Merry Christmas! (2007)
Actors:
Alaric Rocha (editor),
Alaric Rocha (director),
Alaric Rocha (writer),
Alaric Rocha (producer),
Mike Trippiedi (actor),
Sasan Shabrou (actor),
Cara Maurizi (actress),
Leila Ramagopal (actress),
Leila Ramagopal (producer),
Greg Trumbold (actor),
Frank Rocha (actor),
Jim Dobbs (actor),
Janice Rothbaum (actress),
John Dowers (actor),
Sherry Rocha (producer),
Plot: George Bailey hates Christmas. His familiar name frustrates him even more around the season. However this Christmas seems to be the worst, despite George's attempt to make this Christmas better by proposing to his girlfriend, Bess. This Christmas may be his last. Grandma, Pastor Wainwright, a Star Wars geek, a crazy ex-girlfriend, two assassins and a mysterious Bandito surround George and Bess in front of the Christmas tree. Everyone has a unique and bizarre story as to how they ended up pointing pistols, shot guns and rifles at each other, but they're all there for the same reason. A $500,000 engagement ring George has for Bess. However the ring is missing! Things look bleak, but George does have friends.
Keywords: bandito, christmas, crazy-ex, dark-comedy, explosion, ring, santa-claus
Genres:
Action,
Comedy,
Comedy,
Crime,
Short,
Short,
A Boyfriend for Christmas (2004)
Actors:
Michael Moran (producer),
Nick Lombardo (producer),
H. Daniel Gross (producer),
Larry Levinson (producer),
Ken Howard (actor),
Kyle A. Clark (producer),
Rodger Bumpass (actor),
Jean Pierre Bergeron (actor),
Robert Halmi Jr. (producer),
Patrick Muldoon (actor),
Martin Mull (actor),
Charles Durning (actor),
Alan Shearman (actor),
Steven Squillante (producer),
Joel S. Rice (producer),
Plot: Holly is not looking forward to Xmas. Her brother has a wife and kids to bring to their parents' house. She hasn't had a boyfriend since Ted. Holly loved Ted but he broke her heart when he chose to break up with her when he was transferred to an out of town newspaper owned by his family's publishing empire. Oh, and work is unrewarding--today the woman Holly was helping failed to regain custody of her kids when pro bono lawyer Ryan Hughes never showed up at the hearing. Knowing she will never meet Hughes, Holly has to settle for dictating a nasty letter to him. Holly's friend Diane tries to perk her up by promising to send her a great Xmas present. So when a handsome man with a Xmas tree knocks at her door, she realizes Douglas Firwood is her present and she can take him home to her parents for the day as a boyfriend she is serious about. Holly thinks the day is going perfectly--she and Doug are hitting it off, her family likes Doug, and her family believes every fact about Doug that she dreams up on the spur of the moment. There are three truths she doesn't realize: her brother's wife foresees great professional advancement if she can get his new boss Ted married to Holly so Ted is coming over, Diane's gift to Holly was a great bottle of booze, and how unbelievably coincidental it is that the man showing up at her door carrying a Douglas fir should claim to be named Douglas Firwood.
Keywords: assumed-identity, bench, bmw, brother-sister-relationship, child-custody, christmas, christmas-day, christmas-party, christmas-present, christmas-tree-lot
Genres:
Comedy,
Drama,
Family,
Romance,
Taglines: Some Wishes Do Come True...
Quotes:
Beth: Diane got you a man for Christmas! Where was she when I was single?
Ted Powell: Beth.::Beth: Ted. [Ted exits] Still bathing in cologne, I smell.
Young Holly Grant: [reading] A promised gift will come, my dear,::Young Holly Grant: A love that's true and steady,::Young Holly Grant: Between now and the end of the twentieth year,::Young Holly Grant: When two hearts are ready.::Young Holly Grant: [stops reading] Twenty years!
Harrison Lane: We're not finished here, Hughes.::Ryan Hughes: Maybe you're not. [exits]
Santa Claus: Santa client privilege.
Diane: The champagne is certainly helping me through my grief.
Ryan Hughes: MVP: most valuable player.::Holly Grant: No, most valuable present.
Carol Grant: Oh, great, mother-in-law couture.::Holly Grant: Carol, why don't you wear this one?::Carol Grant: But that's your dress.::Holly Grant: I'll find something in mom's closet.::Carol Grant: You would do that? For me?::Holly Grant: It's not a kidney, it's just a dress.
Santa Claus: Don't let the moment escape you, Ryan, or you may regret it forever.
Holly Grant: Have you ever been married?::Ryan Hughes: No, you?::Holly Grant: No.::Holly Grant: Do you think pets should be a: outside or b: on the furniture.::Ryan Hughes: a and b