Sulis

City of Ember (2008)

Actors: Ruth Myers (costume designer), Tom Hanks (producer), John D. Schofield (producer), Mackenzie Crook (actor), Liz Smith (actress), Tim Robbins (actor), Gary Goetzman (producer), David Ryall (actor), Toby Jones (actor), Ian McElhinney (actor), Mary Kay Place (actress), Bill Murray (actor), Martin Landau (actor), D.R. Farquharson (miscellaneous crew), Cassandra Barbour (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: When mankind is about to come to an end, a group of scientists decide to create and populate a city deep underground. The city of Ember is to last for 200 years after which its inhabitants are to retrieve from a strong box instructions to return to the surface. Over time however, the message is lost and life in Ember is rapidly deteriorating. Their power supply is failing and food is being rationed. It's left to two young adults to unearth the secret of Ember and to lead the way out.

Keywords: answering-machine, apocalypse, architect, arrest, assignment, band, based-on-novel, beating-a-rug, beetle, blackout
Genres: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi,
Taglines: Discover The Secret Escape Is The Only Option Lights out.

Quotes:

[Mayor Cole addresses perhaps a couple of dozen citizens and gives what is meant to be a rousing speech, like a true politician: promising much but with little action to accomplish anything]::Mayor Cole: These are trying and troubled times. Our problems are grave. We need answers, but beyond answers, more important than answers, we need solutions. And in order to find those solutions, I propose we launch a thorough investigation.::[Many members of the small crowd nod and say "Yes."]::Mayor Cole: I hereby declare the creation of a Task Force to Investigate the Blackouts.::[the crowd claps. Lina looks cynical]::Mayor Cole: Do I have volunteers?::[Several hands rise into the air. Cole looks gratified]::Mayor Cole: [grandiosely] Today, we, the people, stand united against the darkness!

Loris Harrow: [narrating] On the day the world ended, the fate of mankind was carried in a small metal box. In a secret location, architects, scientists and engineers met and concluded that there was only one hope for our future: to build an underground city designed to keep its citizens protected for generations to come. The box was entrusted to the first mayor, who was to pass it on to her successor. As the years counted down, the box passed from mayor to mayor. None knew what secrets it held, only that it would open when it was needed most. But fate ran another course, and the chain was broken. The box was tucked away and forgotten, and as the city grew old and began to crumble, the box quietly clicked open.

Loris Harrow: [narrating] Lina and Doon tied their hope to a rock and tossed it down toward the city. The rock could've ended up on a roof. Or kicked into a gutter. But fate ran another course. And the message found its way. Now the path was clear for all. All of us who kept the flame of Ember burning, through the darkness, so that we could live again on the earth, in the air and the light.

Loris Harrow: [to Doon] Builders were wise when they said, "If you have proof, you have to pursue it!" There's more to a bottle cap than keeping liquid from leaking out of glass!

Doon Harrow: The Builders left instructions.::Loris Harrow: The Builders abandoned us.::Doon Harrow: No, they didn't. They didn't, Dad. I have proof.::Loris Harrow: Show me.

Doon Harrow: Sul, what are you doing up here?::Sul: This thing is jammed stuck. I've gotta free it.::Doon Harrow: How do you know that's what you should do?::Sul: [pause] It's my job!

Doon Harrow: My dad made this.::Lina Mayfleet: It doesn't look very safe.::Doon Harrow: That's my dad.

Loris Harrow: The main thing is, pay attention. Pay close attention to everything, everything you see. Notice what no one else notices, and you'll know what no one else knows. What you get is what you get. What you do with what you get, that's more the point.

Doon Harrow: [Doon is showing his father the oversized insect claw from the Unknown Regions and comparing it with a picture in a book] How do you explain that this used to be so small?::Loris Harrow: [Loris lives in denial] You're gonna give yourself a headache.

Doon Harrow: The Generator's our only source of power. If it goes, we all go.::Loris Harrow: That's dramatic.::Doon Harrow: Dad, this place is falling apart. I will not sit around while Ember collapses. I am getting in to that generator, whatever it takes.

Premio Donostia a Antonio Banderas (2008)

Actors: Eusebio Poncela (actor), Brad Pitt (actor), Eusebio Poncela (actor), Raúl Arévalo (actor), Armand Assante (actor), Agustín Almodóvar (actor), Imanol Arias (actor), Pedro Almodóvar (actor), Fernando Fernán Gómez (actor), Mario Gas (actor), Tom Hanks (actor), Woody Harrelson (actor), Jeremy Irons (actor), Antonio Banderas (actor), Sylvester Stallone (actor),

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Rafael Azcona, oficio de guionista (2007)

Actors: Antonio Ferrandis (actor), Fernando Fernán Gómez (actor), Manuel Alexandre (actor), Luis Ciges (actor), Luis Ciges (actor), Antonio Banderas (actor), Luis Ciges (actor), Rafael Azcona (actor), Gabino Diego (actor), Juan Diego (actor), Juan Echanove (actor), Juan Echanove (actor), Luis Ciges (actor), Fernando Fernán Gómez (actor), Juan Luis Galiardo (actor),

Genres: Biography,

La televisión cumple contigo (2006)

Actors: Florentino Fernández (actor), Miguel Gila (actor), Toni Cruz (actor), Juan Echanove (actor), Juan Luis Galiardo (actor), Manolo Escobar (actor), José Luis Coll (actor), Javier Cámara (actor), Pablo Carbonell (actor), Imanol Arias (actor), Emilio Aragón 'Miliki' (actor), David Bisbal (actor), Emilio Aragón (actor), Joan Gràcia (actor), Sancho Gracia (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Music, Music,

Pablo G. del Amo, un montador de ilusiones (2005)

Actors: Gabino Diego (actor), Pedro Almodóvar (actor), Simón Andreu (actor), Gabino Diego (actor), Vicente Aranda (actor), Montxo Armendáriz (actor), Francisco Algora (actor), Antonio Banderas (actor), Omero Antonutti (actor), José Luis Borau (actor), Mario Camus (actor), Pablo Carbonell (actor), Jaime Chávarri (actor), Eloy de la Iglesia (actor), Fernando Fernán Gómez (actor),

Genres: ,

La corte de Faraón (1985)

Actors: Ana Belén (actress), Ana Belén (actress), Antonio Banderas (actor), Josema Yuste (actor), Juan Diego (actor), Fernando Fernán Gómez (actor), Josema Yuste (actor), Antonio Gamero (actor), Agustín González (actor), Luis Ciges (actor), José Luis López Vázquez (actor), Guillermo Marín (actor), Guillermo Montesinos (actor), Millán Salcedo (actor), Ana Belén (actress),

Plot: In the early Spanish Civil Post-war, in Madrid, during the most hard times of the Franco dictatorship, a group of second-rate players try to get out of their wretched lives taking advantage of the artistic caprices of the son of a rich man who supports the regime. They try to stage a Pre-war 'zarzuela' (a sort of Spanish operetta), 'La Corte Del Faraón', which ironically, thirty years later, is too obscene for the regime censorship. They finally manage to perform the 'zarzuela' but end up in the police station where they confirm that justice depends on which side are you on

Keywords: based-on-operetta
Genres: Comedy, Musical,

Quotes:

Fernanda: Es que yo no entiendo a los ateos, porque si no hubiera Dios, còmo iba a haber esas cosas tan ricas?