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The Aztec people were certain ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who dominated large parts of Mesoamerica from the 14th to 16th centuries. "Aztec" (Nahuatl pronunciation: [astekaʔ]) is the Nahuatl word for "people from Aztlan", a mythological place for the Nahuatl-speaking culture of the time, and later adopted as the word to define the Mexica people. Often the term "Aztec" refers exclusively to the Mexica people of Tenochtitlan (now the location of Mexico City), situated on an island in Lake Texcoco, who referred to themselves as Mexica Tenochca or Colhua-Mexica.
Sometimes the term also includes the inhabitants of Tenochtitlan's two principal allied city-states, the Acolhuas of Texcoco and the Tepanecs of Tlacopan, who together with the Mexica formed the Aztec Triple Alliance which controlled what is often known as "the Aztec Empire". In other contexts, Aztec may refer to all the various city states and their peoples, who shared large parts of their ethnic history and cultural traits with the Mexica, Acolhua and Tepanecs, and who often also used the Nahuatl language as a lingua franca. In this meaning it is possible to talk about an Aztec civilization including all the particular cultural patterns common for most of the peoples inhabiting Central Mexico in the late postclassic period.
Actors: Jesse Garcia (actor), Peter Tahoe (actor), Daniella Alonso (producer), Jeff Torres (actor), Daniella Alonso (actress), Daniella Alonso (director), Andrew Hamrick (actor), Michael Sidisin Jr. (producer), Michael Sidisin Jr. (writer), Onahoua Rodriguez (actress), Michael Sidisin Jr. (miscellaneous crew), Michael Sidisin Jr. (actor), Piper Major (actress), Ervin Ross (actor), Piper Major (actress),
Plot: The misadventures of a quick-witted self-proclaimed know it all (Lefty) and his, the world owes me something in a big way, friend (Merde). The story takes place 3-months after these two lie to win an Extreme Home Makeover smack dab in the middle of a non-posh town! Not really knowing the ramifications that go along with having such a nice dwelling and what it takes to keep the house running on all cylinders; these two imbeciles try and do anything possible to keep the lights on, which are including but not limited to...engineering a cult, bamboozling anybody and everybody for sex, drugs, money, social status, personal entertainment and last but not least, s&gs; ! No ethnic group or race will be spared of a thrashing on this program, that's a fact! They try to accomplish a feat that many have tried but few have succeeded in, which is, to do things really good without really doing anything at all!
Keywords: alcohol, alcoholic, arrogance, bad-behavior, best-friend, black-comedy, childhood-friend, cigarette-smoking, classical-art, crazy-humorActors: Alex Orlovsky (producer), Paul Zucker (editor), Vikram Gandhi (producer), Tilly Scott Pedersen (actress), Sophie Sutton (actress), Luis Gispert (writer), Luis Gispert (director), Wendy Wolfe (actress), Enrique Miron (actor), Enrique Miron (actor), Ray Wu (actor), Erika Lucas (actress), Jeffrey James Reed (writer), Ray Wu (actor), Tom Meredith (composer),
Plot: Stereomongrel is a ten minute experimental film which explores the effects of two disparate worlds colliding. Witnessed through the eyes of a gifted twelve year old girl, high and low culture clash in the neutral battle field of a museum. Filmed in Super 35 mm, Stereomongrel style can be described as "hyper, supra, and marvelous real," through the use of 3-D animation, stop-motion animation, and highly choreographed tableaux or set pieces. Genres that are blended and tweaked by this uniquely hybridized film include psychological/supernatural thrillers, Italian horror movies from the 70s and 80s, and the unattainable ideals - both physical and economic - found in hip-hop music videos and fashion magazines.
Genres: Short,Actors: Sunnyi Melles (actress), Nada Pinter (miscellaneous crew), Pierre Clémenti (actor), Helmut Förnbacher (actor), Eduard Linkers (actor), Charles Regnier (actor), Dominique Sanda (actress), Max von Sydow (actor), Alfred Baillou (actor), Irving Lerner (editor), Silvia Reize (actress), Carla Romanelli (actress), Roy Bosier (miscellaneous crew), Roy Bosier (actor), George Gruntz (composer),
Plot: In the bourgeois circles of Europe after the Great War, can anything save the modern man? Harry Haller, a solitary intellectual, has all his life feared his dual nature of being human and being a beast. He's decided to die on his 50th birthday, which is soon. He's rescued from his solipsism by the mysterious Hermine, who takes him dancing, introduces him to jazz and to the beautiful and whimsical Maria, and guides him into the hallucinations of the Magic Theater, which seem to take him into Hell. Can humor, sin, and derision lead to salvation?
Keywords: based-on-book, based-on-novel, classical-music, dance-lesson, dancing, death, female-nudity, independent-film, jazz-musician, kissActors: Fortunato Misiano (producer), Piero Pierotti (writer), Dada Gallotti (actress), Nino Vingelli (actor), Amedeo Trilli (actor), Arpad DeRiso (writer), Federico Boido (actor), Wolfgang Lukschy (actor), Gilberto Galimberti (actor), Pierre Cressoy (actor), Carlo Tamberlani (actor), Umberto Spadaro (actor), Bruno Scipioni (actor), Andrea Scotti (actor), Angelo Francesco Lavagnino (composer),
Genres: Western,Actors: Julian Rivero (actor), Tyrone Power (actor), Alan Mowbray (actor), John Burton (actor), Gilberto González (actor), Thomas Gomez (actor), Harry Carter (actor), Reed Hadley (actor), Robert Karnes (actor), Lee J. Cobb (actor), Marc Lawrence (actor), Robert Adler (actor), Chris-Pin Martin (actor), Antonio Moreno (actor), Roy Roberts (actor),
Plot: Spain, 1518: young caballero Pedro De Vargas offends his sadistic neighbor De Silva, who just happens to be an officer of the Inquisition. Forced to flee, Pedro, friend Juan Garcia, and adoring servant girl Catana join Cortez' first expedition to Mexico. Arriving in the rich new land, Cortez decides to switch from exploration to conquest...with only 500 men. Embroiled in continuous adventures and a romantic interlude, Pedro almost forgets he has a deadly enemy...
Keywords: 1510s, 16th-century, alcoholic, aztec-indian, based-on-novel, beach, caballero, carrack, catholic, cauterizationActors: Julian Rivero (actor), Tyrone Power (actor), Alan Mowbray (actor), John Burton (actor), Gilberto González (actor), Thomas Gomez (actor), Harry Carter (actor), Reed Hadley (actor), Robert Karnes (actor), Lee J. Cobb (actor), Marc Lawrence (actor), Robert Adler (actor), Chris-Pin Martin (actor), Antonio Moreno (actor), Roy Roberts (actor),
Plot: Spain, 1518: young caballero Pedro De Vargas offends his sadistic neighbor De Silva, who just happens to be an officer of the Inquisition. Forced to flee, Pedro, friend Juan Garcia, and adoring servant girl Catana join Cortez' first expedition to Mexico. Arriving in the rich new land, Cortez decides to switch from exploration to conquest...with only 500 men. Embroiled in continuous adventures and a romantic interlude, Pedro almost forgets he has a deadly enemy...
Keywords: 1510s, 16th-century, alcoholic, aztec-indian, based-on-novel, beach, caballero, carrack, catholic, cauterizationActors: Nicolas Amato (actor), Charles Aznavour (actor), Lucien Callamand (actor), Saturnin Fabre (actor), Marcel Mouloudji (actor), Jean Murat (actor), Rognoni (actor), Claude May (actress), Serge Grave (actor), Jacques Daroy (director), Jean Buquet (actor), Wal Berg (composer), Jacques Maury (writer), Gabriel Farguette (actor), Louis Pergaud (writer),
Genres: Drama,