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Saving Santa (2013)

Actors: Joan Collins (actress), Newell Alexander (actor), Newell Alexander (actor), Richard Steven Horvitz (actor), Tim Conway (actor), David Cowgill (actor), Tim Curry (actor), Tom Baker (actor), Noel Clarke (actor), Craig Fairbrass (actor), Martin Freeman (actor), Nicholas Guest (actor), Nicholas Guest (actor), Richard Steven Horvitz (actor), Jackie Gonneau (actress),

Plot: With dreams of being an inventor, opportunist and eccentric elf Bernard D. Elf is made to feel a fool yet again when his innovative creation to bring back people's favourite Christmas memories back to life fails miserably. However he is then presented with the perfect opportunity to prove his worth, when Santa is kidnapped by the evil Neville Baddington, and his demanding mother Vera, who have their heart set on discovering Santa's big secret: how he delivers presents across the world in just one night. However Bernard knows how he does it, using a time travelling device to ensure all children wake up on Christmas morning with their presents under the tree. The elf decides to use this to his advantage, as he plans on going back in time and preventing the abduction from ever happening, and save Santa - and Christmas - for the entire world.

Genres: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Musical,
Taglines: Adventures of a time-traveling elf

Gangster Exchange (2010)

Actors: Kevin Rushton (actor), Jasmin Geljo (actor), Denis Akiyama (actor), Gouchy Boy (actor), Christopher Cordell (actor), Aaron Poole (actor), Walter Alza (actor), James Binkley (actor), Alex Karzis (actor), William T. Marshall (producer), Brian Frank (actor), Sarain Boylan (actress), Peter Kosaka (actor), Mike Realba (actor), Riyad Barmania (producer),

Plot: Karate meets Kalashnikovs as the uncontrollable force and the immovable object are thrown together in this bloody hilarious action comedy! Hiro's a Tokyo cyber-punk Yakuza with a simple mission: smuggle a toilet made of pure heroin to New York City. If he fails his boss will stick his sword where the rising sun don't shine. Marco's a muscle mountain enforcer working for a family of ex-commandos from the Bosnian war. He's an entry-level thug with dreams of rising up the ranks. But in the Bosnian mob, promotion is spelled AK-47. When a bloody New York mob war erupts and Hiro and Marco snatch the toilet. It's worth millions - if they can find somebody who can decipher the Japanese chemistry formula. Wounded, hunted and dragging a 50-pound toilet made of heroin; they race around New York. Through sleazy alleyways, bouncer brawls, sniper shoot-outs and a biker war they're on a quest to find a Japanese chemist. Problem is Marco has a nasty habit of getting shot and Hiro is just looking for a girl to swallow his sashimi.

Genres: Action,
Taglines: Guns, Thugs, and Toilets Made of Drugs.

The Firm (2009)

Actors: Ben Shockley (actor), Asha Sharma (miscellaneous crew), Angelica Pressello (miscellaneous crew), Daniel Mays (actor), Allan Niblo (producer), Frank Scantori (actor), Carole Salisbury (miscellaneous crew), Philip Lobban (miscellaneous crew), Rupert Preston (producer), James Richardson (producer), Toby Spanton (miscellaneous crew), David Campbell-Bell (miscellaneous crew), Nick Love (writer), Nick Love (director), Al Ashton (writer),

Plot: Set in the 1980s, Dom is a teenager who finds himself drawn into the charismatic world of football 'casuals,influenced by the firm's top boy, Bex. Accepted by the gang for his fast mouth and sense of humor, Dom soon becomes one the boys. But as Bex and his gang clash with rival firms across the country and the violence spirals out of control, Dom realizes he wants out - until he learns it's not that easy to simply walk away.

Keywords: 1980s, based-on-film, beating, bullying, dance-club, death, father-son-relationship, football, head-butt, hooliganism
Genres: Drama,

Quotes:

Bex: [Terry bumps into Bex on the dance floor] Whoa. Sorry mate.::Terry: It's alright mate. Teach you to dance like a fucking melt though, won't it?::Bex: Slow down. I'm just cutting a rug with me wife.::Terry: [Terry looks at Bex' wife] What that?::Bex: No, you don't wanna make one with me mate. I'll fucking leave you behind.

We're Trashed (2009)

Actors: Alexei Ryan (actor), Charlie Faith (actor), Evan Koehne (writer), Evan Koehne (producer), Evan Koehne (writer), Kyle Ukes (composer), Joe Raffanti (editor), Denise Pickering (actress), Merlin Huff (actor), Bonny Davis (actor), Dana Michelle Hill (producer), Becky Oxborrow (director), Meredith Bak (producer),

Plot: When a polar bear herd drifts on a melting ice cap down to a beach party town along the California coast, environmental damage is afoot! Teddy, a noble and shy polar bear, must educate his herd on the dangers of impending environmental destruction... but will the distractions of this care-free party town take their toll on his message?

Keywords: educational, satire, student-film
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Short,
Taglines: A film that bears it all...

Quotes:

Teddy: I thought we were trying to raise awareness! My damn face is all over condom wrappers!

Guy Bear #3: Hello there... Where are we?::Pelly: Haha! El Playa, dude! The world's greatest place to drown your sorrows and forget your tomorrows!

Snowy: We tend to forget that everything is connected. Cities like this one aren't only doing harm to their inhabitants, but they're also affecting the ecosystem on a global scale! And, it's partially because of our own wastefulness and irresponsibility. If we don't wise up and start picking up our own messes, we're all going to be in the dumps! Stroking your ego and buying superfluous "green" products isn't going to help anybody. You don't need to be a big star to understand that!

Teddy: Wait, guys! Global warming isn't going away! We can... do stuff to make it better!... How are we going to get back home?

Jan Sanders: Oh Oh my God! Are you a real polar bear? Polar bears are HUGE these days!

A Village Tale (2002)

Actors: Annette Badland (actress), Amber Sealey (actress), Michael McCabe (actor), Joy Perino (director), Livy Armstrong (actor), Melanie Morrisey (actress), Matthew Hall (actor), Patsy Tomlin (actress), Gabrielle Theunissen (actress), Samuel Bosley (actor),

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Let the Good Times Roll (1999)

Actors: Dexter Fletcher (actor), Bob Hoskins (actor), Danny John-Jules (actor), Dexter Fletcher (writer), Ron Cook (actor), Neil Stuke (actor), Max Minghella (actor), Grant Ibbs (actor), Myf Hopkins (producer), Katrina Levon (actress), Dalia Ibelhauptaite (director), Tim Nuthall (actor),

Genres: Short,

Till There Was You (1991)

Actors: Mark Harmon (actor), Jeroen Krabbé (actor), Deborah Kara Unger (actress), Graeme Revell (composer), Lech Mackiewicz (actor), Shane Briant (actor), Jill Bilcock (editor), Jeff Truman (actor), Robin Clifton (miscellaneous crew), Pamela Willis (miscellaneous crew), Anthony Brandon Wong (actor), Christine Robson (miscellaneous crew), Tim Sanders (producer), Jenny Quigley (miscellaneous crew), David Rowe (costume designer),

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Romance,

Champions (1984)

Actors: Edward Woodward (actor), John Hurt (actor), Geoff Freeman (miscellaneous crew), Kirstie Alley (actress), Carl Davis (composer), Alison Steadman (actress), Julie Adams (actress), Ben Johnson (actor), Edwin Richfield (actor), Richard Leech (actor), Michael Byrne (actor), Judy Parfitt (actress), John Irvin (director), Mark Burns (actor), Nikki Clapp (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: The true story of Bob Champion, a British steeple chase jockey who, in the late 1970s, was diagnosed with cancer. Rather than succumb to the disease, however, Bob stages a miraculous recovery and goes on to win the 1981 Grand National steeple chase on the horse Aldaniti.

Keywords: based-on-book, horse, horse-racing, independent-film, one-word-title
Genres: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport,
Taglines: A true story [International]

Gallipoli (1981)

Actors: Mel Gibson (actor), Peter Weir (writer), Bill Kerr (actor), Bill Hunter (actor), Peter Weir (director), Harold Hopkins (actor), Bill Gooley (miscellaneous crew), William M. Anderson (editor), David Williamson (writer), Mark Lee (actor), David Argue (actor), Fran Burke (miscellaneous crew), Reg Evans (actor), Paul Sonkkila (actor), Don Barker (actor),

Plot: The story of a group of young Australian men who leave their various backgrounds behind and sign up to join the ANZACs in World War I. They are sent to Gallipoli, where they encounter the might of the Turkish army.

Keywords: 1910s, aborigine, anniversary, anti-war, anzac, army, army-life, athlete, australia, australian-and-new-zealand-army-corps
Genres: Adventure, Drama, History, War,
Taglines: Peter Weir's film of...Gallipoli From a place you never heard of...a story you'll never forget. 75 years after the landing at Gallipoli, a major motion picture returns to the big screen . . . [1989 Australian re-release] From a place you've never heard of, comes a story you'll never forget .

Quotes:

[first lines]::Jack: What are your legs?::Archy Hamilton: Springs. Steel springs.::Jack: What are they going to do?::Archy Hamilton: Hurl me down the track.::Jack: How fast can you run?::Archy Hamilton: As fast as a leopard.::Jack: How fast are you going to run?::Archy Hamilton: As fast as a leopard!::Jack: Then let's see you do it!

Billy: Oh, be in it. The girls go wild over a uniform.::Barney: Yeah?::Billy: In your case I don't think anything would help but you might as well give it a go.

Archy Hamilton: What are you going to join, the Infantry?::Frank Dunne: Not joining anything.::Archy Hamilton: But you gotta be in it.::Frank Dunne: Don't have to if you don't want to.::Archy Hamilton: You gotta be.::Frank Dunne: No I don't. It's a free country, or haven't you heard.

Archy Hamilton: You of all people should be going.::Frank Dunne: Why me of all people?::Archy Hamilton: 'Cause you're an athlete.::Frank Dunne: [laughs] What's that got to do with it?::Archy Hamilton: I've got mates who'd be lucky to do the hundred in twelve and they're going to do their bit, so why shouldn't you?::Frank Dunne: Because it's not our bloody war.::Archy Hamilton: What do you mean, not our war?::Frank Dunne: It's an English war. It's got nothing to do with us.::Archy Hamilton: You know what you are? A bloody coward.::Frank Dunne: There's only one reason why I haven't knocked you down mate.::Archy Hamilton: What?::Frank Dunne: 'Cause I don't feel like carrying you to the next bloody water hole. Now shut up and don't open your yap about the war again!

Archy Hamilton: We don't stop them there, they could end up here.::Camel Driver: And they're welcome to it.

Frank Dunne: Have another drink.::Archy Hamilton: Whiskey doesn't make you look old.::Frank Dunne: Oh, doesn't it just? Have you seen my dad? I know he looks like a wreck, but he's really 35.

Frank Dunne: [to Archy] The thing I can't stand about you, mate, is you're always so bloody cheerful.

Army Doctor: Teeth aren't all that good.::Snowy: Supposed to shoot the enemy, not bite them.

Major Barton: Marker flags? Who told him there were marker flags?::Lt. Grey: I heard someone say they'd seen one sir.::Major Barton: Who? WHO?::Lt. Grey: I'm not sure sir.::Major Barton: Grey, you bloody idiot! Nobody got further than ten yards!::Frank Dunne: Why don't you go above Robinson's head sir?::Major Barton: General Gardner. Go like the wind!

Archy Hamilton: I'll see you when I see you.::Frank Dunne: Yeah. Not if I see you first.

Girl on a Roof (1961)

Actors: John Barry (composer), Dandy Nichols (actress), Campbell Singer (actor), Barry Jackson (actor), Ray Brooks (actor), Ivor Dean (actor), Stanley Meadows (actor), Robin Wentworth (actor), Dickie Owen (actor), Waveney Lee (actress), Chloe Gibson (director), Chloe Gibson (producer), Stuart Douglass (writer), The John Barry Seven (actor), Bryan Kendrick (actor),

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