Sphinx

Quietly (2009)

Actors: Ryan Denmark (editor), Andrew Barkan (composer), Colen C. Wiley (director), Kalon Jackson (actor), Colen C. Wiley (producer), Colen C. Wiley (writer), Zora Howard (actress), Dominique Deleon (producer), Dante Alexander (actor), Preston Pratt III (actor), Emil Mequita (actor), Kristofer Macklin (actor), Rachel Leslie (actress),

Plot: Quietly, an emotional and unyielding drama set in Brooklyn, follows Italis Rivington, a quiet and unassuming 15-year-old, as he struggles to reclaim the blissful years of his childhood. A time long before his mother, Gloria, became irreversibly dependent on her abusive boyfriend, IO. With virtually no options left, Italis is considering drastic action to save his home and his family.

Genres: Drama, Short,
Taglines: Sometimes words are not enough.

Riddles of the Sphinx (2008)

Actors: Jason Bourque (miscellaneous crew), Doran Chandler (miscellaneous crew), Ron Blecker (miscellaneous crew), George Mendeluk (director), Karen Austin (miscellaneous crew), Lindsay MacAdam (producer), Michael Richard Plowman (composer), Dina Meyer (actress), Lochlyn Munro (actor), Kirk Shaw (producer), Donnelly Rhodes (actor), Oliver De Caigny (producer), Mackenzie Gray (actor), Christina Ollson (miscellaneous crew), Scott A. Matthews (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: An astronomer and a cryptographer uncover a series of ancient tunnels, unwittingly unleashing a deadly Sphinx. In order to trap the Sphinx back in its tomb and stop impending destruction, our explorers must solve a series of complicated and possibly deadly riddles.

Keywords: alternate-dimension, bullet-ricochet, father-daughter-relationship, father-son-relationship, four-elements, history-teacher, implied-male-nudity, mythological-beast, portal-to-another-dimension, riddle
Genres: Fantasy, Sci-Fi,

MirrorMask (2005)

Actors: Neil Gaiman (writer), Rob Brydon (actor), Gina McKee (actress), Neil Gaiman (writer), Gina McKee (actress), Rob Brydon (actor), Dora Bryan (actress), Robert Llewellyn (actor), Lenny Henry (actor), Gina McKee (actress), Stephen Fry (actor), Kate Robbins (actress), Kate Robbins (actress), Kate Robbins (actress), Nicolas Gaster (editor),

Plot: In a fantasy world of opposing kingdoms, a 15-year old girl named Helena who works at the family circus with her father and mother, who wishes--quite ironically--that she could run away from the circus and join 'real life'. But such is not to be the case, as she finds herself on a strange journey into the Dark Lands, a fantastic landscape filled with giants, Monkeybirds and dangerous sphinxes. She must find the fabled MirrorMask in order to save the kingdom and get back home.

Keywords: acrobat, actor-playing-multiple-roles, actress-playing-multiple-roles, adolescent, allegory, alternate-dimension, alternative-reality, betrayal, box-office, circus
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy,
Taglines: An extraordinary dream quest to rescue a world out of balance. Enter A World Where Dreams Are Real

Quotes:

Anti-Helena: Of course, if I use the Mirrormask it may upset things a bit. But you can't run away from home without destroying somone's world.

Valentine: I'm an important person you see. I have a tower, a wonderful tower it was, tall and grand.::Helena: Are you?::Valentine: Of course.::Helena: Where is your tower then?::Valentine: We aren't talking... We had an argument, you see.

Sphinx: Hungry.

Helena: Riddle? Riddle. So have you thought of an answer yet?::Gryphon: You can''t pass. I give up, I think, no wait, wait... Fine. What's the answer?::Helena: Okay. It's a herring.::Gryphon: But a herring isn't green.::Helena: You can paint it green.::Gryphon: But a herring doesn't hang on a wall.::Helena: You can nail it to a wall.::Gryphon: But a herring doesn't whistle!::Helena: Oh, come on. I just put that in to stop it from being too obvious.

Helena: [Trying to summon Valentine's tower to stop from being consumed by shadow swarm] You know, sometimes it helps to apologize to others, even if it isn't your fault.::Valentine: I'M SORRY.

[repeated line]::Valentine: I am a very important man. I've got a tower.

Helena: If I tell you something weird... will you think I'm crazy?::Valentine: Yes. I expect so.

Valentine: We often confuse what we wish for with what is.

Valentine: That's not my future... NO! I don't want to be a waiter!

Valentine: [unable to directly say "I'm sorry"] If I were to say something apologetic it would reflect my feelings in this matter.

Tweety's High-Flying Adventure (2000)

Actors: Joe Alaskey (actor), Joe Alaskey (actor), Joe Alaskey (actor), Joe Alaskey (actor), Joe Alaskey (actor), Joe Alaskey (actor), Joe Alaskey (actor), Jeff Bennett (actor), Jeff Bennett (actor), Jeff Bennett (actor), Joe Alaskey (actor), Jim Cummings (actor), Jim Cummings (actor), Jim Cummings (actor), Jim Cummings (actor),

Plot: A full-length animated feature starring the little yellow bird. When Col. Rimfire announces at the Looney Club his belief that cats are the most intelligent animals, Granny, hoping to raise enough money to save a nearby children's park, makes a wager that her Tweety can fly around the world in 80 days, collecting the pawprints of 80 cats in the process. Sylvester, still hoping to make Tweety his personal snack, is incensed at the thought of some other cat getting the little bird first and vows to follow Tweety around the world and catch the canary himself.

Keywords: around-the-world-in-80-days, bird, canary, cartoon-bird, cartoon-canary, cartoon-cat, cat, character-name-in-title, paw-print, pepe-le-pew
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Family,
Taglines: You're in for a TWEMENDOUS ride as TWEETY takes off in his VERY FIRST MOVIE!

Gramps (1992)

Actors: Charles Adler (actor), Charles Adler (actor), Charles Adler (actor), Charles Adler (actor), Neil Dickson (actor), Neil Dickson (actor), Rob Paulsen (actor), Rob Paulsen (actor), Rob Paulsen (actor), Kath Soucie (actress), Christine Cavanaugh (actress), Davis Doi (producer), Julianne Davis (actress),

Genres: Animation, Short,

Born to Race (1988)

Actors: Ed Grady (actor), George Kennedy (actor), Marc Singer (actor), Leon Rippy (actor), Joseph Bottoms (actor), Michael McGrady (actor), Tony Lombardo (editor), Dirk Blocker (actor), James Fargo (director), William Johnson (actor), Jeffrey Pillars (actor), Thomas Stanford (editor), Robert Logan (actor), Ed Grenga (composer), Dean Whitworth (actor),

Genres: Action, Drama,

Jubilee (1978)

Actors: Toyah Willcox (actress), David Brandon (actor), Brian Eno (composer), Richard O'Brien (actor), Derek Jarman (writer), Derek Jarman (director), Karl Johnson (actor), Jenny Runacre (actress), Steven Severin (actor), Jenny Runacre (actress), Adam Ant (actor), Lindsay Kemp (miscellaneous crew), Lindsay Kemp (actor), Claire Davenport (actress), Nell Campbell (actress),

Plot: Queen Elizabeth I travels to late twentieth-century Britain to discover a tawdry and depressing landscape where life mostly seems aimless and is anyway held cheap. Three post-punk girls while away their vacuous existence as best they can, from time-to-time straying into murder to relieve the boredom.

Keywords: 1570s, actress, amyl-nitrate, anarchy, angel, artist, au-pair, baby-carriage, ballerina, ballet
Genres: Drama, Music,
Taglines: Sex, drugs and punk rock. Add violence and time travel and you have Jubilee.

Quotes:

Angel: I was 15 before I realized I was dead.

Sphinx: I was 15 before I realized I was dead.

Crabs: And the world's your oyster, so swallow it.

Crabs: Why don't you take up embroidery, Bod?

[Bod picks up the phone]::Crabs: Most people would hang up the phone, she's hanging on for dear life.

[Crabs and Happy Days on the bed, Mad distracts him]::Crabs: Back to work, no tea breaks.

Crabs: Leave the guy alone, he's better than a vibrator and he's bigger.

Crabs: I just love a man without its uniform.

Angel: You clammy slag! You sat on the KY with your fat arse!

Borgia Ginz: Without progress life would be unbearable. Progress has taken the place of Heaven.::[laughs]::Borgia Ginz: It's like pornography; better than the real thing.

Crazy Cruise (1942)

Actors: Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Robert C. Bruce (actor), Leon Schlesinger (producer), Michael Maltese (writer), Carl W. Stalling (composer), Tex Avery (director), Robert Clampett (director), Treg Brown (editor),

Genres: Animation, Comedy, Family, Short,

Quotes:

Narrator: Deep in the heart of the African jungle, we come upon a treaturous flower that devours all insect life in its reach: The eatimus abuccus. [buzzing bee appears] Here comes another victim. An unsuspecting little bumble bee. Oh, poor little bee.::Eatimus Abuccus: [eats bee and spits it out] [shouts in pain] OUCH!

Narrator: Ah, here are some cute little baby rabbits who have wandered away from their mother. But wait. WHAT'S THIS? A VULTURE ABOUT TO POUNCE!::[a stereotypical Japanese vulture appears in the sky]::Narrator: ...on these poor defenseless little rabbits.::[the rabbits hop into a patch of grass and set up an anti-aircraft gun; one of them morphs into a certain better-known rabbit]::Bugs Bunny: Eh, thumbs up, doc! Thumbs up!