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Elf Employment (2011)

Actors: Mike Hatton (actor), Bree Essrig (actress), Brad Lavery (director), Kyle Shire (actor), Cazzey Louis Cereghino (actor), Shawn Stoller (actor), Jake Borelli (actor), Cassie Jones (editor), Sidney Stokes (producer), Alyson Seeger (producer), Ollie Grant (writer), Micah Giannelli (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Short,

My Blueberry Nights (2007)

Actors: Wendy Cohen (miscellaneous crew), Kar Wai Wong (director), Kar Wai Wong (writer), William Chang (costume designer), Kar Wai Wong (writer), William Chang (editor), Natalie Portman (actress), Rachel Weisz (actress), Kar Wai Wong (producer), Donald Meyers (actor), Frankie Faison (actor), David Strathairn (actor), Jude Law (actor), Susan Hegarty (miscellaneous crew), Kristi Frankenheimer (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: Elizabeth's heart is broken. For solace, she drops in late at night a few times at Jeremy's diner for blueberry pie a la mode; they talk. Once, he watchers her sleep, her head on the counter. Abruptly, she leaves New York City to get away from her pain. She works a couple of jobs in Memphis. There, a heart-broken cop is drinking himself into oblivion, his ex occasionally showing up where he drinks and Lizzy works. Then, she's in Nevada, working at a casino where she uses her savings (she wants a car) to stake Leslie, a busted gambler, in a high rollers' game. After, Beth drives Leslie to Vegas where Leslie's estranged father lives. Broken relationships. What about Jeremy?

Keywords: abstaining-from-alcohol, alcoholic, alcoholism, bar, bartender, betrayal, blueberry-pie, british-expatriate, budding-friendship, car-accident
Genres: Drama, Romance,
Taglines: How do you say goodbye to someone you can't imagine living without?

Quotes:

Elizabeth: So what's wrong with the Blueberry Pie?::Jeremy: There's nothing wrong with the Blueberry Pie, just people make other choices. You can't blame the Blueberry Pie, it's just... no one wants it.::Elizabeth: Wait! I want a piece.

Elizabeth: Why do you keep them? You should just throw them out.::Jeremy: No. No, I couldn't do that.::Elizabeth: Why not?::Jeremy: If I threw these keys away then those doors would be closed forever and that shouldn't be up to me to decide, should it?::Elizabeth: I guess I'm just looking for a reason.::Jeremy: From my observations, sometimes it's better off not knowing, and other times there's no reason to be found.::Elizabeth: Everything has a reason.::Jeremy: Hmm. It's like these pies and cakes. At the end of every night, the cheesecake and the apple pie are always completely gone. The peach cobbler and the chocolate mousse cake are nearly finished... but there's always a whole blueberry pie left untouched.::Elizabeth: So what's wrong with the blueberry pie?::Jeremy: There's nothing wrong with the blueberry pie. Just... people make other choices. You can't blame the blueberry pie, just... no one wants it.

Elizabeth: [wiping her tears] How do you say goodbye to someone you can't imagine living without? I didn't say goodbye. [pause] I didn't say anything. I just walked away.

[last lines]::Elizabeth: It took me nearly a year to get here. It wasn't so hard to cross that street after all, it all depends on who's waiting for you on the other side.

Katya: Sometimes, even if you have the keys those doors still can't be opened. Can they?::Jeremy: Even if the door is open, the person you're looking for may not be there, Katya.

Jeremy: A few years ago, I had a dream. It began in the summer and was over by the following spring. In between, there were as many unhappy nights as there were happy days. Most of them took place in this café. And then one night, a door slammed and the dream was over.

Leslie: You're hopeless...::Elizabeth: You're hopeless too!

Elizabeth: When you're gone, all that is left behind are the memories you created in other people's lives or just a couple of items on a bill.

Leslie: Sometimes your rhythm's off, you read the person right but still do the wrong thing.::Elizabeth: Because you trust them?::Leslie: Because you can't even trust yourself.

Elizabeth: The last few days, I've been learning not to trust people and I'm glad I've failed. Sometimes we depend on other people as a mirror to define us and tell us who we are and each reflection makes me like myself a little more.

Mind Games (2003)

Actors: Geoffrey Lewis (actor), Joe Estevez (actor), Richard Norton (actor), Joel Goldes (miscellaneous crew), Maz Jobrani (actor), James Wilder (actor), Jeanne Byrd (miscellaneous crew), Rosemary Marks (producer), Wendy Raquel Robinson (actress), Preston L. Holmes (producer), Adrian Carr (director), Adrian Carr (editor), Matt Crabtree (actor), Bruce Locke (actor), Keno K. Deary (miscellaneous crew),

Genres: Mystery,
Taglines: Behind every truth is a lie. Behind every lie is a bigger lie.

Quotes:

Brian Reeves: People tell tall tales.

Brian Reeves: Do you make Cherry Cokes the old fashioned way, with a little splash of grenadine?

Elizabeth Greene: This isn't a bar, so we won't be drinking, and you won't be picking me up.

Bulldog (2002)

Actors: Philip Maurice Hayes (actor), William Stanford Davis (actor), Kenny Johnston (actor), Damon Stout (director), Damon Stout (writer), Damon Stout (producer), Damon Stout (editor), Damon Stout (composer), Ike Gingrich (actor), Moe Irvin (actor), Oleg Zatsepin (actor), Jim Blanchette (actor), Roxanne Coyne (actress), Ashley Cusato (actress), Michael Goetz (actor),

Plot: Quick cash, fake diamonds, and a triple-cross... When an out of work Gulf War vet (Leo) is offered some quick cash as a bodyguard, he jumps at the chance. His job is to escort a diamond courier from the airport to a large wholesaler in L.A. ...simple enough. Unfortunately for Leo, the security boss (Sal) who hired him plans to steal the diamonds. Add two corrupt detectives and a disgruntled ex-jeweler all looking for the stones, Leo and company soon have nowhere to turn. Bad turns to worse when the "diamonds" turn out to be fake...and everyone wants what Leo doesn't have.

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy,
Taglines: A lot can happen... in only three days

American Outlaws (2001)

Actors: Rana Morrison (actress), Rana Morrison (actress), Kathy Bates (actress), Harris Yulin (actor), Joe Stevens (actor), Muse Watson (actor), Brady Coleman (actor), Terry O'Quinn (actor), Gregory Smith (actor), Ronny Cox (actor), Scott Caan (actor), Colin Farrell (actor), Timothy Dalton (actor), Trevor Rabin (composer), James G. Robinson (producer),

Plot: When a Midwest town learns that a corrupt railroad baron has captured the deeds to their homesteads without their knowledge, a group of young ranchers join forces to take back what is rightfully theirs. In the course of their vendetta, they will become the object of the biggest manhunt in the history of the Old West and, as their fame grows, so will the legend of their leader, a young outlaw by the name of Jesse James.

Keywords: ambush, american-civil-war, american-flag, american-indian, anarchist, anti-hero, arrest, band, bank-robbery, barn
Genres: Action, Western,
Taglines: Bad Is Good Again. This Much Fun Can't Be Legal! Sometimes the wrong side of the law is the right place to be.

Quotes:

Thaddeus Reins: Now who wrote this? I'll see him hanged every Tuesday for a month.

Bob: He's smiling.::Jim: Is that bad?::Frank: Very.

Cole: All right, ranchers, let's ride!::Bob: Now I would sound just stupid sayin' something like that.

Cole: Sadie was a beautiful woman, Sadie was not a man!::Jesse James: She had a mustache, a nice mustache.::Frank: I think she had more than a mustache!::Cole: Well, she was European.

Jesse James: Hey stupid! Yeah, you. Glad to see you know your name, you dumb shit!

Loni Packwood: I say this is the last straw. I came back from the war, my farm was burned down, my cows was dead. And now my wife's run off with my cousin Jeb. That son of a bitch. He took my dog!

[first lines]::Cole: Gatling! They got a Gatling gun!::Bob: Goddamn it Cole, this stopped bein' fun about two years ago!

Head Teller: Why sir, sorry, but this bill is counterfeit!::Jesse James: Oh, I don't think so. But I'm gonna have to see the rest of your money so I can compare.::Frank: It's a scientific method, I hear it's all the rage.

[during the gang's first robbery without Jesse]::Teller: Where's Jesse James?::Cole: This here's the Younger gang, you understand? The Younger gang!::Man: But the Youngers ride with Jesse James.::Bob: Hey! You wanna die?

[to Zee]::Jesse James: You got big. I mean, you aged. What I mean is in a good way you got big and older.

Thelma & Louise (1991)

Actors: Susan Sarandon (actress), Harvey Keitel (actor), Lucinda Jenney (actress), Stephen Tobolowsky (actor), Ridley Scott (producer), Geena Davis (actress), Marco St. John (actor), Sonny Carl Davis (actor), Michael Madsen (actor), Christopher McDonald (actor), Brad Pitt (actor), Catherine Keener (actress), Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc (actor), Ridley Scott (director), Hans Zimmer (composer),

Plot: Louise is working in a fast food restaurant as a waitress and has some problems with her friend Jimmy, who, as a musician, is always on the road. Thelma is married to Darryl who likes his wife to stay quiet in the kitchen so that he can watch football on TV. One day they decide to break out of their normal life and jump in the car and hit the road. Their journey, however, turns into a flight when Louise kills a man who threatens to rape Thelma. They decide to go to Mexico, but soon they are hunted by American police.

Keywords: 1990s, action-heroine, ampersand-in-title, anti-hero, arizona, arkansas, attempted-rape, battle-of-the-sexes, bechdel-test-passed, buddy
Genres: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller,
Taglines: Somebody said get a life... so they did.

Quotes:

J.D.: Well, I've always believed that if done properly, armed robbery doesn't have to be an unpleasant experience.

J.D.: So, tell me something, Miss Thelma. How is it you ain't got any kids? I mean God gets you something special, I think you oughta pass it on.::Thelma: Well, Daryl, that's my husband.::J.D.: Daryl?::Thelma: Yeah, he says he's not ready yet. He says he's still too much of a kid himself. He kinda prides himself on being infantile.::Louise: He's got a lot to be proud of.::Thelma: Louise and him don't get along.::Louise: That's putting it mildly.::Thelma: She thinks he's a pig.::Louise: I KNOW he's a pig.

Thelma: I don't ever remember feeling this awake.

Thelma: I've had it up to my ass with sedate.

Max: If she calls, just be gentle, you know? Like you're really happy to hear from her. Like you miss her. Women love that shit.

Louise: I'm in deep shit; Deep Shit, Arkansas.

Thelma: Hey Louise, better slow down, I'll just die if we get caught over a speeding ticket. Are you sure we should be driving like this, I mean in broad daylight and everything?::Louise Sawyer: No we shouldn't, but I want to put some distance between us and the SCENE OF OUR LAST GOD DAMNED CRIME! [Thelma laughs and screams]::Thelma: Oh man! You wouldn'ta believed it, it was like I was doing it all my life, nobody woulda believed it.::Louise Sawyer: Think you found your calling?::Thelma: May-be... may-be. [gets up in her seat] The call of the wild!

Louise Sawyer: Besides, what are we gonna say about the robbery? There's no excuse for that, there's no such thing as justifiable robbery.::Thelma: Alright, Louise... where'd you get this [hat] ?::Louise Sawyer: Stole it.

Max: You know, the one thing I can't figure out are these girls real smart or real real lucky?::Hal Slocumb: Don't matter. Brains'll only get you so far and luck always runs out.

Thelma: You're a real live outlaw, aren't ya?::J.D.: Well I may be an outlaw, darlin', but you're the one stealing my heart.

Kid (1990)

Actors: R. Lee Ermey (actor), Brian Austin Green (actor), Michael Bowen (actor), Michael Cavanaugh (actor), Robert L. Levy (producer), Dale Dye (actor), Peter Abrams (producer), C. Thomas Howell (actor), Tony Epper (actor), Natan Zahavi (editor), Natan Zahavi (producer), Don Collier (actor), Anthony Russell (actor), Lenore Kasdorf (actress), Tim Truman (composer),

Plot: I young man (the 'Kid') returns to the small town where his parents were murdered when he was a boy. He's there for revenge. Locals Kate and Louie befriend him, much to the annoyance of some of the town folk.

Keywords: independent-film, revenge
Genres: Action, Thriller,

Quotes:

Kate: [to Kid] I have nightmares sometimes, too. But they don't make me wake up screaming, they just leave me feeling kind of empty.

Kate: Take off your pants. [Kid looks surprised] I want to wash your things.

Mr. and Mrs. Ryan (1986)

Actors: Duane Poole (producer), E. Duke Vincent (producer), Garry Goodrow (actor), Nolan Miller (costume designer), Robert A. Ferretti (editor), Nicholas Worth (actor), Sharon Stone (actress), Aaron Spelling (producer), Douglas S. Cramer (producer), Frederick Coffin (actor), Shelley Hull (producer), Jay Robinson (actor), Joseph Maher (actor), Frank Birney (actor), Don Pugsley (actor),

Plot: The career of Detective Michael Ryan becomes complicated by the penchant of his well-to-do socialite wife to meddle in police matters. Ashley Hamilton Ryan witnesses a murder, and with the aid of the family butler, she tracks down the body to a gallery, only to find that the corpse has disappeared. Detective Ryan joins his wife in the investigation of the crime, which involves stolen art objects and hot antiques.

Keywords: detective, husband-wife-relationship
Genres: ,

Outlaw Ladies (1981)

Actors: Joey Silvera (actor), Marlene Willoughby (actress), Candida Royalle (actress), Veronica Hart (actress), Merle Michaels (actress), Ron Hudd (actor), Samantha Fox (actress), John Christopher (actor), Robert Kerman (actor), Juliet Anderson (actress), John Leslie (actor), Bobby Astyr (actor), Henri Pachard (actor), Henri Pachard (writer), Henri Pachard (producer),

Plot: This is a complicated story centered around the bored relationship between a socialite, Barbara, and her lawyer husband, Victor. The story exposes their friends and acquaintance for the subdued, submissive people they have become due to their careers or husbands. Barbara has learned from her friend, Evelyn (portrayed by Samantha Fox), how to find sexual outlets to regain her explorative and dominant identities. She shares this knowledge with other friends. Meanwhile, the young, naive, and submissive Felicia has spent a lifetime dominated by her mother. She becomes involved in this adulterous circle of wives, husbands, and lovers and learns the importance of taking control of her life.

Keywords: adultery, artist, boredom, dominance-submissiveness, hardcore, independent-film, infidelity, lingerie-model, panties, prostitution
Genres: Adult, Drama,
Taglines: Pure Indulgence

Wabash Avenue (1950)

Actors: Percy Helton (actor), Irving Bacon (actor), Phil Harris (actor), David Clarke (actor), Leonard Bremen (actor), Douglas Carter (actor), Joe Gray (actor), Charles Arnt (actor), Dick Crockett (actor), George Beranger (actor), Dick Curtis (actor), Billy Daniel (actor), Hal K. Dawson (actor), Reginald Gardiner (actor), Barry Kelley (actor),

Plot: Andy Clark discovers he was cheated out of a half interest in partner Mike's business, now a thriving dance hall in 1892 Chicago. Unable to win it back, Andy schemes to make Mike's position untenable. He also hopes to turn Ruby Summers, Mike's motor-mouthed burlesque queen, into a classier entertainer, and incidentally to make her his own. But at the last minute, Andy's revenge comes unravelled.

Keywords: casino, chicago-illinois, face-slap, ferris-wheel, poker, remake, wake, wax-museum, world's-fair
Genres: Musical,

Quotes:

Ruby Summers: Why, you overgrown, dime-a-dozen wiseacre pig-puss! Who made your clothes? Or did you grow 'em yourself?

Ruby Summers: How did he get in here? Through what rat hole?

Ruby Summers: Did you tell him?::Andy Clark: Uh huh.::Ruby Summers: How did he take it?::Andy Clark: Straight out of the bottle.