Grindin' (2007)
Actors:
Khyle Armour (actor),
Malik Barnhardt (actor),
Gavind Barrera (actor),
Davis Campbell (actor),
Harace Carpenter (actor),
Duane Finley (actor),
Nick Fontenette (actor),
Kevin John (actor),
Sheik Kargbo (actor),
Dariusz Kowalczyk (actor),
Karim Mahmud (actor),
Omar Benson Miller (actor),
Ron Moon (actor),
Karim Ramos (actor),
Lawrence B. Adisa (actor),
Plot: GRINDIN' is an over the top comedy about T.O., a successful working actor who falls from Hollywood grace in the midst of livin' it up. With an inability to focus on his artistic pursuits, T.O. is constantly distracted by everything "fun under the sun." Surrounded by a cast of hilarious yet distracting characters and fearing he may never see the view from the top again, T.O. searches for the inspiration that will motivate him to once again unleash his talent and set the Hollywood scene on fire. T.O. learns that throughout it all, some things, like hard work and a will to triumph, will always remain the winning formula for success.
Genres:
Comedy,
Taglines: Hollywood is like a long roller coaster ride so sit back and enjoy the ride!
The Jerk (1979)
Actors:
Douglas S. Close (actor),
Luis Contreras (actor),
Tom J. Delaney (actor),
Alfred Dennis (actor),
Maurice Evans (actor),
Richard Foronjy (actor),
Carl Gottlieb (actor),
Lawrence Green (actor),
Larry Hankin (actor),
Nyles Harris (actor),
Shawn Harris (actor),
Niko Denise Holmes (actor),
David Landsberg (actor),
Gene LeBell (actor),
Domingo Ambriz (actor),
Plot: Navin is an idiot. He grew up in Mississippi as adopted son of a black family but on his 18th birthday he feels he wants to discover the rest of the world and sets out to St. Louis. There everyone exploits his naivety, but then a simple invention brings him a fortune.
Keywords: 1970s, absurd-humor, adult-humor, bank, bathtub, beach, blockbuster, blow-job, butler, carnival
Genres:
Comedy,
Taglines: From rags to riches... to rags. A rags to riches to rags story He was a poor black sharecropper's son who never dreamed he was adopted.
Quotes:
Navin R. Johnson: For one dollar I'll guess your weight, your height, or your sex.
Navin R. Johnson: [upset about the escargot entre] First they didn't have the bamboo umbrellas for the drinks, and now snails on the food, two boobs!
Carl Reiner: Let me show you a clip from my latest film where my faulty depth perception kept me from yelling "cut" at the right time.::[on a movie set, just as a car plummets off a cliff, Reiner yells]::Carl Reiner: Cut!::[but it's too late, and the car explodes at the bottom of the cliff; back to the press conference]::Carl Reiner: If I had yelled "cut" on time, those actors would be alive today.
Sniper: EVERY DAY RANDOM SON OF A BITCH! TAKE THAT YOU RUN OF THE MILL BASTARD! DIE GAS PUMPER!
Sniper: HEY! HE'S NOT CARNIVAL PERSONNEL!
Truck Driver Picking Up Navin: St. Louis?::Navin R. Johnson: No, Navin Johnson.
Navin R. Johnson: Well I'm gonna to go then! And I don't need any of this. I don't need this stuff, and I don't need *you*. I don't need anything. Except this.::[picks up an ashtray]::Navin R. Johnson: And that's the only thing I need is *this*. I don't need this or this. Just this ashtray... And this paddle game. - The ashtray and the paddle game and that's all I need... And this remote control. - The ashtray, the paddle game, and the remote control, and that's all I need... And these matches. - The ashtray, and these matches, and the remote control, and the paddle ball... And this lamp. - The ashtray, this paddle game, and the remote control, and the lamp, and that's all *I* need. And that's *all* I need too. I don't need one other thing, not one... I need this. - The paddle game and the chair, and the remote control, and the matches for sure. Well what are you looking at? What do you think I'm some kind of a jerk or something! - And this. That's all I need.::[walking outside]::Navin R. Johnson: The ashtray, the remote control, the paddle game, and this magazine, and the chair.::Navin R. Johnson: [outside now] And I don't need one other thing, except my dog.::[Shithead growls at him]::Navin R. Johnson: I don't need my dog.
Mother: Navin, I'd love you if you were the color of a baboon's ass.
[first lines]::Navin R. Johnson: Huh? I am *not* a bum. I'm a jerk. I once had wealth, power, and the love of a beautiful woman. Now I only have two things: my friends, and... uh... my thermos. Huh? My story? Okay. It was never easy for me. I was born a poor black child. I remember the days, sittin' on the porch with my family, singin' and dancin' down in Mississippi...
[a sniper keeps missing Navin and hitting cans of motor oil]::Navin R. Johnson: He hates these cans. Stay away from the cans.
Thunder Alley (1967)
Actors:
Baynes Barron (actor),
Michael Bell (actor),
Warren Berlinger (actor),
Ronnie Dayton (actor),
Michael Dugan (actor),
Fabian (actor),
Guy Hemric (actor),
Kip King (actor),
Michael T. Mikler (actor),
Jan Murray (actor),
Sandy Reed (actor),
Sammy Shore (actor),
Maureen Arthur (actress),
Annette Funicello (actress),
Stanley Adams (actor),
Plot: Stock car racer Tommy Callahan is forced to join Pete Madsen's thrill circus after his blackouts cause a fatal accident that gets him thrown off the circuit. He shows Pete's daughter Francie and her boyfriend Eddie Sands everything he knows about driving. Eddie takes up with Tommy's girl Annie Blaine after winning the first time out. They become fierce rivals by the next race, during which Tommy remembers driving over his brother with a go-kart and Eddie hits the wall.
Keywords: car-crash, car-racing, carsploitation, daytona-500, drunk-driving, father-daughter-relationship, flashback, gocart, independent-film, love-triangle
Genres:
Action,
Drama,
Romance,
Taglines: Days of screaming wheels, nights of reckless pleasure! SCREAMING WHEELS - RECKLESS PLEASURES! (original ad - all caps) Their god is speed...their pleasure is an "anytime" girl!
Quotes:
Harry Wise: [walks over to Tommy Callahan] Hey, hey, hey, hey, whoa. Nobody told you you could hang around decent people, Callahan. Hey Turk, do you know who you just let in? He's the guy who killed ol' Jimmy John Jones. Didn't ya, killer?... I said, Didn't ya, killer?::Turk: This is one of my customers, Harry. Now, you leave him be.::Harry Wise: Aww... leave him be? You're putting me on! Hey, is there anybody here wanna let this man dirty up a nice clean place like Turk's?::Tommy Callahan: Are you drunk?::Harry Wise: [laughing] The killer wants to know if I'm drunk. I am sober, mister Callahan, so why don't you - [Tommy punches him, and a knockdown, drag-out fight ensues]