Hammond

The Coup (2014)

Actors: Owen Wilson (actor), Pierce Brosnan (actor), Spencer Garrett (actor), David Lancaster (producer), Lake Bell (actress), Chris Lowenstein (producer), Gary Michael Walters (producer), Damian Mavis (actor), Andrew Pfeffer (producer), Russell Geoffrey Banks (actor), John Erick Dowdle (director), John Erick Dowdle (writer), Byron Gibson (actor), Michel Litvak (producer), Annie Bloom (costume designer),

Genres: Thriller,

The Maiden and the Princess (2011)

Actors: Julian Sands (actor), Laura Jean Bransky (miscellaneous crew), Geoffrey Gould (actor), Thaine H. Allison Jr. (actor), Corey Wallace (composer), Peter O'Meara (actor), R.J. Daniel Hanna (editor), Catherine Elhoffer (costume designer), Megan Hilty (actress), David Anders (actor), Ali Scher (director), Adam Michael Rose (actor), Ali Scher (writer), Ian Ward (producer), Gary-7 (actor),

Plot: During a game of catch-the-boy-and-kiss-him, Emmy, a precocious ten-year-old, kisses another little girl, Alice. Her parents sit her down and make her call the kiss 'an accident' and Emmy is left feeling isolated and alone. She's sent a fairy tale, 'The Maiden and The Prince,' by the Grand High Council of Fairy Tale Rules and Standards, to set her down the 'right' path in life. The council assigns Hammond to narrate Emmy's story. Luckily for Emmy, Hammond often alters the morals of his stories to help children learn the lesson they truly need. Much to the chagrin of the council, Hammond uses his magical tongue and manipulates the events of Emmy's story, teaching her that she should never have to apologize for being different.

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Short,

The Samaritan (2011)

Actors: Scarlett Marshall (actress), David Swain (actor), Sophie Coward (actor), Myles Radcliffe (writer), Myles Radcliffe (director), Fiona Organ (actress), Frank Ryan (actor), Sarah Oldknow (actress), Andrew Tennant (actor), Erica Thomas-Lowe (actress), Mark Sandford (miscellaneous crew), Scott Dixon (actor), Paul Harman (actor), Dan Siron (actor), Dan Tennant (actor),

Plot: Following the murder of her parents sixteen year old Katie Van Ryan finds herself under the care of her uncle Devlin, a man she barely knows. Cold and distant, Devlin pursues a mysterious agenda of his own, while his niece tries to make a connection with the only family she has left.

Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller,

The Truth About Miranda (2004)

Actors: Peter New (actor), Brenda Crichlow (actress), Krista Johnston (miscellaneous crew), Chelah Horsdal (actress), Barclay Hope (actor), P. Lynn Johnson (actress), Jay Brazeau (actor), Bill Irwin (actor), JR Bourne (actor), Colin Foo (actor), Michael Benyaer (actor), Matt Friedman (editor), Tosca Musk (producer), Laura Obenaus (miscellaneous crew), Henry Mah (actor),

Plot: The story involves an earnest young videographer, Hammond, who is assigned to shoot a fluff profile about a highly successful Advertising Executive with a perfect life. But, Hammond doesn't believe in perfect lives and sets out to "look behind the curtain".

Genres: Comedy, Romance,

Breathing Hard (2001)

Actors: Armin Shimerman (actor), John Massari (composer), Eric Neal Young (producer), John Billingsley (actor), Eric Neal Young (director), Peter Jurasik (actor), Joel Swetow (actor), Lenny von Dohlen (actor), Tony Abatemarco (actor), Paul Bates (actor), Kitty Swink (actress), Taylor Gilbert (actress), Ken Merckx (actor), John Rafter Lee (producer), John Rafter Lee (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Drama,

Amistad (1997)

Actors: Arliss Howard (actor), Paul Guilfoyle (actor), Djimon Hounsou (actor), Castulo Guerra (actor), Nigel Hawthorne (actor), Anthony Hopkins (actor), Ralph Brown (actor), Pedro Armendáriz Jr. (actor), Peter Firth (actor), Xander Berkeley (actor), Chiwetel Ejiofor (actor), Morgan Freeman (actor), Eric Bruno Borgman (actor), Tomas Milian (actor), Matthew McConaughey (actor),

Plot: Amistad is the name of a slave ship traveling from Cuba to the U.S. in 1839. It is carrying a cargo of Africans who have been sold into slavery in Cuba, taken on board, and chained in the cargo hold of the ship. As the ship is crossing from Cuba to the U.S., Cinque, who was a tribal leader in Africa, leads a mutiny and takes over the ship. They continue to sail, hoping to find help when they land. Instead, when they reach the United States, they are imprisoned as runaway slaves. They don't speak a word of English, and it seems like they are doomed to die for killing their captors when an abolitionist lawyer decides to take their case, arguing that they were free citizens of another country and not slaves at all. The case finally gets to the Supreme Court, where John Quincy Adams makes an impassioned and eloquent plea for their release.

Keywords: 1830s, 1840s, 19th-century, abolition, africa, amazing-grace-hymn, based-on-true-story, blood, botany, chain
Genres: Drama, History, Mystery,
Taglines: A true story. Freedom is not given. It is our right at birth. But there are some moments when it must be taken.

Quotes:

John Quincy Adams: Now, you understand you're going to the Supreme Court. Do you know why?::Ens. Covey: [translating for Cinque] It is the place where they finally kill us.

John Quincy Adams: [to the Court] This man is black. We can all see that. But, can we also see as easily, that which is equally true? That he is the only true hero in this room. Now, if he were white, he wouldn't be standing before this court fighting for his life. If he were white and his enslavers were British, he wouldn't be standing, so heavy the weight of the medals and honors we would bestow upon him. Songs would be written about him. The great authors of our times would fill books about him. His story would be told and retold, in our classrooms. Our children, because we would make sure of it, would know his name as well as they know Patrick Henry's. Yet, if the South is right, what are we to do with that embarrassing, annoying document, The Declaration of Independence? What of its conceits? "All men created equal," "inalienable rights," "life, liberty," and so on and so forth? What on Earth are we to do with this? I have a modest suggestion.::[tears papers in half]

Joseph Cinque: [in Mende] What kind of a place is this where you almost mean what you say? Where laws almost work? How can you live like that?

Joseph Cinque: Give us, us free. Give us, us free. Give us, us free. Give us, us free. Give us, us free.

John Quincy Adams: [to the court] James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington... John Adams. We've long resisted asking you for guidance. Perhaps we have feared in doing so, we might acknowledge that our individuality, which we so, so revere, is not entirely our own. Perhaps we've feared an... an appeal to you might be taken for weakness. But, we've come to understand, finally, that this is not so. We understand now, we've been made to understand, and to embrace the understanding... that who we are *is* who we were. We desperately need your strength and wisdom to triumph over our fears, our prejudices, ourselves. Give us the courage to do what is right. And if it means civil war? Then let it come. And when it does, may it be, finally, the last battle of the American Revolution.

John Quincy Adams: Well when I was an attorney, a long time ago, young man, I err... I realized after much trial and error, that in the courtroom, whoever tells the best story wins. In unlawyer-like fashion, I give you that scrap of wisdom free of charge.

Tappan: [to Theodore] They may be of more value to our struggle in death than in life.

John Quincy Adams: [to the court] Well, gentlemen, I must say I differ with the keen minds of the South and with our President, who apparently shares their views, offering that the natural state of mankind is instead - and I know this is a controversial idea - is freedom. Is freedom. And the proof is the length to which a man, woman or child will go to regain it once taken. He will break loose his chains. He will decimate his enemies. He will try and try and try, against all odds, against all prejudices, to get home.

US Secretary of State Forsyth: The only thing John Quincy Adams will be remembered for is his middle name.

[a band of abolitionists approach the outer gate of the prison where the Amistad refugees are being held for trial]::Fala: [in Mende] Who are they, do you think?::[the abolitionists kneel to pray]::Joseph Cinque: [in Mende] Looks like they are going to be sick.::Abolitionists: [singing] Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound...::Fala: [in Mende] They're entertainers!::Abolitionists: [singing]... that saved a wretch like me...::Joseph Cinque: [in Mende] But why do they look so miserable?

The Hand (1981)

Actors: Dan Perri (miscellaneous crew), Oliver Stone (actor), Edward R. Pressman (producer), Tracey Walter (actor), Viveca Lindfors (actress), Oliver Stone (director), Oliver Stone (writer), Michael Caine (actor), Charles Fleischer (actor), James Horner (composer), Bruce McGill (actor), Pat Corley (actor), Craig Miller (miscellaneous crew), Richard Marks (editor), Rosemary Murphy (actress),

Plot: Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not found at the scene of the accident, but it soon returns by itself to follow Jon around, and murder those who anger him.

Keywords: accident, based-on-novel, body-part, comic-book-artist, comics, cult-director, cult-film, disembodied-hand, female-nudity, good-versus-evil
Genres: Drama, Horror, Thriller,
Taglines: It lives. It crawls. And suddenly, it kills. Nothing Will Prepare You For THE HAND.

Quotes:

Stella: I'm kind of old-fashioned. I like to make it in bed, okay?

Anne Lansdale: You mean you actually opened my mail and read this letter?::Jonathan Lansdale: Oh yes, my dearest darling spirit! Sounds like a pile of shit if you ask me.

Das ganz große Ding (1966)

Actors: Oliver Storz (writer), Arthur Brauss (actor), Erich Neureuther (director), Walo Lüönd (actor), Carl-Heinz Schroth (actor), Carl-Heinz Schroth (actor), Horst Tappert (actor), Hans Zander (actor), Brigitte Grothum (actress), Tilly Lauenstein (actress), Nora Minor (actress), Oliver Storz (producer), Erich Ferstl (composer), Änne Bruck (actress), Alfons Höckmann (actor),

Genres: Crime,

Port of Hate (1939)

Actors: Ted Adams (actor), Jimmy Aubrey (actor), Monte Blue (actor), Edward Cecil (actor), Carleton Young (actor), Harry S. Webb (producer), Joseph O'Donnell (writer), Forrest Sheldon (writer), Harry S. Webb (director), John Elliott (actor), Kenneth Harlan (actor), Reed Howes (actor), Frank LaRue (actor), Polly Ann Young (actress), Shia Jung (actress),

Plot: A group of American adventurers discover a bed of black pearls off a South Pacific island. When one of them is shot dead, a young girl in the group is accused of the crime.

Keywords: alias, ambush, american, archive-footage, b-movie, barroom, beachcomber, blackmail, brawl, cantina
Genres: Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance,

Payment Deferred (1932)

Actors: Frank Sullivan (editor), Halliwell Hobbes (actor), Crauford Kent (actor), Charles Laughton (actor), Ray Milland (actor), C. Montague Shaw (actor), William Stack (actor), Carl Stockdale (actor), Harry Stubbs (actor), Ethel Griffies (actress), Doris Lloyd (actress), Maureen O'Sullivan (actress), Dorothy Peterson (actress), Ernest Vajda (writer), William Axt (composer),

Plot: Bank clerk William Marble is desperate for money to pay his family's bills. When his wealthy nephew visits, Marble asks him for a loan, but the young man refuses. Marble decides to kill his nephew. It is a twisted path to justice after Marble is transformed by the crime he committed and the wealth he gains.

Keywords: bank-clerk, based-on-novel, based-on-play, blackmail, cyanide, debt, deception, dress-shop, execution, family-relationships
Genres: Drama, Film-Noir,

Quotes:

Marguerite Collins: Here I am, tied to a little shop. Ah well. We must try to smile, eh? But it is lonely. My husband is in a hospital in France. The war.::William Marble: Where was he wounded?::Marguerite Collins: Ohhh... [shakes head] . That I cannot tell you. Oh, it is terrible!