Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright (2010)

Actors: Gary Daniels (actor), Gina Gershon (actress), Aidan Quinn (actor), Vincent Rivera (actor), Elya Baskin (actor), Raymond J. Barry (actor), Bokeem Woodbine (actor), Mario Van Peebles (actor), Corbin Bernsen (actor), Andy Garcia (actor), Kenyon Glover (actor), Luke Goss (actor), Iyad Hajjaj (actor), Dennis Williams (miscellaneous crew), Miguel A. Saldaña (producer),

Plot: The story centers on Charlie, a Los Angeles billionaire financial whiz who goes into self-imposed exile in Tijuana after his empire is revealed to have been a Ponzi scheme. While looking for the woman he abandoned there 25 years before, Charlie is pursued by a Mexican gangster, a federal agent and thugs sent by a former client looking to retrieve his money.

Genres: Crime, Drama,

Quotes:

Charlie Wright: My dear Isabel, When a man finds himself at the end of his days He has to take an account of his life He has to be able to live with what he has done If he can find the goodness somewhere If there is a chance to find some kind of redemption Before we leave this earth Then life's moments will have mattered This is the story of failure Of my failure For all of the failures of this life Of my life Fade to nothing Just fleeting moments And as I find my way My exodus from this place I can know that this life was not so bad And like the cleansing sun and the beautiful sounds that lie just beneath the words All that is good in me lives on in you .

American Gangster (2007)

Actors: Ted Levine (actor), Joe Morton (actor), John Hawkes (actor), Fab 5 Freddy (actor), Cuba Gooding Jr. (actor), Steve McAuliff (actor), Idris Elba (actor), Josh Brolin (actor), Chiwetel Ejiofor (actor), Russell Crowe (actor), Armand Assante (actor), Common (actor), Kevin Corrigan (actor), Jon Polito (actor), Richard Nixon (actor),

Plot: Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. As a result, his product is superior to what is currently available on the street and his prices are lower. His alliance with the New York Mafia ensures his position. It is also the story of a dedicated and honest policeman, Richie Roberts, who heads up a joint narcotics task force with the Federal government. Based on a true story.

Keywords: 1960s, 1970s, 1990s, addiction, african-american, african-american-protagonist, ali-frazier-fight, ambulance, anger, anti-semitic-slur
Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama,
Taglines: There are two sides to the American dream.

Quotes:

Detective Trupo: [after Detective Trupo finds Blue Magic in a small bag in the car] What are we gonna do about this?::Frank Lucas: We ain't gon' do shit about it. Close it up. Throw it back in the trunk. Everybody go home. Have some pumpin pie, warm apple cider...::Detective Trupo: I got a better idea, or would you rather me throw you and your brother in the fuckin' river?::Frank Lucas: Or, would you rather your house blows up next time?

[from trailer]::Frank Lucas: This is my home. My country. Frank Lucas don't run from nobody. This is America.

Nephew: I don't wanna play baseball no more.::Huey Lucas: [enters back patio] Frank, we got a problem.::Frank Lucas: [looks at his brother then looks back at his nephew] Well, what do you want?::Nephew: I want what you got Uncle Frank.::Nephew: I wanna be you.

Detective Richie Roberts: The number one fear of people isn't dying, it's public speaking.

[from trailer]::Frank Lucas: The man I worked for had one of the biggest companies in New York City. He didn't own his own company. White man owned it, so they owned him. Nobody owns me, though.

[from trailer]::Frank Lucas: See, ya are what ya are in this world. That's either one of two things: Either you're somebody, or you ain't nobody.

Detective Richie Roberts: My investigation indicates that Frank Lucas is above the Mafia.::District Attorney: Who does he work for? Which family?::Detective Richie Roberts: He's not Italian, he's black.::District Attorney: No nigger has accomplished what the American Mafia hasn't in a hundred years!

[repeated line]::Frank Lucas: My man.

Dominic Cattano: How you feel about monopolies?::Frank Lucas: What, the game?

Frank Lucas: Now, I got no problem with you showin' up in court tomorrow with your head blown in half.::Detective Richie Roberts: Get in line. That one stretches around the block too.

Deacons for Defense (2003)

Actors: Beau Starr (actor), Forest Whitaker (actor), Jonathan Silverman (actor), Francis X. McCarthy (actor), Tyrone Benskin (actor), Paulino Nunes (actor), Alan C. Peterson (actor), Boyd Banks (actor), Matt Birman (actor), Gene Mack (actor), Daniel Kash (actor), Craig Eldridge (actor), Ossie Davis (actor), Bill Duke (director), Michel Colombier (composer),

Plot: The words "Black Power" bring back memories of names like Stokely Carmichael, H. Rap Brown, and Eldridge Cleaver, but in Bogalusa, LA a group of harassed Afro-Americans had decided they'd had enough and took up arms to defend themselves and force the white power structure to listen to them. This took place during "Freedom Summer", 1964, right after the Civil Rights Act had become law. Fact based movie stars Forest Whitaker and Ossie Davis, the former as the founder of the Deacons of Defense and Justice (DDJ) and the latter as a peaceful minister trying to prevent the unavoidable violence that will follow. The story revolves around the white-controlled factory which provides 70% of the town's income and employees 40% of its people. Segregation is still clinging on within the factory, with blacks denied the supervisory positions and forced into separate lunchrooms, bathrooms, and drinking fountains. The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) has its strongest power in this area and, as the DDJ gets armed the KKK brings in more members from throughout the U.S. There will be a war!

Keywords: civil-rights-movement, docudrama, ku-klux-klan, vigilante
Genres: Drama,

Quotes:

[Getting ready to start the armed patrols of their neighborhood]::Marcus Clay: We started with five men. Now look at us- larger, stronger. [shouts] Let me hear it.::All: [shouting] Yes, sir.::Marcus Clay: Each squad stays within 100 yards of the other squad. Use your whistles. Don't start talkin' and bunchin' up with other squads. Use your eyes. See them before they see you. All right, let's go. [shouts] Never again.::All: [shouting] Never again.::Marcus Clay: [shouts] Till peace comes at last.::All: [shouting] Till peace comes at last.::Marcus Clay: [shouts] Deacons for defense.::All: [shouting] Deacons for defense.::Marcus Clay: [shouts] Deacons for defense.::All: [shouting] Deacons for defense.::Marcus Clay: [shouts] Deacons for defense.::All: [shouting] Deacons for defense.::Marcus Clay: [shouts] Deacons for defense.::All: [shouting] Deacons for defense.::Marcus Clay: [shouts] Go do it.::All: [shouting] Yeah

[leading KKK rally]::William Chase: Now we have a white company like Patterson Paper telling us how to run our lives. Taking our jobs. Spreading communism and niggerism to our community. They are taking our way of life. Tonight, I ask you to stand tall... stand proud... exalt in your whiteness... in your intelligence... in your superiority. It's our turn now. White Power, rain down on this great country of ours.::[shouts]::William Chase: White power.::All: [shouting] White power.::William Chase: [shouts] White power.::All: [shouting] White power.::William Chase: [shouts] White power.::All: [shouting] White power.::William Chase: [shouts] White power.::All: [shouting] White power.

[Some members want Marcus removed as leader of the Deacons]::Rev. Gregory: I have been living in fear of the Klan all my life. Was bred in me as a child, and it made me less than a man. But all of that has changed because of you. You freed me, son. You woke up something in me, so don't you stop. Don't you dare stop. And tomorrow, I'm gonna be marching with you, and I'm gonna march every day to change what's happening down here. And there ain't gonna be no change in leadership. Ain't gonna be no steppin' down. Marcus is still in charge.

[dropping two civil right workers off at the county line]::Lawson: Now the only reason you boys ain't hurtin' is because you got the same skin color as God. But this is a one-time pass. Remember what happened to those northern boys in Mississippi.::[Sheriff smacks Deane across the mouth]::Lawson: Y'all know which way to go.::[Sheriff drives away then Deane walks back]::Michael Deane: Let's go.::Charles Hillibrand: What are you kidding me?::Michael Deane: No, I'm not kidding.::Charles Hillibrand: They're not fooling around, Michael. They *will* kill us. Why are you willing to die for this? Do you hear me?::Michael Deane: Why, Charlie? Because our skin, is *not* the same color as God's.

[filmed evidence of KKK activity by local leaders is presented to a judge]::Christenberry: I'm looking at photos and films of Bogalusa, and all I see are Confederate flags. Is there not one American flag in the town of Bogalusa?

[discussing ways to fight the Klan]::Archie: But Marcus, ain't we taking this a little too far?::T.J.: It's called for, and you know it, Archie.::Marcus Clay: If this is an army of one, then this is an army of one. I gave my word.::Otis: Gentlemen, I've been waiting for this day, my whole life.

Kiss of Death (1995)

Actors: Helen Hunt (actress), Ben Hecht (writer), Stanley Tucci (actor), Hope Davis (actress), Samuel L. Jackson (actor), Barbet Schroeder (producer), Philip Baker Hall (actor), Jay O. Sanders (actor), Nicolas Cage (actor), Michael Rapaport (actor), Paul Calderon (actor), Kevin Corrigan (actor), Ving Rhames (actor), Trevor Jones (composer), Anne Meara (actress),

Plot: Jimmy Kilmartin's an ex-con who's trying to go straight. But he can't say no to a quick driving job because his so called friend's life is threatened. The job is for Little Junior Brown, a violent and powerful villain. When things go wrong, Jimmy is left to do the time, and his whole life is turned upside-down, but if that wasn't enough, the cops won't leave Jimmy alone when he gets out... They want 'Little Junior'

Keywords: asthma, beaten-to-death, betrayal, blood-spatter, car-accident, car-carrier, car-transport, child-in-peril, chop-shop, criminal-gang
Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller,
Taglines: Little Junor Brown. He rules the streets. He owns the game. But he doesn't own all of the players.

Quotes:

Frank Zioli: Did you ever read about yourself in the paper, huh? Your balls shrivel to the size of chickpeas.

Little Junior Brown: I have an acronym for myself. Know what it is? B.A.D. B.A.D... Balls, Attitude, Direction. You should give yourself an acronym... 'cause it helps you visualize your goals.::Jimmy Kilmartin: How about F.A.B.? Fucked At Birth.::Little Junior Brown: No good. Too negative.

Ronnie: You know what your problem is? You're a liberal.

[at a bar]::Little Junior Brown: See me tomorrow and we'll discuss things.::[goes back to enjoy his drink]::Jimmy Kilmartin: Wait a minute. Why not now?::Little Junior Brown: I haven't been able to find my daughter in a while, and I've already planned the night grieving about it, so you'll just have to see me tomorrow.::Jimmy Kilmartin: No, You see me now.::[takes a tiny gun out]::Jimmy Kilmartin: Tell me now! Go on! I want to hear it.::Little Junior Brown: I ain't going back to jail. I'm tired. They didn't allow me to use silverware. I had to use my fingers. That's right, they didn't even allow me to use plastic spoons, forks, and knives! But I do hate the taste of metal in my mouth. That's why I refused to have braces.::Jimmy Kilmartin: [puts gun on Brown's lip] Tell me what I want to know, or you'll never have a lip again.::Little Junior Brown: You really going to do it?::Jimmy Kilmartin: No, I got a better idea. You hate the taste of metal. Well, it's going in your mouth. Open up.::[doesn't]::Jimmy Kilmartin: I said open up.::[pulls the trigger back]::Jimmy Kilmartin: Come on, open up and say "ah".

Calvin Hart: You see this eye here? Runs all the time. I can't make it stop. I got a third of my hearing in this ear. And when I go to the beach... when I take my kids to the beach and shit, strong direct sunrays give me a headache so bad I cry like a baby. They don't know why. It just does.

[about his father dying]::Little Junior Brown: [to Kilmartin] What do you think's worse? Losing a father or a wife?

Calvin Hart: [about Omar] Cars, Drugs, Guns, he's buying whatever he can get his hands on.

Calvin Hart: Don't you know you can't go around hitting the police? Huh? What's wrong with you?

Jimmy Kilmartin: [walking up to Omar's car] Hey how are you doing?::Omar: The fuck do you want man?::Jimmy Kilmartin: [Little Junior kills Omar] Oh my God! Oh my God! You killed him!::Little Junior Brown: [puts cocaine in Omar's pocket] Have some coke on me::Jimmy Kilmartin: Jesus! Jesus! What did you do? What did you do? WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO?::Little Junior Brown: What did I do? You fuck with the bull, you get the horns. That's what I did

Frank Zioli: [to a FBI agent] You're not doing shit, because I'll go to the US attorney's office and once they find out t that he was a federal agent that you knew about from day 1? Holy shit what happens to you!