Xerxes

Noirland (2014)

Actors: Ramzi Abed (producer), James Duval (producer), Hollie Stevens (actress), Elissa Dowling (actress), Lorielle New (actress), Rena Riffel (actress), Twink Caplan (actress), James Duval (actor), Sean Cain (actor), Lloyd Kaufman (actor), Jeff Dylan Graham (actor), Ford Austin (actor), Mary Jane (actress), Ramzi Abed (writer), Rena Riffel (producer),

Plot: A catatonic serial killer is put under a deep hypnosis in order to free his last victim, and revive him into coming to terms with the sadistic sexual acts he is responsible for. An amnesiac detective searching for a serial killer, finds out he is the prime suspect. Criminal psychiatrists and psychologists watch and listen to the mysteries unfold.

Keywords: coma, disassociation, dream, erotica, hypnosis, murder, neo-noir, one-word-title, psychologist, psychology
Genres: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller,
Taglines: Don't dream it. Scream it.

The First War for the West (2014)

Actors: Patrick Frost (actor), Roger Newcombe (actor), Rie Natalenko (writer), Stanislaw Karpinski (director), Stanislaw Karpinski (writer), Stanislaw Karpinski (miscellaneous crew), Jim Corcoran (miscellaneous crew), Anna Steen (actress), Christopher Collins (editor), Beverley Karpinski (producer), Daniel Willoughby (actor), Christopher Collins (producer), Beverley Karpinski (producer), Ross Thompson (actor), Michael Scott (actor),

Plot: The First War for the West, a time when history became legend. The Greco-Persian War has given us some of the most iconic moments in history such as Leonidas and the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae, the Marathon Run and a huge legacy today in politics and many other areas. However, other than the 3 days of the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae, the remainder of the 49 year war between Persia and Greece has been almost completely overlooked, and has never appeared in a documentary. It covers the full story from the Ionian Revolt (497BC) to the Peace of Callias (449BC) also known as the Peace of Kimon, and includes a detailed introduction, the birth of Democracy and the aftermath and the legacy of the period.

Genres: Documentary, Drama, History, War,

One Candle One Man (2013)

Actors: Cerise (actress), George Layton (actor), Travis Aaron Wade (actor), Amiée Conn (actress), Xerxes Khashaya Afshar (composer), Xerxes Khashaya Afshar (writer), Laurie Leggio (costume designer), Laurie Leggio (producer), Luke Dennis (actor), Laurie Leggio (producer), Kacey Leggio (actress), Laurie Leggio (producer), Xerxes Khashaya Afshar (writer), Laurie Leggio (director), Xerxes Khashaya Afshar (director),

Plot: A champion fighter chooses a life of solitude after being badly beaten shortly after winning his match. Surrounded by his paintings and past memories, in the darkness he sits typing pages for his book with only a candle of light and a bottle of wine by his side. His quiet life is thrown into disarray when a woman in danger shows up at his door. Her plight stirs a deep passion in him that takes him by surprise. Driven by the need to set things right, he sets off to find the men who are responsible.

Genres: Drama,

For Such a Time as This: The Story of Esther (2010)

Actors: James Constantine (writer), James Constantine (director), Don Davenport (miscellaneous crew), Jeff Wood (composer), Gus Papakostas (actor), Clytan Gusman (actor), Stu Harty (producer), John Tucker (producer), Ron Lewis (actor), Douglas Lively (actor), Don Lowe (actor), Curtis Lyon (actor), Pat Cochran (actor), Steve Stilson (actor), Gene Suzuki (actor),

Plot: You're an adopted orphan teenager in a violent world. After the sorrow you've known, your chief desire is to marry, raise a happy family and live a quiet life. Because of your astounding beauty, the future seem to offer you all the love your heart could hold. Suddenly your peaceful dreams are shattered when the king of the civilized world throws the mother of all feasts. In a drunken display of bravado he commands the queen to display herself before his princes. She refuses. Suddenly the Persian empire is without a queen. Thus begins the greatest beauty pageant history as the king's servants scour the entire civilized world for a lovely young virgin fit to replace the displaced queen. You go into hiding. You dress as a servant and try to look plain. but all to no avail, for the fame of your beauty is too large to hide. There is pounding at your door and suddenly your dreams no longer matter. You are wrenched from the arms of the only one who loves you for more than your astounding charms and you find yourself the person God as chosen.

Genres: Drama,

Little Zizou (2008)

Actors: John Abraham (actor), Kurush Deboo (actor), Boman Irani (actor), Shernaz Patel (actress), Arjun Bhasin (costume designer), Todd Woody Richman (editor), Jeff Goldman (miscellaneous crew), Shahnaz Vahanvaty (costume designer), Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal (actress), Shiamak Davar (miscellaneous crew), Sohrab Ardeshir (actor), Shruti Desai (miscellaneous crew), Imaaduddin Shah (actor), Sooni Taraporevala (producer), Sooni Taraporevala (writer),

Plot: A delightful comedy about two Parsi families in Mumbai - one headed by a lunatic religious extremist, the other by a liberal newspaper editor. Told from the point of view of 10 year old Xerxes a soulful soccer-mad Parsi boy whose fervent wish is that his idol Zinedine Zidane visit Bombay. Though his mother died in childbirth, Xerxes hopes that she can still see him and affect miracles from her place up there. His older brother Art is a starry-eyed cartoonist whose wild fantasies come to life in surprising ways. Their father Khodaiji, a self-proclaimed protector-of-the-faith, thrives on the attentions (and donations) of hopeful believers. The brothers love to hang out at the home of their father's arch rival, Pressvala, the publisher of a liberal community newspaper. Art burns with unrequited love for Pressvala's oldest daughter, while Xerxes incurs the wrath of the younger daughter, who resents the attention her family showers on the motherless boy. But the real fireworks begin when Pressvala writes a scathing critique of would-be prophet Khodaiji and public reaction is loud and widespread. As the two households intermingle, their differences become hilariously apparent and life becomes complicated for everyone.

Keywords: bigger-dreams, brother-brother-relationship, child's-point-of-view, child-protagonist, childhood, childhood-innocence, ethnic-neighborhood, football, footballer, parsi
Genres: Drama, Family,

Meet the Spartans (2008)

Actors: Kevin Sorbo (actor), Carmen Electra (actress), Jim Piddock (actor), Jay Oliver (actor), Chaz Smith (actor), Jim Piddock (actor), Method Man (actor), Martin Klebba (actor), Robin Atkin Downes (actor), Ken Davitian (actor), Diedrich Bader (actor), Elton LeBlanc (actor), Phil Morris (actor), Christopher Lennertz (composer), Arnon Milchan (producer),

Plot: The heroic Spartan king Leonidas, armed with nothing but leather underwear and a cape, leads a ragtag bunch of 13 Spartan misfit warriors to defend their homeland against thousands of invading Persians whom include the Ghost Rider, Rocky Balboa, the Autobots, and an ugly hunchbacked Paris Hilton and a shaved-head Brittany Spears.

Keywords: american-idol, ancient-greece, angelina-jolie, archery, bare-butt, battle, beard, beefcake, beheaded, bench-press
Genres: Comedy, War,
Taglines: The Bigger the Hit, The Harder They Fall Get Ready For the Next Big Epic Comedy. Prepare to die...laughing. (DVD) 300 had it coming (UK theatrical poster)

Quotes:

Leonidas: Catch your breath. Vanilla blended. What is it boy?::Sonio: The Persians have found the secret passage through the hot gates.::Leonidas: Ah shit!

Leonidas: Let us talk next to the giant pit of death.::Messenger: [casually] Okay.

Messenger: [Leonidas has kissed the Persian's messenger on the mouth] What the hell was that?::Leonidas: What?::Messenger: You just kissed me!::Leonidas: That is how men great each other in Sparta: high-fives for the women [high-fives Margo] and open-mouthed tongue kisses for the men!

Leonidas: [picks up subway sandwich] No mayo? This is bullshit!

Urban Girl: Yo mama's so fat, her pant size is, um, um, um... Bitch, lose some weight!

Traitoro: Stop kicking people into the pit of death! Really!

Queen Margo: How do you like me now, Sandman!

Leonidas: I'm assembling an army to go to war with Persia. I'm going to take them in the rear... and then I'm gonna reach around, and I'm gonna take them again from the front!

Captain: I'm gonna go Hercules on your ass!

Paris Hilton: I'm a Hilton, I don't bow... but I do bend over.

Bombay Boys (1998)

Actors: Naveen Andrews (actor), Roshan Seth (actor), Vinay Pathak (actor), Bharat S. Shah (miscellaneous crew), Naseeruddin Shah (actor), Rahul Bose (actor), Prithvi Zutshi (actor), Shishir Sharma (actor), Dale Bhagwagar (miscellaneous crew), Shivkumar Subramaniam (actor), Nagesh Bhonsle (actor), Priya Krishnaswamy (editor), Sunil Shende (actor), Angad Paul (producer), Kaizad Gustad (writer),

Plot: Krishna alias Kris Sahani lives in New York, U.S., but decides to travel to his homeland in order to act in a movie. While Ricardo Fernandes leaves Sydney, Australia to travel to Bombay in search of his missing brother, Roger. And finally, Zeres Mistry, from London, England, also travels to Bombay to find his true love. The paths of all three Non-resident Indians cross in the taxi ride to Colaba, and they decide to stick together in their search for an apartment. They do succeed in finding one, owned by a seemingly gay landlord, Pesi Shroff, who openly and lovingly eyes a visibly uncomfortable Zeres. Things do not go well for Kris as well as he is asked by Filmmaker, Don Mastana, to act in a movie that is slated to be the worst movie in Bollywood history. Ricardo finds himself at the mercy of the local police, who make it clear to him that they have better things to do than look for his missing brother. It is only a matter of time before the hapless trio to realize that their respective hopes, dreams and aspirations are soon to turn to hopelessness and nightmares - from which there is no escape.

Keywords: bombay-india, city-name-in-title, expatriate, gay-interest, homosexual
Genres: Comedy, Drama,

Quotes:

Dolly: You know the Bible? My story is longer than that.

Die Perser (1966)

Actors: Peter Sturm (actor), Erika Pelikowsky (actress), Dieter Franke (actor), Rolf Ludwig (actor), Joachim Tomaschewsky (actor), Adolf Peter Hoffmann (actor), Eberhard Esche (actor), Fritz Hofbauer (actor), Josef Stauder (actor), Helmut Schiemann (director), Eugen Eschner (actor), Frantisek Palka (actor), Mattias Braun (writer), Gisela Schmidt (editor), Fried Eichel (producer),

Genres: Drama,

The 300 Spartans (1962)

Actors: Diane Baker (actress), Zannino (actor), Ralph Richardson (actor), Dimos Starenios (actor), Richard Egan (actor), Ivan Triesault (actor), Charles Fawcett (actor), Robert Brown (actor), Donald Houston (actor), John Crawford (actor), Yorgos Moutsios (actor), Laurence Naismith (actor), David Farrar (actor), Kostas Baladimas (actor), Gian Paolo Callegari (writer),

Plot: Essentially true story of how Spartan king Leonidas led an extremely small army of Greek Soldiers (300 of them his personal body guards from Sparta) to hold off an invading Persian army now thought to have numbered 250,000. The actual heroism of those who stood (and ultimately died) with Leonidas helped shape the course of Western Civilization, allowing the Greek city states time to organize an army which repelled the Persians. Set in 480 BC.

Keywords: 5th-century-b.c., ambush, ancient-greece, armor, army, arrow, battle, battle-of-thermopylae, battlefield, best-friend
Genres: Adventure, Drama, History, War,
Taglines: Thermopylae... mighty battle epic of a handful of men forming tyhe invincible "flying wedge" - against a killer horde five million strong!

Quotes:

Narrator: Across the hush of 24 centuries, this is the story of a turning point in history, of a blazing day when 300 Greek warriors fought here to hold with their lives their freedom and ours.

Xerxes, Persian King: It was my father's dream. One world, one master. But to Marathon ten years ago he sent a mere wave. I am leading an ocean!

Themistocles of Athens: The whole of Asia is descending upon us. Many times more men than there are Greeks. These men are fierce, savage, bloodthirsty, merciless. But that is not the reason why we should fear them. That is not the source of their power. Their power lies in their unity. Unity! Remember that one terrible word which will surely destroy Greece, unless we counter it with a unity of our own. A unity of free men fighting together resisting this united tide of tyranny.

Leonidas, Spartan King: A Spartan king cannot act without the authority of his people. But I know my people, and I know they will fight.::Themistocles of Athens: Will they lead all others?::Leonidas, Spartan King: Sparta will fight, whether others will follow or not.

Leonidas, Spartan King: The council must act quickly::Xenathon, Spartan Isolationist: Why?::Leonidas, Spartan King: In order that we Spartans may reach the first line of defense in time.::Xenathon, Spartan Isolationist: And where might that be?::Leonidas, Spartan King: The Pass of Thermopylae.::Xenathon, Spartan Isolationist: Thermopylae, of course. That's the pass that protects Athens.::Leonidas, Spartan King: No! It's the pass that protects GREECE! Mere cities don't matter now. It is Greece that counts! Only by being united can we hope to avoid slavery. Now, I am no politician, but I will plead this cause with you until the moon wanes and the night brings forth a new day!

Themistocles of Athens: Truth is a heady wine. A politician must never exaggerate people's capacity for it.

Leonidas, Spartan King: Spartans! We have reached Thermopylae. The orders are: From this wall, we do not retreat!

Pentheus, Leonidas' Second in Command: He saved my life, Leonidas.::Leonidas, Spartan King: I know that. He also disobeyed orders. [to Phylon] In wartime, the punishment is death. You know that Phylon.::Phylon, son of Grellas: Yes.::Leonidas, Spartan King: So death it will be. [to Agathon] Get him his armor and a red cloak. That's the only way for Spartans to die these days.

Demaratus, Exiled Spartan King: The Spartans will certainly fight, whether reinforcements arrive or not.::Xerxes, Persian King: Why, they are mad. I cannot think why you would want to be king of such an extraordinary people, Demaratus. I shall capture them alive and put them in cages and exhibit them all over Persia.

Hydarnes, Commander of the Immortals: [Xerxes has sent an emissary to demand the Spartan surrender] yesterday, we only probed your positions. When we attack today, our arrows will blot out the sun!::Leonidas, Spartan King: Good; then we will fight in the shade.::Hydarnes, Commander of the Immortals: Leonidas; you cannot win this fight.::Leonidas, Spartan King: Every day we stand is another day for Greece. [Starts to walk off]::Hydarnes, Commander of the Immortals: Leonidas, wait! Xerxes says that if you and your men lay down your arms, he will allow you to leave peaceably.::Leonidas, Spartan King: [In Greek] Come and take them!

Read All About It (1945)

Actors: John Slater (actor), Tony Quinn (actor), Charles Paton (actor), Kynaston Reeves (actor), John Laurie (actor), Wally Patch (actor), Joss Ambler (actor), Gerald Case (actor), Frank Atkinson (actor), Alfie Bass (actor), Roy Ward Baker (actor), Roddy Hughes (actor), Laurence Hanray (actor), Anthony Holles (actor), Ralph Truman (actor),

Genres: Short,