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The Invention of Lying (2009)

Actors: Victor Franko (actor), Martin Starr (actor), Rob Lowe (actor), Dan Marshall (actor), Jonah Hill (actor), Jeffrey Tambor (actor), Edward Norton (actor), Stephen Merchant (actor), Philip Seymour Hoffman (actor), Ricky Gervais (actor), Jason Bateman (actor), Christopher Guest (actor), Louis C.K. (actor), Fionnula Flanagan (actress), Tina Fey (actress),

Plot: It's a world where everyone tells the truth - and just about anything they're thinking. Mark Bellison is a screenwriter, about to be fired. He's short and chunky with a flat nose - a genetic setup that means he won't get to first base with Anna, the woman he loves. At a bank, on the spur of the moment he blurts out a fib, with eye-popping results. Then, when his mother's on her deathbed, frightened of the eternal void awaiting her, Mark invents fiction. The hospital staff overhear his description of Heaven, believe every word, and tell others. Soon Mark is a prophet, his first inventive screenplay makes him rich, and he's basically a good guy. But will that be enough for Anna?

Keywords: 13th-century, alarm-clock, alternate-reality, anger, anxiety, apology, atheism, atheist, bank, bank-teller
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance,
Taglines: In a world where everyone can only tell the truth... ...this guy can lie. In a world where everyone can only tell the truth,.....he's just invented the lie!

Quotes:

Mark Bellison: I did a bad thing...::Anna McDoogles: It's ok you get three!

Anna McDoogles: I was just masturbating.::Mark Bellison: That... makes me think of your vagina

Talking Head Woman: Wow, I just took one of the biggest poops of my whole life. What are you ordering?

Richard Bellison: [surprised by the homeowner during a burglary] What are you doing here? It's Monday at noon. You're not supposed to be home now!::Man at the Door: If you must know, I'm incredibly stressed at work, I've come home early, I'm having a bit of me-time. More importantly, what are you doing?::Richard Bellison: Well, I was gonna rob your house.::Man at the Door: I don't like that idea. Not a fan of that at all.::Richard Bellison: I'm not gonna do it now, because you're in.::Man at the Door: Do you know what's gonna happen? I'm gonna call the police, you're gonna be arrested.::Richard Bellison: Well, I'm just gonna leave, and you don't know my name.::Man at the Door: What is your name?::Richard Bellison: Richard Bellison.

Anna's Mother: Man In The Sky forbid!

Brad Kessler: We both know that one day you're going to lose your looks.

Anna's Mother: Just because he's talking to the man in the sky doesn't mean he's good enough to be your friend.

Brad Kessler: [to Anna's mom] Ok, you're annoying me. Your voice is shrill. Goodbye.

Mark Bellison: [calling Anna] Hi, this is Mark.::Anna McDoogles: Oh, hi Mark. Didn't you get my email?::Mark Bellison: The one about being not good enough for you?::Anna McDoogles: That's the one.::Mark Bellison: Yeah, got that. Cheers.

Anna McDoogles: You're smart. You're kind. You're the sweetest man I've ever met. You are... You are definitely the most-interesting person I know. And you are fun to be with. And you see the world in a way that nobody else sees the world, and I like the way you see the world. You're my best friend. You make me happier than anyone I've ever known. And I love you.

The Wizard of Speed and Time (1988)

Actors: Will Ryan (actor), John Massari (composer), John Massari (actor), Allan Graf (actor), Brianne Siddall (actress), Philip Michael Thomas (actor), John Massari (actor), Forrest J Ackerman (actor), Will Ryan (actor), Steve Brodie (actor), David McCharen (actor), Ward Kimball (actor), Michael Gough (actor), Gary Schwartz (actor), Robin Antin (actress),

Plot: A Hollywood filmmaker (Mike Jittlov) makes a short for an evil film studio. Unbeknownest to him, the producer has placed a bet of $25,000 that he won't come up with anything with a use. Luckily, our film creator gets the help of his friends.

Keywords: acting, autobiographical, film-union, film-within-a-film, filmmaking, hollywood-california, hollywood-sign, independent-film, part-animation, pixelation
Genres: Biography, Comedy, Musical, Sci-Fi,
Taglines: His Life Is a Special Effect... This is the kind of movie you would make, if you had nothing better to do!

Quotes:

Mom Jittlov: You got a job today?::Mike: Yeah, almost; I sold my car.::Mom Jittlov: [aghast] Your wonderful car?::Mike: Mmm-hmm. Sold my property to pay property taxes.

Dora Belair: Look, you work with me, I expect a pro. You don't even shake hands; you oughta see a shrink!::Mike: Miss Belair, if you feel compelled to grab part of my body and shake it before you can even be friendly, you've got far worse problems than you think I have.

Steve: Lights, camera, and anguish.

[Cindy recognizes Mike when they are both in a crowded elevator]::Cindy Lite: I beat you here! I'm your cheerleader, remember?::Mike 'The Wizard' Jittlov: What?::Cindy Lite: This morning, in the car. I gave you the clap.::[Cindy claps her hands as everyone else in the elevator gasps and takes a step away from both of them]

[Mike tries to join other film industry unions:]::Mike: Well it's only a dozen little animated lights...::Union Clerk #1: No no no, you can't *move* 'em; gotta join the Grippers' Guild.::Mike: I have to be an apprentice first?::Union Clerk #2: For three consecutive years, but ya can't be over twenty-five years old.::Mike: This is simple back-projection!::Union Clerk #3: Go see Union Projectionists!::Mike: But it's just projected to a painted matte!::Union Clerk #4: Then also join the Painters' Guild.::Union Manager: Get his number!::Union Clerk #5: He doesn't have a number.::Union Manager: Then give him a number and take it away!

[ Mike and friends try to hide from police helicopters under a green day-glo tarp]::Police Officer #1: [sarcastically] Gee whiz, they just disappeared.::Police Officer #2: I can't see 'em anywhere. Hey! Let's land on that big green plastic rock!

[Mike tries to join the Directors' Union:]::Mike: Hello, hi.::Directors' Union Clerk: Can I help you?::Mike: Yes, how do I join the Directors' Union?::Directors' Union Clerk: You need to bring in a copy of the deal memo by your studio producer before you can pay your initiation fee and be cleared by Union Council, thank you...::Mike: Uh, excuse me, what is the initiation fee?::Directors' Union Clerk: Seven thousand dollars, with a hundred dollar application fee, two hundred dollars every quarter, and ten percent of your salary.::Mike: Uhhh, seven thousand dollars, what is that for?::Directors' Union Clerk: That's the amount you pay to get into our union.::Mike: What is it, like Social Security? I get it back when I retire?::Directors' Union Clerk: Absolutely not! What is your classification?::Mike: Uh, well, I'm directing special effects with a small crew.::Directors' Union Clerk: Well, then you must have an Assistant Director, a Second AD, and a UPM, all signed with the DUA.::Mike: All I'm directing is animation!::Directors' Union Clerk: Well then discuss that with the Animators' Union.

[Mike tries to join the Animators' Union:]::Animators' Union Clerk: (*gul-yuk-hoohoo!*) So, uh, what's your animation classification, huh?::Mike: Well, a lot of everything. Cartoon, kinestasis, rotoscoping, stop-motion...::Animators' Union Clerk: WOAH! Well, cartoon animation alone is twenty-one hundred dollars, plus a fifty dollar entry fee, and a hundred dollar quarterly dues.::Mike: Well, what about filming animation?::Animators' Union Clerk: (*ubbidy-ub*) Well then ya go to the Camera Union.

[Mike tries to join the Camera Union:]::Camera Union Clerk: No sir, the studio hires the next man on the roster.::Mike: Well, how do I get on the roster?::Camera Union Clerk: You have to be in the union.::Mike: Well, how do I get *in* the union?::Camera Union Clerk: When you're on the roster.::Mike: You mean I can't join unless I'm already a member?::Camera Union Clerk: That's correct. Then you need thirty consecutive days camera operation, a complete physical exam, the producer sends a letter, and *you* pay your fees.::Mike: Well, fine, I've done ten years of camera work!::Camera Union Clerk: Then you've worked in violation of seniority! You'll have to start allll over, as a film loader.::Mike: Look, I'm just building a small set and filming it!::Camera Union Clerk: That's entirely another union. Set and Modelmakers. Next door!

[the Piano Choreographer stomps off in a huff]::Choreographer: This is the most unprofessional job I've ever had! What is this? Why, nobody knows where they're going or what they're doing, of course except for... me!::[the piano choreographer trips and falls into pile of film cans]

Kojak: The Belarus File (1985)

Actors: R.J. Adams (actor), Dan Lauria (actor), Michael Scott (producer), Joseph Conlan (composer), Abby Mann (writer), Edward R. Murrow (miscellaneous crew), Suzanne Pleshette (actress), James Handy (actor), Reginald VelJohnson (actor), Max von Sydow (actor), Telly Savalas (actor), Alan Rosenberg (actor), Robert Markowitz (director), Barry De Vorzon (composer), John Boxer (costume designer),

Genres: Crime, Mystery, Thriller,

Quotes:

Dana Sutton: Who loves ya, baby?

Giro City (1982)

Actors: Glenda Jackson (actress), Robert Pugh (actor), Kenneth Colley (actor), Jon Finch (actor), Simon Jones (actor), Karl Francis (writer), Karl Francis (director), Peter Halliday (actor), Bruce Alexander (actor), Dermot Crowley (actor), Arthur Whybrow (actor), David Quilter (actor), Frank Baker (actor), Michael Lees (actor), Emrys James (actor),

Genres: Drama, Thriller,

Act of Violence (1979)

Actors: Matthew Faison (actor), Paul Chihara (composer), Paul Wendkos (director), Harry Keller (editor), Harry Keller (producer), Linden Chiles (actor), Grand L. Bush (actor), Elizabeth Montgomery (actress), Dolph Sweet (actor), Tom Rosqui (actor), Biff McGuire (actor), Michael Goodwin (actor), Roy Poole (actor), Ruth Manning (actress), Robert L. Collins (writer),

Genres: Crime, Drama,

All'onorevole piacciono le donne (Nonostante le apparenze... e purché la nazione non lo sappia) (1972)

Actors: Maurizio Amati (producer), Edmondo Amati (producer), Lina Franchi (actress), Agostina Belli (actress), Renzo Palmer (actor), José Quaglio (actor), Lionel Stander (actor), Feodor Chaliapin Jr. (actor), Francis Blanche (actor), Lando Buzzanca (actor), Pupo De Luca (actor), John Bartha (actor), Arturo Dominici (actor), Lucio Fulci (writer), Sandro Continenza (writer),

Plot: Senator Pupis feels a strong and uncontrollable urge to grab women's bottoms, a habit than can lead to embarrassment, especially if the woman in question is head of another state and the occasion a state visit. In his desperation Pupis turns to the clergy for spiritual and psychological help.

Keywords: bare-breasts, black-panties, breast-suckling, breasts, cardinal-the-priest, catholic, catholic-hospital, catholic-priest, cleavage, coitus
Genres: Comedy,

Zkáza Jeruzaléma (1964)

Actors: Jirí Sebor (miscellaneous crew), Karel Steklý (director), Jan Kohout (editor), Vladimír Bor (miscellaneous crew), Svatopluk Benes (actor), Frantisek Filipovský (actor), Jan Kohout (actor), Milos Kopecký (actor), Lubomír Kostelka (actor), Jaroslav Marvan (actor), Karel Steklý (actor), Robert Vrchota (actor), Karel Steklý (writer), Karel Steklý (writer), Antonín Soukup (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Short,

The Largest Theatre in the World: Heart to Heart (1962)

Actors: Peter Sallis (actor), Kenneth More (actor), Terence Rattigan (writer), John Rae (actor), Alvin Rakoff (producer), Ralph Richardson (actor), Megs Jenkins (actress), Jean Marsh (actress), Derek Francis (actor), Jack Gwillim (actor), Martin Wyldeck (actor), Alan Howard (actor), Wendy Craig (actress), Jean Alexander (actress), Trader Faulkner (actor),

Genres: Drama, Drama,

Jazzgossen (1958)

Actors: Hans Strååt (actor), Torsten Lilliecrona (actor), Gösta Prüzelius (actor), Gunnar Olsson (actor), Georg Funkquist (actor), Ingvar Kjellson (actor), Curt Masreliez (actor), Sigge Fürst (actor), Göthe Grefbo (actor), Wiktor Andersson (actor), Hasse Ekman (actor), Stig Johanson (actor), Ulf Johansson (actor), Eric von Gegerfelt (actor), Elof Ahrle (actor),

Plot: The rich young man Teddy Anker invests his money in the theater in the beginning of the 1920s. Whatever he does becomes a success. He falls in love with a dancer, Karin. He decides to put up a show with Karin as the leading lady, but for the first time one of his shows becomes an economic disaster.

Keywords: night-club, sausage, stockholm-sweden, world-war-two, written-and-directed-by-cast-member
Genres: Drama, Musical,
Taglines: Oförglömlig svensk storfilm i färg! Festlig färgsprakande kavalkad från det glada 20-talet

The Case of the Missing Scene (1951)

Actors: Campbell Singer (actor), Don Chaffey (director), Jack Beaver (composer), Peter Butterworth (actor), Hilda Fenemore (actress), Norman Pierce (actor), Tony Quinn (actor), Mary Cathcart Borer (writer), Noel Johnson (actor), Susanne Gibbs (actress), Cyril Randell (editor), Ivor Bowyer (actor), Geoffrey Bond (actor), William D'Arcy (producer), Stephen Bourne (actor),

Plot: "Aufnahme 63 fehlt!" ist ein Kinderkrimi, der ganz in der Tradition des klassischen britischen Kinderfilms gestaltet wurde. Ein Kamerateam macht von einem Versteck aus Aufnahmen seltener Vögel. Dabei gelangt zufällig ein Wilderer mit aufs Bild. Das Beweismaterial (nämlich die Aufnahme 63) verschwindet unter mysteriösen Umständen. Wie immer in diesen Filmen, gelingt die Aufklärung des Falles nur durch die Hilfe einiger aufgeweckter Kinder. Auch die Naturbilder sowie interessante Aufnahmen von klassischem Film-Equipment machen diesen Film sehenswert.

Genres: Crime, Drama, Family,