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Jubilee is a 1978 cult film directed by Derek Jarman. It stars Jenny Runacre, Ian Charleson, and a host of punk rockers, including Adam Ant and Toyah. The title refers to the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II in 1977.
In Jubilee, Queen Elizabeth I (Jenny Runacre) is transported forward in time by the occultist John Dee (Richard O'Brien) through the spirit guide Ariel (a character from Shakespeare's The Tempest). Elizabeth arrives in the shattered Britain of the 1970s. Queen Elizabeth II is dead, killed in an arbitrary mugging, and Elizabeth I moves through the social and physical decay of the city observing the activities of a group of sporadic nihilists, including Amyl Nitrite (Jordan), Bod (Runacre in a dual role), Chaos (Hermine Demoriane), Crabs (Nell Campbell), and Mad (Toyah Willcox).
Numerous punk icons appear in the film including Jordan (a Malcolm McLaren protégé), Toyah Willcox, Nell Campbell, Adam Ant, Demoriane and Wayne County. It features performances by Wayne County and Adam and the Ants. There are also cameo appearances by The Slits and Siouxsie and the Banshees. The film was scored by Brian Eno. The uncredited piece of music used in the 'Jordan's Dance' scene was written by Ludwig Minkus in 1884 for Act I in the revived ballet 'Giselle'.
Actors: Gregory M. Brown (actor), Maria O'Bryan (editor), Maria O'Bryan (actress), Maria O'Bryan (director), Maria O'Bryan (writer), Maria O'Bryan (producer), Kevin O'Bryan (editor), Kevin O'Bryan (producer), Kevin O'Bryan (actor), Kevin O'Bryan (director), Kevin O'Bryan (writer), Tom Werther (actor), Catherine Nastasi (actress), Lawrence Mack (actor), Sean M. Grady (actor),
Plot: Joey, the smallest starting offensive lineman for the High School Varsity football team, faces insurmountable odds when his world is turned upside down three days before the State Championship game. Will Joey rise up and be the man his father equipped him to be, or will he be defeated forever?
Genres: Drama, Family, Short, Sport,Actors: Coolio (actor), Christopher DeMaci (actor), John O. Nelson (actor), Keena Ferguson (actress), Melinda Rochelle (actress), Michael Phillip Edwards (director), Spencer Scott (actor), Michael Phillip Edwards (writer), Michael Phillip Edwards (producer), Marc Gomes (actor), Michael Phillip Edwards (actor), Jasmine Waltz (actress), Robert F. Harrison (producer), John Pittman (producer), John Pittman (actor),
Plot: Four filmmakers discover they've 'blown' almost all the money they'd borrowed (from a local loan shark) to produce a film. Desperate, they come up with a plan to film anyway - using the audition tape footage as the actual movie. With each audition they must con the actors into doing more and more in order to succeed at putting together a feature that their gangster benefactor will appreciate.
Keywords: actor, anxiety, audition, bankruptcy, bare-breasts, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, brother-brother-relationship, cameo-appearance, cameraman, casting-callActors: Gary Lineker (actor), Janet Brown (actress), Tim Whitnall (actor), Howard Ward (actor), Chris Jarvis (actor), Emma Weaver (actress),
Genres: Family,Actors: Andrew Swant (actor), Bobby Ciraldo (actor), Didier Leplae (composer), Sarah Price (producer), Stephanie Barber (actress), Sarah Price (director), Xav Leplae (actor), David Robbins (director), Randy Russell (actor), Peter Barrickman (actor), Peter Barrickman (composer), David Robbins (writer), Joe Wong (actor), Ray Chi (editor), Ray Chi (actor),
Plot: The Ice Cream Social updates the classic variety show format, blends in aspects of the talk show format, and envelops the whole in comedy. Combining elements of Laugh-In, American Bandstand, Ed Sullivan, and Charlie Rose, the Ice Cream Social is a weekly hour-long party with an ensemble cast of regulars and an ever-changing array of guests and performers.
Genres: Short,Actors: Philip Green (composer), Penny Daniels (miscellaneous crew), Jeremy Lloyd (actor), Wilfrid Brambell (actor), Earl St. John (producer), Roy Ward Baker (director), Sylvia Syms (actress), Barbara Windsor (actress), Meredith Edwards (actor), Glyn Houston (actor), John Mills (actor), Cyril Chamberlain (actor), Roy Ward Baker (producer), Ted Willis (writer), Ted Willis (writer),
Plot: A union leader in a large company tries to win equal rights for the handful of West Indian workers at the company, but finds it is an uphill battle. After being successful, and rightly proud of his efforts, he finds that he and his wife have a difficult time coming to terms with the fact that his only daughter intends to marry a West Indian.
Keywords: argument, based-on-play, bigotry, black-man-white-woman-relationship, bonfire, england, factory, family-relationships, father-daughter-relationship, fightActors: Audie Murphy (actor), Ted Mapes (actor), Herbert Anderson (actor), Tommy Cook (actor), Donald Curtis (actor), Hugh Beaumont (actor), Emile Avery (actor), Dan Duryea (actor), Jack Elam (actor), Paul Fix (actor), James Flavin (actor), Jay C. Flippen (actor), Harold Goodwin (actor), John Daheim (actor), William 'Bill' Phillips (actor),
Plot: The workers on the railroad haven't been paid in months --- that's because Whitey and his gang, including fast-shooting, dangerous, but likeable Utica Kid, keep holding up the train for its payroll. Grant McLaine, a former railroad employee who was fired in disgrace, is recruited to take the payroll through under cover. A young boy and a shoebox figure into the plot when Whitey's gang tries to hold up the train and Grant and the Kid meet again to settle an old score.
Keywords: accordion, ambush, bar-fight, bar-shootout, beating, brawl, brother-brother-conflict, brother-brother-relationship, child, colt-.45Actors: Bill Walker (actor), Harry Cheshire (actor), Mark Stevens (actor), George Melford (actor), Robert Adler (actor), J. Farrell MacDonald (actor), Jay Silverheels (actor), Paul E. Burns (actor), Davison Clark (actor), Ben Erway (actor), Iron Eyes Cody (actor), Charley Grapewin (actor), Rory Calhoun (actor), Tom London (actor), Coleen Gray (actress),
Plot: Jeff Keane's expensive showhorse escapes from a train and runs wild in the Colorado wilderness. Keane searches for the horse while the horse learns the ways of the wild.
Keywords: based-on-novel, horse, horse-actorActors: Louis Chaudet (director), Joseph J. Dowling (actor), Ralph Lewis (actor), Henry B. Walthall (actor), Mary Charleson (actress), Vera Lewis (actress), E. Magnus Ingleton (writer), Melbourne MacDowell (actor), Jack Richardson (actor), Bert Lindley (actor), William De Vaull (actor), Harry O'Connor (actor), Hallie Erminie Rives (writer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Nell Shipman (writer), Clarence Burton (actor), William A. Carroll (actor), Charles Newton (actor), William Russell (actor), Harry von Meter (actor), Edward Sloman (director), Francelia Billington (actress), Lucille Ward (actress), Doris Schroeder (writer), Sidney Algier (actor), Jack Vosburgh (actor),
Genres: Drama, History,They grew tired of bread form heaven
And of Moses and of God
They longed to live the life of slavery once again
So they muttered and they grumbled
And they wimpered and they whined;
With each faithless word, sank deeper into sin
He took the pen of pain once more
To write upon their hearts
The lesson they had been so slow to learn
But writing in the sand, the firey serpents came to
call
With a holy message and a bite that burned
Chorus:
Lift up the suffering symbol
And placve it high upon a pole
Tell the children to look up and be made whole
So Moses made a metal snake,
And nailed it to a pole
Sent out the saving word so they would know
That the symbol of their suffering was now the focus of
their faith
and with a faithful glance, the healing power would
flow
In time the brazen serpent became an idol in the land
And they left the living God to worship clay
When they forgot their suffering
Soon true faith had disappeared
So some idolize a brazen cross today
Chorus(X4)