The Three Stooges (2000)
Actors:
Craig Zadan (producer),
Scott Vickrey (editor),
Bruce Davey (producer),
Neil Meron (producer),
Mel Gibson (producer),
Patrick Williams (composer),
John Kassir (actor),
Christopher Baker (actor),
Paul Ben-Victor (actor),
Michael Gregory (actor),
Phillip Hinton (actor),
Joel Edgerton (actor),
Michael Chiklis (actor),
Terry Ryan (costume designer),
Marton Csokas (actor),
Plot: In the late 1950's, Moe Howard, the leader of the Three Stooges is at a low point of his life with his film career apparently over, and he won't earn a dime from the impending big profits when his films are shown on TV. In addition, he is being pestered by a young TV exec who wants his team for a live show at his city. Amidst all this, Moe can't help but think back to the past starting from the beginning of the team's career with Ted Healy and their break from him to eventually having a successful film career in shorts. Yet that can't obscure the tragedy of Jerome "Curly" Howard's stroke and death or the death of his other brother, Shemp. While he reminisces, Moe must decide whether to gamble on whether there will be a new generation of fans who will let the team to enter a new phase of their career.
Keywords: based-on-book, comedian, comedy-team, reverse-footage, slapstick, stroke, vaudeville, wheelchair
Genres:
Biography,
Comedy,
Drama,
Quotes:
[from Ants in The Pantry]::Larry Fine: Oooh I can't see I can't see.::Moe Howard: WHAT'S THE MATTER?::Larry Fine: I've got my eyes closed. [Moe eye pokes Larry again]
[from Pies and Guys]::Moe Howard: [to Larry holding a pie] WHY YOU!::Larry Fine: [Larry Ducks] Hahahaha! [Moe then ducks down too and hits Larry with the pie]::Joe Besser: Hahahahaha!::Larry Fine: [to Moe] Oh Yeah?::Moe Howard: Yeah! [Larry hits Moe with a pie]::Joe Besser: [to Moe] You forgot to duck silly.::Joe Besser: [Moe grabs Joes nose and flicks it] Ooooow not so hard! Crazzyyy.::Moe Howard: Crazy? [Moe is about to throw a pie at Joe]::Joe Besser: [to Moe] Stop!::Jules White: [to Joe] Joe your line is...::Joe Besser: [to Jules White] I don't care what my line is.::Jules White: Cut. [to Joe] Joe the thing is a punchline.
Larry Fine: Ted Healy scared the piss out of your brother and it landed on me.
Moe Howard: Is there anything you won't bet on?::Larry Fine: Yeah, a winner.
Jerome 'Curly' Howard: Hey Moe, what do you mean hitting me like that?::Moe Howard: I'm sorry, Babe. I didn't mean it.::Jerome 'Curly' Howard: Next time, make it harder so they can hear it in the back row.
Tom Cosgrove: [to heckler] Hey fella, you think anybody could do this.::Moe Howard: *You* do it.
Jack L. Warner: Good evening boys, allow me to introduce myself, Jack Warner.::Moe Howard: One of the Warner Brothers?::Jack L. Warner: *The* Warner Brothers. Enjoyed your act.::Moe Howard: Enchanted!::Larry Fine: Enraptured!::Jerome 'Curly' Howard: Embalmed!
Jules White: My name's Jules White, Teknocrap.::Larry Fine: Tek-no-crap?::Jules White: That's right, I take no crap from anybody.
Moe Howard: [to Curly] Look at you, you collect these stray dogs the same way you collect stray women. At least you don't marry the dogs.
Jerome 'Curly' Howard: I'm sorry Moe, I'm sorry I talked that way. I'm just temperamental, you know me.::Moe Howard: Yeah, 95 percent temper, 5 percent mental.
Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess (1983)
Actors:
Lalo Schifrin (composer),
Rance Howard (actor),
David Susskind (producer),
Michael Lerner (actor),
Philip Sterling (actor),
Julian Fellowes (actor),
John Considine (actor),
Lynda Carter (actress),
James T. Callahan (actor),
Aharon Ipalé (actor),
Joe Dorsey (actor),
James Goldstone (director),
Alejandro Rey (actor),
Leonard Mann (actor),
David Byrd (actor),
Plot: Based on the life and times of silverscreen goddess, Rita Hayworth. This film shows in detail her happiest and saddest moments, the men she dated and her successful career as an actress as well as many other aspects of her life.
Keywords: actress, based-on-book, dance, film-camera, sex-symbol, showbiz, star
Genres:
Biography,
Drama,
The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956)
Actors:
Peter Leeds (actor),
Carl M. Leviness (actor),
Ethan Laidlaw (actor),
Mike Lally (actor),
Tom Coleman (actor),
Eugene Borden (actor),
Kenner G. Kemp (actor),
Ernest Borgnine (actor),
Clancy Cooper (actor),
Robert Banas (actor),
Dan Dailey (actor),
Paul Bradley (actor),
Franklyn Farnum (actor),
Joseph Forte (actor),
Peter Mamakos (actor),
Plot: Ray Henderson joins Buddy De Sylva and Lew Brown to form a successful 1920s musical show writing team. They soon have several hits on Broadway but De Sylva's personal ambition leads to friction as the other two increasingly feel left out of things.
Keywords: ambition, broadway-manhattan-new-york-city, claim-in-title, manhattan-new-york-city, new-york-city
Genres:
Biography,
Musical,
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