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The Tree of Life (2011)

Actors: Garin Sparks (miscellaneous crew), Will Wallace (actor), Unjoo Lee Byars (miscellaneous crew), Unjoo Lee Byars (miscellaneous crew), Kyle Cooper (miscellaneous crew), Spooky Stevens (miscellaneous crew), Jessica Chastain (actress), Sean Penn (actor), Alexandre Desplat (composer), Brad Pitt (actor), Brad Pitt (producer), Fiona Shaw (actress), Keenan Smart (miscellaneous crew), Irene Bedard (actress), Terrence Malick (director),

Plot: The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father ('Brad Pitt' (qv)). Jack (played as an adult by 'Sean Penn (I)' (qv)) finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.

Keywords: 19-year-old, 1950s, abandoned-house, african-american, afterlife, air-rifle, airplane, aluminium-drinking-glass, ambition, ancestry
Genres: Drama, Fantasy,

Quotes:

Mr. O'Brien: Toscanini once recorded a piece sixty five times. You know what he said when he finished? "It could be better." Think about it.

Prologue: [on screen, unspoken] "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the Earth, when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?" Job 38:4,7

Mrs. O'Brien: [pointing to the sky] That's where God lives!

Mr. O'Brien: I wanted to be loved because I was great; A big man. I'm nothing. Look at the glory around us; trees, birds. I lived in shame. I dishonored it all, and didn't notice the glory. I'm a foolish man.

Mr. O'Brien: [voice over] I wanted to be loved cause I was great, a Big Man. Now I'm nothing. Look. The glory around... trees, birds... I dishonored it all and didn't notice the glory. A foolish man. [on camera] They're closing the plant. I was given this choice: no job or transfer to a job nobody wants.

Mrs. O'Brien: [voice over] The only way to be happy is to love. Unless you love, your life will flash by.::[silence]::Mrs. O'Brien: [voice over] Do good to them. Wonder. Hope.

Jack: [voice over] Brother. Keep us. Guide us. To the end of time.

Jack: [whispered voice over] Brother. Mother. It was they who led me to your door.

Mrs. O'Brien: [voice over] The nuns taught us there were two ways through life - the way of nature and the way of grace. You have to choose which one you'll follow.

Mrs. O'Brien: [voice over] Grace doesn't try to please itself. Accepts being slighted, forgotten, disliked. Accepts insults and injuries.

Hustle & Flow (2005)

Actors: Laura Sevier (miscellaneous crew), John Singleton (producer), Elise Neal (actress), Cassandra Barbour (miscellaneous crew), Terrence Howard (actor), Bennett Fidlow (miscellaneous crew), Ludacris (actor), Isaac Hayes (actor), Anthony Anderson (actor), Taraji P. Henson (actress), Taryn Manning (actress), Paula Jai Parker (actress), Cassandra Butcher (miscellaneous crew), Cassandra Butcher (miscellaneous crew), Betty Chin (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: Aspiring emcee DJay works the angles to get his first record made with help from assorted people in his Memphis 'hood. And when he hears that hip-hop superstar Skinny Black is heading to his area, he throws together a supreme hustle to grab Skinny's attention.

Keywords: african-american, ampersand-in-title, arrest, baby, bar, bare-breasts, bartender, beating, black-american, blood
Genres: Crime, Drama, Music, Romance,
Taglines: Everybody gotta have a dream. The music will inspire them. The dream will unite them. This summer get crunk.

Quotes:

Key: Just because you got the bacon, lettuce, and tomato don't mean I'm gonna give you my toast.

Key: There are two types of people: those that talk the talk and those that walk the walk. People who walk the walk sometimes talk the talk but most times they don't talk at all, 'cause they walkin'. Now, people who talk the talk, when it comes time for them to walk the walk, you know what they do? They talk people like me into walkin' for them.

DJay: You in charge. Say it.::Nola: I'm in charge.::DJay: Say it like you mean it.::Nola: [after a pause] I'm in charge.

DJay: See... man ain't like a dog. And when I say "man," I'm talking about man as in mankind, not man as in men. Because men, well, we a lot like a dog. You know, we like to piss on things. Sniff a bitch when we can. Even get a little pink hard-on the way they do. We territorial as shit, you know, we gonna protect our own. But man, he know about death. Got him a sense of history. Got religion. See... a dog, man, a dog don't know shit about no birthdays or Christmas or Easter bunny, none of that shit. And one day God gonna come calling, so you know, they going through life carefree. But people like you and me, man, we always guessing. Wondering, "What if?" You know what I mean? So when you say to me, "Hey, I don't think we should be doing this," I gotta say, baby, I don't think we should be doing this neither, but we ain't gonna get no move on in this world, lying around in the sun, licking our ass all day. I mean, we man. I mean, you a woman and all, but we man. So with this said, you tell me what it is you wanna do with your life.

Shug: I get like this because I'm pregnant and everything... but, you know, letting me sing on the... on the demo and everything like you do... well, it just... it made me feel real. Real special. And... I mean, I know y'all gonna be moving on and moving up... and y'all gonna get real good people to sing, you know, back up for you and everything... but I just... D, I need you to know it meant the world to me.

Lexus: I ain't workin' day shift no more, D. I don't care if I have to catch a taxi ride home. I ain't workin with these stank ass, trucker bait hoes no more.

Key: Sometimes I feel like... like I talked such a good game when we was young, man. About my own studio and my own label, that... shit, DJay, now I'm just payin' rent, man. This shit right here gotta work. It gotta work, man, 'cause it ain't over for me.

DJay: You Mormons are some brave mother fuckers.

DJay: Who's this niggah?::Key: That's Shelby, he plays piano in my church. I thought he could help us develop your sound.::DJay: You know he's white, right?::Key: Naw, he just light-skinned.

Nola: Everyone tells me my hair is sexy.::Lexus: And then they nut.

Carhenge: Genius or Junk? (2005)

Actors: David Liban (editor), David Liban (producer), David Liban (writer), David Liban (director), Daniel Ross (actor), Daniel Ross (actor), Jim Koeppel (composer), Rian Kerrane (actress), Brad Bowles (actor), Jim Reinders (actor),

Plot: Carhenge is a replica of Stonehenge made out of 38 junked automobiles. It is located in western Nebraska in the small town of Alliance. The film explores its creation, the battle to keep it from being torn down, and whether or not it is art. It portrays the colorful character of the creator, Jim Reinders, as well as several other interesting and unusual people. Carhenge has become fairly well known and attracts close to 80,000 visitors a year to this town of 9,000. It also has begun to show up on many films, TV commercials, album covers, music videos, and magazines. Scholars, historians, and artists give their views. It all comes together in a humorous and visually stunning documentary.

Keywords: carhenge, stonehenge
Genres: Documentary, Short,