The Makeover (2013)

Actors: Frances Fisher (actress), David Boston (actor), Brent Shields (producer), Camryn Manheim (actress), Lisa Arnone (miscellaneous crew), Julia Stiles (actress), Victor Franko (actor), Christopher Morgan (producer), Cameron Johann (producer), Sharon L. Craig (miscellaneous crew), George J. Vezina (actor), John Gray (director), Michael N. Knue (editor), Brina (actress), Jeff N. Maclean (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: This is an update of George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" that changes the genders of the main characters. Hannah Higgins attempts to turn blue-collar Boston beer vendor Elliot Doolittle into a viable candidate and inadvertently learns something of Elliot's side of life.

Genres: Comedy,
Taglines: He's her work in progress.

Beau travail (1999)

Actors: Dan Herzberg (actor), Grégoire Colin (actor), Denis Lavant (actor), Michel Subor (actor), Nelly Quettier (editor), Claire Denis (director), Claire Denis (writer), Herman Melville (writer), Patrick Grandperret (producer), Nicolas Duvauchelle (actor), Eric Zaouali (producer), Judy Shrewsbury (costume designer), Jérôme Minet (producer), Jean-Pol Fargeau (writer), Gianfranco Poddighe (actor),

Plot: This film focuses on ex-Foreign Legion officer, Galoup, as he recalls his once glorious life, leading troops in the Gulf of Djibouti. His existence there was happy, strict and regimented, but the arrival of a promising young recruit, Sentain, plants the seeds of jealousy in Galoup's mind. He feels compelled to stop him from coming to the attention of the commandant who he admires, but who ignores him. Ultimately, his jealousy leads to the destruction of both Sentain and himself.

Keywords: africa, african, airplane, arcade, army-training, based-on-novel, billy-budd, birthday, birthday-cake, blood
Genres: Drama,

Quotes:

Commander Bruno Forestier: If it weren't for fornication and blood, we wouldn't be here.

Galoup: We all have a trashcan within. That's my theory.

Le vent du Wyoming (1994)

Actors: Marcel Sabourin (actor), François Cluzet (actor), Donald Pilon (actor), Marc Messier (actor), Jacques Dorfmann (producer), Michel Côté (actor), Guy Aumond (miscellaneous crew), Céline Bonnier (actress), France Castel (actress), Claude Léger (producer), Jacques Gagné (editor), André Forcier (writer), André Forcier (director), Christian Gaubert (composer), Deano Clavet (miscellaneous crew),

Genres: Drama,

Le matelot 512 (1984)

Actors: Michel Piccoli (actor), Laure Duthilleul (actress), Dominique Sanda (actress), Jacques Penot (actor), Dominique Sanda (actress), Dominique Segall (miscellaneous crew), Tchéky Karyo (actor), Tchéky Karyo (actor), Bruno Cremer (actor), Christine Laurent (actress), Martine Giordano (editor), Gérard Meylan (actor), Christiane Cohendy (actress), René Allio (writer), René Allio (writer),

Genres: Drama,

Big Bad Mama (1974)

Actors: Noble Willingham (actor), Dick Miller (actor), William Shatner (actor), Roger Corman (producer), Sally Kirkland (actress), Paul Bartel (actor), Royal Dano (actor), Tom Skerritt (actor), Angie Dickinson (actress), Tom Signorelli (actor), Michael Talbott (actor), Tina Hirsch (editor), Paul Linke (actor), Jon Davison (producer), John Wheeler (actor),

Plot: After the death of her lover, Wilma takes over his bootlegging business, but without much success. She soon meets up with bank robber Fred, who convinces her and her daughters to join him for his next big heist. In the meantime, Wilma also kidnaps the daughter of a millionaire in the hopes of getting rich off the ransom. Will Wilma and Fred be able to retire with their ill-gotten gains, or will the law eventually catch up with them?

Keywords: 1930s, armed-robbery, b-movie, bank-robbery, bare-breasts, blonde, blue-panties, camp, campy, car-chase
Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama,
Taglines: Men, Money And Moonshine: When It Comes To Vice, Mama Knows Best. Wilma gave her daughters everything - her looks, her lovers and the crime of their lives! Hot Lead - Hot Cars - Hot Damn!

Quotes:

Jane Kingston: [Jane is tied up and Fred proceeds to grope her]::Jane Kingston: What are you doing?::Fred Diller: I just, uh, never felt the titties of a millionaire before.

Reverend Johnson: [yelling] That's Goddamn blasphemy!

Wilma McClatchie: Get yer hand off my tit, Barney!

Spartacus (1960)

Actors: Richard Farnsworth (actor), Richard Farnsworth (actor), Johnny Duncan (actor), Kirk Douglas (actor), Dick Crockett (actor), Roy Engel (actor), Ted de Corsia (actor), David Bond (actor), Paul E. Burns (actor), Tony Curtis (actor), Peter Brocco (actor), Chuck Courtney (actor), John Daheim (actor), Harold Goodwin (actor), Richard Farnsworth (actor),

Plot: In 73 BCE, a Thracian slave leads a revolt at a gladiatorial school run by Lentulus Batiatus. The uprising soon spreads across the Italian Peninsula involving thousand of slaves. The plan is to acquire sufficient funds to acquire ships from Silesian pirates who could then transport them to other lands from Brandisium in the south. The Roman Senator Gracchus schemes to have Marcus Publius Glabrus, Commander of the garrison of Rome, lead an army against the slaves who are living on Vesuvius. When Glabrus is defeated his mentor, Senator and General Marcus Licinius Crassus is greatly embarrassed and leads his own army against the slaves. Spartacus and the thousands of freed slaves successfully make their way to Brandisium only to find that the Silesians have abandoned them. They then turn north and must face the might of Rome.

Keywords: 1st-century-b.c., ancient-rome, ancient-world, antiquity, arena, bare-chested-male, based-on-novel, bathing, battle, battlefield
Genres: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller,
Taglines: They trained him to kill for their pleasure. . .but they trained him a little too well. . . It roars with fierce excitement! The thrilling adventure that electrified the world! More titanic than any story ever told!

Quotes:

[last words]::[looking at two daggers, picks one]::Gracchus: Prettier...

Marcus Licinius Crassus: Great merciful bloodstained gods! Your pardon.

Spartacus: And maybe there's no peace in this world, for us or for anyone else, I don't know. But I do know that, as long as we live, we must remain true to ourselves.

Batiatus: A good body with a dull brain is as cheap as life itself.

Gracchus: This republic of ours is something like a rich widow. Most Romans love her as their mother but Crassus dreams of marrying the old girl to put it politely.

Spartacus: What's your name?::Draba: You don't want to know my name. I don't want to know your name.::Spartacus: Just a friendly question.::Draba: Gladiators don't make friends. If we're ever matched in the arena together, I have to kill you.

Gracchus: You and I have a tendency towards corpulence. Corpulence makes a man reasonable, pleasant and phlegmatic. Have you noticed the nastiest of tyrants are invariably thin?

Batiatus: Come with us. See to it I don't misuse the money.::Gracchus: Don't be ridiculous. I'm a Senator.

Antoninus: Are you afraid to die, Spartacus?::Spartacus: No more than I was to be born.

Batiatus: Good luck, and may fortune smile upon... most of you.

The Desert Song (1953)

Actors: Paul Fierro (actor), Oscar Hammerstein II (writer), George Sawaya (actor), Raymond Massey (actor), Ray Collins (actor), John George (actor), Paul Picerni (actor), William Conrad (actor), Maurice Marsac (actor), Peter Brocco (actor), Trevor Bardette (actor), Frank DeKova (actor), Tom Coleman (actor), H. Bruce Humberstone (director), Max Steiner (composer),

Plot: Shiek Yousseff, poses as a friend of the French while secretly plotting to overthrow them. Apposing Yousseff are the Riffs, whose secret leader, The Red Shadow, is Paul Bonnard, a professor who is studying the desert, and whose attacks on the supply trains intended for Yousseff keep the Riff villages in food. Foreign Legion General Birabeau arrives to conduct an investigation, accompanied by his daughter, Margot. Birabeau hires Bonnard to tutor her, and she is attracted to a Legionaire captain, Claud Fontaine. While the general, Bonnard and Fontaine pay a visit to Yousseff, an American newspaper man, Benji Kidd, discovers a secret way in and out of Yousseff's palace, with the aid of Azuri, a dancing girl in love with Bonnard. The latter is forced to resume his role as the Riffs leader, and kidnap Margot until he can convince her of Yousseff's treachery. But Yousseff's men attack the Riff camp and take Margot prisoner.

Keywords: africa, american, arab, based-on-stage-musical, captain, damsel-in-distress, dance-girl, death, deceit, deception
Genres: Musical, Romance,
Taglines: The wind-swept sands of North Africa! Screaming Arab terror raids! The Harem Dance of Desire! The embattled Foreign Legion! The sheik's palace stormed! And the glorious music of the new "Desert Song" The most glorious musical adventure of all! The best loved of all musical adventures!

Quotes:

Azuri: It's you - the one with the face!::Benjy Kidd: It's you - the one with the body!

Beau Geste (1939)

Actors: Joe Gray (actor), Charles Barton (actor), Stanley Andrews (actor), Brian Donlevy (actor), James Burke (actor), George Chandler (actor), Joseph E. Bernard (actor), Arthur Aylesworth (actor), Henry Brandon (actor), Gary Cooper (actor), Gino Corrado (actor), Broderick Crawford (actor), Frank Dawson (actor), Albert Dekker (actor), Duke Green (actor),

Plot: Beau, John, and Digby Geste are three inseparable, adventurous brothers who haven been adopted into the wealthy household of Lady Brandon. When money in the uppercrust household grows tight, Lady Brandon is forced to sell her most treasured jewel the mighty "Blue Water" sapphire. The household gets it out for one final look, the lights go out and it vanishes stolen by one of the brothers, no doubt. That night, Beau, Digby, and John each "confess" and slip out, John leaving behind Isabel, whom he loves. They all join the Foreign Legion, and Beau and Digby are split from John and put under the command of the ruthless and sadistic Sergeant Markoff. Things begin to get hairy as the rest of the Legionaires plot a mutiny against Markoff, in the midst of an attack by Arab hordes.

Keywords: africa, based-on-novel, brother, character-name-in-title, desert, foreign-legion, jewel-theft, orchestral-music-score, punishment
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, War,
Taglines: THUNDERING DRAMA! (original ad - all caps) AGAIN...the three Gestes face a thousand dangers of the Sahara for each other...and love! Three against the world...brothers and soldiers all!

Quotes:

Foreword: "The love of a man for a woman waxes and wanes like the moon, but the love of brother for brother is steadfast as the stars and endures like the word of the prophet." Arabian proverb

Markoff: Keep shooting, you scum! You'll get a chance yet to die with your boots on!

[Schwartz is shouting at the legionnaires to mutiny against Markoff]::Michael 'Beau' Geste: Wait a minute. I don't know much about mutinies, but I do know it isn't good form to plan them at the top of your voice.

Markoff: I am Sergeant Markoff. I make soldiers out of scum like you, and I don't do it gently. You're the sloppiest looking lot I've ever seen. It's up to me to prevent you from becoming a disgrace to the Regiment. And I will prevent that if I have to kill half of you with work. But the half that lives will be soldiers. I promise you!

Lt. Martin: I just witnessed that little exhibition of yours, Markoff. I don't like it!::Markoff: You have to be strict with scum like that, sir.::Lt. Martin: They're men. They have their rights, guaranteed within the regulations.::Markoff: I'll keep within the regulations, sir.::Lt. Martin: You're a good soldier, Markoff, but I doubt if you're a good sergeant. If you're not, you won't last long in the Legion. Watch your step, or I'll break you!

Markoff: And now, you scum, it's my turn. I'm going to give you a lesson in putting down an attempted mutiny that'll be the last thing you'll ever see. Maybe this'll make you die happy. Markoff thanks you. When he's an officer and has the Legion of Honor, he'll think often of the stupid, blundering pigs that put him where he is.

[the boys watch the burning model ship in the "Viking funeral"]::Beau at age 12: There. That's what I want when my turn comes. I'd give anything to have a Viking's funeral... with a dog at my feet and 'last post' blown for me. If it weren't too much trouble.::Digby at age 12: Beau, it isn't too much trouble. I'll give you one whenever you like.

[Lt. Martin is bed-ridden with a fever]::Markoff: How do you feel tonight, Lieutenant?::Lt. Martin: I'm dying.::Markoff: I hope not, sir.::Lt. Martin: I'm going to die. I'll be buried under the sand and forgotten. When I was a little boy, I thought soldiers always died in battles. I didn't know there were so many soldiers... and so few battles... and so many fevers.

[last lines]::[after she reads the letter Beau had written to explain what happened to the jewel - he has signed the letter with his name - she reads... ]::Lady Patricia Brandon: "Beau Geste"::Lady Patricia Brandon: [to John] Beau Geste... gallant gesture. We didn't name him wrong, did we?

Markoff: That's the place for our mutineers. Up on a roost, like pigeons. If I could only afford to waste them all.

The Flying Deuces (1939)

Actors: Jack Chefe (actor), Eddie Borden (actor), Richard Cramer (actor), Jean Del Val (actor), Billy Engle (actor), James Finlayson (actor), Reginald Gardiner (actor), Kit Guard (actor), Oliver Hardy (actor), Arthur Housman (actor), Stan Laurel (actor), Sam Lufkin (actor), Charles Middleton (actor), Michael Visaroff (actor), Crane Whitley (actor),

Plot: Oliver is heartbroken when he finds that Georgette, the inkeeper's daughter he's fallen in love with, is already married to dashing Foreign Legion officer Francois. To forget her, he joins the Legion, taking Stanley with him. Their bumbling eventually gets them charged with desertion and sentenced to a firing squad. They manage to escape in a stolen airplane, but crash after a wild ride.

Keywords: accidental-death, airplane-accident, american-abroad, arc-de-triomphe-paris, artist, attempted-suicide, bed-spring, buddy, chase, death-penalty
Genres: Comedy,
Taglines: HERE'S HYSTERICAL HISTORY! (original print ad - all caps) They dish out the dizziest rib-ride of the year!

Quotes:

[Stan and Ollie have just heard that they will be executed the next day]::Oliver: Shot at sunrise!::Stanley: I hope it's cloudy tomorrow!

Stanley: [watching a pair of airplanes doing acrobatics] I wonder what keeps them up?::Oliver: I don't know. But I do know what keeps me DOWN! [firmly and deliberately taps his shoe on the pavement in front of him to indicate how safe and solid it is and how he never intends to let his feet leave the ground]::Stanley: Yes, sir - good old Terracotta Firma for me!

Oliver: Hey Stan... oh, Stan... over here...::Stanley: [Stan does a take - sees a horse in a pasture with Oliver's hat and mustache] Ollie... is it really you?::Oliver: [as horse] Of course it's me. Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into.::Stanley: Gee I'm glad to see you! [scene fades, end of film]

Oliver: Stanley, a miracle has happened. I've completely forgotten.::Stanley: You mean you've forgotten Georgette?::Oliver: Who's Georgette?::Stanley: That's swell, now we can go home.

Oliver: Just how much do we get paid for all this?::Commandant: One hundred centimes a day.::Stanley: That's not bad...::Oliver: How much is that in American money?::Commandant: American money? About ten cents a day.::Oliver: If you think you're going to get that kind of work outta *me* for ten cents a day, brother, you're *crazy*.::Commandant: Is that right?::Stanley: That's right because we don't work for less than twenty-five cents a day! Do we, Ollie?