Billy Owens and the Secret of the Runes (2010)

Actors: Roddy Piper (actor), Mark McNabb (director), Scott J. Jones (producer), Mark McNabb (producer), Iain Kelso (composer), Barry Cowan (writer), Kelly Rae Irwin (producer), Christopher Fazio (actor), Jamie Routley (actor), Mikayla Ottonello (actress), Jenny Elliott (actress), Ciara O'Hanlon (actress), Dalton Mugridge (actor), Jennifer Pearson (actress), Bob Mugridge (actor),

Genres: Adventure, Family,

Quotes:

Mandy Finch: Summer in Spirit River is my favorite time of year. Now, you probably think it's because we're off school, but no. It's quite the opposite. When summer comes around, me and my friends, Billy and Devon, get to go to a totally different type of school and spend time with our favorite teacher, Mr. Thurgood. Our mentor. The man who teaches us magic. And no, I don't mean "hocus pocus" kind of stuff. I mean real magic.

Danny Finch: So Mould actually used to be one of your teachers?::Mandy Finch: He wanted to get closer to the children of the town while he waited for the Prophecy of Eleven to be fulfilled.::Devon Turner: That a child would be born on November 11th at eleven o'clock in the morning.::Mandy Finch: And only on this child's eleventh birthday was he able to defeat Nemesius.::Danny Finch: And that's the dragon you guys fought?::Mandy Finch: Correct!::Danny Finch: So he's waiting all that time for one more chance to try to get the treasure?::Billy Owens: That's right.::Danny Finch: And Kurt?::Devon Turner: He's the school bully.::Mandy Finch: More like the village idiot.

Katherine Owens: I'm just not sure if Billy's ready. We all love Thurgood, but we can't lose our son.::Principal Gwendolyn Cups: You won't. He's got the right friends. And he's got more power inside of him than he can even imagine.::Katherine Owens: Thurgood had only just begun teaching them. What if they don't know everything they need to know?::Principal Gwendolyn Cups: Isn't that part of good teaching? They'll have lessons to learn on their own. They're gonna have to teach and learn from each other.

Devon Turner: Why do I have to carry this heavy thing?::Mandy Finch: 'Cause it's your job.::Devon Turner: How is it my job?::Billy Owens: I have to agree. The way I see it, that the commander of the natural has to be Danny with her way with animals.::Mandy Finch: And the wizard of the supernatural just has to be Billy with his magic.::Devon Turner: So what did they mean by unnatural?::Mandy Finch: Well, that pretty much leaves you in the, um, undead department.::Devon Turner: That's what I was afraid you were going to say.::Danny Finch: So what exactly are runes anyway?::Devon Turner: I only know one thing about runes. And that's that they're these mystical symbols that are kinda like an ancient Viking alphabet. And if you understand their different meanings well enough, you can cast spells with them.::Danny Finch: Cool!::Mandy Finch: According to legend, Odin, the chief of the Norse gods, speared himself to a tree in a self-sacrificial attempt to receive knowledge. While he hung suspended for nine windy nights, he learned the mysteries of the runes, which he then passed on to his people. The Nordic peoples have since revered the runic script as a true gift from Odin himself. It is believed that the similarity to...::Devon Turner: Hold on. I said I knew only one thing about runes. Not that I wanted to know more.

The Bully (2009)

Actors: Shane McNeil (writer), Shane McNeil (director), Theo Benton (costume designer), Nick Buckland (actor), Ben Anderson (actor), Carina Gun (actress), Kristian Moliere (producer), Dale Roberts (editor), Tom Harrer (composer), Dimitrios Pouliotis (miscellaneous crew), Martha Lott (actress), Jason Starr (writer), Henri Phillips (actor), Calum Mcrae (actor), Kyron Weetra (actor),

Plot: 13 year old Jonathan Turner is overweight, has no friends and finds himself the victim of the school bully. The principal and teachers can't seem to do anything to protect Jonathan, so he turns to his father for help. But his father's advice makes matters worse. Much, much worse...

Keywords: bullying
Genres: Drama, Short,
Taglines: Some fathers don't always know best...

Quotes:

Jonathan Swift (1732): "Big fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite them, and little fleas have lesser fleas and so on ad infinitum."

The Mystical Adventures of Billy Owens (2008)

Actors: Roddy Piper (actor), Roddy Piper (producer), Mark McNabb (editor), Mark McNabb (director), Scott J. Jones (writer), Mark McNabb (producer), Mark McNabb (writer), Scott J. Jones (producer), Larry Brahms (producer), Iain Kelso (composer), Barry Cowan (writer), Kelly Rae Irwin (producer), Kelly Rae Irwin (writer), Casey Jones (writer), Christopher Fazio (actor),

Plot: Billy Owens is turning 11. Turns out this little rapscallion was born on the 11th day of the 11th month, at 11pm no less, so it ventures to reason he has some powers of the magical variety. Of course, he and his friends, a precocious know-it-all named Mandy, and his other pal, the not too bright Devon, will all go on some kind of mystical adventure. You see Billy Owens lives in one of the oldest towns in the East Coast, Spirit River. Billy, on his eleventh birthday, is about to discover an unusual item up for sale in a local second-hand shop, one that's likely going to save both himself and the entire town of Spirit River. Billy, in case you hadn't already figured it out from the opening paragraph, is going to discover that he's a boy wizard.

Keywords: 11-year-old, 11th-birthday, birthday, boy, character-name-in-title
Genres: Fantasy,

Quotes:

Mandy Finch: Did you know that octopi change their color when they're frightened?::Katherine Owens: Did you know that friendship is the strongest bond between two friends?::Devon Turner: Make that three people.::William Owens: I think you mean four people. Believe in your friends, Billy, and yourself. You can do this.::Billy Owens: We're ready.

Mandy Finch: Now, this may not be the story of knights in shining armor, but dragons and heroes it certainly has. This is my friend Billy, and today on his 11th birthday, the fate of Spirit River will land in his hands. Spirit River is one of the oldest towns on the eastern seaboard. And legend has it, if you believe in that kind of stuff, that it's where the Vikings first came ashore in the New World. Now, trying to save a whole town isn't an easy job for an 11-year-old, but luckily Billy had some help, from us. That's me and my other friend Devon. And this is our story.

Billy Owens: This place is...::Devon Turner: What?::Billy Owens: Familiar. Feels like I've been here before.::Mandy Finch: Deja vu?::Devon Turner: I'm not into voodoo. My brother says it gives you gas.::Mandy Finch: Not voodoo, you twit. Deja vu. Deja vu is the illusion of having already experienced something actually being experienced for the first time.::Billy Owens: That's it. It's weird, but I think we'll be back. And soon.

Billy Owens: I can't even protect myself from Kurt Nemees. How am I supposed to find a treasure with half a map and a bicycle?::Mandy Finch: A hero is properly defined as somebody who does something dangerous to help somebody else.::Devon Turner: Great. Where do I sign up?::Mandy Finch: I mean, that it doesn't matter if you succeed, only that you try.::William Thurgood: Billy, you can be very powerful with some lessons and some help from your friends. There is nothing you can't do.::Billy Owens: So, where do we start?::William Thurgood: I believe it would be prudent if we start at the beginning.

Barnabus the Troll: William Thurston Owens III, I presume.::Billy Owens: Could you help us?::Barnabus the Troll: I'm here to warn you of the dangers found beyond the river.::Devon Turner: In the lair? Is it your lair?::Barnabus the Troll: It's Nemeseus', and I fear even the speaking of his name.::Mandy Finch: Well, we're not afraid.::Barnabus the Troll: You will be.

Mandy Finch: Real heroes aren't knights in armor or men in capes. Heroes are those people who are willing to fight for what's right, not knowing if they can do it or not. Billy knew he had to try and we knew we had to help him.

Deadly Games (1982)

Actors: Steve Railsback (actor), Colleen Camp (actress), June Lockhart (actress), Michael Salomon (miscellaneous crew), Dick Butkus (actor), William Johnson (actor), Scott Mansfield (writer), Scott Mansfield (director), Denise Galik (actress), Sam Groom (actor), Jo Ann Harris (actress), Ray Dryden (producer), Paulette Pasternack (miscellaneous crew), Robin Hoff (actress), Jeri Lea Ray (actress),

Plot: A town is being terrorized by a masked killer who is murdering women. A young woman is attacked by the killer but escapes. She believes the killer to be either the town's policeman or the manager of the local theater, and she devises a plan to find out which is the actual killer.

Keywords: buried-alive, christmas-horror, dead-woman-on-bed, dead-woman-with-eyes-open, drowning, female-nudity, holiday-horror, independent-film, killer-santa-claus, loss-of-sister
Genres: Horror, Mystery,
Taglines: Only He Will Hear Your Scream!

Quotes:

Clarissa Jane Louise 'Keegan' Lawrence: Do you always kiss strange people?::Roger Lane: No, you're the strangest.

The Boy Who Stole the Elephant (1970)

Actors: Parley Baer (actor), Tom Drake (actor), Dabbs Greer (actor), Richard Kiel (actor), David Wayne (actor), James Westerfield (actor), Ralph Helfer (miscellaneous crew), June Havoc (actress), Robert Emhardt (actor), Mark Lester (actor), Betty Lynn (actress), Susan Olsen (actress), Whitney Blake (actress), Doris Singleton (actress), Christopher Shea (actor),

Plot: A boy working in a struggling circus troupe develops a great rapport with an elephant on loan from a more successful circus. When he learns that his boss has just bet the elephant in a card game and lost, he decides to leave as quickly and quietly as possible with the huge animal and return it to its rightful owner several hundred miles away in the southern U.S. Based on the novel of the same title by Julilly Kohler.

Keywords: animal, animal-act, animal-in-title, bareback-rider, based-on-novel, boy, circus, circus-animal, circus-elephant, circus-horse
Genres: Comedy, Family,