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Real Steel (2011)

Actors: Robert Zemeckis (producer), Richard Matheson (writer), Steven Spielberg (producer), Alan D. Purwin (actor), James Rebhorn (actor), Shawn Levy (producer), Hugh Jackman (actor), Hope Davis (actress), Shannon Edwards (actor), Miguel Sandoval (actor), Phil LaMarr (actor), Anthony Mackie (actor), Brad Leo Lyon (actor), Shawn Levy (director), Danny Elfman (composer),

Plot: In the near future when people become uninterested in boxing and similar sports, a new sport is created - Robot boxing wherein robots battle each other while being controlled by someone. Charlie Kenton, a former boxer who's trying to make it in the new sport, not only doesn't do well, he is very deeply in the red. When he learns that his ex, mother of his son Max, dies, he goes to figure out what to do with him. His ex's sister wants to take him in but Charlie has first say in the matter. Charlie asks her husband for money so he can buy a new Robot in exchange for turning Max over to them. He takes Max for the summer. And Max improves his control of his robot. But when the robot is destroyed, they go to a scrap yard to get parts. Max finds an old generation robot named Atom and restores him. Max wants Atom to fight but Charlie tells him he won't last a round. However, Atom wins. And it isn't long before Atom is getting major bouts. Max gets Charlie to teach Atom how to fight, and the father and son bond strenghtens.

Keywords: absent-father, announcer, audience, bare-chested-male, based-on-short-story, bet, boxing, boxing-gym, boxing-match, boxing-movie
Genres: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Sport,
Taglines: If you get one shot, make it real. Courage is stronger than steel. Champions aren't born. They're made.

Quotes:

Ricky: Your friend's a real dirtbag, kid.::[throws dirt at him]::Max Kenton: He's my father!::[looks at Charlie]::Ricky: Well, looks like a little less than an inch of your life. Right, buddy?

Charlie Kenton: I don't want your money, Marvin.

Bailey Tallet: 1200 miles for a kiss.::Charlie Kenton: Worth it. So worth it.

Max Kenton: Holy shit, it's Tak Mashido.

Max Kenton: So what do we do?::Charlie Kenton: We fight smart, be patient and pray. Seriously, pray!

Charlie Kenton: What do you want from me?::Max Kenton: I want you to fight for me! That's all I ever wanted!

Charlie Kenton: You know you're taking him home in pieces.::Max Kenton: We'll see.

Max Kenton: We can't win, can we?::Charlie Kenton: We'll see.

Max Kenton: Shut up! You're not helping!::Charlie Kenton: Actually, I think I am.

Charlie Kenton: I really need the money.::Max Kenton: I know. Let's work.

The Golden Phoenix (2010)

Actors: Michael O. Gallant (producer), Michael O. Gallant (director), Michael O. Gallant (producer), Karen Power (writer), Karen Power (producer), Karen Power (producer), John Howard (editor), Chris Koch (actress), Christian Shaw (actor), Matthew Hasler (actor), Sladana Vranjes (actress), Peter Bevin (actor), April McInerney (actress), Angela Falkowska (editor), Angela Falkowska (miscellaneous crew),

Genres: Horror, Thriller,

Fracture (2004)

Actors: Andy Wickens (miscellaneous crew), Michael Hurst (actor), Cliff Curtis (actor), Larry Parr (writer), Larry Parr (director), John Pallotta (actor), Jed Brophy (actor), Rawiri Paratene (actor), John Noble (actor), Jonathan Woodford-Robinson (editor), Victoria Kelly (composer), Miranda Harcourt (actress), Alistair Browning (actor), Veronique Lawrence (miscellaneous crew), Jennifer Ward-Lealand (actress),

Plot: Leeanne Rosser a strong but world-weary 20 year-old solo mother, sits on a hot train with her one-year-old, half-Samoan son Sam. It's her mother's birthday and Leeanne and Sam put up with the heat to visit her in Wainuiomata. But her mother is feeling the pull of the church, and refuses to accept Leeanne's baby born out of marriage. Leeanne's father is helpless to bring them together. Unknown to all of them, Leeanne's brother Brent is out creating mischief. He pretends to be a student or a bible salesman, and then robs houses when their owners are absent. Today an unsuspecting victim, Ulla, returns home during his robbery. Brent panics and sends Ulla plummeting down the steps with a sickening crack. For Leeanne and her family, and Ulla and her family, from that moment on, everything is changed. Ulla is paralyzed, her neck broken. Ulla has a 15 year-old daughter Olivia and an estranged husband Athol, who still lives at home and buries himself in his rental properties. Her husband's mother Gwen lives next door, having divorced Howard after a 40-year marriage. Gwen is the only person who can take responsibility for Ulla. For Leeanne, too, things reach a breaking point, after Danny brings home another girl to live in the flat. She returns to Wainuiomata to seek shelter with her parents, but her mother refuses them again. Brent sees a composite drawing of himself in a newspaper, as the man who is wanted for the crime. He realizes that his fingerprints will be found on Ulla's banister. He attempts to unload some of Ulla's stolen jewelery on Mrs. Ponder, an antique/junk dealer who acts as his 'fence'. But she is too smart, and soon knows Brent is wanted by the police. Brent is left with nowhere to turn but inward, into his own paranoia and fears. Mrs. Ponder puts pressure on Brent to leave the country. When Leeanne visits his flat to ask if she and Sam can come to live there, he loses his temper and sends them away in tears. One day as Leeanne is watching Sam on the swings at a waterfront park, a helicopter comes swooping out of the sky, almost knocking them to the ground with its downblast. Howard and his potential investors step out to survey the site, and Leeanne lets loose on them. It is a chance interaction that makes him realize he must re-evaluate his life. Two policemen are getting closer to Brent. But he has vanished. Leeanne, forced out of her home by a bullying boyfriend, ends up at Brent's flat with Sam, only to find it empty and trashed. It isn't long before the police swoop in and claim that Leeanne is implicated in her brother's crimes. Both families are now at breaking point. Brent's fate may lie in his own hands, but it will be Leeanne's strength and dedication to her child that will carry hope for the future.

Keywords: based-on-novel, independent-film, king-kong, kiwi, middle-earth, new-zealand, one-word-title
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller,
Taglines: A single crack can shatter everything. Every family has its own crime story. Based on a best-selling novel by Maurice Gee.

The Shark Net (2003)

Actors: Warren Mitchell (actor), Bill Kerr (actor), William McInnes (actor), Dan Wyllie (actor), George Shevtsov (actor), Bill McCluskey (actor), Angie Milliken (actress), Leeanna Walsman (actress), Ian Meadows (actor), Ben Young (actor), Geoff Kelso (actor), Alan John (composer), Emma Booth (actress), Claire van der Boom (actress), John Brennan (actor),

Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery,

The Untouchables (1987)

Actors: Chelcie Ross (actor), Charles Martin Smith (actor), Robert Minkoff (actor), Clifton James (actor), Sean Connery (actor), Robert De Niro (actor), Andy Garcia (actor), Andy Garcia (actor), Billy Drago (actor), Kevin Costner (actor), Don Harvey (actor), Mike Bacarella (actor), Richard Bradford (actor), David Mamet (writer), Patricia Clarkson (actress),

Plot: Federal agent Elliot Ness assembles a personal team of mob fighters to bring Chicago crime boss Al Capone to justice using unconventional means during the mob wars of the 1920s. This fictionalized account of the arrest of Al Capone is heavy on style and gunfire. The end shootout combines a baby carriage and stairs with a nod to Eisenstein's _The Battleship Potemkin_.

Keywords: 1930s, accountant, action-hero, alcohol, alley-fight, assault-rifle, baby, baby-carriage, bar, baseball-bat
Genres: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller,
Taglines: The Chicago Dream is that big AL CAPONE. He ruled Chicago with absolute power. No one could touch him. No one could stop him. - Until Eliot Ness and a small force of men swore they'd bring him down. What are you prepared to do? Never stop fighting till the fight is done

Quotes:

Judge: [after Ness has discovered Capone bribed the jury to acquit him] Bailiff, I want you to go next door to Judge Hawton's court, where they've just begun hearing a divorce action. I want you to bring that jury in here, and take this jury to his court. Bailiff, are those instructions clear?::Bailiff: [puzzled] Yes, sir, they're... clear...::Capone: [to his attorney] What's he talking about? What is it?::Judge: Bailiff, I want you to switch the juries.::Bailiff: Yes sir.::Defense Attorney: Your honor, I object!::Judge: Overruled.

Capone: I want you to get this fuck where he breathes! I want you to find this nancy-boy Eliot Ness, I want him DEAD! I want his family DEAD! I want his house burned to the GROUND! I wanna go there in the middle of the night and I wanna PISS ON HIS ASHES!

Malone: You just fulfilled the first rule of law enforcement: make sure when your shift is over you go home alive. Here endeth the lesson.

Malone: Don't wait for it to happen. Don't even want it to happen. Just watch what does happen.

Ness: I wanna hurt the man, Malone. You hear me? I wanna start taking the battle to him. I wanna hurt Capone!

Malone: Why do you want to be a police officer?::Williamson: To protect the... people and the... p...::Malone: I'm not looking for the textbook answer. Why do you want to join the force.::Williamson: The force?::Malone: Yeah, why do you want to join the force.::Williamson: Because... I...::Malone: Yeah?::Williamson: ...think I could help.::Malone: You think you could help.::Williamson: ...with the force.::Malone: Thank you very much, you've been most helpful. [Williamson leaves] [to Ness] There goes the next chief of police.

Malone: Why do you want to join the force?::George Stone: To protect the property and citizenry of...::Malone: Ah, don't waste my time with that bullshit. Where you from, Stone?::George Stone: I'm from the south-side.::Malone: Stone. George Stone. That's your name? What's your real name?::George Stone: That is my real name.::Malone: Nah. What was it before you changed it?::George Stone: Giuseppe Petri.::Malone: Ah, I knew it. That's all you need, one thieving wop on the team.::George Stone: Hey, what's that you say?::Malone: I said that you're a lying member of a no good race.::George Stone: [He cuffs Stone across the face. As he draws back his arm again, Stone presses a gun under his chin] Much better than you, you stinking Irish shit pig.::Malone: Oh, I like him.::Ness: [Ness looking a bit nervous and Malone smiling at Stone] Yeah I like him too.

Capone: You can get further with a kind word and a gun than you can with just a kind word.

Capone: I'm gonna tell you something. Somebody messes with me, I'm gonna mess with with him. Somebody steals from me, I'm gonna say you stole. Not talk to him for spitting on the sidewalk. Understand? Now, I have done nothing to harm these people but they are angered with me, so what do they do, doctor up some income tax, for which they have no case. To speak to me like me, no, to harass a peaceful man. I pray to god if I ever had a grievance I'd have a little more self respect. One more thing, you have an all out prize fight, you wait until the fight is over, one guy is left standing. And that's how you know who won.

Capone: People are gonna drink! You know that, I know that, we all know that, and all I do is act on that. And all this talk of bootlegging - what is bootlegging? On a boat, it's bootlegging. On Lake Shore Drive, it's hospitality. I'm a businessman!

Off the Wall (1983)

Actors: Archie Hahn (actor), Dennis McCarthy (composer), Paul Sorvino (actor), Barrie Howells (producer), Rosanna Arquette (actress), Tom Daly (producer), David McCharen (actor), Eugene Jackson (actor), Lewis Arquette (actor), Monte Markham (actor), Russell Johnson (actor), Garry Goodrow (actor), Al Leong (actor), Ralph Wilcox (actor), Bob Terhune (actor),

Plot: Two young hitchhikers are picked up a speed-crazed young woman, who tears around the countryside. She leaves them to take the blame for her activities, and they find themselves sentenced to six months in prison. The girl, feeling bad about what she did to them, resolves to break them out of the prison.

Keywords: independent-film
Genres: Comedy,

Gandhi (1982)

Actors: John Gielgud (actor), Richard Griffiths (actor), Edward Fox (actor), Ernest Clark (actor), Anang Desai (actor), David Gant (actor), Daniel Day-Lewis (actor), Tom Alter (actor), John Boxer (actor), Mohan Agashe (actor), Jalal Agha (actor), Ian Bannen (actor), Sudhir Dalvi (actor), Nigel Hawthorne (actor), Günther Maria Halmer (actor),

Plot: In 1893, Gandhi is thrown off a South African train for being an Indian and traveling in a first class compartment. Gandhi realizes that the laws are biased against Indians and decides to start a non-violent protest campaign for the rights of all Indians in South Africa. After numerous arrests and the unwanted attention of the world, the government finally relents by recognizing rights for Indians, though not for the native blacks of South Africa. After this victory, Gandhi is invited back to India, where he is now considered something of a national hero. He is urged to take up the fight for India's independence from the British Empire. Gandhi agrees, and mounts a non-violent non-cooperation campaign of unprecedented scale, coordinating millions of Indians nationwide. There are some setbacks, such as violence against the protesters and Gandhi's occasional imprisonment. Nevertheless, the campaign generates great attention, and Britain faces intense public pressure. Too weak from World War II to continue enforcing its will in India, Britain finally grants India's independence. Indians celebrate this victory, but their troubles are far from over. Religious tensions between Hindus and Muslims erupt into nation-wide violence. Gandhi declares a hunger strike, saying he will not eat until the fighting stops. The fighting does stop eventually, but the country is divided. It is decided that the northwest area of India, and eastern part of India (current day Bangladesh), both places where Muslims are in the majority, will become a new country called Pakistan (West and East Pakistan respectively). It is hoped that by encouraging the Muslims to live in a separate country, violence will abate. Gandhi is opposed to the idea, and is even willing to allow Muhammad Ali Jinnah to become the first prime minister of India, but the Partition of India is carried out nevertheless. Gandhi spends his last days trying to bring about peace between both nations. He thereby angers many dissidents on both sides, one of whom finally gets close enough to assassinate him.

Keywords: 1890s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 19th-century, 20th-century, amritsar-india, amritsar-massacre, army-vs-civilians
Genres: Biography, Drama, History,
Taglines: His Triumph Changed The World Forever. The Man of the Century. The Motion Picture of a Lifetime. A WORLD EVENT It took one remarkable man to defeat the British Empire and free a nation of 350 million people. His goal was freedom for India. His strategy was peace. His weapon was his humanity.

Quotes:

Gandhi: I am a Muslim and a Hindu and a Christian and a Jew and so are all of you.

Gandhi: Whenever I despair, I remember that the way of truth and love has always won. There may be tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they may seem invincible, but in the end, they always fail. Think of it: always.

Nehru: Bapuji, the whole country is moving.::Gandhi: Yes. but in what direction?

Gandhi: An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

Nahari: I'm going to Hell! I killed a child! I smashed his head against a wall.::Gandhi: Why?::Nahari: Because they killed my son! The Muslims killed my son!::[indicates boy's height]::Gandhi: I know a way out of Hell. Find a child, a child whose mother and father have been killed and raise him as your own.::[indicates same height]::Gandhi: Only be sure that he is a Muslim and that you raise him as one.

Gandhi: They may torture my body, break my bones, even kill me, then they will have my dead body. NOT MY OBEDIENCE!

Gandhi: We think it is time that you recognized that you are masters in someone else's home. Despite the best intentions of the best of you, you must, in the nature of things, humiliate us to control us. General Dyer is but an extreme example of the principle... it is time you left.

Kinnoch: With respect, Mr. Gandhi, without British administration, this country would be reduced to chaos.::Gandhi: Mr. Kinnoch, I beg you to accept that there is no people on Earth who would not prefer their own bad government to the good government of an alien power.::Brigadier: My dear sir! India *is* British. We're hardly an alien power! [silence]

Vince Walker: I met him once.::Collins: You mean Gandhi?::Vince Walker: Yeah, in South Africa, a long time ago. I wonder if he'll recognize me.::Collins: What was he like?::Vince Walker: He had a full head of hair then. We were a bit like college students, trying to figure everything out.::Collins: Well, he must have found some of the answers!

Gandhi: You're a temptress.::Margaret Bourke-White: Just an admirer!::Gandhi: Nothing is more dangerous, especially for an old man.

'Breaker' Morant (1980)

Actors: John Waters (actor), Edward Woodward (actor), Vincent Ball (actor), Bruce Beresford (director), Chris Haywood (actor), Bruce Beresford (writer), Charles 'Bud' Tingwell (actor), Jack Thompson (actor), Bryan Brown (actor), Matt Carroll (producer), Rob Steele (actor), William M. Anderson (editor), Ray Meagher (actor), Jonathan Hardy (writer), Fran Burke (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners. Though they acted under orders, they are being used as scapegoats by the General Staff, who hopes to distance themselves from the irregular practices of the war. The trial does not progress as smoothly as expected by the General Staff, as the defence puts up a strong fight in the courtroom.

Keywords: 1900s, 19th-century, adultery, africa, anti-war, anzac, army, army-life, australia, australian-and-new-zealand-army-corps
Genres: Drama, History, War,
Taglines: When they speak of heroes - of villains - of men who look for action, who choose between honor and revenge - they tell the story of Breaker Morant HERO OR VILLAIN ...his exploits shook an empire...and made him a legend. "If you encounter any Boers, you really must not loot 'em and if you wish to leave these shores, for pity's sake don't shoot 'em." "THE BREAKER" They were ordered to "take no prisoners" A powerful true story of bitter revenge... A true story of injustice and the horror of war. One of the most acclaimed Australian movies ever made!

Quotes:

[last lines]::Harry Morant: Shoot straight, you bastards. - Don't make a mess of it!

George Wittow: Did you write that, Harry?::Harry Morant: No, no. It was a minor poet, called Byron.::Peter Handcock: Never heard of him.::Harry Morant: I did say he was a minor poet.

George Wittow: [after Handcock has admitted to murdering the missionary] Major Thomas has been pleading justifying circumstances and now we're just lying.::Peter Handcock: We're lying? What about THEM? It's no bloody secret. Our graves were dug the day they arrested us at Fort Edwards.::George Wittow: Yeah, but killing a missionary, Peter?::Harry Morant: It's a new kind of war, George. A new war for a new century. I suppose this is the first time the enemy hasn't been in uniform. They're farmers. They come from small villages, and they shoot at from behind walls and from farmhouses. Some of them are women, some of them are children, and some of them... are missionaries, George.

Sentry: [to Major Thomas] Excuse me, sir. I was in a public house last night, sir.::Major Thomas: We're you, Sergeant?::Sentry: Yes, sir. I overheard one of the witnesses talking about the prisoners. In his cups he was, sir. A very indescreet gentleman.::Major Thomas: [later in court, questioning Corporal Sharp] Have you not been saying in the local pubs that you would walk barefoot from Cape Town to Petersburg to be on a firing party to shoot Lieutenant Handcock?::Corporal Sharp: [visibly shaken] Well, sir I might have said something like that over a pint, sir. It may have been the beer talking, sir, not me, sir.

Lord Kitchener: Needless to say, the Germans couldn't give a damn about the Boers. The diamonds and gold of South Africa they're after.::Major Bolton: They lack our altruism, sir.::Lord Kitchener: Quite.

Major Bolton: How did Lt. Handcock look?::Corporal Sharp: Like he was thinking, sir... like... I can't think of the...::Major Bolton: Did he look like he was agitated?::Corporal Sharp: Agitated? Yes, that's it, sir. Yes, sir, he looked agitated.::Major Thomas: Objection. Major Bolton is leading the witness.::Major Bolton: I will rephrase the question, sir. Tell me, Corporal Sharp, how did Lt. Handcock look?::Corporal Sharp: Agitated, sir!

Major Thomas: The barbarities of war are seldom committed by abnormal men. The tragedy of war is that these horrors are committed by normal men in abnormal situations.

Harry Morant: Live every day as if it were going to be your last; for one day you're sure to be right.

Sentry: Do you want the padre?::Harry Morant: No, thank you. I'm a pagan.::Sentry: And you?::Peter Handcock: What's a pagan?::Harry Morant: Well... it's somebody who doesn't believe there's a divine being dispensing justice to mankind.::Peter Handcock: I'm a pagan, too.::Harry Morant: There is an epitaph I'd like: Matthew 10:36. Well, Peter... this is what comes of 'empire building.'::Major Thomas: Matthew 10:36?::Minister: "And a man's foes shall be they of his own household."

Peter Handcock: New South Wales Mounted? What sort of a lawyer are you?::Major Thomas: They haven't locked me up, yet. What sort of a soldier are you?

Girls in Chains (1943)

Actors: Francis Ford (actor), Roy Butler (actor), Broderick O'Farrell (actor), Sid Melton (actor), Clancy Cooper (actor), Ben Erway (actor), Charles McMurphy (actor), Ernie Alexander (actor), Henry Hall (actor), Kenneth Harlan (actor), Robert F. Hill (actor), Charles Jordan (actor), Emmett Lynn (actor), Charles McAvoy (actor), Crane Whitley (actor),

Plot: When Ruth Martin is discharged from her teaching position because her sister is married to a notorious criminal (who is basically running the city), she accepts a job at a girls correctional facility. Her intent is to try and prepare the inmates for a better life once they are released. Ruth runs up against the supervisor (who is controlled by her brother-in-law) who is only interested in skimming money off the budget and his gang of matrons who only want to keep the girls in line doing laundry.

Keywords: drunkenness, girls'-reformatory, hairdo, political-corruption, prison, taken-for-a-ride, women's-prison
Genres: Crime, Drama,

The Secret Bride (1934)

Actors: Arthur Aylesworth (actor), Vince Barnett (actor), William Bailey (actor), James Burke (actor), James P. Burtis (actor), Frederick Burton (actor), Wade Boteler (actor), Eddy Chandler (actor), Spencer Charters (actor), Davison Clark (actor), Wallis Clark (actor), Nick Copeland (actor), Joseph Crehan (actor), Frank Darien (actor), William B. Davidson (actor),

Plot: Before Ruth Vincent, daughter of a state governor, and state attorney general Robert Sheldon can announce their marriage, the governor is accused of bribe-taking. To avoid the appearance of conflict of interest, they decide to keep their marriage secret. The political intrigue becomes more involved, and no one is quite what they seem. Soon Sheldon and Ruth must decide between saving the governor's career and an innocent person's life.

Keywords: based-on-play, bribery, frame-up, murder, pardon, political-corruption, politician, revenge, secret-marriage, suicide
Genres: Drama,