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We Pedal Uphill paints an uncompromising portrait of a country at odds with itself-America, post-9/11. In his tapestry of today's human landscape, Writer/Director Roland Tec focuses his unique lens on an assortment of lives altered forever by recent events. The cast of characters brought to life in this film is as varied as the geography they inhabit, displaying their power to amuse, delight, disgust and haunt as we question the very meaning of being an American.
Stories from the States
Today is not the day to take a lunch break.
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An illegal race that takes place over the United States and nothing will stop this bunch of racers except for the occasional cop or a damsel in distress. Jackie Chan's car is not in this one, but many new cars make up for that. Who will win? Who will crash? Who will not even finish? Sit down and buckle up for the ride of your life.
Keywords: arab-stereotype, automobile, babe-scientist, beach, cannonball-run, car-chase, chase, cross-country, driver, driving-lesson
A comedy that's over the limit and beyond the law!
Life Begins After 55!
Randolph van Sloan: Uh, what do you think you're doing? What, are you crazy?::Nelson van Sloan: Relax. I've got a brilliant idea.::Randolph van Sloan: Yeah, well, so far I don't like it.::Nelson van Sloan: So far, you haven't even heard it.::Randolph van Sloan: Alright, what is it?::Nelson van Sloan: I'll tell you once we get to the airport.::Randolph van Sloan: Airport? What airport?::Nelson van Sloan: The Dulles Airport.::Randolph van Sloan: Are we going to Fresno?::Nelson van Sloan: Fresno? Who said anything about Fresno? Did I say anything about Fresno?::Randolph van Sloan: Well, you said the dullest airport and the dullest airport I know of is in Fresno.::Nelson van Sloan: I didn't say dullEST! I said Dulles! Dulles! Read my lips!
Leo Ross: Tiffany, sweetie. You remember Charlie, our driver?::Tiffany: Hello again, Mr. Cronin.::Charlie Cronin: [raspy voiced] Hello! Hello, hello?::Leo Ross: Charlie, you remember Tiffany, don't you?::Charlie Cronin: [raspy voiced] Yes! Yes. Oatmeal, I forgot to add the water.
Alec: So, Vic. What do you think of my idea of writing down the license numbers now?::Vic DeRubis: Yeah, yeah, yeah! It's a great idea! How many times you gotta bring it up? [on phone] Uh, the license is as follows: R-I-C-H... Uh, I think that spells "Rich"... Kids... with a "k"... for "kids".
Police Chief Spiro T. Edsel: Use unnecessary force, if necessary!
Mr. Benson: What's this? A Volvo? A Volvo! Pass it! Pass it, pass it!::[winds down window]::Mr. Benson: Why don't you go back to Sweden, ya bunch of yodellers!
[Margaret's Fuzzbuster goes off]::Margaret: That's strange. That only happens when there's cops around. Say, sugar, whatcha got under there?::[Gus takes off his towel]::Gus Gold: Nothing.::Lea Roberts: You're right about that.
Vic DeRubis: Alec?::Alec Stewart: Did you talk to Big Wally?::Vic DeRubis: Yeah, yeah. I told him you got away on me. He was very... unhappy.::Alec Stewart: Trust me. It's the BRIGHTEST move you ever made.::Vic DeRubis: Yeah, well, meanwhile, my reputation as an enforcer has been permanently... soiled.::Alec Stewart: But when we win, you just say you caught up with me and I gave you the 50 grand, then we SPLIT the other 50 grand and everyones happy.::Vic DeRubis: Right. Hey! (Grabs Alec) WAIT A MINUTE! The deal is: I get 35, YOU get 15.::Alec Stewart: Isn't that what I said?::Vic DeRubis: You just said we'd split it.::Alec Stewart: But I didn't say we'd split it EVENLY. YOU get 15, and I get 35.::Both: Right.::Vic DeRubis: And if we don't win?::Alec Stewart: Then you kill me.::[Long silence, then both enter the Jag]
Flash: Move over.::Valentino Rosatti: Huh?::Flash: Move *over*!::[Valentino climbs into the passenger seat]::Valentino Rosatti: Please, mister, it's not my fault. My brother Donato, he make me do this. Please, sir! Don't put me in jail with the Manson family!::[Flash climbs into the car]::Flash: Get your seatbelt on and put your hands on the dashboard. Come on! We've got some catching up to do.
Alec: Look, what would Big Wally rather have? Me dead or his fifty grand?::Vic DeRubis: Both.
Tiffany: You really want to win this thing, don't you?::Charlie Cronin: Oh, absolutely. I mean winning the Cannonball. That's something you tell your grandkids about.::Tiffany: You're a grandfather? You look so young.::Charlie Cronin: Oh no, I'm not a grandfather yet. I hope to have grandkids someday, but I'm not a grandfather yet.::Tiffany: Oh, I see what you mean. It's nice to have things in your life that are important. But to do the things you want to do, you have to do things you don't want to do.
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An anthropologist who is part of an arctic exploration team discovers the body of a prehistoric man who is still alive. He must then decide what to do with the prehistoric man and he finds himself defending the creature from those that want to dissect it in the name of science.
Keywords: anthropology, arctic, body-frozen-under-ice, caveman, expedition, frozen, frozen-alive, frozen-body, frozen-in-ice, frozen-person
HE'S 40,000 YEARS OLD. Deep within an Arctic glacier they found him, preserved by a miracle of nature, brought back to life by a miracle of science. Now medical science wants to exploit him in the name of research. One man wants to stop them...in the name of humanity. But he'll need more than a miracle to survive...he'll need a friend.
An amazing unforgettable journey of humanity
Doctor Stanley Shephard: [their first view of the Iceman] What do you think?::Maynard: Looks like an indian.::Doctor Stanley Shephard: What kind of an indian?::Maynard: A Cleveland Indian. What do I know? You're the anthropologist.
Charlie, the Iceman: [Charlie brings a dark object to Brady]::Dr. Diane Brady: What's that?::Doctor Stanley Shephard: An offering. He wants you to eat it.::Dr. Diane Brady: I was afraid you'd say that.::Dr. Diane Brady: [She eat it and then gags]::Dr. Diane Brady: What was that?::Doctor Stanley Shephard: A beetle. What did it taste like?::Dr. Diane Brady: A beetle. I think I'm going to throw up.::Doctor Stanley Shephard: Don't! He'll take it as a bad omen.
Charlie, the Iceman: Chaaaarrooooo.
[first lines]::Title Card: I, who was born to die, shall live. That the world of animals, and the world of men, may come together, I shall live. - Inuit Legend
Loomis: [first lines - to co-worker barging in from the blizzard] Damn it Shephard, close the door please.
Dr. Diane Brady: [expressing trepidation at meeting the Iceman] You know Shephard, I was stepped on by a pony when I was 6.::Doctor Stanley Shephard: I promise, I won't let him step on you.
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A small time diamond merchant jumps at the chance to supervise the purchase and cutting of a large first class diamond. But when the diamond is stolen from him, he is blackmailed into pulling off a major heist at the Diamond Exchange, located at 11 Harrowhouse.
Keywords: based-on-novel, caper, caper-comedy, character-name-in-title, diamond-theft, heist, heist-movie, jewel-heist, jewel-theft, jewelry-heist
This is like no robbery you've ever imagined
THE CHALLENGE: Steal 12 billion dollars in uncut diamonds
THE TASK: Break into the most securely guarded fortress devised by man
THE PLAN: Use amateurs armed with ingenuity, guts, a cockroach, a thin cord, and a vacuum cleaner
THE RISK: Death.
Ultra Suspense. The best seller made America hold its breath for 225 pages. Now it shatters your nerves with the most incredible robbery on film.
Howard R. Chesser: Slow down! You're reckless!::Maren Shirell: I'm not reckless, I'm skillful.
Maren Shirell: [talking about her gun] This will stop anything...::Howard R. Chesser: From what?::Maren Shirell: ...living
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Richard Attenborough plays Ernest Tilley, a man who lost his daughter in a hit-and-run accident. He tracks down the man responsible for the accident and boards the same plane, threatening to blow up himself and everyone on board as an act of vengeance. What follows is an Airport-type movie with all the passengers having their own little subplots and fears.
Keywords: airplane, bomb, grief, loss-of-child, revenge
Why Do You Want To Kill Me? The crisis of fear is faced by THIS BOY and his fellow passengers...Panicked by a demented man's desire for revenge!
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Dowdy housewife Kitty dotes on her self-centered husband but divorces him when his mistress shows up at their home one day to break up their marriage. Bob had become bored with her lackluster appearance, their children and himself. Kitty re-invents herself and becomes a Continental favorite, dressing like a fashion model and behaving gaily. Three years after their divorce, Bob is at the home of a wealthy matron romancing her soon-to-be-married granddaughter, when the matron invites Kitty to a weekend party to steal Bob away from the granddaughter. When Kitty and Bob see each other, neither lets on they have a past, and the party continues as Bob pursues his ex-wife and new conquest equally.
Keywords: based-on-play, divorce, flirtation, grandmother, infidelity, marriage, snobbery, socialite
Mrs. Katherine Brown: For Heaven's sake, let's be gay about this!
Whitman could refer to:
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Walter "Walt" Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse. His work was very controversial in its time, particularly his poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which was described as obscene for its overt sexuality.
Born on Long Island, Whitman worked as a journalist, a teacher, a government clerk, and – in addition to publishing his poetry – was a volunteer nurse during the American Civil War. Early in his career, he also produced a temperance novel, Franklin Evans (1842). Whitman's major work, Leaves of Grass, was first published in 1855 with his own money. The work was an attempt at reaching out to the common person with an American epic. He continued expanding and revising it until his death in 1892. After a stroke towards the end of his life, he moved to Camden, New Jersey, where his health further declined. He died at age 72 and his funeral became a public spectacle.
Ottis Dewey Whitman, Jr. (born January 20, 1924), known professionally as Slim Whitman, and early in his career as "The Smiling Starduster", is an American country music singer and songwriter, known for his yodelling abilities. He has sold in excess of 120 million albums in unit sales and has had numerous successful recordings. He is consistently more popular throughout Europe, and in particular Britain, than in his native America, particularly with his covers of pop standards and movie songs . His 1955 hit single "Rose Marie" held the Guinness World Record for the longest time at number 1 on the UK charts until Bryan Adams broke the record in 1991 after 36 years. In the U.S., his "Indian Love Call" (1952) and "Secret Love" (1953) reached number 2 on the Billboard country chart. Whitman had a string of hits from the mid 1960s and into the 1970s and became known to a new generation of fans through TV marketing in the 1980s. Throughout the 1990s and into the 21st century, he has continued to tour extensively around the world and release new material, and he was featured on the soundtrack of the 1996 film Mars Attacks!. In 2010 a new album, called Twilight on the Trail, was released featuring brand new material produced by his son Byron and featuring the single "Back in the Saddle Again."
Harold Bloom (born July 11, 1930) is an American literary critic and is Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University. Since the publication of his first book in 1959, Bloom has written more than 20 books of literary criticism, several books discussing religion, and one novel. He has edited hundreds of anthologies.
Bloom teaches two classes at Yale: one on the plays of William Shakespeare; the other on poetry from Geoffrey Chaucer to Hart Crane. Some of his writing had reflected this teaching, from Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human (1998) to The Anatomy of Influence (2011), which he has called the summa of his career.
Bloom's career began with decades of studying the Romantic poets, in particular Percy Bysshe Shelley, W. B. Yeats and Wallace Stevens. From this study, combined with the influence of Freud, Emerson and many others, Bloom developed theories of poetic influence, marked by the publication of The Anxiety of Influence (1973). These theories dominated his writing for a decade, after which he began to focus on what he named "religious criticism", in books such as The Book of J (1990) and The American Religion (1992). Another shift in his career began with an impassioned defense of the non-politicised teaching of canonical literature in The Western Canon (1994). He has continued his religious criticism in books such as Jesus and Yahweh (2005) and The Shadow of a Great Rock: A Literary Appreciation of The King James Bible (2011).
Charles Joseph Whitman (June 24, 1941 – August 1, 1966) was a student at the University of Texas at Austin and a former Marine who killed 16 people and wounded 32 others (a total of 49 victims including himself) during a shooting rampage on and around the university's campus on August 1, 1966.
Whitman killed three of his victims inside the university's tower, and 10 others from the 28th floor observation deck of the University's 307-foot (94 m) administrative building; one, Karen Griffith, died from her wounds a week after the shooting.
The tower massacre happened shortly after Whitman murdered his wife and mother at their homes. He was shot and killed by Austin Police Officer Houston McCoy, assisted by Austin Police Officer Ramiro Martinez.
Charles Whitman grew up in an upper-middle class family headed by a father who owned a successful plumbing contract business in Lake Worth, Florida. Whitman excelled academically and was well liked by his peers and neighbors. There were underlying dysfunctional issues within the family that escalated in 1966, when his mother left his father and moved to Texas. The elder Whitman was an authoritarian who provided for his family, but demanded near perfection from all of them. He was also known to become physically and emotionally abusive.