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Ron and Laura Take Back America (2013)

Actors: Richard Tanner (actor), Bobby Reed (actor), Maggie Wagner (actress), Irene Bedard (producer), Irene Bedard (actress), Esther Goodstein (actress), Christina Mauro (actress), Elliot V. Kotek (actor), David Saucedo (actor), Jill Andre (actress), Jim J. Bullock (actor), Helen Siff (actress), Brian Wescott (actor), Judi Evans (actress), Cindy Parisotto (editor),

Plot: A mockumentary satire about American politics, religion, Hollywood, health food nuts... and reality shows! Ron and Laura Grawsill, a conservative suburban couple from Bakersfield California, decide to star in their own reality show about their activism! After seeing 24-hour cable news coverage of a national health food controversy, Ron and Laura join the movement to take their country back from the Euro Union Conspiracy! But, when they run into their son Brian with a mysterious new friend at a demonstration, the culture wars land right in their own backyard!

Genres: Comedy,
Taglines: a mockumentary satire about American politics, religion, Hollywood, health food nuts... and reality shows!

Cathy's Valentine (1989)

Actors: Kathleen Wilhoite (actress), Gregg Berger (actor), Lee Mendelson (producer), Bill Melendez (producer), Susan Silo (actress), Rob Paulsen (actor), Chuck McCann (editor), Jerry Houser (actor), Shirley Mitchell (actress), Sheryl Bernstein (actress), Warren Taylor (editor), Gordon D. Brenner (editor), Allison Argo (actress), Evert Brown (director), Cathy Guisewite (writer),

Genres: Animation,

Quotes:

Bill, Cathy's Father: [last lines; on Cathy's answering machine] Hi, honey, it's Dad. Just wanted to let you know Mom's on her way over to apologize for butting in. I know how you feel about surprises.

Cathy Andrews: [voiceover] Of the $3 billion that will be spent on Valentine's week, $2 billion of it will be spent by me, trying to make sure I'm appealing enough to receive a $.95 greeting card.

Cathy Andrews: [voiceover] Of all the valentine chocolates that will be eaten this year, 36% will be eaten by women who buy it for ourselves before Valentine's Day even gets here.

Irving: Everyone knows the first rule of being a valentine is compromise. You can open one of your stupid magazines. [he and Cathy disappear behind her counter, smooching]::Cathy Andrews: [tossing one of her magazines on the counter top] I already did.

Cathy Andrews: [peeking out from behind a snowman] Yoo-hoo! Handsome!::Irving: I see you've been to the therapist again, Cathy.::Cathy Andrews: Wanna help me unthaw?

Irving: [as he approaches Cathy's house with his valentine gift for her; to himself] Cathy, I'm sorry - no, no, no, no. Happy Valentine's, my darling - nah, nah, that's ridiculous, no, no... [rings Cathy's doorbell] Cathy, you look so beautiful today, you're... [he opens the door to reveal that Cathy is not yet dressed, much to his surprise] You're not even dressed yet; we're gonna be late!::Cathy Andrews: I've been dressed eleven times already; it's not my fault you got here in between outfits!::Irving: Well, hurry up; we're gonna have to take your car, I'm out of gas.::Cathy Andrews: Again? Will you see if my keys are out there somewhere?::Irving: What? Aw, don't tell me we have to start the key search again!::Cathy Andrews: Irving, if you'd be willing to commit to more than two gallons of gas at a time, we wouldn't *have* to search for my keys all the time.::Irving: If you put your keys on the counter like a *normal* person, I wouldn't have to stock up on gas every time I saw ya!::Cathy Andrews: Irving, call a cab!

Irving: [bringing out a handful of cords for Cathy's stereo] Surprise!::Cathy Andrews: [slightly disappointed] Oh.::Irving: [chuckles, then begins hooking up the cords] I've figured out how to wire this right to your cable!::Cathy Andrews: Irving, I thought - you know, you wanted to do something romantic.::Irving: Are you kidding? Look at this: I've got splinters, cable links...::Cathy Andrews: [flirtatiously] You know, curl up on the couch, and...::Irving: Needlenose pliers!::Cathy Andrews: [getting irritated] Irving? Romantic?::Irving: What do you call this?::Cathy Andrews: [scoffs exasperatingly] I want a kiss, not digitized sound.::Irving: [also scoffing] Why is it that things have to go ex-actly by the rules of your - stupid "Romance of the Month" books, so they don't count, huh?::Cathy Andrews: Why are *you* so afraid of involvement you hide behind stuff all the time?::Irving: [holding up the cords] I got this *stuff* for you!::Cathy Andrews: Gizmos, newspapers, remote controls, how am I supposed to get close to you, huh?::Irving: Close? Who's the one who locks herself in the bathroom in the middle of a date to study magazine articles?::Cathy Andrews: I'm researching how to hold a man's hand when it's always full of *stuff*!::Irving: Yet, you don't even want to deal with the real person.::Cathy Andrews: Real men don't think cable splinters are romantic gifts!::Irving: Just - just forget it, Cathy, okay? I'm sick of being the perfect guy just to get yelled at! [heads for the door]::Cathy Andrews: Take your needlenose pliers with you!::Irving: [putting his jacket on] Fine! And we're not coming back!::Cathy Andrews: [as Irving closes the door] Fine!::Cathy Andrews: [almost reentering] Except we have to go to Ross's wedding on Valentine's Day! We have a commitment!::Cathy Andrews: Fine! [Irving leaves]

Anne, Cathy's Mother: [on the phone] Hi, sweetie! Happy Valentine's Day!::Cathy Andrews: Thanks, Mom; you, too.::Anne, Cathy's Mother: Dad thought you'd like to join us for dinner.::Cathy Andrews: Tell Dad I have plans for Valentine's Day.::Anne, Cathy's Mother: She has plans.::Bill, Cathy's Father: Mom wonders if your plans are to see the psychiatrist.::Cathy Andrews: Irving's taking me to a wedding. Everything's fine; we're going to a happy, romantic, wonderful wedding together.::Bill, Cathy's Father: She'll be seeing the psychiatrist.

Irving: [in the cab on the way to Ross and Lisa's wedding] Sorry.::Cathy Andrews: Me, too.::Irving: [sarcastically] You have to pay for the cab; I didn't bring any cash.::Cathy Andrews: I didn't bring any cash, either.::Irving: What do you mean you didn't bring any cash? You have a ten pound purse with you.::Cathy Andrews: This is a dainty evening bag; cash would make the size bulge out.::Irving: What are you hauling to a wedding that might be more useful than a ten dollar bill?::Cathy Andrews: You have fifteen pockets in your clothes; you don't have room for money?::Irving: [sarcastically handing Cathy's valentine gift to her] I spent all my cash on your valentine, darling.::Cathy Andrews: [sarcastically handing Irving's valentine gift to him] I spent six hours rewrapping your valentine, dearest, and I'm not accepting one in a store bag that you just grabbed on the way over.::Irving: WHAT? Does it give rules in your stupid books for how a gift has to be wrapped, or it doesn't count, too?::Cathy Andrews: You're supposed to at least take off the price tag!::Irving: Ha!::Cathy Andrews: Ha!::Cab Driver: Uh, that'll be $4.85.::Irving, Cathy Andrews: HA!

Anne, Cathy's Mother: [entering Cathy's house with groceries] Call the FBI, dear, her brain's been stolen.::Cathy Andrews: Mom! Dad, I thought we agreed on no more surprise visits.::Anne, Cathy's Mother: I know, sweetie, but it's so hard to pass up a chance to be mortifying.::Bill, Cathy's Father: It was your mother's idea. She thought you might be out of ammonia.::Anne, Cathy's Mother: [handing a tissue to Cathy so she can blot her lipstick] Blot. Your father thought you'd be running low on light bulbs.::Bill, Cathy's Father: Mom is concerned about the toilet paper situation.

The Daydreamer (1966)

Actors: Romeo Muller (writer), Hans Christian Andersen (writer), Burl Ives (actor), Hayley Mills (actress), Arthur Rankin Jr. (producer), Joseph E. Levine (producer), Ray Bolger (actor), Boris Karloff (actor), Larry D. Mann (actor), Robert Goulet (actor), Margaret Hamilton (actress), Patty Duke (actress), Terry-Thomas (actor), Sessue Hayakawa (actor), Arthur Rankin Jr. (writer),

Plot: A fictional account of a teen-aged Hans Christian Anderson. In this film, young Hans runs away from home and each time he falls asleep he experiences in his dreams the different characters he would later write about including The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina and The Ugly Duckling.

Keywords: daydream, emperor, fairy-tale, fantasy-world, independent-film, melancholy, mermaid, mission, mole, part-stop-motion
Genres: Animation, Family, Fantasy,
Taglines: Before the Little Mermaid, there was...