Riley

Every Word Handwritten (2012)

Actors: Robby Starbuck (producer), Kevin Slack (editor), Kevin Slack (director), Kevin Slack (writer), Ben Prayz (actor), Jane Forrestal (actress), Ben Brewer (actor), John Proko (actor), Leanne Agmon (actor), Jake Fleming (actor), Benny Horowitz (producer), Benny Horowitz (writer), Colin Bennet (miscellaneous crew), Brian Maguire (actor), Brian Grant (miscellaneous crew),

Genres: Drama, Short,

Crumble (2012)

Actors: Dylan Anderson (actor), Shad Selby (editor), Rachel Behrmann (miscellaneous crew), Rob Anderson (producer), Rob Anderson (actor), Shad Selby (producer), Rob Anderson (writer), Shad Selby (director), Rob Anderson (director), Mark Peterson (miscellaneous crew), Joe Riemer (miscellaneous crew), Cassidy Anderson (actor), Alexa Selby (miscellaneous crew), Rob Anderson (actor), Chris Long (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Short,

Reunion (2011)

Actors: Nick Wenger (producer), Orestes Arcuni (actor), Allison Youngberg (actress), Ryan Frost (writer), Ryan Frost (director), Ryan Frost (producer), Colin Wilson (actor),

Plot: Legend has it, when two students kiss in the gazebo and cross the old wooden bridge on Westhampton Lake together, they are bound to each other as soul mates. Reunion is the story of college sweethearts who kissed in the gazebo but did not end up together. Ten years later, by coincidence or fate, they are reunited on the bridge and it's as if ten years faded away into yesterday...except she is with her husband and son.

Genres: Drama, Romance, Short,

The Weight (2011)

Actors: Rene Laramee (writer), Rene Laramee (director), Rene Laramee (writer), Rene Laramee (writer), Craig Arnold (actor), Alaina MacKenzie (actress), Phil Wolfe (editor), Mike MacDonell (actor),

Genres: Drama, Short,

Eli & the Golden Fish (2009)

Actors: Sigur Rós (composer), Kevin M. Slee (director), Kevin M. Slee (writer), Explosions in the Sky (composer), Andrew James Parkhill (actor), John Barrie Wilmot (editor), John Barrie Wilmot (producer), Mirah (composer), Josh Lawless (actor), Stephanie Argent (actor),

Plot: Eli and The Golden Fish is a story of two brothers, living out of a car on the side of the road, and dealing with the challenges of staying afloat both financially and emotionally. Eli, the older brother cannot seem to make quite enough money to be content and Noah, his younger brother can't stop wishing he could have pop-tarts for breakfast instead of the usual crackers. When Noah is told a story by his best friend Riley about golden fish living at the bottom of her pool, both Noah and Eli become interested. As Noah tells his older brother the story after school, Eli initially dismisses it as a tall tale that kids tell, but with his looming financial problems, Eli continues to think about the golden fish and decides that he cannot go on without knowing. In the end, Eli has to decide what to do about his current situation, the golden fish, and his little brother's want for pop-tarts that results in the bonding of the two brothers and a new outlook on life for Eli.

Keywords: alternative, children, coming-of-age, independent-film, magical-realism, student-film, surrealism
Genres: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Short,

Above the War (1989)

Actors: Richard Harrison (actor), Mike Monty (actor), Archie Adamos (actor), Yasuaki Kurata (actor), Spanky Manikan (actor), Romano Kristoff (actor), Ken Watanabe (director), Ken Watanabe (producer), Leo Gamboa (actor), Ken Watanabe (writer), Oscar Daniels (actor), Ben Bernal (actor), Michael Welborn (actor), Sonny Tuazon (actor), Berto Spoor (actor),

Genres: Action, War,

Run Chrissie Run! (1986)

Actors: Shane Briant (actor), Mason Curtis (miscellaneous crew), Mason Curtis (miscellaneous crew), Carmen Duncan (actress), Michael Aitkens (actor), Conor McDermottroe (actor), Andrew Prowse (editor), Red Symons (actor), Simone Buchanan (actress), Nicholas Eadie (actor), Peter Stratford (actor), Peter Gawler (miscellaneous crew), Ron Saunders (producer), Joanna Moore (actress), John Hamblin (actor),

Plot: The action moves along quickly, jumping over holes in the script, in this made-for-television drama about Eve, an ex-terrorist from Germany who is forced to escape to Australia with her teenage daughter Chrissie when she is sought by Riley, a lover from 17 years in the past. In turn, the IRA has sent two members after Riley because he shot an IRA soldier and must pay the consequences. The two IRA operatives looking for Riley come across a really nasty biker who wants vengeance on Eve for setting his car on fire -- and the three men finally track her and Chrissie to the wine-growing country of Barossa Valley. The final denouement is about to explode, as Riley also arrives on the scene. With under-par acting and a patchy plot, this film was never released theatrically.

Keywords: australia, based-on-book, based-on-novel, biker, character-name-in-title, chase, criminal, escape, exclamation-point-in-title, father-daughter-relationship
Genres: Adventure, Crime, Drama,

The Man Who Wasn't There (1983)

Actors: Brinke Stevens (actress), Miles Goodman (composer), Clement von Franckenstein (actor), Michelle Bauer (actress), Deborah Dutch (actress), Steve Guttenberg (actor), Jeffrey Tambor (actor), Don Calfa (actor), Ron Canada (actor), Miguel Ferrer (actor), Art Hindle (actor), Michael Ensign (actor), William Forsythe (actor), Wilma Garscadden-Gahret (miscellaneous crew), Harry Keller (editor),

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi,
Taglines: There never was a man like the man who wasn't there. Being invisible gets you into spy rings, diplomatic circles, and the girl's locker room. The funniest thing you've never seen!

The Main Street Kid (1948)

Actors: Joan Eremin (miscellaneous crew), Roy Barcroft (actor), Sarah Edwards (actress), Adele Mara (actress), John K. Butler (writer), Ernest Gold (composer), Adele Palmer (costume designer), R.G. Springsteen (director), Tony Martinelli (editor), Phil Arnold (actor), Dick Elliott (actor), Douglas Evans (actor), Earle Hodgins (actor), Alan Mowbray (actor), Emil Rameau (actor),

Plot: Otis Jones, a small-town printer, has a fixation with the study of mental telepathy, and lives for the day when he can meet the top exponent of his hobby, The Great Martine. A bolt of lightning hits him, giving him the real power of reading people's minds. When his daughter, Jill, and her rich young fiancée, Bud Wheeling, become involved in a scheme with the plotting Martine, he is able to make use of his newly-found power.

Keywords: based-on-play, telepathy
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy,

Buried Alive (1939)

Actors: Holbrook N. Todd (editor), Paul McVey (actor), Dave O'Brien (actor), Frank O'Connor (actor), Wheeler Oakman (actor), George Pembroke (actor), Don Rowan (actor), Dick Rush (actor), Jack C. Smith (actor), George Bricker (writer), Ben Alexander (actor), Stephen Chase (actor), Richard Cramer (actor), Edward Earle (actor), Al Ferguson (actor),

Plot: Ernie Matthews, who operates the prison electric chair, is having a crisis of conscience about his role as state executioner. His unrequited love for Joan Wright, another prison employee, adds to his depression. She in turn loves Johnny Martin, the warden's chauffeur and a trustee eligible shortly for parole. When the despondent Matthews goes to a local road house after an execution to get drunk, he's taunted by a sadistic reporter, and a brawl results. Because Johnny came to Matthews' aid in the fight, the parole board, pressured by the press, turns down his expected release, and Johnny reacts bitterly, forcing the warden to rescind his privileges. When Johnny's mentally challenged cell mate Big Billy strangles a sadistic warder, it is only Johnny's intervention that keeps a second guard from being killed. Another vindictive convict, Gus Barth, the only living witness to Johnny's heroism, spitefully hides the truth, hoping that Johnny goes to the electric chair.

Keywords: bar-brawl, canadian-border, capital-punishment, chauffeur, death-penalty, electric-chair, eye-witness, mental-retardation, murder-trial, parole-board
Genres: Drama,
Taglines: Love finds its way... behind the gates of prison!

Quotes:

Jim Henderson: I'm worried about Ernie.::Dr. Robert Lee: I wouldn't worry about it too much. He always puts on an act like that.::Jim Henderson: Somehow it doesn't seem like an act today. I hope nothing goes wrong.::Dr. Robert Lee: Don't you worry, warden. When the time comes, Ernie'll step right up there and throw that switch just like it's all in a day's work.

Joan Wright: Well, your philosophy's slightly cock-eyed, Johnny, but I like the way you carry your chin.::Johnny Martin: My chin? [She pantomines a punch at his chin] Oh, yeah, I get it. You mean I'm always leading with it, Joanie. I'm sorry, I meant Miss Joan. Always talkin' out of turn - that's me sure!

Johnny Martin: [after hearing his parole's been denied] So this is what I've been working for, is it? For three years I've listened to a lot of guff and watched my step every minute because I want to get out of prison and now you're givin' me the business. And you want me to be a model prisoner for six more months and try again? Well, no thanks, mister! I'm simple enough to be a sucker twice from now on? You can take that model prisoner bunk and stuff it in the dismal swamp! I'll tell you what a model prisoner is, you hypocrite! Sure, I'll serve my stretch, every minute of it, but the day I get out, we've got a date, mister, and I'm gonna look you up and spit right in your eye!

Guard Mike Gurney: Sure, I'll hit, and I'll hit hit you again any time you get outta line!::Big Billy: Some day when you hit me, I'll squeeze your neck 'til it pops! I'm Big Billy. I'm strong - stronger than you are! Stronger tha anyone is! [Shakes his hands] That's why you're afraid to hit me without a blackjack. I'm smart, you know!

The Kid: I'm gonna complain to the warden about that executioner testing his dynamos - interferes with my readin'! In about ten minutes Johnny'll be kickin' off. [Laughs] Probably wishin' he could just have five minutes alone with you before he crosses over.::Gus Barth: He won't get five minutes of my time! He's through!::The Kid: Maybe... maybe not!::Gus Barth: Whattaya mean?::The Kid: Well, he may claim five minutes of your time on the other side... if there is another side, Barth.