The Vow. 2012 (romantic drama), Starring Rachel McAdams as Paige Collins, Channing Tatum as Leo Collins, Jessica Lange as Rita Thornton, Sam Neill as Bill Thornton, Jessica McNamee as Gwen (Paige's sister), Wendy Crewson as Dr. Fishman, Tatiana Maslany as Lily, Lucas Bryant as Kyle, Scott Speedman as Jeremy, Sarah Carter as Diane, Dillon Casey as Ryan, Rachel Skarsten as Rose, Kristina Pesic as Lizbet, Britt Irvin as Lina, Jeananne Goossen as Sonia, Kim Roberts as Barbara, Joey Klein as Josh, Joe Cobden as Jim, Shannon Barnett as Carrie, Lindsay Ames as Shana, Angela Vint as Nurse, Bill Turnbull as Funky Clerk, Dharini Woollcombe as Receptionist, Rosalba Martinni as Bakery Lady, Jeff Authors as Professor, Roland Rothchild as DMV Worker, Jonathan Psaila as Mikey, Joe Vercillo as Friend, Shannon Edwards as Water Taxi Commuter, Melissa Lem as Paramedic and Samuel Meadows as Theatre Patron. Movie Central, December 2, 2012. Soundtrack: "Come On, Come On (Dean & Britta Remix)" - Written and Performed by Scott Hardkiss, Courtesy of God Within Recordings, Inc., By arrangement with Zynch Music Group, LLC; "Get Some" - Written by Lykke Li Zachrisson and Björn Yttling, Perdormed by Lykke Li, Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp./Warner Music U.K. Ltd.; "Pictures Of You" - Written by The Cure/Robert Smith, Performed by The Cure, Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment Group; "England" - Performed by The National; "Ball" - Performed by Red Red Meat; "Get Myself Together" - Performed by Robyn "Amazing Bass" - Performed by Sammy James Jr.; "Discowing" - Performed by Greenskeepers; "Who is That?"; "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" - Performed by Meat Loaf; "Specks" - Performed by Matt Pond PA; "Leaving on the 5th" - Performed by Voxhaul Broadcast; "This Too Shall Pass" - Performed by OK Go; "Nothing Was Stolen (Love Me Foolishly)" - Performed by Phosphorescent; "Play My Way" - Performed by Maya von Doll; "Problems of Our Own" - Performed by Light FM; "Neon Blue" - Performed by Still Life Still. Trivia: 1. The film is based on the true story of Kim and Krickitt Carpenter. The Vow is based on the actual relationship of Kim and Krickitt Carpenter, who wrote a book about their marriage, also known as The Vow. Ten weeks after their wedding on September 18, 1993, the couple was in an automobile accident in which Krickitt suffered brain trauma, which erased memories of her romance with Kim as well as their recent marriage. Kim, however, was still madly in love with his wife, although she viewed him as a stranger after the accident. According to the couple, their faith in Jesus and their wedding vows before God kept them together. 2. It is the final film by Spyglass Entertainment, before MGM takes over. 3. The café where Paige (Rachel McAdams) works and Leo and Paige visit frequently is called Cafe Mnemonic - a mnemonic device is a learning technique used to help memory. 4. Credits give thanks to City of Toronto and City of Chicago.
In Darkness (Polish: W ciemności). 2011 (Polish drama film), Starring Robert Więckiewicz as Leopold Socha, Benno Fürmann as Mundek Margulies, Agnieszka Grochowska as Klara Keller, Maria Schrader as Paulina Chiger, Herbert Knaup as Ignacy Chiger, Kinga Preis as Wanda Socha, Krzysztof Skonieczny as Szczepek Wróblewski, Julia Kijowska as Chaja, Marcin Bosak as Janek Weiss, Jerzy Walczak as Jacob Berestycki, Michał Żurawski as Bortnik, Zofia Pieczyńska as Stefcia Socha, Etel Szyc as Szona Grossman, Andrzej Mastalerz as Sawicki, Ida Łozińska as Rachela Grossman, Laura Lo Zito as Irena, Alexander Levit as Kovalev, Frank Köbe as Wilhaus, Oliwer Stanczak as Pawel Chiger, Milla Bankowicz as Krystyna Chiger, Olek Mincer as Szlomo Landsberg, Piotr Glowacki as Icek Frenkiel, Maria Semotiuk as Mania Keller, Weronika Rosati as Young Woman with Child, Mania Lozinska as Teenage Boy Sister, Dorota Liliental as Bystander #1, Maja Bohosiewicz as Girl - Robbery, Vito Hanne as Boy - Robbery, Piotr Nowak as German Soldier, Zacharjasz Muszynski as Ukranian Militiaman, Olena Leonenko as Woman Vendor, Jeremias Koschorz as Young German Soldier, Maciej Wieckowski as Priest, Ireneusz Czop as Janowssa SS Man, Anton Levit as Max - Ukranian Officer, Benjamin Höppner as SS Mining Officer, Ryszard Mosingiewicz as Old Man, Filip Garbacz as Teenage Boy, Dorota M. Pacciarelli as Woman Vendor, Aniela Nykowska as Anielka, Wolfgang Boos as Officer, Benedikt Crisand as Daniel and Joachim Paul Assböck as Nowak. Movie Central, December 3, 2012. Soundtrack: "Dido's Lament" (from opera Dido and Aeneas) and "Tonko's Lullaby". Trivia: 1. Directed by Agnieszka Holland. Based on true events, the film tells a story of Leopold Socha, a sewer worker in the Nazi-occupied Polish city of Lwów (since 1945 Lviv, Ukraine), who used his knowledge of the city's sewer system to shelter a group of Jews of the Lwów Ghetto during the Holocaust in Poland. 2. Dedicated to Marek Edelman, the film was a Polish-German-Canadian co-production. 3. In Darkness is a dramatization of a rescue of Jewish refugees in the Nazi-occupied Lwów. For over a year, a Polish Catholic sewer maintenance worker and burglar thief Leopold Socha hid and cared for a group of hunted Jews who had escaped the massacres and deportations during the liquidation of the Lwów Ghetto, at first helping them in exchange for a daily pay, but then continuing to do so long after the Jews' money ran out and aiding them became ever more dangerous. 4. In Darkness is based on the book In the Sewers of Lvov (1990) by Robert Marshall. The only living survivor of the group, Krystyna Chiger, has written a memoir of her experience, The Girl in the Green Sweater: A Life in Holocaust's Shadow (2008), which was published too late to be a source. Title Cards at end of movie: 1. "Socha's Jews" spent 14 months in the sewers of Lvov. 2. On May 12, 1945. Leopold Socha was killed, saving his daughter from an out of control Russian army truck. 3. At his funeral, someone said, "It's God's punishment for helping the Jews." 4. As if we need God to punish each other. 5. Krystyna Chiger grew up to write her memoir, The Girl in the Green Sweater, published in 2008. 6. She and the other survivors escaped Soviet Lvov for Israel, Europe and the United States. 7. Leopold and Wanda (Magdalena) Socha are among more than 6,000 Poles honored by Israel as The Righteous Among The Nations. 8. This film is dedicated to all of them.
The Parallax View. 1974, Starring Warren Beatty as Joseph Frady, Paula Prentiss as Lee Carter, Hume Cronyn as Bill Rintels, William Daniels as Austin Tucker, Walter McGinn as Jack Younger, Kelly Thorsden as Sheriff L.D. Wicker, Chuck Waters as Thomas Richard Linder, Earl Hindman as Deputy Red, Bill Joyce as Senator Charles Carroll, Bettie Johnson as Mrs. Charles Carroll, Bill McKinney as Parallax Assassin, JoAnn Harris as Chrissy (Frady's Girl), Ted Gehring as Schecter (Hotel Clerk), Lee Pulford as Shirley (Salmontail Bar Girl), Doria Cook as Gale from Salmontail, Jim Davis as Senator George Hammond, Joan Lemmo as Organist, Kenneth Mars as Former FBI Agent Will Turner, William Jordan as Tucker's Aide, Edward Winter as Senator Jameson, Stacy Keach Sr. as Commission Spokesman #1, Ford Rainey as Commission Spokesman #2, Alma Beltran as Joy Holder, Richard Bull as Parallax Goon, Suzanne Cohane as Stewardess, Ronda Copland as Girl, Joseph Di Reda as Ralph Scoletta, Patsy Garrett as Woman, Penelope Gillette as Woman, Robert Lieb as Senator Gillingham, William Swan as Herbert Moon, John S. Ragin as Buster Himan, Vernon Weddle as Harry Lutz, Craig R. Baxley as C.I.A. Agent - Top of Space Needle, Steve Kelley as Class President and Anthony Zerbe as Prof. Nelson Schwartzkopf. Encore Avenue, December 3, 2012. Soundtrack: "Buttons and Bows" - Written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans; "Blue Hawaii" - Written by Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin; "Moon River" - Written by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer; "Wild and Woolly West" - Written by Paul Francis Webster and Sammy Fain. Trivia: 1. The story concerns a reporter's dangerous investigation into an obscure organization, the Parallax Corporation, whose primary, but not ostensible, enterprise is political assassination. 2. The Parallax View is the second installment of Pakula's Political Paranoia trilogy, along with Klute (1971) and All the President's Men (1976); along with being the only film in the trilogy to not be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, The Parallax View is also the only film in the trilogy to not win, or be nominated for, an Academy Award. 3. Most of the images used in the montage were of anonymous figures or patriotic backgrounds, with occasional historical individuals such as Richard Nixon, Adolf Hitler, Pope John XXIII, and, notably for the film's subject matter, Lee Harvey Oswald in the picture taken moments after his shooting. The montage also uses a drawing by Jack Kirby of the Marvel Comics character Thor. The drawing is a cropped image from the cover of Thor Annual #4 (December 1971). The montage also includes a cropped image from the cover of Thor #135 (December 1966) featuring a creature known as the Man-Beast. The distinctive anamorphic photography, with long lens, unconventional framing, and shallow focus, was supervised by Gordon Willis. 4. The river scene was filmed at the Gorge Dam, on the Skagit River (Ross Lake National Recreation Area) in Washington State. (48 41' 51" N, 121 12' 29" W). The Space Needle in Seattle is seen extensively in the first assassination sequence. 5. The opening sequence was designed to mirror that of Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 assassination. 6. In the opening sequence at the Space Needle, a news cameraman is holding a TV camera with a KOMO 4 logo on it. KOMO 4 is an actual Seattle news channel, whose broadcasting center is located just across the street from the Space Needle.
The Fountain. 2006 (romantic drama), Starring Hugh Jackman as Tomas/Tommy/Tom Creo, Rachel Weisz as Isabel/Izzi Creo, Ellen Burstyn as Dr. Lillian Guzetti, Mark Margolis as Father Avila, Stephen McHattie as Grand Inquisitor Silecio, Fernando Hernandez as Lord of Xibalba, Cliff Curtis as Captain Ariel, Sean Patrick Thomas as Antonio, Donna Murphy as Betty, Ethan Suplee as Manny, Richard McMillan as Henry, Lorne Brass as Dr. Alan Lipper, Abraham Aronofsky as Lab Technician, Renee Asofsky as Lab Technician, Anish Majumdar as Dr. Spencer, Janique Kearns as Young Nurse, Boyd Banks as Dominican Monk, Alexander Bisping as Foot Soldier Del Toro, Kevin Kelsall as Foot Soldier Rivera, Patrick Vandal as Foot Soldier Galleano, Marcello Bezina as Foot Soldier Borjes; Mayan Warriors: Hugo Salvador Gutierrez Aguilar, Eric Carmelo Valenzuela Batz, Elfego Vinicio Pena Castellanos, Jose Maria Tol Chan, Jose Panjoj Cortez, Benjamin Panjoj Cortez, Juan Salvador Lares, Jose Alfredo Conoz Macario, Tomas Tol Nix, Luis Alfredo Yac Noj, Mateo Martin Perez, Edson Vasquez Pixabaj, Marvin Leonardo Raxtun Raxtun, Tomas Morales Sacquic, Santos Ajic Sapon, Xaijil Sicajan, Manuel Antonio Salvador Tol, Tomas Salvador Tol, Tomas Augustin Canil Ventura, Carlos Enrique Ramos Xalcut and Octavio Guadelupe Zabala Xitamul; Yola as Donovan; Lab Support Primates: Cody, Diget, Granny and Jimmy. Encore Avenue, December 4, 2012. Soundtrack: (All music composed by Clint Mansell.) "The Last Man" – 6:09; "Holy Dread!" – 3:52; "Tree of Life" – 3:45; "Stay with Me" – 3:36; "Death Is a Disease" – 2:34; "Xibalba" – 5:23; "First Snow" – 3:09; "Finish It" – 4:25; "Death Is the Road to Awe" – 8:26; "Together We Will Live Forever" – 5:02. Storyline: At its core, The Fountain is the story of a 21st century man, Tommy, (Hugh Jackman), losing his wife Izzi (Rachel Weisz) to cancer in 2005. As she is dying, Izzi begs Tommy to share what time they have left together, but he is focused on his quest to find a cure for her. While he's working in the lab, she writes a story about 16th century Queen Isabella losing her territory to the Inquisition while her betrothed, conquistador Tomás, plunges through the Central America forest in Mayan territory, searching for the Tree of Life for his Queen. Since she does not have time herself, Izzi asks Tommy to finish the story for her. As they look out to the stars, she imagines that their souls will meet there when the star dies. And we see astronaut Tom, in 2500, travelling there for the event, in a spaceship made of an enclosed biosphere containing the Tree of Life. The three story lines are told nonlinearly, each separated by five centuries. The three periods are interwoven with match cuts and recurring visual motifs; Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz play the main characters for all three narratives. Even within a given narrative, the elements of that particular story are not told in chronological order. Whether these stories are actual events, or symbolic, is not clarified; and, Director Darren Aronofsky emphasized that the storylines in their time periods and their respective convergences were open to interpretation. The director has said of The Fountain's intricacy and underlying message, "[The film is] very much like a Rubik's Cube, where you can solve it in several different ways, but ultimately there's only one solution at the end." Trivia: 1. The film blends elements of fantasy, history, religion, and science fiction. It comprises three storylines where Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz play different sets of characters: a modern-day scientist and his cancer-stricken wife, a conquistador and his queen, and a space traveler in the future who hallucinates his lost love. The storylines, interwoven with use of match cuts and recurring visual motifs, reflect the themes of love and mortality. 2. Production mainly took place on a sound stage in Montreal, Quebec, and the director used macro photography to create key visual effects for The Fountain at a low cost.
All the President's Men. 1976, Starring Robert Redford as Bob Woodward, Dustin Hoffman as Carl Bernstein, Jason Robards as Ben Bradlee, Jack Warden as Harry M. Rosenfeld, Hal Holbrook as "Deep Throat", Jane Alexander as Judy Hoback (Bookkeeper), Martin Balsam as Howard Simons, Meredith Baxter as Debbie Sloan, Ned Beatty as Martin Dardis, Polly Holliday as Dardis' secretary, Stephen Collins as Hugh Sloan, Penny Fuller as Sally Aiken, Robert Walden as Donald Segretti, Frank Wills as Frank Wills, F. Murray Abraham as Sgt. Paul Leeper (Arresting Officer #1), David Arkin as Eugene Bachinski, Henry Calvert as Bernard L. Barker, Dominic Chianese as Eugenio R. Martínez, Ron Hale as Frank Sturgis, James Karen as Hugh Sloan's lawyer, Basil Hoffman as Assistant Metro Editor, John McMartin as Foreign Editor, Bryan E. Clark as Arguing Attorney, Nicholas Coster as Markham, Lindsay Ann Crouse as Kay Eddy, Valerie Curtin as Miss Milland, Gene Dynarski as Court Clerk, Nate Esformes as Virgilio R. Gonzales, Richard Herd as James W. McCord Jr., Paul Lambert as National Editor, Frank Latimore as Judge, Gene Lindsey as Alfred D. Baldwin, Anthony Mannino as Arresting Officer #2, Allyn Ann McLerie as Carolyn Abbott, James Murtaugh as Congress Library Clerk, John O'Leary as Attorney #1, Jess Osuna as Joe the FBI Agent, Neva Patterson as CRP Woman, George Pentecost as George, Penny Peyser as Sharon Lyons, Joshua Shelley as Al Lewis, Sloane Shelton as Bookeeper's Sister, Lelan Smith as Arresting Officer #3, Jaye Stewart as Male Librarian, Ralph Williams as Ray Steuben, George Wyner as Attorney #2, Leroy Aarons as Financial Editor, Donnlynn Bennett as Reporter, Stanley Clay as Assistant Metro Editor, Carol Coggin as News Aide, Laurence Covington as News Announcer, John Devlin as Metro Editor, John Furlong as News Desk Editor, Sidney Ganis as L.A. Stringer, Amy Grossman as Reporter, Cynthia Herbst as Reporter, Mark Holtzman as Reporter, Jamie Smith Jackson as Post Librarian, Barbara Litsky as Reporter, Doug Llewelyn as White House Aide, Jeff MacKay as Reporter, Irwin Marcus as Reporter, Ron Menchine as Post Librarian, Christopher Murray as Photo Aide, Jess Nadelman as Assistant Metro Editor, Noreen Nielson as Reporter, Florence Pepper as Message Desk Receptionist, Barbara Perlman as CRP Receptionist, Louis Quinn as Salesman, Peter Salim as Reporter, Shawn Shea as News Aide, Marvin Smith as Reporter, Pam Trager as Reporter, Carol Trost as Ben Bradlee's Secretary, Richard Venture as Assistant Metro Editor, Bill Willens as Hippie, Wendell Wright as Assistant Metro Editor, Spiro Agnew as Himself (archive footage), Warren E. Burger as Himself (archive footage) (unconfirmed), Walter Cronkite as Himself (voice) (archive footage), Cara Duff-MacCormick as Tammy Ulrich, Thomas Eagleton as Himself (archive footage), Gerald Ford as Himself (archive footage), Richard Kleindienst as Himself (archive footage), Clark MacGregor as Himself (voice) (archive footage)(unconfirmed), Robert S. Mills as TV Reporter, Pat Nixon as Herself (archive footage), Richard Nixon as Himself (archive footage), Rick O'Donnell as CIA Agent, Del Rager as CIA Agent, John Randolph as John Mitchell (voice) and Ronald L. Ziegler as Himself (archive footage). Encore Avenue, December 5, 2012. Soundtrack: "Concerto in C for two trumpets" (RV 537) - Written by Antonio Vivaldi. Storyline: In the run-up to the 1972 elections, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward covers what seems to be a minor break-in at the Democratic Party National headquarters. He is surprised to find top lawyers already on the defense case, and the discovery of names and addresses of Republican fund organizers on the accused further arouses his suspicions. The editor of the Post is prepared to run with the story and assigns Woodward and Carl Bernstein to it. They find the trail leading higher and higher in the Republican Party, and eventually into the White House itself. Trivia: 1. The film is an Academy Award-winning political thriller based on the 1974 non-fiction book of the same name by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the two journalists investigating the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post. 2. Robert Redford bought the rights to Woodward and Bernstein's book in 1974 for $450,000 with the notion to adapt it into a film with a budget of $5 million. Ben Bradlee realized that the film was going to be made regardless of whether he approved of it or not and felt that it made "more sense to try to influence it factually". The executive editor of the Washington Post hoped that the film would have an important impact on people who harbored a negative stereotype of newspapers. 3. Frank Wills, the security guard who discovered the break-in at the Watergate complex, plays himself. 4. On Tuesday, May 31, 2005, in advance of a revelatory July 2005 "Vanity Fair" article written by his attorney and spokesman, 91-year-old W. Mark Felt acknowledged publicly for the first time that he was in fact the informant "Deep Throat," a fact corroborated by Bob Woodward and the Washington Post. At the time of the Watergate break-in, Mr. Felt was the Deputy Director, the second-in-command, of the FBI. 5. Filmed in Washington, D.C. and at The Burbank Studios, Burbank, California. 6. In the final scene, set on January 20, 1973, Bernstein and Woodward type out the full story, with the TV in their office showing Nixon taking the Oath of Office, for his second term as President of the United States, in the foreground. The sound of their typewriter keys blends on the soundtrack with that of the 21-gun-salute at the inauguration, as if to suggest that Woodward and Bernstein are actively "gunning-down" Nixon at that very moment. A montage of Watergate-related teletype headlines from the following years is shown, ending with Nixon's resignation and the inauguration of Vice President Gerald Ford on August 9, 1974.
Obsession. 2011 (TV Movie), Starring Charisma Carpenter as Sonia Patton, Dylan Neal as Tom Doherty, Nicholas Lea as Sebastian Craig, Rachel Hayward as Laura Whiting, John Cassini as Detective Curtis, Anne Openshaw as Annie, Gemma Martini as Dr. Connie Langdon, Michael Kopsa as Ron Mitchell, Bruce Dawson as George Weber, Patrick Sabongui as Intruder, Lucas Wolf as Officer Purvis, Peter Bryant as Detective Arnold, Cheryl Adams as Sonia Stunt Double, Chris Webb as Tom Stunt Double; Sonia Photo Doubles: Cherish Sampson and Paula Elle. Movie Central, December 5, 2012. Soundtrack: "Blue Mood" - Composed by Christopher Nickel. Storyline: Sonia Patton accepts a huge job promotion. Accepting this promotion means she must leave her home in New York City and move to a small town near Boston. However, someone in her life is not ready to live without her. Credit: With the participation of The Province of British Columbia Film Incentive BC.
Broken Trust. 2012 (TV), Starring Laura Vandervoort as Sophie, Shawn Roberts as Eric Robinson, Sonya Salomaa as Michelle Sarnowsky, Sean Allan as Bruce Harris, Sean Carey as Cop #1, Lossen Chambers as Detective Johnson, Richard Ian Cox as James Allen, Olivia Cheng as Grace (Allen's Secretary), Lane Edwards as David Stein, Colin Foo as Dr. Donovan Cooke, Kevan Ohtsji as Detective Cortez, Nelson Wong as Reporter, Fiona Vroom as Clarisse, Craig Veroni as Desk Clerk, R. David Stephens as Jensen, William Taylor as Judge and Yurij Kis as Mysterious man. Movie Central, December 6, 2012. Soundtrack: "Sophie's Bar" - Written by Peter Allen. Storyline: Sophie Anderson is the lead attorney on an intellectual property case against a corrupt pharmaceutical company. When her mentor and boss is kidnapped, she becomes a pawn in an elaborate scheme that jeopardizes her case and more. Trivia: Film based in San Francisco.
Sanctum. 2011 (Australian 3D adventure), Starring Richard Roxburgh as Frank McGuire, Ioan Gruffudd as Carl Hurley, Rhys Wakefield as Joshua "Josh" McGuire, Alice Parkinson as Victoria "Vic" Elaine, Daniel Wyllie as Crazy George, Christopher Baker as J.D., Nicole Downs as Liz, Allison Cratchley as Judes, Cramer Cain as Luko, Andrew Hansen as Dex, John Garvin as Jim Sergeant, Sean Dennehy as Chopper Pilot and Nea Diap as Kastom Shaman. Movie Central, December 7, 2012. Soundtrack: "RABAUL TAUN" - Written by Junior Kokoratts, Alfred Darby, Tibon Lakua and Wilson Takovong, Performed by Junior Kokoratts, Published by PNG Legend, Licensed courtesy of CHM Supersound; "MAIPOPE" - Written by Tusiti Roots and Michael Oahara, Performed by Tusiti Roots, Published by PNG Legend, Licensed courtesy of CHM Supersound. Trivia: 1. Dedicated to the memory of Wesley C. Skiles. 2. Sanctum was inspired by the film's co-writer Andrew Wight's experience with a 1998 cave diving expedition in Australia that resulted in 13 cavers becoming trapped in one of the world's largest underwater cave systems in Nullarbor Plain after a freak storm collapsed the entrance. James Cameron served as executive producer. 3. Shot on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, Sanctum employs 3D photography techniques Cameron developed to film Avatar. All of the underwater sequences took place in a large water tank at the Village Roadshow Studios in Queensland. Real caves were also filmed in South Australia's cave-diving region around Mount Gambier, although the story is based in Papua New Guinea. 4. Stunt diver Agnes Milowka, who appears as a double in the already-released film, drowned in one of these caves on February 27, 2011 when she reportedly ran out of air. In striking similarities to the movie script, she also left her spare tank behind, to force the way through the tight restriction, and it is actually her playing Judes drowning scene. 5. Based on the true story of co-writer Andrew Wight. He once went cave diving under the Nullarbor plain with fourteen other people. An unexpected storm made the cave's entrance collapse and they spent two days looking for another way out. Unlike in the film however, a rescue was organized and everybody survived. Wight told his frequent collaborator and fellow diving enthusiast James Cameron the story in 2006, who decided they should get a director and make a film about it. Quote: Josh: "I never knew my father, but I found him in that cave. He was a hell of a fella, once you got to know him."
The Life of David Gale. 2003, Starring Kevin Spacey as David Gale, Kate Winslet as Bitsey Bloom, Laura Linney as Constance Harraway, Gabriel Mann as Zack Stemmons, Rhona Mitra as Berlin, Leon Rippy as Braxton Belyeu, Matt Craven as Dusty Wright, Jim Beaver as Duke Grover, Melissa McCarthy as Nico the Goth Girl, Elizabeth Gast as Sharon Gale, Noah Truesdale as Jamie Gale, Donald Braswell as TV Tenor, Katina Potts as Rosie, Cleo King as Barbara Kreuster, Constance Jones as Reporter A.J. Roberts, Lee Ritchey as Joe Mullarkey, Brandy Little as Motel Waitress, Cindy Waite as Margie, Jesse De Luna as Supervising Guard, Vernon Grote as Door Guard, Kimberly Tortorice as Grad Student, Katie Lott as Berlin's Classmate, Larissa Wolcott as Jo Edna the Babysitter, Chuck Cureau as Greer, Sean Hennigan as Ross, Charles Sanders as John, Michael Fontaine as TV Assistant Director, Marco Perella as TV Host, Michael Crabtree as Governor Hardin, Julio Cedillo as Officer Ramirez, Christopher Meister as Officer Hasermann, Cliff Stephens as University President, Chris Drewy as Radio Shed Executive, Jeff Gibbs as Josh, Katherine James as Beth, James Huston as DeathWatch Chief/TV Reporter, Cindy Michelle as Constance's Doctor, Chris Warner as Hospital Orderly, Jennifer Halverson as College Girl, Maurice Moore as Belyeu's Clerk, Brenda Sendejo as Belyeu's Assistant, Julia LaShae as New Homeowner, Rick Morrow as Section 1835 Guard, Matthew Posey as Inmate Cook, Julia Kay-Laskowski as TV Soprano, Jack Gould as Chaplain, Lynn Mathis as Warden, Jack Watkins as Photographer; Bullhorn Protesters: Robert Lott, Mark Voges and Katherine Willis; Gwyn Little as Religious Woman, Patrick Fries as News Cameraman, Pilar Ferreiro as Barcelona Neighbor, Amparo Moreno as Sharon's Maid, Claudia Parker as Mail Girl, Joan Gispert as Guillermo, Janis Kelly as Liù, Mark Richardson as Timur, Justin Lavender as Calaf; TV Reporters: Barbara Petricini Buxton, David Dahl, Asia DeMarcos, Amparo García-Crow, Catenya McHenry, Brian Orr, Kirk Sisco, Cassandra L. Small, Oliver Tull, Michelle Valen and Tanya Zieger; Interviewees: Nick Dawson, Steve Flanagin, George Haynes, Kathy Lamkin, Evelyn Lindsey and T.J. McFarland; Deborah Abbott as Protestor; Helicopters Pilots: Kevin LaRosa and Rod Tinney; Stacy Lynn Austin as Traveler, Jerry M. Barker as Concerned Man, Johnny Bartee as Protestor/Prison Inmate, Richard R. Bartholomew as Businessman, Keith Bright as Texas Governor's Aide, Ryan A. Brooks as College Student, Pei-San Brown as Flight Attendant, Starla Christian as Party Girl, Peter Cornwell as College Professor, Wade Couturiaux as College Student/Activist, Steve Crawford as Student, Matthew J. Dunn as College Student, Ken Edwards as State Trooper/Lunch Patron, Nikki Folsom as Reporter, Joanna Gallagher as Student, Ryan Hancock as Drinking Game Contestant, Garrett Hargrove as Coffee Boy, Peyton Hayslip as Doctor, David Scott Heck as Patient at AA Meeting, Landon Kash as News Crew Cameraman, Robert H. Lambert as Airline Pilot, Gabriel R. Martinez as Reporter, Frank Matthews as Protester, C.K. McFarland as Carla, Josh Meyer as Sports Bar Youth, Brent Mitchell as Governor's Bodyguard, Cindy Palla as Victim's Mother, Roger Eduardo Palomino as Background Reporter, Alan Parker as Partygoer, Keith Poulson as College Student/Activist, Ryan Riggs as Protester, Michael Schmid as Protester, Robin Simmons as Interviewee, Melanie Stovall as News Magazine Secretary, Ryan Wickerham as Shooter at Rally, Michele Williams as Flight Attendant and Christine Wolf as 6th St. Club Patron. Encore Avenue, December 7, 2012. Soundtrack: "Another Bleeding Heart" (2003) - Written and Performed by Alex Parker; "Turandot - Tu Che Di Gel Sei Cinta" from opera "Turandot" (1926) - Music by Giacomo Puccini, Libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni, Performed by Janis Kelly, Justin Lavender and Mark Richardson; "China" (2003) - Written by King Orba, John Remark and Michael Corcoran, Performed by King Orba, Courtesy of Personal Pleasure Records; "Cottonmouth" (2002) - Written by Michael Crow, Performed by Grand Champeen, Courtesy of glurp; "Crisp" (2003) - Written by King Orba, Michael Corcoran and John Remark, Performed by King Orba, Courtesy of Half Mast Records; "Daughters and Sons" (2003) - Written by King Orba, Performed by King Orba, Courtesy of Half Mast Records; "The Future" (1992) - Written by Leonard Cohen, Performed by Leonard Cohen, Courtesy of Columbia Records/Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc., By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing; "Halloween Theme" (1978) - Written by John Carpenter; "La Peña Huasteca" (2001) - Written by Rafael Samperio and Willy Samperio, Performed by Correo Aereo, Courtesy of Correo Aereo; "Just to Hear Your Voice" (1993) - Written by Monte Warden, Performed by Toni Price, Courtesy of Antone's Records/Texas Music Group; "Sand" (1966) - Written by Lee Hazlewood, Performed by Einstürzende Neubauten, Courtesy of Thirsty Ear Recordings/Some Bizarre, Ltd.; "Richest One" (1993) - Written by Bill Carter, Performed by Toni Price, Courtesy of Antone's Records/Texas Music Group; "Tiemblo" (A.T. Molina Remix) (1999) - Written by Elvis Crespo, Performed by Elvis Crespo, Courtesy of Sony Discos, Inc., Under License from Sony Discos, Inc., By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing. Trivia: 1. The film is an international co-production between the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom. 2. Kevin Spacey stars as the eponymous character, a college professor and longtime activist against capital punishment who is sentenced to death for killing a fellow capital punishment opponent. The plot has some parallels with the 1999 Clint Eastwood film True Crime, but with a different outcome. 3. The film was shot in multiple places, including: Huntsville, Texas; Sam Houston State University; The University of Texas at Austin; Garrison Hall, KLRU-TV, Austin, Texas; Metro Espresso Bar (now Cafe Medici), 2222 Guadalupe St, Austin, TX; Cain and Abel's Bar, Austin, TX; Gumbo's Louisiana Style Cafe; and Plaça Reial, Barcelona, Spain, and at Shepperton Studios, England. 4. The scene where Gale is drunk in downtown Austin (6th street) was somewhat improvised and shot with two lights and a camera. "Most of those people aren't extras," Alan Parker said to an audience at the University of Washington. 5. Director Cameo - Alan Parker: briefly appears during the party scene at the beginning of the film - he is seen helping himself to some food. Quotes: 1. Bitsey Bloom: "You know you are in the bible belt when there are more churches than Starbucks." Zack: "When there are more prisons than Starbucks." 2. Zack: "73% of all serial killers vote Republican." 3. David Gale: "There once was a lesbian from Cancun/ who took a young man up to her room/ where they argued all night/ as to who had the right/ to do what and how much and to whom." Anachronism: Constance mentions Illinois' death penalty moratorium, which went into effect in 2000. However, she died in 1994.
Sophie. 2010 (II), Starring Brittany Bristow as Sophie, Erica Durance as Natalia, Thure Riefenstein as Magnus, Augustus Prew as Blake, Faith Curnew as Circus Goer, Tyler Curnew as Circus Goer, William Curnew as Circus Goer, Aidan Devine as Nate Collins, Dylan Miles as Spectator, Natalie Radford as Abby Collins, Jordan Prentice as Phil, Precious Chang as Walker, John Rhys-Davies as Alistair Winston and Deborah Kara Unger as Tina Bradshaw. Movie Central, December 7, 2012. Soundtrack: "Younger" "For Someone" - Performed by Jake Walden "Growin' Up" - Performed by Jocelyn Holmes "Shadows" - Performed by Clubfeet "Would I Have You" "The Last Day" - Performed by SLAVE to the SQUARE wave "With You My Dear" - Performed by Graham Fink "Good Love Doesn't Get Away" - Performed by Kathryn Ostenberg "Speechless" - Performed by Jocelyn Holmes "Naturally" - Performed by Lisa Donnelly "Charango" - Performed by Samuel Sim "Homage" - Performed by Triptych "Little Moments" - Performed by Dr. Draw(?) "Colliding" - Performed by Ash Kaley(?). Storyline: A seventeen year old girl growing up in the zoo her family operates, focuses on her love of ballet and animals. Her parents are forced to sell Sheba the elephant to a traveling circus in order to afford the tuition for her ballet school. When Sophie discovers this she abandons her dreams of becoming a dancer in order to get Sheba back. Trivia: Filmed on location in Bowmanville, Hamilton and Toronto, Ontario, including the Bowmanville Zoo.
21 Jump Street. 2012, Starring Jonah Hill as Morton Schmidt/Doug McQuaid (and Co-Writer), Channing Tatum as Greg Jenko/Brad McQuaid, Brie Larson as Molly, Dave Franco as Eric, Rob Riggle as Mr. Walters, DeRay Davis as Domingo, Ice Cube as Captain Dickson, Dax Flame as Zack, Chris Parnell as Mr. Gordon, Ellie Kemper as Ms. Griggs, Jake Johnson as Principal Dadier, Nick Offerman as Deputy Chief Hardy,
Holly Robinson Peete as Officer Judy Hoffs (original actor and character from TV series 21 Jump Street), Johnny Simmons as Billiam Willingham, Stanley Wong as Roman, Justin Hires as Juario, Brett Lapeyrouse as Amir, Lindsey Broad as Lisa, Caroline Aaron as Annie Schmidt, Joe Chrest as David Schmidt, Dakota Johnson as Fugazy; Uncredited Cameos: Johnny Depp as Tom Hanson (original actor and character from TV series), Peter DeLuise as Doug Penhall (original actor and character from TV series) and Dustin Nguyen (appears on big screen TV during shootout in hotel room - original actor from TV series); Johnny Pemberton as Delroy, Geraldine Singer as Phyllis, Rye Rye as Jr. Jr., Valerie Tian as Burns, Jaren Mitchell as Sanders, Keith Kurtz as DJ Ay Papi, Randal Reeder as Karl, Peter Epstein as One-Percenter #1, Anthony Molinari as One-Percenter #2, Luis Da Silva as One-Percenter #3 (Luis), Dominic Alexander as One-Percenter #4 (Lukas), Mike Seal as One-Percenter #5 (Ed), Spencer Boldman as French Samuels, Joe Nin Williams as Scott, Chad Hessler as Crazy, Kevin Murphy as Crazy, Victor Paguia as Crazy, Chanel Celaya as Melodie, Carol Sutton as Hamilton Principal, Andrea Frankle as Cinnamon, Tiffney Wagner as Prostitute, Andrea Madison as Prostitute, Hristo Birbochukov as Accompanist, Candi Brooks as VW Bug Driver, Turner Crumbley as EMT; Eric's Friends: Haley Elizabeth Farris and Brittney Alger; Naked Drama Threesome: Joshua Nelms, Courtney Jarrell and Melissa Cordero; Beau DeLatte as Adorable Boy, Charles Ferrara as Janitor, Mark Adams as Police Chief, Brian Heath Rossitto as Instructor, John L. Armijo as Plainclothes Detective, Beau Brasseaux as Police Cadet, Cameron M. Brown as Boy in Park, Peter DeLuise as Officer Doug Penhall, Johnny Depp as Tom Hanson, Rene Fabre as Theater Parent, Cy Fahrenholtz as Graduation Attendee, Dakota Hill as Student, Sara Kenley as Flashback High School Girl, Stephen Livaudais as Policeman, Moses Munoz as Police Academy Cadet, Darren Sumner as Officer Miller and Stephen Warren as High School Student. Movie Central, December 8, 2012. Soundtrack: "The Real Slim Shady" - Written by Tommy Coster Jr., Michael Elizondo, Eminem (as Marshall Mathers) and Dr. Dre (as Andre Young), Performed by Eminem, Courtesy of Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records, Under license from Universal Music Enterprises; "Police and Thieves" (Performed by The Clash?) - Written by Junior Murvin and Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Performed by David Grohl as Sprechen Sie Deutsch, Courtesy of SME UK Limited and Epic Records, By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing; "Boombox" - Written by Simon Rex Cutright, Allan Grigg & Ke$ha (as Kesha Sebert), Performed by Simon Rex (as Dirt Nasty), Courtesy of Shoot To Kill Music, Inc.; "You Can't Lose" - Written by Alvin Lindsey and Kentrell Lindsey, Performed by The Knux, Courtesy of Interscope Records, Under license from Universal Music Enterprises; "I've Gotte Crow" - Written by Carolyn Leigh and Moose Charlap (as Mark Charlap); "Fifteen Miles on the Eerie Canal" - Written by Thomas S. Allan (as Thomas S. Allen); "You Are the Best" - Written and Performed by Tim Myers and Joy Williams, Courtesy of Palldium Records and Sensibility Music LLC, By Arrangement with Zync Music Group LLC; "Caesar" - Written and Performed by Ty Segall, Courtesy of Goner Records, By Arrangement with Ghost Town, Inc.; "Helena Beat" - Written by Mark Foster, Performed by Foster the People, Courtesy of Columbia Pictures, By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing; "So Into You" - Written by Buddy Buie, Dean Daughtry and Robert Nix, Performed by The Atlanta Rhythm Section, Courtesy of Universal Records, Under licensed from Universal Music Enterprises; "Party Rock Anthem" - Written by Peter Schroeder, David Listenbee, Stefan Gordy and Skyler Gordy, Performed by LMFAO feauring Lauren Bennett & Goon Rock (as Goonrock), Courtesy of Interscope Records, Under license from Universal Music Enterprises; "Straight Outta Compton" - Written by Ice Cube (as O'Shea Jackson), M.C. Ren (as Lorenzo Patterson), Eazy-E (as Eric Wright) and Dr. Dre (as Andre Young), Performed by N.W.A, Courtesy of Priority Records, LLC, Under license from EMJ Film and Television Music; "Every Time I See Your Face" - Written by Elon Eisenberg and Johnny Elkins, Performed by Elon, Courtesy of Crucial Music Corporation; "Get Me Golden" - Written by Ben Rothbard, Johnny Zambetti and Gabe Feenberg, Performed by Terraplane Sun, Courtesy of Terraplane Sun, LLC, By Arrangement with Lip Sync Music, Inc.; "Swell Window" - Written by Zee Avi and Rex Taylor, Performed by Zee Avi, Courtesy of Brushfire Records and Universal Records', Under license from Universal Music Enterprises; "Rescue Song (Naked & Famous Remix)" - Written by Tim Anderson and Monica Birkenes, Performed by Mr. Little Jeans, Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment Australia Pty. Ltd., By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing; "Graduation (Friends Forever)" - Written by Josh Deutsch and Colleen Fitzpatrick, Performed by Colleen Fitzpatrick (as Vitamin C), Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment Group, By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing; "Lookin' Fly" - Written by Murs (as Nicholas Carter), Keith Harris, Billy May and Will i Am (as Will Adams), Performed by Murs, Courtes of Warner Bros. Records Inc., By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing, Contains a sample of "Green Hornet Theme" - Performed by Al Hirt, Courtesy of RCA Records, By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing; "Call the Police" - Written and Performed by Ini Kamoze, Courtesy of the Island Def Jam Music Group, Under license from Universal Music Enterprises; "21 Jump Street (Theme from the Motion Picture)" - Written by Liam Sternberg, Produced by Erøc, Performed by Rye Rye and Esthero, Rye Rye appears Courtesy of N.E.E.T./Interscope Records; "21 Jump Street" - Written by Liam Sternberg, Produced and Performed by Wallpaper, Wallpaper appears courtesy of Boardwalk Records/Hype Music. Trivia: 1. Based on the 1987 television series of the same name by Stephen J. Cannell and Patrick Hasburgh, the film follows two police officers who are forced to relive high school when they are assigned to go undercover as high school students to prevent the outbreak of a new synthetic drug and arrest its supplier. It was released theatrically on March 16, 2012, and was both a critical and commercial success ("A smart, affectionate satire of '80s nostalgia and teen movie tropes.") A sequel entered development shortly before its release. 2. The film was shot in and around the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, although the filmmakers took elaborate steps to disguise the location as a generic city. The main school used as the stand-in for the fictional Sagan High School was Riverdale High School located in Jefferson, Louisiana. 3. The naked baby pictures of Hill's character used in the film were actual pictures of Hill as a child. 4. Channing Tatum's character is named Jenko after Captain Richard Jenko, played by actor Frederic Forrest, on the original 21 Jump Street TV series. Jenko was the original captain of the squad before being killed off and then replaced by Captain Adam Fuller, played by Steven Williams. Channing Tatum passed on the movie twice before he was convinced by Jonah Hill to take the role. At one point, Dave Franco's character says that he doesn't trust Channing Tatum's character because he looks like he's 40 years old. In reality, Tatum is only five years older than Franco. 5. Jonah Hill lost over 40 pounds for his role since he and Channing Tatum are required to do a number of physically demanding stunts. 6. In one scene the bad guys are actually watching the TV series 21 Jump Street on TV. While other original cast members show up in cameos in the film, Dustin Nguyen (Officer Harry Truman Ioki) does not. But he is worked into the film here as almost all the shots on the TV are of Ioki. 7. Throughout the film as the two main characters return to "The Chapel" they are confronted by 2 female officers who are ragging on them and touting their own exploits. Busting a prostitution ring, and busting up a chop shop run out of a High School auto shop. Both of these cases are clearly based on episodes (from season 1) of the old series in which they did infiltrate a modeling ring that was used for prostitution and a chop shop run out of the auto shop. When Schmidt and Jenko go undercover as brothers, their last name is McQuaid. In the original TV show, Johnny Depp's and Peter DeLuise's characters would also go undercover as the McQuaid brothers in several episodes. 8. The two guys dressed as ushers standing on either side of Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill as they exit the limo and enter the prom are actually their stunt doubles. 9. At the end of the film it is revealed that one of the bad guys is actually Tom Hanson, played by Johnny Depp, from the original 21 Jump Street series. He has been undercover for years with the villains using the alias D.B. Following 21 Jump Street Johnny Depp played another cop who was long term undercover with criminals whose name was Donnie Brasco ... D.B. 10. In 2010, the Supreme Court ruled that if a cop neglects to read your Miranda rights, that is not necessarily grounds for release from charges. So the cops' mistake at the beginning is not accurate. Quotes: 1. Jenko: [while passing different cliques] "Those are jocks, those are nerds..." [passes hipsters] Jenko: "I don't know what those are..." 2. Schmidt: "When did I get stabbed? That's awesome!" 3. Jenko: "Where do we report to?" Deputy Chief Hardy: "Down on Jump Street. 37 Jump Street... wait, that doesn't sound right."
Immortals. 2011 (3D fantasy), Starring Henry Cavill as Theseus, Mickey Rourke as King Hyperion, Stephen Dorff as Stavros, Freida Pinto as Phaedra (Oracle priestess), Luke Evans as Zeus, John Hurt as Old Man (a disguise used by Zeus to interact with mortals), Joseph Morgan as Lysander, Anne Day-Jones as Aethra, Greg Bryk as The Monk, Alan Van Sprang as Dareios, Peter Stebbings as Helios, Daniel Sharman as Ares (god of War), Isabel Lucas as Athena (goddess of Wisdom), Kellan Lutz as Poseidon (god of the Sea), Steve Byers as Heracles (god who forged the Epirus Bow), Stephen McHattie as Cassander (King of the Hellenics), Matthew G. Taylor as Mondragon (King's Guard), Romano Orzari as Icarus, Corey Sevier as Apollo (god of Light), Conrad Pla as The Jailer, Neil Napier as Beast Handler, Tyrone Benskin as Hoplite Captain, Abdul Ayoola as Kerkyon (Guard), Dylan Scott Smith as Stephanos, Robert Naylor as Young Theseus, Mercedes Leggett as High Priestess #2, Kaniehtiio Horn as High Priestess #3, Ayisha Issa as High Priestess #4, Danny Blanco Hall as Archon, Robert Maillet as Minotaur ("The Beast"), Alain Chanoine as Checkpoint Gatekeeper, Edward Yankie as Checkpoint Soldier, Gage Munroe as Acamas, Aron Tomori as Young Lysander, Marcello Bezina as Village Father, Roc LaFortune as Hoplite General, Jade Larocque as Young Virgin #1, Charlie Duret as Young Virgin #2, Alisha Nagarsheth as Young Phaedra, Makayla Jayde McManus-Leggett as Young Priestess #2, Madison McAleer as Young Priestess #3, Zelia Mouana-Bankouezi as Young Priestess #4, André Kasper Kolstad as Little Boy, Tyler Hynes as Slave, Carlo Mestroni as Holy Man, Chantal Simard as Lysander's Mother, Brent Skagford as Hoplite Sentry, Jason Cavalier as Heraklion Watchman, Kevin Kelsall as Hoplite Soldier #2, Patrick Sabongui as Hoplite Soldier #3, Samuel Platel as Heraklion #1, Lise Sita as Villager #1, Francis LaFreniere as Villager #2, Shyrelle Yates as Village Child #1, John Churchill as Village Child #2, Austin Beauchamp as Village Child #3, Jimmy Duperval as Soldier, Mark Margolis as The New Priest, Tamas Menyhart as Heraklion, Isabelle Champeau as Woman at Checkpoint, Andre Givogue as Hoplite Soldier, Randy Herman as Hoplite Soldier, Emilie Paquet as Villager and James A. Woods as Captain of the Archers. Movie Central, December 8, 2012. Soundtrack: No. Title Length: 1. "Immortal and Divine", 1:30; 2. "War in the Heavens", 2:32; 3. "Hyperion's Siren", 3:47; 4. "Witness Hell", 1:56; 5. "To Mount Olympus", 2:54; 6. "Enter the Oracles", 2:30; 7. "Theseus and Phaedra", 1:37; 8. "Poseidon's Leap", 1:24; 9. "This Is Your Calling", 1:31; 10. "Theseus Fights the Minotaur", 2:13; 11. "Theseus Fires the Bow", 2:16; 12. "My Own Heart", 3:03; 13. "Zeus' Punishment", 2:27; 14. "Ride to the Gates", 1:00; 15. "In War Fathers Bury Their Sons", 1:05; 16. "The gods Chose Well", 1:18; 17. "Fight So Your Name Survives", 3:07; 18. "Battle in the Tunnels", 2:44; 19. "Immortal Combat", 3:34; 20. "Do Not Forsake Mankind", 4:33; 21. "Apotheosis", 1:44; 22. "Sky Fight/End Credits", 2:22. Trivia: 1. The film was previously named "Dawn of War" and "War of the Gods" before being officially named Immortals, and is loosely based on the Greek myths of Theseus and the Minotaur and the Titanomachy. 2. Luke Evans plays Zeus - he appeared a year earlier as Zeus' son Apollo in Clash of the Titans. The Old Man is Zeus. He commands his fellow gods not to interfere in mortal affairs, even while Hyperion is destroying their temples and worshippers. Unless the Titans are released, they must have faith in mankind to defeat Hyperion. Quote: The film begins with this on-screen quotation: All men's souls are immortal. But the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine. - Socrates. At the end, this quotation is voiced by the character of the Old Man. Anachronisms: 1. Hyperion uses the Brazen Bull device as a painful death for his resistors. However, the film is supposed to take place in the 1100s BC and the Brazen Bull wasn't invented until around 600-500 BC. 2. The decoration throughout the film was anachronistic. The busts and some of the pots were of a style not seen until the late Hellenistic, about a thousand years after the film is set; the painting on the wall near the end is of a style not seen until about 650BC, and then only on pots, since it was made using thin clay slip which turned black during firing, rather than using paint, which a wall-painting would have used. 3. The film is supposedly set in the bronze age, but the soldiers use a silvery metal, presumably iron or steel, for their weapons and armor. Iron is also used in braziers. In the bronze age, braziers or portable fires would have been made from ceramic material. 4. In one scene, several characters are biting pieces of PC-52 steel reinforcing bars (first used around 1700 AD). 5. When people are being evacuated from Theseus village, one of the carts used has modern bicycle wheels, complete with metal spokes (painted black) laced in a cross 3 pattern and chrome plated double flanged hubs. These would not be seen until the start of the 20th century. 6. Before the final battle, Theseus vigorously climbs up a rusty metal ladder to a higher part of the defense wall and to give an encouraging speech to his men. The metal ladder is made from welded steel construction pipes (HSS or hollow structural section). Structural steels was first used in the 1700's and the process of welding used was first discovered in 1802 AD. 7. The Oracles appear to talk to each other in Ancient Greek, however in the time period in which the film is set (the 2nd Millenium BC) Achaean (Mycenaean) Greek would have been in use. This is most identifiable from the use of the word 'Basileus' meaning 'King' by the Oracles, which would have been pronounced 'gwasileus' in Mycenaean Greek. 8. Helios is seen getting water from what appears to be a cast-iron pipe that looks to serve as the village water supply. Quite apart from cast-iron being unknown in the BRONZE Age, closed metal plumbing such as that depicted did not exist until the 19th Century, some 3,000 years after the era the movie is set in. 9. Almost all the men in the movie are shown wearing trousers, which would not come to exist in the Mediterranean for another 600 years, and which the Ancient Greeks never wore, preferring to opt for loose-fitting, draped clothing (it was not until the late Roman Republic, c. 100BC, that trousers came to be commonly worn in the northern Mediterranean). 10. Most of the armaments used in this film are from a long while later. The apple-core swords used at the end are more Late Roman, not Archaic Greek, and the curved, scimitar-like swords used by the enemy first appeared in Central Asia during the Middle Ages. 11. The bars holding the titans, seen both in the opening and during the final battle, are clearly modern day reinforcing bars as used on construction sites. 12. The Epirus Bow is clearly a modern day Olympic style recurve bow. 13. The name Stavros used for a character was not an ancient Greek name. Stavros is a Christian name. Stavrós means cross in Greek. This name is derived from the cross of Jesus. 14. King Hyperion's men are incorrectly referred to as "Heraklions". The city of Heraklion was founded in 824AD, 2,000 years after the setting of the movie. Hyperion and his men should instead be called "Minoans", which was the culture of the time for the region Hyperion is suggested to come from (i.e. Crete). Similarly, the "Hellenics" should be referred to as "Helladics", for the same reasons; "Hellenic" refers to a much later period of Greek history (323BC to 146BC).
50/50. 2011, Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Adam Lerner, Seth Rogen as Kyle Hirons, Anna Kendrick as Katherine McKay, Bryce Dallas Howard as Rachael, Anjelica Huston as Diane Lerner, Serge Houde as Richard Lerner, Andrew Airlie as Dr. Ross, Matt Frewer as Mitch Barnett, Philip Baker Hall as Alan Lombardo, Donna Yamamoto as Dr. Walderson, Sugar Lyn Beard as Susan, Yee Jee Tso as Dr. Lee, Sarah Smyth as Jenny, Peter Kelamis as Phil, Jessica Parker Kennedy as Jackie, Daniel Bacon as Dr. Phillips, P. Lynn Johnson as Bernie, Laura Bertram as Claire, Matty Finochio as Ted, Veena Sood as Nurse Stewart, Luisa D'Oliveira as Agabelle Loogenburgen, Jason Vaisvila as Cute Guy with Dreads, Brent Sheppard as Minister, Marie Avgeropoulos as Allison, Adrian McMorran as Bartender, Stephanie Belding as Friendly Nurse, Andrea Brooks as Attractive Woman #2, Ryan W. Smith as Joe, Karen van Blankenstein as Nurse Scott, William 'Bigsleeps' Stewart as George, Bonnie Bollivar as Elderly Female Chemo Patient, Beatrice Ilg as Pretty Girl, Chilton Crane as Mother on the Bus, Amitai Marmorstein as Young Person on the Bus, Lauren A. Miller as Bodie, Will Reiser as Greg, Richard C. Burton as Thom the Patient, Neil Corbett as Hospital Tech, Karolina Sabat as Art Gallery Patron, Christopher De Schuster as Art Gallery Patron, Susan McLellan as Bar Girl, Marlow the Wonderdog as Himself, Denver as Skeletor, William as Skeletor, Stephen Colbert as Himself (archive footage), D.C. Douglas as Live Volcano Reporter (voice), Tom MacNeill as Office Staff, Kiwi O'Gorman as Barista #2 and Cameron K. Smith as Chemo Patient. Movie Central, December 9, 2012. Soundtrack: "Bricks Or Coconuts" - Written and Performed by Jacuzzi Boys, Courtesy of Mexican Summer, By arrangement with Terrorbird Media; "Midnight Blue" - Written and Performed by John Fumo, Courtesy of Pacifica Music LLC, By arrangement with Riptide Music, LLC; "High And Dry" - Written by Thom Yorke (as Thomas Edward Yorke), Ed O'Brien (as Edward John O'Brien), Colin Greenwood (as Colin Charles Greenwood), Jonny Greenwood (as Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood), Phil Selway (as Philip James Selway), Performed by Radiohead, Courtesy of EMI Records LTD., Under license from EMI Film & Television Music; "Simplicity" - Written by F. Préjan, Performed by Harmony & Balance, Courtesy of Countdown Media, GmbH; "New Country" - Written by Matthew Barrick, Peter Bauer, Hamilton Leithauser, Paul Maroon and Walter Martin, Performed by The Walkmen, Courtesy of Fat Possum Records; "To Love Somebody" - Written by Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb, Performed by The Bee Gees, Courtesy of Reprise Records, By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing; "Work To Do" - Written by Jesse Wagner, Jay Bonner, Roger Rivas and Brian Dixon, Performed by The Aggrolites, Courtesy of Hellcat Records; "Downtown Blues" - Written and Performed by Eric V. Hachikian, Courtesy of Soundcat Productions; "Turn It Down" - Written by Ron Karseboom, Performed by The Sideway Runners, Courtesy of Lovecat Music; "Angel (Rac Remix)" - Written by Monica Birkenes and James Eliot, Performed by Mr. Little Jeans, Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd., By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing; "Stay The Same" - Written by David Cox and Russell Crank, Performed by Autokratz, Courtesy of The Hours Records, By arrangement with Ocean Park Music Group; "Soul Connection" - Written by David Basinger, Nathan Basinger, Sarah Cram, Eddie McKinley, Douglas Roberson, Katherine Ruestow, Abbie Sawyer and James Viner, Performed by The Diplomats Of Solid Sound, Courtesy of Pravda Records, By arrangement with Rumblefish, Inc.; "Too Late For Dancing" - Written by Caila Thompson-Hannant, Rory Seydel, Nathan Gage and Jonathan Crellin, Performed by Shapes And Sizes, Courtesy of Asthmatic Kitty Records, By arrangement with Mixtape Music Ltd.; "Hunters" - Written and Performed by Eric V. Hachikian, Courtesy of Soundcat Productions; "Days Gone Down (Still Got The Light In Your Eyes)" - Written and Performed by Gerry Rafferty, Courtesy of EMI Records Ltd., Under license from EMI Film & Television Music; "Survival" - Written and Performed by Eric V. Hachikian, Courtesy of Soundcat Productions; "Crying" - Written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson, Performed by Roy Orbison, Courtesy of Orbison Records, Under license from Evergreen Copyrights, Inc.; "The Other Side of Mt. Heart Attack" - Written by Angus Andrew, Julian Gross and Aaron Hemphill, Performed by Liars, Courtesy of Mute Records Ltd., Under license from EMI Film & Television Music; "Yellow Ledbetter" - Written by Jeff Ament (as Jeffrey Ament), Mike McCready (as Michael McCready) and Eddie Vedder, Performed by Pearl Jam, Courtesy of Epic Records, By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing. Trivia: 1. This is a comedy-drama film directed by Jonathan Levine, from a screenplay written by Will Reiser. The film is loosely inspired by Reiser's own experience with cancer. Adam is based on writer Will Reiser, who was diagnosed with cancer and later recovered. Seth Rogen, who plays Kyle, helped Reiser cope with his disease and convinced him to write a screenplay during their early 20s together. Kyle applies medicine and jokingly plays around with Adam's back wound. Seth Rogen did the same thing to screenwriter Will Reiser, who was diagnosed with cancer in his early 20s. 2. The film was mostly filmed in Richmond and Vancouver, British Columbia as well as Seattle, Washington. When Adam is listing things he has never done, one of them is that he has never visited Canada. That scene, as well as the majority of the rest of the movie, was shot in Canada. The suspension bridge seen in the opening scene is Vancouver's Lions Gate Bridge. This scene was shot at Stanley Park, where you can see the Burrard Inlet as well as the bridge. The bridge is the namesake for Lionsgate Entertainment, the studio that backed the film. 3. The head-shaving scene in the film was featured on the movie posters and commercials. At the 50/50 premiere in New York, Gordon-Levitt said, "We only had one take because you can't shave your head twice." Rogen recalled, "It was the first day of filming, and we improvised the whole thing, which is not wise when it's something you have one take for, but it turned out funny." Joseph Gordon-Levitt actually shaved his head during filming. Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen were improvising in character while the cameras kept rolling since the scene was not in the script. 4. Summit Entertainment wanted a kiss between Adam (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and Kathryn (Anna Kendrick) at the end of the film. However the actors and crew agreed that it wouldn't feel right since they felt the movie was about the main character's journey with cancer rather than a love story. They almost filmed the scene to appease the studio, but Levitt pointed out that "if they gave the studio the option, they would use it." so they just refused to film it. 5. Road signs, including One Way and Do Not Enter, have no text as they are Canadian road signs. The film is set in Seattle, Washington, USA. When Adam is running in Seattle at the beginning of the film, the Lion's Gate Bridge in Vancouver, BC is seen in the background. Quote: Adam: "A tumor?" Dr. Ross: "Yes." Adam: "Me?" Dr. Ross: "Yes." Adam: "That doesn't make any sense though. I mean... I don't smoke, I don't drink... I recycle..."
Dumb and Dumber. 1994 (buddy comedy), Starring Jim Carrey as Lloyd Christmas, Jeff Daniels as Harry Dunne, Lauren Holly as Mary Swanson, Mike Starr as Joe Mentalino, Karen Duffy as J.P. Shay, Charles Rocket as Nicholas Andre, Victoria Rowell as Athletic Beauty, Joe Baker as Barnard, Hank Brandt as Karl Swanson, Teri Garr as Helen Swanson, Brady Bluhm as Billy, Cam Neely as Sea Bass, Felton Perry as Detective Dale, Brad Lockerman as Bobby, Rob Moran as Bartender, Kathryn Frick as Cashier, Zen Gesner as Dale's Man #1, Lawrence Kopp as Dale's Man #2, Clint Allen as Coroner, Connie Sawyer as Elderly Lady, Lin Shaye as Mrs. Neugeboren, Mike Watkis as Reporter, Harland Williams as State Trooper, Diane Kinerk as Waitress #1, Lisa Stothard as Bus Stop Beauty, Sean Gildea as Sea Bass Friend, Charles Chun as Flight Attendant, Helen Boll as Swanson Maid, Fred Stoller as Anxious Man at Phone, Hillary Matthews as Waitress #2, Karen Ingram as Nicholas's Girl, Jesse Borja as Martial Artist, Vené L. Arcoraci as Bikini Girl, Anna Aberg as Bikini Girl, Samantha Carpel as Bikini Girl, Elane Wood as Bikini Girl, Bruce Bowns as Barber, Denise Vienne as Concierge, Nancy Farrelly as Diner Gawker, Catalina Izasa as Manicurist, Samatha Pearson as Masseuse, Ken Duvall as Mutt Cutts Boss, Cecile Krevoy as Airport Bystander, George Bedard as Peeing Man, Bill Beauchene as Peeing Man Friend, Gary Sivertsen as Aspen Police Officer; Preservation Partiers: John Stroehman, Terry Mullany, Brad Blank, Mark Miosky, Mike Cavallo, Tom Leasca, Kevin Sheehan, Kenny Griswald, Brian Mone, Brad Norton, John Dale, Mike Burke, Kevin Constantine, Chris Spain, Paul Pelletier, Mark Levine, Bill Smith, Mark Charpentier, James Ahern and Jim Blake; Traci Adell as Sexy Woman; Sweater Friends: Anita Rice, Pam Nielson, Nancy Barker, Brad Louder, Doug Caputo, James Horrocks and Rolf Brekke; Clem Franek as Wallbanger, Marty Fresca as Farmworker Singing "Mocking Bird", Kirsten Maryott as Bikini Girl, Josh Shipley as Preservation Partier; Animals: Beau, Stella, Honey, Joey, Amy and Bijon. Encore Avenue, December 10, 2012. Soundtrack: (Score engineered by Todd Rundgren); "Boom Shack-A-Lak" - Performed by Apache Indian, Written by Apache Indian (as Steven Kapur) & Ervin Barrington Woolley, Courtesy of Island Records Ltd.; "Hip Hop Solution" - Performed & Written by Ray Colcord; "The Love Affair" - Written by Dick Walter, Courtesy of Associated Production Music; "Red Right Hand" - Performed by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (as Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds), Written by Nick Cave, Mick Harvey & Thomas Wydler, Courtesy of Mute Records, By Arrangement with Warner Special Products; "Get Ready" - Performed by The Proclaimers, Written by Smokey Robinson (as William "Smokey" Robinson), Courtesy of Chrysalis Records Ltd.; "Rap Me Silly" - Performed & Written by Ray Colcord; "Insomniac" - Performed by Echobelly, Written by Madan/Johansson, Courtesy of Rhythm King Records; "Permanent Vacation" - Performed & Written by Tom Wolfe; "Too Much Of A Good Thing" - Performed by The Sons featuring Bret Reilly, Written by Bret Reilly, Courtesy of The RCA Records Label of BMG Music; "2 Ft. O' Butt Crack" - Performed by Circle The Wagon, Written by William Goodrum (as Jimmy Glen Pines) & Elmo Jackson; "Mockingbird" - Performed by Jim Carrey (as Lloyd) & Jeff Daniels (as Harry), Written by Charles Foxx & Inez Foxx; "The Rain, The Park And Other Things" - Performed by The Cowsills, Written by Artie Kornfeld (as Arty Kornfield) & Steve Duboff, Courtesy of PolyGram Special Markets; "The Bear Song" - Performed & Written by Green Jellÿ (as Green Jelly), Courtesy of Zoo Entertainment; "The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead" - Performed by Crash Test Dummies, Written by Andy Partridge, Courtesy of BMG Music Canada, Inc.; "Take" - Performed by The Lupins, Written by Lance Tawzer & Stoley, Courtesy of The RCA Records Label of BMG Music; "Hurdy Gurdy Man" - Performed by Butthole Surfers (as The Butthole Surfers), Written by Donovan, Courtesy of Capitol Records, Inc.; "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" - Performed by Crash Test Dummies, Written by Brad Roberts, Courtesy of BMG Music Canada, Inc.; "Crash" (The '95 Mix) - Performed by The Primitives, Written by Paul Court (as Paul J. Court), Steve Dullaghan (as Stephen Dullaghan) & Tracy Spencer, Courtesy of BMG Records (UK) Ltd.; "Where I Find My Heaven" - Performed by Gigolo Aunts (as The Gigolo Aunts), Written by Brouwer, Gibbs, Hurley & Hurley, Courtesy of The RCA Records Label/Fire Records; "Trumpet Voluntary" - Written by Jeremiah Clarke, Courtesy of Audio Action; "Country Adagio" - Performed & Written by Ian Hughes, Courtesy of Audio Action; "You Sexy Thing" - Performed by Deee-Lite, Written by Errol Brown & Anthony Wilson, Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment, a division of Warner Communications, Inc.; "Oh Pretty Woman" - Performed by Roy Orbison, Written by Roy Orbison & Bill Dees (as William Dees), Courtesy of Monument Records, By Arrangement with Sony Music Special Products; "Endangered Species" - Performed & Written by Ray Colcord & Joe E. Rand; "Snow Bird Serenade" - Performed & Written by Ray Colcord & Joe E. Rand; "New Age Girl" - Performed by Dead Eye Dick, Written by Caleb Guillotte, Courtesy of Ichiban Records; "Should Have Known" - Performed and Music by Michael A. Lerner (as Michael Alan Lerner) & Sander Selover, Lyrics by Michael A. Lerner (as Michael Alan Lerner); "If You Don't Love Me (I'll Kill Myself)" - Performed & Written by Pete Droge, Courtesy of American Recordings, By Arrangement with Warner Special Products; "Ride Of Mrs. Gulch" - Written by Harold Arlen; "Make Love Now" - Written by Pat Wilson (as Patrick Wilson), Courtesy of Associated Production Music; "Can We Still Be Friends" - Performed & Written by Todd Rundgren, Courtesy of Bearsville Records; "Hallelujah" - From "The Messiah", Composed by George Frideric Handel (as Georg Friedrich Handel), Courtesy of Associated Production Music; "Rollin' Down The Hill" - Performed by The Rembrandts, Written by Phil Solem (as Phil Selen) and Danny Wilde, Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp., By Arrangement with Warner Special Products; "Whiney Whiney (Things That Make Me Crazy)" - Performed by Willi One Blood, Written by Willi One Blood, David Raimer, Henry Mancini & Ray Davies, Courtesy of The RCA Records Label of BMG Music. Trivia: 1. Scenes taking place in Aspen were filmed in Breckenridge, Colorado and Park City, Utah. The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado was transformed into the "Danbury Hotel" for the filming of the movie. The "Danbury Hotel" bar scene and staircase shot were the shots filmed there. The scenes filmed in the snow were shot at Copper Mountain Resort. Some of the external street scenes were filmed in Salt Lake City. Some scenes from the beginning of the film were also shot on location in the Providence, Rhode Island metropolitan area, including shots of the skyline, The Big Blue Bug, and scenes from the beginning of their road trip were shot in locations in Cumberland. 2. Directed by Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly. Written by Peter Farrelly & Bennett Yellin & Bobby Farrelly. 3. Jim Carrey chipped his tooth years earlier, but had the cap removed for the film to make his character look more deranged. 4. Harry and Lloyd are named after the (silent) comedy star Harold Lloyd. 5. The restaurant scene (with Seabass) was filmed in Ft. Morgan, Colorado. However filmmakers originally wanted to film this scene at a restaurant in Wiggins (about 15 miles west of Ft. Morgan) but after viewing the script the owner refused. 6. When Harry and Lloyd are in the car, Lloyd asks if Harry wants to hear the most annoying sound in the world. This was not originally in the script (you can tell by the look on Jeff Daniels' face). 7. Jim Carrey was initially offered $700,000 to appear in the film. However, the offer went in the same week when Ace Ventura: Pet Detective opened at number 1 in the US box office, so by the time Carrey's agents had renegotiated with the film's producers, his salary had upped itself to $7 million, almost half the film's budget. 8. Cameo - Cam Neely: As a nasty trucker called Sea Bass. 9. Lloyd can't read the word "the" but earlier he was able to read "samsonite". Quote: Lloyd: "Hey, look, the Monkees. They were a huge influence on the Beatles." 2. State Trooper: "Pullover!" Harry: "No, it's a cardigan but thanks for noticing."
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First World: A Blackfoot Story. 2011, Starring Marissa Bone as Rib Woman, Tim Bruised Head as Mud Man, Telly James as Creator/Street Addict, Eugene Brave Rock as Napi, Kelly Frey as Old World Man, Kalyn Gilbert as Old World Woman, Cheryl Hanley as Traditional Woman/Prostitute, Julian Black Antelope as Story Teller Voice, Grant Boyko as Homeless Man, Sara Elias as Shopper #1, Monica Cardozo as Shopper #2, Mara Stevens as Angry Wife, Sheldon Maxwell as Abusive Husband, Gavin Scott as Playground Kid, Jerome Paton as Playground Bully, Tracy Walaschuk as Woman on Bench, Sparrow Black Antelope as Baby, Jeff Redmond as Business Man and Jamie Redmond as Rude Dude. DVD, December 10, 2012, with Connie Luther. Soundtrack: "The Ancestors Song" - The Red Shadow Singers; "We Are One" - Pipestone Creek; "Of Catastrophic Proportions", "Cardiac", "Rampage" and "Prophecy" - James Dooley; "Gladiator", "Breath Of The Desert" and "Medicine Man" - Sandy McLelland/Richard Harvey; "Sacrifice" - Paul Clarvis; "The Feeling Begins" - Peter Gabriel; "The Last Warrior" Enigma; "Lamentation" - Delerium. With the support of the Canada Council For The Arts, Aboriginal Media Arts Program. (Herd Of One Productions Inc)
Courageous. 2011 (independent Christian drama), Starring Alex Kendrick as Adam Mitchell, Ken Bevel as Nathan Hayes, Kevin Downes as Shane Fuller, Ben Davies as David Thomson, Renee Jewell as Victoria Mitchell, Elanor Brown as Kayla Hayes, Taylor Hutcherson as Jade Hayes, Robert Amaya as Javier Martinez, Rusty Martin as Dylan Mitchell, Angelita Nelson as Carmen Martinez, Lauren Etchells as Emily Mitchell, David Howze as Derrick Freeman, Tony 'T.C.' Stallings as T.J., Ed Litton as Pastor Rogers, Rusty F Martin Sr. as Mr. Frank Tyson, Joy Duggar as Girl Crying at Funeral, Eleanor Brown as Kayla Hayes, Jessa Duggar as Girl at Funeral, Matt Hardwick as Antoine, Kaleb Bevel as Baby Hayes, Ashley McClearn as Lady #1 at Wreck, Amberly Marquard as Lady #2 at Wreck, Bryan Barnes and Kristi Cheshire as Ambulance Drivers, Chad Warrington as Medic 1, Emily Zapata as Medic 2, Chuck Mitchell as Medic 3, Chuck Spencer as Medic 4, Joy Spencer as Medic 5, Ramona Higgs as Medic 6, Daniel Wilbanks as Medic 7, Stephen Ostrander as Muster Room Sgt., Mark Glow as Sheriff, Charles Hill as Sheriff's Deputy 1, Travius Reed Sheriff's Deputy 2, Logan Dorminey as Sheriff's Deputy 3, Lonnie Mathis as Sheriff's Deputy 4, Jason Miller as Sheriff's Deputy 5, Chad Evans as Sheriff's Deputy 6, Brian Phillips as Sheriff's Deputy 7, Kevin Taylor as Sheriff's Deputy 8, Dwan Williams as Sheriff's Deputy 9, Ovbiye Idemundia as Sheriff's Deputy 10, Brent Griffin as Sheriff's Deputy 11, Garrett Grubbs as Sheriff's Deputy 12, Dennis Hill as Sheriff's Deputy 13, Renata Williams as Woman at Drug House, Ryan Canidate as Kid in Attic, David Milliner as Sergeant Murphy, Daniel Simmons as William Barrett, Marie Keefe as Bridesmaid 1, Macy Mager as Bridesmaid 2, Faith Atkins as Bridesmaid 3, Courtney Carter as Bridesmaid 4, Lauren Atkins as Older Emily, Christian Dozier as Jordan Hays, Jose "Jota R" Rodriguez as Jamar Holloman, Ellie Zapata as Isabel Martinez, Evan Zapata as Marcos Martinez, Mark Walker as Construction Boss, David Roberts as Man Shoveling, Zachary Hutcherson as Kid at Window 1, Micah Hutcherson as Kid at Window 2, William Dozier as Kid at Window 3, Louis Guillebeaux as Clyde Holloman, Steve Cox as Construction Worker 1, Roger Russell as Construction Worker 2, Brett Kirkland as Mr. Simms, Donald Howze as Derrick, Coleman Bailey as Gang Member 1, Jacob Rodriguez as Gang Member 2, Brenan Williams as Gang Member 3, Darren F. Akins as Gang Member 4, Jaleel Horry as Gang Member 5, Terrance Burnette as Gang Member 6, Derinique Daniel as Gang Member 7, Donatavious Brown as Gang Member 8, Montrell King as Gang Member 9, Phillip English as Gang Member 10, Amber Dominique as Waitress 1, Katy Willard as Waitress 2, Anna Sanders as Waitress 3, Troy Kimsey as ER Doctor, Bethany Kimsey as Nurse 1, Debbie Glow as Nurse 2, Kamy Lawson as Nurse 3, Tony Smith as Nurse 4, Cathy Loudenbarger as Nurse 5, Cheryl Douglas as Adam's Mother, Bill Douglas as Adam's Father, Becky Williams as Victoria's Mother, Steve Williams as Victoria's Mother, Capt. Craig J. Dodd as Captain at Drug Bust, Brandon Morgan as Arrested Teen 1, Joshua Mattox as Arrested Teen 2, Damien Horne as Arrested Man in Car, William Alan Brock as Gun Range Instructor, Amy Wooten as Gun Range Assistant, Joshua Kendrick as Tyler Fuller, Anna Marie McWilliams as Amanda, Karis Kendrick as Olivia, Bobby Boone as Messenger in Factory, Dennis Erickson as Waiter, Luke Bowers as Evidence Room Sergeant, Dan Howell as Courtroom Sergeant, Scott Dawson as Arresting Investigator, Dee Kelley as Shane's Ex Wife Mia, Robin Bushnell as Coffee Shop Worker, Peter Sharber as Coffee Shop Man, Bill Shafer as Head Waiter, Alicia W. Garcia as Woman at Restaurant, Tasha Milliner as Prison Guard, Meyer Gottlieb as Man in Hallway, Dennis Hill as Visitation Guard, Jimmy Broyden as Man Driving Truck, Joi Hutcherson as Little Girl in Yard, Vincent Hutcherson as Father at Tree House, Mark Willard as Sheriff's Deputy 14, James Byrd as Sheriff's Deputy 15, Jason Benham as Sheriff's Deputy 16, David Benham as Sheriff's Deputy 17, Mike Peachey as Sheriff's Deputy 18, Fred Broom as Sheriff's Deputy 19, Chris Ponte as Sheriff's Deputy 20 and Patrick Millsaps as Man in Restaurant. Movie Central, December 10, 2012. Soundtrack: "Your Love" - (Brandon Heath, Jason Ingram), (c) 2010 Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing/Big Skwawka Music (ASCAP), All rights on behalf of Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing and Big Swawka Music admin. By Sony/ATV Timber Publishing/West Main Music/Windsor Hill Music (SESAC)., Performed by Brandon Heath, All rights on behalf of Sony/ATV Timber Publishing, West Main Music and Windsor Hill Music admin. by Sony/ATV., All rights reserved. Used by permission., Courtesy of Reunion/Monomode Records and Provident Label Group LLC; "When We're Together" - (Mark Willard, Mark Harris), (c) 2011 MAW Music, LLC (BMI); Costal Lyric Publishing (ASCAP), All rights reserved. Used by permission., Performed by Mark Harris, Master Copyright (c) 2011 Vision Vineyard, L.L.C.; "Sound of Your Voice" - (Mac Powell, Tai Anderson, David Carr, and Mark Lee), (c) 2010 Songs from the Quarry (ASCAP) (adm. by EMICMGPublishing.com), All rights reserved. Used by permission., Performed by Third Day, Courtesy of Essential Records and Provident Label Group LLC; "Courageous" - (Mark Hall and Matthew West), (c) 2011 My Refuge Music (admin. by EMI CMG Publishing) (BMI)/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing/Club Zoo Music (BMI), (all rights on behalf of Sony/ATV Tree Publishing and Club Zoo admin. by Sony/ATV Music Publishing) External Combustion Music/Songs for Delaney/Songs of Southside Independent Music Publishing (ASCAP), All rights reserved. Used by permission., Performed by Casting Crowns, Courtesy of Beach Street/Reunion Records and Provident Label Group; "My Creed" - (Mark Willard, Mark Harris), (c) 2011 MAW Music, LLC (BMI); Coastal Lyric Publishing (ASCAP), All rights reserved. Used by permission., Performed by Mark Harris, Master Copyright (c) 2011 Vision Vineyard, L.L.C. Trivia: 1. The film is directed by Alex Kendrick, produced by Sherwood Pictures and was released to theaters on September 30, 2011. It is the fourth film by Sherwood Pictures, the creators of Flywheel, Facing the Giants, and Fireproof. Filming in Albany, Georgia concluded in June 2010. The film was marketed by Sony's Provident Films, which also marketed their previous films. 2. The film was directed by Alex Kendrick, who co-wrote its screenplay with his brother Stephen Kendrick. Kendrick also stars in the film, along with Ken Bevel, Kevin Downes, and former running-back Tony Stallings. About half of the cast and crew were volunteers from Sherwood Baptist Church, while the remainder were brought on through invitation-only auditions. The film was produced with a budget of $2 million, but on its opening weekend it grossed $2 million in pre-sales alone and grossed $9.1 million total for the weekend. The film opened to mixed reviews from critics, but a rare A+ CinemaScore rating from filmgoers. 3. The majority of the film was shot in Albany and Dougherty County and Lee County, Georgia area. Some scenes were shot in the Dougherty County Jail. More than 170 media outlets, such as Inside Edition, visited the set. The Duggar family from TLC's 19 Kids and Counting were extras during a father-son 5K race. Jim Bob Duggar and seven of his ten sons joined hundreds of other fathers and sons in filming the scene.[13] Their involvement in the film was shown on 19 Kids and Counting in "Duggars go Hollywood". The Duggar daughters acted as extras in a funeral scene at Sherwood Baptist Church that involved several police officers in uniform. 4. In order to enhance the quality of the film, the production crew is using a new camera technology, "Red One", by the Red Digital Cinema Camera Company. Kendrick estimated the production budget would exceed $1 million — double that of Fireproof. The final budget has been reported at $2 million. 5. In December 2010, the Motion Picture Association of America rated the film PG-13 for "some violence and drug content". That rating was surrendered a few days later, but was later reinstated. Courageous is the first film by Sherwood Pictures to receive a PG-13 rating. 6. The contemporary Christian band Casting Crowns released a song titled "Courageous" to promote the film with a video featuring scenes from it. Tony Dungy, a Super Bowl-winning football coach, mentioned the film in an article he wrote about fatherhood for USA Today. He said, "As men, we could all take a lesson from [the fathers in Courageous] and ask ourselves, 'What can I do today to be a more involved dad?'" 7. The film received mostly mixed reviews from critics, but has received a rare "A+" rating from moviegoers via CinemaScore. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 35% of 20 critics have given the film a positive review while 88% of audiences liked the film. On Metacritic, the film currently holds a score of 42 based on 10 reviews. 8. Adam Mitchell's pickup truck has a Jay Austin Motors license plate. This is a tribute to Sherwood Pictures' first film, Flywheel, in which Alex Kendrick played a shady used car dealer, Jay Austin. Early in the film as the patrol car is driving around town there is a shot of the Albany Fire Station. This is the station used in Sherwood Pictures' last film, Fireproof. The scene that Adam Mitchell is watching on TV (with his daughter in his lap) is from the house fire in Fireproof. 9. The baby in the truck at the beginning was Ken Bevels real son. They were not expecting him to be crying when they opened the door, but it fit perfectly for the scene. In the audio commentary Stephen Kendrick says "there was nobody in the car prompting him to cry, we all were shocked and got chills that day when he opened the truck and the baby cried like that, it was GOD directing that portion of the scene, we were blown away by that". 10. While filming the arrest early in the film, the actors who played the gangsters were actually sharing their faith with local people in between takes, including the two that pass by on bikes while they're driving to the house. While filming at the dark house where Adam and Shane search for the suspects, there was a real gang nearby who got used to them being there, thinking they were only actors, but there were a few real officers with them who carried out a real arrest during a drug deal while filming was going on. 11. The big speech Adam (Alex Kendrick) gives at the end was read to the same audience about 12 times in a row to get it right. The "sling shot" move that Adam uses to fling Nathan out of the car to catch the suspect is a move that some officers really do use, while others have never heard of it. 13. A ministry of Sherwood Baptist Church, Albany, Georgia. Quote: [Last lines] Adam Mitchell: "So where are you men of courage? Where are you, fathers who fear the Lord? It's time to rise up and answer the call that God has given to you, and to say, 'I will. I will. I will.'"
Safe. 2012, Starring ason Statham as Luke Wright, Catherine Chan as Mei, Chris Sarandon as Mayor Tremello, Robert John Burke as Captain Wolf, James Hong as Han Jiao, Reggie Lee as Quan Chang, Danni Lang as Ling, Igor Jijikine as Chemyakin, David Kim as Triad #1, Anson Mount as Alex Rosen, Sándor Técsy as Emile Docheski, Joseph Sikora as Vassily Docheski, James Colby as Detective Mears, Matt O'Toole as Detective Lasky, Jack Gwaltney as Detective Reddick, Barry Bradford as Detective Benoit, Jay Giannone as Detective Kolfax, James Tolbert III as Crazy Guy, Julian Marzal as Lieutenant Teague, Scott Nicholson as Sergeant Mackelvane, Kathy Ann Zhang as Kake, Byron Zheng as Feng, Lyman Chen as Principal, Howie Brown as Mayor's Aide, Nicolas Martí Salgado as Teenager, Danny Hoch as Julius Barkow, Suzanne Savoy as Furious Woman, Dan McCabe as Young Homeless Man, John Wooten as Shelter Security 1, Brian Anthony Wilson as Shelter Security 2, Victor Pagan as Wild-Eyed Man, Henry Kwan as Korean Grocer, Marvina Vinique as Sales Girl, Jennifer Skyler as Hotel Receptionist, Kate Rogal as Hooker, Tony Cheng as Disco Triad, Dmitriy Kojevnikov as Mamoschka's Chef, Oksana Lada as Mamoschka's Hostess, Al Kao as Asian Patrolman, John Cenatiempo as Russian Gangster, Dan Shea as Police Tech, George Colucci as Middle-Aged Man, Matt Dellapina as Uniformed Cop, Stephen Oyoung as Triad Laptop Soldier, Tim Carr as Young Aide, Daoud Heidami as Taxi Driver, Ben Sinclair as Angry Man, Oleg Ivanov as Russian Mobster, Zun Lin as Triad with Duffel, Alexander Kogan as Russian Singer, Laurence Covington as Irate Homeless Man, Gary Beck as Press photographer, Robert Bizik as Hostage, Chris Clemens as Mayor's Security Agent, Tom Delconte as Hotel Guest, Cindy Engle as Hostage, Steve Fantini as ESU Police Officer, Shawn Gonzalez as Busboy, Jian as Triad Guard #1, John Jillard Sr. as ESU Police Officer, Ann-Marie Jordan as Hostage, Shing Ka as Triad Guard, William James Kelly as Hostage, J.C. Keys as Cook/Featured, David Kneeream as Man on Street, Michael J. Kraycik as Russian Cook, Nicole Lee as Pedestrian, Erica Lynne Marszalek as Hotel Guest, John Mitchell as Taxi Driver, Chuck Pressler as Police Officer, Joseph Queroli as Brother at Hospital, Gilbert Soto as Police Officer, Will Souders as NYC Pedestrian, Aleksandra Svetlichnaya as Fight Observer and Kelvin Whui as Triad Gang. Movie Central, December 13, 2012. Soundtrack: (Music Services provided by Cutting Edge); "Mind Bends" - Written and Performed by Dror Mohar, Licensed by Arrangement with 13n Music, Courtesy of 13n Music; "Peelout" - Written and Performed by Dror Mohar, Licensed by Arrangement with 13n Music, Courtesy of 13n Music; "Purple Bamboo" - Arranged by Cheng Yu, Licensed by Arrangement with Extreme Productions Music USA (ASCAP); "Pipa 2" - Arranged by Cheng Yu, Licensed by Arrangement with Extreme Productions Music USA (ASCAP); "Pure Oxygen" - Written and Performed by Dror Mohar, Licensed by Arrangement with 13n Music, Courtesy of 13n Music; "Mongolia" - Written by Valérie Barki (as Valerie Barki) and Jean-Pierre Limborg, Courtesy of APM Music; "Liquid Lounge" - Written by Dust Devils, Licensed by Arrangement with Extreme Productions Music USA (ASCAP); "Fable of the Flying Fairies" - Written by Albert Fox (BMI), Licensed by Arrangement with Mutato Muzika (BMI); "Flyover" - Written and Performed by Dror Mohar, Licensed by Arrangement with 13n Music, Courtesy of 13n Music; "Dummy Cop" - Written by Mark Mothersbaugh (BMI), Licensed by Arrangement with Mutato Muzika (BMI); "Clumzy Soul" - Written by Yuli Kim, Performed by Alexander Kogan, Courtesy of Passagio Entertainment, LLC; "Two Guitars" - Written by Ivan Vasyliev, Sasha Makarov, Appolon Grigoriev and Alexander Kogan, Performed by Alexander Kogan, Courtesy of Passagio Entertainment, LLC; "Piano Sonata No. 14 in C Sharp Minor 'Moonlight' - Adagio Sostenuto", Written by Ludwig van Beethoven, Licensed by Arrangement with Extrema Production Music USA (ASCAP); "Under the Belt" - Written and Performed by Dror Mohar, Licensed by Arrangement with 13n Music, Courtesy of 13n Music; "Menace" - Written and Performed by Dror Mohar, Featuring Richard Chiu & Madison Knapp, Licensed by Arrangement with 13n Music, Courtesy of 13n Music. Trivia: 1. On a $30 million budget, principal photography took place from October to December 2010 in Philadelphia and New York City. Filming scenes in Philadelphia on Broad Street was done on the nights and early mornings of November 17, 18, and 19. A class from a Catholic School in downtown Philadelphia was used for a scene depicting a class in China. 2. The scenes at the mayor's mansion were filmed at the Bloomfield estate in Villanova, Pennsylvania. On April 4th (less than one month before the film's release), the garage burst into flames, starting what would eventually become a four alarm fire that destroyed most of the third floor of the main house. 3. Dekalb Ave subway station and Canal St station were filmed at Cortlandt St station. 4. The getaway coming out of the subway is filmed on the corner of East Broadway and Rutger St., shooting from the southeastern side of the crossing. Quote: Mei: "Why did you save me?" Luke Wright: "I didn't save you. You saved me."
Bel Ami. 2012, Starring Robert Pattinson as Georges Duroy, Uma Thurman as Madeleine Forestier, Kristin Scott Thomas as Virginie Rousset, Christina Ricci as Clotilde de Marelle, Colm Meaney as Monsieur Rousset, Philip Glenister as Charles Forestier, Holliday Grainger as Suzanne Rousset, Natalia Tena as Rachel the Prostitute, James Lance as François Laroche, Anthony Higgins as Comte de Vaudrec, Timothy Walker as Solicitor, Pip Torrens as Paul the Butler, Thomas Arnold as Louis, Christopher Fulford as Police Commisioner, Amy Marston as Nanny, Frank Dunne as Bishop, George Potts as Chief Cashier, Iain Stuart Robertson as Innkeeper, Balázs Czukor as Priest; Dancers: Rebecca Barrett, Tom Muggeridge and Matthew Cheney; Dorian Lough as Narrator (voice), Audrey Albert as Duchesse, Sophie Barnes, Ryan Ellsworth as Journalist, Szabolcs Eszes as Young man at restaurant, Arthur Gourounlian as Dancer, Jake Harders as Journalist, Ceri Jerome as Dancer, Neil Jewitt as Dancer in brothel, Todd Peterson as Journalist, Chris Piper as Dancer, Senem Temiz as Ball Guest, Eloise Webb as Laurine de Marelle, Lasco Atkins as French Waiter, James Fiddy as Parisian Gentleman, Jason Gregg as Gavante Man and Adam Newsome as Journalist. Movie Central, December 13, 2012. Storyline: A chronicle of a young man's rise to power in 1890s Paris via his manipulation of the city's most influential and wealthy women. Trivia: 1. The film is based on the 1885 French novel of the same name by Guy de Maupassant. The principal photography was in London and Budapest and Twickenham Studios.
Meeting Evil. 2012, Starring Samuel L. Jackson as Richie, Leslie Bibb as Joanie Felton, Luke Wilson as John Felton, Peyton List as Tammy Strate, Tracie Thoms as Latisha Rogers, Muse Watson as Frank, Bret Roberts as Peter the Pool Guy, Jason Alan Smith as Trevor, Tina Parker as Rhonda, Danny Epper as Redneck Trucker, Ryan Scott Lee as Scooter, Samuel Robbins as John Felton Jr., Gabrielle Harvey as Sam Felton, Danny Hannemann as Bartender, Allie McConnell as Gas Station Attendant, Jillian Batherson as Charlene, Avi Lake as Little Girl with Dog, James Townsend as Suburban Cop #1, Ritchie Montgomery as Suburban Cop #2, Charles Ferrara as Old Diner Patron, Claire Conti as Diner Waitress, Dustan Costine as State Policeman, Samantha Marie Sitzman as Girl at Gas Station, Marshall Geller as Bar Patron, Sean O'Hara as Hot Husband at gas station, Cole Blaine as Bar Customer, Edward J. Clare as Sheriff Moore, Kylie Creppel as Little Girl in Stationwagon, Laura Flannery as Waitress, John C. Klein as Orly County Deputy, Elton LeBlanc as Policeman and James Rawlings as Drunken Patron. HBO, December 14, 2012. Soundtrack: "Top Of The Morning" - Written and Performed by Ryan Beveridge; "Ride" - Written and Performed by The Pushing Daisies; "You Get To Me" - Performed by Minnie Jones and the Minuettes. Trivia: 1. The reviewer aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes gives 'Meeting Evil' a rotten 13%, meaning one out of the eight reviews were positive. 2. Filmed in Louisiana?
The Pelican Brief. 1993 (legal crime thriller), Starring Julia Roberts as Darby Shaw, Denzel Washington as Gray Grantham, Sam Shepard as Thomas Callahan, John Heard as Gavin Vereek, Tony Goldwyn as Fletcher Coal, James B. Sikking as FBI Director Denton Voyles, William Atherton as Bob Gminski, Robert Culp as President, Stanley Tucci as Khamel, Hume Cronyn as Justice Rosenberg, John Lithgow as Smith Keen, Anthony Heald as Marty Velmano, Nicholas Woodeson as Stump, Stanley Anderson as Edwin Sneller, John Finn as Matthew Barr, Cynthia Nixon as Alice Stark, Jake Weber as Curtis Morgan/Garcia, Casey Biggs as Eric East, Christopher Murray as Rupert, Sonny Jim Gaines as Sarge, Kevin Geer as K.O. Lewis, Joseph Chrest as Song & Dance Man from Bar, Richard Bauer as Managing Editor, Michelle O'Neill as Sara Ann Morgan, Peter Carlin as Edward Linney, Ralph Cosham as Justice Jensen, Terrence P. Currier as Rosenberg's Nurse, Edwin Newman as Himself, Helen Carey as Federal Clerk, Howard Shalwitz as Washington Herald Journalist, Kyle Prue as News Desk Reporter; Senior Washington Herald Editors: Jewell Robinson, Kim Peter Kovac and Norman Aronovic; Carl Palmer as Cop in Cowboy Boots, Carol Sutton as New Orleans Policewoman, Scott Jefferson as Lt. Olsen, Daniel Kamin as Hooten, Mark McLaughlin as CIA Agent Hotel Room, Robert Pavlovich as CIA Agent Hotel Room, Magee Hickey as Herself, Constance Yelverton as Clerk at Sheraton Hotel, Kim Kettle as Gavin Verheek's Wife, Ellie K. Wang as Reporter at National Cathedral, Franchelle Stewart Dorn (as Fran Dorn) as University Registrar, Karen Bralove as University Placement Clerk, Teagle F. Bougere as Male University Student, Carey Varner as Female University Student, Saundra Quarterman as Laura Kass, Cynthia Hood as Parklane Receptionist, Alan Wade as Parklane Administrator, Harold J. Surratt as Parklane Security Officer, Paul Morella as White & Blazevich Attorney, Ed Johnson as White & Blazevich Security Guard, Jurian Hughes as White & Blazevich Receptionist, Dick Stilwell as White & Blazevich Security, Tom Quinn as Sara Ann Morgan's Father, Beverly Brigham as Safe Deposit Teller, Liza Sweeney Coleman as Female Pursuer with Gun, Douglas R. Coleman as Male Pursuer with Gun, Michael Port as Tulane Law Student, Shanna Connell as Tulane Law Student; Reporters: Gene Babb, Kyle D. Duvall, Karl Warren, Carrie Boren and James Earl Reed; Keith Fluker as Agent, Joe James as Runner (voice), Kelly Lynn Richards as Protester, Codie Scott as Man Partying in Quarter, William Shipman as Office Worker and Greta Valenti as Kid at Parade. Encore Avenue, December 14, 2012. Soundtrack: "Blues For Carol" - Written and Performed by Clarence Hollimon, Courtesy of Black Top Records; "Nearly" - Written by Danny Gould; "Just For Now" - Written by Danny Gould; "The Creole Song" - Written and Performed by Lynn August, Courtesy of Black Top Records; "Air Conditioner Blues" - Written and Performed by Carl Sonny Leyland, Courtesy of Dinosaur Records; "Chain Of Fools" - Written by Don Covay, Performed by Aretha Franklin, Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp., By Arrangement with Warner Special Products; "Dancing In The Rain" - Written by Rik Slave, Marc St. James and Patrick Catania, Performed by The Phantoms, Courtesy of Dinosaur Records; "Clarinet Marmalade" - Written by Larry Shields (as L. Shields) and Henry Ragas, Performed by Rene Netto & The Sounds of New Orleans, Courtesy of H.E.R. Records; "The Lipsetter" - Written by Rod Piazza, Performed by Rod Piazza and The Mighty Flyers, Courtesy of Day & Night Productions; "Wiggle" - Written by Mike Darby, Performed by Irene and The Mikes; "One Way Street" - Written by Mike Darby and Irene Sage, Performed by Irene and The Mikes; "My Mammy" - Written by Sam Lewis, Joe Young and Walter Donaldson; "Hippy Ty O" - Written and Performed by Lynn August, Courtesy of Black Top Records; "Troisième Leçon De Ténèbres à 2 Voix" From "Tous les matins du monde" - Written by François Couperin (as Francois Couperin), Performed by M. Figueras and M-C. Kiehr, Courtesy of TRAVELLING AUVIDIS; "Choral 'Komm, O Tod, Du Schlafes Bruder'" - Written by Johann Sebastian Bach, Performed by Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum Leipzig, Courtesy of Capriccio, By Arrangement with Source Q; "Coach (Theme)" - Written by John Morris; "The Morning Theme" - Written by Michael Karp; "You Drive Me Crazy" - Written and Performed by Greg Ginn, Courtesy of Cruz Records. Trivia: 1. The film is based on the novel of the same name by John Grisham. Differences from book: (a) The film does not contain the murder of Matthew Barr and therefore does not show the primary antagonist, Victor Mattiece. (b) Gray Grantham is Caucasian in the book. He is portrayed by Denzel Washington, an African-American in the film. (c) The villains continue their hot pursuit as Darby Shaw opens the safe-deposit box, putting a bomb in Gray Grantham's car and shooting at both in the parking garage in the film but not in the book. 2. Although the Tulane Law School has moved to a new building since this film was released, the room where Julia Roberts and Sam Shepard meet for class early in the move is still a classroom: Jones Hall Rm. 102. 3. The President questions Cole's idea of addressing the nation while wearing a cardigan sweater; this is based on a real-life incident in which then-president Jimmy Carter addressed the nation in a cardigan during the height of the fuel shortages in the 1970s. 4. In class, Darby and Callahan discuss the Bowers v. Hardwick case. This was a real Supreme Court case that ultimately vindicated a state's right to make homosexual activity illegal. Darby passionately argues that the Supreme Court was wrong. Ten years after this film was released, the case was reversed in Lawrence (& Garner) v. Texas, which found such laws to be Unconstitutional. Quote: Gray Grantham: "Do you want to talk about the brief?" Darby Shaw: "Everyone I have told about the brief is dead." Gray Grantham: "I take my chances."
The Andromeda Strain. 1971 (science-fiction), Starring Arthur Hill as Dr. Jeremy Stone, David Wayne as Dr. Charles Dutton, James Olson as Dr. Mark Hall, Kate Reid as Dr. Ruth Leavitt, Paula Kelly as Karen Anson (nurse, laboratory technician), George Mitchell as Mr. Peter Jackson (Piedmont), Mark Jenkins as Lt. Shawn (Piedmont Team), Peter Helm as Sgt. Crane (Piedmont Team), Joe Di Reda as Sgt. Burk (Wildfire Computer Technician), Ramon Bieri as Major Arthur Manchek (Scoop Mission Control), Carl Reindel as Lt. Comroe (Scoop Mission Control), Frances Reid as Clara Dutton, Peter Hobbs as General Sparks, Kermit Murdock as Dr. Robertson (White House Science Advisor), Richard O'Brien as Grimes, Eric Christmas as Senator Phillips (Vermont), Ken Swofford as Toby (Technician), John Carter as Capt. Morton (military police), Richard Bull as Air Force Major, James W. Gavin as Dempsey (helicopter pilot), Garry Walberg as scientist technician, Victoria Paige Meyerink as Additional Character, Paul Ballantyne as Hospital Director, Ivor Barry as Murray, Joe Billings as Scientist, Patty Bodeen as Girl, Michael Bow as MP at Stone's, Walter Brooke as Assistant to Cabinet Secretary, Susan Brown as Allison Stone, Jan Burrell as Mother - Piedmont, Dee Carroll as Technician, Duke Cigrang as Father - Piedmont, Rhodie Cogan as Minor Role, Michael Crichton as Bearded Surgeon, Lisa Daniels as Woman, Sandra de Bruin as Technician, Bill Dunbar as Vandenberg AFB Sergeant, Harold Dyrenforth as, Walker Edmiston as Voice (voice), Sandra Ego as Girl, Don Ellis as Minor Role, Judy Farrell as Pam, Lance Fuller as Man, Sheila Jo Guthrie as Girl - Piedmont, Ray Harris as Scientist, Rob Hughes as Air Force Technician, Jason Johnson as Dr. Benedict, Bart La Rue as Medic Captain, Jamie Lamb as Boy - Piedmont, Glenn Langan as Cabinet Secretary, Johnny Lee as Boy, Theodore Lehmann as Scientist, Tom McDonough as Stetson, David McLean as Sen. McKenzie (New Mexico), Cliff Medaugh as Civilian, Don Messick as Alarm Voice, Midori as Bess - Lab Technician, Carl B. Morrison as Minor Role, Robert 'Bob' Olen as Soldier, Francisco Ortega as Gateman at Agricultural Center, Emory Parnell as Pete 'Old Doughboy' Arnold, Michael Pataki as Operator of 'The Hands', Alma Platt as Woman, Quinn K. Redeker as Capt. Morris, Clark Savage as M.P. Sergeant, Georgia Schmidt as Old Lady - Piedmont, Reuben Singer as Dr. Rudolph Karp, Robert Soto as Manuel Rios - Baby, Gilchrist Stuart as Man, Joan Swift as Decontamination Receptionist, Lorna Thayer as Woman, Len Wayland as Utah Crash Site Officer, Gary Waynesmith as Air Force Technician and Russ Whiteman as Civilian. Turner Classic Movies, December 14, 2012. Soundtrack: "Wildfire"; "Hex"; "Andromeda"; "Desert Trip"; "The Piedmont Elegy"; "Op"; "Xenogenesis"; "Stobe Crystal Green". Trivia: 1. The film is based on the novel published in 1969 by Michael Crichton. The film is about a team of scientists who investigate a deadly organism of extraterrestrial origin that causes rapid, fatal blood clotting. The film follows the book closely. 2. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Art Direction (Boris Leven, William H. Tuntke, Ruby R. Levitt); lost to Nicholas and Alexandra and Best Film Editing (Stuart Gilmore, John W. Holmes); lost to The French Connection. 3. The Andromeda Strain features an electronic music score. The soundtrack was composed by composer-musician Gil Mellé, who is probably best known for his theme music for the 1970s Rod Serling TV series Night Gallery. It is a unique blend of electronically generated sound, manipulated taped sounds (musique concrète) and some traditional instrumentation (piano, double bass, percussion), punctuated by bursts of electronic white noise and pink noise. 4. The sets of the Wildfire facility in the film were re-dressed for use in Hang Up, the tenth episode of season one of the TV show Emergency!, first broadcast on 8 April 1972. The sets were shown as a scientific facility which was the scene of an explosion and radioactive hazard rescue. Footage and stills from the movie were used in Population: Zero, the first episode of the TV show The Six Million Dollar Man, first broadcast on 18 January 1974. The episode features a town where all the citizens have succumbed to an external force. 5. The germ from space cost $250,000 to create in special effects. The Wildfire scientific lab sets cost more than $300,000 to build, and were described at the time as "one of the most elaborately detailed interiors ever built." The Central Core set required the digging of a 70 ft deep by 30 ft wide hole in a soundstage. 6. The monkey was "killed" by being placed in a large set filled with carbon dioxide. When the monkey's cage, containing oxygen was opened, it was rendered unconscious by the CO2. An Assistant director was off camera and brought a breathing apparatus to the monkey who recovered immediately. 7. The computer error "601" occurred because of a system overload while trying simulate Andromeda's growth and mutation. The error number is a reference to the computer overload error of "1202" (exactly double) which occurred on the LEM during the first lunar descent. 8. A young Michael Crichton makes a cameo appearance in a non-speaking role during the scene where Dr. Hall is told to break scrub because he has to report to Wildfire, the government's secret underground research facility.
The Wishing Tree. 2012 (TV Movie/Family/Hallmark/), Starring Jason Gedrick as Professor Evan Farnsworth, Erica Cerra as Clarissa Vance, Carrie Genzel as Amanda Breen, Richard Harmon as Andrew Breen, Amitai Marmorstein as Albert Nevins, Emmalyn Estrada as Juliet Espinoza, Teryl Rothery as Madelyn Guthrie, John Innes as Headmaster Martin Fitzsimmons, Cole Grabinsky as Hall Monitor, Erica Carroll as Elizabeth Scott-Farnsworth, Scott E. Miller as Guard, Shauna Johannesen as Mother, Angelo Renai as Teacher, Kurt Max Runte as Police Chief, Callum Seagram as Little Boy, Ally Kaczynski as Devin, Frances Flanagan as Baker, Michael Adamthwaite as Paramedic, Ryan Ennis as Professor Dennis Stunt and Anthony Moyer as Andrew Stunt. Movie Central, December 15, 2012. Soundtrack: Storyline: A special Christmas tree decorated with handwritten wishes helps Dennis and his group of orphaned students develop a connection and a sense of family. Trivia: Produced with the participation of The Province of British Columbia Film Incentive BC.
I Don't Know How She Does It. 2011, Starring Sarah Jessica Parker as Kate Reddy, Pierce Brosnan as Jack Abelhammer, Greg Kinnear as Richard Reddy, Busy Philipps as Wendy Best, Olivia Munn as Momo Hahn, Christina Hendricks as Allison Henderson, Emma Rayne Lyle as Emily Reddy, Kelsey Grammer as Clark Cooper, Jessica Szohr as Paula, Seth Meyers as Chris Bunce, Jane Curtin as Marla Reddy, Sarah Shahi as Janine LoPietro, Theodore Goldberg and Julius Goldberg as Ben Reddy, Mark Blum as Lew Reddy, James Murtaugh as Roger Harcourt, Mika Brzezinski as Herself, Eugenia Yuan as Jack's Receptionist, Joseph Amato as I/T Guy, Michelle Hurst as Nurse, Beth Fowler as Clark's Secretary, Michael Hogan as Bowling Alley Clerk, Marceline Hugot as Beth, Steve Routman as Marcus, Raymond McAnally as Roy, Katie Hyde Lewars as Organic Mom, Robbie Sublett as Dad, Natalie Gold as Young Mother with Cell Phone, Lorna Pruce as Woman in Bowling Alley, Jacob Alexander as Towncar Driver, Stephanie Atkinson as Boston Pedestrian, Ian Bonner as Boston Cabbie, Jodie Brunelle as Businesswoman, Erica Cho as Dana the Intern, Mike DiGiacinto as Bunce's Friend, Timothy Finch as Jon, Shawn Fogarty as Pedestrian, Victor Franko as Businessman, Rosemary Howard as Boston Pedestrian, Jeffery Kincannon as Friend, Ren Knopf as Businessman, Sal Lizard as Santa, Benjamin Lott as Passerby, Jeremy McLain as Pedestrian, Mark J. Parker as Waiter, Tyler Rumsey as Bowler, Chuck Slavin as Bostonian and Aingea Venuto as Little Girl in Park. Movie Central, December 15, 2012. Soundtrack: "Fight or Flight" - Written by Jamie Christopherson & Christopher Lennertz, Performed by Jamie Christopherson. Trivia: 1. American comedy film based on Allison Pearson's novel of the same name. 2. I Don't Know How She Does It has received mostly negative reviews from film critics. As of 16 February 2012 it holds a 17% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 106 reviews with an average rating of 4 out of 10. The site describes the comedy as "limp", with a "hopelessly outdated" view on gender. Sarah Jessica Parker earned a Razzie Award nomination as Worst Actress for her performance in the movie (also for New Year's Eve), but lost to Adam Sandler for his performance in drag in Jack and Jill. Quotes: 1. Allison Henderson: "At work, when you act like 'one of the boys', they call you abrasive and difficult. So, if you act like a woman, they say you're emotional and difficult. So, difficult is really just the word for anything that isn't a man." 2. Kate Reddy: "I love being a mother of a two-year old. It is like being a movie star in a world without critics."
Johnny English Reborn.a 2011 (British spy parody), Starring Roger Barclay as Agent Two, Eric Carte as Agent One, Rowan Atkinson as MI7 Agent Johnny English, Togo Igawa as Ting Wang, Eleanor Wyld as Receptionist 1, Mandi Sidhu as Receptionist 2, Margaret Clunie as Receptionist 3, Gillian Anderson as MI7 Head Pamela Thornton/Pegasus, Rosamund Pike as Kate Sumner, Dominic West as Simon Ambrose, Tim McInnerny as Patch Quartermain, Mariella Frostrup as Royce (voice), Daniel Kaluuya as Agent Colin Tucker, Miles Jupp as Technician, Pik-Sen Lim as Killer Cleaner, Williams Belle as Ling, Paul Carr as Chinese Man in Spectacles, Courtney Wu as Man in Spectacles 2, Richard Schiff as Titus Fisher, Rupert Vansittart as Derek, Isla Blair as Shirley, Emma Vansittart as Margaret, Christina Chong as Barbara, Siu Hun Li as Chinese Susan, Joséphine de La Baume as Madeleine, Wale Ojo as President Chambal, Chris Jarman as Michael Tembe, Andrew Woodall as Foreign Secretary, Burn Gorman as Slater, Isabella Blake-Thomas as Izzie, Janet Whiteside as Pamela's Mother, Maisie Fishbourne as Pamela's Toddler, Mark Ivanir as Artem Karlenko (alias Sergei Pudovkin), Gary Kane as Matov, Stephen Campbell Moore as British Prime Minister (parody of David Cameron), Lobo Chan as Xiang Ping, Clara Paget as Waitress, Richard Syms as Man in Pinstripe, Lily Atkinson as Girl with Crash Helmet, Dave Holland as Man in Wheelchair, Benedict Wong as Chi Han Ly, Ellen Thomas (actress) as Colin Tucker's mother, Ian Shaw as Agent Number Two, Oliver Zheng as Chinese Interpreter, Andrei Alen as Swiss Guard, Seelan Gunaseelan as MI7 Agent, Jeff Lipman as Golfer, Teresa Mahoney as British Delegate, Chris Mansfield as Traffic Warden and Ben Miller as Angus Bough (scenes deleted). Movie Central, December 16, 2012. Soundtrack: "Theme from Johnny English" - Written by Ilan Eshkeri, Howard Goodall and Edward Shearmur, Performed by Ilan Eshkeri; "End of Bachelorhood" - Written by Wang Yougui and She Zhidi, Performed by Li Xiaowen, Courtesy of China Media Ventures Inc.; "Don't Give Up On Us" - Written by 'Tony MacAulay', Performed by David Soul, Courtesy of David Soul, by arrangement with Smith & Co.; "Slow" - Written by Sarah Joyce, Performed by Rumer, Courtesy of Warner Music UK Ltd; "Word Up" - Written by Larry Blackmon and Tomi Jenkins, Performed by Cameo, Courtesy of Island Def Jam Music Group, under license from Universal Music Operations Ltd; "I Believe in You" - Written by Eg White, Performed by Rumer, Courtesy of Warner Music UK Ltd. Trivia: 1. It is a comedy film parodying the James Bond secret agent genre. The film is the sequel to Johnny English (2003), and stars Rowan Atkinson reprising his role as the title character and directed by Oliver Parker. In addition to parodying traits from the original James Bond films, and cliches of the spy genre, Johnny English Reborn also references Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace. This reboot of the Bond franchise, released after the original Johnny English, exhibits far darker aesthetic than the original Bond Films. In keeping his, Reborn is also darker than its predecessor, but retains Atkinson's signature humour. Like its predecessor, it was met with mixed reviews, but has grossed a total of $160,078,586 worldwide. 2. Johnny English drives a Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupé with an experimental 9.0 litre V16 engine. There are only a few of these engines in existence, produced during tests for the Phantom Coupé, and they were not used in production models. For the production of the film, Atkinson approached the company and requested that they install one into a car, making the vehicle seen in the film unique. 3. Filming took place in Central London at Cannon Street, at Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire, in Hawley Woods in Hampshire, on The Mall in Central London and in Macau and Hong Kong. 4. Cameo - Lily Atkinson: The girl from whom Johnny steals a motorcycle helmet during his wheelchair chase, is Rowan Atkinson's daughter. Quote: Johnny English: "Dear God, let me not die at the hands of the Swiss."
Ivanhoe. 1952, Starring Robert Taylor as Ivanhoe, Elizabeth Taylor as Rebecca, Joan Fontaine as Rowena, George Sanders as De Bois-Guilbert, Emlyn Williams as Wamba, Robert Douglas as Sir Hugh De Bracy, Finlay Currie as Cedric, Felix Aylmer as Isaac, Francis De Wolff as Front De Boeuf, Norman Wooland as King Richard, Basil Sydney as Waldemar Fitzurse, Harold Warrender as Locksley - Robin Hood, Patrick Holt as Philip DeMalvoisin, Roderick Lovell as Ralph DeVipont, Sebastian Cabot as Clerk of Copmanhurst, John Ruddock as Hundebert, Michael Brennan as Baldwin, Megs Jenkins as Servant to Isaac, Valentine Dyall as Norman Guard, Lionel Harris as Roger of Bermondsley, Carl Jaffe as Austrian Monk, Guy Rolfe as Prince John, Martin Benson as Minor Role, Robert Brown as Castle Guard Yelling 'Horseman Approaching from the South!' and Pamela Davis as Minor Role. Turner Classic Movies, December 17, 2012. Soundtrack: "The Song of Ivanhoe" (1952) (uncredited) - Music by Miklós Rózsa, Lyrics by Marguerite Roberts, Sung by Robert Taylor and Norman Wooland. Storyline: In the centre of this Walter Scott classic fiction inspired film the chivalrousness and the daring stand. Ivanhoe, the disowned knight join to the bravehearted and high-minded Robin Hood, the valiant of Forest Sherwood. They want King Richard to rule the kingdom instead of evil Prince John. Trivia: 1. It is an American cinema film in color, directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Pandro S. Berman for MGM. The cast feature Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Emlyn Williams, Finlay Currie and Felix Aylmer. The screenplay is by Æneas MacKenzie, Marguerite Roberts and Noel Langley, loosely based on the historical novel Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott. 2. The film was the first in what turned out to be an unofficial trilogy made by the same director and producer and starring Robert Taylor. The others were Knights of the Round Table (1953) and The Adventures of Quentin Durward (1955). All three were made at MGM's British Studios at Elstree, near London. 3. During the production, one of the screenwriters, Marguerite Roberts, was blacklisted by the House on Un-American Activities Committee, and MGM received permission from the Screen Writers Guild to remove her credit from the film. In 1951, the film's scriptwriter Marguerite Roberts was ordered to appear before the House on Un-American Activities Committee, where she and her husband, John Sanford, cited the Fifth Amendment and refused to answer questions about whether they had been members of the American Communist Party. Consequently, they were both blacklisted, and MGM received permission from the Screen Writers Guild to remove Roberts' credit from the film. It would take nine years before she was allowed to work in Hollywood again. 4. Scenes were filmed at Elstree Studios, London and on location at Doune Castle, Scotland. 5. Differences from Scott's novel: (a) The film omits the characters Aethelstane, Lucas Beaumanoir, and Gurth, while the Crusaders play no role. Ivanhoe's early injuries are modest and he plays a very active role throughout the film. Unlike the novel, King Richard is not involved until the final scene, when he and his knights ride in (costumed as Crusaders). (b) In the film, Wamba the Jester (in whom the book's characters of Wamba the Jester and Gurth the Swineherd are combined), dies in the course of freeing Cedric and the other captives from the castle of Front de Boeuf. Wamba does not die in Walter Scott's original novel. 6. Released in the summer of 1952, Ivanhoe was MGM's highest grossing film for the year and one of the top four moneymakers of 1952, grossing over $6.2 million. The film had taken in $1,310,590 at the box office in thirty-nine days of limited release, setting a record for an MGM film. According to the Motion Picture Almanac, the film was the second highest-grossing film of 1952, taking in more than $7,000,000 at the box office. 7. Elizabeth Taylor considered herself to be miscast as Rebecca, and during filming there was talk of replacing her with Deborah Kerr, Robert Taylor's co-star from Quo Vadis. 8. Joan Fontaine plays the romantic lead opposite Robert Taylor in this film, which involves the return of King Richard to the throne of England and features Robin Hood as a minor character. Fourteen years earlier Fontaine's sister Olivia de Havilland played the romantic lead opposite Errol Flynn in The Adventures of Robin Hood, a film set around similar events. Quote: Ivanhoe: "Hold my Lords!" Ivanhoe: "I Wilfred of Ivanhoe, do challenge the judgment of this tribunal. In the name of the accused, I demand that her guilt or innocence be determined in the eyes of God by wager of battle." Anachronisms: 1. Characters are shown eating turkey during the feast in Ivanhoe's father's hall. Turkeys are indigenous to North America, and were not known in England in the 12th Century. 2. The opening credits feature a coat of arms of England supported on the dexter by a lion and an unicorn on the sinister. The unicorn from the arms of Scotland did not appear as a supporter of the arms of England until 1603, when the kingdoms of England and Scotland were united under King James I of England and VI of Scotland. 3. During the fight scene in the dungeon, Cedric's costume clearly shows a zipper on the back. 4. When he asks for an axe, Ivanhoe is handed a throwing axe, not a fighting axe. Fighting axes had long handles and very large blades; these were the weapons that real knights used when in very close combat. Throwing axes were for distance fighting and were carefully balanced for that very purpose.
Detention. 2012 (comedy-horror), Starring Alison Woods as Taylor Fisher, Logan Stalarow as Taylor's Little Brother, Julie Dolan as Taylor's Mom, Shanley Caswell as Riley Jones, Daniel Negreanu as Male News Reporter, Will Wallace as Riley's Dad/Doug Jones, Josh Breeding as Hipster Thief, Marco Garcia as Janitor, Josh Hutcherson as Clapton Davis, Mickey Jury as Punk, Jesse Heiman as Nerd, Joe Keane as Metro, Percy Daggs as Jock Kid, Parker Bagley as Billy Nolan, Marque Richardson II as Toby T., Aaron David Johnson as Sander Sanderson, Mike Esparza as Pedro, Spencer Locke as Ione Foster/Sloan Foster, Lindsey Marie Morgan as Alexis Spencer, JR Osborne as Truman, Jonathan 'Dumbfoundead' Park as Toshiba, Tiffany Boone as Mimi, Dane Cook as Principal Karl Verge, Sophia Zach as Round Teen Girl, Yves Bright as Mr. Kendall, Lucas Alifano as Random Jock, James Black as Mr. Cooper, Jessica Lee as Cheerleader, Janina Anderson as Ms. Macintire, Travis "Organik" Fleetwood as Gord, Ilana Cohn as Officer Marge McNally, Harry Shelley as Officer Randy Randazzo, Walter Perez as Elliot Fink, Amanda Leatherman as Monica Lafontaine, Tammy Minoff as Wendy, Carrie Wiita as Cinderhella, Eliot Bitting as Young Billy Nolan, Richard Brake as Billy Nolan's Dad, Nicolo Dorian as Sophomore Chump, Bobbie Knockers as Riley Double, Ryan Heinke as Dork, Brian Guest as Clapton's Shaman, Patrick Babbitt as Uber Nerd, Jean Elie as Wrestler, Bryan East as Wrestler, Jeff Olen as Mr. Kendall's Boyfriend, Yimmy Yim as Angry Dudette, Jay Brian Winnick as Principal Woodruff, Erica Shaffer as Sloan, Tyler Sean Palmer as Burn Out Kid, Aaron Albert as Young Principal Verge, John Reha as Nerd 1992, Pierangelo Buonamici as Reject, Aaron Perilo as Mike, Allison Paige as Female Student #1, Matthew Albrecht as Greg/Slashing Beauty, Kate Kelton as Madison/Slashing Beauty, Brooke Haven as Female Beauty Beast Victim, Clayton Reaser as Male Student #2, Ron Jeremy as Beauty Beast, Melanie Abramoff as Lollapalooza Girl, Erich Lane as Young Doug Jones, Arthur Darbinyan as Dr. Murdock, Justin Smith as Red, Alexandros S. Potter as Indian Clerk, Adam Aarons as Student, Sara Amini as Student, Bryce Blais as Bowler, Daniel Blake as Football Player, Rootie Boyd as Cameraman, Kristine Caluya as Bikini Waxer, Pamela Cedar as Football Fan, Ruben Colunga as Student, Life Garland as Angry Black Guy, Joel Harold as Jerffery Male Cheerleading, Annie Hsu as Party Patron, Kristin Ige as Student, Matthew Jordan as Football Fan, Marlene Manes as Student, Skye P. Marshall as News Reporter, Richie Reid McCord as Student, Danae McKillop as Tall Blonde Football Mom, Candace McKinney as Student, Javier Montoya as Football Player, Brennan Murray as Nerd, Westley Nguyen as Cameraman, Alex Rouch as The High Five Kid, Timothy Snopkowski as Student, Haref Topete as Football Player and Adam Waller as Bass Guitarist. Movie Central, December 18, 2012. Soundtrack: "Frenchy's" - Written and Performed by Holy Fuck; "Ooh La La" - Performed by Goldfrapp, Written and Produced by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory; "When Will You Come" - Performed by Wavves; "Superquaf"? - Performed by Tobacco; "You Don't Want To Dance With Me" - Performed by Monarchy; "Lust" - Performed by The Raveonettes, Written by Sune Wagner and Sharin Foo; "Don't Tred" and "Candy" - Performed by Frankie Rose And The Cuts; "MMMBop" - Written by Taylor Hanson, Isaac Hanson and Zac Hanson ("Hanson"); "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" - Performed by C.C. Music Factory, Written by Robert Clivillés and Freedom Williams; "Help I'm Alive" - Performed by Metric, Written by Emily Haines and James Shaw; "I Wanna Kill" - Performed by Crocodiles; "U.R.A. Fever" - Performed by The Kills; "Yes" - Performed by Colourmusic; "Aly, Walk with Me" - Performed by The Raveonettes, Written by Sune Wagner; "When I Grow Up" (2008) - Performed by The Pussycat Dolls; "An Honest Mistake" - Performed by The Bravery, Written by Sam Endicott; "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" (1998) - Performed by Backstreet Boys, Written by Denniz Pop and Max Martin; "In Da Club" (2003) - Performed by 50 Cent, Written by 50 Cent, Dr. Dre and Mike Elizondo; "I Swear" (1992) - Performed by Baby James, and Brain and Melissa; "Violet" (1994)? - Performed by Hole, Written by Courtney Love and Eric Erlandson; "Fear of a Black Planet" - Performed by Public Enemy, Written by Keith Shocklee, Eric Sadler and Chuck D.; "2 Legit 2 Quit" - Performed by M.C. Hammer, Written by M.C. Hammer, James Earley, Michael Kelly, Louis Burrell and Felton Pilate; "As Long as You Love Me" - Performed by Backstreet Boys, Written by Max Martin; "Jump Around" - Performed by House of Pain, Written by Everlast; "Treat 'Em Right" - Performed by Chubb Rock; "Wolf Like Me" - Performed by TV on the Radio, Written by Tunde Adebimpe; "Fields Of Gold" - Performed by Baby James, Larry Lalonde, and Brain and Melissa, Written by Sting; "You're No Good" - Performed by Frankie Rose And The Cuts. Trivia: 1. Filmed in Los Angeles, Californa. 2. The character Gord, from Canada, wears a Calgary Flames jersey, from my home town, Calgary, Alberta.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. 2012 (fantasy adventure 3D), Starring Ian McKellen as Gandalf, Martin Freeman as Bilbo, Richard Armitage as Thorin, Ken Stott as Balin, Graham McTavish as Dwalin, William Kircher as Bifur/Tom Troll, James Nesbitt as Bofur, Stephen Hunter as Bombur, Dean O'Gorman as Fili, Aidan Turner as Kili, John Callen as Oin, Peter Hambleton as Gloin/William Troll, Jed Brophy as Nori, Mark Hadlow as Dori/Bert Troll, Adam Brown as Ori, Ian Holm as Old Bilbo, Elijah Wood as Frodo, Hugo Weaving as Elrond, Cate Blanchett as Galadriel, Christopher Lee as Saruman, Andy Serkis as Gollum, Sylvester McCoy as Radagast, Barry Humphries as Great Goblin, Jeffrey Thomas as Thror, Michael Mizrahi as Thrain, Lee Pace as Thranduil, Manu Bennett as Azog, Conan Stevens as Bolg, John Rawls as Yazneg, Stephen Ure as Fimbul/Grinnah, Timothy Bartlett as Master Worrywort, Bret McKenzie as Lindir, Kiran Shah as Goblin Scribe, Benedict Cumberbatch as Necromancer, Glenn Boswell as Dwarf Miner, Thomas Robins as Young Thrain, Frazer Anderson as Hunter Orc, Jarred Blakiston as Musical Elf, Shane Boulton as Rivendell Court Elf, Melanie Carrington as Elf, Brendan Casey as King Thranduil's Lieutenant, Renee Cataldo as Goblin, Ray Henwood as Net Mender, Katie Jackson as Hobbit, Dean Knowsley as Elven Guard, Tim McLachlan as Goblin, Nathan Meister as Goblin, Joseph Mika-Hunt as Hunter Orc, Terry Notary as Goblin, Thomas Rimmer as Goblin, James Trevena-Brown as Goblin and Mark Trotter as Goblin. Scotiabank Theatre in Calgary, December 19, 2012, with Bethany Luther and Connie Luther. Soundtrack: (Score by Howard Shore); "Song Of The Lonely Mountain" - Written by Neil Finn; "Misty Mountains" - Composed by David Donaldson, David Long, Steve Roche and Janet Roddick. Name, Artist, Time: 1. My Dear Frodo, Howard Shore, 8:03; 2. Old Friends (Extended Version), Howard Shore, 5:01; 3. An Unexpected Party (Extended Version), Howard Shore, 4:09; 4. Blunt the Knives (Bonus Track), The Dwarf Cast, 1:01; 5. Axe or Sword?, Howard Shore, 5:59; 6. Misty Mountains, The Dwarf Cast & Richard Armitage, 1:42; 7. The Adventure Begins, Howard Shore, 2:05; 8. The World Is Ahead, Howard Shore, 2:20; 9. An Ancient Enemy, Howard Shore, 4:57; 10. Radagast the Brown (Extended Version), Howard Shore, 6:39; 11. The Trollshaws (Bonus Track), Howard Shore, 2:09; 12. Roast Mutton (Extended Version), Howard Shore, 4:57; 13. A Troll-hoard, Howard Shore, 2:39; 14. The Hill of Sorcery, Howard Shore, 3:51; 15. Warg-scouts, Howard Shore, 3:02. 1. The Hidden Valley, Howard Shore, 3:49; 2. Moon Runes (Extended Version), Howard Shore, 3:39; 3. The Defiler, Howard Shore, 1:14; 4. The White Council (Extended Version), Howard Shore, 9:41; 5. Over Hill, Howard Shore, 3:44; 6. A Thunder Battle, Howard Shore, 3:55; 7. Under Hill, Howard Shore, 1:55; 8. Riddles in the Dark, Howard Shore, 5:21; 9. Brass Buttons, Howard Shore, 7:38; 10. Out of the Frying-Pan, Howard Shore, 5:55; 11. A Good Omen, Howard Shore, 5:47; 12. Song of the Lonely Mountain (Extended Version), Neil Finn, 6:01; 13. Dreaming of Bag End, Howard Shore, 1:57; 14. A Very Respectable Hobbit (Bonus Track), Howard Shore, 1:22; 15. Erebor (Bonus Track), Howard Shore, 1:19; 16. The Dwarf Lords (Bonus Track), Howard Shore, 2:01; 17. The Edge of the Wild (Bonus Track), Howard Shore, 3:34. Trivia: 1. The film is directed by Peter Jackson. It is the first of a three-part film adaptation of the 1937 novel The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien to be followed by The Desolation of Smaug and There and Back Again, due for theatrical release in 2013 and 2014, respectively. 2. The story is set in Middle-earth sixty years before The Lord of the Rings, and portions of the film are adapted from the Appendices of the third volume of the original novels. An Unexpected Journey tells of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), who is hired by the wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) to accompany thirteen dwarves led by Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) on a quest across Middle-earth to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from Smaug the dragon. 3. The Hobbit is the first feature film to be shot and projected at 48 frames per second, twice as fast as the industry standard of 24 frames. The intention of this is to provide the film smoother, more realistic motion with reduced strobing. This is particularly beneficial when viewing the film in 3D, as the higher frame rate helps to correctly synchronize the images for each eye. 4. Asked how many wizards there are, Gandalf says there are five, naming himself, Saruman, and Radagast, then saying he can't remember the names of the other two. Tolkien never in fact identified the other two by name, even though he says there are five. 5. WILHELM SCREAM: When "Fellowship" are fighting their way out of the mountain, right after a dwarf uses a huge wooden trunk to flick the enemies off the boardwalk, a goblin falls to his death producing the famous classic "Wilhelm Scream". Anachronism: Gandalf's contacts are visible in close-up shots, particularly scenes around the table at Bilbo's.
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. 2006 (Japanese-American), Starring Lucas Black as Sean Boswell, Damien Marzette as High School Security Guard, Trula Marcus as American Math Teacher, Zachery Ty Bryan as Clay, Brandon Brendel as Clay's Buddy #1, Daniel Booko as Clay's Buddy #2, David V. Thomas as Clay's Buddy #3, Amber Stevens as Cheerleader #1, Ashika Gogna as Cheerleader #2, Christian Salazar as Chubby Hispanic Kid, Kevin Caira as Auto Shop Bully #1, Julius Trey Sanford as Auto Shop Bully #2, Danny Ray McDonald II as Auto Shop Bully #3, Nikki Griffin as Cindy - Clay's Girlfriend, Vincent Laresca as Case Worker, Joseph 'Bama' Crumpton as Police Officer, Lynda Boyd as Ms. Boswell, Brian Goodman as Major Boswell, Yôko Maki as Woman at Boswell's Apartment, Nathalie Kelley as Neela, Rie Shibata as Math Teacher, Bow Wow as Twinkie, Toshi Hayama as Toshi at Underground Garage, Atley Siauw as DJ Atley, Leonardo Nam as Morimoto, Kazuki Namioka as Tea Hair #1, Hiroshi Hatayama as Tea Hair #2, Jason Tobin as Earl, Keiko Kitagawa as Reiko, Brian Tee as D.K., Sung Kang as Han, Kaila Yu as Cowgirl at Starting Line #1, Aiko Tanaka as Cowgirl at Starting Line #2, Satoshi Tsumabuki as Exceedingly Handsome Guy, Alden Villaverde (as Alden Ray) as Alden, Konishiki as Paw Man, Jimmy Lin as Jimmy, Caroline de Souza Correa as Sexy Brazilian Model, Silvia Suvadova as Russian Model, Keiichi Tsuchiya as Old Fisherman #1, Kazutoshi Wadakura as Old Fisherman #2, Verena Mei as Beautiful Girl in Skyline #1, Mari Jaramillo as Beautiful Girl in Skyline #2, Shôko Nakagawa as Bo-Peep Girl #1, Mikiko Yano as Bo-Peep Girl #2, Wendy Watanabe as Neela's Friend #1, Tina Tsunoda as Neela's Friend #2, Koji Kataoka as Yakuza Pinkie, JJ Sonny Chiba as Uncle Kamata, Tak Kubota as Yakuza Man #1, Stuart Yee as Yakuza Man #2, Mitsuki Koga as Yakuza Man #3, Hidesuke Motoki as Yakuza Man #4, Toshio Ariki, Mitsuru Ôno, Michael Bennett as Garage Attendant, April Betts as Cheerleader, Ai Cherie as Bouncer's Girlfriend, Willis Chung as Tea Hair #5, Joshua Collins as Skater Student, Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto, Victoria Gracie as Model, Jade Gzi as Tea Hair #3, Alexis Hernandez as Latino Crew, Jimmy Hsu as Yakuza, Anant A.J. Jiemjitpolchai as Stunt, Britten Kelley as Model, Paul Leach as Hero Man, Sandra McCurdy as Model, Rana Morrison as Christine - Teacher, Tyler Nelson as Mascot, Masami Okada as Hostess at scene with Sunny Chiba, Jay Pangan as Extra, Chris Petoyan as Racer, Erica Russell as Extra, Kevin Ryan as Bully, Tessa Sugay as Club Girl and Minn Vo as Dancer. Movie Central, December 20, 2012. Soundtrack: "Six Days" - Written by DJ Shadow (as Josh Paul Davis) and Brian Farrell, Performed by DJ Shadow featuring Mos Def, With vocal by Kenneth Parry, Courtesy of Universal - Island Records Ltd, Under license from Universal Music, Enterprises & Belsize Music Ltd (London), Sampled from "Six Day War" by Colonel Bagshots, Under license from Splash Records Ltd (London); "Mission 'Banana Muffins'" - Written by Takeshi Nakatsuka, Performed by Oypthone, Courtesy of Happiness Records Co., Ltd; "Hey Mami" - Written by Matt Goias, Keith Grady and Jessibel Suthiwong, Performed by Fannypack, Courtesy of Tommy Boy Entertainment; "Bawitdaba" - Written by Kid Rock (as R.J. Ritchie), Matthew Shafer, Jason Krause, David Parker and Sylvia Robinson, Performed by Kid Rock, Courtesy of Lava Records LLC, By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing; "There It Go (The Whistle Song)" - Written by Carlisle Young, Greg Taylor, Darin Joseph, Terrance Anderson and Juelz Santana, Performed by Juelz Santana, Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group, Under license from Universal Music Enterprises; "Game Show" - Written by Aisha Ahagat and Heather Belskis, Performed by Addicted2fiction, Courtesy of Heartcore Records; "Chaos Step" - Written by Kyono and Takeshi Ueda, Performed by The Mad Capsule Markets, Courtesy of Victor Entertainment, Inc.; "The Barracuda" - Written by Bernice Williams, Performed by The 5.6.7.8's, Courtesy of Time Bomb Records, Japan; "Round Round" - Written by Far East Movement and Storm and Bionic, Performed by Far East Movement featuring Storm, Courtesy of Cari Choi for Catch Music Group; "Ooh-Ahh" - Written by Teron Carter, Stacy Jones, Toby McKeehan, Otto Price and Rick Robbins, Performed by Grits featuring Toby McKeehan (as Tobymac), Courtesy of Gotee Records, Under license from EMI Film & Television Music; "Resound" - Written by Dragon Ash and KJ. Hide, Performed by Dragon Ash featuring Hide, 136, Courtesy of Mob Squad/Victor Entertainment, Inc.; "I Got It from the Town" - Written by M.C. Hammer (as MC Hammer) and Versatyle, Performed by M.C. Hammer (as MC Hammer), Courtesy of Look3x.com, Way To Vicious and FullBlast Productions; "Jake Alert" - Written by James Ho and Jacob Dutton, Performed by Jake One with Malay, Courtesy of White Van Music/Money Management Group; "She Wants to Move" (DFA Remix) - Written by Pharrell Williams (as Pharrell L. Williams) and Chad Hugo, Performed by N.E.R.D., Courtesy of Virgin Records, Under license from EMI Film & Television Music; "Top of the World" - Written by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis, Performed by Shonen Knife, Courtesy of A&M Records, Under license from Universal Music Enterprises; "Realizer" - Written by Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland, Performed by The Crystal Method, Courtesy of V2 Records; "Bandoleros" - Written by Paul Irizarry, Armando Rosario, Tego Calderon and Don Omar (as William Omar Landron), Performed by Los Bandoleros Don Omar with Tego Calderon, Courtesy of All Star Records/Machete Music, Under license from Universal Music Enterprises; "Big Money Talk" - Written by Lyrics Born (as Tom Shimura) and Solomon David, Performed by Lyrics Born, Courtesy of Lyrics Born and Jumbo the Garbageman (of Lifesavas); "Speed" - Written by Alec Empire, Performed by Atari Teenage Riot, Courtesy of Digital Hardcore Recordings; "Conteo" - Written by Don Omar (as William Omar Landron) and Josias De La Cruz, Performed by Don Omar, Courtesy of Machete Music, Under license from Universal Music Enterprises; "Restless" - Written by Beaufoy, Pardy and Edwards, Performed by Evil Nine featuring Torstie Taylor, Evil Nine courtesy of Marine Parade Music Ltd., Torstie Toylor courtesy of Big Dada Records; "You'll Be under My Wheels" - Written by Liam Howlett and Neil McLellan, Performed by The Prodigy (as Prodigy), Courtesy of Maverick Recording Company/XL Recordings Ltd./Beggars Banquet, By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing; "Ditty" - Written by Aisha Ahagat and Heather Beiskis, Performed by Addicted2fiction, Courtesy of Heartcore Records; "Cho Large" - Written by Ilmari, Ryo-Z, Verbal, Wise, Pharrell Williams (as Pharrell L. Williams) and Chad Hugo, Performed by Teriyaki Boyz, Courtesy of Universal Sigma, a division of Universal Music K.K., Under license from Universal Music Enterprises; "Tokyo Drift (Fast and Furious)" - Written by Ilmari, Ryo-Z, Verbal, Wise, Pharrell Williams (as Pharrell L. Williams) and Chad Hugo, Produced by The Neptunes, Performed by Teriyaki Boyz, Courtesy of Warner Music Japan, Espionage Records/Rhythm Zone/Avex Entertainment Inc., (B)ape Sounds; "Mamacita" - Written by Pharrell Williams (as Pharrell L. Williams), Performed by Pharrell Williams (as Pharrell), Courtesy of Interscope Records, Under license from Universal Music Enterprises and courtesy of Virgin Records, Under license from EMI Film & Television Music; "Mustang Nismo" - Featuring Slash, Slash appears courtesy of RCA Music Group; "Welcome To Tokyo" - Featuring Slash, Slash appears courtesy of RCA Music Group. Trivia: 1. It is a Japanese-American illegal street racing action film directed by Justin Lin. It is the third installment in the Fast and the Furious film series and the final installment chronologically. 2. The film, featuring an all-new cast, was shot in Tokyo, and parts of Los Angeles, the latter often covered with props and lights to create the illusion of the Tokyo style. While Paul Walker and the rest of the actors from the original series are not in the film, Vin Diesel reprises his role as Dominic Toretto in a cameo at the end of the film, in a 1970 Plymouth Satellite with Roadrunner and GTX trim appearance. 3. Cameos - Keiichi Tsuchiya: Appears as a fisherman; Rhys Millen: A passenger on the plane that takes Sean Boswell to Tokyo; Vin Diesel: as Dominic Toretto, driving "Hammer," a 1970 Plymouth Road Runner built by Steve Strope of Pure Vision Design in Simi Valley, California. Construction of the car was followed on the TLC series "Rides", and the car was featured in Hot Rod Magazine. The cameo was a last minute re-shoot after primary filming was completed, and cast at the suggestion of Hot Rod Magazine's editor. 4. The events in the film take place AFTER the events of Fast & Furious and Fast Five. Vin Diesel shows up in a cameo in the final scene, saying he "rolled with" Han. The opening scene of Fast & Furious shows the two working side by side, until Han has to go his own way and go to Tokyo. 5. The drifting in the movie was not CGI; it was performed by professional drivers. As reported in a recent Sport Compact Car, Rhys Millen, his father Rod, and a handful of other famous rally and drift racers consistently performed amazing drift sequences for the movie. 6. The only Fast and the Furious film not to star Paul Walker. Quote: Shawn Boswell: "Drift?" [Elevator doors open, two cars pass drifting right in front of the door] Twinkie: "Still need a dictionary?" Anachronism: The sign at the sheriff's department says Oro Valley was founded in 1919. It was actually founded in 1974.
The Rum Diary. 2011, Starring Johnny Depp as Paul Kemp, Aaron Eckhart as Hal Sanderson, Michael Rispoli as Bob Sala, Amber Heard as Chenault, Richard Jenkins as Edward J. Lotterman, Giovanni Ribisi as Moberg, Amaury Nolasco as Segurra, Marshall Bell as Donovan, Bill Smitrovich as Mr. Zimburger, Julian Holloway as Wolsley, Karen Austin as Mrs. Zimburger, Jason Smith as Davey, Bruno Irizarry as Lazar, Karimah Westbrook as Papa Nebo, Enzo Cilenti as Digby, Aaron Lustig as Monk, Tisuby González as Rosy, Natalia Rivera as Chenault's Friend, Julio Ramos as Intruder, Rafa Alvarez as Taxi Driver, Sasha Merced as Café Girl, Eduardo Cortés as Café Patron, Guillermo Valedon as Xanadu Maître d', William Charlton as Hotel Waiter, Javier Grajeda as Judge, Miguel Angel Reyes as El Monstruo's Trainer, Terrance Harkless as Man In Hat, Andy Umberger as Mr. Green, Armando Pérez as Policeman, Bill Chott as Bowling Champ, Gavin Houston as Sailor, Lisa Robins as Bowling Champ Wife, Noel Delgado as Night Club Dancer, Alejandro Carpio as Morell, Jaime 'Jimmy' Navarro as Hubert, Carlos Alberto Lopez as Union Leader, Jimmy Ortega as Cop On Fire, José Coriano as Drunk, Angel Nolasco as Segurra's Daddy, Javier Ortiz Cortés as Union Leader 2, Jorge Antares as Union Leader 3, Aurelio Lima as Intruder Sidekick 1, Luis Gonzaga as Intruder Sidekick 2, Randall Jacobs as Hound Dog Taylor, Edgar Lebrón Landrau as Bouncer, Eric Colón as Cock Fight Referee, Dan Kalal as Party Guest; Dancers: Luís García, Christian Ortiz, Francisco Llano, Sylvia Mendizabal, Sergio Rubio, Roberto Sánchez, Maberidi Polanco, Mariré Vasallo, Fanny Cabrera, Denisse Fitzgerald and Arike Rice; Diana Laura as Ana Ramirez, Jacob Browne as Cock Fight Gambler, Adolf Hitler as Himself (voice) (archive footage), John F. Kennedy as Himself (archive footage), Richard Nixon as Himself (archive footage), Susan Pages as Newspaper Employee and Ramiro 'Ramir' Delgado Ruiz as Protestor. Movie Central, December 22, 2012. Soundtrack: (Music by Christopher Young) 1. Volare (Nel Blu Di Pinto Di Blu) – Dean Martin; 2. Rum Diary – Christopher Young; 3. Suckfish and Snake – Christopher Young; 4. Mother of Balls – Christopher Young; 5. Chenault – Christopher Young; 6. Flagged Me Smiling – Christopher Young; 7. Pink Jelly Remains – Christopher Young; 8. Rockin’ on Rooster (With My Dead Monkey’s Mother) – Christopher Young; 9. Sweat Bee – Christopher Young; 10. Cock-Of-The-Rock – Christopher Young; 11. Black Note Blues – Christopher Young; 12. My Car the Cockroach – Christopher Young; 13. Neon Popsicles – Christopher Young; 14. Hefti-Tefti – Christopher Young; 15. He Must Be a Sadist – Christopher Young; 16. Puerto Rican Piss-Off – Christopher Young; 17. Whacking a Salesman – Christopher Young; 18. The Biggest Crook in New Jersey – Christopher Young; 19. Desperate Drunks and Postcard Loons – Christopher Young; 20. The Mermaid Song (Instrumental) – Johnny Depp; 21. What About El Monstruo? – JD Band; 22. Roll Out the Roosters – JD Band; 23. Kemp in the Village – Johnny Depp and JJ Holiday; 24. The Mermaid Song – Patti Smith. Trivia: 1. The film based on the novel of the same name by Hunter S. Thompson. Thompson wrote the novel The Rum Diary in 1961 when he was 22, but it was not published until 1998. 2. Filming was in Puerto Rico. The beach house for Sanderson was located along a beach in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. The island with the U.S. Navy bombing range is the Vieques, Puerto Rico island. 3. The end credits explain that Kemp makes it back to New York, marries Chenault, and becomes a successful journalist, having finally found his voice as a writer. 4. Marks the second time that Johnny Depp appears in a movie adaptation of a Hunter S. Thompson novel. The first time was Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Quote: Lotterman: "How does anyone drink 161 miniatures?" Paul Kemp: "Are they not complimentary?" Anachronisms: 1. A Jacuzzi was referred to just before Kemp signed the contract. The movie took place in 1960 and the Jacuzzi wasn't invented until 1968. 2. When Kemp is interviewing the tourist couple at the bowling alley, space rock instrumental "Telstar" by The Tornadoes is playing in the background. The film takes place in 1960, however the song in question was not released until 1962. 3. When Kemp is driving the Corvette along the coast line, as the camera pans the car and roadway from above, a cellular telephone tower appears in the camera shot. If this time frame of this movie is the 1960's, a cellular tower would not have existed.
The Darkest Hour. 2011, Starring Emile Hirsch as Sean, Olivia Thirlby as Natalie, Max Minghella as Ben, Rachael Taylor as Anne, Joel Kinnaman as Skyler, Gosha Kutsenko as Matvei, Veronika Vernadskaya as Vika, Dato Bakhtadze as Sergei, Nikolai Efremov as Sasha, Petr Fedorov as Anton Batkin, Georgy Gromov as Boris, Arthur Smoljaninov as Yuri, Anna Roudakova as Tess, Ivan Gromov as Bartender No. 1, Aleksandr Chernyh as Bartender No. 2, Oleg Poddubny as First Policeman, Vasja Fursenko as Second Policeman, Ilya Ivanov as Drunk Russian No. 1, Sam Vanin as Drunk Russian No. 2, Alya Nikulina as Old Woman, Igor Novoselov as Brainy Navy Cadet, Maria Romanova as Russian Flight Attendant, Slava Barkovsky as Hefty Bouncer, Valentina Soboleva as Girl Walking in Club, Louis Leebe as Club DJ, Irina Antanenko as Club Beauty, Katerina Budyakova as Girl at the DJ Booth, Olga Zhuk as Clubgoer No. 1, Tamara Zhukova as Clubgoer No. 2 and Mariya Lavrova as Clubgoer No. 3 (as Maria Lavrova). Movie Central, December 22, 2012. Soundtrack: (Score by Tyler Bates.) 1. I Like That - Performed by Richard Vission and Static Revenger feat. Luciana; 2. Mockba (Moscow) - Performed by Marselle; "Karla Loves Boris" - Performed by Veronica ? "I Don't Really Care" - Performed by The DeeKompressors "Fever" - Performed by Spin Silhouette "Like A Child" - Performed by Joe Day ? "Little Grey Wolf" (Traditional); "Cossack Lullaby" (Traditional) "The Uprising" - Performed by Pilot Hill. 3. Space; 4. Northern Lights; 5. Night Club Attack; 6. The Bridge Is Out; 7. Crashed; 8. They’re Inside; 9. Now What?; 10. Moscow Streets; 11. Holy $h*t!; 12. Here’s Our Mission; 13. Dusted; 14. Metro Shred; 15. Say Goodbye; 16. Man Overboard; 17. Train Yard Battle; 18. Fighting Back; 19. Looking Forward. Trivia: 1. It is a Russian-American science fiction thriller. 2. Filmed on location in Moscow and Berlin.
The Girl. 2012 (TV Movie), Starring Sienna Miller as Tippi Hedren, Toby Jones as Alfred Hitchcock, Penelope Wilton as Peggy Robertson, Imelda Staunton as Alma Reville Hitchcock, Sean Cameron Michael as Robert Burks, Candice D'Arcy as Josephine Milton, Patrick Lyster as Bob Boyle, Conrad Kemp as Evan Hunter, Carl Beukes as Jim Brown, Kate Tilley as Rita Riggs, Adrian Galley as Martin Balsam, Leon Clingman as Ray Berwick, Angelina Ingpen as Melanie, Louis Joubert as Reporter, Aubrey Shelton as Maitre D and Carel Nel as Clapper Loader. HBO, December 26, 2012. Soundtrack: "Easy As Pie" - Courtesy of Audio Network; "Tristan And Isolde - Act I Prelude" - Written by Richard Wagner, Performed by Daniel Baranboim / Wagner, Licensed Courtesy of Warner Music UK Limited; "I've Told Ev'ry Little Star" - Written by Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kern, Performed by Linda Scott, Courtesy of Epic Records.com. Storyline: A look at the relationship between filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and actress Tippi Hedren. Trivia: 1. Based on Donald Spoto's book Spellbound by Beauty: Alfred Hitchcock and his Leading Ladies. 2. Timothy Spall and January Jones were originally going to play the leads. 3. Credits give thanks to Tipi Hedren. 4. End Title Cards: (a) Hitch and The Girl never worked together again. (b) Marnie is now hailed as Hitchcock's final masterpiece.
W.E. (stylized as W./E.). 2011 (British romantic drama), Starring Abbie Cornish as Wally Winthrop, Andrea Riseborough as Wallis Simpson, James D'Arcy as Edward, Oscar Isaac as Evgeni, Richard Coyle as William Winthrop, David Harbour as Ernest, James Fox as King George V, Judy Parfitt as Queen Mary, Haluk Bilginer as Mohamed Al-Fayed, Geoffrey Palmer as Stanley Baldwin, Natalie Dormer as Elizabeth, Laurence Fox as Bertie, Douglas Reith as Lord Brownlow, Katie McGrath as Lady Thelma, Christina Chong as Tenten, Nick Smithers as Major Fruity Metcalfe, Damien Thomas as George, Liberty Ross as Connie Thaw, Ryan Hayward as Win Spencer, Charlotte Comer as Lady Alexandra, Duane Henry as Dwayne/Security Guard, Anna Skellern as Daphne, Penny Downie as Dr. Vargas, David Redden as Auctioneer, Alberto Vazquez as Victor, Nicole Harvey as Nicola, Daniel André Pageon as Servant, Hywel Morgan as Journalist, Patricia Stark as Newscaster, Annabelle Wallis as Arabella Green, Audrey Brisson as Marie, Emily Denniston as Sotheby's Intern, Suzanne Bertish as Lady Cunard, Ben Willbond as Equerry, Leigh Zimmerman as East Side Woman, David Collins as Male Guest, Linda Glick as Woman Getting Taxi, Gil Cohen-Alloro as Hotel Clerk, Stephen Jones as Royal Milliner, James McNeill as Sotheby's Staffer, Lisa Gherari as Secretary, Vincent Montuel as Waiter, Jay Alexander as Security Guard, Austin Hardiman as Dinner Guest, Martin Poole as Footman, Catherine Balavage as Woman, Nicholas Blatt as Edwards Butler , Charles Chaplin as The Tramp (archive footage), Luc Eden as Security Guard, Jensen Freeman as Pug Owner (uncredited)
Geovanni Gopradi as Sotheby's Bidder (uncredited)
Sarah Molkenthin as Pregnant Miners Wife (uncredited)
Olan Montgomery as Auction Guest (uncredited)
Melissa Russo as Pug Owner and Jason Vendryes as Chief of Security. Movie Central, December 26, 2012, with Connie Luther. Soundtrack: 1. "Charms" 4:03
2. "Duchess Of Windsor" 3:09
3. "Revolving Door" 4:19
4. "I Will Follow You" 2:32
5. "Abdication" 5:22
6. "Six Hours" 3:30
7. "Brooklyn Faces" 4:53
8. "Evgeni’s Waltz" 3:34
9. "Satin Birds" 4:29
10. "Letters" 4:19
11. "Dance For Me Wallis" 3:08
12. "Masterpiece" (performed by Madonna) 3:58. "Masterpiece" - Written by Madonna, Julie Frost and James Harry, Produced by Madonna and William Orbit, Performed by Madonna; "Manteca"; "Shatterings" - Written and Performed by Krister Linder; "Love Love Alone Duke And Duchess Remix" - Performed by Blind Bake; "Edward The Traitor King"; "Night And Day" - Performed by Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra; "Sweet And Low Down" - Performed by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra; "Pretty Vacant" - Performed by Sex Pistols; "The Twist" - Performed by Chubby Checker; "Creep Opening Titles" - Performed by The Insects; "Lujon" - Composed by Henry Mancini, Playing on phonograph during scene of couples dancing.
Storyline: W.E. tells the story of two fragile but determined women, Wally Winthrop and Wallis Simpson, separated by more than six decades. In 1998, lonely New Yorker Winthrop is obsessed with what she perceives as the ultimate love story: King Edward VIII's abdication of the British throne for the woman he loved, American divorcée Wallis Simpson. But Winthrop's research, including several visits to the Sotheby's auction of the Windsor Estate, reveals that the couple's life together was not as perfect as she thought. Weaving back and forth in time, the film intertwines Wally's journey of discovery in New York with the story of Wallis and Edward, from the glamorous early days of their romance to the slow unraveling of their lives in the decades that followed. Trivia: 1. The film was co-written and directed by Madonna, and was a commercial failure, failing to globally earn a million dollars of its multi-million dollar budget. The majority of the film's budget was self-financed by Madonna, in addition to a UK tax credit. 2. Filming was in London, France, Portofino (Italy) and the United States. 3. The song "Masterpiece", which won the Golden Globe for Best Original Song, was deemed ineligible for the Academy Awards because it appeared only as the second piece of music during the credits. 4. Fashion house Christian Dior recreated three dresses for this film that it had previously made for the real Wallis Simpson. Quote: Wally Winthrop: "People seem to only focus on what he gave up for her. But what about what she gave up?" Anachronisms: 1. In one of the early flashback scenes to 1921, red wine is poured down a modern stainless steel kitchen sink. 2. In the newsreel scene from 1936 showing the funeral procession of Edward's father the King, the voiceover announcer says that "King George the Third has died and the nation mourns". It should of course have been King George the Fifth.
Contraband. 2012, Starring
Mark Wahlberg as Chris Farraday,
Kate Beckinsale as Kate Farraday,
Ben Foster as Sebastian Abney,
Caleb Landry Jones as Andy,
Giovanni Ribisi as Tim Briggs,
Lukas Haas as Danny Raymer,
J. K. Simmons as Captain Redmond Camp,
Diego Luna as Gonzalo,
Robert Wahlberg as John Bryce,
Jaqueline Fleming as Jeanie Goldare,
William Lucking as Bud Farraday,
David O'Hara as Jim Church,
Jason Mitchell as Walter
Paul LeBlanc as CBP Official, Michael J. Taylor as Band Member - Lead Vocals, John Russ Broussard as Band Member - Washboard, Mike Broussard Jr. as Band Member - Saxophone, Arthur Thomas as Band Member - Drums,
Amber Gaiennie as Danny's Bride
Kent Jude Bernard as Tommy Raymer, Andrew Autin as Band Member - Guitar, Beau St. Pierre as Band Member - Trumpet, Ashton McGee as Band Member - Trombone, Telissa Long as Band Member - Vocals, Norman E. Landeche IV as Band Member - Piano, Allan Maxwell as Band Member - Piano,
Anthony Coleman as Marcus,
Jackson Beals as Desmond
Connor Hill as Michael
Bryce McDaniel as Eddie
John Wilmot as House Owner
Dane Rhodes as AA Guy
Juliette Marie Enright as Sadie,
Ritchie Montgomery as Sebastian's Cousin
Viktor Hernandez as Edwin
Shannon Maris as Interviewer,
J. Omar Castro as Benito
Michael L. Nesbitt as Chief Mate
Jack Landry as Second Mate
Kevin 'Lucky' Johnson as Tarik,
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson as Olaf
Carlos Compean as Port Pilot
Kirk Bovill as Crew Member
Rose Bianco as Superintendent
Brian Nguyen as Taxi Driver
Roland Ruiz as Kid
Ian Casselberry as Kinkos
Victor Lopez as Skinny Kid
Laura Bergeron-Iglesias as Rosa,
Eddie Fiola as Armored Truck Driver
Max Daniels as Armored Truck Driver
Joshua Teixidor as Boss
Randy Austin as Deckhand
Anthony Frederick as CBP Officer,
Michael Beasley as Davis
Turner Crumbley as Laird
Lance Nichols as CBP Agent
Anthony 'Ace' Thomas as Construction Worker
Eric Weinstein as Trucker, Cecil Brown as Auctioneer, Sean Graham as 'Chris' Stunt Double, Elena Sanchez as 'Kate' Stunt Double, John Bernecker as 'Andy' Stunt Double, Michael Mayhall as 'Danny' Stunt Double, Mike Wilson as 'Sebastian' Stunt Double, Regis A. Harrington III as 'Briggs' Stunt Double, Eddie Fernandez as 'Gonzalo' Stunt Double, rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ryan Hebert as Construction Supervisor
Desiree Ledet as Secretary
Austin Naulty as Gonzalo's Muscle
Errol Suleyman as Engineer and Deneen Tyler as Detective. Movie Central, December 27, 2012. Soundtrack: "Only Time" - Written by Matthew Nawada, Jason Anthony Leach, Performed by Jay Fresko, Courtesy of InDigi Music and South Coast Records; "Don't Break The Needle" - Performed by J Roddy Walston and The Business; "Do Watcha Wanna" and "Have You Ever Loved A Woman" - Performed by MoJEAUX; "The Satisfier" - Performed by Eli 'Paperboy' Reed & The True Loves; "Gotta Have It" - Performed by The Heavy; "Indian Lea" - Written and Performed by John Mooney; "Congo Mambo" - Performed by New Havana Orchestra; "Traitor" - Performed by OX Sweetheart; "Mambo De Los Numeros" - Performed by La Tropicana Orchestra; "Mama May I" - Performed by Ryan Shaw; "Sittin' Here Thinkin'" - Performed by Canned Heat & John Lee Hooker; "Gente Goza El Son" - Performed by The Latin Mambo Orchestra; "Boom Boom" - Performed by Big Head Todd & The Monsters; "Encierra Su Piel" - Performed by Proyecto IQ. Trivia: 1. It is an American action crime thriller film directed by Baltasar Kormákur, starring Mark Wahlberg and Kate Beckinsale. The film is a remake of the 2008 Icelandic film Reykjavík-Rotterdam that starred Kormákur. 2. Filming took place in New Orleans, Louisiana and Panama City, Panama. 3. The painting stolen appears to be "One: Number 31" by Jackson Pollock. The actual painting is in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. It has an undisclosed insurance value, though it is estimated to be in excess of $200 million.
Sleepers. 1996, Starring Kevin Bacon as Sean Nokes, Billy Crudup as Tommy Marcano, Robert De Niro as Father Bobby, Ron Eldard as John Reilly, Minnie Driver as Carol Martinez, Vittorio Gassman as King Benny, Dustin Hoffman as Danny Snyder, Terry Kinney as Ralph Ferguson, Bruno Kirby as Shakes' Father, Frank Medrano as Fat Mancho, Jason Patric as Lorenzo 'Shakes' Carcaterra, Joe Perrino as Young Lorenzo 'Shakes' Carcaterra, Brad Pitt as Michael Sullivan, Brad Renfro as Young Michael Sullivan, Geoffrey Wigdor as Young John Reilly, Jonathan Tucker as Young Tommy Marcano, Peter Appel as Boyfriend, Joe Attanasio as Male Juror, Gerry Becker as Forensics Expert, Casandra Brooks as Young John Reilly's Mother, William Butler as Juanito, Eugene Byrd as Rizzo, Rose Caiola as Juror, Pasquale Cajano as Superintendent, Robert W. Castle as Priest, John Di Benedetto as Tony, Jeffrey Donovan as Henry Addison, Drew Eliot as Business Man #1, Reuben Larry Elliott as Business Man #2, George Georgiadis as Hot Dog Vendor, Marco Greco as Waiter, Saverio Guerra as Man #1, Don Hewitt as James Caldwell, Ben Hammer as Judge Weisman, Paul Herman as Court Bailiff, Frank Inzerillo as Hanging Man, Lennie Loftin as Adam Styler, Chuck Lewis Low as Dance Judge, Father Peter Mahoney as Priest #2, Ruth Maleczech as Woman at Subway Station, Juan Maria Jr. as Davy, Daniel Mastrogiorgio as Nick Davenport, Mary McCann as Sister Carolyn, Pat McNamara as Guard, Peter McRobbie as Lawyer, Conrad Meertins Jr. as Inmate #2, Gina Menza as Jury Forewoman, Dash Mihok as K.C., Michael P. Moran as Judge #1, Rocco Musacchia as Salvatore, Mick O'Rourke as Man in Tub, Carmine Parisi as King Benny's Boy, James Pickens Jr. as Marlboro, Wendell Pierce as Little Caesar, Salvatore Paul Piro as Mimi, Monica Polito as Young Carol, Angela Rago as Shakes' Mother, Sean Patrick Reilly as Young King Benny, Peter Rini as Frank Magcicco, Larry Romano as Man #2, Gayle Scott as Confessional Woman, Tom Signorelli as Confessional Man, John Slattery as Fred Carlson, Henry Stram as Prison Doctor, Ralph Tabakin as Warden, Mary Testa as Nun, Jenique Torres as Davy's Sister, Patrick Tull as Jerry the Bartender, Aida Turturro as Mrs. Salinas, Joe Urla as Carson, Zachary Ansley as Burly Man, Michael J. Burg as Court Officer, Maria Deasy as Marine Widow, Peter Gerety as Juvenile Lawyer, Justin Halliwell as Kid in Cafeteria, Michael Harkins as Fat Mancho's Buddy #1, Matthew Hoffman as Neighborhood Boy, Billy Malone as Wiseguy, James Rosin as Neighborhood Man, Todo Segalla as Lawyer, Anthony Sinopoli as Receiving Communion, Barry Squitieri as Juror, Kevin Richard Sullivan as Boy in Cafeteria and George Vincent as Pallbearer. Encore Avenue, December 27, 2012. Soundtrack: "Hurdy Gurdy Man" - Written by Donovan (as Donovan Leitch), Performed by Donovan, Courtesy of Epic Records/CBS Inc.; "Walk Like A Man" - Performed by Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, Written by Bob Crewe and Robert Gaudio, Courtesy of The Four Seasons Partnership, By Arrangement with Warner Special Products; "Witchi Tai To" - Performed by Everything Is Everything, Written by James G. Pepper, Courtesy of Vanguard Records, By Arrangement with Warner Special Products; "Gimme Some Lovin'" - Performed by Spencer Davis Group, Written by Steve Winwood, Muff Winwood and Spencer Davis, Courtesy of EMI Records and Island Records, Under license from EMI Capitol Special Markets and by arrangement with PolyGram Film & TV Licensing; "Bird Dance Beat" - Performed by The Trashmen, Written by George Garrett, Courtesy of Dominion Entertainment, Inc.; "All Alone" - Performed by Doris Day, Written by Irving Berlin, Courtesy of Arwin Productions; "My Eyes Adored You" - Performed by Frankie Valli, Written by Kenny Nolan and Bob Crewe, Courtesy of The Four Seasons Partnership, By Arrangement with Warner Special Products; "Tainted Love (Where Did Our Love Go)" - Performed by Soft Cell, Written by Edward C. Cobb, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland (as Edward Holland Jr.), Courtesy of Mercury Records, By Arrangement with PolyGram Film & TV Licensing; "Bang Bang" - Performed by Joe Cuba Sextet, Written by Joe Cuba and Jim Sabater, Courtesy of Tico Records; "Catch a Wave" - Performed by The Beach Boys, Written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, Courtesy of Capitol Records, Under license from EMI-Capitol Special Markets; "Little By Little" - Performed by Dusty Springfield, Written by Buddy Kaye and Bea Verdi, Courtesy of Phillips Records, By arrangement with PolyGram Film & TV Licensing; "Boogie Bands And One Night Stands" - Performed by Kathy Dalton, Written by Greg Dempsey, Courtesy of Discreet Records; "December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)" - Performed by Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, Written by Written byRobert Gaudio and Judy Parker, Courtesy of The Four Seasons Partnership, By Arrangement with Warner Special Products; "Good Vibrations" - Performed by The Beach Boys, Written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, Under license from EMI-Capitol Special Markets; "Memories Are Made Of This" - Performed by Dean Martin, Written by Terry Gilkyson, Rich Dehr and Frank Miller, Courtesy of Capitol Records, Under license from EMI-Capitol Special Markets; "Alone Again, Or" - Performed by Love, Written by Brian MacLean, Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment Group, By Arrangement with Warner Special Products; "I'll Never Stop Loving You" - Performed by Doris Day, Written by Sammy Cahn and Nicholas Brodszky, Courtesy of Columbia Records, By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing; "Early In The Morning" - Performed by The Gap Band, Written by Lonnie Simmons, Charles Wilson and Rudy Taylor, Courtesy of Mercury Records, By Arrangement with PolyGram Film & TV Licensing; "The Warmth Of The Sun" - Performed by The Beach Boys, Written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, Courtesy of Capitol Records, Under license from EMI-Capitol Special Markets. Storyline: After a prank goes disastrously wrong, a group of boys are sent to a detention center where they are brutalized; over 10 years later, they get their chance for revenge. Trivia: 1. It is a legal drama film written, produced, and directed by Barry Levinson, and based on Lorenzo Carcaterra's 1995 novel of the same name. 2. Author Lorenzo Carcaterra has claimed that his book on which the film is based was a true story of his childhood. When the New York legal community went on record stating that no cases resembling the events of his book could be found in any court records, Carcaterra refused to discuss the discrepancy. His claims have been neither proven nor disproven. 3. This was Billy Crudup's film debut. 4. During filming both Brad Renfro and Joseph Perrino wore colored contact lenses so they would have the same colored eyes as Brad Pitt and Jason Patric who played the characters as adults. 4. Title Cards at end credits: (a) "The New York State Division of Youth Corrections states that the conditions depicted in the reform school did not and do not exist in any center for juveniles, nothing in their records supports the charges." (b) "The District Attorney's Office of Manhattan declares that no such trial ever took place. They further deny any knowledge of the incidents depicted in this movie." (c) "Lorenzo Carcaterra states that names, dates and places were changed. He stands by his story." Anachronisms: 1. In the scenes where the adult Shakes and Mike meet in Queens, a train of "Redbird" subway cars is shown passing above them on the "7" line. In 1981, these cars were not yet painted red; they were still painted in their original "World's Fair" colors (turquoise and white) or else were painted all-white. 2. When the boys are being driven to the detention center, the road is shown painted with double yellow road stripes and yellow 'dashed' center stripes. Dashed center markings were still white until the early 1970s. While many roads still used white solid center markings, double yellow lines had been introduced in the 1950s so they 'may' have been on that road in the mid 1960s. 3. The bulbs in the streetlights in NYC would have been mercury, not yellow sodium in the mid 1960s, and many NYC streets would have still had original cast iron lamps. 4. After the trial, Mike enters the subway at the BMT Chambers Street station (under the Municipal Building). The station signs are of 1990s type, not from the early 1980s. 5. In a scene set in fall 1981, a theater marquee for "Dreamgirls" is visible. This production did not open until December 20 of that year, after the fall. 6. A train of R40M/R42 subway cars is seen on Williamsburg Bridge. However they are in their rebuilt configuration being rebuilt in 1988. In 1981 they still were in original blue and silver exteriors. 7. The R33/R36 cars on the IRT #7 line seen approaching 45 Road station in Long Island City, Queens were not painted red until 1985/1988. Most were in their original turquoise colors in 1981. The MTA "M" logos at the end of each car were not installed on these cars until the late 1980s (1986-1988). 8. In the scene where the boys are lying on the roof right before they steal the hot dog cart, the One Penn Plaza skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan is seen behind Michael. This building was not built until 1972, five years after the scene takes place.
The Shipping News. 2001, Starring Kevin Spacey as Quoyle, Julianne Moore as Wavey Prowse, Judi Dench as Agnis Hamm, Cate Blanchett as Petal, Pete Postlethwaite as Tert Card, Scott Glenn as Jack Buggit, Rhys Ifans as Beaufield Nutbeem, Gordon Pinsent as Billy Pretty, Jason Behr as Dennis Buggit, Larry Pine as Bayonet Melville, Jeannetta Arnette as Silver Melville, Robert Joy as EMS Officer, Alyssa Gainer as Bunny Quoyle, Kaitlyn Gainer as Bunny Quoyle, Lauren Gainer as Bunny Quoyle, John Dunsworth as Guy Quoyle, Anthony Cipriano as Quoyle - Age 7, Kyle Smith as Quoyle - Age 12, Ken James as Newspaper Boss, Roman Podhora as Muscular Man, Luke Fisher as Barfly, Terry Daly as Hunky Guy, Gary Levert as Newspaper Employee, Stephen Morgan as Bartender Dave, Katherine Moennig as Grace Moosup, Daniel Kash as Detective Danzig, Will McAllister as Herry Prowse, Marc Lawrence as Cousin Nolan, Kathryn Fraser as Daycare Mom, Nancy Beatty as Mavis Bangs, R.D. Reid as Alvin Yark, Deborah Grover as Edna Buggit, Jon Whalen as Big Guy, Nicole Underhay as Beety Buggit, Emma Taylor-Isherwood as Agnis Hamm - Age 12, Andrew Fowler as Guy Quoyle - Age 15, John MacEachern as Drunken Guy and Jonathan Creaser as Paramedic. Encore Avenue, December 27, 2012, with Connie Luther. Soundtrack: "Still a Fool" a.k.a. "Two Trains Running" - Written by Muddy Waters (as McKinley Morganfield), Performed by The Smokin' Joe Kubek Band, Featuring Bnois King, Courtesy of Rounder Records, By Arrangement with Ocean Park Music Group; "Jessica" - Written by Dickey Betts (as Forrest Richard Betts), Performed by The Allman Brothers Band, Courtesy of Polydor Records, Under License from Universal Music Enterprises; "Goin' Up" - Written by Alan Doyle, Performed by Great Big Sea, Courtesy of WEA, By Arrangement with Warner Special Products; "Bad As I Am" - Written by Bob Hallett & Sean McCann, Performed by Great Big Sea, Courtesy of London-Sire Records, By Arrangement with Warner Special Products; "Billy Peddle" - Traditional Arrangement by Sean McCann, Alan Doyle, Bob Hallett (as Robert Hallett) & Darrell Power, Performed by Great Big Sea, Courtesy of Warner Music Canada; "What's Your Name" - Written by Gary Rossington & Ronnie Van Zant, Performed by Lynyrd Skynyrd, Courtesy of MCA Records, Under License from Universal Music Enterprises; "I'se The B'y" (Traditional) - Performed by The Split Peas, Courtesy of The Split Peas; "The Jolly Butcher" - Traditional Arrangement by Sean McCann, Alan Doyle, Bob Hallett (as Robert Hallett) & Darrell Power, Performed by Great Big Sea, Courtesy of Warner Music Canada. Storyline: An emotionally-beaten man moves with his young daughter to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life. Trivia: 1. The drama film directed by Lasse Hallström, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by E. Annie Proulx. The film makes a multitude of changes from the book, notably: Quoyle had two daughters in the novel, but only one in the film; in the film he does not begin working as a reporter until after arriving in Newfoundland; and a number of characters, such as the younger Buggit family, were deleted or merged. 2. Quoyle Point is a fictional point of land on the Newfoundland coast bearing the family name of the protagonist in both the book and the movie. The actual town used for "Killick-Claw" in the movie was New Bonaventure in the Trinity Bight area of Newfoundland. This area is home to approximately 2,000 Newfoundlanders, most of whom are descendants of 18th-century settlers from England's West Country, the Channel Islands and Southeast Ireland. 3. In the movie, Quoyle Point is a remote, spectacular site with a cove and dramatic cliffs. There is a desolate, weathered green house on the point, the old family home of the Quoyles. At some time in the past, the house had been dragged across the sea-ice from a neighboring island and cabled to the ground at the four corners to protect it from being blown away. 4. The film crew pre-built the green house on a stage in Halifax, Nova Scotia, disassembled it, transported it via ferry to Newfoundland, and then reassembled it piece-by-piece on 'Quoyle Point,' using snowmobiles so as not to disturb the natural location. All traces of it were removed at the end of filming. 5. The author of the novel, E. Annie Proulx, would only grant the film rights to the book upon the condition that it be filmed on location in Newfoundland. The film was also shot in Nova Scotia. 6. Kevin Spacey put on about 25 pounds for the role of Quoyle. 7. Gordon Pinsent, who played Billy Pretty in the film, was the only leading actor who was a native Newfoundlander. He was a dialect coach for a number of actors in the film including Kevin Spacey and Dame Judi Dench. 8. The scenes in which Quoyle (Kevin Spacey) is in the water were filmed at a tank in St. John's, Newfoundland (normally used for testing boats and marine technology). The tank, which normally contains cold Atlantic sea water, had to be specially filled with warm water for Spacey's comfort. Quote: Quoyle: [reading the newspaper] "This is from the 'News of you Neighbors' column. 'The pole on the corner of Main and West Streets has a sign on it that says it's illegal to place anything on that pole.'" Anachronism: When Quoyle first picks up Petal at the gas station in the early '90s, there is a much later model car in the parking lot behind Quoyle's car.
Fright Night. 1985, Starring Chris Sarandon as Jerry Dandridge, William Ragsdale as Charley Brewster, Amanda Bearse as Amy Peterson, Roddy McDowall as Peter Vincent, Stephen Geoffreys as Edward "Evil Ed" Thompson, Jonathan Stark as Billy Cole, Dorothy Fielding as Judy Brewster, Art J. Evans as Detective Lennox, Stewart Stern as Cook, Nick Savage as Bouncer #1, Ernie Holmes as Bouncer #2, Heidi Sorenson as Hooker, Irina Irvine as Teenage Girl, Robert Corff as Jonathan, Pamela Brown as Miss Nina, Chris Hendrie as Newscaster, Prince A. Hughes as Bouncer #3, Christopher Lee as Dracula (archive footage), Lene Hefner as (unconfirmed) and Joy Michelle Moore as High School Student. Encore Avenue, December 29, 2012. Soundtrack: "FRIGHT NIGHT" - Written by Joe Lamont, Produced by Seth Justman, Performed by J. Geils Band, c/o EMI America Records. A division of Capitol Records, Inc.; "SAVE ME TONIGHT" - Written by Mitchell Leib and Garri Brandon, Produced by Dennis Churchill, Rick Chadock and Cliff Zellman, Performed by White Sister; "ROCK MYSELF TO SLEEP" - Written by Kimberly Rew and Vince de la Cruz, Produced by Lance Quinn, Performed by April Wine, c/o Capitol Records, Inc. (Aquarius Records Ltd. for Canada); "LET'S TALK" - Written by Mark Mothersbaugh, Produced by Devo, Inc., Performed by Devo; "ARMIES OF THE NIGHT" - Written and Produced by Ron Mael and Russell Mael, Performed by Sparks, c/o London Records Ltd; "GOOD MAN IN A BAD TIME" - Written by Marc Tanner and Jon Reede, Produced by Mick Ronson and Ian Hunter, Performed by Ian Hunter; "GIVE IT UP" - Written by Dennis Matkosky and Bobby Caldwell, Produced by Alan George and Fred McFarlane for Terrible Two Productions, Performed by Evelyn "Champagne" King, c/o RCA Records; "YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM THE BEAST INSIDE" - Written by Steve Plunkett, Produced and Performed by Autograph, c/o RCA Records; "BOPPIN' TONIGHT" - Written by Gary Goetzman and Mike Piccirillo, Produced by Mike Piccirillo and Gary Goetzman for Goetzman/Piccirillo Productions, Performed by Fabulous Fontaines; "COME TO ME" - Sung by Brad Fiedel (uncredited). Storyline: When a teenager learns that his next door neighbour is a vampire, no one will believe him. Trivia: 1. It is an American horror film written and directed by Tom Holland and produced by Herb Jaffe. The film was released on August 2, 1985 and was followed by a sequel, Fright Night II (1988), and a 3D remake in 2011. 2. Some of the films used as movies shown on the fictional Fright Night are Scars of Dracula (1970), The Premature Burial (1962), Count Dracula (1969), and Octaman (1974). 3. Roddy McDowall's character, Peter Vincent, was named after horror icons Peter Cushing and Vincent Price. 4. Fright Night's widest release was 1,545 theaters. The film also turned out to be a surprise hit at the box office, making $6,118,543 on opening weekend (1,542 theaters, $3,967 average). Domestic gross was $24,922,237. It performed the best of any horror film released during the summer of 1985. It was also the second highest-grossing horror film of 1985, bested only by A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge. 5. Fright Night was well-received, winning three Saturn Awards, a Dario Argento Award, and a critics' award—special citation at Fantasporto and currently holds a 93% approval rating at Rotten Tomatoes, based on 29 reviews. Both Chris Sarandon and Roddy McDowell were praised for their multifacted performances. A 1989 sequel followed, entitled Fright Night Part II, with William Ragsdale and Roddy McDowall reprising their roles. The sequel was not as well received as the original. 6. Much of the film's 9.5 million dollar budget was spent on special effects (it was the first vampire film to spend one million dollars on special effects). 7. For "Evil" Ed's transformation scene, a full size wolf puppet was made. Despite the realism of the wolf attack, no real animals were harmed. The swinging chandelier was vital in creating an unstable light source which helped the effects team into fooling the viewer. 8. In an attempt to produce an authentic reaction of fright when Charley sees Amy as a vampire for the first time, William Ragsdale did not see the stunt actress in makeup prior to shooting the scene. 9. Chris Sarandon spent as many as eight (8) hours having vampire makeup applied. Stephen Geoffreys spent as many as twelve (12) hours having transformation makeup applied, which was required twice. 10. Writer/director Tom Holland conceived the role of Peter Vincent with Vincent Price in mind, but Price's health was declining and he was trying to shy away from accepting horror roles by that point in his career. 11. Pays numerous tributes to 1979's Salem's Lot such as the house with the large staircase and window backdrop, the basement finale at dawn, the older man and the younger boy as vampire hunters, the human guardian and his demise on the stairs and the head vampire in Fright Night is similar to the Barlow character in the novel by Stephen King that was changed in the teleplay.
The Strange History of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'. 2011 (Documentary/History), Starring Narrators: John Blair, Adam Feuerberg, Drew Forni and Elizabeth Martinez; Carl Levin as Himself, Robert Gates as Himself (archive footage), Mike Mullen as Himself (archive footage), John McCain as Himself (archive footage), Joe Lieberman as Himself, Nathaniel Frank as Himself, Aaron Belkin as Himself, Alan Steinman as Himself, Gore Vidal as Himself, Dixon Osbourn as Himself, Lawrence Korb as Himself, Leonard Matlovich as Himself (archive footage), Margarethe Cammermeyer as Herself, Bill Clinton as Himself (archive footage), Norman Schwarzkopf as Himself (archive footage), Dick Cheney as Himself (archive footage), Phil Gramm as Himself (archive footage), Sam Nunn as Himself (archive footage), John Warner as Himself (archive footage), Fred Peck as Himself (archive footage), Colin Powell as Himself (archive footage), Barney Frank as Himself, Daniel R. Coats as Himself (archive footage), Dr. David Marlowe as Himself (archive footage), William Henderson as Himself - Author (archive footage), Charles Moskos as Himself (archive footage), Joe Steffan as Himself (archive footage), Tracy Thorne as Himself (archive footage), Strom Thurmond as Himself (archive footage), Emily Hecht as Herself, Aubrey Sarvis as Himself, George W. Bush as Himself (archive footage), Patrick Murphy as Himself, Mike Almy as Himself, Victor Fehrenbach as Himself, Barack Obama as Himself (archive footage), Joe Sestak as Himself, Dan Choi as Himself, Kirsten Gillibrand as Herself, Jeh Johnson as Himself, Claire McCaskill as Herself (archive footage), David Hall as Himself, Lindsey Graham as Himself (archive footage), Evan Bayh as Himself (archive footage), John Hutson as Himself (archive footage), Randy Jones as Himself and Alex Nicholson as Himself. HBO, December 29, 2012, with Connie Luther. Soundtrack: "In the Navy" - Performed by The Village People, Written by Henri Belolo, Jacques Morali & Victor Willis, 1979 Can't Stop Music Recording and Music Video Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group and Scorpio Music, S.A., Under license from Universal Music Enterprises. Directors: Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato. Synopsis: On September 20, 2012, at the moment the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) goes into effect, HBO tells the strange-but-true tale of the U.S. military's ban on gays and lesbians from its implementation, through passionate protests and debates, and finally to its 2011 repeal. A timely and historical look at the legacy of gays and lesbians in the military, THE STRANGE HISTORY OF DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL illustrates the tumultuous evolution of the controversial policy that fostered hate and intolerance within the military - and undermined the very freedoms American forces defend - by forcing many soldiers to lie and live in secrecy. In 1993, President Bill Clinton encountered vehement opposition when he tried to deliver on his election promise of lifting a 50-year ban on gays in the military. The result was the compromise legislation Don't Ask, Don't Tell, which allowed gays to serve in the military provided they didn't disclose their sexual orientation. THE STRANGE HISTORY OF DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL examines the consequences of the policy and the fight to overturn it, a battle that would last 17 years, span three presidencies and result in the discharge of 13,368 active service members.
Johnny English. 2003 (British action comedy), Starring Rowan Atkinson as MI7 agent Johnny English, Tasha de Vasconcelos as Countess Alexandra - Exotic Woman, Ben Miller as MI7 agent Angus Bough, Greg Wise as Agent One, Douglas McFerran as Klaus Vendetta, Steve Nicolson as Dieter Klein, Terence Harvey as Official at Funeral, Kevin McNally as Prime Minister, Tim Pigott-Smith as Pegasus (Head of MI7), Nina Young as Pegasus' Secretary, Rowland Davies as Sir Anthony Chevenix, Natalie Imbruglia as Interpol Agent Lorna Campbell, Philippa Fordham as Snobby Woman, John Malkovich as Pascal Sauvage, Tim Berrington as Roger, Simon Bernstein as Assailant, Martin Lawton as Hearse Driver, Neville Phillips as Priest, Oliver Ford Davies as Archbishop of Canterbury, Takuya Matsumoto as Sushi Waiter, Peter Tenn as Sushi Bar Customer, Sam Beazley as Elderly Man, Kevin Moore as Doctor, Faruk Pruti as Truth Serum Guard, Marc Danbury as Guard, Jack Raymond as French Reception Waiter, Jenny Galloway as Foreign Secretary; String Quartet (as Bond): Haylie Ecker, Tania Davis, Eos Chater and Gay-Yee Westerhoff; Chris Tarrant as Radio Announcer (voice), James Greene as Scottish Bishop, Clive Graham as Welsh Bishop, Trevor McDonald as Newscaster (voice), Clare Beckwith as Girl in Taxi, James Embree as Sauvage Henchman, Philip Harvey as Curtain VIP, Peter Howitt as Man at Crowning Ceremony, Serena Lorien as Flag Purchasing Girl, Norman Campbell Rees as Sauvage Henchman, Laurence Richardson as Man at Crowning Ceremony, Prunella Scales as The Queen, Leonard Silver as Butler and Yana Yanezic as Sauvage's Secretary. Encore Avenue, December 29, 2012. Soundtrack: (All tracks written by Edward Shearmur and performed by London Metropolitan Orchestra unless otherwise noted.) "A Man for All Seasons" (Hans Zimmer, Robbie Williams) – Robbie Williams; "Theme from Johnny English" (Howard Goodall); "Russian Affairs"; "A Man of Sophistication"; "Kismet" (Written by Gay-Yee Westerhoff) – Bond; "Truck Chase"; "The Only Ones" – Moloko; "Parachute Drop"; "Pascal's Evil Plan"; "Theme from Johnny English (Salsa Version)" (Howard Goodall) – Bond; "Off the Case"; "Cafe Conversation"; "Into Pascal's Lair"; "Zadok the Priest" – Handel; "Does Your Mother Know" – ABBA; "For England"; "Riviera Highway"; "Agent No. 1". Songs: "A Man for All Seasons" - Music by Hans Zimmer, Lyrics by Robbie Williams, Performed by Robbie Williams, Recording engineered and mixed by Al Clay, Co-produced by Al Clay, Courtesy of EMI Recorded Music Limited/In Good Company Co, Limited; "Thank You for the Music" - Written by Benny Andersson/Björn Ulvaeus, Performed by Rowan Atkinson; "The Only Ones" - Composed by Mark Brydon and Roisin Murphy, Performed by Moloko, Courtesy of The Echo Label Limited; "Kismet" - Composed by Gay-Yee Westerhoff, Performed by Bond, Courtesy of The Decca Music Group Limited; "Does Your Mother Know" - Written by Benny Andersson/Björn Ulvaeus, Performed by ABBA, Courtesy of Polar Music International AB/Polydor UK Limited; "Theme from Johnny English" - Written by Ed Shearmur and Howard Goodall; "Theme from Johnny English" (Salsa Version) - Written by Ed Shearmur and Howard Goodall, Performed by Bond, Courtesy of The Decca Music Group Limited. Trivia: 1. It is a British action comedy film parodying the James Bond secret agent genre. The film stars Rowan Atkinson, John Malkovich and Ben Miller. Atkinson had previously appeared in the 1983 James Bond film Never Say Never Again. The film grossed a total of $160 million worldwide. 2. The character of Johnny English himself is based on a similar character called Richard Latham who was played by Atkinson in a series of British television advertisements for Barclaycard. The character of Bough (pronounced 'Boff') was retained from the advertisements though another actor, Henry Naylor, played the part in the ads. Some of the gags from the advertisements made it into the film, including English incorrectly identifying a waiter, and inadvertently shooting himself with a tranquiliser ballpoint pen. 3. Filming locations: (a) Some scenes were filmed at Canary Wharf in London — indeed, the film duplicates the single real tower into two identical ones (albeit on the real site) for the fictional London Hospital and Sauvage's headquarters at 1 Canada Square. (b) The scenes set in Westminster Abbey were filmed in St. Albans Abbey[citation needed]: though this connection is solely implied through the dialogue — for this footage is never intercut with footage of the real abbey's exterior. The interior (with the televisual screen hiding the St Albans organ) is clearly St Albans. The choir singing in the coronation scene is St Albans Cathedral Choir. (c) Both the exteriors and interiors in the opening credits sequence scene is Mentmore Towers. (d) 'Sandringham' is Hughenden Manor. (d) The exterior and interior of MI7's headquarters which English enters at the start is Freemasons' Hall, London, which is also used as Thames House (the MI5 headquarters) in Spooks. (e) The scenes where Johnny English drives into Dover, Kent along the A20 road (with Dover Castle in the background) and then enters the Port of Dover (with a "Dover Ferry Terminal" sign, Dover's Athol Terrace and the White Cliffs of Dover in the background) to catch a ferry to France, were all shot on location. (f) The exterior of Sauvage's French château is actually the castle atop St Michael's Mount in Cornwall. (g) A scene was taken in Hong Kong, China. (h) The scenes in Brompton Cemetery were filmed there. 4. A sequel, Johnny English Reborn, was released on October 2011. Filming for this began in September 2010, seven years after the release of the original and concluded in March 2011. The film follows Johnny English, now training in Asia after being disgraced in an earlier mission, as he attempts to foil a plot to assassinate the Chinese Premier. 5. The Johnny English character is based on a cowardly, incompetent spy played by Rowan Atkinson who first appeared in a series of television commercials for Barclaycard, with his assistant Bough (then played by Henry Naylor). The "poison dart pen" sequence is based on a scene in the commercials where Johnny shoots himself in the leg with the pen. 6. Two of the writers of the screenplay (Neal Purvis and Robert Wade) also worked on four James Bond films: The World Is Not Enough, Die Another Day, Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace. 7. The car that Johnny English uses is an Aston Martin DB7 Vantage which is actually Rowan Atkinson's own car. 8. The parachute drop was filmed at Canary Wharf, London. 9. The Chinese title of this film literally translates into "Mr. Bean (or 'silly bean' as he's called in Chinese) Becomes a Secret Agent". In Brazilian Portuguese it's "Mr. Bean - Um Agente Muito Louco" (a very crazy agent). 10. Cameo - Bond: the band playing in the background at Sauvage's party. 11. Director Cameo - Peter Howitt: The man that Bough threatens to play the DVD at the crowning ceremony. Quote: Lorna Campbell: "What are you going to do? Sit in this grotty flat feeling sorry for yourself, or are you going to get out there and save your country?" Johnny English: "...I'm going to sit in the flat."
Fright Night. 2011 (3D comedy horror), Starring Anton Yelchin as Charley Brewster, Colin Farrell as Jerry Dandrige, David Tennant as Peter Vincent, Toni Collette as Jane Brewster, Imogen Poots as Amy Peterson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse as "Evil" Ed Lee, Dave Franco as Mark, Christopher Ranney as the Security Guard, Reid Ewing as Ben, Sandra Vergara as Ginger, Will Denton as Adam, Emily Montague as Doris, Lisa Loeb as Victoria Lee, Brian Huskey as Rick Lee, Grace Phipps as Bee, Chelsea Tavares as Cara, Eb Lottimer as Adam's Dad, Chris Sarandon as Jay Dee (Chris Sarandon who portrayed Jerry Dandridge in the original film makes a cameo appearance as a motorist killed by the vampire [his character in the remake is credited as "Jay Dee" after the initials of his original character]), Michael Miller as Store Guy, Marya Beauvais as Mrs. Granada, Kent Kirkpatrick as Teacher, Arron Shiver as Cop #1, Rick Ortega as Cop #2, Charlie Brown as Doctor, Rebekah Wiggins as Passing Nurse, Liezl Carstens as Show Nymph #1, Laura Aidan as Show Nymph #2, Alma Sisneros as Show Nymph #3, Bruce Holmes as Pyro Guy, Lovie Johnson as D.J., Jerry Angelo as Guy on Dance Floor, Tait Fletcher as Nightclub Security Guy, Kevin Christopher Brown as Jerry's House Cop #1, Jesse Pickett as Jerry's House Cop #2, William H. Burton as Hulking Man, Bonnie Morgan as Vamp #1, Michelle Waterson as Vamp #2, Paula Francis as Newscaster #1, Dave Courvoisier as Newscaster #2, Christopher Brewster as Charley's Stunt Double, Mark Wagner as Jerry's Stunt Double, Lisa Hoyle as Jane's Stunt Double, Cassandra McCormick as Amy's Stunt Double, Riley Harper and Dan Brown as Peter's Stunt Doubles, Matt Berberi as Ed's and Adam's Stunt Double, T. Ryan Mooney as Mark's Stunt Double, Asim Ahmad as Lennox, Gilbert Almario as Night Club Dancer, Phil Arnold as High School Teacher, Fileena Bahris as Club Girl, Tina Borek as Nurse, Vernon Bradley as Club Dancer, Eriks Chase as Party Goer, Stephanie Marie Delgado as Classroom Student, Kevin Fowlkes as Club Bouncer, Amanda Fresquez as Club Dancer, Cliff Gravel as Custodian, Drew Hollowell as Club Guy, Will D. Barnes III as Night Club Patron, Bob Kaye as Club Bouncer, Mary Elizabeth Pohl as Club Girl, David T. Quan as Club Dancer w/Hat, Ashlee Renz-Hotz as Club Dancer - Flirt, Kelly Ruble as Conventioneer, Ryan Schaefer as Frat Boy , Sandi K Shelby as Teacher, Monika Spruch as Club Model, Michael R. Tafoya as Nightclub Dancer and Viola Valdez as Librarian. Movie Central, December 30, 2012. Soundtrack: "Blank Sabbath" - Written and Performed by Brian de Mercia, Courtesy of Extreme Music; "Bad Bad Love" - Performed by Alexander, Courtesy of Rough Trade Records; "Pumped Up Kicks" - Performed by Foster the People, Courtesy of Columbia Records; "Lokdown" - Written and Performed by Christopher Lennentz and Zachary Ryan; "Velvet Coat" - Performed by Ceramic, Courtesy of Mother West LLC; "Cough Syrup" - Performed by Young the Giant, Courtesy of Roadrunner Records; "Real Housewives of New Jersey Opening Theme" - Written and Performed by Craig Sharmat; "Agogo" and "Take 15" - Written and Performed by Aaron Kaplan and Harold Sanders; "Bring Up The Bass" - Written and Performed by Tom Torman; "Pop It Up" - Written and Performed by Chuck Lovejoy; "Dark Destiny" - Performed by Henning Lohner, Jason Burnett & Uwe Boll, Courtesy of Extreme Music; "Pursuit of Happiness (Nightmare)" - Performed by Kid Cudi (feat. MGMT & Ratatat), Courtesy of GOOD Music & Universal Motown; "Letting Go" - Performed by Lupe Fiasco (feat. Sarah Green), Courtesy of Atlantic Records; "Don't Fade Away" - Written and Performed by Sebastian Morawietz; "I Was Once a Glass of Tang" - Performed by Jet Horns, Courtesy of Knec Music; "Restless" - Performed by Unkle, Courtesy of Surrender All; "I'm a Man" - Performed by Blue Van, Courtesy of TVT Records; "99 Problems" - Performed by Hugo, Courtesy of Roc Nation; "No One Believes Me" - Performed by Kid Cudi, Courtesy of Varese Sarabande; "The Shadow" - Written by Matthew de Luca and Neil de Luca, Performed by Figure and Groove. Trivia: 1. It is a 3D comedy horror film directed by Craig Gillespie. It is a remake of Tom Holland's 1985 film of the same name. The film had its premiere at The O2 in London on August 14, 2011, and was widely released on August 19 in Real D 3D. Principal photography with 3D cameras began in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, with Las Vegas set as the backdrop on July 26, 2010, and wrapped on October 1, 2010. 2. Fright Night was distributed by DreamWorks through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures under the Touchstone Pictures label. Steven Spielberg provided a great deal of input in the making of the film, such as storyboarding scenes and participated in the editing. 3. Fright Night received positive reviews from critics. 4. Writing credits (WGA): Marti Noxon - (screenplay); Tom Holland - (story); Tom Holland - (film "Fright Night") 5. Counting flashback footage, Chris Sarandon is the only actor to appear in all three Fright Night films. In the original Fright Night (1985), he plays the role of Jerry. In the 2011 remake, he has a cameo as the man who hits the Brewsters' car and is subsequently bitten by Jerry. 6. The props department snuck many Doctor Who references into the Peter Vincent apartment set (for example, Gallifreyen writing - the Doctor's native language - on certain items), as a homage to actor David Tennant, who was playing Peter Vincent and previously played The Doctor. The majority of these references are not visible to the audience. 7. Of the principal cast, Anton Yelchin and Christopher Mintz-Plasse were the only ones who didn't need to adopt an American accent. 8. Jerry has five stages of makeup, with the last one (when Charley fights in the basement) entirely in CG. 9. The credits thank the City and people of Albuquerque. Quote: Charley Brewster: "You read way too much Twilight." 'Evil' Ed Thompson: "That's fiction, okay. This is real. He's a real monster and he's not brooding, or lovesick, or noble... He kills, he feeds, and he doesn't stop until everybody around him is dead. And I seriously am so angry you think I read Twilight.
Hop. 2011 (Easter-themed live-action and animated comedy), Starring James Marsden as Fred O'Hare, Russell Brand as E.B. (voice)/Production Assistant, Kaley Cuoco as Sam O'Hare, Hank Azaria as Carlos/Phil (voice), Gary Cole as Henry O'Hare, Elizabeth Perkins as Bonnie O'Hare, Hugh Laurie as E.B.'s Dad (voice), Tiffany Espensen as Alex O'Hare, David Hasselhoff as Himself, Chelsea Handler as Mrs. Beck, Dustin Ybarra as Cody, Carlease Burke as Receptionist, Veronica Alicino as Waitress, Django Marsh as Young E.B. (voice); Jimmy Lee Carter, Billy Bowers, Benjamin Moore Jr., Eric Dwight McKinnie, Joey Anthony Williams, Tracy Roman Pierce, Will Cleveland Smith as Blind Boys of Alabama; Coleton Ray as Young Fred, Greg Lewis as Performer, Mark Riccardi as Security Guard, Cici Lau as Chinese Woman, Jayden Lund as Another Parent, Christian Long as Production Assistant, Hugh Hefner as Voice at Playboy Mansion (voice), Nick Drago as Dancer, David Goldsmith as Warm-Up Guy, Rick Pasqualone as Utility Voice (voice), Shane Cambria as Kid, Hope Levy as Pink Beret (voice), Prida Moreza as Easter School Pageant Attendee, James Pasierbowicz as Baby Bunny (voice), Zachary Alexander Rice as Kid Rabbit, Sophia Strauss as Kid, Tucker Albrizzi as Bat Boy, Andre Bauth as Carlos, Cheryl Dent as Mountain Biker, Zachary Christopher Fay as Jock Kid, Robbie Tucker as Kid#1; Helicopter Pilots: Peter J. McKernan and Lance Strumpf; and Jilon VanOver as Hiker; ADR Voice Actors: Matt Adler, Jeff Fischer, Scott Menville, Veronica Alicino, Elisa Gabrielli, Michelle Ruff, Kirk Baily, Jackie Gonneau, Justin Shenkarow, Kate Carlin, Richard Horvitz, Marcelo Tubert, Vicki Davis, Hope Levy, Bridget Hoffman, Dave Zyler, David Cowgill, Steve Alterman, Juan Pope, Will Shadley, Emily Hahn, Isabella Acres and Seth Dusky. Movie Central, December 29, 2012. Soundtrack: "Boogie Shoes" - Written by Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch (as Richard Raymond Finch); "The Anthem" - Written by Joel Madden, John Feldmann and Benji Madden, Performed by Good Charlotte, Courtesy of Epic Records, By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing; "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" - Written by Bobby Dall, C.C. Deville, Bret Michaels and Rikki Rockett, Performed by Poison, Courtesy of Capitol Records, Under license from EMI Film & Television Music; "Disco Inferno" - Written by Ron Kersey (as Tyrone "Have Mercy" Kersey) and Leroy Green; "Mr. Big Stuff" - Written by Joseph Broussard, Carrol Washington and Ralph Williams, Performed by Nikki and Rich; "Celebrity Skin" - Written by Courtney Love, Eric Erlandson and Billy Corgan, Performed by Hole, Courtesy of Geffen Records, Under license from Universal Music Enterprises; "Higher Ground" - Written by Stevie Wonder, Performed by The Blind Boys of Alabama (as Blind Boys of Alabama), Courtesy of Real World Records; "Hongry" - Written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Performed by The Coasters, Courtesy of Atco Records, By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing; "Them Girlz" - Written by Ali Dee (as Ali Theodore) and Julian Davis (as Julian Michael Davis), Performed by Cee Money & Dee Fresh, Courtesy of DeeTown Entertainment; "Peg O' My Heart" - Written by Al Bryan (as Alfred Bryan) and Fred Fisher; "Dynamite" - Written by Taio Cruz, Max Martin (as Max Martin Sandberg), Lukasz Gottwald, Bonnie McKee and Benjamin Levin, Performed by Taio Cruz, Courtesy of Universal-Island Records Ltd., Under license from Universal Music Enterprises; "Peter Cottontail" - Written by Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins; "We No Speak Americano" - Written by Nicola Salerno and Renato Carosone, Performed by Yolanda Be Cool & DCup, Courtesy of Ultra Records; "305" - Written by Ali Dee (as Ali Theodore), Jordan Yaeger, Alana Da Fonseca, Rachel Rickert and Sarai Howard, Performed by RAE, Courtesy of DeeTown Entertainment; "I Want Candy" - Written by Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein, Richard Gottehrer and Bert Russell (as Bert Berns), Performed by Cody Simpson, Courtesy of Atlantic Records; "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" (uncredited) - Written by Jack Norworth and Albert von Tilzer, Licensed courtesy of Cooking Vinyl, (p) 2009 Cooking Vinyl Ventures Prodigy Ltd. under exclusive worldwide license to Cooking Vinyl Ltd. courtesy of Take Me To The Hospital Ltd. [Use of "One Way Glass" by Manfred Mann's Earth Band courtesy of Creature Music Ltd. Dave Grohl appears courtesy of Roswell/RCA Records]; "The Unrequited Love" (uncredited) - Written by Jack Norworth and Albert von Tilzer (Bobby Gillespie/Andrew Innes/Martin Duffy/Mani (as Gary Mounfield)), Published by WAX Records Ltd., Performed by Gabriel Liotta, Licensed courtesy of EAG Records Ltd.; "This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us" (uncredited) - (Ron Mael (as Ronald Mael)), Published by © Warner/Chappell Music Publishing Ltd (PRS), All Rights Reserved, Performed by Sparks, Courtesy of Universal-Island Records Ltd., Under license from Universal Music Operations Ltd. Trivia: 1. Easter-themed live-action and animated comedy film from Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment, directed by Tim Hill and produced by Chris Meledandri and Michele Imperato Stabile. Hop stars the voice of Russell Brand as E.B., a rabbit who does not want to succeed his father, Mr. Bunny (Hugh Laurie), in the role of the Easter Bunny; James Marsden as Fred O'Hare, a human who is out of work and wishes to become the next Easter Bunny himself; and the voice of Hank Azaria as Carlos and Phil, two chicks who plot to take over the Easter organization. 2. E.B. was designed by Peter de Sève, most famous for the work on the Ice Age characters. The CGI animation of the film was made by Los Angeles based Rhythm & Hues Studios. The theme song ("I Want Candy") was performed by Australian pop/R&B singer Cody Simpson. 3. Universal teamed up with 92 major companies to promote Hop, including Holiday Inn, Krispy Kreme, Lindt, Kraft Foods, The Hershey Company, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Comcast, Kodak, Hallmark, HMV and Burger King. 3. Cameo - Russell Brand: the man who provides the voice of E.B. also plays a theatre attendant who summons and talks with E.B. for the talent show near the end. 4. In the first scene the Easter island heads or Moai are shown facing out to sea. In reality all Moai face inland with their backs to the sea. Quotes: 1. E.B.: [after Fred talks to a Chinese Woman] "What'd she say? Was it about me?" Fred O'Hare: "She thinks Easter is cool. Talking rabbits freaks her out." 2. E.B.: "Hey, wait. You're not surprised I'm a talking rabbit." David Hasselhoff: "Little man, my best friend is a talking car." 3. Fred O'Hare: "Okay, if this job interview is so important to you, I'll swing by." Sam O'Hare: "No, Fred, you don't swing by. You shower, you shave, and you show up. The three 'Sh's!'"
Saturday, December 1, 2012
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