Liberal Arts (2012)

Actors: Zac Efron (actor), Kate Burton (actress), John 'JR' Craigmile (miscellaneous crew), Michael R. Miller (editor), Olenka Denysenko (miscellaneous crew), Kevin Hindley (miscellaneous crew), Olenka Denysenko (miscellaneous crew), Paul Prokop (producer), Richard Jenkins (actor), Allison Janney (actress), Stephen Hays (producer), Zoe Bower (miscellaneous crew), Tana David (miscellaneous crew), Robert Desiderio (actor), Michael Weston (actor),

Plot: Thirty-five year old Jesse Fisher, an admissions officer at a New York City post-secondary institution he who loves English and literature, has somewhat lost his passion in life, which includes recently being unceremoniously dumped by his latest girlfriend, who could no longer be the person to prop him up emotionally. He has a chance to find that passion again when he is invited to the retirement dinner of his second favorite Ohio University college professor, Peter Hoberg, as his time there was when his life held the most passion. Jesse's encounters with five people there may determine if he does find that passion again. They are: Hoberg, who is resisting the notion of retirement; Judith Fairfield, Jesse's favorite professor, although for a different reason than his like of Hoberg; Nat, a free spirit who navigates life at the institution on his own terms; undergraduate student Dean, who Jesse sees as a younger more destructive version of himself; and nineteen year old undergraduate student Zibby, who is seemingly wise beyond her years and with who Jesse embarks on a relationship despite their sixteen year age difference.

Keywords: bare-chested-male, college-student, liberal-arts-college, older-man-younger-woman, reference-to-beethoven, written-and-directed-by-cast-member
Genres: Comedy, Drama,
Taglines: Sometimes students make the best teachers.

Quotes:

Jesse Fisher: I feel different now than I felt when I was here, and I hate to break this to you, but so will you.::Zibby: So you're saying things suck? I should prepare myself for suckiness?::Jesse Fisher: No, a liberal arts education solves all your problems.::Zibby: Thank God!

[first lines]::Jesse Fisher: You know, high school to college, it can be a big transition, especially if you're not from the city, so - so we try yo help out with that transition, in a number of ways.

Zibby: So, what was your major?::Jesse Fisher: I was English, with a minor in history, just to make sure I was fully unemployable.

Nat: I'd get you a beer, but alcohol's for suckers, man.

Jesse Fisher: [in his letter] Grace, I realized, is neither time- nor place-dependent. All we need is the right soundtrack.

Zibby: Try not to over-think things, okay?::Jesse Fisher: Ah, you're talking to the wrong guy.::Zibby: Well, look. We connect really well, don't you think?::Jesse Fisher: We do, yeah. I just can't figure out if it's because you're advanced, or because I'm stunted.::Zibby: It's because I'm advanced.::Jesse Fisher: Maybe. But I'm also a little stunted.

Zibby: How can you hate something if you've never read it? I mean, isn't that like what repressive regimes do? You want to burn books you don't like?

Zibby: [about vampire novel] I liked it. It was fun and stupid. And it passed the time. And it's not Tolstoy, but it's also not television. And it made me happy. Now you...::Jesse Fisher: Thank you... This - is the worst book - ever - written - in English.::Zibby: So there are worse books written in other languages?::Jesse Fisher: Probably not. Unless this book is translated into other languages.

Jesse Fisher: I believe in consequences.::Zibby: No, you believe in guilt.::Jesse Fisher: Maybe. But guilt before we act is called morality.

Jesse Fisher: You *are* the same Judith Fairfield I took British Romantic literature from?::Prof. Judith Fairfield: From *whom* I took British Romantic literature literature.

The Bamboo Blonde (1946)

Actors: Jason Robards Sr. (actor), Walter Reed (actor), Alexander Pollard (actor), Eddie Acuff (actor), Eric Mayne (actor), Bruce Edwards (actor), Robert Karnes (actor), Tommy Noonan (actor), Herbert Evans (actor), Robert Clarke (actor), Jack Gargan (actor), Richard Martin (actor), Harry Harvey (actor), Paul Harvey (actor), Russell Wade (actor),

Plot: A pilot of a B 29 meets Louise Anderson, a singer in a New York nightclub. He falls in love with her, but he had to leave next day for action in the Pacific. He lets paint her picture on his bomber, the "Bamboo Blonde" and becomes a hero with his crew sinking a Japanese battleship and shooting down a Japanese fighter wing. Back in New York, he leaves his fiancée and engages him to Louise.

Keywords: pilot
Genres: Musical, Romance, War,