The Swan Princess Christmas (2012)

Actors: Doug Stone (actor), Doug Stone (actor), Yuri Lowenthal (writer), Richard Rich (director), Yuri Lowenthal (actor), Jared F. Brown (producer), Richard Rich (producer), Brian Nissen (actor), Joe Ochman (actor), Joe Ochman (actor), Joe Ochman (actor), David Lodge (actor), David Lodge (actor), Seldon Young (producer), Seldon Young (producer),

Plot: Princess Odette, Prince Derek and their trusted woodland friends return for their first Christmas celebration! But, with the villainous Rothbart striving to destroy Christmas itself, will they be able to stop him and save the day? Told in beautiful CG animation for the very first time, The Swan Princess Christmas is an enchanting musical holiday treat the whole family will enjoy!

Keywords: christmas
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Fantasy, Musical,

The Swan Princess: Sing Along (1998)

Actors: Doug Stone (actor), Lex de Azevedo (composer), Sandy Duncan (actress), Lex de Azevedo (actor), Adam Wylie (actor), Brian Nissen (actor), Jared F. Brown (producer), Dakin Matthews (actor), Steve Vinovich (actor), Seldon Young (producer), Howard McGillin (actor), Mark Harelik (actor), J.D. Daniels (actor), James Arrington (actor), Liz Callaway (actress),

Genres: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical,

The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain (1997)

Actors: Terry L. Noss (producer), Brian Nissen (writer), Jared F. Brown (producer), Jared F. Brown (producer), Richard Rich (producer), James Koford (editor), Richard Rich (director), Lex de Azevedo (composer), Richard Rich (writer), Doug Stone (actor), Brian Nissen (writer), Thomas J. Tobin (producer), Steve Vinovich (actor), Seldon Young (producer), Joey Camen (actor),

Plot: It has been a year since the events of The Swan Princess, Derek and Odette's anniversary is interrupted by the dangerous vandalism of Knuckles, a minion of the wizard Clavius. The Swan Princess is concern about the kidnapping of Prince Derek's mother, a crime that lures the prince into danger himself. Princess Odette can save him--but only if she becomes a swan herself.

Keywords: animal-in-title, animal-name-in-title, independent-film, sequel, surrealism
Genres: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Romance,

Quotes:

Bridget: Rock rock! Rock rock!::Jean-Bob: She's calling a rock! We're doomed!

[Jean-Bob is trying to convince the others he was turned into a prince]::Jean-Bob: Are you going to tell me you did not see me as a prince?::Puffin: [taps forehead] I think he's still got some damage in the attic.::Jean-Bob: I don't believe this. I was a prince!::Speed: Don't push your luck, Jean-Bob.::Jean-Bob: But-no- Hey, you out there! Quit smooching and tell me something. Did you or did you not see me as a prince in the mountain! [everyone laughs] This is not happening. It's a conspiracy. I was a prince, I tell you! A prince!

Clavius: Too bad you couldn't live to see this day, o partner of mine. [he throws a dagger at Rothbart's portrait] We could have shared it all, but no, you had to betray me! We conquered the Forbidden Arts together, but then you drove me underground. [he spits a pin at Rothbart's portrait] Thought you were real smart didn't you? Until you met... Prince Derek! [he throws an axe at Rothbart's portrait] But today, today Derek his match... me! Hahaha! And now that he's out of the way, I'm gonna go back to our old castle and get the Forbidden Arts, proving that I... was always... the greater man! [he exclaims, throwing a dart at Rothbart's portrait]

Uberta: Whatever it is you have planned, you'll never get away with it, because you are a bad person, and bad people stand no chance against good people, like my son Prince Derek. [Clavius sighs] Did you parents ignore you as a child? Oh tell Queen Unberta, what dark secret lurks within that dark twisted mind of yours? Come on, out with it!::Clavius: [exasperated] Don't you ever shut up?

Clavius: [walking into Uberta's cell, which Knuckles is redecorating] What is this?::Uberta: If I'm going to spend my birthday here, everything must be perfect!::Clavius: Oh you're driving me nuts with this birthday thing! [he pulls Knuckles away]::Uberta: Let go of my servant! [she grabs Knuckles and they fight over him]::Clavius: Your servant? I taught him everything he knows! And furthermore, this ain't your castle Lady! Let go!::Uberta: Lady? Your Highness is the proper way for one of your class to address one of mine!::Knuckles: Ow! Not so hard! [he and Clavius fall out of the cell and Clavius shuts the door]::Uberta: Don't hurt him! He hasn't finished my cake!::Clavius: Oh... you are a hostage!

Cosi fan tutte: O, la escuela de los amantes (1996)

Actors: Lorenzo da Ponte (writer), Regina Orozco (actress), Daniel Gruener (actor), Adriana Olivera (writer), Susana Zabaleta (actress), Jesusa Rodríguez (director), Alfredo Escobar (actor), Bonita Makuch (editor), Daniel Vives (actor), Bárbara Eibenshutz (actress), José Manuel Zapata (actor), Mónico Ramirez (actor), Daniel Espinoza (actor), Alberto Elizeo Pérez (actor), Armando Mora (actor),

Genres: Musical,

The Swan Princess (1994)

Actors: Richard Rich (producer), Jared F. Brown (producer), Jared F. Brown (producer), Sandy Duncan (actress), Gary Stockdale (actor), Terry L. Noss (producer), Adam Wylie (actor), Steven Wright (actor), Jack Palance (actor), John Cleese (actor), Lex de Azevedo (actor), Brian Nissen (actor), Dakin Matthews (actor), Brian Nissen (writer), Brian Nissen (writer),

Plot: As children, Prince Derek and Princess Odette are forced to spend their summers together by their widowed parents, who hope that the two will eventually fall in love and marry, so that the kingdoms of the two will be united. As children and adolescents, Derek and Odette can't stand each other, but as young adults they begin to see each other in a different light and fall in love with each other. But one night things take a bad turn when Derek unintentionally offends Odette, who then refuses to marry him if he can't prove that he loves her for who she is and not just her beauty. Odette and her father are then attacked by Lord Rothbart, a vengeful sorcerer who was cast out of William's kingdom when he plotted against the king. In the form of a beast, Rothbart mortally wounds William, and kidnaps Odette then places her under a spell. Now it is up to Derek to rescue Odette by showing his undying love. But, will he be in time?

Keywords: animal-in-title, animal-name-in-title, aristocracy, castle, crocodile, fairy-tale, frog, imprisonment, love, princess
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance,
Taglines: The Magic Begins November 1994

Quotes:

Prince Derek: What? You're all I ever wanted. You're beautiful!::Odette: Thank you. But what else?::Prince Derek: What else?::Odette: Is beauty all that matters to you?::Queen Uberta: Derek, what else?::Prince Derek: [stammers; to Odette] What else is there?::[Rogers imitates a buzzer]

Odette: You're being sneaky again, Jean-Bob!::Jean-Bob: What sneaky? You deserve a nice bouquet!::Odette: And you deserve a kiss.::Jean-Bob: Well all right!::[Puckers up]::Odette: You know I'm under a spell!::Jean-Bob: But my kiss would break ze spell!::Speed: Give it up, Jean-Bob.::Odette: I can only kiss the man I love, and then he...::Jean-Bob: Must make a vow of "everlasting love". I know - !::Odette: And prove it to the world!::Jean-Bob: WHAT do you think I was doing with ze flowers and ze alligators going "CHOMP CHOMP"?::Odette: Speed, make him understand.::Speed: I'm only a turtle.

Prince Derek: [about the ball] But please, mother! Don't turn it into one of your beauty pageants!::Queen Uberta: Oh! No, no, no, no, no! It's just a few friends...::[She waits until Derek is out of earshot]::Queen Uberta: ...And, their daughters...

Odette: [Odette is dying] Derek... I-I feel so weak... I think... I'm...::Prince Derek: No... You'll live, Odette! The vow I made was for you!

Puffin: There comes a time, the possum said, when if all else fails just play dead.

Puffin: When the hunter has you in his sight, look for the sun and fly into the light.

Jean-Bob: Whenever I have to do something in a hurry, I'll always bring a turtle.

Rogers: You should write a book: How To Offend Women In Five Syllables or Less.

Prince Derek: Don't let her die.::Rothbart: Is that a threat?::Prince Derek: Don't you dare let her die!::Rothbart: Oh, it is a threat.::Prince Derek: You're the only one with the power. Now, *do it*!::[Rothbart throws him aside]::Rothbart: Only if you defeat... me!

Puffin: Me name is Puffin. Lt. Puffin.::Odette: It's a pleasure, Lt. Puffin. I'm Odette. Princess Odette. And these are my best friends in the whole world: Mr. Lorenzo Trudgealong...::Speed: Friends call me Speed.::Odette: ...and Jean-Bob.::Jean-Bob: I have no friends. Only servants. And they call me "your highness".::Speed: Thinks he's a prince.

A Man for All Seasons (1988)

Actors: Charlton Heston (director), Roy Kinnear (actor), Tarn Harper (miscellaneous crew), Vanessa Redgrave (actress), Charlton Heston (actor), John Gielgud (actor), Diana Dill (miscellaneous crew), Richard Johnson (actor), Eric Boyd-Perkins (editor), Benjamin Whitrow (actor), Robert Bolt (writer), Peter Snell (producer), Robert Bolt (writer), Fraser Clarke Heston (producer), Nicholas Amer (actor),

Plot: Henry VIII wants to divorce his wife, and seeks the approval of the aristocracy. Sir Thomas More is a man of principle and reason, and is thus placed in a difficult position: should he stand up for his principles, risking the wrath of a corrupt King fond of executing people for treason? Or should he bow to the seemingly unstoppable corruption of Henry VIII, who has no qualms about bending the law to suit his own needs?

Keywords: based-on-play, based-on-true-story, courtroom, liberty-of-conscience, religious-persecution
Genres: Drama,

Vildanden (1961)

Actors: Bengt Lagerkvist (director), Erik 'Bullen' Berglund (actor), Halvar Björk (actor), John Elfström (actor), Axel Högel (actor), Torsten Lilliecrona (actor), Birger Malmsten (actor), Barbro Hiort af Ornäs (actress), Margaretha Krook (actress), Henrik Ibsen (writer), Ragnar Arvedson (actor), Eric von Gegerfelt (actor), Ivar Wahlgren (actor), Kurt-Olof Sundström (actor), Rudolf Wendbladh (actor),

Genres: Drama,

Anastasia (1956)

Actors: Grégoire Gromoff (actor), Helen Hayes (actress), Akim Tamiroff (actor), Paul Bildt (actor), Ingrid Bergman (actress), Karel Stepanek (actor), Yul Brynner (actor), Melvyn Hayes (actor), Tutte Lemkow (actor), Allan Cuthbertson (actor), Ivan Desny (actor), Peter Sallis (actor), Eric Pohlmann (actor), Felix Aylmer (actor), Martita Hunt (actress),

Plot: Russian exiles in Paris plot to collect ten million pounds from the Bank of England by grooming a destitute, suicidal girl to pose as heir to the Russian throne. While Bounin is coaching her he comes to believe she is really Anastasia. In the end the Empress must decide her claim.

Keywords: amnesia, aristocracy, aristocrat, attempted-suicide, based-on-play, character-name-in-title, church, cinderella-story, con, conspiracy
Genres: Drama, History,
Taglines: From the sensational Broadway stage success that had audiences crying its acclaim! The most amazing conspiracy the world has ever known, and love as it never happened to a man and woman before!

Quotes:

Dowager Empress: We are most of us lonely, and it is mostly of our own making.

Dowager Empress: But oh please, if it should not be you, don't ever tell me.

Anastasia: The poor have only one advantage; they know when they are loved for themselves.

[Last line of the movie]::Dowager Empress: I will tell them that the play is over, now go home.

General Sergei Pavlovich Bounine: [to Petrovin] Would you recognize the smile of a girl you knew ten years ago?::Piotr Ivanovich Petrovin: I didn't think of that!::General Sergei Pavlovich Bounine: You're both fools! You're examining her as if she was the real Anastasia. There is no Anastasta! She was shot to death ten years ago by a firing squad. We're not looking for her, gentlemen. We're seeking only a reasonable facsimile.

Boris Adreivich Chernov: ...and that woman is too too something! Too crazy, too clever, too tricky!::General Sergei Pavlovich Bounine: I don't care what she is! The important thing is that she fits!

Dowager Empress: Lievenbaum, your voluptuous fantasies are disgusting! To a woman of your age, sex should mean nothing but gender!

Baroness Elena von Livenbaum: A village. This is positively a village. I am all of Chekov's three sisters rolled into one!

The Golden Blade (1953)

Actors: Mickey Simpson (actor), Dayton Lummis (actor), Merrill McCormick (actor), Edgar Barrier (actor), James Dime (actor), George Macready (actor), Richard Carlson (actor), Roy Engel (actor), Gene Evans (actor), Steven Geray (actor), Fred Graham (actor), Ramsay Hill (actor), Charles Horvath (actor), Rock Hudson (actor), Dennis Weaver (actor),

Plot: Harum (Rock Hudson) is a fearless man of the people who comes to Bagdad to avenge the murder of his father and meets Krairuzan (Piper Laurie), a princess disguised as a commoner, working against a plot by a band of evil schemers trying to do away with her father, the Caliph. She gives Harum a golden sword which, in his hands, makes him invincible. Harum uses the sword in the name of justice and is doing quite well until a duplicate sword is placed in his scabbard during one of his off-guard moments, and he winds up in chains.

Keywords: baghdad-mesopotamia, brawl, dance-number, desert, disguise, harem, kiss, prison, revenge, swashbuckler
Genres: Adventure,
Taglines: His Blade Of Gold... A Legend In Battle! Her Kiss Of Surrender... The Prize Of Victory!

Quotes:

Jafar: 'Tis said that marriage calms the tempestuous nature. He who now watches over her as his charge would cherish her as his wife. Granted my son is not gifted in speech or manners, but he is of noble birth and as a warrior, second to none.

Jafar: Your keen perceptions humble me.

Jafar: Did I perceive threat in the harem wench's words?

Capt. Hadi: The infant grows more comely!::Jafar: Give me not fresh irritation. When you are Caliph, you will have a carpet of maidens.

Jafar: I have not schemed and murdered to be foiled by that piece of trash!

Jafar: Idiot! Imposter! Jackal! Out of my sight!

Jafar: Accursed sword, can nothing move you? Donkeys! Imbeciles! Dogs! Out, out!

Kismet (1920)

Actors: Jimmie Adams (actor), Léon Bary (actor), Tom Kennedy (actor), Emmett King (actor), Harry Lorraine (actor), Herschel Mayall (actor), Sidney Smith (actor), Paul Weigel (actor), Elinor Fair (actress), Rosemary Theby (actress), Charles E. Whittaker (writer), Louis J. Gasnier (director), Edward Knoblock (writer), Nicholas Dunaew (actor), Sam Kaufman (actor),

Plot: Hajj, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to royalty and to win the heart of the queen of the castle himself.

Keywords: based-on-play, masque, mecca-south-africa, murder
Genres: Drama,