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Roxanne is a 1987 American comedy film directed by Fred Schepisi. It is a modern retelling of Edmond Rostand's 1897 verse play Cyrano de Bergerac, adapted by Steve Martin and starring Martin and Daryl Hannah.
Charlie "C.D." Bales (Steve Martin) is the fire chief in a small American town in the Pacific Northwest. C.D. is witty, acrobatic and skilled at many things, but he has a very large nose about which he is violently sensitive. He falls in love with Roxanne Kowalski (Daryl Hannah), a beautiful astronomer, but she is infatuated with Chris (Rick Rossovich), a handsome but dim fireman. As in the play, Bales is touchy about his perceived ugliness (which he cannot have surgically altered because of a dangerous allergy to anesthetics) and speaks to the object of adoration the only way he can: he writes expressions of love in letter form and allows Chris to present them to Roxanne as if they were his own.
Roxanne receives a letter from Chris telling her that he has left town and with another woman. C.D.'s friend Dixie reveals that the letters Roxanne thought were written by Chris were actually written for her by C.D. When C.D. arrives at her home in response to a call from her, she confronts him about the letters. C.D. and Roxanne then end up in an argument, she claiming that he was deceiving her and leading her on, while C.D. says that she wanted the perfect man who was both emotionally and physically beautiful.
Actors: John Griswold (actor), Travis Gonzalez (producer), Travis Gonzalez (producer), Travis Gonzalez (writer), Crystal Liu (actor), Luz Lopez (actor), Pek Shibao (actor), Pek Shibao (actor), Mona Cao (actor), Kendrick Kirk (actor), Kendrick Kirk (actor), Brian LI (actor), Brian LI (writer), Deandra Tan (writer), Ginny Maceda (producer),
Plot: What does it take to make a film? In the age of point-and-shoot cameras, YouTube, and video phones how can you make it as a 'real' filmmaker. B-Roll is a story that satires the struggles college-level filmmakers have in creating their projects. When a 48 hour short film contest is announced,over-confident student filmmaker Chris Henson enlists the help of fellow classmates in order to claim first prize and secure a golden ticket to Hollywood. What ensues is a comical combination of conflicting personalities, big ideas, and bad CGI that sheds light on what goes on behind the scenes with a mismatched group of students trying to achieve their goal.
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Nicolas Collins (actor), Nicolas Collins (producer), Nicolas Collins (writer), Nicolas Collins (director), Nicolas Collins (editor), Chris Ostergard (actor), Collin Anderson (actor), Ana Quintanilla (actor), Gina Moreno (producer), Eric Lee (actor), Morell Cutler (actor), Haley Gutzler (actor), Jane Harrison (actor), Jason Kabanas (actor), Fred Kolouch (actor),
Plot: Work Progressed is a dramatic comedy about the contemporary issues of cinema. The film follows a group of colorful characters who related to cinema in one way or another and discuss what the worlds most accessible artistic medium means to them. Work Progressed explores human relationships using film as a means to bring people together.
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Short,Actors: Sean Williams (producer), Taylor Hibbs (editor), Paul Tuff (producer), Paul Tuff (actor), Paul Tuff (director), Paul Tuff (writer), Sandy Cochran (actor), Tiffany Shorkey (actress), Melvin Greer (actor), Mike Miller (actor), Cameron Shorkey (actor), Crystal Carter (actor),
Plot: The Twisted Lemon is the story of John, a young real-estate broker, who brings a loaded gun to a small martini bar where he plans to murder the beautiful but cunning Roxanne, who cheated him out of three million dollars in a real estate scheme. Waiting for Roxanne to arrive, John begins to wrestle with his convictions and strikes up a conversation with the bartender about murder. What John does not know is that the bartender himself is a hit man sent to kill John by Roxanne. As Roxanne arrives and both men face their convictions, they each must decide for themselves what the right thing to do is.
Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Short,Actors: Demetrius Grosse (actor), Hari Williams (actor), Hari Williams (writer), Hari Williams (producer), Hari Williams (producer), Madia Hill (actress), Julia Kostenevich (actress), Yolanda Sanders (actor), Alia Chapman (actress), Angel Kou (director), Angel Kou (editor), Cedric Jones (actor), Bahiyjaui Allen (editor), Miles Roman (actor), Julia Koslenevich (actor),
Plot: How far would you go to rekindle the flames of your marriage? Shaun and Renee Jones are faced with that exact question in this hilarious relationship comedy that finds the newlywed couple in some outrageous scenarios all in the name of love. After being engaged for six long years and married for another year and a half, Shaun and Renee have fallen into the boring bedroom trap of over sized T-shirts and flannel pajamas. Renee is desperate to reignite their fire and urges her husband to spice things up which leads to more than they could have imagined, and a night they will never forget.
Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Short,Actors: Dominike Courteau (producer), Dominike Courteau (director), Dominike Courteau (editor), Dominike Courteau (producer), Michel Lapointe (actor), William Cloutier (actor), Ophélie Leduc-Bérard (actor), Raphaël Lamarche (actor), Maxime Bernatchez (actor),
Plot: In the forest up the street of their small suburban town, Roxanne (10 years old), her older brother Guillaume (12 years old) and their friend Marc-Andre (10 years old) are building a treehouse in this forest. This forest went through many generations of children and their treehouses. Many stories are linked to it however, the legend of the burnt treehouse remained the most talked about. Roxanne believes in the existence of this treehouse and she is determined, that day, to resolve the mystery around it.
Keywords: children, forest, treehouseActors: Matthew D. Thompson (writer), Matthew D. Thompson (actor), Matthew D. Thompson (producer), Matthew D. Thompson (director), Andy Lang (editor), Andy Lang (director), Andy Lang (actor), Andy Lang (producer), Nathan Boyer (producer), Suzanna Hartzell-Baird (actress), Beth Harsany (miscellaneous crew), Stacy Thompson (actress), Kevin Bertolini (producer), Beth Harsany (producer), Beth Harsany (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Short,Actors: Samuel Calvillo (producer), Shawn Calvillo (producer), Shawn Calvillo (writer), Samuel Calvillo (writer), Shawn Calvillo (editor), Samuel Calvillo (editor), Shawn Calvillo (director), Samuel Calvillo (director), Sammy Elliott (actor), Sammy Elliott (producer), Elliott Arcelis (actor), Caleb Brown (actor), Caleb Brown (composer), Arielle Noel (miscellaneous crew), Matthew Lars (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Lou de Laâge (actress), Natalie Karp (actress), Natalie Karp (producer), Michael A. Allowitz (writer), Michael A. Allowitz (producer), Michael A. Allowitz (editor), Michael A. Allowitz (director), Patricia Chun (miscellaneous crew), Francois Praud (actor), Mathieu Ehrhard (actor), Roxane Brumachon (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short, Thriller,Actors: Clint Wood (producer), Clint Wood (actor), Clint Wood (director), Clint Wood (editor), Clint Wood (writer), David Coussins (actor), Tasker Streete (actor), Les Toth (actor), Samir Malik (actor), Tanya Braunovic (actress), Scott Gardner (actor), Luke D'Emanuele (actor), Bethany Moriarty (actress), Claudia Cimino (actress), James Vegter (actor),
Plot: A group of friends go through the trials & tribulations of life, fighting the battle between their head & their heart. Choosing love, marriage, kids, work, being single or just when to drag themselves out of bed. Every decision in life comes down to a choice between logic or emotion. What do you choose?
Keywords: human-rights, independent-film, urban-filmActors: Mako (actor), Whoopi Goldberg (actress), Chuck Shamata (actor), Frank Langella (actor), Hans De Weers (producer), Heathcote Williams (actor), Eva Dorrepaal (actress), Pierre Guevremont (miscellaneous crew), Marie La Haye (miscellaneous crew), Marcel Beaulieu (miscellaneous crew), Jean-François Bergeron (editor), Julie Cox (actress), Stéphane Reichel (producer), Chip Bray (actor), Joanne Barrington (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Frac, a mime who is suffering from a severe bout of depression, happens to meet a troupe of circus entertainers and immediately falls in love with one of the stars, Giulietta. But while his affection for Giulietta and admiration for the performers gives him a new lease on life, Giulietta's father, the leader of the troupe, opposes the relationship and is determined to keep them apart. Meanwhile, Frac and Giulietta discover a gang of children who are held prisoner by a criminal leader who forces them to do his bidding, and they devise a plan to win the kids their freedom.
Keywords: child-labor, children, circus, circus-performer, cirque-du-soleil, contortionist, exploitation, father-daughter-relationship, flower-vendor, independent-film