Beruseruku: Ougon jidai-hen III - Kourin (2013)

Actors: Michael Sinterniklaas (director), Takahiro Sakurai (actor), Kazuki Yao (actor), Rikiya Koyama (actor), Kenta Miyake (actor), Carrie Keranen (actress), Kevin T. Collins (actor), Shirô Sagisu (composer), Jon Avner (actor), Yûki Kaji (actor), Minako Kotobuki (actress), Hiroaki Iwanaga (actor), Marc Diraison (actor), Kentaro Miura (writer), Toshiyuki Kubooka (director),

Plot: A year has passed since Guts parted ways with Griffith. The Band of the Hawks is plotting a rescue mission to save Griffith who is confined to prison. One night, a group of assassins attack the band, and a bloody battle for survival begins. Just as things are beginning to look grim for them, Guts reappears and saves them. Guts rejoins his friends and embarks on a mission to save Griffith, however.

Genres: Action, Animation, Fantasy, Horror,

Beruseruku: Ougon jidai-hen I - Haou no tamago (2012)

Actors: Michael Sorich (actor), Doug Erholtz (actor), Lisa Ortiz (actress), Hôchû Ôtsuka (actor), Takahiro Sakurai (actor), Kazuki Yao (actor), Rachael Lillis (actress), Jesse Corti (actor), Patrick Seitz (actor), David Brimmer (actor), Rikiya Koyama (actor), Kenta Miyake (actor), Aki Toyosaki (actress), Carrie Keranen (actress), Chris Jai Alex (actor),

Plot: This arc is a flashback showing Guts' youth and what led him to become the "Black Swordsman". Guts grows up as a young mercenary until his enrollment in the Band of the Hawk. He develops complex relationships with Casca and Griffith, the Band's charismatic leader and holder of the Crimson Behelit, who leads the Band to its rise to prominence within the Midland army. Griffith is elevated from his commoner status to the nobility, causing some resentment, and after sleeping with the King's daughter, Griffith is imprisoned, and the Hawks are declared outlaws. The Hawks manage to rescue Griffith, only to find him broken mentally and physically. From a conventional medieval European background, the story shifts to fantasy and horror, with the apparition of the Eclipse ceremony that ends with the destruction of the Band, as per Griffith's sacrifice in order to become Femto, the fifth member of the God Hand, and reclaim his path towards his dream. Only with help from the enigmatic Skull Knight, were Guts and Casca able to survive. Unbelievably distraught over what transpired, Guts vows vengeance against Griffith and commits to his own personal war against the entities known as Apostles that slaughtered the Band of the Hawk.

Keywords: gore
Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Fantasy, War,

Quotes:

Griffith: Why do men like to shed blood, you asked. You are right in saying that it is one of the facets we, men, possess. However, it is but a tool to obtain what our heart desires and keep it from harm's way. I believe it to be a double-edged blade.::Charlotte: What your heart desires... a lover? A knight's honor?::Griffith: Both are important, aren't they? Fighting and dying for love and honor is what a knight desires above all else. But for men there exists something even more important than that. You know of it, I believe.::Charlotte: More important?::Griffith: It is a dream formulated and fostered for your own sake. Men are entranced by their dreams regardless of birth, rank or social standing. The dream supports them. It makes them suffer and it breathes new life into them. And it kills them. Even after they've given up on it, it continues to smolder in their hearts. All men have a dream at least once in their lives. They imagine themselves being martyrs to the God their dream has become. Others live on powerlessly, birthed into the world. I could not endure such a life.

Beruseruku: Ougon jidai-hen II - dorudorei koryaku (2012)

Actors: Michael Sinterniklaas (director), Doug Erholtz (actor), Takahiro Sakurai (actor), Sean Schemmel (actor), Kazuki Yao (actor), Rachael Lillis (actress), Patrick Seitz (actor), Rikiya Koyama (actor), Kenta Miyake (actor), Carrie Keranen (actress), Chris Jai Alex (actor), Kevin T. Collins (actor), Shirô Sagisu (composer), Yûki Kaji (actor), Hiroaki Iwanaga (actor),

Plot: For three years, Guts believed his mission was to pursue Griffith's dream together with him. But in order to become Griffith's equal and truly be called his friend, Guts realizes he will have to leave the Band of the Hawk. At the same time, a bloody battle to capture the impenetrable Fortress of Doldrey from the Empire of Chuder is about to begin. The Band of the Hawk will face an army 30,000 strong!

Genres: Animation,

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Actors: Dominic Monaghan (actor), Viggo Mortensen (actor), Ian McKellen (actor), Sean Astin (actor), Christopher Lee (actor), Bernard Hill (actor), Peter Jackson (actor), Brad Dourif (actor), Orlando Bloom (actor), Billy Boyd (actor), Ian Holm (actor), John Bach (actor), Sean Bean (actor), Andy Serkis (actor), John Rhys-Davies (actor),

Plot: While Frodo & Sam continue to approach Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring, unaware of the path Gollum is leading them, the former Fellowship aid Rohan & Gondor in a great battle in the Pelennor Fields, Minas Tirith and the Black Gates as Sauron wages his last war against Middle-Earth.

Keywords: 41st-century-b.c., 5th-millennium-b.c., abyss, alliance, ancient-race, ancient-sword, animal-attack, animate-tree, archery, army-of-the-dead
Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy,
Taglines: The eye of the enemy is moving. This Christmas the journey ends. There can be no triumph without loss. No victory without suffering. No freedom without sacrifice.

Quotes:

Gandalf: He's suffered a defeat, yes, but... behind the walls of Mordor, our enemy is regrouping.::Gimli: Let him stay there. *Let him rot!* Why should we care?::Gandalf: Because ten-thousand Orcs now stand between Frodo and Mount Doom. I've sent him to his death.::Aragorn: No. There is still hope for Frodo. He needs time... and safe passage across the plains of Gorgoroth. We can give him that.::Gimli: How?::Aragorn: Draw out Sauron's armies. Empty his lands. Then we gather our full strength and march on the Black Gate.::Eomer: We cannot achieve victory through strength of arms.::Aragorn: Not for ourselves. But we can give Frodo his chance if we keep Sauron's Eye fixed upon us. Keep him blind to all else that moves.::Legolas: A diversion.::Gimli: Certainty of death, *small* chance of success... What are we waiting for?::Gandalf: Sauron will suspect a trap. He will not take the bait.::Aragorn: [knowingly] No, I think he will.

Sam: [reading the book's title] There and Back Again: A Hobbit's Tale by Bilbo Baggins, and The Lord of the Rings by Frodo Baggins. You finished it.::Frodo: Not quite. There's room for a little more.

Aragorn: We have time. Every day Frodo moves closer to Mordor.::Gandalf: Do we know that?::Aragorn: What does your heart tell you?::Gandalf: That Frodo is alive. Yes. Yes, he's alive.

Merry: [triumphantly, as Barad-Dur crumbles] Frodo! Frodo!

Aragorn: For Frodo!

Aragorn: Let the Lord of the Black Land come forth! Let justice be done upon him!::The Mouth of Sauron: My master, Sauron the Great, bids thee welcome. Is there any in this rout with authority to treat with me?::Gandalf: We do not come to treat with Sauron, faithless and accursed. Tell your master this: the armies of Mordor must disband. He is to depart these lands, never to return.::The Mouth of Sauron: Ahh, old Greybeard. I have a token I was bidden to show thee.::[Pulls out Frodo's mithril vest and throws it at them]::Pippin: [whispers] Frodo...::Gandalf: Silence.::Merry: No!::Gandalf: Silence!::The Mouth of Sauron: The halfling was dear to thee, I see. Know that he suffered greatly at the hands of his host. Who would've thought one so small could endure so much pain? And he did, Gandalf, he did.::[pause; Aragorn rides towards the Mouth of Sauron]::The Mouth of Sauron: And who is this? Isildur's heir? It takes more to make a King that a broken Elvish blade...::[Aragorn cuts off the Mouth of Sauron's head with one stroke of Anduril]::Gimli: I guess that concludes negotiations.::Aragorn: [to Gandalf] I do not believe it! I will not!

Sam: [Both are overcome by exhaustion] Do you remember the Shire, Mr. Frodo? It'll be spring soon. And the orchards will be in blossom. And the birds will be nesting in the hazel thicket. And they'll be sowing the summer barley in the lower fields... and eating the first of the strawberries with cream. Do you remember the taste of strawberries?::Frodo: No, Sam. I can't recall the taste of food... nor the sound of water... nor the touch of grass. I'm... naked in the dark, with nothing, no veil... between me... and the wheel of fire! I can see him... with my waking eyes!::Sam: Then let us be rid of it... once and for all! Come on, Mr. Frodo. I can't carry it for you... but I can carry you!

Sam: FRODO!::Frodo: I'm here, Sam.::Sam: Destroy it!::[Frodo holds the ring on its chain over the edge of the pit]::Sam: Go on! Now! Throw it in the fire!::[Frodo stares at the ring, the ring whispers to him]::Sam: What are you waiting for? Just let it go!::[Frodo turns and looks at Sam]::Frodo: The ring is mine.::[He snaps the chain and approaches the ring to his finger]::Sam: No... no...::[Frodo slips the ring on and vanishes]::Sam: NO!

Sam: [tearing the spider silk away from Frodo's face] Oh no! Frodo... Mr. Frodo, wake up... Don't leave me here alone. Don't go where I can't follow... Wake up.

Sam: I don't think there will be a return journey, Mr. Frodo.

Kenpû denki beruseruku (1997)

Actors: Lisa Ortiz (actress), Tara Sands (actress), Masaharu Satô (actor), Rachael Lillis (actress), Tesshô Genda (actor), Yuri Shiratori (actress), Akira Ishida (actor), Toshiyuki Morikawa (actor), Norio Wakamoto (actor), Kenji Utsumi (actor), Dan Green (actor), Wayne Grayson (actor), Fûrin Cha (actor), Akiko Yajima (actress), Veronica Taylor (actress),

Plot: Gatsu was brought up by a mercenary group since birth. After killing his guardian in self-defence, he runs away. Years later, he encounters Griffith and The Band of the Hawk. The Hawks fight for the King of Midland, and after winning the 100-year war against the neighbouring Chuda, they become the King's personal guard. However, once they reach the top, things take a turn for the worse.

Keywords: abyss, ambition, amputation, anger, anime, applause, aristocracy, aristocrat, armor, arrest
Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Fantasy, Horror,

Quotes:

[repeated line]::Guts: GRIFFITH!

Guts: What kind of a man is he?::Judeau: Griffith? I don't know.

Guts: Every sword belongs in its sheath. Go back to the sheath your master holds. Go back to Griffith.

Caska: You... you made Griffith weak !

Griffith: Yes... Amongst the thousands of comrades... and the tens of thousands of enemies... there was only one man... you were the only one... who ever made me forget my dream. I make the offering.

Judeau: Whether it is a good dream, or a bad one for that matter, no-one likes waking up in the middle of one.

Griffith: Stake your lives on this fight! Our survival demands that we stake our lives on this fight! And to survive, is to be victorious!

Griffith: It is my perception that a true friend never relies on anothers dream. A person with the potential to be my true friend must be able to find his own reason for life without my help. And he should put his heart and soul into protecting his dream. He would never hesitate to fight for his dream, even against me. For me, a true friend is one who stands equal to me in all respects.

Griffith: He so badly wanted to be a knight. I remember this boy well. When he looked at me his eyes filled with wonder as though I were a hero. Was he happy, I wonder? He died while pursuing his dream but...I think it was my dream that killed him.

Jill: It was too big, too thick, too heavy and too long, it was more like a slab of iron

Pippin: His Life and Times (1981)

Actors: Martha Raye (actress), William Katt (actor), Bob Fosse (writer), Michael Pataki (producer), Bob Fosse (miscellaneous crew), Ben Vereen (actor), Bob Fosse (miscellaneous crew), Chita Rivera (actress), David Sheehan (producer), David Sheehan (director), Hillard Elkins (producer), David Sheehan (editor), Barry Gremillion (miscellaneous crew), Roger O. Hirson (writer), Raymond M. Bush (editor),

Genres: History, Musical, Romance, War,

Quotes:

Charlemagne: Sometimes I wonder if the fornicating I'm getting is worth the fornicating I'm getting.

Charlemagne: Your brother Lewis is an ideal soldier: he is strong and stupid.

Berthe: Sometimes I think men raise flags when they can't get anything else up.

The leading player: Look at her, Pippin! She has a mole! You're willing to spend the rest of your life with a woman who has a MOLE!

The leading player: Think about the sun, Pippin... think about her golden glance. How she lights the world up - well, now it's your chance! With the guardians of splendor inviting you to dance... Pippin. Think about the sun.

Fastrada: When I help others, I'm really helping myself!

The leading player: Lewis is strong. Lewis loves fighting. Lewis loves wrestling. But most of all, Lewis loves Lewis.

The leading player: Sweet summer evenings, sapphire skies, feasting your belly, feasting your eyes. Simple joys have a simple voice that says time is living's prize. And wouldn't you rather be a left-handed flea, a crab on a slab at the bottom of the sea, a newt on the root of a banyan tree, a fig on twig in Galilee, than a man who never learns how to be free?

Pippin: GLORY'S IN THE AIR! GLORY'S IN THE AIR! AND WHAT AM I DOING? I'm running around in a dark stage like an Idiot.

The leading player: You're supposed to read the line "naggingly!"::Catherine: He put his hand on my thigh, they've never done that before ...::The leading player: I don't care where he puts his hand!

The Lord of the Rings (1978)

Actors: Wayne Fitzgerald (miscellaneous crew), Anthony Daniels (actor), Leonard Rosenman (composer), Jerry Maren (actor), André Morell (actor), Ralph Bakshi (director), John Hurt (actor), Billy Barty (actor), Billy Barty (actor), Angelo Rossitto (actor), Norman Bird (actor), Chuck Hayward (actor), Annette Crosbie (actress), Alan Tilvern (actor), Carmen Filpi (actor),

Plot: A young Hobbit named Frodo (Guard) is thrown on an amazing adventure, when he is appointed the job of destroying the one ring which was created by the dark lord Sauron. He is assigned with warriors including Gandalf (Squire), Aragorn (Hurt) and Boromir (Cox). It's not going to be an easy journey for the Fellowship of the Ring, on the ultimate quest to rid Middle-Earth of all evil.

Keywords: 2d-animation, 41st-century-b.c., adult-animation, ambush, axe-fight, back-from-the-dead, based-on-novel, battle, battle-axe, battlefield
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Drama, Fantasy,
Taglines: Come to Middle-earth, a world beyond the furthest reaches of your imagination. Fantasy...beyond your imagination From J.R.R. Tolkien's Magical The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Quotes:

Gandalf: One ring to rule them all; one ring to find them. One ring to keep them all, and in the darkness bind them!

Sam: Woah, Sam Gamgee, your legs are too short, so use your head! [thinking] Nim, nim, nim, nim, nim... the boats!

[after Gandalf opens the door to Moria]::Legolas: So all you had to do was say friend... and enter.::Gilmi: Those were happier times...

Sam: Straight stairs, winding stairs what comes after that?::Gollum: We shall see, oh yes... We shall see.

[Frodo gasps and lunges after the ring after Gandalf has tossed it into the lit fireplace]::Gandalf: [restraining Frodo] Wait. Do you desire it so much already?::Frodo Baggins: [lying] No, but, but why ruin it?::Gandalf: Because it is altogether *evil*. It will corrupt and destroy anyone who wears it, until he passes into the world of shadows under the power of Sauron, the Dark Lord of Mordor.::Frodo Baggins: [distraught] Not Bilbo!::Gandalf: [pointing] *You* are the one who has the Ring now.

Frodo Baggins: I wish it need not happen in my time.::Gandalf: So do I.

[a crow abruptly caws and takes off into the sky]::Frodo Baggins: Because of Gollum! Oh, Gandalf... what am I to do? What a pity that Bilbo didn't kill that vile creature when he had the chance.::Gandalf: Yes, it was pity. Pity and mercy.

[on what to do with the Ring]::Frodo Baggins: [brightly] I'll give it to you, Gandalf!::[Gandalf looks horrified]::Frodo Baggins: You're wise and powerful! Will you not...::Gandalf: [anguished] No! Do not tempt me! I would wish to turn it to good, and it cannot be used so! Meaning to be kind, I would become as terrible as the Dark Lord himself. Do not tempt me!::[sighing]::Gandalf: I shall have need of such strength so soon.

[Gandalf has caught Sam spying]::Sam: Oh, Mr. Frodo, sir! Don't let him hurt me, sir! Don't let him turn me into something unnatural!

Pippin: [after Gandalf has read the dwarves' book in moria] [panicked] Gandalf, I don't want to stay here!::Gandalf: [soothingly] We're going now, Pippin.

Hearts Divided (1936)

Actors: Dick Powell (actor), Claude Rains (actor), Granville Bates (actor), Wilfred Lucas (actor), George Beranger (actor), Sam McDaniel (actor), Gaston Glass (actor), Halliwell Hobbes (actor), Stuart Holmes (actor), Edward Everett Horton (actor), John Elliott (actor), George Irving (actor), Walter Kingsford (actor), Etienne Girardot (actor), Charles Ruggles (actor),

Plot: Napoleon needs money to fight his wars in Europe so he wants 20 million dollars for the Louisiana Territory in the United States. To help the negotiations, he sends his brother, Jerome, to the U.S. on a goodwill tour. At a Maryland Horse Track, Jerome shows up without notice and soon wins an afternoon tour with Betsy. He falls for her, but she will have little to do with him. She is currently being courted by Henry, John and Harry. The next day, Jerome gets a job teaching Betsy French and they soon fall in love. The family dissuades this as they believe that he is but a tutor. When they meet again at a reception in Washington, Betsy consents to marriage, but Napoleon wants Jerome to marry into European Royalty and demands that Jerome do what is in the best interests of France.

Keywords: 1800s, african-american, baltimore-maryland, based-on-play, brother, courtship, drunkenness, emperor, engagement, france
Genres: Drama, History, Musical, Romance,

Pippin Up to His Pranks (1912)

Actors: Bert Haldane (director), Kenneth Barker (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Short,