Alleged Gangster (2013)

Actors: Art Roberts (actor), Sid Burston (actor), Roland Redikovich (actor), Roland Redikovich (actor), Gilbert Joseph Menchaca (actor), Daniel Van Dyke (actor), Jennifer Daniello (actress), Michael Puglisi (actor), Nevada Vargas (actor), Orlando Mendoza (actor), Andrew Pressman (producer), Gary A. Kauffman (producer), Gary A. Kauffman (actor), Andrew Pressman (writer), Andrew Pressman (actor),

Genres: Crime,
Taglines: Gangster Rudy Wright is back on the streets.

Talk to Me (2007)

Actors: Peter MacNeill (actor), Lyndon Johnson (actor), Richard Fitzpatrick (actor), Martin Luther King (actor), Benz Antoine (actor), Cedric the Entertainer (actor), Matt Birman (actor), Don Cheadle (actor), Damir Andrei (actor), Eugene Clark (actor), Vondie Curtis-Hall (actor), Johnny Carson (actor), Chiwetel Ejiofor (actor), Mike Epps (actor), Bruce McFee (actor),

Plot: The true life story of Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene Jr. In the mid-to-late 1960s, in Washington, D.C., vibrant soul music and exploding social consciousness were combining to unique and powerful effect. It was the place and time for Petey to fully express himself - sometimes to outrageous effect - and "tell it like it is." With the support of his irrepressible and tempestuous girlfriend Vernell, the newly minted ex-con talks his way into an on-air radio gig. He forges a friendship and a partnership with fellow prison inmate Milo's brother Dewey Hughes. From the first wild morning on the air, Petey relies on the more straight-laced Dewey to run interference at WOL-AM, where Dewey is the program director. At the station, Petey becomes an iconic radio personality, surpassing even the established popularity of his fellow disc jockeys, Nighthawk and Sunny Jim. Combining biting humor with social commentary, Petey openly courts controversy for station owner E.G. Sonderling. Petey was determined to make not just himself but his community heard during an exciting and turbulent period in American history. As Petey's voice, humor, and spirit surge across the airwaves with the vitality of the era, listeners tune in to hear not only incredible music but also a man speaking directly to them about race and power in America like few people ever have. Through the years, Petey's "The truth just is" style --- on - and off-air - would redefine both Petey and Dewey, and empower each to become the man he would most like to be.

Keywords: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, african-american, alcoholism, anti-war-demonstration, anti-war-protest, award, bar, bare-butt
Genres: Biography, Drama, History, Music, War,
Taglines: Never underestimate a man with something to say. Inspired by a true story

Quotes:

Petey Greene: [introducing a guest on his talk show] This is a pimp I wouldn't trust to wash my car, but y'all done elected him city official...::Dewey Hughes: PETEY!

[first lines]::Petey Greene: Wake up, goddammit!

Petey Greene: I'll tell it to the hot, I'll tell it to the cold. I'll tell it to the young, I'll tell it to the old. I don't want no laughin', I don't want no cryin', and most of all, no signifyin'. This is Petey Greene's Washington.

Dewey Hughes: I need you to say the things I can't say, and you need me to do the things you can't do.

E.G. Sonderling: What in blue blazes is going on in here?::Petey Greene: Did he just say "blue blazes?"

Dewey Hughes: The problem is we've lost touch with the real DC and our attempts to win over the beltway. This has always been a station of the people. And in case you forgot, most of the people don't live in Georgetown.::Employee radio station: Yeah, but the people who live in Georgetown do shop at Woody's. The sponsors that pay your salary...::E.G. Sonderling: No, I pay his salary. And yours. Maybe I should start paying your salary to him.

Be Cool (2005)

Actors: Gene Simmons (actor), Joe Perry (actor), Wyclef Jean (actor), Seth Green (actor), Scott Adsit (actor), RZA (actor), Dwayne Johnson (actor), Harvey Keitel (actor), Eric Balfour (actor), Cedric the Entertainer (actor), André Benjamin (actor), George Fisher (actor), Danny DeVito (actor), Steven Tyler (actor), John Travolta (actor),

Plot: Streetwise mobster-turned-movie producer Chili Palmer is back, but this time Chili has abandoned the fickle movie industry and veered into the music business, tangling with Russian mobsters and gangsta rappers and taking a talented, feisty young singer named Linda Moon under his wing. From the recording studio to an Aerosmith concert to the MTV Music Awards, he manipulates events to watch them play out the Chili way, using his signature blend of wiseguy skills and negotiation tactics. It's a dangerous business, and everyone's looking for their next big hit.

Keywords: acting-musician, african-american, baseball-bat, based-on-novel, basketball, billboard, bludgeoning, bob-dylan, bodyguard, cigar-smoking
Genres: Comedy, Crime,
Taglines: Everyone is looking for the next big hit

Quotes:

Fast Freddie: Who are all these people trying to kill you?::Chili Palmer: I don't know. I'm in the music business now. It could be anybody.

Steven Tyler: [after listening to Linda Moon singing after the Lakers game on the tape]::Steven Tyler: Look, she sounds cool. But I have to tell you guys something. I'm not one of those singers who appear in movies. I made it this far without doing it.

Elliot Wilhelm: When are you going to call me?::Chili Palmer: When your phone rings.

[from trailer]::[trying on clothes]::Elliot Wilhelm: Whoo! Scorchin'!::[smacks his butt and looks at the manager]::Elliot Wilhelm: Like that?

[from trailer]::[to Elliot Wilhelm]::Raji: Stop hatin', start participatin'. Come on, twinkle twinkle, baby, twinkle twinkle. Wanna take a shot at me kid? Do it.::[Elliot threatens to punch him]::Raji: I'm just sayin' if that's what this is gonna be, it's gonna be that.

[from trailer]::Linda Moon: That's my manager, Roger.::Chili Palmer: He talks like that?::Linda Moon: He thinks he's black.

[from trailer]::Chili Palmer: [about a Honda Insight] It's the Cadillac of hybrids.::Martin Weir: But what about speed?::Chili Palmer: If you're important, people will wait.

[first lines]::Chili Palmer: I hate sequels.

Darryl: What do you tell a man with two black eyes? Nothing, he's already been told twice.

Darryl: I wanna pick this up.::Roman Bulkin: Get your black ass out of here.::Darryl: You know what you tell a man with two black eyes? Nothing. He has been told twice. Now, are you gonna get me what I came here for... or are going to have a problem? [shows him the batch]::Roman Bulkin: Da.

The Bridge (2003)

Actors: Mitch Robbins (writer), Mitch Robbins (editor), Mitch Robbins (producer), Mitch Robbins (director), Nathan Williams (producer), Nathan Williams (actor), Marcus Lamb (producer), Jon Paul McDaniel (actor), Jill Rhodes (actress), David Flower (actor), David Norris (actor), Philip White (actor), Tiffani Rudder (actress), Byron Gehret (actor), Avelinio Da Silva (actor),

Plot: Tiffani is driving home for Christmas Eve. There is a terrible storm and between the frequent lightning and the high winds and rain she can hardly see the highway. The lightning flashes and her heart almost stops when she sees that the bridge over a raging river has collapsed. She stops just short of plunging into the raging waters below. She and several other motorists try to stop others from driving off the collapsed bridge. After two cars ignore their shouting and waving to get them to stop, they form a plan that might just save a lot of lives, if they can set it in motion in time.

Genres: Short,
Taglines: A heart to care. The courage to take action.

Airplay (2003)

Actors: Lucas Ostrowski (actor), Lucas Ostrowski (writer), Brandon Bartkowiak (producer), Brandon Bartkowiak (editor), Brandon Bartkowiak (director), Brandon Bartkowiak (writer), Melik Malkasian (actor), Anthony Rodebaugh (actor), Brittany Peet (actress), Matthew Merriam (actor), Jesse Deardorff-Green (actor), Daedalian Lowry (actor),

Plot: "Gabbin' Gary" is a mild mannered guy whose job is a talk radio disc jockey. When Death calls into his show to have a haunting debate about mortality, Gary quickly becomes caught up in a game of cat and mouse. In the end, Gary realizes that somebody must die to be the winner.

Genres: Drama, Short, Thriller,
Taglines: What if only a stranger knew your fate?

Evicted (2000)

Actors: Lawrence Tierney (actor), Michael Tierney (actor), Shannon Elizabeth (actress), Michael Tierney (director), Michael Tierney (writer), Michael Tierney (producer), Terry Camilleri (actor), Danny Saphire (editor), Danny Saphire (producer), Juan Gabriel (actor), David Neff (actor), Larry Sands (actor), Erick Carrillo (actor), Magnús Jónsson (actor), C.J. Morrow (actor),

Plot: An out of work trash man and his crippled drunkie cousin are being evicted from their Hollywood apartment. When they meet up with a teenage homeless speed freak, they decide to throw a party and all hell breaks loose.

Keywords: alcohol, apartment, debauchery, drugs, eviction, gang, hollywood, homelessness, independent-film, lsd
Genres: Comedy,
Taglines: Welcome to the Hollywood High Life

Quotes:

T: [to Micro] Why don't you just get a job?

Clash: Are you a junkie?::T: Nah, just a drunkie.

Run for Cover (1995)

Actors: Ed Koch (actor), Al Sharpton (actor), Adam West (actor), Viveca Lindfors (actress), Hope Davis (actress), Sewell Whitney (actor), Carmine Famiglietti (actor), Richard W. Haines (director), Richard W. Haines (writer), Richard W. Haines (editor), Richard W. Haines (actor), Rudolf Martin (actor), David Ross Paterson (actor), John Knox (actor), Ernest Mingione (actor),

Genres: Action, Thriller,

True to Life (1943)

Actors: Stanley Andrews (actor), Billy Bletcher (actor), Jack Baxley (actor), Charles Cane (actor), Ken Carpenter (actor), Eddy Chandler (actor), Danny Borzage (actor), Heinie Conklin (actor), William Demarest (actor), Vernon Dent (actor), Jack Gardner (actor), Harry Hayden (actor), John Hiestand (actor), Bud Jamison (actor), Fred Kelsey (actor),

Plot: A writer for a radio program needs some fresh ideas to juice up his show. For inspiration, he rents a room with a typical American family and begins to secretly write about their true life antics. The show becomes a big hit, but he begins to feel guilty about his charade when he falls in love with the family's pretty older daughter.

Genres: Comedy,

You're the One (1941)

Actors: Marie Blake (actress), Lona Andre (actress), Vernon Dent (actor), Charles Williams (actor), Hal K. Dawson (actor), Albert Dekker (actor), Jerry Colonna (actor), Tom Dugan (actor), Walter Catlett (actor), Edward Everett Horton (actor), Charles Lane (actor), Bert Roach (actor), Dewey Robinson (actor), Gerald Oliver Smith (actor), Grace Hayle (actress),

Plot: In this 100% fictional film, in which not a single performer plays "Himself" nor "Herself" but the two lead performers use their own name as a character, a singer named Bonnie Baker ('Bonnie Baker (I)' (qv), with a strip-tease singing voice auditions for a job singing with orchestra of Luke Laramie ('Albert Dekker' (qv))), but his taste runs to blondes and Bonnie, at the moment is a brunette. Meanwhile, Luke goes to the weight-reducing sanitarium run by Dr. Calonna ('Jerry Colonna' (qv)), hoping to lose some weight in order to get a spot on a radio program sponsored by the maker of a non-fattening food product. Dyeing her hair from brunette to blonde, Bonnie, a fictional character played by a singer with the same name, and her agent, "Death Valley Joe" Frink ('Edward Everett Horton' (qv)), follow Luke to the screwy sanitarium, run like a nightclub and a summer resort by Colonna and his lovely nurse, Miss Jones ('Lillian Cornell' (qv)), who primarily sings and dances. It soon gets broad when Aunt Emma ('Renie Riano' (qv)) shows up and turns out to be Faro Fanny, Frinks' old sweetheart from his Death Vally days.

Keywords: 1940s, actor-shares-first-and-last-name-with-character, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, actor-shares-last-name-with-character, actress-shares-first-and-last-name-with-character, actress-shares-first-name-with-character, actress-shares-last-name-with-character, archery, audition, band-singer
Genres: Comedy, Music,
Taglines: Sensational on the air and stage ... Terrific in their first screen hit! "OH, BONNIE, HOW YOU CAN LOVE!" Here she is...Bonnie Baker, the "Oh, Johnnie" Girl, sensational on the screen as she is on the air and in personal appearance around the country. Together with her romantic maestro, Orrin Tucker, and the Colossal Colonna, Bob Hope's hilarious nit-wit, it's the screen's top music-and-madness hit! Here's "OH, JOHNNY" BONNIE and ORRIN in their first big screen hit! It's a laugh parade...a love parade....a song parade led by these sensational stars the whole country wants to see! HEAR BONNIE SING: "You're the One", "I Could Kiss You For That", "Strawberry Lane" and her own "Oh, Johnny." How you'll cheer 'OH, JOHNNIE' BONNIE and ORRIN as they sing and pla-a-y!

Broadway Gondolier (1935)

Actors: Eddie Graham (actor), Selmer Jackson (actor), Joseph E. Bernard (actor), James Burke (actor), Tom Hanlon (actor), William Gargan (actor), Lloyd Bacon (actor), Hobart Cavanaugh (actor), George Chandler (actor), André Cheron (actor), Gino Corrado (actor), George Barbier (actor), Bill Elliott (actor), Sam Ash (actor), Milton Kibbee (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Musical, Romance,
Taglines: LOVERS ENRAPTURED -- ...Sweethearts enthralled in the light of venetian moonbeams and music!

Quotes:

Alice Hughes: People don't marry crooners. They only divorce them.