Never Alone (2014)

Actors: Tressa Ohler (actress), Nancy Hamilton Myers (editor), Nancy Hamilton Myers (director), Nancy Hamilton Myers (producer), Nancy Hamilton Myers (writer), Sandra Dee (producer), Sandra Dee (actress), Paul Presly (actor), Kathleen Park (actress), Ke'Shay Love (actress), Rick Richardson (actor), Karl Arana (actor), Mishka Myers (actress), Lara Jean Mummert (actress), Irene Klarich (actress),

Plot: Two friends Jen and Lena meet as children and make a pact to be life-long kindred spirits but eventually drift apart due to lifestyle choices. Jen becomes the tough, smooth, "got it all together" business woman intent on making the bucks and living the good life, single and in charge. Lena, on the other hand, is the "good girl" choosing religion, marriage and the suburbs only to find herself shackled to a possessive, self-absorbed husband who tries to control her every move and thought while doing as he pleases. The two friends re-unite when Lena is diagnosed with cancer and is told she has less than two months to live. Feeling alone and frightened she remembers the long ago pact made with Jen that she would never be alone. Lena calls Jen and the two women pick up their friendship where they left off with a renewed love and devotion fired by Lena's illness. Lena's dying wish is to take one last trip with Jen to their childhood neighborhood by the ocean but getting Lena out of the overbearing and selfish control of her husband Dave proves to be far more difficult than even smooth, aggressive Jen could have imagined. Dave and Jen become arch enemies fighting over Lena's right to die with the dignity of her own decisions. Jen's emotions are even more complicated by Lena's faith in God which Jen finds frustrating and childish in the face of her empty life and present illness; after all, if God's so good why have her choices lead the naive Lena to a miserable marriage and premature death? Eventually Jen does succeed in escaping with Lena and the women make their way to the beach where childhood memories and life long decisions must be re-examined in the light of personal choices and life's ultimate end. Never Alone is the story of the tender love of two woman grappling with their own morality and the reasons for existence in a world that's never fair.

Genres: Drama,

Perfect Pitch (2005)

Actors: Katharine Jane Reid (miscellaneous crew), David Eng (writer), David Eng (actor), David Eng (director), David Eng (composer), Louis Mercier (producer), Louis Mercier (actor), Mika Collins (actress), Christopher Ruddick (actor), Paul Andrade (actor), Jayme Burke (actor), Stuart Sklar (actor), Fatima Rahhali (actress), Sophia Zoe (actress), Mandy Levencrown (actress),

Plot: Perfect Pitch is about the art of pitching. It tells the humorous story of a writer, Chuck Wang, who joins a room full of oddball writers to pitch his concept to an imposing Mr. Leech. While he nervously sits with his script in a waiting room, Mr. Leech and two other studio executives become increasingly impatient with the numerous awful ideas they must endure. They are in an unreceptive mood when Chuck Wang is called in. Surprisingly, they respond to his introduction about rooting for an underdog. It quickly goes sour, however, when Chuck introduces the details of classical music and genius. The spark of an idea gets tossed around though, and soon becomes unrecognizable as an idea about a baseball pitcher throwing a perfect game in the seventh game of the World Series. Chuck is congratulated for his brilliant concept, and is whisked out.

Genres: Comedy, Short,

Artemin Goldberg: Custom Tailor of Brassieres (2000)

Actors: William Stone Mahoney (actor), Merwin Goldsmith (actor), Frank Franconeri (actor), Katherine O'Sullivan (actress), Claudia Choi (actress), Robert Lehrer (actor), Alexander Olch (writer), Alexander Olch (director), Tom Morrissey (actor), Alexander Olch (editor), Rose Courtney (actress), Jeanine Giovanni (actress), Richard P. Rogers (producer), Deborah Unger (actress), Theresa Lee (actress),

Genres: Comedy, Short,

Frank Leaves for the Orient (1999)

Actors: Eban Schletter (composer), Bart Lipton (producer), John W. Allen (actor),

Plot: This stream-of-consciousness live-action comedy is a journey through our hero's to-do list, as he tries to escape his everyday life by moving to Japan. Each episode of Frank Leaves For The Orient deals with another aspect of Frank's attempts to wrap up his life, break up with his girlfriend, quit his job, etc. The action becomes a surreal, rapid-fire, sometimes non-linear story that splits apart and then comes back together.

Keywords: satire, sitcom
Genres: Comedy,

Death Machine (1994)

Actors: Brad Dourif (actor), Rachel Weisz (actress), William Hootkins (actor), Stephanie Collie (costume designer), Jim Beach (producer), Stuart St. Paul (producer), Stuart St. Paul (actor), Joyce Turner (miscellaneous crew), Ray Burdis (actor), Fredrick Lopez (actor), John Sharian (actor), Ray Burdis (producer), Martin McDougall (actor), Richard Brake (actor), Matthew Justice (producer),

Plot: Chaank Armaments is experimenting with the ultimate fighting machine which is part human - part machine. So far, the Hardman project has been unreliable and has killed a number of innocent people. The genius behind this project is Jack who lives in a world of models, toys and magazines. When he is fired by Cale for killing a few corporate officers, he unleashes the ultimate killing machine called the 'Warbeast' against Cale and those who would help her.

Keywords: ambiguous-ending, blood-spatter, bomb, claustrophobia, computer, computer-hacker, corporate-corruption, corporation, crushed-to-death, cult-film
Genres: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller,
Taglines: Order in to chaos It feeds on your fear Man's Deadliest Weapon Shows It's Metal Fear Is Death Suit Up And Fight Back The Future Has Teeth Man's deadliest invention is about to show its metal

Quotes:

Jack Dante: Whoo! God, that turns me on!

Jack Dante: He's dead. I showed him my thing... and it killed him!

[Imitating Hellraiser 3]::Sam Raimi: Jesus!::Jack Dante: Well, no, not quite. But close.

Jack Dante: With weapons like mine, and authorization like yours, we can do some serious damage.

[first lines]::John Carpenter: There he is, the ultimate soldier. No mercy, no pity, no fear.

Jack Dante: That's a sharp comeback.

The Secret of My Succe$s (1987)

Actors: Helen Slater (actress), Mercedes Ruehl (actress), Barton Heyman (actor), Fred Gwynne (actor), John Capodice (actor), Mark Margolis (actor), Drew Snyder (actor), Cindy Crawford (actress), Bill Fagerbakke (actor), Bruce McGill (actor), Michael J. Fox (actor), Michael J. Fox (actor), Gerry Bamman (actor), David Foster (composer), Herbert Ross (producer),

Plot: Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York. On his first work day in New York, he is fired in a hostile take-over and learns that jobs - and girls - are hard to get. When Brantley visits his distant uncle, Howard Prescott, who runs a multi-million-dollar company, he is given a job in the company's mail room. Then Brantley meets Christy Wills, who happens to be one of the top executives. Brantley sees how poorly the company is being run and decides to create a position under the name Carlton Whitfield, to influence and improve the company's operations. Soon things get unexpectedly out of hand, not in the least because of his aunt, his girl and leading a double life.

Keywords: apartment, armed-robbery, assumed-identity, blockbuster, board-meeting, business, businessman, camera-shot-of-feet, capitalism, cheating-husband
Genres: Comedy,
Taglines: There's no such thing as an overnight success. Brantley Foster took two weeks.

Quotes:

[after sex]::Brantley Foster: Can I make a personal observation?::Vera Prescott: Um, anything but the thighs.::Brantley Foster: You know, somebody sold you a bill of goods and convinced you you had to be 21 forever. I think you're terrific; I think the only thing wrong with you is your husband is a jerk. You're beautiful, you're intelligent, you're sensuous...::Vera Prescott: Say that again!::Brantley Foster: Which part?::Vera Prescott: All of it! [sounds of car] Oh, no.::Brantley Foster: What, what is it?::Vera Prescott: It's the jerk. [Brantley rushes to the window] My husband.::Brantley Foster: My uncle!::Vera Prescott: Your what?::Brantley Foster: Oh God, that makes you...::Vera Prescott: Auntie Vera?::Brantley Foster: Oh! God! [Vera laughs] Oh God, oh God, oh God! What's my mother going to say? I've disgraced my whole family!::Vera Prescott: Oh, the hell you did!

Grace Foster: Take this. It's Uncle Howard's phone number in New York.::Brantley Foster: I've got an uncle in New York?::Grace Foster: My cousin Ellen married his half-sister's nephew, before she got bit by that dog and died.

[on entering his newly rented apartment]::Brantley Foster: All right, listen up. If there are any bugs in here, or rats, or anything that has more legs than I do, you just stay on your side of the room, okay? I'll stay on mine. I should warn you, I'm packing an iron.

[after reviewing Brantley's (faked) résumé]::Mrs. Meacham: Outstanding! Outstanding!::Brantley Foster: You're not going to tell me I have too much experience, are you?::Mrs. Meacham: Certainly not - you're perfect for the job.::Brantley Foster: Great!::Mrs. Meacham: Except...::Brantley Foster: No! No exceptions! I want this job, I need it, I can do it. Everywhere I've been today there's always been something wrong, too young, too old, too short, too tall. Whatever the exception is, I can fix it. I can be older, I can be taller, I can be anything.::Mrs. Meacham: Can you be a minority woman?

[Brantley said "good morning" to an executive]::Fred Melrose: Not the suits, man! You never consort with the suits unless they consort with you first.::Brantley Foster: Wait a minute, that's ridiculous! He's a person, I'm a person. I can't say hello to him?::Fred Melrose: He's not a person, he's a suit! You're mailroom. No consorting.

Vera Prescott: [into phone] This is the third weekend in a row he's found an excuse not to come to the country... No, I don't know, but knowing him it's probably some teenage airhead from the steno pool. Hmph. The last one I caught him with was so dumb, she thought "dictation" was some kind of S&M; trip.

Howard Prescott: What you are doing in here?::Vera Prescott: [half naked] Feeling romantic...::Howard Prescott: Oh. What's for dinner?::Vera Prescott: Ohh, Howard! You really know how to sweep a girl back onto her feet.

[at Brantley's apartment]::Brantley Foster: Oh, God. What are you doing here?::Vera Prescott: Brantley, darling, I heard you calling me telepathically - I'm VERY psychic - so of COURSE I rushed right over.::Brantley Foster: I would've used the phone...::Vera Prescott: Mental telepathy's much more reliable.

Brantley Foster: We have a problem.::Vera Prescott: What?::Brantley Foster: It's your husband: he's my boss.::Vera Prescott: O-oh, him. We won't tell him. Besides, Howard's working late tonight - on whom, I have no idea.

Christy Wills: You want me to spy on him?::Howard Prescott: No, I don't want you to spy on him. I want you to get to be friends with him, and then rifle through his papers and tell me what you find.

The Hijacking of Studio 4 (1985)

Actors: Phillip Jarrett (actor), Tom Melissis (actor), Lionel Shenken (producer), Lionel Shenken (actor), Claudette Roche (actress), Russell Ferrier (actor), Hadley Sandiford (actor), J.R. Zimmerman (actor), Tom Nursall (actor), Craig Williams (actor), Michael MacLaverty (editor), Phil Rash (actor), J.A. Gaudet (director), J.A. Gaudet (writer), J.A. Gaudet (editor),

Genres: Drama,

The Ordeal of Patty Hearst (1979)

Actors: Rosanna Arquette (actress), John Zaremba (actor), Rusty Meyers (actor), Joseph G. Medalis (actor), James Karen (actor), Dennis Weaver (actor), Robert Englund (actor), Michael Greene (actor), Alan Fudge (actor), Stephen Elliott (actor), Jonathan Banks (actor), John Alderman (actor), Gary Graham (actor), Helen Kelly (actress), Barbara Harris (actress),

Genres: Drama,
Taglines: The most sensational kidnapping case of our time!

The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)

Actors: Joe Haworth (actor), Rod Taylor (actor), Christopher Riordan (actor), Christopher Riordan (actor), Jeffrey Sayre (actor), Dom DeLuise (actor), Joe Ploski (actor), John Dennis (actor), Gregg Martell (actor), Dick Martin (actor), George Cisar (actor), Mike Mahoney (actor), Edward Andrews (actor), Robert Vaughn (actor), George Tobias (actor),

Plot: Jennifer Nelson and Bruce Templeton meet when Bruce reels in her mermaid suit leaving Jennifer bottomless in the waters of Catalina Island. She later discovers that Bruce is the big boss at her work (a research lab). Bruce hires Jennifer to be his biographer - only to try and win her affections. However, there's a problem. Bruce's friend General Wallace Bleeker believes that Jennifer is a Russian spy, and he has her placed under surveillance. Then, when Jennifer catches on...Watch Out!

Keywords: boat, catalina-island, female-protagonist, glass-bottom-boat, ham-radio, mermaid, reference-to-mata-hari, reference-to-napoleon-solo, reference-to-open-sesame-incantation, robot
Genres: Comedy, Romance,
Taglines: The spy who came out of the water. Is this the girl next door?

Quotes:

Donna: Widow! That's like catnip.::Jennifer Nelson: Well, not for that cat!

Edgar Hill: I want to talk to you a minute. Those phone calls, there is no question about it. She's an agent, operating for the...::Bruce Templeton: She's no more an agent than you are! And if you're the best the CIA can come up with, this country is in big trouble!::Edgar Hill: Now look here! We'll have to detain her.::Bruce Templeton: Mrs Nelson can leave here whenever she wishes!::Edgar Hill: What's that noise?::Bruce Templeton: What? Oh, well I locked her in the closet.

Jennifer Nelson: Hey! What in heavens name do you think you're doing?::Bruce Templeton: You talkin' to me?::Jennifer Nelson: Yes I'm talking to you! That's my suit on your line!::Bruce Templeton: Oh I'm sorry... that's a funny looking suit.::Jennifer Nelson: It's my mermaid tail. and would you please throw it back?::Bruce Templeton: Well it's kind of difficult. it's all tangled. Why don't you come aboard, and I'll untangle it for you::Jennifer Nelson: Well THAT's a little difficult too, since I'm BOTTOMLESS!

Zack Malloy: You wouldn't hit a coward, would you?

Jennifer Nelson: Donna, may I borrow a dime please? I have to call my dog.

Bruce Templeton: Hey! You're the mermaid::Jennifer Nelson: Yes, I'm the mermaid::Bruce Templeton: Didn't recognize you with your clothes on.

Homer Cripps: She's a pretty strange acting female.

Jennifer Nelson: What are you drinking?::Anna Miller: Hootch. That's half Scotch, half Bourbon.::Jennifer Nelson: It sounds delicious.

Jennifer Nelson: Isn't it marvelous what a new dress will do, huh?

Jennifer Nelson: Aaah! Aaah! Who are you? Who is he?::Bruce Templeton: Zack Malloy, my partner. He drops in every now and then to molest women.

Lake Placid Serenade (1944)

Actors: Frank Mayo (actor), Robert Livingston (actor), Stanley Andrews (actor), Eric Alden (actor), Ernie Adams (actor), John Litel (actor), John Dehner (actor), William Frawley (actor), Pat Gleason (actor), Walter Catlett (actor), John Hamilton (actor), Chester Clute (actor), Lloyd Corrigan (actor), Eddie Kane (actor), Bert Moorhouse (actor),

Plot: On a peaceful, pre-war winter in Czechoslovakia, the genial godfather, Jaroslav Haschek, of Vera Hascheck, presents the young girl with her first pair of ice skates. Soon, she astonished the warm-hearted people of her village with her skill, and she is acclaimed a marvel-on-ice. She wins the ice-skating championship of her country and is invited to skate at the fabulous Lake Placid Carnival in the United States. Vera receives an offer of a contract from eager showman, Carlton Webb, and his press agent Jiggers - but she turns them down. The financial backer for the two men is a wealthy, gabby, man-chasing woman called "Countess". Vera is a sensation at Lake Placid when she learns of Nazi Germany's move on Czechoslovakia, and she immediately attempts to abandon her career and rejoin her people. The trip can not be arranged and, alone in a strange country, she seeks an uncle, Carl Cermack, who has become a prosperous American citizen. The uncle welcomes her to his sumptuous Lond Island home, where he lives with his spoiled débutante daughters Irene and Susan. Vera learns that the two sisters are fighting it out over the same man, Paul Jordan, Cermack's junior partner, who isn't overwhelmed by either sister. Vera invites her uncle and cousins to join her at Lake Placid, where she is to appear in the dazzling New Year's Eve ballet. She is named "Queen" of the ballet, and Roy Rogers, a visiting movie-cowboy star is named "King." Paul begins to pick up interest in Vera, and she agrees to sign a contract with Webb, provided she can use an assumed name in his shows. Jiggers suggests they call her "Cinderella," because she has lost one of her famous skates. When Vera opens at Madison Square Garden, Jiggers plants the story that she refuses to appear until her skate is returned. Aware that Paul has kept her skate as a souvenir, Cermack telephones his partner in Texas. On the night of the opening, Webb and Jiggers are driven to desperation, since Vera has taken their publicity gag in earnest and refuses to go on unless her skate is returned. None of the phony "Prince Charmings" Jiggers has hired has the right skate, of course. The weary Vera doesn't even look at the last applicant - but the skate is hers. She stares down and recognizes her godfather, Jaroslav, who has been brought to American by her uncle. He explains that her skate was given to him by a young man. He beckons into the crowd and Paul emerges. Vera finds herself in the arms of her own Prince Charming.

Keywords: 1940s, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, b-movie, ballet, career, career-woman, carnival, champion, cinderella, competition
Genres: Music, Romance, Sport, War,
Taglines: Glittering with gay musical scenes! Glistening with brilliant spectacles! Gleaming with romantic gaiety! (original poster)