Quartet

Here Comes the Bride (2010)

Actors: Orly Ilacad (producer), Charo Santos-Concio (producer), Eugene Domingo (actress), Cherry Pie Picache (actress), Marivic B. Ong (producer), Malou N. Santos (producer), Neil Ryan Sese (actor), Angelica Panganiban (actress), Ernie Forte (actor), Jaime Fabregas (actor), Madeleine Nicolas (actress), John Lapus (actor), Mhalouh Crisologo (actress), Von de Guzman (composer), Armando Lao (producer),

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy,

Shanghai Knights (2003)

Actors: Roger Birnbaum (producer), Gary Barber (producer), Fann Wong (actress), Owen Wilson (actor), Gemma Jones (actress), Donnie Yen (actor), Jackie Chan (actor), Mars (actor), Constantine Gregory (actor), Nigel Davenport (actor), Aidan Gillen (actor), Ray Donn (actor), Matt Hill (actor), Randy Edelman (composer), Jackie Chan (producer),

Plot: When a Chinese rebel murders Chon's estranged father and escapes to England, Chon and Roy make their way to London with revenge on their minds. Chon's sister, Lin, has the same idea, and uncovers a worldwide conspiracy to murder the royal family but almost no one will believe her.

Keywords: 1880s, 19th-century, acrobatics, action-hero, american-abroad, american-in-the-uk, arrows, artifacts, assassination-attempt, bathtub
Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Western,
Taglines: A Royal Kick In The Arse

Quotes:

Roy: [as it starts raining] Oh, this country blows.

Doyle: I think you gentlemen should accompany me back to the Yard.::[Cut to Roy and Chon in a cell at Scotland Yard]::Roy: This isn't a yard! It's a JAIL!

[Lin slaps Chon Wang]::Chon Wang: I just saved you!::Chon Lin: You were late!

Roy: Guys, do whatever you want to the kid, but that's my watch you're holding.::Fagin #1: Well, there's a load of us, and only two of you, so piss off!::Roy: Easy fellas, you lost one war this way, don't make the same mistake twice.

[why Chon should sleep with the woman for money]::Roy: Think about your sister in London.::Chon Wang: What?

Roy: That's a terrible name for a detective. Sherlock Holmes?

Chon Wang: It's a puzzle box. I don't know how to open it.::Roy: What do you mean, you don't know how to open it? You just get a hammer and smash it open so you can see what it says.::Chon Wang: No. I must have patience. By the time I'm able to open it, I will be ready to read the message.::Roy: Oh, come on, Confucius, that's the corniest thing I've ever heard!

Roy: Hey, Rathbone! I was just thinking of a title for my new book. "Roy O'Bannon vs. Little Lord Sissy." Or how about "Roy O'Bannon versus the Man who would be Queen?"

Roy: I call that my kung pow chicken.

Roy: [in London] Hey, I'm walking here! You're driving on the wrong side of the road! Bunch of amateurs, these people don't get it!

Perfect Game (2000)

Actors: Robert Harvey (actor), Drake Bell (actor), Patrick Duffy (actor), Daniel Veluzat (miscellaneous crew), André Devantier (miscellaneous crew), Edward Asner (actor), Phil Hawn (actor), Sara Paxton (actress), Jim McCarthy (miscellaneous crew), Beans Morocco (actor), Tracy Nelson (actress), Sam Anderson (actor), Orlando Brown (actor), Bill Kirchenbauer (actor), Evan Arnold (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Family,
Taglines: They beat the odds one base hit at a time.

Quotes:

Logan Crosby: Well, at least my bother's consistent.::Snotty Kid: Your brother's a loser.::Logan Crosby: No he's not, you snot bucket, pig-smelly, diaper-head kid. [pause] Where did that come from?

Baby Monitor: Sound of Fear (1998)

Actors: Jessica Clothier (miscellaneous crew), Gerard Plunkett (actor), Ken Hovgaard (miscellaneous crew), Vincent Gale (actor), John R. Taylor (actor), David Neale (actor), Shirley Walker (composer), Don Munro (miscellaneous crew), Elizabeth Mueller (miscellaneous crew), Trish Keating (costume designer), Jason Beghe (actor), Danny Virtue (actor), Walter Klenhard (director), Walter Klenhard (writer), Barbara Tyson (actress),

Plot: The babysitter (Ann) phones the husband at the shop (store) that he and his wife jointly run (I think). The wife hears the receptionist put through the call from Ann to her husband and surreptitiously picks up an extension phone. Now, this may be a goof, since this is a fairly large workshop, making jewellery, and one might suppose that they have a small PABX exchange and each phone is on a separate line. Anyway, the wife overhears that the babysitter is having a bay with the husband and it all snowballs from there... I post this because I don't, having just watched this scene, understand why the film is titled Baby Monitor: Sound of Fear. The Baby Monitor does figure in a few scenes but was not how the wife discovered her husband's infidelity...

Keywords: alienation, babysitter, disease, employer, extramarital-affair, husband-wife-relationship, infidelity, killer, murder, murder-plot
Genres: Thriller,

Quotes:

Jimmy: [Last lines as Ann dangles over a balcony] So long::Ann: Screw you [Over balances him and he plunges to his death]

Baby Monitor: Sound of Fear (1998)

Actors: Jessica Clothier (miscellaneous crew), Gerard Plunkett (actor), Ken Hovgaard (miscellaneous crew), Vincent Gale (actor), John R. Taylor (actor), David Neale (actor), Shirley Walker (composer), Don Munro (miscellaneous crew), Elizabeth Mueller (miscellaneous crew), Trish Keating (costume designer), Jason Beghe (actor), Danny Virtue (actor), Walter Klenhard (director), Walter Klenhard (writer), Barbara Tyson (actress),

Plot: The babysitter (Ann) phones the husband at the shop (store) that he and his wife jointly run (I think). The wife hears the receptionist put through the call from Ann to her husband and surreptitiously picks up an extension phone. Now, this may be a goof, since this is a fairly large workshop, making jewellery, and one might suppose that they have a small PABX exchange and each phone is on a separate line. Anyway, the wife overhears that the babysitter is having a bay with the husband and it all snowballs from there... I post this because I don't, having just watched this scene, understand why the film is titled Baby Monitor: Sound of Fear. The Baby Monitor does figure in a few scenes but was not how the wife discovered her husband's infidelity...

Keywords: alienation, babysitter, disease, employer, extramarital-affair, husband-wife-relationship, infidelity, killer, murder, murder-plot
Genres: Thriller,

Quotes:

Jimmy: [Last lines as Ann dangles over a balcony] So long::Ann: Screw you [Over balances him and he plunges to his death]

The Suburbanators (1997)

Actors: Mark Lemmon (editor), Jon Raitt (actor), Gary Burns (director), Carrie Schiffler (actress), Gary Burns (writer), Carrie Schiffler (actress), Peter Strand Rumpel (actor), Stephen Spender (actor), Joel McNichol (actor), Lyle St. Goddard (actor), Andrew Bosch (actor), John Hazlett (producer), Andy Curtis (actor), Stephan Bosch (actor), Keith D. Humphrey (actor),

Genres: Comedy,
Taglines: ...life between the malls.

Quotes:

Man on the Bus: What language is that you're speaking?::Roger: Arabic.::Man on the Bus: Arabic. Really.::Roger: Yep.::Man on the Bus: That's interesting. I always thought Arabic was more throatier and harsher, you know like, rr-rrrr. Sure that's Arabic?::Roger: Yeah, I'm sure.

The Attendant (1993)

Actors: Isaac Julien (director), Hanif Kureishi (actor), Thomas Baptiste (actor), Robert Hargreaves (editor), Cleo Sylvestre (actress), Jimmy Somerville (composer), Neal Weisman (actor), Annie Curtis-Jones (costume designer), Stuart Hall (actor), Mark Nash (producer), Norman Rosenthal (actor), Mike Phillips (actor), Johnny T. (actor), John Wilson (actor), Edward Lam (actor),

Plot: Memory mixes with desire as a museum attendant is caught up in sado-masochistic fantasies inspired by a 19th century painting of slaves in chains called Scene on the coast of Africa. The man remembers his past as a singer and delivers Dido's lament from Purcell's opera.

Keywords: art-museum, bdsm, closeted-homosexual, erotic-fantasy, fetish, gay-interest, homoeroticism, independent-film, s&m;
Genres: Short,

Cool and Groovy (1956)

Actors: Will Cowan (writer), Henry Mancini (composer), Will Cowan (director), Frank Gross (editor), Will Cowan (producer), Chico Hamilton (actor), Anita O'Day (actress), The Hi-Los (actor), Buddy De Franco (actor), The Chico Hamilton Quintet (actor), The Tune Jesters (actor), Conley Graves Trio (actor), Conley Graves (actor), Buddy DeFranco Quartet (actor),

Plot: On many of the musical featurettes from the mid-50's on, until they closed the Shorts department for good, Universal resorted to just sticking an editor in a room, and having him scalp together a new-short from the footage in their old shorts. This compilation features Anita O'Day doing "Honeysuckle Rose" - The Conley Graves Trio does "Conley's Blues" - The Tune Jesters do "Dry Bones" - The Chico Hamilton Quintet performs "A Nice Day" and The Hi-Lo's rung through "Jeepers Creepers." The Buddy DeFranco Quartet revives what is the most-used film ever heard in films with a Universal logo..."I'll Remember April."

Keywords: 1940s, 1950s, archive-footage, blues, compilation, compilation-film, hollywood, jazz, musician, pop-music
Genres: Music, Short,

Bank Notes (1939)

Actors: Milton Schwarzwald (director), Milton Schwarzwald (writer), Milton Schwarzwald (producer), Gus Van (writer), Gus Van (actor), Gus Van (actor), Ruth Day (actress), Minor & Root (actor), Bernice Parks (actress), The Three Wiles (actor), The Five Ames Sisters (actress), Barton Harp Quartet (actor),

Plot: The premise is that if movie theatres, to attract customers, go in for prize-winning 'Bank-Nights," than banks should have entertainment days. Gus , acting as the emcee and singing a couple of songs, is the president of a bank that does just that, and exposes his depositors to pop singer Bernice Parks; dancer Ruth Daye; Minor & Root, skilled dancers and The Five Ames Sisters who are acrobatic dancers; the Barton Parks Quartete do some warbling, and the grand finale fins The Three Wiles doing a routine based on "The Dance of the Wooden Soldiers."

Keywords: 1930s, acrobatic-dancer, acrobatics, bank, bank-cashier, bank-president, banker, cigarette-smoking, customer, dancer
Genres: Musical, Short,

Anything Goes (1936)

Actors: Bing Crosby (actor), J. Gunnis Davis (actor), George Cooper (actor), Philip Ahn (actor), Sam Ash (actor), George Beranger (actor), Eddie Borden (actor), Jimmy Aubrey (actor), Richard Carle (actor), John Carradine (actor), Frank Baker (actor), G. Pat Collins (actor), Monte Collins (actor), Heinie Conklin (actor), Billy Dooley (actor),

Plot: A young man falls in love with a beautiful blonde. When he sees her being forced onto a luxury liner, he decides to follow and rescue her. However, he discovers that she is an English heiress who ran away from home and is now being returned to England. He also discovers that his boss is on the ship. To avoid discovery, he disguises himself as the gangster accomplice of a minister, who is actually a gangster on the run from the law.

Keywords: based-on-play, gangster, mistaken-identity, ship
Genres: Comedy, Musical,
Taglines: An Explosion of Merriment

Quotes:

[first lines]::Reno Sweeney: [singing] In olden days a glimpse of stocking / Was looked on as something shocking, / Now, Heaven knows, / Anything goes! [as she sings the words "anything goes", the title of the film appears onscreen]

Reno Sweeney: [angrily, to Billy] You never even laid a hand on me, and I'm not used to a man treating me like that!

Moonface Martin: [after being "demoted" to "less dangerous"] I can't understand this Administration!