Ishmael

Five Pillars (2013)

Actors: Tom Bott (actor), Sameer Butt (actor), Jon Rosling (producer), Jon Rosling (writer), Aaron Jeffcoate (actor), Jon Rosling (director), Jon Rosling (writer), Jon Rosling (writer), Aaron Jeffcoate (producer), Mhairi Calvey (actress), George Newton (actor), Rob Yeomans (producer), Sarah Jane Honeywell (actress), Dave S. Walker (composer), Charlie Glossop (actor),

Plot: Shattered by the experience of war ex-soldier Darren finds himself back in England and disenfranchised by a society struggling to find an identity. His best friend Paul has moved away to university while his other friend Gary has joined the extremist ranks of the far right National Defence League. Even Paul's teenage brother, Billy, is a changed character from the young boy Darren used to know, one who is now edging towards a mind-set of violence and hate as he comes of age. Darren's former girlfriend, Sophie, has also grown distant. She doesn't want to know him despite his desperate determination to engage. Unknown to him her mind is pre-occupied with problems of her own - namely a secret one night stand with one of his best friends that has left her with a decision to make and a responsibility to face. His only connection is with his estranged grandfather, Graham. However when Sophie is propositioned by a young Asian boy called Yusuf, Darren's grip on sanity slips further and encouraged by Billy and Gary he heads towards punishing Yusuf for what he regards as a provocation. After a violent confrontation the outcome of which exceeds the expectations of all his friends and drives him over the edge, Darren then discovers the truth behind Sophie's secret - a secret that spells betrayal and a betrayal that will change all of their lives.

Keywords: identity, racism, social-drama
Genres: Drama, News, Thriller,

Ishmael (2012)

Actors: Corey Harvey (editor), Mesiyah Oduro-Kwarten (actor), Nikki Greco (actress), Lamont Brown (actor), Corey Harvey (producer), Cory S. Lewis (producer), Corey Harvey (writer), Corey Harvey (director), Byron Lewis (actor), J.T. Royster (composer), Joseph Bridges (actor), LaShaye Pace (actress), LaShiya Pace (actress), Scherrie Postiglione (actress), Halia Robinson (actress),

Genres: Drama, Short,

The Way (2010)

Actors: Deborah Kara Unger (actress), Julio Fernández (producer), Ángela Molina (actress), Simón Andreu (actor), Julio Fernández (producer), Martin Sheen (actor), Carlos Leal (actor), Emilio Estevez (actor), Matt Clark (actor), Spencer Garrett (actor), James Nesbitt (actor), Emilio Estevez (producer), Tchéky Karyo (actor), John Sloss (producer), Alberto Marini (producer),

Plot: "The Way" is a powerful and inspirational story about family, friends, and the challenges we face while navigating this ever-changing and complicated world. 'Martin Sheen' (qv) plays Tom, an American doctor who comes to St. Jean Pied de Port, France to collect the remains of his adult son (played by 'Emilio Estevez' (qv)), killed in the Pyrenees in a storm while walking the Camino de Santiago, also known as The Way of Saint James. Rather than return home, Tom decides to embark on the historical pilgrimage to honor his son's desire to finish the journey. What Tom doesn't plan on is the profound impact the journey will have on him and his "California Bubble Life". Inexperienced as a trekker, Tom soon discovers that he will not be alone on this journey. On his journey, Tom meets other pilgrims from around the world, each with their own issues and looking for greater meaning in their lives: a Dutchman ('Yorick van Wageningen' (qv)), a Canadian ('Deborah Kara Unger' (qv)) and an Irish writer ('James Nesbitt'), who is suffering from a bout of writer's block. From the unexpected and, oftentimes, amusing experiences along the way, this unlikely quartet of misfits creates an everlasting bond and Tom begins to learn what it means to be a citizen of the world again. Through Tom's unresolved relationship with his son, he discovers the difference between "the life we live and the life we choose".

Keywords: abused-wife, american-stereotype, backpack, baggage, camping, camping-trip, cathedral, cheese, church, death-of-son
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Drama,
Taglines: Life is too big to walk it alone.

Quotes:

Joost: I needed a new suit anyway.

Tom: [Receives news of his son] Daniel? What happened to Daniel?

Sarah: Everything alright?

Tom: I'm going to walk the Camino de Santiago.

Sarah: Doesn't this guy ever stop to smell the flowers?

Daniel: You don't choose a life, dad. You live one.

Tom: I'm sorry about your baby.::Sarah: I'm sorry about yours.::Tom: Mine was almost 40.::Sarah: Yeah, but he'll always be your baby.

Joost: What, you can do this on a bike? Why the hell are we walking? Oh that's ridiculous man.

Joost: I bought same liquor. Orujo. It's from Galicia. It's made of eighteen different herbs, and so secret that has to be squeezed by blind monks.

The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey (2003)

Actors: Michael Flynn (actor), Craig Clyde (writer), Christopher Robin Miller (actor), Brad Johnson (actor), Kirby Heyborne (actor), Sue Rowe (actress), Jan Broberg (actress), Bryce W. Fillmore (producer), Bruce Newbold (actor), Cathleen Mason (actress), Amber Bollinger (miscellaneous crew), Terry L. James (miscellaneous crew), Rebecca Larsen (actress), Tobijah Tyler (producer), Bryce Chamberlain (actor),

Plot: The story of Lehi and his wife Sariah and their four sons: Laman, Lemuel, Sam, and Nephi. Lehi leaves Jerusalem because he prophesied unto the people concerning the destruction of Jerusalem, and they sought his life. He journeys into the wilderness with his family. He sends Nephi and his brethren back to Jerusalem after the brass plates and the family of Ishmael. The sons and daughters of Lehi marry the sons and daughters of Ishmael. They take their families and continue into the wilderness. Ishmael dies in the wilderness. They come to the sea. Nephi's brethren rebel against him. He confounds them, and builds a ship. They cross the sea to the promised land in the Americas. Lehi dies in the promised land. Nephi's brethren rebel against him again. Nephi departs again into the wilderness.

Keywords: angel, based-on-novel, book-of-mormon, compass, desert, dream, dream-sequence, exile, faith, father-son-relationship
Genres: Adventure,
Taglines: 2600 years ago, one family began a remarkable journey and set the course for a latter-day faith. This is their story.

Quotes:

[about Nephi]::Lemuel: Good thing he has us to look out for him.

Lehi: You must repent. Jerusalem will be destroyed.

Laman: Nephi and his brilliant plan.

Nephi: Did you get the plates?::Laman: Does it look like I have the plates. They were trying to kill me!

Zoram: Do I have a choice?::Nephi: Yes, my friend, there is always a choice. You can covenant with me and become a free man or die here and now.

Lehi: My friend and colleague Ishmael has sufficient daughters for my sons and sons for my daughters.::Nephi: Father, I think this is the best vision you ever had. Father, I will go and do the thing the Lord hath commanded for I know the Lord would not give a commandment...::Lehi: Enough, Nephi, enough. Do I note a little more enthusiasm this time?::Nephi: Perhaps, Father, perhaps, oh, one more thing Father, a favor, before we leave tomorrow, could you inquire of the Lord if there is anything more he would have us do while we are *in* Jerusalem?

Lehi: Do you promise to love and honor each other in accordance with the commandments of God?::Sam's Wife: He does.

Keys of Life (2003)

Actors: Hajji Golightly (actor), Jeremy Rall (writer), Jeremy Rall (editor), Jeremy Rall (director), Caprice Crawford (actress), Miguel Coleman (actor), Devaughn Hughson (actor), Rachel Curl (producer),

Plot: The worst day in the life of a locksmith who unexpectedly learns the lessons of faith and acceptance. An engaging tale of a young man who comes to terms with the truth after enduring a series of unexpected disappointments ultimately finding solace in the craftsmanship of key-making. Utilizing beautiful and stark imagery, the film examines keys as a metaphor for the human condition. Featuring the music of Talib Kweli and Sigur Ros.

Keywords: key-maker
Genres: Short,
Taglines: Truth, Faith & Acceptance

All the Wrong Places (2000)

Actors: Rick Poli (actor), Ali Hillis (actress), Stan Carp (actor), Joseph Tudisco (actor), Joe Turner Lin (producer), Seth Barrish (actor), Eric Leffler (actor), Catherine Anne Hayes (actress), Mandy Kaplan (actress), Craig Alan Edwards (actor), Drina Lessard (editor), Judy Del Giudice (actress), David Stuart (producer), Michele Carlo (actress), Jeremy Klavens (actor),

Plot: Marisa has never achieved the success of her mother, a famous figure in the art world. And that's led her on a monumental search for new artistic outlets (as well as quite a few hours spent on the therapist's couch). But when she meets Paul, a shy neighbor who's having the same problems, it could be love at first sight. Or maybe just a case of misery loving a little company.

Keywords: independent-film
Genres: Comedy, Romance,
Taglines: A comedy about almost fulfilling your dreams...

Moby Dick (1978)

Actors: John Robert (producer), Herman Melville (writer), Paul Stanley (director), Jack Aranson (actor), Jack Aranson (actor), Jack Aranson (actor), Jack Aranson (actor), Henrietta Matta (miscellaneous crew), Peter Knight (editor),

Genres: Drama,
Taglines: Captain Ahab's mad revenge against a white whale destroys everything around him.

Quotes:

Captain Ahab: I am the Fates' lieutenant. I act under orders.

Captain Ahab: What do you think I am ,the hunchback skipper of a coasting smack.::Captain Ahab: All of life is but a pasteboard mask.

The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966)

Actors: Ava Gardner (actress), Giovanni Di Benedetto (actor), Angelo Boscariol (actor), Michael Parks (actor), Ivan Rassimov (actor), Robert Rietty (actor), George C. Scott (actor), Gabriele Ferzetti (actor), Richard Harris (actor), Stephen Boyd (actor), John Huston (actor), Salvatore Billa (actor), Peter O'Toole (actor), Anna Orso (actress), Franco Nero (actor),

Plot: An elaborate Hollywood retelling of the Bible stories narrated by the film's director John Huston. We open with the Creation of the World and arrive at the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve and continue on to Cain and the murder of Abel. Next, we visit Noah and his ark with its spectacular flood sequence. Then we come to the story of Nimrod, King of Babel, the emergence of man's vanity and the heights to which it could aspire if unchecked. Finally we cover Abraham, a mystic who spoke personally with God, a leader of men, a builder of nations, a pioneer and a warrior and Sarah. At the time she conceived her first child, the event being forecast by an Angel of the Lord. Three such Heavenly Messengers appeared in the course of events which befell Abraham and Sarah.

Keywords: 70mm-film, abraham, adam-and-eve, ancient-israel, ancient-times, angel, based-on-book, based-on-novel, based-on-the-bible, based-on-true-story
Genres: Drama,
Taglines: ...In the Beginning The Greatest Story of All Time... The Greatest Story of All Time...with one of the most celebrated casts of all time! The unforgettable adventure of Man from the Creation!

Quotes:

Narrator: In the beginning, God created the Heaven and the Earth. And the Earth was without form and void. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, "Let there be light." And there was light.

Adam: This is now bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh.

Cain: Am I my brother's keeper?

Abraham: The ways of the Lord are not our ways. And what He hath intended or how it shall be perfected is not in our power to know. Only in the trust of what is to come can we prosper. And in that trust shall we pitch our tents.

One of the Three Angels: [after Sarah laughs when told she is to have a child at her advanced age] Why dost thou laugh? Is anything too hard for the Lord?

God: [to Adam and Eve] Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

God: What hast thou done?::Eve: The serpent beguiled me and I did eat.

Abraham: The night is filled with Thy voice. Here am I. What wouldst Thou demand of me?

God: [to the Serpent] Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou above all cattle, and above all the beasts of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.

Eve: [after Cain is born] I have made a man from the Lord!

Moby Dick (1956)

Actors: Friedrich von Ledebur (actor), Arthur Mullard (actor), Gregory Peck (actor), Noel Purcell (actor), Royal Dano (actor), Bernard Miles (actor), Leo Genn (actor), Harry Andrews (actor), John Huston (actor), John Huston (actor), Mervyn Johns (actor), James Robertson Justice (actor), Francis De Wolff (actor), Richard Basehart (actor), Orson Welles (actor),

Plot: This classic story by Herman Melville revolves around Captain Ahab and his obsession with a huge whale, Moby Dick. The whale caused the loss of Ahab's leg years before, leaving Ahab to stomp the boards of his ship on a peg leg. Ahab is so crazed by his desire to kill the whale, that he is prepared to sacrifice everything, including his life, the lives of his crew members, and even his ship to find and destroy his nemesis, Moby Dick.

Keywords: 1800s, 1840s, 19th-century, anti-christianity, based-on-novel, blasphemy, blockbuster, boat-captain, carpenter, character-name-in-title
Genres: Adventure, Drama,
Taglines: From the immortal adventure classic...of whaling men, their ships, and the sea! The most eagerly awaited motion picture of the year! The man - the whale - the vengeance - the mightiest adventure ever seen! Before the shark there was the whale (US rerelease 1976) In all the world---in all the seas---in all adventure, there is no might like the might of [Moby Dick]

Quotes:

Captain Ahab: Birds... the birds... *He rises*!

Ishmael: [in voice-over narration] Long days and nights we strained at the oars while a white whale swam freely on, widening the waters between himself and Ahab's vengeance.

Starbuck, first mate: To be enraged with a dumb brute that acted out of blind instinct is blasphemous.::Captain Ahab: Speak not to me of blasphemy, man; I'd strike the sun if it insulted me. Look ye, Starbuck, all visible objects are but as pasteboard masks. Some inscrutable yet reasoning thing puts forth the molding of their features. The white whale tasks me; he heaps me. Yet he is but a mask. 'Tis the thing behind the mask I chiefly hate; the malignant thing that has plagued mankind since time began; the thing that maws and mutilates our race, not killing us outright but letting us live on, with half a heart and half a lung.

Ishmael: Ehhhh, you can't fool us; it's the easiest thing in the world for a man to look as if he's got a great secret in him.::Elijah: I have, lad, I have. At sea one day, you'll smell land where there'll be no land, and on that day Ahab will go to his grave, but he'll rise again within the hour. He will rise and beckon. Then all - all save one shall follow. (Slinking away with a smile on his face) Mornin', lads... mornin'. May the heavens bless you.

Captain Ahab: By heavens man, we are turned round and round in this world, like yonder windlass, and fate is the handspike.

Starbuck, first mate: It's late; you should turn in.::Captain Ahab: Sleep? That bed is a coffin, and those are winding sheets. I do not sleep, I die.

Ishmael: [in voice-over narration] He did not feel the wind, or smell the salt air. He only stood, staring at the horizon, with the marks of some inner crucifixion and woe deep in his face.

[first lines]::Ishmael: [voiceover] Call me Ishmael.

Captain Ahab: From hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee. Ye damned whale.

Father Mapple: Delight is to him who coming to day him down can say, "O Father, mortal or immortal, here I die. I have striven to be Thine, more than to be this world's. Yet this is nothing. I leave eternity to Thee. For what is man, that he should live out the lifetime of his God?"

Son of Ali Baba (1952)

Actors: Gerald Mohr (actor), Francis McDonald (actor), Morris Ankrum (actor), David Bond (actor), Jeff Chandler (actor), Robert Barrat (actor), Tony Curtis (actor), Leon Belasco (actor), Roy Gordon (actor), Harry Guardino (actor), Reed Hadley (actor), Chuck Hamilton (actor), Victor Jory (actor), Henry Corden (actor), Hugh O'Brian (actor),

Plot: In medieval Persia, Kashma Baba is a military cadet by day and a roisterer by night. The morning after a rowdy banquet, Kiki, an escaped slave, takes shelter under Kashma's roof. Word comes that the wicked Caliph is looking for her; but Kashma, by this time in love, flees with her to his father's palace. Alas, there's more to Kiki than meets the eye. Will the evil schemers succeed? The sons of the Forty Thieves to the rescue!

Keywords: arabian, character-name-in-title
Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy,