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Secretary is a 2002 independent film directed by Steven Shainberg and starring Maggie Gyllenhaal as Lee Holloway and James Spader as E. Edward Grey. The film is based on a short story from Bad Behavior by Mary Gaitskill, and explores the relationship between a sexually dominant man and his submissive secretary.
Lee Holloway (Maggie Gyllenhaal), the socially awkward and emotionally sensitive youngest daughter of a dysfunctional family, adjusts to normal life after having been hospitalized following an incident of dangerous self-harm. She learns to type, starts to date an acquaintance from high school named Peter, and begins to work as a secretary for an eccentric attorney, E. Edward Grey (James Spader), who hires her despite her stilted social skills and unprofessional appearance.
Though at first Grey appears highly irritated by Lee's typos and other innocuous mistakes, it soon becomes apparent that he is sexually aroused by her submissive behavior. After he confronts her about her propensity for self-injury and commands that she never hurt herself again, the two embark on a BDSM relationship. Lee experiences a sexual and personal awakening, and she falls deeply in love. Edward, however, displays insecurity concerning his feelings for Lee, and he shows shame and disgust over his sexual habits. After a sexual encounter in his office, he fires Lee.
Actors: Guillermo Quintanilla (actor), Bárbara Lombardo (actress), Álvaro de Silva (actor), Francisco Vidal (writer), Francisco Vidal (producer), Francisco Vidal (editor), Francisco Vidal (producer), Fabiola Ruiz Ortega (editor), Erika Andrade (actor), Gerardo Kanahuati (miscellaneous crew), Juan Brignardelli (producer), Monica Catalina Cerda (producer), Guy Savoir (producer), Yves Savoir (producer), Pablo Sauti (composer),
Plot: If one could recover their loved one. What would we do? How would we act? Would we love them the same? If we had time on our side, is it true that that's the only thing we need? This story tries to show our most hidden secrets regarding solitude, attachment and love. The type of secrets that only a few get to know, those that don't travel farther than our own reflection on a mirror.
Genres: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Short,Actors: Jason M. Evans (actor), Jason M. Evans (producer), Jason M. Evans (writer), Charlotte Amoa (actor), Charlotte Amoa (producer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Pimes Doerfler (miscellaneous crew), Willem Dafoe (actor), Tonino Guerra (writer), Irène Jacob (actress), Yannis Tsitsopoulos (editor), Theodoros Angelopoulos (director), Theodoros Angelopoulos (writer), Christiane Paul (actress), Bruno Ganz (actor), Michel Piccoli (actor), Joseph Stalin (actor), Mauro Monachini (miscellaneous crew), Salvatore Ricciardi (miscellaneous crew), Amedeo Pagani (producer), Valentina Carnelutti (actress),
Plot: A, an American film director of Greek ancestry, is making a film that tells his story and the story of his parents. It is a tale that unfolds in Italy, Germany, Russia, Kazakhstan, Canada and the USA. The main character is Eleni, who is claimed and claims the absoluteness of love. At the same time the film is a long journey into the vast history and the events of the last fifty years that left their mark on the 20th century. The characters in the film move as though in a dream. The dust of time confuses memories. A searches for them and experiences them in the present.
Keywords: part-of-trilogyActors: William G. Wagner (producer), Frances Burroughs (producer), Frances Burroughs (miscellaneous crew), Michael Durling (director), Michael Durling (producer), Michael Durling (editor), William E. White (producer), Jim Survil (miscellaneous crew), Todd Norris (actor), Richard L. McCluney Jr. (producer), Linda Randulfe (miscellaneous crew), Henry McCoy (producer), Carson Hudson (writer), Carson Hudson (actor), James Smith (actor),
Plot: Charting the New World was the task of American surveyors and European mapmakers. This is a 21st-century look at the craftmanship and importance of 18th-century mapmaking that reveals for student historians the geography of a rapidly changing world.
Genres: Family,Actors: Tyra Banks (actress), Jean-Claude La Marre (actor), John Amos (actor), David E. Talbert (director), David E. Talbert (writer), David E. Talbert (producer), Sabrina Gray (producer), N'Bushe Wright (actress), Shari Headley (actress), Morris Day (actor), Shannon Amos (actor), Dana Hubbard (producer), Ouida Washington (producer), Eric Schiffer (actor), Robin Newland (costume designer),
Genres: ,Actors: Timo Humaloja (writer), Esko Salminen (actor), Timo Humaloja (director), Matti Tuominen (actor), Kari Heiskanen (actor), Tapio Suominen (editor), Soli Labbart (actress), Jaakko Pakkasvirta (actor), Timo Humaloja (actor), Ahti Kuoppala (actor), Lilga Kovanko (actress), Marjatta Nissinen (costume designer), Johnny Lee Michaels (composer), Irmeli Junni (miscellaneous crew), Uula Laakso (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Marjorie Lavelly (miscellaneous crew), Alex McCrindle (actor), Jeremy Summers (director), Jeremy Summers (writer), James Mellor (producer), J. Mark Roberts (actor), David Orr (actor), Elliot Playfair (actor), Kenneth Talbot (producer), Stephen Dodgson (composer), Kenneth Talbott (writer), Alex Allen (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Holmes Herbert (actor), Stuart Holmes (actor), Sherry Hall (actor), Louis Calhern (actor), John Hamilton (actor), Herbert Anderson (actor), Richard Anderson (actor), Wheaton Chambers (actor), Fred Gilman (actor), Everett Glass (actor), Marshall Bradford (actor), Charles Evans (actor), Eduard Franz (actor), Jack Gargan (actor), Selmer Jackson (actor),
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Plot: The son of a man sentenced to death for a murder he didn't commit vows to become a criminal himself. He starts his own street gang, and their crime spree is financed by a mysterious young man--who turns out to be the son of the District Attorney who sent the boy's father to the electric chair.
Keywords: little-tough-guys, sequelActors: Lowden Adams (actor), Clyde Cook (actor), Harry Allen (actor), Lionel Belmore (actor), Jimmy Aubrey (actor), Robert Bolder (actor), Egon Brecher (actor), Frank Baker (actor), Nigel Bruce (actor), George Bunny (actor), Wilson Benge (actor), E.E. Clive (actor), Charles Coleman (actor), Frank Conroy (actor), Harry Cording (actor),
Genres: Biography, Drama,Typing her letters she's the type I like
Lookin' like a girl of impulse and delight
Working her typewriter, pen between her lips
She has the whole world at her fingertips.
Oh won't you come and be my secretary
I got most of my work done
Won't you come and be my secretary
We can have a lot of fun.
Her in-tray's full up
Her out-tray's empty
And the only thing that's pending is me
So I just sit and watch her hair fall on her face
While she keeps pushin' it back in place.
Oh won't you come and be my secretary
I got most of my work done
Won't you come and be my secretary
We can have a lot of fun.
But all she sees are the keys
As she crosses her knees
And straightens her backache
She lights a cigarette
Drinks her coffee
Yet she don't notice me (she don't notice me)
She don't notice me (she don't notice me).
Oh won't you come and be my secretary
I got most of my work done
Won't you come and be my secretary