Plot
In the run-up to World War Two, Ernie Wiseman, a precocious and confident child performer, is signed up by influential impresario Jack Hylton. In Morecambe, pushy stage mum Sadie Bartholomew drags her slightly reluctant son Eric, an eccentric dancer, from one audition to the next until he too becomes a client of Hylton. The boys do not get on at first but Sadie sees a way to exploit their cross-talk and they form a bantering double act as Morecambe and Wise. After war service they become successful on stage and on radio but their attempt to crack the new medium of television is a disaster because they have been forced to accept a script which will make their Northernness acceptable to Southern viewers. They split up. However Sadie knows the formula that once worked and pushes Eric, now married to dancer Joan, into contacting Ernie. They decide to reform, on their own terms, into the act that would become one of the most successful television pairings ever.
Sadie Bartholomew: Do you know what's holding 'em back?::George Bartholomew: The War?
Eric Morecambe: Was it dark?::Ernie Wise: Was what dark?::Eric Morecambe: Hiding in Churchill's cigar box until the War was over.
[Arthur is being carried off stage]::Ernie Wise: Poor Arthur.::Eric Morecambe: He must've tripped over Des O'Connor.
Eric Morecambe: What do you think of it so far?::Audience Member: Rubbish!
[Eric's mother is pushing him into a career as a dancer, but his heart isn't in it. He has just won a children's talent competition doing an embarrassing song-and-dance routine]::George Bartholomew: [conspiratorially, to Eric] Never mind, son. Happen you'll lose next time.::Sadie Bartholomew: [grimly] I heard that!
[Eric has just learned that he has won the Jack Hylton audition and will be taking part in the "Youth Takes a Bow" stage show, touring the country alongside Ernie Wise]::Young Eric: Touring the country? When will I see my mates?::Sadie Bartholomew: You'll make new mates - Variety mates - mates with a bit of something about them.::Young Eric: I don't want Variety mates. I've got a gang here - *and* an air-gun!::Sadie Bartholomew: Eric, d'you want to be tied to a whistle all your life, like your dad?::Young Eric: Well...::Sadie Bartholomew: Eric, listen to me. You make people laugh, you're a lovely dancer, and you can hold a tune. But *more* than that, and I mean this as the mother who carried you and nursed you and raised you, you aren't any good at anything else.
[Eric and Ernie have just done their first television show and it has received very poor newspaper reviews. Even Eric's mother thinks it was a disaster]::Sadie Bartholomew: [shouting] I can't show me face outside the house! I think we're going to have to move! I told you time and time again to trust your own material! I drummed it into you! And what do you do the moment me back's turned? You forget *everything*!::[Eric walks off and finds his dad sitting alone]::Eric Morecambe: Can I borrow your bike?::George Bartholomew: Where are you planning on going?::Eric Morecambe: Anywhere that they don't have televisions.::George Bartholomew: You could try Barrow-on-Furness. You'll soon be back - people'll forget.::Eric Morecambe: They won't forget this.::[Eric shows George a newspaper cutting of a TV critic's article]::Eric Morecambe: Here, read that.::George Bartholomew: "Definition of a TV - the box they buried Morecambe and Wise in last night". You know what I think. There's nothing harder to find than yesterday's paper.
[Eric and his mother discuss the disastrous TV series]::Sadie Bartholomew: How long are you going to keep this up - this sulking malarkey. You used to sulk when I made you wear that schoolboy outfit - right up till when it got you a big laugh.::Eric Morecambe: Television isn't about dressing up as a schoolboy and singing, you know.::Sadie Bartholomew: Well it certainly isn't about being funny. Not if what I saw you two do is anything to go by.::Eric Morecambe: [sarcastically] Don't go easy on me just because we're related, will you.::Sadie Bartholomew: I don't know how to soft-pedal - it's not in me nature.::Eric Morecambe: You don't have to tell me that.::Sadie Bartholomew: I'm hard on you because you and Ernie are better than that. When I saw you on that television show, doing that *tripe*... Biggest break? Your chance? You forgot everything. You and Ernie *know* what's funny. You know what plays funny, you know what tells funny. You must have known deep-down that material was not funny.::Eric Morecambe: What d'you want me to say?::Sadie Bartholomew: You could start by telling me I'm right.::[Ernie is lost for words. He knows his mother is right but he can't admit it]::Eric Morecambe: I'm sorry if you feel we've let you down.::Sadie Bartholomew: I'll get over it. Will you?
[Sadie is searching frantically under the bed and emerges holding a suitcase full of papers]::George Bartholomew: What the bloody hell are you doing?::Sadie Bartholomew: Finding them new material. I'll get Eric to go round to Ernie's tomorrow. Bash their heads together.::George Bartholomew: No, Sadie!::Sadie Bartholomew: What do you mean, "no"? Push, push, push. That's what I do. It's what our Eric needs.::George Bartholomew: Well maybe it's time you stopped pushing.::Sadie Bartholomew: You saying I pushed him into it?::George Bartholomew: Nobody's saying that, Sadie. You were right to push him and I'm glad you did. But... what I saying is... *He's* got to do the pushing now. *He's* got to go down to Ernie. He's got to do it for himself. He's got to *want* to do it himself.::Sadie Bartholomew: Well, beggar me! You don't put your foot down for twenty-five years of married life, and when you finally do, you're wrong!
[following their notorious TV show, Morecambe and Wise are now being placed *lower* on theatre bills than they were beforehand]::Ernie Wise: [ironically] Fourth on the bill. That's the magic of television.
Plot
In 1980 young George O'Dowd baffles his parents with his love of frocks and make-up and moves into a squat with kindred spirit Peter,who dresses as Marilyn Monroe and calls himself Marilyn. They make a splash at Steve Strange's trendy Blitz Club where George gets a job in the cloakroom but George is unlucky in his relationships with men until he meets wannabe musician Kirk. Through Kirk George meets the handsome drummer Jon Moss,on whom he develops a crush, but sacked by the Blitz and spurned by Kirk,George turns to Sex Pistols' manager Malcolm McLaren to further his music career. George's spell with McLaren's group Bow Wow Wow is short but fan Mikey North is impressed and asks George to sing in a group he is forming,where George again meets Jon. They will have an affair and the group will become the very successful Culture Club. Four years later, however, hounded by the tabloid press amid stories of his drug addiction, an unhappy George turns to Jon for advice on his future.
Keywords: 1980s, androgynous-male, drug-addiction, drug-use, flamboyance, make-up, new-wave, reference-to-david-bowie, singer
Careers Advisor: What can you do better than others?::Boy George: Make up.
Boy George: I'm not a drug addict, I'm a drag addict.
Boy George: Do you want to help me? I need milk, tea, sugar, Weetabix... oh, and some coke. Get the fizzy brown variety.
Boy George: You're accusing me of sucking my own neck.
Marilyn: Gay men think you're too much!
Steve Strange: He's straight, very straight.::Boy George: You know what your problem is, Steve? You have no ambition.
Vernon: I'm not really gay...::Boy George: It's ok, I'm not really a nun!
Marilyn: What do you think of his penis extention?::Boy George: Lovely. I'm circumcised, too.
Boy George: You must be my night in-camouflage dharma.
Boy George: Am I dreaming?::Marilyn: Why don't you pinch yourself?::Boy George: Ouch.
Plot
Katherine, a single, middle-aged woman, owns a small flower shop in the city. Vernon, a pathological liar, is her only employee. However, instead of working, Vernon spends his time following Katherine around the shop, far more interested in talking about Cliffs Notes than he is in doing anything useful. Somehow, Vernon can't seem get Katherine's attention, until his fictional 'Juliet' is replaced by a real female cab driver. Initially fascinated with the red streaks in her dark hair, Vernon uses 'Juliet' in an attempt to impress Katherine. Instead, Vernon's pursuit of 'Juliet' threatens Katherine, which only serves to drive Vernon closer to 'Juliet.'
Keywords: flower-shop, independent-film, liar, reference-to-romeo-and-juliet, romantic-obsession, romeo-and-juliet, taxi-driver
An unlikely drama about misguided intentions, lonely desperation, and a romantic fantasy that just might come true.
Vernon: Normally I don't go for women with red hair. They tend to have a peculiar smell, you know? It's hard to define, but in the back of your mind you know something's not right. I don't want to say it's a bad odor, just different.
Vernon: Redheads are okay, but sometimes a little variety is good for the soul, don't you think?
Katherine: You can be married for fifty years and still die alone, even with your husband standing right beside you. Anyway, being alone doesn't scare me anymore. The only time I really feel alone is when I'm around other people.
Vernon: You ever try going blond? I bet you'd make a pretty good blond, you know. You might not look as innocent as Alice, but then again, you're not seven, either.
Vernon: Love is easy, but that doesn't mean it comes around all the time.
Katherine: So you're telling me, one day, the girl of your dreams is going to come walking by, see you through that window, and come waltzing in here?
Vernon: It's no big deal. I do it all the time. I like giving away flowers, you know? Besides, you happen to be the prettiest girl I've seen today.
Vernon: You should see her. She's beautiful. Even better than a supermodel.
Vernon: Did I tell you about her lips? Suffice it to say, she had a great pair of lips.
Vernon: You know, they have about sixty-three kinds of coffee here. With about forty-two different things to put in it. And you just get a regular coffee.
Plot
A comedy-drama about best friends - one a straight woman, Abbie, the other a gay man, Robert - who decide to have a child together. Five years later, Abbie falls in love with a straight man and wants to move away with her and Robert's little boy Sam, and a nasty custody battle ensues.
Keywords: aids, airport, amusement-park, applying-deodorant, asking-for-a-date, asking-someone-out-on-a-date, bare-chested-male, beach, beauty-pageant, best-friend
He was smart, handsome and single. When her biological clock was running out, he was... the next best thing.
Best friends make the best mistakes.
[Talking about Abbie and Robert's baby]::Annabelle: Of course he'll be gorgeous.::Kelly: Will he be gay?::Abbie: My God, will your kids be stupid?
Ben: Are you gay, or are you just acting gay?::Robert: Well, that depends, are you interested are are you just acting interested?
Abbie: I have something to tell you.::Robert: Is it bigger than a breadbox?::Abbie: Heh, not yet.
Robert: What? Eight martinis and you're stuffed?::Abbie: Yep.::Robert: Well, it doesn't take much to crack your egg, does it?
Sam: Daddy, are you a 'faggot'?::Robert: Where did you hear that word?::Sam: Kyle told it to me::Robert: And did Kyle tell you what it means?::Sam: Yes.::Robert: Well, what does it mean?::Sam: It's when two boys kiss and they go to the opera.
Robert's Mother: Do you remember that gloomy old grandpa that I told you about. The one who only comes out at night? [Sam shakes his head yes] Well, he's here.::Sam: Smelling salts. Smelling salts. [Pretends to faint] Grandma, why aren't you fainting with me?
Young Girl: I know what a faggot is. That it what my dad calls someone who cuts him off in traffic.
Plot
On a winter day in a southside Queens high school, events collide and six students are suddenly in an armed standoff with the NYPD. At the school, classrooms freeze, teachers come and go, resources are scant. When a popular teacher is suspended, a few students protest. Jackson, a new security guard, gets tough. In a scuffle, Jackson's wounded with his own gun and a student takes him hostage. A few kids join in, for various reasons. An ineffective policewoman tries to mediate as the police plan an assault, the kids demand improvements to the school, the media pick up the story, and Jackson turns sympathetic. But are too many forces in motion for the students to stay in control?
Keywords: black-cop, helicopter, hostage-negotiator, lasersight, molotov-cocktail, police, police-brutality
they don't want to be heroes they just want to be heard.
Officer Dante Jackson: Come here, son.::Lester Dewitt: Don't call me son. I'm not your son.
Lester Dewitt: Assume the position!
Plot
In 1978, two rapper childhood friend turn to the quick and easy life of crime to support their needy parents. But after a foiled robbery, one of them is jailed while the other flees, changes his name, joins the military, and grows up to become a narcotics agent. 10 years later, the agent becomes embroiled in an assassination plot for a powerful Mafia boss headed by a corrupt drug agent. The two friends must find a way to come together to stop it.
Keywords: assassination, betrayal, black-cast, chinese, drugs, florida, gun-action, independent-film, interracial-sex, italian
Urban-Action
Plot
A parable based on the life of Christ. This ain't your father's Bible story, full of references about the destruction of the world through massive constipation and a New Mexican setting.
Keywords: absurdism, anachronism, bare-breasts, christ-allegory, christ-figure, conestoga-wagon, constipation, crucifixion, death-of-son, donkey
He's got the boogie on his fingers & the hubba-hubba in his soul!
Jessy: If you feel, you heal.
Lamy Homo Greaser: Dad, I was swimming in a rainbow with millions of babies... and they was naked... and then all of the sudden I turned into a perfect smile!::Old guy: Put a rope around the son of a bitch!
Jessy: I'm on my way to Jerusalem to be an actor/singer. It is written that the Agent Morris awaits me.
[Jessy has "cured" a man in crutches]::Inflicted Man: I can crawl again!
Cholero Greaser: A man with holes in his hands gets a bigger applause than me and you talk of greatness?
Seaweedhead Greaser: [to Lamy] You're not a homo, you're a Greaser!
Jessy: I bring you a message. Exactly six miles north of Skagg Mountain in the Valley of Pain, there lives an evil devil-monster. His name is Bingo Gas Station Motel Cheeseburger With A Side Of Aircraft Noise And You'll Be Gary Indiana. And he *loves* to hurt people. The last time I saw Bingo Gas Station Motel Cheeseburger With A Side Of Aircraft Noise And You'll Be Gary Indiana, he told me what he wants to do. He wants to come down here and kill each and every one of you! But I said to him: "Bingo, wait a minute." And the reason I said that is because I believe in you people. I believe you can do the job. I believe you can help each other. I believe you can make this world a better place to live in. That's it.
Plot
This early Seventies British comedy takes us through seven short stories based on the Seven Deadly Sins. This film is a montage of different styles, from Spike Milligan's mainly silent "Sloth", to the leering Harry H Corbett in "Lust".
Keywords: avarice, camera-focus-on-female-butt, chauffeur, envy, explosion, female-rear-nudity, gluttony, greed, independent-film, lust
Doctor: I take it he didn't get to the pudding?::Ingrid: No, he didn't get that far.::Doctor: Pitty. I like something that's rather sweet.::Ingrid: I'm sure you do.::Doctor: Perhaps I'd better take a look at it?
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Vernon Johns (April 22, 1892 – June 11, 1965) was an American minister and civil rights leader who was active in the struggle for civil rights for African Americans from the 1920s.
He is considered by some as the father of the American Civil Rights Movement, having laid the foundation on which Martin Luther King, Jr. and others would build. He was Dr. King's predecessor as pastor at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama from 1947 to 1952, and a mentor of Ralph Abernathy, Wyatt Walker, and many others in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Johns was born in Darlington Heights, Prince Edward County, Virginia, the grandson of slaves. He graduated from Oberlin Seminary in 1918 and attended the University of Chicago's graduate school of theology. He died of a heart attack in Washington, D.C. on June 11, 1965 at age 73. David Anderson Elementary School in Petersburg, Virginia, was renamed 'Vernon Johns Middle School' several years ago. In 2009 it became the junior high school for the city school system.
Dai Vernon (pronounced alternatively as DIE or as DAY as in David) (June 11, 1894 – August 21, 1992), aka The Professor, was a Canadian magician. His expert sleight-of-hand technique and extensive knowledge garnered him respect among fellow magicians. His influence was considerable in the magic world, and he was a mentor to numerous famous magicians. He lived out his last years at the Magic Castle.
He was born in Ottawa as David Frederick Wingfield Verner. While performing, he often mentioned that he had learned his first trick from his father at age seven, adding that he had "wasted the first 6 years" of his life. His father was a government worker and an amateur magician. He studied mechanical engineering at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario but by World War I he had moved to New York City.
Vernon first fell in love with magic when he was seven years old after his father took him to see a magic show. The first real magic book he ever owned was an early edition of perhaps the most famous card book of them all, The Expert at the Card Table, by S. W. Erdnase. By the time he was 13 he had memorized the contents of the book. He also had a famous encounter with another up-and-coming young magician from his town, Cliff Green, who asked Vernon, "What kind of magic do you do?" Vernon responded by asking the boy to name a card. Upon pulling a pack of cards from his pocket, Vernon turned over the top card of the deck to reveal the named card and replied to the speechless Green, "That's the kind of magic I do. What kind of magic do you do?"
Justin DeYarmond Edison Vernon (born April 30, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and the frontman for Bon Iver.
Vernon attended Memorial High School in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, graduating in 1999. He then attended college at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire. Vernon majored in Religious Studies and minored in Women's Studies. In an interview with Stephen Colbert on The Colbert Report, he said that he was not ready to study music.
While in high school and college, Vernon founded the bands Mount Vernon and DeYarmond Edison – both indie-rock bands which originated from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, where he still resides. DeYarmond Edison's core consisted of Vernon, Brad and Phil Cook, and Joe Westerlund. The band saw varying line-up changes during its five years of existence.
After a long period of success in the Eau Claire music scene, the four band mates decided to leave their longtime home and move to Raleigh, North Carolina to try their musical hand in a new place. The band released two records themselves, the first self-titled and the second titled Silent Signs and an EP of unreleased material is available on their Myspace page. After nearly a year in Raleigh, Vernon left for Wisconsin after a breakup with the band and a girlfriend. The remaining members of DeYarmond Edison went on to form a new band called Megafaun and remain good friends with Vernon.
Vernon Leonard Davis (born January 31, 1984) is a professional American football tight end for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League. He was drafted in the 1st round (6th overall) of the 2006 NFL Draft by the 49ers. Upon entering the league, Davis signed to a 5-year, $23 million deal that made him the highest paid tight end at the time. He joined current Seattle Seahawks tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. as the fourth highest tight end ever drafted after Ron Kramer, (Green Bay, No. 4 in 1957) Mike Ditka (Chicago, No. 5 in 1961) and Riley Odoms (Denver, No. 5 in 1972). After three mediocre, injury-riddled seasons Davis finally broke out in 2009, co-leading the NFL in touchdown receptions. In the 2011 playoffs, Davis caught the game winning touchdown pass from Alex Smith against the New Orleans Saints, now referred to as "The Grab," or "The Catch III" and is considered one of the best catches in 49ers history.
Davis attended Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C., and was a letterman in football, basketball, and track & field. Regarded as a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, Davis was listed as the No. 4 tight end prospect of the class of 2003. In track & field, he was the DCIAA champion in the high jump with a jump of 6 ft 5 in (196 cm). While attending at Dunbar, he was teammates with future Cleveland Browns kick return specialist and wide receiver, Joshua Cribbs.
VERNON
Oooo Workin’ it out
Lalalalalalala
Workin’ it out
We need a good lyric in here
SONIA
The last thing I need today is a melody
VERNON
Lalalalalalala
SONIA
I’m findin’ out that nobody gives you their songs for free
VERNON
Lalalalalalala
SONIA
He wants one thing he wants another
I just want to run and take cover
I need a little more time just for me
VERNON
Can’t you see I’m workin’ it out
SONIA
Workin’ it out, that’s what I’m tryin’ to do
Working it out For Leon, for me and you
VERNON
Oooo Dance for me baby
SONIA
Workin it out it should be easy to do
You never had to work it out
FEMALE ALTER EGOS
You never had to work it out
You never had to work it out
VERNON
Work it out!
SONIA
Work it out for two
VERNON
I hear a kind of BeeGees record here, About broken hearts or something…Something like…
Look at the way he works
What would he know of a broken heart?
VERNON
Ooo give it to me mama
SONIA
To him broken heart is a phrase I should write for his God damn middle part
VERNON
You’ll fill it in here
SONIA
He’s askin’ me for words that are clever
Leon and me we had five years together
I need a little more time
FEMALE ALTER EGOS
Time
SONIA
Just for me
FEMALE ALTER EGOS
Can’t he see?
SONIA
I’m workin it out
VERNON
Working it out!
SONIA
You gotta give me a chance
Just cause I hear your music
VERNON
Baby!
SONIA
Don’t mean I gotta dance
Workin it out
It should be easy to easy to do
FEMALE ALTER EGOS
It should be easy
SONIA
You never had to work it out
VERNON
Work it out!
SONIA
Work it out for two
VERNON
Here’s where my boys come in
MALE ALTER EGOS
Lalala…
SONIA
He took my lyric kept my title
Threw out every word
VERNON
Baby!
SONIA
He made some crazy disco thing
It’s not at all the son I heard but—
FEMALE ALTER EGOS
Maybe his way’s better
SONIA
Who knows I’m too unclear
Right now my mind’s in such a mess
I hardly know I’m here
VERNON
Hey baby!
MALE ALTER EGOS
Lalala…
SONIA
Gotta find a lyric
Gotta give ya somethin’
FEMALE ALTER EGOS
Tell him ‘you were right dear’
SONIA
If someone else had written this I’d know just what to say
I’d say it’s not my kind of song can’t we write something else today but
FEMALE ALTER EGOS
He might get insulted
SONIA
His ego isn’t small
FEMALE ALTER EGOS
If you don’t write him something quick
We might not work at all
SONIA
I’ve got to work it out
Help me work it out
VERNON
The music is great, now it’s onto you
SONIA
Try even harder that’s all I can do
You never had to work it out
VERNON
Let’s go to work!
SONIA
VERNON
Oh ho they’re playing my song
Oh yeah they’re playing my song
And when they’re playing my song
Every body’s got to
Sh Sh Sh
Don’t say a word now
Listen to that sweet melody
I’m happy to say
In my own humble way
Every perfect note of that was written by my
Oh ho they’re playing my song
That table’s humming along
That couple half out the door
Is comin’ back to hear more of my music
At first I thought this place was a dive
I chose it in haste but
They show they’ve go taste
As long as they’re playing my song
Who would have known
Nine months ago
That I would give birth at my piano
In all honesty
I’ve got to admit
I knew this song would be an international hit
Oh ho they’re playin’ my tune
Too bad it’s ending so soon
But then we all got to go
It’s good to know that they’ll be playin’
Oh God I’m prayin’
They’ll be playin’