Nine of Hearts (2011)
Actors:
Annie Collins (editor),
Gentiane Lupi (actress),
Briar Grace Smith (writer),
Briar Grace Smith (director),
Warren Maxwell (composer),
Kelly Joseph (writer),
Alexandra Keeble (producer),
Ruby Arahanga (actor),
Mairehau Grace-Smith (actor),
Natalya Maynard (actress),
Sunny Amey (actor),
Plot: After great tragedy, what would you wish for? Trembling with energy and a kind of hybrid Maori-Pakeha spiritual magic, Nine of Hearts is a short film unlike any other to emerge from New Zealand. Nine of Hearts is about the cards Gen, a Pakeha mother, has already been dealt, and the cards she is choosing to play now. Dealt the 'wishcard' in a tarot reading, Gen must decide what to wish for: a life she feels has been taken from her, or a new life in which old masks are left behind. Drawn forward by her two high-pitched fairy children, Gen must ultimately confront Nola, her teenaged Maori daughter, who has a wisdom beyond her years and a fury at her mother to match.
Genres:
Drama,
Family,
Short,
Made for Each Other (2009)
Actors:
George Segal (actor),
Zorinah Juan (producer),
Patrick Warburton (actor),
Adrian Martinez (actor),
Danny Masterson (actor),
Samm Levine (actor),
Andrew van den Houten (producer),
Ryan Shore (composer),
Andrew van den Houten (actor),
Michael Bevins (costume designer),
Bijou Phillips (actress),
Debargo Sanyal (actor),
Christopher Masterson (producer),
Christopher Masterson (actor),
Logan Fry (actor),
Plot: The best part of any marriage is consummating it. However, after 3 months of a sexless marriage, Dan finds himself in the throes of casual sex with another woman. Dan decides the only way to morally rectify this is, of course, to get his wife to cheat on him and thus he sets out to find the right man to even the score.
Keywords: adultery, bachelor-party, brother-in-law-sister-in-law-relationship, cameo, chicken-wing, divorced-parents, dwarf-tossing, father-in-law-son-in-law-relationship, female-nudity, flashback
Genres:
Comedy,
Waterworld (1995)
Actors:
Sean Whalen (actor),
Kevin Costner (producer),
Sab Shimono (actor),
Robert LaSardo (actor),
Robert Joy (actor),
John Fleck (actor),
Jack Kehler (actor),
Kim Coates (actor),
Kevin Costner (actor),
Jack Black (actor),
Dennis Hopper (actor),
Lee Arenberg (actor),
Michael Jeter (actor),
Lawrence Gordon (producer),
John Davis (producer),
Plot: The polar ice caps have melted, and the earth is covered by water. The remaining people travel the seas, in search of survival. Several different societies exist. The Mariner falls from his customary and solitary existence into having to care for a woman and a young girl while being pursued by the evil forces of the Deacon.
Keywords: bag, bare-butt, blockbuster, boat, boat-chase, boots, box-office-flop, cage, child-prostitution, cigarette-smoking
Genres:
Action,
Adventure,
Sci-Fi,
Thriller,
Taglines: Beyond the horizon lies the secret to a new beginning.
Quotes:
Deacon: Don't just stand there, kill something!
Deacon: Well, I'll be damned. It's the gentleman guppy. You know, he's like a turd that won't flush.
Deacon: If I ever see him again, I'm going to cut open his head and eat his brain.
Deacon: Dry land is not just our destination, it is our destiny!
[speaking of dry land]::Mariner: Because I haven't seen it. And I've sailed further than most men have dreamed.
Deacon: Look, it's the gentleman guppy.
Deacon: He'll see what's left of you in a goddamn jar!
Enola: He doesn't have a name so Death can't find him!
Deacon: Wanna cigarette? You're never too young to start.
Mariner: What are the markings on her back?::Helen: Some say it's the way to dry land.::Mariner: Dry land is a myth.::Helen: No, you said it yourself, that you've seen it.::Mariner: You're a fool to believe in something you've never seen.::Helen: But the things on your boat...!::Mariner: The things on my boat, what?::Helen: There are things on your boat that no one has ever seen. These shells, the music box and the reflecting glass. Well, if not from dry land, then where? Where?::Mariner: You wanna see dry land? You really wanna see it? I'll take you there.