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The Girlfriend Experience (2009)

Actors: Steven Soderbergh (editor), Steven Soderbergh (director), Ken Meyer (miscellaneous crew), Timothy J. Cox (actor), Carol A. Compton (miscellaneous crew), Sasha Grey (actress), Sasha Grey (actress), Mark Cuban (producer), Danny Boushebel (actor), Ken Lavet (miscellaneous crew), Todd Wagner (producer), Edward M. Kelahan (actor), Robert T. Striem (miscellaneous crew), Brian Koppelman (writer), Gregory Jacobs (producer),

Plot: Chelsea (Sasha Grey) is a high-priced $2,000-an-hour call girl in Manhattan, offering a 'girlfriend experience': she'll dress with the client in mind, go to dinner and a movie, listen attentively to talk about work and finances, and she'll provide sex. It's October, 2008: a presidential election nears and the economy is in free fall. She has a boyfriend, Chris (Chris Santos), who's a personal trainer. We are shown five non-consecutive days in Chelsea's life. She's working on her Web page, talking to image consultants, and being interviewed by a reporter. She asks clients when their birthdays are and uses that for an astrological prediction. She's drawn to a new client, a writer from L.A. Should she break her rules for him? What if it risks her relationship with Chris? Should she invest in gold?

Keywords: actor-shares-first-name-with-character, airport, art-gallery, bar, bare-breasts, bare-chested-male, bathtub, black-bra-and-panties, box-office-flop, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship
Genres: Drama,
Taglines: See it with someone you ****

Quotes:

Chelsea: [voice-over] I met with Phillipe on October 5th and 6th. I wore a Michael Kors dress and shoes with La Perla lingerie underneath, and diamond stud earrings. We met at 7:30 PM at the hotel, and had a drink downstairs. He liked my dress but didn't go into detail why, and didn't mention anything else about my appearance. We ate dinner at Blue Hill. Phillipe didn't ask for a menu and had the chef serve us a five-course meal, a different wine with each course. We went to the 9:40 PM showing of 'Man on Wire' at the Sunshine Cinema, and he liked the movie. We went back to the hotel and talked for half an hour. Mostly about a friend of his that keeps borrowing money from him and not paying it back. Then we had sex for about an hour. After that, we talked for about 15 minutes and he fell asleep. At breakfast, he briefly told me his worries regarding the economy, and he said I should invest my money in gold. He also mentioned a book about how the Federal Reserve works. He didn't make another appointment.

Chelsea: [voice-over] On October 18th, I met with Dan. I wore a vintage black cashmere sweater, earnest sewn jeans, and Pour la Victoire boots. Dan talked the entire time. We didn't have sex. He was very upset about a contract his firm lost to I.M. PEI. He set another date for Tuesday, October 21st.

Chelsea: [voice-over] On October 25th, I met with Dennis. We had lunch at Nobu and then went to a hotel room. During lunch, he talked about the financial crisis. When we got back to the hotel room, he immediately got on the phone and ordered some Macallan 25. I put on a Kiki de Montparnasse corset, panties and gloves. The shoes were basic Zara. After he got off the phone, we made out for a while and then he asked me to masturbate, which I did. Then he masturbated while watching me. He made another appointment for November 3rd.

Chelsea: Sometimes clients think they want the real you, but at the end of the day, they say they don't. They want what... they want what you want to be. They want you to be something else. They don't want you to be yourself.::Interviewer: Suppose I'm that rare client that really wants to...::Chelsea: If they wanted you to be yourself, they wouldn't be paying you.

Interviewer: What I'm trying to build up to here is to see the role this guy plays in your life. Not necessarily your relationship between you... I'm not intrested in the intimate details between these two people... you and your boyfriend. I'm intrested in the kind of relationship somebody in your business would have with someone they actually love.::Chelsea: You'll have to ask him on that.

Chelsea: [into a phone] So, what are you looking forward to? Do you have anything specific in mind?::David: [voice] Well... you know, after looking at your web site I'd just really love to get together with you. I'm just kind of feeling stressed out. I should probally see a shrink, but it seems more fun to see you.::Chelsea: Why don't you tell me about yourself? Are you married? Do you have kids? What kind of screenplay are you working on?::David: Yes and yes, and no comment.::Chelsea: How many kids do you have?::David: I have two little girls. Don't make me feel bad, though.::Chelsea: I woun't.

Chelsea: This David and I clicked. There was something there. And I told him that...::Chelsea's Girlfriend: You told him that?::Chelsea: I told him that I was going out of town for the weekend. And he didn't like that at all, and what really set it off was when he insulted me about my... you know. All about my personology books. I had a feeling he didn't support me in my belief. And I found out last night for sure.::Chelsea's Girlfriend: So he found out last night that he doesn't like your astrology?::Chelsea: It's not astrology. Are you goint to do this to me too?::Chelsea's Girlfriend: It kind of is.::Chelsea: It's not. I mean 20,000 people... that's more than just reading star signs.::Chelsea's Girlfriend: I definitely think it's important. It's critical to have someone who supports you. But it's important to you know... I don't want to be negative, 'cause I think that feeling when you connect with a client is the best feeling in the world, and I don't want to be sort of down on that.::Chelsea: It's funny because I wanted to get away from my parents. I didn't want to depend on them. I didn't want their money. And that's more than half the reason I started doing this profession in the first place. I now have a lot of money saved up, and I woun't completely feel like I'm dependent on him. Monetarily at least.

Interviewer: We agreed to meet here and have this kind of situation, which is a transactional situation like the one you deal with all the time in your business, right? Now, we're up to this part where I'm asking you something that would actually be intresting to me, and I feel that you're holding out on me. I mean, the thing is that the inner you is really... I mean, there's... in this business it's all about appearance, right? If you weren't beautiful, nobody would be paying to bang you, right? To put it grossly, right? So the thing is that if you weren't beautiful, you wouldn't be in this business. Is that right? Do we agree on that? So, suppose I like your looks, but I'm really much more intrested in the real you because I get a sense from looking at your picture on your web site... I'm not talking about myself, but I'd say somebody else... I got a feeling looking at your picture and also looking into your eyes right now and the way your doing that with your hair and the way you're wearing your little outfit there and all that other stuff... and I like your earings. And here's someone I really would like to get to know a little better. So, is that iron door of yours always gonna be closed?::Chelsea: For most people, yes.::Interviewer: Most? For some people, is it possible that there might be a crack in that little door you could walk through? This kind of thing that you could possibly get through? I assume the armor in your situation must be very thick just because it has to be, right? So, what kind of guy would it have to be?

Scrooged (1988)

Actors: Pat McCormick (actor), Robert Mitchum (actor), Alvin Hammer (actor), Lee Majors (actor), John Glover (actor), Jack McGee (actor), Bobcat Goldthwait (actor), Robert Goulet (actor), Jamie Farr (actor), John Houseman (actor), Buddy Hackett (actor), Brian Doyle-Murray (actor), John Forsythe (actor), Michael J. Pollard (actor), Bill Murray (actor),

Plot: Frank Cross runs a US TV station which is planning a live adaptation of Dickens' Christmas Carol. Frank's childhood wasn't a particularly pleasant one, and so he doesn't really appreciate the Christmas spirit. With the help of the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future, Frank realises he must change.

Keywords: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, back-from-the-dead, based-on-novel, bathtub, bayou, cartoon-on-tv, character-name-in-title
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy,
Taglines: Bill Murray is back among the ghosts. Only this time, it's three against one. The spirits will move you in odd and hysterical ways.

Quotes:

Earl Cross: All day long, I listen to people give me excuses why they can't work... 'My back hurts,' 'my legs ache,' 'I'm only four!' The sooner he learns life isn't handed to him on a silver platter, the better!

Lew Hayward: I was a captain of industry; feared by men, adored by women.::Frank Cross: Adored! Come on, let's be honest, Lew. You *paid* for the women!

Frank Cross: I want to see her nipples.::Censor Lady: But this is a CHRISTMAS show.::Frank Cross: Well, I'm sure Charles Dickens would have wanted to see her nipples.::Carpenter: You can barely see them nipples.::Frank Cross: See? And these guys are REALLY looking.

Ghost of Christmas Past: Let's face it, Frank. Garden slugs got more out of life than you.::Frank Cross: Yeah? Name one!

Frank Cross: I never liked a girl well enough to give her twelve sharp knives.

[Frank is confronted by the ghost of his old boss]::Frank Cross: No, you are a hallucination brought on by alcohol... Russian vodka poisoned by Chernobyl!

James Cross: You know what they say about people who treat other people bad on the way up?::Frank Cross: Yeah, you get to treat 'em bad on the way back down too. It's great, you get two chances to rough 'em up.

[Props man tries to attach antlers to a mouse]::Props man: I can't get the antlers glued to this little guy. We tried Crazy Glue, but it don't work.::Frank Cross: Did you try staples?

Frank Cross: The bitch hit me with a toaster!

Ghost of Christmas Present: Sometimes you have to *slap* them in the face just to get their attention!

Scrooged (1988)

Actors: Pat McCormick (actor), Robert Mitchum (actor), Alvin Hammer (actor), Lee Majors (actor), John Glover (actor), Jack McGee (actor), Bobcat Goldthwait (actor), Robert Goulet (actor), Jamie Farr (actor), John Houseman (actor), Buddy Hackett (actor), Brian Doyle-Murray (actor), John Forsythe (actor), Michael J. Pollard (actor), Bill Murray (actor),

Plot: Frank Cross runs a US TV station which is planning a live adaptation of Dickens' Christmas Carol. Frank's childhood wasn't a particularly pleasant one, and so he doesn't really appreciate the Christmas spirit. With the help of the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future, Frank realises he must change.

Keywords: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, back-from-the-dead, based-on-novel, bathtub, bayou, cartoon-on-tv, character-name-in-title
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy,
Taglines: Bill Murray is back among the ghosts. Only this time, it's three against one. The spirits will move you in odd and hysterical ways.

Quotes:

Earl Cross: All day long, I listen to people give me excuses why they can't work... 'My back hurts,' 'my legs ache,' 'I'm only four!' The sooner he learns life isn't handed to him on a silver platter, the better!

Lew Hayward: I was a captain of industry; feared by men, adored by women.::Frank Cross: Adored! Come on, let's be honest, Lew. You *paid* for the women!

Frank Cross: I want to see her nipples.::Censor Lady: But this is a CHRISTMAS show.::Frank Cross: Well, I'm sure Charles Dickens would have wanted to see her nipples.::Carpenter: You can barely see them nipples.::Frank Cross: See? And these guys are REALLY looking.

Ghost of Christmas Past: Let's face it, Frank. Garden slugs got more out of life than you.::Frank Cross: Yeah? Name one!

Frank Cross: I never liked a girl well enough to give her twelve sharp knives.

[Frank is confronted by the ghost of his old boss]::Frank Cross: No, you are a hallucination brought on by alcohol... Russian vodka poisoned by Chernobyl!

James Cross: You know what they say about people who treat other people bad on the way up?::Frank Cross: Yeah, you get to treat 'em bad on the way back down too. It's great, you get two chances to rough 'em up.

[Props man tries to attach antlers to a mouse]::Props man: I can't get the antlers glued to this little guy. We tried Crazy Glue, but it don't work.::Frank Cross: Did you try staples?

Frank Cross: The bitch hit me with a toaster!

Ghost of Christmas Present: Sometimes you have to *slap* them in the face just to get their attention!

Scrooged (1988)

Actors: Pat McCormick (actor), Robert Mitchum (actor), Alvin Hammer (actor), Lee Majors (actor), John Glover (actor), Jack McGee (actor), Bobcat Goldthwait (actor), Robert Goulet (actor), Jamie Farr (actor), John Houseman (actor), Buddy Hackett (actor), Brian Doyle-Murray (actor), John Forsythe (actor), Michael J. Pollard (actor), Bill Murray (actor),

Plot: Frank Cross runs a US TV station which is planning a live adaptation of Dickens' Christmas Carol. Frank's childhood wasn't a particularly pleasant one, and so he doesn't really appreciate the Christmas spirit. With the help of the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future, Frank realises he must change.

Keywords: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, back-from-the-dead, based-on-novel, bathtub, bayou, cartoon-on-tv, character-name-in-title
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy,
Taglines: Bill Murray is back among the ghosts. Only this time, it's three against one. The spirits will move you in odd and hysterical ways.

Quotes:

Earl Cross: All day long, I listen to people give me excuses why they can't work... 'My back hurts,' 'my legs ache,' 'I'm only four!' The sooner he learns life isn't handed to him on a silver platter, the better!

Lew Hayward: I was a captain of industry; feared by men, adored by women.::Frank Cross: Adored! Come on, let's be honest, Lew. You *paid* for the women!

Frank Cross: I want to see her nipples.::Censor Lady: But this is a CHRISTMAS show.::Frank Cross: Well, I'm sure Charles Dickens would have wanted to see her nipples.::Carpenter: You can barely see them nipples.::Frank Cross: See? And these guys are REALLY looking.

Ghost of Christmas Past: Let's face it, Frank. Garden slugs got more out of life than you.::Frank Cross: Yeah? Name one!

Frank Cross: I never liked a girl well enough to give her twelve sharp knives.

[Frank is confronted by the ghost of his old boss]::Frank Cross: No, you are a hallucination brought on by alcohol... Russian vodka poisoned by Chernobyl!

James Cross: You know what they say about people who treat other people bad on the way up?::Frank Cross: Yeah, you get to treat 'em bad on the way back down too. It's great, you get two chances to rough 'em up.

[Props man tries to attach antlers to a mouse]::Props man: I can't get the antlers glued to this little guy. We tried Crazy Glue, but it don't work.::Frank Cross: Did you try staples?

Frank Cross: The bitch hit me with a toaster!

Ghost of Christmas Present: Sometimes you have to *slap* them in the face just to get their attention!

Scrooged (1988)

Actors: Pat McCormick (actor), Robert Mitchum (actor), Alvin Hammer (actor), Lee Majors (actor), John Glover (actor), Jack McGee (actor), Bobcat Goldthwait (actor), Robert Goulet (actor), Jamie Farr (actor), John Houseman (actor), Buddy Hackett (actor), Brian Doyle-Murray (actor), John Forsythe (actor), Michael J. Pollard (actor), Bill Murray (actor),

Plot: Frank Cross runs a US TV station which is planning a live adaptation of Dickens' Christmas Carol. Frank's childhood wasn't a particularly pleasant one, and so he doesn't really appreciate the Christmas spirit. With the help of the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future, Frank realises he must change.

Keywords: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, back-from-the-dead, based-on-novel, bathtub, bayou, cartoon-on-tv, character-name-in-title
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy,
Taglines: Bill Murray is back among the ghosts. Only this time, it's three against one. The spirits will move you in odd and hysterical ways.

Quotes:

Earl Cross: All day long, I listen to people give me excuses why they can't work... 'My back hurts,' 'my legs ache,' 'I'm only four!' The sooner he learns life isn't handed to him on a silver platter, the better!

Lew Hayward: I was a captain of industry; feared by men, adored by women.::Frank Cross: Adored! Come on, let's be honest, Lew. You *paid* for the women!

Frank Cross: I want to see her nipples.::Censor Lady: But this is a CHRISTMAS show.::Frank Cross: Well, I'm sure Charles Dickens would have wanted to see her nipples.::Carpenter: You can barely see them nipples.::Frank Cross: See? And these guys are REALLY looking.

Ghost of Christmas Past: Let's face it, Frank. Garden slugs got more out of life than you.::Frank Cross: Yeah? Name one!

Frank Cross: I never liked a girl well enough to give her twelve sharp knives.

[Frank is confronted by the ghost of his old boss]::Frank Cross: No, you are a hallucination brought on by alcohol... Russian vodka poisoned by Chernobyl!

James Cross: You know what they say about people who treat other people bad on the way up?::Frank Cross: Yeah, you get to treat 'em bad on the way back down too. It's great, you get two chances to rough 'em up.

[Props man tries to attach antlers to a mouse]::Props man: I can't get the antlers glued to this little guy. We tried Crazy Glue, but it don't work.::Frank Cross: Did you try staples?

Frank Cross: The bitch hit me with a toaster!

Ghost of Christmas Present: Sometimes you have to *slap* them in the face just to get their attention!

The Laughing Policeman (1973)

Actors: Louis Gossett Jr. (actor), Charles Fox (composer), Anthony Zerbe (actor), Paul Koslo (actor), Cathy Lee Crosby (actress), Leigh French (actress), Joanna Cassidy (actress), Val Avery (actor), Bruce Dern (actor), Matt Clark (actor), Walter Matthau (actor), Clifton James (actor), Gregory Sierra (actor), Louis Guss (actor), Louis Guss (actor),

Plot: A policeman is among the victims when the passengers of a late-night bus are machine-gunned. With only one semi- conscious survivor and no other witnesses, the detectives try to learn from the identities of the dead why this happened and who the killer could be. Climax includes excellent chase.

Keywords: 850-dollars-in-cash, alias, artificial-leg, assembling-gun, autopsy, based-on-novel, black-cop, blood, brutality, bus
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller,
Taglines: This movie is so real it makes every other movie in this town look like a movie. Race against time and a killer in The laughing policeman is never amused. Eight people know who the killer is - and they're all dead!

Quotes:

[repeated line]::Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD: Know what I mean?

Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD: I want you to help me follow Henry Camarero for a few days, that's all.::Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD: Why?::Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD: Well he knows me from the original Teresa investigation...::Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD: [cutting off Jake] No, I mean why do you suddenly need me for anything? You've been doing this all by yourself all along. I've seen you. You never even bothered to show me the picture you showed the man upstairs just now.::Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD: Evans was following Gus Niles, right? Well I think Niles wanted Evans to follow him.::Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD: You mean you think he was setting the kid up?::Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD: That's exactly what I think.::Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD: For what?::Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD: Well Evans nearly had it, he just hadn't figured out Camarero yet, that's all. He was trying to spook Niles.

Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD: Terrific! We can tell the chief that we've got a fruiter that runs when he's chased!

Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD: [responding to his partner's one-word answers] Have you ever thought of having your own radio talk-show?

Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD: Evans was working the Teresa thing on his own time. He's killed on the same bus with Gus Niles who's looking for a grease gun that happens to be the weapon used.::Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD: And then his girlfriend winds up dead on the floor with the needle... Jake, you realize what you just did? You do it to me all the time, now you heard what the man said upstairs.::Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD: I heard him, I was up there, he's a nice man, he shoots in the low 80s, but he plays too close to the vest.::Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD: Then what are you laying all that crap on ME FOR? WHY DON'T YOU STOP IT FOR ONCE? That's YOUR personal hangup, it does NOT happen to be mine!::Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD: Can't you see it?::Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD: I see one thing, I see why you're such a good cop, and one reason only, because you're so screwed up otherwise. You're beyond human belief, you understand that? You've got nothing else, no personal life, nothing!::Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD: And what the hell are YOU worried about, your goddamned pension?::Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD: That's exactly it! Put in my twenty-five and collect my fifty-five!::Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD: All I'm asking you to do is help me tail a guy for a few days, it's routine!::Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD: IT IS NOT ROUTINE JAKE, GODDAMMIT, IF THE BOSS SAYS FORGET IT!

Insp. James Larrimore SFPD: [to pimp he has just pushed to the floor] What ever you are reaching for better be a sandwich coz you're gonna have to eat it!

Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD: Who's the short guy?::Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD: His lawyer.::Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD: Oh, Jake, short lawyers - they worry me. Probably got enough juice to get a Sodomy beef reduced to Following Too Close.

Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD: [after spending the day monitoring Henry Camarero] We got a man farting in silk and playing all day.::Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD: I talked to Frank at the lab, and he got an FBI report on Gus Niles' prints from his service record.::Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD: [mildly surprised] Uh, are you just making conversation now?::Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD: Gus Niles used to be Andrew Medford, and he was in business with Camarero for awhile. You wanna take a guess who was Camarero's alibi at the Teresa inquest?::Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD: [realizing Jake's hunch about Camarero as the bus killer has substance behind it] How come you didn't make that in the original investigation?::Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD: Because Gus Niles was still alive then, but that's a nice question, Leo. You're using your head.

Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD: [at the bus massacre] Sometimes I think the department ought to issue us whips and chairs.

Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD: I'm looking for Samuel Avakian.::Porno Cashier: Christ, I've never heard him called that before. What's Sammy up to now?::Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD: Where is he?::Porno Cashier: He's probably in his office, making believe he's a winner.