Runt (2011)

Actors: Isai Rivera Blas (actor), Ross Tundo (actor), Joe Vomvas (actor), Jessica Liadsky (actress), Abayomi Broomes (actor), Ben Watson (actor), Greg Maclean (producer), Kizito Musabimana (actor), Michael Masuda (editor), Greg Maclean (writer), Edoardo Lopezpineda (director), Mark Vituska (producer),

Genres: Drama, Short,

Keeping Up with the Downs (2010)

Actors: Jeremy Lawson (actor), Anne Gee Byrd (actress), Andrew Spieler (actor), Brian Allen (producer), Brian Allen (writer), Jonathan Morgan Heit (actor), Andrew Spieler (director), Brian Allen (actor), Brian Wessel (editor), Cedric Sanders (actor), Sonia Rockwell (actress), Stephanie Feury (actress), James Michael Tyler (actor), Stephen Paratore (producer), Jamison Scala (actor),

Genres: Comedy,
Taglines: They say you gotta lose a couple fights to win.

Runt (2008)

Actors: Isai Rivera Blas (actor), Ross Tundo (actor), Joe Vomvas (actor), Jessica Liadsky (actress), Abayomi Broomes (actor), Michael Masuda (editor), Kizito Musabimana (actor), Ben Watson (actor), Edoardo Lopezpineda (director), Greg McLean (producer), Mark Lehel Vituska (producer),

Genres: Action, Adventure, Crime, Short,

The Saint of Fort Washington (1993)

Actors: Danny Glover (actor), Danny Glover (actor), Irma St. Paule (actress), Robert Dawson (miscellaneous crew), Daniel von Bargen (actor), Aida Turturro (actress), Ving Rhames (actor), Kevin Corrigan (actor), James Newton Howard (composer), Matt Dillon (actor), Michael Badalucco (actor), Peter Appel (actor), David V. Picker (producer), Nina Siemaszko (actress), Ellis Williams (actor),

Plot: Matthew, a young schizophrenic, finds himself out on the street when a slumlord tears down his apartment building. Soon, he finds himself in even more dire straits, when he is threatened by Little Leroy, a thug who is one of the tough denizens of the Fort Washington Shelter for Men. He reaches out to Jerry, a streetwise combat veteran, who takes Matthew under his wing as a son. The relationship between these two men grows as they attempt to conquer the numbing isolation of homelessness.

Keywords: homeless-man, homeless-shelter, homelessness, independent-film, interracial-relationship, mental-illness, murder, new-york-city, photographer, photography
Genres: Drama,

Quotes:

Jerry: Maybe you ain't schizophrenic. Maybe you're just a saint.

[to a black couple who tipped him for washing their windshield]::Matthew: Thank you. May all your children be white.

Little Leroy, Fort Washington Bully: Meeeeeeooooowwwwww. Kitty cat. I'm always where th'moneyzat.

Little Leroy, Fort Washington Bully: [sees Matthew handing out smokes] Meeeooow. Kitty cat, I'm always where th' money'zat::[pause]::Little Leroy, Fort Washington Bully: Doncha know th' Bowery rate of exchange, boy?::Matthew: No.::Little Leroy, Fort Washington Bully: We here, in Washington Heights, that's in th' northern tip of the island of Manhattan, but we still operate at the Bowery rate.::Matthew: Yeah, I don't know it.::Little Leroy, Fort Washington Bully: Twenty cents, baby. Two thin dimes a smoke.::[holds smokes out to Matthew]::Little Leroy, Fort Washington Bully: These my loosies. See, I th' loosies representative 'round here, y'understand? Now, y'settin' a bad example, boy. Y'takin' unfair advantage of dis here black man. I mean, how can a man compete yuh givin' it away fuh'nuthin'? See, it takes years to establish a rate of exchange an' yuh'destroyin' it in one night. Now you declare economic war on me::[gets up to grab Matthew]::Little Leroy, Fort Washington Bully: , I declare it right back. You strike th' first blow, now it's my turn.

Jerry: Thank you kindly.

Jerry: It's your world, we just live on it...

Jerry: Who are you?::Matthew: I'm a photographer::Jerry: Yea, and I'm the Lone Ranger, but without a horse.

Jerry: A dime, Matthew! A dime!

Jerry: This here little pill made by Mr. Johnson & Johnson. Th' God's true representative on earth. It ain't th' churches, or them synagogues, or the Pope... That jus' propaganda. It's th' pharmaceutical companies... Mr. Johnson & Johnson separatin' this black man from his pain. Yeh...::[takes pill]::Jerry: Hallaluyah!

City Employee: [thumping on door] Let's go! Let's go! We got th' building comin' down! Everybody move it out!::City Employee: [thumping on door] We got th' building coming down! Everybody out! Let's go! Move it out!::City Employee: [thumping on door] Let's go, folks! Move it out!... Move it out! We've got five minutes!::City Employee: Building's comin' down! We gotta move! C'mon now! Let's go, folks! Move it out!

Gladiator (1992)

Actors: Ossie Davis (actor), Brian Dennehy (actor), Ross L. Kulma (miscellaneous crew), Brad Fiedel (composer), Robert Loggia (actor), Cuba Gooding Jr. (actor), John Heard (actor), Steven Jay Rubin (miscellaneous crew), Donfeld (costume designer), Margaret J. Orlando (miscellaneous crew), Benny Urquidez (miscellaneous crew), Benny Urquidez (actor), Peter Zinner (editor), Steve Kraus (miscellaneous crew), Dru Anne Carlson (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: A story of two teenagers trapped in the world of illegal underground boxing. One is fighting to save his fathers life and using the money pay off gambling debts accumulated by his father. The second is fighting for the money to get out of the ghettos. While being exploited by a boxing promoter the two teens become friends. An explosive ending puts the two friends in the ring against each other in a fight for survival.

Keywords: bare-butt, blood, blood-spatter, boxer, boxer-shorts, boxing, boxing-gloves, boxing-match, boxing-ring, brawl
Genres: Action, Drama, Sport,
Taglines: Nobody owns Tommy Riley. Nobody. Against all odds, they became friends. Against their will, they became opponents.

Quotes:

Pappy Jack: Don't give me this bullshit about Murphy's Law. If I run into Murphy, I'm gonna kick him right in the balls.

Pappy Jack: Come on, kid. Money's talking!::Tommy Riley: Well, maybe it's not talking to me.

Tommy Riley: I'm not proud.

Tommy Riley: Top of the head, hardest part of the body.

Jimmy Horn: You don't say no to me boy!::Lincoln: No.

Pappy Jack: It ain't "mairzy doats and dozy doats" out there. It's war. You fight Black Death like the Marquis of Queensbury, and you're gonna be carried out in a body bag. But, hey. Good luck!

Noah: Bridgeport? You're moving in the wrong direction.

Spits: Did I say something?::Tommy Riley: Yeah, you said something.

Spits: Wow, that's funny. You're a comedian, huh?

Spits: I'll catch you on the greasy side.