Plot
A Mockumentary that follows a recent film school graduate (Gregory Rocco) who sets out to make his first legitimate short film. Deciding to pay standard union rates for the production his crew consists of only an agitated Director of Photography (Michael Mastroserio) and an emotionally unstable sound guy (John Larkin). At the heart of it all is the leading male actor, the egotistical and insecure (Kevin Michael Murphy).
Keywords: degeneration, independent-film, low-budget, making-of, mockumentary
A Feature about a Short
Plot
Four sets of people arrive in California and stay at the same hotel. One of these persons is Hannah Warren from New York, who has come to take her daughter who ran away from her and would like to stay with her father Bill. So Bill and Hannah spend the day bickering while trying to decide what's best for their daughter. Another one is British actress Diana Barrie, who's nominated for an Academy Award and is attending the thing with her husband Sidnet Cochran who is not the (entertainment) business. And two doctors, Willis Panama and Chauncy Gump, and their wives. Chauncy has been complaining all the way, and when they arrive they learn that only the Panamas have a room but the Gumps are forced to stay in a small single. And Marvin who came to town for his nephew's bar mitzvah, knowing that his wife is not with him his brother takes him out for a little carousing and when he returns he finds a hooker waiting for him. The next day his wife arrives.
Keywords: academy-awards-ceremony, actor, actress, airplane, airport, antique-dealer, based-on-play, black-doctor, camera-shot-of-feet, co-dependency
The best two-hour vacation in town!
Diana Barrie: [after he kisses her] Don't close your eyes, Sidney.::Sidney Cochran: I always close my eyes.::Diana Barrie: Not tonight. Look at me tonight. Let it be me tonight.
Diana Barrie: What's that green slime you're eating? It looks like a dish out of Oliver Twist.::Sidney Cochran: I'm not sure... I think they run the front lawn through a blender.
Diana Barrie: We should never have come. I never know how to dress in this bloody country. It is so easy to dress in England. You just put on warm clothing.
[getting ready for Oscar ceremony]::Diana Barrie: Say something *nice* to me Sidney! I've been getting ready for this horseshit affair for *three hours!*
[first lines]::[a two-seater plane is flying over snow-capped mountains]::Harold: For heaven's sake, Wendy - look for an airport. Will you look for the airport?::Diana Barrie: Oh don't make such a fuss. Just put it down on a mountain.::Harold: What do you mean 'just put it down'? I'm lucky I can keep it up. I told you I never flew before.::Diana Barrie: Don't shout at me - I'm a first-class passenger.::Harold: You're a first class lunatic. It's all over Wendy - our relationship has a quarter of a tank to go.::Diana Barrie: Yes, but - you do love me, don't you Harold? I know this is an awkward time to bring it up, but I must know, for our future.::[plane suddenly plummets]::Harold: Whoa-a-a-a!
[last lines]::Stewardess: Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Welcome aboard Flight 211 to New York and London. Our flying time this afternoon will be four hours and fifty minutes and we'll be cruising at an altitude of 37,000 feet. We'll now be serving you cocktails and beverages and then serving lunch, followed by our film 'No Left Turn' starring James Coburn and Diana Barrie.::Diana Barrie: Oh Christ! Sidney, let's get off. Tell them to let us off this bloody plane.
Sidney Cochran: I am going to bed. We have a 10 a.m. plane to catch in the morning.::Diana Barrie: 10 a.m. is the morning. That is redundant, you A.H.::Sidney Cochran: Oh, do you think I don't know what you're saying? I *can* spell, you know.::Diana Barrie: Not without moving your lips, you can't.
Diana Barrie: [on the Academy Awards] Why do they have these things so early? I mean, no woman can look good at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Except, possibly Tatum O'Neal.
Hannah Warren: When you haven't seen your ex-husband in nine years, your eyes have to... adjust.
Hannah Warren: You look so... what is the word?::Bill Warren: Happy.::Hannah Warren: [ignores his reply] Casual.
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The formal ceremony at which the Awards of Merit are presented is one of the most prominent award ceremonies in the world, and is televised live in more than 100 countries annually. It is also the oldest award ceremony in the media; its equivalents, the Grammy Awards (for music), Emmy Awards (for television), and Tony Awards (for theatre) are modeled after the Academy.
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