A Night with Little Richard (2013)

Actors: Rhoda Pell (actress), Patrick Fugit (actor), Adam Bardach (producer), Adam Bardach (writer), Adam Bardach (director), Jennifer Jules Hart (actress), Joshua Jashinski (producer), Joshua Jashinski (writer), Joshua Jashinski (director), Pete Giovine (actor), Max Cutler (actor), Bruno Fracassa (actor), Andreea Antonescu (actress), June Lynn Tan (actor), Rodrigo Gomez (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Short,

Hendrix (2000)

Actors: Davy Jones (actor), Martin Luther King (actor), Richard Fitzpatrick (actor), Mick Jagger (actor), Robert F. Kennedy (actor), George Harrison (actor), Lyndon Johnson (actor), Dorian Harewood (actor), Allen Ginsberg (actor), Bob Dylan (actor), Micky Dolenz (actor), John F. Kennedy (actor), Muhammad Ali (actor), Zedong Mao (actor), John Lennon (actor),

Plot: Biography of rock star Jimi Hendrix chronicles his early career, including a stint with Little Richard who fired him for getting too flamboyant, to his tragic failure. Struggling to find a niche, he moves to England where he becomes friends with musician and producer Chas Chandler (Christian Portenza). Chas then teams him with Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding (Krit Holdenreid, Christopher Ralph) to form the Experience. As Hendrix gets public attention, Chas then introduces him to a major record producer (Billy Zane) who takes over his career. While this gets Hendrix international exposure, it also places him in the hands of people interested only in the money aspects that his career offers them. One of the early disasters foisted on him by the record company is an opening bill for "The Monkees" on an American tour. His then unknown act is booed by teens just wanting to see their idols. A genius and a perfectionist, Hendrix drives everyone crazy as he starts making albums himself without producers or the Experience. Pushed by the record executives beyond his limits, he turns to drugs and wild parties for release which ultimately leads to his demise.

Keywords: 1960s, character-name-in-title, female-frontal-nudity, female-nudity, groupie, interracial-relationship, jimi-hendrix, john-lennon, lesbian, lesbianism
Genres: Biography, Drama, Music,
Taglines: He set the world on fire

Quotes:

[Jimi is on stage at the Monterey Pop Festival]::Michael Jeffrey: Whose fucking idea was it to have him go on after the Who?

Little Richard (2000)

Actors: Mike Kimmel (actor), Garrett Morris (actor), Jenifer Lewis (actress), J. Todd Harris (producer), John Davis (producer), Trudy Ramirez (miscellaneous crew), Robert Townsend (director), Little Richard (producer), Leon (actor), Biff Yeager (actor), Carl Lumbly (actor), Tamala Jones (actress), Bill Greenfield (miscellaneous crew), Mel Jackson (actor), Michael Mantell (actor),

Plot: A revealing movie about the tumultuous life of Little Richard Penniman, whose groundbreaking music revolutionized rock and roll. Growing up a social misfit in poverty, Little Richard's passion, talent and flamboyance catapulted him into the limelight of rock music. His career was rocked by his homosexuality, his fundamental beliefs and the pervasive discrimination within the music industry. We go through his chart-topping years when he lived the quintessential Rock and Roll life, indulging in all-night orgies and the spiritual callings that pulled him in and out of the music industry. But as alcohol and drug addition plagued his career in the late 1960s, Little Richard makes the life-saving decision to return to his family. Through their love and strength, and Little Richard's resolve, he moves on in history to become one of the most memorable performers in rock and roll.

Keywords: 1940s, 1950s, abusive-father, african-american, audition, autograph, bandanna, bar, best-friend, bible
Genres: Biography, Drama, Music,
Taglines: The struggle that nearly destroyed him. The miracle that saved him. The music that made him a legend. He rocked, he rolled, he changed the world of music.

Quotes:

Little Richard: [after a bandmate complains of wearing sissy make-up] Being pretty ain't never bothered me. Ain't that right, Lucille?::Lucille: 'Bout the prettiest boy I've ever seen.::Little Richard: Now, sneaking in the back doors so the white folks don't see us till we're on stage, eating in a parking lot of some restaurant that I wouldn't even pay to eat at the counter at, now *that* bothers me. Being called a sissy?::[pause]::Little Richard: You look-a here! Them white kids, they're dancing to *our* music! Okay, they may have Pat Boone on their record player in case their parents walk in, but they got *my* record underneath their pillow. You know which show we're playing here? You know how many colors have played here? None! You know why? 'Cause they can't! I am the first! I am the only! So if you wanna call me a sissy, go ahead! Knock yourself out, boy! But you make sure you call me a rich sissy. And you do as I do, you all gonna be rich sissies, too. Now, where my eyeliner?

Little Richard: [improvising on the piano] A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-good-hot-damn! Tutti frutti! Good booty! Tutti frutti! Good booty! Tutti frutti! Good booty! Tutti frutti! Good booty! If it don't fit, don't force it! If you grease it, make it easy!::Bump Blackwell: We have *got* to record that!::Little Richard: What?::Bump Blackwell: Yeah that! *That* is a hit!::Little Richard: You're kidding me.::Bump Blackwell: No, no, no, no, I mean, we gotta clean up the lyrics though. That's a... that's a definite. Dorothy, get in here!::Little Richard: But wait a second. Bump...::Bump Blackwell: This is gonna be...! Dorothy!::[Dorothy runs in]::Bump Blackwell: C'mere! Quick! Get in here!::Dorothy: Yes?::Bump Blackwell: Okay look, Richard, Dorothy is a lyricist. Alright, I want you to sing that song to her. Dorothy, I need you to write me a clean version of it in a half hour. Okay?::Dorothy: Okay, okay.::Little Richard: [Embarrassed to have to sing a dirty song to a lady] But Bump, that song has some terrible, terrible words!::Bump Blackwell: Oh trust me! She's heard it all.::Dorothy: It's true, I have.

Hendrix (2000)

Actors: Davy Jones (actor), Martin Luther King (actor), Richard Fitzpatrick (actor), Mick Jagger (actor), Robert F. Kennedy (actor), George Harrison (actor), Lyndon Johnson (actor), Dorian Harewood (actor), Allen Ginsberg (actor), Bob Dylan (actor), Micky Dolenz (actor), John F. Kennedy (actor), Muhammad Ali (actor), Zedong Mao (actor), John Lennon (actor),

Plot: Biography of rock star Jimi Hendrix chronicles his early career, including a stint with Little Richard who fired him for getting too flamboyant, to his tragic failure. Struggling to find a niche, he moves to England where he becomes friends with musician and producer Chas Chandler (Christian Portenza). Chas then teams him with Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding (Krit Holdenreid, Christopher Ralph) to form the Experience. As Hendrix gets public attention, Chas then introduces him to a major record producer (Billy Zane) who takes over his career. While this gets Hendrix international exposure, it also places him in the hands of people interested only in the money aspects that his career offers them. One of the early disasters foisted on him by the record company is an opening bill for "The Monkees" on an American tour. His then unknown act is booed by teens just wanting to see their idols. A genius and a perfectionist, Hendrix drives everyone crazy as he starts making albums himself without producers or the Experience. Pushed by the record executives beyond his limits, he turns to drugs and wild parties for release which ultimately leads to his demise.

Keywords: 1960s, character-name-in-title, female-frontal-nudity, female-nudity, groupie, interracial-relationship, jimi-hendrix, john-lennon, lesbian, lesbianism
Genres: Biography, Drama, Music,
Taglines: He set the world on fire

Quotes:

[Jimi is on stage at the Monterey Pop Festival]::Michael Jeffrey: Whose fucking idea was it to have him go on after the Who?

And the Beat Goes On: The Sonny and Cher Story (1999)

Actors: Miranda Garrison (miscellaneous crew), Jess Harnell (actor), Sonny Bono (writer), Sonny Bono (actor), Bear McCreary (actor), Joy Ellison (miscellaneous crew), Carl Gilliard (actor), David Burton Morris (director), Jay Underwood (actor), Larry K. Johnson (miscellaneous crew), Van Broughton Ramsey (costume designer), Larry A. Thompson (producer), Bruce Nozick (actor), Michael S. Murphy (editor), Shaun Duke (actor),

Genres: Drama,
Taglines: They didn't change pop culture. They defined it.

Quotes:

Cher: [to Sonny] Please what? Please forgive you for screwing some secretary, all guys do that, right? What's the big deal, right? Right? By the way, you son of a bitch, I'm pregnant.

Sonny Bono: [narrating] Life was grey, music was technicolor.

Sonny Bono: [narrating] I only knew three chords on the piano, but with three chords I could write a song.

Cher: If I'm gonna stay here, we gotta get some things straight. You hum in the morning, I can't stand that.::Sonny Bono: [laughs] Why? I like to hum. It's a new day, I'm happy.::Cher: Well I'm not, It takes a lot to makes me happy and a new day doesn't do it.

Phil Spector: What do you think you can do for me, Sonny Bono?::Sonny Bono: Oh, anything, anything at all!::Phil Spector: Not in the anything business. I'm in the record business.

Phil Spector: That's gold, coming out of those speakers.

Cher: I can't do it! My throat is closed!::Sonny Bono: No it's not, you're talking.::Cher: No, for singing it's closed!

Cher: You don't even know him, he's a big record producer, he's doing things for me.::Georgia LaPierre: He can't even comb his own hair, what is he gonna to do for you?::Cher: He's gonna make me a star!::Georgia LaPierre: Oh, Cherilyn, you're such a baby!

Sonny Bono: [narrating] The wave we caught was a monster. My goal had always been succes. Cher's had been fame. Suddenly, overnight, we seemed to have both.

Sonny Bono: [narrating] I suppose every jerk who talks english thinks that he can write a screenplay. It was damn hard, let me tell ya.

Mr. Rock 'n' Roll: The Alan Freed Story (1999)

Actors: Robert M. Sertner (producer), Randy Sutter (producer), Timm Zemanek (actor), Leon (actor), Aron Tager (actor), Frank von Zerneck (producer), Paula Abdul (actress), Ted Babcock (producer), Fulvio Cecere (actor), Fabian (actor), Richard Fitzpatrick (actor), Daniel Kash (actor), Judd Nelson (actor), Nancy Mouton (miscellaneous crew), Lawrence Shragge (composer),

Plot: This is the story of Alan Freed. He was working as a DJ in Cleveland, Ohio, and he discovered how amazing R&B; or Rhytym & Blues is, however, the music is considered to be "BLACK" music. So, most radio stations won't play it. However, Freed believed that it's the next wave, so he fights to have it played on the air. Eventually, he went into the big time - New York, and he decided to dub this music "ROCK & ROLL". Despite his success, he still had a lot of opposition and made deals with the wrong people, which would lead to his downfall.

Keywords: 42nd-street-manhattan-new-york-city, acoustic-guitar, apostrophe-in-title, based-on-book, boston-massachusetts, bottle-of-beer, bow-tie, bus, cardigan-sweater, carrying-baby-on-hip
Genres: Biography, Drama,
Taglines: The story of rock 'n' roll and the people who changed music forever.

Armageddon (1998)

Actors: Charlton Heston (actor), Eddie Griffin (actor), Googy Gress (actor), Jim Fitzpatrick (actor), William Fichtner (actor), Keith David (actor), Greg Collins (actor), Ben Affleck (actor), Michael Clarke Duncan (actor), Steve Buscemi (actor), Chris Ellis (actor), Mark Boone Junior (actor), Michael Bay (actor), Udo Kier (actor), Jason Isaacs (actor),

Plot: It is just another day at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a few astronauts were repairing a satellite until, out of nowhere, a series of asteroids came crashing into the shuttle, destroying it. These asteroids also decimated New York soon thereafter. Then, NASA discovered that there is an asteroid roughly the size of Texas heading towards the Earth, and when it does hit the Earth, the planet itself and all of its inhabitants will be obliterated, worse, the asteroid will hit the Earth in 18 days. Unfortunately, NASA's plans to destroy the asteroid are irrelevant. That is when the U.S. military decides to use a nuclear warhead to blow the asteroid to pieces. Then, scientists decide to blow the asteroid with the warhead inside the asteroid itself. The only man to do it, is an oil driller named Harry Stamper and his group of misfit drillers and geologists. As he and his drill team prepare for space excavation, the asteroid is still heading towards the Earth. When the crew are launched into outer space, they are determined to destroy this asteroid.

Keywords: 1990s, 8-track, airforce-one, animal-cracker, artificial-gravitation, asteroid, astronaut, bar, bicycle, bicycle-messenger
Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller,
Taglines: It's Closer Than You Think. Heads Up! Earth. It Was Fun While It Lasted. The Earth's Darkest Day Will Be Man's Finest Hour For Love. For Honor. For Mankind. Take the Ride of Your Life! All the time in the world is all they've got. Prepare to Fight Like There's No Tomorrow. School's out..... forever. Time To Kick Some Asteroid

Quotes:

A.J.: You know it's all funny until somebody gets shot in the leg.

Chick: Harry, the clock on that nine-foot nuclear weapon is ticking.

Chick: I never told anybody this before, but I hate flyin'. So it would be an awful shame to die now.::Rockhound: That's easy for you to say. I owe 100 grand to a fat-ass loan shark which I spent on a stripper named Molly Mounds.::Chick: Boy, that's bad.

Chick: Man, what are you doing with a gun in space?

F.B.I. Agent: We have a national security matter.::Rockhound: Good for you.

[after escaping the Russian Space Station explosion]::Freddy Noonan: Pretty intense, huh?::Lev Andropov: That's why I told you "touch nothing". But you're bunch of cowboys!

Lev Andropov: Don't touch my uncle! You know? He's a genius of my family.

Ronald Quincy: I know the presidents' chief scientific advisor, we were at MIT together. And, in a situation like this, you-you really don't wanna take the advice from a man who got a C minus in astrophysics. The presidents' advisors are... wrong. I'm right.

A.J.: Have you ever heard of Evel Knievel?::Lev Andropov: No, I never saw Star Wars.

Lev Andropov: It's stuck, yes?::Watts: Back off! You don't know the components!::Lev Andropov: [annoyed] Components. American components, Russian Components, ALL MADE IN TAIWAN!

The Late Shift (1996)

Actors: Treat Williams (actor), Little Richard (actor), Lawrence Pressman (actor), Ed Begley Jr. (actor), Daniel Roebuck (actor), John Getz (actor), Aaron Lustig (actor), Michael Chieffo (actor), Nicholas Guest (actor), John Michael Higgins (actor), Michael Fairman (actor), Rich Little (actor), John Kapelos (actor), Bob Balaban (actor), Kathy Bates (actress),

Plot: HBO movie about the behind-the-scenes network politics responsible for the changes in late-night talk-show hosts, after the retirement of Johnny Carson from the Tonight Show on NBC. Jay Leno and David Letterman were both vying for the position, but Leno's tough manager Helen Kushnick got him the spot. In the wake of her 'stepping on the toes' of powerful network executives and 'playing hardball' tactics with guest bookings, she found herself being pushed out of her job as Tonight Show Executive Producer and Jay's manager. Letterman, devastated by his being passed over, brought in superagent Mike Ovitz to negotiate on his behalf, resulting in his move to CBS.

Keywords: 1990s, anger, based-on-book, based-on-true-story, beach, business, business-competition, business-deal, car-phone, comedian
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Talk-Show,
Taglines: Two heads fighting for the late night crown - One head's gotta roll. Letterman, Leno and the battle over the Tonight Show.

Quotes:

David Letterman: [outside CBS Studios right before the press conference] Gentlemen, we are just going from one bizarre circumstance to the next.

Michael Ovitz: Peter, I know Dave's circumstances, and so I know why you're here. Dave is a star of such compelling stature that frankly it makes me personally angry he finds himself this abused. We pride ourselves here at CAA in developing a career plan for our clients that protects them as much as it enriches them. David has set such an incredibly high professional standard and yet he is going disturbingly unrewarded. That just doesn't make any sense; it's simply bad business practice. Obviously, we have an interest in establishing a business relationship with you Dave, and you Peter. Frankly, we have worked out a career plan for David, and it includes securing everything for Dave that he wants. EVERYTHING. Of course that means an 11:30 television show. Dave will be offered an 11:30 show, and he will be offered it by every network. The geometry of the deal will be far larger, the studios will be in, the syndicators, the full range of the entertainment industry. We shall frame a deal that will make you one of the giants. And if you give us the privilege of working with you, CAA will take care of everything your talents deserve, and our spirit desires.

David Letterman: [embarrassed] How can a television show be worth all this embarrassment?

Jay Leno: I may look stupid, but I'm Italian. I know how to find information!

Reporter #3: Are you gonna kick Jay Leno's ass?::David Letterman: I'll kick your ass.

David Letterman: Peter, take that stupid rug off your head. And Morty, straighten your tie. This isn't a tractor pull.

Reporter #2: Are you going to bring Paul Shaffer along on the new show?::David Letterman: [deadpan] Paul who? Oh, God! We forgot about Paul. Howard, is there just a little bit left over for Paul?

Marked for Death (1990)

Actors: Steven Seagal (producer), James Newton Howard (composer), Tom Wright (actor), Danny Trejo (actor), Danielle Harris (actress), Joanna Pacula (actress), Steven Seagal (actor), Earl Boen (actor), Teri Weigel (actress), Kevin Dunn (actor), Peter Jason (actor), Keith David (actor), Gary Carlos Cervantes (actor), Kim Delgado (miscellaneous crew), Bundy Chanock (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: Chicago DEA agent John Hatcher has just returned from Colombia, where his partner was killed in the line of duty by a drug dealer who has since been taken down. As a result of his partner's death, John has decided to retire, but his retirement may not be permanent. On the next day, after reuniting with his sister Melissa and Melissa's daughter Tracy, John gets into a shootout against a Jamaican drug kingpin known as Screwface, taking down some of Screwface's men. John brings himself out of retirement when Screwface retaliates by attempting to kill Melissa and Tracy. After the shooting, John is reunited with two old friends - a local high school football coach named Max, and a Jamaican Chicago cop named Charles. John and Max set out to hunt Screwface down, only to discover that Screwface has gone back to Jamaica. John and Max take Charles with them to Jamaica for an all out war against Screwface and his drug empire.

Keywords: action-hero, action-noir, aikido, ak-47, animal-sacrifice, anti-hero, attempted-murder, bar-shootout, bayonet, blinded
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller,
Taglines: He's a good cop. In a bad mood. In Above the Law, he got tough; In Hard to Kill, he got even; Now the man with the short fuse is... Marked For Death

Quotes:

Screwface: I have a message for you from Tito. He say for you to meet him... in HELL!

Max: Well?::John Hatcher: One thought he was invincible... the other thought he could fly.::Max: So?::John Hatcher: They were both wrong.

Screwface: Everybody want go heaven. Nobody want dead. Afraid.

John Hatcher: You bailed out a Jamaican street named Monkey the other day, I want him. This other piece of shit, Screwface, I want him. I know you're a scumbag and a puke, I don't mind that, but give me what I need and I'll leave here a nice guy. If you don't, I'm gonna fuck you up.

Jimmy Fingers: I'll fuckin' sell anything to anybody, Hatcher, except you, man, I wouldn't sell you the sweat off my balls.

Screwface: I want Hatcher dead. I want his family dead. And if you can't kill him, I go kill him, and then I'm gonna kill you.

Screwface: Hey, where Nesta man?::Nago: [whispers in his ear] Nesta and Jimmy Fingers are dead at the hotel.::Screwface: Nesta dead. Who do it, the white boy, Hatcher. [Nago nodes head] [Screwface throws table up and hits gang member with table leg]::Screwface: I want Hatcher dead. I want his family dead. If you can't kill him, I go kill him. Then I'm gonna kill you.

John Hatcher: You fuck with my family, you die.

Monkey: Hey, you want some blow?::John Hatcher: Yeah, I want some blow. Put your hands where I can see 'em or I'm gonna blow your head off.

Screwface: I want you to meet my sister, Goddess of Fire.

Shout! The Story of Johnny O'Keefe (1985)

Actors: Tony Barry (actor), Ted Robinson (director), Roger Ward (actor), John Polson (actor), Russell Newman (actor), Melissa Jaffer (actress), Robin Clifton (miscellaneous crew), Pamela Willis (miscellaneous crew), Terry Serio (actor), Ian 'Molly' Meldrum (actor), Ross Higgins (actor), Slim DeGrey (actor), Candy Raymond (actress), Robert Alexander (actor), Ritchie Singer (actor),

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