Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980)

Actors: Randy Quaid (actor), Meg Foster (actress), Frank Konigsberg (actor), Danny Nelson (actor), Colleen Dewhurst (actress), Veronica Cartwright (actress), Ed Lauter (actor), Brad Dourif (actor), Ned Beatty (actor), James Earl Jones (actor), Powers Boothe (actor), LeVar Burton (actor), Clifton James (actor), Diana Scarwid (actress), Diane Ladd (actress),

Plot: Based upon the true story of Jim Jones, a self proclaimed prophet. Jim Jones had a loyal following of about 1000 people, who had donated their entire life savings to him to join his commune. When possible illegal activities came to the attention of the authorities, they started to investigate. Rather that faces the charges, Jim Jones committed suicide, and convinced virtually All of his followers to do the same.

Keywords: african-american, american-abroad, based-on-book, character-name-in-title, charismatic-leader, christianity, church, cinematographer, civil-rights, commune
Genres: Biography, Drama,

Wake Me When It's Over (1960)

Actors: Mike Mahoney (actor), Tommy Farrell (actor), Don Knotts (actor), Raymond Bailey (actor), Roy Engel (actor), Alex Gerry (actor), Jerry Hausner (actor), Thomas Browne Henry (actor), Paul Bradley (actor), George DeNormand (actor), Parley Baer (actor), Ralph Dumke (actor), Robert Burton (actor), Gregg Martell (actor), Franklyn Farnum (actor),

Genres: Comedy,

Quotes:

Doc Farrington: I know that if a man has a compound fracture and a headache, you put on a tourniquet before you give him an aspirin.::Presiding Officer at the Court-Martial: I repeat, the objection is sustained, however, I'd like to agree Doctor. If the medical profession were operated by trained legal minds, the human race would have died out shortly after Adam appeared.

Gus Brubaker: Look, Marge, seven years ago the Air Force and I got what's called a friendly divorce - nothing sentimental, we just shook hands and promised not to write. Now I'd like to leave it that way - please!

Hap Cosgrove: Welcome to Shima.::Gus Brubaker: Oh, thank you.::Hap Cosgrove: How d'ya like it?::Gus Brubaker: Well, I'm not too sure yet.::Hap Cosgrove: I'll save ya the trouble. You heard of hell? Well, when it first got started it was a new idea, so they hadda test it out. This here island is the place they picked.

Gus Brubaker: In the meantime, is there anyone in the village who speaks English?::Capt. Charlie Stark: Nah, them little guys got the wrong kind of bridgework.::Gus Brubaker: Well, we're gonna need a Japanese to front for us at the desk.::Capt. Charlie Stark: I got it! Harigawa. [calling] Hey, Mushy! Mushy! Mushy, you're gonna be the desk clerk.::Gus Brubaker: There's nothing to it! You just greet the guests in Japanese.::Pvt. Jim Harigawa: What's from this Japanese? I don't know none.::Capt. Charlie Stark: Well, what's the use of being Japanese if you can't say any Japanese?::Pvt. Jim Harigawa: I'm from Brooklyn! I don't know nothin' about this cockamamie language. So how about a little Yiddish?

Lt. Nora McKay: Marriage is out.::Capt. Charlie Stark: What's so out about it?::Lt. Nora McKay: You're a sky tramp.::Capt. Charlie Stark: No, but that's all over! I'm gonna stick in this Air Force.::Lt. Nora McKay: Well, "stick" is the right word! Why do you think you're still a captain?::Capt. Charlie Stark: I guess I just can't get any generals to die.::Lt. Nora McKay: Oh, it's because you're irresponsible and they know it. Like that time in Washington - they want officers, not jockeys!::Capt. Charlie Stark: Great. Once in my life I buzz a little building. How'd I know it was the Supreme Court?::Lt. Nora McKay: Well, if you had any sense, you'd stop buzzing around in airplanes. You'd take a desk job.::Capt. Charlie Stark: I don't think I could learn to fly a desk.

Gen. Weigang: I'm General Weigang, Inspector General's office.::Pvt. Jim Harigawa: Oy vey!

Doc Farrington: Out of fifty-four girls, he's gotta find the only one with a case of hot kimono.

Capt. Charlie Stark: There's a lot of things wrong with me, and one of them is I'm love with ya! I was even crazy enough to wanna marry ya.::Lt. Nora McKay: Oh, I can see it now - it'd be a beautiful ceremony, in a vine-covered church with you parachuting through the roof.::Capt. Charlie Stark: Look, don't worry how I get there; you just run your end of the store. All you have to do is sit around looking pretty, rack up a few babies, and keep some cold cans of beer in the icebox.

[repeated line]::Capt. Charlie Stark: [asking for a can of beer] Hit me!

Magic Town (1947)

Actors: Wallace Ford (actor), William Forrest (actor), Griff Barnett (actor), John Butler (actor), Wheaton Chambers (actor), George Chandler (actor), Ralph Brooks (actor), Frank Darien (actor), Edgar Dearing (actor), Robert Dudley (actor), Dick Elliott (actor), Tom Fadden (actor), Franklyn Farnum (actor), Frank Fenton (actor), Howard Freeman (actor),

Plot: Rip Smith's opinion-poll business is a failure...until he discovers that the small town of Grandview is statistically identical to the entire country. He and his assistants go there to run polls cheaply and easily, in total secrecy (it would be fatal to let the townsfolk get self-conscious). And of course, civic crusader Mary Peterman must be kept from changing things too much. But romantic involvement with Mary complicates life for Rip; then suddenly everything changes...

Keywords: change-of-mind, citizen, collateral-effect, discovery, exploitation, fame, media, neighbor, opinion, poll
Genres: Comedy, Romance,
Taglines: The guy with the dynamite heart meets the girl with the firecracker eyes!

Quotes:

Mary Peterman: The air becomes charged with electricity around desperate men.

Lawrence 'Rip' Smith: I've been searching for a town like this for years. You know, when I got off that train this morning, I said to myself "This is it." I've just walked through your town, folks, with its shade trees and its lovely parks. I stood before your impressive buildings mellowed with age, and I said to myself "Here is a sturdy challenge to the evils of the modern era." I watched your people on the street, and I felt their vitality and their sense of security. Your children are happy. They're happy. You can see it in their dear little faces, and hear it in their wholesome talk. There's beauty here. It's almost indescribable. You're used to it, you're all a part of it, you take it for granted. But to me, it's a hope and a dream of a lifetime. I too want to become a part of it. Please don't change it. [addressing a meeting of the Grandview city council]