Escalante

Little Gods (2011)

Actors: Anne LaBarbera (editor), Elizabeth Spear (director), Elizabeth Spear (writer), Anthony Pedone (actor), James Teems (actor), James Teems (producer), Erik Collins (actor), Aaron Spivey-Sorrells (actor), Mitchell Lance Adams (actor), Julie Dell Phillips (actress), Alana Macias (actress), Kendall Lynch (writer), Matt Arbo (actor), Humberto Leal Jr. (actor), Shannon Crawford (actress),

Genres: War,

A Poor Kid's Guide to Success (2007)

Actors: Olivia d'Abo (actress), Chris Kerner (actor), Daniella Alonso (producer), Daniella Alonso (actress), Michael Sidisin Jr. (miscellaneous crew), Michael Sidisin Jr. (producer), Michael Sidisin Jr. (actor), Michael Sidisin Jr. (producer), Michael Sidisin Jr. (producer), Onahoua Rodriguez (actress), Michael Sidisin Jr. (writer), Thomas Dewier (actor), Jennifer Cambra (actress), Kevin Manning (editor), Kevin Manning (producer),

Plot: Michael Maerd, rough town Jersey raised, high school kick out - somehow left and made it to college, Florida State University, where he graduated with two degrees. This movie is about him leaving college and entering unknowingly into the movie business...working for one of the most powerful agencies in the world where he will hone skills he never knew he had. The struggle: To stay true to who he is/where he's from and still make "it" - truly "A Poor Kid's Guide To Success".

Keywords: bare-breasts, beverly-hills-california, brother-sister-relationship, class-differences, college, conundrum, crying, cult, death, death-of-mother
Genres: Biography, Comedy, Drama,
Taglines: In this industry, if you control the material, you control destiny... It's a movie about not wanting to wear a suit or a uniform.

Quotes:

Antonio: Read this. Write something bigger... why not just focus on being an agent? My short's almost done. It's intense!

Antonio: I'll introduce you to my boy, Rick in the movie business... he'll get you a job.

Connor Hansen: I want to make this clear before we even start this interview. You will not be an actor or a writer while working in my mailroom. At CTA we service them.

Antonio: You? You need to become an agent and represent me there. That's what we're hoping for, why I hooked you up with the job, right? He could make so much money off me...::Nicole: That's such a good idea.

Justin Wynn: Where you from?::Michael Maerd: Jersey. You?::Justin Wynn: D.C. My cousin is a client here. I'll get on a desk fast. It'll only take a year for me to be an agent.::Michael Maerd: What about the rest of us?::Justin Wynn: If they like you and you don't fuck up on a board member's desk - three or four years.

Connor Hansen: Coverage is basically a book report on the script. Coverage can make the difference between a movie getting made or never seeing the light of day.

Lisa Maerd: College big shot with two degrees. You can't get mom out of there yet? You're just dreaming in California. That's sad. So sad.

Elizabeth Maerd: How's Hollywood, baby? I always knew you'd make it. You're the one who's going to save me from this place. You're the one, baby.

Elizabeth Maerd: What are you going to write your movie about?::Michael Maerd: Us, mom.

Tom Mastro: I'm from the Harbor, out of shape and old. It's just a part of life. I didn't go through the college process. You left. I stayed. That's it!::Michael Maerd: I've lived in a fucking car with my mother and my sister. Now I work in a talent agency. Fuck process!

La boca del lobo (1988)

Actors: Gerardo Herrero (producer), Bernardo Bonezzi (composer), Francisco J. Lombardi (director), Francisco J. Lombardi (producer), Gilberto Torres (actor), Gustavo Bueno (actor), Aristóteles Picho (actor), Juan Ignacio San Mateo (editor), Toño Vega (actor), Augusto Cabada (writer), Giovanna Pollarolo (writer), Carlos Herrera (actor), Fernando Vasquez (actor), Gonzalo Herrero (writer), José Tejada (actor),

Plot: The military anti-terrorist army takes control of "Chuspi", an unknown and faraway small village, isolated by the terrorist group "Sendero Luminoso" (Shining Path). A soldier called Vitin Luna, and other young soldiers face an invisible, perhaps superior force. Their unit is commanded by a brutal lieutenant who declares the entire village guilty of treason. In the face of this crisis, Vitin must choose between blind obedience and his own conscience.

Keywords: andes-mountains, anti-war, massacre, military, psychopath, racism, rape, terrorism, violence
Genres: Action, Drama, War,

Si Fulano fuese Mengano (1971)

Actors: Antonio Ozores (writer), Peret (actor), José Luis López Vázquez (actor), Álvaro de Luna (actor), Goyo Lebrero (actor), Helga Liné (actress), Gracita Morales (actress), Peret (actor), Beni Deus (actor), José Sazatornil (actor), Antonio Ozores (actor), Florinda Chico (actress), Erasmo Pascual (actor), María Kosty (actress), Antonio Ozores (writer),

Genres: Comedy,

The Undefeated (1969)

Actors: Víctor Junco (actor), Ben Johnson (actor), Antonio Aguilar (actor), Rock Hudson (actor), John Agar (actor), Juan García (actor), Pedro Armendáriz Jr. (actor), Royal Dano (actor), Henry Beckman (actor), 'Chico' Hernandez (actor), Robert Donner (actor), Bruce Cabot (actor), Paul Fix (actor), Harry Carey Jr. (actor), James McEachin (actor),

Plot: After the Civil War, ex-Union Colonel John Henry Thomas and ex-Confederate Colonel James Langdon are leading two disparate groups of people through strife-torn Mexico. John Henry and company are bringing horses to the unpopular Mexican government for $35 a head while Langdon is leading a contingent of displaced southerners, who are looking for a new life in Mexico after losing their property to carpetbaggers. The two men are eventually forced to mend their differences in order to fight off both bandits and revolutionaries, as they try to lead their friends and kin to safety.

Keywords: adopted-son, ambush, american-civil-war, anger, arson, bandit, based-on-novel, battle, battlefield, beating
Genres: Western,

Quotes:

Shortgrub: You ain't expecting trouble, are you John Henry?::Col. John Henry Thomas: Trouble? Well, let's see... We got Maximilian on one hand and Juarez on the other, and bandits in between. And on top of that, we're Americans in Mexico taking a cavvy of horses to a very unpopular government. Why should we expect trouble?

[McCartney is dying]::Shortgrub: McCartney.::McCartney: Mr. McCartney. Shortgrub, I said a lot of mean things to the boys, didn't I?::Shortgrub: Yeah, you did.::McCartney: Tell them from me, I meant every damn word.

Col. James Langdon: If I can find the time, I'm going to sit down and write the social history of bourbon.

Ann Langdon: You went out there to talk, why did you have to shoot the man?::John Henry Thomas: Conversation kinda dried up, ma'am.

D.J. Giles: Wait a minute! I didn't do anything!::John Henry Thomas: You should have!

[Union Captain allows last escaping wagon to cross river]::Yankee sergeant at river: Sir, I don't mean to...::Union Capt. at river: I know, sergeant! But if I can't have the whole dog, I don't want the tail!::Yankee sergeant at river: Yes, sir.

Col. John Henry Thomas: [Thomas and Langdon are talking to the Mexican bandit] Is the flap on your holster snapped or unsnapped, my Confederate friend?::Col. James Langdon: Snapped, my Yankee friend.::Col. John Henry Thomas: Then, I guess I'm his pigeon. [Draws and fires as the Mexican goes for his gun]

Col. James Langdon: [on finding his men still in uniform] General Robert E. Lee surrendered, am I right?::Capt. Anderson: Yes, sir.::Col. James Langdon: That means that officially we no longer exist as an armed body; yet everywhere I look here today I see armed men, wearing uniforms and flying the battle flag! Get it down!

Col. John Henry Thomas: [Thomas has just learned that the war ended several days before] Major, I've just received word that Lee surrendered to Grant three days ago.::Maj. Sanders, CSA: Yes, sir.::Col. John Henry Thomas: You knew it?::Maj. Sanders, CSA: We received the news yesterday.::Col. John Henry Thomas: I don't think you understand, Major, the war is over.::Maj. Sanders, CSA: NO, sir.::Col. John Henry Thomas: Are you telling me that you intend to keep fighting?::Maj. Sanders, CSA: Haven't we just proven it, sir?::Col. John Henry Thomas: But why?::Maj. Sanders, CSA: Because this is our land, and you're on it.::Col. John Henry Thomas: We're all Americans.::Maj. Sanders, CSA: Yes, sir... that's always been the saddest part of it.::Col. John Henry Thomas: Good day, sir.::Maj. Sanders, CSA: Colonel, thank you for your courtesy.

[during a tryst with Charlotte, she tells him she's sixteen]::Blue Boy: I like that you're so young. It gives us more time to be together.::[kisses her]