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La carta esférica (2007)

Actors: Aitana Sánchez-Gijón (actress), Imanol Uribe (writer), Darío Grandinetti (actor), Carmelo Gómez (actor), Teresa Font (editor), Enrico Lo Verso (actor), Imanol Uribe (director), Enrique Cerezo (producer), Carlos Kaniowsky (actor), Bingen Mendizábal (composer), Helena Sanchís (costume designer), Lucina Gil (actress), David Chagoyen (miscellaneous crew), Antonio Cardenal (producer), Gonzalo Cunill (actor),

Genres: Adventure,

Estés donde estés (2001)

Actors: Manuel de Blas (actor), Lucía Jiménez (actress), Víctor Reyes (composer), Fernando Tielve (actor), Jorge Dorado (writer), Jorge Dorado (producer), Nicolás Tapia (producer), Nicolás Tapia (director), Enrique Alcides (actor), Nicolás Tapia (writer), Sergio Díaz (producer), Íñigo Garcés (actor), Juanma Romero (writer), Rocío Redondo (costume designer), María Herce (actress),

Genres: Short,

The Negotiator (1998)

Actors: Leonard L. Thomas (actor), Michael Shamus Wiles (actor), Dean Norris (actor), Ron Rifkin (actor), Kevin Spacey (actor), J.T. Walsh (actor), David Morse (actor), Carlos Gómez (actor), James Blackburn (actor), Samuel L. Jackson (actor), Paul Giamatti (actor), Paul Guilfoyle (actor), Tom Bower (actor), Arnon Milchan (producer), David Hoberman (producer),

Plot: In the midst of an elaborate conspiracy, an expert negotiator is driven to the edge when he's framed for the murder of his partner, as well as embezzling money from his department's pension fund. His only chance to prove his innocence is to take hostages himself, acquire the services of another expert negotiator, and find out who's running the conspiracy before it's too late.

Keywords: assassination, bar, betrayal, black-comedy, black-cop, blood-spatter, chicago-illinois, computer, conspiracy, corrupt-cop
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller,
Taglines: Chicago's two top negotiators must face each other. One of them is holding hostages. The other is demanding surrender. And everyone's holding their breath. He frees hostages for a living. Now he's taking hostages to survive.

Quotes:

Lieutenant Danny Roman: You want my blood? Take my blood!

Lieutenant Danny Roman: Crazy is on the bus.

Lieutenant Chris Sabian: I once talked a guy out of blowing up the Sears Tower but I can't talk my wife out of the bedroom or my kid off the phone.

Lieutenant Danny Roman: You were wrong about me. What if I'm right about them?::Lieutenant Chris Sabian: But what if you're wrong about me?

Lieutenant Chris Sabian: You hurt one of them, you burn up any currency you have with me. They're all I care about. Getting you out of here alive... a distant second.

Lieutenant Chris Sabian: I'm a stranger to you. You have no idea what I am capable of.

Lieutenant Danny Roman: I like westerns, like Shane.::Lieutenant Chris Sabian: It's interesting that you pick one where the hero dies.::Lieutenant Danny Roman: What are you talking about? He doesn't die. He rides off into the sunset, and that kid says "Come back, Shane!"::Lieutenant Chris Sabian: That's a common misconception, in the last frame he's slumped over on his horse.::Lieutenant Danny Roman: So he was slumped, slumped don't mean dead.

Lieutenant Chris Sabian: Well I guess you think Butch and Sundance lived too.

Rudy Timmons: Because once you familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage you prepare your own limbs to wear them. Fuckin' Abraham Lincoln said it, and I fuckin' believe it, so you have got to get me the fuck out! Now!

Rudy Timmons: You know what Nietzsche says: Even the strongest have their moments of fatigue. And I'm fatigued, Danny. I'm just, I'm fucking fatigued.

The Evil Inside Me (1993)

Actors: John Capodice (actor), George Lazenby (actor), Roddy McDowall (actor), Honey Lauren (actress), Rick Rossovich (actor), Joseph Pilato (actor), James Wellington (actor), Jack Jozefson (actor), Voyo Goric (actor), Patti Negri (actress), Ralph Monaco (actor), Karen Sanquist (miscellaneous crew), Sage Stallone (actor), Tim Everitt (director), Robbi Chong (actress),

Genres: Horror, Thriller,

Going Bananas (1987)

Actors: Jimmie Walker (actor), Menahem Golan (writer), Menahem Golan (producer), Pino Donaggio (composer), Avi Lerner (producer), Boaz Davidson (director), Yoram Globus (producer), Herbert Lom (actor), Dom DeLuise (actor), Deep Roy (actor), Warren Berlinger (actor), Graham Armitage (actor), Natan Zahavi (editor), Peter Elliott (actor), Tzvi Shissel (actor),

Plot: Deep in Africa's exotic Momba-Zomba Land, young David Menden-Hall (Over the Top) befriends a mischievous little chimpanzee--only to discover the critter can talk! Soon, his friends Joe (Dom DeLuise) and Mozambo (Jimmie Walker) are going ape trying to save the chatty chimp after he's sold to the circus by crooked police chief Herbert Lom (The Pink Panther)! It's one cliff-hanger after another as the three friends embark on a zany, slapstick safari into non-stop monkeyshines!

Keywords: based-on-novel, circus, independent-film, safari
Genres: Comedy,

Quotes:

Ship's Captain: He's going to the jungles of Africa, slippers won't save him.::Big Bad Joe: Captain, I've been appointed as this boy's caretaker for the remainder of this journey.::Ben: Captain, my father arranged for a guide to meet us.::Ship's Captain: A guide huh? He'll probably eat you [laughs] .

Mozambo: Are you the captain of this here bucket?::Ship's Captain: This is the African Queen, not some bucket! It's a ship, and it's my ship, and you can go to hell!

Bonzo: Bonzo love Ben!::Ben: And Ben love Bonzo.

Little Girl... Big Tease (1976)

Actors: Robert F. Colesberry (producer), John Gilbert (actor), Mary Mendum (actress), Tom Razzano (actor), Roberto Mitrotti (writer), Roberto Mitrotti (director), Andrew Holbrooke (miscellaneous crew), Mick Benderoth (editor), George Severini (miscellaneous crew), David Spangler (composer), Kerry Hayes (miscellaneous crew), Mickey Kauf (miscellaneous crew), Joey Adinaro (actor), Andy Tannen (miscellaneous crew), Phil Bendone (actor),

Plot: Virginia, the appropriately named maiden daughter of a wealthy businessman, is kidnapped by a two men and a woman. Sixteen-year-old Virginia loses her maidenhead when she is viciously raped by the ignorant muscle-man of the outfit. She is then comforted by the woman, whom she has sex with. Losing her innocence, Virginia decides she likes it and seduces the boss of the outfit. She falls in love with the three and does not want to be given back to her Daddy after she is ransomed.

Keywords: bound-and-gagged, directorial-debut, female-nudity, foot-fetish, independent-film, kidnapping, lesbian, lesbian-kiss, lesbian-sex, lesbianism
Genres: Drama,
Taglines: Watch Virginia Grow Up ... Right Before Your Very Eyes!

Amo un assassino (1951)

Actors: Otello Colangeli (editor), Umberto Spadaro (actor), Marco Vicario (actor), Dina Perbellini (actress), Amina Pirani Maggi (actress), Delia Scala (actress), Sandro Continenza (writer), Ennio De Concini (writer), Mario Monicelli (writer), Steno (writer), Andrea Bosic (actor), Maria Zanoli (actress), Dorian Gray (actress), Natale Cirino (actor), Gino Marinuzzi Jr. (composer),

Plot: A woman has jumped or been pushed from five stories of an apartment house. The detective on the case lives there, and he discovers that the woman's estranged husband does also. She had been extorting money from him and had threatened to kill herself if he didn't pay. The detective's daughter is in love with the husband and tries to provide an alibi for him. But when a genuine alibi is proved, circumstances point to the (innocent) daughter as the killer.

Keywords: detective
Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery,