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Mozart and the Whale (2005)

Actors: Ronald Bass (writer), Trevor Short (producer), Ronald Bass (producer), Avi Lerner (producer), Christa Campbell (actress), Danny Dimbort (producer), Radha Mitchell (actress), Josh Hartnett (actor), Ron Ford (actor), Boaz Davidson (producer), Gary Cole (actor), John Carroll Lynch (actor), Rusty Schwimmer (actress), Joy Ellison (miscellaneous crew), Donald Bruce (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: A dramatic-comedy, inspired by the lives of two people with Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism, whose emotional dysfunctions threaten to sabotage their budding romance. Donald is a good-natured but hapless taxi driver with a love of birds and a superhuman knack for numbers. Like many people with AS, he likes patterns and routines. But when the beautiful but complicated Isabel joins the autism support group he leads, his life - and his heart - are turned upside down.

Keywords: amusement-park, animal, answering-machine, arcade, asperger's-syndrome, autism, barking-dog, based-on-true-story, beauty-salon, bird
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance,
Taglines: They don't fit in. Except together.

Quotes:

Donald Morton: I'm late, which is ironic, because I started out 9 hours and 23 minutes early.

Gregory: Can I give you some advice?::Donald Morton: Can I humanly stop you?::Gregory: Stick with the group. Compared to us, you're a god. And, uh, next to Isabelle, which you will *never* be again, you don't come off so hot.

Donald Morton: Excuse me. Do you know when the next bus, uh 217, runs?::Man at bus stop: Sorry.::Donald Morton: I'm chasing someone.::Man at bus stop: By bus?::Donald Morton: Well, it's important.::Man at bus stop: Important enough to take the bus?::Donald Morton: Yeah. My girlfriend left me because I wanted to get married and she wanted to stay just friends.::Man at bus stop: Ah. The slower this chase, the better.::Donald Morton: Yeah.

Isabelle Sorenson: All this time, and you didn't call.::Donald Morton: I was gonna call.::Isabelle Sorenson: You were?::Donald Morton: Well just to tell you that I wasn't gonna call so that you wouldn't be aggravated, sitting around waiting and wondering when I was::Isabelle Sorenson: gonna call?::Donald Morton: Yeah. But in the end I figured that forcing myself into your life was probably not right. I would always do that. So the only nice thing I had left to give was just not to call.::Isabelle Sorenson: I hated you for not calling. Because you were always gonna be there, and when you weren't, it was as if you didn't love me anymore.::Donald Morton: So go home, I'll call ya.

Donald Morton: People with Asperger's want contact with other people very much; we're just pathetically clueless at it, that's all.

Donald Morton: Turns out you can't control people.::Donald Morton: Or even predict them.::Donald Morton: Numbers are different.::Donald Morton: As I used to say, you can count on them.

Isabelle Sorenson: You can't disappoint me, Because whatever you are is exactly what I want.

Wallace: After everything she told me, and checking on your excellent record in college, I'm wondering why you choose to drive a taxi for a living.::Donald Morton: At my interview with IBM after I graduated college, they asked me what my plans were, and I said, "Probably go to McDonalds for a 12-piece McNugget and two cheeseburgers, and then do my laundry."::Wallace: Did they laugh, at least?::Donald Morton: They smiled and said they'd call me. They didn't.

Isabelle Sorenson: Be my friend Donald, be my best friend, please, because I really need you. I always felt like you wanted us to get married or something.::Donald Morton: I never said that.::Isabelle Sorenson: Not with words. But instead of that, do you want to just be my friend?::Donald Morton: Without the sex?::Isabelle Sorenson: Without the pressure. My friendship is all I have to give. Do you want it?

Isabelle Sorenson: Don't - don't condescend to these women, they're no crazier that I am.::Gracie: Yes we are!::Isabelle Sorenson: I'm weird, but I'm not strange.::Donald Morton: You're right, this isn't a matter of confusion, it's a matter of... discord. [Inappropriate change of subject:] That's a nice sweater!

Jury Duty (1995)

Actors: Abe Vigoda (actor), Stanley Tucci (actor), Richard Riehle (actor), Mark L. Taylor (actor), Pauly Shore (actor), Richard T. Jones (actor), Efren Ramirez (actor), Jack McGee (actor), Brian Doyle-Murray (actor), Gene LeBell (actor), Charles Napier (actor), Richard Edson (actor), Andrew Dice Clay (actor), Tia Carrere (actress), Sean Whalen (actor),

Plot: When jobless Tommy Collins discovers that sequestered jurors earn free room and board as well as $5-a-day, he gets himself assigned to a jury in a murder trial. Once there, he does everything he can to prolong the trial and deliberations and make the sequestration more comfortable for himself.

Keywords: attorney, chihuahua, court, courtroom, critically-bashed, dog, exotic-dancer, exotica-dancing, falling-from-height, homelessness
Genres: Comedy,
Taglines: For truth. For justice. For five bucks a day.

Quotes:

Tommy Collins: Judge Ito! Have some of my burrito

Tommy Collins: If a small taco is a taquito, then a small judge... must be a Judge Ito!

Tommy Collins: Run O.J. Run... OWWWWWW

Mrs. Collins: [brining breakfest to Tommy] Wakey wakey, Eggs and Bacey, Time to get up puddin'

Tommy Collins: Free Willy, Billy. Not Kill Willy, Billy.::Frank: No, kill Tommy, Tommy

Tommy Collins: [Upon finding his jury summons in the dumpster] Aha! Court is now in session.

Black Rodeo (1972)

Actors: Ray Charles (actor), Muhammad Ali (actor), Little Richard (actor), Aretha Franklin (actress), B.B. King (actor), Woody Strode (actor), Jeff Kanew (editor), Jeff Kanew (writer), Jeff Kanew (director), Jeff Kanew (producer), Sandra Young (actress), Pete Knight (actor), Nat Purefoy (actor), Chris Prophet (actor), Gordon Hayes (actor),

Genres: Documentary, Sport,
Taglines: Nobody ever told you there were Black Cowboys.

Florida Special (1936)

Actors: Robert Homans (actor), J. Farrell MacDonald (actor), Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian (actor), Matthew Betz (actor), Sidney Blackmer (actor), Stanley Andrews (actor), Wheaton Chambers (actor), Herbert Ashley (actor), Billy Dooley (actor), Eddie Fetherston (actor), Sam Flint (actor), Dwight Frye (actor), Claude Gillingwater (actor), Harry C. Bradley (actor), Charles R. Moore (actor),

Genres: Comedy,
Taglines: Stop! Look! Listen! danger, thrills, laughs, ahead! The guns of gangland roar again as five public enemies capture the Florida Special and escape with eleven million dollars in jewels! (original 1935 Herald) All aboard for danger...excitement...romance...on the crack train of the Florida run! (original poster)

By Your Leave (1934)

Actors: Mary MacLaren (actress), Torben Meyer (actor), Irving Bacon (actor), Neil Hamilton (actor), Ray Cooke (actor), Margaret Hamilton (actress), Jack Gargan (actor), Frank Morgan (actor), Charles Ray (actor), Tom Ricketts (actor), Lona Andre (actress), Tom Herbert (actor), Gene Lockhart (actor), Betty Grable (actress), Addie McPhail (actress),

Plot: In the midst of a mid-life crisis, Henry Smith convinces his wife, Ellen, that they should take separate one-week vacations, with no questions asked. He tries to sow some wild oats with a show girl and a paid escort, while she reacquaints herself with a childhood friend, now a famous explorer. Both get more than they bargained for.

Keywords: alcoholic, author, bar, based-on-play, businessman, costume-party, drunkenness, escort-service, explorer, hangover
Genres: Comedy,

Quotes:

Henry Smith: [tasting a stiff drink] Seems to be a little kick to this horse.::Whiffen: You must've drunk the hind legs first.

Whiffen: I can understand he doesn't like seasoning, but what's wrong with a little salt?::Ellen Smith: Well he says salt hardens the arteries.::Whiffen: Oh he just says that to spite me.

Whiffen: Does your mother let you drink?::Frances: Oh, horsefeathers!::Whiffen: Don't horsefeathers me, drinking is a serious pitfall.::Frances: Don't be dumb, I can spot a pitfall from a mile away.

Drifting (1932)

Actors: Norman Houston (writer), Edmund Breese (actor), Louis King (director), Raymond Hatton (actor), Edward LeSaint (actor), Theodore von Eltz (actor), Bryant Washburn (actor), Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams (actor), Mischa Auer (actor), Blanche Payson (actress), Lois Wilson (actress), Morris R. Schlank (producer), Douglas Z. Doty (writer), Shirley Grey (actress), Irving Birnbaum (editor),

Plot: A pretty young lawyer discovers that her father needs an expensive operation to save his life. She goes to a nearby city and takes out an ad offering to marry whoever will pay her $5000, the cost of the operation. She soon finds herself involved with a newspaperman looking for a story, a drunken playboy and a con artist and his girlfriend out to fleece the playboy.

Keywords: based-on-novel, lawyer
Genres: Drama,

Young Bride (1932)

Actors: Joseph Kane (editor), Edmund Breese (actor), Ray Cooke (actor), Cliff Edwards (actor), Jim Farley (actor), Allen Fox (actor), Garrett Fort (writer), Jane Murfin (writer), Ralph Murphy (writer), William A. Seiter (director), Roscoe Ates (actor), Edwin Maxwell (actor), Frank Mills (actor), Joe Sawyer (actor), Harry Stubbs (actor),

Genres: Drama,

Quotes:

Library Patron Seeking Aphrodite: [Loudly] Say, where can I get an illustrated copy of "Aphrodite?"::Miss Margaret Gordon, the Librarian: Young man, you're evidently unaware that that book is not in circulation.

Daisy: Take ya out to dinner tonight, Allie.::Allie Smith Riggs: Thank you, I'd love to have dinner with you. We'll go Dutch.::Daisy: Uh, uh. The boyfriend's entertaining, and he's got a guy that's crazy to meet you, Allie.::Allie Smith Riggs: A blind date? No thanks.::Daisy: Oh, this guy Pete's got ain't blind. Gee Allie, he'd go for ya in a big way.::Allie Smith Riggs: Well, I don't want to be gone for.::Daisy: [whining] Awww gosh. Aw gee, Allie, don't be a wet smack all your life.::Allie Smith Riggs: I'm not a wet smack, Daisy, I'm just particular who I go out with.::Daisy: How about giving Rudy Vallee a buzz?::Allie Smith Riggs: D'ya think he'd buzz back?

Charlie Riggs: I hope you're a good dancer.::Maisie: Say, dancin's my business.::Charlie Riggs: Ever mix business with pleasure?::Maisie: What's your idea of pleasure?::Charlie Riggs: What's yours?::Maisie: [Doing a little shimmy in place] Boop-boop-a-doop!

[last lines]::Charlie Riggs: Gee, Allie you're the swellest dame in this whole cockeyed world.::Allie Smith Riggs: Go wash your face. It's a sight.

Suicide Fleet (1931)

Actors: Frank Mills (actor), James Pierce (actor), Richard Alexander (actor), Ben Alexander (actor), Eddie Borden (actor), Robert Armstrong (actor), James P. Burtis (actor), Charles Delaney (actor), Joe Dominguez (actor), James Gleason (actor), Hans Joby (actor), Tom Keene (actor), John Kelly (actor), William Boyd (actor), Frank Reicher (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Drama, War,

Quotes:

'Dutch' Herman: Tommy, get hold of our destroyers!::Tommy: You bet! I'll give them the S.O.S.::'Dutch' Herman: S.O.S., hell! Tell them the German subs are planning to attack our troop ships that left New York yesterday.

The Dawn Trail (1930)

Actors: James Sweeney (editor), Charles Brinley (actor), Roy Bucko (actor), Bob Burns (actor), Buck Connors (actor), Jack Curtis (actor), John T. Neville (writer), Forrest Sheldon (writer), Christy Cabanne (director), Erville Alderson (actor), Buck Jones (actor), Charles King (actor), Jack King (actor), Edward LeSaint (actor), Jack Low (actor),

Plot: Dissension arises between cattlemen in Osage County, Texas, and sheepherders who have settled there and use the same watering stream. Mart Dalton, son of a wealthy cattleman, quarrels with and kills one of the settlers, thus placing sheriff Larry Williams in a delicate position; for he is Mart's best friend and is engaged to Mart's sister June. However, sworn to do his duty, he arrests Mart, incensing the cattlemen, who help Mart escape, leaving Larry wounded.

Keywords: cattle, range-war, sheep
Genres: Western,

Quotes:

Sheriff Larry Williams: A lock is a lock. If something's locked, it's locked.

Why Bring That Up? (1929)

Actors: Monte Collins (actor), Freeman Wood (actor), Evelyn Brent (actress), Virginia Bruce (actress), Helen Lynch (actress), George Abbott (writer), George Marion Jr. (writer), George Abbott (director), William Shea (editor), Charlie Hall (actor), Selmer Jackson (actor), Eddie Kane (actor), Robert Livingston (actor), Jack Luden (actor), Hector Turnbull (writer),

Plot: George's partner in vaudeville quits their act, claiming that Betty has broken his heart. George then teams up with Charlie, a stranded trouper, and Irving becomes their manager. Later, in New York, the "Two Black Crows" star in their own revue and save money to build their own theater on Broadway. Betty comes to the theater with her lover, who poses as a cousin and induces George to hire her. He showers her with jewels and money. She tries to persuade George to invest in oil stock her lover is selling, and though their act is a success, Charlie fires Betty. When Charlie and Betty's lover quarrel, Charlie is injured.

Keywords: broadway-manhattan-new-york-city, chorus-girl, manhattan-new-york-city, new-york-city, punctuation-in-title, question-in-title, vaudeville
Genres: Comedy, Drama,
Taglines: A HIT on the STAGE...on the PHONOGRAPH...on the RADIO...in BOOKS and MAGAZINES...in a Nation-Wide NEWSPAPER CARTOON NOW - HEAR THEM ON THE SCREEN Funnier than ever! "The Two Black Crows" - MORAN and MACK - in their first ALL TALKING Production.