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The Bare Show (2010)

Actors: Kenn Michael (miscellaneous crew), Matthew Leutwyler (producer), Cristina Malavenda (editor), Hayes MacArthur (actor), Hayes MacArthur (producer), Aaron Zachary Philips (actor), Matt Corboy (actor), Steve Olson (actor), Darren Capozzi (actor), Scott MacArthur (writer), Scott MacArthur (producer), Scott MacArthur (actor), Scott MacArthur (director), Jonathan Townsager (actor), Dinora Walcott (actress),

Genres: Drama, Music, Short,

Boy (2010)

Actors: Claire Viroulaud (miscellaneous crew), Cliff Curtis (producer), Craig Hall (actor), Taika Waititi (director), Taika Waititi (writer), Taika Waititi (actor), Chris Plummer (editor), Chris Plummer (actor), Merata Mita (producer), Veronique Lawrence (miscellaneous crew), Emanuel Michael (producer), Harry Harrison (miscellaneous crew), Cohen Holloway (actor), Caroline Girdlestone (miscellaneous crew), Marc Tyron (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: It's 1984, and Michael Jackson is king-even in Waihau Bay, New Zealand. Here we meet Boy, an 11-year-old who lives on a farm with his gran, a goat, and his younger brother, Rocky (who thinks he has magic powers). Shortly after Gran leaves for a week, Boy's father, Alamein, appears out of the blue. Having imagined a heroic version of his father during his absence, Boy comes face to face with the real version-an incompetent hoodlum who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years before. This is where the goat enters.

Keywords: 11-year-old, 1980s, absent-father, brother-brother-relationship, child's-point-of-view, children, classroom, family-relationships, farm, father-son-relationship
Genres: Comedy, Drama,

Quotes:

Kelly: Wow, real milk!

Boy: I don't remember you! You weren't there! You weren't there when he was born! You weren't there when she died! Where were you?

Kingi: You're a liar, your dad's not overseas, he's in jail for robbery::Boy: Shut up Kingi, you don't know::Kingi: Yes, he's in the same cell block as my dad

Mr. Langston: People call me a dumb honky all the time. I don't go round punching them.::Boy: Why not?::Mr. Langston: Because they're usually children.

Alamein: Who's this thing?::Dallas: Maori Smurf.

Boy: So what you guys been up to?::Dallas: We are self employed now::Boy: What's your job?::Dallas: Chucking mud at those cows

Boy: Hey, Chardonnay! Wanna see some Michael Jackson dance moves?

Teacher: Now, who knows what disease this sheep has?::Kingi: AIDS?::Teacher: Not AIDS, you dork!

Boy: Hey Auntie, can I have an ice block please?::Aunty Gracey: No.::Boy: Aww... it's not fair!::Aunty Gracey: Get a job then!::Boy: Aww... There's none left; you've got them all!

Dynasty: She reckons it's better to be risk your money on something big and be real poor, than sit around being a bit poor.

I Am That Girl (2008)

Actors: David Light (actor), Cooper Barnes (actor), Liz Stewart (actress), Matt Ferrucci (actor), Pedro Pascal (actor), Megan Molloy (actress), Nathan Swisher (producer), Julian Lee (actor), Mandy Henderson (actress), Grace Rowe (producer), Grace Rowe (writer), Grace Rowe (actress), Michael Jaworski (actor), Gabriel Byer (actor), Vonessa Martin (actress),

Plot: I AM THAT GIRL is the story of Maxine, an anti-typical Asian American woman who lives a life of partying, funded by her eighty-thousand dollar credit card debt that she pays for by working at her ten-dollar-an-hour desk job. Desperate for affection, Maxine grabs hold of 'Noodle,' an enigmatic wanderer on his way to the Sierras, and convinces him to take her on his road trip where she discovers the beauty of nature. On their journey, Maxine falls for Noodle, but his haunting secret keeps him distant. Part comedy, part drama, I AM THAT GIRL is a love story that truly captures the spirit of D.I.Y. film-making and comments on American credit card culture while revealing the beauty of the simpler things in life.

Keywords: asian-american, interracial-romance, road-trip
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance,

Noodle (2007)

Actors: Alon Aboutboul (actor), Haim Frank Ilfman (composer), Einat Glaser-Zarhin (editor), Assaf Amir (producer), Mili Avital (actress), Shemi Zarhin (writer), Ayelet Menahemi (writer), Ayelet Menahemi (director), Anat Waxman (actress), Yoav Roeh (producer), Elie Meirovitz (producer), Sarit Vino-Elad (actress), Yiftach Klein (actor), Eitan Mansuri (producer), Keren Ron (costume designer),

Plot: At thirty-seven, Miri is a twice-widowed, El Al flight attendant. Her well-regulated existence is suddenly turned upside down by an abandoned Chinese boy whose migrant-worker mother has been summarily deported from Israel. The film is a touching comic-drama in which two human beings -- as different from each other as Tel Aviv is from Beijing -- accompany each other on a remarkable journey, one that takes them both back to a meaningful life.

Genres: Drama,
Taglines: Life is full of surprises.

Street (2007)

Actors: Geno Romo (actor), York Shackleton (writer), Theresa Russell (actress), Elsa Ramo (miscellaneous crew), Frederic Perrin (miscellaneous crew), Erika Canchola (miscellaneous crew), York Shackleton (director), Vivica A. Fox (actress), York Shackleton (editor), York Shackleton (producer), Mika Boorem (actress), Romeo Antonio (producer), Brett Cranford (producer), Brett Cranford (miscellaneous crew), Matthew Carey (actor),

Plot: Based on actual events, Street exposes you to the life of a teenage girl trying to escape her abusive mother only to find herself joining the many forgotten "street kids" living in the shadows of Portland, Oregon. Her search for a belonging spirals from unforeseen consequences to a gripping end that depicts the plight of today's at risk youth.

Keywords: one-word-title
Genres: Drama,

Da wu wei (2004)

Actors: Ray Lui (actor), Wai-Man Chan (actor), Tats Lau (actor), Kar-Ying Law (actor), Tat-Ming Cheung (actor), Charlene Choi (actress), Wai-Kai Law (actor), Albert Yeung (producer), Gillian Chung (actress), Wing-ming Wong (editor), Kan-Cheung Tsang (writer), Kan-Cheung Tsang (producer), Steven Cheung (actor), Adrian Kwan (director), Albert Lee (producer),

Plot: Bowl and Noodle are two idle high school students who need to evade at least three menaces each day before they can get to school. There are the nasty neighborhood bully Razor, uniformed policeman David and small-time hood Ganker who is constantly on the lookout for new blood to replenish his ever shrinking gang. Bowl and Noodle inadvertently join Ganker's gang and find a shortcut to fame but a deadly mission... With ten hours to go, there is money to spend, families to visit, idols to meet and unspoken love to be voiced.

Genres: Action,
Taglines: 10 hours till dawn. 10 hours till glory ... or death

The Save-Ums! (2003)

Actors: Connor Price (actor), Mark Rendall (actor), Dan Clark (writer), Simon Racioppa (writer), Richard Elliott (writer), Steven DeNure (producer), Cameron Ansell (actor), Asabi Lee (producer), Don Asher (writer), Beth Stevenson (producer), Paul Hunter (editor), Jordan Francis (actor), Tajja Isen (actress), Neil Court (producer), Blyskosz Andrew (editor),

Genres: Animation,
Taglines: Small is powerful!

Quotes:

Custard: Noodle, you rock!::Noodle: I believe I do, Custard.

Ka Chung: Skating without a helmet and pads? What's that crazy ant girl thinking?::Noodle: Thinking doesn't seem to be on Peque's list of things to do today. We need to correct that.

Oscar Monkey: Tina broke the remote control! She grabbed it from me, and it busted.::Tina Monkey: That's a big, fat lie!::Oscar Monkey: I *don't* lie!::Tina Monkey: That's a lie right there!

Ka Chung: You two need to *stop* arguing. Understand?::Oscar Monkey: I understand.::Tina Monkey: No he doesn't.::Ka Chung: Kachung!::Tina Monkey: OK, we both understand.

Hard Out (2003)

Actors: Rawiri Paratene (actor), William Wallace (actor), Chris Hampson (producer), Chris Bailey (director), Chris Bailey (producer), Owen Black (actor), Antony Starr (actor), Peter Burger (director), Larry Justice (miscellaneous crew), David Geary (writer), Greg McGee (producer), Greg McGee (writer), Bryan Shaw (editor), Jane Lindsay (producer), Katherine Kennard (actress),

Genres: Family,
Taglines: Skateboarders Fight the Aliens!

The Save-Ums! (2003)

Actors: Connor Price (actor), Mark Rendall (actor), Dan Clark (writer), Simon Racioppa (writer), Richard Elliott (writer), Steven DeNure (producer), Cameron Ansell (actor), Asabi Lee (producer), Don Asher (writer), Beth Stevenson (producer), Paul Hunter (editor), Jordan Francis (actor), Tajja Isen (actress), Neil Court (producer), Blyskosz Andrew (editor),

Genres: Animation,
Taglines: Small is powerful!

Quotes:

Custard: Noodle, you rock!::Noodle: I believe I do, Custard.

Ka Chung: Skating without a helmet and pads? What's that crazy ant girl thinking?::Noodle: Thinking doesn't seem to be on Peque's list of things to do today. We need to correct that.

Oscar Monkey: Tina broke the remote control! She grabbed it from me, and it busted.::Tina Monkey: That's a big, fat lie!::Oscar Monkey: I *don't* lie!::Tina Monkey: That's a lie right there!

Ka Chung: You two need to *stop* arguing. Understand?::Oscar Monkey: I understand.::Tina Monkey: No he doesn't.::Ka Chung: Kachung!::Tina Monkey: OK, we both understand.

Anna (1987)

Actors: Sofia Coppola (actress), Caroline Aaron (actress), Larry Pine (actor), Agnieszka Holland (writer), Sally Kirkland (actress), Maggie Wagner (actress), Agnieszka Holland (writer), Paul Giorgi (miscellaneous crew), Deirdre O'Connell (actress), Gábor Dettre (producer), Steven Gilborn (actor), Stefan Schnabel (actor), Declan Baldwin (miscellaneous crew), Paulina Porizkova (actress), David R. Ellis (actor),

Plot: Anna is a middle-aged actress looking for work in New York City, with the help of her sometime lover, Daniel. She used to be a Czech film star married to the director Tonda, who is now successfully making commercials in New York. After the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia, Anna was imprisoned and eventually exiled. Anna takes in the young girl Krystyna, who has just arrived from Czechoslovakia, and speaks no English. Anna and Daniel help Krystyna learn English and start a promising acting career. However, the only job Anna can find is as an understudy.

Keywords: actress, aging, bathtub, black-pantyhose, character-name-in-title, czechoslovakia, female-nudity, female-protagonist, female-stockinged-feet, female-stockinged-legs
Genres: Drama,
Taglines: Lately, she's been contemplating love, exile, murder, and acting.