O is a 2001 American drama film, and a loose modern adaptation of William Shakespeare's Othello.
The film's intended release date was April 1999, but due to the Columbine High School massacre, the film was shelved for two years by its original distributor, Miramax Films. Ultimately, it was sold along with director Kevin Smith's film Dogma to Lionsgate. It was directed by Tim Blake Nelson and written by Brad Kaaya. It contains many different styles of music, ranging from rap to opera. It was filmed in Charleston, South Carolina.
Told in a contemporary high school setting, Othello is now Odin James ('OJ') (Mekhi Phifer), star of the basketball team and the school's only African American student. Desdemona is Desi (Julia Stiles), the dean's daughter and Odin's girlfriend. Iago is Hugo (Josh Hartnett), the coach's steroid-addicted son, who plants seeds of doubt that fester in Odin's mind, leading them all to a violent fate. Roderigo is Roger (Elden Henson), Hugo's best friend, a rich but troubled student who wants to go out with Desi. Cassio is Michael Cassio (Andrew Keegan), another basketball player and a close friend to both Odin and Desi. Emilia is Emily (Rain Phoenix), Desi's best friend and Hugo's girlfriend. Brabantio is Dean Brable (John Heard), the president of the school and Desi's father. The duke of Venice is the basketball coach, also known as Duke (Martin Sheen). Bianca (Rachel Schumate) is Brandy, Michael's love interest.
Plot
When Charles Dickens created the character of Fagin in Oliver Twist, he gave birth to one of the most infamous personas in English literature. Few people know that Dickens' portrait of Fagin was possibly based on the Jewish receiver and fencer of stolen goods, Ikey Solomon. Much as been written about Ikey's exploits, his amazing and daring prison escapes capturing people's imaginations through the generations. The First Fagin recreates the fantastical life of Ikey Solomon, the most famous criminal of his age. From London's dens of vice, to Newgate jail to Australia's prison shores, Ikey takes us on a journey into crime, punishment, adventure and love whilst struggling against the transportation system of 19th century England.
Keywords: australia, author, bailey, charles-dickens, children, convict, convict-ship, court, drunk, england
From New York to Hobart, and from the darkest jails and prison ships of England to the penal colony of Port Arthur, "The First Fagin' brings to life the passionate love and dramatic adventures of Ikey Solomon, family man, fence, and Charles Dickens' inspiration for Fagin.
Love can take you places you've never dreamed of.
Plot
When Charles Dickens created the character of Fagin in Oliver Twist, he gave birth to one of the most infamous personas in English literature. Few people know that Dickens' portrait of Fagin was possibly based on the Jewish receiver and fencer of stolen goods, Ikey Solomon. Much as been written about Ikey's exploits, his amazing and daring prison escapes capturing people's imaginations through the generations. The First Fagin recreates the fantastical life of Ikey Solomon, the most famous criminal of his age. From London's dens of vice, to Newgate jail to Australia's prison shores, Ikey takes us on a journey into crime, punishment, adventure and love whilst struggling against the transportation system of 19th century England.
Keywords: australia, author, bailey, charles-dickens, children, convict, convict-ship, court, drunk, england
From New York to Hobart, and from the darkest jails and prison ships of England to the penal colony of Port Arthur, "The First Fagin' brings to life the passionate love and dramatic adventures of Ikey Solomon, family man, fence, and Charles Dickens' inspiration for Fagin.
Love can take you places you've never dreamed of.
Plot
When Charles Dickens created the character of Fagin in Oliver Twist, he gave birth to one of the most infamous personas in English literature. Few people know that Dickens' portrait of Fagin was possibly based on the Jewish receiver and fencer of stolen goods, Ikey Solomon. Much as been written about Ikey's exploits, his amazing and daring prison escapes capturing people's imaginations through the generations. The First Fagin recreates the fantastical life of Ikey Solomon, the most famous criminal of his age. From London's dens of vice, to Newgate jail to Australia's prison shores, Ikey takes us on a journey into crime, punishment, adventure and love whilst struggling against the transportation system of 19th century England.
Keywords: australia, author, bailey, charles-dickens, children, convict, convict-ship, court, drunk, england
From New York to Hobart, and from the darkest jails and prison ships of England to the penal colony of Port Arthur, "The First Fagin' brings to life the passionate love and dramatic adventures of Ikey Solomon, family man, fence, and Charles Dickens' inspiration for Fagin.
Love can take you places you've never dreamed of.
Plot
Kate & Kula are pharmaceutical reps a.k.a. corporate drug dealers. Their job? To coerce nefarious doctors to order the latest meds they're peddling for The Polanis Group. This typically entails expensive dinners, sleazy partying and a blatant exchange of cash filled envelopes. Due to budget cuts, K&K; stealthily sign on as PAID test subjects for a competitor's new med, FEM A. A drug designed to CONTROL women with "Type A" personalities. For K&K;, things soon go awry when the drug causes disturbingly violent and sexually deviant side effects. But since they don't know if they're taking FEM A or the placebo, are their reactions just really a result of their SECRET desires?
Keywords: prescription-drug-abuse
They're Thelma & Louise meets AB FAB on prescription drugs... with a red wine chaser.
Love has no boundaries.
Plot
Donal is a 14-year old who develops a passion for greyhound racing. He works in a kennel, which is owned by Good Joe. Good Joe promises Donal ownership of Donal's favorite greyhound, The Mighty Celt, if the animal wins three races in a row. Meanwhile, Donal's mother, Kate, must adjust her life when O, a man from her past, returns. The political climate of Ireland serves as the backdrop of this story.
Keywords: greyhound-racing
Life begins out of the traps.
I think I'm starting to see
The love I need is inside of me
As I look to you now, vow and confess
You're the light in my eyes
Of all the things that I've said
Of all the things I'll never get back
The only thing I would change is walking away
When you needed me here
And I could see it in your eyes
You were blind to see me
You see the man I used to be
"Of course." I say to myself
I lost my way refusing your help
But here inside all along, waiting for you
To come home to yourself
So now it's just you and me
And yesterday is gone, we agree
As we open our arms up to the sun
O...Let me tell you girl
Oh...hey here I go, here I go
I know you heard men say it
Time and time again
That they would rock your world
And change your life
But I can’t blame them
Cause you make a nigga wanna get involved
Wanna get the drawers
Well I’m gone put my bid in
And get at you
No disrespect but I want it bad as they do
The only difference is
they look out for themselves
But I’m doin’ it just to hear you yell..yeah
O...that’s gonna be the sound
Girl when it’s goin’ down
Your body sayin’ O...
Don’t have to say my name
Girl I’m just glad you came
So you can say O...
In the morning O...
In the night
You sayin’ O...
Means I was hitting it right O...
You can’t be mad at me
I’m just aiming to please
Let me hear you scream O...
Girl come on over and
Let’s get this thing crackin’
You’ll be surprised when
You see what O’s I’m packin’
Cause I’m young but I’m ready
Tryna get hot and heavy
Turn you out if you let me
yeah, yeah
Girl I’m gone take you
Somewhere that never been
Show you some things that
Make you wanna show your friends
Have you so weak that you
Can’t even say a thing
But that’s okay all you gotta say
O...that’s gonna be the sound
Girl when it’s goin’ down
Your body sayin’ O...
Don’t have to say my name
Girl I’m just glad you came
So you can say O...
In the morning O...
In the night
You sayin’ O...
Means I was in it right O...
You can’t be mad at me
I’m just aiming to please
Let me hear you scream O...
O is for that overtime I’m puttin’ in
We’ll go for hours take a break
And go at in again
Girl I work my way from A
All the way to Z
But trust me baby girl
O is where you wanna be
Couldn’t believe me when I tell you
I’m not tryna tell you what to do
Cause when it’s said and done
The choice ain’t mine it’s really up to you
Just say yes don’t fix your mouth
To tell me no drop that bottom
Jaw for me and just say O...
O...that’s gonna be the sound
Girl when it’s goin’ down
Your body sayin’ O...
Don’t have to say my name
Girl I’m just glad you came
So you can say O...
In the morning O...
In the night
You sayin’ O...
Means I was in it right O...
You can’t be mad at me
I’m just aiming to please
Let me hear you scream O...
Let me hear you say
O, when I’m hittin’ it
Let me hear you say
O, when I’m gettin’ it
Ohh...
Let me hear you say
O, when you come see O
Let me hear you say
O, when you come from the back to the front
Now somebody say my name
Let me hear you say
O, when the sun goin’ down
Let me hear you say
O, when you can’t make another sound
Now scream
Baby girl let me hear me scream Oh...
Oh, I just don't get it, can't seem to make sence.
I got some jumbled up thoughts
in my jumbled up head.
I keep stumbling around on some jumbled up legs.
I keep grumbling out some jumbled up text.
Holding up both sides on the side of the road.
Holding up your store,
holding up your home.
With the evening news of filth and wounds.
A picket and a funeral on Sunday afternoon.
Oh, that light shines bright in your eyes.
You gotta find your confidence,
learn your lines.
Pick your class, pick your crime.
Better take a breath, take it quick.
Cause it's piling up,yeah, the layer's getting thick.
And, oh, I just can't seem to find the time.
Alligator skin.
Oh yeah, you know that's how it is.
Rubber-necking.
Oh yeah, you know that's how it is.
Trash pilling.
Oh yeah, you know that's how it is.
When it's all so boring, 99 cents.
Up in your face,
you know they got it.
Got a plastic stacked on cheap bank cube.
A perfect place for them
to hang their noose.
And everyone's got a buy and they
talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk talk,
talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk about it.
And they draw some line and
make some point.
Which way is right.
And,oh, I just can't seem to find the time and the
light that shines bright in your eyes.
Alligator skin.
Oh yeah, you know that's how it is.
Rubber-necking.
Oh yeah, you know that's how it is.
Trash pilling.
Oh yeah, you know that's how it is.
Alligator skin.
Oh yeah, you know that's how it is.
Rubber-necking.
Oh yeah, you know that's how it is.
Trash piling.
Oh yeah, you know how it's gotta be.
Oh No!
Yeah, it's gotta be.
Oh No!
That's how it's gotta be.
That's how it's gotta be.
I get it on
When I lay my fingers on
Let me drift away
Take me to a place I have known before
Let me hear the words you know I adore
Let me slip away to a world I know
When you sing
Oh oh oh oh take me
I am a slave to your charms
Turn it on
And I wanna celebrate
I can hear your song
Rushing through my veins, it surrounds me now
Touching me inside, I can ride the sound
When you sing
Oh oh oh oh take me
I am a slave to your charms
Turn it on
Can I lay my fingers on?
Soaking in the way you shine
Your rhythm slides around my mind
I've really got it now
Serenades that nearly split my senses
Oh so special
Turn it on
When you sing
Oh oh oh oh take me
I am a slave to your charms
Turn it on
And I wanna celebrate
Get it on
Get it on
Get it on
Travel far enough away, my friend, and you will discover something of great beauty: your self.
Jealousy makes you nasty
In your face!
[Ninja:]
Yo-landi Vi$$er, gooi!
[Yo-landi:]
Bam!
You don't know who I am
I'm a phenomenon that you can never understand
You don't know where I come from! You don't know where I hang!
I fuck you when I slam with my motherfucking slang
We're coming with the hot stuff drop it like it's warm
Pretty fokken wise hier getattoo op my arm
Ag shame if Yo-landi Vi$$er's fucking with your brain
Don't think about it too much you'll pop a fokken vein
Like b-b-b-boom gimme fucking room!
You're chilling in the fast lane fucking up my zoom
Lekker fokken brain strain keeping up with this shit
All up in the main vain keep it fucking twisted
People think they know me but they don't know shit
Follow my every move, sniff the seat after I sit
Make you feel it when I spit want ek spoeg jou fokken nat
All I know is that I'm blowing up like jissus what the fuck? wat?
Jealousy makes you nasty
In your face!
Ninja!
Boom! Gimme fuckin' room
I'm coming from the dark side of the fuckin' moon
I'm a god or a devil
Harder than metal
Ya I'm a rebel!
Fuck you if you're not on my level
Lot of nosy naaiers digging in my past
Like an irritating little finger in my ass
Ja sure Ninja changed a little since he left school
So did you but the thing is you a little less cool
Look at me now man, damn!
I don't know where I am
What must I do with all this fucking money in my hand?
Used to be a no one, now I'm the fucking man
With this fuck-you money to say fuck you cause I can
Jissis guys
This is nice
Chilling up in motherfucking business class
Take this hot face cloth wipe my bum
Get it lekker fucking ready so that you can kiss my ass
Jealousy makes you nasty
In your face!
Fok jou!
Fok of! Fok jou!
Fok of! Fok jou!
Fok of! Fok jou!
Fok of! Fok jou!
Fok of! Fok jou!
Fok of! Fok jou!
Fok of! Fok jou!
Fok of! Fok jou!...
Here is something you can't understand
How I can just flip the fuckin script
En vat n kans to rap in Afrikaans
Jy's fokken gebritish ek's a motherfuckin frans
Huh wat? Jissie!
Ek weetie war ek issie!
Ek rap nie nou in Engels nie want ek's nie fokken lus nie!
N klomp honde naaiers dink ons is a grap my blaar
Moenie worry nie, no one knows who the fuck they are
They must brush their teeth to take away that sif taste from
Hul ma se etterige poese in vis paste jars
Bons! Jy's nou saam met ons!
Ons wil fokken kak soek! Ons wil fokken gons!
Ons will fokken fucked raak! Ons wil fokken kak praat!
Yo ons wil n hele klomp moederfokken zak maak!
Hello my naam is Ninja ek bly daar onder in Kaapstad.
Hello my naam is Yo-landi I used to be a plat-sak.
Hello my name is DJ Hi-Hi-Tek I make the beat the beat,
Get the fuck out of the kitchen if you cannot take the heat.
Jealousy makes you nasty
In your face!
Respect my authority!
O, O, O! O, O, O!
Ktos lapie, lapie mnie za kolnierz,
Patrzy, patrzy w moja twarz.
Ktos krzyczy, krzyczy mi do ucha,
Swoja, swoja wole pcha.
O, o, po co tyle halasu?
O, o, nie mam juz dla ciebie czasu!
O, O, O! O, O, O!
Tez mowi, mowi, ze mnie kocha,
Budzi, budzi mnie co rano.
Tez _______ bardzo, bardzo blisko,
Mowi, mowi mi "dobranoc."
O, o, po co tyle zamieszania?
O, o, dosc juz mam tego kochania!
O, O, O, O!
O! O, O! O! O, O!
O, O, O! O, O, O!
Ktos lapie, lapie mnie za kolnierz,
Patrzy, patrzy w moja twarz.
Ktos krzyczy, krzyczy mi do ucha,
Swoja, swoja wole pcha.
O, o, po co tyle halasu?
O, o, nie mam juz dla ciebie czasu!
O! O, O! O! O, O!