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The Price of Power: William Goebel the Man and the Myth (2009)

Actors: Stacey T. Gillespie (actor), Sonny Burnette (actor), Claude Miles (actor), Russ Croley (actor), Bob C. Cooke (actor), Ron Bryant (writer), Michael Crisp (actor), Tristan Erwin (actor), John Worsham (actor), Cheryl Connelly (actress), Kayla Barbour (actress), Austin Adams (actor), Ron Elliot (actor), Tamara Gregory (actress), Ron Bryant (actor),

Genres: Biography, History,

Ray (2004)

Actors: David Krumholtz (actor), Terrence Howard (actor), Jamie Foxx (actor), Michael Arata (actor), Gary Grubbs (actor), Jeff Galpin (actor), Trae Ireland (actor), Rick Gomez (actor), Patrick Bauchau (actor), Warwick Davis (actor), Curtis Armstrong (actor), Ray Charles (actor), Kurt Fuller (actor), Afemo Omilami (actor), Harry Lennix (actor),

Plot: Ray Charles has the distinction of being both a national treasure and an international phenomenon. By the early 1960s, Ray Charles had accomplished his dream. He had come of age musically and had made it to Carnegie Hall. The hit records "Georgia on My Mind" and "Born to Lose" successively kept climbing to the top of the charts. He had made his first triumphant European concert tour in 1960 (a feat which, except for 1965, he has repeated at least once a year ever since). He had taken virtually every form of popular music and broken through its boundaries with such awe inspiring achievements as the LP's "Genius Plus Soul Equals Jazz" and "Modern Sounds in Country & Western". Rhythm and blues (or "race music" as it had been called) became universally respectable through his efforts. Jazz found a mainstream audience it had never previously enjoyed. And country and western music began to chart an unexpected course to general acceptance, then worldwide popularity. And along the way, Ray Charles was instrumental in the invention of rock and roll. Born in a poor African American town in central Florida, Ray Charles went blind at age seven. With the staunch support of his determined single mother, he developed the fierce resolve, wit and incredible talent that would eventually enable him to overcome not only Jim Crow Racism and the cruel prejudices against the blind, but also discover his own sound which revolutionized American popular music. Nonetheless, as Ray's unprecedented fame grew, so did his weakness for drugs and women, until they threatened to strip away the very things he held most dear. This little known story of Ray Charles' meteoric rise from humble beginnings, his successful struggle to excel in a sighted world and his eventual defeat of his own personal demons make for an inspiring and unforgettable true story of human triumph.

Keywords: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, abc-paramount-records, adultery, african-american, african-american-music, african-american-protagonist
Genres: Biography, Drama, Music,
Taglines: The extraordinary life story of Ray Charles. A man who fought harder and went farther than anyone thought possible. The only thing more extraordinary than the music is the man behind it: Ray Charles. The extraordinary life story of Ray Charles.

Quotes:

Ray Charles: From now on you guys are gonna be called the Raylettes.::Margie Hendricks: Does that mean we have to "let Ray"?

[as Ray is going blind]::Aretha Robinson: I'll show you how to do something once, I'll help you if you mess up twice, but the third time you're on your own. 'Cause that's how it is in the world.

Ray Charles: I hear like you see. Like that hummingbird outside the window, for instance.::Della Bea Robinson: [astonished] I can't hear her.::Ray Charles: You have to listen.::Della Bea Robinson: [closes her eyes, hears the hummingbird] Yes!::Ray Charles: Yeah. Yes, you can... Uh-oh. Did you hear that?::Della Bea Robinson: What?::Ray Charles: Her heart just skipped a beat.

[repeated line]::Ray Charles: Don't jive me, man.

Marlene: Gossie been cattin' with one of my waitresses since he got here. He never told me his partner was a blind 'Bama boy.::Oberon: Marlene, Demure called. Thurman's sick.::Marlene: What about Sassie.::Oberon: Flat tire.::Marlene: Alright, 'Bama, why don't you get up there and show me what you got.::Ray Charles: Well, I, I'm not really prepared to do my thing, I mean, right now, tonight.::Marlene: Well, this is the only audition you're gonna get, Puddin', so either get on up there or you and Gossie can haul your asses back down south.::Oberon: [hands Ray a joint] Here smoke some of this.::Ray Charles: [coughs] That ain't no tobacco, man!::Oberon: No. Hold it in. It'll calm you down.::Marlene: Alright, Oberon, get up there and introduce him.::Oberon: Yes, Maam!::Marlene: Come on, 'Bama.::Ray Charles: Yeah!::Oberon: I got a special treat for all you satin dolls and I'm not talking about Oberon's big thunder. No, that's for another show. We got some new blood for ya. Fresh off the bus from Florida I give you Ray "Don't Call Me Sugar" Robinson.::Ray Charles: How y'all doin' tonight?::Man in Bar: Better than you!::Oberon: Relax, Ray, relax!::Ray Charles: I got it. What do y'all wanna hear?::Aretha Robinson: How 'bout a little Nat King Cole?::Ray Charles: Y'all like Nat King Cole?::[begins playing]::Marlene: 'Bama ain't bad.::Oberon: I'd say he saved our asses.

Fathead Newman: This ain't no weed, Ray. And we ain't snorting no bitch. This is boy! Boy'll make your ass null and void.::Ray Charles: Null and void, just like my life.

Milt Shaw: You know, Ray, your contract with Atlantic expires in 4 months.::Ray Charles: Yeah, I know. Ahmet and Jerry sent me my new contract. They're gonna double my royalties.::Milt Shaw: Before we go down that road again I thought I'd check and see what else was out there.::Ray Charles: Now, who told you to do that? Atlantic is family. Just like the Shaw agency.::Milt Shaw: Ray, my job is to find you the best deal out there. Now, I had a very productive meeting with the folks at ABC Paramount and they are very interested.::Ray Charles: No. How interested?::Milt Shaw: How about a 50 thousand dollar advance every year for the first three years? You choose your own music. They'll deduct recording costs and pay you 75 percent. Now, look, Ahmet and Jerry are flying in tomorrow night. Will you at least put them off until I have a chance to talk to the boys at ABC?::Ray Charles: Well, my mama always said there was nothin' wrong with talkin'.

Gossie McKee: What the hell's Ray doin' up there?::Marlene: Auditionin' for you Gossie.::Gossie McKee: He ain't no good without me.::Marlene: How'd you and the 'Bama like to do a week here at the Chair. I know a good bass player. Nice jazz trio can score big. With the right manager.::Gossie McKee: Manager?::Marlene: Come on now, Gossie, don't be so small minded. You know you have to give to get.::Gossie McKee: What exactly do I have to give?::Marlene: Twenty-five percent. But I'll be gettin' you other gigs.::Gossie McKee: Alright. Next question. What do I get?::Marlene: What do you need?::Gossie McKee: Double scale as leader. Plus ten percent.::Marlene: What about the 'Bama?::Gossie McKee: He's about as green as a blade of grass. I can handle him.::Marlene: Yeah, he's green alright. So, Gossie, you don't have to worry about finding a hotel room for the 'Bama. He can flop at my place.::Gossie McKee: You don't never change.

Ray Charles: [responding to knock on his door] Who is it?::Ahmet Ertegun: Mr. Charles, my name is Ahmet Ertegun. May I have a moment of your time?::Ray Charles: [opening door] What do you want, man? I'm at church.::Ahmet Ertegun: I'm sorry. I'll come back later.::Ray Charles: You're here now, what do you want?::Ahmet Ertegun: Mr. Charles, my company, Atlantic Records, has just acquired your contract from Swingtime. I'd like to talk about your future.::Ray Charles: Hold on, man. Don't jive me now. I ain't for sale.::Ahmet Ertegun: May I sit down?::[Sits in chair]::Ahmet Ertegun: You see it seems that Jack Lauderdale has found himself, shall we say, a little over extended and has had to unload some of his talent. When your name came up I jumped at the chance to work with you. I'm a big fan.::Ray Charles: What if I want to go to another company? There's a guy out there right now that's willing to pay me seven cents a record. Can you do that?::Ahmet Ertegun: Man, I could promise you fifteen cents a record but you won't get it. Anymore than he'll pay you seven. What I will do is promise you five cents a record and pay you five cents a record. You think pennies, Mr. Charles, you get pennies. You think dollars, you get dollars.::Ray Charles: I like the way you put things together. Omlet, you're alright with me.::Ahmet Ertegun: Ahmet.::Ray Charles: Ahmet. What kind of a name is that anyway.::Ahmet Ertegun: I'm Turkish.::Ray Charles: Well, it looks like Jack Lauderdale's bad luck is my good fortune. I always knew Atlantic was bigger than Swingtime. You do great music there. I dig Atlantic.::Ahmet Ertegun: You could have fooled me.::Ray Charles: Well, I gotta keep my eye on you city boys. Back home they call it country dumb. [Starts laughing] It ain't Turkish.

Ahmet Ertegun: Ray, I'm gonna tell you something and I don't want you to take it the wrong way.::Ray Charles: Well, then give it to me right then.::Ahmet Ertegun: I signed you because I sensed something special in you not because you sound like Nate Cole or Charles Brown.::Ray Charles: But I thought you liked what I do.::Ahmet Ertegun: Look we love the tenor of your voice, your vituosity, your energy...::Ray Charles: But not my music.::Ahmet Ertegun: Man, I didn't say that.::Ray Charles: Look, Ahmet, this is what I do. I gotta make a living. This is what the people want. I don't know no other way.::Ahmet Ertegun: Well we gotta help you find one. Look, let's try a little change of pace. Your familiar with stride piano?::Ray Charles: You kidding me, man? The man I learned the piano from was a stride player.::Ahmet Ertegun: Okay, I've got a song. It's called the Mess Around.::Ray Charles: Mess around. Cute title. Who wrote it?::Ahmet Ertegun: I did.::Ray Charles: Oh. You wrote it. Well, sing it to me, man.::Ahmet Ertegun: Sing it?::Ray Charles: Yeah, it's not like I can read the lyrics.::Ahmet Ertegun: Alright. It's in the key of G.::Ray Charles: Key of G.::[Begins playing]::Ahmet Ertegun: No. More like a Pete Johnson kind of thing.::Ray Charles: Pete Johnson.::[Begins playing again]::Ahmet Ertegun: Yeah, yeah. That's good.::Ray Charles: Oh, you like that? Okay, let's go.

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972)

Actors: Robert Duvall (actor), Cliff Robertson (actor), Nolan Leary (actor), Paul Frees (actor), Dana Elcar (actor), Donald Moffat (actor), R.G. Armstrong (actor), Matt Clark (actor), Elisha Cook Jr. (actor), William Challee (actor), Royal Dano (actor), William Callaway (actor), Ted Gehring (actor), Dave Grusin (composer), Cliff Robertson (producer),

Plot: In 1876, the Missouri legislature issues a pardon and amnesty to the James and Younger gangs despite many people considering them outlaws. The pardon is because they protected the homesteaders of Clay County against the marauding railroaders, who wouldn't let anyone or anything get in their way of building the railroad where they wanted. However, the railroad companies and banks still consider them outlaws and will take matters into their own hands if they come across the gangs. Prior to the pardon, Cole Younger had contemplated robbing the First National Bank in Northfield, Minnesota - what is considered the largest bank west of the Mississippi - but has now decided against it. Circumstances, including learning that Jesse James and his gang are going ahead with the robbery behind his back, and that the railroaders issuing a war against them which also includes bribing the legislature to revoke the pardon, make Cole change his mind. But right from the start - even during the planning stages - things don't go quite according to script, which may be an omen for things to come.

Keywords: 1870s, amnesty, amulet, armed-robbery, bank-robbery, baseball-game, baseball-team, based-on-true-story, bookkeeper, bordello
Genres: Western,
Taglines: The Real Story of Legendary Outlaw Jesse James' Most Daring Bank Robbery An Action-Packed Adventure Capturing the Legacy of the Notorious Jesse James and Cole Younger Gang. The West the way it really was! The two most famous bandits, Jesse James and Cole Younger join forces in the most daring bank robbery in the history of the West!

Quotes:

[repeated line]::Cole Younger: Ain't that a wonderment?

[riding past a brothel, Cole sees two good-looking women in a window]::Cole Younger: Hello, there, Cousin Maybelle. You look a treat.::Maybelle: Where you goin'?::Cole Younger: Well, I ain't got no plans that can't be altered.

[the Missouri legislature has called a special session to consider giving the James/Young gang members amnesty]::Chief detective: Legislators are here to make laws. We're here to make examples. They're foolish to think that 15 years of criminal behavior can be legislated away. But in the event this amnesty does come into being, we'll already have done our duty. They'll enjoy their amnesty in the hereafter.

Jesse James: I can't think of one, can you? I've searched back through the crannies of my mind. I can't think of one single honest man we ever robbed.::Frank James: 'Cause we robbed the robbers, that's why. Just the railroads, the banks, all the damned plughats.::Jesse James: Talk about givin' us amnesty. Hell, it's up to us to give amnesty to them.

Chief detective: From now on, you men are farmers. Your job is to plow them under like manure. Now get those sons of bitches.

[first lines]::Narrator: Even before the wounds of the Civil War had healed in Missouri, the railroads came swarming in to steal the land. Everywhere, men from the railroads were driving poor, defenseless families from their homes. And that's when a fresh wind suddenly began to blow. It was other Clay County farmers, the James and Younger boys, coming to the rescue. They tarred and feathered the railroad men and drove them from the land. From that moment onward, they were outlaws. But the people of Missouri would never forget what the boys had done for them.

[Pinkerton detectives have seriously wounded Cole and Jesse and his gang ride off bent on revenge]::Cole Younger: Where's Jesse? Where's Jesse?::Jim Younger: The boys are ridin' again, Cole::Cole Younger: We got an amnesty comin'! I told Jesse he's gonna have to settle with me if he started things up.::Charley Pitts: Don't get up, Cole.::Cole Younger: Got to, Charlie Pitts. Gotta keep gettin' up. 'Cause if you don't some son-of-a-bitch'll start shovelin' dirt on ya.

Clell Miller: How far 'way is this place we're goin' to?::Cole Younger: Couple hundred miles.::Clell Miller: Damn! My assbone's gone to sleep already.::[a train whistle blows in the distance]::Cole Younger: Whoa. Clell, how'd you like to ride your assbone on an iron horse?

Boy: Come on, Cole. Take off your shirt so we can see your bullet wounds.::Cole Younger: Oh, hell, ain't no difference from any other man's bullet holes.

[referring to his bullet wounds]::Cole Younger: Fourteen times in fifteen years. Makes a fellow wonder if he choose the right line of work.

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972)

Actors: Robert Duvall (actor), Cliff Robertson (actor), Nolan Leary (actor), Paul Frees (actor), Dana Elcar (actor), Donald Moffat (actor), R.G. Armstrong (actor), Matt Clark (actor), Elisha Cook Jr. (actor), William Challee (actor), Royal Dano (actor), William Callaway (actor), Ted Gehring (actor), Dave Grusin (composer), Cliff Robertson (producer),

Plot: In 1876, the Missouri legislature issues a pardon and amnesty to the James and Younger gangs despite many people considering them outlaws. The pardon is because they protected the homesteaders of Clay County against the marauding railroaders, who wouldn't let anyone or anything get in their way of building the railroad where they wanted. However, the railroad companies and banks still consider them outlaws and will take matters into their own hands if they come across the gangs. Prior to the pardon, Cole Younger had contemplated robbing the First National Bank in Northfield, Minnesota - what is considered the largest bank west of the Mississippi - but has now decided against it. Circumstances, including learning that Jesse James and his gang are going ahead with the robbery behind his back, and that the railroaders issuing a war against them which also includes bribing the legislature to revoke the pardon, make Cole change his mind. But right from the start - even during the planning stages - things don't go quite according to script, which may be an omen for things to come.

Keywords: 1870s, amnesty, amulet, armed-robbery, bank-robbery, baseball-game, baseball-team, based-on-true-story, bookkeeper, bordello
Genres: Western,
Taglines: The Real Story of Legendary Outlaw Jesse James' Most Daring Bank Robbery An Action-Packed Adventure Capturing the Legacy of the Notorious Jesse James and Cole Younger Gang. The West the way it really was! The two most famous bandits, Jesse James and Cole Younger join forces in the most daring bank robbery in the history of the West!

Quotes:

[repeated line]::Cole Younger: Ain't that a wonderment?

[riding past a brothel, Cole sees two good-looking women in a window]::Cole Younger: Hello, there, Cousin Maybelle. You look a treat.::Maybelle: Where you goin'?::Cole Younger: Well, I ain't got no plans that can't be altered.

[the Missouri legislature has called a special session to consider giving the James/Young gang members amnesty]::Chief detective: Legislators are here to make laws. We're here to make examples. They're foolish to think that 15 years of criminal behavior can be legislated away. But in the event this amnesty does come into being, we'll already have done our duty. They'll enjoy their amnesty in the hereafter.

Jesse James: I can't think of one, can you? I've searched back through the crannies of my mind. I can't think of one single honest man we ever robbed.::Frank James: 'Cause we robbed the robbers, that's why. Just the railroads, the banks, all the damned plughats.::Jesse James: Talk about givin' us amnesty. Hell, it's up to us to give amnesty to them.

Chief detective: From now on, you men are farmers. Your job is to plow them under like manure. Now get those sons of bitches.

[first lines]::Narrator: Even before the wounds of the Civil War had healed in Missouri, the railroads came swarming in to steal the land. Everywhere, men from the railroads were driving poor, defenseless families from their homes. And that's when a fresh wind suddenly began to blow. It was other Clay County farmers, the James and Younger boys, coming to the rescue. They tarred and feathered the railroad men and drove them from the land. From that moment onward, they were outlaws. But the people of Missouri would never forget what the boys had done for them.

[Pinkerton detectives have seriously wounded Cole and Jesse and his gang ride off bent on revenge]::Cole Younger: Where's Jesse? Where's Jesse?::Jim Younger: The boys are ridin' again, Cole::Cole Younger: We got an amnesty comin'! I told Jesse he's gonna have to settle with me if he started things up.::Charley Pitts: Don't get up, Cole.::Cole Younger: Got to, Charlie Pitts. Gotta keep gettin' up. 'Cause if you don't some son-of-a-bitch'll start shovelin' dirt on ya.

Clell Miller: How far 'way is this place we're goin' to?::Cole Younger: Couple hundred miles.::Clell Miller: Damn! My assbone's gone to sleep already.::[a train whistle blows in the distance]::Cole Younger: Whoa. Clell, how'd you like to ride your assbone on an iron horse?

Boy: Come on, Cole. Take off your shirt so we can see your bullet wounds.::Cole Younger: Oh, hell, ain't no difference from any other man's bullet holes.

[referring to his bullet wounds]::Cole Younger: Fourteen times in fifteen years. Makes a fellow wonder if he choose the right line of work.

Wilson (1944)

Actors: Harry Carter (actor), Charles Cane (actor), George M. Carleton (actor), James Bush (actor), George Anderson (actor), Robert Barrat (actor), Francis X. Bushman (actor), Felix Basch (actor), Jack Baxley (actor), Sidney Blackmer (actor), Eddie Borden (actor), Walter Baldwin (actor), Griff Barnett (actor), Frederick Burton (actor), Ken Christy (actor),

Plot: The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his post at Princeton to run for Governor of New Jersey, and his subsequent ascent to the Presidency of the United States. During his terms in office, Wilson must deal with the death of his first wife, the onslaught of German hostilities leading to American involvement in the Great War, and his own country's reticence to join the League of Nations.

Keywords: 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, ambassador, american-football, armistice-day-1918, baltimore-maryland, baseball, blackface, character-name-in-title
Genres: Biography, Drama, History, Music, Romance,
Taglines: DRAMA AND SPECTACLE UNPARALLELED! ENTERTAINMENT UNDREAMED OF! 12,000 PLAYERS! 200 MIGHTY SCENES! TOLD TO THE TUNE OF 87 BELOVED SONGS! (original ad - all caps)

Quotes:

Professor Henry Holmes: Now I know why the Democratic Party chose a jackass for a mascot.

[last lines]::Woodrow Wilson: The President has nothing further to communicate. Good day, sir.

Woodrow Wilson: I'm sorry I won't be able to stay for the inauguration ceremonies, but Mr. Harding and Mr. Coolidge have been kind enough to excuse me. I told them it was bad enough for the senate to throw me down without my stumbling and falling up the steps on my own account.

Pony Express Days (1940)

Actors: Wilfred Lucas (actor), J. Farrell MacDonald (actor), Arthur Loft (actor), Glen Cavender (actor), Wade Boteler (actor), Creighton Hale (actor), David Bruce (actor), John Beck (actor), Stuart Holmes (actor), William Hopper (actor), Edward Keane (actor), Milton Kibbee (actor), Joe King (actor), Richard Kipling (actor), Howard M. Mitchell (actor),

Plot: Young Bill Cody wants to be a Pony Express rider, but is too heavy. When one of the riders is shot by Southern sympathizers while delivering vital mail, Cody must ride the route himself.

Keywords: 1860s, agitator, ambush, archive-footage, b-movie, b-western, bartender, california, chase, corral
Genres: Action, Adventure, Biography, History, Short, War, Western,

Quotes:

[last lines]::Nevada Jim: [to Johnny] I'm goin' back to huntin' buffalo where a man can use his brains. My young friend Buffalo Bill is comin' along with me. [to Bill] Ain't yuh, hunh?::Johnny Frey: [to Bill] So, you've been believin' ol' Nevady's lies all along?::Nevada Jim: Hunh?::Bill 'Billy' Cody: Buffalo Bill Cody? It's got kinda a nice sound, doesn't it, Johnny?

Hold That Co-ed (1938)

Actors: Stanley Andrews (actor), Sam Ash (actor), George Barbier (actor), John Barrymore (actor), William 'Billy' Benedict (actor), Tom Chatterton (actor), Ray Cooke (actor), John Dilson (actor), Johnny Downs (actor), John Elliott (actor), Douglas Evans (actor), Harold Goodwin (actor), Jack Haley (actor), Sam Hayes (actor), Ernie Alexander (actor),

Genres: Comedy,

Hold That Co-ed (1938)

Actors: Stanley Andrews (actor), Sam Ash (actor), George Barbier (actor), John Barrymore (actor), William 'Billy' Benedict (actor), Tom Chatterton (actor), Ray Cooke (actor), John Dilson (actor), Johnny Downs (actor), John Elliott (actor), Douglas Evans (actor), Harold Goodwin (actor), Jack Haley (actor), Sam Hayes (actor), Ernie Alexander (actor),

Genres: Comedy,

The President Vanishes (1934)

Actors: DeWitt Jennings (actor), Paul Kelly (actor), Edward Arnold (actor), Andy Devine (actor), Tom Dugan (actor), Eddie Fetherston (actor), Irving Bacon (actor), Charles K. French (actor), Charley Grapewin (actor), Paul Harvey (actor), Sam Hayes (actor), Henry Hebert (actor), Sidney Blackmer (actor), Robert Homans (actor), Emmett King (actor),

Genres: Drama,

The President Vanishes (1934)

Actors: DeWitt Jennings (actor), Paul Kelly (actor), Edward Arnold (actor), Andy Devine (actor), Tom Dugan (actor), Eddie Fetherston (actor), Irving Bacon (actor), Charles K. French (actor), Charley Grapewin (actor), Paul Harvey (actor), Sam Hayes (actor), Henry Hebert (actor), Sidney Blackmer (actor), Robert Homans (actor), Emmett King (actor),

Genres: Drama,