Don't Throw Me Away (2013)

Actors: Kimberly Bada (actress), Al Mitchell (actor), Jennifer Capone (actress), Al Mitchell (director), Al Mitchell (writer), Lapell Chapman (actor), Lapell Chapman (actor), Lapell Chapman (editor), Ronald Edwards (actor), Ronald Edwards (actor), Destiny White (actor), Bill Greene (actor), Kevin Peterson (actor), Bill Greene (actor), Kevin Petersen (actor),

Plot: Deals with today's reality facing so many young urban boys living in cities in the state of New Jersey. The perspective is from a bright, astute young man, who however is struggling in school and fears falling into the criminal justice system.

Genres: Drama, Short,

Don't Throw Me Away (2013)

Actors: Kimberly Bada (actress), Al Mitchell (actor), Jennifer Capone (actress), Al Mitchell (director), Al Mitchell (writer), Lapell Chapman (actor), Lapell Chapman (actor), Lapell Chapman (editor), Ronald Edwards (actor), Ronald Edwards (actor), Destiny White (actor), Bill Greene (actor), Kevin Peterson (actor), Bill Greene (actor), Kevin Petersen (actor),

Plot: Deals with today's reality facing so many young urban boys living in cities in the state of New Jersey. The perspective is from a bright, astute young man, who however is struggling in school and fears falling into the criminal justice system.

Genres: Drama, Short,

Holy Flying Circus (2011)

Actors: Stephen Fry (actor), Steve Punt (actor), Steve Punt (actor), Steve Punt (actor), Steve Punt (actor), Steve Punt (actor), Michael Cochrane (actor), Simon Greenall (actor), James Laurenson (actor), Simon Greenall (actor), Rupert Vansittart (actor), Mark Heap (actor), Alex Macqueen (actor), Jane Jackson (miscellaneous crew), Geoffrey McGivern (actor),

Plot: In 1979 the Monty Python comedy team return from making their film 'Monty Python's Life of Brian' in Tunisia. Premiered in America the film is pilloried by ultra-right religious groups for its depiction of Christ. In England the Popular Peoples' Church of St Sophia (whose members include a Tourette's sufferer who shouts out swear words) find a copy of the script in a dustbin and lobby the British censor for its suppression, leading to many local councils banning its screening. Death threats follow and Michael Palin - "the nicest man in Britain" - has his effigy burned on his front lawn. Finally crazed TV programmer Alan Dick persuades Palin and co-star John Cleese to defend the picture on a late night chat show against the Bishop of Southwark and religious commentator Malcolm Muggeridge. Thanks to Cleese's reasoning the Pythons are seen to triumph, winning over the Popular Peoples' Church. A later encounter with God will show how the film's controversy paved the way for other artistic endeavours which prompted protest. Brilliant characterisations are vitiated by a satirical 'treatment' including animated sequences and irritating attempts at surreal wit when a documentary style treatment would have sufficed. Several of the Pythons were hostile to the film, summed up in the floor manager's comment. "Another fantasy sequence...lame".

Keywords: 1970s, banned-film, blasphemy, censorship, christian-fundamentalism, christian-sect, christianity, england-uk, film-censorship, great-britain
Genres: Comedy, Drama,

The Chicago 8 (2011)

Actors: Richard Halsey (editor), Shirly Brener (actress), Thomas Ian Nicholas (actor), Shirly Brener (producer), Kirsten Vangsness (actress), Alain Jakubowicz (producer), Kenyon Glover (actor), Orlando Jones (actor), Gary Cole (actor), Lochlyn Munro (actor), Circus-Szalewski (actor), Willow Hale (actress), Philip Baker Hall (actor), Claude Forest (miscellaneous crew), Maxine Brooks (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: Based on actual court transcripts of 8 anti-war protesters on trial for conspiring to cause riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Genres: ,

Quotes:

[repeated line]::Abbie Hoffman: Yippie!

Bill Kunstler: Jail is better than getting your asses shot in Vietnam.

Abbie Hoffman: Sorry dad, I'm ready to go to jail.

Jerry Rubin: [trying to interrupt a huge confusion in the court] Heil Hitler. Heil Hitler. Heil Hitler. Heil Hitler. Heil Hitler. Heil Hitler. [the fight in the courtroom stops]

Abbie Hoffman: [speaking Yiddish to the judge] You are a disgrace in front of the gentiles.

Marvel Super Heroes: What The--?! (2010)

Actors: Christopher Daniels (actor), Allen Jones (actor), Colton Dunn (actor), Tori Amos (actress), Nigel McGuinness (actor), Isaiah Mustafa (actor), Steve Caballero (actor), Matt Serra (actor), Edward Bursch (editor), Brian Bendis (actor), Tom Brennan (actor), Chris Ward (actor), Todd Casey (writer), Jordan Geary (actor), Claudio Sanchez (actor),

Genres: Animation, Short,

Berkeley (2005)

Actors: Bobby Roth (writer), Christopher Franke (composer), Bonnie Bedelia (actress), Irvin Kershner (actor), Bobby Roth (producer), Riki Lindhome (actress), Henry Winkler (actor), Thomas Gibson (actor), Rob Nilsson (actor), Peter Coyote (actor), Tracey Walter (actor), Lanre Idewu (actor), Henry G. Sanders (actor), Bobby Roth (director), Tom Morello (actor),

Plot: Berkeley is the story of Ben Sweet, an eighteen year old boy who comes to UC Berkeley in 1968 to study accounting and avoid the draft. There begins an odyssey through sex, drugs, rock and roll, and political activism which turns his world upside down and leaves him on a path of exploration and self-discovery, far from the life of his father, Sy Sweet. The film depicts a group of young people protesting the Vietnam War.

Keywords: accounting, actress-breaking-typecast, drugs, female-nudity, nudity, rock-'n'-roll, teenager
Genres: Drama,
Taglines: It's a movement. It's a party. It's history.

Hendrix (2000)

Actors: Davy Jones (actor), Martin Luther King (actor), Richard Fitzpatrick (actor), Mick Jagger (actor), Robert F. Kennedy (actor), George Harrison (actor), Lyndon Johnson (actor), Dorian Harewood (actor), Allen Ginsberg (actor), Bob Dylan (actor), Micky Dolenz (actor), John F. Kennedy (actor), Muhammad Ali (actor), Zedong Mao (actor), John Lennon (actor),

Plot: Biography of rock star Jimi Hendrix chronicles his early career, including a stint with Little Richard who fired him for getting too flamboyant, to his tragic failure. Struggling to find a niche, he moves to England where he becomes friends with musician and producer Chas Chandler (Christian Portenza). Chas then teams him with Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding (Krit Holdenreid, Christopher Ralph) to form the Experience. As Hendrix gets public attention, Chas then introduces him to a major record producer (Billy Zane) who takes over his career. While this gets Hendrix international exposure, it also places him in the hands of people interested only in the money aspects that his career offers them. One of the early disasters foisted on him by the record company is an opening bill for "The Monkees" on an American tour. His then unknown act is booed by teens just wanting to see their idols. A genius and a perfectionist, Hendrix drives everyone crazy as he starts making albums himself without producers or the Experience. Pushed by the record executives beyond his limits, he turns to drugs and wild parties for release which ultimately leads to his demise.

Keywords: 1960s, character-name-in-title, female-frontal-nudity, female-nudity, groupie, interracial-relationship, jimi-hendrix, john-lennon, lesbian, lesbianism
Genres: Biography, Drama, Music,
Taglines: He set the world on fire

Quotes:

[Jimi is on stage at the Monterey Pop Festival]::Michael Jeffrey: Whose fucking idea was it to have him go on after the Who?

The '70s (2000)

Actors: Amy Smart (actress), Pamella D'Pella (miscellaneous crew), Tina Lifford (actress), Peter Manning Robinson (composer), Peter Werner (director), Maxine Bergen (miscellaneous crew), Todd Johnson (actor), Mark Rolston (actor), Jeffrey Weissman (actor), Denise Di Novi (producer), Graham Beckel (actor), Robert Joy (actor), Guy Torry (actor), Lucas Moore (miscellaneous crew), Tod Feuerman (editor),

Genres: Drama,

Quotes:

Doris Shales: But Byron... it's Christmas!

Forrest Gump (1994)

Actors: Aaron Michael Lacey (actor), Robert F. Kennedy (actor), Dick Clark (actor), John F. Kennedy (actor), Tom Hanks (actor), Bob Hope (actor), Dick Cavett (actor), Stephen Bridgewater (actor), Lyndon Johnson (actor), Peter Dobson (actor), Neil Armstrong (actor), Gerald Ford (actor), Joe Alaskey (actor), Richard Nixon (actor), John Lennon (actor),

Plot: Forrest Gump is a simple man with a low I.Q. but good intentions. He is running through childhood with his best and only friend Jenny. His 'mama' teaches him the ways of life and leaves him to choose his destiny. Forrest joins the army for service in Vietnam, finding new friends called Dan and Bubba, he wins medals, creates a famous shrimp fishing fleet, inspires people to jog, starts a ping-pong craze, create the smiley, write bumper stickers and songs, donating to people and meeting the president several times. However, this is all irrelevant to Forrest who can only think of his childhood sweetheart Jenny Curran. Who has messed up her life. Although in the end all he wants to prove is that anyone can love anyone.

Keywords: amputee, assassination-of-president, assembling-a-rifle, attempted-suicide, balcony, based-on-book, based-on-novel, bathroom, battle, blockbuster
Genres: Drama, Romance,
Taglines: The story of a lifetime. The world will never be the same once you've seen it through the eyes of Forrest Gump. Life is like a box of chocolates...you never know what you're gonna get.

Quotes:

Forrest Gump: Will you marry me?::[Jenny turns and looks at him]::Forrest Gump: I'd make a good husband, Jenny.::Jenny Curran: You would, Forrest.::Forrest Gump: ...But you won't marry me.::Jenny Curran: [sadly]... You don't wanna marry me.::Forrest Gump: Why don't you love me, Jenny? [Jenny says nothing] I'm not a smart man... but I know what love is.

[young Jenny's father is chasing her through the fields to beat her when she stops and hides]::Young Jenny Curran: Dear God, make me a bird. So I could fly far. Far far away from here.

[repeated line]::Forrest Gump: My momma always said, "Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."

Mrs. Gump: You have to do the best with what God gave you.

Drill Sergeant: Gump! What's your sole purpose in this army?::Forrest Gump: To do whatever you tell me, drill sergeant!::Drill Sergeant: God damn it, Gump! You're a god damn genius! This is the most outstanding answer I have ever heard. You must have a goddamn I.Q. of 160. You are goddamn gifted, Private Gump. Listen up, people...::Forrest Gump: [narrates] Now for some reason I fit in the army like one of them round pegs. It's not really hard. You just make your bed real neat and remember to stand up straight and always answer every question with "Yes, drill sergeant."::Drill Sergeant: ...Is that clear?::Forrest Gump: Yes, drill sergeant!

Forrest Gump: Mama always said, dying was a part of life. I sure wish it wasn't.

Abbie Hoffman: Tell us a little bit about the war, man.::Forrest Gump: The war in Vietnam?::Abbie Hoffman: [to audience] War in Viet-Fucking-Nam!::[Audience cheers]

Forrest Gump: You died on a Saturday morning. And I had you placed here under our tree. And I had that house of your father's bulldozed to the ground. Momma always said dyin' was a part of life. I sure wish it wasn't. Little Forrest, he's doing just fine. About to start school again soon. I make his breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day. I make sure he combs his hair and brushes his teeth every day. Teaching him how to play ping-pong. He's really good. We fish a lot. And every night, we read a book. He's so smart, Jenny. You'd be so proud of him. I am. He, uh, wrote a letter, and he says I can't read it. I'm not supposed to, so I'll just leave it here for you. Jenny, I don't know if Momma was right or if, if it's Lieutenant Dan. I don't know if we each have a destiny, or if we're all just floating around accidental-like on a breeze, but I, I think maybe it's both. Maybe both is happening at the same time. I miss you, Jenny. If there's anything you need, I won't be far away.

Forrest Gump: He should not be hitting you, Jenny.

Forrest Gump: Lieutenant Dan, I got you some ice cream. [voice wavering] Lieutenant Dan, ice cream.