Rachel Getting Married: The Wedding Band (2009)

Actors: Jill Hoppenheim (producer), Eric Neal Young (director), Eric Neal Young (producer), Tunde Adebimpe (actor), Narasimha Ramanujan (editor), Tareq Abboushi (actor), Zafer Tawil (actor), Amir El Saffar (actor),

Genres: Documentary, Short,

Rachel Getting Married (2008)

Actors: Roger Corman (actor), Bill Irwin (actor), Anne Hathaway (actress), Debra Winger (actress), Jonathan Demme (producer), Darrell Larson (actor), Fab 5 Freddy (actor), Jonathan Demme (director), Paul Lazar (actor), Marc Platt (producer), Massoumeh Emami (miscellaneous crew), Susan Lyall (costume designer), Neda Armian (producer), Dorian Missick (actor), Daphne Rubin-Vega (actress),

Plot: Kym Buchman has been in drug rehab for nine months, during which time she has been clean. She is released temporarily from the facility to attend her sister Rachel Buchman's wedding. During her release, Kym is staying at the family home, where the wedding is taking place. As such, it is like Grand Central Station for the duration of Kym's stay, which may not be the most conducive situation for her in constantly being exposed to the watching eyes of those who know and don't yet know her, but know of her situation. The reunion with her family members starts off well enough, but issues around Kym's release from rehab quickly surface. Kym and Rachel's father, Paul Buchman, wants to make sure that Kym is all right at all times, which to Kym feels instead like he doesn't trust her. Rachel slowly begins to resent Kym's situation taking over what is supposed to be the happiest day of her life, some of which is directed by Kym, some of which isn't. One person present but largely not included in the last minute wedding planning work is Kym and Rachel's mother, Abby, from who Paul is divorced. The two have since married other people. Outwardly, Abby has been nurturing of Kym throughout her life. However, what is one of the key moments in Kym's drug induced life, and in their collective family's lives, may profoundly affect the wedding. Beyond how Kym's presence affects the wedding, the goings-on of the family during Kym's short stay may either bring them closer together or tear them apart.

Keywords: 12-step-program, accidental-death, accidental-drowning, accidental-fire, addicts-anonymous, african-american, ambulance, anorexia, apology, argument
Genres: Drama, Romance,

Quotes:

[Kym speaks at a twelve-step meeting]::Kym: When I was sixteen, I was babysitting my little brother. And I was, um... I had taken all these Percocet. And I was unbelievably high and I... we had driven over to the park on Lakeshore. And he was in his red socks just running around in these piles of leaves. And, um, he would bury me and I would bury him in the leaves. And he was pretending that he was a train. And so he was charging through the leaves, making tracks, and I was the caboose, and I was, um... so he kept saying, coal, caboose! Coal, caboose! And, um, we were... it was time to go and I was driving home... and... I lost control of the car. And drove off the bridge. And the car went into the lake. And I couldn't get him out of his car seat. And he drowned. And I struggle with God so much, because I can't forgive myself. And I don't really want to right now. I can live with it, but I can't forgive myself. And sometimes I don't want to believe in a God that could forgive me. But I do want to be sober. I'm alive and I'm present and there's nothing controlling me. If I hurt someone, I hurt someone. I can apologize, and they can forgive me... or not. But I can change. And I just wanted to share that and say congratulations that God makes you look up, I'm so happy for you, but if he doesn't, come here. That's all. Thank you.

Kym: I am Shiva the destroyer, your harbinger of doom this evening.

Kym: [Upon learning her sister is pregnant]::Kym: That is so unfair!

Kym: [Late to rehab meeting, she knocks over a chair] Cocksucker!::Kieran: [Who had been addressing the crowd] Uh, only once. My dealer. I was very hard up for cash.

Counter Girl: [Kym walks into the convenience store] Hey! Didn't I see you on Cops?

Kym: You're a lawyer?::Kieran: Was. For about five minutes.::Kym: Say something Legal.::Kieran: Tort.

Walter: [opening lines] I want my fucking Zippo now!::Rosa: Walter, this is a behavior...::Walter: [ranking his nails against his forearm] Fuck you!::Rosa: And you are making a choice. [Rosa's cell phone rings] Hold on... hello?::Walter: God!::Kym: Don't you get it, Waldo? *She's* making a choice not to give you your lighter because you'll torch the Self-Help library again.::Walter: It's Walter. Kill anybody recently? Run over anybody with a fucking car?

Rachel: Kym, you took Ethan for granted. Okay? You were high for his life. You were not present. Okay? You were high.::Kym: [Whispering] Yes.::Rachel: And you drove him off a bridge... and now he's dead.::Paul: [Tearfully] Rachel, it was an accident.::Kym: Yes, I was. Yes, I was stoned out of my mind. Who do I have to be now? I mean, I could be Mother Teresa and it wouldn't make a difference, what I did. Did I sacrifice every bit of... love I'm allowed for this life because I killed our little brother?

Paul: Sidney, I love you and you're a very talented man but you don't know anything about loading dishes.::Sidney: With all due respect sir, the mantle has passed.

Paul: All you young people who applauded can go fuck yourselves!

Christmas Cottage (2008)

Actors: Michael Paseornek (producer), Jay Brazeau (actor), Tegan Moss (actress), Marcia Gay Harden (actress), Tseng Chang (actor), Charlotte Rae (actress), Gabrielle Rose (actress), Malcolm Stewart (actor), Geoffrey Lewis (actor), Edward Asner (actor), Richard Moll (actor), Peter O'Toole (actor), Chris Elliott (actor), Aaron Zigman (composer), Donna Sloan (producer),

Plot: Necessity is the mother of invention. In the weeks leading up to Christmas 1977, Maryanne Kinkade has fallen behind in her mortgage payments and is about to lose her small house in Placerville, a town in California's gold country in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. Her son Thom, who attends art school and is in his 20s, determines to make the transition from amateur to professional painter to help save the family's home. He seeks advice from an aging mentor.

Keywords: character-name-in-title, christmas, christmas-pageant, competitiveness, decline, home-mortgage, home-repair, ill-health, leaky-roof, mentor
Genres: Drama, Family,
Taglines: Love is the brightest light of all.

Quotes:

Glen: Thank you.::Maryanne Kinkade: What for?::Glen: You managed to put Humpty Dumpty back together again.

Thomas Kinkade: Those were the last brushstrokes Glen ever painted. He sat at our table for Christmas dinner.

Hope: Don't give up on yourself.::Thomas Kinkade: I'm not giving up.

Maryanne Kinkade: You are the light of the world in a... a VERY... dark winter, and we could all use a little bit of extra light right now.

Thomas Kinkade: That Christmas Eve I realized that in a vast black night even a little light shines brightly and all we can do is our best to find that light and share it with others.

Thomas Kinkade: You always told me you weren't gonna teach me how to paint, but why to paint, and I'll be forever grateful to you for that. I wish I could give you back something, but I have nothing. We're losing the cottage, Glen. A year from now, I have no idea where we'll be. This may be our last Christmas together and I have no gift for you, Glen, no way to thank you for everything. No money, nothing... just love. I love you, Glen. Don't... don't give up, please. That's the first thing you taught me about being an artist - you never give up. Don't give up, Glen. There's a light in you still.

Maryanne Kinkade: I don't know what to say.::Pat Kinkade: Say 'Merry Christmas.'

Maryanne Kinkade: I never knew...::Thomas Kinkade: Knew what? That you matter to everyone? Well, you do.

Glen: It's the light, Thom, that's what lasts. The leaves are transient. They grow, turn green, turn red and die, but behind them the light lasts forever.::Maryanne Kinkade: Glen, please, come sit down.::Glen: [to Thom] Paint the light.

Thomas Kinkade: "Ultimum Folium?"::Glen: Latin. Good old Latin. "The Last Leaf" is my last painting, Thom.::Thomas Kinkade: Ah... no. Glen, no.::Glen: I have been trying to paint my sorrow, to show the bleakness of a world without Nicole, but then you came with a candle last night, and I knew what Nicole's memorial should be. Not darkness, but light. Sometimes we can barely see beyond the forest to the sky. I was painting the leaves of the forest and never saw the light of the sky behind it. Now I see it. That's all I need to see now.

Casino's Corner (2000)

Actors: Brenda Pickleman (actress), Stan Adams (actor), Joleen Lutz (actress), Deborah Wittenberg (actress), Greg Wittman (actor), Scott Baker (editor), Daniel Patrick Sullivan (actor), Rebecca Jordan (actress), Linda Livorsi (producer), Joel Daly (actor), Linda Livorsi (actress), Frank Livorsi (writer), Brenda Pickleman (director), Brenda Pickleman (producer), Frank Livorsi (producer),

Genres: Crime, Crime, Mystery, Short, Short,
Taglines: Good cop vs Bad cop. Then one dies.

The Pick-up Artist (1987)

Actors: Molly Ringwald (actress), Victoria Jackson (actress), Lorraine Bracco (actress), Bob Gunton (actor), Harvey Keitel (actor), Christine Baranski (actress), Robert Towne (actor), Tony Sirico (actor), Dennis Hopper (actor), Victor Argo (actor), Robert Downey Jr. (actor), Danny Aiello (actor), Joe Spinell (actor), Warren Beatty (producer), Vanessa Williams (actress),

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Romance,
Taglines: The Pick-Up Artist... has finally met his match.

Quotes:

Jack Jericho: Did anyone ever tell you that you have the face of a Botticelli and the body of a Degas?

Jack Jericho: Did anyone ever tell you you're too good to be true?::Randy Jensen: No only that I'm too truthful to be good.

Flash Jensen: You know something? I can't do this anymore. [Referring to his alcoholism, as he dumps out his drink]

Legge della violenza - Tutti o nessuno (1969)

Actors: Alfonso Balcázar (writer), Stelvio Cipriani (composer), Piero Regnoli (writer), Alfonso Balcázar (writer), Manuel Bronchud (actor), Ugo Adinolfi (actor), Manuel Gas (actor), Gaspar 'Indio' González (actor), Ángel Aranda (actor), Osvaldo Genazzani (actor), Giorgio Cerioni (actor), Enzo Alabiso (editor), Miguel de la Riva (actor), Gianni Crea (writer), Gianni Crea (writer),

Genres: Western,

Driven to Extraction (1963)

Actors: Tom Morrison (miscellaneous crew), Lionel G. Wilson (actor), William M. Weiss (producer), Larz Bourne (writer), Philip A. Scheib (composer), Dayton Allen (actor), Art Bartsch (director), George McAvoy (editor),

Genres: Animation, Short,

Split-Level Treehouse (1963)

Actors: Dayton Allen (actor), William M. Weiss (producer), Larz Bourne (writer), Philip A. Scheib (composer), Tom Morrison (miscellaneous crew), Art Bartsch (director),

Genres: Animation, Short,

Home Life (1962)

Actors: Tom Morrison (miscellaneous crew), Lionel G. Wilson (actor), William M. Weiss (producer), Connie Rasinski (director), Dayton Allen (actor), Philip A. Scheib (composer), Kin Platt (writer), George McAvoy (editor),

Genres: Animation, Short,

The File on Thelma Jordon (1950)

Actors: Nolan Leary (actor), Jerry James (actor), Paul Kelly (actor), Harry Antrim (actor), Clancy Cooper (actor), Wendell Corey (actor), Barry Kelley (actor), Rodney Bell (actor), Eddie Borden (actor), Sam Harris (actor), Franklyn Farnum (actor), Franklyn Farnum (actor), Eric Alden (actor), Lew Harvey (actor), Sam McDaniel (actor),

Plot: Thelma Jordon is in love with a jewel thief, Tony Laredo, and he persuades her to go live with her rich aunt, and steal her jewels. During the robbery, she shoots her formerly-rich aunt, but makes it look like an outside job. Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, is assigned the case, promptly falls in love with Thelma (and she with him), and he maneuvers and presents the state's case against her in such a manner that she wins an acquittal. And, then, Tony shows up. And nothing, from this point, works out favorable for THelma, Clive or Tony.

Keywords: 1940s, acquittal, affair, apartment, aunt-niece-relationship, bailiff, cell-mate, character-name-in-title, chauffeur, cigarette-smoking
Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery,
Taglines: ...SHE'LL LIE...KILL OR KISS HER WAY OUT OF ANYTHING! (original print ad - all caps) "I'm no good for any man for any longer than a kiss!" Maybe I am just a dame and didn't know it! Most men have known at least one.