Lucan (2013)

Actors: Christopher Eccleston (actor), Michael Gambon (actor), Lasco Atkins (actor), Paul Freeman (actor), Stuart Matthews (actor), Gemma Jones (actress), Jeff Pope (producer), Jeff Pope (writer), Miles Richardson (actor), Catherine McCormack (actress), Tim Bentinck (actor), Julian Firth (actor), Alan Cox (actor), Ruth McCabe (actress), Jane Lapotaire (actress),

Plot: In 2003 author John Pearson interviews elderly John Burke and Susie Maxwell-Scott for his book 'The Gamblers', centering on the Clermont Club, a Mayfair casino run by ruthless zoo keeper John Aspinall some thirty years earlier. Lucan 's chief client is John Bingham, Lord Lucan, ironically nicknamed Lucky due to his consistent losing streak. When Lucan's long-suffering wife Veronica protests at his profligacy he is violent and, under Aspinall's malign influence, tries - and fails - to discredit Veronica's sanity to gain custody of their children after their divorce. Whilst Veronica delights in the friendship of her nanny Sandra Rivett Lucan, once more led on by Aspinall, arrives at Veronica's house with murder in mind but, in the dark, accidentally kills Sandra, rather than intended victim Veronica. Realizing his mistake he attacks Veronica but she escapes and seeks help in a pub from where she is taken to hospital. As Lucan goes on the run Aspinall summons fellow club members and insists they close ranks to help the fugitive but the fair-minded Dominic Elwes refuses and writes an article putting Veronica's case and showing up the Clermont members for what they are. As a result he is made a social pariah and commits suicide. Meanwhile Lucan, in his absence, is found guilty of killing Sandra and attacking Veronica. In 2003 the dying Susie Maxwell-Scott summons John Pearson and tells him she believes that Aspinall got Lucan to Switzerland though she also considers that Aspinall persuaded Lucan to return to England to see his children and threw him over the side of the boat to prevent further disgrace. Veronica surmises that Lucan killed himself but both are of the opinion that his corpse lies in the English Channel.

Keywords: 1970s, abusive-husband, alcoholic, anonymous-telephone-call, based-on-true-story, beaten-to-death, british, casino, character-name-in-title, child-custody
Genres: Crime,

Lost in a Crowd (2011)

Actors: Cari Coughlin (editor), Marta McGonagle (actress), Shaun Fletcher (actor), Luke Albright (actor), Gary Cairns (actor), Trina DeMattei (producer), Sarah Leners (actress), Ronma Perry (actor), Brian Bell (miscellaneous crew), Stuart Page (producer), Stuart Page (miscellaneous crew), Catherine Chiarelli (actress), Gustavo Flores (actor), Scott Lunsford (actor), Tim Finley (actor),

Plot: Ethan is in a major slump; he's unemployed, emotionally isolated, apathetic and just plain confused. After his friends drag him out of his apartment, what was supposed to be just another "night out" spirals into a whirlwind of events that will forever change all of their lives.

Keywords: death
Genres: Drama, Drama, Thriller,

Monster Ark (2008)

Actors: Todd Jensen (actor), Atanas Srebrev (actor), Joe Cappelletti (miscellaneous crew), Kristina Kambitova (miscellaneous crew), John Cappilla (producer), Jeffery Beach (producer), Phillip J. Roth (producer), Cherise Honey (miscellaneous crew), Tommy 'Tiny' Lister (actor), Mario Georgiev (miscellaneous crew), Renée O'Connor (actress), George Zlatarev (actor), Claude Foisy (composer), Bashar Rahal (actor), Milena Karova (miscellaneous crew),

Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi,

Irish Eyes (2004)

Actors: Bill Davis (miscellaneous crew), Eugene Lipinski (actor), Ronnie Marmo (actor), Alberta Watson (actress), David Michie (actor), Curtis Armstrong (actor), John Novak (actor), Wings Hauser (actor), Daniel Baldwin (actor), Aidan Devine (actor), Jack Betts (actor), Randy Miller (composer), Shawn Driscoll (actor), Gary Levert (actor), Torri Higginson (actress),

Plot: "Irish Eyes" explores the relationship between two Irish-American brothers in Boston born to immigrant parents and raised in a rough, working class Irish neighborhood. After watching their father being gunned down in front of their eyes as children, Thomas and Sean Phelan grow up building their lives on opposite ends of the law. Thomas, the studious and responsible brother, creates a better life for himself through education and hard, honest work. Eventually, he builds a successful career as a US Attorney. Sean, the more rebellious of the two, gets caught up in a life of crime and rises through the ranks to become the head of the Irish Mob. Spanning from post World War II during the late 1950's through the Irish Mob wars of the 1970's and culminating in their adulthood in the 1990's, the story is set to the backdrop of backroom politics and the realities of the Irish Mob and it's gang wars. The theme of the film simultaneously addresses the similarities between the two factions of law and crime while revealing the similarities between the two brothers.

Keywords: 1940s, 1950s, 1970s, attorney, boston-massachusetts, death-of-father, gangster, irish-american, irish-mob
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama,
Taglines: No conscience. No mercy. Love thy brother, right or wrong

Choices 2 (2004)

Actors: Torrence Hall (miscellaneous crew), Katt Williams (actor), Clifton Powell (actor), Dale Stelly (producer), Dale Stelly (director), Tommy 'Tiny' Lister (actor), Mike Tristano (miscellaneous crew), Daniel Zirilli (director), Mari Morrow (actress), The Bishop Don Magic Juan (actor), Daniel Mason (editor), Damon Whitaker (actor), Joseph Marino (actor), Eric Perrodin (actor), Howard Gibson (producer),

Genres: ,
Taglines: Urban-Action

Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy (1989)

Actors: Angus MacInnes (actor), Garrick Hagon (actor), Chris Gill (editor), Michael Murphy (actor), Shane Rimmer (actor), Harris Yulin (actor), Togo Igawa (actor), Michael Moriarty (actor), Ed O'Ross (actor), Chris Sarandon (actor), Soon-Tek Oh (actor), Colin Stinton (actor), Michael Shannon (actor), Jay Patterson (actor), Leslie Woodhead (producer),

Genres: Thriller,

The Meaning of Life (1983)

Actors: Graham Chapman (actor), Graham Chapman (actor), Graham Chapman (actor), Graham Chapman (actor), Graham Chapman (actor), Graham Chapman (actor), Graham Chapman (actor), Graham Chapman (actor), Graham Chapman (actor), Graham Chapman (actor), Graham Chapman (actor), Graham Chapman (actor), Graham Chapman (actor), Graham Chapman (actor), Graham Chapman (actor),

Plot: Why are we here, what's it all about? The Monty Python-team is trying to sort out the most important question on Earth: what is the meaning of life? They do so by exploring the various stages of life, starting with birth. A doctor seems more interested in his equipment than in delivering the baby or caring for the mother, a Roman Catholic couple have quite a lot of children because 'every sperm is sacred'. In the growing and learning part of life, catholic schoolboys attend a rather strange church service and ditto sex education lesson. Onto war, where an officer's plan to attack is thwarted by his underlings wanting to celebrate his birthday and an officer's leg is bitten off by presumably an African tiger. At middle age a couple orders 'philosophy' at a restaurant, after which the film continues with live organ transplants. The autumn years are played in a restaurant, which, after being treated to the song 'Isn't It Awfully Nice to Have a Penis?' by an entertainer, sees the arrival of an extremely fat man. He can eat a lot, but also throw up quite copiously. The Grim Reaper brings for the final stage of human life, death, a visit to a mansion, where the people are rather interested in him. But life doesn't stop at death. It's onto heaven, where it's always Christmas.

Keywords: 1870s, 1910s, 1980s, 19th-century, 20th-century, absurd-humor, absurdism, acting-like-a-fish, actor-playing-multiple-roles, africa
Genres: Comedy, Musical,
Taglines: What it is, Where it is, and how to avoid treading in it [Video Australia] It took God six days to create the earth, and Monty Python just 90 minutes to screw it up.

Quotes:

Hospital Administrator: And what are you doing this morning?::Obstetrician: It's a birth.::Hospital Administrator: Ah. And what sort of thing is that?::Dr. Spenser: Well, that's where we take a new baby out of a lady's tummy.::Hospital Administrator: Wonderful what we can do nowdays.

Man in Pink: [singing] Whenever life gets you down Mrs. Brown / and things seem hard or tough / and people are stupid, obnoxious or daft / and you feel that you've had quite enough! / just remember that your standing on a planet thats evolving / revolving at nine-hundred miles an hour / its orbiting at ninety miles a second / so its reckoned / a sun that is the source of all our power / the sun and you and me / and all the stars that we can see / are moving at a million miles a day / in an outer spiral arm at forty-thousand miles an hour / of the galaxy we call the Milky Way / Our galaxy itself / contains a hundred billion stars / its a hundred thousand lightyears side to side / it bulges in the middle / sixteen-thousand lightyears thick / but out by us its just three-thousand lightyears wide / were thirty-thousand lightyears from galatic central point / we go round every two-hundred-million years / and our galaxy is only one of millions of billions in this amazing and expanding universe. [musical interlude] The universe itself keeps on expanding and expanding / in all of the directions it can whiz / as fast as it can go / the speed of light you know / twelve million miles a minute and thats the fastest speed there is / so remember when your feeling very small and insecure / how amazingly unlikely is your birth / and pray that there intelligent life somewhere up in space / cause theres bugger all down here on Earth.

Noel Coward: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Here's a little number I tossed off recently in the Caribbean. [singing] Isn't it awfully nice to have a penis? / Isn't it frightfully good to have a dong? / It's swell to have a stiffy. / It's divine to own a dick, / From the tiniest little tadger / To the world's biggest prick. / So, three cheers for your Willy or John Thomas. / Hooray for your one-eyed trouser snake, / Your piece of pork, your wife's best friend, / Your Percy, or your cock. / You can wrap it up in ribbons. / You can slip it in your sock, / But don't take it out in public, / Or they will stick you in the dock, / And you won't come back.

Grim Reaper: Englishmen, you're all so fucking pompous. None of you have got any balls.

Grim Reaper: Shut up, you American. You Americans, all you do is talk, and talk, and say "let me tell you something" and "I just wanna say." Well, you're dead now, so shut up.

Father: The mill's closed. There's no more work. We're destitute.::Children: Ohhhhh.::Father: I'm afraid I have no choice but to sell you all for scientific experiments.

Gaston: You see that house? That is where I was born. My mother said to me, "Garcon. The world is a beautiful place, and you must spread joy and contentment everywhere you go". And so I became a waiter... Well, I know it is not a great philosophy but... [pauses, looks offended] Well, fuck you. I can live my life in my own way if I want to. [begins to walk away in disgust] Fuck off. Don't come following me.

Chaplain: Let us praise God. O Lord...::Congregation: O Lord...::Chaplain: ...Ooh, You are so big...::Congregation: ...ooh, You are so big...::Chaplain: ...So absolutely huge.::Congregation: ...So absolutely huge.::Chaplain: Gosh, we're all really impressed down here, I can tell You.::Congregation: Gosh, we're all really impressed down here, I can tell You.::Chaplain: Forgive us, O Lord, for this, our dreadful toadying, and...::Congregation: And barefaced flattery.::Chaplain: But You are so strong and, well, just so super.::Congregation: Fantastic.::Humphrey: Amen.::Congregation: Amen.

Maitre d': Good evening sir and how are we today?::Mr. Creosote: Better.::Maitre d': Better?::Mr. Creosote: Better get a bucket. I'm gonna throw up.

Paitent: What do I do?::Dr. Spenser: Nothing, dear! You're not qualified!

A Case of Libel (1983)

Actors: Edward Asner (actor), Lawrence Dane (actor), Robin Gammell (actor), Tom Harvey (actor), Gordon Pinsent (actor), Michael J. Reynolds (actor), Daniel J. Travanti (actor), Chris Wiggins (actor), Lawrence Shragge (composer), Eric Till (director), Terry M. Pickford (editor), Larry Reynolds (actor), Glenn Morley (composer), Michael Zelniker (actor), Henry Denker (writer),

Genres: ,

A Case of Libel (1968)

Actors: John Beal (actor), Lloyd Bridges (actor), Marc Connelly (actor), José Ferrer (actor), George Grizzard (actor), Van Heflin (actor), E.G. Marshall (actor), Anthony Quayle (actor), Angie Dickinson (actress), Rosemary Murphy (actress), Charles Jarrott (director), Christopher Lofton (actor), Henry Denker (writer), Henry Denker (writer), Louis Nizer (writer),

Genres: Drama,

Mrs. Gibbons' Boys (1962)

Actors: Milo O'Shea (actor), Kathleen Harrison (actress), David Lodge (actor), Eric Pohlmann (actor), Diana Dors (actress), Lionel Jeffries (actor), William Kerwin (actor), John Le Mesurier (actor), Dick Emery (actor), Mark Singleton (actor), Nancy Nevinson (actress), Max Varnel (director), Max Varnel (writer), Diane Clare (actress), Hamilton Dyce (actor),

Genres: Comedy,
Taglines: A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Ball of Fun! Run for Your Laughs!...A Million of 'Em! See it with a girl you'd like to do time with!