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Splinterheads (2009)

Actors: Lea Thompson (actress), Christopher McDonald (actor), Frankie Faison (actor), John Swihart (composer), Michael Lurie (miscellaneous crew), Jason Mantzoukas (actor), Dean Winters (actor), Tom Sexton (miscellaneous crew), Chris Marsh (producer), Thomas Middleditch (actor), Darren Goldberg (producer), Joel Blanco (miscellaneous crew), Rachael Taylor (actress), Pamela Shaw (actress), Jason Rogel (actor),

Genres: Comedy,
Taglines: Life is full of attractions.

Quotes:

Justin Frost: I guess what I wanted to say was that... I'm sorry, for not being a badass. I'm sorry that I don't have a mullet or that I fucking ride a dirt bike and I throw cigarettes at people and I treat women like shit. Is that what you want? Innua... I'll have a pickup truck and throw you in the back and call you a bitch. I'm sorry, I am sorry... I guess... just... enjoy your salad... enjoy your salad.

[first lines]::Justin Frost: [to imaginary adversaries] Easy everybody. Don't get hurt. [karate cry] You, come here.

Justin Frost: Right now I'm relaxercizing, and I have my regular civvies on.

Galaxy: [about Geocaching] You download latitude and longitude coordinates from a website into your GPS, which leads you to these caches that people hid.::Justin Frost: Hello. El nerdo alerto. Doink.::Galaxy: It's not nerdy, it's actually cool, and you have to be smart, you know? And, like, good with puzzles. So not nerdy, at all.::Justin Frost: Okay. That's actually the definition of nerdy, the way you're describing it.

Wyoming: A golden cow is galloping on your shoulders. It is the cow of awakening. Ride the cow! Ride the cow away to your noonan.::The Amazing Steve: Tell her you'll do it.::Justin Frost: I'll do it.

The Amazing Steve: Hey, there's a lot of flammable stuff around here! Half my act is homemade napalm.

Galaxy: I'm not a carnie, I'm a splinterhead.

Justin Frost: I was your mark?::Galaxy: Yeah... That was different. I mean, you were easy.::Justin Frost: Oh. Well, I was distracted. I'm not used to full service.

Justin Frost: I think maybe my thing is that I don't have a thing. If that is a thing?

Galaxy: See, I thought this was all nerdy.::Justin Frost: Oh, it is. Yeah. It's super nerdy, actually. It's just that, uh, nerd and nerd equals cool. It's like two negatives and a positive. Math thing, I don't know. Just tryin' to speak your language.

Alegría (1999)

Actors: Mako (actor), Whoopi Goldberg (actress), Chuck Shamata (actor), Frank Langella (actor), Hans De Weers (producer), Heathcote Williams (actor), Eva Dorrepaal (actress), Pierre Guevremont (miscellaneous crew), Marie La Haye (miscellaneous crew), Marcel Beaulieu (miscellaneous crew), Jean-François Bergeron (editor), Julie Cox (actress), Stéphane Reichel (producer), Chip Bray (actor), Joanne Barrington (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: Frac, a mime who is suffering from a severe bout of depression, happens to meet a troupe of circus entertainers and immediately falls in love with one of the stars, Giulietta. But while his affection for Giulietta and admiration for the performers gives him a new lease on life, Giulietta's father, the leader of the troupe, opposes the relationship and is determined to keep them apart. Meanwhile, Frac and Giulietta discover a gang of children who are held prisoner by a criminal leader who forces them to do his bidding, and they devise a plan to win the kids their freedom.

Keywords: child-labor, children, circus, circus-performer, cirque-du-soleil, contortionist, exploitation, father-daughter-relationship, flower-vendor, independent-film
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Romance,
Taglines: If you have no voice: Scream. If you have no legs: Run. If you have no hope: Invent. What if anything were possible?

Sideshow (1950)

Actors: Ilona Vas (miscellaneous crew), Stephen Chase (actor), Jimmy Conlin (actor), Frank Fenton (actor), Dale Van Sickel (actor), Ray Walker (actor), Iris Adrian (actress), Wesley Barry (producer), Jean Yarbrough (director), Ace Herman (editor), John Abbott (actor), Ted Hecht (actor), Jack Ingram (actor), Eddie Kane (actor), Donald Kerr (actor),

Plot: A Treasury Department agent on the trail of an international jewel smuggling ring joins a carnival that he thinks the gang is using as a front. He finally locates the jewels hidden as the eyes of wax figures. The latter are to be delivered to the smuggling ring. The agent follows.

Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery,