A Case of Murder (2004)

Actors: Gideon Emery (actor), Anthony Fridjohn (actor), Marcel van Heerden (actor), Nicky Rebello (actor), Greg Melvill-Smith (actor), Douglas Bristow (actor), Ben Kruger (actor), Zane Meas (actor), Jurgen Hellberg (actor), Lizz Meiring (actress), Emgee Pretorius (actor), Jocelyn Broderick (actress), Jakkie Groenewald (actor), Ramalao Makhene (actor), Felix Meyburgh Jr. (editor),

Genres: Action, Crime, Drama,

Quotes:

Jack Norkem: Why'd the old timer have to eat so much?::Colleen Norkem: Sheez, he's a big man!::Eric Norkem: Maybe that's the way they make them in Holland.

The Trick (1997)

Actors: Don Warrington (actor), Steven O'Donnell (actor), Kate Dain (producer), Fiona Chilcott (costume designer), Rob Green (writer), Rob Green (director), Tanya Myers (actress), Clive Perrott (actor), Michael Hewer (composer), Sarah Lane (miscellaneous crew), Tina Hetherington (editor), Sarah Carr (producer),

Genres: Short,

The Willows in Winter (1996)

Actors: Ronald Fraser (actor), Alan Bennett (actor), James Villiers (actor), Michael Gambon (actor), Vanessa Redgrave (actress), Colin Towns (composer), Simon Williams (actor), Rik Mayall (actor), Bill Oddie (actor), Michael Palin (actor), Peter Cellier (actor), Enn Reitel (actor), Windsor Davies (actor), Adrian Scarborough (actor), Kate Robbins (actress),

Genres: Animation, Family,

Mary Silliman's War (1994)

Actors: John Welsman (composer), John Dunsworth (actor), Tom McCamus (actor), Richard Donat (actor), Jeremy Akerman (actor), Ellis Williams (actor), Maggie Thomas (miscellaneous crew), Barry Cowling (producer), James B. Douglas (actor), Gary Swim (miscellaneous crew), Peter Flemming (actor), Allan Royal (actor), Diane D'Aquila (actress), Joanne D'Antonio (editor), William Colgate (actor),

Plot: Shot on location in Nova Scotia, the film relates the true story of a remarkable woman, whose husband, a patriot leader, was kidnapped from their home by a band of Tories -- Americans loyal to the King of England. Left to fend for herself and their children as she sought her husband's release, Mary Silliman's story presents the War for Independence in a way that is fresh and engaging to a modern audience. Mary Silliman's War was produced by Heritage Films, under the auspices of The Institute for Early American History in Colonial Williamsburg, VA. It is based on the biography by Richard and Joy Day Buel, The Way of Duty (Norton, 1984).

Keywords: 1770s, american-history, american-revolution, award-winning, based-on-true-story, colonial, historical, independence, kidnapping, nova-scotia
Genres: Drama, War,

The Grand Knockout Tournament (1987)

Actors: Anthony Andrews (actor), Christopher Reeve (actor), Michael Palin (actor), Hal Linden (actor), George Lazenby (actor), Tom Jones (actor), Meat Loaf (actor), Kevin Kline (actor), Ben Cross (actor), Michael Brandon (actor), Rowan Atkinson (actor), Gary Lineker (actor), John Cleese (actor), Cliff Richard (actor), Griff Rhys Jones (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Family, Game-Show,

Another Country (1984)

Actors: Rupert Everett (actor), Anna Massey (actress), Cary Elwes (actor), Gerry Hambling (editor), Arthur Howard (actor), Colin Firth (actor), Geoffrey Bateman (actor), Penny Rose (costume designer), Nicholas Rowe (actor), Llewellyn Rees (actor), Guy Henry (actor), Maggie Phelan (miscellaneous crew), Jeffry Wickham (actor), Christopher Milburn (actor), Betsy Brantley (actress),

Plot: Based on the award winning play by Julian Mitchell, the film explores the effect of Public School life in the 1930's on Guy Bennett as his homosexuality and unwillingness to "play the game" turns him eastwards towards communist Russia.

Keywords: 1930s, 1980s, based-on-play, bath, bathtub, beating, binoculars, blackmail, boarding-school, boat
Genres: Biography, Drama, Romance,
Taglines: He outraged his friends . . . He rebelled against his family . . . And finally he betrayed his country [Australia theatrical] The smash hit London play now a big screen event . . . not to be missed! [Australia theatrical] Friendship brought them together. Ideals set them apart. Convention outraged...a class abandoned...a country betrayed!

Quotes:

Judd: All problems solved for life. No commies and no queers.

Fowler: I have half a mind to ask Barclay for permission to beat you!::Tommy Judd: Well, you've half a mind. We can all agree on that.

Guy Bennett: Fame or infamy, what does it matter? I shan't be forgotten.

Fowler: Are you trying to be clever or something?::Tommy Judd: I don't have to try, I am clever.

Tommy Judd: You know... What I really hate about cricket, is that it is such a damned good game.::Guy Bennett: Ah! Judd's Paradox. Of course, cricket is a fundamental part of the capitalist conspiracy.::Tommy Judd: Of course.::Guy Bennett: One only has to observe the two of them seen. There's the Proletariat forced to labour in the field, while the Bourgeoisie indulges in the pleasures of batting and bowling.::Tommy Judd: Quite.::Guy Bennett: I mean, there's every reason to suppose [pause]... that the game ultimately derives from the wholly unjustified right of the medieval lord to the unpaid labour of villains and serfs at haymaking and harvest.::Tommy Judd: You know, you're really beginning to get the idea.::Guy Bennett: Thanks.

Guy Bennett: There's a little hollow at the base of his throat which make me want to pour honey all over him, and lick it off again.

Guy Bennett: But you couldn't help it, could you? Because in your heart of hearts, like Barclay and Delahay and Fowler and Menzies, you still believe, in spite of your talk of equality and fraternity, you still believe some people are better than others because of the way they make love. Now, think of that for a lifetime. Think of the names: pansy, nancy, fairy, fruit, brown-nose.

Midnight Express (1978)

Actors: Norbert Weisser (actor), Peter Guber (producer), Michael Ensign (actor), Paul L. Smith (actor), Zannino (actor), Randy Quaid (actor), Gigi Ballista (actor), Mihalis Giannatos (actor), Bo Hopkins (actor), John Hurt (actor), Peter Jeffrey (actor), Franco Diogene (actor), Paolo Bonacelli (actor), Alan Parker (actor), David Puttnam (producer),

Plot: On October 6, 1970 while boarding an international flight out of Istanbul Airport, American 'Billy Hayes (I)' (qv) is caught attempting to smuggle 2 kilos of hashish out of the country, the drugs strapped to his body. He is told that he will be released if he cooperates with the authorities in identifying the person who actually sold him the hash. Billy's troubles really begin when after that assistance, he makes a run for it and is recaptured. He is initially sentenced to just over four years for possession, with no time for the more harsh crime of smuggling. The prison environment is inhospitable in every sense, with a sadistic prison guard named Hamidou ruling the prison, he who relishes the mental and physical torture he inflicts on the prisoners for whatever reason. Told to trust no one, Billy does befriend a few of the other inmates, namely fellow American Jimmy Booth (in for stealing two candlesticks from a mosque), a Swede named Erich, and one of the senior prisoners having already served seven years, an Englishman named Max, the latter two also in for hash related charges. One prisoner not befriended is Rifki, who wields power in the prison as the unofficial eyes and ears for the guards. As Billy, his family and his girlfriend Susan attempt through legal and diplomatic channels for Billy's release, Max tells him that the only way out is to "catch the midnight express" aka escape, which is what Jimmy is continually trying to do. When Billy's situation changes, he becomes more desperate in every sense of the word. It seems as if Billy has only two options: to let the prison ultimately figuratively then literally kill him, or to somehow regain control of his life through whatever means available.

Keywords: 1970s, accidental-killing, actual-animal-killed, airplane, airport, airport-security, american-consulate, anger, animal-cruelty, ankara-turkey
Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama,
Taglines: A story of triumph. Busted for drugs and condemned to the nightmarish hell of a Turkish prison, there was only one escape [Australia Theatrical] Everybody gave up on Billy Hayes -- except Billy. Walk into the incredible true experience of Billy Hayes, and bring all the courage you can!

Quotes:

Ahmet: Where are you going? Why don't you walk the wheel with us? What is the matter my American friend? What has upset you? Oh! I know. The bad machine doesn't know that he's a bad machine. You still don't believe it. You still don't believe you're a bad machine? To know yourself is to know God, my friend. The factory knows, that's why they put you here. You'll see... You'll find out... In time, you'll know.

[to the Turkish court]::Billy Hayes: For a nation of pigs, it sures is funny you don't eat'em! Jesus Christ forgave the bastards, but I can't! I hate! I hate you! I hate your nation! And I hate your people! And I fuck your sons and daughters because they're pigs! You're a pig! You're all pigs.

[to the Turkish court]::Billy Hayes: I just wish for once that you could be in my shoes, Mr. Prosecutor, and then you would know something that you don't know: mercy! That the concept of a society is based on the quality of that mercy; its sense of fair play; its sense of justice! But I guess that's like asking a bear to shit in the toilet.

Max: The best thing to do is to get your ass out of here. Best way that you can.::Billy Hayes: Yeah, but how?::Max: Catch the midnight express.::Billy Hayes: But what's that?::Max: [laughs] Well it's not a train. It's a prison word for... escape. But it doesn't stop around here.

Jimmy: The second way out, I need you guy's help, and that's under.::Billy Hayes: You mean tunnel? Are you serious?::Max: This is Shagmahr prison, not Stalag 17.::Jimmy: Well that's where you're wrong fuckface, 'cause it's already built!

Billy Hayes: [voiceover] To the Turks, everything is "shurla burla", which means "like this, like that". You never know what will happen. All foreigners are "ayip", they're considered dirty. So is homosexuality, it's a big crime here, but most of them do it every chance they get. There are about thousand things that are "ayip", for instance, you can stab or shoot somebody below the waist but not above because that's intent to kill. So everyone runs around stabbing everyone else in the ass. That's what they call Turkish revenge. I know it must all sound crazy to you, but this place is crazy.

Jimmy: So... Billy, what are you in for? Hash?::Billy Hayes: Yeah.::Jimmy: Where'd they get you?::Billy Hayes: The airport... trying to get home.::Jimmy: You go through customs?::Billy Hayes: Yeah, I was busted right at the plane.::Jimmy: Aw, man that's heavy. That's very heavy.::Erich: It's bad if they get you for smuggling, but if they make it posession, the sentance is lighter. The best thing for you to do, Billy, is try to make bail. If you make bail, you're free. You can easily get yourself a fake passport on the black market, or get yourself across the border into Greece.::Jimmy: Dream on, Erich. They'll never grant bail to foreigners whom may be a flight risk.::Erich: But if you argue in court about you being innocent...::Jimmy: This ain't the good ol' USA! This is Turkey, man! It's a fuckin' accident here if you're innocent! There ain't nobody here that is innocent!

Billy Hayes: What is a crime? What is punishment? It seems to vary from time to time and place to place. What's legal today is suddenly illegal tomorrow because society says it's so, and what's illegal yesterday is suddenly legal because everybody's doin' it, and you can't put everybody in jail. I'm not saying this is right or wrong. I'm just saying that's the way it is. But I've spent 3 1/2 years of my life in your prison, and I think I've paid for my error, and if it's your decision today to sentence me to more years, then I... [he becomes overcome with anger]

[first lines]::[Susan makes her way through a line at an airline checkpoint]::Susan: Excuse me... Excuse me... Excuse me... Excuse me.::[she reaches Billy in line]::Susan: Nervous?::Billy Hayes: No.::Susan: Geez, I hate flying.::Billy Hayes: It's something I ate. I think I've been poisoned.::Susan: Or you're just excited about getting home.::Billy Hayes: No, I think it's the baklavas.::Susan: I told you not to eat 'em.::Billy Hayes: Look, I gotta go to the john again. You go on through and I'll catch up to you, OK?::Susan: So I'll wait.::Billy Hayes: No, go. I'll... I'll catch up to you. I'll... I'll only be a minute. OK? OK?::Susan: OK.

Mr. Hayes: All right, Billy. I know it sounds tought, but we are going to get you out! I promise you. I don't want you to get stupid and pull anything. They can play with your sentence. All right. Now, I'm putting 500 dollars in the bank. Anything you need, you write. There's food here. There's candy. And there's writing paper. Books. Cigarettes. Soap. Toothbrush. [Empties bag onto table, slams it down] I've been writing insurance policies for 30 goddamn years and now I've got to see my own son - Jesus. Jesus! Billy, if I could be where you are... I'd be there.::Billy Hayes: I love you, Dad. [Guards take him away]::Mr. Hayes: [to Hamidou] You take good care of my boy, you hear? Or I'll have your fuckin' head, you Turkish bastard!

Ame wa Shitteita (1971)

Actors: Toshio Kurosawa (actor), Hideji Ôtaki (actor), Masaru Satô (composer), Masao Shimizu (actor), Masami Shimojô (actor), Osamu Takizawa (actor), Akira Yamauchi (actor), Yoshihiro Ishimatsu (writer), Masakane Yonekura (actor), Yôko Minakaze (actress), Fumio Tanaka (producer), Takao Ito (actor), Fujio Nagahama (actor), Kunihiko Yamamoto (actor), Shôgen Nitta (actor),

Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery,

Onna shikeishû no datsugoku (1960)

Actors: Mitsugu Ôkura (producer), Yôichi Numata (actor), Nobuo Nakagawa (director), Hiroshi Hayashi (actor), Teizô Matsumura (composer), Masao Takamatsu (actor), Katsuko Wakasugi (actress), Fumiko Miyata (actress), Sôzaburô Kikuchi (actor), Akemi Nishi (actress), Yoshiko Katô (actress), Kiyoko Tsuji (actress), Takashi Wada (actor), Kotaro Sugiyama (actor), Sakutarô Yamakawa (actor),

Genres: Thriller,