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De Mai Tinh (2010)

Actors: Dustin Nguyen (writer), Dustin Nguyen (actor), Dustin Nguyen (producer), Christopher Wong (composer), Johnny Nguyen (actor), Charlie Nguyen (director), Charlie Nguyen (actor), Charlie Nguyen (editor), Ham Tran (editor), Kathy Uyen (actress), Leon Le (actor), Irene Trinh (producer), Thai Hoa (actor), Binh Minh (actor), Van Hai Bui (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Romance,

Chimera House (1999)

Actors: Carl Gilliard (actor), Rick LeCompte (editor), Danny Arroyo (actor), Josh Keaton (actor), Patrick Firpo (producer), Patrick Firpo (producer), Michael Pritchard (actor), Heather Cappiello (miscellaneous crew), Karim Prince (actor), Chloe Taylor (actress), Elizabeth Sher (producer), Cassie Terman (actress), David Stewart (actor), Alberto Rosas (actor), Brandy Brawner (director),

Plot: A contemporary story based on actual events about the harsh realities of life in a group home (where over 100,000 American juveniles are living each year). The story: A new kid from the suburbs, an artist, is tested by military style rules, forbidden romance, streetwise peers, and his own past as he tries to survive until 'graduation'. In the end, only his art can save his dreams of love and freedom.

Keywords: troubled-teen
Genres: Drama,

Quotes:

Lucky: What do you want to do with your life?::Steve: Well, I've always been fascinated by Windex.

Steve: I got inspired listening to everyone in AA. I think I know how to get some acid into the house.

Steve: [Steve holds up carrier pigeon with drugs tied to it's leg] Go ahead and kiss it. For luck.::Roy: You want me to kiss the bird? [Roy reluctantly kisses the top of the piegon's head]::Steve: [Steve and Roy watch the bird fly away] Go baby go!

Dee: [Dee serves Lucky lunch] You know, I am proud of you though for starting this new job tomorrow. I just hope you stick with it long enough to learn something.::Lucky: Yeah, I like working on cars. I got a lot of experience from stealing them. [giggles]

Sud lointain (1997)

Actors: Roger Van Hool (actor), Anny Romand (actress), Philippe Uchan (actor), Jean-Marie Winling (actor), Bernard Yerlès (actor), Jean-Claude Lecas (actor), Thierry Nenez (actor), Xavier Deluc (actor), Elise Tielrooy (actress), Thierry Neuvic (actor), Matthieu Rozé (actor), Véronique Jannot (actress), Claire Borotra (actress), Alain MacMoy (actor), Pierre Forest (actor),

Plot: This epic story follows the life and loves of three men who left France and travelled to Indo-China in the early years of the twentieth century. One has a love for land, another for government and the third for God - a farmer, a bureaucrat and a priest. Over the years the general tension builds up between the natives and the colonial powers. The political turmoil affects everyone's life, undermines old friendships, causes violence and death. But some people are strong enough to fight for common good and love helps to endure the hardships.

Keywords: tv-mini-series
Genres: Drama, Romance,

Down Came a Blackbird (1995)

Actors: Carlo Rota (actor), Jay O. Sanders (actor), Graeme Revell (composer), Vanessa Redgrave (actress), Jana Sue Memel (producer), Jonathan Sanger (director), Laura Dern (producer), Raul Julia (actor), James Kidnie (actor), Laura Dern (actress), Jeffrey DeMunn (actor), Sarita Choudhury (actress), Hillary Anne Ripps (producer), David Smukler (miscellaneous crew), Von Flores (actor),

Plot: Helen McNulty is a journalist struggling to regain control of her life a year after she was abducted and tortured in Central America. She goes to a clinic for survivors of torture, where she reflects on her experiences and learns about others who have suffered similar experiences. She is drawn to Professor Ramirez, another patient at the clinic, who is still being pursued by his attackers. She thinks he can relate to her suffering, and she begins to learn why.

Keywords: animal-in-title, bird-in-title, clinic, flashback, holocaust-survivor, journalist, kidnapping, psychological-trauma, reporter, survivor
Genres: Drama,
Taglines: One would save them, one would expose them, and one would betray them.

Shadow of the Dragon (1992)

Actors: Jimmy Williams (director), Jimmy Williams (editor), Jimmy Williams (writer), William Smith (actor), Jimmy Williams (producer), Dave Gist (producer), Robert Z'Dar (actor), Ray Ellingsen (actor), Jimmy Williams (actor), Lenny Rose (actor), Bas Rutten (actor), Conrad Brooks (actor), Gerald Okamura (actor), Ewing Miles Brown (actor), Lonnie Schuyler (actor),

Genres: ,

Rapid Fire (1992)

Actors: Christopher Young (composer), Wayne Fitzgerald (miscellaneous crew), Gerald Okamura (actor), John Fasano (producer), Nick Mancuso (actor), Richard Schiff (actor), Powers Boothe (actor), Fred Lerner (actor), Carl Ciarfalio (actor), Cole S. McKay (actor), Raymond J. Barry (actor), Gene LeBell (actor), Tony Longo (actor), Sharron Reynolds (miscellaneous crew), Harry Lu (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: When student Jake Lo witnesses a killing, he finds himself caught between two feuding drug lords. Betrayed and set up by the federal agents protecting him, the only one he can trust is Ryan, a single-minded Chicago cop who reminds Jake of his deceased father. To clear his name, Jake agrees to help Ryan bring down the drug lords.

Keywords: 1990s, action-hero, airplane, ambulance, ambush, anti-hero, art-gallery, art-student, art-studio, artist
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller,
Taglines: Unarmed and extremely dangerous.

Quotes:

Jake Lo: [looks in cupboard] Pop-tarts. [looks in fridge] More Pop-Tarts.

Mace Ryan: Chicago PD thinks you're a cop-killer, you know what that means?::Jake Lo: I'm off the departments Christmas list?

Mace Ryan: Jake, why don't you take your fists of fury outside. You're making the poor man nervous.::Jake Lo: Good.::Mace Ryan: [pointing to himself] This poor man!

Jake Lo: Ohh great, more cops.::Agent Stuart: We are with the FBI, this is agent Wesley and I am agent Stewart.::Jake Lo: Ohh cops in suits.

Antonio Serrano: Think positive. Some guy's got you by the balls? Think positive, cut off his hands.

Agent Stuart: I want you to know, Jake, that I'm the only one who did this to myself, and to you. I want you to know that I take responsibility for my personal actions.::Jake Lo: This isn't EST, Frank.

Kinman Tau: Don't fear the weapon, fear the man.

Rosalyn: [looking at a sketch that Jake has drawn of her with a large dragon behind her] Wow... is that me...?::Jake Lo: No, you're the dragon.

Rosalyn: You wanna go out with me?::Jake Lo: Sure.::Rosalyn: Great! Meet me at this addresss at 8:30.::[jotts down the address for him]::Rosalyn: Who knows... maybe you'll think I'm sexier with my clothes on!::Jake Lo: [to himself, after grinning and holding the door open for her to leave] Don't bet on it...

Jake Lo: Whatever it takes? Whatever it takes is something that happens to somebody else.

Vietnam, Texas (1990)

Actors: Tim Thomerson (actor), Bert Remsen (actor), Mark Damon (producer), C. Courtney Joyner (writer), Richard Masur (actor), Tamlyn Tomita (actress), Jeffrey D. Stevens (miscellaneous crew), John Pleshette (actor), Ron Talsky (costume designer), Robert Ginty (director), Robert Ginty (producer), Robert Ginty (actor), David Chow (actor), Kieu Chinh (actress), Irwin Yablans (producer),

Plot: A priest (Robert Ginty) learns that he fathered a child during his tour of duty in Vietnam and that the mother and child has relocated to Houston, Texas in the Little Saigon quarters. Searching for them, he also finds massive prejudice against the Vietnamese people, particularly among the fishing community in which they are trying to work. Setting out to right the wrongs, the priest tends to use more fisticuffs than friendly, priestly persuasion.

Keywords: directed-by-star, fishing, houston-texas, independent-film, love-child, prejudice, priest, racism, saigon, vietnam-veteran
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama,
Taglines: He wasn't always a man of God. First, he was a man of war. Now he must choose between the two.

The American Way (1986)

Actors: Jim Carter (actor), Dennis Hopper (actor), Michael J. Pollard (actor), Ozzy Osbourne (actor), Eugene Lipinski (actor), Bruce Boa (actor), John Alderson (actor), Don Fellows (actor), Sam Douglas (actor), Patrick Isherwood (miscellaneous crew), Jeff Harding (actor), George Harris (actor), Randall Oliver (actor), Michael Feast (actor), Tony Lawson (editor),

Plot: A group of Vietnam vets disturbs television programs from a B-29 airplane. They want to sabotage Mrs Westinghouse's political campaign who is running for the Senate in support of US military involvement in South America. Mrs Westinghouse orders some nuclear missiles to be launched against the saboteurs, but they manage to avoid the impact and even succeed in exposing a big secret of hers.

Keywords: airplane, independent-film, pirate-broadcasting, pirate-television, the-star-spangled-banner, transvestite, vietnam-veteran
Genres: Comedy, Sci-Fi,
Taglines: Truth, justice...

Green Eyes (1977)

Actors: John Erman (producer), Robert DoQui (actor), Dabbs Greer (actor), John Erman (director), Fred Karlin (composer), David Seltzer (producer), Lee Rich (producer), Paul Winfield (actor), David Seltzer (writer), David Seltzer (writer), Rita Tushingham (actress), Ric Mancini (actor), Fred Sadoff (actor), John W. Wheeler (editor), Jonathan Goldsmith (actor),

Genres: Drama, War,

Le fils du ciel (1972)

Actors: Antoinette Moya (actress), Gérard Buhr (writer), Andrée Tainsy (actress), Gérard Buhr (actor), Jeanne Pérez (actress), Yves Vincent (actor), Georges Claisse (actor), Jacques Brunet (actor), Yoko Tani (actress), Valéry Inkijinoff (actor), Michel Daigle (actor), Philippe Gasté (actor), Michèle Bardollet (actress), Roger Garand (actor), Antoine Fontaine (actor),

Genres: Drama,