Rick is a 2003 movie whose plot and title character, Rick O'Lette, are borrowed from the opera Rigoletto although, save for a snippet of La donna è mobile as restaurant background music, Verdi's music is not heard. Rick stars Bill Pullman and Aaron Stanford. It is directed by Curtiss Clayton and written by Daniel Handler.
The film chronicles the tragic fall of a cursed Wall Street second banana, Rick O'Lette.
Writer Daniel Handler also makes a cameo appearance as the Perky Waiter.
The main score is by Ted Reichman.
Plot
While living for generations in the south's largest trailer park, The Widger family seemed happy with their lives. Then, when Bud Wideger won the Big Balls Lottery, their world turned upside down. Money would buy them many material things, but what they needed money couldn't buy. Being conned by a local swindler, Bud would invest and invest seeking the reputation as a hard working businessman. But around every corner of his investments always seemed to be a dead end. Soon, the family would have to make some important choices before there were no more options left.
He asked God to look the other way, so he could do what had to be done.
Plot
Small town Tae Kwon Do instructor Fred Simmons relishes the power that comes from being the king of a small kingdom. A former champion, Mr. Simmons fancies himself one in the same as his hero, Chuck "The Truck" Wallace, a B-movie Martial Arts film star. Mr. Simmons openly boasts about his self-proclaimed status as "king of the demo" [Tae Kwon Do demonstration], even though he can't nail one to save his life. His only vulnerability lies in his adoration of his wife Suzie - a weakness that comes bubbling to the surface when Mr. Simmons discovers Suzie has cheated on him with her new boss. When Suzie leaves him, Mr. Simmons finds himself slipping into a crushing downward spiral. He struggles to keep "the power" by abusing anyone who challenges him. After losing students and making a fool out of himself, he finds allies in Julio Chavez, his nine-year-old apprentice, and Henry Harrison, one of his students with an "obvious confidence problem." When his bizarre best friend Mike McAllister comes to visit, the four make a pilgrimage to meet the greatest Martial Artist of all time, "The Truck," at a Tae Kwon Do convention. What starts as a crazy man's expedition to escape turns into a trip of discovery, as Mr. Simmons and his crew party with "The Truck" and Mr. Simmons convinces him to perform a demo at his Tae Kwon Do school during the upcoming belt-qualifying testing. Inspired with renewed strength, Fred returns from the convention clear-headed and at the top of his game, until he is shocked by an unexpected turn of events when Suzie returns home, and the "The Truck" flies in from Hollywood to appear at his Tae Kwon Do school. In the end, Mr. Simmons faces the greatest test of his power and finds the strength he outwardly projects within his own spirit.
Keywords: adultery, black-comedy, chapter-headings, cuckold, cult-film, divorce, dojo, ferrari, fight, film-in-film
Fred Simmons: Your weakness is disgusting to me.
Fred Simmons: If you were in prison, you'd be raped because you exude feminine qualities. You're also a big ole fat piece of ass.
Fred Simmons: Dentistry? I can't even believe that's something that's real.
Fred Simmons: Derek, have you got your cup on? Because I will hit you there.
Fred Simmons: Fuck it. Get Ready.
Fred Simmons: No, jujitsu sucks.
Suzie Simmons: I was so drunk - like, Myrtle Beach drunk.
Fred Simmons: Meditation is terrific and all, but I've never heard of it saving anyone from a gang rape type situation. Meditate on that. Rape.
Fred Simmons: Tae Kwon Do is terrific for keeping in shape, but it's also a deadly serious killing system.
Fred Simmons: Julio, of course, is up to nothing.
Plot
Meet Rick, a 21st century guy facing the eternal quest for love that lasts. But designer footware is only the start on the path to true love. Playing the dating game in this town requires patience, tenacity and an emotional bullet-proof vest, not to mention a good sense of humor and an active imagination! Fantasy and fact merge in this hilarious, edgy exploration of men, women and the inexplicable differences between the sexes.
Shoes, guns, guitars...and love.
These showgirls really perform.
Friction... Things are gonna heat up.
Plot
A young actress, thought to be easy and have no morals, gathers three former school chums to find out which is her mother. Much of the movie takes place in flashback and the identity of her mother is not found out till the last few minutes.
Keywords: based-on-novel, maternity-revealed, one-word-title
Which one of you bitches is my mother?
Lili: Incidentally... which one of you bitches is my mother?
Lili: They sent me to hell... I'll teach them what I learned there!
Pagan Tralone: First loves die hard.
Pagan Tralone: Tell him to get get stuffed!::Amoud: I don't understand, "Get stuffed."::Judy Hale: It means if his highness would like to dance with this charming young lady, he can come over and ask her himself
Pagan Tralone: How do we look?::Judy Hale: Terrific!::Pagan Tralone: Scrumptious!
Lili: I was born in Chateau D'or, Switzerland. I was born on November 17th, 1960, the doctor's name was Geneste. I was raised by Angelina and Felix D'Arsae until they were murdered. They always told me my real mother would come for me someday... She never did.
Aunt Hortense Boutin: No! No, the child was killed! It is dead!
Den mannen kom fra en helt annet tid
Som et gjenskinn fra en ild som brant en gang
Den mannen ble en venn av mitt liv
Så blei han stille og så blei han en sang
Og hvem skal dømme?
Månen steig og sank
og glassene blei tømt
Vi er; vi drømmer
Så blir det daggry
Og drømmene er drømt
Den dagen var som en helt vanlig dag
Du veit; en sånn dag da ikke noe skjer
Så ringer noen et sted langt borte fra
Og sier at han som var her, han er ikke mer
Og hvem skal dømme?
Månen steig og sank
og glassene blei tømt
Vi er; vi drømmer
Så blir det daggry
Og drømmene er drømt
Den mannen var fra en helt annet tid
Den tida som alle mine sanger kommer fra
Det skreik en fugl, noen skyer drev forbi
Men ellers var det en helt vanlig dag
Og hvem skal dømme?
Månen steig og sank
og glassene blei tømt
Vi er; vi drømmer
Så blir det daggry
Og drømmene er drømt
Så blir det daggry
Og drømmene er drømt
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That man came from a whole other time
Like reflections of a fire that burned long ago
That man became my friend for life
Then he was silenced, and so became a song
And who should judge?
The moon rose and fell
and the glasses were emptied
We are, we dream
then the dawn comes
and our dreams are dreamt
That day was just like any other day
You know, a day when nothing much happens
Then someone calls from a place far away
and says that he who was here, he isn't anymore
And who should judge?
The moon rose and fell
and the glasses were emptied
We are, we dream
then the dawn comes
and our dreams are dreamt
The man was from a whole other time
The time where all my songs come from
A bird cried, some clouds drifted by
But otherwise, it was a completely ordinary day
And who should judge?
The moon rose and fell
and the glasses were emptied
We are, we dream
then the dawn comes
and our dreams are dreamt
Then the dawn comes