Baseball's Last Hero: 21 Clemente Stories (2013)

Actors: William Thomas Jones (producer), William Thomas Jones (actor), Ryan T. Husk (actor), Richard Rossi (actor), Richard Rossi (writer), Richard Rossi (director), Richard Rossi (composer), Richard Rossi (costume designer), Richard Rossi (producer), Charles Gorgano (actor), Charles Hoyes (producer), Charles Hoyes (actor), Jack Knight (actor), Craig Zucchero (producer), Gian-Alberto Pérez (actor),

Plot: 'Baseball's Last Hero: 21 Clemente Stories' blends baseball with a redemptive story of sacrifice. In the words of the Gospel of John, "Greater love has no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends..." These words from scripture inspire Puerto Rican baseball superstar Roberto Clemente to make a difference, to die giving. The film traces the life of the greatest right fielder of all time, as he faces and overcomes the racist reporters of the Pittsburgh Press and struggles to prove his talents despite the baseball writers conspiring to cheat him out of his due recognition. Baseball's Last Hero is a love story at his core. Roberto meets the love of his life, Vera, and they create a family, a safe haven for Roberto who is plagued by nightmares and a growing sense he will die young. Roberto's love for the poor compels him on a mission of mercy. On New Year's Eve 1972, following eighteen magnificent seasons in the major leagues, Roberto Clemente dies a hero's death, killed in a plane crash as he attempts to deliver food and medical supplies to Nicaragua after a devastating earthquake. Clemente is a work of artistry in a game too often defined by scorecards. During his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, he leads his team to championships in 1960 and 1971, getting a hit in all fourteen World Series games in which he plays. His career ends with three thousand hits, the magical three-thousandth coming in his final at-bat. In his final years, his faith grows. To Clemente, wealth and fame are created to be resources of compassion to those less fortunate. His moral global responsibility extends beyond the playing field. "Baseball's Last Hero" retraces Clemente's final days, from the earthquake to the accident, the mission of mercy that exemplifies his commitment to sacrifice. At a time when athletes are in the headlines for greed and steroid abuse, the movie is at once a call for modern day heroes who will dedicate themselves to service and an introspective look at ourselves.

Keywords: baseball, pittsburgh-pirates
Genres: Drama,
Taglines: Greater love has no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends...

Quotes:

Roberto Clemente: Greater love has no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

Roberto Clemente: Anytime you have the opportunity to help someone and you don't do it, you're wasting your time on earth.

The Wild (2011)

Actors: Ian Roberts (actor), Tumisho Masha (actor), Richard Harry Nosworthy (writer), James Alexander (actor), Richard Harry Nosworthy (producer), Tyrone Keogh (actor), Wandile Molebatsi (actor), Joel Assaizky (composer), Faye Peters (actress), Johnny Barbuzano (director), Milan Murray (actress), Michelle Bradshaw (actress), Melusi Yeni (actor), Putla Sehlapelo (actor), Keenan Arrison (actor),

Genres: Drama,

I Can Do Bad All by Myself (2009)

Actors: Bill Jacks (miscellaneous crew), Tyler Perry (director), Tyler Perry (writer), Tyler Perry (writer), Aaron Zigman (composer), Jerry P. Jacobs (producer), Tyler Perry (producer), Mary J. Blige (actress), Tyler Perry (actor), Tyler Perry (actor), Gladys Knight (actress), Michael Paseornek (producer), Taraji P. Henson (actress), Emily Rice (miscellaneous crew), Robert M. Melnik (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: When Madea catches sixteen-year-old Jennifer and her two younger brothers looting her home, she decides to take matters into her own hands and delivers the young delinquents to the only relative they have: their aunt April. A heavy-drinking nightclub singer who lives off of Raymond, her married boyfriend, April wants nothing to do with the kids. But her attitude begins to change when Sandino, a handsome Columbian immigrant looking for work, moves into April's basement room. Making amends for his own troubled past, Sandino challenges April to open her heart. And April soon realizes she must make the biggest choice of her life: between her old ways with Raymond and the new possibilities of family, faith ... and even true love.

Keywords: actor-playing-multiple-roles, african-american, alcohol, alcoholism, argument, aunt, baptist, bar, bare-chested-male, church
Genres: Comedy, Drama,
Taglines: Hope is closer than you think.

Quotes:

Joe: Mabel? What the hell wrong with you? You don't be coming...::Madea: Wake the Hell up.::Joe: You about to give me a heart attack.You too ugly to be waking somebody up in the middle of night, I told you that.You gotta ease that ugly up on people. You can't just show it to them all at once.

Jennifer: You brought his insulin. I was gonna do it.::Sandino: Well, now you don't have to.::Jennifer: Why are you so nice to us?::Sandino: I don't understand that question.::Jennifer: You nice, why?::Sandino: Why not? You shold expect people to be nice to you. You shouldn't expect people to be mean.::Jennifer: Not in ths world.::Sandino: You get what you expect, right?::Jennifer: I guess.::Sandino: You do a great job with your brothers.::Jennifer: I'm all they got.

Madea: What's going on with you?::Jennifer: My grandma died.::Madea: Aw I'm sorry to hear that, baby.::Jennifer: My Aunt April's gonna send us back to foster care. They gonna separate us. I'm all Manny and Byron got. If we separate, I don't know what I'm gonna do. [sobs]::Madea: Calm yourself down, honey. Calm down. Getting all worked up.::Jennifer: Can we stay with you?::Madea: Huh?::Jennifer: Nobody wants us!::Madea: That ain't true. Somebody wants you.::Jennifer: I'm only 16. I don't know how to handle all this!::Madea: Living takes a lifetime. You got a whole lot more living to do, honey. You gonna make it. Hush, now. Gotta keep getting up every day, one day at a time. You'll make it.

Jennifer: My Grandma Rose used to tell us to pray about things like this.::Madea: Then that's what you ought to do, pray about it, talk to the Lord about it. He'll help you.::Jennifer: Yeah but she only told us to pray. She never told us how. Would you teach me?::Madea: Huh?::Jennifer: Please!::Madea: Show you how to pray?::Jennifer: Yeah.::Madea: Oh, Lord, child, I ain't talked to God since the last time I saw a cop in my rearview mirror. I guess I can try. You know the number?::Jennifer: The what?::Madea: The number. To call him. They say, "Jesus On the Mainline." I don't know the number. Okay, sit back. Bow your head. First, giving honor to God, to the head of my life. [sings] Father, I stretch my hand... to thee. Father God. God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. God of Shadrach, Meshach and the billy goat, who was in the fiery furnace that they barbecued on the day of Pentecost when the Jewish people returned from the Sabbath day up on the mountaintop in Ethiopia. God of Mary J. Blige...::Jennifer: Madea, that doesn't sound right. That's not how Mama Rose used to do it.::Madea: You ain't feel it? You ain't feel the anointing?::Jennifer: No.::Madea: Alright. Well, look, I don't know nothing about praying. But all praying is is talking to God and having a conversation with him. And at the end, you say the name of Jesus. That's your stamp that will get it up there to him. You hear?::Jennifer: Okay.

Madea: You know who you remind me of right now? You remind me of Peter. You know who Peter was? Peter was one of the twelve disciplines. And they were out on a boat near an isle in the Greek Atlantic Ocean. And when they was on this boat, a storm rose up and the twelve disciplines, they got really, really worried and upset. They said, "Oh Lord, what are we gonna do?" and they saw something coming towards them that looked like a ghost. But it wasn't a ghost. It was Jesus. And Peter said, "Jesus, if that's you then let me come out to you." You gotta be careful what you ask the Lord for. So Jesus said, "Come on out." So Peter stepped out of the boat and was walking on the water.::Jennifer: He was walking on water?::Madea: On the water. He was walking on the water toward Jesus. Long as he kept his eyes on Jesus, he stayed on top of the water. He took his eyes off him though. You know why? He got distracted. You know why he got distracted? See, this is what you got to do. When you got your eye on Jesus, you can't get distracted by nothing. Jonah passed by in the belly of the whale. He looked down, Free Willy, with Jonah inside the belly and it made him distracted so he started to sink. He said, "Jesus, Jesus, help me." Jesus said, "I can't. I got to go to Calvary. I'm late." So Jesus went on to the cross. He said, "Don't worry though. I'm gonna send you a comforter. When the comforter come, you gonna be alright." So he's swimming. He try and swim. He was worried. And Jaws was coming. Spielberg did that Jaws thing. And he was surrounded. You know what happened?::Jennifer: What?::Madea: Just in the nick of time... See this is what I'm talking about, when you think you ain't gonna make it, in the nick of time, something happens. Noah came up in the arch. That's right, Noah came rowing up in the arch of St. Louis Arch. He pulled right up beside him. Peter got on there, he said, "Thank you for saving me." Noah said, "No problem, man. It's cool. What up, fool?" So he showed him around. Noah had turned the arch into a cruise ship cause he ain't have nothing to do after he saved the world. Hey, you know who was on there? Eve.::Jennifer: Eve?::Madea: She was in the VIP section. And Peter asked, he said, "Eve, come on, go to the show." So she went to see this show. They had tigers. You know, they had two tigers, two bears, two lions. You know how they had the male and the female. Well, Siegfried and Roy was there, and they had the two lions there. And them Lions jumped up and scratched Eve. That's how Eve get them two paws there. You ever see Eve with the paws? She got two paws right there. Read your Bible some time, honey. Read your Bible.

The Hip-Hop Massacre' (2007)

Actors: Derek Sean Carlton (miscellaneous crew), Chris eleGant. Clary (actor), Chris eleGant. Clary (producer), Chris eleGant. Clary (writer), Chris eleGant. Clary (composer), Chris eleGant. Clary (director), Chris eleGant. Clary (editor), Terraj Jarrett (actress), Terraj Jarrett (writer), Von'Terraj (actress), Anthony Rice (actor), Jaimyn Thompson (actor), David Nelson (actor), Rebecca Nickerson (actress), André Garner (actor),

Genres: Mystery,
Taglines: Based on the Destruction of a Culture!

The Temptations (1998)

Actors: Smokey Robinson (actor), Jenifer Lewis (actress), Suzanne De Passe (producer), Obba Babatundé (actor), Tina Lifford (actress), Allan Arkush (director), Vanessa Bell Calloway (actress), John W. Iwanonkiw (actor), Leon (actor), Tony Amen (actor), David V. Picker (producer), Helen Robin (producer), Alan Rosenberg (actor), Mel Jackson (actor), Steve Parys (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: The true story of The Temptations, the Soul vocal group of the 1960s, as seen from the viewpoint of the last surviving member, Otis Williams. Beginning from their humble origins in the late 50s and continuing through the 90s and the deaths of the other 4 members.

Keywords: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, african-american, alcoholism, argument, band, based-on-book, based-on-true-story
Genres: Drama, Music,
Taglines: The unforgettable story of one of Motown's hottest acts. The story of a dream come true and the struggle to keep that dream alive. Their sound made them famous. Their struggle made them legends.

Quotes:

David Ruffin: I'm the one sellin' the records. They're comin' to see me.::Otis Williams: They're comin' to see the Temptations.::David Ruffin: Ain't nobody comin' to see you, Otis! You wish you could work it the way I do, but you can't! Because there is only one David Ruffin. And without him, the Temps ain't nothin' but a group in SEARCH of a David Ruffin. Matter of fact, I been thinkin'. We should call the group David Ruffin And The Temptations. Yeah, that sound good to me. Y'all beggin' me not to leave you. [sings] "And I refuse to let you go." Yeah, David Ruffin And The Temptations. Whatcha think?::Otis Williams: [stands up] That ain't never gonna happen.

Otis Williams: [after David has jumped up on stage with the Temptations] David, are you out of your damn mind? I will whoop your ass!

David Ruffin: [after reading a memo firing him from the group] Y'all are stupid! You can't fire me! I made your asses! Do you hear me? DO YOU HEAR ME? You can't do me like this! You ungrateful son of a bitches!

David Ruffin: I heard about Paul.::Eddie Kendricks: They got the doctors and everybody in on it.::David Ruffin: And you next.::Eddie Kendricks: Me?::David Ruffin: Yeah, you. I sang "My Girl", "Ain't Too Proud To Beg". Look what they did to me. Paul's gonna be gone and that's your boy. Shark's eatin' his own guts, Corn. And after you, ain't gonna be nothin' but O and Blue. And he gonna eat Blue, too, 'cause that's the way them types is. You better quit, save yourself some dignity.::Eddie Kendricks: You don't know what you're talking about, Ruff. We're supposed to be back in the studio. When Paul gets better, we got the tour.::David Ruffin: Yeah, the tour. Hey, Corn, you bigger than them, Corn. Just like I was bigger than them. You wait till your next hit, they gonna come after you. You better leave before you get fired.

David Ruffin: I'm back! I quit all that stuff, O.::Eddie Kendricks: I told you he was clean.::Otis Williams: I don't care!::David Ruffin: [takes off his glasses] Look, I'm straight, man. Can't you see I'm straight?::Eddie Kendricks: He's straight. Listen to him.::David Ruffin: I'm back in the group, O. Tell me I'm back in the group.::Otis Williams: You ain't in this group. Don't you get it? You blew it!::Eddie Kendricks: The crowd went wild when he jumped on stage.::Otis Williams: He's the one who blew it, Corn!::David Ruffin: Paul... Corn... Blue, baby, all I'm asking y'all is for another chance. Come on now!::Melvin Franklin: David, I'm sorry, but you got to go.::Otis Williams: Get out or get carried out.::David Ruffin: I ain't goin' nowhere! You said I was a Temp for life. How 'bout that promise, huh O?::Otis Williams: You ain't no Temptation no more!::[Otis tries to beat up David, but Melvin holds him back]

[last lines]::Otis Williams: Temptations... Forever

[Melvin is in the hospital after being shot by a carjacker who stole his car]::Melvin Franklin: He shot me, then he recognized me, and then he kicked my butt out of MY car.::Otis Williams: Was it Ruffin? [they both laugh]::Melvin Franklin: No, Ruffin would've killed me.

[During a concert break, Paul rushes off stage into the bathroom, coughs and throws up]::Shelly Berger: That was a disaster.::Melvin Franklin: Yeah, Shelly, we know. All right?::Shelly Berger: The next set's in 45 minutes. There's no way he'll be ready.::Eddie Kendricks: He'll be ready.::Shelly Berger: Falling down drunk doesn't get better in 45 minutes, Eddie. You know what we have to do, Otis...::Eddie Kendricks: No! If Paul's not on that stage, I'm not on that stage.::Shelly Berger: The Temptations are known for precision, Eddie. I don't know what that was, but that wasn't it.::Eddie Kendricks: What's it to you, Shelley? You ain't up there.::Shelly Berger: I might as well be. Mr. Gordy holds me responsible for everything that goes on out there.::Eddie Kendricks: I'm responsible for Paul.::Shelly Berger: Oh, yeah? Then where were you when he was getting plastered?::Eddie Kendricks: I said it. I'm not going on without Paul

Otis Williams: Oh yeah, not the same but nominated for a Grammy!

David Ruffin: Y'all ain't the same without me.::Otis Williams: Oh, yeah? Not the same but nominated for a Grammy!::David Ruffin: That's mine!::Otis Williams: No, no, that ain't you on "Cloud Nine". That's Dennis' voice!

Gypsy (1993)

Actors: Bob Mackie (costume designer), Andrea Martin (actress), Craig Zadan (producer), Lacey Chabert (actress), Robert Halmi Sr. (producer), Neil Meron (producer), Elisabeth Moss (actress), Michael Jeter (actor), Tony Shalhoub (actor), Peter Riegert (actor), Bette Midler (actress), Edward Asner (actor), Christine Ebersole (actress), William Reynolds (editor), Cynthia Gibb (actress),

Genres: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical,

Quotes:

Gypsy: [to audience] My mother, who got me into this business, always told me, "Make them beg for more and then don't give it to them!" But I'm not my mother!

Gypsy: Some men have called me an ecdysiast. Do you know what that means? An ecdysiast is one who, or that which, sheds it's skin. In vulgar parlance, a stripper. But I'm not a stripper. At these prices, I'm an ecdysiast!

Louise: You really could have been something, Mother.::Rose: If I could have been, I would have been. And that's show business.

Black Girl (1972)

Actors: Henry Kingi (actor), Brock Peters (actor), Leslie Uggams (actress), Kent Martin (actor), Eugene Jackson (actor), Ruby Dee (actress), Ed Bogas (composer), Ossie Davis (director), Morris Buchanan (actor), Bob Harris (actor), Erik Kilpatrick (actor), Janice Peters (miscellaneous crew), Damu King (actor), Claudia McNeil (actress), Gloria Delaney (actress),

Genres: Drama,
Taglines: She's got to cut it... or cut out. She's a black girl ...your girl

Quotes:

Mama Rose: [Billie Jean is sulking in her bedroom. There is a bump at the door] Open this door, girl! [Billie Jean opens the door to see Mama Rose carrying groceries across the room to the kitchen] Billie Jean, ain't I tell you to keep this door open? Now open that other door!::Billie Jean: [opening Kitchen door to let Mama Rose through to set bags on the counter] Oh Mama, sometimes I be in here undressing and Mr. Herbert just walk in here without even knocking.::Mama Rose: [putting groceries away throughout] You don't be undressing all the time. You keep these doors locked, Billie Jean. And who you think you're talking to? Besides, Mr. Herbert done seen plenty kinds of whatever you trying to hide.::Billie Jean: If Mr. Herbert was married to Ma Dear, that would be different, Mama. But he ain't no kin to nobody in this house.::Mama Rose: Now that ain't none of your business, Billie Jean. As far as you concerned, Mr. Herbert pay half the rent on this house and he's a roomer here.::Billie Jean: If he a roomer, how come he ain't got no room to himself?::Mama Rose: Now that ain't none of your business, Billie Jean, who my mama has in her room. You keep your trap shut about it, or get out and get a place of your own.::Billie Jean: You're mighty funny when Netta's momma went crazy and she ain't have no place to stay, you opened your big heart and welcomed her in this house. How come I got to get out...::Mama Rose: [Facing her] BECAUSE Netta's got sense enough to stay in school and get something in her head instead of her tail.::Billie Jean: [At this, Billie Jean walks back into her room where she sees two kids at the door sticking their tongues at her] You ugly bastards! [She chases them out and slams the door]::Mama Rose: [Running in the room and grabbing Billie Jean] Girl, do you want me to get a stick and beat all the black off of you? Now you must have forgotten what a good beating feel like. Now you better snap out of whatever it is that's on your mind, you hear me? [Billie looks away for a second, then Mama Rose drags her to the bed and sits her down] Don't you roll your eyes at me. This ain't Dear you playing with, you understand me?::Billie Jean: Yes ma'am Momma, I wasn't rolling my eyes at you.::Mama Rose: And Dear better not come to me no more and tell me you sassed her or Herbert or it's gonna be woe be onto you.::Ruth Ann: [coming in mad] Billie Jean, what did you call my baby?::Billie Jean: He was sticking his tongue out at me.::Ruth Ann: That don't give you no right to call him no bastard! A bastard is a child that ain't got no daddy and my child got a daddy! [she walks away]::Mama Rose: She's just smelling her piss, that's all. Now you're getting your tail out of here tomorrow and finding yourself a job. [Rose starts to go back to the kitchen]::Norma: [Standing at the door] She already got a job, Mama.::Mama Rose: Already got one? Where?::Norma: At the Groovy Bar and Grill down on Second and Ward.::Mama Rose: At the Groovy Bar and Grill? Doing what?::Billie Jean: Doing that ballet dancing::Billie Jean: It ain't no ballet dancing.::Norma: P-A-L-L-E-T is pallet, ain't it? Well, B-A-L-L-E-T gots to be ballet.::Billie Jean: It ain't even that kind of dancing.

Mama Rose: Billie Jean, have you started this mess yet?::Billie Jean: I just worked three nights.::Mama Rose: Well, how come I'm just now hearing about it?::Norma: I thought she had done told you about it, Mama. It's a job. I didn't see no reason for her to be hiding no job unless it's something else she doing.::Billie Jean: I was gonna tell you, Mama.::Mama Rose: [almost mocking her] Well, you were gonna tell me?::Billie Jean: After I got my first week's pay and...::Mama Rose: You ain't gonna see no week at that place, Billie Jean! Now you know I don't approve of that... that dancing mess no how! And shaking your tail at the Groovy Grill of all places? Now you know I didn't raise none of y'all like that!::Norma: Ain't no man don't wanna look at no ballet dancing no how. They wanna see some Strip tease, baby.::Billie Jean: Billie Jean, how much is you getting for this mess?::Norma: $3 a night, Ma.::Mama Rose: $3 a night! [she crosses into the kitchen]::Billie Jean: But I get tips, Mama!::Mama Rose: TIPS? I don't care how many tips you get, Billie Jean! You better dip your ass over there sometime today and get what that man owes you! [Crossing over to the living room side] And I better not ever hear of you going to a place like that again unless you got a husband to take you in one! [Facing her at the door] That truant officer walk in here, you out of school and under 18, he'll take you right on off to reform school and then they'll make me pay a fine!

Mama Rose: [Netta is at the top of the church stairs with a big bouquet of flowers behind her. Rose turns around and sees her and walks towards the stairs to her and gives her a hug] Something told me to look up here.::Netta: You better hurry up and get your mother's day surprise. [Rose hurries her into the upstairs room] A lot of jealous eyes been looking at them. [She presents her bouquet to Rose]::Mama Rose: OH, look what my sweet daughter went and gave me! [she smells them] You got them laced just right! [she hugs Netta] Thank you, darling! Thank you.::Netta: I thought it would be better if I brought my mother up here.::Mama Rose: That's nice. Tell me, how long have you been in town?::Netta: Oh, I haven't been here too long.::Mama Rose: You mean to tell me that if I have decided not to come to church this morning, I wouldn't even known you was here?::Netta: [to woman passing by leaving the room] Thank you, Sister Jenkins. [She closes the door] Sure. Sure, you would have known. If I hadn't seen you here today, I was going to get your present to you some kind of way.::Mama Rose: But why didn't you call me, Netta?::Netta: I was busy trying to get things together. And I was walking all over town trying to find you some flowers that weren't picked all over.::Mama Rose: I appreciate all the trouble you went through to get them, but you made me think you were gonna stay with me.::Netta: Mama Rosie, you don't understand what I'm trying to do. You've got plenty of people to lean on. My mother only has me. I appreciate everything you've done for me, but I... can't deal with all of this.::Mama Rose: Deal with what? What is it? I understand about your mother! You should have called me!::Netta: Mama Rosie, I am my mother's daughter, not yours! I ran away from my mother years ago because I wasn't strong enough then, but I'm going to her now! It's as simple as that!::Mama Rose: [heartbroken and near tears] Don't you raise your voice with me. Don't you DARE raise your voice with me! [She leaves the room]

Mu' Dear: Rosie, sure enough Billie Jean is your child but I got the feeling you're wrong.::Mama Rose: You're a lie!::Mu' Dear: You ain't never in your life called me a lie and God's gonna whip you for that when you're laying in your death bed. God is gonna whip you because I am your mother, Rosie. I am your MOTHER!::Mama Rose: Dear, you don't understand what I've been through with these girls!::Mu' Dear: Rosie, you don't know nothing about nobody in this house because you're so busy trying to save strangers! If anyone tries to touch any of them girls off the street, you'd bring down the wrath of God. But with your own children? Your own family?::Mama Rose: Yeah, Mama, what about my own family? What kind of love did you give me to pass on?::Mu' Dear: You're gonna carry that to your grave, ain't you Rosie? You're gonna whip me wuth that until it kills you or me, ain't you?::Mama Rose: Dear, I love all of you. I did what I could for Billie Jean. Now you know I didn't raise her for no dancing and shaking her tail in public.::Mu' Dear: God didn't make you perfect in your judgment either, Rosie. You could be wrong about Billie Jean. God knows I ain't crazy about her wanting to be no dancer either, but that's her life! Now if she don;t make nothing out of it, it would be her nothing!::Mama Rose: Ma Dear, you want us to just stand around and let her ruin her life, huh?::Mu' Dear: She can't do no worse for hers than you did with yours, NONE OF YOU! Now, Rosie, you come to your senses.