Chorus

È vuoto per amore (2008)

Actors: Bob Woolsey (miscellaneous crew), Nicholas Humphries (actor), Kaleena Kiff (producer), Vincent Ternida (miscellaneous crew), Missy Cross (miscellaneous crew), Galen Fletcher (editor), Galen Fletcher (writer), Shane Kolmansberger (actor), Galen Fletcher (director), Missy Cross (actress), Galen Fletcher (producer), Lori Watt (actress), Tovah Zalik-Wallace (producer), Stephana Arnold (actress), Stephana Arnold (actress),

Plot: The tragic operatic love story of a lonely bank teller, told as a heavily stylized 1950s studio musical. Waiting patiently at till number 2, our hero yearns for his true love to reveal herself. A chorus of eight bank employees and customers accompany our Hero as he prepares for his first encounter with the perfect girl, all the while singing and dancing to a variety of musical genres, including doo-wap, waltz, and a big band show tune. When the woman of his dreams finally arrives, his reaction is both tragic and comical.

Genres: Musical, Short,

Work of Art (2008)

Actors: Jennie Floyd (actress), Nancy Wei (costume designer), Telis Zotos (actor), Eric Stangeland (miscellaneous crew), Sergio Candido (actor), Eva-Maria Leonardou (actress), Eva-Maria Leonardou (director), Eva-Maria Leonardou (writer), Eva-Maria Leonardou (producer), Darren Dowler (actor), Serge Delpierre (producer), Darren Dowler (editor), Kendall Ryan Sanders (actor), Kent Karlsson (composer), Jeremiah Adams (actor),

Genres: Drama, Short, War,

Filumena (2006)

Actors: Eric Till (director), John Murrell (writer), Pati Olson (producer), Carey Komadina (editor), Ashlie White (actress), John Estacio (composer), Cassandra James (actress), Kevin Smith (actor), Ashley Ball (actress), John Yun (actor), Robert Rock (actor), Ronald E. Johnston (actor), Darcy Schmidt (actor), Kelly Robinson (miscellaneous crew), Kira Guloien (actress),

Genres: Musical,

The Grand Duke (1999)

Actors: William S. Gilbert (writer), David Martins (actor), Skip Barttels (miscellaneous crew), Skip Barttels (producer), Jeff Caldwell (actor), Garret Brown (actor), William Darkow (actor), William Hamer (actor), Dave Ross (actor), Nathan Rodda (actor), Wes Aman (actor), Jon Palmason (actor), Glenn Nielsen (actor), Nat Whitman (actor), Jim Welch (actor),

Plot: The Seattle Gilbert & Sullivan Society's award winning adaptation of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operetta of the same name. The curtain rises on the market square of Speisesaal where Ernest Dummkopf's acting troupe is rehearsing for a production of the Greek tragedy Troilus and Cressida. Beneath the theatrical veneer, a conspiracy is afoot among the thespians to overthrow Rudolph, the Grand Duke. Ludwig, the Company comedian, who is engaged to Lisa, the Company soubrette, admonishes everyone that it is forbidden to allude to the conspiracy without first ex- changing the secret sign. Ludwig, meanwhile, inadvertently betrays the conspiracy. A plan is conceived whereby Ludwig and Ernest will fight a statutory duel and the winner will denounce the loser to the Grand Duke. They draw cards and as Ludwig wins, he goes off to tell the Grand Duke of the conspiracy. Unaware of the intrigue surrounding him, Grand Duke Rudolph prepares for his wedding to the Baroness von Krakenfeldt. The Baroness reveals that Rudolph was betrothed in infancy to the Princess of Monte Carlo, which poses a problem for both couples. In the meantime, Ludwig approaches the Grand Duke in order to reveal the plot and finds him greatly agitated. Ludwig hatches a plan by which a statutory duel will be rigged and Rudolph will lose. Ludwig becomes the new Grand Duke. However, Julia, the prominent "English" actress of the troupe, points out that according to her contract she is required to play the part of the Grand Duchess. Lisa is disconsolate, but the show must go on and Ludwig is carried around the stage triumphantly. As the curtain rises on Act II, Ludwig gloriously presents his plan to manage the Grand Duchy. The Baroness arrives, announcing that Ludwig is required to assume all of the late Duke's responsibilities, including the Baroness herself, and everyone goes off to celebrate the wedding of Ludwig and the Baroness. Meanwhile, the Prince and Princess of Monte Carlo arrive on the scene. The Princess, finding that Ludwig has taken over all of the extinct Grand Duke's responsibilities, happily asserts a prior claim to marriage over the other Grand Duchesses. The company prepares for yet another wedding!

Genres: ,

The Swan Princess (1994)

Actors: Richard Rich (producer), Jared F. Brown (producer), Jared F. Brown (producer), Sandy Duncan (actress), Gary Stockdale (actor), Terry L. Noss (producer), Adam Wylie (actor), Steven Wright (actor), Jack Palance (actor), John Cleese (actor), Lex de Azevedo (actor), Brian Nissen (actor), Dakin Matthews (actor), Brian Nissen (writer), Brian Nissen (writer),

Plot: As children, Prince Derek and Princess Odette are forced to spend their summers together by their widowed parents, who hope that the two will eventually fall in love and marry, so that the kingdoms of the two will be united. As children and adolescents, Derek and Odette can't stand each other, but as young adults they begin to see each other in a different light and fall in love with each other. But one night things take a bad turn when Derek unintentionally offends Odette, who then refuses to marry him if he can't prove that he loves her for who she is and not just her beauty. Odette and her father are then attacked by Lord Rothbart, a vengeful sorcerer who was cast out of William's kingdom when he plotted against the king. In the form of a beast, Rothbart mortally wounds William, and kidnaps Odette then places her under a spell. Now it is up to Derek to rescue Odette by showing his undying love. But, will he be in time?

Keywords: animal-in-title, animal-name-in-title, aristocracy, castle, crocodile, fairy-tale, frog, imprisonment, love, princess
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance,
Taglines: The Magic Begins November 1994

Quotes:

Prince Derek: What? You're all I ever wanted. You're beautiful!::Odette: Thank you. But what else?::Prince Derek: What else?::Odette: Is beauty all that matters to you?::Queen Uberta: Derek, what else?::Prince Derek: [stammers; to Odette] What else is there?::[Rogers imitates a buzzer]

Odette: You're being sneaky again, Jean-Bob!::Jean-Bob: What sneaky? You deserve a nice bouquet!::Odette: And you deserve a kiss.::Jean-Bob: Well all right!::[Puckers up]::Odette: You know I'm under a spell!::Jean-Bob: But my kiss would break ze spell!::Speed: Give it up, Jean-Bob.::Odette: I can only kiss the man I love, and then he...::Jean-Bob: Must make a vow of "everlasting love". I know - !::Odette: And prove it to the world!::Jean-Bob: WHAT do you think I was doing with ze flowers and ze alligators going "CHOMP CHOMP"?::Odette: Speed, make him understand.::Speed: I'm only a turtle.

Prince Derek: [about the ball] But please, mother! Don't turn it into one of your beauty pageants!::Queen Uberta: Oh! No, no, no, no, no! It's just a few friends...::[She waits until Derek is out of earshot]::Queen Uberta: ...And, their daughters...

Odette: [Odette is dying] Derek... I-I feel so weak... I think... I'm...::Prince Derek: No... You'll live, Odette! The vow I made was for you!

Puffin: There comes a time, the possum said, when if all else fails just play dead.

Puffin: When the hunter has you in his sight, look for the sun and fly into the light.

Jean-Bob: Whenever I have to do something in a hurry, I'll always bring a turtle.

Rogers: You should write a book: How To Offend Women In Five Syllables or Less.

Prince Derek: Don't let her die.::Rothbart: Is that a threat?::Prince Derek: Don't you dare let her die!::Rothbart: Oh, it is a threat.::Prince Derek: You're the only one with the power. Now, *do it*!::[Rothbart throws him aside]::Rothbart: Only if you defeat... me!

Puffin: Me name is Puffin. Lt. Puffin.::Odette: It's a pleasure, Lt. Puffin. I'm Odette. Princess Odette. And these are my best friends in the whole world: Mr. Lorenzo Trudgealong...::Speed: Friends call me Speed.::Odette: ...and Jean-Bob.::Jean-Bob: I have no friends. Only servants. And they call me "your highness".::Speed: Thinks he's a prince.

Man Trouble (1992)

Actors: Beverly D'Angelo (actress), Mary Pat Gleason (actress), Veronica Cartwright (actress), Saul Rubinek (actor), Harry Dean Stanton (actor), Charles A. Tamburro (actor), Jack Nicholson (actor), Ellen Barkin (actress), Michael McKean (actor), John Kapelos (actor), Gary Graham (actor), Paul Mazursky (actor), David Clennon (actor), Mario Cecchi Gori (producer), Lauren Tom (actress),

Plot: Eugene Earl Axline is a guard dog trainer who gets involved with one of his clients, Joan Spruance. Spruance's sister is a classic airhead, who is spilling all she knows about her gangster boyfriend.

Keywords: alias, animated-credits, axe, backfire, bell-206-jet-ranger-helicopter, biting-someone, burglary, cadillac, classical-music, con-man
Genres: Comedy, Romance,
Taglines: He Plans To Steal...More Than Her Heart. She put her life in his hands. Unfortunately, his hands have a life of their own.

Quotes:

Harry Bliss: Here I am, sitting in the center of a lot of wealth, the escalation in crime couldn't be better, and I'm not turning a damn nickel on it!

Lewie Duart: Are you seeing anybody? Just tell me that. [laughs] What... C'mon, you're not the abstinent type!::Joan Spruance: Oh, please don't judge me by your scrotal excesses!

Harry Bliss: I'm the only guy who knows what in the hell I'm doing!

Harry Bliss: I look upon a woman as a whole.

Carmen (1989)

Actors: Henri Meilhac (writer), Ludovic Halévy (writer), Prosper Mérimée (writer), Harvey Goldsmith (producer), Edward Simons (producer), Gavin Taylor (director), Maria Ewing (actress), Rosemary Ashe (actress), Rodney Macann (actor), Aletta Collins (miscellaneous crew), Steven Pimlott (miscellaneous crew), Alain Fondary (actor), Ken Scorfield (producer), Andrew Wickes (miscellaneous crew), Stefanos Lazaridis (costume designer),

Genres: Drama, Music, Romance,

The Last Unicorn (1982)

Actors: Jules Bass (producer), Mia Farrow (actress), Keenan Wynn (actor), Angela Lansbury (actress), Don Messick (actor), Mia Farrow (actress), Keenan Wynn (actor), Rene Auberjonois (actor), Paul Frees (actor), Robert Klein (actor), Jeff Bridges (actor), Christopher Lee (actor), Alan Arkin (actor), Jules Bass (director), Arthur Rankin Jr. (producer),

Plot: From a riddle-speaking butterfly, a unicorn learns that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all the others having been herded away by the Red Bull. The unicorn sets out to discover the truth behind the butterfly's words. She is eventually joined on her quest by Schmendrick, a second-rate magician, and Molly Grue, a now middle-aged woman who dreamed all her life of seeing a unicorn. Their journey leads them far from home, all the way to the castle of King Haggard...

Keywords: argument, audio-flashback, based-on-novel, bull, burn, cage, card-trick, carnival, castle, cat
Genres: Animation, Family, Fantasy,
Taglines: The Magical Fantasy Adventure Based on the Bestselling Book. A Treasured Fantasy Classic of Incomparable Charm! There's Magic in Believing!

Quotes:

The Cat: No cat anywhere ever gave anyone a straight answer.

Schmendrick the Magician: Be rary of wousing a rizard's wrath - rousing a rizard's - Be wary of making a magician angry!

The Cat: When the wine drinks itself, when the skull speaks, when the clock strikes the right time, only then will you find the tunnel that leads to the Red Bull. There be a trick to it, of course.

Amalthea: But I'm always dreaming, even when I'm awake; it is never finished.

Molly Grue: Why won't you help me? Why must you always speak in riddles?::The Cat: Because I be, what I be. I would tell you what you want to know if I could, mum, but I be a cat. And no cat anywhere, ever gave anyone a straight answer.

Schmendrick: Don't cry. If you have become human enough to cry, then all the magic in the world cannot change you back.

Butterfly: Your name is a golden bell hung in my heart. I would break my body to pieces to call you once by your name.

The Tree: There is no immortality but a tree's love.

Schmendrick: There are no happy endings because nothing ends.

Mommy Fortuna: Oh she'll kill me one day or another. But she will remember forever that *I* caught her, and *I* held her prisoner. So there's my immortality, hey?

La traviata (1975)

Actors: Alexandre Dumas fils (writer), Brian Large (director), Francesco Maria Piave (writer), Cedric Messina (miscellaneous crew), Elizabeth Waller (costume designer), John Brecknock (actor), Norman Bailey (actor), Ambrosian Opera Chorus (actor), Elizabeth Harwood (actress), Alexander Gibson (actor),

Genres: Drama, Music,

The Mikado (1967)

Actors: Anthony Havelock-Allan (producer), William S. Gilbert (writer), Stuart Burge (director), Valerie Masterson (actress), John Brabourne (producer), Richard B. Goodwin (producer), Donald Adams (actor), John Reed (actor), Kenneth Sandford (actor), Pauline Wales (actress), Peggy Ann Jones (actress), Beti Lloyd-Jones (actress), Vera Ryan (actress), Glyn Adams (actor), Thomas Lawlor (actor),

Plot: In a mythical Japan, Ko-Ko, a cheap tailor, has been appointed Lord High Executioner and must find someone to execute before the arrival of the ruling Mikado. He lights upon Nanki-Poo, a strolling minstrel who loves the beautiful Yum-Yum. But Yum-Yum is also loved by Ko-Ko, and Nanki-Poo, seeing no hope for his love, considers suicide. Ko-Ko offers to solve both their problems by executing Nanki-Poo, and an agreement is reached whereby Ko-Ko will allow Nanki-Poo to marry Yum-Yum for one month, at the end of which Nanki-Poo will be executed, in time for the arrival of the Mikado. But what Ko-Ko doesn't know is that Nanki-Poo is the son of the Mikado and has run away to avoid a betrothal to an old harridan named Katisha. The arrival of the Mikado brings all the threads of the tale together.

Keywords: gilbert-and-sullivan, independent-film, japanese, live-performance, operetta
Genres: Musical,