Cypress

Cold Turkey (2013)

Actors: Alicia Witt (actress), Peter Bogdanovich (actor), Nicolas Coster (actor), Cheryl Hines (actress), Angela Sostre (producer), Victoria Tennant (actress), Charese Mongiello (miscellaneous crew), Ross Partridge (actor), Amy Ferguson (actress), Wilson Bethel (actor), Fiona Hardingham (actress), Russell Hadaya (miscellaneous crew), Ashton Holmes (actor), Laura Anderson (miscellaneous crew), Rita Squitiere (costume designer),

Plot: A Thanksgiving get-together for the eccentric Turner clan goes from bad to worse when estranged daughter Nina makes a surprise visit home for the first time in 15 years. Nina clashes with her stepmother Deborah, and sister, Lindsay, while half-brother Jacob tries to keep a massive gambling debt a secret. Meanwhile, family patriarch Poppy has his own dramatic news to share. "Cold Turkey" is a black comedy about how - despite our best efforts - we all eventually turn into our parents. Starring Alicia Witt ("Friday Night Lights"), Cheryl Hines ("Curb Your Enthusiasm"), Sonya Walger ("Lost"), Victoria Tennant ("L.A. Story") and acclaimed writer-director Peter Bogdanovich ("The Last Picture Show").

Keywords: thanksgiving
Genres: Comedy, Drama,

Arbore (2012)

Actors: Aneesh Sheth (actress), Eric Alvila (producer), Logan Bain (writer),

Genres: Horror, Short,

Dead Rose (2009)

Actors: Jimmy Drain (producer), Jimmy Drain (actor), Jimmy Drain (director), Jimmy Drain (writer), Darla Rae (actress), Marty Lindsey (actor), Donnie L. Betts (actor), Marc Bilker (actor), Robert Bieber (editor), Steve Sanner (actor), Steve Sanner (producer), Nicole Civitate (producer), Robert Markle (actor), Erika Monet (actress), Morgan Weaver (actress),

Plot: A young man (Robby), is contemplating his future with his fiancé Jordan. She is everything he has wanted. The only thing holding him back is dealing with her volatile and damaged persona. After consulting his priest, and a friend of Jordan, he is convinced he'd better think twice about marrying her. In the search for answers, Jordan's roommate Lisa gives Robby secret information about Jordan's past. As he finds the answers and confronts her with them, he is swept into a world of darkness that is beyond belief, but all too real. In his hunt to save Jordan, he comes face to face with the darkest enemy of his life, his destiny.

Keywords: inflitration
Genres: Drama, Short,
Taglines: Forgive him, for what he is about to do.

Rats (2003)

Actors: Danny Lerner (producer), Boaz Davidson (writer), Trevor Short (producer), David Varod (producer), Peter J. Clark (miscellaneous crew), Danny Dimbort (producer), Avi Lerner (producer), Boaz Davidson (producer), Ron Perlman (actor), Atanas Srebrev (actor), Alex Khaskin (composer), Tibor Takács (director), Eileen Grubba (actress), Denise Dowse (actress), Patrick Dreikauss (actor),

Plot: "The Brookdale Institute" is a mysterious, little-known hospital for the criminally insane (a fact which is kept on a need-to know basis). Brookdale has another, more lucrative facet; a safe harbor for the chronically drug-addicted rich and famous, especially the sons and daughters of the above, whose families have tried everything. "The Institute" is also for the once-famous, who, having bottomed out, also have no where else to turn but Brookdale. Investigating possible health code violations, "Jennifer/Samantha", ('Sara Downing (I)' (qv)), a career-driven reporter for "The Philadelphia Enquirer", checks in under the guise of a patient, in hope of getting a hot story. Unbeknownst to her, the real scoop is much more awesome then even she could write about, should she live to tell. Brookdale is infested with super-intelligent, supernaturally empowered killer rats, a by-product of forgotten experiments conducted by "Dr. William Winslow" ('Ron Perlman' (qv)), the Chief Psychiatrist at Brookdale. Winslow had abandoned the experiments long ago, however ex-patient/caretaker, "Ernst" ('Michael Zelniker' (qv)) has developed a symbiotic, telepathic relationship with the rodents, and they thrive off of each other. As patients mysteriously disappear, and the body count mounts, even The Exterminators, RatMaster General "Hans" ('John Paul Young') and his assistant, "Jim" ('Adam Gierasch' (qv)) are no contest for the awesome force of this hybrid rodent strain.

Keywords: asylum, experiment, hospital, psychiatrist, reporter
Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller,
Taglines: Born Hungry. It's too late to scream, they're already here. Flesh eating predators.

Gamepoint (2001)

Actors: Sheldon Robins (actor), Roger Watkins (actor), Tony Tanelli Oliver (actor), Anise Fuller (miscellaneous crew), Tirralan Watkins (miscellaneous crew), Kenneth Gust (miscellaneous crew), Richard Mercado (composer), Kip Clemons (miscellaneous crew), Shanda M. Williamson (actress), David Columbus (producer), Jose Padilla (actor), David Columbus (writer), David Columbus (director), Nezester Ponder (actor), Nicole Mitchell (miscellaneous crew),

Genres: Drama, Short,

The Blue Bird (1940)

Actors: Stanley Andrews (actor), Sterling Holloway (actor), James Blaine (actor), Nigel Bruce (actor), Scotty Beckett (actor), Otto Hoffman (actor), Alec Craig (actor), Frank Dawson (actor), Edward Earle (actor), Herbert Evans (actor), Harold Goodwin (actor), Thurston Hall (actor), Russell Hicks (actor), Keith Hitchcock (actor), Brandon Hurst (actor),

Plot: Mytyl and her brother Tyltyl, a woodchopper's children, are led by the Fairy Berylune on a magical trip through the past, present, and future to locate the Blue Bird of Happiness.

Keywords: 1800s, animal-as-human, animal-in-title, barefoot, based-on-play, bird, bird-in-title, blue-bird-of-happiness, bluebird, brat
Genres: Drama, Family, Fantasy,

Quotes:

Mrs. Berlingot: Angela! Angela, close that window! You know better than that!::Angela Berlingot: But it's Mytyl. She's got a bird.::Mrs. Berlingot: Yes, yes, but you're sick enough, dear, without catching your death of cold. Now close the window.::Angela Berlingot: Oh, Mother, I've always wanted a bird like this. Please ask her to give it to me.::Mrs. Berlingot: That one, she'd never give anybody anything.

Mytyl: Angela Berlingot wanted me to give it to her.::Mummy Tyl: Well, why didn't you? She needs something to cheer her up. Poor child, sick in bed all winter.::Mytyl: It's not my fault she's sick.::Mummy Tyl: It's your fault you're selfish.::Daddy Tyl: You have so much that she hasn't, Mytyl.::Mytyl: What do I have?::Daddy Tyl: Health, for one thing. You can run around and play.::Mytyl: Oh, that isn't anything.::Tyltyl: I wouldn't like to stay in bed all day.::Mytyl: I wouldn't mind.

Mytyl: Mummy, why do we have to be so poor all the time?::Mummy Tyl: Poor? Us?::Mytyl: Well, we are. We can't even have a party for Christmas.::Daddy Tyl: You have a roof over your head, haven't you? And warm clothes.::Mytyl: These old things?::Daddy Tyl: And plenty to eat.::Mytyl: Nothing I like! Nothing good! Not like those rich children have. Cakes, candies, dolls to play with, pretty dresses - everything! I have nothing.::Mummy Tyl: You have plenty.::Mytyl: What do I have?::Mummy Tyl: A father who works hard for you.::Daddy Tyl: And a mother who cooks and cleans and mends.

Mytyl: Oh Daddy, I don't want you to go.::Daddy Tyl: I have to go, darling.::Mytyl: Why do they have to have war? What makes war, anyway?::Daddy Tyl: The same things that make trouble everywhere. Greed. Selfishness. Those who aren't content with what they have.::Mytyl: But you're not like that, Daddy. Why should you have to go?::Daddy Tyl: That's what's wrong about it, Mytyl. You can't be unhappy inside yourself without making others unhappy, too.

Mytyl: Mummy, I'm sorry for the way I behaved at supper.::Mummy Tyl: That's what you always say, Mytyl, that you're sorry. But the next day you do the same thing right over again.::Mytyl: I know I do, and I don't know why.::Mummy Tyl: Well, you must find out why. Otherwise you'll always be unhappy and discontent. You don't want that, do you? You want to be happy, don't you?::Mytyl: Yes, Mummy. Like you. You're happy all the time, aren't you?::Mummy Tyl: Nearly all the time, dear.::Mytyl: Don't worry, Mummy. Daddy will be back.

Mytyl: Who are you?::Fairy Berylune: Haven't you got eyes? Can't you see? I'm Berylune!::Mytyl: Berylune?::Fairy Berylune: Yes, Berylune! The fairy! Hurry now, quick! Get into your clothes and be off! You've got to find the blue bird!::Mytyl: The blue bird?::Fairy Berylune: Yes, the bird that's blue! The blue bird!::Mytyl: But why? Why should we find it?::Fairy Berylune: You want to be happy, don't you?::Mytyl: Of course, but what do I want with an old blue bird?::Fairy Berylune: What a stupid girl you are! Don't you know that the blue bird means happiness?

Mytyl: Can she talk, too?::Tylette: Well, naturally. If the dog can.::Mytyl: Oh, Tylette, I'm so glad! We've got to find the blue bird!::Tylette: The blue bird?::Tylo: I'll come! I'll help you!::Tylette: You'll come too, won't you, Tylette?::Tylette: Why not? It might be amusing.::Tylo: I don't like the way she said that.::Mytyl: Why, Tylo!::Tylo: We shouldn't take Tylette along. She's treacherous.

Fairy Berylune: What silly children you are not to know this lady! You've seen her hundreds of times. This is Light. Light, may I present Mytyl and Tyltyl.::Mytyl: How do you do, Light?::Tyltyl: How do you do?::Light: There's no need to be formal. We're old friends. Where would you like to go? I shall be your guide.::Mytyl: We're not sure where to go.::Fairy Berylune: Why don't you use your head? Hasn't it occurred to you that the blue bird might be hiding in the Past?::Mytyl: But where is the Past? Do you know the way?::Light: Why, of course. The Past is right behind us.

Tylette: I know we've never been friends, but now we've got to work together. We can't allow the children to go through with this.::Tylo: Why not? Why can't we?::Tylette: Don't you see? We're free now! If they succeed and find the blue bird, we'll have to go back to what we were. Animals! Dumb slaves to man!::Tylo: That's the way I like it! Man is the master, and we must obey him.::Tylette: I always knew you were a fool.::Tylo: If they want to look for a blue bird or a pink owl, I'm gonna help them!

Granny Tyl: Somebody must be thinking of us. I feel quite strong. I think we're going to have visitors. They seem to be coming near.::Grandpa Tyl: Maybe now I can finish my carving. I've been at this one for nearly a whole year.::Granny Tyl: That's because we're so seldom awake.::Mytyl, Tyltyl: Granny! Grandpa!::Granny Tyl: It's the children! Give us a hug, dears, a big one this time.::Grandpa Tyl: It's been months and months since you last remembered us.::Granny Tyl: The last time was Easter morning. The church bells were ringing.::Mytyl: Easter? Oh, we didn't go out that day. We both had very bad colds.::Granny Tyl: But you thought of us.::Mytyl: Yes, we missed you.::Granny Tyl: Every time you think of us, we wake up and see you again.::Mytyl: But we thought you were dead.::Granny Tyl: No, dear. Only when we're forgotten.