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Venus is a 2006 British comedy-drama film starring Peter O'Toole, Leslie Phillips, Vanessa Redgrave and Jodie Whittaker. It is directed by Roger Michell and written by Hanif Kureishi.
The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival and was put on limited release in the United States on 21 December 2006.
The plot concerns Maurice (Peter O'Toole), an elderly actor who finds himself increasingly attracted to his friend Ian's great-niece Jessie (Jodie Whittaker) while simultaneously finding himself in deteriorating health due to prostate cancer. Maurice's friend describes the great-niece as a trouble maker and a nuisance, but Maurice discovers that Jessie warms up to him when he starts interacting with her. He takes her to the National Gallery in London, England to view his favourite painting, the Rokeby Venus, by the Spanish artist Diego Velázquez.
Actors: LB McGill (writer), LB McGill (editor), LB McGill (director), LB McGill (costume designer), LB McGill (producer), Brian Ardolino (producer), Brian Ardolino (actor), Jamie O'Connor (miscellaneous crew), Loralie McGill (actor), Jamie O'Connor (director), Lucas Maddox (composer), Cassandra Mack (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance,Actors: Jay Wyss (producer), M. Van Michaels (director), M. Van Michaels (writer), M. Van Michaels (producer), M. Van Michaels (producer), Jenny Sanchez (actress), Don Houston (producer), Joseph Emmett DuRand (actor), Lisa Anton (miscellaneous crew), Kitty Crimson (actress), Sherrilynn Nelson (actor), Rusty Malcolm (actor), Jacki Jones (actor), Janell Recendez (costume designer), Kelly Hart (actor),
Plot: In 1967 serial killer roams a lost highway of the American west. A trio of hot-rod driving, kung-fu kicking, whip-cracking, sex-kittens picks up two hitchhikers: A mysterious gun-toting rockabilly drifter, and a stranded hippie flower child named Venus. They arrive at an abandoned drive-in theater to find blood and savagery as their ultimate fates play out with that of the killer's. Shot in 16mm black and white, 'Motor Vixens' is an action-packed and suspenseful tribute to the cult films of the 1960s.
Genres: Action, Short,Actors: Thomas Bennett (actor), Thomas Bennett (actor), Victoria Fellows (actor), Victoria Fellows (editor), Victoria Fellows (actor), Victoria Fellows (producer), Victoria Fellows (writer), Victoria Fellows (director), Timothy Walton (actor), Eddie Rodriguez (actor), Claire Smith (actor), Sean Lowton-Smith (actor),
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Documentary, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Short,Actors: Lexington Steele (actor), Keone Young (actor), Lloyd Kaufman (actor), Efren Ramirez (actor), Dwight Yoakam (actor), Jason Statham (actor), Ron Jeremy (actor), Clifton Collins Jr. (actor), David Carradine (actor), Corey Haim (actor), John de Lancie (actor), Nick Manning (actor), Ed Powers (actor), Geri Halliwell (actress), Monique Alexander (actress),
Plot: Chev Chelios survives a fall from the sky, sort of. He's in an unknown location, sedated, while various Chinese are harvesting his organs. His heart is gone, in an ice chest; a temporary in its place. Chev escapes, knowing only the name of the guy with the ice chest. He calls Doc Miles, an unlicensed cardiologist, who tells him there's only an hour's life in the artificial heart: keep it charged. Chev needs to find his own heart and get to Doc for a transplant. He starts his time-limited pursuit of shadowy figures, the ice chest, and his heart aided by Eve, Rei, and Venus - a stripper, a prostitute, and a pal with Tourette's - constantly needing an electric charge to keep going.
Keywords: absurdism, ambulance, artificial-heart, bare-breasts, bare-breasts, bare-chested-male, beaten-to-death, beating, bigoted-assassin, black-comedyActors: Chris Seaver (editor), Doug Sakmann (actor), Chris Seaver (actor), Debbie Rochon (actress), Chris Seaver (producer), Chris Seaver (writer), Chris Seaver (director), Meredith Host (actress), Lauren Seavage (actress), Lauren Seavage (producer), Noel Williams (actor), Matt Meister (actor), TeenApe (actor), Jason Bateman McCall (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Horror,Actors: Masatô Ibu (actor), Masanobu Katsumura (actor), Tsuyoshi Kusanagi (actor), Yôji Tanaka (actor), Teruyuki Kagawa (actor), Miki Nakatani (actress), Yoshihiro Suzuki (producer), Takashi Matsuo (actor), Yûko Fueki (actress), Eun-ji Jo (actress), Masachika Ichimura (actor), Tsunku (actor), Jun-ki Lee (actor), Kyukan Maeda (producer), Yasushi Ogawa (producer),
Plot: In a strange alienated world there is a secret hotel in a shabby diner called the Venus Café, harboring some unusual people where compelling secrets lie in each resident's heart. Torturing secrets that have broken their emotional boundaries in the past. In this bittersweet, heart-wrenching story, there lives a man by the name of Chonan (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) who lives in the attic and works as a waiter or handyman at the hotel. Room 1 is shared by two residents; an incapable alcoholic and an illegal doctor named Doctor (Teruyuki Kagawa) and Wife (Miki Nakatani) who used to be a nurse but now works as a hostess living in the hopes of Doctor's recuperation. In Room 3 lives a bubbly girl by the name of Soda (Jo Eun Ji), who came from a deserted town where no one flowers flourished and has a dream to open her own flower shop. Finally, Room 4, occupied by a challenging young boy by the name of Boy (Lee Joon Gi), who carries around a gun longing to become a strong man and wishes to some day become a hitman. Then there is the owner of the café, Venus, who is a mysterious transvestite and has only one able leg. Later one day, a drifter by the name of Gai (Park Jung Woo), a quiet man who would avoid verbal communication, walks into the Venus Café with a little girl named Sai (Heui Ko To) who never smiles. He tells Chonan the secret password to entering the hidden hotel and then they became the residents to Room 2. Gai later gets a job at a construction site, while Chonan preserves in comforting Sai to open up her heart and in the process finds his own heart slowly opening as well. Boy, who wants to become a strong man doesn't like Gai staying at the hotel and in the mist of things gets into fight with Gai challenging him to show his worth as a strong man. But in the progress ends up shooting Sai in the leg rendering her feeble. In addition, Soda who is usually bubbly later becomes sad due to the illegal errands she has run for her boss at the flower shop. But Chonan eventually discovers Soda's illegal errands and confronts her to preach to her the differences in right from wrong. In the mean while, Doctor and Wife are constantly fighting over their petty differences and Doctor's alcoholism, which later causes Wife to leave in depression.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Emmy Collins (actor), Vincent D'Onofrio (actor), Dan Riley (miscellaneous crew), Vincent D'Onofrio (producer), Salma Hayek (actress), Thomas Jane (actor), Brian McMillan (miscellaneous crew), Carl Colpaert (producer), Ethan Hawke (actor), Olivia d'Abo (actress), Blake Busby (miscellaneous crew), Luis Colina (editor), Kimberly Scott (actress), Luis Colina (producer), Michael Mantell (actor),
Plot: Valentino is an Ex Aldult film star very much in love with his girlfriend Mary Carmen....and boyfriend Gary. Things take a tragic turn when Valentino is rushed to the hospital after collapsing on a city street and is diagnosed with HIV/AIDS...Forcing Mary Carmen and Gary to push aside their jealousy & differences to take care of the man they both love while he is dying. Ultimately finding comfort, understanding, and strength in the other. A beautiful modern love story with a fantastic cast. Vincent D'Onofrio is very charismatic, charming, and intense as Valentino.....
Keywords: actor, aids, air-conditioner, allergy, applause, arcade, arcade-game, baby, baby-girl, barActors: Johnny White (editor), Johnny White (producer), Johnny White (writer), Johnny White (director), Randy Alexander (actor), Randy Alexander (actor), George Cuzmano (actor), Rob Drinkwater (composer),
Genres: Short,Actors: Mark Carriere (producer), T.T. Boy (actor), Ron Jeremy (director), Cal Jammer (actor), Ron Jeremy (writer), Biff Malibu (actor), Mark Carriere (writer), Tonisha Mills (actress), Chessie Moore (actress), Alexandria Quinn (actress), Mark Carriere (producer), Nikki Wilde (actress), Wayne Summers (actor), Randy West (actor), Cameo (actress),
Genres: Adult,Actors: Ralph Dunn (actor), Spencer Charters (actor), Dick Dickinson (actor), Charles Drake (actor), Sig Arno (actor), Barlowe Borland (actor), Eddie Dew (actor), George Barrows (actor), Lionel Belmore (actor), Harry Davenport (actor), Edmund Cobb (actor), Curt Bois (actor), Harry Cording (actor), Jack Curtis (actor), Budd Fine (actor),
Plot: King Louis XI is a wise and old king and Frollo is the Chief Justice. Frollo gazes on the gypsy girl, Esmeralda, in the church during Fool's Day and sends Quasimoto to catch her. Quasimoto, with the girl, is captured by Phoebus, Captain of the Guards, who frees the girl. The courts sentence Quasimoto to be flogged, and the only one who will give him water while he is tied in the square is Esmeralda. Later, at a party of nobles, Esmeralda again meets both Frollo, who is bewitched by her, and Phoebus. When Phoebus is stabbed to death, Esmeralda is accused of the murder, convicted by the court and sentenced to hang. Clopin, King of the Beggars, Gringoire the Husband of Esmeralda, and Quasimoto, the bellringer, all try different ways to save her from the gallows.
Keywords: 15th-century, acrobat, actor, alone, archbishop, arrest, bag-over-head, balancing-a-chair-on-one's-chin, bald-man, baldness