Guppy

Cottonwood (2014)

Actors: Anthony Michael Hall (actor), Joe Perry (composer), Louis Gossett Jr. (actor), Ethan Suplee (actor), Anthony Michael Hall (producer), Joe Perry (actor), Alison Eastwood (actress), Stephen M. Chudej (costume designer), Rick Gifford (actor), Waylon Payne (actor), Decker (producer), Decker (writer), Kari Irwin (actress), John Eslinger (actor), Julie Campbell (producer),

Plot: County Sheriff Rube Whitlock is faced with raising his two young sons after the death of his young daughter which leaves his wife mentally incapacitated with grief and unable to care for them. Overwhelmed with the responsibility, Rube hires Esther, a local black woman whose husband, PV has just purchased his second mule in an attempt to establish himself and his farm as competitive cotton growers. Word of PV's ambition quickly spreads through the town igniting the community's rage, creating dissonance and contempt within the usually quiet community. Tensions rise as Orville "Guppy" Walters, a local troublemaker, instigates a campaign that begins to threaten the safety of PV. These rumblings put Rube's loyalties and the stability of his position as sheriff under scrutiny and it begins to compromise his livelihood. As the condition of Rube's wife deteriorates, Esther's natural maternal presence begins to fill voids in the Whitlock house, which further fans the racial fires in the town. Rube is ultimately forced to choose between the boundaries set by the laws he has sworn to uphold and the boundaries set by the moral convictions of the human heart. Admist painful pasts beginning to resurface and new secrets freshly buried, it will take a "knobby-kneed buckskin" mule, a cheap pocket knife and a lifeless Cottonwood tree to form lasting friendships that will gray the lines between black and white and begin the delicate mending of family ties in the tender heart of a young boy.

Keywords: one-word-title, racial-injustice, west-texas, year-1937
Genres: Crime, Drama,

My Last Five Girlfriends (2009)

Actors: Mark Benton (actor), Michael Sheen (actor), Cécile Cassel (actress), Naomie Harris (actress), Ben Bishop (actor), David Willing (producer), Johnny Ball (actor), Marion Pilowsky (producer), Julian Kemp (writer), Julian Kemp (director), Jane March (actress), Rod Mitchell (actor), Chris Gascoyne (actor), Alain de Botton (writer), Aaron Anderson (actor),

Plot: After yet another failed relationship, 30-something Duncan (Brendan Patricks) decides to quiz his last five girlfriends to find out what went wrong in order to figure out how to find love. With advice from bizarre sources and intense flights of fancy, finally Duncan realises that love is a battleground where only the fittest can survive.

Keywords: based-on-novel, number-in-title
Genres: Comedy,

Quotes:

[first lines]::Duncan: [writing] Dear Wendy, Olive, Rhona, Natalie and Gemma. I hope you're happy. If that sounds sarcastic, it was meant to. What you've collectively done to me... [gets a new pen]::Duncan: What you've collectively done to me... [gets another pen]::Duncan: What you've collectively done to me is quite an achievement. Four years ago, I was happy to believe in a very simple concept. You might have heard of it, it's called LOVE. But thanks to the five of you, I now know that love is a lie, a myth specifically concocted to bring me as much pain and misery as possible. Wendy: were you ever really that interested in me, or was I merely a holiday while you and him went through a dull patch? Olive: almost everything I told you was a lie. Sorry about that. Rhona: who'd you think I was? If I was that wrong for you, then you really should have paid more attention at the start. Natalie: okay, so I know I've had enough of this one, but did you really want ME, or just someone? And Gemma: what should I say to you? I suppose I should forgive you. This is a suicide note, after all. Okay, I forgive you. But I don't want that to make you feel any better... I'm sure you'll all find someone. You might even think you're in love, but don't kid yourselves: we're all just playing out scenes we've seen in films, the only difference is that our stories have depressing endings. When real people walk towards a sunset, no music swells, no credits roll - they just get to the end of the beach, have a row, and walk back to the car. And that's depressing! In fact after reading this, you might feel your only option is to join me! And that's the one thing I wouldn't blame you for. Bye then: Duncan.

Duncan: [about his fading relationship with Wendy] Maybe I was too clingy... or too laid back... or maybe I never really stood any bloody chance in the first place!

Duncan: [about Olive] Did she like any of the place we'd been together? Did she like ME? I had no idea what she wanted!

Duncan: As my next girlfriend's influence spread across my flat, one thing was clear: Rhona and I were very different. And to begin with, I rather liked the exotic additions she made to my life. But at some point, we would have to deal with the fact that our tastes were not the same.

[Making out with Natalie, Duncan sees her toy elephant Guppy staring at her]::Duncan: WHAT?::Guppy: [talking] What's wrong?::Duncan: Well, what d'you mean?::Guppy: Ah, you're not into it. What's up?::Duncan: I can't help thinking...::Guppy: Don't THINK, just get on with it!::Duncan: I'm trying to, but all sorts of stuff's spinning around my head!::Guppy: Look, mate, take my advice: you just got to switch THIS off!::[points at his head]::Guppy: D'you think I would be able to do this if I thought about it? Huh? Do you, huh?::[walks on air, then thinks about what he just did and falls with a holler]::Duncan: I know, but it's all a bit...::Guppy: [climbing on the bed] A bit quick, yeah! Yeah, a little bit too easy?::Duncan: I suppose.::Guppy: Then this was so easy for you, and EVERY OTHER...::Duncan: I don't want to think about THAT, but I can't help it!::Guppy: Well then, you've got to stop!::Duncan: What?::Guppy: Yeah, yeah, just stop immediately! Tell her that you respect her far too much to continue having sex with her!::Duncan: Really?::Guppy: COURSE NOT, YOU MUPPET! Just enjoy it!::Duncan: Okay. Thanks, Guppy.::Guppy: Don't mention it.

[Duncan takes Gemma to Paris]::Duncan: I had planned the perfect weekend: a first-class trip to Paris; our own chauffeur on standby for three days; an executive suite in a five-star hotel with comforts and amenities you couldn't possibly imagine, it even had a balcony with stunning views across the city. I pulled every string I could to get a window seat at a three-star Michelin restaurant. I somehow managed to get two tickets to her favourite opera. I even bought a twilight trip down the Seine with music, champagne, the works!... And you know what? The minute we arrived I knew it was going to be a fucking disaster.

[Gemma grieves for Duncan after hearing he committed suicide]::Duncan: All right, so it didn't end like that... [the film rewinds]

Duncan: I'd actually only taken twenty amphetamine Vitamin C tablets, which was lucky because it suddenly dawned upon me how unsatisfying suicide is. All I wanted to do was make a point, but why make such a scene if you're not around to witness the result? If you don't get to see the reactions of those you try to affect, commit suicide and you're too dead to get pleasure from it!

Duncan: I threw myself into work. How refreshing to think about just ME for once, about what I wanted. No longer did I have to worry about whether she'd like this film, or what time she wanted to be wherever in the morning. In fact, who needed this love thing anyway? Hadn't it just brought me anguish and pain? After all, I'm not the first one to try and make sense of love. There's been centuries of analysts, preachers, gurus and writers who've tried, and did they find a solution, an answer to the mystery of most peoples' emotional lives?

[last lines]::Duncan: So one day I decided, I wasn't going to play this game anymore. I didn't understand the rules, and the injuries were just too painful. [while watching TV with his new stereo system, Duncan is interrupted by his downstairs neighbor]::Duncan: And then I met Angela.

The Quiet Man (1952)

Actors: Pat O'Malley (actor), Al Murphy (actor), Frank O'Connor (actor), Victor McLaglen (actor), Frank Baker (actor), Sean McClory (actor), Ward Bond (actor), Francis Ford (actor), Douglas Evans (actor), Colin Kenny (actor), Sam Harris (actor), Charles Ferguson (actor), Barry Fitzgerald (actor), Bob Perry (actor), Ken Curtis (actor),

Plot: Sean Thornton has returned from America to reclaim his homestead and escape his past. Sean's eye is caught by Mary Kate Danaher, a beautiful but poor maiden, and younger sister of ill-tempered "Red" Will Danaher. The riotous relationship that forms between Sean and Mary Kate, punctuated by Will's pugnacious attempts to keep them apart, form the main plot, with Sean's past as the dark undercurrent.

Keywords: 1930s, accidental-death, accordion, bagpipes, bare-knuckle-boxing, bare-knuckle-fighting, based-on-short-story, beach, beating, bed
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance,
Taglines: Action...Excitement...Romance...Fill the Screen !

Quotes:

Ignatius Feeney: [seeing mob approaching] I, I think your in-laws are commin' to pay you visit, Squire darlin'.

"Red Will" Danaher: He'll regret it till his dying day, if ever he lives that long.

Thornton: Si' down, si' down. That's what chairs are for.

"Red Will" Danaher: Mind you, I'm fresh as a daisy!::Thornton: You look more like a black-eyed Susan to me.

Father Peter Lonergan, Narrator: Ah, yes... I knew your people, Sean. Your grandfather; he died in Australia, in a penal colony. And your father, he was a good man too.

Mary Kate Danaher: Could you use a little water in your whiskey?::Michaleen Flynn: When I drink whiskey, I drink whiskey; and when I drink water, I drink water.

Hugh Forbes: Then, a toast: May their days be long and full of happiness; may their children be many and full of health; and may they live in peace... and freedom.

Thornton: There'll be no locks or bolts between us, Mary Kate... except those in your own mercenary little heart!

Mary Kate Danaher: What manner of man is it that I have married?::Hugh Forbes: A better one, I think, than you know, Mary Kate.

Mary Kate Danaher: It's a bold one you are! Who gave you leave to be kissin' me?::Thornton: So you can talk!::Mary Kate Danaher: Yes I can, I will and I do! And it's more than talk you'll be gettin' if you step a step closer to me!::Thornton: Don't worry - you've got a wallop!::Mary Kate Danaher: You'll get over it, I'm thinkin'.::Thornton: Well, some things a man doesn't get over so easy.::Mary Kate Danaher: Like what, supposin'?::Thornton: Like the sight of a girl coming through the fields with the sun on her hair... kneeling in church with a face like a saint...::Mary Kate Danaher: Saint indeed!::Thornton: ...and now coming to a man's house to clean it for him.::Mary Kate Danaher: But... that was just my way of bein' a good Christian act.::Thornton: I know it was, Mary Kate Danaher. And it was nice of you.::Mary Kate Danaher: Not at all.

Bleak House (1920)

Actors: Helen Haye (actress), Clifford Heatherley (actor), Maurice Elvey (director), Charles Dickens (writer), Teddy Arundell (actor), William J. Elliott (writer), Constance Collier (actress), A. Harding Steerman (actor), Norman Page (actor), Beatrix Templeton (actress), E. Vivian Reynolds (actor), Ian Swinley (actor), Anthony St. John (actor), Berta Gellardi (actress),

Genres: Crime, Drama,

Almost a Wild Man (1913)

Actors: Lionel Barrymore (actor), George Beranger (actor), William J. Butler (actor), William J. Butler (actor), Christy Cabanne (actor), William A. Carroll (actor), Edward Dillon (actor), John T. Dillon (actor), Bud Duncan (actor), Bud Duncan (actor), Charles Gorman (actor), Charles Gorman (actor), Harry Hyde (actor), J. Jiquel Lanoe (actor), Clarence Barr (actor),

Plot: Rooly, Pooly and Dooly were "picture sandwiches," but hardly shining lights, even in that capacity. Consequently they were "canned" by the management. A brilliant idea; one would play the wild man in the village square, a real live show of their own. Rooly and Pooly then basked in the society of fair country belles, but Dooly at length was rescued by Miss Smart, looking for excitement. She was not disappointed.

Genres: Comedy, Short,