12 Years a Slave (2013)

Actors: Jon Arthur (actor), Bryan Batt (actor), Tony Bentley (actor), Christopher Berry (actor), Sean Paul Braud (actor), Gregory Bright (actor), Marcus Lyle Brown (actor), Blake Burt (actor), Carroll Burt (actor), Bill Camp (actor), Joseph Randy Causin (actor), Chris Chalk (actor), Edward J. Clare (actor), JJ Coker (actor), Jason Ament (actor),

Plot: Based on an incredible true story of one man's fight for survival and freedom. In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup ('Chiwetel Ejiofor' (qv)), a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty (personified by a malevolent slave owner, portrayed by 'Michael Fassbender' (qv)), as well as unexpected kindnesses, Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon's chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist ('Brad Pitt' (qv)) will forever alter his life.

Keywords: 1840s, 19th-century, abolitionist, bar-of-soap, bare-chested-male, based-on-true-story, bible-quote, blood, bound-and-whipped, burning-a-letter
Genres: Biography, Drama, History,
Taglines: The extraordinary true story of Solomon Northup

Quotes:

Solomon Northup: I don't want to survive. I want to live.

Solomon Northup: [Upon meeting his family again after 12 years] I apologize for my appearance. But I have had a difficult time these past several years.

Tibeats: [after being punched out by Solomon over an argument] You will not live to see another day!

Freeman: Oren. John. Lethe. Eliza. Randall. Emily. Platt... Platt! [Solomon is the only one still seated. He does not respond; Freeman approaches him] You fit the description given. Why didn't you answer when called?::Solomon Northup: My name is not Platt. My name is...::Freeman: [slaps Solomon hard across the face] Your name is Platt.

Mistress Epps: Sometimes, you have to beat it from them.::[she scratches Patsey's face; Patsey screams]::Mistress Epps: BEAT IT FROM THEM!

Mistress Epps: You will remove that black bitch from this property, or I'll take myself back to Cheneyville.::Edwin Epps: Back to the hogs's trough where I found you? Do not set yourself against Patsy, my dear. Cos I will rid myself of you well before I do away with her.

Mistress Shaw: In his own time, the Good Lord will manage them all. The curse of the pharoahs was a poor example of what waits for the plantation class.

Brown: Circus too constricting a word to describe the talented and merry band with which we travel. It is a spectacle unlike most have ever witnessed. Creatures from the darkest Africa as yet unseen by civilized man. Acrobats from the Orient able to contort themselves in the most confounding manners.::Hamilton: And I myself in aide of Mr. Brown; an internationally renowned practitioner in the art of prestidigitation.

Hamilton: I'm afraid that Brown and I haven't brought you much luck. But rough waters bring smooth sailing. Eventually they do.::Solomon Northup: So... so sorry...::Hamilton: Shhh. We won't hear it. We won't.::Brown: Let him sleep.::Hamilton: Hmm. A good night's sleep. And tomorrow... tomorrow you will feel as well and refreshed as though the earth were new again.::Brown: Hamilton! Nothing more we can do for him.::Hamilton: Such is the pity.

Burch: Well, my boy, how yah feel now?::Solomon Northup: I am Solomon Northup. I am a free man; a resident of Saratoga, New York. The residence also of my wife and children who are equally free. I have papers. You have no right whatsoever to detain me...::Burch: Yah not any...::Solomon Northup: And I promise you - I promise - upon my liberation I will have satisfaction for this wrong.::Burch: Resolve this. Produce your papers. [Solomon searches and finds no papers] Yah no free man. And yah ain't from Saratoga. Yah from Georgia. Yah ain't a free man. Yah nuthin' but a Georgia runaway. Yah a runaway nigger from Georgia.

Time and Charges (2013)

Actors: Joel Cage (actor), Vinette Cotter (actor), Johnny Lee Davenport (actor), Richard Drenkhahn Jr. (actor), Joe Droukas (actor), Michael Duggan (actor), Lori Gigliotti Murphy (actor), Chris Gonzales (actor), Austine Howard (actor), Jill Jones (actor), Gail Scott Key (actor), Jennifer Leonard (actor), Morgan Murphy (actor), Geoff Nixon (actor), Mike Bogart (actor),

Plot: Jeremiah Ward, a hot shot New York money manager, turns off the highway, straight into his past. In rural New Hampshire, he discovers confusing clues and ghostly reminders of not only people he knew forty years ago, but of the person he once was: an idealist, a visionary, whose clarity grew dimmer with each acquisition and every brilliant move on the career chess board. Exit 22-A seems to represent a portal connecting him with the values and virtue left behind, but it turns out to be much more. Melody, the daughter he never knew, has created the entire artifice, the road map and the cast of characters, determined to test Jeremiah's true convictions and to change his life. And, in doing so, saves it.

Genres: Comedy, Drama,

Time and Charges (2013)

Actors: Joel Cage (actor), Vinette Cotter (actor), Johnny Lee Davenport (actor), Richard Drenkhahn Jr. (actor), Joe Droukas (actor), Michael Duggan (actor), Lori Gigliotti Murphy (actor), Chris Gonzales (actor), Austine Howard (actor), Jill Jones (actor), Gail Scott Key (actor), Jennifer Leonard (actor), Morgan Murphy (actor), Geoff Nixon (actor), Mike Bogart (actor),

Plot: Jeremiah Ward, a hot shot New York money manager, turns off the highway, straight into his past. In rural New Hampshire, he discovers confusing clues and ghostly reminders of not only people he knew forty years ago, but of the person he once was: an idealist, a visionary, whose clarity grew dimmer with each acquisition and every brilliant move on the career chess board. Exit 22-A seems to represent a portal connecting him with the values and virtue left behind, but it turns out to be much more. Melody, the daughter he never knew, has created the entire artifice, the road map and the cast of characters, determined to test Jeremiah's true convictions and to change his life. And, in doing so, saves it.

Genres: Comedy, Drama,

14 Bis (2006)

Actors: Luciano Bortoluzzi (actor), Daniel de Oliveira (actor), Eucir de Souza (actor), Luciano Gatti (actor), Daniel Granieri (actor), Roberto Hatner (actor), Rico Mansur (actor), Sérgio Rufino (actor), Nicola Siri (actor), Lui Strauss (actor), Mayana Moura (actress), Rosanne Mulholland (actress), Paulo Boccato (producer), Edgard Castro (producer), Caio Gullane (producer),

Genres: Action, Drama, Short,

Secuestro Express (2002)

Actors: Moises Aguirre (actor), Martin Lopez (actor), Bernabé Melendrez (actor), Javier Montaño (actor), Emilio Montiel (actor), Jesus Navarro (actor), Juan Navarro (actor), Javier Olguin (actor), Javier Quintero (actor), Polo Rodriguez (actor), Ana Navarro (actress), Ana Navarro (producer), Jesus Navarro (producer), Ana Navarro (writer), Jesus Navarro (writer),

Genres: Action,

L'amour fugitif (1982)

Actors: Marcel Bozzuffi (actor), Xavier Castano (actor), Guy Di Rigo (actor), Mick Ford (actor), Robert Hickson (actor), Laure Duthilleul (actress), Catherine Lachens (actress), Pierre Héros (producer), Bernard Lorain (producer), Mick Ford (writer), Robert Hickson (writer), Jeff Cohen (composer), Pascal Ortega (director), Chris Kelly (editor),

Plot: Set during the First World War, two young soldiers, a Frenchman and an Englishman, are disillusioned by the interminable suffering. Warped by the fighting at first they want to kill each other, but this instinct is gradually replaced by friendship as they unite and turn their back on the cause.

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