Movies I Have Seen - October 2013 (28 movies)

Argo. 2012, Starring
Ben Affleck as Tony Mendez
Bryan Cranston as Jack O'Donnell
Alan Arkin as Lester Siegel
John Goodman as John Chambers
Tate Donovan as Robert Anders
Clea DuVall as Cora Lijek
Christopher Denham as Mark Lijek
Scoot McNairy as Joe Stafford
Kerry Bishé as Kathy Stafford
Rory Cochrane as Lee Schatz
Victor Garber as Ken Taylor
Kyle Chandler as Hamilton Jordan (White House Chief of Staff)
Chris Messina as Malinov
Željko Ivanek as Robert Pender
Titus Welliver as Jon Bates
Bob Gunton as Cyrus Vance (United States Secretary of State)
Philip Baker Hall as Stansfield Turner (Director of Central Intelligence) (Uncredited)
Richard Kind as Max Klein
Richard Dillane as Peter Nicholls
Keith Szarabajka as Adam Engell
Michael Parks as Jack Kirby
Tom Lenk as Rodd
Christopher Stanley as Tom Ahern
Page Leong as Pat Taylor
Taylor Schilling as Christine Mendez
Ashley Wood as Beauty
Barry Livingston as David Marmor, CIA official
Sheila Vand as Sahar
Omid Abtahi as Reza
Karina Logue as Elizabeth Ann Swift
Adrienne Barbeau as Nina
Fouad Hajji as Komiteh

Ben Affleck ... Tony Mendez

Bryan Cranston ... Jack O'Donnell

Alan Arkin ... Lester Siegel

John Goodman ... John Chambers

Victor Garber ... Ken Taylor

Tate Donovan ... Bob Anders

Clea DuVall ... Cora Lijek

Scoot McNairy ... Joe Stafford

Rory Cochrane ... Lee Schatz

Christopher Denham ... Mark Lijek

Kerry Bishé ... Kathy Stafford

Kyle Chandler ... Hamilton Jordan

Chris Messina ... Malinov

Zeljko Ivanek ... Robert Pender

Titus Welliver ... Bates

Keith Szarabajka ... Adam Engell

Bob Gunton ... Cyrus Vance

Richard Kind ... Max Klein

Richard Dillane ... OSS Officer Nicholls

Omid Abtahi ... Reza Borhani
Page Leong ... Pat Taylor

Farshad Farahat ... Azizi Checkpoint #3

Sheila Vand ... Sahar

Karina Logue ... Elizabeth Ann Swift

Ryan Ahern ... Sgt. Sickmann

Bill Tangradi ... Alan B. Golacinski

Jamie McShane ... William J. Daugherty

Matthew Glave ... Col. Charles W. Scott

Roberto Garcia ... Sgt. William Gallegos

Christopher Stanley ... Thomas L. Ahern, Jr.
Jon Woodward Kirby ... Fred Kupke

Alborz Basiratmand ... Student with Poster

Ruty Rutenberg ... Marine #1

Michael Woolston ... Marine #2
Sharareh Sedghi ... Lady with Radio
Bobby Zegar ... Tear Gas Student

Victor McCay ... Malick

Matt Nolan ... Peter Genco

J.R. Cacia ... Brice

Bill Kalmenson ... Hal Saunders

Rob Brownstein ... Landon Butler

David Sullivan ... Jon Titterton

Jean Carol ... Jordan's Secretary

Michael Cassidy ... Jordan's Analyst

John Boyd ... Lamont

Yuri Sardarov ... Rossi (as Yuriy Sardarov)

Nikka Far ... Tehran Mary

Aidan Sussman ... Ian Mendez

Barry Livingston ... David Marmor

Ali Saam ... Ali Khalkhali
Araz Vahid Ebrahim Nia ... Moradi

Scott Anthony Leet ... The Minotaur

Ashley Wood ... Space Lab Nurse

Rob Tepper ... Film Director

Ray Porter ... First A.D.

Stephen J. Lattanzi ... PA
Danielle Barbosa ... Lester's Housekeeper

Michael Parks ... Jack Kirby

Eric Scott Cooper ... Publicist

Adrienne Barbeau ... Nina / Serksi the Gallactic Witch

Tom Lenk ... Variety Reporter

Nelson Franklin ... LA Times Reporter

Kelly Curran ... Princess Aleppa

Mark Rhino Smith ... Evil Villain

Scott Elrod ... Achilles Crux

Bill Blair ... Humanoid Robot

Daston Kalili ... Green Jacket

Joseph S. Griffo ... Nestor the Android

Andrew Varenhorst ... Blue Monster
Amitis Frances Ariano ... Persian Dancer
Alison Fiori ... Sci Fi Body Suit Girl

Taies Farzan ... Middle Class Iranian Woman, Florans Atlantis as Middle Class Iranian Man,

Rafi Pitts ... Iranian Consulate Official

Allegra Carpenter ... British Airways Flight Attendant

Bobby Naderi ... Airport Husband

Ray Haratian ... Immigration Officer

Mehrdad Sarlak ... Immigration Officer
Soheil Tasbihchi ... Immigration Officer
Hovik Gharibian ... Immigration Officer

Dorianne Pahlavan ... Airport Hysterical Wife

Houshang Touzie ... Deputy Minister of Islamic Guidance (as Hooshang Tooze)

Peter Henry Schroeder ... Producer (as Peter-Henry Schroeder)
Ali Farkhonde ... Tehran Car Rental Man
Sahm McGlynn ... Bearded Fundamentalist in Bazaar
Muhammed Cangören ... Bazaar Shopkeeper (as Muhammed Cangoren)
Asghar Allah Veirdi Zadeh ... Bazaar Angry Man
Leyla Beysulen ... Angry Woman (as Leyla Beysülen)

Lindsey Ginter ... Hedley Donovan

Tim Quill ... Alan Sosa

Larry Sullivan ... Engell's Secretary

Danilo Di Julio ... Sgt. Gauthier

Fanshen Cox ... White House Operator

Tehmina Sunny ... Swissair Ticketing Agent
Amir K ... Passport Official (as Amir Kamyab)
Baris Deli ... Carpet Factory Komiteh

Cas Anvar ... Revolutionary Guard

Bahram Khosraviani ... Revolutionary Guard
Sam Sheikholeslami ... Revolutionary Guard
Saba Sarem ... Revolutionary Guard
Puya Abbassi ... Revolutionary Guard

Reza Mir ... Komiteh Reza

Jozef Fahey ... Lock Up PA

Annie Little ... Swissair Gate Agent

Fahim Fazli ... Komiteh Subordinate

Brandon Tabassi ... Young Komiteh at Airport

John Hans Tester ... Swissair Pilot (as Hans Tester)

Alex Schemmer ... Swissair Co-Pilot

Yan Feldman ... Air Traffic Controller

Nancy Stelle ... Swissair Flight Attendant

Maz Siam ... Iraqi Border Guard

Ken Edling ... Assistant Secretary of State
Deborah Deimel Bean ... State Department Official

Michael Chieffo ... CIA Archives Officer

Taylor Schilling ... Christine Mendez
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Martin Andris ... Lab Sound Man (uncredited)

Noah Arrue ... Refugee (uncredited)
Gabriel Aslan ... Ian's Friend (uncredited)

Koby Azarly ... Iranian Airport Police (uncredited)

Nima Azizi ... Mahmoud (uncredited)

Danielle Beckwith ... Greek Goddess (uncredited)

David Bittick ... Marine #3 (uncredited)

Michael Blumenstock ... CIA Officer (uncredited)
Phillip Borghee ... Iranian Protestor (uncredited)
Ramon Calzada ... Muslim Cleric (uncredited)
Rita Cannon ... Protester (uncredited)

Jimmy Carter ... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Momo Casablanca ... Visa Seeker (uncredited)

Victoria Charters ... Swissair Gate Rep (uncredited)

Jennifer Christopher ... Peg (uncredited)

Amaru Cloud ... Iranian Boy (uncredited)

Shaun Daley ... Chancery Hostage (uncredited)

Matt Doherty ... Butler (uncredited)

Ehab Elgharabawy ... Iranian Passenger (uncredited)

Mohamed Ibrahim Elkest ... Protester (uncredited)
Roberto C Escobar ... Komiteh Photographer (uncredited)

Kristi Faye ... Airline Stewardess (uncredited)

Jerald Garner ... CIA Pit Team (uncredited)

Clark Gilmer ... Space Nurse (uncredited)
Sepideh Haftgoli ... Iranian Stewardess (uncredited)

Priyom Haider ... Protestor (uncredited)

Fouad Hajji ... Komiteh (uncredited)
Lucas N. Hall ... Protestor (uncredited)

Philip Baker Hall ... C.I.A Director Stansfield Turner (uncredited)
Matt Harding ... Driver (uncredited)

Kevin Hawley ... Canadian Chancellor (uncredited)

Daniel Hayek ... Head Table Revolutionary #6 (uncredited)

Jasmin Jandreau ... Swiss Air Passenger (uncredited)

Eli Jane ... Swiss Airline Stewardess (uncredited)

Richard Allan Jones ... Smokehouse Patron (uncredited)

Rocky Kanaka ... Assistant (uncredited)
Jason Kapraun ... Argo Staff (uncredited)

Athena Talin Katalaris ... Persian Child / Refugee (uncredited)

David Dustin Kenyon ... Argo Staff (uncredited)
Siamak Keyvani ... Swissair Passenger (uncredited)

Michael Klemp ... State Department Member (uncredited)

Elena Kolpachikova ... Hollywood Actress (uncredited)
Michelangelo Kowalski ... Lab Tech (uncredited)

Michael Kunselman ... Marine #4 (uncredited)

Veronika Kurshinskaya ... Air France Stewardess (uncredited)

Mihaela Lacramioara ... Refugee (uncredited)
Diamond Nicole Landeen ... Little Girl in Bar (uncredited)
Michael Laren ... Argo Graphic Designer (uncredited)
Jonathan Levian ... Komiteh Yoni (uncredited)

Michael Lovern ... Embassy Senior Staff Member (uncredited)
Chanelle Lyn ... Iranian Protestor (uncredited)

Amir Malaklou ... Brother Ali (uncredited)

Seli Marset ... Pakistani Stewardess (uncredited)

Ayden Mayeri ... Flight Attendant (uncredited)

Collin McShane ... Marine (uncredited)

Matt McVay ... Hollywood Actor (uncredited)

Roman Mitichyan ... Iranian Comiteh in Truck (uncredited)

Derek Mobraaten ... Protester (uncredited)
Anthony Narvaez ... Head Table Revolutionary #7 (uncredited)
Armin Nasseri ... Reporter (uncredited)
Asal Nazerpour ... India Air Flight Attendant (uncredited)
Marsad Nikui ... Chilled Passenger (uncredited)

Randy Oglesby ... Pat Horan (uncredited)

Francisco Ovalle ... Protestant #1 (uncredited)

Salomon Passariello ... Komiteh (uncredited)

Josh Pellerin ... Iranian Protester (uncredited)

Erin Pickett ... Liz Taylor Look-alike (uncredited)

Sandra Plazinic ... Space Girl (uncredited)

Bill Porter ... Publicist (uncredited)

Tyson Power ... Canadian Embassy Staffer #2 (uncredited)

Rita Qatami ... Iranian Visa Seeker (uncredited)

Erick Ramirez ... Space Armor Pants Guy (uncredited)
Gerry Rand ... White House Staff (uncredited)

Sean Patrick Reilly ... Slone (uncredited)

Ray Remillard ... CIA Staff (uncredited)

Ayanery Reyes ... Swissair Iranian Passenger (uncredited)

Korrina Rico ... Hollywood Starlet (uncredited)
Vincent Rivera ... Cameraman (uncredited)

Abe Rogland ... CIA Senior Agent (uncredited)

Brendan Rooney ... Marine Cpl. (uncredited)
Mitchell Salberg ... Photographer (uncredited)

Nick Santoro ... Hostage (uncredited)

Christina Sardinas ... Protester (uncredited)

James Shanklin ... Mike Touzani (uncredited)

Brandon Slagle ... Canadian Embassy Staffer #1 (uncredited)

Dawn Sobolewski ... The Female Space Trooper (uncredited)

Sally Spaide ... Flight Attendant (uncredited)
Ania Spiering ... Goddess (uncredited)

Michael Stailey ... Chancery Staff (uncredited)

Stephen Szibler ... CIA Agent (uncredited)
Kaveh Taherian ... Head Table Revolutionary #2 (uncredited)

Teemaree ... India Air Flight Attendant (uncredited)

John H. Tobin ... CIA Agent (uncredited)

Fred Toma ... Bus Driver (uncredited)

Jack Topalian ... Iran Airline Staff (uncredited)

Sunny Vachher ... Iranian Protester (uncredited)
Desary Vailencour ... State Secretary (uncredited)

Ron Vitalia ... CIA Pit Team (uncredited)

Mike Wallace ... Himself (uncredited)

Jeremy Gram Weaver ... Chancery Hostage (uncredited)

Don Whatley ... CIA Staff (uncredited)

Xavier Wolf ... Boy in Neighborhood (uncredited)
Rana Yamak ... Iranian Kid (uncredited)

Yasmeen Yamak ... Iranian Kid (uncredited)

Omid Zader as Komiteh and Rafael Zubizarreta as Protestor. Movie Central, October 1, 2013. Soundtrack: "Al Adhan"
Traditional, Arranged by Pat Jabbar
Performed by Youssef El Mejjad
Courtesy of Barraka Productions;

"Dance the Night Away"
Written by Edward Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony, and David Lee Roth
Performed by Van Halen
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing;

"Hip Hug-Her"
Written by Steve Cropper, Donald Dunn, Al Jackson Jr., and Booker T. Jones
Performed by Booker T. & the M.G.s
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp./Rhino Entertainment Company
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing;

"Little T&A"
Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Performed by The Rolling Stones
Courtesy of Promotone B.V.;

"Sultans of Swing"
Written by Mark Knopfler
Performed by Dire Straits
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing;

"When the Levee Breaks"
Written by Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham
Performed by Led Zeppelin
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing;

"Upside Down"
from In the Valley of Elah
Written by Mark Isham
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc./Summit Entertainment, LLC;

"Charlie's Tune"
Written by Joseph Liebman
Performed by Bobby Short
Courtesy of Revlon, Inc.;

"March to the Dead City"
from Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Written by Leonard Rosenman
Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation;

"Stalking Stars"
Written and Performed by Andrew Lockington;

"Do You Miss London"
from Spy Game
Written by Harry Gregson-Williams
Courtesy of Beacon Pictures;

"Hace Tuto Guagua"
Traditional, Arranged by Tato Gomez
Performed by Familion
Courtesy of Epic Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing;

"Concrete Jungle"
Written by Roddy Byers (as Rod Byers)
Performed by The Specials
Courtesy of EMI Records Ltd.
Under license from EMI Film & Television Music;

"Adhan - Call to Prayer"
Traditional, Arranged and Performed by Shaam
Courtesy of Meem Ltd.;

"Abwoon Call to Prayer"
Written and Performed by 'Jahanara Laura Mangus'
Here Comes the Blues
(uncredited)
Music by Alan Hawkshaw
Courtesy of APM Music
Eftekhar
(uncredited)
Written by Gaynor O'Flynn and Qoqnus
Courtesy of APM Music
Taedol
(uncredited)
Written by Gaynor O'Flynn
Courtesy of APM Music.


Storyline: Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1980.
Trivia: It is an historical drama thriller film directed by Ben Affleck. This dramatization is adapted from U.S. Central Intelligence Agency operative Tony Mendez's book The Master of Disguise and Joshuah Bearman's 2007 Wired article The Great Escape. The latter deals with the "Canadian Caper,"[3] in which Mendez led the rescue of six U.S. diplomats from Tehran, Iran, during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis.[4]

The film stars Affleck as Mendez with Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, and John Goodman in supporting roles, and was released in North America to critical and commercial success on October 12, 2012. The film was produced by Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, and George Clooney. The story of this rescue was also told in the 1981 television movie Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper, directed by Lamont Johnson.[5][6]

Upon release, Argo received widespread acclaim and seven nominations for the 85th Academy Awards and won three, for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editing and Best Picture. The film also earned five Golden Globe Award nominations, winning Best Motion Picture – Drama and Best Director,[7] while being nominated for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for Alan Arkin.[8] It won the award for Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the 19th Screen Actors Guild Awards with Arkin being nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role. It also won Best Film, Best Editing, and Best Director at the 66th British Academy Film Awards.

Argo has been criticized for its historical inaccuracies; especially for minimizing the role of the Canadian embassy in the rescue of the American fugitives, and for falsely claiming that the Americans were turned away by the British and New Zealand embassies.
The real-life screenplay that the CIA used to create their cover story came from an adaptation of Roger Zelazny's 1967 novel Lord of Light. Producer Barry Gellar had spearheaded an earlier, sincere attempt to produce the film with the book's original title. After that production attempt had failed, it was utilized by the CIA, and the title was changed to Argo.
The film contains other historical inaccuracies:

The screenplay has the escapees—Mark and Cora Lijek, Bob Anders, Lee Schatz, and Joe and Kathy Stafford—settling down to enforced cohabitation at the residence of the Canadian ambassador Ken Taylor. In reality, after several nights—including one spent in the UK residential compound—the group was split between the Taylor house and the home of another Canadian official, John Sheardown.[51][56]
"It's not true we could never go outside. John Sheardown's house had an interior courtyard with a garden and we could walk there freely," Mark Lijek says.[51]
The major role of producer Lester Siegel, played by Alan Arkin, is fictional.[57]
In the depiction of a frantic effort by CIA headquarters, in Langley, to get President Jimmy Carter to re-authorize the mission so that previously purchased airline tickets would still be valid, a CIA officer is portrayed as getting the White House telephone operator to connect him to Chief of Staff Hamilton Jordan by impersonating a representative of the school attended by Jordan's children. In reality, Jordan was unmarried and had no children at the time.[58]
The film depicts Mendez discovering the script with the title of Argo. In reality the script was titled Lord of Light, based on the book of the same name by Roger Zelazny. The title was changed to Argo by the CIA.[3][15]
Comic book illustrator Jack Kirby did not do his storyboard work for the fabricated CIA film production. There had been an authentic attempt to produce Lord of Light a few years before the Iranian hostage situation, which was when Kirby created the storyboards.[3][15]
The Hollywood Sign is shown dilapidated as it had been in the 1970s, but the sign had actually been repaired in 1978, two years prior to the events described in the film.[59]

Casting controversy

There was some criticism, among Hispanics and film critics, of Ben Affleck's decision to cast himself, and not a Hispanic, in the role of Tony Mendez, who is of Mexican ancestry on his father's side.[60][61][62][63] Mexican-American actor and director Edward James Olmos considered Affleck's casting as Mendez a "mistake," and that the actor "had no sense of the cultural dynamic of the character he was playing."[64]

Mendez himself has said that he was unconcerned about the casting, and that he does not consider himself Hispanic.

According to Tony Mendez, the fake production office known as Studio Six was so convincing in the real-life Argo plan that even even several weeks after it folded and the Iranian rescue was complete, "we had received twenty-six scripts. One was from Steven Spielberg."
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In order to make the movie feel like the 1970s, Ben Affleck shot it on regular film, cut the frames in half, and blew those images up 200% to increase their graininess. He also copied camera movements and bustling office scenes from All the President's Men for sequences depicting CIA headquarters; for L.A. exteriors, he borrowed from The Killing of a Chinese Bookie.
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In an interview with Piers Morgan, former American President Jimmy Carter said he believes the film was a "great drama" and deserved to win an Oscar for best film. However, Carter noted that although "90 per cent of the contributions to the ideas and the consummation of the plan was Canadian," the film "gives almost full credit to the American CIA. With that exception, the movie's very good," Carter said, but 'the main hero, in my opinion, was Ken Taylor, who was the Canadian ambassador who orchestrated the entire process'.
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As shown in this movie, by the late 1970s, the Hollywood sign (first been erected in 1923 as "HOLLYWOODLAND" to advertise a real estate venture) had fallen into severe disrepair. In 1978, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce had a fund-raising campaign and solicited nine prominent people to give about $28,000 each (one donor for each letter) for the restoration. Some of these benefactors included: Playboy's Hugh M. Hefner, who donated the Y; singers Gene Autry and Andy Williams (the second L and the W, respectively), and heavy metal/shock-rock star Alice Cooper, who replaced the third O (the most heavily damaged letter) in memory of Groucho Marx. Warner Bros. Records, a division of the company that would release _Argo (2012)_ (qv, donated the second O. However, unlike the movie's depiction, this renovation was completed by the end of November 1978 - a year before the hostages in Iran were even taken.
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First movie in 7 years to win the Oscar for Best Motion Picture without winning the Oscar for Best Director (the previous movie was Crash). It is also the first movie in 23 years to win the Oscar for Best Motion Picture without being nominated for Best Director (the previous one was Driving Miss Daisy).
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Tied with Gigi for being the shortest-titled Best Picture Academy Award winner, at four letters. The Best Picture winner with the longest title is The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (10 words and 35 letters).
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Besides being the title of the "movie" being filmed in the movie, "Argo" is from Greek mythology. It was the ship Jason and the Argonauts sailed in to retrieve the Golden Fleece.
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While Chambers, Mendez, and Siegel are trying to figure out how to make their fake movie project look plausible, Siegel recalls that he made a movie once with Rock Hudson, and from that draws the conclusion that if you want people to believe a lie, you should have the media disseminate it for you. This seeming non sequitur is a reference to the fact that Hudson, one of the biggest Hollywood stars and sex symbols of the 1950s, was secretly gay, and his agent, Henry Wilson, actively fed misinformation about Hudson's "girlfriends" (really studio-arranged dates for publicity only) to the mainstream media. When the gossip tabloid "Confidential" threatened to expose Hudson's homosexuality, Wilson instead fed them then-scandalous information about two of the less-famous stars on his roster (Rory Calhoun and Tab Hunter) and arranged a sham marriage between his secretary and Hudson. Hudson's homosexuality was not widely known outside of Hollywood until about half a decade after this movie takes place.
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Both Hamilton Jordan and Kyle Chandler, who plays him in the film, graduated from the University of Georgia.
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The character of Jack Kirby (played by Michael Parks), shown briefly as the artist of the storyboards for the fake movie, is the same Jack Kirby who was a pioneer of the American comic book industry and a co-creator of such seminal comic book characters as Captain America, Iron Man, The Hulk, the Silver Surfer, and the teams known as The Avengers, The Fantastic Four, and The X-Men. Kirby did indeed create storyboards for the adaptation of Roger Zelazny's novel Lord of Light, which were used as "proof" of the movie production during the real-life "Canadian Caper."
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In the movie, it's stated that both the British and New Zealand embassies in Tehran turned away the six American diplomats, leaving the Canadians as their only refuge. In fact the British embassy did shelter the six for a few days but it was agreed by everyone that the Canadian embassy would be more secure and suitable, so they moved. A New Zealand official transported them and the British also helped other Americans trapped in the country at the time. Director Ben Affleck acknowledged that he intentionally deviated from the real events in order to quicken the pace and build up the tension.
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Lester Siegel (played by Alan Arkin) is said to be a composite character. However, in real life, makeup artist Robert Sidell, a friend of John Chambers, posed as the fake film's producer. Sidell's wife, Andi, was the fake production company's receptionist. Ben Affleck assumed Sidell, like Chambers, had passed away, but was informed just prior to the film's release that he was still alive and well. Affleck had Robert Sidell flown to the film's LA premiere, and, in his opening remarks, gave recognition to Sidell for his part in the Canadian Caper.
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The script used for the fake film project was based on the 1967 science fiction novel "Lord of Light" by Roger Zelazny. In real life, makeup artist John Chambers (played by John Goodman) came up with the title "Argo" because he loved knock-knock jokes. In the film, the title becomes an off-color joke.
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Comic book artist Jim Lee owns some of the storyboards from the fake film. He stated on Twitter when this film was released that he had no idea they had been used in the mission, he only bought them being a fan of Jack Kirby.
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John Goodman appeared in two consecutive Oscar-winning Best Pictures: The Artist and Argo. In both films he portrayed a Hollywood character, a producer in Artist' and a makeup artist in 'Argo'.
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The rifles carried by the Iranian revolutionary guards in the movie are accurately selected fixed-stock G3-A4, a variant of German H-K G3 rifles manufactured locally in Iran by the country's Defense Industries Organization. The movie producers obviously resisted the temptation to use the easy-to-find AK-47 rifles, which were indeed used by the Iran's revolutionary guards, but only a couple of years after the hostage crisis, during the war with Iraq.
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The fake film poster created for the real Argo mission was rather plain and black-and-white. In the movie, it is briefly visible in the background before the script reading event is held for the press. In the same scene, the colorful fake poster used in the movie is briefly visible, too.
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With John Goodman's performance as John Chambers, this is the only time that a real-life Oscar winner is portrayed in a film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
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Ben Affleck has stated that the production was granted unprecedented access to the CIA's actual headquarters, both for interiors and exteriors, and that the gratitude for that privilege belongs to Tony Mendez, the retired C.I.A. officer portrayed by Affleck in the film.
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Zsa Zsa Gabor's Beverly Hills estate exteriors doubled for the home of Lester Siegel (Alan Arkin). Gabor, who was at home during filming, was too ill to observe the production proceedings.
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Ben Affleck met former CIA operative Tony Mendez for the first time in March 2011 to discuss his role. The meeting took place at Washington D.C.'s famed Chadwicks Bar (on K Street) where infamous spy Aldrich Ames, to name one, had passed classified American documents to the KGB. In the movie, however, the initial meeting place where the pivotal scheme was hatched was staged at the Smoke House restaurant in Burbank, a regular real-life haunt for many movie celebrities. George Clooney and Grant Heslov's company, SmokeHouse Productions, is named after this premises.
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In a curious coincidence, the Swissair McDonnell-Douglas plane that flew the six "houseguests" from Tehran to Zurich was code-named "Aargau" (after the canton/district in Switzerland).
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Alan Arkin has admitted that, although his Lester Siegel is a composite character, he essentially based his character on the late Canadian-born movie mogul Jack L. Warner who died shortly before the actual hostage crisis.
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Family members of the real Tony Mendez appear as bus passenger extras after the group is allowed to board the plane.
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The main person who pushed the Canadian caper story to be published was former CIA director George Tenet (1997-2004). While the story was never published due to bureaucracy and the yet to be concluded Iran hostage crisis, it was only in 1997 when Tenet assumed directorship of the agency and in conjunction with the agency's 50th anniversary that he persuaded Tony Mendez to write his account and memoir of the caper.
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During one of the many promotions for this film Alan Arkin didn't realize that Bryan Cranston was in Little Miss Sunshine, surprisingly quoting "Get out of here. I had no idea!". This was due to the fact that both actors didn't share scenes together (just like in Argo).
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While Chris Terrio was writing the script he imagined Tony Mendez being played by George Clooney.
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Ben Affleck was criticized by some viewers for casting himself (a European-American) as Tony Mendez and not a Latino/Hispanic actor. Mendez (who is half-Mexican, half-European) however said he had "no problem" with being portrayed by Affleck, and approved of his performance.
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The stock footage of the Iranian-American getting attacked by angry American protesters was filmed in front of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. The read-through of the fake "Argo" film occurred in the very same hotel.
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Victor Garber is the second cast member from Toronto's legendary 1972 stage production of "Godspell" to portray Ken Taylor on screen. Martin Short played Taylor in a 1982 skit on SCTV.
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Cameo
Rafi Pitts: Appears as the Iranian Consulate Official. He was also Ben Affleck 's personal consultant on the film.
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Spoilers

The trivia item below may give away important plot points.
When the film was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the film drew criticism that it unfairly minimized the Canadian government's role in helping the six Americans they were sheltering escape Iran. Director Ben Affleck eventually agreed and rewrote the postscript text which states that the CIA's operations complemented the Government of Canada's efforts, and the affair has become an admirable example of international cooperation.

The insignia outside the Canadian Ambassador's residence is a maple leaf. This is not used by Canadian diplomatic missions. The royal Canadian coat of arms (implemented in 1921) would have been used instead.
Quotes: 1. Jack O'Donnell: Carter said you were a great American.

Tony Mendez: A great American what?

Jack O'Donnell: He didn't say. 2. Lester Siegel: We're gonna need a script."
Anachronisms
During the table read scene, the robot who speaks has blue LED's for eyes. Blue LEDs were not invented until 1993.
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When Sahar crosses the border into Iraq the flag at the border station has Allahu Akbar in traditional kufic Arabic script between the three black stars. Saddam Hussein added the phrase in 1991 in what was supposed to be his handwriting. The kufic variant was added in 2004 following the US invasion. The flag in 1978 would have just displayed the stars.
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Early in the movie, when Tony Mendez visits the headquarters of the US State Department, he passes a window containing a row of flags. Of these flags, several belong to countries that did not exist in 1980, most notably the flag of Russia.
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The establishing shot when Tony Mendez goes to Hollywood to seek help is the dilapidated HOLLYWOOD sign, which is indeed how the sign appeared in the mid 1970's after years of neglect. Since the sign was originally built in the 1920's, it was only planned as a temporary structure. However, the sign was refurbished and rebuilt with new letters in November 1978, which was a full year before the Iranian hostage crisis began.
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A TV shows Ted Kennedy's victory speech in the New York and Connecticut primaries. These happened on March 25, 1980, and the mission was completed on January 27.
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Long shot of plane taking off from Dulles for London shows twin-engine jet, which were not generally cleared for use in transatlantic flights until 1985.
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In the meeting in Max Klein's office, there is a copy of Sid Caesar's autobiography, "Where Have I Been?", on the bookshelf. This memoir was not published until 1983.
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Ben Affleck's character Tony Mendez wears a Rolex Sea-Dweller DEEPSEA (reference number 116660) watch which was introduced first in 2008 (in 1980 the correct Rolex Sea-Dweller should be a reference number 1665).
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Most of the glasses worn by the characters have an anti-reflective coating that looks blueish / purple in color to those looking at the front of the glasses. This type of coating would not be used in 1979-1980.
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When driving up to Dulles Airport outside of Washington, the terminal building is not shown accurately. One see additions to the terminal that were not constructed until 1996. In 1979/1980, the terminal was about half the size it is now.
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It is indicated as 1980 when Istanbul Bosphorus is viewed but the ferry shown is a new modern ferry travels between Asian and European sides of the Bosphorus.
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Tony Mendez boards his flight at Dulles International Airport via a jetway. There were no jetways at Dulles in 1980: passengers rode mobile lounges or walked across the ramp to get to their flights.
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The design of the Swissair Boeing 747 as shown in the film was not used until 1981, when the appearance dating from the mid-1950s was overhauled for the 50th birthday of the airline. Until then, the 747's design sported a red stripe around the body on white ground with a grey belly and the name in a different font in black.
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At a shot in Istanbul, Bosphorus, there is a big Turkish flag in a column. These flags appeared first in the 21st century.
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There is an UK TV advertisement for Cillit Bang in the background, Cillit Bang was first launched in Hungary in 2003, before being rolled out across mainland Europe, and finally arriving in the UK in November 2004.
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The Swissair aircraft shown is a 747-300, as distinguished by its stretched upper deck. The 747-300 first flew in 1982.
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When driving up to Washington Dulles airport, a row of cars parked outside of the terminal have the center high mount stop lamp (CHMSL) in their rear windows. This light did not appear on American automobiles until 1985.
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In the hotel, during the reading of the script, the camera pans past a Fetco coffee maker. Fetco has only been in business since 1987.
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In the opening scene a WPA national park poster of the Grand Canyon is seen hanging in the embassy. This poster was unknown at the time and not reproduced until the 1990s.
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When the Swissair flight is in the process of taking off, it is being chased by several police cars. Though set in 1980, the lights are Federal Signal Corporation Streethawk lightbars which did not come into use until the mid to late-1980s.
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During the final scene where the plane is taking off from the Tehran airport, a shot from the city streets is used showing the plane in the air. One of the air-conditioners on a building has the new logo of Turkish manufacturer Arcelik, which was introduced during the 21st century.

Escape From Tehran. 2013 (Documentary), Starring Ken Taylor, Joe Schlesinger, Roger Lucy, William Daugherty, Gary Sick, Zena Sheardown, Carole Jerome, Mohamad Tavakoli, Antonio Mendez, Patricia Taylor, Cora Amburn-Lijek, Mark Lijek, Bob Anders, Kathleen Stafford, The Hon. Flora MacDonald, The Rt. Hon. Joe Clark and Douglas Taylor as themselves. Movie Central, October 2, 2013. Soundtrack: "Danses de Travers" I and II - Composed by Eric Satie, Performed by Yuval Fichman; "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" - Written by Irwin Levine & Larry Brown. Trivia: Inspired by the book: "Our Man In Tehran" by Robert Wright. Original Music by Asher Lenz and Stephen Skratt. Quote: William Daugherty: "People lose sight of what a hero really is." (Scene then switches to Ken Taylor, and fades to black)

Dragnet. 1987, Starring

Dan Aykroyd as Sgt. Joe Friday
Tom Hanks as Det. Pep Streebek
Christopher Plummer as Reverend Jonathan Whirley
Harry Morgan as Captain Bill Gannon
Alexandra Paul as Connie Swail
Jack O'Halloran as Emil Muzz
Elizabeth Ashley as Commissioner Jane Kirkpatrick
Dabney Coleman as Jerry Caesar
Kathleen Freeman as Enid Borden
Bruce Gray as Mayor Peter Parvin
Lenka Peterson as Granny Mundy
Juliana Donald as the Zookeeper
Nina Arvesen as Lady Motor Cop

Dan Aykroyd ... Sgt. Joe Friday

Tom Hanks ... Det. Pep Streebek

Christopher Plummer ... Reverend Jonathan Whirley

Harry Morgan ... Captain Bill Gannon

Alexandra Paul ... Connie Swail

Jack O'Halloran ... Emil Muzz

Elizabeth Ashley ... Jane Kirkpatrick

Dabney Coleman ... Jerry Caesar

Kathleen Freeman ... Enid Borden

Bruce Gray ... Mayor Parvin
Lenka Peterson ... Granny Mundy
Julia Jennings ... Sylvia Wiss

Lisa Aliff ... April
Joe Altmark ... Milkman
Nina Arvesen ... Lady Motor Cop
Fred Asparagus ... Tito Provencal
Peter Aykroyd ... Phoney CHP #2
Larry Bilzarian ... SWAT Trooper
Jim Boeke ... Nectar Pagan
Sandra Canning ... Baitmate
William Chalmers ... Observatory Pagan
Donald Craig ... Announcer
Karen Criswell ... Mansion Cellist

Josh Cruze ... Police Officer
Jenniffer Curry ... Mansion Violinist
Gray Daniels ... Crewman #1
Gary Lee Davis ... Leggings Pagan
Susan Deemer ... Coffee Bar Dancer

Juliana Donald ... Zookeeper (as Juli Donald)
Sandra Eng ... TV Reporter

Ava Fabian ... Baitmate
Kimberly Foster ... Betsy Blees

Ruben Garfias ... Tough #2
Sharon Gilchrist ... Mansion Musician
Chester Grimes ... Pagan

Bert Hinchman ... Night Watchman
D.D. Howard ... Officer Robin Gilbert
Peter Leeds ... Roy Grest
Margaret Lenzey ... Baitmate
Lori Leonelli ... Baitmate

Lisa London ... 1982 Redhead
Kent MacLachlan ... Young Officer
Christopher Mankiewicz ... White Coat
Maurice Marsac ... Maitre d'
Marshall Maurice Mitchell ... Tough #1

Stuart Quan ... Tough #3
Ingrid M. Rhoades ... Baitmate

Casey Sander ... Phoney CHP #1
Billy Ray Sharkey ... Drug Pagan
Jimmie F. Skaggs ... Caterer Pagan
John Walton Smith Jr. ... Lt. Thumb
Dona Speir ... Baitmate
Chuck Thornton ... Mo Sarkus
Bill Wittman ... Narrator (voice)

Meg Wyllie ... Mrs. Gannon
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Richard Partlow ... Detective (uncredited)
Harry Perry ... Guitar Player in Opening Scene (uncredited)

Shannon Tweed as Baitmate and Sydney Urshan as Officer Conklin. Movie Central, October 2, 2013, with Connie Luther. Soundtrack: "Just the Facts" - Performed by Patti LaBelle
Written by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
Produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis for Flyte Time Productions Inc.
Patti LaBelle appears courtesy of MCA Records
City of Crime
Performed by Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks
Featuring Glenn V. Hughes III (as Glenn Hughes) and Pat Thrall
Written by Peter Aykroyd, Dan Aykroyd and Pat Thrall
Produced by J.B. Moore and Robert Ford
Associate Producers: Peter Aykroyd and Pat Thrall
Dragnet
(Danger Ahead/Dragnet March)
Performed & Produced by The Art of Noise (as Art of Noise)
Danger Ahead Written by Walter Schumann and Miklós Rózsa (as Miklos Rozsa)
Dragnet March Written by Walter Schumann
Art of Noise appears courtesy of China/Chrysalis Records
Helplessly in Love
Performed by 'New Edition'
Written by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
Produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis for Flyte Time Productions Inc.
New Edition appears courtesy of MCA Records
Dance or Die
Performed, Written and Produced by Peter Aykroyd and Pat Thrall
Danger Ahead
Written by Walter Schumann and Miklós Rózsa (as Miklos Rozsa)
Dragnet March
Written by Walter Schumann.

Trivia: It is a crime comedy film starring Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks, directed by Tom Mankiewicz, based on the television crime drama of the same name starring Jack Webb.[1][2] The screenplay was written by Aykroyd, Alan Zweibel, and Mankiewicz. The original music score is by Ira Newborn.

Acting as both a parody of and homage to the long-running television series, Aykroyd plays Joe Friday (nephew of the original series star) while Hanks plays Pep Streebek, his new partner.

The title credits featured an update to the series original theme by the British group Art of Noise.[3] They set the Dragnet theme against a hip-hop style breakbeat with soundbites such as Friday's "Just the facts, ma'am" timed to the music.

The soundtrack includes an original song, "City of Crime." The track features a hip-hop style collaboration between Aykroyd and Hanks that is performed with bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes and guitarist Pat Thrall. The track is played over the film's closing credits.

Links to the two classic TV series include a cameo by Harry Morgan, and a photo of Jack Webb is visible in one scene. Morgan was originally going to be in one scene only but asked for a bigger part, so he was made the Captain. As well as the closing credits theme of the original series played towards the end of the film.
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The photograph of Captain Gannon's wife behind his desk is the same photograph as Colonel Potter's wife in M*A*S*H. Both parts were played by Harry Morgan.
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Near the end of the picture, when the Reverend Whirley is being taken away on the airport runway, Joe Friday sees his true love standing there beaming on the tarmac. For a brief moment an old, four piston engine aircraft is in the background behind the actress. This aircraft is a Lockheed Constellation, which is affectionately known as a "Connie", the same first name as the Virgin Connie Swail.
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Connie Swail's house was later used as Susan Mayer's house in the TV series Desperate Housewives.
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In another nod to the series, when Joe Friday first sits down at his desk, we see a pack of Chesterfield cigarettes on top of the news paper. Chesterfield was the sponsor of the Dragnet radio series and original Joe Friday, Jack Webb, used to participate in Chesterfield ads during the live radio broadcasts.
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When Joe Friday is doing his opening narrations as he sits down at his desk, he says "My partner is Frank Smith..." Frank Smith was Friday's original partner on the 1950's Dragnet series and the radio show.
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In real life, Dan Aykroyd is a huge fan of Jack Webb, the original Joe Friday, and as a tribute to him, Aykroyd gives many of his characters the ability to spit out complex technical jargon the way Joe Friday recites laws and police procedures. Examples are in Ghostbusters (when Ray Stanz "orders" the demi-god Zuul to leave New York), The Blues Brothers (when Elwood describes the specifications of the "Bluesmobile"), and 1941 (when he explains the function of the anti-aircraft gun to Ned Beatty).
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Dan Aykroyd's character talks about Los Angeles and how could things be permitted in the same city in which they recorded "We are the World". Aykroyd sang with the other performers on "We are the World".
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Joe Friday is fairly accurate in quoting the dress code to Pep at the beginning of the film. Section 3/605, Paragraph .10 refers simply to the need for a neat and professional appearance. .20 through .26 deal specifically with appearance of one's hair. .50 provides an exception to wear normal civilian clothing if appropriate to the assignment. .70 refers to ornamentation, such as rings, and .80 refers to appropriate attire for court which is, interestingly, the only paragraph that mentions the specific items of clothing Friday quotes.
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The "police" aircraft used to force down the Reverend's jet and rescue Connie is a 1963 American supersonic Northrop/Thornton T-38A jet trainer, Construction Number 5518, tail number N638TC, owned (as of October 2010) by the Thornton Aircraft Corporation of San Marino, California. It was the world's first and most produced supersonic jet trainer. It remains in service as of 2010 in air forces throughout the world. It is one of the few T-38 jet aircraft in private ownership.
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The TV watch Detective Streebeck is watching was a real TV watch invented by SEIKO in 1983. It did require a separate battery pack/tuner about the size of a Walkman and would only support monochrome images.
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It is stated that one of Bait Mate April's favorite movies is The Sound of Music, which featured Christopher Plummer (Reverend Whirley).
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The motor-bike that Tom Hanks rides is a BMW K75, often referred to as a "flying brick" by BMW Motorcycle people.
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Dabney Coleman describes the accent he used in this movie as South-eastern ala "Tennessee Williams" which he also used in the movie Modern Problems. Dabney remarks for his character in Dragnet, he added a lisp.
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Albert Brooks was offered the part of Pep Streebeck.
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When Pep Streebeck (Tom Hanks) sees Connie Swail's house, he mockingly asks, "Can the Beaver come out and play?" However, in the movie "The Burbs" which came out two years later, this same structure was used as the home of Ray Peterson - who was played by Tom Hanks.
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The meaning of the film's two acronyms, M.A.M.A and P.A.G.A.N, were respectively, the "Moral Advanced Movement of America" and the "People Against Goodness And Normalcy".
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Directorial debut of screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz. The movie though was just the first of two pictures that Mankiewicz directed, the second being Delirious starring John Candy.
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This theatrical feature film is the fifth of seven film and television installments of "Dragnet" after its original appearance on NBC Radio in 1949. Previously, there had been two television series, one in the 1950s, Dragnet and one in the 1960s and 1970s, Dragnet 1967, and two features, one a 1950s cinema movie, Dragnet, and the other a 1960s tele-movie, Dragnet 1966. After this 1987 cinema movie, Dragnet, there have been two more TV series, one in the 1980s and 1990s, Dragnet, and one in the 2000s, Dragnet.
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Second "Dragnet" cinema film. The first had been 1954's Dragnet which had been made and released around thirty-three years earlier.
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Third of three "Dragnet" feature films. The first had been 1954's theatrical feature Dragnet whilst the second and most recent had been the Dragnet 1966 tele-movie made and released around eighteen years earlier.
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The make and model of the handgun that LAPD Detective Sergeant Joe Friday (Dan Aykroyd) regularly carried was a Smith & Wesson Model 10 HB .38 Special Revolver. The make and model of the handgun that LAPD Detective Pep Streebeck (Tom Hanks) regularly carried was a chrome Colt Python .357 Magnum with a 6 inch barrel.
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Harry Morgan reprized his role as Bill Gannon which he had played twice before in "Dragnet" shows, in the tele-movie Dragnet 1966, and in the second "Dragnet" TV series, Dragnet 1967.
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Penultimate cinema film role of actor Harry Morgan whose final big-screen credit would be 1997's Family Plan.
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Final produced screenplay for a cinema movie of scriptwriter Tom Mankiewicz.
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This movie is a comedy version of "Dragnet". However, it was not the first feature film to spoof the earlier "Dragnet" incarnations. Two adult sex film spoofs, 1971's City of Sin and 1973's Case of the Full Moon Murders, the latter which is also known as "The Case of the Smiling Stiffs", each had two "Dragnet"-like detectives on a case. Ironically, this 1987 Akroyd-Hanks Dragnet movie had a porn racket and pornography as part of its story-line.
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The famous "Dragnet" catch-phrase "Just the Facts" was used as a promotional blurb / tagline for the picture. So was the pun and more generalized expression, "Thank Gods It's Friday", itself having been the title of a Hollywood movie about nine year's earlier [See: Thank God It's Friday].
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According to Wikipedia, "The title credits featured an update to the series original theme by the British group The Art of Noise. They set the Dragnet theme against a hip-hop style break-beat with sound-bites such as Friday's "Just the facts, ma'am" timed to the music".
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Star Billing: Dan Aykroyd (1st), Tom Hanks (2nd), Christopher Plummer (3rd), Harry Morgan (4th).
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The film's two lead stars, Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks, didn't just act in the movie, they sang a duet for the film, "City of Crime", which is played over the closing credits.
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Actors Peter Leeds, Kathleen Freeman, and Harry Morgan, were the only original or earlier cast members from the various earlier "Dragnet" shows to appear in this movie.
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The original actor to play Joe Friday, Jack Webb, did not live to see this Dragnet major motion picture, as Webb had sadly passed away in 1982, about five years prior to this film's debut.
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Dan Aykroyd has said of this movie: "I believe that good comedy should have a base in realism. I think that's part of why the Dragnet show lends itself so well to a comedic interpretation. It also had a very recognizable style. So, we've got more here than simply my doing the character of Joe Friday".
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Of the Joe Friday character, actor Dan Aykroyd has said: "I've had a fascination with Joe Friday since I was a kid. Next to Clouseau, he's the most famous cop in the world. I've studied his speech inflections, his mannerisms, his walk. During filming, I'd listen to tapes of the old shows. I even started dreaming in character. If there was ever a character I'd always wanted to play, it was this . . . "m a huge fan of [Jack] Webb's. I basically just love everything he did. Dragnet was something I'd always wanted to do but I never thought the opportunity would come up because I didn't know who owned the rights to the idea. When Universal called and said they were interested in doing it, I think I made a deal to write the script the next week".
The Reverend Jonathan Whirley (Christopher Plummer)'s Prisoner No. was 141067.
Quote: Pep Streebeck: "Well, what a pleasant surprise... Grannie Friday..." Friday: "Not that it's any of your business, she's my maternal grandmother, her name is Mundy." Anachronism: As they are driving to the rally, Friday narrates that they were issued a "...distressed 1985 unmarked Ford sedan." The car they are driving is a Ford LTD-S, which last year of production was in 1982.

Mama. 2013 (Spanish-Canadian), Starring
Jessica Chastain as Annabel Moore
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Lucas Desange / Jeffrey Desange
Megan Charpentier as Victoria Desange

Morgan McGarry as Young Victoria

Isabelle Nélisse as Lilly Desange

Maya and Sierra Dawe as Young Lilly

Daniel Kash as Dr. Gerald Dreyfuss
Javier Botet as Mama
Jane Moffat as Jean Podolski / Voice of Mama
Laura Guiteras as Voice of Mama
Melina Matthews as Voice of Mama
David Fox as Burnsie
Julia Chantrey as Nina
Elva Mai Hoover as Secretary
Dominic Cuzzocrea as Ron
Diane Gordon as Louise
Hannah Cheesman as Beautiful Mama (Edith Brennan) / Skinny Woman
Joel Samuels as Town Police Chief Capt. John Roberts

Jessica Chastain ... Annabel

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau ... Lucas / Jeffrey

Megan Charpentier ... Victoria

Isabelle Nélisse ... Lilly (as Isabelle Nelisse)

Daniel Kash ... Dr. Dreyfuss

Javier Botet ... Mama

Jane Moffat ... Jean Podolski / Mama (Voice)

Morgan McGarry ... Young Victoria
David Fox ... Burnsie
Dominic Cuzzocrea ... Ron
Christopher Marren ... Cop (as Chris Marren)

Julia Chantrey ... Nina

Ray Kahnert ... Judge
Diane Gordon ... Louise

Matthew Edison ... Young Cop
Maya Dawe ... Young Lilly
Sierra Dawe ... Young Lilly
Nick Hall ... Annabel's Bandmate
Joey Proulx ... Annabel's Bandmate

Hannah Cheesman ... Beautiful Mama / Skinny Woman
Elva Mai Hoover ... Dr. Dreyfuss' Secretary

Pamela Farrauto ... Nun (as Pamela Susan Farrauto)
Chrys Hobbs ... Nun 2
Laura Guiteras ... Mama (voice)

Melina Matthews ... Mama (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Sydney Cross ... Orphaned Girl (uncredited)
Tyler Curnew ... Orphaned Boy #2 (uncredited)
Jayden Greig ... Orphaned Boy (uncredited)
Kevin Kirkham ... Lawyer for Jean Podolski. Movie Central, October 3, 2013. Soundtrack: "Missing Pieces
® 2012 by Third String Tunes/EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
Edición autorizada para España a EMI Music Publishing Spain S.A.
All rights reserved. International Copyright secured.
Performed by Jack White
Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment España, S.L.
Courtesy of XL Recordings Ltd
By arrangement with Beggars Group Media Limited
Vampire Guitar
Written by Gerard Misael
Arranged by Alberto Bernad, Marcel Cifré, Gerard Misael, Sergio Roldán y Javier Ruiz
Performed by Mr. Mîsael & los Atormentados
® 2012 by Mr. Mîsael & los Atormentados.

Trivia: 1. It is a Spanish-Canadian horror film co-written and directed by Andy Muschietti and based on his 2008 short film Mamá. The film stars Jessica Chastain and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and is produced by J. Miles Dale and co-writer Bárbara Muschietti, with Guillermo del Toro serving as executive producer. 2. The film deals with the story of two young girls abandoned in a forest cabin on the onset of the 2008 financial crisis, fostered by an unknown entity that they fondly call Mama, which eventually follows them to their new suburban home after their uncle retrieves them. 3. The film began production in Pinewood Toronto Studios on October 3, 2011. Parts of the film were also shot in Quebec City, Quebec. 4. Isabelle Nélisse can't speak English, which is why she's not given much dialogue and speaks more with body language. 5. Mama's appearance was inspired by painting by Modigliani, owned by Andrés Muschietti. 6. Mama is played by a man, Javier Botet, who has Marfan syndrome that give him a slender body and long fingers. Mama's movement is not entirely CGI. Javier Botet can remove his joints as he wish. The only CGI on Mama is her hair. Quote: Victoria: "Daddy, look! there's a woman outside the window. And she's not touching the floor."

White Mile. 1994 (HBO), Starring

Alan Alda as Dan Cutler
Peter Gallagher as Jack Robbins
Robert Loggia as Nick Karas
Bruce Altman as David Koenig
Fionnula Flanagan as Gena Karas
Jack Gilpin as Peter Wiederhorn
Ken Jenkins as Jerry Taggart
Dakin Matthews as Andy Thornell
Don McManus as Art Stefanoff
Robert Picardo as Tom Horton

Alan Alda ...
Dan Cutler
Peter Gallagher Peter Gallagher ...
Jack Robbins
Robert Loggia Robert Loggia ...
Nick Karas
Bruce Altman Bruce Altman ...
David Koenig
Fionnula Flanagan Fionnula Flanagan ...
Gena Karas
Jack Gilpin Jack Gilpin ...
Peter Wiederhorn
Ken Jenkins Ken Jenkins ...
Jerry Taggart
Dakin Matthews Dakin Matthews ...
Andy Thornell
Don McManus Don McManus ...
Art Stefanoff
Robert Picardo Robert Picardo ...
Tom Horton
Max Wright Max Wright ...
Bill Spencer
Alice Barden Alice Barden ...
Stephanie
Tim Choate Tim Choate ...
Young Man
Kevin Cooney Kevin Cooney ...
Older Man
Cab Covay Cab Covay ...
Constable Carroll
Denny Delk Denny Delk ...
Constable Madley
Walter Dickhaut Walter Dickhaut ...
German Tourist #1
Anne Flanagan Anne Flanagan ...
Foreman
Nigel Gibbs Nigel Gibbs ...
Director
Dan Gilvezan Dan Gilvezan ...
Goldberg
Rebecca Glenn Rebecca Glenn ...
Diane Koenig
Marcy Kaplan Marcy Kaplan ...
Woman
Dan Kern Dan Kern ...
The Judge
Jacqueline Kim Jacqueline Kim ...
Michelle Stefanoff
Simon Luethi Simon Luethi ...
German Tourist
Eric Magneson Eric Magneson ...
Ed Miller
Aidan Maguire Aidan Maguire ...
Paramedic
Danny Manning Danny Manning ...
Danny Manning
Brian Markinson Brian Markinson ...
Marty Rosenstock
Robin Goodrin Nordli Robin Goodrin Nordli ...
Leila
Erik Peterson Erik Peterson ...
Paramedic
Brett Porter Brett Porter ...
Bechdel
Gina Ravera Gina Ravera ...
Alma (as Gina Ravarra)
Jack Shearer Jack Shearer ...
Crowe
Rick Shuster Rick Shuster ...
Helicopter Pilot
Ben Sparks Ben Sparks ...
John McAlpine
Robert Stanley Robert Stanley ...
RCMP Heli Crewman
Ken Thorley Ken Thorley ...
Coroner Costello
Jenifer Wymore as Cindy, Brian Shotwell as Office Worker, Kevin LaRosa as Aerial Coordinator/RCMP Pilot, Leonard Federico as RCMP Pilot, Ray Ferrell as Pilot; Stuntmen: Dane Farwell, John Borland and Joey Box. HBO, October 3, 2013. Soundtrack: "The Song of the Marines" - by Harry Warren and Al Dubin.
Storyline: Dan Cutler, the head of an advertising agency, invites his colleagues to a whitewater rafting trip. The invitation feels more like an order to some, Cutler considering the outing a test of his employees' confidence, courage and skills. Tragedy occurs along Canada's "white mile," when a canoe capsizes and several of Cutler's companions are swept away by the raging current. Some die, and Cutler becomes at odds with one of his top executives over how the aftermath should be portrayed to authorities and to relatives who are suing the company.
Trivia: 1. It is an American film directed by Robert Butler and starring Alan Alda and Peter Gallagher. 2. The film is loosely based on a real incident, on August 1, 1987. Executives and clients of Chicago agency DDB Needham were involved in a rafting accident in Canada. Like the film, five men died that day. 3. The film was nominated for two Golden Globes: "Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV" and Alan Alda was nominated for "Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV". The film was nominated for an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Editing for a Miniseries or a Special". John Duffy was nominated for an Eddie for "Best Edited Motion Picture for Non-Commercial Television". 4. Music by Dan Wool(as Pray for Rain).

The Secret Life of Bobby Ryan. 2013 (Canadian/SportsNet Documentary), Starring Bobby Ryan, Melody Stevenson, Bob Ryan, Brian Burke and Christine Simpson as Reporter/Narrator. SN, October 3, 2013. Filmed in Ottawa, Ontario; Cherry Hill, New Jersey; Toronto, Ontario and Idaho. Summary: Bobby Ryan (born Robert Shane Stevenson; March 17, 1987) is an American professional ice hockey player who is currently a member of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted second overall by the Anaheim Ducks in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. He played five seasons with the Ducks before being traded to the Ottawa Senators in 2013. Ryan was born in Cherry Hill, New Jersey and grew up in Collingswood, New Jersey, a suburb of Philadelphia. In October 1999, Ryan's father assaulted his mother, after an evening at the bar. While Ryan's mother recovered in hospital from severe injuries incurred in the assault, Ryan's father eventually fled the country, and later returned, finding a suitable hockey training environment for his son in southern California. The family reunited, despite a non-contact court order and established a home in California. Ryan's parents' forged his birth certificate, changing his surname from Stevenson to Ryan, the new name take from the movie Saving Private Ryan. Ryan's father was eventually arrested and incarcerated. Ryan's mother began working two jobs to look after her and her son, including an evening job at LA International Airport, where she was able to obtain discount flights for her son for his hockey career. After winning national championships with his minor hockey team, the Los Angeles Junior Kings, Ryan initially committed to playing for the U.S. National Under-18 Program. Despite telling Ontario Hockey League (OHL) teams he would not play major junior, Ryan was selected by the Owen Sound Attack seventh-overall in the 2003 OHL Selection Draft. He was convinced to play for the team and immediately began his major junior career with a 39-point rookie campaign in 2003–2004. After improving to 89 points the following season, Ryan was drafted second overall by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. After Ryan's father finished his jail term, he was reunited with Ryan's mother, and the couple reside in New Jersey. Ryan's mother has made an effort to keep the family together, first when Ryan was a kid, and now when he is an adult, because her husband's parents were divorced and that had an adverse effect on their kids. Ryan decided to keep his assumed surname because that is the name under which he became known.

Broken City. 2013, Starring
Mark Wahlberg as Billy Taggart,
Russell Crowe as Mayor Nicholas Hostetler,
Catherine Zeta-Jones as Cathleen Hostetler,
Jeffrey Wright as Carl Fairbanks,
Barry Pepper as Jack Valliant,
Alona Tal as Katy Bradshaw,
Natalie Martinez as Natalie Barrow,
Michael Beach as Tony Jansen,
Kyle Chandler as Paul Andrews,
James Ransone as Todd Lancaster
Griffin Dunne as Sam Lancaster,
Justin Chambers as Ryan Blake,
Odessa Sykes as Secretary - Hostetler,
Britney Theriot as Valerie,
Luis Tolentino as Mikey Tavarez,
Tony Bentley as Judge,
Andrea Frankle as Prosecutor,
William Ragsdale as Mr. Davies (Billy's Lawyer),
Dana Gourrier as Cop - Courtroom,
Aaron Zell as Staten Island Man,
Stephen Fisher as Staten Island Neighbor,
James M. Jenkins as Jimmy (voice),
Teri Wyble Teri Wyble ...
Staten Island Woman
Sharon Angela Sharon Angela ...
Amber (voice)
Anthony Thomas Anthony Thomas ...
Security Guard
Annika Pergament Annika Pergament ...
Reporter at City Hall
Indigo Indigo ...
Valliant's Aide (as Indigo Nichols)
Gregory Jbara Gregory Jbara ...
Post Columnist
Frank Fortunato Frank Fortunato ...
Body Man Kevin
Han Soto Han Soto ...
YMCA Speaker
Rachel Wulff Rachel Wulff ...
Hospital Reporter
Ann Hamilton Ann Hamilton ...
Cathleen's Friend
Dustin Knockum Dustin Knockum ...
Doorman
Jason Mitchell as Cast Friend #1, Chelsea Bruland as Cast Friend #2,
John W. Houghtaling John W. Houghtaling ...
Harris Sargent
Ric Reitz Ric Reitz ...
Mitch Rappaport
Lydia Hull Lydia Hull ...
Mitch Rapapport's Wife
Leslie Hippensteel Leslie Hippensteel ...
Four Season's Waitress
Chance Kelly Chance Kelly ...
Murdock
Benjamin Kanes Benjamin Kanes ...
Harvard Club Bartender
Greg Sproles Greg Sproles ...
Crime Scene Cop
Reynaldo Piniella Reynaldo Piniella ...
Bolton Teen Alex
Fred Tolliver Jr. Fred Tolliver Jr. ...
2nd Bolton Teen
Shawn Elliott Shawn Elliott ...
Raul Barea
Millie Tirelli Millie Tirelli ...
Natalie's Mother
Eric Weinstein Eric Weinstein ...
Sam's Employee #1
Henry Penzi Henry Penzi ...
Sam's Employee #2
J.D. Evermore J.D. Evermore ...
Sam's Employee #3
Benton Greene Benton Greene ...
Brooklyn Cop
Joseph Meissner Joseph Meissner ...
Hotel Bartender
Robert Larriviere Robert Larriviere ...
Debate Moderator
Rachael Taylor Arrington Rachael Taylor Arrington ...
Local Bartender
Veronica Berry Veronica Berry ...
Sr. Center Reporter #1
Judd Lormand Judd Lormand ...
Valliant's Office Reporter #2
Elizabeth Kaledin Elizabeth Kaledin ...
NY1 Anchor on TV
Lori Campbell Lori Campbell ...
Premiere PR
Janell Crispyn Janell Crispyn ...
Radio Announcer
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rhonda Floyd Aguillard Rhonda Floyd Aguillard ...
Guest at Fundraiser (uncredited)
Brittney Alger Brittney Alger ...
Premiere Cast Member (uncredited)
D'Arcy Allen D'Arcy Allen ...
Mayor's Dinner Guest (uncredited)
John L. Armijo John L. Armijo ...
Mayor Hostelter's Security (uncredited)
Solima Arnold Solima Arnold ...
Casual Pedestrian (uncredited)
Tom Cain Tom Cain ...
Arresting Officer (uncredited)
Ambyr Childers Ambyr Childers ...
Mary (uncredited)
Tony Costa Tony Costa ...
Reporter (uncredited)
Haylie Creppel Haylie Creppel ...
Hospital Patient (uncredited)
Z. Dieterich Z. Dieterich ...
BMW Driver (uncredited)
Ryan Martin Dwyer Ryan Martin Dwyer ...
NY Policeman at X-Ray Machine (uncredited)
Kasey Emas Kasey Emas ...
Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Adrienne Esteen Adrienne Esteen ...
Fundraiser Guest (uncredited)
Marcia M Francis Marcia M Francis ...
City Hall Protestor / Casual Pedestrian (uncredited)
Russell M. Haeuser Russell M. Haeuser ...
Pedestrian (uncredited)
Kaitlin Hoychick Kaitlin Hoychick ...
Nurse (uncredited)
Stephen T. Johnson Stephen T. Johnson ...
Protesters (uncredited)
Mark Joyce Mark Joyce ...
Debate Attendee (uncredited)
Alex Kruz Alex Kruz ...
Reporter (uncredited)
Cynthia LeBlanc Cynthia LeBlanc ...
Fundraiser Guest (uncredited)
Elton LeBlanc Elton LeBlanc ...
Fundraiser Guest (uncredited)
Lucinda Lewis Lucinda Lewis ...
Protestor - NY (uncredited)
Jakel Marshall Jakel Marshall ...
Waiter (uncredited)
Olan Montgomery Olan Montgomery ...
Construction Worker at Car Crash (uncredited)
Fernandez Osvaldo Fernandez Osvaldo ...
Fundraiser Guest (uncredited)
Catherine Kim Poon Catherine Kim Poon ...
Reporter (uncredited)
Jessica Poumaroux Jessica Poumaroux ...
Lunch Guest (uncredited)
James Rawlings James Rawlings ...
Mayor Hostelter's Security (uncredited)
Christopher Reeves Christopher Reeves ...
Premiere PR (uncredited)
James Ricker II James Ricker II ...
Theater Goer (uncredited)
Heather Robbins Heather Robbins ...
Cast Member at Wrap Party (uncredited)
Shindo Ki Rodriguez Shindo Ki Rodriguez ...
Protestor (uncredited)
Johnny Santiago Johnny Santiago ...
Detective (uncredited)
Andy Sims Andy Sims ...
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Lindsey G. Smith Lindsey G. Smith ...
Premiere Cast Member (uncredited)
Charlotte Stein Charlotte Stein ...
Trial Attendee (uncredited)
Naeem Uzimann Naeem Uzimann ...
News Shop Cashier (uncredited)
Rachel Vicknair Rachel Vicknair ...
Premier Party Guest (uncredited)
Jaime Wallace Jaime Wallace ...
Hospital Cash Register Worker (uncredited)
Douglas Wilcox II as CSI Officer, Sean Graham as "Billy Taggart" Stunt Double, Greg Sproles as "Murdock" Stunt Double, Matthew R. Staley as "Todd Lancaster" Stunt Double and Andy Abele as "Ryan" Stunt Double. Movie Central, October 4, 2013. Music by Atticus Ross, Leopold Ross and Claudia Sarne. Soundtrack: "You Let Me Down" - Performed by Billie Holiday; "Party Up (In Here)"; "Music"; "Shot In The Back Of The Head"; "At Last"; "Requiem in D Minor..." - Written by W.A. Mozart.

Trivia: 1. It is an American crime thriller film directed by Allen Hughes and written by Brian Tucker. Mark Wahlberg stars as a police officer turned private investigator and Russell Crowe as the mayor of New York City who hires the private detective to investigate his wife. This is Hughes' first solo feature film directing effort; he has collaborated with his twin brother Albert previously. Allen in 2010 learned about Tucker's spec script, which had languished in development hell since Mandate Pictures attempted to produce a film in 2008. 2. Under a partnership between Emmett/Furla Films and Regency Enterprises, Hughes began production in 2011 in New York City and Louisiana. The film was released in theaters on January 18, 2013. With a production budget of $35 million, shooting began in New York City in November 2011. Filming also scheduled took place in the Carrollton neighborhood of New Orleans and other parts of Louisiana.

Back In The Saddle: Face Off With The Flood. 2013 (Canadian/SportsNet Documentary), Starring Mayor Naheed Nenshi, Valerie Fortney of Calgary Herald, Bob Hartley, John Bean, Rob Blanchard, Carlo Petrini, Bob Godun, Ken King, Libby Raines, Corban Knight, Pierre Champness, Jay Feaster, Fabrizio Carinelli, Mark DePasquale and Mark Vaillant as Themselves, and Chris Harper as Narrator. SN, October 4, 2013, with Connie Luther. Filmed in Calgary, Alberta, and nearby locations in Alberta. Composer: Larry Day. The film documents the Alberta flood of June 20 to 22, 2013, as it affected Calgary, Bragg Creek and High River, and in particular, the ScotiaBank Saddledome in Calgary. Footage and commentary depicts the devastation to the Saddledome, and the amazing cleanup and restoration effort during the summer to have the stadium ready again for hockey by mid September 2013.

The Bourne Legacy. 2012, Starring
Jeremy Renner as Kenneth James Kitsom/Aaron Cross/Outcome 5
Rachel Weisz as Dr. Marta Shearing
Edward Norton as Eric Byer
Stacy Keach as Mark Turso
Dennis Boutsikaris as Terrence Ward
Oscar Isaac as Outcome 3
Joan Allen as CIA Deputy Director Pamela Landy
Albert Finney as Dr. Albert Hirsch
David Strathairn as Noah Vosen
Scott Glenn as CIA Director Ezra Kramer
Donna Murphy as Dita
Željko Ivanek as Dr. Donald Foite
Corey Stoll as Vendel
Shane Jacobson as factory owner
Elizabeth Marvel as Dr. Connie Dowd
Louis Ozawa Changchien as LARX-03
Corey Johnson as Ray Wills
John Arcilla as Joseph
Lou Veloso as The Captain
Paddy Considine as Simon Ross (archive footage)

Jeremy Renner ...
Aaron Cross
Scott Glenn Scott Glenn ...
Ezra Kramer
Stacy Keach Stacy Keach ...
Retired Adm. Mark Turso, USN
Edward Norton Edward Norton ...
Retired Col. Eric Byer, USAF
Donna Murphy Donna Murphy ...
Dita Mandy
Michael Chernus Michael Chernus ...
Arthur Ingram
Corey Stoll Corey Stoll ...
Zev Vendel
Alice Gainer Alice Gainer ...
Lean Forward MSNBC Anchor
Prue Lewarne Prue Lewarne ...
CNN Reporter
Howard Leader Howard Leader ...
MSNBC Man Analyst
James Joseph O'Neil James Joseph O'Neil ...
Sterisyn-Morlanta Gateman
Rachel Weisz Rachel Weisz ...
Dr. Marta Shearing
Tony Guida Tony Guida ...
Dr. Benezara
Sonnie Brown Sonnie Brown ...
Dr. Lieberburg
Neil Brooks Cunningham Neil Brooks Cunningham ...
Dr. Dan Hillcott
Zeljko Ivanek Zeljko Ivanek ...
Dr. Donald Foite
Robert Christopher Riley Robert Christopher Riley ...
Outcome #6 (as Rob Riley)
Noel Wilson Noel Wilson ...
Neuro Luncheon MC
Albert Finney Albert Finney ...
Dr. Albert Hirsch
Dennis Boutsikaris Dennis Boutsikaris ...
Terrence Ward
Oscar Isaac Oscar Isaac ...
Outcome #3
David Strathairn David Strathairn ...
Noah Vosen
Corey Johnson Corey Johnson ...
Ray Wills
Jennifer Kim Jennifer Kim ...
Outcome #4
Page Leong Page Leong ...
Mrs. Yun
John Douglas Thompson John Douglas Thompson ...
Lt. Gen. Paulsen
Adi Hanash Adi Hanash ...
Outcome #1
Robert Prescott Robert Prescott ...
Air Force Officer
David Wilson Barnes David Wilson Barnes ...
Drone Spec
Don Guillory Don Guillory ...
Dron Pilot
Patrick Vincent Marro Patrick Vincent Marro ...
Drone Command Guard
Ali Reza Ali Reza ...
Dr. Talwar (as Ali Reza Farahnakian)
Gita Reddy Gita Reddy ...
Dr. Chandra
Tom Riis Farrell Tom Riis Farrell ...
Blue Lab Doctor
Steve Routman Steve Routman ...
Blue Lab Doctor
Peter Lewis Peter Lewis ...
Blue Lab Doctor
Anitha Gandhi Anitha Gandhi ...
Blue Lab Doctor
Heather Rasche Heather Rasche ...
Blue Lab Doctor (as Heather Lupton Rasche)
Natalie Bird Natalie Bird ...
Blue Lab Doctor
Nilaja Sun Nilaja Sun ...
Blue Lab Doctor
Christopher Mann Christopher Mann ...
Lab Guard
Billy Smith Billy Smith ...
Lab Guard
Murray Knudsen Murray Knudsen ...
Alaska Airport Guard
Susan Egbert Susan Egbert ...
DIA Attorney
Tim Devitt Tim Devitt ...
FBI Honcho
Brian Poteat Brian Poteat ...
State Investigator
Clayton J. Barber Clayton J. Barber ...
Gene (as Clayton Barber)
Elizabeth Marvel Elizabeth Marvel ...
Dr. Connie Dowd
Michael Papajohn Michael Papajohn ...
Larry
David Leitch David Leitch ...
The Driver
Michael Berresse Michael Berresse ...
Leonard
Deidre Goodwin Deidre Goodwin ...
Candent Spokesperson
Laura Spaeth Laura Spaeth ...
Walking Woman
Sam Gilroy Sam Gilroy ...
C-Team
Rachel Black Rachel Black ...
C-Team
Sharon Washington Sharon Washington ...
C Team
Frank Deal Frank Deal ...
C-Team
Rob Yang Rob Yang ...
C-Team
Catherine Curtin Catherine Curtin ...
C-Team
Matt Oberg Matt Oberg ...
C-Team
Gary Lee Mahmoud Gary Lee Mahmoud ...
C-Team
Faye Yvette McQueen Faye Yvette McQueen ...
TSA Guard
Pat Battle Pat Battle ...
MSNBC Anchor
Nico Bernuth Nico Bernuth ...
Flight Attendant
Jane Jameston Jane Jameston ...
Flight Attendant
Roland Manansala Roland Manansala ...
Steri-M Guard
John Arcilla John Arcilla ...
Joseph
Josh Banks Josh Banks ...
Mackie's Assistant
Shane Jacobson Shane Jacobson ...
Mackie
Allen Jo Allen Jo ...
Guard
Jonathan Eusebio Jonathan Eusebio ...
Guard
Jon Valera Jon Valera ...
Guard
Carl Villa Roman Carl Villa Roman ...
Sterival Catwalk Guard
Louis Ozawa Changchien Louis Ozawa Changchien ...
LARX #3
Madeleine Nicolas Madeleine Nicolas ...
Landlady
Ruby Ruiz Ruby Ruiz ...
Philippine Pharmacist
Cherry Devera Cherry Devera ...
Crisis Translator
Julienne Orindain Julienne Orindain ...
TV Girl
Antonette Garcia Antonette Garcia ...
TV Mom (as Antonette R. Garcia)
Sonny Tuazon Sonny Tuazon ...
Manila Cop
Normandy Bacaltos Normandy Bacaltos ...
Manila Cop
Edgar Letran Edgar Letran ...
Manila Cop
Alvin Zalamea Alvin Zalamea ...
Manila Cop
Spencer Sano Spencer Sano ...
Manila Cop
Julie Ysla Julie Ysla ...
Woman With the Bag (as Julie R. Ysla)
Joel Torre Joel Torre ...
Citrus Samaritan
Ermie Concepcion Ermie Concepcion ...
Pissed-Off Guy (as Hermie Concepcion)
Arthur Acuña Arthur Acuña ...
Manila Driver
Adrian Talinga Adrian Talinga ...
Captain's Son
Lou Veloso Lou Veloso ...
Captain
Ian Blackman Ian Blackman ...
Landy's Attorney
Joan Allen Joan Allen ...
Pam Landy
Jodi Applegate Kay Jodi Applegate Kay ...
Landy Reporter
Tony Carlin Tony Carlin ...
Landy Reporter
Karen Pittman Karen Pittman ...
Landy Reporter
Ana Berry Ana Berry ...
Landy Reporter
Matthew J. Walters Matthew J. Walters ...
Landy Reporter
Brian O'Neill Brian O'Neill ...
Landy Reporter
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Martin Ballantyne Martin Ballantyne ...
Commuter (uncredited)
Marie-Pierre Beausejour Marie-Pierre Beausejour ...
Lab Tech (uncredited)
Robert Chang Robert Chang ...
Manager (uncredited)
Sheena Colette Sheena Colette ...
Candent Woman #2 (uncredited)
Paddy Considine Paddy Considine ...
Simon Ross (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joseph Dimartino Joseph Dimartino ...
Firefighter (uncredited)
Lalaine Fabi Lalaine Fabi ...
Pharmaceutical Technician (uncredited)
John Farrer John Farrer ...
Airport Passenger (uncredited)
Jeff Grossman Jeff Grossman ...
Maryland State Trooper (uncredited)
Johnathan Hallgrey Johnathan Hallgrey ...
News Reporter (uncredited)
Eli Harris Eli Harris ...
(uncredited)
Ed Heavey Ed Heavey ...
Fireman (uncredited)
Sam Ibram Sam Ibram ...
Pharmaceutical Tech (uncredited)
Julian Kim Julian Kim ...
Pharmaceutical Technician (uncredited)
Jeff Martineau Jeff Martineau ...
Firefighter (uncredited)
Nasser Metcalfe Nasser Metcalfe ...
Phillipine Plant Manager (uncredited)
Alexis Molnar Alexis Molnar ...
Hotel Teen Girl (uncredited)
Olan Montgomery Olan Montgomery ...
FBI SWAT Team Member (uncredited)
Jake Ramos Jake Ramos ...
Factory Worker (uncredited)
Lil Rhee Lil Rhee ...
Pharmaceutical Technician (uncredited)
Eddie Ruben Eddie Ruben ...
Market Shopper (uncredited)
Naeem Uzimann Naeem Uzimann ...
Manager. Movie Central, October 5, 2013. Soundtrack: "Kongkkakji
Written by Choi Bi Ryong, Choi Jun Ho
Performed by Jang Yoon Jeong
Courtesy of Inwoo Production
Cleaning This Gun (Come on in Boy)
Written by Casey Beathard, Marla Cannon-Goodman
Performed by Rodney Atkins
Courtesy of Curb Records, Inc.
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
Patcha
Written by Arlen P. Mandangan, Cieleto A. Diola
Performed by Mocha Girls
Courtesy of Viva Entertainment, Inc.
By arrangement with The Orchard
Extreme Ways (Bourne's Legacy)
Written, Produced and Performed by Moby.

Trivia: It is an American action thriller film directed by Tony Gilroy. The Bourne films are based on Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne novels. The Bourne Legacy is the fourth installment in the series. The film stars Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, and Edward Norton.

Titular character Jason Bourne does not appear in The Bourne Legacy, because actor Matt Damon, who played Bourne in the first three films, chose not to return for a fourth film. However, there are various pictures of Damon as Bourne shown throughout the film and his name is mentioned several times. Tony Gilroy, co-screenwriter of the first three films, sought to continue the story of the film-series without changing its key events, and parts of The Bourne Legacy take place at the same time as the previous film The Bourne Ultimatum (2007).

In The Bourne Legacy, the CIA agent Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner) is a member of a black ops program whose subjects are genetically enhanced. He must run for his life once Bourne's actions lead to the public exposure of Operations Treadstone and Blackbriar. Filming was primarily in New York, with some scenes shot in the Philippines, South Korea, Pakistan and Canada. It was theatrically released on August 10, 2012, in the United States.

With permission from the estate of Robert Ludlum, Eric Van Lustbader has continued writing Jason Bourne novels from where Ludlum left off in The Bourne Ultimatum (1990). Although this film has the same title as his first Bourne novel The Bourne Legacy, the actual screenplay bears no resemblance to the novel which features Jason Bourne as the principal character.

Although a large part of the film was set in and around Washington, D.C., the real D.C. appears only in aerial establishing shots. Most of the film was shot over 12 weeks at the Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens, New York, including all interior D.C. scenes.[16] The old house in Hudson, New York used as Shearing's house was unable to accommodate the weight of equipment and crew, so it was used only for exterior shots, and all interior scenes were filmed on a Kaufman Astoria soundstage.[16] The scenes set in the "SteriPacific" factory in Manila were actually filmed in the New York Times printing plant in Queens.[17]

Several scenes were shot overseas, mostly in Manila[18] and in the paradise bay of El Nido, Palawan in the Philippines.[19] Several train scenes at Ogeum Station on Seoul Subway Line 3 and nearby areas in Seocho-daero 77-Gil (1308 Seocho 4-dong), Seocho-gu and Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea were used in some scenes.[20] The Kananaskis Country region of Alberta, Canada was used for the scenes set in Alaska.[16]

The film portrays Cross and Shearing as traveling nonstop from New York JFK Airport to Manila on board an American Airlines Boeing 747-400. That particular 747 model was introduced in 1989; American Airlines has never flown one;[21][22] American Airlines has never served Manila as a destination; no commercial airline has ever flown from JFK to Manila nonstop with passenger service; the distance between the two cities exceeds the maximum range of any model 747.[23] In spite of these continuity lapses, American Airlines was actively involved in the production of the film in cooperation with NBCUniversal, and contributed its own airline employees and a Boeing 777-200 for the interior terminal and cabin shots at Terminal 8 of JFK International Airport.[24] The airline also heavily co-marketed the film throughout post-production.

The location of Aaron Cross at the wilderness outpost as seen on the display at Drone Command is 61 48 28.54 -142 49 06.17 (or 61.632507,-142.968292). This is in the Wrangell-St.Elias National Park and Preserve in Chitina Alaska, approximately half way between the peaks of Regal Mountain and Presidents Chair at an altitude of 8900 feet.
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(at around 17 mins) The yellow note seen pinned to the shelf in the cabin at the wilderness outpost reads "*NEW* LATRINE Tom (N) leave the shovel there ffs. and the bears use it too, heads up--"
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Daniel Craig visited his wife Rachel Weisz during their shoot in Manila. Producer Frank Marshall was glad to see them together, saying: "It was pretty cool to have James Bond on the 'Bourne' set with Aaron Cross. We had a great time. It was really fun."
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Before this movie was seriously considered, director Paul Greengrass jokingly suggested to make a fourth Bourne movie called "The Bourne Redundancy".
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When asked about his most difficult scene, Jeremy Renner revealed that it was the motorcycle ride with Rachel Weisz behind him in Manila, because he was responsible for the two of them. At the press conference of the film, Weisz was asked about this particular stunt, "How was it to ride on a motorcycle through Manila with Jeremy Renner?" and she said that "It was really terrifying! Jeremy never told me when we were in Manila, but that was the scariest stunt for him because he was responsible for my life. He didn't tell me that in Manila, thank god, because I would have been like, 'Oh, my god!' I just had to surrender and hold on. I didn't have to act. It just was terrifying".
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Shipped to theaters under the code name "Marcher". This was also the fake title filming took place under.
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The message scrawled on the mirror in the hotel room, 'No More', is an anagram of the fake surname Cross gives to Marta, 'Monroe'.
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Matt Damon told The Playlist he could not see his character and the character played by Jeremy Renner being in a movie together.
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Taylor Kitsch, Shia LaBeouf, Adam Brody, Garrett Hedlund, Luke Evans, Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Hartnett, Tobey Maguire, Alex Pettyfer, Dominic Cooper, Michael Fassbender, Kellan Lutz, Benjamin Walker, Erryn Arkin, Paul Dano, Joel Edgerton, Oscar Isaac, Logan Marshall-Green and Michael Pitt were considered for the role of Aaron Cross. Isaac was eventually cast in the different role as Outcome #3.
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Edward Norton, Scott Glenn and Joan Allen have all appeared in films featuring the character Hannibal Lecter. Allen was in _Manhunter (1986), as was 'Brian Cox' who appeared in the first two films of this series. Glenn appeared in _The Silence of the Lambs (1991), and Norton appeared in Red Dragon.
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The generic name of Sterisyn Morlanta's new cognitive enhancing drug Requiel, seen printed on the poster behind the Candent spokesperson is Alprazolam, which is actually the generic name for Xanax, a popular tranquilizer.
Quotes: 1. Dr. Marta Shearing: "Are we lost?" Aaron Cross: "No, I was just looking at our options." Dr. Marta Shearing: "Oh, I was kinda hoping we were lost." 2.Aaron Cross: [to Dr. Shearing] "Now, I've got a plan, and it's just not that complicated. What I'm going to do is wait for the next person to show up to kill you. Maybe they can help me."
Anachronisms: 1. Byer says that he found the video of the Treadstone/Outcome bosses at a party on "YouTube." The Bourne Legacy takes place concurrently with The Bourne Ultimatum, which based on date references in the previous films is set no later than February 2005. The first video was not uploaded to YouTube until April that year. 2. While waiting in the airport to fly to Manila, Dr. Marta Shearing walks over to a newsstand and glances at a USA Today paper about the lab she worked at. The headline next to it read "Tablets Take PC Evolution To Next Level". This was a headline from 2011, but the events of this movie are occurring at the same time that "The Bourne Ultimatum" takes, place, which was no later than early 2005. 3. This film is set no later than February 2005, however in the movie, the song by Rodney Atkins "Cleaning This Gun" is playing on the radio. That song was not recorded until 2006 and was not released until 2007.

The Great Gatsby. 2013 (Australian-American), Starring
Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby
Tobey Maguire as Nick Carraway
Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan
Joel Edgerton as Tom Buchanan
Elizabeth Debicki as Jordan Baker
Isla Fisher as Myrtle Wilson
Jason Clarke as George Wilson
Amitabh Bachchan as Meyer Wolfshiem
Jack Thompson as Dr. Walter Perkins
Adelaide Clemens as Catherine
Richard Carter as Herzog
Max Cullen as Owl Eyes
Heather Mitchell as Daisy's mother
Gus Murray as Teddy Barton
Steve Bisley as Dan Cody
Vince Colosimo as Michaelis
Felix Williamson as Henri
Kate Mulvany as Mrs. Mckee
Eden Falk as Mr. Mckee
iOTA as Trimalchio

Amitabh Bachchan ...
Meyer Wolfsheim
Steve Bisley Steve Bisley ...
Dan Cody
Richard Carter Richard Carter ...
Herzog
Jason Clarke Jason Clarke ...
George Wilson
Adelaide Clemens Adelaide Clemens ...
Catherine
Vince Colosimo Vince Colosimo ...
Michaelis
Max Cullen Max Cullen ...
Owl Eyes
Mal Day Mal Day ...
The Boss-Probity Trust
Elizabeth Debicki Elizabeth Debicki ...
Jordan Baker
Lisa Adam Lisa Adam ...
Weeping / Singing Woman
Leonardo DiCaprio Leonardo DiCaprio ...
Jay Gatsby
Joel Edgerton Joel Edgerton ...
Tom Buchanan
Emmanuel Ekwenski Emmanuel Ekwenski ...
Jazz Player
Eden Falk Eden Falk ...
Mr. McKee
Isla Fisher Isla Fisher ...
Myrtle Wilson
Emily Foreman Emily Foreman ...
Pammy
Tiger Leacey Wyvill Tiger Leacey Wyvill ...
Pammy
Charlize Skinner Charlize Skinner ...
Pammy
Garrett William Fountain Garrett William Fountain ...
Barman
David Furlong David Furlong ...
Walter Chase
Daniel Gill Daniel Gill ...
Police Commissioner
Iota Iota ...
Trimalchio the Orchestra Leader
Price Johnson Price Johnson ...
Singer - Wilson's Garage
Stephen James King Stephen James King ...
Nelson
Goran D. Kleut Goran D. Kleut ...
Head Waiter - Speakeasy
Kim Knuckey Kim Knuckey ...
Senator Gulick
Barrie Laws Barrie Laws ...
Party Guest
Mark Lemon Mark Lemon ...
The Professor
John Maumau John Maumau ...
The Boxer
Brendan Maclean Brendan Maclean ...
Klipspringer
Frank Aldridge Frank Aldridge ...
Well Dressed Male Witness - Wilson's Garage
Tobey Maguire Tobey Maguire ...
Nick Carraway
Callan McAuliffe Callan McAuliffe ...
Teen Jay Gatsby
Ben McIvor Ben McIvor ...
Clerk - Probity Trust
Hamish Michael Hamish Michael ...
Clerk - Probity Trust
Brian Rooney Brian Rooney ...
Clerk - Probity Trust
Kevin McGlothan Kevin McGlothan ...
Footman
Nick Meenahan Nick Meenahan ...
Train Conductor
Olga Miller Olga Miller ...
Russian Silent Film Actress
Heather Mitchell Heather Mitchell ...
Daisy's Mother
Carey Mulligan Carey Mulligan ...
Daisy Buchanan
Gus Murray Gus Murray ...
Teddy Barton
Kate Mulvany Kate Mulvany ...
Mrs. McKee
Barry Otto Barry Otto ...
Benny McClenahan
John O'Connell John O'Connell ...
Newton Orchid
Corey Blake Owers Corey Blake Owers ...
Louisville Officer
Tasman Palazzi Tasman Palazzi ...
Young James Gatz
Brenton Prince Brenton Prince ...
Guard at Gatsby's Gates
Bryan Probets Bryan Probets ...
Gardener
Milan Pulvermacher Milan Pulvermacher ...
Waiter - Hotel Sayre
Alfred Quinten Alfred Quinten ...
Party Guest
Ghadir Rajab Ghadir Rajab ...
Footman
Jake Ryan Jake Ryan ...
Motorcycle Cop
John Sheerin John Sheerin ...
The Police Captain
Nicholas Simpson Nicholas Simpson ...
Second Policeman - Wilson's Garage
Kasia Stelmach Kasia Stelmach ...
Silent Film Star Marlene Moon
Nick Tate Nick Tate ...
Taxi Driver
Jack Thompson Jack Thompson ...
Dr. Walter Perkins
Kieran van Bunnik Kieran van Bunnik ...
Rowdie
Sylvana Vandertouw Sylvana Vandertouw ...
European Woman
Gemma Ward Gemma Ward ...
Languid Girl
Matthew Whittet Matthew Whittet ...
Vladimir Tostoff
Felix Williamson Felix Williamson ...
Henri
Bill Young Bill Young ...
Policeman - Wilson's Garage
Nancy Denis Nancy Denis ...
Foxy Baker / Speakeasy Dancer
Kahlia Greksa Kahlia Greksa ...
The Twins
Karinna Greksa Karinna Greksa ...
The Twins
Natasha Marconi Natasha Marconi ...
Puff Dancer
Jaclyn Seymour Jaclyn Seymour ...
Puff Dancer
Briden Starr Briden Starr ...
Party Dancer (as Briden Aspinall)
Charles Bartley Charles Bartley ...
Party Dancer
Veronica Beattie Veronica Beattie ...
Party Dancer
Kane Bonke Kane Bonke ...
Party Dancer
Kirby Burgess Kirby Burgess ...
Party Dancer
Henry Byalikov Henry Byalikov ...
Party Dancer
Thomas Egan Thomas Egan ...
Party Dancer
Danielle Evrat Danielle Evrat ...
Party Dancer
Ryan Gonzalez Ryan Gonzalez ...
Party Dancer
Lyndell Harradine Lyndell Harradine ...
Party Dancer
Sophie Rose Holloway Sophie Rose Holloway ...
Party Dancer
Michelle Hopper Michelle Hopper ...
Party Dancer
James May James May ...
Party Dancer
Zac McAliece Zac McAliece ...
Party Dancer
Lara Mulcahy Lara Mulcahy ...
Party Dancer
Mikaela Smith Mikaela Smith ...
Party Dancer
Alex Stewart Alex Stewart ...
Party Dancer
Romina Villafranca Romina Villafranca ...
Party Dancer
Mitchell Woodcock Mitchell Woodcock ...
Party Dancer
Kaylie Yee Kaylie Yee ...
Party Dancer
Tiana Canterbury Tiana Canterbury ...
Speakeasy Dancer
Morgan Choice Morgan Choice ...
Speakeasy Dancer
Eden Dessalegn Eden Dessalegn ...
Speakeasy Dancer
Elenoa Rokobaro Elenoa Rokobaro ...
Speakeasy Dancer
Lisa Viola Lisa Viola ...
Speakeasy Dancer
Betsy Effie Nkrumah Betsy Effie Nkrumah ...
Dancing Couple
Thabang Baloyi Thabang Baloyi ...
Dancing Couple
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jeff Duff Jeff Duff ...
Clarence Endive
Alison Benstead Alison Benstead ...
Anita Loos (uncredited)
Joel Amos Byrnes Joel Amos Byrnes ...
Rowdie (uncredited)
Elliott Collinson Elliott Collinson ...
Policeman (uncredited)
Arthur Dignam Arthur Dignam ...
(uncredited)
Simon Edds Simon Edds ...
Probity Trust Supervisor (uncredited)
Conor Fogarty Conor Fogarty ...
Gatsby's Butler (uncredited)
Gareth Hamilton-Foster Gareth Hamilton-Foster ...
Gatsby's Waiter (uncredited)
Nigel Harbach Nigel Harbach ...
Ripley Snel (uncredited)
Jacek Koman Jacek Koman ...
(uncredited)
Alex Lissine Alex Lissine ...
Cocktail Waiter (uncredited)
Corey Mills Corey Mills ...
Bartender (uncredited)
Stefan Mogel Stefan Mogel ...
The Bell Boy (uncredited)
Emma Mothersdill Emma Mothersdill ...
Michaelis Cafe Patron (uncredited)
Jey Osman Jey Osman ...
Wolfsheim Thugs (uncredited)
Kai Pantano Kai Pantano ...
Guard (uncredited)
Drew Pearson Drew Pearson ...
Party Guest - Hotel Sayre (uncredited)
Chris Proctor Chris Proctor ...
William (uncredited)
Eddie Ritchard Eddie Ritchard ...
Drowned Rat (uncredited)
Alexander Roberts Alexander Roberts ...
Gatsby Servant (uncredited)
Roger Adam Smith Roger Adam Smith ...
Gardener. Movie Central, October 5, 2013, with Melanie Luther, Chantelle Luther and Connie Luther. The film score was executive-produced by Jay-Z[42] and The Bullitts. Soundtrack: "Back to Black
Written by Amy Winehouse
Performed by Beyoncé Knowles (as Beyoncé) and André Benjamin (as André 3000)
Young and Beautiful
Written by Lana Del Rey (as Elizabeth Grant) and Rick Howels
Performed by Lana Del Rey
No Church In The Wild
Written by Jay-Z (as Shawn JAY Z Carter), James Brown, Kanye West, Michael Dean, Charles Njapa, The Dream (as Terius Nash), Gary Wright, Phil Manzanera, Joseph Maloy Roach (as Joseph Roach) and Frank Ocean (as Christopher Breaux)
Published by © 2011 WB Music Corp., Carter Boys Music, Dynatone Publishing Company, Intersong-USA, Inc., Bug Music Inc, a BMG company, Please Gimme My Publishing Inc / Papa George Music, Blue Mountain Music Ltd, Universal Music MGB Ltd and 2082 Music Publishing
By kind permission of Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty Ltd, Universal Music Publishing Group Pty Limited, EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Limited, J. Albert & Son Pty Ltd, Hebbes Music Group Pty. Ltd
Performed by Jay-Z (as JAY Z) and Kanye West, Frank Ocean and The Dream
Jay-Z (as JAY Z) appears courtesy of Roc Nation
Under license from Roc Nation / RocAFella / Island Def Jam (US)
Licensed courtesy of Universal Music Australia Pty Limited
Hearts A Mess
Written by Wally De Backer, William A. Attaway (as William Attaway) and Irving Burgie
Published by Samples 'N' Seconds Records Pty Ltd*
By kind permission of J. Albert & Son Pty Ltd* and BMG Chrysalis/Mushroom M
Let's Misbehave
Written by Cole Porter
© 1927 (Renewed) WB Music Corp.
By kind permission of Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty Ltd
Performed by Irving Aaronson and his Commanders
Sound recording licensed by Select-Audio-Visual Distribution, a Naxos Company
Ain't Misbehavin'
Written by Fats Waller (as Thomas "Fats" Waller), Harry Brooks and Andy Razaf
Published by Razaf Music (ASCAP).
All rights administered by Primary Wave Music Publishing, LLC/Wixen Music Publishing, Inc
Licensed by Universal Music Publishing Australia
© 1929 EMI Mills Music Inc. Licensed by EMI Davis Music Australia Pty Limited, Chappell & Co Inc. (ASCAP) and Redwood Music Ltd.
Administered by J. Albert & Son Pty Ltd. Used with permission.
Performed by Louis Armstrong
Licensed courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd
St Louis Blues
Written by W.C. Handy
© 1914 Handy Bros Music Co Inc.
Licensed by EMI Davis Music Australia Pty Limited.
Performed by Louis Armstrong
An Artist Alliance Recording, Licensed from LicenseMusic.com ApS, courtesy of Charly Acquisitions Ltd, by arrangement with CPC Music Services
Love Is The Drug
Written by Bryan Ferry and Andy Mackay (as Andrew Mackay)
Published by BMG Chrysalis/Mushroom Music and Universal Music Publishing MGB Australia Produced by Bryan Ferry, Rhett Davies, Colin Good and Simon Willey
Performed by Bryan Ferry with The Bryan Ferry Orchestra
Bryan Ferry and The Bryan Ferry Orchestra appear courtesy of BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
New Orleans Bump (Monrovia)
Written by Ferdinand 'Jelly Roll' Morton (as Ferd "Jelly Roll" Morton)
Published by Edwin H. Morris & Company, A Division of MPL Music Publishing, Inc. (ASCAP) and Southern Music Publ. Co. Inc
Performed by Ferdinand 'Jelly Roll' Morton (as Jelly Roll Morton)
Courtesy of Cleopatra Records
By arrangement with The Orchard
Who Gon Stop Me
Written by Jay-Z (as Shawn JAY Z Carter), Kanye West, Michael Dean, Shama Joseph, Maurice Perrimond and 'Joshua Kierkegaard Grant Steele'
Published by © 2011 WB Music Corp., Carter Boys Music, Sony ATV Music Publishing and Please Gimme My Publishing Inc / Papa George Music, Sak Pase Music Publishing (BMI)/Sham and Verse Publishing (BMI) / BuVision Publishing (BMI) By kind permission of Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty Ltd, EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Limited, and Universal Music Publishing Group Pty Limited
Produced by Shama "Sak Pase" Joseph
Performed by Jay-Z (as JAY Z) and Kanye West
Jay-Z (as JAY Z) appears courtesy of Roc Nation
Under license from Roc Nation / RocAFella / Island Def Jam (US)
Licensed courtesy of Universal Music Australia Pty Limited
Bang Bang
Written by Will i Am (as William Adams), Sonny Bono, James P. Johnson, and Cecil Mack
Published by i.am.composing, LLC (BMI) / BMG Sapphire Songs (BMI), Mushroom Music,
(c) WB Music Corp and Redwood Music Ltd. Cotillion Music Inc., Chris-Marc Music, Cherry River Music Co. (Samples "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" by Sonny Bono. Cotillion Music Inc.
and Chris-Marc Music)
(Samples "Charleston" by James P. Johnson and Cecil Mack. WB Music Corp., Redwood Music Ltd.)
By kind permission of Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty Ltd and J. Albert & Son Pty Ltd. Contains elements of "Charleston" written by James P. Johnson and Cecil Mack.
Covered by Marco F. Ferrari on the piano, and performed by Jazz Ensemble.
Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Produced by Will i Am (as will.i.am)
Performed by Will i Am (as will.i.am)
Under license from Interscope Records (US)
Licensed courtesy of Universal Music Australia Pty Limited
A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)
Written by David Listenbee, Jordan Orvash, Maureen Ann McDonald, Francesca Richard, Andre Smith, Fergie Duhamel, Alexander Scott, Andrea Martin, Q-Tip (as Kamaal Fareed).
Published by GoonRock Music/ Chebra Music, administered by Kobalt Music Publishing Australia/(c) 2013 Mo Zella Mo Music, Verses of Style Publishing BMI/Notting Hill Music administered by Universal Music Publishing Australia, Dre Kroon Music, Headphone Junkie Publishing (ASCAP), EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Limited, God's Cryin' Publishing/ Sony ATV Music Publishing (ASCAP), Songs Music Publishing LLC, Songs of SMP / U Betta Like My Music (ASCAP)
Produced by Goon Rock (as GoonRock)
Performed by Fergie Duhamel (as Fergie), Q-Tip and Goon Rock(as GoonRock)
Q-Tip appears courtesy of G.O.O.D. Music/ Def Jam Recordings
Goon Rock (as Goonrock) appears courtesy of Goonrock Music
Licensed courtesy of Interscope Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rhapsody In Blue
Written by George Gershwin
© 1924 (Renewed) WB Music Corp.
By kind permission of Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd.
Over The Love
Written by Stuart Hammond, Kid Harpoon, Aaron Foulds and Florence Welch Published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd and Beggars Music Limited and Young Turks Publishing/Beggars Music Limited
Produced by Emile Haynie, Tom Hull and Baz Luhrmann Performed by Florence and the Machine (as Florence + The Machine)
Licensed courtesy of Universal-Island Records Ltd
Under license from Universal Music Operations Ltd
Izzo (H.O.V.A.)
Written by Jay-Z (as Shawn JAY Z Carter), Kanye West, Freddie Perren, Fonce Mizell (as Alphonso Mizell), Berry Gordy and Deke Richards © 2001 Lil Lulu Publishing / Ye World Music / Jobete Music Co Inc. Licensed by EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Limited / EMI Songs Australia Pty Limited
Produced by Kanye West
Performed by Jay-Z (as JAY Z)
Jay-Z (as JAY Z) appears courtesy of Roc Nation
Under exclusive license from Island Def Jam/RAL Records (US)
Licensed courtesy of Universal Music Australia Pty Limited
Empire State Of Mind (Pt II) Broken Down
Written by Jay-Z (as Shawn JAY Z Carter), Alexander Shuckburgh, Sylvia Robinson, Bert Keyes, Alicia Keys (as Alicia Augello-Cook', Angela Hunte and Jane't Sewell
Published by © 2009 WB Music Corp., Carter Boys Music, Gambi Music Inc., Global Talent Publishing. Lellow Productions / J Sewell Publishing / Masani Elshabazz Music.
By kind permission of Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty Ltd, EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Limited. and Fable Music Pty Ltd
Performed by Alicia Keys
Licensed courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd
100$ Bill
Written by Jay-Z (as Shawn JAY Z Carter) and Evan Mast
© WB Music Corp., Carter Boys Music and El Pico Publishing (BMI) By kind permission of Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty Ltd Produced by E. Vax
Performed by Jay-Z (as JAY Z)
Licensed courtesy of S. Carter Enterprises
Where The Wind Blows
Written by Andrea Martin, Dan Dougherty and Phil Ponce
Published by © God's Cryin' Publishing /
Sony ATV Music Publishing (ASCAP), WB Music Corp/Redwood Music Ltd. By kind permission of Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty Ltd and J. Albert & Son Pty Ltd.
Contains samples from "Oh! You Have No Idea" written by Dan Dougherty (as Dougherty) and Phil Ponce (as Ponce), performed by Sophie Tucker, courtesy of Jasmine Records
Produced by Andrea Martin
Performed by Coco O. of Quadron
Coco O. appears courtesy of Vested In Culture/Epic Records
Crazy In Love
Written by Jay-Z (as Shawn JAY Z Carter), Richard Christopher Harrison (as Rich Harrison), Beyoncé Knowles and Eugene Record
© 2003 Carter Boys Publishing, EMI Blackwood Music Inc, Unichappell Music Inc, Beyonce Publishing / Hitco South/ Music of Windswept, a BMG company,
By kind permission of EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Limited, Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty Ltd and J. Albert & Son Pty Ltd.
Music Publishing Pty Ltd
Produced by Bryan Ferry, Rhett Davies, Colin Good, Simon Willey and Jon Brion
Performed by Emeli Sandé and The Bryan Ferry Orchestra
The Bryan Ferry Orchestra appears courtesy of BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Emeli Sandé appears courtesy of Virgin Records Limited
Oh! You Have No Idea
Written by Dan Dougherty and Phil Ponce
© 1928 (Renewed) WB Music Corp/Redwood Music Ltd. By kind permission of Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty Ltd and
J. Albert & Son Pty Ltd.
Produced by Bryan Ferry, Rhett Davies, Colin Good, Simon Willey and Elliott Wheeler
Performed by Andrea Martin and The Bryan Ferry Orchestra
The Bryan Ferry Orchestra appears courtesy of BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Together
Written by Romy Madley-Croft (as Romy Madley Croft), Oliver Sim and Jamie Smith Licensed by Universal Music Publishing Group Pty Limited Produced by Jamie Smith
Performed by The Xx (as The xx)
Licensed courtesy of Young Turks
By arrangement with XL Recordings Ltd/ Beggars Group Media Limited
Love Is Blindness
Written by U2
Published by Universal Music Publishing B.V. except Blue Mountain Music Ltd (UK) and Mother Music (Irl.) Produced by Jack White III
Performed by Jack White
© 2011 Third Man Records
Licensed courtesy of Third Man Records
Into The Past
Written by Joseph Ray, Daniel Stephens, Alana Watson and Craig Armstrong
Published by © 2013 EMI Publishing Ltd. Licensed by EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Limited and Warner- Olive Music LLC (ASCAP)
Produced by Daniel Stephens and Joseph Ray
Performed by Nero (as NERO)
NERO appears courtesy of MTA Records
Licensed courtesy of Mercury Records (London) Ltd
Under license from Universal Music Operations Ltd
Kill And Run
Written by Sia Furler and Chris Braide
Sia Furler: © 2013 EMI Music Publishing Ltd. Licensed by EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Limited Chris Braide: BMG Chrysalis/Mushroom Music, Chris Braide designee (BMI)
Produced by Chris Braide and Oliver Kraus
Performed by Sia Furler (as SIA)
Sia Furler (as Sia) appears courtesy of Monkey Puzzle Music
Can't Repeat The Past
Written by Craig Armstrong
Published by Warner-Olive Music LLC (ASCAP)
Produced by Bryan Ferry, Rhett Davies, Colin Good and Simon Willey
Performed by The Bryan Ferry Orchestra
The Bryan Ferry Orchestra appears courtesy of BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Infinite Hope
Written by Craig Armstrong
Published by Warner-Olive Music LLC (ASCAP)
Produced by Bryan Ferry, Rhett Davies, Colin Good and Simon Willey
Performed by The Bryan Ferry Orchestra
The Bryan Ferry Orchestra appears courtesy of BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Daisy's Theme
Written by Craig Armstrong
Published by Warner-Olive Music LLC (ASCAP)
Produced by Bryan Ferry, Rhett Davies, Colin Good and Simon Willey
Performed by The Bryan Ferry Orchestra
The Bryan Ferry Orchestra appears courtesy of BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Young and Beautiful
Written by Lana Del Rey (as Elizabeth Grant) and Rick Howels
Produced by Rick Howels, Emile Hayne, Elliot Wheeler, and Blam
Performed by Lana Del Rey
Young and Beautiful
Written by Lana Del Rey (as Elizabeth Grant) and Rick Howels
Performed by The Bryan Ferry Orchestra
Bang Bang
Written by Will i Am (as William Adams), Sonny Bono, James P. Johnson, and Cecil Mack
Performed by The Bryan Ferry Orchestra
100$ Bill
Written by Jay-Z (as Shawn JAY Z Carter) and Evan Mast
Performed by The Bryan Ferry Orchestra.

Trivia: It is an Australian-American 3D drama film. An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel of the same name, the film was co-written and directed by Baz Luhrmann, and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Amitabh Bachchan and Elizabeth Debicki.[4] It follows the life and times of millionaire Jay Gatsby and his neighbor Nick, who recounts his encounter with Gatsby at the height of the Roaring Twenties. The film was originally going to be released on December 25, 2012, but moved to May 10, 2013 in 3D. It received mixed reviews from critics, but proved a financial success. The government of Australia contributed financially to the making of the film with tax subsidies.

The Great Gatsby was planned to be filmed in the New York City area where the novel is set, starting in June 2011.[8] The director instead opted to shoot principal photography in Sydney. Filming began on September 5, 2011, at Fox Studios Australia and finished on December 22, 2011, with additional shots filmed in January 2012. In creating the background scenery for the world depicted in the film, designer Catherine Martin stated that the team styled the interior sets of Jay Gatsby's mansion with gilded opulence, in a style that blended establishment taste with Art Deco.[29] The long-destroyed Beacon Towers, thought by scholars to have partially inspired Fitzgerald's Jay Gatsby estate, was used as a main inspiration for Gatsby's home in the film.[29][30] The filming for the exterior of Jay Gatsby's mansion was the college building of the International College of Management, Sydney,[31] Some inspiration was also drawn from other Gold Coast mansions, including Oheka Castle and La Selva Mansion.[32] Features evoking the Long Island mansions were added in post-production.[32]

The inspiration for the film version of the Buchanan estate came from Old Westbury Gardens.[29] The mansion exterior was built on a soundstage, with digital enhancements added.[32] The interior sets for the Buchanan mansion were inspired by the style of Hollywood Regency.[29]

The home of Nick Carraway was conceived as an intimate cottage, in contrast with the grandeur of the neighboring Gatsby mansion. Objects chosen adhered to a central theme of what the designers saw as classic Long Island. The architecture conjures American Arts and Crafts, with Gustav Stickley-type furnishings inside and an Adirondack-style swing out.[32]

The opening scene was filmed from Rivendell Child, Adolescent and Family Unit in Concord, Sydney. Only a few kilometres from Sydney 2000 Olympic Stadium.
Leonardo DiCaprio wanted to play Jay Gatsby because he was drawn to "the idea of a man who came from absolutely nothing, who created himself solely from his own imagination. Gatsby's one of those iconic characters because he can be interpreted in so many ways: a hopeless romantic, a completely obsessed wacko or a dangerous gangster, clinging to wealth."
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Genuine Duesenberg automobiles are far too rare and valuable to be used in driving action scenes. (A Duesenberg Model SJ Convertible Coupe sold at auction for over $4.5 million in March 2013.) Two Duesenberg Model J replicas were painted yellow and modified to match each other for filming.
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The phrase "Ad Finem Fidelis" can be seen on one of the gates at Gatsby's mansion. This is Latin for "Faithful to the end."
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Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire have been real-life friends since childhood. This marks the first time they have appeared in a movie together since Don's Plum.
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Several lines of narrative are not taken from The Great Gatsby, but are indeed excerpts of other Fitzgerald works, including My Lost City.
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A picture of 'Zelda Fitzgerald' can be seen hanging on the wall in the background of the apartment Tom shares with Myrtle.
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In the framing scenes, Nick Carraway is shown as a patient at "Perkins Sanitarium." The name is an in-joke reference to Maxwell Perkins, F. Scott Fitzgerald's editor on "The Great Gatsby."
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The Great Gatsby would have been ready for theaters upon its original release date of December 2012. However, after a meeting with Warner Bros President Jeff Robinov, the date was pushed back. Robinov asked 'Baz Luhrman' "Will the movie be ready for Christmas?", and Luhrman said yes. Robinov then asked "Will the movie you WANT to make be ready for Christmas?" to which Luhrman replied no. Robinov then gave him a few more months to work on the film in post production.
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Amitabh Bachchan's first appearance in an all English-speaking film.
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Amanda Seyfried, Rebecca Hall, Rachel McAdams, Keira Knightley, Blake Lively, Abbie Cornish, Michelle Williams, Natalie Portman, Eva Green, Anne Hathaway, Olivia Wilde, Jessica Alba and Scarlett Johansson were considered to play Daisy Buchanan.
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Baz Luhrmann said in an interview that the Gatsby mansion was actually his old high school in Australia along with some computer graphics.
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(May 15 2013) When this fourth Gatsby feature installment opened the 66th Cannes Film Festival, actors Robert Redford and Bruce Dern were appearing in separate scheduled films, respectively: All Is Lost (non-competitive) and Nebraska. Coincidentally, both men had co-starred just once before in The Great Gatsby.
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Ben Affleck was considered for the role of Tom Buchanan, but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts. After Affleck dropped out, Bradley Cooper and Luke Evans were considered and Joel Edgerton was eventually cast.
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Carey Mulligan was at a fashion awards dinner when she got the call from Baz Luhrmann that she'd won the part of Daisy Buchanan. "I burst into tears in the middle of this room with Karl Lagerfeld and all these people standing next to me," she recalls. "They thought I was mental."
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Production was delayed when the director was hit in the head by a moving camera crane, having to then receive three stitches.
Credits thank Jay Leno's garage.
The phrase "old sport" is said 55 times during the movie; all but four of those times are delivered by Leonardo DiCaprio (including two instances repeated in flashbacks near the end of the film). Of the four not said by DiCaprio, two are delivered by Joel Edgerton, one by Steve Bisley and one by Callan McAuliffe.
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Arrived in theaters under the title "North Shore Romance".
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Original release date was Dec of 2012, which was then moved back to July 2013, and then finally rescheduled for May 2013.
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Tom mentions Kapi'olani and Punchbowl in a pivotal scene with Daisy. Kapi'olani Park is on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, between the Waikiki and Diamond Head neighborhoods. Punchbowl Crater is about a 6 mile drive to the northwest.
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The billboard for Dr TJ Eckleburg in the Valley of Ashes is very similar in appearance to the first edition cover of the novel.
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The yacht belonging to Dan Cody is the triple-headed 60' Ketch "Hurrica-V". Designed by Charles E Nicholson, and built in Sydney by W.M. Ford. Launched in 1924.
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Director Cameo: the waiter next to Nick when he is meeting Jordan Baker for tea is 'Baz Luhrman'.
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Hayley Atwell was rumored for the role of Jordan Baker.
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Luke Evans was considered for the role of Tom Buchanan.
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There are several references to Arrow Collars. Arrow brand detachable shirt collars were common menswear accessories in the early 1920s, and the Arrow Collar Man was featured in a very successful and popular ad campaign.
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Director Cameo
Baz Luhrmann: The waiter that brings Nick to Jordan's table to meet for tea after his lunch with Gatsby.
In the scene where Klipspringer falls asleep on the organ, a pair of tennis shoes can be seen on top of the organ. This is a reference to the end of the novel (not shown in the movie) where after Gatsby's death, he makes a call to Nick asking if anyone had seen his tennis shoes that he had left in the mansion.
Quotes: 1. Jay Gatsby: "If there's anything that you want just ask for it, old sport." 2. Nick Carraway: "You can't repeat the past." Jay Gatsby: "Can't repeat the past?" Nick Carraway: "No..." Jay Gatsby: "Why, of course you can... of course you can." 3. Daisy Buchanan: "All the bright precious things fade so fast... and they don't come back."
Anachronisms: 1. The "French" phone shown as they talk about the intrusive unwanted guest calling Tom wasn't invented until about the mid-30's. In 1922, you still had to hold the candlestick phone in one hand and talk into the mouthpiece while holding the earpiece up to your ear.
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The story is set in 1922, but Gatsby's yellow car is a 1929 Duesenberg Model J, Tom Buchanan's blue coupe is a 1933 Auburn 12-165 and almost all of the cars featured in the movie are incompatible for the time period.
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When Gatsby was at Daisy's Louisville home, the opening shot showed him with two ribbons on his chest but in subsequent shots the ribbons were missing. Beyond that, one of the ribbons was the World War I Victory Medal that was awarded to soldiers after the war and clearly this scene was before Gatsby shipped out to France, so there is no way he would be wearing it at this time.
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Some establishing shots of Manhattan show the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building under construction. The film takes place in 1922. Construction on the Chrysler Building began in 1928 and on the Empire State Building in 1930.
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In the song "No Church in the wild" there is a reference to Rolls-Royce Corniche. This particular model was first produced in 1971 while the movie is based early-'20s
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The movie takes place in 1922, yet they dance the Charleston, not originated until 1923 for a Broadway show, and not popular until mid-1926.
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The movie takes place in 1922, yet the first party has fireworks, set to Rhapsody in Blue, written in 1924.

The Life of Muhammad. 2011 (British three-part documentary miniseries), Starring
Rageh Omaar as Himself - presenter,
Tariq Ali as Himself,
Prof. Tariq Ramadan (Academic and Fellow of Contemporary Islamic Studies, St Anthony’s College, Oxford)
Ziauddin Sardar (Writer and Broadcaster)
Tom Holland (Historian and Author)
Princess Badiya bint El Hassan (Jordanian Royal Family)
Dr Amira K Bennison (Senior Lecturer in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Cambridge University)
Prof. Sajjad Rizvi (Associate Professor of Islamic Intellectual History, Exeter University)
Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali (Author of Islam: A Christian Perspective)
Prof. John L Esposito (Professor of Religion and International Affairs and Islamic Studies, Georgetown University)
Karen Armstrong (Author of Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet)
Barnaby Rogerson (Author of The Prophet Muhammad: A Biography) and Merryl Wyn Davies (Director of the Muslim Institute of London). PBS, October 7, 2013. Soundtrack: Series Music by Jez Spencer.

Storyline: A landmark documentary series examining the life of the Prophet Muhammad and the origins of Islamic faith.
Trivia: 1. It is a British three-part documentary miniseries examining the life of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the origins of Islam. The documentary was directed and produced by Faris Kermani, written by Ziauddin Sardar, and presented by Rageh Omaar. It was broadcast by BBC Two over three consecutive weeks from July 11, 2011 to July 25, 2011. 2. Premise: The series was the first time that a British television network has screened a programme about the life of Muhammad, and the first full account of the history of Muhammad’s life to have been shown on “Western television.” It charts the life and times of Muhammad, a man whose name is invoked in reverence by the billion and half Muslims across the globe as the messenger and final prophet of God. In a journey that is both literal and historical, Rageh Omaar travels to the place of Muhammad’s birth to re-trace his actual footsteps; from humble beginnings in Mecca, his struggles with his prophetic role and divine revelations, his migration to Medina, to the establishment of the first Islamic constitution, and his subsequent military and political successes and failures, before his final return to Mecca following armed conflicts through to his death and his legacy. It also raises questions about Islam’s role in the world today and explores where Islam’s attitudes towards money, charity, women, social equality, religious tolerance, war and conflict originate. 3. Production: The trio of hour-long films were directed and produced by Faris Kermani. The series is a Crescent Films production for BBC Two, and was commissioned and executive produced for the BBC by Aaqil Ahmed. The executive producer for Crescent Films is David Batty. In line with Islamic tradition the programme does not depict any images of the face of Muhammad, or feature any dramatic re-constructions of Muhammad’s life. 4. Appearances: The series was filmed on location in Saudi Arabia, Jerusalem, Turkey, Syria, United States, United Kingdom and Jordan. It drew on the expertise and comment from some of the world’s leading academics, specialist thinkers and commentators on Islam including: Prof. Tariq Ramadan (Academic and Fellow of Contemporary Islamic Studies, St Anthony’s College, Oxford); Ziauddin Sardar (Writer and Broadcaster); Tom Holland (Historian and Author); Princess Badiya bint El Hassan (Jordanian Royal Family); Dr Amira K Bennison (Senior Lecturer in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Cambridge University); Prof. Sajjad Rizvi (Associate Professor of Islamic Intellectual History, Exeter University); Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali (Author of Islam: A Christian Perspective); Prof. John L Esposito (Professor of Religion and International Affairs and Islamic Studies, Georgetown University); Karen Armstrong (Author of Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet); Barnaby Rogerson (Author of The Prophet Muhammad: A Biography) and Merryl Wyn Davies (Director of the Muslim Institute of London).
Episodes:
Episode Title Original air date
1 "The Seeker" July 11, 2011: Beginning in Muhammad’s birthplace of Mecca, Omaar investigates the tribal loyalties and polytheistic religion in the 6th-century Arabia Muhammad was born and raised in. The programme examines Muhammad’s first marriage to Khadijah and how he received the first of the revelations that had such a profound effect both on his life, and on the lives of those closest to him.
2 "Holy Wars" July 18, 2011: Omaar assesses accounts focusing on key events in Muhammad’s life including the Night Journey to Jerusalem, his life threatening migration from Mecca to Medina, through to the establishment of the Constitution of Medina and the eight-year war with the Meccan tribes.
3 "Holy Peace" July 25, 2011: Omaar analyses and investigates key events during the later part of his Muhammad’s life, including the introduction of a moral code known as Sharia, and the concept of Jihad and Hijab. The programme also explores his use of marriage to build alliances, the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah, and looks at the key messages included in his final sermon.
Controversy: The Iranian minister of cultural and Islamic guidance, Mohammad-Ali Hosseini, without watching any of the series, told Iran’s Fars News Agency that, “the BBC’s decision to make a documentary on the life of (the) prophet Muhammad seems dubious and if our suspicions are proved to be correct, we will certainly take serious action.”[13] Hosseini added: “What the enemy is trying to do in ruining the Muslims’ sanctity is definitely much more than causing us to react and unfortunately, some Islamic countries are not taking this issue seriously. One way to show objections is to express condemnation of the West over their despicable actions.”
Reviewer: "The visuals are striking, including the desert landscapes and the imposing shots of modern day Mecca and Medina. The narrator, Rageh Omaar, is an articulate and personable guide through this thicket of contention."

The Croods. 2013 (animation), Starring
Nicolas Cage as Grug Crood, a caveman who is the well-meaning, overprotective but old-fashioned patriarch of the Croods family.[11]
Emma Stone as Eep Crood, a rebellious teenage cavegirl who is Grug and Ugga's eldest daughter and is filled with curiosity and a desire for adventure.[11]
Ryan Reynolds as Guy, a nomadic caveboy who is not as strong as the Croods, but prefers using his brain and comes up with various ideas and inventions. He is accompanied by a sloth named Belt.[11]
Catherine Keener as Ugga Crood, a cavewoman who is Grug's wife, the daughter of Gran, and the mother of Eep, Thunk, and Sandy. She is more open-minded than Grug, but also finds it difficult to keep her family safe.[11]
Clark Duke as Thunk Crood, a caveboy who is Grug and Ugga's son. Thunk is the 9-year-old middle child, who is not very bright and has bad coordination but has a good heart.[11] He gets a crocopup named Douglas for a pet.
Cloris Leachman as Gran, a very old and ferocious cavewoman who is the mother-in-law of Grug, the mother of Ugga, and the grandmother of Eep, Thunk, and Sandy.[11]
Chris Sanders as Belt, Guy's pet sloth.[12]
Randy Thom as Sandy Crood, Grug and Ugga's ferocious baby daughter who still bites and growls instead of speaking. Thom created her voice with creature noises.

Nicolas Cage ...
Grug (voice)
Emma Stone Emma Stone ...
Eep (voice)
Ryan Reynolds Ryan Reynolds ...
Guy (voice)
Catherine Keener Catherine Keener ...
Ugga (voice)
Cloris Leachman Cloris Leachman ...
Gran (voice)
Clark Duke Clark Duke ...
Thunk (voice)
Chris Sanders Chris Sanders ...
Belt (voice)
Randy Thom Randy Thom ...
Sandy (voice). Bluray, October 8, 2013, with Melanie Luther, Chantelle Luther and Connie Luther. Soundtrack: "Tusk
Written by Lindsey Buckingham
Performed by Alan Silvestri and the USC Trojan Marching Band
Arthur C. Bartner (as Dr. Arthur C. Bartner), Music Director
Shine Your Way
Written by Alan Silvestri, Glen Ballard, Kirk De Micco and Chris Sanders
Performed by Owl City and Yuna
Produced by Glen Ballard, Alan Silvestri and Adam Young
Owl City appears courtesy of Republic Records
Yuna appears courtesy of The Verve Music Group;
"Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Morning" (uncredited) - Written by Edvard Grieg.

Trivia: It is an American 3D computer-animated adventure comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It features the voices of Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener, Clark Duke, and Cloris Leachman. The film is set in a fictional prehistoric Pliocene era known as The Croodaceous, a period which contains fantastical creatures, when a man's position as a "Leader of the Hunt" is threatened by the arrival of a prehistoric genius who comes up with revolutionary new inventions, like fire, as they trek through a dangerous but exotic land in search of a new home.

The Croods was written and directed by Kirk DeMicco and Chris Sanders, and produced by Kristine Belson and Jane Hartwell.[6] The film premiered at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival on February 15, 2013,[7] and was released in the United States on March 22, 2013.[8] As part of the distribution deal, this film is the first from DreamWorks Animation to be distributed by 20th Century Fox, since the end of their distribution deal with Paramount Pictures.[9]

The Croods received generally positive reviews, and proved to be a box office success, earning more than $585 million on a budget of $135 million,[4] and launching a new franchise, with a sequel and TV series already put in development.

Before the film's release, DreamWorks Animation was suffering from major disaster box office returns and generally mixed word of mouth reception for Rise of the Guardians. While the film did gross more than its $145 million budget, it still did not turn a profit for DreamWorks due to its high production and marketing costs, forcing the studio to take an $83 million write-down. This marked the first time that the studio had lost money on an animated film since Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas. As a result of this combined with other factors, in February 2013, the studio announced it was laying off 350 employees as part of a company-wide restructuring. If had The Croods bombed even worse than Guardians, the studio would lay off even more employees and might face the potential possibility of a bankruptcy. The Croods then opened on March 22, 2013 to glowing positive reviews and widely enthusiastic acclaim from audiences, eventually earning more than $186 million in the U.S. and over $583 million worldwide, earning its place to be sixth highest grossing film of the year (so far), besting Oz the Great and Powerful_, Pacific Rim, Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)_, and World War Z. It remarkably helped DreamWorks' earnings rise higher from $162.8 million to $213.4 million in the second quarter of 2013 - one of the best financial earnings ever received in the company's history.
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Chunky the "Macawnivore" started out as a bit of a joke in the art department. Artist Leighton Hickman was bored with the drab colors intended for creatures in the desert scenes, and painted the saber-tooth tiger with bright "parrot" colors. The filmmakers liked the look for the "Macawnivore" so much that it made it to the final film.
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Over the years, the story transitioned from a buddy comedy featuring the characters of Grug and Guy to a family-themed tale with a host of major characters.
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The film was announced in 2005 under the working title "Crood Awakening", originally a stop motion animated film being made by Aardman Animations as a part of a five-film deal with DreamWorks Animation. John Cleese and Kirk De Micco (Space Chimps, Quest for Camelot_) had been working together on a feature based on Roald Dahl's story The Twits, a project that never went into production. DreamWorks got a copy of their script and liked it, and invited Cleese and DeMicco over to take a look at the company's ideas to see if they found something they would like to work with. They chose a basic story idea about two cavemen on the run, an inventor and a luddite, and wrote the first few drafts of the script. With the departure of Aardman in beginning of 2007, the rights for the film reverted to DreamWorks, and Cleese went on to other projects.
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In March 2007, Chris Sanders (Beauty and the Beast, Lilo & Stitch, The Lion King, Mulan) joined DreamWorks to direct the film, with intentions to significantly rewrite the script. In September 2008, it was reported that Sanders took over How to Train Your Dragon putting The Croods on hold, and thus postponing its original schedule for a year to a then planned March 2012. The film's final title, The Croods, was revealed in May 2009, along with new co-director, Kirk De Micco. In March 2011, the film got another delay, being pushed back a year to March 1, 2013, and finally settled at March 22.
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Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener, and Clark Duke all make their animated feature film debuts here.
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During production, directors Kirk De Micco and Chris Sanders made a short film featuring a real sloth and presented it to DreamWorks staff at a company-wide event.
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The first DreamWorks Animation film to be distributed by 20th Century Fox.
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A pre-production excursion to Zion National Park in Utah inspired the creation of environments in the film's first act.
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Clark Duke named Thunk's pet, Douglas, which is the first name of his agent.
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The Croods marked the first collaboration between Chris Sanders and Alan Silvestri since Lilo & Stitch, where the two got along very well and earned Silvestri an Annie Award nomination for Best Music in a Feature Production.
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The Croods had its world premiere in the out of completion section at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival on February 15, 2013; the first full-length animated feature film to be shown at a Berlin International Film Festival.
Quotes: 1. Guy: "I can't believe your family has never seen rain!" Eep: "We don't get out much." 2.Grug: "Never *not* be afraid!"

Waiting.... 2005 (independent comedy), Starring
Ryan Reynolds as Monty
Justin Long as Dean
Anna Faris as Serena
David Koechner as Dan
Luis Guzmán as Raddimus
Chi McBride as Bishop
John Francis Daley as Mitch
Kaitlin Doubleday as Amy
Robert Patrick Benedict as Calvin
Alanna Ubach as Naomi
Vanessa Lengies as Natasha
Max Kasch as T-Dog
Andy Milonakis as Nick
Dane Cook as Floyd
Jordan Ladd as Danielle
Emmanuelle Chriqui as Tyla the Bartender
Wendie Malick as Monty's Mom

Ryan Reynolds ...
Monty
Anna Faris Anna Faris ...
Serena
Justin Long Justin Long ...
Dean
David Koechner David Koechner ...
Dan
Luis Guzmán Luis Guzmán ...
Raddimus
Chi McBride Chi McBride ...
Bishop
John Francis Daley John Francis Daley ...
Mitch
Kaitlin Doubleday Kaitlin Doubleday ...
Amy
Rob Benedict Rob Benedict ...
Calvin (as Robert Patrick Benedict)
Alanna Ubach Alanna Ubach ...
Naomi
Vanessa Lengies Vanessa Lengies ...
Natasha
Max Kasch Max Kasch ...
T-Dog
Andy Milonakis Andy Milonakis ...
Nick
Dane Cook Dane Cook ...
Floyd
Jordan Ladd Jordan Ladd ...
Danielle
Emmanuelle Chriqui Emmanuelle Chriqui ...
Tyla
Wendie Malick Wendie Malick ...
Monty's Mom
Monica Monica Monica Monica ...
Dean's Mom
Travis Resor Travis Resor ...
Chett
J.D. Evermore J.D. Evermore ...
Redneck (as JD Evermoore)
Clay Chamberlin Clay Chamberlin ...
Video Host (as Clay Chamberlain)
Skyler Stone Skyler Stone ...
Cook #1
Melissa Morgan Melissa Morgan ...
Bitchy Lady
Don Brady Don Brady ...
Old Man
Anne Ewen Anne Ewen ...
Girl at Bar
Pat Hazell Pat Hazell ...
Jack
Jordan Werner Jordan Werner ...
Smooth Guy #1
Skylar Duhe Skylar Duhe ...
Girly #1
Ann Marie Guidry Ann Marie Guidry ...
Dessert Woman (as Ann Guidry)
Lauren Swinney Lauren Swinney ...
Elderly Woman
Wayne Ferrara Wayne Ferrara ...
Rocco
Richard Netzberger Richard Netzberger ...
German #1
Roland W. Hoffman Roland W. Hoffman ...
German #2
Dean Shull Dean Shull ...
Commenting Guy
Melissa Alonzo Melissa Alonzo ...
Stunt Bush
Todd Voltz Todd Voltz ...
Background Cook
Robb Conner Robb Conner ...
Background Cook (as Rob Wagner)
Matt Matt ...
Background Cook
Shedric Shedric ...
Background Cook
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Barbara Balentine Barbara Balentine ...
Desert Lady's Friend (uncredited)
James L. Bills James L. Bills ...
Bar Patron / Waiter (uncredited)
Victor Brunette Victor Brunette ...
Guy Eating French Fries (uncredited)
Justin Groetsch Justin Groetsch ...
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Raymond Lapino Raymond Lapino ...
Elderly Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Matthew D. Miller Matthew D. Miller ...
Party Goer (uncredited)
Loronzo Nickleson Loronzo Nickleson ...
Food Model (uncredited)
Brian Pitt Brian Pitt ...
Former Manager (uncredited)
Shawn Sanz Shawn Sanz ...
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Aaron Sauer Aaron Sauer ...
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Lexi Shoemaker Lexi Shoemaker ...
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Mathew Waring Mathew Waring ...
Stereo Guy. DVD, October 12, 2013, with Chantelle Luther. Soundtrack: "Nick and T-Dog's P-H-Fat Rap" - Written by Andy Milonakis, Performed by Andy Milonakis and Max Kasch, Music by Dean Shull, Courtesy of Waiting, LLC; "Callin' Out" - Written by T. Shimura, Performed by Lyrics Born, Courtesy of Quannum Projects / Asia Born Music, By Arrangement with Bank Robber Music; "No Tomorrow" - Written by The Blackouts, Performed by The Blackouts, Courtesy of Lucid Records, From the Album "Living in Blue"; "Habanera" - Traditional Arrangement by Georges Bizet, Performed by Jeannette Nicolai and the Compagnia d'Opera Italiana Orchestra and Choir, Published by Extreme Production Music USA; "Moonshine" - Written and Performed by The Rattlesnakes, Peekaboo Perfect Explore (ASCAP), Arranged with Falling Elevator! Music Group;
Trojan Horse
Written and Performed by The Rattlesnakes
Peekaboo Perfect Explore (ASCAP)
Arranged with Falling Elevator! Music Group
Kamikaze Sunrise
Whiten and Performed by The Rattlesnakes
Peekaboo Perfect Explore (ASCAP)
Arranged with Falling Elevator! Music Group
Gangsta Rap
Written by Adam Gorgoni
Performed by Adam Gorgoni
Electric Version
Written by A.C. Newman
Performed by The New Pornographers (as New Pornographers)
Courtesy of Matador Records Copyright Control
Days Turn into Years
Written and Performed by Reaching Forward
Courtesy of Bridge Nine Records
Reaching Forward Copyright Control
Arranged with Falling Elevator! Music Group
Don't Let It Get You Down
Written by Britt Daniel
Performed by Spoon
Courtesy of Merge Records
Henry Neuman Songs (BMI)
Administered by Bug
Battle Hymn of Republic
Performed by Adam Gorgoni
Can't Fight This Feeling
Written by Kevin Cronin
Performed by REO Speedwagon
Courtesy of Epic Records
Fate Music (1984) Copyright
Used by arrangement with Sony Music Publishing
Out of the Blue
Written by Stephen Lang, Jamie Dunlap and Scoff Nickoley
Performed by Lewis LaMedica
Courtesy of Marc Ferrari/Mastersource
Inspection (Check One)
Written by Neal John Barnes, Danny Clarke and Terence Daley
Performed by Leftfield
Courtesy of Sony Music International
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
Fashion Fatale
Written and Performed by Read Yellow
Courtesy of Fenway Recordings
Read Yellow Music (ASCAP)
By Arrangement with Bank Robber Music
Here in Your Bedroom
Written by John Feldman
Performed by Goldfinger
Courtesy of Mojo/Jive Records (ASCAP)
Operate
Written by Peaches and Rebecca Henderson
Performed by Peaches
Courtesy of XL Recording Ltd.
Published by Bug Music/Copyright Control
Copyright 2004 XL Recording Ltd.
Hardcore Days & Softcore Nights
Written by David Terry
Performed by Aqueduct
Courtesy of Barsuk Records
W. David Terry (EMI) 2004 By arrangement with Bank Robber Music
More Than Meets the Ear
Written by Christopher Gross, Eric Shenkman, Mark White and Aaron Comess
Performed by The Spin Doctors (as Spin Doctors)
Courtesy of Epic Records
Sony/ATV Songs LLC / Mowb'Jow Music, Inc (BMI)
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
Without Meaning
Written by T. Ackerman, I. Moreno, E. Reyes and J. Tweedy
Performed by Sunday's Best
Courtesy of Poly Vinyl Records
Remember How Good It Was, Atlas Celars, The Canadian Woods and Bent Wookie Music (ASCAP)
Hottie
Written by Max Hart
Performed by The High Speed Scene
Coaster Brake Music
Are You Ready
Written by Large Pro and Kaos
Performed by Large Pro
Courtesy of High Rise/KJ Johnson Music (ASCAP)
Large Professor Music (ASCAP) 2004
By Arrangement with Bank Robber Music
Will My Lord Be Gathering
Written by Kurt Keasley
Performed by Lilys
Courtesy of Manifesto Records Inc.
Social Architect Music/Third Palm Music (BMI)
Frantic
(Roman Polanski Version)
Performed by Aqueduct
Written by David Terry
Courtesy of Barsuk Records
W. David Terry (BMI)
By Arrangement with Bank Robber Music
Open Casket Access
Written and Performed by The Blackouts
Courtesy of Lucid Records
From the album "Living in Blue" (ASCAP).

Storyline: The waiters preoccupy themselves with endless gossip, complaining about the customers, seeking covert revenge on particularly rude patrons, and playing a special kind of game which involves flashing genitalia at a fellow worker. Each employee has his or her own problems and stories, which are interwoven with the ebb and flow of business. A common phrase used throughout the film, which is referred to in the Shenaniganz training video is "The only thing different between extraordinary and ordinary, is that little bit of extra!" This phrase is mocked by many of the wait staff during the film. Trivia: 1. It is an American independent comedy film starring Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, and Justin Long. It was written and directed by Rob McKittrick. McKittrick wrote the screenplay while working as a waiter. The film is the first effort by McKittrick as a writer–director. 2. The script was initially sold in a film deal to Artisan Entertainment, but was released by Lions Gate Entertainment (which purchased Artisan in 2003). Producers Chris Moore and Jeff Balis of Live Planet's Project Greenlight fame also took notice of the project and assisted. The film made over US $6,000,000, more than twice the budget of the film, in its opening weekend. 3. A direct-to-DVD sequel to Waiting... called Still Waiting... was released on February 17, 2009. The second film is about another Shenaniganz location dealing with new competition from a Hooters-like sports bar called TaTa's Wing Shack run by Calvin from the first movie. 4. In an original incarnation of the script Calvin was the character who couldn't piss, and Brian was a character who couldn't get the girl. The parts were combined at the last minute. 5. Paris Hilton and Molly Sims were both offered the role of Danielle and refused. At the last minute, Jordan Ladd was hired. 6. Producer 'Jeff Balis (I)' makes a cameo as a diner at Shenanigan's. 7. As an April Fools' Day joke, director Rob McKittrick and actor Luis Guzmán staged a "diva fight" on set. During the filming of the scene where Calvin imagines his co-workers cheering him on at the urinal, Guzmán pretended to ditch a line from the script in favor of his own line. The fight was so realistic that the other actors on set became very uncomfortable and quiet when Guzmán "stormed" out. 8. The ShenaniganZ restaurant was actually a converted Bennigan's restaurant (hence the extreme similarities). It has since been completely renovated and is now a Verizon Wireless retail store. (2009) Quote: Dean: "Excuse me, sir. You forgot your change." Redneck: "No, that's for you, that's your tip." Dean: "Oh, no, no, no, I insist. You take it. You obviously need this more than I do."

Dinner for Schmucks. 2010 (screwball comedy), Starring
Steve Carell as Barry Speck
Paul Rudd as Timothy J. "Tim" Conrad
Stephanie Szostak as Julie
Jemaine Clement as Kieran Vollard
Lucy Punch as Darla
Zach Galifianakis as Therman Murch
Bruce Greenwood as Lance Fender
Ron Livingston as Caldwell
Andrea Savage as Robin
David Walliams as Mueller
P. J. Byrne as Davenport
Octavia Spencer as Madame Nora
Jeff Dunham as Lewis / Diane
Chris O'Dowd as Marco (credited as "Christopher O'Dowd")
Kristen Schaal as Susana
Patrick Fischler as Vincenzo
Randall Park as Henderson
Larry Wilmore as Williams
Blanca Soto as Catherine
Nick Kroll as officeworker

Steve Carell Steve Carell ...
Barry
Paul Rudd Paul Rudd ...
Tim
Zach Galifianakis Zach Galifianakis ...
Therman
Jemaine Clement Jemaine Clement ...
Kieran
Stephanie Szostak Stephanie Szostak ...
Julie
Lucy Punch Lucy Punch ...
Darla
Bruce Greenwood Bruce Greenwood ...
Lance Fender
David Walliams David Walliams ...
Müeller
Ron Livingston Ron Livingston ...
Caldwell
Larry Wilmore Larry Wilmore ...
Williams
Kristen Schaal Kristen Schaal ...
Susana
P.J. Byrne P.J. Byrne ...
Davenport
Andrea Savage Andrea Savage ...
Robin
Nick Kroll Nick Kroll ...
Josh
Randall Park Randall Park ...
Henderson
Lucy Davenport Lucy Davenport ...
Birgit
Chris O'Dowd Chris O'Dowd ...
Marco - Blind Swordsman (as Christopher O'Dowd)
Jeff Dunham Jeff Dunham ...
Lewis the Ventriloquist
Octavia Spencer Octavia Spencer ...
Madame Nora - Pet Psychic
Patrick Fischler Patrick Fischler ...
Vincenzo - Vulture Lover
Rick Overton Rick Overton ...
Chuck - Beard Champion
Eric Winzenried Eric Winzenried ...
Patrick
Nicole LaLiberte Nicole LaLiberte ...
Christina - Bird Girl (as Nicole Laliberte)
Maria Zyrianova Maria Zyrianova ...
Monique - Bird Girl
Scott Weintraub Scott Weintraub ...
Maitre D'
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tyler Cole Tyler Cole ...
Fire Fighter
Alex Borstein Alex Borstein ...
Red Hair Woman (uncredited)
Cole Coleman Cole Coleman ...
Art Dealer In Art Gallery (uncredited)
Gatsby Coram Gatsby Coram ...
Mansion Waiter (uncredited)
Richard Hochman Richard Hochman ...
Waiter (uncredited)
Douglas Huber Douglas Huber ...
Doug Jacobsen (uncredited)
Aaron Michael McElligott Aaron Michael McElligott ...
Waiter (uncredited)
Hunter James Mckeever Hunter James Mckeever ...
Boy Running From Vulture (as Hunter Mckeever) (uncredited)
Natalie Nastulczykova Natalie Nastulczykova ...
Accident Witness (uncredited)
Rachel Paquin Rachel Paquin ...
Mystery Woman (uncredited)
Sandra Plazinic Sandra Plazinic ...
Groupie (uncredited)
Blanca Soto Blanca Soto ...
Catherine (uncredited)
Luke Walker Luke Walker ...
Analyst. Showcase, October 15, 2013. Soundtrack: "The Fool on the Hill
(1967)
Written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Performed by The Beatles
Courtesy of Capitol Records LLC
Under license from EMI Film & Television Music
Played over both the opening and end credits
Senza Fine
(1961)
Written by Gino Paoli
Performed by Monica Mancini
Courtesy of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Jig-A-Lo
Written by Thelonious Carter Jr. (as Thelonious Monk Carter)
Performed by Thelonious Carter Jr.
Courtesy of Crucial Music Corporation
Imagine
(1965)
Written by John Lennon
Partiste
(2009)
Written by Tony Lechner
Performed by The Rosewood Project
Courtesy of HD Music Now
Pick It Up
Written by Mr.e & Carlos Rodgarman
Performed by Spanjew
Courtesy of Spanjew Productions
Scherzo No. 1 in B Flat Major
(1817)
Written by Franz Schubert
Arranged by Jim Long
Courtesy of Crucial Music Corporation & Point Classics
Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
(1979)
Written & Performed by Rupert Holmes
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Used as Barry's cell phone ringtone
Sonata for Piano No. 17 in B Major (Allegro)
(1789)
Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Arranged by Jim Long
Courtesy of Crucial Music Corporation & Point Classics
String Trio, Op. 9, No. 3
(1797)
Written by Ludwig van Beethoven
Camptown Races
(1950)
Traditional
Written by Stephen Foster (uncredited)
Dear Laughing Doubters
(2010)
Written by Sondre Lerche & Theodore Shapiro
Performed by Sondre Lerche
Produced by Theodore Shapiro & Sondre Lerche
Sondre Lerche performs courtesy of Rounder Records.

Trivia: It is a screwball comedy film, was directed by Jay Roach, written by David Guion and Michael Handelman, and stars Steve Carell and Paul Rudd, who had previously teamed up in Anchorman and The 40-Year-Old Virgin. The film was released theatrically on July 30, 2010. The film is the American adaptation of the 1998 French comedy Le Dîner de Cons (titled The Dinner Game for US release). Zach Galifianakis won the Comedy Award for "Best Comedy Actor – Film" for his role as Therman Murch in the film.[4] The elaborate mouse dioramas and "mouseterpieces" were created by The Chiodo Brothers.
Filming of the dinner scene took place at the same location as was used for Wayne Manor in the 1960s Batman television series.[6]

Dinner for Schmucks is the American adaptation of the French film Le Dîner de Cons (literally, "The Dinner of Idiots"). The film retains many familiar elements of the original, with the basic plot, including the involvement of the taxation authorities and the love triangle around the main character Tim.

Jeff Dunham, who plays Lewis the Ventriloquist and his "wife" Debbie, is a popular comedian known for his ventriloquism. Debbie, renamed Diane, went on to appear as part of his act in Dunham's Identity Crisis Tour in 2010.
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The movie uses two The Beatles elements. One is the song "Fool on the Hill", used in the opening and closing song number. The other is a lyric "I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one" from John Lennon's song "Imagine".
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When this project was in early development, Sacha Baron Cohen was set to play the lead.
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In one of the mice dioramas, a bottle of Dom Perignon is called "Veber". Francis Veber wrote and directed The Dinner Game, the film which inspired this remake.
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Shipped to theaters under the code name "Emphasis".
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The lead roles were originally intended for Steve Martin and Bill Murray.
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The exterior shot of the house were the dinner is held is the same as "stately Wayne Manor" from the original Batman television series.
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Robin Williams was considered for the role of Barry Speck.
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While in Kieran's house, Barry notices a picture of Kieran standing next to Nelson Mandela, and confuses Mandela with Morgan Freeman. Freeman portrayed Nelson Mandela a year before in Invictus.
Quotes: 1. Barry: "Vincent Van Gogh. Everyone said to him, 'You can't be a great painter, you only have one ear.' And you know what he said? 'I can't hear you.'" 2. Barry: [Whilst holding a picture of Nelson Mandela] "He's friends with Morgan Freeman!"

Dan in Real Life. 2007, Starring
Steve Carell as Dan Burns
Alison Pill as Jane Burns, eldest daughter of Dan
Brittany Robertson as Cara Burns, second daughter of Dan
Marlene Lawston as Lilly Burns, youngest daughter of Dan
Dane Cook as Mitch Burns, Dan's brother
Juliette Binoche as Anne-Marie Diamond, Mitch's girlfriend and Dan's love interest and eventual second wife
John Mahoney as John "Poppy" Burns, Dan's father
Dianne Wiest as Nana Burns, Dan's mother
Norbert Leo Butz as Clay Burns, Dan's brother
Jessica Hecht as Amy Burns, Dan's sister
Amy Ryan as Eileen Burns, Clay's wife
Frank Wood as Howard Wilson, Amy's husband
Emily Blunt as Dr. Ruthie "Pigface" Draper
Felipe Dieppa as Marty, Cara's boyfriend
Bernie McInerney as James Lamson, newspaper proprietor
Amy Landecker as Cindy Lamson, newspaper editor
Matthew Morrison as Policeman
Stephen Mellor as Bookstore Clerk
CJ Adams as Elliot Burns, Clay and Eileen's youngest son

Steve Carell ...
Dan
Juliette Binoche Juliette Binoche ...
Marie
Dane Cook Dane Cook ...
Mitch
Alison Pill Alison Pill ...
Jane
Britt Robertson Britt Robertson ...
Cara (as Brittany Robertson)
Marlene Lawston Marlene Lawston ...
Lilly
Dianne Wiest Dianne Wiest ...
Nana
John Mahoney John Mahoney ...
Poppy
Norbert Leo Butz Norbert Leo Butz ...
Clay
Amy Ryan Amy Ryan ...
Eileen
Jessica Hecht Jessica Hecht ...
Amy
Frank Wood Frank Wood ...
Howard
Henry Miller Henry Miller ...
Will
Ella Miller Ella Miller ...
Rachel
CJ Adams CJ Adams ...
Elliot (as Cameron 'CJ' Adams)
Jessica Lussier Jessica Lussier ...
Jessica
Seth D'Antuono Seth D'Antuono ...
Gus
Margot Janson Margot Janson ...
Olivia
Willa Cuthrell-Tuttleman Willa Cuthrell-Tuttleman ...
Bella
Emily Blunt Emily Blunt ...
Ruthie Draper
Felipe Dieppa Felipe Dieppa ...
Marty Barasco
Matthew Morrison Matthew Morrison ...
Policeman
Bernie McInerney Bernie McInerney ...
James Lamson
Amy Landecker Amy Landecker ...
Cindy Lamson
Steve Mellor Steve Mellor ...
Bookstore Clerk
Shana Carr Shana Carr ...
Suzanne Burns
Nicole Morin Nicole Morin ...
Jane - Age 13
Charlotte Davies Charlotte Davies ...
Cara - Age 11
Zoe Paulkis as Lilly - Age 4, Lucas Hedges as Lilly's Dance Partner (Also Director's Son), Sondre Lerche as Himself, Pauline Gregory as Bowling Alley Manager, Mike Peavey as Helicopter Pilot, Eric Solky as Dan Stunt Double, Sabine Varnes as Marie Stunt Double,
Kato Ådland as The Faces Down Wedding Band - Guitar,
Ole Ludvig Krüger as The Faces Down Wedding Band - Drums,
Morten Skage as The Faces Down Wedding Band - Bass
Marci Occhino as Wedding Singer
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ellen Becker-Gray Ellen Becker-Gray ...
Customer in Coffee Shoppe (uncredited)
Sean Collins Sean Collins ...
Jogger in Club (uncredited)
Kevin DeCoste Kevin DeCoste ...
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Jaclyn Sabogal Jaclyn Sabogal ...
Teen in Bakery (uncredited)
Tacuma Vanterpool Tacuma Vanterpool ...
NYC Pedestrian. Women's Network, October 17, 2013. Soundtrack: "Airport Taxi Reception
(2007)
Written by Sondre Lerche
Performed by Sondre Lerche and The Faces Down
Courtesy of Astralwerks
Under license from EMI Film & Television Music
The Tape
(2007)
Written by Sondre Lerche
Performed by Sondre Lerche and The Faces Down
Courtesy of Astralwerks
Under license from EMI Film & Television Music
To Be Surprised
(2007)
Written, Produced and Performed by Sondre Lerche
Mixed by Kato Ådland
Courtesy of EMI/Astralwerks Records
I'll Be OK
(2007)
Written, Produced and Performed by Sondre Lerche
Courtesy of EMI/Astralwerks Records
Ruthie Pigface Draper
(2007)
Written by Norbert Leo Butz and Dane Cook
Performed by Dane Cook and Norbert Leo Butz
September '99
(1978)
(Phats & Small Remix) (1999)
Written by Maurice White, Al McKay and Allee Willis
Performed by Earth Wind & Fire (as Earth, Wind & Fire)
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By Arrangement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Nasty Girl
(1982)
Written by Prince
Performed by Inaya Day
Courtesy of Star 69 Records/Peppermint Jam Records
By Arrangement with Steel Synch
Fever
(1956)
Written by Eddie Cooley and Otis Blackwell (as John Davenport)
Produced by Sondre Lerche
Performed by Alison Sudol (as A Fine Frenzy)
Courtesy of Virgin Records
My Hands Are Shaking
(2007)
Written, Produced and Performed by Sondre Lerche
Courtesy of EMI/Astralwerks Records
Human Hands
(1982)
Written by Elvis Costello
Performed by Sondre Lerche and The Faces Down Quartet
Courtesy of Astralwerks
Under license from EMI Film & Television Music
Hell No
(2007)
Written and Produced by Sondre Lerche
Performed by Sondre Lerche and Regina Spektor
Sondre Lerche appears courtesy of EMI/Astralwerks Records
Regina Spektor appears courtesy of Sire Records
Let My Love Open The Door
(1980)
Written by Pete Townshend
Performed by Steve Carell and Dane Cook
Modern Nature
(2007)
Written by Sondre Lerche
Performed by Sondre Lerche and Lillian Samdal
Courtesy of Astralwerks
Under license from EMI Film & Television Music.

Trivia: It is an American comedy-drama film directed by Peter Hedges, starring Steve Carell and Juliette Binoche.
The opening scene was in New Jersey and then Rhode Island in the cities of Newport, East Greenwich, West Greenwich, Jamestown, Westerly, and Providence in November and December 2006. The opening scene was filmed at Seven Stars Bakery in Providence. However, the facade of the building and the interior are altered. When Dan is pulled over by the Rhode Island State Police, he is on Ocean Ave. in Newport. In scenes filmed in Jamestown, two bridges are clearly visible: the Jamestown Bridge and its replacement, the Jamestown-Verrazzano Bridge. Demolition of the Jamestown Bridge was initiated on April 18, 2006. The film also cast local residents of neighboring towns and cities constiting of Middletown, North Kingstown and North Providence as Dan's nieces and nephews. The date scene was filmed in two different places in Westerly. The inside shots were filmed at Alley Katz Bowling center, while the exterior shots were filmed at Misquamicut Beach. What is now the Windjammer was dressed to look like the outside of the bowling center. The sunset scene with the entire family on the beach was filmed at Napatree Point in Westerly.
Norwegian singer-songwriter Sondre Lerche composed the majority of the music in the film, and has a cameo appearance in a scene at the end.

In one scene, Marie can be seen wearing a sweatshirt which says "Oak Park" on the front. John Mahoney has lived in Oak Park, IL for many years.
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The movie was filmed in an actual house in Rhode Island, where the cast spent a great deal of time bonding and rehearsing before filming began.
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Largely based on co-writer Pierce Gardner's personal experiences on years going to summer vacations at Rehoboth Beach, Delaware with his wife's extended family.
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The duet that Frank Wood and his wife perform in the family talent show is "La ci darem la mano" from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Don Giovanni". The duet is a seduction scene in which Don Giovanni convinces Zerlina to leave her fiancé.
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In Poland, the film was not only released two years after its world premiere, but also the title was changed completely ("Ja cie kocham a ty z nim" - roughly "I love and you are with him") in order to be similar to the Polish title of another movie, namely While You Were Sleeping ("Ja cie kocham a ty spisz").
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Improvisation was encouraged during filming. One such case was the line: "This corn is like an angel." You can see Allison Pill's (Jane) stoic expression turn into a failed attempt to hold back a grin. The outtakes show that the entire cast soon burst out laughing.
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Cameo
Lucas Hedges: Peter Hedges' son dances with Dan's youngest daughter, Lilly, at the wedding.
"Mr. Blue Sky" by the Electric Light Orchestra is featured in the TV and radio advertisements for the movie, as well as "Let My Love Open the Door" by Pete Townshend and "Henrietta" by The Fratellis. The club mix of Inaya Day's "Nasty Girl" and Earth, Wind & Fire's "September '99 (Phats & Small Remix)" are also featured in separated scenes in the movie but are not on the soundtrack. "Human Hands" written by Elvis Costello (original version appears on his album Imperial Bedroom).
Quote: Dan Burns: "I ordered a muffin..." [takes a large, tall-based muffin from the bag] Dan Burns: "But I think they gave me a small planet."

Lesbian Vampire Killers. 2009 (British comedy horror), Starring
James Corden as Fletch
Mathew Horne as Jimmy
Paul McGann as The Vicar
Emer Kenny as Rebecca (The Vicar's Daughter)
Lucy Gaskell as Judi
Louise Dylan as Anke
Ashley Mulheron as Trudi
Tiffany Mulheron as Heidi
Vera Filatova as Eva
Silvia Colloca as Carmilla
MyAnna Buring as Lotte
Emma Clifford as Ms. Rossi
Margarita Hall as (Daughter of darkness)

Silvia Colloca ...
Carmilla
Margarita Hall Margarita Hall ...
Daughter of Darkness 1
Sianad Gregory Sianad Gregory ...
Daughter of Darkness 2
Mathew Horne Mathew Horne ...
Jimmy
Lucy Gaskell Lucy Gaskell ...
Judy
Emma Clifford Emma Clifford ...
Ms Rossi
James Corden James Corden ...
Fletch
Travis Oliver Travis Oliver ...
Steve
Susie Amy Susie Amy ...
Blonde
MyAnna Buring MyAnna Buring ...
Lotte
Louise Dylan Louise Dylan ...
Anke
Ashley Mulheron Ashley Mulheron ...
Trudi
Tiffany Mulheron Tiffany Mulheron ...
Heidi
John Pierce Jones John Pierce Jones ...
Landlord (as John Pierce-Jones)
Steve Clark-Hall Steve Clark-Hall ...
Sidney Goatherder No.7 / The Storyteller
Paul McGann Paul McGann ...
Vicar
Emer Kenny Emer Kenny ...
Rebecca
Vera Filatova Vera Filatova ...
Eva
Jessica Powell Jessica Powell ...
Lesbian Vampire
Mary Liddell Mary Liddell ...
Lesbian Vampire
Michelle Carter Michelle Carter ...
Lesbian Vampire
Nellie McQuinn Nellie McQuinn ...
Lesbian Vampire
Kimberley Payne Kimberley Payne ...
Lesbian Vampire
Stacy Franklin Stacy Franklin ...
Lesbian Vampire
Kelly Franklin Kelly Franklin ...
Lesbian Vampire
Suzanne Perkins Suzanne Perkins ...
Lesbian Vampire
Rossana Stocchino Rossana Stocchino ...
Lesbian Vampire
Lucy Emes Lucy Emes ...
Lesbian Vampire
Josephine McGrail Josephine McGrail ...
Lesbian Vampire
Sirle Von Schihver Sirle Von Schihver ...
Lesbian Vampire
Natalie Totham Natalie Totham ...
Main Title Dancing Girl
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ani James Ani James ...
TV Presenter (uncredited)
Paul Warren Paul Warren ...
Prologue Pitch Fork Peasant. Netflix, October 17, 2013, with Chantelle Luther. Soundtrack: "Crying Blood
(V.V. Brown (as V V Brown))
Published by EMI Music Publishing
Performed by V.V. Brown (as V V Brown)
Licensed courtesy of Universal-Island Records Ltd
Under license from Universal Music Operations
Watching You
(Hill)
Licensed courtesy of Audio Networks
Woman
(Andrew Stockdale (as Stockdale) / Myles Heskett (as Heskett) / Chris Ross (as Ross))
Published by Universal Music Publishing Pty. Ltd
Performed by Wolfmother
Licensed courtesy of Universal Music Australia
Under license from Universal Music Operations
General Custard
(Barrie Gledden (as Gledden) / Loy / Lacey)
Licensed courtesy of Audio Networks
I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked
(Silversten)
Published by Waterfall Music AS / EMI Music Publishing Ltd (C) 2007
Performed by Ida Maria
Waterfall Records Limited under exclusive license to SONY BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Limited (P) 2008
Licensed courtesy of SONY BMG Commercial Sales (UK)
Fiddlers Jig
(Mottram)
Licensed courtesy of Audio Networks
Hot Hot Hot
(Cassell)
Published by Chrysalis Music Ltd (C) 1983
Performed by Arrow
Licensed courtesy of The Hit Label Ltd
Used by permission, all rights reserved
Saturday Night
(Riva / Pignagnoli)
Published by Energy Production Srl/Off Limits
Performed by Whigfield
(C) (p) 1994 Energy Production Srl
Licensed courtesy of Energy Production Srl
Aloha
(Norton / Mizen)
Licensed courtesy of Audio Networks
Monsieur Suave
(Marsac)
Licensed courtesy of Audio Networks
Amazing Grace
(Nesser / James)
Licensed courtesy of Universal Publishing Production Music
Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer
(Bashiri)
Written by John Hughes
Licensed courtesy of The Extreme Music Library Ltd
Under The Moon Of Love
(Boyce / Lee)
Published by Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd
Performed by Showaddywaddy
Licensed courtesy of Demon Music Group Ltd (P) 1976.

Trivia: It is a British comedy horror film written by Stewart Williams and Paul Hupfield, produced by Steve Clark-Hall and directed by Phil Claydon.
It is set in Norfolk, based around the village of Cranwich which is portrayed in the film as Cragwich, but was filmed outside London on location at Luton Hoo and in Three Mills film studios in Bromley-by-Bow.
The film is a tongue-in-cheek homage to the classic Hammer Horror films and was originally slated to be the first "new" Hammer film. This did not come to pass and it was ultimately Alliance and Momentum Pictures along with AV Films who finally greenlit the project.
Lesbian Vampire Killers was released on DVD and Blu-ray 3 August 2009. Momentum pictures claim retailers - including supermarket chain Tesco - demanded warning stickers be placed over the word "Lesbian". A spokesperson from Tesco said that although they did ask for a cover with less cleavage, they "did not suggest that they [Momentum] amend the wording". In the USA, the movie was released as Vampire Killers on 29 December 2009.
Writers Stewart Williams and Paul Hupfield were challenged to think of the dumbest and yet most commercial title possible for a film, Lesbian Vampire Killers was the answer. They then went away and wrote the script.
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Bernard Hill (as Vicar), Andrew Lee Potts (as Jimmy), Ty Glaser (as Eva) and Tallulah Sheffield (as Rebecca) were originally set to star.
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Ashley Mulheron was initially envisioned for the role of Heidi.
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In 2003 when the script was first created, the writers, both MTV producers at the time, intended to make the film themselves as a 'straight to DVD' B-Movie. Paul Hupfield was set to direct, and Stewart Williams was due to play the part of Fletch.
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The film's fictional village is called Cragwich in Norfolk, England. There is actually a village in Norfolk called Cranwich, situated on the edge of Thetford Forest.

League of Denial: The NFL's Concussion Crisis. October 8, 2013. (PBS, Documentary), Starring
Dr. Dr. Omalu, Dr. Elliot Pelman (archived footage), Mike Webster (archived footaged), Junior Seau (archived footage), Paul Tagliague (archived footage), Roger Goodell (archived footage), Mark Fainaru-Wada, Steve Fainaru,

George Atkinson ...
Himself - Oakland Raiders, 1968-77
Julian Bailes Julian Bailes ...
Himself - Team physician, Steelers, 1988-97 (as Julian Bailes MD)
Robert Cantu Robert Cantu ...
Himself - Neurosurgeon, Boston University (as Robert Cantu MD)
Harry Carson Harry Carson ...
Himsel - Author, Captain For Life
Ira Casson Ira Casson ...
Himself - Co-Chair, MTBI Committee, 2007-09 (archive footage) (as Ira Casson MD)
Sarah Childress Sarah Childress ...
Herself / Reporter
Mickey Collins Mickey Collins ...
Himself - Univ. of Pittsburgh Medical Ctr. (as Dr. Mickey Collins)
Peter Davies Peter Davies ...
Himself - Neuroscientist, Feinstein Institute (as Peter Davies PhD)
Steve Fainaru Steve Fainaru ...
Himself / Reporter
Mark Fainaru-Wada Mark Fainaru-Wada ...
Himself / Reporter
Henry Feuer Henry Feuer ...
Himself - MTBI Committee, 1994-2010 (as Henry Feuer MD)
Bob Fitzsimmons Bob Fitzsimmons ...
Himself - Webster's attorney
Jim Gilmore Jim Gilmore ...
Himself / Reporter
Thomas Girard Thomas Girard ...
Himself - Players' attorney
Roger Goodell Roger Goodell ...
Himself - NFL Commissioner (archive footage)
Kevin Guskiewicz Kevin Guskiewicz ...
Himself - NFL Head, Neck and Spine Cmte. (as Kevin Guskiewicz PhD)
Sunny Jani Sunny Jani ...
Himself - Friend of Mike Webster
Peter Keating Peter Keating ...
Himself - Reporter, ESPN
Jane Leavy Jane Leavy ...
Herself - Journalist
Mark Lovell Mark Lovell ...
Himself - Neuropsychologist (as Max Lovell PhD)
Will Lyman Will Lyman ...
Himself - Narrator
Jeanne Marie Laskas Jeanne Marie Laskas ...
Herself - GQ, 'Game Brain'
Joseph Maroon Joseph Maroon ...
Himself - MTBI Committee, 2007-10 (as Joseph Maroon MD)
Lisa McHale Lisa McHale ...
Herself - Wife of Tom McHale
Ann McKee Ann McKee ...
Herself - Herself - Neuropathologist, BU CTE Center (as Ann McKee MD)
Caitlin McNally Caitlin McNally ...
Herself - Reporter
Chris Nowinski Chris Nowinski ...
Co-Director, BU CTE Center
Michael Oriard Michael Oriard ...
Himself - Kansas City Chiefs, 1970-73
Jim Otto Jim Otto ...
Himself - Oakland Raiders, 1960-74
Eleanor Perfetto Eleanor Perfetto ...
Herself - Wife of Ralph Wenzel
Stan Savran Stan Savran ...
Himself - Pittsburgh sports reporter
Alan Schwarz Alan Schwarz ...
Himself - The New York Times
Gina Seau Gina Seau ...
Herself - Ex-wife of Junior Seau
Junior Seau Junior Seau ...
Himself (archive footage)
Sydney Seau Sydney Seau ...
Herself - Daughter of Junior Seau
Tyler Seau Tyler Seau ...
Himself - Son of Junior Seau
Sabrina Shankman Sabrina Shankman ...
Herself - Reporter
Fred Smerlas Fred Smerlas ...
Himself - Buffalo Bills, 1979-89
Leigh Steinberg Leigh Steinberg ...
Himself - Sports agent
Robert Stern Robert Stern ...
Himself - Neuropsychologist, Boston University (as Robert Stern PhD)
Linda Sánchez Linda Sánchez ...
Herself - (D) CA (archive footage) (as Rep. Linda Sanchez)
Paul Tagliabue Paul Tagliabue ...
Himself - NFL Commissioner (archive footage)
Maxine Waters Maxine Waters ...
Herself - (D) CA (archive footage) (as Rep. Maxine Waters)
Colin Webster Colin Webster ...
Himself - Son of Mike Webster
Garrett Webster Garrett Webster ...
Himself - Son of Mike Webster
Mike Webster Mike Webster ...
Himself - Pittsburgh Steelers (archive footage)
Pam Webster Pam Webster ...
Herself - Wife of Mike Webster
Beth Wilkinson Beth Wilkinson ...
Herself - NFL's attorney (archive footage)
Steve Young Steve Young ...
Himself - San Francisco 49ers, 1987-1999. PBS, October 18, 2013, with Connie Luther. Soundtrack: Music by John E. Low.
Storyline: What did the NFL know, and when did they know it? In a special two-part investigation, FRONTLINE reveals the hidden story of the NFL and brain injuries. Trivia: Directed by Michael Kirk. Writing Credits: Steve Fainaru, Mark Fainaru-Wada, Michael Kirk and Mike Wiser. Frontline: Season 31, Episode 17 - League of Denial: The NFL's Concussion Crisis (8 Oct. 2013) TV Episode - 120 min/Documentary. Frontline (TV Series): League of Denial: The NFL's Concussion Crisis (2013) - Connections: Features - NFL Monday Night Football (1970) (TV Series) - clips from multiple episodes shown depicting spectacle of televized football; NFL Films Presents (1967) (TV Series) - clips from multiple episodes of NFL's documentaries. League of Denial is a book and subsequent documentary film, about traumatic brain injury in the National Football League (NFL), particularly concussions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). The documentary was produced by Frontline and broadcast on PBS. The book was written by ESPN reporters Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve Fainaru. The book and film devote significant attention on the story of Mike Webster and his football-related brain injuries, and the pathologist who examined Webster's brain, Bennet Omalu. The film also looks closely at the efforts of researchers led by Ann McKee at Boston University's Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy, where the brains of a number of former NFL athletes have been examined. ESPN had originally been a partner in the project, but backed out later[9] claiming a lack of editorial control. There was speculation that this was due to pressure from the NFL. Although ESPN pulled out of the documentary project, they remain involved in the book deal, including promoting the book on their website, and aired excerpts from the documentary on the ESPN show Outside the Lines. During the documentary, Omalu recalled a discussion with an NFL doctor while reviewing Webster's case. Omalu said the NFL doctor told him "Bennett, do you know the implications of what you're doing? If 10 percent of mothers in this country would begin to perceive football as a dangerous sport, that is the end of football." Frontline in 2010 produced a documentary on health issues in youth sports with a focus on repeated concussions and subconcussive blows in high school football. Response to the documentary was positive, with many reviewers commenting on how powerful it was, and how it may change their views of football going forward, although noting that much of the information had been written about or shown before.

Hunting Season. 2013 (Canadian), Starring Lauren Lee Smith as Samantha Davis, David Sutcliffe as Mike Davis, Peter MacNeill as Jack, Sarah Manninen as Katie, Chelah Horsdal as Nancy, Kris Holden Ried as Jason, Brian Markinson as Sheriff Emmitt, Max Martini as Young Jack, Shawn Doyle as Charlie, Mike Bell as Attorney, Daniel MacIvor as Dr. Martin, John B. Lowe as Gerald Morris and Stan Skene as Stunt Driver. Movie Central, October 19, 2013. Soundtrack: Music by Claude Foisy. Trivia: Thriller/Spain. Also Known As (AKA) Spain (alternative title) Temporada de caza. Filming Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Suddenly. 2013 (Canadian), Starring Ray Liotta as Tod Shaw, Erin Karpluk as Ellen, Dominic Purcell as Baron, Don MacKay as Pete, Cole Coker as Pidge, Tyron Leitso as Agent Wheeler, Michael Paré as Benny Conklin, Steve Bacic as Dan Carney, Garry Chalk as Sheriff Grant, Brendan Fletcher as Deputy Anderson, Darryl Shuttleworth as Nate, Chris Shields as President, Haig Sutherland as Judd, Eric Keenleyside as Mayor, Brad Kelly as Harlan and Ed Anders as Virgil. Movie Central, October 19, 2013. Soundtrack: Music by Stu Goldberg. "Squirrelly Blues" and "The Core Of The Apple" - by Stu Goldberg. Trivia: 1. It is a 90 minute thriller, August 8, 2013 (Canada). Remake of Suddenly (1954) remake directed by Uwe Boll. 2. Filming locations: Squamish, Britannia Beach, Alice Lake Park, and The Sea to Sky Corrider, British Columbia, Canada. 3. Near the beginning of the movie when Todd is on a sidewalk approaching the county sheriff's office, a phone booth to his left (screen right) is seen with the Telus names/logos on a side and front panel. Telus is a phone company that operates in Western Canada yet the movie is set in the USA. Quote: Baron: "If we are prepared to do anything we can to achieve our goal, then the American People can stand tall and proud once more." [Ed. "Yuck."]

Agatha. 1979, Starring

Vanessa Redgrave as Agatha Christie
Dustin Hoffman as Wally Stanton
Timothy Dalton as Archibald "Archie" Christie

Dustin Hoffman ...
Wally Stanton
Vanessa Redgrave Vanessa Redgrave ...
Agatha Christie
Timothy Dalton Timothy Dalton ...
Col. Archibald Christie
Helen Morse Helen Morse ...
Evelyn Crawley
Celia Gregory Celia Gregory ...
Nancy Neele
Paul Brooke Paul Brooke ...
John Foster
Carolyn Pickles Carolyn Pickles ...
Charlotte Fisher
Timothy West Timothy West ...
Kenward
Tony Britton Tony Britton ...
William Collins
Alan Badel Alan Badel ...
Lord Brackenbury
Robert Longden Robert Longden ...
Pettelson
Donald Nithsdale Donald Nithsdale ...
Uncle Jones
Yvonne Gilan Yvonne Gilan ...
Mrs. Braithwaite
Sandra Voe Sandra Voe ...
Therapist
Barry Hart Barry Hart ...
Supt. MacDonald
David Hargreaves David Hargreaves ...
Sgt. Jarvis
Tim Seely Tim Seely ...
Capt. Rankin
Jill Summers Jill Summers ...
Nancy's Aunt
Christopher Fairbank Christopher Fairbank ...
Luland (as Chris Fairbank)
Liz Smith Liz Smith ...
Flora
Peter Arne Peter Arne ...
Hotel Manager
D. Geoff Tomlinson D. Geoff Tomlinson ...
Hotel Receptionist
John Joyce John Joyce ...
Hotel Waiter
Irene Sutcliffe Irene Sutcliffe ...
Dress Shop Manageress
Ann Francis Ann Francis ...
Jane
Hope Johnstone Hope Johnstone ...
Royal Baths Clerk
John Ludlow John Ludlow ...
Royal Baths Clerk
Ray Gatenby Ray Gatenby ...
Official at Literary Luncheon
Hubert Rees Hubert Rees ...
Official at Literary Luncheon
Tommy Hunter Tommy Hunter ...
Pierrot
Pamela Austin Pamela Austin ...
Pierrot
Bert Ward Bert Ward ...
Pierrot
Harry Segal Harry Segal ...
Pierrot
Howard Blake Howard Blake ...
Hotel Trio
Jim Archer Jim Archer ...
Hotel Trio
Reginald Kilbey Reginald Kilbey ...
Hotel Trio
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jonathan Benson Jonathan Benson ...
Head waiter (uncredited)
Harry Fielder Harry Fielder ...
Policeman (uncredited)
Stan Richards Stan Richards ...
Hotel Porter. Movie Central, October 22, 2013, with Connie Luther and Kyle McNeil. Soundtrack: "Close Enough for Love
(theme for Agatha)
Sung by Pattie Brooks
Lyrics by Paul Williams
Music by Johnny Mandel
They Didn't Believe Me
Arranged and Conducted by Howard Blake
Written by Jerome Kern (uncredited) and Dorothy Reynolds (uncredited)
Sung by Vanessa Redgrave (uncredited)
Yes Sir That's My Baby
Arranged and Conducted by Howard Blake
Music by Walter Donaldson (uncredited)
Lyrics by Gus Kahn (uncredited)
My Wonderful One
Arranged and Conducted by Howard Blake
Music by Ferde Grofé Sr. (uncredited), Paul Whiteman (uncredited), Marshall Neilan (uncredited)
Gilbert & Sullivan Medley
Music by Arthur Sullivan (uncredited)
Arranged and conducted by Howard Blake.

Storyline: When her husband Archibald "Archie" Christie (Timothy Dalton) confronts her with his affair and demands a divorce, crime writer Agatha Christie (Vanessa Redgrave) tells him that she fears for her life and promptly vanishes. She signs into a Harrogate hotel under the name of a relative of Archie’s lover and, as the country flies into a frenzy of rumour regarding her disappearance, secretly plans a dark revenge against him that can only be averted by Wally Stanton (Dustin Hoffman), an ambitious American journalist who falls in love with her.
Trivia: It is a drama thriller film directed by Michael Apted, starring Vanessa Redgrave, Dustin Hoffman and Timothy Dalton, and written by Kathleen Tynan. The film focuses on renowned crime writer Agatha Christie, offering a theory as to her still unsolved 12-day disappearance in 1926.
Agatha was generally very well received by critics, and maintains an 82% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[1] Not all critics liked the movie, however. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film two and a half stars out of four and told readers that the relationship between Christie and the American journalist "isn't real. It's never for a moment deeply felt -- it's just deeply acted."
David Puttnam was involved with the production but left when much of the script was re-written to accommodate Dustin Hoffman. David Puttnam vowed never to work with Dustin Hoffman again.
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Helen Morse was an 11th hour casting choice replacing Julie Christie who bowed out with an broken wrist.
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Julie Christie was originally cast as Evelyn Crawley, but due to a roller-skating injury she was forced to bow out.
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Dustin Hoffman was depressed during much of the films shoot. He has since stated that he was ready to quit film acting and return to the stage - but a meeting with 'Stanley Jaffe' and 'Robert Benton' at his London hotel changed his mind and resulted him in accepting the role in Kramer vs. Kramer.
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Vanessa Redgrave (Agatha Christie) and Timothy Dalton (Colonel Archibald Christie) previously played another real life married couple, Mary, Queen of Scots and her second husband Lord Darnley, in Mary, Queen of Scots. Though they never married in real life, they were in a relationship from 1971 to 1986.

Bath, Somerset, England, UK
(Harrogate in the 1920s)
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Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England, UK
(studio); Windsor, England;
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Buckinghamshire, England, UK
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Burnham Beeches, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
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England, UK
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Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK
(Old Swan Hotel, exteriors. Royal Baths, exteriors)
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London, England, UK
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North Yorkshire, England, UK
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Old Swan Hotel, Swan Street, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK
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Parliament Street, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK
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Royal Baths, Parliament Street, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK
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Somerset, England, UK
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Swan Street, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK
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York Station, York, North Yorkshire, England, UK
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York, North Yorkshire, England, UK
(Railway Station, exteriors); Steamtown Railway Museum and British Railways.
Quote: Wally Stanton: "Hello, Mrs. Christie." [Ed. (Reminiscent of Hoffman's greeting, 'Hello, Mrs. Robinson,' in The Graduate, 12 years earlier.]

Redemption. 2012 (short/documentary), Starring various New Yorkers who are collectors of recycled bottles and cans. Movie Central, October 22, 2013, with Kyle McNeill. Soundtrack: Original music by Jonathan Zalben, with musical performances by Jarstix, and Greg Murphy. Trivia: It is a short documentary film directed by Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill. The film, which details the lives of people who survive by collection bottles and cans to redeem for money, was nominated for the 2013 Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject). 35 minutes. After being nominated for an Academy Award the film was released along with all the other 15 Oscar-nominated short films in theaters by ShortsHD.

Ghostquake (also known as Haunted High). 2012 (made-for-television horror), Starring Jonathan Baron as Quentin, Gabe Begneaud as Dean,
Charisma Carpenter Charisma Carpenter ...
Librarian
Marc Donato Marc Donato ...
Colt
Sergio Figueroa Sergio Figueroa ...
Rob
Stephanie Fischer Stephanie Fischer ...
Kimberly
M.C. Gainey as Alger Danforth,
Griff Furst Griff Furst ...
Garland
Dana Gourrier Dana Gourrier ...
Coach Hoover
Danielle Greenup Danielle Greenup ...
China
Mike Kimmel Mike Kimmel ...
Principal Spiro
Brett Lapeyrouse Brett Lapeyrouse ...
Dex
Misty Marshall Misty Marshall ...
Female Acolyte
Jaren Mitchell Jaren Mitchell ...
Stu
Lauren Pennington Lauren Pennington ...
Whitney (as Lauren Whitney Pennington)
Amanda Phillips Amanda Phillips ...
Marisol (as Amanda Vaez Phillips)
Shawn C. Phillips Shawn C. Phillips ...
Blake (as Shawn Phillips)
Chelsea Morgan Thomas Chelsea Morgan Thomas ...
Amber
Danny Trejo Danny Trejo ...
Ortiz
Ricky Wayne Ricky Wayne ...
Myers
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jeffery Scott Lando Jeffery Scott Lando ...
Angry Guy. Space Network, October 26, 2013. Soundtrack: Music by Andrew Morgan Smith. Trivia: It is an American made-for-television horror film produced by Syfy. The film was directed by Jeffrey Lando and written by Paul A. Birkett and Anthony C. Ferrante. The film stars Danny Trejo and MC Gainey. It follows a group of high school students trying to escape the wrath of a few ghastly spirits, following an earthquake at their school, Holloman Academy. Mysterious school cleaner Ortiz, who has been protecting the academy in secret, steps forward to help the youths. Ghostquake first aired on Syfy on August 25, 2012. Danny Trejo signed on as Ortiz, "a janitor who is secretly the kick-butt guardian of the school." MC Gainey played the main antagonist of the film, Danforth, "a demonic dead headmaster". Charisma Carpenter made a cameo appearance as a school librarian. Jonathan Baron was cast as Danforth's grandson and Holloman student Quentin. Jeffrey Lando directed the film. Paul A. Birkett and Anthony C. Ferrante were in charge of writing the story. Griff Furst was in charge of production for Syfy. International sales for Ghostquake were handled by Echo Bridge International.[2] The film was released on DVD on January 25, 2013.[3] Daniel King of Horrornews.net concluded that the film "is a hokey but fun movie that wins you over by virtue of its tongue-in-cheek attitude and zesty performances." Filming Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

The Relic. 1997 (science fiction/horror), Starring
Penelope Ann Miller — Dr. Margo Green
Tom Sizemore — Lt. Vincent D'Agosta
Linda Hunt — Dr. Ann Cuthbert
James Whitmore — Dr. Albert Frock
Clayton Rohner — Det. Hollingsworth
Chi Muoi Lo — Dr. Greg Lee
Thomas Ryan — Tom Parkinson
Francis X. McCarthy — Mr. Blaisedale
Constance Towers — Mrs. Blaisedale
John Kapelos — McNully
Don Harvey — Spota
Audra Lindley — Dr. Zwiezic
Lewis Van Bergen - Dr. John Whitney

Penelope Ann Miller ...
Dr. Margo Green
Tom Sizemore Tom Sizemore ...
Lt. Vincent D'Agosta
Linda Hunt Linda Hunt ...
Dr. Ann Cuthbert
James Whitmore James Whitmore ...
Dr. Albert Frock
Clayton Rohner Clayton Rohner ...
Detective Hollingsworth
Chi Muoi Lo Chi Muoi Lo ...
Dr. Greg Lee
Thomas Ryan Thomas Ryan ...
Tom Parkinson
Robert Lesser Robert Lesser ...
Mayor Robert Owen
Diane Robin Diane Robin ...
The Mayor's Wife
Lewis Van Bergen Lewis Van Bergen ...
John Whitney
Constance Towers Constance Towers ...
Mrs. Blaisedale
Francis X. McCarthy Francis X. McCarthy ...
Mr. Blaisedale
Audra Lindley Audra Lindley ...
Dr. Zwiezic
John Kapelos John Kapelos ...
McNally
Tico Wells Tico Wells ...
Bailey
Mike Bacarella Mike Bacarella ...
Bradley
Gene Davis Gene Davis ...
Martini
John DiSanti John DiSanti ...
Guard Wootton (as John Di Santi)
David Proval David Proval ...
Guard Johnson
David Graubart Dave Graubart as Eugene
Ronald Joshua Scott Ronald Joshua Scott ...
Josh
Jophery C. Brown Jophery C. Brown ...
Guard Frederick Ford
Thomas Joseph Carroll Thomas Joseph Carroll ...
Evans
Montrose Hagins as Chanting Woman
Santos Morales Santos Morales ...
Captain Borne
Ralph Seymour Ralph Seymour ...
Sergeant
LaDonna Tittle LaDonna Tittle ...
Teacher
Edward Jemison as Museum Worker
David Hollander David Hollander ...
Charlie
Amanda Ingber Amanda Ingber ...
Donna
Katharine Mitchell Katharine Mitchell ...
Police Officer
Candy Coburn Candy Coburn ...
Police Officer
Kurt Naebig Kurt Naebig ...
Police Officer
Don MacLellan Don MacLellan ...
Police Officer
Marc P. Shelton Marc P. Shelton ...
Police Officer
Don Harvey Don Harvey ...
Spota
Ken Magee Ken Magee ...
Coroner's Assistant
Aaron Lustig Aaron Lustig ...
Dr. Brown
Kent George Kent George ...
Student
Lyn Alicia Henderson Lyn Alicia Henderson ...
Perri Masai (as Lynn A. Henderson)
Ron Cummins Ron Cummins ...
Dr. Gross
Matthew Daniel Moses Furlin as Crazy Man
Elwood Forbes Elwood Forbes ...
Graduate Student
Dina Blair Dina Blair ...
Reporter
Mark Lake Mark Lake ...
SWAT Team Guy
Ned Schmidtke Ned Schmidtke ...
Captain Martin
Vincent Hammond Vincent Hammond ...
Kothoga
Brian Steele Brian Steele ...
Kothoga, John Alexander as Kothoga Choreographer,
Gary Hecker as Kothoga Vocalization; Kothoga Puppeteers: David Grasso, Beth Hathaway, Richard Haugen, Mark Jurinko, Alfred Sousa, Ian Stevenson and Christopher Swift; Larry Odien as Beetle Puppeter;
Daniel Guevara Daniel Guevara ...
Tribal Dancer
Ramon Ramirez
Tribal Dancer
Henry Rey Henry Rey ...
Tribal Dancer
Gerardo Salinas Gerardo Salinas ...
Tribal Dancer
Martin S. Tellez Martin S. Tellez ...
Tribal Dancer
Craig Hosking Craig Hosking ...
Helicopter Pilot
Dirk Vahle Dirk Vahle ...
Helicopter Pilot
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sharlene Ruffino Sharlene Ruffino ...
Museum employee (uncredited)
Johnny White Johnny White ...
Graduate Student. Space Network, October 29, 2013. Soundtrack: "SUNRISE
STRING QUARTET IN B FLAT MAJOR" - Written by Joseph Haydn (as F.J. Haydn)
Performed by Kodaly Quartet
Courtesy of Naxos of America
By Arrangement with Source/Q.

Trivia: It is a science fiction/horror film directed by Peter Hyams and based on the best-selling novel Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. The film stars Penelope Ann Miller, Tom Sizemore and Linda Hunt. The original music score was composed by John Debney. The film is rated R for monster violence, gore, and language.
The Relic was based on the best-selling horror novel by Douglas Preston, an ex-journalist and former public relations director for the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The producers were faced with a problem as only museums in Chicago and Washington, D.C. resembled the one in New York. Fortunately, the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago loved the premise of the movie and allowed them to shoot there. In addition to shooting on location in Chicago, a set was built in Los Angeles of a tunnel flooded with water. Sizemore spent most of the shoot either damp, cold or soaking wet and, as a result, caught the flu twice. The production was shut down briefly when Hyams became too sick to work.

One of the sound effects is a floppy disk drive access sound from an Apple Macintosh computer (not the Silicon Graphics computers).
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The film was originally set to open in August 1996 but special effects work delayed its release till the end of the year/early 1997.
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Harrison Ford was director Peter Hyams's first choice for the lead role of Vincent D'Agosta (played by Tom Sizemore).
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Audra Lindley's last feature film.
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David Seltzer's name was attached to the initial promos for the movie. For an unknown reason, it had been removed by the time the film went into general release.
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The two sniffer dogs used to track down the creature in the sewer system are called "Castor" and "Pollux", sharing their names with the Troy Brothers from John Woo's Face/Off, which in turn are named after the Dioscuri from Roman/Greek mythology.
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The preparation of the fictional elixir given to John Whitney by the Amazon tribesmen, and the ceremony surrounding it, strongly parallels the real-life consumption of ayahuasca, a psychoactive tea used religiously by numerous Amazon tribes.
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The giant monster-head gate through which the Superstition exhibit is entered is an actual-size replica of the Orcus gate at Parco del Mostri (Park of the Monsters) in Bomarzo, Italy.
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The improvised explosive Margo makes using two jars is very similar to the one made by Jean-Claude Van Damme's character in Sudden Death, director Peter Hyams' previous film.
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Director Trademark
Peter Hyams: [Spota] a character named Spota.
The appearance of the Kothoga creature was purposely left till the last half of the film because Stan Winston's creature was not completed in time for the scenes requiring the visual and physical presence of it on set. It was also one of the reasons the film was delayed until the winter of 1996/97.
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During the post-production process of the film, Paramount kept Stan Winston's Kothoga creature under wraps much like Universal had done with Jurassic Park, with no one permitted to talk about the production or the creature itself.
Dr. Whitney's crates containing the rare leaves are being shipped from Brazil, and the ship on which the kothoga journeys is "registered out of Brazil." Yet in the scene where Dr. Whitney races to try to keep the crates from shipping out, the captain and the dockworkers and crew are speaking Spanish rather than Portuguese.
Credits thank Suzanne 'Soup Lady' Steptoe.

Vampires Suck. 2010 (Twilight parody), Starring

Jenn Proske as Becca Crane
Matt Lanter as Edward Sullen
Diedrich Bader as Frank Crane
Christopher N. Riggi as Jacob White
Ken Jeong as Daro
Anneliese van der Pol as Jennifer
Arielle Kebbel as Rachel
Charlie Weber as Jack
Crista Flanagan as Eden
Jun Hee Lee as Derric
David DeLuise as Fisherman Scully
Ike Barinholtz as Bobby White
Dave Foley as Principal Smith
Randal Reeder as Biker Dude
B.J. Britt as Antoine
Emily Brobst as June
Bradley Dodds as Salvatore
Mike Mayhall as Nicholas
Rett Terrell as Max
Stephanie Fischer as Rosalyn
Nick Eversman as Jeremiah
Zane Holtz as Alex
Jeff Witzke as Dr. Carlton
Kelsey Ford as Iris
Helena Barrett as Alice
Matthew Warzel as John
Krystal Mayo as Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Jenn Proske ...
Becca Crane
Matt Lanter Matt Lanter ...
Edward Sullen
Diedrich Bader Diedrich Bader ...
Frank Crane
Chris Riggi Chris Riggi ...
Jacob White
Ken Jeong Ken Jeong ...
Daro
Anneliese van der Pol Anneliese van der Pol ...
Jennifer
David DeLuise David DeLuise ...
Fisherman Scully
Kelsey Ford Kelsey Ford ...
Iris
Dave Foley Dave Foley ...
Principal Smith
Jeff Witzke Jeff Witzke ...
Dr. Carlton
Crista Flanagan Crista Flanagan ...
Eden
Nick Eversman Nick Eversman ...
Jeremiah
Zane Holtz Zane Holtz ...
Alex
Stephanie Fischer Stephanie Fischer ...
Rosalyn
Michael Hanson Michael Hanson ...
Rick
Jun Hee Lee Jun Hee Lee ...
Derric
Arielle Kebbel Arielle Kebbel ...
Rachel
B.J. Britt B.J. Britt ...
Antoine
Charlie Weber Charlie Weber ...
Jack
Mike Mayhall Mike Mayhall ...
Nicholas (as Michael Mayhall)
Bradley Dodds Bradley Dodds ...
Salvatore
Emily Brobst Emily Brobst ...
June
Rett Terrell Rett Terrell ...
Max
Randal Reeder Randal Reeder ...
Biker Dude
Leo Fabian Leo Fabian ...
Gross Biker Dude
Dana Seltzer Dana Seltzer ...
Gossip Girl (voice)
Krystal Mayo Krystal Mayo ...
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Amanda Jacobs Amanda Jacobs ...
Team Edward Girl (as Mandy Jacobs)
Marissa Cavazos Marissa Cavazos ...
Team Jacob Girl #1
Sarah Colbert Sarah Colbert ...
Team Jacob Girl #2
Ryan Glorioso Ryan Glorioso ...
Science Teacher
Bryan Philip Cruz Bryan Philip Cruz ...
Chinese Food Delivery Guy
Adia Garrett Adia Garrett ...
Mean Girl
Marcelle Baer Marcelle Baer ...
Hot Girl
Alyssa Overbeck Alyssa Overbeck ...
Trendy Girl
Nick Gomez Nick Gomez ...
Jacob's Pack #1
Ned Yousef Ned Yousef ...
Jacob's Pack #2 (as Nedal 'Ned' Yousef)
Rodrigo Lloreda Rodrigo Lloreda ...
Jacob's Pack #3
John Franklin John Franklin ...
Jacob's Pack #4
Celeste Roberts Celeste Roberts ...
Matronly Faculty Member
Greg Washington Greg Washington ...
Photographer
Michelle Lang Michelle Lang ...
Innocent Woman
Valerie Morgan Valerie Morgan ...
Woman in Line
Sara Blanche Sara Blanche ...
Pretty Blonde
Matthew Warzel Matthew Warzel ...
John
Parker Dash Parker Dash ...
Drunken Festival Goer
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael C. 'Mike' Allen Michael C. 'Mike' Allen ...
Pedestrian (uncredited)
Ike Barinholtz Ike Barinholtz ...
Bobby White (uncredited)
Helena Barrett Helena Barrett ...
Alice (uncredited)
Charlotte Biggs Charlotte Biggs ...
Prom Goer (uncredited)
Laine Dubroc Laine Dubroc ...
Prom Picture Guy (uncredited)
Tavaris James Durell Tavaris James Durell ...
Prom student (uncredited)
Jude Gavi Jude Gavi ...
Prom Faculty (uncredited)
Cameron Inman Cameron Inman ...
Team Edward (uncredited)
Heather Lamb Heather Lamb ...
Lady Gaga (uncredited)
Ada Michelle Loridans Ada Michelle Loridans ...
Hustler Dancer (uncredited)
Jonathan O'Rear Jonathan O'Rear ...
Parade Goer / Student (uncredited)
Stephanie Swart Stephanie Swart ...
Team Jacob Girl (uncredited)
Tracy E. Thomas Tracy E. Thomas ...
Sculptor (uncredited)
Wanetah Walmsley Wanetah Walmsley ...
Snooki (uncredited)
Chevy White Chevy White ...
Prom Goer. ABC Spark, October 30, 2013. Soundtrack: "If I Was Your Vampire
Written by Tim Skold and Marilyn Manson (as Brian Warner)
Performed by Marilyn Manson
Courtesy of Interscope Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
My Panties
Written by Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer, Ali Dee (as Ali Theodore),
Jason Gleed, Zach Danziger and Alana Da Fonseca
Performed by Magicwandos
Courtesy of DeeTown Entertainment
Brahms Lullaby
Written by Johannes Brahms
Performed by Oh Joey
Succubus Baby
Written by Ali Dee (as Ali Theodore), Michael Klein (as Mike Klein), John McCurry and Alana Da Fonseca
Performed by Magicwandos
Courtesy of DeeTown Entertainment
Believe Nothing
Written by Ali Dee (as Ali Theodore), Joey Katsaros (as Joseph Katsaros) and Alana Da Fonseca
Performed by Deekompressors (as The DeeKompressors)
Courtesy of DeeTown Entertainment
Late Night Superstar
Written by Chris Campanaro
Performed by Revival Chiefs
Courtesy of VINLO Productions
Are We On
Written by John Kimbrough and John Gold
Performed by Killdeer
Courtesy of Gridiron Greats Music
Charge
Traditional
Performed by Oh Joey
I Miss You
Written by Ali Dee (as Ali Theodore) and Alana Da Fonseca
Performed by Arlaner
Courtesy of DeeTown Entertainment
Hey Eddie
Written by Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer, Ali Dee (as Ali Theodore),
Jason Gleed and Alana Da Fonseca
Performed by Barnetta
Courtesy of DeeTown Entertainment
It's Raining Men
Written by Paul Shaffer and Paul Jabara
Performed by The Weather Girls
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
Helene's Discovery
from the Motion Picture The Fly
Composed by Paul Sawtell and Bert Shefter
Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
A Strange Story
from the Motion Picture The Fly
Composed by Paul Sawtell and Bert Shefter
Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
My First Wish
Written by Ali Dee (as Ali Theodore), Joey Katsaros (as Joseph Katsaros),
Sarai Howard and Alana Da Fonseca
Performed by Miss Eighty 6
Courtesy of DeeTown Entertainment
She's Going Down
Written by Ali Dee (as Ali Theodore), Joey Katsaros (as Joseph Katsaros) and Alana Da Fonseca
Performed by Ali Dee
Courtesy of DeeTown Entertainment
All the Way Up
Written by Ali Dee (as Ali Theodore), Sarai Howard, Alana Da Fonseca and Jason Gleed
Performed by Alana Da Fonseca (as Alana D)
Courtesy of DeeTown Entertainment
On Fire
Written by Ali Dee (as Ali Theodore), Michael Klein (as Mike Klein), Julian Davis (as Julian Michael Davis) and Alana Da Fonseca
Performed by Classic
Courtesy of DeeTown Entertainment
The Hustle
Written by Van McCoy
Performed by The 26th Street Boyz
All Thru the Nite
Written by Chris Miller
Performed by Tony Lyndsay
Courtesy of MasterSource Music Catalog
Wango Tango
Written by Luke Ebbin and Danielle Barbe
Performed by Danielle Barbe
Courtesy of Glass Bones Records.

Trivia: It is a vampire spoof film based on the Twilight film series[3] and directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. It stars Jenn Proske, Matt Lanter, Christopher N. Riggi, Ken Jeong, Anneliese van der Pol, and Arielle Kebbel. Vampires Suck was given four nominations from the 31st Golden Raspberry Awards, including Worst Picture, Worst Director, Worst Screenplay and Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel. With a budget of $20 Million, the film grossed just over $80 Million at the box office, which disturbed some film critics.

The Iphone Jennifer uses to show Becca Edward Sullen's Facebook profile is Anneliese van der Pol's personal phone.
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Buffy The Vampire Slayer makes a cameo in one scene. The cover of the October 1, 1999 issue of Entertainment Weekly featured Sarah Michelle Gellar, as Buffy, wearing a sleeveless blouse with "Vampires Suck" written all over it.
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The voice-over artists, who dubbed the German version of the original Twilight movies, did the dubbing for their corresponding parts in this film.
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A few of the bikini-clad extras during the graduation ceremony scene are members of the Texas Bikini Team. Louisiana film tax credit.
Quote: Edward Sullen: "Do you know what I am?" Becca Crane: "A Jonas Brother?"

Embrace of the Vampire. 2013 (direct-to-video/horror), Starring
Sharon Hinnendael ...
Charlotte Hawthorn
Kaniehtiio Horn Kaniehtiio Horn ...
Nicole
C.C. Sheffield C.C. Sheffield ...
Eliza
Chelsey Reist Chelsey Reist ...
Sarah Campbell
Victor Webster Victor Webster ...
Professor Brendan Cole / Stefan
Robert Moloney Robert Moloney ...
Dr. Duncan Johnson
Ryan Kennedy Ryan Kennedy ...
Chris
Keegan Connor Tracy Keegan Connor Tracy ...
Daciana
Olivia Cheng Olivia Cheng ...
Kelly
Aleita Northey Aleita Northey ...
Young Woman
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sarah Grey Sarah Grey ...
Young Charlotte Hawthorn, Lori O'Connell ... stunt double
Shelene Yung ... stunt double. Movie Central, October 30, 2013. Soundtrack:

Trivia: It is a 1995 vampire horror film rated R by the MPAA for strong sexuality, violence and language. A more graphic version (which is 1 minute longer than the rated R version) which is not rated is also available in North America. It was filmed in Faribault, Minnesota, USA. In 2013, a direct-to-video remake by Anchor Bay Home Entertainment was released starring Sharon Hinnendael.
Filming Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Candyman. 1992 (horror), Starring
Virginia Madsen as Helen Lyle
Tony Todd as Candyman
Xander Berkeley as Trevor Lyle
Vanessa Williams as Anne-Marie McCoy
Kasi Lemmons as Bernadette 'Bernie' Walsh
DeJuan Guy as Jake
Bernard Rose as Archie Walsh
Gilbert Lewis as Detective Frank Valento
Stanley DeSantis as Dr. Burke
Ted Raimi as Billy
Eric Edwards as Harold
Rusty Schwimmer as Policewoman

Virginia Madsen ...
Helen Lyle
Tony Todd Tony Todd ...
The Candyman / Daniel Robitaille
Xander Berkeley Xander Berkeley ...
Trevor Lyle
Kasi Lemmons Kasi Lemmons ...
Bernadette 'Bernie' Walsh
Vanessa Williams Vanessa Williams ...
Anne-Marie McCoy
DeJuan Guy DeJuan Guy ...
Jake
Marianna Elliott Marianna Elliott ...
Clara (as Marianna Eliott)
Ted Raimi Ted Raimi ...
Billy
Ria Pavia Ria Pavia ...
Monica
Mark Daniels Mark Daniels ...
Student
Lisa Ann Poggi Lisa Ann Poggi ...
Diane
Adam Philipson Adam Philipson ...
Danny
Eric Edwards Eric Edwards ...
Harold
Carolyn Lowery Carolyn Lowery ...
Stacey
Barbara Alston Barbara Alston ...
Henrietta Mosely
Sarina C. Grant Sarina C. Grant ...
Kitty Culver (as Sarina Grant)
Latesha Martin Latesha Martin ...
Baby Anthony
Lanesha Martin Lanesha Martin ...
Baby Anthony
Michael Culkin Michael Culkin ...
Professor Philip Purcell
Bernard Rose Bernard Rose ...
Archie Walsh
Glenda Starr Kelly Glenda Starr Kelly ...
Crying Mother
Kenneth A. Brown Kenneth A. Brown ...
Castrated Boy
Caesar Brown Caesar Brown ...
Tough Guy
Terrence Riggins Terrence Riggins ...
Gang Leader
Gilbert Lewis Gilbert Lewis ...
Detective Frank Valento
Rusty Schwimmer Rusty Schwimmer ...
Policewoman
Baxter Harris Baxter Harris ...
Detective
John Rensenhouse John Rensenhouse ...
Attorney
Mika Quintard Mika Quintard ...
T.V. Reporter
Doug MacHugh Doug MacHugh ...
1st Orderly
Carol Harris Carol Harris ...
2nd Orderly
Stanley DeSantis Stanley DeSantis ...
Dr. Burke
Diane Peterson Diane Peterson ...
Nurse
Michael Laren Michael Laren ...
Priest (as Michael Wilhelm)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Fred Sanders Fred Sanders ...
Cop (uncredited)
Caron Strong Caron Strong ...
Nurse. AMC, October 31, 2013. Soundtrack: Music by Philip Glass. "STATE OF INDEPENDENCE" (uncredited) - Written by Vangelis and Jon Anderson, Performed by Moodswings, Featuring the voice of Chrissie Hynde, Courtesy of Arista Records Inc. / BMG Eurodisc Ltd.

Trivia: It is an American horror film starring Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd and Xander Berkeley. It was directed by Bernard Rose and is based on the short story "The Forbidden" by Clive Barker, though the film's scenario is switched from England to the Cabrini–Green public housing development on Chicago's Near North Side. The plot follows a graduate student completing a thesis on urban legends who encounters the legend of "Candyman", an artist and son of a slave who was murdered and his hand replaced with a hook. The film was scored by Philip Glass. The film was met with critical acclaim and was a box office success. Candyman spawned two sequels, Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh and Candyman 3: Day of the Dead. Eddie Murphy was the original choice for the role of Candyman, but the filmmakers could not afford him.
Candyman had its world premiere at the 1992 Toronto Film Festival, playing as part of its Midnight Madness line-up. The film has a 74% "fresh" rating at Rotten Tomatoes.[4] Allmovie praised the film, calling it "haunting, intelligent and poetic" and "the finest Barker adaptation ever committed to film". The film also came in at number 75 on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments. The character Candyman came in at number 8 on Bloody Disgusting's "The Top 13 Slashers in Horror Movie History"[7] and ranked the same on Ugo's "Top Eleven Slashers". The actor who played Candyman, Tony Todd, made #53 on Retrocrush's "The 100 Greatest Horror Movie Performances" for his role. The movie appears in two sections of Filmsite.org, in "Greatest Scariest Movie Moments and Scenes"[10] and "Greatest Movie Twists, Spoilers and Surprise Endings". The film was nominated for AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills.
The bees were bred specifically for this movie. They needed to make sure that the bees were only 12 hours old so that they looked like mature bees, but their stinger wouldn't be powerful enough to do any real damage.
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The architecture flaw of the medicine chests and people being able to sneak in, is something that Bernard Rose discovered in his research for the film and there was actually a series of murders that were committed this way.
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Exterior, hallway and stairway scenes were actually filmed for a few days in the infamous Cabrini-Green housing projects, though the producers had to make a deal with the ruling gang members to put them in the movie as extras to ensure the cast and crew's safety during filming. Even with this arrangement, a sniper put a bullet through the production van on the last day of filming, though no one was injured.
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Virginia Madsen claims that she was hypnotized for some of the film's scenes.
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Virginia Madsen is allergic to bees, so an ambulance was always on set while filming the bee sequence.
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Real bees were actually put into Tony Todd's mouth while they where shooting the climax. His only protection was a mouth guard that kept him from having the bees go down his throat.
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There is a Guy Fawkes mask hanging next to Helen's bathroom mirror. Fawkes is an infamous figure in English history (an influence from Clive Barker's original story perhaps), who attempted to blow up the English Parliament on November 5, 1605. Every year the British celebrate Guy Fawkes Day by lighting bonfires and burning Fawkes in effigy.
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"Sweets to the Sweet" which is written on the walls in two areas of Cabrini Green is actually a line from Shakespeare's Hamlet.
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On the DVD commentary, Alan Poul said that had Virginia Madsen been unavailable, the part of Helen would have most likely gone to the then unknown Sandra Bullock.
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Philip Glass was asked by director Bernard Rose to compose a score for his film "Candyman". Glass accepted and wrote a "gothic" score for chorus and pipe organ. The final version of the film was a disappointment to Glass. He felt that he had been manipulated. What was presented to him as a low budget independent project with creative integrity became (in his opinion) a low budget Hollywood slasher flick. As a result, Glass with held his consent for the release of the recordings of the score for years, until 2001.
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Eddie Murphy was considered for the title role.
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In a August 2011 interview with Cindy Pearlman of the Chicago Sun Times Tony Todd stated "I'll never forget that I filmed that movie in a building on the South Side of Chicago. Building 116. Unit C," he says. "That's the Candyman pad!"
Quote: Helen Lyle: "What's the matter, Trevor? Scared of something?"

Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh. 1995 (horror), Starring
Tony Todd The Candyman/Daniel Robitaille
Kelly Rowan Annie Tarrant
Bill Nunn Reverend Ellis
William O'Leary Ethan Tarrant
Veronica Cartwright Octavia Tarrant
Matt Clark Honore Thibideaux
Randy Oglesby Heyward Sullivan
Joshua Gibran Mayweather Matthew Ellis
David Gianopoulos Detective Ray Levesque
Timothy Carhart Paul McKeever
Michael Bergeron Coleman Tarrant
Fay Hauser Pam Carver
Caroline Barclay Caroline Sullivan
Clotiel Bordeltier Liz
Michael Culkin Phillip Purcell
George Lemore Drew
Ralph Joseph Mr. Jeffries
Margaret Howell Clara

Tony Todd ...
Candyman / Daniel Robitaille
Kelly Rowan Kelly Rowan ...
Annie Tarrant
William O'Leary William O'Leary ...
Ethan Tarrant
Bill Nunn Bill Nunn ...
Reverend Ellis
Matt Clark Matt Clark ...
Honore Thibideaux
David Gianopoulos David Gianopoulos ...
Detective Ray Levesque
Fay Hauser Fay Hauser ...
Pam Carver
Joshua Gibran Mayweather Joshua Gibran Mayweather ...
Matthew Ellis
Timothy Carhart Timothy Carhart ...
Paul McKeever
Veronica Cartwright Veronica Cartwright ...
Octavia Tarrant
Caroline Barclay Caroline Barclay ...
Caroline Sullivan
Michael Bergeron Michael Bergeron ...
Coleman Tarrant
Brianna Blanchard Brianna Blanchard ...
Young Caroline McKeever
Clotiel Bordeltier Clotiel Bordeltier ...
Liz
Russell Buchanan Russell Buchanan ...
Kingfisher (voice)
Nate Bynum Nate Bynum ...
Reporter
Sandy Byrd Sandy Byrd ...
Woman in Bookstore
Eric Cadora Eric Cadora ...
Man in Bookstore
Carl Ciarfalio Carl Ciarfalio ...
Bartender
Michael Culkin Michael Culkin ...
Phillip Purcell
Stephen P. Dunn Stephen P. Dunn ...
Thug
Daniel Dupont Daniel Dupont ...
Reporter
Glen Gomez Glen Gomez ...
Kingfish
Steven Hartman Steven Hartman ...
Young Boy
Margaret Howell Margaret Howell ...
Clara
Ralph Joseph Ralph Joseph ...
Mr. Jeffries
Erin Labranche Erin Labranche ...
Little Girl Doctor
Carl Leblanc Carl Leblanc ...
Little Boy King
George Lemore George Lemore ...
Drew
Maria Mason Maria Mason ...
Befuddled Teacher
Monica L. Monica Monica L. Monica ...
Reporter
Brian Joseph Moore Brian Joseph Moore ...
Thug
Randy Oglesby Randy Oglesby ...
Heyward Sullivan
Steve Picerni Steve Picerni ...
Police Guard
Eric Pierson Eric Pierson ...
Ben, Busboy
Terence Rosemore Terence Rosemore ...
Suspicious Man at Matthew's House (as Terrence Rosemore)
Amy Ryder Amy Ryder ...
Hostile Woman at Cabrini Green
Patricia Sansone Patricia Sansone ...
Woman in Bookstore
Hunt Scarritt Hunt Scarritt ...
Scraggly Vagrant
Carol Sutton Carol Sutton ...
Angry Woman at Matthew's House
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Carolina Barcos Carolina Barcos ...
Secretary (uncredited)
Robert 'Duckie' Carpenter Robert 'Duckie' Carpenter ...
Questioned Criminal (uncredited)
Anthony Michael Frederick Anthony Michael Frederick ...
Naked man (uncredited)
Codie Scott Codie Scott ...
Unik. AMC, October 31, 2013. Soundtrack: Music by Philip Glass. "Blue Mood
Written and Performed by Steve Holley and Jon Paris
Postman
Written and Performed by Eddie Batos
I'll See You Somewhere By and By
Written by Danny Louis.

Trivia: It is the sequel to the horror film Candyman, an adaptation of the Clive Barker short story "The Forbidden". It stars Tony Todd, Kelly Rowan, William O'Leary, Bill Nunn, Matt Clark and Veronica Cartwright.

Quartet. 2012 (British), Starring
Maggie Smith as Jean Horton
Tom Courtenay as Reginald "Reg" Paget
Billy Connolly as Wilfred "Wilf" Bond
Pauline Collins as Cecily "Cissy" Robson
Michael Gambon as Cedric Livingstone
Sheridan Smith as Dr. Lucy Cogan
Andrew Sachs as Bobby Swanson
Gwyneth Jones as Anne Langley
Trevor Peacock as George

Maggie Smith ...
Jean Horton
Tom Courtenay Tom Courtenay ...
Reginald Paget
Billy Connolly Billy Connolly ...
Wilf Bond
Pauline Collins Pauline Collins ...
Cissy Robson
Michael Gambon Michael Gambon ...
Cedric Livingston
Sheridan Smith Sheridan Smith ...
Dr. Lucy Cogan
Andrew Sachs Andrew Sachs ...
Bobby Swanson
Gwyneth Jones Gwyneth Jones ...
Anne Langley (as Dame Gwyneth Jones)
Trevor Peacock Trevor Peacock ...
George
David Ryall David Ryall ...
Harry
Michael Byrne Michael Byrne ...
Frank White
Ronnie Fox Ronnie Fox ...
Nobby
Patricia Loveland Patricia Loveland ...
Letitia Davis
Eline Powell Eline Powell ...
Angelique
Luke Newberry Luke Newberry ...
Simon
Shola Adewusi Shola Adewusi ...
Sheryl
Jumayn Hunter Jumayn Hunter ...
Joey
Aleksandra Duczmal Aleksandra Duczmal ...
Marta
Denis Khoroshko Denis Khoroshko ...
Tadek
Sarah Crowden Sarah Crowden ...
Felicity Liddle
Colin Bradbury Colin Bradbury ...
Olly Fisher
Patricia Varley Patricia Varley ...
Octavia
Ronnie Hughes Ronnie Hughes ...
Tony Rose
Jack Honeyborne Jack Honeyborne ...
Dave Trubeck
John Rawnsley John Rawnsley ...
Nigel
Nuala Willis Nuala Willis ...
Norma McIntyre
Melodie Waddingham Melodie Waddingham ...
Marion Reed
Cynthia Morey Cynthia Morey ...
Lottie Yates
John Heley John Heley ...
Leo Cassell
Graeme Scott Graeme Scott ...
Fred
John Georgiadis John Georgiadis ...
Bill
Ita Herbert Ita Herbert ...
Regina
Ania Duczmal Ania Duczmal ...
Eva
Cyril Davey Cyril Davey ...
Flat piano Resident
Esme Penry-Davey Esme Penry-Davey ...
Young Pianist
Virginia Bradbury Virginia Bradbury ...
Daisy
Isla Mathieson Isla Mathieson ...
Young Violinist Isla
Iona Mathieson Iona Mathieson ...
Young Violinist Iona
Claudia Mellor Claudia Mellor ...
Lady Gaga Girl
Penelope Zagoul Penelope Zagoul ...
Cleaner
Helen Bradbury Helen Bradbury ...
Daisy's Mother
Jennifer Spillane Jennifer Spillane ...
Waltzing Neurologist
Catherine Wilson Catherine Wilson ...
Resident
David Christian David Christian ...
Resident
Rashid Karapiet Rashid Karapiet ...
Resident
Arthur Nightingale Arthur Nightingale ...
Resident (as Arther 'Arthuro' Nightingale)
Vass Anderson Vass Anderson ...
Resident
Desmond Longfield Desmond Longfield ...
Resident
Michael Pearn Michael Pearn ...
Resident
Peta Bartlett Peta Bartlett ...
Resident
Jill Pert Jill Pert ...
Resident
Marina Banfield Marina Banfield ...
Resident
Barbara Head Barbara Head ...
Resident
Martin Kennon Martin Kennon ...
Resident
Valerie Barnes Valerie Barnes ...
Resident
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kent Olesen Kent Olesen ...
Lars (uncredited)
Michael Volpe Michael Volpe ...
Sceneshifter. Shaw On Demand, October 31, 2013, with Melanie Luther, Chantelle Luther and Connie Luther. Soundtrack: "Libiamo ne'lieti calici (Brindisi)
from "La Traviata: Act 1"
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
Orchestral arrangement by Carmen Dragon
Performed by Danish Nation Chamber Orchestra
Conducted by James Morgan
Courtesy of The Decca Music Group
By arrangement with Dragon Music Co.
Under license by Universal Music Operations Ltd.
Fantasia for Clarinet
On the Opera "La Traviata" (Op. 45)
Composed by Donato Lovreglio
Performed by Colin Bradbury
Czardas
Composed by Vittorio Monti
Performed by John Georgiadis and Colin Bradbury
Who is Sylvia
Composed by Franz Schubert
Arranged for clarinet and Performed by Colin Bradbury
Published by
Courtesy of
Libiamo ne' lieti calici (Brindisi)
from "La Traviata: Act 1"
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
Arrangement by Morgan Pochin
Performed by Léon Charles, Nuala Willis, John Rawnsley, Melodie Waddingham, Cynthia Morey, Jennifer Adams-Barbaro, Cherith Millburn-Fryer, Justin Lavender, Richard Lea, Geoffrey Newman, Gregor Kowalski, John Farrington, Ian Jones, Sylvia Jones, Jenny Hill, Ann Mabey, Vivienne Ross, Miriam McLeod, Eileen Hamilton, Zoë Haydn, John Winfield, Martin Nelson, and Patricia Varley
Pass Out
Written by Patrick Okogwu, Labrinth (as Timothy McKenzie), and Marc Williams
Performed by Tinie Tempah
Published by EMI Music
Courtesy of Parlophone Records Ltd
Flowers that Bloom in the Spring
[The Mikado / Act 2]
Composed by William S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan
Performed by Cynthia Morey, Melodie Waddingham, Nuala Willis, and John Rawnsley
La donna è mobile
from "Rigoletto: Act 3"
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
Arrangement by Morgan Pochin Music
Performed by Danish Nation Chamber Orchestra
Conducted by James Morgan
Courtesy of The Decca Music Group
Under license by Universal Music Operations Ltd
So, Please You Sir, We Much Regret
[The Mikado / Act 1]
Composed by William S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan
Performed by Cynthia Morey, Melodie Waddingham, Nuala Willis, John Rawnsley, James Morgan, and John Georgiadis
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Léon Charles
The Swan
[The Carnival of the Animals]
Composed by Camille Saint-Saëns
Performed by John Heley and Léon Charles
Ayo Listen Up
Written and Performed by Mikis Michaelides and Doc Brown
© 2012 Peer Music (UK) Ltd / BDI Music Ltd
Colombia Cumbia
Composed by Javier Fioramonti and Toby Herschmann
Published by De Wolfe Music
Minuet from String Quintet in E
Op. 11, no. 5
Composed by Luigi Boccherini
Performed by Danish Nation Chamber Orchestra
Conducted by James Morgan
Courtesy of The Decca Music Group
Under license by Universal Music Operations Ltd.
Symphony No.100 in G
(H 1/100, 'Military') 3. Menuet (Moderato)
Composed by Joseph Haydn
Performed by Philharmonia Hungarica and Antal Doráti
Courtesy of The Decca Music Group
Under license by Universal Music Operations Ltd.
Military Minuet
from the third movement of Symphony 100 ("The Military")
Written by Joseph Haydn
From "Piano Time Pieces 3" with clarinet obbligato by Colin Bradbury (after Haydn)
Arranged by Pauline Hall
Performed by Esme Penry-Davey and Colin Bradbury
© Oxford University Press 1989
Licensed by Oxford University Press
All rights reserved
Go Tell Aunt Rhody
Traditional, arranged by Morgan Pochin
Performed by Isla and Iona Mathieson
© BDI Music Ltd
Titwillow
[The Mikado / Act 2]
Composed by William S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan
Performed by John Rawnsley and James Morgan
Bella figlia dell'amore
from "Rigoletto: Act 3"
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Arranged for trumpet by Dario Marianelli
Performed by Ronnie Hughes
Caro nome
from "Rigoletto: Act 1"
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto Francesco Maria Piave
Performed by Ileana Cotrubas, Wiener Philharmoniker
Conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini
Courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
Under license by Universal Music Operations Ltd
Are You Havin' Any Fun
Written by Sammy Fain and Jack Yellen
Performed by David Ryall, Trevor Peacock, Léon Charles, and Ronnie Hughes
© 1939 (Renewed) Chappell & Co, Inc (ASCAP)
All rights reserved
Ah! qual colpo in aspettato!
from "Il barbiere di Siviglia: Act 2"
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Libretto by Cesare Sterbini
Performed by Gianna D'Angelo, Renato Capecchi, Nicola Monti, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Conducted by Bruno Bartoletti
Courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
Under license by Universal Music Operations Ltd
Happy Birthday
Written by Mildred J. Hill and Patty S. Hill
Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd
Bella figlia dell'amore
from "Rigoletto: Act 3"
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by John Georgiadis, Ita Herbert, Graeme Scott, John Heley, James Morgan, and Ronnie Hughes
Bella Figlia dell'Amore
from "Rigoletto: Act 3"
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
Performed by Renato Bruson, Edita Gruberova, Neil Shicoff, Brigitte Fassbaender, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli
Courtesy of Decca Music Group Ltd
Under license by Universal Music Operations Ltd
Toccata and Fugua in D Minor
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Arranged for piano and strings by Ferruccio Busoni and John Georgiadis
Performed by Léon Charles, John Georgiadis, Ita Herbert, Graeme Scott, and John Heley
Vissi d'arte
from "Tosca: Act 2"
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
Performed by Gwyneth Jones (as Dame Gwyneth Jones) and Adrian Müller
Libiamo ne' lieti calici (Brindisi)
from "La Traviata / Act 1"
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
Arrangement by Morgan Pochin
Performed by James Morgan, John Georgiadis, Ita Herbert, Graeme Scott, John Heley, Ronnie Hughes, Nuala Willis, John Rawnsley, Melodie Waddingham, Cynthia Morey, Jennifer Adams-Barbaro, Cherith Millburn-Fryer, Justin Lavender, Richard Lea, Geoffrey Newman, Gregor Kowalski, John Farrington, Ian Jones, Sylvia Jones, Jenny Hill, Ann Mabey, Vivienne Ross, Miriam McLeod, Eileen Hamilton, Zoë Haydn, John Winfield, and Martin Nelson
Courtesy of
Three Little Maids from School
from "The Mikado: Act 1"
Lyrics by William S. Gilbert
Music by Arthur Sullivan
Performed by Cynthia Morey, Melodie Waddingham, Nuala Willis, and Adrian Müller
Courtesy of
Underneath the Arches
Written by Bud Flanagan and Chesney Allen
Performed by Trevor Peacock, David Ryall, and Jack Honeyborne
Published by Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd
By kind permission of Music Sales Ltd
String Quartet in B Flat Major, Op. 76 No. 4 'Sunrise'
Composed by Joseph Haydn
Arranged by Barney Pilling and Yann McCullough
Performed by John Georgiadis, Ita Herbert, Graeme Scott, and John Heley
Bella figlia dell'amore
from "Rigoletto: Act 3"
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
Performed by Joan Sutherland (as Dame Joan Sutherland), Huguette Tourangeau, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, Martti Talvela, London Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Richard Bonynge
Courtesy of Decca Music Group
Under license by Universal Music Operations Ltd.

Trivia: It is a British comedy-drama film based on the play of the same title by Ronald Harwood, which ran in London's West End from September 1999 until January 2000.[2] It was filmed late in 2011 at Hedsor House, Buckinghamshire. The film is actor Dustin Hoffman's directorial debut. The story of Quartet is based at Beecham House, a retirement home for musicians. Hedsor House in Buckinghamshire was used as the location of Beecham House. Several scenes were filmed at St Nicholas' Church, Hedsor. Much of the supporting cast is made up of actual musical stars of the past, as illustrated by then-and-now photos during the closing credits. Dustin Hoffman said Ronald Harwood was inspired by the 1984 documentary Tosca's Kiss[3] to write the original play on which the movie is based. Maggie Smith starred in another film called Quartet, in 1981. Most of the supporting cast were retired professional musicians.
Maggie Smith recommended Pauline Collins to director Dustin Hoffman for the part of Cissie.
Dustin Hoffman's first completed directorial effort. In 1978, he began directing Straight Time, but after a few days, he decided it was too difficult to both star and direct, and asked Ulu Grosbard to take over.
Maggie Smith also starred in another film named Quartet about 31 years earlier. However, the only similarities between the two movies are the title and Smith.
The principal actors were trained to sing but the scene of them singing the titular quartet from Verdi's opera Rigoletto was cut from the movie. Quote: Simon: "We were not doing anything..." Jean: "Neither were we."