Parada (2011)

Actors: Petar Markovic (editor), Hadzi-Aleksandar Djurovic (miscellaneous crew), Mike Downey (producer), Mira Stupica (actress), Dragoljub Vojnov (actor), Eva Ras (actress), Nikola Kojo (actor), Stephen Boyd (actor), Charlton Heston (actor), Melita Bihali (actress), Marko Nikolic (actor), Hadzi-Aleksandar Djurovic (actor), Bojan Navojec (actor), Mladen Nelevic (actor), Dimitrije Vojnov (actor),

Plot: A homophobic, middle-aged, Serbian gangster ends up sacrificing himself to protect Gay freedom in his country. RADMILO (35) and MIRKO (30) are young and successful gay couple, and they would be a happy couple anywhere else except in - Serbia. They try to live discreetly but still, every day they are abused by the homophobic majority. Plus, Mirko is a gay rights activist, and his dream is to organize the first successful PRIDE event in Belgrade. This is almost a "mission impossible"; in 2001, an attempt to hold PRIDE in Belgrade ended up in bloodshed. One decade later, the situation is not much better - nationalist and neo-Nazi organizations prepare another massacre in case of holding the gay parade, while the police refuse to provide protection for the participants. A strange couple arrives in Radmilo's and Mirko's life - LEMON (45) an ex criminal and war veteran, the owner of a small security company and his fiance - PEARL (30) a beauty parlor owner. Radmilo, a successful veterinarian, performs a life-saving operation Lemon's pit-bull terrier, the victim of a drive-by shooting that served as a warning to the dog's master. Mirko runs an agency that organizes sophisticated weddings and now he has the ultimate nightmare clients - Pearl and Lemon. The encounter between these two worlds ends in disaster - yet another humiliation for Radmilo and Mirko. Mirko had enough - not long ago he received Immigrant Visa from Canada and wants to leave the country forever. Radmilo is ready for a desperate measures to keep his partner and their relationship - He offers a deal to Lemon, asking that Lemon's agency provide protection for the Belgrade Pride. In return, Mirko will organize the wedding party for Pearl and Lemon. Lemon reluctantly accepts, but his staff refuses to protect homosexuals. Put in a tight spot, Lemon thinks of his "dear" enemies from the ex-Yu wars. LEMON and RADMILO embark on a recruiting trip all over ex-Yugoslavia. They manage to sign up for their mission: NIKO (45) a Croat war veteran, HALIL (40), a Bosnian Muslim, and AZEM (45), an Albanian from Kosovo. But the handful of "samurai" are yet to face their greatest challenge... THE PARADE, in a tragicomic way, tells the story about ongoing battle between two worlds in contemporary post-war Serbian society - the traditional, oppressive, homophobic majority and a liberal, modern and open-minded minority.

Keywords: bosnia, croatia, ethnic-conflict, gay, homophobia, kosovo, lemon, love, parade, post-war
Genres: Comedy, Drama,

Ben Hur (2003)

Actors: Duncan Fraser (actor), French Tickner (actor), Kathleen Barr (actress), Tabitha St. Germain (actress), Michael Lloyd (composer), Charlton Heston (actor), Scott McNeil (actor), Gerard Plunkett (actor), Seth Willenson (producer), Willow Johnson (actress), Fraser Clarke Heston (producer), Long John Baldry (actor), William R. Kowalchuk Jr. (director), William R. Kowalchuk Jr. (producer), John Stronach (producer),

Plot: During the first century A.D., Judah Ben-Hur is a young Hebrew prince thrown into slavery by the Romans after a tragic accident, who wins his way back to his home and a family on a heroic adventure of discovery. Judah's love for a beautiful slave girl is threatened by the bitter conflict dividing two former freinds, and his triumph is set against the backdrop of the historic struggle between a captive people and a mighty empire. From an exciting sea battle and a thundering chariot race to the dramatic events surrounding the life and death of Christ, this is an epic tale of love, redemption, foregiveness and faith to captivate viewers of all ages.

Keywords: 1st-century, ancient-israel, ancient-times, arrest, based-on-novel, born-again-christian, character-name-in-title, chariot, chariot-race, christian
Genres: Animation, Drama, Family,

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies (1994)

Actors: Laurence Rosenthal (composer), Hilary Momberger (miscellaneous crew), Rick McCallum (producer), Erich von Stroheim (actor), Robert Peters (actor), Gene Autry (miscellaneous crew), George Lucas (producer), Leo Gordon (actor), Sean Patrick Flanery (actor), George Fisher (actor), Francis X. Bushman (actor), Doug Jones (actor), David Margulies (actor), Michael Schultz (director), Peggy Farrell (costume designer),

Plot: Indy takes a job as assistant to a Hollywood studio executive in an attempt to earn his college fees. His job is to get flamboyant and difficult director Erich Von Stroheim to complete his latest epic on time and with the budget, or else.

Keywords: adventurer, character-name-in-title, composer, fedora, film-studio, hollywood-california, indiana-jones, sequel, young-version-of-character
Genres: Action, Adventure,

Quotes:

Indiana Jones: Where do I come in?::Carl Laemmle: You don't come in. You go out.::Indiana Jones: Go out, where?::Carl Laemmle: To Hollywood. As my personal representative. I want you to get out there and take charge. Tell that lunatic Von Stroheim he finishes the picture in ten days, or else you pull the plugs.

Indiana Jones: Excuse me, sir, do you know Universal Studios?::Cabbie: The funny farm? Yeah, who doesn't!

Erich Von Stroheim: Tell Mr. Laemmle only Von Stroheim decides to fade away Von Stroheim picture. Not some stupid, ignorant, pathetic, imbecile errant boy. [turns to his crew] Places now. We begin.

Indiana Jones: Listen, I'm getting tired of horsing around.::Erich Von Stroheim: Von Stoheim never horses around.

Claire Lieberman: The day I lose Tony is the day I lose my sense of humor. If I lose that I may as well die.

Indiana Jones: Who the heck is Prince Massimo?::Irving Thalberg: A real Italian prince Von Stoheim brought in specially.::Claire Lieberman: Von loves his accent.::Indiana Jones: Loves his accent, but, but, but, but there's no sound! These are silent pictures, send him back!

Claire Lieberman: [to Indy] That's Hollywood for you: studio exec one day, gopher the next.

John Ford: Indy? Where'd you get a name like that, from your dog?::Indiana Jones: Yeah, as a matter of fact, I did.::John Ford: Well, I suppose it's as good a name as Ford.

John Ford: Well, you're named after a dog, I'm named after a car, we should get along fine.

John Ford: Ladies and gentlemen, I think Mr. Jones misses his woman.::Old Timer: Well then he should get himself a horse.

Caligola: La storia mai raccontata (1982)

Actors: Larry Dolgin (actor), Laura Gemser (actress), Joe D'Amato (writer), Michele Soavi (writer), Joe D'Amato (director), Charles Borromel (actor), George Eastman (writer), Giuseppe Marrocco (actor), David Brandon (actor), Michele Soavi (actor), Gabriele Tinti (actor), Nadine Roussial (actress), Carlo Maria Cordio (composer), Bruno Alias (actor), Luciano Bartoli (actor),

Plot: The deranged Roman emperor Gainus 'Caligula' (Little Boots) Caesar (12-41 A.D.) rules Rome with an iron fist and has anyone tortured and executed for even the slightest insubordination. Mostly set during the last year of his reign, as Caligula loses support due to his brutal and crazed excess, a young Moor woman, named Miriam, becomes his lover while plotting to kill him to avenge the murder of a friend which Caligula was responsible for. But Miriam is torn between her personal vendetta against Caligula and her own personal feelings towards him despite his madness and debauched lifestyle of orgies and bloody torture murders.

Keywords: ancient-rome, bestiality, blood, caligula, character-name-in-title, gore, hardcore, horse, horse-penis, independent-film
Genres: Adult, Drama, History, Horror,

Julius Caesar (1979)

Actors: Garrick Hagon (actor), Virginia McKenna (actress), Charles Gray (actor), William Shakespeare (writer), Elizabeth Spriggs (actress), Keith Michell (actor), John Wilders (miscellaneous crew), Cedric Messina (producer), Alan Shallcross (miscellaneous crew), Noel Johnson (actor), David Collings (actor), Nicholas Gecks (actor), Herbert Wise (director), Brian Coburn (actor), Alexander Davion (actor),

Genres: Drama, History,

Julius Caesar (1970)

Actors: Phyllis Townshend (miscellaneous crew), Christopher Lee (actor), Jason Robards (actor), William Shakespeare (writer), Richard Johnson (actor), Diana Rigg (actress), André Morell (actor), Michael Gough (actor), Robert Vaughn (actor), Charlton Heston (actor), Richard Chamberlain (actor), John Gielgud (actor), Richard Chamberlain (actor), Christopher Cazenove (actor), Eric Boyd-Perkins (editor),

Plot: All star cast heads up this 1970 remake of the William Shakespeare classic tale of the betrayal of the the Roman senate against their emperor, the plotting and scheming that led up to the assassination of the title charecter, and all of Romes' fickleness towards the events.

Keywords: 1st-century-b.c., ambush, ancient-rome, assassin, assassination, based-on-play, battle, battlefield, betrayal, blood
Genres: Drama, History, War,
Taglines: No grander Caesar... No greater cast!

Ben-Hur (1959)

Actors: Charlton Heston (actor), Jack Hawkins (actor), Enzo Fiermonte (actor), Hugh Griffith (actor), Richard Hale (actor), Lando Buzzanca (actor), Michael Dugan (actor), Franco Fantasia (actor), Giuliano Gemma (actor), Stephen Boyd (actor), Robert Brown (actor), Mino Doro (actor), Finlay Currie (actor), John Horsley (actor), Finlay Currie (actor),

Plot: Judah Ben-Hur lives as a rich Jewish prince and merchant in Jerusalem at the beginning of the 1st century. Together with the new governor his old friend Messala arrives as commanding officer of the Roman legions. At first they are happy to meet after a long time but their different politic views separate them. During the welcome parade a roof tile falls down from Judah's house and injures the governor. Although Messala knows they are not guilty, he sends Judah to the galleys and throws his mother and sister into prison. But Judah swears to come back and take revenge.

Keywords: 1st-century, 70mm-film, adopted-son, adoption, adoptive-father-adopted-son-relationship, adrift, adult-adoption, amputation, amputee, ancient-rome
Genres: Adventure, Drama,
Taglines: A Tale of the Christ It's an insane world, but still there's one sanity that remains; the LOYALTY of old friends!! The World's Most Honored Motion Picture The Entertainment Experience of a Lifetime!

Quotes:

Judah Ben-Hur: If you were not a bride, I would kiss you goodbye.::Esther: If I were not a bride, there would be no goodbyes to be said.

1st Jailer: [looking in records] Miriam, wife... Tirzah, daughter.::Drusus: Yes, they're the ones. Are they alive?::1st Jailer: [examining the records, he is pessimistic] East section... lower level. Cell two. The jailer in that wing will know.::[Drusus is led down various passages into the lower dungeons]::Drusus: How long since you've seen them?::2nd Jailer: Never - and I've been here three years. But they're alive, all right.::2nd Jailer: [after demonstrating a slot in the bottom of the cell door] The food disappears.

Simonides: Judah-Ben Hur! You've come back to us like a returning faith! Oh Judah, I should like to laugh again. Let us laugh!::Judah Ben-Hur: We will laugh.::Simonides: There will be joy again in this house! We will celebrate! Among the dust and cobwebs...::[Simonides sobs]

Sheik Ilderim: Balthasar is a good man. But until all men are like him, we must keep our swords bright!::Judah Ben-Hur: And our intentions true! So I must leave you.::Sheik Ilderim: One last thought: There is no law in the arena; many are killed... I hope to see you again, Judah Ben-Hur.

Judah Ben-Hur: [dipping a hand in a stream] When the Romans were marching me to the galleys, thirst had almost killed me. A man gave me water to drink, and I went on living. I should have done better if I'd poured it into the sand!::Balthasar: No.::Judah Ben-Hur: I'm thirsty still.

Pontius Pilate: A grown man knows the world he lives in. For the moment, that world is Rome.

Quintus Arrius: In his eagerness to save you, your God has also saved the Roman fleet.

Quintus Arrius: Now listen to me, all of you. You are all condemned men. We keep you alive to serve this ship. So row well, and live.

Messala: By condemning without hesitation an old friend, I shall be feared.

Sextus: You can break a man's skull, you can arrest him, you can throw him into a dungeon. But how do you control what's up here? [taps his head] How do you fight an idea?

Julius Caesar (1959)

Actors: Edward Woodward (actor), Wilfrid Brambell (actor), Michael Gough (actor), William Shakespeare (writer), Kevin Stoney (actor), Richard Warner (actor), William Sylvester (actor), Eric Porter (actor), Richard Goolden (actor), Stuart Burge (director), Stuart Burge (producer), Sean Lynch (actor), John Ringham (actor), Richard Carpenter (actor), John Kidd (actor),

Genres: Drama, History,

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)

Actors: Gary Cooper (actor), Samuel Goldwyn (actor), Clark Gable (actor), Reginald Barker (actor), John Gilbert (actor), Lionel Barrymore (actor), John Barrymore (actor), Frank Currier (actor), Nigel De Brulier (actor), Clarence Brown (actor), Francis X. Bushman (actor), Douglas Fairbanks (actor), George Fitzmaurice (actor), Sidney Franklin (actor), Winter Hall (actor),

Plot: Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman officer Messala as conqueror and Judah as a wealthy, though conquered, Israelite. A slip of a brick during a Roman parade causes Judah to be sent off as a galley slave, his property confiscated and his mother and sister imprisoned. Years later, as a result of his determination to stay alive and his willingness to aid his Roman master, Judah returns to his homeland an exalted and wealthy Roman athlete. Unable to find his mother and sister, and believing them dead, he can think of nothing else than revenge against Messala.

Keywords: 1st-century, actual-animal-killed, adoption, adult-adoption, affection, ancient-rome, anti-semitism, based-on-novel, black-&-white-to-color, blockbuster
Genres: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance,
Taglines: The Picture Every Christian Ought to See! THIS MIGHTY SPECTACULAR PICTURE WILL BURN ITS WAY INTO YOUR MEMORY TO LAST FOREVER! (contemporaneous print ad - all caps) The Outstanding Attraction in America. The Greatest Wealth of Drama, Spectacle, Thrills, Awe Inspiring Magnitude, and Most Delicate Love Story ever presented in the History of the Theatres of the World. MIGHTY BEN-HUR The great decade (1915-25) of the progress of motion picture art reaches its summit! A cast of 125,000! The inspired love of the Prince of Hur for the gentle lovely Esther!

Ben Hur (1907)

Actors: Harry T. Morey (director), Sidney Olcott (director), Gene Gauntier (writer), William S. Hart (actor), Lew Wallace (writer), Herman Rottger (actor), Frank Rose (director),

Plot: The scene opens with an assembly of citizens who are harangued by one of their number, whose words have great weight with the crowd, and their attitude of approval shows that Roman misrule in Jerusalem has reached its climax. Heralds now approach and Roman soldiers beat back the crowd to make way for the approach of the Roman Procurator. The scene changes to the home of Ben Hur, who is seen with his sister and mother on the house top. The cavalcade of Roman troops approaches, and to get a near view Ben Hur leans from the coping and knocks down one of the stones thereof onto the shoulder of the Procurator. This is seen and misconstrued by the Governor, who orders soldiers to arrest the inmates; they, after ineffectual pleas and struggles, are carried off. Ben Hur is consigned to the galleys, where he is loaded with chains. Here he signalizes himself by saving the life of Arrias, who publicly adopts him as his son and proclaims him a Roman citizen amidst the acclamations of the assembled crowd in the forum. Now comes the scene in the games where Ben Hur is challenged by Messala, and accepts it, to the great delight of the citizens. The chariots and athletes parade before the dais and in due time are arranged, and the chariot race commences. Three times 'round the ring dash the chariots, and at the fourth turn Ben Hur comes out the victor and is crowned with the wreath, to the great, chagrin of Messala, who is borne on a stretcher, wounded to death.

Keywords: 1st-century, adoption, ancient-rome, based-on-novel, character-name-in-title, chariot-race, jerusalem, roman-empire, rooftop, slavery
Genres: Drama, Short,
Taglines: Positively the most super motion picture ever made