P.T. Barnum (1999)

Actors: Stephanie Morgenstern (actress), Charles Martin Smith (actor), Lorena Gale (actress), Michel Perron (actor), Larry Day (actor), Henry Czerny (actor), R.H. Thomson (actor), Beau Bridges (actor), Philip Akin (actor), Serge Houde (actor), Mark Camacho (actor), Alain Goulem (actor), George Hamilton (actor), Nicoletta Massone (costume designer), Lionel Chetwynd (writer),

Plot: This series illustrates the life and career of P.T. Barnum, America's greatest showman and promoter. Starting as a young man who managed an old woman who was supposedly George Washington's nursemaid, we see his career as he finds success promoting curiosities and attractions with panache and a judicious mix of truth and creativity, whether it be promoting his museum or characters like the midget General Tom Thumb. Yet because the demands of his businesses, his family life is troubled and marred by tragedy. All the while, events lead to his greatest creation, the Ringling Brothers/Barnum & Bailey Circus.

Keywords: character-name-in-title, circus, hoax, midget, period-in-title, promotion, promotor, show-producer
Genres: Biography, Drama,

Mr. Baseball (1992)

Actors: Jerry Goldsmith (composer), Solomon J. LeFlore (miscellaneous crew), Kosuke Toyohara (actor), Ken Takakura (actor), Michael Papajohn (actor), Al Cerullo (miscellaneous crew), Tom Selleck (actor), Tim McCarver (actor), Bob Costas (actor), Jun Hamamura (actor), Dennis Haysbert (actor), Takanobu Hozumi (actor), Art LaFleur (actor), Daniel Wheatcroft (miscellaneous crew), Scott Allen Logan (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: Although a one-time MVP for the New York Yankees, Jack Elliott is now on the down side of his baseball career. His batting average is low and one of his few claims to fame is that during the previous year, he led the team in 9th inning doubles in the month of August. With an up and coming slugger ready to replace him, he learns that he's been traded to the Chunichi Dragons of the Japanese Central baseball league. Elliott is set in his ways and quite inflexible, not only in accepting Japanese culture in general, but also with the way the baseball team is managed. When he meets his very pretty PR agent, Aya Takahashi, he begins to gain a greater appreciation that he should accept his current situation. When he realizes her other connection to the team, his attitudes begin to change at an even greater pace

Keywords: apology, asian, bare-chested-male, baseball, baseball-manager, baseball-movie, baseball-player, baseball-star, baseball-team, bath
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Sport,
Taglines: An inspirational baseball movie. He's the biggest thing to hit Japan since Godzilla!

Quotes:

Jack Elliot: I don't believe this. What's next? Somebody going to tell me how to take a crap?::[walks into the bathroom]::Jack Elliot: Hey Max!::Max 'Hammer' Dubois: Yeah, what!::Jack Elliot: I need someone to tell me how to take a crap.

Jack Eliot: We're not athletes, we're baseball players!

Jack Eliot: I'm a World Series MVP!::Skip: That was four years ago, Jack.::Trey: You hit .235 Last season.::Jack Eliot: LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!

Hiroko Uchiyama: Something very definite. Definite that Baseball and Jack always come before Hiroko and Jack.

Max 'Hammer' Dubois: Max Dubois. Around here they call me Hammer. Don't ask me why.::Jack Elliot: Jack Elliot.::Max 'Hammer' Dubois: Yeah. I know who you are. I've been in Japan, not dead.

[Jack is unfamiliar with the word 'gaijin']::Max 'Hammer' Dubois: It's like being a black guy back home. Only there's less of us.

Yoji Nishimura, Jack's Interpreter: You rang, Mr. Baseball?::Jack Elliot: Yeah, I rang, Mr. Wise-Ass!::[Jack is forcefully dragging Yoji through his apartment]::Yoji Nishimura, Jack's Interpreter: Elliot-San, Elliot-San. I don't understand.::Jack Elliot: Understand THIS!::[Jack thrusts a newspaper at him, then shows his Japanese Phrasebook]::Yoji Nishimura, Jack's Interpreter: You see, all wisecracks you're making make you seem disrespectable. I just do this for you to save face. Besides, press writes their own story anyway.::Jack Elliot: I'LL deal with the Press! And I'll take care of my own face, YOU just translate what comes out of it! You got me?::Yoji Nishimura, Jack's Interpreter: [dejected] Hai.::Jack Elliot: Hai? Hai as in Yes, or Hai as in "I heard what you said but I'm not gonna do a goddamn thing about it!" That's right, Yoj! Gaijin catching on!::Yoji Nishimura, Jack's Interpreter: Hai. Yes.

[Jack just found out that Uchiyama is fluent in English]::Uchiyama: I am the Japanese manager for Japanese baseball team that you agreed to play for. It is your duty to learn my ways, not the other way around!::Jack Elliot: [to Hiroko] Different language, same attitude! Let's go!

Jack Elliot: Japanese way, 'Shut up and Take it'!::Hiroko Uchiyama: Jack's way, 'ME, ME, ME'! Sometimes acceptance and cooperation are strengths also.

Jack Elliot: C'mon, it ain't over till the fat lady sings!::Yoji Nishimura, Jack's Interpreter: [subtitle as he translates to the team] When the game is over, a fat lady will sing to us!

Droid Hunt (1991)

Actors: Thad Halcli (director), John Scholes (actor), Thad Halcli (writer), Jeff Berkler (actor), Jeff Berkler (producer), Albert Halcli (actor), Ted Heinman (actor), John Hoekstra (actor), George Kane (actor), Joe McFarland (actor), Gary Moler (actor), Tom Sapp (actor), Michael Taylor (composer), Jerrid Stephens (actor), Tara McClellan (actress),

Genres: Sci-Fi,

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes (1965)

Actors: Eric Barker (actor), Jeremy Lloyd (actor), Robert Morley (actor), Gordon Jackson (actor), John Le Mesurier (actor), James Robertson Justice (actor), Ferdy Mayne (actor), James Fox (actor), Gert Fröbe (actor), Maurice Denham (actor), Vernon Dobtcheff (actor), Benny Hill (actor), Jean-Pierre Cassel (actor), Yûjirô Ishihara (actor), Eric Pohlmann (actor),

Plot: In the early days of the 20th century, a British Newspaper offers a prize for the winner of a cross channel air race which brings flyers from all over the world. There are many sub-plots as the flyers jockey for position and the affections of various women.

Keywords: 70mm-film, air-race, based-on-true-story, british-stereotype, city-name-in-title, competition, deception, digit-in-title, eiffel-tower-paris, england
Genres: Adventure, Comedy,
Taglines: or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes

Quotes:

[Reading from flight instruction manual]::Colonel Manfred von Holstein: Step one: sit down.

Colonel Manfred von Holstein: There is nothing a German officer cannot do.

Count Emilio Ponticelli: It is a pity that the race will now be won by a Protestant.::Mother Superior: A Protestant? Sisters, don't stand there gazing. This good Catholic needs our help!

Count Emilio Ponticelli: Like-a Caesar, we go to England!

Lord Rawnsley: The trouble with these international affairs is they attract foreigners.

Captain Rumpelstoss: But... how will I learn to fly, Herr Colonel?::Colonel Manfred von Holstein: The way we do everything in the German army: from the book of instructions.

Colonel: [Having helped Richard Mays return to the race] I think I'll get one of those Muriel::Colonel's Wife: I shouldn't Willie, you're near enough to your wings as it is.

Sir Percy Ware-Armitage: And I've arranged for the Frenchman to be detained by a lovely young lady.::Courtney: Ho, ho, guvnor, I'll bet she's a bit of all right.::Sir Percy Ware-Armitage: You should know, Courtney, she's your daughter.::Courtney: But guvnor, she's an innocent young girl!::Sir Percy Ware-Armitage: Not IS, Courtney, WAS!

Fire Chief Perkins: Leave my fire engine alone!

Sir Percy Ware-Armitage: You dirty rotter! I had hoped I'd be dealing with a gentleman.::Trawler Skipper: So had I.

General Hospital (1963)

Actors: William Boyett (actor), Corbin Bernsen (actor), Milton Berle (actor), William Bassett (actor), Beau Billingslea (actor), Tom Brown (actor), Eddie Albert (actor), Ian Abercrombie (actor), Robert Amico (actor), Aki Aleong (actor), Jack Betts (actor), Kabir Bedi (actor), Erick Avari (actor), John Capodice (actor), William Bryant (actor),

Plot: During the original show up through the 1970s, the show primarily covered Dr. Steve Hardy (John Beradino) and his friend, Nurse Jessie Brewer (Emily McLaughlin). Late in the 1970s, the show was doing badly in the ratings, so a new executive producer, Gloria Monty, decided to move the show's focus away from the hospital and onto material more relevant to a younger audience than the stereotypical "bored housewife", thus bringing in Luke and Laura, (Anthony Geary and Genie Francis) and eventually having them marry in a stereotypical fantasy wedding that would not be matched until the real-life marriage of Prince Charles and Lady Diana.

Keywords: actor-shares-full-name-with-character, cult-tv, doctor, new-york, nun, shipper, soap-opera
Genres: Drama,

Quotes:

Luke Spencer: I may be taller, but you're my hero.::Lucky Spencer: How much longer you think you can keep that taller thing going?

Jason Morgan: AJ... you are nothing.

Brenda Barrett: I'm worth the wait.

Faith Rosco: We don't have much time to get out of here.::Justice Ward: You know what, Faith? You've been stabbed twice. You're in no condition to go anywhere but to the hospital.::Faith Rosco: So I'm in pain. That's not going to stop my legs from working. If we wait any longer, I will never get out of here. If the killer doesn't get me, the Quartermaines are going to stone me to death.::Justice Ward: You know what? You're right. They're not the most compassionate group.::Faith Rosco: You think?::Justice Ward: You know, I hate the way the Quartermaines treat other people, especially each other. They're like a pack of wolves waiting to tear each other to shreds. I don't know why I wanted to be a part of this family.::Faith Rosco: Everybody wants to belong somewhere.

Dillon Quartermaine: It's getting hotter.::Georgie Jones: Even the floor feels like it's burning!::Dillon Quartermaine: OK, OK, OK, OK, OK. That explosion came from below us, right? So I'm sure - I'll bet anything the stairwells are blocked.::Travis: So we're trapped? Great, man, that's just great!::Georgie Jones: Tom, it's OK.::Travis: I'm out of here. I'm going to use the elevator because it's a lot better than getting deep-fired!::Dillon Quartermaine: Wait a second, wait a second, dude.::Travis: Get out of my way.::Dillon Quartermaine: I'm not letting you leave. We stick together, all right? There's no smoke in here. They can still come and get us.::Travis: Look, Dillon, I get that you're a good guy but...::Dillon Quartermaine: Tom, Dude, the elevators are shut down! Even if you found an open stairwell, it's going to be filled up with smoke and that's going to kill you a lot faster than the fire will.::Georgie Jones: Hey, he's right.::Travis: Oh, so we just wait?::Dillon Quartermaine: No, we be smart. We stay alive as long as we can.

Faith Rosco: If the princess doesn't want to leave, we'll go without her. Enjoy the blaze!::Luke Spencer: Skye, you can't just sit here and wait for the - wait for the room to go up in flames.::Skye Quartermaine Jacks: Well, it hasn't reached us yet. And, look, we have water, you know, and I heard the fire engines down stairs. We should wait here until we get evacuated.::Luke Spencer: We've got to go up or down now.::Skye Quartermaine Jacks: No, I'm telling you, it is too risky!::Luke Spencer: If the explosions have caused the stairwells to be blocked, then they're going to be putting people on choppers from the roof.::Faith Rosco: Oh, hello! Less chat, more running for cover!::Skye Quartermaine Jacks: Luke, come on, you already passed out once!::Luke Spencer: Yeah, and your first-aid techniques have made me a stronger, better man.::Skye Quartermaine Jacks: Oh, come on, Luke!::Luke Spencer: Skye! The fire is moving through the walls! This room could go up in flames in five minutes!::Skye Quartermaine Jacks: Well, you know, it hasn't reached us yet, OK?::Luke Spencer: Darling, I am not a white knight.::Skye Quartermaine Jacks: Yeah, well, this isn't a test, OK? I'm not waiting for you to rescue me.::Luke Spencer: Well, then come with me!::Skye Quartermaine Jacks: No way, I'm sorry. I'm sorry, I'm staying.::Faith Rosco: Great, super. Let's go, my nail polish is melting!

Helena Cassadine: They don't keep people like us in hell, dear, we'd end up running the place.

Helena Cassadine: [to Felicia] Discussing strategy with you would be like playing chess with a sugar bowl.

Elizabeth Webber: Jason, I'm not gonna lie and say I don't care for you. I just hope you wouldn't have to lie to me and say you feel the same way.

Sonny Corinthos: Alexis, you're scared. I'm scared. But Sam has a right to protect her child.::Alexis Davis Cassadine: Since when you care about anybody's rights but your own? Make her! You can make her! You can pressure her into inducing labor! You can do it, or you can get Jason to do it! If all of the sudden, at the last minute you have suddenly developed a conscience...::Sonny Corinthos: You want me to bully a pregnant woman?::Alexis Davis Cassadine: I want my baby to live! I do! I don't mean to beg you and ask you to ask another woman to risk her baby for mine. But if the situation were reversed, If Kristina were drowning, Sam would - would save her, she would. She wouldn't stop to think about what it would do to her baby. She'd dive in and pull her out. That's all she needs to do. She just has to dive in and pull my baby out! If she doesn't do it, she's going to die. Sonny, please.::Sonny Corinthos: Now, listen to me, OK? Sam made the best decision she could for her child's life. I can't - I can't fight her on that. I can't. We will find another way to save Kristina. I promise you.::Alexis Davis Cassadine: Don't lie to yourself. If she doesn't get those stem-cells, she going to die.