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Lucretia (/lʊˈkriːʃə/) or Lucrece (Latin: Lucretia; died c. 510 BC) was a legendary Roman matron whose fate played a vital role in the transition from a Roman Kingdom into a Roman Republic. While there were no contemporary sources, accounts from Roman historian Livy (Livius) and Greek-Roman historian Dionysius of Halicarnassus from the time of Emperor Caesar Augustus (around the start of the Common Era) agreed that there was such a woman and that her suicide after being raped by an Etruscan king's son was the immediate cause of the anti-monarchist rebellion that overthrew the monarchy.
The incident kindled the flames of dissatisfaction over the tyrannical methods of the last king of Rome, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus. As a result, the prominent families instituted a republic, drove the extensive Royal Family of Tarquin from Rome, and successfully defended the republic against attempted Etruscan and tribal Latin intervention. As a result of its sheer impact, the rape itself became a major theme in European art and literature.
Actors: Riki Lindhome (actress), Kristen Schaal (producer), Kristen Schaal (actress), Kristen Schaal (actress), Jon Daly (actor), Drew Droege (actor), James Adomian (actor), Trevor Engelson (producer), Kurt Braunohler (actor), Kurt Braunohler (actor), Kurt Braunohler (actor), Price Peterson (writer), Mark Brooks (editor), Mark Brooks (director), Ryan Sandoval (actor),
Genres: Animation, Comedy,Actors: Bruce Dellis (writer), Joshua J. Provost (producer), Bruce Dellis (director), Jose Rosete (actor), Bruce Dellis (editor), Bruce Dellis (producer), Jennifer Pfalzgraff (actress), Brock H. Brown (producer), Gabriel Loyer (producer), Gabriel Loyer (actor), Wayne Leonard (editor), Wayne Leonard (actor), Evangeline Provost (actress), Evangeline Provost (producer), Deon Doughty (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Hartmut Köhler (producer), Victor Argo (actor), Amos Kollek (director), Amos Kollek (writer), Regina Ziegler (producer), Stephen Gevedon (actor), Ron Holloway (miscellaneous crew), Ron Holloway (producer), Tanja Meding (producer), Avram Ludwig (actor), Avram Ludwig (producer), Dallas Roberts (actor), Lara Harris (actress), Angelica Page (actress), Mark Santora (producer),
Plot: Often cited for his quaint, ironic, humorous, close-to-the-skin story-telling talents - "the Woody Allen of the American Independents," said one critic - Amos Kollek is an actor-writer-screenwriter-director all rolled into one. He knows Manhattan like the back of his hand. His films are filled with a bevy of familiar Village characters: bar-hoppers and park-benchers, retirees and wanabees, the lonely and the beautiful. In ANGELA, his first Erotic Tale, Amos Kollek told a delightfully funny fairy tale about an ordinary guy aching for one last fling at the tender age of 70. In MUSIC he extends the metaphor to embrace a city that never sleeps - as though Manhattan at night is the very essence of the elusive, vulnerable woman. Spiced with surreal, Kafkaesque twists, MUSIC is about a man who loves music and is fascinated by the fair sex. But he is not quite sure why and how he has ended up in this strange hotel room ...
Keywords: female-nudity, full-frontal-female-nudityActors: Lisandro Berenguer Grassi (producer), Lisandro Berenguer Grassi (writer), Lisandro Berenguer Grassi (director), Lisandro Berenguer Grassi (editor), Sheri Paige Acker (actor),
Genres: Short,Actors: Siân Phillips (actress), Julian Clary (actor), Ronnie Corbett (actor), Philip Pope (composer), Harry Hill (actor), Paul Merton (actor), Ben Miller (actor), Frank Skinner (actor), Alexander Armstrong (actor), Simon Nye (writer), Humphrey Barclay (producer), Samantha Womack (actress), Nick Ames (editor), Lisa Stevens (actress), Bryn Walters (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Charles Band (producer), Sam Irvin (actor), Albert Band (producer), Andrew Divoff (actor), Abraham Benrubi (actor), Richard Band (composer), Sam Irvin (director), French Stewart (actor), Isaac Hayes (actor), Michael Deak (producer), Martine Beswick (actress), Zachery Ty Bryan (actor), Michael J. Mahoney (producer), Debra Dion (producer), Josi W. Konski (producer),
Plot: Jack Carlisle is a disillusioned 13-year old boy. His mother is always away at work since his father left. He decides to run away, as his mom won't miss him. As he is ready to leave, his nanny, convinces him to read this 'magic book'. The book is about a pirate adventure on Magic Island. As Jack reads the book, he is sucked into the world and goes on numerous adventures with Prince Morgan, while fleeing the evil Blackbeard the Pirate. He is even saved by Lily, a beautiful mermaid, whom he falls in love with.
Keywords: absent-father, beauty, book, electronic-game, haitian, housekeeper, hunger, illusion, island, jeansActors: Joseph Merhi (director), Joseph Merhi (writer), Jeff Wincott (producer), Louis Febre (composer), Richard Pepin (producer), Michael Greene (actor), Scott McAboy (producer), Joseph Merhi (producer), Steve Eastin (actor), Jonathan Banks (actor), Robert LaSardo (actor), Jeff Wincott (actor), Scott McAboy (actor), John J. Kelly (miscellaneous crew), Art Camacho (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: A gang of bank robbers, led by the ultra-violent Snake Underwood, pull off a daring mid-day heist that leaves dozens of burning police cars and scores of innocent victims in its wake. Heading the investigation into the gang is the equally violent detective Kurt Bellmore, along with his partner Doc Kane. Though the pair manage to apprehend Underwood fairly quickly, they then find themselves up against an even greater adversary: the corrupt cops who are on Underwood's payroll, and a revolving-door legal system that just doesn't care. If the two want to clear the streets of Snake and his gang, going by the book just isn't going to be enough.
Keywords: armored-truck, bank-robbery, bare-breasts, bent-cop, car-chase, chase-on-foot, cop, falling-into-pool, independent-film, policeActors: Faye Dunaway (actress), Ornella Muti (actress), Kenneth Colley (actor), Michael Balfour (actor), Sylvia Kristel (actress), Jack Taylor (actor), John Wells (actor), Roy Kinnear (actor), Frank Finlay (actor), Jean-Pierre Cassel (actor), Richard Griffiths (actor), Richard Chamberlain (actor), Fernando Hilbeck (actor), Aitana Sánchez-Gijón (actress), Hanna Schygulla (actress),
Plot: A very long, beginning-to-end life story of an eighteenth century womanizer that is arrested, not so much for his crimes, but because he is viewed as an undesirable by the husbands and families of the women he seduces.
Keywords: 18th-century, casanova, character-name-in-title, escape, escape-from-prison, female-nudity, lover, passion, playboy, prisonActors: George Murcell (actor), Reiner Brönneke (actor), Linda Marlowe (actress), Gina Janssen (actress), Nicholas Day (actor), Anna Bergman (actress), Peter Curran (director), Harald Eggers (actor), Benno Hummer (actor), Marion Koos (actress), Karl Breuer (editor), Elizabeth Curran (producer), Karin Janssen (actress), Ernst Mack (actor), Judith de la Couronne (actress),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Kit Guard (actor), Christian J. Frank (actor), Eddie Foster (actor), Harry C. Bradley (actor), Jimmie Dundee (actor), James Burke (actor), Frank Fanning (actor), Charles Coleman (actor), Walter Connolly (actor), Gino Corrado (actor), Sayre Dearing (actor), Charles Brinley (actor), Abe Dinovitch (actor), Don Brodie (actor), Edward Hearn (actor),
Plot: Fan dancer Alabam Lee is convicted of breaching the morals code with her racy shows. Her agent has her adopt a "mother" from an old ladies home as a publicity ploy to improve her image. Alabam chooses Patricia"Patsy" Patterson, a drunk and disorderly street lady with a past. Patsy has a protector in Johnny Mills, the lawyer son of her old flame. When Johnny comes to visit Patsy he meets Alabam and the two eventually fall in love. Both Patsy and the everpresent Judge Daly think that Alabam is golddigging for Johnny's money and their attempts to break things up puts the relationship on shaky ground.
Keywords: adoption, alcoholic, arrest, bar, brawl, business-manager, card-game, dancing, dice-game, drunkenness...et les longs corbillards,
sans tambours ni musique,
defilent lentement
dans mon ame.