Jonny Lee Miller

The Valley Below (2014)

Actors: Alexander Carson (producer), Kyle Thomas (director), Cameron Macgowan (producer), Stephen Bogaert (actor), Lori Ravensborg (actress), Alejandro Rae (actor), Carrie Schiffler (actress), Mandy Stobo (actress), Graeme Black (actor), Kris Demeanor (actor), Rohan Campbell (actor), Mikaela Cochrane (actress), Sara Corry (producer), Joe Perry (actor), Zoe Glassman (actress),

Plot: Told through a series of interweaving dramatic stories, The Valley Below chronicles the life of a small town over the course of one year. The film's protagonists include a pregnant teenager, a hard-drinking musician, a reclusive taxidermist, and an ambitious RCMP officer.

Genres: Drama,

Lord Byron (2011)

Actors: Zack Godshall (producer), Zack Godshall (director), Zack Godshall (editor), Zack Godshall (writer), Bria Hobgood (actress), Justin Bickham (actor), Renee King (actress), Ross Brupbacher (producer), Ross Brupbacher (writer), Ross Brupbacher (composer), Joseph Diaz (actor), Katryn Schmidt (actress), Kayla Lemaire (actress), Rosco Hall (actor), Eric Schexnayder (actor),

Plot: Byron lives with his ex-wife, her kids, and her boyfriend, and when he's not pursuing his primary passion, women, he spends his time smoking weed and loafing around. But he's grown restless in his middle-age, and he feels the need to escape. He just doesn't know where to go. Filled with a cast of eccentric characters, each pursuing dreams and missions of their own making, LORD BYRON paints a kaleidoscopic portrait of the bizarre and lonely world of its title character, a middle-aged, late-20th century romantic who's confused and torn about his own ambitions and desires. Made on a micro-budget with a cast of non-professional actors from South Louisiana, LORD BYRON combines tragedy with bizarre comedy, naturalistic performances with outright madness.

Genres: Comedy, Drama,
Taglines: can't spend what you ain't got

Valentown (2010)

Actors: Joshua Rous (director), Joshua Rous (writer), Joshua Rous (editor), Joshua Rous (producer), Anel Alexander (actress), James Alexander (writer), James Alexander (producer), James Alexander (actor), Nicholas Costaras (writer), Nicholas Costaras (editor), Daniel Janks (actor), Luke Rous (writer), Luke Rous (producer),

Genres: Comedy, Short,
Taglines: Byron is a square peg in a heart-shaped hole.

Weather Girl (2009)

Actors: Jon Cryer (actor), Jane Lynch (actress), Mark Harmon (actor), Blair Underwood (actor), J.P. Manoux (actor), Jim Dobson (miscellaneous crew), Enrico Colantoni (actor), Marin Hinkle (actress), Dominic Ottersbach (producer), Blayne Weaver (director), Blayne Weaver (actor), Blayne Weaver (writer), Abe Levy (editor), Steak House (producer), Danny Strong (actor),

Plot: Sylvia, approaching 35, is the "sassy weather girl" at a Seattle TV station. On a live broadcast, she castigates her boyfriend Dale (who's the show's anchorman) for sleeping with his co-anchor; then she quits. She'd been living with Dale, who explains himself by saying she's cold, so she moves in temporarily with her younger brother Walt. His neighbor Byron, a computer programmer, is always in Walt's flat working. While Sylvia looks for a job, Byron offers himself as a no-strings-attached rebound-sex partner, with the condition that she not tell Walt. How will she respond, and what about finding work, living with her brother, sorting things out with Dale, and being cold?

Genres: Comedy,
Taglines: Partly cloudy with a 90% chance of total meltdown.

Quotes:

Byron: I do think I'm a pretty good rebound guy.

Neland Circle (2008)

Actors: Mark Arnold (actor), Marilyn Ghigliotti (actress), Sean Patrick O'Brien (director), Christina Miranda (editor), Jesse Fair (actor), Charles Borg (writer), David Boswell (actor), Susan Rhea Lynch (actress), Karin Hassenger (producer),

Plot: Bernard, the black sheep of a perfect family, has a secret. Every day, he calls random numbers in an attempt to connect on any level with another human being. Unfortunately, on this particular sunny day in Neland Circle, someone answers back: Stacey. By rummaging through his house, Stacey is able to reveal to Bernard that he's not so different as his parents or older brother; after all, we all have secrets.

Genres: Drama, Short,
Taglines: A friend is always just a call away.

Assassination of a High School President (2008)

Actors: Doug Davison (producer), Mischa Barton (actress), Roy Lee (producer), Michael J. Harker (miscellaneous crew), Bob Yari (producer), Michael Rapaport (actor), Bruce Willis (actor), Josh Pais (actor), Adam Pally (actor), Stephanie A. Marquardt (miscellaneous crew), William M. Anderson (editor), Kathryn Morris (actress), Peter Conboy (miscellaneous crew), Brian Bell (producer), John Farrer (actor),

Plot: High School. Four of the most important years of your life. But it isn't always dances and keg parties and sucking face in your parents' mini-van. Sometimes it's ugly and hard and complicated. As complicated as a conspiracy to overthrow the president. There's something rotten at St. Donovan's High and sophomore newspaper reporter Bobby Funke is on it like pink rubber bands on your little sister's braces. When senior hottie Francesca Facchini solicits Funke's help tracking down a set of stolen SATs, Funke uncovers a story dirtier than the lunch lady's mustache. After he fingers the school president (figuratively) for the crime, Funke becomes one of the most popular kids at St. Donovan's High. No longer known simply as the freshman who was once tied to a giant snowman penis, Funke wins the respect of everyone from the Desert-Storm-hero-turned-educator Principal Kirkpatrick to the kid that farts on him in Spanish class. When Francesca takes Funke to homecoming, even the in-school suspension delinquents turn nice and offer guidance on how to keep his boner in check during slow dances. But high school's not always what it seems. As Funke's popularity grows so do his suspicions. Did the president really steal the SATs? Or is Funke just a pawn in a conspiracy as complicated as adolescence itself? Determined to find the truth, Funke digs deeper and unearths the sordid underbelly of St. Donovan's. Student council members, college bookies, public school brats, everyone seems to play a part. Armed only with a learner's permit and the spirit of Woodward and Bernstein, Funke must crack the case before it cracks him.

Keywords: attempted-murder, bathtub, beer-pong, black-bra, black-lingerie, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, chewing-gum, classroom, detention, driving-lesson
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Mystery,
Taglines: Politics, popularity, paranoia, pharmaceuticals. Are you in?

Quotes:

Bobby Funke: Look Clara... I am the best writer you got.::Clara: Bobby, you've never finished an article.::Bobby Funke: [sternly] Well, are you going to give me this one, or not?::Clara: ...No.::[awkward pause]::Bobby Funke: Do you want to come to Homecoming with me, then?::Clara: [smiles]... No.::Bobby Funke: [narrating] Clara was one tough cookie. All I wanted was a taste.::[Funke sighs and walks away]

[first lines]::Bobby Funke: [narrating] You want to know the truth about high school? You've got to break it down into its elements. Unfortunately, at St. Donovan's, the periodic table is more crooked than a case of scoliosis. Just give me the chance and I'll set it all straight. Case in point, Spanish homework. "Dame un batido de esperma" does not mean, "Take me to the airport." It means, "Give me a sperm milkshake." And 22 kids gave that as an answer in Spanish 3 last week. I'm not sure about the milkshake, but somebody is sure feeding us something sticky. Every clique on campus is copying the same damn homework. Burn-outs, pretty boys, drama-dorks, jocks, debaters, player-haters, you name it. Oh, it's big, all right. And I'm on it like pink rubber bands on your little sister's braces. The name's Bobby Funke. I write for the paper.

[last lines]::Clara: Forget it, Funke. It's high school.

Bobby Funke: [Narrating] Their alibis were like dutch ovens - gamy, but air tight.

Tad Goltz: He didn't give you a whole lot? How could he not give you a whole lot? Look at the guy, people love him. He's fucking JFK, he's smart, he's charismatic, he's good looking, he's a tenacious athlete.::Bobby Funke: I am sorry, Tad. I didn't realize you felt that way about him. Sad.

Sam Landis: Let me guess. You finally want to start that boy band you've been dreaming about.::Principal Jared T. Kirkpatrick: Landis, do I come down to the strip club where you work and knock the dick out of your mouth? Against the wall. You're late.

Francesca Fachini: Nobody's misunderstood. That's just what people say when they don't like who they are.

High School Student: Wait, aren't you the freshman they tied to the snowman penis?::Bobby Funke: Sophomore!

Padre Newell: [Padre Newell foaming himself while singing in the communal showers. Bobby Funke turns to look at him. Padre sings to Bobby] Buenos diaz senor Funke.

South Beach Dreams (2006)

Actors: Marc Macaulay (actor), Alex Montilla (actor), Emily Pendas (miscellaneous crew), Errol Falcon (producer), Errol Falcon (director), Tony Lewis Centore (actor), Jason Bartley (actor), Jamie D. Knee (actress), Eric Aragon (actor), Diana Quijano (actress), Fernando Fonseca (writer), Paul Lasa (actor), Patty Simonetta (producer), John Katsoul (actor), Parker Cristan (actor),

Genres: Drama,
Taglines: She sold her soul for a song.

Just Visiting (2001)

Actors: Christian Clavier (producer), Christian Clavier (writer), Jean Reno (actor), Tara Reid (actress), Christian Clavier (writer), Jean-Marie Poiré (producer), Malcolm McDowell (actor), Oliver Ford Davies (actor), Christina Applegate (actress), Christina Applegate (actress), Kelsey Grammer (actor), Christian Clavier (actor), George Plimpton (actor), Jean-Marie Poiré (writer), John Hughes (writer),

Plot: A knight and his valet are plagued by a witch, and to repair the damage they make use of the services of a wizard. However, something goes wrong and they are transported from the 12th century to the year 2000. There the knight meets some of his family and slowly learns what this new century is like. However, he still needs to get back to the 12th century to deal with the witch, so he starts looking for a wizard.

Keywords: altering-history, alternate-history, alternative-timeline, dragon, flatulence, future-time-travel, independent-film, levitation, remake, remake-by-original-director
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi,
Taglines: They Came. They Saw. They Wanna Go Back. They're not just from another time, they're from France.

Quotes:

Hunter: Your French relatives are bathing in the toilet.

Count Thibault: You are more than a rose. You are love's own flower.

Julia: Honey, did you know that the women of my lineage are all lionhearted?

André le Pate: Master! You're worried. What is wrong?::Count Thibault: The wizard - - he exploded.

Count Thibault: He belongs to me. I decide his fate.::André le Pate: No master! I mean, no way Jose!

[after eating dog food]::André le Pate: I am eating this very good meats and vegetables in a very fine sauce... I will shit easy tomorrow.

[after the wizard's apartment explodes]::Count Thibault: Damn English Wizards. Can't do anything right.

[Telephone conversation]::Amber: Who is this?::Andre: I am Andre le Pate. I have big balls! And my ass breathes fire!

Hunter: Do you realize the bath you just took cost over two thousand dollars? That's American dollars!::Count Thibault: Is that a lot?::Hunter: Yes, yes it is.::Count Thibault: Then I will repay you with one of my swans.

Count Thibault: I am already wealthy. I own hundreds of horses and bags of pepper, four hundred backs of wool, and fifty barrels of Spanish olives.::Andre: And you own me, Sire.::Count Thibault: Yes. But you have no value.::Andre: [pause] That is true.

One False Move (1992)

Actors: Billy Bob Thornton (actor), Jimmy Bridges (actor), Bill Paxton (actor), Paul Colichman (producer), Billy Bob Thornton (writer), Mickey Cottrell (miscellaneous crew), Wynn Reichert (actor), Michael Beach (actor), Jim Metzler (actor), Michael Cain (miscellaneous crew), Miles A. Copeland III (producer), David Andriole (miscellaneous crew), Ronald Leamon (costume designer), Seth Willenson (miscellaneous crew), Kevin Reidy (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: In Los Angeles, after a violent drug rip-off, the Los Angeles Police Department detectives find the identity of the trio - the sadistic I.Q. of 150 and college graduate Lenny "Pluto" Franklyn; his not so bright buddy in San Quentin Ray Malcolm; and his girlfriend Fantasia. Their further investigation indicates that the criminals are fleeing to Star City, Arkanas, and LAPD detective Dud Cole and his partner John McFeely contact the local Chief of Police Dale 'Hurricane' Dixon and they head to the little town. The yokel family man Dale, who is used to resolve domestic issues, is fascinated with the chance to participate of a manhunt and befriends the two detectives. But when he sees the picture of Fantasia, he recognizes her as Lila Walker and is haunted by his past, hiding a secret about Lila Walker.

Keywords: 1990s, african-american, arkansas, axe, bag-over-head, biracial, bound-and-gagged, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, brother-sister-relationship, bus
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller,
Taglines: All it takes to bring him down is one bullet... one woman or... One False Move. Nothing is as dangerous as the past.

Quotes:

Cheryl Ann: He don't know no better, he watches television. I read non-fiction.

Fantasia - Lila: Me and my brother's daddy was white, did you know that? Of course, we never knew him. He had another family. That's why I kind of look white. Because my daddy was white. You figured since I kind of look white, you could fuck me, what the hell... Because I was kind of black... you could dump me, what the hell.

Dale 'Hurricane' Dixon: Lila, even if I wanted to, I can't help you.::[pauses]::Dale 'Hurricane' Dixon: I don't have the legal authority.::Fantasia - Lila: You didn't have the legal authority to fuck me when I was 17 years old... but that didn't stop you, did it?

Slander (1957)

Actors: Lurene Tuttle (actress), Roy Rowland (director), Peter Leeds (actor), Harry Tyler (actor), Lester Matthews (actor), Marjorie Rambeau (actress), Irene Tedrow (actress), Claire Carleton (actress), Robert Burton (actor), Van Johnson (actor), Dean Jones (actor), Malcolm Atterbury (actor), Robert Carson (actor), George Boemler (editor), Jeff Alexander (composer),

Plot: Steve Cochran plays the slick, debonair owner of a notorious gossip magazine who is anxious to break a big scandal to reverse a recent decline in sales. He zeroes in on children's entertainer Van Johnson, a decent, stand-up guy who nonetheless has a secret in his past which would most likely end his suddenly flourishing television career if found out. Johnson can save himself and his wife Ann Blyth and son from disrepute if he "trades" Cochran damaging information he has about a popular movie actress he knew while growing up in a tough neighborhood years ago. Does he save himself and let her career be sacrificed? His decision leads to tragedy.

Keywords: blackmail, one-word-title, puppeteer
Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir,