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Mrs Henderson Presents (2005)

Actors: Stephen Frears (director), Toby Jones (actor), Bob Hoskins (producer), David M. Thompson (producer), Sandy Powell (costume designer), George Fenton (composer), John Warman (actor), Will Young (actor), Bob Hoskins (actor), Waris Hussein (actor), Judi Dench (actress), Christopher Guest (actor), Penny Eyles (miscellaneous crew), Michael Culkin (actor), Eleanor Fazan (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: Recently widowed well-to-do Laura Henderson is at a bit of a loose end in inter-war London. On a whim she buys the derelict Windmill theatre in the West End and persuades impresario Vivian Van Damm to run it, despite the fact the two don't seem to get on at all. Although their idea of a non-stop revue is at first a success, other theatres copy it and disaster looms. Laura suggests they put nudes in the show, but Van Damm points out that the Lord Chamberlain, who licenses live shows in Britain, is likely to have something to say about this. Luckily Mrs Henderson is friends with him.

Keywords: 1930s, 1940s, abbreviation-in-title, actress, air-raid, air-raid-shelter, airplane, american-flag, animated-credits, anti-semitism
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music, War,
Taglines: Nudity - Variety - High Society The show must go on, but the clothes must come off.

Quotes:

Vivian Van Damm: She said it's not your fault. That can only mean one thing...::Laura Henderson: Which is?::Vivian Van Damm: That it is your fault!

Laura Henderson: Truth is so prosaic.

Lord Cromer: I have learned in these many years of dealing with artists to detest imagination.

Laura Henderson: I am bored with widowhood. I have to smile at everyone. I never had to smile at everyone before. In India, there were always people to look down upon.

Laura Henderson: [at Mrs. Henderson's husband's funeral] I'm bored with widowhood.::Lady Conway: My dear, you've just scratched the surface.::Laura Henderson: I have to smile at everybody. I've never had to smile at everybody. In India, there were always people to look down on.::Lady Conway: People are merely being sympathetic. After all, you have lost your husband.::Laura Henderson: Well I didn't mislay him! It was most inconsiderate of Robert to die. What on earth am I supposed to do now?

Lady Conway: It's really not so bad. Widows are allowed hobbies.::Laura Henderson: Hobbies?::Lady Conway: Yes. Embroidery, things like that.::Laura Henderson: Are you mad?::Lady Conway: I've graduated to weaving. Would you care to see my tapestries?::Laura Henderson: I'd rather drink ink.::Lady Conway: Committees are good of course. I serve on quite a few charities. Once your husband dies, it's quite permissible to help the poor. And now, there's no one to stop you buying things. Also, of course, there's a great deal of time for lovers.::Laura Henderson: Margot, I'm nearly 70!::Lady Conway: That's true, but you're also very rich. The one cancels out the other.

Laura Henderson: Who on earth are you?::Leslie Pearkes: This is Vivian Van Damm.::Laura Henderson: Don't be silly. That's not a British name.::Vivian Van Damm: In actual fact, my father's a lawyer in Bishopsgate, although some of his ancestors are from Holland.::Laura Henderson: Oh, dear God, you're Jewish!::Vivian Van Damm: As it happens, I'm not.::Laura Henderson: Well, of course you are, dear. Just look at yourself.

Vivian Van Damm: Mustn't keep the Millerettes waiting.::Laura Henderson: Oh, that name is intolerable. It suggests midgets working in a factory.::Vivian Van Damm: Millettes sounds like a medical condition.

Bertie: What do you make of her?::Vivian Van Damm: She's beautiful.::Bertie: Yes.::Vivian Van Damm: But the nipples...::Bertie: Too large?::Vivian Van Damm: They're not British. Could be Italian. We must have British nipples.

Lady Conway: Adolescents and women in their eighth decade are strikingly similar.

The Kennedys of Massachusetts (1990)

Actors: Cindy Baer (actress), Annette O'Toole (actress), Steven Weber (actor), John H. Tobin (actor), Eddie Jones (actor), Campbell Scott (actor), Pat Hingle (actor), Casey Affleck (actor), Olek Krupa (actor), Josef Sommer (actor), Thomas Gibson (actor), Peter Gerety (actor), Charles Durning (actor), David Shire (composer), Edgar J. Scherick (producer),

Plot: This sweeping mini-series profiling the Kennedy family ran three nights. The film chronicles 55 years in the lives of the family opening in 1906 with the marriage of Joseph P. Kennedy, a Harvard graduate, to Rose Fitzgerald, the daughter of Boston's Mayor. The first night focuses on the marriage's troubled years and Rose's strength in developing a real family. The second night covered the years of 1928 - 1940 and Jospeh's years as working as a movie producer and then an ambassador. The final night follows the Kennedy's tragedies during World War II and follows the post war years political successes of John Kennedy.

Keywords: based-on-book, character-name-in-title, tv-mini-series
Genres: Drama,

Schloß Königswald (1988)

Actors: Peter Schamoni (writer), Peter Schamoni (director), Marika Rökk (actress), Camilla Horn (actress), Wolfgang Greese (actor), Charlotte Flemming (costume designer), Anja Kruse (actress), Peter Schamoni (producer), Heino Ferch (actor), Jockel Tschiersch (actor), Rose Renée Roth (actress), Carola Höhn (actress), Marianne Hoppe (actress), Willi Segler (producer), Wolfgang Fierek (actor),

Genres: Comedy,

Schloß Königswald (1988)

Actors: Peter Schamoni (writer), Peter Schamoni (director), Marika Rökk (actress), Camilla Horn (actress), Wolfgang Greese (actor), Charlotte Flemming (costume designer), Anja Kruse (actress), Peter Schamoni (producer), Heino Ferch (actor), Jockel Tschiersch (actor), Rose Renée Roth (actress), Carola Höhn (actress), Marianne Hoppe (actress), Willi Segler (producer), Wolfgang Fierek (actor),

Genres: Comedy,

Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

Actors: Charles Hallahan (actor), John Dennis Johnston (actor), Burgess Meredith (actor), John Lithgow (actor), Dan Aykroyd (actor), Dan Aykroyd (actor), Kevin McCarthy (actor), Larry Cedar (actor), Scatman Crothers (actor), John Larroquette (actor), Peter Brocco (actor), Eduard Franz (actor), Albert Brooks (actor), Vic Morrow (actor), Dick Miller (actor),

Plot: Four directors collaborated to remake four episodes of the popular television series 'The Twilight Zone' for this movie. The episodes are updated slightly and in color (the television show was in black-and-white), but very true to the originals, where eerie and disturbing situations gradually spin out of control.

Keywords: 1940s, 1960s, 1980s, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, adult-as-child, air-marshal, airplane, alabama, ambulance, ambulance-driver
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller,
Taglines: You're travelling through another dimension. A dimension, not only of sight and sound, but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. Next stop, the Twilight Zone!

Quotes:

[after John has lit a cigarette]::Little Girl: Hey! Didn't you hear the Captain? N-O S-M-O-K-I-N-G! No smoking!

John Valentine: [screaming at Little Girl] That's D-I-E, die!

German Officer: [in German to Bill Connor] Are you English? What are you doing here?::German Officer: You are an American? Why are you here?::German Officer: What are you doing here? What are you doing here!

Anthony: [Anthony transports his sister Ethel into a cartoon world where she is eaten by a cartoon wolf] Th-th-th-that's all, Ethel!

Car Passenger: Hey... you wanna see something really scary?

Ambulance Driver: So, you had a pretty big scare up there, huh?::John Valentine: [chuckles embarrassingly] Oh yeah!::Ambulance Driver: [smiles] You wanna see something really scary?

Bill Connor: Arab? What's that? Just a nigger wrapped up in a sheet.

Mrs. Dempsey: Mrs. Cox would never allow us. It's against the rules.::Mr. Bloom: Rules? Did rules ever stop a child from playing?

Mrs. Weinstein: Remember this one, Mrs. Dempsey? Not last night but the night before, 24 robbers came knocking at my door, as I ran out, they ran in and this is what they said to me.

Mr. Leo Conroy: Not me, I'm going to get frozen.::Mr. Weinstein: You're already frozen, popsicle head.::Mrs. Weinstein: Meshugganah.

Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

Actors: Charles Hallahan (actor), John Dennis Johnston (actor), Burgess Meredith (actor), John Lithgow (actor), Dan Aykroyd (actor), Dan Aykroyd (actor), Kevin McCarthy (actor), Larry Cedar (actor), Scatman Crothers (actor), John Larroquette (actor), Peter Brocco (actor), Eduard Franz (actor), Albert Brooks (actor), Vic Morrow (actor), Dick Miller (actor),

Plot: Four directors collaborated to remake four episodes of the popular television series 'The Twilight Zone' for this movie. The episodes are updated slightly and in color (the television show was in black-and-white), but very true to the originals, where eerie and disturbing situations gradually spin out of control.

Keywords: 1940s, 1960s, 1980s, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, adult-as-child, air-marshal, airplane, alabama, ambulance, ambulance-driver
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller,
Taglines: You're travelling through another dimension. A dimension, not only of sight and sound, but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. Next stop, the Twilight Zone!

Quotes:

[after John has lit a cigarette]::Little Girl: Hey! Didn't you hear the Captain? N-O S-M-O-K-I-N-G! No smoking!

John Valentine: [screaming at Little Girl] That's D-I-E, die!

German Officer: [in German to Bill Connor] Are you English? What are you doing here?::German Officer: You are an American? Why are you here?::German Officer: What are you doing here? What are you doing here!

Anthony: [Anthony transports his sister Ethel into a cartoon world where she is eaten by a cartoon wolf] Th-th-th-that's all, Ethel!

Car Passenger: Hey... you wanna see something really scary?

Ambulance Driver: So, you had a pretty big scare up there, huh?::John Valentine: [chuckles embarrassingly] Oh yeah!::Ambulance Driver: [smiles] You wanna see something really scary?

Bill Connor: Arab? What's that? Just a nigger wrapped up in a sheet.

Mrs. Dempsey: Mrs. Cox would never allow us. It's against the rules.::Mr. Bloom: Rules? Did rules ever stop a child from playing?

Mrs. Weinstein: Remember this one, Mrs. Dempsey? Not last night but the night before, 24 robbers came knocking at my door, as I ran out, they ran in and this is what they said to me.

Mr. Leo Conroy: Not me, I'm going to get frozen.::Mr. Weinstein: You're already frozen, popsicle head.::Mrs. Weinstein: Meshugganah.

Man in the Middle (1964)

Actors: Al Waxman (actor), Sam Wanamaker (actor), Barry Sullivan (actor), Paul Maxwell (actor), Robert Nichols (actor), Robert Mitchum (actor), Russell Napier (actor), Howard Marion-Crawford (actor), Ed Bishop (actor), Trevor Howard (actor), Michael Goodliffe (actor), Alexander Knox (actor), Bruce Boa (actor), John Barry (composer), Keenan Wynn (actor),

Genres: Drama, War,

Subway in the Sky (1959)

Actors: Michael Bell (actor), Carl Jaffe (actor), Van Johnson (actor), Albert Lieven (actor), Cec Linder (actor), Hildegard Knef (actress), Sydney Box (producer), Mario Nascimbene (composer), Pamela Carlton (miscellaneous crew), Brian Wilde (actor), Edward Judd (actor), Muriel Box (director), Katherine Kath (actress), James Maxwell (actor), Tom Watson (actor),

Plot: A military doctor in Berlin is falsely accused of illegal dealing in drugs. Determined to prove his innocence, he escapes from the MPs and ends up holding up in the apartment, rented by his wife. He doesn't know, that she has sublet the flat to a nightclub singer. When he finds out, he begs the singer to assist him. She likes him and agrees. The doctor thinks, that his wife is behind the illegal dealings.

Keywords: based-on-play, title-directed-by-female
Genres: Crime, Drama,
Taglines: CHASE of the Century! SUSPENSE of a Lifetime!

Battleground (1949)

Actors: Van Johnson (actor), Richard Jaeckel (actor), James Arness (actor), Tommy Bond (actor), Herbert Anderson (actor), Richard Irving (actor), Bill Erwin (actor), Douglas Fowley (actor), Leon Ames (actor), Jean Del Val (actor), George Chandler (actor), Scotty Beckett (actor), Gene Coogan (actor), Billy Lechner (actor), Dickie Jones (actor),

Plot: We follow a band of American soldiers as they engage the Germans in a snowy, foggy winter near Bastogne in World War II. They're low on fuel, rations, and ammunition; the Germans are constantly encouraging their surrender via radio and leaflets, and most importantly, the pervasive thick fog makes movement and identification difficult and prevents their relief by Allied air support. This film focuses much more on the psychology and morale of the soldiers than on action footage and heroics.

Keywords: battle-of-the-bulge, blockbuster, christmas, digging, digging-a-foxhole, infantry, jeep, machine-gun, military, paratrooper
Genres: Action, Drama, War,
Taglines: The First Great Picture Of The Second World War ! The guts! The girls! The glory! of a lot of wonderful guys!

Quotes:

Hansan: This is an M-1, semi-automatic, high velocity...::Soldier: Look, you're not selling it to me, you're showing me how to fire it.

Major: Thank you Sergeant.::Holley: That's P.F.C. to you, major, as in praying for civilian

[while being bombarded by German artillery during a driving blizzard]::Holley: We've had good deals before, but this is the best one yet. This is great. I don't ever wanna go back. I found a home in the army.

Holley: Yeah, they really shoulda sent out a bigger patrol.::PFC. Johnny Rodriguez: Do you want to goof off?::Holley: Who said anything about goofing off?::PFC. Johnny Rodriguez: Nobody. I'm just saying, the best way is to tell them you heard voices talking in German.::PFC. Donald Jarvess: Let's say we heard voices talking in Japanese and let G-2 figure that out.

[as Bettis is digging a foxhole]::Holley: Let's not try to reach China this time, hey Bettis?::Bettis: Well there's no sense digging if you don't go deep.::Holley: The last one we dug one together, you went so deep that when I climbed out in the morning I got the bends.

[Holley returns to the squad from the hospital]::Pvt. "Kip" Kippton: Rough in the ETO. A little scratch on the leg and a month later he comes back in time for a three-day pass to Paris.

Holley: That the new platoon leader?::Pvt. Johnny Rodriguez: Yeah, fresh off the boat.::Pvt. Ernest J. "Pop" Stazak: I understand your problems, men. I was once an enlisted man, myself.::Holley: For six months, maybe. Then seventeen weeks at OCS and he's an officer and gentleman by special act of Congress.

Pvt. Garby: What time is it, Hanson?::Pvt. Hanson: 11:30.::Pvt. Garby: What? It can't be that late. We left at two o'clock.::Pvt. Hanson: 11:30 AM, Garby. Central Standard Time. Pretty near lunchtime in Springfield.::Pvt. Garby: You mean you never changed your watch?::Pvt. Hanson: What's the use of changing your watch?::Pvt. Garby: What's the use? You're here, you're not in Springfield, Illinois.::Pvt. Hanson: I hear you...

Holley: What's going on?::Sgt. Kinnie: Me and General McAulliffe decided to move I Company up on the line. That is if you agree.

Sgt. Walowicz: I want three volunteers to go out on a patrol, you, you, and you. You're in charge, Holley.::Holley: Why am I always volunteering for patrols? I'm just a cowboy.

Battleground (1949)

Actors: Van Johnson (actor), Richard Jaeckel (actor), James Arness (actor), Tommy Bond (actor), Herbert Anderson (actor), Richard Irving (actor), Bill Erwin (actor), Douglas Fowley (actor), Leon Ames (actor), Jean Del Val (actor), George Chandler (actor), Scotty Beckett (actor), Gene Coogan (actor), Billy Lechner (actor), Dickie Jones (actor),

Plot: We follow a band of American soldiers as they engage the Germans in a snowy, foggy winter near Bastogne in World War II. They're low on fuel, rations, and ammunition; the Germans are constantly encouraging their surrender via radio and leaflets, and most importantly, the pervasive thick fog makes movement and identification difficult and prevents their relief by Allied air support. This film focuses much more on the psychology and morale of the soldiers than on action footage and heroics.

Keywords: battle-of-the-bulge, blockbuster, christmas, digging, digging-a-foxhole, infantry, jeep, machine-gun, military, paratrooper
Genres: Action, Drama, War,
Taglines: The First Great Picture Of The Second World War ! The guts! The girls! The glory! of a lot of wonderful guys!

Quotes:

Hansan: This is an M-1, semi-automatic, high velocity...::Soldier: Look, you're not selling it to me, you're showing me how to fire it.

Major: Thank you Sergeant.::Holley: That's P.F.C. to you, major, as in praying for civilian

[while being bombarded by German artillery during a driving blizzard]::Holley: We've had good deals before, but this is the best one yet. This is great. I don't ever wanna go back. I found a home in the army.

Holley: Yeah, they really shoulda sent out a bigger patrol.::PFC. Johnny Rodriguez: Do you want to goof off?::Holley: Who said anything about goofing off?::PFC. Johnny Rodriguez: Nobody. I'm just saying, the best way is to tell them you heard voices talking in German.::PFC. Donald Jarvess: Let's say we heard voices talking in Japanese and let G-2 figure that out.

[as Bettis is digging a foxhole]::Holley: Let's not try to reach China this time, hey Bettis?::Bettis: Well there's no sense digging if you don't go deep.::Holley: The last one we dug one together, you went so deep that when I climbed out in the morning I got the bends.

[Holley returns to the squad from the hospital]::Pvt. "Kip" Kippton: Rough in the ETO. A little scratch on the leg and a month later he comes back in time for a three-day pass to Paris.

Holley: That the new platoon leader?::Pvt. Johnny Rodriguez: Yeah, fresh off the boat.::Pvt. Ernest J. "Pop" Stazak: I understand your problems, men. I was once an enlisted man, myself.::Holley: For six months, maybe. Then seventeen weeks at OCS and he's an officer and gentleman by special act of Congress.

Pvt. Garby: What time is it, Hanson?::Pvt. Hanson: 11:30.::Pvt. Garby: What? It can't be that late. We left at two o'clock.::Pvt. Hanson: 11:30 AM, Garby. Central Standard Time. Pretty near lunchtime in Springfield.::Pvt. Garby: You mean you never changed your watch?::Pvt. Hanson: What's the use of changing your watch?::Pvt. Garby: What's the use? You're here, you're not in Springfield, Illinois.::Pvt. Hanson: I hear you...

Holley: What's going on?::Sgt. Kinnie: Me and General McAulliffe decided to move I Company up on the line. That is if you agree.

Sgt. Walowicz: I want three volunteers to go out on a patrol, you, you, and you. You're in charge, Holley.::Holley: Why am I always volunteering for patrols? I'm just a cowboy.