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The Postcard Bandit (2003)

Actors: Matt Carroll (producer), Rob Steele (actor), Kris Noble (producer), Jill Coverdale (miscellaneous crew), Kristin Witcombe (miscellaneous crew), Simon Burke (actor), Brendan Donoghue (actor), Anthony Phelan (actor), Ian Bliss (actor), Annie Byron (actress), Tom Long (actor), Morgan O'Neill (actor), Tasma Walton (actress), Peter Gawler (writer), Yutaka Izumihara (actor),

Genres: Crime, Drama,
Taglines: Australia's Most Notorious Bank Robber! [Australia DVD] Good Looking, Resourceful, Caring . . . Criminal !

Atomic Twister (2002)

Actors: Stanley M. Brooks (producer), Corbin Bernsen (actor), Phil Marshall (composer), Sharon Lawrence (actress), Bill Corcoran (director), Carl Lewis (actor), Mark-Paul Gosselaar (actor), Allan Lee (editor), Ron McGee (writer), Ron McGee (producer), Scott W. Anderson (producer), John Leigh (actor), John Sumner (actor), George Henare (actor), Sara Wiseman (actress),

Plot: When tornadoes hit a nuclear power plant, critically damaging the plant's cooling system, the results could be catastrophic. Atomic Twister, a countdown to disaster, traces an extraordinary day in the lives of small town citizens who unexpectedly find themselves facing the possibility of mass destruction.

Keywords: child-in-peril, combine-harvester, dead-girl, deputy, diesel-engine, disaster, exploding-car, fire-hose, nuclear-power-plant, nuclear-power-station
Genres: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller,
Taglines: It Takes A Disaster to Make A Hero. The countdown to meltdown has begun.

Quotes:

[There are strong winds outside the police station]::Police Officer: It's only a tornado watch right now!::Jake: Of course! They only give you a tornado warning when your house is 50 feet from where you built it!

Potter: [reading through an Emergency Procedure book] Okay we call the NRC... and we get everyone out of here.::Corrine Maguire: [sarcastically after already telling him that is what they would say] Thanks Potter, duly noted.

Escape from It's a Wonderful Life (1996)

Actors: Donna Reed (actress), Matt Besser (actor), Amy Poehler (actress), Matt Walsh (actor), Matt Walsh (actor), Gilbert Gottfried (actor), Amy Poehler (actress), Thomas Mitchell (actor), Matt Besser (actor), Ian Roberts (actor), Ian Roberts (actor), Lionel Barrymore (actor), James Stewart (actor), Henry Travers (actor), Matt Besser (writer),

Plot: The makers of this comedy took the Frank Capra masterpiece, _It's a Wonderful Life (1946)_ (qv) and re-edited it and totally re-did the dialogue and sound effects. For example, in this version, the druggist Mr. Gower, sells cocaine to the Baily family; the hero, George Bailey, is sick of doing the Wonderful Life film and wants to star in action films; his brother, Harry, has a drug addiction and is trying to jump Annie the maid.

Keywords: alternative-comedy, christmas, comedy-troupe, spoof
Genres: Comedy,

Gunsmoke: One Man's Justice (1994)

Actors: Jerry Jameson (director), Jerry Jameson (producer), Norman S. Powell (producer), James Arness (actor), James Arness (producer), Bruce Boxleitner (actor), Alan Scarfe (actor), Don Collier (actor), Christopher Bradley (actor), Dave Adams (actor), Scott Powell (editor), Sanford Gibbons (actor), Richard Lundin (actor), Harry Longstreet (writer), Renee Longstreet (writer),

Plot: After his mother is killed in a wagoncoach robbery a young man pursues the gang responsible. Matt Dillon goes after him hoping to stop him before the gang can kill him. Dillon is joined by Davis Healy, a businessman, who is hiding a few secrets of his own.

Keywords: based-on-cult-tv-series, based-on-tv-series, colt-.45, cowboy, cowboy-boots, cowboy-hat, cowboy-shirt, cowboys-and-outlaws, cult-film, cult-tv
Genres: Western,

Quotes:

[first lines]::[Sam hands Matt a cup of coffee]::Sam the Cook: Thanks, Sam.::Sam the Cook: Did you decide what kind of cake you want?::Matt Dillon: Just keep it simple. I don't want Beth and Josh to think they're on the wrong spread.::Sam the Cook: You say that every birthday!

Sam the Cook: You know, it's not really a party without candles on your cake.::Matt Dillon: What did we do last year?::Sam the Cook: It slips my mind. How many candles was it?::Matt Dillon: Oh, I'd say it was over 21.::Sam the Cook: You say that every year!

[although Matt warned him to stay out of trouble, Davis starts a bar room brawl]::Matt Dillon: All you salesman that rowdy?::Davis Healy: Hey, nobody starts in barbed wire! I've been a few things.::Matt Dillon: Any of 'em effect your hearing?::Davis Healy: You warned me. Sorry.::Matt Dillon: Sorry gets it once.

[Matt captures a murderous outlaw and brings him to the Tucson sheriff for trial]::Sheriff Deke Clamber: Anybody but you, Matt, would have left him to the buzzards.::Davis Healy: That might be cruelty to animals.

Der Mann nebenan (1991)

Actors: Anthony Perkins (actor), Pino Donaggio (composer), Moune Barius (editor), Uwe Bohm (actor), Andrew Jack (miscellaneous crew), Hans Peter Hallwachs (actor), Stratford Johns (actor), Sophie Ward (actress), Brian Bovell (actor), Petra Haffter (director), Petra Haffter (writer), Terrence Hardiman (actor), Pete Lee-Wilson (actor), Herbert Rimbach (producer), James Aubrey (actor),

Genres: Horror, Thriller,

Quotes:

Arthur Johnson: I have nothing to hide - my life's an open book.

Garringo (1969)

Actors: Guillermo Méndez (actor), Xan das Bolas (actor), Rafael Hernández (actor), Raf Baldassarre (actor), Beni Deus (actor), Tito García (actor), Frank Braña (actor), Luis Induni (actor), José Bódalo (actor), Barta Barri (actor), Luis Marín (actor), Ángel Menéndez (actor), Antonio Molino Rojo (actor), Mario Morales (actor), Lorenzo Robledo (actor),

Genres: Western,

Koroshi (1968)

Actors: Norman Hudis (writer), Ronald Howard (actor), Peter Yates (director), John Glen (editor), Patrick McGoohan (actor), Burt Kwouk (actor), Kenneth Griffith (actor), George Coulouris (actor), Amanda Barrie (actress), Yoko Tani (actress), Yoko Tani (actress), Sidney Cole (producer), Christopher Benjamin (actor), Ralph Smart (writer), Maxine Audley (actress),

Genres: Action, Thriller,

The Main Chance (1964)

Actors: Jack Greenwood (producer), Grégoire Aslan (actor), Edgar Wallace (writer), Derek Holding (editor), Bernard Ebbinghouse (composer), Edward de Souza (actor), Jack Smethurst (actor), Stanley Meadows (actor), Richard Harris (writer), Tracy Reed (actress), Will Stampe (actor), Anthony Bailey (actor), Bernard Stone (actor), Joyce Barbour (actress), Julian Strange (actor),

Genres: ,

Joy of Living (1938)

Actors: Eric Blore (actor), Stanley Blystone (actor), James Burke (actor), George Chandler (actor), Spencer Charters (actor), Billy Dooley (actor), Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (actor), Pat Flaherty (actor), Tay Garnett (actor), Billy Gilbert (actor), Al Hill (actor), Warren Hymer (actor), Kenner G. Kemp (actor), Guy Kibbee (actor), Richard Alexander (actor),

Plot: Broadway star Margaret Garrett has spent her whole life working to support her sponging relatives. When she meets carefree Dan Webster, she learns how to have fun for the first time.

Keywords: autograph, beer, beer-garden, courtroom, dancing, drunkenness, family-relationships, financial-crisis, greed, hotel
Genres: Comedy, Musical, Romance,
Taglines: WHEN IRENE SWINGS AND FLINGS AND SINGS, YOU LISTEN WITH YOUR HEART! (original poster - all caps) RELAX...UNBEND...DO WHAT YOU WNT TO DO WHEN YOU WANT TO DO IT...THAT'S THE JOY OF LIVING! (original poster - all caps) THAT MAD NIGHT AT THE RINK WHEN SHE FELL AND BROKE HER PROMISE! (IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE?) (original poster-all caps) Your money's worth of laughs and love! (original poster) Live those explosive moments with serene Irene...the girl who couldn't live on ten thousand a week...until a devil of a fellow came along and showed her how to get everything worth having for a dollar eighty-five (original poster)

Quotes:

Margaret 'Maggie' Garret: But I'm not a Garret, I'm a Brewster. And we Brewsters do what we want to do when we want to do it.

Margaret 'Maggie' Garret: I want another piece of beer.

Margaret 'Maggie' Garret: [looking at her maid under the steam ] Do you have to stay all day and smoke that thing?

Margaret 'Maggie' Garret: But I make $10,000 a week!::Harrison: Ten thousand? Hmm-mm. [holds up ten fingers, then closes five] That balances Mr. Roosevelt's budget. [counting off the other fingers] then there's Selena's singing lessons, the twins ballet lessons, Father's stock market contributions, Mother's antiques. The leaves you... [makes an "o" with her hand]

The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917)

Actors: Adolph Zukor (producer), Charles Craig (actor), Maurice Tourneur (director), Charles Wellesley (actor), Nora Cecil (actress), Frances Marion (writer), Mary Pickford (actress), Frank McGlynn Sr. (actor), Herbert Prior (actor), Marcia Harris (actress), Maxine Elliott Hicks (actress), Madlaine Traverse (actress), Emile La Croix (actor), Frank Andrews (actor), Eleanor Gates (writer),

Plot: Gwen's family is rich, but her parents ignore her and most of the servants push her around, so she is lonely and unhappy. Her father is concerned only with making money, and her mother cares only about her social position. But one day a servant's irresponsibility creates a crisis that causes everyone to rethink what is important to them.

Keywords: adult-actress-playing-minor, adult-as-child, based-on-play, bear, child's-point-of-view, death-personified, drugging, father-daughter-relationship, greed, hallucination
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance,

Quotes:

Gwendolyn: Mother promised to see me, just one little minute to-day.

Her mother: Mother is very busy to-day, dear. We'll try to have a little chat, to-morrow.::Gwendolyn: Why do my to-morrows never come?

Gwendolyn: A school-room of my own is too big and lonesome. When my birthday comes, I can ask for what I like and it's going to be the Public School.

Gwendolyn: I don't want to be shut up, in that old car! I hate riding! I hate the chauffeur! I want to walk on my feet!

Title card: Empty hearts. Empty lives. Empty homes. Poor little rich girl.