Popovich and the Voice of the Fabled American West (2013)

Actors: Antonio Fargas (actor), Joel Schoenbach (actor), Mike Thompson (editor), Mike Thompson (writer), Mike Thompson (writer), Mike Thompson (actor), Mike Thompson (director), Diana Eden (costume designer), Jerry Thompson (director), Jerry Thompson (writer), Jerry Thompson (editor), Jerry Thompson (writer), Jerry Thompson (actor), James Scampoli (actor), Joe Berry (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Family, Western,

Friends with Benefits (2011)

Actors: Mila Kunis (actress), Jean Hodges (miscellaneous crew), Rashida Jones (actress), Patricia Clarkson (actress), Jenna Elfman (actress), Al Cerullo (miscellaneous crew), Justin Timberlake (actor), Andy Samberg (actor), Woody Harrelson (actor), Naeem Uzimann (actor), Richard Jenkins (actor), Masi Oka (actor), Jason Segel (actor), Frédéric North (miscellaneous crew), David Midgen (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: Jamie ('Mila Kunis' (qv)) is a New York head-hunter trying to sign Los Angeles-based Dylan ('Justin Timberlake' (qv)) for her client. When he takes the job and makes the move, they quickly become friends. Their friendship turns into a friendship with benefits, but with Jamie's emotionally damaged past and Dylan's history of being emotionally unavailable, they have to try to not fall for each other the way Hollywood romantic comedies dictate.

Keywords: 2010s, advertising, aerial-shot, airport, alcohol, alzheimer's-disease, amateur-magician, anti-romantic-comedy, apartment, bare-breasts
Genres: Comedy, Romance,
Taglines: Friendship is a four-letter word. Some friends come with a happy ending.

Quotes:

[from trailer]::Tommy: The babies you two are gonna have. Those things are gonna get *really* big and then *really* small.::Jamie: We're not together.::Tommy: That was a highly inappropriate series of comments and I apologize.

Jamie: I have the perfect body for Photoshop. This [face] gets more angular, these [legs] get longer and this [nose] gets way more Christian.

Lorna: Bananas in the refrigerator? What are you, Puerto Rican?

Jamie: Everybody, this is Dylan. He's from L.A. [Everybody boos him] He's the reason I can afford all this beer! [Everybody cheers him]

Kayla: Maybe you should care a little bit less about work and a little bit more about the girl you're dating because last time I checked work doesn't reassure you that liking a finger up your ass doesn't make you gay.

Jamie: I really have to stop buying into this bullshit Hollywood cliche of true love.::[sees posters for _The Ugly Truth (2009)_ (qv) on a wall]::Jamie: Shut up, Katherine Heigl, you stupid, little liar!

Dylan: Why do women think the only way to get men to do what they want is to manipulate them?::Jamie: History, personal experience, romantic comedies.

Kayla: John fucking Mayer!

Dylan: Breasts.::Jamie: Really? I think they're so tiny.::Dylan: They're still breasts.::Jamie: Thank you!

[repeated line]::Tommy: Still not gay?

Beethoven's Christmas Adventure (2011)

Actors: John O'Hurley (actor), John Cleese (actor), Robert Picardo (actor), Debbie Coe (miscellaneous crew), Dee Bradley Baker (actor), John Gilbert (editor), John Kassir (actor), Tom Arnold (actor), Curtis Armstrong (actor), John Putch (director), Eric Ladd (miscellaneous crew), Jeff Freilich (producer), Kyle Massey (actor), Flo Krisko (miscellaneous crew), Andrew Gallinger (miscellaneous crew),

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy,

En dag til i solen (1998)

Actors: Nicholas Hope (actor), Leif Andrée (actor), Francisco Rabal (actor), El Gran Wyoming (actor), Pilar Bardem (actress), Ingrid Rubio (actress), Finn Gjerdrum (producer), Sonia Grande (costume designer), Marianne Slot (producer), Bent Hamer (director), Bent Hamer (writer), Luis Cuenca (actor), Alfonso Vallejo (actor), Josep Lluís Fonoll (actor), Skafti Gudmundsson (editor),

Genres: Drama,

The King of Comedy (1982)

Actors: Liza Minnelli (actress), Sandra Bernhard (actress), Joyce Brothers (actress), Tony Randall (actor), Ed Herlihy (actor), Joe Strummer (actor), Edgar J. Scherick (actor), Martin Scorsese (actor), Jerry Lewis (actor), Frederick De Cordova (actor), Robert De Niro (actor), Tony Devon (actor), Don Letts (actor), Arnon Milchan (producer), Robert Greenhut (producer),

Plot: Rupert Pupkin is obsessed with becoming a comedy great. However, when he confronts his idol, talk show host Jerry Langford, with a plea to perform on the Jerry's show, he is only given the run-around. He does not give up, however, but persists in stalking Jerry until he gets what he wants. Eventually he must team up with his psychotic Langford-obsessed friend Masha to kidnap the talk show host in hopes of finally getting to perform his stand-up routine.

Keywords: actor-shares-first-name-with-character, adult-son-lives-with-mother, ambition, applause, arrest, asian-servant, autograph, autograph-hound, bar, bartender
Genres: Comedy, Drama,
Taglines: . . and when it's all over one of them won't be laughing Nobody knows Rupert Pupkin, but by 11:30 tonight, the whole world will know he's . . . THE KING OF COMEDY It's no laughing matter. Nobody knows Rupert Pupkin, but after 11:30 tonight no one will ever forget him.

Quotes:

[last lines]::Announcer: And now, ladies and gentlemen, the man we've all been waiting for... and waiting for. [chuckles] Would you welcome home please television's brightest new star. The legendary, inspirational, the one and only king of comedy. Ladies and gentlemen, Rupert Pupkin!::[audience applauds and cheers]::Announcer: Rupert Pupkin, ladies and gentlemen! Let's hear it for Rupert Pupkin!::[audience continues cheering]::Announcer: Wonderful! Rupert Pupkin, ladies and gentlemen!::[audience continues cheering]::Announcer: Rupert Pupkin, ladies and gentlemen! Let's hear it for Rupert Pupkin! Wonderful! Rupert Pupkin, ladies and gentlemen!

Rupert Pupkin: Why not me? Why not? A guy can get anything he wants as long as he pays the price. What's wrong with that? Stranger things have happened.

Rupert Pupkin: I know, Jerry, that you are as human as the rest of us, if not more so.

Rupert Pupkin: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Let me introduce myself. My name is Rupert Pupkin. I was born in Clifton, New Jersey... which was not at that time a federal offense. Is there anyone here from Clifton? Oh, good. We can all relax now. I'd like to begin by saying... my parents were too poor to afford me a childhood. But the fact is that... no one is allowed to be too poor in Clifton. Once you fall below a certain level... they exile you to Passaic. My parents did put the first two down payments on my childhood. Don't get me wrong, but they did also return me to the hospital as defective. But, like everyone else I grew up in large part thanks to my mother. If she were only here today... I'd say, "Hey, ma, what are you doing here? You've been dead for nine years!" But seriously, you should've seen my mother. She was wonderful. Blonde, beautiful, intelligent, alcoholic. We used to drink milk together after school. Mine was homogenized. Hers was loaded. Once they picked her up for speeding. They clocked her doing 55. All right, but in our garage? And when they tested her... they found out that her alcohol had 2% blood. Ah, but we used to joke together, mom and me... until the tears would stroll down her face... and she would throw up! Yeah, and who would clean it up? Not dad. He was too busy down at O'Grady's... throwing up on his own. Yeah. In fact, until I was 13 I thought throwing up was a sign of maturity. While the other kids were off in the woods sneaking cigarettes... I was hiding behind the house with my fingers down my throat. The only problem was I never got anywhere... until one day my father caught me. Just as he was giving me a final kick in the stomach for luck... I managed to heave all over his new shoes! "That's it", I thought. "I've made it. I'm finally a man!" But as it turned out, I was wrong. That was the only attention my father ever gave me. Yeah, he was usually too busy out in the park playing ball with my sister Rose. But today, I must say thanks to those many hours of practice my sister Rose has grown into a fine man. Me, I wasn't especially interested in athletics. The only exercise I ever got was when the other kids picked on me. Yeah, they used to beat me up once a week... usually Tuesday. And after a while the school worked it into the curriculum. And if you knocked me out, you got extra credit. There was this one kid, poor kid... he was afraid of me. I used to tell him..."Hit me, hit me. What's the matter with you? Don't you want to graduate?" Hey, I was the youngest kid in the history of the school to graduate in traction. But, you know, my only real interest right from the beginning, was show business. Even as a young man, I began at the very top collecting autographs. Now, a lot of you are probably wondering... why Jerry isn't with us tonight. Well, I'll tell you. The fact is he's tied up. I'm the one who tied him. Well, I know you think I'm joking... but, believe me, that's the only way... I could break into show business... by hijacking Jerry Langford. Right now, Jerry is strapped to a chair... somewhere in the middle of the city. Go ahead, laugh. Thank you. I appreciate it. But the fact is, I'm here. Now, tomorrow you'll know I wasn't kidding... and you'll think I was crazy. But, look, I figure it this way. Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime. Thank you. Thank you.

Secretary: Is Mr. Langford expecting you?::Rupert Pupkin: Yes, I don't think he is.

Rupert Pupkin: Well I'm sorry. I made a mistake.::Jerry Langford: So did Hitler.

Masha: Do you wanna be waiting here till next Shavuos?

Rupert's Mom: Rupert? What are you doing down there?::Rupert Pupkin: MOM!

Langford's Lawyer: What is the defense of kidnapping? How can you say, "I was crazy at the time"?

Rupert Pupkin: I'm gonna work 50 times harder, and I'm gonna be 50 times more famous than you.::Jerry Langford: Then you're gonna have idiots like you plaguing your life!