Wolcott

Black Hawk Down (2001)

Actors: Jeremy Piven (actor), Glenn Morshower (actor), Ewan McGregor (actor), Josh Hartnett (actor), Jason Isaacs (actor), Zeljko Ivanek (actor), Eric Bana (actor), Kim Coates (actor), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (actor), Orlando Bloom (actor), Ewen Bremner (actor), Ioan Gruffudd (actor), William Fichtner (actor), Sam Shepard (actor), Brendan Sexton III (actor),

Plot: Action/war drama based on the best-selling book detailing a near-disastrous mission in Somalia on October 3, 1993. On this date nearly 100 U.S. Army Rangers, commanded by Capt. Mike Steele, were dropped by helicopter deep into the capital city of Mogadishu to capture two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord. This lead to a large and drawn-out firefight between the Rangers and hundreds of Somali gunmen, leading to the destruction of two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters. This film focuses on the heroic efforts of various Rangers to get to the downed black hawks, centering on Sgt. Eversmann, leading the Ranger unit Chalk Four to the first black hawk crash site, Warrant Officer Durant who was captured after being the only survivor of the second black hawk crash, as well as many others who were involved.

Keywords: 160th-soar, 1990s, africa, african, airport, ak-47, all-male-cast, ambush, ammunition, anti-war
Genres: Drama, History, War,
Taglines: Rangers Lead the Way. Leave No Man Behind.

Quotes:

[after Nelson, Twombly, and Yurek grouped together; talking about equipment]::Twombly: Never mind. You brought NOD, right?::Yurek: No, I did not bring it. You know why? Because you said: "You won't need that dude, we'll be back in a half-hour."::Twombly: [feeling guilty] I wasn't exactly saying that to you.

[Durant and Wolcott talk over the intercom as they fly past each other in their helicopters]::Durant: Six-One, this is Six-Four, go to UHF secure. I've got some bad news.::Cliff Wolcott: Limo is a word, Durant. I don't want to hear about it.::Durant: It is not a word. It's an abbreviation of a word.::Cliff Wolcott: Limo is a word in common usage. That is the key phrase in scrabble, my friend, common usage.::Durant: No! If it's not in the dictionary, it doesn't count.::Cliff Wolcott: It doesn't have to be in the dictionary!::Durant: It does have to be in the dictionary! Listen, when we get back to base, it's coming off the board.::Cliff Wolcott: You touch my limo and I'll spank you, Night Stalker. You hear me?::Durant: Yeah. Promises.

Eversmann: Nobody asks to be a hero, it just sometimes turns out that way.

[Watching a Somali mother pick up a gun]::Specialist Mike Kurth: Don't do it lady!

"Hoot": When I go home people'll ask me, "Hey Hoot, why do you do it man? What, you some kinda war junkie?" You know what I'll say? I won't say a goddamn word. Why? They won't understand. They won't understand why we do it. They won't understand that it's about the men next to you, and that's it. That's all it is.

Struecker: No one gets left behind, you know that.

Abdullah 'Firimbi' Hassan: You Americans don't smoke anymore. You live long, dull and uninteresting lives.

"Hoot": Y'know what I think? Don't really matter what I think. Once that first bullet goes past your head, politics and all that shit just goes right out the window.

Struecker: It's what you do right now that makes a difference.

Smith: I'm sorry.::Eversmann: You have nothing to be sorry about. You saved Twombly, you did it perfect.::Smith: You okay Twombs?::Twombly: Yeah, I'm okay, Jamie.::Eversmann: See, you did what you were trained to do. You should be proud of that, be proud of that.::Smith: Ev?::Eversmann: Yeah.::Smith: Do me a favor, okay? Tell my parents that I fought well today. And tell them that I... that I... that I fought hard.::Eversmann: You're gonna tell them yourself okay, Jamie?::Smith: Are... are the humvees here?::Eversmann: They're coming, Jamie. They're coming. You just gotta hold on for a little longer. Can you do that?::Smith: I can, I can. It's nothing. It's nothing.

Private Wars (1993)

Actors: Anthony R. Lovett (actor), Richard Pepin (producer), Louis Febre (composer), Stuart Whitman (actor), Art Camacho (actor), Charla Driver (producer), Steve Railsback (actor), Joseph Merhi (producer), Ken Davitian (actor), James Lew (actor), Tim Colceri (actor), Victor Licas (miscellaneous crew), Victor Licas (miscellaneous crew), Michael DeLano (actor), John Weidner (editor),

Plot: A wealthy businessman is trying to "convince" the inhabitants of an old neighborhood to abandon their homes in order to build a huge business center there. To achieve his goals, he bribes the police and uses organized bands to intimidate the neighbors. But perhaps this alcoholic ex-cop, Manning, could help them, but how?

Keywords: alcoholic, ambush, antihero, beating, blood-splatter, burglar, businessman, city, community, corruption
Genres: Action,
Taglines: The battle lines are drawn between good and evil!

Smooth as Silk (1946)

Actors: Joe Kirk (actor), Charles Trowbridge (actor), Harry Cheshire (actor), Boyd Davis (actor), Ralph Brooks (actor), Stuart Holmes (actor), John Davidson (actor), John Litel (actor), Frank Marlowe (actor), Bert Moorhouse (actor), Chester Conklin (actor), William J. O'Brien (actor), Milburn Stone (actor), Kent Taylor (actor), Virginia Grey (actress),

Plot: An attorney, engaged to an actress, gains acquittal for a wealthy playboy accused of manslaughter. The actress, anxious to play the lead in a production backed by the uncle of the playboy, neglects her fiancée in favor of the playboy. The enraged attorney kills the playboy's uncle and makes plans to kill the playboy.

Keywords: 1940s, acquittal, actress, ambition, attorney, b-movie, broadway-manhattan-new-york-city, cigarette-smoking, death-of-relative, deceit
Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir,