Say It Ain't Solo (2012)

Actors: Christopher Lloyd (actor), Jason Alexander (actor), Stephen Tobolowsky (actor), Emmanuelle Chriqui (actress), Joe Mantegna (actor), Malin Akerman (actress), Eddie Kaye Thomas (actor), Dan Martinez (composer), Kerry Knuppe (actress), Kerry Knuppe (actress), Kunal Nayyar (actor), Marc Brener (writer), Marc Brener (producer), Marc Brener (director), Marc Brener (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Short,

Convincing Clooney (2011)

Actors: John Travers (editor), Rosanna Arquette (actress), French Stewart (actor), Bridge Stuart (miscellaneous crew), Paul Battista (miscellaneous crew), Kelly Perine (actor), David Fernandez Jr. (actor), Wilson Cruz (actor), Aimee Garcia (actress), Dale Raoul (actress), Sarah Lieving (actress), Assaf Cohen (actor), Shannon Theule (actor), Michael Arturo (actor), Robin Riker (actress),

Plot: Jackson, a young Los Angeles thespian, has faced rejection at every turn both as an actor and as the writer of his first screenplay. Although his best friends Chris and Disco have always managed to put a positive spin on his failures, it isn't until he meets Amy that things begin to turn around. As a young up and comer in the industry, she is the one woman who can make both of his artistic endeavors a reality. Jackson is then caught between a desire to succeed... and a desire to take care of the one person who has truly taken care of him. CONVINCING CLOONEY is a movie about not just making it, but the unpredictable road taken to get there.

Genres: Comedy,
Taglines: If at first you don't succeed...

The Artist (2011)

Actors: Malcolm McDowell (actor), Beth Grant (actress), John Goodman (actor), James Cromwell (actor), John H. Tobin (actor), Stuart Pankin (actor), Jean Dujardin (actor), Ezra Buzzington (actor), Vincent De Paul (actor), Basil Hoffman (actor), Bill Fagerbakke (actor), Ed Lauter (actor), Ken Davitian (actor), Missi Pyle (actress), Penelope Ann Miller (actress),

Plot: Outside a movie premiere, enthusiastic fan Peppy Miller literally bumps into the swashbuckling hero of the silent film, George Valentin. The star reacts graciously and Peppy plants a kiss on his cheek as they are surrounded by photographers. The headlines demand: "Who's That Girl?" and Peppy is inspired to audition for a dancing bit-part at the studio. However as Peppy slowly rises through the industry, the introduction of talking-pictures turns Valentin's world upside-down.

Keywords: 1920s, 1930s, anger, animal-in-cast-credits, apartment, applause, auction, bar, beauty-spot, butler
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance,

Quotes:

Al Zimmer: Perfect!

George Valentin: With pleasure.

Doris: I'm unhappy.::George Valentin: So are millions of us.

George Valentin: Look at what you've become. You've become proud! You've become stupid!

George Valentin: [first lines, heard in one of his films] I won't talk! I won't say a word!

Peppy Miller: Make way for the young!

[sternly, to Peppy]::George Valentin: I've made way for you.

Peppy Miller: [trying to pressure the studio into letting her do a film with George] I won't work anymore. It's him or me. [Zimmer doesn't say anything] What I mean is, it's him AND me! Or it's neither of us! [Nobody gets it again] Hey, I'm blackmailing you! Get it?

George Valentin: [talking about Uggie] If only he could talk.

Creation v Evolution: What Really Happened (2010)

Actors: Ed Love (editor), Ed Love (producer), Ed Love (writer), Ed Love (director), Jessica Hegarty (actress), Alan Malcolm (actor), Rory Mitchell (actor), Matthew Baron (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Short,

Her (2009)

Actors: Tyrone Tann (producer), Tyrone Tann (editor), Thomas R. Martin (actor), Tyrone Tann (director), Troy Winbush (actor), Matthew Paul Smith (actor), Mann Alfonso (actor), Omega Kayne (editor), Omega Kayne (producer), Omega Kayne (actor), Omega Kayne (writer), Omega Kayne (director), Cupid Hayes (actress), Nicolas Valentin (actor), Jai Bugarin (editor),

Plot: When the one you Love doesn't Love you back you are in intense negotiations of trying to prove your love for HER. She doesn't care. She doesn't even notice your efforts or care about your advances and she is interested in others who garner her attention. See how far CJ Washington will go to get HER attention as he vows that he will not live without HER.

Keywords: lovesick
Genres: Drama,
Taglines: What happens when the one you love doesn't love you back?" What happens when the one you Love does not Love You How Far Will You Go To Get HER Love?

Beethoven's Big Break (2008)

Actors: Beverly Safier (costume designer), Mike Elliott (director), Rhea Perlman (actress), Tom Nowicki (actor), Maria Ford (actress), Robert Folk (composer), Joey Fatone (actor), John Archer Lundgren (actor), Dee Bradley Baker (actor), Eddie Griffin (actor), Amy Lyn Howell (actress), Jonathan Silverman (actor), Stephen Tobolowsky (actor), Brian Levant (writer), Jesse Kozel (actor),

Plot: Eddie, a struggling animal trainer and single dad suddenly finds himself the personal wrangler for a large and lovable St. Bernard whose fabulous movie "audition" catapults the dog to stardom. However, a trio of unscrupulous ne'er-do-wells have plans to kidnap the famous dog and hold him for ransom

Keywords: 2000s, animal-actor, animal-in-title, animal-name-in-title, animal-trainer, apostrophe-in-title, boy-dog-relationship, casting, character-name-in-title, dog
Genres: Comedy, Family,

Welcome to Purgatory (2004)

Actors: Stephen Blackehart (actor), Christo Garcia (actor), Nara Garber (editor), Joe Dolinsky (actor), Stephanie Wing (actress), Jimmy Ashmore (actor), Johnny Garcia (actor), Johnny Garcia (producer), Johnny Garcia (writer), Johnny Garcia (director), Michi Barall (actress), Earle Hugens (actor), Lindy Rogers (actress), John Henbest (actor), Jeremiah Wiggins (actor),

Plot: Part biting satire, part valentine to the starving artist in all of us, WELCOME TO PURGATORY is a hilarious comedy that shines the spotlight on some of the acting has-beens and never-weres -- and shows that maybe, with time, patience, and a little bit of luck, we'll all still get our chance.

Genres: Comedy,
Taglines: Acting is fun... unless it hurts.

The Audrey Hepburn Story (2000)

Actors: Gregory Peck (actor), Tom Rack (actor), Eric McCormack (actor), James Bradford (actor), Steve Adams (actor), Mel Ferrer (actor), Richard Jutras (actor), Noel Burton (actor), Tony Calabretta (actor), Mark Camacho (actor), Humphrey Bogart (actor), William Holden (actor), Keir Dullea (actor), Vlasta Vrana (actor), Sam Stone (actor),

Plot: Biographic made-for-TV movie of the life of one of Hollywood's most famous actreses: Audrey Hepburn, spaning from her early childhood to the 1960's which details her life as Dutch overachieving ballerina, coming to grips with her parents divorce and enduring five hard years of living in Nazi occupied Holland during World War II. Audrey then settles in the USA where she tries to make it big as a movie actress and the emotional trials that follow her with it.

Keywords: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, actress, anorexia, baby, ballerina, based-on-true-story, behind-the-scenes, broadway-manhattan-new-york-city
Genres: Biography, Drama,

Quotes:

Audrey Hepburn: [after receiving an Academy Award] I would like to thank my mother, who taught me to stand up straight, sit erect, use discipline with wine and sweets, and only smoke six cigarettes a day.

Truman Capote: [Watching Audrey continually fail to eat the breakfast pastry - in front of Tiffany and Co] See why I didn't want Hepburn for this? She can't eat. Marilyn Monroe is who I wanted. Marilyn Monroe knows how to eat.

Stardust Memories (1980)

Actors: Sharon Stone (actress), Robert Greenhut (producer), Brent Spiner (actor), Charlotte Rampling (actress), Armin Shimerman (actor), Laraine Newman (actress), Irwin Keyes (actor), Jack Rollins (actor), Daniel Stern (actor), Marie-Christine Barrault (actress), Woody Allen (actor), John Rothman (actor), Tony Roberts (actor), Jack Rollins (producer), Charles H. Joffe (producer),

Plot: Sandy Bates, a successful filmmaker, attends a festival conducted to honor his work. During the course of the weekend he reconsiders his cinematic accomplishments as well as his past relationships.

Keywords: adultery, carousel, complaint, critic, destiny, directed-by-star, eating-disorder, fame, fan, film-director
Genres: Comedy, Drama,

Quotes:

Dorrie: Mmm. You smell nice.::Sandy Bates: Yeah?::Dorrie: That aftershave. It just made my whole childhood come back with a sudden Proustian rush.::Sandy Bates: Yeah? That's 'cause I'm wearing Proustian Rush by Chanel. It's-it's reduced. I got a vat of it.

Vivian Orkin: Oh, oh. Th-this is my friend Libby. She thinks you're a genius. Libby just did a definitive cinematic study of Gummo Marx. She did!::Dick Lobel: Interestingly, he's the one Marx brother that never made any movies.

Young Girl: I understand you studied philosophy at school.::Sandy Bates: Uh, no, that's not true. I-I-I did take - I took one course in existential philosophy at, uh, at New York University, and on, uh, on the final... they gave me ten questions, and, uh, I couldn't answer a single one of 'em. You know? I left 'em all blank... I got a hundred.

Jack: What is it the comedian says when his jokes are going well? "I murdered that audience"..."I killed 'em"..."They screamed"..."I broke 'em up."::Sandy Bates: Yeah. So-so what are you saying? Are you saying that someone like-like myself or... or Laurel and Hardy, or-or Bob Hope are furious?::Jack: Furious or latent homosexual.

Sandy Bates: It's funny, because in my family nobody ever committed suicide, nobody... this was just not a middle-class alternative, you know? I - my mother was too busy running the boiled chicken through the deflavorizing machine to think about shooting herself or anything.

Sandy Bates: Oh, what is this? The-the traditional brownies with hash? Is this what you're giving me?::Shelley: No, no. Look, here's the hash on the side because I didn't know how much you took.::Sandy Bates: How much I took? What is it, hollandaise sauce? What do you mean, how much I took?

Sandy Bates: You can't control life. It doesn't wind up perfectly. Only-only art you can control. Art and masturbation. Two areas in which I am an absolute expert.

Sandy Bates: I gotta give my one classical-music joke which I put in every single picture and I invariably cut it out.::Daisy: Yeah?::Sandy Bates: Um - the, eh, uh..."I don't know much about classic music. For years I thought the Golberg Variations were something Mr. and Mrs. Goldberg tried on their wedding night."

Sandy Bates: But shouldn't I stop making movies and do something that counts, like-like helping blind people or becoming a missionary or something?::Voice of Martian: Let me tell you, you're not the missionary type. You'd never last. And-and incidentally, you're also not Superman; you're a comedian. You want to do mankind a real service? Tell funnier jokes.

Vivian Orkin: In this film, he played the part of God.::Ghost of Sandy Bates: This was not easy, folks, because, uh, you know, I-I-I didn't know what the hell I was doing, and I don't have a good voice for God.::Vivian Orkin: And he received an Academy Award for his convincing portrayal of God... although they had to use another actor's voice.

The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956)

Actors: Peter Leeds (actor), Carl M. Leviness (actor), Ethan Laidlaw (actor), Mike Lally (actor), Tom Coleman (actor), Eugene Borden (actor), Kenner G. Kemp (actor), Ernest Borgnine (actor), Clancy Cooper (actor), Robert Banas (actor), Dan Dailey (actor), Paul Bradley (actor), Franklyn Farnum (actor), Joseph Forte (actor), Peter Mamakos (actor),

Plot: Ray Henderson joins Buddy De Sylva and Lew Brown to form a successful 1920s musical show writing team. They soon have several hits on Broadway but De Sylva's personal ambition leads to friction as the other two increasingly feel left out of things.

Keywords: ambition, broadway-manhattan-new-york-city, claim-in-title, manhattan-new-york-city, new-york-city
Genres: Biography, Musical,
Taglines: John O'Hara's flaming portrait of the jazz age... and the guys and gals who made it Zing!