Tar (2012)

Actors: Bruce Campbell (actor), James Franco (actor), Adam W. Rosen (miscellaneous crew), Vince Jolivette (producer), Jessica Chastain (actress), Vince Jolivette (actor), James Franco (producer), Mila Kunis (actress), Zach Braff (actor), Amber Fritz (miscellaneous crew), Miles Levy (producer), Sarah-Violet Bliss (miscellaneous crew), Sarah-Violet Bliss (writer), Sarah-Violet Bliss (director), Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo (director),

Plot: TAR is based on Pulitzer prize-winning poet CK Williams' collection of the same name. The film blends together adaptations of 11 of the poems to create a poetic road trip through CK William's life. The film takes us on a journey through several decades of American life from CK's childhood and adolescence in Detroit in the 1940s and 50s to the early 1980s: CK and his wife Catherine are married with their son Jed. CK prepares for a reading of 'Tar' in New York City, and spends his nights struggling to write new poems, haunted by memories of his past. As CK drives to his reading in New York City, he remembers central moments of his life: we come to experience and understand both his relationship to love and loss, and how he found his calling as a poet through the women in his life. The film takes us back and forth between past and present, punctuated by voice-over from CK Williams' poems, recreating the experience of memory and exploring how the fragments of one's man life can be turned into poetic expression: his loving relationship to his mother, his first sexual experiences as a teenager, his first love and the struggle to preserve a form of innocence and wonder, the illness and loss of a close friend, and finally his life together with Catherine.

Keywords: author, based-on-poem, biopic, flashback, husband-wife-relationship, independent-film, mother-son-relationship, one-word-title, period-drama, poet
Genres: Drama, Romance,
Taglines: A poetic look at author C.K. Williams' life over the course of 40 years.

Big Bother (2009)

Actors: Shawn Fields (editor), Shawn Fields (producer), Shawn Fields (actor), Shawn Fields (actor), Nicolas Read (actor), Nicolas Read (actor), Justin Marchert (writer), Justin Marchert (director), Justin Marchert (actor), Justin Marchert (actor), Justin Marchert (producer), Cameron Gordon (actor), Sebastian Vale (actor), Sebastian Vale (actor), Michael Klug (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Short,

Sierra Spirits (2009)

Actors: Jeff Sutherland (actor), Jon C. Carlson (actor), Bill Buck (producer), Kenneth Carlson (actor), Benjamin Wright (actor), Donald Brenon (actor), Gary Brummer (producer), Charles Gill (actor), Gary Brummer (director), Gary Brummer (writer), Ryan Dunigan (actor), Tiffany Blackwell (costume designer), Tiffany Blackwell (actress), Daniel Wright (actor), Floyd D.P. Oydegaard (actor),

Plot: Three of the goofiest cowboys in "1889" are hired by saloon owner (Buckshot) to hunt two dangerous men that robbed his saloon. These three goofy cowboys end up in a shootout at the okie dokie corral against the two robbers. Do they deliver the money to Buckshot and receive their reward or are they run out of town?

Keywords: independent-film
Genres: Comedy, Short,
Taglines: "Three of the goofiest cowboy's in the west"

Echoboom (2006)

Actors: Kelly May (actress), Mu Sun (miscellaneous crew), Kate Miner (actress), Brad Culver (actor), Brandon Driscoll-Luttringer (editor), Justin Krook (composer), Justin Krook (editor), Justin Krook (director), Justin Krook (producer), Gregg Strouse (actor), Max Crumm (actor), Zack Jerome (producer), Zack Jerome (writer), Dave Schechtman (composer), Zack Jerome (actor),

Plot: Jonah and his college friends are facing the real world. Unified by beer and uncertainty, Echoboom is an existential romp through private school life in the digital age. The last six months of college (starting with the 2004 Election Night) are played out through the prisms of young Democrats and Republicans, unrequited love, apathy, ignorance, the Internet, and general debauchery. Jonah battles his baby-boomer parents' wishes for him to become a lawyer as he tries to buy time to find some meaning, if only he could stay sober. Ultimately, Echoboom is a film about the next generation flooding the workforce, the heavy achievers destined to move back home with their parents. It takes friends to figure out life isn't a journey, it's a destination.

Genres: Comedy,
Taglines: Unified by Beer and Uncertainty.

Quotes:

Matty: How is your life gonna be any better with a [expletive] kid? You really want a little, you know, Evan running around? You're retarded, man. You can't even work a condom.::Matty: Everytime I see her in class I saw somebody needs to %#$@her and you did it. You #^$#ed her Jonah. You're the@%#@er.

Goldberg: I'm gonna stick around. I kinda wanna be here when the Big One happens. You know, it's gonna be crazy. We'll probably be high. There'll desks and chairs just flying. And like, childen.::Goldberg: Parliament Lights? Aw, man. These are for anorexics and cokeheads.

Tha Eastsidaz (2005)

Actors: David Jean Thomas (actor), Xzibit (actor), Snoop Dogg (producer), Snoop Dogg (actor), Daniel Zirilli (actor), Warren G. (actor), Mike Crawford (producer), Buddy Daniels (actor), Marlon Parry (producer), James Ent (miscellaneous crew), Lennox Brown (actor), Sean Christopher (actor), Makelaie (actor), Johnny Meyer (actor), Fred Ellis (actor),

Plot: Snap, Crackle, and Pop are top dogs in the Eastsidaz gang in Long Beach. Pop, also known as Killa, is the alpha dog. He has Crackle and Snap set up a big drug deal that's going to put him on easy street. But Crackle and Snap have their own agenda: they kill the suppliers, take a suitcase of money, and set up Killa to take the fall. Stuck in the state pen in Chino, Killa has his gang figure out what really happened while he hatches an escape plan. Meanwhile, Crackle has kidnaped Killa's sweetie, Booboo, and the government has confiscated his assets. Can Killa Pop escape Chino, rescue Booboo, exact revenge, find the loot, and elude the police?

Genres: Action, Crime,

I Choose 2 Be Me (2003)

Actors: J. Swain (writer), J. Swain (writer), J. Swain (director), J. Swain (editor), J. Swain (producer), Teck Holmes (actor), Teck Holmes (actor), Nefetari Spencer (actress), Eric Bivens-Bush (actor), Tammi Rashonda (actress), Tra'reae Hale (actress), Clare Calvo (actress), Clare Calvo (producer), Dana Rosario (actress), J.P. Wade (actor),

Genres: Drama,
Taglines: I choose 2 be me proves that we shape our own fate---a fate that we can't escape!

Tequila Body Shots (1999)

Actors: Irwin Keyes (actor), John Duffy (actor), John Duffy (producer), Henry Darrow (actor), Joseph Lawrence (actor), Mike Tristano (miscellaneous crew), John Duffy (producer), Claudine Strasser (miscellaneous crew), Jennifer Lyons (actress), Rick Hicks (miscellaneous crew), Richard Azurdia (miscellaneous crew), Rob Benedict (actor), Nathan Anderson (actor), Ian Jacklin (actor), Paul Renteria (actor),

Plot: Three buddies discover a road trip for a party in Mexico can take more out of you than expected. Things begin to take a strange turn when Johnny gets mind reading powers from a medicine man's magical tequila. Johnny's friends want him to use these powers to get women but Johnny's mind is only on the beautiful Tamlyn. Reaching Tamlyn proves more challenging when Johnny realizes that not only is her punk ex-boyfriend stalking her but also that Tamlyn's past life's husband, Hector, wants her back! Johnny and his friends are in for the adventure of their lives as they race to save Tamlyn - and themselves - from the clutches of Hector at a deadly party in hell. Luckily, our heros have time to squeeze in an enlightening round of truth or dare, drink themselves silly, and, oh yeah, get laid. The comical escapades are tied together by tequila body shots which are not only fun to drink but also conjure the souls of the dead back to life!

Keywords: grim-reaper, halloween, halloween-party, hell, independent-film, mexico, mind-reading, supernatural, tequila
Genres: Comedy, Horror, Thriller,
Taglines: Would you die for love? Party for the twisted When the Party Starts Reality Ends The day of the dead is nothing compared to the night. Lick it. Slam it. Suck it. Next round's on you. You are invited to one Hell of a party.

Ghost of a Chance (1987)

Actors: Tom Butler (actor), Redd Foxx (actor), Jack Jessop (actor), Sean McCann (actor), Dick Van Dyke (actor), Timothy Webber (actor), Charles Bernstein (composer), Don Taylor (director), Geoffrey Holder (actor), Richard Romanus (actor), Robert Romanus (actor), Barbara Eve Harris (actress), Brian Campbell (miscellaneous crew), Brynn Thayer (actress), Sam Strangis (producer),

Plot: A piano player is accidentally shot and killed by a policeman. He is sent back to earth to get the cop to help his son audition for a talent search, and in the process the detective discovers a ring of drug dealers and determines to break it.

Keywords: angel
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy,

Car Wash (1976)

Actors: Pepe Serna (actor), Richard Pryor (actor), Henry Kingi (actor), Bill Duke (actor), Clarence Muse (actor), Garrett Morris (actor), Antonio Fargas (actor), Carmine Caridi (actor), George Carlin (actor), Arthur French (actor), Ben Frommer (actor), Danny DeVito (actor), Benny Baker (actor), Brooke Adams (actress), Tim Thomerson (actor),

Plot: Car Wash is about a close-knit group of employees who one day have all manner of strange visitors coming onto their forecourt, including Richard Pryor as a preaching 'wonder-man' who is loved by most but loathed by one, and a man who looks like a thief by the way he is holding his bottle, but it is really his urine sample as he is off to the hospital. T.C's love life takes a turn for the better and the songs keep coming.

Keywords: african-american, armed-robbery, attempted-robbery, automobile, bad-smell, black-american, body-cast, business, car-wash, city
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance,
Taglines: Hey, it's a '70s thing! [Video Title]

Quotes:

[Duane has just thrown Irwin's book into a bucket of water]::Lindy: I'm so tired of you running off at your mouth it's getting me down honey. Why don't you just leave? And be an assassin? Or is the only thing you're good at shooting off is your big mouth?::Duane: Will you please get out of my face you sorry looking faggot.::Lindy: Who you calling sorry looking?::[Everybody laughs]::Duane: Can't ya'll see "she" aint funny?::[laughter stops]::Duane: She's just another poor example of how the system is destroying our men.::Lindy: Honey, I'm more man than you'll ever be and more woman than you'll ever get.

Daddy Rich: The best place for money, is right here in my pocket.

Duane: Why don't you tell everybody how you "got so rich" Daddy Rich? This is one nigger you aint fooling! I'm onto the game you're running to these people here.::Daddy Rich: What can I do for you, brother?::Duane: The same thing you're doing for everyone else. Nothing!::Daddy Rich: Guess you don't believe in my church. The Church of Divine Economic Spiritual Light.::Duane: Yeah, that's right. I don't belive in it.::Daddy Rich: So, you don't belive in God?::Duane: Not "your" God. I'm a Muslim.::Daddy Rich: My God's doing all right by me. Why don't you come on board brother, and I'll take you nearer to God thy hee, and I'll show you everything it takes to make it with money. 'Cause it's better to have money than not having it. There is a good place in this world for money and I know where it is. It's right here in my pocket!::Duane: You talkin' just like a pimp!::[everyone jeers and looks as Duane with scorn]

Earl: Where were you yesterday Daune? [annoyed Daune slams open his locker door which narrowly misses Earl] And you're late today *Duane*!::Duane: Will you get outta my face Earl and my name is Abdullah Mohamed Akbar, alright?::Earl: Mohamed Akbar? Ha Ha Ha Ha.

Duane: [to camera] If you are watching this in the future, know that time has had its way with us, and that we knew it would. And it will with you. There is no escaping this. In a strange way, it's what makes life so beautiful and strange, that nothing alive stays the same.

Lonnie: Mr. B, about Abdullah... I'm really sorry about Abdullah. I know he's really wired up. I wish you'd think about giving him another chance.::Mr. B: I gave him a thousand chances. That's it! I don't want that belligerent trouble maker around my car wash anymore.::Lonnie: Mr. B, the man is just confused. He really is.::Mr. B: Lonnie, now is not the time.::Lonnie: Mr. B, every week I keep trying to talk to you, and every week you keep telling me "now is not the time". I've been working for you for over a year now. When is it gonna be time?::Mr. B: Look, I don't want to talk to you anymore about Duane! Okay?::Lonnie: Okay, let's don't talk about "Duane". Let's talk about me. I got to have more money, Mr. B. And I can't make it on what your payin' me right now. I've got two children to raise all by myself.::Mr. B: Lonnie, I can't. That Blue Bird Car Wash down the street is driving me out of business...::Lonnie: Mr. B, I keep telling you, you've got a big lot here! If you organize this thing right and spend a little money here and there, you could be making twice as much as you are now!::Mr. B: Lonnie, I know you've got ideas. You've got ideas. Don't I always pay you extra for opening and closing?::[shaking his head with frustration and disgust, Lonnie walks out]

Lindy: I'm more man than you'll ever be, and more woman than you'll ever get!

The Taxi Driver: You probably noticed I ain't got nothing against you people. I ain't got nothing against you people. I ain't got nothing against any people. That's what I think we need, is more love in the world. I don't know about marriage, I don't know if I'd go that far. But, ah, I believe in the lunch counter thing. I think if a guy wants to be able to get something to eat, he oughta be able to get something to eat, you know. [honking and yelling at traffic] C'mon, let's move it up there! What is this, a Mobil gas economy rush? C'mon, what's going on? Bunch o' bastards! Move it!

[repeated line]::The Taxi Driver: Did you happen to see a big, tall, black, blonde chick here?

Hippo: Boy, there's been some weird people in here today.

Dead to the World (1961)

Actors: Ford Rainey (actor), John McLiam (actor), Nicholas Webster (director), Philip Kenneally (actor), Leon B. Stevens (actor), Michael Gorrin (actor), Drew Pearson (actor), Joseph Julian (actor), John Roeburt (writer), Jana Pearce (actress), Reedy Talton (actor), Charlie Byrd (composer), Maggie O'Neill (actress), Len Doyle (actor), Casey Peyson (actress),

Genres: Crime, Drama,
Taglines: Stab-in-the-back seals a deadly secret!