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Howard Cantour.com (2012)

Actors: Thomas Lennon (actor), T.J. Sakasegawa (producer), Shia LaBeouf (director), Jim Gaffigan (actor), Skoti Collins (actor), Sarah Horton (miscellaneous crew), Jeff Balis (producer), Dito Montiel (actor), Rick Surad (miscellaneous crew), Caroline Morahan (actress), Deanna Lynn Walsh (actress), Deanna Lynn Walsh (actress), Mir Wave (actor), Daniel Clowes (writer), Caitlin O'Connor (actress),

Genres: Short,

The Timeless Murder (2012)

Actors: Joseph Castanho (producer), Joseph Castanho (editor), Joseph Castanho (writer), Joseph Castanho (producer), Norman MacKinnon (actor), Jacob Castanho (actor), Joy Feria (actress), Jacob Castanho (producer), Jacob Castanho (writer), Jacob Castanho (director), P. Fernanda Rodriguez (actress), Daniel Navarrete-Toulet (actor), Kelsey Castanho (actress), Kelsey Castanho (writer), Lillian Toulet (miscellaneous crew),

Genres: Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Short,
Taglines: Detective Brian Knox travels to the Past to solve his own murder

Chaplin (2011)

Actors: Saswata Chatterjee (actor), Rudranil Ghosh (actor), Padmanabha Dasgupta (writer), Padmanabha Dasgupta (actor), Padmanabha Dasgupta (writer), Indradeep Dasgupta (composer), Srijit Mukherji (actor), Nitya Ganguly (actor), Arijit Dutt (actor), Bodhaditya Banerjee (editor), Mithu Chakraborty (actress), Sujan Mukherjee (actor), Stanley D'Costa (miscellaneous crew), Ekkavali Khanna (actress), Mir Afsar Ali (actor),

Plot: Bangshi Das is an impersonator of Charlie Chaplin. He earns peanuts by being the 'joker' at birthday parties. However, he prefers to call himself an actor rather than a worker. His life circles around his son who is the greatest critic of his performances. Poverty never seems bitter as the father-son duo knows how to make fun of it.

Genres: Drama,

Public Enemies (2009)

Actors: Peter Gerety (actor), Don Kress (actor), Stephen Dorff (actor), Shannon Edwards (actor), Stephen Graham (actor), Don Harvey (actor), Matt Craven (actor), Shannon Edwards (actor), Christian Bale (actor), Johnny Depp (actor), Spencer Garrett (actor), Billy Crudup (actor), Ewan Bourne (actor), Giovanni Ribisi (actor), Stephen Lang (actor),

Plot: This is the story of the last few years of the notorious bank robber John Dillinger. He loved what he did and could imagine little else that would make him happier. Living openly in 1930s Chicago, he had the run of the city with little fear of reprisals from the authorities. It's there that he meets Billie Frechette with whom he falls deeply in love. In parallel we meet Melvin Purvis, the FBI agent who would eventually track Dillinger down. The FBI was is in its early days and Director J. Edgar Hoover was keen to promote the clean cut image that so dominated the organization through his lifetime. Purvis realizes that if he is going to get Dillinger, he will have to use street tactics and imports appropriate men with police training. Dillinger is eventually betrayed by an acquaintance who tells the authorities just where to find him on a given night.

Keywords: 1930s, african-american, airplane, alleyway, alvin-karpis, ambush, apartment, apple-orchard, arm-wound, arrest
Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama, History,
Taglines: America's Most Wanted

Quotes:

John Dillinger: [nodding at money left by a bank teller in front of his booth] You can put it away. Not here for your money. Here for the bank's money.

Billie Frechette: What do you want?::John Dillinger: Everything. Right now.

John Dillinger: Bye-bye, blackbird.

Melvin Purvis: What keeps you up nights, Mr. Dillinger?::John Dillinger: Coffee.

John Dillinger: We're having too good a time today. We ain't thinking about tomorrow.

John Dillinger: You wanna know if we're armed? We're armed.

John Dillinger: Well if it isn't the man who shot Pretty-Boy Floyd. Good thing 'cause he sure wasn't Whiz-Kid Floyd.

John Dillinger: [approaching group of police officers] What's the score?

[last lines]::Billie Frechette: They say you're the man who shot him.::Charles Winstead: That's right. One of 'em.::Billie Frechette: So why are you coming here to see me? To see the damage you done?::Charles Winstead: No. I came here because he asked me to. When he went down, he said somethin'. I put my ear next to his mouth, and what I think he said was this. He said, 'Tell Billie for me: Bye bye, Blackbird.'::[Billie starts to cry as Winstead gets up to leave]

Last Title Card: Melvin Purvis quit the FBI a year later and died by his own hand in 1960. Billie Frechette was released in 1936 and lived the rest of her life in Wisconsin.

Recount (2008)

Actors: Martin Lemaire (actor), Martin Lemaire (actor), Adam LeFevre (actor), Raymond Forchion (actor), Bruce Gray (actor), Denis Leary (actor), Bob Balaban (actor), Bruce Altman (actor), John Hurt (actor), Ed Begley Jr. (actor), George W. Bush (actor), Al Gore (actor), Antoni Corone (actor), Marc Macaulay (actor), John Archer Lundgren (actor),

Genres: Drama, History,
Taglines: The future of the nation was hanging by a chad.

Quotes:

Michael Whouley: I love Warren Christopher, but I think the guys so tight he probably eats his M&Ms; with a knife and fork.

Ron Klain: How hard is it to punch a paper ballot?::Michael Whouley: It's pretty God damn hard when you're eighty something years old, you're arthritic, and you're blind as a fucking bat. Unfortunately for us, blind fucking bats tend to vote Democratic.

Michael Whouley: Now it's time to prove to Al Gore who the real Ron fucking Klain really is. It's time to show Al Gore that Ron Klain is a fucking brawler and he's not going to back down from this particular fucking fight.::Ron Klain: Anyone ever tell you you say "fuck" a lot?

David Boies: [holds up bag of red m&m;'s] I'm only eating the red ones today.

Ron Klain: The plural of "chad" is "chad"?

Michael Whouley: [on the phone to Ron] I think the networks have got the wrong numbers. We're still alive.

Michael Whouley: There's a hundred and thirty five thousand ballots out there whose counting machines have declared non votes.

James Baker: Now listen people, this is a street fight for the presidency of the United States.

Michael Whouley: [to Ron] Whoever stops fighting first always loses.

Ron Klain: Every vote from every citizen deserves to be counted.

W. (2008)

Actors: Bruce McGill (actor), Don Kress (actor), Stacy Keach (actor), John McCain (actor), Toby Jones (actor), Madison Mason (actor), Saddam Hussein (actor), James Cromwell (actor), Ioan Gruffudd (actor), Richard Dreyfuss (actor), Scott Glenn (actor), Josh Brolin (actor), Rob Corddry (actor), Andrew Sensenig (actor), Jason Ritter (actor),

Plot: Oliver Stone's biographical take on the life of George W. Bush, one of the most controversial presidents in USA history, chronicling from his wild and carefree days in college, to his military service, to his governorship of Texas and role in the oil business, his 2000 candidacy for president, his first turbulent four years, and his 2004 re-election campaign.

Keywords: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, abuse-of-power, alcoholism, ambition, americana, archival-footage
Genres: Biography, Drama, History,
Taglines: Get Ready A life misunderestimated.

Quotes:

George W. Bush: [Looks around the countryside] I think we missed the side road!

George W. Bush: I believe God wants me to be president!

George W. Bush: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me... and won't get fooled again.

George W. Bush: Whose job is it, to find these damn weapons?

George W. Bush: Who's ever remembered the son of a president?::Laura Bush: John Quincy Adams!::George W. Bush: Yeah, but that was like, three hundred years ago wasn't it?

Thatcher: Following in your father's footsteps there, Bushy?

George Herbert Walker Bush: You want an ass-whipping?::George W. Bush: Try it old man!::George Herbert Walker Bush: Go ahead, take a swing!

Asian Journalist: Mr. President, what place do you think you will have in history?::George W. Bush: History? In history we'll all be dead!

George W. Bush: God bless us all!

Barbara Bush: Is he imbibing something I don't know about?

Ruby (1992)

Actors: Veronica Hart (actress), Sherilyn Fenn (actress), Sherilyn Fenn (actress), John F. Kennedy (actor), Willie Garson (actor), Richard C. Sarafian (actor), Marc Lawrence (actor), Arliss Howard (actor), David Duchovny (actor), Carmine Caridi (actor), Tobin Bell (actor), Danny Aiello (actor), Jeffrey Nordling (actor), Steve Golin (producer), Jacqueline Kennedy (actress),

Plot: An exploration of certain conspiracy theories surrounding the JFK assassination from Jack Ruby's perspective. Ruby owns a run-down strip club in Dallas, and does what he can for credibility, both by giving information to the FBI and by doing the odd favor for his mafia contacts. When hitman Action Jackson is hit, Louie Vitali asks him to help get crime boss Santos out of a Cuban jail. When they get back, the bosses take his headliner Candy Cane under their wing to develop her career in Vegas. A mysterious government man named Maxwell expresses his displeasure to Ruby over his Cuban activities. Slowly all the pieces of a massive conspiracy begin to emerge to Ruby, who can do nothing to stop it.

Keywords: 1960s, actress-shares-first-name-with-character, amazing-grace-hymn, assassination-of-president, based-on-play, blonde, character-name-in-title, cia, conspiracy, courtroom
Genres: Drama,
Taglines: CIA. Mafia. JFK. Conspiracy. Jack Ruby. If you don't know his story you don't know the whole story. The incredible story of the man who shot Lee Harvey Oswald The man who shot the man who shot J.F.K. was Ruby.

Quotes:

Jack Ruby: Where you from?::Sheryl Ann DuJean: [doesn't answer]::Jack Ruby: You come in the Lubbock bus?::Sheryl Ann DuJean: I ain't from nowhere.::Jack Ruby: I've been there. What's it called?::Sheryl Ann DuJean: Rising Star, Texas.::Jack Ruby: I'm from Chicago, myself. Where you headed?::Sheryl Ann DuJean: Out of Rising Star, Texas.

Sheryl Ann DuJean: [to Ruby] I'm Candy Cane, fresh out of nowhere. An hour ago you billed me as Las Vegas hot sauce. Tomorrow you headline me as a virgin schoolgirl from Carolina. I'm whatever you say.

The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991)

Actors: Doug McClure (actor), Jack Lilley (actor), Patrick Macnee (actor), Rex Linn (actor), Claude Akins (actor), Jack Kelly (actor), John Fleck (actor), Gene Barry (actor), Paul Brinegar (actor), David Carradine (actor), Pete Antico (actor), Chuck Connors (actor), Brian Keith (actor), Don S. Davis (actor), Ray McKinnon (actor),

Plot: The Gambler Brady Hawkes is back and he's about to lose his primary means of livelihood, when a law banning gambling is about to be passed. But in honor of that there's going to be one last great poker game and all what one needs to join is one hundred thousand dollars. A madame named Burgundy Jones along with four other madames is willing to put up the money for Brady but first he has to compete against four other gamblers in the end it comes down to Brady and a man named Cantrell. Brady barely beats him. So he, and Burgundy, and an old friend of his, Ethan Cassidy sets for the game which is in San Francisco. But Cantrell's a sore loser and is following them hoping to get the money so that he can join the game. Also following them is a band of outlaws who were planning to steal the money but Brady left with it before they got there. And along the way they encounter and/or are aided by some famous individuals like Wyatt Earp, The Rifleman, Cheyenne Bodie, Diamond Jim Brady, Bat Masterson, Judge Roy Bean, and President Teddy Roosevelt. Brady is also feeling that he might not have what he has to win; it seems that some time ago in Europe he lost a big game to an Englishman, and by strange coincidence he is also at the game.

Keywords: alley-fight, ambush, bank-robbery, bar-shootout, based-on-song, bat-masterson, bolt-action-rifle, brawl, california, cameo
Genres: Western,

Quotes:

[first lines]::Col. Volcar: Ah, Mr. Hawkes. I heard you were here in Juarez.::Brady Hawkes: And I heard that you were patrolling this neck of the woods. My information was good.::Col. Volcar: What's good is when a man can mix business with pleasure.::Brady Hawkes: My business is your pleasure, unless you're too tired to play.

Burgundy Jones: You know Judge, we have no greater friend in this world than Ethan Cassidy.::Judge Roy Bean: Then you can walk right out to my gallows and say goodbye to your friend. Now, let's get back to the races.

Mize: Those dime novels which do nothing but glorify their subjects are a thing of the past, Mr. Earp. Now, my publisher wants the facts behind the legend; the real Wyatt Earp, warts and all, Mr. Marshal.::Marshal Wyatt Earp: I don't know that warts is how I want to be remembered, Mr. Mize.

Brady Hawkes: Looks like I found some military firepower down here.::Cheyenne: The grenades? Sure, I don't reckon the army would mind giving us a hand.

Cheyenne: Life's an adventure. Things have been pretty quiet for me lately. Good to get the old heart pumping again.

The Director: They've sent us another actor over here who can't even ride.::Mark McCain: Well, they all say that they can't wear the mask and ride at the same time.::The Director: That doesn't matter. The sun is out.

Diamond Jim Brady: It's possible. It's possible. Of course, that's what Custer said.::Burgundy Jones: So did Crazy Horse.

The Westerner: Well, sir, the end of the west is near.

Lute Cantrell: Get out of the way, Chinaman, or you're dead.::Caine: Death is nothing to one who does not fear it.

Brady Hawkes: Mr. President, I'm surprised to see that you play poker in public.::President Theodore Roosevelt: Well, I wouldn't miss a chance to compete against the finest.::Sir Colin: We welcome your money, sir.::Bart Maverick: As long as it is yours and not the tax payers'.

The Big Blockade (1942)

Actors: Michael Redgrave (actor), Michael Rennie (actor), George Merritt (actor), Robert Morley (actor), Frederick Piper (actor), John Mills (actor), Joss Ambler (actor), Mark Daly (actor), John Boxer (actor), Albert Lieven (actor), Ronald Adam (actor), Marius Goring (actor), Cyril Chamberlain (actor), Bernard Miles (actor), Ronald Shiner (actor),

Genres: Drama, War,

The Big Blockade (1942)

Actors: Michael Redgrave (actor), Michael Rennie (actor), George Merritt (actor), Robert Morley (actor), Frederick Piper (actor), John Mills (actor), Joss Ambler (actor), Mark Daly (actor), John Boxer (actor), Albert Lieven (actor), Ronald Adam (actor), Marius Goring (actor), Cyril Chamberlain (actor), Bernard Miles (actor), Ronald Shiner (actor),

Genres: Drama, War,