Everybody's Fine (2009)

Actors: Ted Field (producer), Massimo De Rita (writer), Melissa Leo (actress), Vittorio Cecchi Gori (producer), Kate Beckinsale (actress), Lynn Cohen (actress), Jason Harris (actor), Sam Rockwell (actor), Brendan Sexton III (actor), Robert De Niro (actor), Drew Barrymore (actress), James Frain (actor), Scott Cohen (actor), Giuseppe Tornatore (writer), Tonino Guerra (writer),

Plot: Frank Goode lives by himself in Elmira, NY, a recent widower with heart trouble, retired from a factory job, proud of having pushed his adult children toward success. In the summer, all four kids bail on a reunion, so, against doctor's orders, Frank decides to surprise each with a visit. He sets out to see his artist son in New York City, his daughter the ad exec in Chicago, his son the conductor on tour and presently in Denver, and his daughter who's a performer in Vegas. None are as he imagines or hopes. Will they let him see themselves as they are, and can this dad adapt?

Keywords: airplane-trip, ambulance, art, art-gallery, bus-trip, christmas, concert-hall, death, doctor, drug-overdose
Genres: Adventure, Drama,
Taglines: Frank wanted the holidays to be picture perfect. What he got was family. Frank's travelling light but carrying excess baggage (UK Quad)

Quotes:

[first lines]::Butcher: You Keeping busy?::Frank Goode: Yeah, I've been busy.::Butcher: Busy doin' what?::Frank Goode: Busy in the garden.::Butcher: [wryly] In the garden, you know what, you're missing work, that's what, I can see that.::Frank Goode: No I'm not missing work.::Butcher: Yeah, you miss the buzz and the jokes and the guys, I know that, don't tell me that's not true.

Wine Man: Well, we got wines from all over the world. We got, uh, English wines from France, we got Italian wines from all over Europe.

Frank Goode: [showing photos of his children to a stranger] A million feet of wire to get them where they are today.

Hooker: You wanna see my leg?::Frank Goode: Wanna see mine?

Rosie: We could just talk to mom.::Frank Goode: Oh, but you couldn't just talk to me?::Rosie: Well she was a good listener, you were a good talker.::Frank Goode: Well so that's good, we made a good team.

Art Gallery Girl: He used to say that if it wasn't for his dad he never would have become an artist. He said he would have ended up painting walls, and that dogs pee on walls...

[last lines]::Frank Goode: If you would ask me I would have to say in all honesty, Everybody's fine. Everybody's fine.

Young Man in Diner #1: I'm 94. I keep away from the doctors.::Frank Goode: Boy.::Young Man in Diner #1: I have three children, six grandchildren. They're busy. They're too busy to talk to me. I gotta make an appointment. They got lost some place. They don't need anybody. People changed, life is changed. Today, you shake hands with somebody, you gotta count your fingers to make sure you got five fingers back.

Amy: I tell you the good news and spare you the bad. Isn't that what mom used to do for you when we were kids?

Colleen: We got ourselves an epidemic going on out there. You know, people eating too much, drinking too much, killing themselves, basically. Making up excuses all along the way. Because facing up to the truth ain't always easy. Man, people like things easy. That's what they're used to. No one likes to get hurt. No. Nobody likes to get hurt.

Chuchelo (1984)

Actors: Svetlana Kryuchkova (actress), Rolan Bykov (actor), Rolan Bykov (director), Rolan Bykov (writer), Yuriy Nikulin (actor), Yelena Sanayeva (actress), Christina Orbakaite (actress), Oleg Shtefanko (actor), Vladimir Zheleznikov (writer), Vladimir Zheleznikov (writer), Sofiya Gubajdulina (composer), Pavel Sanaev (actor), Lyudmila Yelyan (editor), Olga Tokareva (actress), Oleg Osetinsky (actor),

Genres: Drama,

Quotes:

Lena Bessoltseva: Do you know why you're so smart? Because you are very modest. Therefore, you are so beautiful.

Laulava sydän (1948)

Actors: Tauno Palo (actor), Ossi Runne (actor), Joel Asikainen (actor), Mauri Jaakkola (actor), Ville Salminen (actor), Rauha Rentola (actress), Kauko Kokkonen (actor), Ossi Korhonen (actor), Aarne Laine (actor), Topo Leistelä (actor), Ossi Elstelä (actor), Tarmo Manni (actor), Carl-Erik Creutz (actor), Toivo Kärki (composer), T.J. Särkkä (producer),

Genres: Comedy, Musical,

Rose of Washington Square (1939)

Actors: Herbert Ashley (actor), Brooks Benedict (actor), Ed Brady (actor), Ralph Brooks (actor), Paul E. Burns (actor), Maurice Cass (actor), Hobart Cavanaugh (actor), Chick Chandler (actor), Eddy Chandler (actor), E.E. Clive (actor), Edward Cooper (actor), Hal K. Dawson (actor), Edgar Dearing (actor), Ralph Dunn (actor), Murray Alper (actor),

Plot: New York city in the 1920s: a singer struggles to keep her boyfriend from trouble. When she makes it to Ziegfeld, he heads for five years in jail. Lots of Faye and Jolson singing. The story is so close to the true story of Fanny Brice and Nicky Arnstein (Jules W. Arndt Stein) that he sued the studio in a case that was quickly settled out of court in his favor.

Keywords: 1910s, 1920s, blackface, broadway-manhattan-new-york-city, burlesque, dance-number, deception, down-and-out, friendship, loan-shark
Genres: Drama, Musical,

The Pinch Singer (1936)

Actors: Chet Brandenburg (actor), Hal Roach (producer), Delmar Watson (actor), David Sharpe (actor), Jerry Tucker (actor), Darla Hood (actress), Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas (actor), Charlie Hall (actor), Marvin Hatley (actor), George 'Spanky' McFarland (actor), Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer (actor), Dickie Jones (actor), Lester Dorr (actor), Fred C. Newmeyer (director), Jack Jevne (writer),

Genres: Comedy, Family, Short,