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The Girl (2012)

Actors: Toby Jones (actor), Penelope Wilton (actress), Gero Brugmann (miscellaneous crew), Sean Cameron Michael (actor), Diana Cilliers (costume designer), Imelda Staunton (actress), Grant Babbitt (miscellaneous crew), Patrick Lyster (actor), Sienna Miller (actress), Genevieve Hofmeyr (producer), Philip Miller (composer), Penny Dyer (miscellaneous crew), Anne Bergstedt Jordanova (miscellaneous crew), Leon Clingman (actor), Adrian Galley (actor),

Plot: When Grace Kelly retires from films to marry Prince Rainier Alfred Hitchcock looks for a similar blonde and finds her in TV model,the little known Tippi Hedren,who will star in his film adaptation of horror story 'The Birds'. Hitchcock is obsessed with Tippi sexually and,when she rebuffs his advances,sadistically puts her through five days of filming where she is attacked and injured by real birds. Hitchcock's wife Alma and his assistant Peggy are appalled but can do nothing. Tippi is resolved that she will not give in to Hitchcock despite the situation giving her nightmares. Hitchcock and Tippi make a second film,'Marnie'. Having admitted that Alma is the only woman he has ever had sex with and that he now finds her cold Hitchcock continues to pursue Tippi, bombarding her with phone calls declaring his love for her yet reminding her that he alone made her famous and she owes him. At this stage Tippi demands that her contract be terminated and an end title states that they never worked together again.

Keywords: 1960s, abuse, actor's-life, actress, animal-trainer, aspiring-actress, assistant-director, automobile, backyard, based-on-biography
Genres: Drama,
Taglines: He made her his star. And his darkest obsession.

Quotes:

[Alfred Hitchcock pours a glass of wine for Tippi Hedren, just after he has first met her]::Alfred Hitchcock: This is a very fine Californian pinot noir. It's called the heartbreak grape. Do you know why? Of all the grapes used to make wine, these are the most fragile. It has a very thin skin, prone to disease, mould, every kind of rot and virus known to the vintner's art. So growing pinot noir is a bit like making a movie - heartbreak guaranteed.

[Evan Hunter, writer of the screenplay for The Birds, disagrees with Hitchcock about the casting of Tippi Hedren]::Evan Hunter: A seven-year contract?::Alfred Hitchcock: Her inexperience is an asset. She has nothing to un-learn. Also she's unattached so she won't get pregnant. I do *hate* it when actresses get pregnant.::Evan Hunter: I thought you were kidding.::Alfred Hitchcock: [grimly] As is well-known, I have no sense of humor whatsoever.

[Hitchcock recites a limerick to Tippi Hedren]::Alfred Hitchcock: There was a young lady of Trent / Who said she knew what it meant / When he asked her to dine / Private room, lots of wine / She knew, oh she knew - but she went!::[Tippi raises her wineglass as a toast]::Tippi Hedren: Heartbreak guaranteed.

Alfred Hitchcock: There was a young man from Nantucket / Who had such a large cock he could suck it. / He looked in the glass / And saw his own arse / And broke his neck trying to fuck it.

Alfred Hitchcock: A worried young man from Stamboul / Discovered red spots on his tool. / Said the doctor, a cynic, / Get out of my clinic! / Just wipe off that lipstick, you fool.

Alfred Hitchcock: There was a young girl from Sofia / Who succumbed to her lover's desire. / She said it's a sin, / But now that it's in / Could you shove it a few inches higher?

[title quote]: Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints. - Alfred Hitchcock

The Director (2010)

Actors: Bryant Mainord (actor), D.K. Johnston (actor), Woodruff Laputka (producer), Woodruff Laputka (writer), Woodruff Laputka (director), Woodruff Laputka (editor), Woodruff Laputka (actor), Renee Daw (actress), Josh Lowman (actor), Joey Weaver (actor), Rebecca Barker (actress), John Whitlock (actor), Matt Collins (actor), Dorene M. Lorenz (actress), Mark Muro (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Short,

Making the Movie: S.L.E.U.T.H. (2009)

Actors: Nathan Head (actor), Aidan Belizaire (actor), David Moss (editor), David Moss (actor), Sophia Hatfield (actress), David Moss (producer), David Moss (writer), David Moss (director), Lucie James (producer), Lucie James (actress), Hannah Robinson (actress), Hannah Robinson (producer), Rebes Leopold (producer), Jamie Crawford (actor), Charlie Sullivan (actor),

Plot: While filming his latest low-budget film, Nathan Head decides to take up the role of private investigator on set when a fellow cast member goes missing. Filmed documentary style mixed in with clips from the fictitious movie the cast are working on.

Keywords: gun-crime, mockumentary, spoof, spy, spy-thriller
Genres: Comedy,

All You Need for a Movie Is a Girl and a Gun (2009)

Actors: Andrew French (actor), Rob Farmer (editor), Rob Farmer (producer), Rob Farmer (writer), Rob Farmer (director), Mark Thursby (actor), Sarah Thursby (actor), Nicky Osborne (actress), James Dillon (composer), Kris Hartridge (actor), Kristian Hartridge (actor), Andrew McKenzie (actor), Ian Spiby (actor),

Plot: 'All You Need For A Movie Is A Girl And A Gun' explores the practices and conventions of film-making through the use of 'mise-en-abime'. It is a film about re-making Visconti's 'Ossessione', but it is not always clear which events happen in the real world, which happen in the film world, and which happen only in the imaginations of the characters. The film draws heavily upon the European arthouse tradition.

Genres: Drama, Short,

The Buck Calder Experience (2006)

Actors: Dave Foley (actor), Aron Tager (actor), David Huband (actor), François Klanfer (actor), Adam Greydon Reid (actor), Bruce Hunter (actor), Margaret Tanod (miscellaneous crew), Geri Hall (actress), Mitchell Gabourie (director), Mitchell Gabourie (writer), Mitchell Gabourie (producer), Mitchell Gabourie (writer), Marqus Bobesich (actor), Patrice Goodman (actress), Larry Yachimec (actor),

Plot: Hailing from Hollywood, director BUCK CALDER tries to save his floundering career by helming a Canadian historical epic in Canada. But when the IRS comes after him, Buck gets stuck up north and up the creek as he and the crew get inexorably caught up in each others' lives while riding the razor's edge between creativity and craziness.

Keywords: filmmaking, mockumentary
Genres: Comedy,
Taglines: Buck Clader is making the film of a lifetime. Unfortunately, it's during our lifetime.

The Hollywood Sign (2001)

Actors: Sönke Wortmann (director), Petra Jorgensen (miscellaneous crew), Tom Berenger (actor), Hanno Huth (producer), Whoopi Goldberg (actress), Edgar Burcksen (editor), Al Sapienza (actor), Burt Reynolds (actor), Rod Steiger (actor), Garry Marshall (actor), David Proval (actor), Kathleen Gati (actress), Mark Gantt (actor), Walter Josten (producer), Norbert Maass (miscellaneous crew),

Genres: Comedy, Crime,
Taglines: Three ex-Hollywood legends are going to steal $10,000,000. If they can only keep their act together.

Quotes:

Paula Carver: Do you remember what we used to say? Talent plus good luck equals success. Talent plus bad luck equals bad luck.

Kage Mulligan: Hello, I am Detective William... Barslow and I'm here to ask you some questions. Can I come in?::Paula Carver: You know, I think I'd like to see Mister Benson open.::Kage Mulligan: What?::Paula Carver: Would you mind giving it a shot?::Floyd Benson: Oh, not at all. I was born to be a leading man, you know.::Kage Mulligan: This is my part! This is my scene!::Tom Greener: Kage, Kage, ehm, just take it easy. We're, we're trying some things out here.::Kage Mulligan: Nothing ever changes.

Paula Carver: I want you to know: In the past, when you went up on stage and fucked up, the worst that could happen was that the audience would walk out on you. In this case, when you fuck up, the audience will kill you.

The Hollywood Sign (2001)

Actors: Sönke Wortmann (director), Petra Jorgensen (miscellaneous crew), Tom Berenger (actor), Hanno Huth (producer), Whoopi Goldberg (actress), Edgar Burcksen (editor), Al Sapienza (actor), Burt Reynolds (actor), Rod Steiger (actor), Garry Marshall (actor), David Proval (actor), Kathleen Gati (actress), Mark Gantt (actor), Walter Josten (producer), Norbert Maass (miscellaneous crew),

Genres: Comedy, Crime,
Taglines: Three ex-Hollywood legends are going to steal $10,000,000. If they can only keep their act together.

Quotes:

Paula Carver: Do you remember what we used to say? Talent plus good luck equals success. Talent plus bad luck equals bad luck.

Kage Mulligan: Hello, I am Detective William... Barslow and I'm here to ask you some questions. Can I come in?::Paula Carver: You know, I think I'd like to see Mister Benson open.::Kage Mulligan: What?::Paula Carver: Would you mind giving it a shot?::Floyd Benson: Oh, not at all. I was born to be a leading man, you know.::Kage Mulligan: This is my part! This is my scene!::Tom Greener: Kage, Kage, ehm, just take it easy. We're, we're trying some things out here.::Kage Mulligan: Nothing ever changes.

Paula Carver: I want you to know: In the past, when you went up on stage and fucked up, the worst that could happen was that the audience would walk out on you. In this case, when you fuck up, the audience will kill you.

Cor, Blimey! (2000)

Actors: George Faber (producer), Barbara Windsor (actress), Barrington Pheloung (composer), Susanna Lenton (miscellaneous crew), Alistair McGowan (actor), Barbara Windsor (miscellaneous crew), Windsor Davies (actor), Alan Cox (actor), Steve Speirs (actor), Geoffrey Hutchings (actor), Maria Charles (actress), Charles Pattinson (producer), Adam Godley (actor), Tony Clarkson (miscellaneous crew), Hugh Walters (actor),

Genres: Drama, Romance,

Quotes:

Barbara Windsor: I think heaven's being left alone with a Steinbeck in the edit suite. You sit in front of your life and you're allowed to re-edit it. Cut the rotten bits, loop the sex, montage the good moments. Live it over and over, a bit better every time. And eventually, make it perfect.

Flynn (1993)

Actors: Guy Pearce (actor), Alan Smithee (actor), John Savage (actor), Anthony Marinelli (composer), John Fox (miscellaneous crew), Claudia Karvan (actress), Steven Berkoff (actor), Aash Aaron (actor), Frank Howson (director), Frank Howson (writer), Frank Howson (actor), Frank Howson (producer), Michael Carman (actor), James M. Vernon (producer), John Brumpton (actor),

Genres: Biography, Drama,
Taglines: Errol Flynn. . . Liar * Thief * Seducer * Lover * He Shocked the world with his wicked, wicked ways. Errol Flynn, the adventurer, the thief, the lover, the liar, a Hollywood legend.

Murder 101 (1991)

Actors: Pierce Brosnan (actor), Mark L. Taylor (actor), Bill Condon (writer), Bill Condon (director), Michael Scott (producer), Dey Young (actress), Raphael Sbarge (actor), Antoni Corone (actor), Sonny Ritscher (miscellaneous crew), J. Kenneth Campbell (actor), Stephen Lovejoy (editor), Walter Klenhard (actor), Oscar L. Costo (producer), Philip Giffin (composer), Janet Rotblatt (actress),

Plot: Charles Lattimore, an author of a book about a famous murder trial, meets up with his ex wife Laura, at her college, where he is due to give a series of lectures, on how to write a successful novel. When one of his students, asks to meet him later that night, to discuss the course, and is found murdered. Lattimore has no alibi, and he begins to suspect, that the subject of his book, has arranged the killing, to get back at him, for the evidence, Lattimore gave during the trial.

Keywords: author, deception, digit-in-title, infidelity, murder, number-in-title, professor, strangulation
Genres: Mystery, Thriller,
Taglines: An Edge-Of-Your-Seat Thriller!