, til et militært miljø i USA omkring Korea-krigen, herunder et cafeteria, hvor Carmen Jones eftertragtes af mange mænd, især Joe Adams.
A family of children decide not to tell anyone their father has died, and to live on their own in the backwoods of rural North Carolina. If the state finds out they are on their own, they will be split up and sent to live in foster homes.
A young man has an eventful summer after graduating high school.
Miller is an early morning disc jockey in the Southern United States. After his motorcycle is stolen and used in a drug deal, Miller finds himself mixed up with a variety of thugs and criminals.
In a small college in North Carolina, only a select few students are left to take mid terms. But, when a killer strikes, it could be everyone's final exam.
Jim Malden er Vietnam-veteran, enkemand og en smule sær. Han bor på en lille ø, hvor hans eneste kontakt til omverdenen er Stell, der har en butik på fastlandet. Jim lever og ånder for de to sidste eksemplarer af en sjælden ørneart, som han vogter nidkært over. Men en dag sender en rig æggesamler en bjergbestiger til øen for at snuppe to ørneæg fra reden.
Years after a desperate teenage Linda gives up her baby for adoption, she finds herself face-to-face with Martin, a young man claiming to be her long-lost son. Linda embraces Martin and in him finds a welcome reprieve from her unhappy marriage to the neglectful Henry. But soon Martin grows violent and becomes obsessed with Henry -- a philandering man whose only offspring is an expansive model train set that devours his waking hours.
Wayland Jackson (Russell), a widower with a young daughter, moves to a small, impoverished mountain village in North Carolina, circa 1934. They are taken in by Collie Wright (McGillis), a single mother with an illegitimate baby, and she and Wayland soon fall in love. Trouble starts when the identity of her baby's father is revealed.
Lægen Jerome Lovell (Liam Neeson) finder i en hytte i Smokey Mountains en død kvinde og hendes datter, Nell (Jodie Foster). På grund af en total mangel på kontakt til omverdenen, har Nell hverken et brugbart sprog eller nogen erfaring i, hvordan det civiliserede menneske opfører sig. Jerome begynder, trods vanskeligheder med myndighederne, et antropologisk studie af den sære kvinde. Han kæmper stædigt imod et krav om, at hun tvangsindlægges for yderligere observation.
Two prisoners escape with the help of their jailer to search for a treasure that is supposedly buried with a dead millionaire.
Retsmedicinsk psykolog Alex Cross rejser til North Carolina og slår sig sammen med det flygtede kidnapnings offer Kate McTiernan for at jage "Casanova", en seriemorder, der bortfører viljestærke kvinder og tvinger dem til at underkaste sig hans krav. Sporet fører til Los Angeles, hvor duoen opdager, at psykopaten måske ikke arbejder alene.
During the 70's, some Komodo Dragon eggs were dumped on an North Carolina island. Somehow, the baby Komodos survived, and twenty years later they have grown up and taken over the island for themselves. Young Patrick has lost his parents and his dog to the lizards, but didn't see them himself, which has left him traumatized. Now, with his therapist Victoria, they return to confront his fears.
Set in the landscape of a rural southern town, "George Washington" is a stunning portrait of how a group of young kids come to grips with a hard world of choices and consequences. During an innocent game in an abandoned amusement park, a member of the group dies. Narrated by one of the children, the film follows the kids as they struggle to balance their own ambitions and relationships against a tragic lie.
Landon Carter nyder livet som skolens populæreste dreng, indtil han er involveret i et uheld, hvor en anden dreng bliver paralyseret. Landon bliver dømt til samfundstjeneste og deltagelse i skolens dramaklub. Gennem sit ufrivillige miljøskifte møder han den religiøse præstedatter Jane. De to forelsker sig, men hverken Landons eller Janes bagland syntes særlig godt om alliancen.
The story of two small town boys from different sides of the tracks: 1950's childhood and self-redemption. Young "Whitey" Black (so called because of a tuft of blanched hair on the left side of his head) lives in poverty with his single mother and ailing, four-year old sister, Sandy. Just across town, young Jerry Barlow lives the advantages of a middle class lifestyle with both parents and his younger brother. When mischief casts Whitey and Jerry into a shared paper route, Jerry quickly learns of Whitey's desire to buy his sister an angel doll for Christmas. Even though no such dolls exist in their hometown, Whitey, Jerry and a host of colorful characters set out in search of Sandy's gift. Along the way, reversals of fortune, theft, prejudice and, ultimately, the boy's friendship opens their eyes to the vastness of the small town around them.
In a sleepy little mill town in North Carolina, Paul is the town Romeo. But when his best friend's sister returns home from boarding school, he finds himself falling for her innocent charm. In spite of her lack of experience and the violent protests of her brother, the two find themselves in a sweet, dreamy and all-consuming love.
For one historic evening, American music legends Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson, and Ricky Skaggs joined forces as The Three Pickers, to film a concert for public television. The music they made before a North Carolina audience is as relaxed as a front porch picking session. Informed by the skill and good humor of the three master musicians who contributed so much to the creation and evolution of bluegrass music. With special guest Alison Krauss.
In 158 a group of English settlers landed near present-day North Carolina. These pilgrims expected wealth and prosperity from the untouched land but instead received famine and hyperthermia. Their eventual fate has been unknown until now.