Manhattan Biryani (2007)

Actors: Pravin Mani (composer), Jim Duff (director), Durga Prasad (editor), Vasudeva Rao (actor), Nina Vescio (producer), Nina Vescio (writer), Vikram Swaminathan (actor), Hoor Girglani (actress), Natasha Girglani (actress), Sayed Munhaj Ali (actor), Mehnaz Siddiqui (actress), Renu Sukheja (actress), Madhu Swaminathan (actress), Tripat (actress), Sivani Sengupta (actress),

Genres: Comedy,

My Own Private Oshawa (2002)

Actors: Shaun Majumder (actor), Shaun Majumder (writer), Jonathan Wilson (actor), Jonathan Wilson (writer), Jonathan Wilson (writer), Gavin Crawford (writer), Gavin Crawford (actor), Ed Sahely (actor), Brigitte Gall (actress), Martha Chaves (actress), Martha Chaves (writer), Sandra Faire (producer), Allan Manson (actor), Sandra Faire (writer), Sandra Faire (producer),

Plot: Toronto-based gay actor and comedian 'Jonathan Wilson (I)' (qv) has written and performs a semi-autobiographical one-man stage show called "My Own Private Oshawa", which tells of his coming out when he was a high school student in Oshawa, Ontario, a bedroom community east of Toronto. Thinking that he was hiding his homosexual orientation - which he really wasn't - Jonathan lived a self-repressed existence in high school until he met transfer student Gordon, who was the first open, stereotypical and defiant gay student at the school. Jonathan tells of Gordon's influence in Jonathan working his own way through gay life as a teenager in the late 1970s. Although Gordon and Jonathan drifted apart as adults, Jonathan needs to head back to Oshawa to visit Gordon one last time.

Genres: Comedy,

The Beach (2000)

Actors: Marc Wolff (miscellaneous crew), Guillaume Canet (actor), Marc Wolff (miscellaneous crew), Virginie Ledoyen (actress), Danny Boyle (director), Tilda Swinton (actress), Hélène de Fougerolles (actress), Alex Nikolic (miscellaneous crew), Leonardo DiCaprio (actor), Robert Carlyle (actor), Angelo Badalamenti (composer), John Nixon (miscellaneous crew), Phillip Roope (miscellaneous crew), Andrew Macdonald (producer), Penny Dyer (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: Garland's novel centers on a young nicotine-addicted traveler named Richard, an avid pop-culture buff with a particular love for video games and Vietnam War movies. While at a hotel in Bangkok, he finds a map left by his strange, whacked-out neighbor, who just committed suicide. The map supposedly leads to a legendary island paradise where some other wayward souls have settled.

Keywords: ak-47, american, backpack, backpacker, backpacking, bangkok-thailand, bare-breasts, bare-chested-male, based-on-novel, beach
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller,
Taglines: Paradise has its price Innocence never lasts forever. Somewhere on this planet it must exist. Paradise Found - Innocence Lost It's the experience that matters It really was some kind of paradise

Quotes:

Françoise: Richard, this is just the kind of pretentious bullshit that Americans always say to French girls so they can sleep with them.

Richard: No offence an' all, but, you're fucked in the head, right?

[first lines]::Richard: My name is Richard. So what else do you need to know? Stuff about my family, or where I'm from? None of that matters. Not once you cross the ocean and cut yourself loose, looking for something more beautiful, something more exciting and yes, I admit, something more dangerous. So after eighteen hours in the back of an airplane, three dumb movies, two plastic meals, six beers and absolutely no sleep, I finally touch down; in Bangkok.

Hustler: Hey! Do you need somewhere to stay?::Richard: Well, I'll be fine. I'll find my own place thanks!::Hustler: Good time boy! Girl! Fucking! No problem.::Hustler: You wanna drink snake blood?::Richard: Wait a minute, did you say snake blood?::Hustler: Oh yeah!::Richard: No thanks.::Hustler: What is wrong with snake blood?::Richard: I just don't like the idea.::Hustler: Or maybe you're scared, afraid of something new!::Richard: No, I just don't like the idea, that's all.::Hustler: Ah-ha! Just like every tourist, you are all the same, just like America!

[last lines]::Richard: And me, I still believe in paradise. But now at least I know it's not some place you can look for, 'cause it's not where you go. It's how you feel for a moment in your life when you're a part of something, and if you find that moment... it lasts forever...

Richard: Trust me, it's paradise. This is where the hungry come to feed. For mine is a generation that circles the globe and searches for something we haven't tried before. So never refuse an invitation, never resist the unfamiliar, never fail to be polite and never outstay the welcome. Just keep your mind open and suck in the experience. And if it hurts, you know what? It's probably worth it.

Etienne: One kilometer.::Françoise: Two.::Etienne: Richard?::Richard: I dunno; I'm American.::Etienne: So?::Richard: I think in miles, not kilometers.::Etienne: Okay, so how many miles do you think it is?::Richard: I dunno, but it looks like a long way away.

Richard: I had nothing left to offer but pure reflex. Pure reflex and mankind's basic drive for survival, that somehow shouts, "NO - I WILL NOT DIE TODAY!"

Richard: The only downer is, everyone's got the same idea. We all travel thousands of miles just to watch TV and check in to somewhere with all the comforts of home, and you gotta ask yourself, what is the point of that?

Richard: I just feel like everyone tries to do something different, but you always wind up doing the same damn thing.

Shallow Grave (1994)

Actors: Ewan McGregor (actor), Tony Curran (actor), Simon Boswell (composer), Gary Lewis (actor), Pauline Hume (miscellaneous crew), Danny Boyle (director), Peter Mullan (actor), Keith Allen (actor), Christopher Eccleston (actor), Kerry Fox (actress), Ken Stott (actor), Allan Scott (producer), Andrew Macdonald (producer), Masahiro Hirakubo (editor), John Bett (actor),

Plot: To avoid spoiling the movie this plot summary is very brief. It starts when three people living together in a four bedroom flat are looking for a house mate. The interviews they conduct are very unorthodox and very funny. Eventually the three agree on one prospective tenant. He moves in, locks his door, and is not seen again. After a couple of days the three become curious and break in to his room. What follows is an amazing piece of cinema and to say more would ruin it.

Keywords: accountant, apartment, attic, automated-teller-machine, bag-over-head, bare-breasts, barefoot, bath, bathtub, beating
Genres: Crime, Thriller,
Taglines: The award winning thriller that'll bury you with laughs. What's a little murder among friends?

Quotes:

Alex Law: So tell me, Cameron, just tell me because I'd like to know, what on earth could make you think that we would want to share a flat like this with someone like you? I mean, my first impression, and they're rarely wrong, is that you have none of the qualities that we normally seek in a prospective flatmate. I'm talking here about things like presence, charisma, style and charm, and I don't think we're asking too much, I don't think we're being unreasonable. Take David here, for instance: a chartered accountant he may be, but at least he tries hard. The point is I don't think you're trying.

Alex Law: Cameron, what a surprise!

Alex Law: And if you see I'm dying up there you'll call the police and tell them everything, right?::Juliet Miller: Everything.::Alex Law: Except that maybe it was his idea in the first place. Now that's important to me. I need to die misunderstood.

Nation MacKinley: This is Janet. She's a phenomenon.

Alex Law: When was the last time you heard these exact words: "You are the sunshine of my life"?

Alex Law: [to the Goth girl] When you get up in the morning, how do you decide what shade of black to wear?

David Stephens: I've never seen a dead body before. I saw my grandmother of course, but I don't think that counts. I mean, she was alive at the time.

Alex Law: Family? Family? Friends? Drugged-up wandering suicidal search of the self fuck-ups don't have families.

Master of Ceremonies: Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention please. First of all may I thank you all for coming along tonight and supporting our appeal to raise funds for the sick children's unit.::Alex Law: You didn't tell me that this was for children. I hate children. I'd raise money to have the little fuckers put down. I want me money back!

David Stephens: Well, Brian McKinley, if you want to talk to my girlfriend you talk to me first. If you want to dance with her, then you apply in writing three weeks in advance or you're going to end up inside a fucking bin-bag. You didn't apply so you don't dance.::Juliet Miller: Do you think you could try to be a little more forceful next time?

Goodbye, New York (1985)

Actors: Amos Kollek (producer), Julie Hagerty (actress), Amos Lavi (actor), Amos Kollek (actor), Alan Heim (editor), Amos Kollek (writer), Amos Kollek (director), Mosko Alkalai (actor), Marcus Viscidi (miscellaneous crew), Ya'ackov Ben-Sira (actor), William Preston (actor), Robin Squibb (miscellaneous crew), Rena Sternfeld-Allon (miscellaneous crew), Moshe Ish-Kassit (actor), Shmuel Shiloh (actor),

Plot: A young New York woman, devastated to find out that her husband has been cheating on her, decides to hop a plane to Paris to get away. However, she falls asleep on the plane, misses her connection, and winds up in Israel, with no money, no luggage and no friends.

Keywords: airplane, airport, artificial-respiration, bed, camel, cheap-hotel, city-in-title, comma-in-title, hotel, hotel-room
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance,

Get Out of My Room (1985)

Actors: Cheech Marin (actor), Cheech Marin (director), Jesse Long (miscellaneous crew), Sal Lopez (actor), Mary Woronov (actress), Cheech Marin (writer), Jan-Michael Vincent (actor), Beverly D'Angelo (actress), Cassandra Peterson (actress), Cheech Marin (actor), Tommy Chong (actor), John Paragon (actor), Javier Grajeda (actor), Enrique Castillo (actor), Darcy DeMoss (actress),

Plot: A mock documentary filmed mostly in and around LA with interviews of Cheech and Chong interspersed between four videos of songs from their last album. Songs include: Get outta my room and Born in East LA

Keywords: cannabis-use, comedy-team, dope, double-act, endo, ganja, grass, hispanic, imperative-in-title, independent-film
Genres: Comedy, Music,

Moment to Moment (1965)

Actors: John Lee Mahin (writer), Mervyn LeRoy (director), Donald Woods (actor), Honor Blackman (actress), Henry Mancini (composer), Mervyn LeRoy (producer), Jean Seberg (actress), Grégoire Aslan (actor), Georgette Anys (actress), Arthur Hill (actor), William Hudson (actor), Jean-Michel Michenaud (actor), Marcel De la Brosse (actor), Walter Reed (actor), Philip W. Anderson (editor),

Genres: Drama, Thriller,
Taglines: A Story of Love and Terror! Mervyn LeRoy's production of his most unusual love story... Every Woman Has Her Moment of Weakness! Every Man Has His Moment of Hunger! Every Love Has Its Moment of Terror! Her Loneliness... His Hunger... so vulnerable... so violent... it could only be lived moment to moment! One Moment of Surrender... Then a Thousand Moments of Shock and Suspense! The story of a chance meeting with a stranger... and a startling twist of terror!

Hans en die Rooinek (1961)

Actors: Elmo de Witt (editor), Jamie Uys (actor), Jamie Uys (writer), Jamie Uys (director), Johan du Plooy (actor), Gabriel Bayman (actor), Willem Loots (actor), Willie Herbst (actor), Sam Sklair (composer), Bob Courtney (actor), Raymond Matuson (actor), Christo Gerber (actor), Emsie Botha (actress), Wynona Cheyney (actress), Desmond Varaday (actor),

Genres: Comedy,

No, No, Nanette (1940)

Actors: Billy Gilbert (actor), Brooks Benedict (actor), Frank Mills (actor), Richard Carlson (actor), Maurice Cass (actor), Dick French (actor), John Dilson (actor), Russell Hicks (actor), Lester Dorr (actor), Keye Luke (actor), Aubrey Mather (actor), Victor Mature (actor), Torben Meyer (actor), Harold Miller (actor), Frank Puglia (actor),

Plot: Perky young Nanette attempts to save the marriage of her uncle and aunt by untangling Uncle Jimmy from several innocent but ensnaring flirtations. Attempting one such unentanglement, Nanette enlists the help of theatrical producer Bill Trainor, who promptly falls in love with her. The same thing happens when artist Tom Gillespie is called on for help. But soon Uncle Jimmy's flirtations become too numerous, and Nanette's romances with Tom and Bill run into trouble. Will Uncle Jimmy's marriage survive, and will Nanette find happiness with Tom, Bill, or somebody else?

Keywords: based-on-stage-musical, character-name-in-title, public-domain
Genres: Musical,

Quotes:

Title Card: The Smith estate, North Shore, Boston. A sanctuary from the world of the hurly-burly, something more than a house - a home, the happy home of "Happy" Jimmy Smith

[first lines]::[Happy Jimmy Smith opens a silver dish to reveal a single slice of bacon]::Mr. 'Happy' Jimmy Smith: Pauline, what's this?::Pauline: Bacon.::Mr. 'Happy' Jimmy Smith: Well, I know that but...::Pauline: We've already had our allowance for the month.::Mr. 'Happy' Jimmy Smith: You mean...?::Pauline: Not another slice until Wednesday.

Mrs. Susan Smith: I've never seen such a man for bacon.::Pauline: I've never seen such bacon for a man.

Styles: Do you know what they gave Pauline and Remington for breakfast this morning? Black pudding with milk.::Nanette: Oh, that sounds horrible!::Styles: Sounds horrible? It would be all right if you only had to listen to it. But you got to eat it!

Mrs. Susan Smith: Your horoscope says "Beware of 1940."

The Rush Hour (1928)

Actors: F. McGrew Willis (miscellaneous crew), David Butler (actor), Fanny Hatton (writer), Frederic Hatton (writer), E. Mason Hopper (director), W. Donn Hayes (editor), Wilson Benge (actor), Harrison Ford (actor), Arthur Hoyt (actor), William Irving (actor), Franklin Pangborn (actor), Mathilde Comont (actress), Seena Owen (actress), Marie Prevost (actress), Ward Crane (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Drama,
Taglines: A Swift Moving Comedy Drama The amazing story of a beautiful stowaway who fought ferry schedules until she found romance in a foreign land---a delightful picture production with a charming, refreshing star and a brilliant cast in characterizations at once artistic, convincing and entertaining---a story of unsurpassed beauty and thrills.