The Odd Life of Timothy Green. 2012, Starring Jennifer Garner as Cindy Green, Joel Edgerton as Jim Green, CJ Adams as Timothy Green, Odeya Rush as Joni Jerome, Shohreh Aghdashloo as Evette Onat, Rosemarie DeWitt as Brenda Best, David Morse as James "Big Jim" Green Sr., M. Emmet Walsh as Uncle Bub, Lois Smith as Aunt Mel, Lin-Manuel Miranda as Reggie, Dianne Wiest as Ms. Bernice Crudstaff (Cindy's boss), Ron Livingston as Franklin Crudstaff (Jim's boss), James Rebhorn as Joseph Crudstaff, Common as Coach Cal, Michael Arden as Doug Wert, Rhoda Griffis as Doctor Lesley Hunt, Karan Kendrick as Mother at Doctor's Office, Shimei Bailey as Little Boy in Elevator, Judy Langford as Ms. Crudstaff's Assistant, Michael Beasley as Cop, Cullen Moss as Cop, Gene Jones as Neighbor, Jason Davis as Bart Best, Patrick Brouder as Dash Best, Kendall Sanders as Rod Best, Lucy Gebhardt as Bethany Best, Sharon Morris as Principal Morrison, Dorothy Macdonald as Trixie Crudstaff, Chan Creswell as Billy Crudstaff, William Harrison as Bobby Crudstaff, Dwayne Boyd as Ref, Mattie Liptak as #8, Jay Freer as Coach Bob Francesconi, Tim Ware as Mayor Handelman, Steve Coulter as Charlie Frohn, Susan Bruce as Molly Frohn, Josey Cuthrell Tuttleman as Lily, Tara Lee as Nurse, Joe Crosson as Factory Worker, Tim Guinee as Marty Rader (voice), Shaun O'Banion as Alan Rust (voice), Caden Gaskins as Bonecrushers #16, Demetrius B. Banks as Driver, Paul Barlow Jr. as Factory Worker, Chance Bartels as Factory Worker/ Bonecrusher Fan, Darryl Booker as Stanleyville Townsfolk, Charles Casey as Soccer Banquet Parent, Gregory Cook as Driver, Perry Cox as Soccer Player, Gerald Duckworth as Entourage, Ron Goss as Factory Worker, Jon Gould as Stanleyville Elite, Sonia Guzman as Factory Worker, Melody Johnson as Town Lady/ Soccer Mom, Blake Jones as Soccer Player #20, Cade Jones as Soccer Patron, Jim Keisler as Stanleyville Townsfolk, Canon Kuipers as Soccer Player/ The Bonecrushers, Mary Emily Landers as Concert Party Girl, Mark Mancha as Erasers #6, Jantzen McDonald as Soccer Player, John Ridings as Vice Principal, Chanta Rivers as Mourner #2, Joel Rogers as Mourner, Erin Santini as Maid, J.T. Seidler as Truck Driver, Gregory Marshall Smith as Greg/ Factory Worker/ Bonecrusher Fan, Richard Tavernaro as Bonecrusher's Coach, Joe Walsh as Mourner and Steve Warren as Mourner. Movie Central, August 1, 2013. Soundtrack: "Show Me What I'm Looking For" - by Carolina Liar, Written by Tobias Karlsson and Chad Wolf; "Low Rider" - Written by Charles Miller, Performed by War; "This Gift" - Written by Glen Hansard and Market Irglova, Performed by Glen Hansard; "You're Gonna Find It Hard To Believe" - Written by Geoff Zanelli, Performed by Geoff Zanelli; "Happy Birthday To You" - Written by Mildred J. Hill & Patty S. Hill; "All Of Me" - Performed by Damato; "Love Like War" - Performed by The Ready Set; "Crazy Love" - Written by Van Morrison, Performed by Van Morrison. Trivia: 1. It is an American fantasy comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Peter Hedges and produced by Walt Disney Pictures. Based on a concept by Ahmet Zappa, the film is about a magical pre-adolescent boy whose personality and naïveté have profound effects on the people in his town. It received mixed reviews from critics and had modest ticket sales in its debut weekend. 2. The role of Cindy was offered to Sandra Bullock, who turned it down. 3. Filmed in the same house as Halloween II. Though Stanleyville is described as a town in the Midwest, the movie was filmed in parts of Georgia, including Monroe and Rex, which is reflected in several of the streets named for Confederate generals. 4. In an interview, CJ Adams said that he was 10 at the time of filming, "just before my [11th] birthday [in 2011]". In the same interview, he said that the movie poster of the title character's legs with leaves growing from them were not his but a body double's. Adams was chosen to be cast in the titular role after working with Hedges in Dan in Real Life. Quotes: 1. Timothy Green: "Please don't ask about my leaves." 2. Uncle Bub: "Did you know that I invented the peanut butter and jelly sandwich?" Timothy Green: "Did you know that I'm a big fan of your work?" 3. Coach Cal: [After Timothy misses an easy kick with soccer ball] "Why are you smiling?" Timothy Green: "Because I can only get better."
Hit and Run. 2012, Starring
Dax Shepard as Charlie Bronson/Yul Perkins
Kristen Bell as Annie Bean
Kristin Chenoweth as Debby Kreeger
Tom Arnold as U.S. Marshal Randy Anderson
Bradley Cooper as Alex Dimitri
Ryan Hansen as Alan
Beau Bridges as Clint Perkins
Michael Rosenbaum as Gil Rathbinn
Steve Agee as Dude #1
David Koechner as Sanders
Joy Bryant as Neve Tatum
Sean Hayes as Sandy Osterman
Jason Bateman as U.S. Marshal Keith Yert
Kristen Bell ... Annie Bean
Dax Shepard ... Yul Perrkins a.k.a. Charles Bronson
Tom Arnold ... Randy Anderson
Kristin Chenoweth ... Debby Kreeger
Michael Rosenbaum ... Gil Rathbinn
Jess Rowland ... Terry Rathbinn
Carly Hatter ... Angella Roth
Steve Agee ... Dude #1
Bradley Cooper ... Alex Dmitri
Joy Bryant ... Neve
Kal Bennett ... Cashier Mary Ann
John Duff ... Body Builder Catalyst
David Koechner ... Sanders
Ryan Hansen ... Allen
Beau Bridges ... Clint Perrkins
Jason Bateman ... Keith Yert
Nate Tuck ... Pat Rickman, Matt Mosher as Student #1,
Sean Hayes ... Sandy Osterman
Kyla Snodgrass ... Kid in Yard #1
Shea Snodgrass ... Kid in Yard #2
Jamie Snodgrass ... Mother in Yard
Laura Labo ... Farmhouse Woman
Graham Mackie ... Naked Motel Guest
Todd Conant ... Naked Motel Guest
Valentina Arizo ... Naked Motel Guest
Virginia Briscoe ... Naked Motel Guest
Gloria Sue Holmes ... Naked Motel Guest
Bob Noss ... Naked Motel Guest
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cameron Cruz as Secretary and Shannon Joy Rodgers as Student. Movie Central, August 1, 2013. Soundtrack: "Fever" - Written by Ishmael Jingo
Performed by Ishmael Jingo
Published by The Estate of Ishmael Jingo, P1974 Afro Rock,
Courtesy of Kona on behalf of
The Estate of Ishmael Jingo
"You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" -
Written by Kenny Gamble (as Kenneth Gamble) and Leon Huff
Performed by Glitter Ball
Published by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp
Courtesy of Countdown Media
"Sweet Emotion" -
Written by Steven Tyler and Tom Hamilton
Performed by Aerosmith
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
Under License from BMG Chrysalis
"(I've Reached the) Turning Point" -
Written by Leo Graham
Performed by Tyrone Davis
Courtesy of Brunswick Records
Under License from UniChappell Music, Inc.
and Songs of Universal, Inc.
"I Wanna Make Her Love Me" -
Written by Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy (as Sylvia Rose Moy), and Lula Mae Hardaway
Performed by Jim Ford
Courtesy of Light in the Attic Records
Under License from Jobele Music Co. Inc., Black Bull Music, Stone Agate Music, and Sawandi Music
"Pure Imagination" -
Performed by Lou Rawls
Written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
Courtesy of Philadelphia International Records and Sony Music Entertainment
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
Under License from Taradam Music Inc.
"Funky 16 Corners" -
Written by James Boone, Cliff Palmer, Richard Ball, James Ball, Dewayne Garvin, and James Brantley
Performed by The Highlighters
Published by Pebble Toss
Courtesy of Now Again Records and The Highlighters
"Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You" -
Written by Gerry Goffin (as Gerald Goffin) and Michael Masser
Performed by George Benson
Courtesy of Warner Bros Records, Inc.
Under License from Almo Music Corp and Universal Music Corp
By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
"Waltz of Hate" -
Written and Arranged by Robert Mervak (as Bob Mervak)
Performed by Robert Mervak (as Bob Mervak) and The Motor City Horns
"Do You Wanna Funk" -
Written by Patrick Cowley and Sylvester (as Sylvester James)
Performed by Patrick Cowley ft. Sylvester
Courtesy of Unidisc Music, Inc.
Under License from Sequins of Noon Music and Franmar Music
By Arrangement with Fine Gold Music and The Licensing Partnership UK Ltd.
"Summer Madness" -
Written by Robert Kool Bell (as Robert Bell), Ronald Bell, George Funky Brown (as George M. Brown), Robert Spike Mickens (as Robert Mickens), Claydes Smith, Alton Taylor, Dennis D.T. Thomas (as Dennis Thomas), and Richard Westfield
Performed by Kool & The Gang (as Kool and The Gang)
Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group
under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Under License from Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Group
"You Feel Like Home" -
Written and Arranged by Robert Mervak (as Bob Mervak)
Performed by Robert Mervak (as Bob Mervak) and Isabel Nelson
"Let It Whip" -
Written by Reginald Andrews and Ndugu Chancler (as Leon Chancler)
Performed by The Dazz Band (as Dazz Band)
Published by Ujima Music and Hey Skimo Publishing Company
Courtesy of Cleopatra Records
Under license from HD Music Now
"Una Rumba Por Aqui" -
Written by Andre Reyes, Francois Reyes, Georges Reyes, Jacques Baliardo, Nicolas Reyes, Paul Reyes, Tonino Baliardo, and Patchai Reyes
Performed by Gipsy Kings
Courtesy of Warner Bros Records
Under License from Sony ATV Music Publishing, LLC
"Dawn Star Solo" -
Written by Troy De Roche
Courtesy of Extreme Music
"Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" -
Written by Jimi Hendrix
Performed by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Published by Experience Hendrix, LLC
Master Administered with Sony Music Licensing
Used by permission. All rights reserved.
"He Is the Boy" -
Written by Dee Ervin (as Difosco Ervin) and Gerry Goffin
Performed by Little Eva
Courtesy of Rhino Entertainment Company
By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
Under License from Screen Gems-EMI Music, Inc.
"Knockin' On Heaven's Door" -
Written by Bob Dylan
Performed by Robert Mervak (as Bob Mervak)
Under License from Rams Horn Music
"Last Train" -
Written by Allen Toussaint
Performed by Allen Toussaint
Courtesy of Warner Bros Records, Inc.
By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
Under License from Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp
"Over the Hill" -
Written by John Martyn
Performed by John Martyn
Courtesy of Island Records Ltd.
under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Under License from BMG Chrysalis
"Let My Love Open the Door" -
Written by Pete Townshend (as Peter Townshend)
Performed by Pete Townshend
Courtesy of Eel Pie Recording
Under License from Spirit One Music.
Trivia: 1. It is an American action comedy film written by Dax Shepard, with David Palmer and Shepard co-directing again (their first film being Brother's Justice in 2010). The film stars Shepard and his fiancée Kristen Bell, with Kristin Chenoweth, Tom Arnold, and Bradley Cooper. It was released on August 22, 2012. 2. Roger Ebert gave it 3.5 of 4 stars, writing, "With its off-the-shelf title, I had worked up less than a white-hot enthusiasm to see "Hit & Run," but it's a lot more fun than the title suggests. How many chase comedies have you seen where the hero's sexy girlfriend has a doctorate in nonviolent conflict resolution? Her counseling would have been invaluable to the U.S. marshal (Tom Arnold) in an early scene where he attempts to shoot his own van." 3. Both the hot rod Lincoln Continental and the off-road race car belong to Dax Shepard in real life. Also, since the movie was an independent production with no studio supervision, Dax also did his own stunt driving. Most of the cars seen in this film are from Dax Shepard's personal collection. Because of the small budget, many of the cast members did their own stunt driving. Dax Shepard is known to be a car enthusiast. The budget for this film was about $2,000,000. $1,000,000 of that was to secure music rights. 4. Dax Shepard made this movie with a bunch of his friends in the business. This includes his real-life girlfriend Kristen Bell who plays the same role in this film. Bradley Cooper wears Oakley Plaintiff sunglasses throughout the film. Quote: Yul Perrkins a.k.a. Charles Bronson: "Close your eyes and take three deep breaths... This is the only moment you need to be worried about. There's no yesterday. There's no tomorrow. There's just right now. You're not late for anything. You aren't going to miss anything. You're exactly where you're supposed to be. And you're exactly who you're supposed to be. You're absolutely perfect. And whatever happens today is exactly what's supposed to happen. And if you want, I'll spend every moment with you for the rest of your life."
The Artist. 2011 (French), Starring
Jean Dujardin as George Valentin
Bérénice Bejo as Peppy Miller
Uggie as Jack (the dog)
John Goodman as Al Zimmer
James Cromwell as Clifton
Missi Pyle as Constance
Penelope Ann Miller as Doris Valentin
Malcolm McDowell as The Butler
Bitsie Tulloch as Norma
Beth Grant as Peppy's maid
Ed Lauter as Peppy's first chauffeur
Jen Lilley as Onlooker
Nina Siemaszko as Admiring woman
Jewel Shepard as Flapper starlet
Basil Hoffman as Auctioneer
Ben Kurland as Casting assistant
Ken Davitian as Pawnbroker
Bill Fagerbakke as Policeman
Matt Skollar as Peppy's assistant
Jean Dujardin ... George Valentin
Bérénice Bejo ... Peppy Miller
John Goodman ... Al Zimmer
James Cromwell ... Clifton
Penelope Ann Miller ... Doris
Missi Pyle ... Constance
Beth Grant ... Peppy's Maid
Ed Lauter ... Peppy's Butler
Joel Murray ... Policeman Fire
Bitsie Tulloch ... Norma
Ken Davitian ... Pawnbroker
Malcolm McDowell ... The Butler
Basil Hoffman ... Auctioneer
Bill Fagerbakke ... Policeman Tuxedo
Nina Siemaszko ... Admiring Woman (as Nina Siemazko)
Stephen Mendillo ... Set Assistant
Dash Pomerantz ... Peppy's Boyfriend
Beau Nelson ... Peppy's Boyfriend
Alex Holliday ... Guard
Wiley M. Pickett ... Guard (as Wiley Pickett)
Ben Kurland ... Audition Casting Assistant
Katie Nisa ... Audition Dancer
Katie Wallack ... Audition Dancer (as Katie Wallick)
Hal Landon Jr. ... Napoleon
Cleto Augusto ... Set Technician
Sarah Karges ... Laughing Dancer
Sarah Scott ... Laughing Dancer
Maize Olinger ... Shouting Dancer
Ezra Buzzington ... Journalist
Fred Bishop ... Journalist
Stuart Pankin ... Director #1 (Restaurant)
Andy Milder ... Director #2
Bob Glouberman ... Director #3 (Finale)
David Allen Cluck ... Assistant Director (Finale) (as David Cluck)
Kristian Francis Falkenstein ... Actor in 'The Brunette' (as Kristian Falkenstein)
Matt Skollar ... Peppy's Assistant
Annie O'Donnell ... Woman with Policeman
Patrick Mapel ... Assistant with Newspaper
Matthew Albrecht ... Tennis Player
Harvey J. Alperin ... Doctor (as Harvey Alperin)
Lily Knight ... Nurse at Peppy's House
Clement Blake ... Beggar
Tasso Feldman ... Zimmer's Assistant
Christopher Ashe ... Zimmer's Assistant (as Chris Ashe)
Adria Tennor ... Zimmer's Assistant
Cletus Young ... Bartender
J. Mark Donaldson ... Thug #1 (as Mark Donaldson)
Brian J. Williams ... Thug #2 (as Brian Williams)
Andrew Ross Wynn ... Big Dancer (Restaurant)
Jen Lilley ... Onlooker
Brian Chenoweth ... Onlooker
Tim De Zarn ... Soldier (as Tim Dezarn)
Uggie ... The Dog
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Pasquale Cassalia ... Dancer (credit only)
Julie Minasian ... Make-up Artist 1
Rose Murphy ... Herself (archive sound)
Ashley Lane Adams ... Girl at Audition (uncredited)
David Bantly ... Studio Executive (uncredited)
Bill Blair ... Studio Engineer (uncredited)
Teri Bocko ... Laughing Dancer (uncredited)
Joshua Capo ... Clerk (uncredited)
Amanda Chism ... Make-Up Artist (uncredited)
Brendan Connolly ... Studio Executive (uncredited)
Vincent De Paul ... Restaurant Manager (uncredited)
Calvin Dean ... Mr. Sauveur (uncredited)
Mohamed Dione ... African (uncredited)
Matt J. Doyle ... Security Guard (uncredited)
Joseph Falsetti ... Camera Operator (uncredited)
Josephine Ganner ... 1930's Studio Actress (uncredited)
Kevin Michael Hoffman ... Peppy's Dance Partner (uncredited)
Victor Holstein ... Grip (uncredited)
Jennifer Ingrum ... Charleston Dancer (uncredited)
Robert Kestler ... Scientist #1 (uncredited)
Kevin Ketcham ... Film Crew Member (uncredited)
Devon Marie King ... Laughing Dancer (uncredited)
Patrick Krull ... Film Clapper #4 / Dancer (uncredited)
Michael Laren ... Michel (uncredited)
Jillana Laufer ... Silent Film Star (uncredited)
Sonya Macari ... Autograph Girl (uncredited)
Josh Margulies ... Film Clapper #1 (uncredited)
Rene Napoli ... Studio Executive (uncredited)
Niko Novick ... Producer (uncredited)
Philip Ongert ... Set Costumer - Finale (uncredited)
Geoff Pilkington ... Sound Technician (uncredited)
Jamie Preston ... Engineer (uncredited)
Randee Reicher ... Make-up Artist 2 (uncredited)
Andrew Schlessinger ... 1920s Lighting Technician (uncredited)
Frank Scozzari ... Man in Restaurant (uncredited)
Jewel Shepard ... Flapper Starlet (uncredited)
John H. Tobin ... Violinist in Ballroom (uncredited)
Josh Woodle ... Man in Bed with Peppy (uncredited)
Brad Everett Young ... Uncontrollable Patient. Movie Central, August 3, 2013. Soundtrack: "Estancia OP.8
(Alberto Ginastera))
Conducted by Ernst van Tiel (as Ernst Van Tiel)
Performed by Brussels Philharmonic (as Brussels Philharmonic - The Orchestra of Flanders)
©Boosey & Hawkes c/o Editions Durand/Universal
(p) 2011 La Petite Reine
Courtesy of Universal Music Vision
Jubilee Stomp
(Duke Ellington [as Edward Ellington])
©Gotham Music Service, Inc. c/o Salabert/Universal
Performed by Duke Ellington
(p) Originally released 1928 Sony Music Entertainment
Courtesy of Universal Music Vision & Sony Music Entertainment France
Imagination
(Linvingston)
©1927 EMI Catalogue Partnership, EMI Robbins Catalog Inc
Performed by Red Nichols and His Five Pennies (as Red Nichols & His Five Pennies)
(p) 1928 The Verbe Music Group c/o Universal
Couresty of Universal Music Vision & EMI Catalogue
Pennies From Heaven
Texte by Johnny Burke, Music by Arthur Johnston
©Chappell & Co. - 1936
Courtesy of Warner Chappell Music France
Love Scene
(Bernard Herrmann)
Conducted by Elmer Bernstein, Performed by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (as The Royal Philarmonic Orchestra)
©Sony/ATV Harmony (cat. Famous)
(p) & (c) 1992 MILAN Entertainment, Inc.
Courtesy of Sony/ATV Music Publishing France & Milan Entertainment, Inc.
Dirty Tap Dancing
(Ludovic Bource)
(p)2011 Strictly Confidential
Courtesy of Strictly Confidential Belgium.
Trivia: It is a French romantic comedy-drama film in the style of a black-and-white silent film. The film was written and directed by Michel Hazanavicius and stars Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo.[11] The story takes place in Hollywood, between 1927 and 1932, and focuses on the relationship of an older silent film star and a rising young actress as silent cinema falls out of fashion and is replaced by the "talkies".
The Artist received strongly positive reviews from critics and won many accolades. Dujardin won the Best Actor Award at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, where the film premiered. The film was nominated for six Golden Globes, the most of any 2011 film, and won three: Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Best Original Score, and Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Dujardin. In January 2012, the film was nominated for twelve BAFTAs, also the most of any film from 2011, and won seven, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Hazanavicius, and Best Actor for Dujardin.
It was nominated for ten Academy Awards and won five,[13] including Best Picture, Best Director for Hazanavicius, and Best Actor for Dujardin, who was the first French actor ever to win for Best Actor. It was the first French film to ever win Best Picture, and the first mainly silent film to win since 1927's Wings won at the 1st Academy Awards in 1929. It was also the first film presented in the 4:3 aspect ratio to win since 1955's Marty. Additionally, it was the first black-and-white film to win since 1993's Schindler's List, though that film contained limited colour sequences; it was the first 100% black-and-white film to win since 1960's The Apartment.
In France, it was nominated for ten César Awards,[15] winning six, including Best Film, Best Director for Hazanavicius and Best Actress for Bejo. The Artist became the most awarded French film in history.
The role of Jack the dog was actually played by three matching Jack Russell Terriers: Uggie; Dash; and Dude, although The lead dog Uggie did the majority of scenes. All three dogs were colored before the filming began, made to look more alike.
Peppy's house in the film is the house which Mary Pickford lived in before marrying Douglas Fairbanks and moving into the legendary Pickfair mansion (which was torn down in the late 1980s), and the bed where George Valentin wakes up is Mary Pickford's bed. In the briefly-visible dining room, you can also see an English Sheridan dining room table-and-chair set that belonged to Pickford, and the lace tablecloth also belonged to her.
In solitude, George views a reel from one of his silent swashbucklers through a film projector centered within his apartment. The film is in fact a genuine silent film, The Mark of Zorro, which established its star, Douglas Fairbanks, as a real life silent era action hero and matinée idol, the kind George Valentin is portrayed as being within the film. The scene from Zorro is altered, however, substituting actor Jean Dujardin as George for Fairbanks for the close-up shots.
The first mostly silent feature film given a major theatrical release since Mel Brooks's Silent Movie in 1976.
The first spoken word of the film is 'Cut' whilst the final spoken word is 'Action'.
Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo) does not have an audible spoken line - despite being the talking movie star.
All the dancing sequences were performed by the actors themselves through heavy rehearsals.
Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo rehearsed the climactic dance sequence for five months, practicing almost every day in the same studio that Debbie Reynolds and Gene Kelly used to rehearse for Singin' in the Rain. "It was really hard," remembers Bejo, "and even now when I look at the movie I can't believe how fast we're doing it. Sometimes it's like my feet still hurt."
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The roadster that George Valentin drives in the movie-within-a-movie shown at the start of the film is modern reproduction of a 1920s Bugatti Type 35. In the mid-2000s original Type 35 Bugatti Grand Prix racers were valued at $500,000 to $3.5 million, depending on their originality and condition.
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There is not a single 'zoom shot' in the entire movie because Zoom technology did not exist in the movie's time period.
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On BAFTA 2012 Red Carpet, Jean Dujardin said in an interview that the movie was shot in just 35 days.
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The movie was originally shot in color, then converted to black and white.
The Artist is the first film to win Best Picture at both the Independent Spirit Awards and the Academy Awards since Platoon in 1986.
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Michel Hazanavicius wrote a complete escape scenario for the film-within-a-film, "A Russian Affair", in the film's screenplay.
This film is the tenth black-and-white film to be nominated for the Best Cinematography Academy Award since the discontinuance of the Best Cinematography (black-and-white) Oscar category in 1967. The nine other films were In Cold Blood, The Last Picture Show, Lenny, Raging Bull, Zelig, The Man Who Wasn't There, Good Night, and Good Luck., The White Ribbon and Schindler's List, the latter being the only one that has won it.
First ever Academy Award Best Picture Oscar winner which was solely produced by a non-English-speaking country. The film was predominantly financed by France with some money coming from Belgium.
According to the DVD, "The Artist" was completely filmed in Hollywood.
In order to include the old "Hollywoodland" sign in several shots, it was necessary to use special visual effects, since the "land" portion of that sign has been gone since 1949 when the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce contracted with the City of Los Angeles to repair and rebuild the sign which had fallen into a state of deterioration. The contract stipulated that "LAND" be removed so as to spell just "Hollywood," reflecting on the section of the city, and not the original housing development of "Hollywoodland."
The character of George Valentin is based on two silent movie stars, Douglas Fairbanks and John Gilbert. Both actors starred in silent movie swashbucklers, and both saw their careers decline with the introduction of sound films. (In Gilbert's case, his "squeaky voice" is often rumored to have caused his decline in the "talkies." But in fact, his clashes with studio head Louis B. Mayer were more to blame.) Both Gilbert and Fairbanks starred in occasional sound films, but never achieved the success that they had known in the silent era. Gilbert died of alcoholism in 1938, at the age of 36, and Fairbanks died of a heart attack (brought on by incessant smoking) in 1939 at age 56.
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The scene where Peppy Miller wraps herself in George Valentin's coat is an homage to the scene in the silent film 7th Heaven, where Janet Gaynor wraps herself in Charles Farrell's coat.
Both Peppy's and Valentin's new films are set to open on Oct. 25, 1929. Before Opening Night, Valentin gets the newspaper regarding the Stock Market Crash of 1929 in which he states that he will be fine financially as long as his film is a hit. This is sometimes regarded as a mistake, but Black Thursday was Oct. 24, 1929, the day before the films opened.
Back page of Variety is full-page ad for Coca-Cola; ads in this trade paper were always for show biz-related concerns (studios, stars, agencies, upcoming productions) but never for traditional consumer products like soft drinks, cigarettes, cars, etc.
Quotes: 1. George Valentin: [first lines, heard in one of his films] I won't talk! I won't say a word! 2. George Valentin: With pleasure. 3. George Valentin: [talking about Uggie] If only he could talk.
Anachronisms: 1. When a poster is shown of new talents of the sound era in 1929, actress Lucille Ricksen is among those listed. Ricksen was in fact a silent screen actress who died in 1925.
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The number of George's house is painted on the curb in front. Los Angeles did not begin this practice until decades later.
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The phonograph used is a Guild "Graphanola" - a hi-fi made to look like an outside horn machine. These were built in the mid 1950's when Hi-fi was the newest sound technology, almost 30 years after when this movie is set. A non-electric inside horn machine like a Victrola would have been more than likely used in the late 1920's, as outside horn machines were outdated by then.
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In the film within a film at the beginning, the characters escape in an airplane called a Ryan ST. This plane was not built until 1934, well after the film is set.
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In all of the films screened, the THE END title dissolves onto the screen, either over the action or as a separate card. This practice did not begin until the early 1940s; prior to that, all films simply faded to black, then faded in on the end title (the only exceptions being gags, such as a character walking onscreen holding a sign reading THE END).
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In the filming for the start of the sound era, a noisy "unblimped" motion picture camera is shown doing the shooting. Early sound movies would have used either an enclosing thick metal "blimp" to mute the camera noise, or a noise-deadening booth containing both camera and cameraman.
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Peppy's chauffeur driven car appears to be a 1937 or 1938 Cadillac Convertible Sedan with its 'Goddess of Speed' hood ornament, which did not exist at the time the movie takes place.
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While autographing photos for George, Clifton uses what appears to be a Parker Streamlined Vacumatic fountain pen which did not exist until 1937. Other pens used in the movie appear to be European pens from the 1940s.
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In the early part of the film an issue of Variety is shown, with the front page covered with photos. Photos were allowed in Variety only in advertising copy. After 1920, it was an important style point of Variety that the publication never used photos on the front cover. They re-introduced photos as late as 1988, when the Silverman family sold Variety to Cahners.
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George's chauffeur driven car is a Lincoln supposedly from 1929. It is actually a later model, most likely a 1932.
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"Pennies from Heaven" by Arthur Johnston and Johnny Burke was first introduced in the movie of the same name in 1936.
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Women's fashions changed a great deal from 1927 to 1932; however, Peppy's wardrobe appears to remain in 1927. By 1932, hems were mid-calf and waistlines were at the natural waist.
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(at around 1 min) The 1950s-era record changer is shown "playing" a 1930s-era 78rpm disc, but rotating at only 45rpm - a speed developed for use with the 7-inch vinyl disc format which would not be introduced until 1949.
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When George meets Peppy for the first time he is surrounded by reporters and photographers. One reporter has the typical "PRESS" card stuck in his hat brim, but the typeface is Helvetica, not introduced until 1958.
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When Valintin destroys his film prints he opens can after can of film and takes out reels of film. The reels have rolled edges and are the type manufactured by Goldberg Bros. or Tayloreel Co. in the late 1940's at the earliest. In the thirties film reels did not have rolled edges and a projectionist could burn or cut his hand if he tried to stop a rapidly spinning reel. Most reels were of a spoked design having 4, 5 or 6 "arms" or spokes. A few reels were manufactured with circular holes but they usually had 6, not 5 holes. Further, the film cans he empties are "raw stock" cans, designed to hold film "off reel". The additional thickness of the metal reel would not allow the lid of the can to close making that type of can useless for mounted prints. Films on reels would always be kept in fireproof rectangular metal shipping cases. However, the public recognizes film "cans" better than shipping cases, which is probably why they used them in this scene.
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The pistol George takes out of the box is a Smith and Wesson model 36 "Chief's Special." The model 36 was not produced until 1950.
The Man with the Iron Fists. 2012, Starring
RZA as Blacksmith / The Man with the Iron Fists:
An emancipated slave from America who becomes the blacksmith of Jungle Village. He channels an ancient energy to turn himself into a living weapon.[3][7] His name is Thaddeus Henry Smith.[8] RZA wrote the role specifically for himself,[9] and trained in Hung Ga for 1–2 hours a day over 2 months in preparation.[10]
Rick Yune as Zen-Yi, The X-Blade:
The son of the murdered Lion Clan leader who goes to Jungle Village to avenge his father's death.[11] RZA said that he had Yune in mind for the role before the script had been completed.[12][10]
Russell Crowe as Jack Knife:
An opium-addicted British soldier named after his signature weapon. The character was partly inspired by RZA's late cousin Ol' Dirty Bastard.[13][14] Crowe based his performance on Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry (1971) and The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976).[15] Crowe agreed to join the cast because of his previous working relationship with RZA.[16][17] Crowe was only able to spend 10 days filming his scenes.[18]
Lucy Liu as Madam Blossom:
The owner of the Pink Blossom brothel, whom Liu described as the queen of the village.[16][19][20] Liu wanted to emphasize Blossom's strength against all the male fighters and convinced RZA to give the character a fight sequence with Cung Le's Bronze Lion.[20]
David Bautista as Brass Body:
A mercenary capable of turning his body to metal, making him invulnerable.[13] Bautista described the character as a "good guy" who "made a lot of bad choices in his life. he doesn’t really understand the difference between right and wrong."[17] RZA auditioned Bautista for the role after seeing him "moving as fast as lightning" during a stick-fighting training video.[10]
Jamie Chung as Lady Silk:
A prostitute in the Pink Blossom and the blacksmith's girlfriend.[7]
Cung Le as Bronze Lion:
A member of the Lion Clan. Le came to RZA's attention following his 2008 mixed martial arts fight against Frank Shamrock.[10] Bronze Lion's fighting style incorporates elements of Tiger Kung-Fu and Le's own training in kicks and scissor kicks.[21]
Byron Mann as Silver Lion:
The leader of the Lion Clan after he kills the previous leader.[11] Mann was initially cast for a smaller role but after his successful audition, he was given the bigger role of Silver Lion.[10]
The cast also includes Pam Grier as the blacksmith's mother Jane,[22][23] MC Jin as Zen-Yi's ally Chan, Daniel Wu as Poison Dagger,[24][1] and Andrew Lin and Grace Huang as The Geminis.[11][25] Co-writer Eli Roth appears in a cameo.[22] Several veteran martial arts actors—including[26] Chen Kuan-tai as Golden Lion,[18] Bryan Leung as Hyena Chief,[27] Telly Liu as Iron Lion, Xue Jing Yao as Copper Lion, Zhu Zhu as Zen-Yi's fiancee Chi Chi, Terence Yin as the Governor, and Gordon Liu as The Abbot[28]—appeared in the film. Liu's role was written for RZA's Shaolin teacher Shi Yan Ming, but Ming could not obtain permission to return to China for filming.
RZA ... Blacksmith
Rick Yune ... Zen Yi/ The X-Blade
Russell Crowe ... Jack Knife
Lucy Liu ... Madam Blossom
Dave Bautista ... Brass Body
Jamie Chung ... Lady Silk
Cung Le ... Bronze Lion
Byron Mann ... Silver Lion
Daniel Wu ... Poison Dagger
Zhu Zhu ... Chi Chi;
Wu Chi Monks:
Chia Hui Liu (as Gordon Liu) as Abbott
Andrew Ng ... Senior Monk;
Lion Clan:
Chen Kuan Tai ... Gold Lion
Yoyao Hsueh ... Copper Lion (as Xue Jing Yao)
Telly Liu ... Iron Lion
Dong Wen-Jun ... White Lion
Zhan De Re ... Lion Clan Messenger
Lu Kai ... Lion Clan Servant
Jin Auyeung (as MC Jin) as Chan;
Hyena Clan:
Ka Yan Leung ... Hyena Chief
Liu ChangJiang ... Grey Hyena
Brian Yang ... Blue Hyena
Hu Mingwu ... Yellow Hyena
Masanobu Otsuka ... Red Hyena;
Gemini Clan:
Grace Huang ... Gemini Female
Andrew Lin ... Gemini Male;
Wolf Clan:
Ren Luomin ... Wolf Clan Leader
Eli Roth ... Wolf Clan #2;
Rodent Clan:
Darren Scott ... Rodent Chief;
Jackal Clan:
Jia Hong ... Jackal Captain
Liu Yindi ... Jackal Lieutenant;
Black Widows:
Didi Qian ... Lady Tagmata
Lu Wei ... Crazy Hippo's Widow
Yuchen Du ... Jack Knife's Widow #1
Betty Zhou ... Jack Knife's Widow #2;
Plantation:
Pam Grier ... Jane
Jon T. Benn ... Master John (as Jon Benn)
Jake Garber ... Jake
Beau van Erven Dorens ... Bo;
People of Jungle Village:
Dennis Chan as Dragon Innkeeper, Osric Chau as Blacksmith's Assistant, Zhou Gang as Crazy Hippo, Celina Jade as Dragon Inn Singer, Isabella Qian as Urchin Girl, Lian Shuliang as Rodent Innkeeper and Terence Yin as Governor; Loop Groop: Georgia Simon, Vic Chao, Alexandre Chen, China Chen, Anthony Chen, Karen Huie, Kassi King, Jim Lau, Joyce Liu-Contryman, Sharline M. Liu, Elizabeth Pan, Tony Shu, Skip Stellrecht, Celine Tien, Ian Tien, Tina Tong, Angelica Wu, Ping Wu and Michael Zhang; and Mary Christina Brown as Jasmine. Movie Central, August 4, 2013. Soundtrack: "Shame On A Nigga" - Written by Ghostface Killah, RZA, The GZA, U-God, Inspectah Deck, Russell T. Jones, Method Man and Raekwon, Performed by Wu Tang Clan; "Go Hard" - Written by RZA, Wiz Khalifa and Howard Drossin
Performed by RZA and Wiz Khalifa
I Forgot To Be Your Lover
Written by William Bell and Booker T. Jones
Performed by The Mad Lads
Ike's Mood
Written by Isaac Hayes III
Performed by Isaac Hayes III
Unpredictable
Written by RZA, Shavo Odadjian, John Frusciante, Inspectah Deck, and Charles Woods
Performed by Wu Tang Clan
Poverty's Paradise
Written by Dale Warren
Performed by 24-Carat Black
White Dress
Written by Kanye West, RZA, Homer Banks, Carl Hampton, and Raymond Jackson
Performed by Kanye West and RZA
Green Is The Mountain
Written by Che Chang
Performed by Frances Yip
Foregrow
Written by John Frusciante
Performed by John Frusciante
Qian Zui Yi Sheng
Written by Lowell Lo, and Susan Tang
Performed by Sally Yeh
Your Good Thing Is About To End
Written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter
Performed by Mable John
Black Widow March (Aurora's Theme)
Written by Atli Örvarsson, RZA and Howard Drossin
Performed by Thórhildur Örvarsdóttir
Hell Hath No Fury
Written by RZA, Howard Drossin, Frank Jero, James Dewes, Mikey Way,Ray Toro and Gerard Way
Performed by Frank Jero, James Dewes, Mikey Way,Ray Toro and Gerard Way
The Baddest Man Alive
Written by Daniel Q. Auerbach, Patrick J. Carney, RZA
Performed by RZA and The Black Keys.
Storyline: On the hunt for a fabled treasure of gold, a band of warriors, assassins, and a rogue British soldier descend upon a village in feudal China, where a humble blacksmith looks to defend himself and his fellow villagers.
Trivia: It is an American martial arts film directed by RZA and written by RZA and Eli Roth. The film stars RZA, Russell Crowe, Cung Le, Lucy Liu, Byron Mann, Rick Yune, David Bautista, and Jamie Chung. Set in 19th century China, the story follows a series of lone warriors who are forced to unite to defeat a common foe and save their home of Jungle Village.
Development began in 2005 when RZA shared his idea for the film with Roth. After nearly two years of development, Roth and RZA secured financial backing in May 2010. Filming began in December 2010 on a $20 million budget and concluded by March 2011. The film was shot in Shanghai and at other locations in China. RZA and Howard Drossin composed the film's musical score, and RZA developed its soundtrack, which featured several new songs by various artists. A series of concerts featuring music from the soundtrack were held to promote the film.
The film was released in North America on November 2, 2012. Critics were divided over the film's homage to martial arts films, considering it well-choreographed and representative of the genre, but offering nothing original, and the direction was criticized for a lack of refinement. The performances of Crowe and Mann were well received. The film earned over $20 million at the box office.
Principal photography took place over approximately 10 weeks on a $20 million budget.[4] Filming began in China in December 2010 in locations including the city of Shanghai and Hengdian World Studios, and continued until March 2011.
The first cut of the film was four hours long. RZA suggested splitting it into two films, but producer Eli Roth disagreed, and it was ultimately cut down to approximately 90 minutes.
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RZA and Eli Roth worked on the screenplay together over two years, talking through every aspect of the story, down to the detail of every weapon.
WILHELM SCREAM: As Thaddeus throws a man from the balcony.
Quote: Jackknife: "I came here for the duck." Anachronism: In the beginning of the film a few modern buildings can be seen in the horizon.
Frankenweenie. 2012 (3D stop motion animated comedy-horror), Starring
Charlie Tahan as Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who brings his dog (and best friend) Sparky back to life.
Martin Short as Edward Frankenstein, Victor's father / Nassor, Toshiaki's partner and Victor's other rival-like former enemy, who has a flat head inspired by Frankenstein's monster and whose voice and face resemble that of Boris Karloff / Mr. Bergermeister, the grumpy Mayor of New Holland, the Frankensteins' next-door neighbor and Elsa's uncle;[9] a homage to the villainous Burgermeister Meisterburger from the Rankin/Bass film Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town.[10]
Catherine O'Hara as Susan Frankenstein, Victor's mother / Gym Teacher, an unnamed teacher who replaced Mr. Rzykruski / Weird Girl, an eccentric girl who is one of Victor's classmates and obsessed with the psychic predictions of her cat, Mr. Whiskers[9]
Martin Landau as Mr. Rzykruski, the eccentric but wise science teacher at Victor's school who speaks in a thick Eastern European accent. His teachings inspire Victor's effort to resurrect Sparky, and he acts as a mentor to Victor.[9] The character was inspired by Burton's childhood icon, Vincent Price.[11]
Winona Ryder as Elsa van Helsing, a kind next-door neighbor, and one of Victor's classmates.[9]
Frank Welker as Sparky, Sea Creatures
Atticus Shaffer as Edgar "E" Gore, a hunch-backed child (inspired by Igor) and one of Victor's classmates. He's the first to know of Victor's success in bringing Sparky back to life.[12]
Robert Capron as Bob, an obese boy who is one of Victor's classmates.[13]
Conchata Ferrell as Bob's mother, an obese and stereotypical suburban housewife who dotes upon her son. She believes in the status quo, and that her misguided actions are in Bob's best interest.[13]
James Hiroyuki Liao as Toshiaki, Victor's rival-like former enemy and one of his classmates.[14]
Tom Kenny as Fire Chief / Soldier / Townsfolk[15]
Christopher Lee as Dracula (in stock footage from Horror of Dracula).
Catherine O'Hara ... Mrs. Frankenstein / Weird Girl / Gym Teacher (voice)
Martin Short ... Mr. Frankenstein / Mr. Burgemeister / Nassor (voice)
Martin Landau ... Mr. Rzykruski (voice)
Charlie Tahan ... Victor Frankenstein (voice)
Atticus Shaffer ... Edgar 'E' Gore (voice)
Winona Ryder ... Elsa Van Helsing (voice)
Robert Capron ... Bob (voice)
James Hiroyuki Liao ... Toshiaki (voice)
Conchata Ferrell ... Bob's Mom (voice)
Tom Kenny ... New Holland Townsfolk (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dee Bradley Baker ... Persephone van Helsing / Shelly / Were-Rat / Colossus / Mr. Whiskers / Driver (voice) (uncredited)
Jeff Bennett ... Giant Sea Monkeys (voice) (uncredited)
Christopher Lee ... Movie Dracula (archive footage) (uncredited)
Melissa Stribling ... Movie Mina (archive footage) (uncredited)
Frank Welker ... Sparky Frankenstein (voice). Movie Central, August 4, 2013. Soundtrack: "Six Powerful Cues (a)
Written by Wilfred William Burns
Courtesy of APM Music
Death of the Alien 1
Written by Harry Bluestone and Emil Cadkin
Courtesy of APM Music
Savage Episode
Written by Lee Stevens
Courtesy of APM Music
Green Peppers
Written by Sol Lake
Performed by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Courtesy of Almo Properties, LLC
Elsa's Song
Performed by Winona Ryder
Lyrics by John August and Danny Elfman
Music by Danny Elfman
Folkloric
Written by Alfred Kluten
Courtesy of APM Music
Carousel
Written and Performed by Craig Austin
Courtesy of Sound Design
Strange Love
Written by Karen O (as Karen Orzolek)
Produced by J.G. Thirlwell (as Jim Thirlwell)
Performed by Karen O
Courtesy of Polydor Records,
a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd (UK)/Interscope Records (North America)
Elsa's Song
Written by Danny Elfman
Performed by Winona Ryder.
Trivia: It is an American 3D stop motion animated comedy-horror family film directed by Tim Burton.[3] It is a remake of Burton's 1984 short film of the same name and is a parody of and an homage to the 1931 film Frankenstein based on Mary Shelley's book of the same name. The voice cast includes four actors who worked with Burton on previous films: Winona Ryder (Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands); Catherine O'Hara (Beetlejuice and The Nightmare Before Christmas); Martin Short (Mars Attacks!); and Martin Landau (Ed Wood and Sleepy Hollow).
Frankenweenie is in black and white. It is also the fourth stop-motion film produced by Burton and the first of those four that is not a musical. In the film, a boy named Victor loses his dog, named Sparky, and uses the power of science to resurrect him.
Frankenweenie, the first black-and-white feature film and the first stop-motion film to be released in IMAX 3D,[4] was released by Walt Disney Pictures on October 5, 2012 and met with positive reviews and moderate box office sales. The film won the Saturn Award for Best Animated Film and was nominated for an Academy Award; a Golden Globe; a BAFTA; and an Annie Award for Best Film in each respective animated category.
A turtle named "Shelley" is buried in the pet cemetery. Mary Shelley wrote "Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus," the novel on which this film is loosely based.
Nassor is strongly similar in appearance and speech to original 1931 Frankenstein's monster while his hamster is a Mummy. Both Frankenstein and The Mummy where played by the actor Boris Karloff.
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The towns name, New Holland was once the name of the island continent of Australia from the mid 1600s till the 1800s. It was named by the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman after whom the Australian island state Tasmania was named.
Mr. Rzykruski looks a lot like Vincent Price, an actor by whose films Tim Burton was influenced.
One of Tim Burton's regular actors, Christopher Lee, did not take part in this film, but archive footage of him in Horror of Dracula is watched by Victor's parents on television.
While Tim Burton based the town of New Holland on a similar town in which he grew up outside Burbank, California, Disney officially chose New Holland, Pennsylvania as the town where the film takes place. After the principal of New Holland Elementary School (also the name of the school in the film) contacted Burton and the film's producers about the fictional town's similarities to New Holland, PA, Disney representatives brought movie segments and promotional materials to the school. Disney representatives also brought a parade float to New Holland's fall festival. New Holland, PA is also known for its Pennsylvania Dutch background and holds a fall festival similar to the "Dutch Day" in the film.
Quote: Mr. Frankenstein: "Sometimes adults don't know what they're talking about."
Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery. 1997 (documentary), Starring
Hal Holbrook - Narrator
Sam Waterston - Thomas Jefferson (Waterson also played Jefferson in Burns' Thomas Jefferson film)
Adam Arkin - Meriwether Lewis
Murphy Guyer - William Clark
Matthew Broderick - John Ordway
Kevin Conway - Patrick Gass
Gene Jones - Joseph Whitehouse
Tantoo Cardinal - Indian Woman Voice
As themselves: Dayton Duncan, Stephen Ambrose.
Adam Arkin ... Merriwether Lewis (voice)
Hal Holbrook ... Narrator (voice)
Murphy Guyer ... William Clark (voice)
Sam Waterston ... Thomas Jefferson (voice)
Matthew Broderick ... John Ordway (voice)
Kevin Conway ... Patrick Gass (voice)
Gene Jones ... Joseph Whitehouse (voice)
Tantoo Cardinal ... (voice)
Tim Clark ... (voice)
Ken Little Hawk ... (voice)
John Trudell ... (voice)
Daniel von Bargen ... (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Logan Allen ... Himself (geographer)
Stephen Ambrose ... Himself (historian) (as Stephen E. Ambrose)
Gerard Baker ... Himself (Mandan-Hidatsa)
Dayton Duncan ... Himself (writer)
Erica Funkhouser ... Herself (writer)
William Least Heat-Moon ... Himself (writer)
Mylie Lawyer ... Herself (descendant of Twisted Hair)
James P. Ronda ... Himself (historian). PBS, August 5, 2013, with Connie Luther. Soundtrack: "Heart Of The Heartland" - Written and Performed by Peter Ostroushko; "Buffalo Hump" -
Written and Performed by Skip Gorman
Courtesy of Rounder Records; "When Summer Ends" - Performed by Silly Wizard; "Cheyenne Eyes" - Written and Performed by Gary Stroutsos, Epamindondos Trimis and Joseph Fire Crow, From "Winds of Honour"; "Along The River" - Performed by Gary Stroutsos, From "Winds of Honour"; "Woman Comes First" - Written and Performed by Joseph Fire Crow, From "Fire Crow"; "Song Of Departure", From "Spirit Of Song"; "Original Grass Song" - Performed by Mandaree Singers; "Simple Majesty" - Written and Performed by Bobby Horton; "Brown Adam The Smith" - Arranged and Performed by Bobby Horton; "Sacagawea's Lullaby" - Written by Emmy Duncan.
Storyline: This film documents the exploration expedition led by Meriwether Lewis William Clark into the interior of North America in the early 19th century. We follow the Corps of Discovery as they winded their way across the unknown territory gained in the Louisana Purchase by the United States in their futile search for the legendary Northwest Passage. Along the way, they discovered wonderous new things as they depended on the aid of Native Americans like their adept guide, Sacagawea, as they conducted the most important exploration mission in American history.
Trivia: It is a documentary film directed by Ken Burns. Its subject is the Lewis and Clark Expedition. This VHS was on December 9, 1997.
Pacific Rim. 2013, Starring Charlie Hunnam as Raleigh Becket,
Diego Klattenhoff ... Yancy Becket
Idris Elba ... Stacker Pentecost
Rinko Kikuchi ... Mako Mori
Charlie Day ... Dr. Newton Geiszler
Burn Gorman ... Gottlieb
Max Martini ... Herc Hansen
Robert Kazinsky ... Chuck Hansen
Clifton Collins Jr. ... Ops Tendo Choi
Ron Perlman ... Hannibal Chau
Brad William Henke ... Construction Foreman
Larry Joe Campbell ... Construction Worker
Mana Ashida ... Young Mako
Santiago Segura ... Wizened Man
Joe Pingue ... Captain Merrit
Milton Barnes ... McTighe
Brian Frank ... 1st Officer
Ellen McLain ... Gipsy Danger AI (voice)
David Fox ... Old Man on Beach
Jake Goodman ... Child
Robin Thomas ... American UN Representative
Julian Barnes ... British UN Representative
David Richmond-Peck ... Canadian UN Representative
Charles Luu ... Wei Tang Triplet
Lance Luu ... Wei Tang Triplet
Mark Luu ... Wei Tang Triplet
Robert Maillet ... Lt. S. Kaidanovsky
Heather Doerksen ... Lt. A. Kaidanovsky
Joshua Peace ... Officer
Sebastian Pigott ... Engineer
Victoria Marie ... Chinese Girl in Anti-Kaiju Refugee
Roger Wong ... Man in Anti-Kaiju Refugee
J.C. Kenny ... TV Reporter
Jane Watson ... Raleigh and Yancy's Mom
Robert Morse ... Raleigh and Yancy's Dad
Paul Michael Wyers ... Young Raleigh (as Paul Wyers)
Tyler Stevenson ... Young Yancy
Mike Chute ... Saltchuck Crew
Duncan McLeod ... Saltchuck Crew
Louis Paquette ... Saltchuck Crew
Matthew G. Taylor ... UN Representative
Terry Belleville ... UN Representative
Frank Nakashima ... UN Representative
Farzad Sadrian ... UN Representative
Mishu Vellani ... UN Representative
Clive Walton ... UN Representative
Peter Kosaka ... Young Mako's Father
Yiren Stark ... Young Mako's Mother
Hubert Tran ... Asian Boy
Trek Buccino ... Young Newt
Drew Adkins ... Young Gottlieb
Kelvin Lum ... Hannibal Chau Thug
Soo David Chum Ling ... Hannibal Chau Thug
Randy Lee ... Hannibal Chau Thug
Jung-Yul Kim ... Hannibal Chau Thug
Kaelyn Wong ... Hannibal Chau Thug
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mark Baldesarra ... Construction Worker (uncredited)
Timothy Gibbs ... Marine (uncredited)
Derek Herd ... Construction Worker (uncredited)
Phi Huynh ... Mechanic (uncredited)
Justin Major ... Marine (uncredited)
Sunil Narkar ... Journalist (uncredited)
Don Shirey ... News Anchor (uncredited)
Cindy Sit ... Mechanic (uncredited)
Bonnie Siu ... Locen Tech (uncredited)
Alan Tang ... Cadet #2 (uncredited)
Joe Vercillo ... Marine (uncredited)
Neil Whitely ... UN Rep #8 (uncredited)
Emerson Wong as Cadet #3 and William S. Wong as Engineer. Sunridge Cinemas, August 6, 2013, with Bethany Luther and Connie Luther. Soundtrack: "Just Like Your Tenderness" - Written by Liang Hong Zhi, Executive Produced by Ivy Wang and Mathew D, Performed by Luo Xiaoxuan, Courtesy of R2G Music/Coden Music; "Drift" - Written by Blake Perlman, RZA and Ramin Djawadi, Produced by RZA and Ramin Djawadi, Performed by Blake Perlman featuring RZA.
Trivia: It is an American science fiction film directed by Guillermo del Toro, written by del Toro and Travis Beacham, and starring Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, Robert Kazinsky, Max Martini, and Ron Perlman. The film is set in the 2020s, when Earth is under attack by Kaijus,[note 1] colossal monsters which have emerged from an interdimensional portal on the floor of the Pacific Ocean. To combat the monsters, humanity unites to create the Jaegers: gigantic humanoid mecha, each controlled by two pilots whose minds are joined by a neural bridge. Focusing on the war's later days, the story follows Raleigh Becket, a washed-up Jaeger pilot called out of retirement and teamed with rookie pilot Mako Mori in a last-ditch effort to defeat the Kaijus.
Del Toro envisioned Pacific Rim as an earnest, colorful adventure story, with an "incredibly airy and light feel", in contrast to the "super-brooding, super-dark, cynical summer movie". The director focused on "big, beautiful, sophisticated visuals" and action that would satisfy an adult audience, but has stated his "real hope" is to introduce the kaiju and mecha genres to a generation of children.[6] While the film draws heavily on these genres, it avoids direct references to previous works. Del Toro intended to create something original but "madly in love" with its influences, instilled with "epic beauty" and "operatic grandeur".[7] The end credits dedicate the film to Ray Harryhausen and Ishirō Honda, who helped to establish the monster movie genre with films such as The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms and Godzilla respectively.
The film is produced by Legendary Pictures and distributed by Warner Bros. It was released to generally positive reviews on July 12, 2013 including releases in 3-D and IMAX 3D.
Filming began on November 14, 2011[53] and continued in Toronto into April 2012.
The word kaiju has an identical singular and plural form, i.e. the plural of "kaiju" is still "kaiju". However, the film specifically uses the plural "Kaijus", as does del Toro.
Travis Beacham, the screenwriter, got the idea for the movie while walking along the California coastline on a foggy morning. The shape of the pier looked like a creature rising from the water, and he imagined a large robot waiting on the shore to battle it.
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Guillermo del Toro was inspired by the anime and tokusatsu (special-effects TV series and films) of his youth. He specifically cites Tetsujin nijûhachi-go as a major influence. Despite this, he wanted to avoid referencing other works of fiction in the design of the robots and monsters.
When the Gipsy Danger is fighting the second Kaiju in Hong Kong, it punches through a building and sets off a set of Newton's Balls or Newton's Cradle. The scientist that the Kaiju was chasing is named Dr. Newton Geizler.
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"Jaeger" is the German word for hunter.
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"Kaiju" is a Japanese word that literally translates to 'strange beast.' It is usually used to refer to giant monsters from Japanese science fiction films, such as Godzilla.
During the scene in the alleyway with the little girl, every object on the set was rigged to the same hydraulic system. Whenever the giant monster was to take a step, everything bounced or shook in unison, including the puddles.
Quotes: 1. Stacker Pentecost: One, don't you ever touch me again. Two, don't you ever touch me again. 2. Dr. Newton Geiszler: You're Hannibal Chau? Hannibal Chau: I got the name from my favorite historical figure and my second-favorite Szechuan restaurant in Brooklyn. 3. Stacker Pentecost: Haven't you heard? It's the end of the world. Where would you rather die? Here, or in a Jaeger?
Sinister. 2012 (supernatural horror), Starring
Ethan Hawke as Ellison Oswalt
Juliet Rylance as Tracy Oswalt
Michael Hall D'Addario as Trevor Oswalt
Clare Foley as Ashley Oswalt
Fred Thompson as Sheriff
James Ransone as Deputy
Vincent D'Onofrio as Professor Jonas
Nick King as Bughuul / Mr. Boogie
Victoria Leigh as Stephanie Stevenson / Family Hanging Out Girl
Blake Mizrahi as Christopher Miller / Sleepy Time Boy
Cameron Ocasio as BBQ Boy
Ethan Haberfield as Pool Party Boy
Danielle Kotch as Lawn Work Girl
Ethan Hawke ... Ellison Oswalt
Juliet Rylance ... Tracy
Fred Dalton Thompson ... Sheriff
James Ransone ... Deputy
Michael Hall D'Addario ... Trevor
Clare Foley ... Ashley
Rob Riley ... E.M.T.
Tavis Smiley ... Anchor
Janet Zappala ... Reporter
Victoria Leigh ... Stephanie
Cameron Ocasio ... BBQ Boy
Ethan Haberfield ... Pool Party Boy
Danielle Kotch ... Lawn Work Girl
Blake Mizrahi ... Sleepy Time Boy
Nicholas King ... Bughuul / Mr. Boogie (as Nick King)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lorraine Aceves ... BBQ Mom, Aaron Vexler as Stunt Double - Ellison; Stunt Performers: Heidi Burger, Scott Burik, Chris Colombo, Devin Sanchez and Shawnna Thibodeaw;
Vincent D'Onofrio ... Professor Jonas (uncredited)
Rachel Konstantin ... Mrs. Stevenson. Movie Central, August 8, 2013. Soundtrack: "Fragment #1
Written by Nicholas Triarchos
Performed by Accurst
Courtesy of Red Stream, Inc./Colflesh Records
Fragment #3
Written by Nicholas Triarchos
Performed by Accurst
Courtesy of Red Stream, Inc./Colflesh Records
Fragment #9
Written by Nicholas Triarchos
Performed by Accurst
Courtesy of Red Stream, Inc./Colflesh Records
A Body of Water
Written and Performed by Judgehydrogen
Courtesy of Rising Oculus Recordings
Gyroscope
Written by Michael Sandison and Marcus Sandison
Performed by Boards of Canada
Courtesy of Warp Records Ltd.
Silence Teaches You How to Sing
(Rygg/Sværen/Ylvisaker)
Performed by Ulver
Courtesy of Jester Records, Oslo, Norway
CineTronic Blood
Written and Performed by Daniel Wehr
Courtesy of CineTronic
Sacrifice
Music by Andrea Nébel
Performed by Aghast
Call from the Grave
Music by Andrea Nébel
Performed by Aghast
Blood Swamp
Written and Performed by Sunn O))) and Boris
Courtesy of Southern Lord Recordings
Waking Cthuhlu
Music by Andrea Nébel
Performed by Aghast Manor
Enthral
Music by Andrea Nébel
Performed by Aghast
Sinister Remix (The Rite Of Left)
Written by Daniel Wehr, Frankie Chiansky and Chris Young
Performed by Collage
Courtesy of CineTronic Music.
Trivia: It is a supernatural horror film directed by Scott Derrickson and written by Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill and stars Ethan Hawke. It follows true-crime writer Ellison Oswalt, played by Hawke, as he discovers a box of home movies that puts his family in danger. Ellison finds a box in the attic that contains a projector and several reels of Standard 8 mm footage that are each labeled as innocent home movies. Watching the films, Ellison discovers that they are snuff movies depicting families being murdered in various ways: having their throats slit in bed (Sleepy Time '98), being burnt to death in a car (BBQ '79), being drowned in their pool (Pool Party '66), being run over by a lawn mower (Lawn Work '86), and the hanging that opened the movie (Family Hanging Out '11). Sinister premiered at the SXSW festival, and was released in the United States on October 12, 2012, and in the UK on October 5, 2012.
Screenwriter C. Robert Cargill admitted that the name of Ethan Hawkes' character, Ellison Oswalt, was inspired by author Harlan Ellison and comedian Patton Oswalt.
Filmed on location in Long Island, New York and Surrounding Communities, Town of Oyster Bay, Village of Muttontown, Village of Upper Brookville, Village of Sands Point, Village of Matinecock.
Writer C. Robert Cargill got the idea for the script from a nightmare he had after watching The Ring.
Quote: Ashley: "Don't worry, daddy. I'll make you famous again."
The Master. 2012, Starring
Joaquin Phoenix as Freddie Quell[4]
Philip Seymour Hoffman as Lancaster Dodd[5]
Amy Adams as Peggy Dodd[6]
Ambyr Childers as Elizabeth Dodd, Lancaster's daughter[7]
Jesse Plemons as Val Dodd, Lancaster's son[8]
Rami Malek as Clark, son-in-law of Lancaster Dodd[9]
Laura Dern as Helen Sullivan[10]
Madisen Beaty as Doris Solstad[11]
Lena Endre as Mrs. Solstad[12]
Kevin J. O'Connor as Bill William
Amy Ferguson as Martha the Salesgirl
Joshua Close as Wayne Gregory[13]
Patty McCormack as Mildred Drummond
Fiona Dourif as Dancer[13]
David Warshofsky as Philadelphia Police[10]
Steven Wiig as Philadelphia Follower
W. Earl Brown as Fighting Businessman
Joaquin Phoenix ... Freddie Quell;
VA HOSPITAL:
Price Carson ... V.A. Doctor
Mike Howard ... Rorschach Doctor
Sarah Shoshana David ... V.A. Nurse
Bruce Goodchild ... V.A. Doctor / Interview
Matt Hering ... V.A. Patient
Dan Anderson ... V.A. Patient
Andrew Koponen ... V.A. Patient
Jeffrey W. Jenkins ... V.A. Patient
Patrick Biggs ... V.A. Patient
Ryan Curtis ... V.A. Patient
Jay Laurence ... V.A. Patient
Abraxas Adams ... V.A. Patient;
CAPWELL'S DEPARTMENT STORE:
Tina Bruna ... Portrait Customer
Kevin Hudnell ... Portrait Customer
Hunter Craig ... Portrait Customer
Ryder Craig ... Portrait Customer
Rodion Salnikov ... Portrait Customer
Emily Gilliam ... Portrait Customer
Kody Klein ... Portrait Customer
Amy Ferguson ... Martha the Salesgirl
W. Earl Brown ... Fighting Businessman;
SALINAS CALIFORNIA:
Frank Bettag ... Frank
Ariel Felix ... Filipino Worker
Vladimir Velasco ... Filipino Worker
John Mark Reyes ... Filipino Worker
Brian Fong ... Filipino Worker
Diane Cortejo ... Young Filipino Woman
Leonida A. Bautista ... Nana
Myrna De Dios ... Angry Filipino Woman;
THE BOAT:
Katie Boland ... Young Woman
Philip Seymour Hoffman ... Lancaster Dodd
Amy Adams ... Peggy Dodd
Jesse Plemons ... Val Dodd
Ambyr Childers ... Elizabeth Dodd
Rami Malek ... Clark
Lorelai Hoey ... Baby
Martin Dew ... Norman Conrad
Joshua Close ... Wayne Gregory
Jillian Bell ... Susan Gregory
Kevin J. Walsh ... Cliff Boyd (as Kevin Walsh);
LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS:
Lena Endre ... Mrs. Solstad
Madisen Beaty ... Doris Solstad
William O'Brien ... Hiring Hall (voice);
NEW YORK:
Kevin J. O'Connor ... Bill William
Patty McCormack ... Mildred Drummond
Mimi Cozzens ... Chi Chi Crawford
Zan Overall ... Bartender
Barbara Brownell ... Margaret O'Brien
Brady Rubin ... Michelle Mortimer
Jill Andre ... Beatrice Campbell
Brigitte Hagerman ... New York Party Girl
Charley Morgan ... New York Lawyer
Christopher Evan Welch ... John More;
PHILADELPHIA:
Laura Dern ... Helen Sullivan
Barlow Jacobs ... James Sullivan
Gigi Benson ... Dancer
Liz Clare ... Dancer
Fiona Dourif ... Dancer
Audrey Finer ... Dancer
Rose Fox ... Dancer
Bailey Hopkins ... Dancer
Mari Kearney ... Dancer
Sarah Klaren ... Dancer
Ally Johnson ... Dancer
Brittany Kilcoyne McGregor ... Dancer
LaRain Ring ... Dancer
David Warshofsky ... Philadelphia Police
Kimberly Ables Jindra ... Processing Patient
Theo Crisell ... Jail Bird
Thomas Knickerbocker ... Judge (as Tom Knickerbrocker);
PHOENIX:
Eban Schletter ... Band (Piano)
Scott Rodgers ... Band (Drum)
Melora Walters ... Band (Voice);
ENGLAND:
Emily Jordan ... British Receptionist
Amanda Caryn Jobbins ... British Receptionist
Olivia Rosemarie Barham ... Pub Customer
Napoleon Ryan ... Pub Customer
Jennifer Neala Page ... Winn Manchester;
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mike Alfieri ... Dock Worker (uncredited)
Christine Ames ... Fervent Follower - Phoenix (uncredited)
Robert Amico ... Farm Foreman (uncredited)
James Barbour ... Master's Cadet (uncredited)
Brian Bell ... Follower (uncredited)
Matt Bingham ... U.K. Student (uncredited)
Bill Blair ... Man At the Bar (uncredited)
Denis Boulankine ... NY Driver (uncredited)
Dan Brown ... Navy Buddy (uncredited)
Phillip Caires ... Sailor (uncredited)
Jonathan Carr ... Sailor (uncredited)
Cabran E. Chamberlain ... Ship Worker (uncredited)
Steve Chapman ... Sailor (uncredited)
Scott Christy ... Union Worker (uncredited)
Aaron B.W. Collins ... Hiring Hall Worker (uncredited)
Clint Corley ... Follower (uncredited)
Nick Corvello ... WWII US Navy Veteran (uncredited)
Conner Cousins ... Follower (uncredited)
Zachary Culbertson ... Naval Patient (uncredited)
Thomas Dalby ... Dock Worker (uncredited)
Andy Dale ... Pub Patron (uncredited)
Seth Donavan ... Veteran (uncredited)
Kay Ewing Donato ... Follower (uncredited)
Aaron Farb ... (uncredited)
Sommer Fehmel ... Cause Volunteer (uncredited)
Chanon Finley ... Girl in Back of Car (uncredited)
Jasmine Fletcher ... Follower (uncredited)
Joe Foley ... Phoenix Follower (uncredited)
Shannon Freyer ... Ellen (uncredited)
Martin Gagen ... Follower (uncredited)
Kerry Goodwin ... Phoenix Follower (uncredited)
Olesya Grushko ... Bikini Girl (uncredited)
Jim Gunter ... V.A. Patient (uncredited)
Talaria Haast ... Core Follower (uncredited)
Courtney Howard ... Phoenix Follower (uncredited)
Dale Richard Howard ... Court Observer (uncredited)
Brian Jagger ... New York Dock Greeter (uncredited)
Christina Jo'Leigh ... Capwell's Bridal Consultant (uncredited)
Keenan Johnston ... Bosun's Mate Johnson (uncredited)
Franklin Dennis Jones ... Judge (uncredited)
Veronika Kurshinskaya ... Dancer / Party Guest / Cause Volunteer (uncredited)
Terry Lane ... Hiring Hall Dispatcher (uncredited)
Mark Lavell ... Dockworker (uncredited)
Darren Le Gallo ... Master's Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Paul Loverde ... Follower (uncredited)
Josh Margulies ... Joey (uncredited)
Carl Marino ... NY Dock Worker (uncredited)
Richard Markman ... Party Guest posing for photo w / The Master and wife (uncredited)
Dennis Mattai ... Phoenix Follower (uncredited)
John Mawson ... Phoenix Businessman (uncredited)
Ray Medved ... Dock Worker (uncredited)
Jesse Muick ... Dock Worker (uncredited)
Lourdes Nadres ... Filipino (uncredited)
Rene Napoli ... Shady the Bookie (uncredited)
Stephane Nicoli ... Cult Follower (uncredited)
Andrew Nitzke ... Soldier (uncredited)
Jefferson Nogueira ... Phoenix Follower (uncredited)
Brendan Norman ... Sailor (uncredited)
Montgomery Paulsen ... Dock Worker (uncredited)
David Alan Poe ... Hall Hiree (uncredited)
Allen Pontes ... Boston Dock Worker (uncredited)
Heather Power ... Student (uncredited)
Mike Jerome Putnam ... Lead Department Store Guard (uncredited)
Jeff Rankin ... Dock Worker (uncredited)
Raul Reformina ... Farmer (uncredited)
Jonathan Retamoza-Davila ... US Army Veteran (uncredited)
Linda Revelli ... Follower (uncredited)
Alexandra Tejeda Rieloff ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Mark Roman ... Follower (uncredited)
Vanessa Ross ... USO Girl (uncredited)
Timothy D. Rossi ... Follower (uncredited)
Franklin Ruehl ... Follower (uncredited)
Dylan Saccoccio ... Lancaster Dodd Partisan (uncredited)
Andrew Schlessinger ... Andrew (uncredited)
Joseph R Scott ... Navy Corpsman (uncredited)
Joel Shock ... Master's Cadet (uncredited)
Matthew Skomo ... Navy XO (uncredited)
Adam C Smith ... Follower (uncredited)
Bradley E. Smith ... NY Dock Worker (uncredited)
Jesse Soares ... US Army Veteran (uncredited)
Arne Starr ... Core Follower (uncredited)
Kate Stewart ... Follower (uncredited)
Thomas W. Stewart ... Follower (uncredited)
Kellog Stover ... Follower (uncredited)
Michael A. Templeton ... Follower Dancing (uncredited)
Jude Thomas ... Soldier (uncredited)
John H. Tobin ... Follower (uncredited)
Najarra Townsend ... Sales Girl (uncredited)
Ian Trottier ... New Hire (uncredited)
Darrin Vanderpan ... Hiring Hall Worker (uncredited)
Ken Venzke ... Boston Dock Worker (uncredited)
Leah Verrill ... Stripper (uncredited)
Bryan Westfall ... Follower (uncredited)
Steven Wiig ... Philadelphia Follower. Movie Central, August 16, 2013. Soundtrack: "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me)
Written by Lew Brown, Charles Tobias and Sam H. Stept (as Sam Stept)
Performed by Madisen Beaty;
Dancers in Love
Written and Performed by Duke Ellington
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing;
I'll Go No More A-Rovin'
Traditional, arranged by Justin Goldman and Hal Willner
Performed by Philip Seymour Hoffman;
On a Slow Boat to China
Written by Frank Loesser
Performed by Philip Seymour Hoffman;
Children of the Family
Written and Performed by Eban Schletter;
Celebration Solaire
Written and Performed by Eban Schletter;
No Other Love
Written by Bob Russell and Paul Weston
Performed by Jo Stafford
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Under license from EMI Films & Television Music;
Baton Sparks
from "48 Responses To Polymorphia"
Written by Jonny Greenwood
Performed by The Aukso Chamber Orchestra
Courtesy of Unreliable Ltd.
Get Thee Behind Me Satan
Written by Irving Berlin
Performed by Ella Fitzgerald
Courtesy of The Verve Music Group
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises;
Dahil Sa Iyo
Written by Mike Velarde (as Miguel Velarde Jr.);
Sweet Sue, Just You
Written by Victor Young and Will J. Harris (as Will Harris)
Performed by Noro Morales
Courtesy of RCA Records Label
By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing;
Overtones
Written by Jonny Greenwood
Performed by The Aukso Chamber Orchestra
Courtesy of Unreliable Ltd.;
You Go To My Head
Written by Haven Gillespie and J. Fred Coots
Performed by Larry Clinton and His Orchestra
Courtesy of RCA Records Label
By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing;
Lotus Blossom
Written by Billy Strayhorn
Performed by Duke Ellington
Courtesy of Columbia eRcords
Bt arrangement with Sony Music Licensing;
A-Tisket A-Tasket
Written by Ella Fitzgerald and Van Alexander
Performed by 'Melora Walters' (av);
The Deep Boo Sea
Written by Winston Sharples;
Changing Partners
Written by Larry Coleman Jr. (as Larry Coleman) and Joe Darion
Performed by Helen Forrest
Courtesy of Olden Golden Inc.
Able-Bodied Seamen
(uncredited)
Written by Jonny Greenwood
Performed by London Contemporary Orchestra
Time Hole
(uncredited)
Written by Jonny Greenwood
Performed by London Contemporary Orchestra
Alethia
(uncredited)
Written by Jonny Greenwood
Performed by London Contemporary Orchestra
Atomic Healer
(uncredited)
Written by Jonny Greenwood
Performed by London Contemporary Orchestra
Application 45 Version 1
(uncredited)
Written by Jonny Greenwood
Performed by London Contemporary Orchestra
Sweetness of Freddie
(uncredited)
Written by Jonny Greenwood
Performed by London Contemporary Orchestra.
Storyline: Returning from Navy service in World War II, Freddie Quell drifts through a series of breakdowns. Finally he stumbles upon a cult which engages in exercises to clear emotions and he becomes deeply involved with them.
Trivia: It is an American drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Amy Adams. It tells the story of Freddie Quell (Phoenix), a World War II veteran struggling to adjust to a post-war society who meets Lancaster Dodd (Hoffman), a leader of a religious movement known as "The Cause," who sees something in Quell and accepts him into the movement. Freddie takes a liking to "The Cause" and begins traveling with Dodd along the East Coast to spread the teachings.
It was produced by Annapurna Pictures and Ghoulardi Film Company and distributed by The Weinstein Company. With a budget of $30 million, filming began in June 2011. Cinematography was provided by Mihai Mălaimare, Jr., Jonny Greenwood composed the score, and Leslie Jones and Peter McNulty worked as editors. The film was partly inspired by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, but also used early drafts of There Will Be Blood, stories Jason Robards had told Anderson about his drinking days in the Navy during the war, and the life story of John Steinbeck. The Master was shot almost entirely on 65mm film stock, making it the first feature length fiction film to be shot and released in 70 mm since Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet in 1996.
Initially the film was set up with Universal but fell through due to problems with the scripts and the budget. It was first publicly shown on August 3, 2012, at the American Cinematheque in 70mm and screened in various other cities in the format prior to its official premiere. The film officially premiered on September 1, 2012, at the Venice Film Festival where it won the FIPRESCI Award for Best Film. The Master was released on September 14, 2012, in the United States to critical acclaim. The film received three Academy Award nominations for Best Actor for Phoenix, Best Supporting Actor for Hoffman, and Best Supporting Actress for Adams.
Filming began in early June 2011 in Vallejo and Sacramento.[2][13][27] Shooting took place on Mare Island for a month using the wing of an old hospital and an empty admiral's mansion for some scenes.[4] Franklin Delano Roosevelt's presidential yacht, the USS Potomac, was used for shooting shipboard scenes.[28] In late June 2011 filming took place at Hillside Elementary School in Berkeley.
Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead composed the score for the film.[36][37] This is the second time Greenwood has scored an Anderson film, the first being There Will Be Blood, released in December 2007.
The Rorschach "Ink Blot" cards in the hospital scene with the psychologist are real ones. However, he skips from card I to card IV which violates the very strict rules of Rorschach administration.
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The ship carrying the cult is named "Alethia", the Greek word for "Truth".
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Paul Thomas Anderson initially wanted to put his own children in the film during the early scenes set at the portrait studio, but he decided against it because his mixed-race children did not have a period appropriate look.
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The scene in which Freddie gets ethanol out of the torpedo on the ship is based on a true story told by Jason Robards to Paul Thomas Anderson.
During the jail cell scene, Joaquin Phoenix breaks a real toilet. His actions were entirely improvised. Due to the historical past of the building were the scene took place, the toilet was considered "historical." Joaquin had no intentions to break the toilet, nor did he think it was possible.
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The jail cell scene that is used in the film was the first take of the scene. Three takes were filmed.
According to the editor of the film, Leslie Jones, the hardest part of post-production for the film was the editing of the Window to the Wall sequence.
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The very first line in the film, where Freddie is talking on the beach, was entirely improvised.
After a few days of shooting, Paul Thomas Anderson noticed that Joaquin Phoenix would use the whole space where they were filming, even it it was outside the marks, so he told the lightning crew to have the whole space ready to follow Phoenix with the camera if necessary.
Quotes: 1. Lancaster Dodd: If you figure a way to live without serving a master, any master, then let the rest of us know, will you? For you'd be the first person in the history of the world. 2. Val Dodd: He's making all of this up as he goes along. You don't see that? 3. Lancaster Dodd: Are you unpredictable? [Freddie farts and starts laughing] Lancaster Dodd: Silly. Silly animal. Freddie Quell: I couldn't help it. I'm sorry. Anachronisms: 1. When Freddie is first seen visiting Doris' house, aluminum stick-on numbers are visible in the establishing shot, giving a street number. These numbers didn't' come onto the market until the 1960's- long after the time when the scene takes place. 2. When Freddie is taking portrait photos in the department store he pulls out a Readyload or Quickload sheet from the back of the camera. These film storage technologies weren't developed until well after WW2.
Small Apartments. 2012, Starring
Matt Lucas as Franklin Franklin
James Caan as Mr. Allspice, Franklin's neighbor in 244
Johnny Knoxville as Tommy Balls, the neighbor on the other side, who works at Tag's Liquor
Billy Crystal as Burt Walnut, the fire investigator looking into Mr. Olivetti's death
Juno Temple as Simone, who lives across the way from Franklin
James Marsden as Bernard Franklin, Franklin's brother who lives in a mental hospital
Peter Stormare as Mr. Olivetti, the landlord
David Koechner as Detective O'Grady
DJ Qualls as Artie, night clerk at Tag's Liquor
Rosie Perez as Ms. Baker, nurse at the hospital
Amanda Plummer as Mrs. Ballisteri, Tommy Balls' Mother
Dolph Lundgren as Dr. Sage Mennox
Saffron Burrows as Francine
Rebel Wilson as Rocky, Tommy Balls' girlfriend
Ned Bellamy as Daniel, the EMT
Angela Lindvall as Lisa, the flight attendant
David Warshofsky as Detective McGee
Matt Lucas ... Franklin Franklin
Nugget ... Franklin's Dog
James Caan ... Mr. Allspice
Juno Temple ... Simone
Saffron Burrows ... Francine
Johnny Knoxville ... Tommy Balls
Dolph Lundgren ... Dr. Sage Mennox
Rebel Wilson ... Rocky
James Marsden ... Bernard Franklin
DJ Qualls ... Artie
Peter Stormare ... Mr. Olivetti
Tara Holt ... Amber
Noel Gugliemi ... Dog Walker
David Koechner ... Detective O'Grady
Scott Sheldon ... Officer Smith
David Warshofsky ... Detective Holman
Dennis L.A. White ... Marcus (as Dennis White)
Alex Solowitz ... Sebastian
Amanda Plummer ... Mrs. Ballisteri
Jennifer Echols ... Psych Center Receptionist
Soraya Andrade ... Bookstore Girl
Ned Bellamy ... EMT / Daniel
Angela Lindvall ... Flight Attendant / Lisa
Billy Crystal ... Burt Walnut
Rosie Perez ... Ms. Baker
Jacqueline Guzman Cereceres ... Swiss Girl (uncredited)
Natalie Cohen ... Swiss Miss (uncredited)
Lindsay Musil ... Pretty Girl with cell phone (uncredited)
Chanel Ryan ... Swiss Miss (uncredited)
Elizabeth Schaible ... Autumn (uncredited)
Gary Sievers ... Mental Patient. Movie Central, August 17, 2013. Soundtrack: "Franklin's intro
Written and performed by Per Gessle
I Have A Party in My Head (I Hope it Never Ends)
Written and performed by Per Gessle
Drizzle
Written and performed by Per Gessle
Franklin's theme
Written and performed by Per Gessle
Shopping With Mother
Written and performed by Per Gessle
Burned Out Heart
Written and performed by Per Gessle
Are You an Old Hippie, Sir?
Written and performed by Per Gessle
Making Love or Expecting Rain
Written and performed by Per Gessle
Waltz for Woody
Written and performed by Per Gessle
C'mon
Written and performed by Per Gessle
Week with Four Thursdays
Written and performed by Per Gessle
Something in the System
Written and performed by Per Gessle
Warm. Again
Written and performed by Per Gessle
Speedboat to Cuba
Written and performed by Per Gessle
Late, Later On
Written and performed by Per Gessle
Something Happened Today
Written and performed by Per Gessle
Double-Headed Elvis
Written and performed by Per Gessle
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
Written by Bobby Scott and Bob Russell
Performed by Per Gessle. Songs: "Hotel Splendide"; "Wanna Be Famous"; "Romany Rad"; "Finale Bling"; "No Place Like Home"; "Killer Carlin".
Trivia: It is an American comedy film directed by Jonas Åkerlund. It tells the story of Franklin Franklin, played by Matt Lucas, who by mistake kills his landlord, played by Peter Stormare.[1] The cast co-stars Dolph Lundgren, Johnny Knoxville, James Caan, Billy Crystal, Juno Temple, Rebel Wilson, Saffron Burrows and Amanda Plummer. The screenplay was written by Chris Millis and adapted from his own novella.[2] The film premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival on March 10, 2012. Photography took 20 days in Los Angeles, California, and ended in April 2011. Writer Chris Millis's original novel (that the script is based on) won 23rd Annual International 3-Day Novel-Writing Contest (2000). Quote: Bernard Franklin: "Franklin, ... we need to find a place we call home. A place were we know we're loved and we feel safe. I see it all so clearly now. It doesn't matter if you live in a small apartment or some big mansion on a hill. Doesn't matter if you live in a mental institution or on some sunny beach in St. Croix. It's all in your mind. Every moment of your life is what you make it. Pain. Love. Fear. Happiness. You choose to feel each of them. So choose to be happy, Franklin. Choose to be happy! Cause happiness is a state of mind."
The Intouchables (French: Intouchables [ɛ̃tuʃabl], UK: Untouchable) is a 2011 (French comedy-drama), Starring
François Cluzet as Philippe
Omar Sy as Driss
Audrey Fleurot as Magalie
Clotilde Mollet as Marcelle
Anne Le Ny as Yvonne
Alba Gaïa Kraghede Bellugi as Elisa
Cyril Mendy as Adama
Christian Ameri as Albert
Grégoire Oestermann as Antoine
Marie-Laure Descoureaux as Chantal
Absa Dialou Toure as Mina
Salimata Kamate as Fatou
François Cluzet ... Philippe
Omar Sy ... Driss
Anne Le Ny ... Yvonne
Audrey Fleurot ... Magalie
Joséphine de Meaux ... La DRH société de courses
Clotilde Mollet ... Marcelle
Alba Gaïa Kraghede Bellugi ... Elisa (as Alba Gaïa Bellugi)
Cyril Mendy ... Adama
Salimata Kamate ... Fatou
Absa Diatou Toure ... Mina
Grégoire Oestermann ... Antoine
Dominique Daguier ... Amie de Philippe
François Caron ... Ami de Philippe
Christian Ameri ... Albert
Thomas Solivéres ... Bastien (as Thomas Soliveres)
Dorothée Brière ... Eléonore (as Dorothée Briere Meritte)
Marie-Laure Descoureaux ... Femme de chambre
Emilie Caen ... Galeriste
Sylvain Lazard ... Nouvel auxiliaire 1
Jean François Cayrey ... Nouvel auxiliaire 2 (as Jean-François Cayrey)
Ian Fenelon ... Candidat
Renaud Barse ... Candidat
François Bureloup ... Candidat
Nicky Marbot ... Policier
Benjamin Baroche ... Policier
Jérôme Pauwels ... Voisin mal garé
Antoine Laurent ... Voisin mal garé
Fabrice Mantegna ... Chanteur opéra
Hedi Bouchenafa ... Garagiste (as Hédi Bouchenafa)
Caroline Bourg ... Fred
Michel Winogradoff ... Serveur des Deux Magots
Kévin Wamo ... Ami Driss
Elliot Latil ... Lycéen
Alain Anthony ... Pilote parapente
Dominique Henry ... Pilote parapente
Le Capriccio Français ... Orchestra player
Dirige par Philippe Le Fevre ... Orchestra player (as Dirigé par Philippe Le Fevre)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Pierre-Laurent Barneron ... Majordome (uncredited)
Philippe Pozzo di Borgo ... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Abdel Sellou ... Himself (archive footage). Movie Central, August 18, 2013. Soundtrack: "Fly
Composed by Ludovico Einaudi
Una Mattina
and "Una Mattina Variations"
Composed by Ludovico EINAUDI
L'Origine Nascolta
Composed by Ludovico EINAUDI
Writing Poems
Composed by Ludovico EINAUDI
Cache Cache
Composed by Ludovico EINAUDI
Senza Respiro
Composed by Ludovico EINAUDI
September
(Maurice White/Alice Willis/Al McKay)
Performed by Earth Wind & Fire (as Earth, Wind & Fire)
Nocturne in Si bémol Mineur, Op.9. No 1
Music by Frédéric Chopin
Performed by Livia Rev
Courtesy of Hyperion
Ave Maria, D.839
Music by Franz Schubert
The Ghetto
(Donny Hathaway/Leroy Hutson)
Performed by George Benson
Nein, länger trag' ich nicht die Qualen... Durch die Wälder, durch die Auen
from the opera "Der Freischütz"
Music by Carl Maria von Weber
Performed by Peter Schreier with Staatskapelle Dresden
Conducted by Carlos Kleiber
Courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon
You're Goin' Miss Your Candyman
(Terry Callier (as Terrence Callier)/Phyllis Braxton)
Performed by Terry Callier
L'estate: Adagio
Music by Antonio Vivaldi
Performed by Le Capriccio Français
Colombine Ouverture Burlesque
Music by Georg Philipp Telemann
Performed by Le Capriccio Français
Concerto Grosso
Music by George Frideric Handel
Performed by Le Capriccio Français
L'estate
from "Le Quattro Stagioni"
Music by Antonio Vivaldi
Performed by Le Capriccio Français
Prélude: Suite Violoncelle n° 1
Music by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Le Capriccio Français
Suite n° 2: Badinerie
Music by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Le Capriccio Français
Le Printemps: Ier Mouvement
from "Le Quattro Stagioni"
Music by Antonio Vivaldi
Performed by Le Capriccio Français
Concerto in Fa mineur
Music by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Le Capriccio Français
Feeling Good
from the musical "The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd"
by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
Performed by Nina Simone and Hal Mooney
Le vol du Bourdon
Music by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Performed by Le Capriccio Français
Boogie Wonderland
(Jon Lind (as Jonathan Lind)/Alice Willis)
Performed by Earth Wind & Fire (as Earth, Wind & Fire)
Concerto for 2 Violins and Orchestra in La Mineur, Op.3 N° 8
Music by Antonio Vivaldi
Performed by Orchestra da camera dell'Angelicum di Milano (as L'Angelicum de Milan)
Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen
from "La flûte enchantée (Die Zauberflöte)"
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Arranged by D. Griffith
Les Indes galantes
Music by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Performed by Le Capriccio Français; "Studio Guillaume Tell".
Storyline: After becoming a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caretaker.
Trivia: It is a French comedy-drama film directed by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano. It stars François Cluzet and Omar Sy. Nine weeks after its release in France on 2 November 2011, it became the second biggest box office hit in France, just behind the 2008 film Welcome to the Sticks.[2] The film was voted the cultural event of 2011 in France with 52% of votes in a poll by Fnac.[3] The film has received several award nominations. In France, the film was nominated for eight César Awards and earned Omar Sy the César Award for Best Actor.
The plot of the film is inspired by the true story of Philippe Pozzo di Borgo and his French-Algerian caregiver Abdel Sellou,[4] discovered by the directors in A la vie, à la mort, a documentary film.
9 weeks after its release, it became the second most successful French film. Welcome to the Sticks is the most successful.
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The official entry of France to the Best Foreign Language Film at the 85th Academy Awards 2013.
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With 8.8 million moviegoers, this was the most successful film in Germany in 2012 (beating the likes of Skyfall, Ice Age: Continental Drift and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2. It is the most successful French film in German cinema history.
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The sports car Driss is driving for Philippe is a Maserati Quattroporte.
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Became the most successful French movie in the Netherlands, beating the previous record holder, Sarah's Key.
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Although the real-life 'Driss' was a young Algerian man called Abdel, directors Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache changed the character's nationality to West-African, as they had enjoyed working with Omar Sy on Tellement proches, and really wanted him to play the part. Sy also had the experience of living in the impoverished French suburbs, just like Driss.
Dredd. 2012 (British-South African science fiction), Starring
Karl Urban ... Judge Dredd
Rachel Wood ... Control Operator 1
Andile Mngadi ... Passenger
Porteus Xandau ... Driver
Jason Cope ... Zwirner
Emma Breschi ... Hostage
Olivia Thirlby ... Anderson
Rakie Ayola ... Chief Judge
Lena Headey ... Ma-Ma
Tamer Burjaq ... Ma-Ma Bodyguard
Warrick Grier ... Caleb
Wood Harris ... Kay
Shoki Mokgapa ... Woman with Child
Yohan Chun ... Girl in Window
Eden Knowles ... Girl in Window
Desmond Lai Lan ... Homeless Man
Deobia Oparei ... Paramedic TJ
Patrick Lyster ... Control Operator 2
Travis Snyders ... Slo-Mo Junkie
Chad Phillips ... Slo-Mo Junkie
Domhnall Gleeson ... Clan Techie
Joe Vaz ... Big Joe
Scott Sparrow ... Japhet
Martin Kintu ... Big Joe Gang Member (as Marty Kintu)
Nicole Bailey ... Cathy
Daniel Hadebe ... Judge at Entrance
Francis Chouler ... Judge at Entrance
Junior Singo ... Amos
Luke Tyler ... Freel
Langley Kirkwood ... Judge Lex
Edwin Perry ... Judge Alvarez
Karl Thaning ... Judge Chan
Michele Levin ... Judge Kaplan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Allen Irwin ... Slo Mo Den Leader (uncredited)
Brandon Livanos ... Member of the Coyote Clan (uncredited)
Santi Scinelli ... Resyck Man. Movie Central, August 18, 2013. Soundtrack: "Jubilee (Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around)
Written by Bobby Womack, IIarold Payne, Damon Albarn and Richard Russell
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Poison Lips
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Dubstride
Written and Performed by Yann McCullough and Gemma Kicks
Pontiac Moon
Written by Robert J Walsh
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Snuffbox
Written by Matt Berry
Performed by Matt Berry.
Trivia: It is a British-South African science fiction action film directed by Pete Travis and written and produced by Alex Garland. It is based on the 2000 AD comic strip Judge Dredd and its eponymous character created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra. Karl Urban stars as Judge Dredd, a law enforcer given the power of judge, jury and executioner in a vast, dystopian metropolis called Mega-City One that lies in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Dredd and his inexperienced partner, Judge Anderson (Olivia Thirlby), are forced to bring order to a 200-storey high-rise block of flats and deal with its resident drug lord, Ma-Ma (Lena Headey).
Garland began writing the script in 2006, although the development of a new Judge Dredd film adaptation, unrelated to the 1995 film Judge Dredd, was not announced until December 2008. Principal photography, using 3D cameras throughout on practical sets and locations in Cape Town and Johannesburg, began in November 2010.
Dredd was released on 7 September 2012 in the United Kingdom and on 21 September 2012 worldwide. Critics were generally positive about the film's visual effects, casting and action, while criticism focused on a perceived lack of the satirical elements that are found in the source comic and on excessive violence. Despite the positive critical response, the film earned just over $36 million at the box office on an estimated budget of $45 million. Dredd saw greater success following its home release, and has since been recognized as a cult film. The theatrical gross made a sequel unlikely, but home media sales and 2000 AD-endorsed fan efforts have maintained the possibility of a sequel.
Unlike the previous Judge Dredd movie, Karl Urban has confirmed that the helmet will never come off to keep true to the comic book character.
The Peach Tree block is named after a restaurant in Shrewsbury, the place where screenwriter Alex Garland and Judge Dredd creator John Wagner first met to discuss the film.
Karl Urban's voice for Dredd is comparable to that of Clint Eastwood. The character of Judge Dredd is in fact partly based on Eastwood's character of Dirty Harry Callahan from the film Dirty Harry, while the initial look of the character was partly inspired by the original poster art depicting the David Carradine character of Frankenstein from Roger Corman's original Death Race 2000. In the comics, as a tribute to Eastwood's strong influence on the character, Judge Dredd lives in Rowdy Yates Block, which was the name of the character Eastwood played in the TV series Rawhide.
The original script for a Judge Dredd film was written back in the early 80s but was altered and changed so much it became the first Robocop film and the Dredd film was shelved.
The large building with shutters over its sides that Dredd drives past in the initial chase, is John Vorster Square police station. It is the station where the political activist Steve Biko died during police interrogation in 1977 and the shutters are bullet traps to stop terrorist attacks. The Hall of Justice is actually the inside of the main campus for The University of Johannesburg - the old Rand Afrikaans University campus. Its massive Concrete Hallways are notoriously cold during wintertime.
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At 96 minutes, has the same running length as Judge Dredd.
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In one scene there is a poster for the fictional film Krysler's Mark, a reference to Owen Krysler the Judge Child in the classic Dredd story written by John Wagner which introduced the Angel Gang. The poster says the film is directed by Ulf Suhrmuller, who is found out during the closing credits to be a real person and is listed as the Art Department Runner.
Quote: Judge Dredd: Negotiation's over. Sentence is death.
Antiviral. 2012 (Canadian horror), Starring
Caleb Landry Jones as Syd March
Sarah Gadon as Hannah Geist
Malcolm McDowell as Dr. Abendroth
Douglas Smith as Edward Porris
Joe Pingue as Arvid
Nicholas Campbell as Dorian
James Cade as Levine
Lara Jean Chorostecki as Michelle
Lisa Berry as Receptionist
Salvatore Antonio as Topp
Elitsa Bako as Vera
Mark Caven as Lucc
Caleb Landry Jones ... Syd March,
Sarah Gadon ... Hannah Geist,
Douglas Smith ... Edward Porris,
Joe Pingue ... Arvid,
Nicholas Campbell ... Dorian,
Sheila McCarthy ... Dev Harvey,
Wendy Crewson ... Mira Tesser,
Nenna Abuwa ... Aria Noble,
Lisa Berry ... Lucas Clinic Receptionist,
Malcolm McDowell ... Dr. Abendroth
Donna Goodhand ... Woman in Waiting Room,
Adam Bogen ... Lucas Clinic Security Guard,
Salvatore Antonio ... Topp,
Matt Watts ... Mercer,
Dawn Greenhalgh ... Jane,
Katie Bergin ... Talk Show Host - Candyce,
Lara Jean Chorostecki ... Michelle,
Reid Morgan ... Derek Lessing,
Elitsa Bako ... Vera,
Dan Warry-Smith ... Butcher,
Tedd Dillon ... Hotel Guard,
Milton Barnes ... Vole & Tesser Employee,
Josh Holliday ... Male Client - Bruce,
Mark Caven ... Luc,
Jennifer Mote ... Levine's Receptionist,
James Cade ... Levine,
Ian O'Brien ... Tex,
Lady Vezina ... Famous Woman,
Jackie English ... Waitress,
George Tchortov ... Portland,
Kim Ly ... West,
Raul Tome ... Landlord,
Ben Mulroney ... Male cLife Host
Tanya Kim ... Female cLife Host
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Andriy Haddad ... Host Guard
Vincent Thomas ... Security Guard. Movie Central, August 18, 2013. Soundtrack: "Vietnamese Brussels Sprouts", "Lucas Lobby 1", "Lucas Lobby 2" and "Lucas Lobby 3" - Written and Performed by Grapes Godly (Daniel Werb); "Restaurant", "Levine's Backroom 1" and Levine's Backroom 2" - Written and Performed by Prison Garde (Vaughn Robert Squire); "Unity" - Performed by Animalia. Original Music by E.C. Woodley.
Trivia: 1. It is a Canadian horror film written and directed by Brandon Cronenberg. The film competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. Cronenberg re-edited the film after the festival to make it tighter, trimming nearly six minutes out of the film. The revised film was first shown at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, and was a co-winner, alongside Jason Buxton's Blackbird, of the festival's Best Canadian First Feature Film award. The film was shot in Hamilton, Ontario and in Toronto, Ontario. 2. All of the close-up shots of needles entering skin in the film are real. 3. During production, Sarah Gadon and Caleb Landry Jones both decided not to meet or rehearse prior to the filming of the hotel room scene where Syd takes a sample of Hannah Geist's blood. They both felt it would help preserve the separation of the characters within the story. 4. Almost half of the content of the film was shot during pre-production. This includes the vast amount of playback footage and the many stills needed to decorate the sets and to be used with props. 5. Produced with the participation of Telefilm Canada.
Superheroes. 2011 (90 minutes/Documentary/Action/Comedy), Starring Mr. Extreme, Zimmer, Z, Lucio, T.S.A.F., Master Legend, Symbiote, Super Hero, Life, Thanatos, Zetaman, Professor Midnight, Antiman, Dark Wolf, Lunar Veil, Skyman, Apocalypse Meow, Red Voltage, Omen, Fool King, Amazonia, The Conundrum, Dark Guardian, Vigilante Spider, Insignis, Devil's Knight, Asylum, Dark Owl, The Eye And Lady Mystery, Urban Avenger, Cameraman, DC's Guardian, Razorhawk, The Good Samaritan, White Baron, Orange Cricket, Radnor, Geist, Motor Mouth, Ghost, Stan Lee, Lieutenant Andra Brown, Robin S. Rosenberg and Rudy Ramirez. HBO, August 20, 2013, with Kyle McNeill. Soundtrack: "Invincible" - Performed by OK Go. Storyline: A journey inside the world of real life caped crusaders. From all over America, these self-proclaimed crime fighters, don masks, homemade costumes and elaborate utility belts in an attempt to bring justice to evildoers everywhere. Trivia: Filming locations: New York City, New York, USA; Orlando, Florida, USA; San Diego, California, USA; and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Quote: Superhero: "I'm a regular guy who gets up,.... says goodbye to my girlfriend....., and goes out on the streets in costume." Documentarian: "So you have a girlfriend?" Superhero: "No ... I was just speaking metaphorically."
Zero Dark Thirty. 2012
Jessica Chastain as Maya Lambert, a C.I.A. analyst.[14] Chastain replaced Rooney Mara who dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.[15]
Jason Clarke as Dan, a C.I.A. intelligence specialist
Joel Edgerton as Patrick, a U.S. Navy SEAL
Jennifer Ehle as Jessica, a senior C.I.A. analyst
Mark Strong as George, a senior C.I.A. supervisor[14]
Kyle Chandler as Joseph Bradley, Islamabad C.I.A. Station Chief
Édgar Ramírez as Larry, a C.I.A. Special Activities Division officer
James Gandolfini as C.I.A. Director
Chris Pratt as Justin, a U.S. Navy SEAL
Callan Mulvey as Saber, a U.S. Navy SEAL
Fares Fares as Hakim, a C.I.A. Special Activities Division officer
Reda Kateb as Ammar
Harold Perrineau as Jack, a C.I.A. intelligence analyst
Stephen Dillane as the National Security Advisor
Taylor Kinney as Jared, a U.S. Navy SEAL
Mark Duplass as Steve, a C.I.A. analyst
Frank Grillo as the Red Squadron Commanding officer
Fredric Lehne as The Wolf, a C.I.A. section chief
Scott Adkins as John
Mark Valley as C-130 pilot
Ricky Sekhon as Osama bin Laden
John Barrowman as Jeremy
Christopher Stanley as Vice Admiral Bill McCraven[N 1]
Jessie Collins as Debbie
Jason Clarke ... Dan
Reda Kateb ... Ammar
Jessica Chastain ... Maya
Kyle Chandler ... Joseph Bradley
Jennifer Ehle ... Jessica
Harold Perrineau ... Jack
Jeremy Strong ... Thomas
J.J. Kandel ... J.J.
Wahab Sheikh ... Detainee on Monitor
Alexander Karim ... Detainee on Monitor
Nabil Elouahabi ... Detainee on Monitor
Aymen Hamdouchi ... Detainee on Monitor
Simon Abkarian ... Detainee on Monitor
Ali Marhyar ... Interrogator on Monitor
Parker Sawyers ... Interrogator on Monitor
Akin Gazi ... Interrogator on Monitor
Derek Siow ... Interrogator on Monitor
Fares Fares ... Hakim
Mohammad K. ... Cargo Ship Detainee
Henry Garrett ... Bagram Guard
Homayoun Ershadi ... Hassan Ghul
Darshan Aulakh ... Pakistani Detention Center Guard
Navdeep Singh ... Faraj Courier
Yoav Levi ... Abu Faraj al-Libbi
Sukhdeep Singh ... Pakistani Guard at Marriott
Musa Sattari ... Human Khalil al-Balawi
David Menkin ... Case Officer
Scott Adkins ... John
Eyad Zoubi ... Zied
Julian Lewis Jones ... Blackwater Guard
Christian Contreras ... C.I.A. Security
Lauren Shaw ... Lauren
Zachary Becker ... Embassy Tech
Mark Strong ... George
John Antonini ... Analyst at Embassy
Jessica Collins ... Debbie
Fredric Lehne ... The Wolf
Ashraf Telfah ... Kuwaiti Businessman
Édgar Ramírez ... Larry from Ground Branch (as Edgar Ramirez)
Jonathan Olley ... Tech from Ground Branch
Ben Lambert ... N.S.A. Tech
Manraaj Singh ... Rawal Caller
Tushaar Mehra ... Abu Ahmed
Daniel Lapaine ... Tim - Station Chief
Udayan Baijal ... Guard at Maya's Apartment
Mark Duplass ... Steve
James Gandolfini ... C.I.A. Director
Stephen Dillane ... National Security Advisor
John Schwab ... Deputy National Security Advisor
Martin Delaney ... Assistant to National Security Advisor
Nabil Koni ... Pakistani Doctor
Anthony Edridge ... General in Hangar
John Barrowman ... Jeremy
Jeff Mash ... Deputy Director of C.I.A.
Joel Edgerton ... Patrick - Squadron Team Leader
Chris Pratt ... Justin - DEVGRU
Taylor Kinney ... Jared - DEVGRU
Callan Mulvey ... Saber - DEVGRU
Siaosi Fonua ... Henry - DEVGRU
Phil Somerville ... Phil - DEVGRU
Nash Edgerton ... Nate - DEVGRU EOD
Mike Colter ... Mike - DEVGRU
Frank Grillo ... Squadron Commanding Officer
Brett Praed ... DEVGRU Operator
Aron Eastwood ... DEVGRU Operator
Heemi Browstow ... DEVGRU Operator
Chris Scarf ... DEVGRU Operator
Barrie Rice ... DEVGRU Operator
Robert Young ... DEVGRU Operator (as Rob Young)
Spencer Coursen ... DEVGRU Operator
Chris Perry ... DEVGRU Operator
Alex Corbet Burcher ... DEVGRU Operator
Robert G. Eastman ... DEVGRU Operator
Tim Martin ... DEVGRU Operator
Mitchell Hall ... DEVGRU Operator
P.t. ... DEVGRU Operator (as P.T.)
Alan Pietruszewski ... Pilot
Kevin LaRosa Jr. ... Pilot (as Kevin La Rosa II)
M.D. Selig ... Pilot (as Michael David Selig)
Benjamin John Parrillo ... Pilot (as Ben Parillo)
Christopher Stanley ... Admiral Bill McCraven
Hadeel Shqair ... Abu Ahmed's Wife
Noureddine Haijjoujou ... Abrar (as Noureddine Hajjoujou)
Nour Alkawaja ... Abrar's Wife
Malika Sayd ... UBL Wife (as Malika Sayed)
Siham Rida ... UBL Wife (as Rida Siham)
Monia Moula ... UBL Wife (as Moula Mounia)
Zalfa Seurat ... UBL Wife
Tarick Hadouch ... Khalid (as Tarik Haddouch)
Ricky Sekhon ... UBL
Mark Valley ... C-130 Pilot
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lee Asquith-Coe ... Sean Cohen (uncredited)
Greg Bennett ... CIA Agent (uncredited)
James Garson Chick ... Navy Seal (uncredited)
Grant Chism ... CIA Employee (uncredited)
Tommy Dallace ... Navy Seal Commander (uncredited)
Nick Donald ... CIA Agent (uncredited)
Jo Hart ... CIA Operative (uncredited)
James Lowe ... CIA Agent (uncredited)
Damien Moreno ... Shooter #2 (uncredited)
Nathan Nolan ... Prince Pilot 52 (uncredited)
Barack Obama ... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Michael C. Pierce ... American Businessman (uncredited)
Alan D. Purwin ... Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
Jasper Salon ... CIA Tech (uncredited)
Senem Temiz ... CIA Agent (uncredited)
Omid Zader ... Shooter #1. Movie Central, August 20, 2013. Soundtrack: "Need You Now
Written by Hillary Scott, Josh Kear, Dave Haywood and Charles Kelley
Performed by Lady Antebellum
Courtesy of Capitol Records Nashville
Under license from EMI Film & Television Music
Move Ya Body
Written by Full Force, Lionel Bermingham, Elijah Wells, Cordel Burell, Natalie Albino, Nicole Albino and Luis Diaz
Performed by Nina Sky featuring Jabba
Courtesy of Universal Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Contains sample of "Coolie Dance Rhythm"
By Cordel Burell (as Cordell 'Scatta' Burrell)
Courtesy of Greensleeves Records Ltd.
License arranged by Fine Goldproductions LLC
Pavlov's Dogs
Written by Charles Maggio, Keith Huckins, Andrew Gormley, Nick Forte and Chris Laucella
Performed by Rorschach
Courtesy of Gern Blandsten Records
Pyaar Hai Tumse
Written by Amir Jamal, Nasir Hussain, Nasir Ali Nasir
Performed by Amir Jamal
Courtesy of Kamlee Records Limited
By arrangement with The Orchard
Night Song
Written by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Performed by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Michael Brook
Courtesy of Real World Records
Rise Up (Featuring Tom Morello)
Written by Senen Reyes, B-Real (as Louise Freese), Demrick (as Demrick Shelton Ferm), Tom Morello
Performed by Cypress Hill feat. Tom Morello (as Thomas Morello)
Courtesy of Capitol Records, LLC
Under license from EMI Film & TV Music
Murder (2012)
Written by Jimmy Gnecco
Performed by Ours
Courtesy of Miseryhead Music
By arrangement with Revolution Songs
Azan
(uncredited)
Written by Traditional.
Trivia: It is a war film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal. Billed as "the story of history's greatest manhunt for the world's most dangerous man", the film dramatizes the decade-long manhunt for Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States, leading to the eventual discovery of his compound in Pakistan, and the military raid on that compound that resulted in his death in May 2011. The film stars Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton, Chris Pratt, Jennifer Ehle, Mark Strong, Kyle Chandler, and Édgar Ramírez.[4][5] It was produced by Boal, Bigelow, and Megan Ellison, and was independently financed by Ellison's Annapurna Pictures. The film had its premiere in Los Angeles, California on December 19, 2012 and had its wide release on January 11, 2013. Zero Dark Thirty received wide critical acclaim and was nominated for five Academy Awards at the 85th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actress (Chastain) and Best Original Screenplay. The film won one, for Best Sound Editing. Zero Dark Thirty earned four Golden Globe Award nominations, including Best Picture – Drama, Best Director, and won one Best Actress – Drama for Chastain. The film's graphic depiction of torture has generated controversy, with some critics describing it as pro-torture propaganda, as torture is shown as producing reliably useful and accurate information. "The film creates the strong impression that the enhanced interrogation techniques…were the key to finding Bin Laden. That impression is false." said Michael Morell, acting C.I.A. director.[11] Other critics describe it as an anti-torture exposure of interrogation practices. Some Republicans charged that the filmmakers were given improper access to classified materials, which they denied.[12] An unreleased draft IG report published by the Project on Government Oversight in June 2013 stated that former C.I.A. Director Leon Panetta discussed classified information during an awards ceremony for the SEAL team that carried out the raid on the Bin Laden compound. Screenwriter Mark Boal was among the 1300 present during the ceremony.
Parts of the film were shot at PEC University of Technology in Chandigarh, India.[21] Some parts of Chandigarh were designed to look like Lahore and Abbottabad in Pakistan, where Osama bin Laden was found and killed on May 2, 2011.[22] Parts of the film were shot in Mani Majra.[23] Local protesters expressed anti-bin Laden and anti-Pakistan sentiments as they objected to Pakistani locations being portrayed on Indian land.[24][25] For a lone scene shot in Poland, the city of Gdansk was reportedly offended for depicting it as a location for the C.I.A.'s clandestine and dark operations. National security expert Peter Bergen, who reviewed an early cut of the film as an unpaid adviser, said at the time that the film's torture scenes "were overwrought". Boal said they were "toned down" in the final cut.
"Zero Dark Thirty" in military terms means 12:30 AM. Zero Dark is midnight, 00:00 on a 24 hour clock, 30 being added to connote 30 minutes past. In the scene during the raid you can see Maya look at the clock being shown as 00:30.
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The movie was originally about the unsuccessful decade-long manhunt for Osama bin Laden. The screenplay was completely re-written after bin Laden was killed.
Jordan and the Indian city Chandigarh (capital of Punjab & Haryana states), near the Pakistani border, were used as stand-ins to duplicate scenes taking place in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Some second-unit film footage was also actually shot in Pakistan.
The climactic sequence devoted to the raid on Osama's compound runs about 25 minutes, only a few minutes less than the real-life SEALs assault.
This is Jeremy Hindle 's first feature-film work as production designer. Hindle previously collaborated with Australian cinematographer Greig Fraser on numerous TV commercial shoots. Director Bigelow lauded Hindle for his remarkably precise re-creation of the huge bin Laden compound - built from scratch in the Jordanian desert - in less than three months.
The film's title has four meanings according to a publicity flier for the picture. It states: "ZERO DARK THIRTY is a military term for thirty minutes after midnight - as well as code for "under the cover of darkness." It is also the time that the Navy Seals helicopters took to the skies on their mission to eliminate the world's most wanted man [Osama bin Laden]. Finally, it serves as a metaphor for the decade long, relentless pursuit of Osama bin Laden".
In the film, Leon Panetta is visibly pleased when Maya uses the word "motherfucker" during an official CIA briefing. In real life, Panetta's prolific use of profanity is well known.
Jennifer Ehle plays a person given the fictional name of Jessica. The real name of the person she represents was Jennifer Lynne Matthews.
Quotes: 1. Maya: [slightly irritated] "So what does this Baluchi guy look like?" Abu Faraj al-Libbi: "Tall, long white beard, thin, walks with a cane." Maya: [smirks] "Kinda like Gandalf." Abu Faraj al-Libbi: "Who?" 2. Maya: "Don't eat out, it's too dangerous." Anachronisms: 1. When Joseph Bradley watches the bombing of the London bus, on the computer screen on the desktop you see the Google Chrome icon, when in fact Google Chrome wasn't available until September 2008. 2. When Maya talks to the CIA director over lunch the Coca Cola bottle has Olympic symbol on it. 3. Just as the Camp Chapman scene starts (set in 2009), Maya is shown talking to Jessica (who is frosting a cake) on the phone. Maya clearly uses a BlackBerry bold 9900 OS7 series (with a thick metallic frame around the phone) which wasn't released until August 3, 2011.
The Crimson Permanent Assurance. 1983 (short/prologue), Starring
Sydney Arnold
Guy Bertrand
Andrew Bicknell
Ross Davidson
Myrtle Devenish
Tim Douglas
Eric Francis
Matt Frewer
Billy John
Russell Kilmister
Peter Mantle
Len Marten
Peter Merrill
Cameron Miller
Gareth Milne
Larry Noble
Paddy Ryan
Leslie Sarony
John Scott Martin
Eric Stovell
Wally Thomas
Jack Armstrong
Robert Carrick
Douglas Cooper
George Daly
Chick Fowles
Terry Grant
Robin Hewlett
Tommy Isley
Juba Kennerley
Tony Lang
John Murphy
Terry Rendell
Ronald Shilling
Albert Welch
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael Palin ... Workman
Graham Chapman ... Clerk (uncredited)
Terry Gilliam ... Workman (uncredited)
Terry Jones ... Clerk. Encore Avenue, August 22, 2013. Soundtrack: Music Performed by The Philharmonia Orchestra. Song: "Accountancy Shanty" - Music & Lyrics by Eric Idle & John Du Prez.
Trivia: It is a short film that plays as the beginning of the feature-length motion picture Monty Python's The Meaning of Life. Although it is presented as a separate film, and is sometimes shown without the feature[citation needed], it can also be considered a prologue to The Meaning of Life, which is almost never shown without The Crimson Permanent Assurance preceding it. Having originally conceived the story as a 6-minute animated sequence in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life,[2] intended for placement at the end of Part V,[3] Terry Gilliam convinced the other members of Monty Python to allow him to produce and direct it as a live action piece instead. According to Gilliam, the film's rhythm, length, and style of cinematography made it a poor fit as a scene in the larger movie, so it became "Our Short Feature Presentation", to be shown ahead of the "Main Feature". It was a common practice in British cinemas to show an unrelated short feature before the main movie, a holdover from the older practice of showing a full-length "B" movie ahead of the main feature. By the mid-1970s the short features were of poorer quality, or simply banal travelogues. As a kind of protest, the Pythons had already produced one spoof travelogue narrated by John Cleese, Away from It All, which was shown before The Life of Brian in Britain. The film includes actor Matt Frewer's debut performance.
According to the 2003 Monty Python's Meaning of Life DVD, this short immediately won over the audience at the Cannes Film Festival.
Gilliam shot the film with a different cast and crew than the Meaning of Life main production (five of the members of Monty Python can be seen in brief cameos in the short: Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin washing the windows; and Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Graham Chapman early in the board room when the attack starts). Reportedly it went significantly over budget;[2] almost double. Gilliam has defended himself by saying "nobody told me to stop". Initially planned as a five-minute sketch, it eventually expanded to half an hour. In the movie, it was edited down to 16 minutes.
At the beginning, the building used for shooting was the Lloyd's Register (of Shipping) No.71 office in Fenchurch Street, not to be confused with the Lloyd's of London Insurance Building.
The film's score was based on the works of Erich Wolfgang Korngold, mainly his work The Sea Hawk.
"The Accountancy Shanty" is sung on a variation of the tune of "The Galaxy Song", from the Meaning of Life, which was written by Eric Idle. Idle's voice is also clearly audible as part of the chorus.
The title is a reference to The Crimson Pirate, which was itself a comedic spoof of traditional pirate films of the period.
The names of the various subsidiaries of the Very Big Corporation Of America are displayed in the board room, as a seemingly endless list covering the walls; the list was in fact a repeating sequence. Some of the names contain puns, or intentional in-jokes referencing other events in The Meaning of Life (such as the Live Organ Transplants sketch, which cuts to a shot of the sign painter in the board room inscribing "Liver Donors Inc." on the wall).
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, also known as The Meaning of Life. 1983 (British musical-sketch comedy), Starring
Graham Chapman as Chairman (also in Crimson) / Fish #1 / Obstetrician / Harry Blackitt / Wymer / Hordern / General / Coles / Narrator #2 / Dr. Livingstone / Transvestite / Eric / Guest #1 / Arthur Jarrett / Tony Bennett lounge singer
John Cleese as Fish #2 / Dr. Spencer / Humphrey Williams / Sturridge / Ainsworth / Waiter / Eric's Assistant / Maître D' / Grim Reaper
Terry Gilliam as Window Washer (in Crimson) / Fish #4 / Walters / Middle of the Film Announcer / M'Lady Joeline / Mr. Brown / Howard Katzenberg
Eric Idle as Gunther (also in Crimson) / Fish #3 / 'Meaning of Life' Singer / Mr. Moore / Mrs. Blackitt / Watson / Blackitt / Atkinson / Perkins / Soldier Victim #3 / Man in Front End of Tiger Suit / Mrs. Hendy / Man in pink / Noël Coward / Gaston / Angela
Terry Jones as Bert (also in Crimson) / Fish #6 / Mum / Priest / (Capt.) Biggs / Sergeant / Man with bendy arms / Mrs. Brown / Mr. Creosote / Maria / Leaf father (voice) / Fiona Portland-Smythe
Michael Palin as Window Washer (in Crimson) / Harry (also in Crimson) / Fish #5 / Mr. Pycroft / Dad / Narrator #1 / Chaplain / Carter / Spadger / Regimental Seargeant Major / Pakenham-Walsh / Man in Rear End of tiger suit / Female TV Presenter / Mr. Marvin Hendy / Governor / Leaf Son (voice) / Debbie Katzenberg
Carol Cleveland as Beefeater Waitress / Wife of Guest #1 / Leaf mother (voice) / Leaf daughter (voice) / Heaven receptionist
Patricia Quinn as Mrs. Williams
Mark Holmes as A Severed Head
Simon Jones as Chadwick / Jeremy Portland-Smyth
Matt Frewer as one of the yuppies in The Crimson Permanent Assurance segment
Jane Leeves as "Christmas in Heaven" dancer
Graham Chapman ... Chairman / Fish #1 / Doctor / Harry Blackitt / Wymer / Hordern / General / Coles / Narrator #2 / Dr. Livingstone / Transvestite / Eric / Guest #1 / Arthur Jarrett / Geoffrey / Tony Bennett
John Cleese ... Fish #2 / Dr. Spencer / Humphrey Williams / Sturridge / Ainsworth / Waiter / Eric's Assistant / Maître D' / Grim Reaper
Terry Gilliam ... Window Washer / Fish #4 / Walters / Middle of the Film Announcer / M'Lady Joeline / Mr. Brown / Howard Katzenberg
Eric Idle ... Gunther / Fish #3 / Gaston / 'Meaning of Life' Singer / Mr. Moore / Mrs. Blackitt / Watson / Blackitt / Atkinson / Perkins / Victim #3 / Front End / Mrs. Hendy / Man in Pink / Noël Coward / Angela
Terry Jones ... Bert / Fish #6 / Mum / Priest / Biggs / Sergeant / Man with Bendy Arms / Mrs. Brown / Mr. Creosote / Maria / Leaf Father / Fiona Portland-Smyth
Michael Palin ... Window Washer / Harry / Fish #5 / Mr. Pycroft / Dad / Narrator #1 / Chaplain / Carter / Spadger / Regimental Sergeant Major / Pakenham-Walsh / Rear End / Female TV Presenter / Mr. Marvin Hendy / Governor / Leaf Son / Debbie Katzenberg
Carol Cleveland ... Beefeater Waitress / Wife of Guest #1 / Leaf Mother / Leaf Daughter / Heaven Receptionist
Simon Jones ... Chadwick / Jeremy Portland-Smyth
Patricia Quinn ... Mrs. Williams
Judy Loe ... Nurse #1
Andrew MacLachlan ... Groom / Wycliff / Victim #1 / Guest #3
Mark Holmes ... Victim #2 / Troll Waiter / Guest #2
Valerie Whittington ... Mrs. Moore
Jennifer Franks ... Bride
Imogen Bickford-Smith ... Nurse #2 (as Imogen Bickford Smith)
Angela Mann ... Wife of Guest #2
Peter Lovstrom ... Brown's Son
George Silver ... Diner Eating Howard the Fish
Chris Grant
Sydney Arnold ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Guy Bertrand ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Andrew Bicknell ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Ross Davidson ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Myrtle Devenish ... Old Lady (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Tim Douglas ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Eric Francis ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Matt Frewer ... Cornered Executive who Jumps (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Billy John ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Russell Kilmister ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Peter Mantle ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Len Marten ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Peter Merrill ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Cameron Miller ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Gareth Milne ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Larry Noble ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Paddy Ryan ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Leslie Sarony ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
John Scott Martin ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Eric Stovell ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Wally Thomas ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Jack Armstrong ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Robert Carrick ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Douglas Cooper ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
George Daly ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Chick Fowles ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Terry Grant ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Robin Hewlett ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Tommy Isley ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Juba Kennerley ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Tony Lang ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
John Murphy ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Terry Rendell ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Ronald Shilling ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Albert Welch ... (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Luke Baxter ... Dancer
Stephen Beasley ... Dancer (as Stephen Beagley)
Paul Bourke ... Dancer
Bonnie Bryg ... Dancer
Jane Colthorpe ... Dancer (as Jane Newman)
Charlotte Corbett ... Dancer
Geoff Davids ... Dancer
Emma-Kate Davies ... Dancer
Sandra Easby ... Dancer
Donna Fielding ... Dancer
Roy Hamlyn Gayle ... Dancer (as Roy Gayle)
Dawn Gerrard ... Dancer
Natascha Gilbrooke ... Dancer (as Natasha Gilbrook)
Donnette Goddard ... Dancer
Heavon Grant ... Dancer
Alison Jane Hierlihy ... Dancer (as Alison Herlihy)
Laura James ... Dancer
Kim Elizabeth Leeson ... Dancer (as Kim Leeson)
Maddie Loftin ... Dancer
Michelle Mackie ... Dancer
Paul Madden ... Dancer
Helen Mason ... Dancer
Caroline Meacher ... Dancer
Lorraine Meacher ... Dancer
Sue Menhenick ... Dancer
Kerri Murphy ... Dancer
Tammy Needham ... Dancer
Garry Noakes ... Dancer (as Gary Noakes)
Trudy Pack ... Dancer
Floyd Anthony Pearce ... Dancer (as Floyd Pearce)
Wanda Rokicki ... Dancer (as Wanda Rockiki)
Peter Salmon ... Dancer
Lizie Saunderson ... Dancer
Steve St. Klonis ... Dancer
Voyd ... Dancer
Timothy Ward ... Dancer
Michelle Welch ... Dancer
Gess Whitfield ... Dancer
Lorraine Whitmarsh ... Dancer
Dominique Wood ... Dancer
Carole Anne ... Topless Pursuer (uncredited)
Lynne Hazelden ... Student Doctor (uncredited)
Jane Leeves ... Dancer (uncredited)
Cy Town ... Restaurant Diner. Encore Avenue, August 22, 2013. Soundtrack: "The Meaning of Life
Lyrics by Eric Idle
Music by Eric Idle & John Du Prez
Performed by Eric Idle
Oh Lord Please Don't Burn Us
Lyrics by John Cleese & Graham Chapman
Music by Eric Idle & John Du Prez
Performed by Michael Palin, John Cleese and chorus
Every Sperm Is Sacred
Lyrics by Michael Palin & Terry Jones
Music by André Jacquemin & Dave Howman
Performed by Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Andrew MacLachlan, Jennifer Franks, Graham Chapman and Eric Idle
Galaxy Song
Lyrics Eric Idle
Music by Eric Idle & John Du Prez
Performed by Eric Idle
Accountancy Shanty
Music and Lyrics by Eric Idle & John Du Prez
Performed by Russell Kilmister and chorus
Penis Song
Music and Lyrics by Eric Idle
Performed by Eric Idle
Christmas in Heaven
Lyrics by Terry Jones
Music by Eric Idle
Performed by Graham Chapman
Toccata und Fuge in d-Moll, BWV 565
by Johann Sebastian Bach
The Liberty Bell
(uncredited)
Written by John Philip Sousa.
Trivia: It is a British musical-sketch comedy film written and performed by the Monty Python team, and directed by one of its members, Terry Jones. Unlike Holy Grail and Life of Brian, this film's two predecessors, which each told a single, more-or-less coherent story, The Meaning of Life returns to the sketch comedy format of the troupe's original television series, loosely structured as a series of comic sketches about the various stages of life; but unlike their first film, And Now For Something Completely Different, which was a compilation of various Flying Circus sketches, this film was composed from entirely new and original material by the Pythons.
Ireland banned the film on its original release as it had previously done with Monty Python's Life of Brian, but later rated it 15 when it was released on video. In the United Kingdom the film was rated 18 when released in the cinema[1] and on its first release on video, but was re-rated 15 in 2000. In the United States the film is rated R.
The film begins with a stand-alone 17-minute supporting feature entitled The Crimson Permanent Assurance (directed by Terry Gilliam). A group of elderly office clerks in a small accounting firm rebel against their emotionlessly efficient, yuppie corporate masters. They commandeer their building, turn it into a pirate ship, and sail into a large financial district, where they raid and overthrow a large multinational corporation.
Michael Palin's line, "Hey, but I didn't eat the mousse," is a rare Python ad-lib and was not in the script.
Quotes: 1. [the End Of The Film] Lady Presenter: "Well, that's the end of the film. Now, here's the meaning of life." [Receives an envelope] Lady Presenter: "Thank you, Brigitte." [Opens envelope, reads what's inside] Lady Presenter: "M-hmm. Well, it's nothing very special. Uh, try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations." 2. New Mother: "Is it a boy or a girl?" Obstretrician: "I think it's a bit early to start imposing roles on it, don't you?"
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After a long hiatus, Accurst is now back on track to complete the trilogy of concept albums that started back in 2003.
ReplyDeleteHaving been featured in Sinister's soundtrack last year, Accurst has now launched a crowd-funding campaign for an upcoming 3rd album entitled Messenger of Shadows.
Accurst needs to raise a budget for equipment and software needed for the recording of Messenger of Shadows
The campaign is hosted at http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/accurst-s-messenger-of-shadows/x/3152901.
Help Accurst complete the trilogy by contributing or spreading the word.
About Accurst:
Accurst begun in late 1999 as a concept project, and in 2003 the debut, Fragments of a Nightmare, was released on Colflesh Records and distributed through Red Stream. In 2006, a follow-up album entitled A Phantom's Noctuary was released on the now defunct Serpene Heli Music.
In 2012, 3 tracks from Accurst's debut album, Fragments of a Nightmare, were featured in 2012's film, Sinister. They can be heard in the film's perhaps most chilling moments.
Now Accurst is trying to raise the budget to record a third album entitled Messenger of Shadows.
Links:
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Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrPeGmWzi-p575AW5qjrpLg