Gas Attack (2001)

Actors: Liam Brennan (actor), Peter Christie (actor), Ian Hanmore (actor), Benae Hassan (actor), Peri Ibrahim (actor), Elinor Kelly (actor), Robert Pickavance (actor), Laurie Ventry (actor), Sherko Zen-Aloush (actor), Morag Calder (actress), Kate Donnelly (actress), Robina Qureshi (actress), Sana Sadollah (actress), Gerda Stephenson (actress), David Hart (producer),

Plot: Father Sherko (Sherko Zen-Aloush) is increasingly concerned that his daughter Resa (Benae Hassan) is getting sick. Presenting themselves at the hospital they encounter a number of asylum seekers from their block, all demonstrating similar symptoms. At first it looks like an epidemic of flu, but soon it appears to be something infinitely more sinister. Quickly the civil and emergency services are beyond breaking point and it emerges that the authorities are powerless to halt this disaster. When Asylum Support Unit worker Rabeena Dhondy (Robina Qureshi) arrives at Sherko and Resa's flat she finds the little girl is suffering from an extremely bad cough. At the hospital, the doctor Annie Millbrook (Morag Calder) diagnoses flu. Shortly afterwards one of the Resa's neighbours Hamez (Salah Hussein) dies from what the hospital are still calling flu. Quite naturally the asylum seekers are getting worried and a meeting is arranged with them by the hospital. Robina arrives at Sherko and Resa's block of flats to find ash swirling around like a fine snow. Robina goes straight to see Brian Cooper. Back at the hospital it looks as if Resa and a number of the other patients are feeling much better. Doctor Annie Millbrook is suspicious though...

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Giving Tongue (1996)

Actors: Michael Angelis (actor), John Bardon (actor), Michael Bertenshaw (actor), John Bird (actor), John Boswell (actor), Jeremy Bulloch (actor), Stuart Burge (actor), Peter Capaldi (actor), Warren Clarke (actor), Richard Croxford (actor), Brian de Salvo (actor), Noel Donnellon (actor), Tenniel Evans (actor), Michael Ford (actor), John Abineri (actor),

Plot: Jessie Fielding is a young MP who is trying to get an anti-hunting bill through the two Houses of Parliament, which is a little surprising as she hunted as a teenager with friend Barb Gale. Matters are complicated when she rekindles her friendship with Barb, who still works for a hunt. The plot thickens further when it becomes aparent that the House of Lords is likely break with convention and block the bill, an event which the Prime Minister hopes to use for his own ends.

Keywords: hunting, royalty
Genres: Comedy, Drama,

The Custodian (1993)

Actors: John Batchelor (actor), David Brown (actor), Kee Chan (actor), Steve Cox (actor), Kelly Dingwall (actor), Waverney Ford (actor), Andrew S. Gilbert (actor), Steven Grives (actor), Rick Hill (actor), Bill Hunter (actor), Norman Kaye (actor), Hari Kimine (actor), Bogdan Koca (actor), Anthony LaPaglia (actor), Bob Baines (actor),

Plot: Det. Quinlan has left his alcoholic wife, sprouting a bloom of insecurity, anger and self-motivation within him to expose the corrupt police force that surrounds him. He abandons his 'straight' life to partner in crime with his co-worker, Det. Church, in order to get on the inside of the circle of double-agents. He sides privately with a reporter, Reynolds, and an Internal Affairs lawyer, Ferguson, to expose them to the press. Once they have gathered enough information, all the corrupt police, including the newly recruited Quinlan are arrested. Ferguson then works to get Quinlan a reduced sentence for helping them.

Keywords: alcoholism, anonymous-telephone-call, apology, asian-man, bare-breasts, bare-chested-male, bartender, bedroom, beer-drinking, birthday-cake
Genres: Drama,
Taglines: In a corrupt police force, the one bad apple is an honest cop.

Quotes:

Det. Sgt. James Quinlan: [to a thug he has pinned against the wall] You of course know what Seneca said about fine conduct. In letters to Vasilius he said that fine conduct is always spontaneous.

Det. Sgt. James Quinlan: And had you known the quote, you'd have said to him, as Burke said when questioned on the French Revolution in 1790, "Patience will achieve more than force."::Reynolds: Who the fuck are you?::Det. Sgt. James Quinlan: I'm a two-bit philosopher. That's who I am.

And the Band Played On (1993)

Actors: Alan Alda (actor), Peter Allen (actor), Arthur Ashe (actor), Alan Barry (actor), Patrick Bauchau (actor), Neal Benari (actor), David Dean Bottrell (actor), Rico Bueno (actor), Bill Carmichael (actor), Christopher Carroll (actor), Reg E. Cathey (actor), Christian Clemenson (actor), David Clennon (actor), Phil Collins (actor), Walter Addison (actor),

Plot: This is the story of the first years of the AIDS epidemic in the United States and focuses on three key elements. Dr. Don Francis, an immunologist with experience in eradicating smallpox and containing the Ebola virus, joins the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to try and understand just what this disease is. They also have deal with bureaucracy and a government that doesn't seem to care. The gay community in San Francisco is divided on the nature of the disease but also what should be done about it. Finally, the film deals with the rivalry between Dr. Robert Gallo, the American virologist who previously discovered the first retrovirus and his French counterpart at the Pasteur Institute, Dr. Luc Montagnier, that led to disputed claims about who was first to identify the AIDS virus.

Keywords: 1970s, 1980s, africa, anger, arrogance, audience, based-on-book, based-on-true-story, bitterness, center-for-disease-control
Genres: Drama,
Taglines: A threat no one dared face. A word no one wanted to speak. A fight for many, fought by few.

Quotes:

Dr. Don Francis: This may be the first epidemic in history of which no one officially died.

The Choreographer: The party's over.

Roger Gail Lyon: This is not a political issue. This is a health issue. This is not a gay issue. This is a human issue. And I do not intend to be defeated by it. I came here today in the hope that my epitaph would not read that I died of red tape.

Dr. Dennis Donohue: When the doctors start acting like businessmen, who do the people turn to for doctors?

Dr. Mary Guinan: How long has it been.::Dr. Don Francis: Small pox, India.

Bobbi Campbell: Well, you know, if the gay community doesn't start raising hell, do you think Reagan is going to do a damn thing?::The Choreographer: I wish I had your courage.::Bobbi Campbell: Courage... no. I'm scared to death. I just have this self-determination to live. Don't you?

Congressman Phil Burton: I'll introduce a bill. But if all the angels came dancing down to earth like the Rockettes, even they couldn't get a dime out of this administration for anything with the name "gay" on it.

Eddie Papasano: Let me tell you people something, no matter what happens here today, if you try to close my joint, I 'll sue the ass off you.::Dr. Don Francis: Doesn't it bother you knowing that the people who have sex in your bath-house are playing Russian roulette?::Eddie Papasano: Please just cut out this bullshit. We're all in this for one thing: money. I make'em when the guys come in. You doctors, you make'em when they go out.

Bobbi Campbell: Now for years and years and years people in my hometown were telling me I was a freak because of my sexual orientation, until I came to San Francisco, and I found a community of freaks just like me. We stood together. We stood together! And it took a long time. But we finally forced this one tiny spot of the universe, the Castro, to realise that how we choose to have sex, and where, is our own damn business. Which to all other people who haven't gone through what we've gone through sounds funny and they may laugh, but I know speaking for most of us, I would rather die as a human being than continue living as a freak.::Dr. Mervyn Silverman: Clearly there's a lot of strong feeling on the subject...::Voice in the crowd: What good is all the gay rights in the world if we are all dead?

Dr. Luc Montagnier: [In French] It's amazing to me that Americans can think a disease has a sexual preference. But that's all Americans think of... Sex. Sex. Sex.

Computer Ghosts (1988)

Actors: Scott Burgess (actor), Allan Chapple (actor), Noel Ferrier (actor), Waverney Ford (actor), Kristoffer Greaves (actor), Robbie McGregor (actor), Steve Rackman (actor), Martin Raphael (actor), Nicholas Ryan (actor), George Spartels (actor), Walter Sullivan (actor), Philip Thurton (actor), Peter Whitford (actor), Benita Collings (actress), Christine Jeston (actress),

Plot: A security company conjures up fake computer-generated "ghosts" so they can buy abandoned property at below-market value at auctions. However, a mysterious couple appear out of seemingly nowhere to thwart the company's plans.

Keywords: computer, ghost, swindle
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy,

Olsson per sekund eller Det finns ingen anledning till oro (1981)

Actors: Lars Amble (actor), Mats Bergman (actor), Jan Bergquist (actor), Jens Callenbo (actor), Pontus Gustafsson (actor), Tommy Körberg (actor), Peter Lindgren (actor), Gunnar 'Knas' Lindkvist (actor), Sune Mangs (actor), Per Mattsson (actor), Carl-Ivar Nilsson (actor), Jan Nygren (actor), Stellan Skarsgård (actor), Björn Strand (actor), Bert-Åke Varg (actor),

Genres: Drama,

Olsson per sekund eller Det finns ingen anledning till oro (1981)

Actors: Lars Amble (actor), Mats Bergman (actor), Jan Bergquist (actor), Jens Callenbo (actor), Pontus Gustafsson (actor), Tommy Körberg (actor), Peter Lindgren (actor), Gunnar 'Knas' Lindkvist (actor), Sune Mangs (actor), Per Mattsson (actor), Carl-Ivar Nilsson (actor), Jan Nygren (actor), Stellan Skarsgård (actor), Björn Strand (actor), Bert-Åke Varg (actor),

Genres: Drama,

Romanoff and Juliet (1961)

Actors: John Alderson (actor), Edward Atienza (actor), Thomas Chalmers (actor), Renato Chiantoni (actor), Booth Colman (actor), Carl Don (actor), John Gavin (actor), Peter Jones (actor), Giampaolo Maffei (actor), John Phillips (actor), Tonio Selwart (actor), Akim Tamiroff (actor), Peter Ustinov (actor), Rik Van Nutter (actor), Strelsa Brown (actress),

Plot: Yes it's the Romeo & Juliet story updated to during the cold war and moved to a mittel european country ruled by writer/director/star Peter Ustinov. The General arranges for the children of the US and Russian ambassadors to fall in love. The drama increases when the General has the casting vote at the UN.

Keywords: based-on-play, character-name-in-title, diplomacy, directed-by-star, independent-film, politics, russia, shakespeare's-romeo-and-juliet, united-nations, ussr
Genres: Comedy,
Taglines: The Romantic Dither of the Decade!

Pan po nong (1958)

Actors: Ah-Shing (actor), Lieh Chen (actor), Su Chuang (actor), Hsiung Hsiao (actor), Tung Hu (actor), Ying Huang (actor), Ming Lai (actor), Tien Liu (actor), Ching Ho Wang (actor), Po Chin (actress), Ying Chiu (actress), Ivy Ling Po (actress), Hung Lu (actress), Wei Wang (actress), Fen Yin (actress),

Genres: Comedy,

Kronblom kommer till stan (1949)

Actors: Harry Ahlin (actor), Wiktor Andersson (actor), Olle Ek (actor), David Erikson (actor), Siegfried Fischer (actor), Ludde Gentzel (actor), Gösta Grip (actor), Nils Hultgren (actor), Nils Johannisson (actor), Stig Johanson (actor), Arne Källerud (actor), Jan-Erik Lindqvist (actor), John Melin (actor), John Norrman (actor), Georg Skarstedt (actor),

Genres: ,