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The Walker (2007)

by Jenoa Haymor on May.17, 2012, under Drama

Director: Paul Schrader
Countries: UK, USA
Length: 108 min
Language: English
Gross: $77,177 (USA) (3 February 2008)
IMDb: 7.00 (595 votes)

Actors

Woody Harrelson (Carter Page III), Kristin Scott Thomas (Lynn Lockner), Lauren Bacall (Natalie Van Miter), Ned Beatty (Jack Delorean), Moritz Bleibtreu (Emek Yoglu), Mary Beth Hurt (Chrissie Morgan), Lily Tomlin (Abigail Delorean), Willem Dafoe (Senator Larry Lockner), William Hope (Mungo Tenant), Geff Francis (Detective Dixon), Steven Hartley (Robbie Kononsberg), Garrick Hagon (John Krebs), Michael J. Reynolds (Ethan Withal), Allen Lidkey (Andrew Salesperson), Stewart Alexander (Edgar)

Storyline

An escort (Harrelson) who caters to Washington D.C.’s society ladies becomes involved in a murder case.

Quotes

  • Natalie Van Miter: Memory is a very unreliable organ. Trust me Car, it’s right up there with the penis.
  • Carter Page III: You’ve got to watch yourself; this is a brutal political climate. Whatever ‘ruth’ there was in this town, there’s ‘less’ now than ever.
  • Carter Page III: It’ll all work out.
    Ethan Withal: Don’t be naïve.
    Carter Page III: I’m not naïve… I’m superficial.
  • Natalie Van Miter: [looking at the placards on the table]… There *you* are, and between us; The Sub-head of the Task Force on Terrorism. That man couldn’t find the ground if he fell on it.
  • Senator Larry Lockner: How does the rich get the poor to give them more money? They scare them!
  • Carter Page III: I have had some illusions shattered… I thought we weren’t an aggressor nation. I thought there was a separation between church and state. Hell, I even thought that the people elected the president.

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Soundtrack

  • “Which Way to Turn” Performed by ‘Bryan Ferry’ Written by ‘Bryan Ferry’ Published by EMI Publishing Ltd Licensed Courtesy of Virgin Records Ltd
  • “Angel Eyes (Kaos Remix)” Performed by ‘Roxy Music’ Written by ‘Bryan Ferry’ & ‘Andy Mackay’ Published by BMG Music Publishing Ltd Licensed Courtesy of Virgin Records Ltd
  • “The Girl of My Best Friend” Performed by ‘Bryan Ferry’ Written by Beverly Ross and ‘Sam Bobrick’ (c) Elvis Presley Music Inc and Cherry River Music Co. Used by kind permission of Carlin Music Corp Licensed Courtesy of Virgin Records Ltd
  • “Aint Nothin Funny” Performed by Dirt & Bank Written by Kyron Batts & Eric Toppings Courtesy of NYMD Records Publishing LGC


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Friday (1995)

by Jenoa Haymor on May.15, 2012, under Comedy, Drama

Director: F. Gary Gray
Country: USA
Length: 97 min
Language: English
Budget: $3,500,000
Gross: $27,900,000 (USA)
IMDb: 6.80 (13331 votes)

Actors

Ice Cube (Craig Jones), Chris Tucker (Smokey), Nia Long (Debbie), Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister (Deebo), John Witherspoon (Mr. Jones), Anna Maria Horsford (Mrs. Jones), Regina King (Dana Jones), Paula Jai Parker (Joi), Faizon Love (Big Worm), DJ Pooh (Red), Angela Means (Felisha), Vickilyn Reynolds (Joann), Ronn Riser (Stanley), Kathleen Bradley (Mrs. Parker), Tony Cox (Mr. Parker)

Storyline

Having just been canned from his job on his day off, Craig and his best friend Smokey spend the day smoking up in their South Central neighborhood while dealing with a neighborhood bully, relationship troubles, an angry drug dealer, and a lot of other odd characters.

Quotes

  • Smokey: I’ve been smokin’ ever since I was two.
  • Smokey: You got knocked the fuck out, man! Gimme my goddamn money…
    [Pats down Deebo, finds his money in a shirt pocket]
    Smokey: Payback’s a motherfucker, ain’t it, nigga?
  • Craig Jones: For most people, Friday’s just the day before the weekend. But after this Friday, the neighborhood’ll never be the same.
  • Big Worm: Playing with my money is like playing with my emotions, Smokey.
  • Dad: Every time I come in the kitchen, you in the kitchen in the goddamn refrigerator. Eatin’ up all the food.
  • Deebo: Come on Smoke, Stanley left his window open.
    Smokey: I can’t I’m on probation.
    Deebo: Stop being a bitch and come on.
  • Craig Jones: [points across the street to Mrs. Parker] Look, look, she’s bendin’ over!
    Pastor Clever: Lord have mercy! God is my shepherd, and he knows what I want!
    Pastor Clever: [running across the street] Excuse me, Mrs. Parker? Mrs. Parker!
  • Smokey: You got to be a stupid motherfucker to get fired on your day off.
  • Smokey’s mom: Smokey, get me some cigarettes.
    Smokey: Well, give me some money. [Smokey's mom gives Smokey a dollar] Wait, this isn’t enough.
    Smokey’s mom: Make it enough.
  • Red: [after having his necklace snatched by Deebo] Hey, man, why didn’t y’all help me!
    Smokey: [slouching in his chair] Man, I’m high.
    Red: Man, that’s fucked up. If it was y’all, I would’ve helped y’all.
    Craig Jones: What about the time he tried to choke me in Smoke’s backyard?
    Red: [pause, thinks about it] Oh, that was different.
  • Smokey: [after breaking into Stanley's house] We got about two hundred dollars.
    Deebo: I got about two hundred dollars.
  • Smokey: Man that fool just playin’ man, I ain’t trippin.
    Craig Jones: That’s yo problem. Aint’ nobody playin’ but you. You walk up and down the street all day playin’. He aint’ playin’ you think he playin’ ’bout his money? He know where my momma stay know where you momma stay. He say he had a gun when you seen him right?
    Smokey: Yeah
    Craig Jones: Well name one person in the hood that play like that!
  • [Smokey taking a crap outside]
    Smokey: You better not tell anybody man.
    Ezal: Man, I’m not, man.
    Smokey: Keep it on the down low.
    Ezal: Alright brother. Damn.
    Ezal: [Looks around and yells] Hey, Smokey back here taking a shit!
    Ezal: Ezal!
    Ezal: Well, I won’t tell anybody else.
  • Smokey: Why don’t you tell your daddy to comb his damn hair, look like some spiders is having a meetin’ on his head.
  • Red: My pops told me to ask for my bike back… you know I wouldn’t trip.
  • Smokey: Why you not goin’ to work?
    Craig Jones: I got fired yesterday.
    Smokey: No shit? I thought you had the day off yesterday.
    Craig Jones: I did. I went in to pick up my check, came home, my supervisor called me about four o’clock, told me he got me on tape stealing boxes.
    Smokey: The fuck you stealing boxes for? What you trying to build, a clubhouse?
  • Craig Jones: You better get your ass off your shoulders and make that money.
  • Big Worm: Can’t have shit I’m closed, Fat Boy.
    Boy: Then give me my money back.
    Big Worm: My money.
    Boy: Mama.
  • Smokey: [calling Big Worm on his phone] Hey um, did somebody… page Smokey?
    Big Worm: [v.o. on phone] Don’t play dumb nigger, you know who the is! You got my money?
    Smokey: I ain’t got it, but I’m gonna get it. [Big Worm hangs up]
    Craig Jones: What happened?
    Smokey: Man he just hung up… I think we better stay in the house.
  • Felisha: [clapping] Craig, Craaaaaig! Let me borrow your VCR right quick. I need to dub a tape.
  • Smokey: [after smoking marijuana in the car with Hector and his friend, he finds himself running down the street in his white A-shirt and white briefs] The next thing I know, I was runnin’ down the street in my damn drawers!
  • Smokey: I got mind control over Deebo. He be like “shut the f**k up.” I be quiet. But when he leave, I be talking again.
  • Joann: Damn, Smoke, don’t be banging on the door like you the damn po-lice.
  • Ezal: Aw, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God. God. Oh, I’m hurt. Oh, my neck, my back, my neck and my back. Oh, I want $150,000, but we can settle out of court right now for twenty bucks.
    Janitor: Man, get your punk ass up. It ain’t even wet over here. Damn.
  • Smokey: Remember it ,Write it down, take a picture, I don’t give a fuck.
  • Smokey: Older the berry, the sweeter the juice.
    Craig Jones: Man, it’s the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice.
    Smokey: Yeah, well she blacker than a motherfucker too.
  • Smokey: [while Big Worm drives away, Smokey mumbles] Florida Evans-looking motherfucker.
  • Smokey: He gonna cry in the car.
  • Ezal: Smokey, you know I ain’t the smartest man in the world, but, from back here it look like you’re takin a shit.
  • Smokey: You got knocked the fuck out, man! Gimme my goddamn money… [Searches Teebo, finds his money in Teebo's shirt pocket] Payback’s a motherfucker, ain’t it, nigga!
  • Smokey: [to big worm on the phone] Yeah, I got your money. And I don’t appreciate you sendin’ your punk-ass, busta-ass, jerri curl wearin’-ass friends down here to shoot at me and my homies. They’d like to got dealt with.
    Big Worm: First of all, don’t be callin’ here like you some straight up G, cause I’ll cut ya balls off and hand ‘em to ya, patna. I had to warn you too many times about my money, Smokey. You see, it’s the principal. There’s principalities in the whole thing.
    Smokey: Yea, well, Um, I… I got yo money anyways.
    Smokey: You sell that shit yourelf next time, ’cause I’m goin’ to rehab. I’m through with this shit.
    Smokey: [lighting up a joint] I was just bullshittin’. And you know this, Man!
  • Smokey: I know you don’t smoke weed, I know this; but I’m gonna get you high today, ’cause it’s Friday; you ain’t got no job… and you ain’t got shit to do.
  • Mr. Jones: You win some, you lose some. But you live, you live to fight another day.
  • Mrs. Jones: Craig, you know what your problem is? You have no game.
    Craig Jones: What do you know about game? I got ALL the game.
    Mrs. Jones: Now your father… he has game.
    Mr. Jones: [coming out of the bathroom] Don’t nobody go in the bathroom for about 35, 45 minutes. Somebody open up a window.
    Craig Jones: You call that game?
  • Dad: Every time I come in the kitchen, you in the kitchen. In the goddamn refrigerator. Eatin’ up all the food. All the chitlins… All the pig’s feet… All the collard greens… All the hog maws. I wanna eat them chitlins… I like pigs feet.
  • Dad: [on toilet] Boy, get your ass in here. I smelled your shit for… 22 years. Now you can smell mine for five minutes.
  • Smokey: [tearing through Craig's open bedroom window curtain] Break yo’ self Fool!
    Craig Jones: Man, look what you did to my curtain. You better watch that window you climbing in fool ‘fo you get blasted on.
    Smokey: With what? You ain’t got nothin’ man.
    Craig Jones: With this! [pointing his Glock at Smokey]
    Smokey: Man, Where you get that from?
    Craig Jones: Yo Mama.
    Smokey: Fuck you!
    Craig Jones: Fuck you! He he he [chuckling]
    Smokey: Come on outside man, and stop playing.
    Craig Jones: Gotta get dressed.
    Smokey: Hurry Up!
    Craig Jones: Don’t tell me to hurry up!
  • Dana Jones: [after Craig punches Deebo out] He thinks he’s the Mack…
    Mr. Jones: Hehe. Macaroni.
  • Mr. Jones: I grab a dog. I choke him and I kick the shit out of him. All day long got my foot up a dog’s ass. Just bang, bang, bang up his ass. That’s my pleasure.
  • Jehovah’s Witness: Are you prepared for Jehovah’s return? ‘Cause if you’re not, we’ve got a pam…
    [Craig slams the door in their faces]
    Jehovah’s Witness: Well fuck you. Half-dead motherfucker. Come on, sister.
  • Ezal: Smoke, buy me a 40oz for my birthday.
    Smokey: Today your birthday?
    Ezal: What’s today?
  • Craig Jones: Baby you got some money?
    Joi: Some huh! Umm… Nigga how much you need?
    Craig Jones: About $200.
    Joi: mm… I guess… What you gon give me?
    Felisha: Craig
    [clap clap]
    Felisha: , Craig
    Craig Jones: What!
    Felisha: Can I borrow y’all VCR? I need to dub a tape…
    Craig Jones: Hell Naw
    [Walkin away]
    Felisha: Its “The Mack”!
    Joi: Um… who the fuck is that bitch… fuck u mothafucka… u think u slick… gon come ova here and ask me for some money… well ask that bitch for some money
    [scurrrrrrrrr goes the car]
  • Joi: Well you just tell the bitch, whoeva she is, when I find her I’m ‘a beat her ass.
  • Mr. Jones: Now when I went to bed last night. Didn’t I tell you take out the trash?
    Craig Jones: Yeah.
    Mr. Jones: So, why didn’t you do it?
    Craig Jones: I fell asleep.
    Mr. Jones: I wish you was sleeping right now, I knock you upside your head with a left hook make your ass wake up and take out that damn trash.
    Craig Jones: [Craig goes to the trash can to dump out his cereal]
    Mr. Jones: Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! What are you doing?
    Craig Jones: I’m throwing this away. We ain’t even got no milk.
    Mr. Jones: You better put some water on that damn shit!
    Craig Jones: Alright, I’ll eat it.
    Mr. Jones: Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! Take the garbage out front son!
  • Craig Jones: Mom, loan me 200 dollars.
    Mrs. Jones: Craig, I wouldn’t feel comfortable lending you money without a job.
    Craig Jones: If I had a job, I wouldn’t need to borrow any money.
    Mrs. Jones: Exactly.
  • Deebo: What’s up, Stanley? [No response] Well, f**k you, then, punk.
  • Pastor Clever: [at Smokey] Excuse me brother, what we call drugs at the 74th Street Baptist Church we call the sin of sin sins.
    Smokey: Well round here, between Normandie and Western, we call this here a little twenty twen twen…
    Craig Jones: Right…
    Smokey: Nigga…
    Pastor Clever: Give me a little for my cataracts.
    Smokey: You didn’t put in on this man.
  • Big Worm: [as Craig halluncinates seeing Big Worm's head in the kitchen cabinet] You smoking my weed too? I gonna kill you and Smokey because you playin’ with my emotions…
    [as Craig slams his cabinet door shut]
    Big Worm: You heard? Hey!
  • Rita: Ooooh, What’s up?
    Smokey: Not a damn thannng!
  • Ezal: you can have your knife back cause I steal I don’t kill.
  • Smokey: Puff puff, give. Puff puff, give. You fuckin’ up the rotation.
  • Craig Jones: I felt sorry for Smokey, ’cause peer pressure is a motherfucker.
  • [to Smokey on the phone]
    Big Worm: Don’t make me cut ya balls off & hand ‘em to ya, patna.
  • Mr. Jones: [Mr. Jones snoring and talking in his sleep] Give me the two piece special. Lots of hotsauce and all the fries you can give me. Thank you, thank you.
  • Craig Jones: We ain’t got no sugar.
    Smokey: No sugar? Damn. Y’all ain’t never got two things that match. Either y’all got Kool-aid, no sugar. Peanut butter, no jelly. Ham, no burger. Daaamn.
  • Smokey: What’s up Big Perm?… I mean Big Worm.
  • Smokey: The weed be lettin’ you know… Evil lurks
  • Smokey: Weed is from the earth. God put this here for me and you. Take advantage man, take advantage.
  • Joi: You ain’t got to lie, Craig, you ain’t got to lie.
  • Craig Jones: What I’m trippin on, is how you gonna sell bud, when you smoke it?
    Smokey: I don’t know. That’s my only problem.
    Craig Jones: Big Worm gonna fuck you up.
    Smokey: Big Worm ain’t gonna do a goddamn thing, man.
    Craig Jones: All right…

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Facts

  • The movie was filmed in 20 days.
  • The license plate on Smokey’s car is “FCK IT”.
  • The movie was filmed in 126th Street between Halldale and Normandie in South Los Angeles, California.
  • The neighborhood where the film takes place is the same street where the film’s director, F. Gary Gray, grew up in South Central, Los Angeles. Principal houses that were used for filming were houses of old friends of the director. The scene where Deebo punches Red into the air is the house that F. Gary Gray grew up in.
  • In the flashback scene where Smokey is in the car with Hector and his friend, a man can be seen sitting on a block wall in the background. The man was a resident of the neighborhood who wanted to be difficult towards the production staff, knowing they couldn’t tell him what to do on his own property. He remained in the shot despite offers from the staff which included compensation or a walk-on role in the film.
  • The clothes that Ice Cube wears in the first scene of this movie are exactly the same as the ones that his character wore in the final scene of Boyz n the Hood (1991).
  • DIRCAMEO(‘F. Gary Gray’): The man mopping the floor in the store.
  • Mr. Jones, a dogcatcher by trade, watches Man’s Best Friend (1993), a movie about a genetically engineered dog that becomes homicidal.
  • It’s revealed in deleted scenes that Craig’s dad is eating grapes at the beginning of the movie, and that Smokey is eating a sugar sandwich while they’re high and watching music videos.

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Goofs

  • When Craig smokes a joint with Smokey for the first time, Smokey gives the joint back and Craig holds it in his right hand. In the next shot, he’s holding it in his left hand.
  • Near the start, when Craig, Dana and Mrs Jones are round the table, when Dana is sorting her stuff out on the table, keep an eye on the bottom left corner of the screen on the floor. In the hallway there is a shadow. This is definitely not Dana’s shadow because the shadow does not match her movements.
  • When the hit-men are chasing Craig and Smokey, Craig throws his gun up to Smokey, who is on the roof of somebody’s garage, and you see Smokey catch the gun that was thrown, then bend down to his right and swap that gun for another one that was already on the roof which is the one that shows a flash when fired.
  • When Craig’s dad is telling him that he has a choice between using a gun or his hands for protection, Craig raises his hands to just below his chin. The camera angle changes twice and you see his hands raised above his chin and then back below his chin.
  • On Smokey’s car at the corner store, you see the license plate “Fck It”. However, when Smokey and Craig are chasing Chris down the street, they run by Smokey’s car and it doesn’t have a front license plate.
  • During Craig and Deebo’s end fight sequence, Craig hits Deebo with a plank and drops it twice.
  • When Deebo is coming on his bike to Craig’s house the first time, Craig takes off his watch while Smokey takes off his pager and chain. When Deebo asks, “What you got, Craig?” Craig says, “I’m broke as a joke,” while he puts his hands up and the gold watch is on his wrist.
  • When Craig has to take the trash out look at the roof of his house there’s a person trying to hide from the camera.
  • When Craig asks Joi for money, Joi’s arm repeatedly jumps on/off the steering wheel between shots.
  • In the morning scene when the old ladies come to the house, when the camera is showing their faces, if you look beyond them, you can see what looks to be a large highway with grass on the other side, across from Craig’s house. In all other shots during the movie, Craig’s house is surrounded by other houses.
  • When Red leaves Craig’s house after Deebo takes his chain, you see him running to the car and then you hear his car alarm being de-activated but he doesn’t have his keys in his hands, only sunglasses.
  • When Smokey goes back to his house the second time to get to the bathroom, he grabs the doorknob to check if it’s locked and you hear the sound of a doorknob turning, but it doesn’t match his hand movement.
  • When Big Worm calls Smokey to the ice cream truck you see Smokey pushing two kids out of the way to get to the truck but when the camera angle changes you now see Smokey pushing more kids before he gets to the truck.
  • When Smokey is spanking the boy who knocks over the trash cans with his belt, he only spanks him a few times yet the sound of the spanks is double the actual amount.
  • When Deebo rides up on his bike and both Smokey and Craig are taking off and hiding their things, Smokey is sitting to the left of Craig. When they flash to Deebo and then flash back to them, Smokey is now sitting to the right of Craig.
  • When mom puts her food in the microwave and turns it on, the clock and timer never light up.
  • The angle of the sun throughout the film.
  • When we first meet Smokey, he climbs into Craig’s window, the curtain opens by itself.
  • When Smokey and Craig are hiding in the back of the pickup truck after the drive-by, the light of the camera is reflected on the van, and in the window of a neighboring house
  • In the radio that Craig and Smokey have outside is a tape in there but it is gray at first, after Felisha leaves it’s white.
  • When Mr. Parker is shown throwing his wife’s clothing on the lawn, you see him pick up a yellow dress and raise it in the air to throw it down, when the camera cuts you see a different garment being thrown down.
  • When Deebo has Craig in a headlock his mother says “Craig get up” but her lips don’t move.
  • When Mr. Parker finds the preacher with his wife, the preacher runs up to his car, takes off his hat, throws it into the car, and then jumps into the car to drive away. The camera angle changes to a rear view and you now see the preacher driving away with his hat on.
  • The chair that Smokey moves from the yard onto the porch when he and Craig first come outside can clearly be seen sitting on the porch in the opening credits, when no one is up yet.
  • When Craig is in the toilet with his dad and the camera pans back, you can see the father still has his boxers pulled up while he is on the toilet.
  • When Craig slams the door after his mother won’t loan him the money, the set wall visibly shakes.
  • When Craig fights Deebo, Smokey’s mouth is mismatched with his words when he is applauding Craig.
  • When Smokey and Craig are chasing little Chris, there is a shadow on his right hand from the camera.
  • When Craig’s girlfriend comes to see him, she pulls up in her car and the passenger window is closed. When Craig and her walk back to the car from the house, the window is now open.
  • When Big Worm first talks to Smokey, he finishes talking and raises the rear of his car twice between shots, before he drives off.
  • When Mr. Jones is talking to Craig, you can clearly see that his underwear waistband is still around his waist while he’s supposedly defecating.
  • When Smokey calls Big Worm after getting paged, he uses Craig’s phone and dials 9 numbers to make the call – too many digits.
  • When Craig runs in his room to get his gun, Craig’s dad comes through the door… when the camera moves to Craig, you can see his Dad’s shadow on the door through the mirror. But when his Dad moves it?s still there.
  • Length of Smokey’s joint as he enters his room.
  • When Smokey and Craig are hiding out in Craig’s room before the drive-by, it is late into the evening, yet the sun is still visible through Craig’s window.
  • When Craig’s father calls Craig into his room, he asks Craig to hand him the TV Guide, which is in a different place between shots.
  • When Mr. Parker is seen throwing his wife’s clothes on the lawn, he is seen throwing the yellow dress down twice.
  • The clothes that Mr. Parker throws out on the lawn change positions from when he first threw them out to when Ezal takes clothes from the pile.

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Soundtrack

  • “Tryin’ to See Another Day” Performed by ‘The Isley Brothers’ Written by ‘Ronald Isley’ (as R. Isley), ‘Ernie Isley’ (as E. Isley), ‘Angela Winbush’ (as A. Winbush Isley) Courtesy of Elektra Records
  • “Freddie’s Dead” Performed by ‘Curtis Mayfield’ Written by ‘Curtis Mayfield’ Courtesy of Curtom Classics, Inc.
  • “The Way You Do the Things You Do” Performed by ‘The Temptations’ Written by ‘Smokey Robinson’ (as William “Smokey” Robinson) and ‘Bobby Rogers’ (as Robert Rogers) Courtesy of Motown Record Company, L.P. by arrangement with PolyGram Special Markets
  • “Get Up (I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine)” Performed by ‘James Brown’ Written by ‘James Brown’, ‘Bobby Byrd’, ‘Ron Lenhoff’ (as Ronald Lenhoff) Courtesy of PolyGram Special Markets
  • “Roll It Up, Light It Up, Smoke It Up” Performed by ‘Cypress Hill’ Written by ‘Larry Muggerud’ (as L. Muggerud), ‘Louis Freese’ (as L. Freese), ‘Senen Reyes’ (as S. Reyes) Courtesy of Ruffhouse/Columbia Records
  • “Hoochie Mama” Performed by ‘2 Live Crew’ Written by ‘Luther Campbell’ (as L. Campbell), ‘Mr. Mixx’ (as D. Hobbs), ‘Brother Marquis’ (as M. Ross), ‘Fresh Kid Ice’ (as C. Wong Won) Courtesy of Luke Records
  • “Hittin’ Corners” Performed by ‘K-Dee’ Written by ‘K-Dee’, Shaquil Taja-Allah Courtesy of Lench Mob Records
  • “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” Performed by ‘Gladys Knight & The Pips’ (as Gladys Knight and The Pips) Written by ‘Norman Whitfield’ and ‘Barrett Strong’ Courtesy of Motown Record Company, L.P. by arrangement with PolyGram Special Markets
  • “Control” Written by ‘Jimmy Jam’ and ‘Terry Lewis (III)’
  • “Heartbreaker (Part I, Part II)” Performed by ‘Zapp’ Written by ‘Roger Troutman’ and ‘Larry Troutman’ Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records, Inc. by arrangement with Warner Special Products
  • “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” Performed by ‘Roger Troutman’ (as Roger) Written by ‘Norman Whitfield’ and ‘Barrett Strong’ Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records, Inc. by arrangement with Warner Special Products
  • “Lettin’ Niggas Know” Performed by Threat Written by C. Lloyd, M. Jordan Courtesy of Da Bomb Records
  • “I Wanna Get Next to You” Performed by ‘Rose Royce’ Written by ‘Norman Whitfield’ Courtesy of MCA Records
  • “Coast II Coast” Performed by ‘Tha Alkaholiks’ Written by ‘Tash’ (as R. Smith), ‘J-Ro’ (as J. Robinson), ‘E-Swift’ (as E. Brooks) Courtesy of Loud/RCA Records
  • “Superhoes” Performed by ‘Funkdoobiest’ Written by ‘Larry Muggerud’ (as L. Muggerud), ‘Son Doobie’ (as J. Vasquez), R. Medrano Courtesy of Immortal/Epic Records
  • “Take a Hit” Performed by ‘Mack 10′ Written by ‘Mack 10′ (as D. Rolison) Courtesy of Priority Records
  • “Low Rider” Performed by ‘War’ Written by ‘Morris D. Dickerson’ (as M. Dickerson), ‘Charles Miller (VI)’ (as C. Miller), ‘Thomas Allen (VI)’ (as S. Allen), ‘Harold R. Brown’ (as H. Brown), ‘Howard E. Scott’ (as H. Scott), , ‘Lee Oskar’ (as L. Oskar), ‘Lonnie Jordan’ (as L. Jordan), ‘Jerry Goldstein’ (as J. Goldstein) Courtesy of Avenue Records
  • “Keep Their Heads Ringin’” Performed by ‘Dr. Dre’ Written by ‘Dr. Dre’, ‘Sam Sneed (II)’, J-Flex Courtesy of Death Row Records/Interscope Records
  • “Little Child Runnin’ Wild” Performed by ‘Curtis Mayfield’ Written by ‘Curtis Mayfield’ Courtesy of Curtom Classics, Inc.
  • “You Got Me Wide Open” Performed by ‘Bootsy Collins’ and ‘Bernie Worrell’ Written by ‘Ice Cube’, ‘Bootsy Collins’ (as B. Collins), ‘Bernie Worrell’ (as B. Worrell) Courtesy of Ceccil Enterprises
  • “Friday Night” Performed by ‘Scarface’ featuring ‘CJ Mac’ Written by ‘Scarface’ (as B. Jordan), ‘CJ Mac’ (as B. Ross), J. Johnson Courtesy of Rap-A-Lot/Noo Trybe Records
  • “Mary Jane” Performed by ‘Rick James (II)’ Written by ‘Rick James (II)’ Courtesy of Motown Record Company, L.P. by arrangement with PolyGram Special Markets
  • “Blast If I Have To” Performed by ‘E-A-Ski’ Written by ‘E-A-Ski’ (as S. Adams), M. Ogleton Courtesy of Infrared Music Group/Priority Records
  • “Friday” Performed by ‘Ice Cube’ Written by ‘Ice Cube’ Courtesy of Priority Records


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Beethoven (1992)

by Jenoa Haymor on May.13, 2012, under Comedy, family

Director: Brian Levant
Country: USA
Length: 87 min
Language: English
Gross: $57,114,049 (USA)
IMDb: 5.00 (6607 votes)

Actors

Charles Grodin (George Newton), Bonnie Hunt (Alice Newton), Dean Jones (Herman Varnick, D.V.M.), Nicholle Tom (Ryce Newton), Christopher Castile (Ted Newton), Sarah Rose Karr (Emily Newton), Oliver Platt (Harvey), Stanley Tucci (Vernon), David Duchovny (Brad), Patricia Heaton (Brie), Robi Davidson (Mark), Laurel Cronin (Devonia Pest), O-Lan Jones (Biker Woman), Nancy Fish (Miss Grundel), Craig Pinkard (Homeless Man)

Storyline

Barely escaping from nefarious dognappers, an adorable puppy named Beethoven adopts the unsuspecting Newton family — and promptly grows up into 185 pounds of romping, drolling, disaster-prone St. Bernard! Unfortunately, even after proving his canine credentials to mom and the kids, the heroic hound gets nowhere with uptight dad, George (Charles Grodin). But when a beastly veterinarian (Dean Jones) makes Beethoven the target of an unspeakable animal experiment, George becomes the only hope for saving the Newton’s furriest family member.

Quotes

  • George Newton: No matter how many showers I take I still smell Beethoven all over me.
  • Alice Newton: I don’t think words for parts of the body make very good names.
    Emily Newton: He’s got one of those, I looked.
    Alice Newton: I’m sure he does but I don’t think Daddy would want to stand on the porch at night yelling that out.
    Emily Newton: But that’s what you call Uncle Richard.
  • Brad: We want to get in bed with Newton Auto Air Freshners!
  • George Newton: You’d better think of something to name him ’cause when I come home and he’s destroyed my house, I wanna know what to call him.
  • George Newton: My family likes you more than they like me! Why? All you do is drool and shed and eat!
  • Devonia Pest: If you ask me, what these children need is a little discipline.
    Alice Newton: What these children need is their mother. You’re fired.
  • George Newton: I really don’t like our dog!
  • George Newton: This is ridiculous! It’s a dog, he doesn’t have preferences! You could call him Ding-Dong Head and he wouldn’t know the difference!
  • George Newton: We’re goldfish people, we’re antfarm people. We’re not dog people.
  • Brie: Oh I just love these big dumb animals!
    Alice Newton: I bet you do.
  • [the Newtons are visiting Dr. Varnick's office looking for Beethoven]
    Dr. Varnick: You have no right to be in here. Out, all of you!
    George Newton: Where’s my dog?
    Dr. Varnick: I don’t have to answer your questions. You ordered that dog destroyed, and it was done. Now get out.
    Dr. Varnick: [before he could hit him, George grabs Dr. Varnick] You hit me, l’ll have you put in jail for assault and battery.
    [Dr. Varnick nods his head, then George punches him in the face]
  • George Newton: Come to our house, we’ll barbecue.
    Brie: Barbecue? Okay, let’s live dangerously.
    George Newton: Our food may not be great but it’s not dangerous.
  • George Newton: My dream is going down the drain and you’re worried about a dog.
    Alice Newton: Your family is going down the drain and you’re worried about a dream.
  • Harvey: I’m so excited. That was my very first felony. I’ve committed a lot of misdemeanors but I do believe that was my very first felony!
  • Emily Newton: [Mr. Newton looks at Dr. Varnick's "injured" arm] I told you he was lying!
    George Newton: What the hell are you trying to pull?
  • Ted Newton: Do you have any kids?
    Brie: We have a career.
  • George: I really don’t like our dog.
    Alice: I really don’t like those people, George. I don’t trust them. I don’t want their money. I know my opinion doesn’t matter, but… I’m not interested in expanding. If I had been home instead of helping you impress those morons, Emily wouldn’t have fallen in the pool. And I’m not re-entering the work force, George. You’re gonna hafta do this on your own. And you will. Somehow, you’ll make your fortune. And tucked away behind you deep in the shadows will be me and the kids.
    George: That’s how you see me. Suddenly, I’m a lousy husband and father. Everything was just fine until Beethoven came into our lives. I’ve tried to be patient, but I’ve had it. The dog has ta’ GO.
    Alice: I’m proud of Beethoven. Those 2 idiots insulted your kids, they treated me like dirt, and he was the only one of us who had the nerve to give them the ride they deserved. I’m goin’ to bed.
    [she heads back inside]
    George: My dream’s going down the drain, and you’re worried about a dog.
    Alice: Your family’s goin’ down the drain, and you’re worried about a dream.
  • Alice Newton: Just change your pants, George.
    George Newton: I’m gonna change my pants, Alice. But if I change my pants, I gotta change my jacket! If I change my jacket, I gotta change my shirt! If I change my shirt, I gotta change my tie! I hafta change my belt! I gotta change my shoes! I gotta change my socks!
    Alice Newton: Just change your pants, George.
    [George throws his pants down to Alice]
  • George: [after Alice has fired Devonia for not watching all of the kids] Honey, it was an accident!
    Alice: So what?
    George: We can’t throw out the option of having a babysitter just because we had a bad one. We’ll find somebody really responsible to look after the kids.
    Alice: Over my dead body.
  • [Dr. Varnick is about to shoot George]
    Dr. Varnick: You’re a very foolish man, Mr. Newton. You should have left well enough alone.
  • George Newton: Any kind of weirdness and Beethoven is gone!
    Alice Newton: Weirdness? What should I watch for, hon? Wearin’ my clothes around the house?
  • Reporter: Have you always been a dog lover?
    George Newton: Um, well, maybe not… Not as much as-as now, thank you.
  • Brad: Dogs obey so much better than children. Don’t they?
  • Devonia Pest: [to Emily after she was discovered having almost drowned in the neighbours' pool] Now, we don’t want me to get into trouble, so we’ll this be our little secret! Right?
    Ryce Newton: [furiously, grabbing Emily] I’d like to call my mother please.
    Devonia Pest: Your mother?
    Ryce Newton: Immediately.
  • Harvey: I really don’t like it when you tease the dogs.
    Vernon: What are you, some kind of animal lover?
  • Dr. Varnick: Here for his shots?
    George Newton: Yes.
    Dr. Varnick: Well he’ll be a little groggy this evening.
    George Newton: That’ll be nice.

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Facts

  • ‘Eleanor Keaton’, ‘Buster Keaton’’s widow, trained the dog Beethoven for this movie.
  • So incensed were the American Veterinary Association about the depiction of a vet as leader of a dog-napping ring, they fired off a letter of protest to ‘Jack Valenti’, head of the Motion Picture Association of America.
  • Screenwriter ‘John Hughes’ is credited as “Edmond Dantes.” The pseudonym is a homage to a character in “The Count of Monte Cristo.”
  • ‘Brian Levant’ took over as director just after the start of filming, replacing ‘Steve Rash’.

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Goofs

  • When Beethoven dragged the table and George’s obnoxious clients at the sidewalk down the street, the table had “skis” on it.
  • When the dog comes into the kitchen he gives the mail to Alice, and she puts it under her arm. In the next shot, Alice is putting bacon on Ryce’s plate and the mail is not under her arm.
  • When George goes out to get the newspaper, the shadow of the house is only half-way across the lawn. But when he comes back seconds later, the shadow is all the way out on the sidewalk.
  • When the vet gets the bullets to the gun, it is said that the bullets will explode on contact. Well, when the gun is shot later on in the movie, the bullet does not explode.
  • After Brie knocks over her glass at the barbecue, Alice picks it up, and it’s intact. When she walks away with it, it’s broken.
  • When Alice places bacon on George’s plate, she puts down two. Before Beethoven eats one, there are three. This is because the same footage of bacon being placed a plate was used twice (which had two pieces).
  • When Ted and Rice are playing Super Mario Brothers 3, they are both mashing away on controllers, however, when it shows the close up of the screen, we see that they’re only playing a one-player game at the time.
  • When George comes into the house during a rainstorm. You can see clear sunny skies outside.
  • In the scene after Beethoven “attacks” the vet, Dad goes into the backyard and gets Beethoven to take him to the vet’s office, the dog’s neck and snout are mysteriously clean even though only moments earlier they were smeared with fake blood.

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Soundtrack

  • “Roll Over Beethoven” Performed by ‘Paul Shaffer’ & The World’s Most Dangerous Band Written by ‘Chuck Berry’ Produced by ‘Paul Shaffer’
  • “Lady Marmelade” Performed by ‘Harry Garfield’ Written by ‘Kenny Nolan’ and ‘Bob Crewe’


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Blink (1994)

by Jenoa Haymor on May.11, 2012, under Thriller

Director: Michael Apted
Country: USA
Length: 106 min
Language: English
Budget: $11,000,000
Gross: $16,696,219 (USA)
IMDb: 6.10 (1712 votes)

Actors

Madeleine Stowe (Emma Brody), Aidan Quinn (Detective John Hallstrom), James Remar (Thomas Ridgely), Peter Friedman (Dr. Ryan Pierce), Bruce A. Young (Lt. Mitchell), Laurie Metcalf (Candice), Matt Roth (Officer Crowe), Paul Dillon (Neal Booker), Michael Byrne (Barry), Anthony Cannata (Ned), Greg Noonan (Frank), Heather Schwartz (Young Emma), Marilyn Dodds Frank (Emma’s Mother), Michael Stuart Kirkpatrick (Michael), Sean C. Cleland (Drover)

Storyline

Twenty years ago, 8-year-old Emma Brody’s abusive mother smashed Emma’s face into a bathroom mirror just for pilfering in the mother’s makeup drawer. Today, Emma is an independent, self-assured woman who plays violin in a popular Celtic folk band in Chicago. Emma lives life on her own terms, only without sight — the result of the traumatic injuries to her eyes at the hands of her mother. Luckily for Emma, medical science has vaulted a quantum leap in the past two decades. Now, thanks to corneal implants installed by her kindly eye surgeon, Dr. Ryan Pierce, Emma can see again. Emma’s sight is at first cloudy, and she suffers from “retroactive hallucinations,” a clinically documented syndrome in which the newly sighted sometimes “see” things hours, or even days, after they actually happen. This becomes a big problem when Emma sees a suspicious man leaving her neighbor’s apartment at 4AM, but his features appear to her only in flashback later that morning. After failing to get a response at the neighbor’s door, Emma tries to convince detective John Hallstrom and his partner Tom Ridgely to check things out. At first, Hallstrom dismisses Emma as a nutcase, but when the cops finally arrive on the scene, they find the guy murdered, using the same MO as a series of killings that Hallstrom and Ridgely are already investigating. Emma herself is in danger, because she’s the only person who can identify the killer. Hallstrom’s colleagues remain doubtful because Emma’s vision flawed. When the killer begins to stalk Emma, Hallstrom has her placed under police protection, and the two soon become lovers while Hallstrom tries to figure out who the killer is.

Quotes

  • Detective John Hallstrom: [to dead girl in tub] All right miss, I’m gonna make this quick. Who did this to you? Hmm? Not talking? All right, it’s your funeral.
  • Emma Brody: The last time I looked I was a little girl. And I, I blink, and I look like my mother.
  • Emma Brody: I have no idea what beautiful is. Music is beautiful, but the things that I see, they just, they make my head hurt. And my heart.
  • Thomas Ridgely: [giving Hallstrom hell outside of police station after Emma ran off under his protection] She’s acting this way because of YOU! Now I’m going into that station, dragging her back to her apartment, and I’m going to handcuff her to the fucking bannister!
  • Mr. Tattersall: [grieving husband] What have you been doing down there? Why didn’t you catch him? What have you been doing?
  • Detective John Hallstrom: Did she have a boy friend that you know of?
    Emma Brody: Yeah, she did.
    Detective John Hallstrom: Was it just one guy, or did she have a lot of different guys?
    Emma Brody: No, one guy.
    Detective John Hallstrom: How do you know it was one guy?
    Emma Brody: I could hear him.
    Detective John Hallstrom: Okay. You gotta name on him? You know his name?
    Emma Brody: [dead pan] “Oh baby”
  • Emma Brody: I can’t see things that are right in front of me, and I can see things that couldn’t be there.

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Facts

  • The lines quoted by Hallstrom ‘For the soul is dead that slumbers,/ And things are not what they seem.’ are from A Psalm of Life by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) and was first published in the Knickerbocker Magazine in October 1838.
  • ‘Dana Stevens’’s research into the screenplay revealed that delayed vision is not fictitious.
  • ‘Julia Roberts’ passed on the lead role.
  • ‘Madeleine Stowe’ visited doctors at UCLA to study blindness. ‘Aidan Quinn’ and ‘James Remar’ spent time with members of the Chicago Police Department, and the line “We will solve no crime before there’s overtime” was provided by some of the officers.
  • ‘Madeleine Stowe’’s character was originally a poet, but Stowe asked if the script could be changed to make her a musician. Stowe then learned how to play the violin for the role.

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Goofs

  • When Aiden goes into the restroom after Emma, his handcuffs are hooked on his belt. When he leaves the handcuffs are gone.
  • Emma Brody’s address is listed as being on “West Damen”. In Chicago, Damen runs north/south not east/west.
  • Emma’s dog, Ralph, is a trained guide dog. These animals are trained to focus on assisting their owners, specifically to ignore distractions in their environment and to obey their masters instantly. Yet Ralph barks when Emma walks down the stairs, he pulls away from her in the car park to investigate something and he chases the man ignoring Emma’s calls to come back. These behaviours are totally out of character for a guide dog.
  • Emma grabs a gun from the police car and fires off shots at her attacker. It is extremely unlikely that she has ever handled a gun before due to her blindness. Yet she handles the gun expertly, even managing to know that there is a safety catch and how to deactivate it.

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Soundtrack

  • “INSULATED MAN” Performed by ‘The Drovers’ Written by Michael Kirkpatrick Additional Vocals by Chantal Wentworth Courtesy of MNM4EVR Music and New Line Music Co.
  • “WHEN FORTUNE TURNS HER WHEEL” Performed by ‘The Drovers’ Written by Michael Kirkpatrick Courtesy of MNM4EVR Music and New Line Music Co.
  • “THE BOYS AND THE BABIES” Performed by ‘The Drovers’ Written by Michael Kirkpatrick, David Callahan, Jackie Moran, and Kathleen Keane Courtesy of MNM4EVR Music/Stiltz Music and New Line Music Co.
  • “LOVE WON’T BE” Performed by ‘The Drovers’ Written by Michael Kirkpatrick Courtesy of MNM4EVR Music and New Line Music Co.
  • “IS CRAIG HERE” Performed by ‘The Drovers’ Written by Michael Kirkpatrick Courtesy of MNM4EVR Music and New Line Music Co.
  • “MY BAN CHNOIC EIRANNO” (The Fair Hills of Ireland) Performed by Sean Cleland
  • “JERUSALEM RIDGE” Performed by Kevin Burke Written by Bill Monroe Courtesy of Green Linnet Records


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The Haunting Hour: Don’t Think About It (2007)

by Jenoa Haymor on May.10, 2012, under Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

Director: Alex Zamm
Country: USA
Length: Argentina:93 min
Language: English
Budget: $35,000,000
Gross: $11,631,245 (USA) (17 September 2006)
IMDb: 6.40 (669 votes)

Actors

Alex Winzenread (Max Keller), Michelle Duffy (Eileen Keller), John Hawkinson (Jack Keller), Emily Osment (Cassie Keller), Tobin Bell (The Stranger), Matt Angel (First Guy), Cody Linley (Sean), Nigel Ash (Ralph), Brittany Curran (Priscilla Wright), Colleen Dengel (Tanya), Katelyn Pippy (Erin), Colin Burnes (Student), Eric Johnson (First Student), Marty Schiff (Mr. McKibble), Maria Becoates-Bey (Mrs. Bernard)

Storyline

When the Gothic new girl, Cassie, moves into the town, Priscilla the most popular, beautiful girl in school plots against her. But when Priscilla is kidnapped along with her brother, Cassie has no other choice but to search for them.

Quotes

  • Cindy Collins: You care about us, right?
    Jack Shepard: I brought cake…
  • Jack Shepard: Pretty girls have no friends and never get any respect. Look at Miss. Halloway.
  • Summer Jones: That is getting so old.
    Dylan West: Considering you can read my mind, I don’t have many options.
    Summer Jones: I can’t read your mind. I just feel stuff. And you can stop hitting on me entirley.
    Dylan West: No, I can’t do that. You and I are destiny.
  • Summer Jones: I see things.
    Jack Shepard: Do you see dead people?
    Summer Jones: I see you suffer from a massive inferiority complex.
    Jack Shepard: I try to hide that so well.
  • Summer Jones: [group is trying to figure out the controls of the flying saucer] Maybe there’s less to figure out than there is to understand.

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Facts

  • In the only photo of the old Zenith team, in addition to ‘Tim Allen’ (Zoom) and ‘Kevin Zegers’ (Concussion), the other teammates are portrayed by ‘Alexis Bledel’ (Ace?), ‘Wilmer Valderrama’ (Marksman?) and ‘Devon Aoki’ (Daravia?).
  • When ‘Tim Allen’ belches, he says, “I don’t remember eating that”, a line he used in “Home Improvement” (1991), and also as his character Buzz Lightyear in the bloopers at the end of Toy Story 2 (1999).
  • The DVD cover shows Zoom (Tim Allen) clean shaven. He always appears in the movie with a mustache and goatee.
  • ‘Rupert Gregson-Williams’ was hired to compose the film’s score, but he had to drop out due to a scheduling conflict with Over the Hedge (2006). He was replaced by ‘Christophe Beck’.

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Goofs

  • When Zoom and the kids are playing baseball, Pibb (the robot) is playing in the outfield. Soon after, Zoom is surprised to see Pibb for the first time, even though he just played baseball with it.
  • Marsha is wearing sunglasses as she walks inside the garage with Jack. When she slips over the oil, the sunglasses are in her hand.
  • When Zoom is eating yogurt in the cafeteria, he opens his mouth to speak and it drips down his lips. In the next scene his face is clean even before he wipes it.
  • When everyone is playing baseball and its Cindy’s turn to hit the ball, Dylan and Summer are standing beside her. But, when the ball breaks the glass, Tucker and Summer are standing beside her.
  • When Cindy (Princess) is showing the Approval Team her powers, she throws the desk where Jack (Zoom) is looking at the applications. None of the folders move. When they ask for a new desk, the folders are back.
  • When Dylan sees a display in the control room with pictures of the 4 of them with their stats, 3 ages are wrong: 6-year-old Cindy is listed as 10, 12-year-old Tucker is listed as 11, and 17-year-old Dylan is listed as 18. The same display shows Tucker’s and Cindy’s hero names, but they got those names seconds before Dylan saw the display.
  • When Zoom races up to the cliff edge to look down on Concussion, he raises the visor on his helmet, and the camera is reflected in his helmet.

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Soundtrack

  • “So Insane” Written by ‘Greg Camp’ Produced by Eric Valentine Performed by ‘Smash Mouth’ Smash Mouth appears courtesy of Beautiful Bomb Records Inc.
  • “Hang On” Written by ‘Greg Camp’, ‘Paul De Lisle’ (as Paul DeLisle) and ‘Steve Harwell’ Performed by ‘Smash Mouth’ Courtesy of Interscope Records Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
  • “Everyday Superhero” Written by ‘Steve Harwell’, ‘Matthew Gerrard’, and ‘Robbie Nevil’ Performed by ‘Smash Mouth’ Courtesy of Beautiful Bomb Records Inc.
  • “Come on Come on” Written by ‘Greg Camp’ and ‘Steve Harwell’ Performed by ‘Smash Mouth’ Courtesy of Interscope Records Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
  • “Punk Rock 101″ Written by ‘Butch Walker’ and ‘Jaret Reddick’ Performed by ‘Bowling for Soup’ Courtesy of Jive Records By Arrangement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment
  • “The World is New” Written by ‘Brian Mashburn’ Performed by ‘Save Ferris’ Courtesy of Epic Records By Arrangement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment
  • “Under Pressure” Written by ‘David Bowie’, ‘Freddie Mercury’, ‘Roger Taylor’, ‘John Deacon’ and ‘Brian May (II)’ Produced by ‘Greg Camp’ Performed by ‘Smash Mouth’ Smash Mouth appears courtesy of Beautiful Bomb Records Inc.
  • “Superman (It’s Not Easy)” Written by ‘John Ondrasik’ Performed by ‘Five For Fighting’ Courtesy of Columbia Records By Arrangement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment
  • “The Middle” Written by ‘Jim Adkins (II)’ (as James Adkins), ‘Rick Burch’ (as Richard Burch), ‘Tom Linton’ (as Thomas D. Linton) and ‘Zach Lind’ (as Zachary Lind) Performed by ‘Jimmy Eat World’ Courtesy of Interscope Records Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
  • “Hero” Written by ‘Enrique Iglesias’, ‘Paul Barry (X)’ and ‘Mark Taylor (XXVIII)’ Performed by ‘Enrique Iglesias’ Courtesy of Geffen Records Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
  • “Days Like These” Written by ‘Steve Harwell’, ‘Matthew Gerrard’ and ‘Robbie Nevil’ Performed by ‘Smash Mouth’ Courtesy of Beautiful Bomb Records Inc.
  • “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” Written by ‘Ennio Morricone’ Performed by Prague Philharmonic Orchestra Courtesy of Silva Screen Records By Arrangement with Source/Q
  • “If She Knew What She Wants” Written by ‘Jules Shear’ Performed by ‘The Bangles’ Courtesy of Columbia Records By Arrangement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment
  • “Big Ups” Written by Triniti Bhaguandas, Andrew Bojanic and Elizabeth Hooper Performed by Ms. Triniti Courtesy of Beverly Martel Music
  • “It’s On” Written by Max Hsu, Matt Dally, Dave Ghazarian, Melissa Brock, Tricia Brock, Brandon Estelle and Andy Simon Performed by Superchick Courtesy of Inpop Records Under license from Whizbang, Inc.


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Somers Town (2008)

by Jenoa Haymor on May.08, 2012, under Comedy, Drama

Director: Shane Meadows
Country: UK
Length: Germany:75 min
Languages: English, Polish, French
Gross: $46,660 (USA) (13 September 2009)
IMDb: 7.10 (703 votes)

Actors

Thomas Turgoose (Tomo), Piotr Jagiello (Marek), Elisa Lasowski (Maria), Ireneusz Czop (Mariusz), Kate Dickie (Jane), Perry Benson (Graham), Risade Campbell (Street kid), Ryan Ford (Street kid), Mariusz Gajewski (Polish friend), Eddy Hasson (Frenchman), Levi Hayes (Street kid), Tomasz Kamola (Polish friend), Huggy Leaver (Cafe-proprietor), Nojaech Magenyuski (Polish friend), Sebastian Palka (Polish friend)

Storyline

Two teenagers, both newcomers to London, forge an unlikely friendship over the course of a hot summer. Tomo (Thomas Turgoose) is a runaway from Nottingham; Marek (Piotr Jagiello) lives in the district of Somers Town, between King’s Cross and Euston stations, where his dad is working on a new rail link. The boys are both infatuated with the same girl, and pass their days bickering over which of them loves her the most. Finding himself homeless, Tomo surreptitiously moves into Marek’s bedroom – but it’s only a matter of time before Marek’s dad discovers what’s going on…

Facts

  • When Maria is speaking to the French man in the café where she works, the man is in fact talking about his digestion problems.


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Craptastic (2009)

by Jenoa Haymor on May.08, 2012, under Comedy

Director: David Dillehunt
Country: USA
Length: USA:89 min
Language: English
Budget: $6,500

Actors

Bryan Kasik (Various), Abrill Macbeth (Various), Bianca Villamar (Various), Sean Corbell (Guy Psyched About ‘PDKF’), Chris Simmons Jr. (Blind Man), Tim Trotter (Land Lord), Ren Kasik (Various), Mali Matthews (Girl Not Interested in ‘PDKF’), Tiffany Waggoner (Girl Immune to ‘PDKF’)

Storyline

“Craptastic” is a sketch-comedy film unlike any other. Presented in a “stream of consciousness” manner, characters proceed from one sketch to another, following a single thread that flows between them. With the use of strange, bizarre and hysterical situations, our cast follows a cohesive mindset that will leave you most surprised in the end.

Facts

  • Largely improvised based on a seven-page summary created by the film’s lead actors.
  • Nearly 30 shaving cream pies were used in the pie fight between actors ‘David Dillehunt’ and ‘Bianca Villamar’ in the scene, ”Weapons of Mass Dessert.”
  • Official Decline, 2009 Indie Spirit Film Festival.
  • This is the sixth feature film from director ‘David Dillehunt’ and the first from director ‘Bryan Kasik’. It is their first joint directorial project.

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Soundtrack

  • “On The Fence” Performed by Freak Flag
  • “Suspicious Prescriptions” Performed by Freak Flag
  • “Ignition” Performed by Caustic Bloodline
  • “99 Truths” Performed by Caustic Bloodline
  • “Her Bloodstained Grin” Performed by Caustic Bloodline
  • “Like A Wave” Performed by Butterfly Vendetta
  • “Bitches of Eastwick” Performed by Death Mask
  • “Toxic Sphincter Binkie” Performed by Skot Stover


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Living & Dying (2007)

by Jenoa Haymor on May.03, 2012, under Action, Crime, Thriller

Director: Jon Keeyes
Country: USA
Length: Germany:90 min
Language: English
Budget: $2,000,000
Gross: $302,917 (Turkey) (6 May 2007)
IMDb: 4.70 (508 votes)

Actors

Tom Zembrod (Bill), Edward Furlong (Sam), Ling Bai (Nadia), Maurice Ripke (Bud), Malgorzata Kozuchowska (Paulina), Robin McGee (Mr.Gris), Venice Gell (Nicole), Cynthia Marquoit (Sally), Jordana Spiro (Mary Jane), Brandy Little (Alice), Hayden Tweedie (Jenny), Curtis Wayne (Karl Schroder), Trent Haaga (Max Reichmann), Libby Villari (Miriam), Brady Coleman (Harold)

Storyline

Two killers turn the tables on a trio of robbers when they find themselves in a hostage situation. Surrounded by the police, the robbers must become the heroes before the killers execute everyone.



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Then She Found Me (2007)

by Jenoa Haymor on Apr.22, 2012, under Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Helen Hunt
Country: USA
Length: 100 min
Languages: English, Hebrew
Budget: $3,500,000
Gross: $3,735,303 (USA) (14 September 2008)
IMDb: 7.80 (66 votes)

Actors

Helen Hunt (April Epner), Colin Firth (Frank), Bette Midler (Bernice Graves), Matthew Broderick (Ben), Lynn Cohen (Trudy), Ben Shenkman (Freddy), David Callegati (Gianni), Chris Chalk (Orderly), Brother Eden Douglas (Penthouse Benefit Guest), John Benjamin Hickey (Alan), Andy Miller (Limo Driver), Tommy Nelson (Jimmy Ray), Jonathan Roumie (Partygoer), Schuster Vance (Husband at PTA meeting), Florence Annequin (Production assistant)

Storyline

A New York schoolteacher (Hunt) hits a midlife crisis when, in quick succession, her husband leaves, her adoptive mother dies and her real one, an eccentric talk show host, materializes and turns her life upside down as she (April) begins a courtship with the father (Firth) of one of her students.

Quotes

  • April Epner: I know what I did to you, to you in particular. Kinda worst nightmare kind of thing, right? I knew that. Even at the time I knew that.
    Frank: What else?
    April Epner: I’ll do it again, I will, I’ll hurt you again and again. Not like that, you’d have to leave me if I hurt you like that. If we were together you would leave me if I hurt you like that again, wouldn’t you?
    Frank: Yes. Yes, I would.
    April Epner: Good. But I’ll hurt you in other ways, little ways, I won’t mean to but I will. And sometimes I will mean to.
    Frank: This is quite an offer you’ve worked out.
    April Epner: You’ll hurt me too, you know. You’ll hurt me and change on me, you might even leave me after you promise you won’t, how about that?
    Frank: I wouldn’t.
    April Epner: But you might.
    Frank: But I wouldn’t.
    April Epner: But… you might.
    Frank: Yeah, I guess I might.

Facts

  • ThinkFilm and Canadian distributor TVA Films bought the U.S. and Canadian rights, respectively, for the film at the 2007 Toronto Internation Film Festival.
  • When ‘Tim Robbins’ directed his first feature film, Bob Roberts (1992), ‘Helen Hunt’ appeared in a brief cameo as a television news reporter. When Hunt made her feature directorial debut with this film, Robbins returned the favor and appears briefly as one of the interviewees on the ‘Bette Midler’ character’s talk show.

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Goofs

  • Frank tells April that she could not have been conceived by Steve McQueen as he spent May to October 1966 filming “The Sand Pebbles” along the Yangtze. However, Americans were effectively barred from mainland China at the time. “The Sand Pebbles” was filmed in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
  • The ultra sound picture at 6 weeks is not developmentally correct. At 6 weeks, you would be unable to distinguish the baby’s features (hands, spine, etc). The baby would look more like a bean in shape.
  • Barbetta is on 46th between 8th and 9th. Traffic goes west to east. But when they come out of the restaurant and walk to the car (which would be going east) the cars are all parked going west, and April backs her car up from west to east. There are also no clothing boutiques along that stretch of the street. And the cosmetic counter where Bernice says she worked would not be towards the Hudson where she points.
  • The passenger side shoulder belt in April’s car is present for Bernice’s scene and missing for Frank’s.
  • Frank leaves April’s car with Ben’s orange baseball hat – he grabs it and leaves the car with the baseball hat. But the next shot of Frank outside the car, namely leaving the car, the orange hat is not in his hand.
  • Bernice tells April she was conceived at a drive-in showing “Bullitt.” But the film reveals April was born during April, 1967. “Bullitt” was made in 1968.
  • About twenty minutes before the end of the picture, when Bernice confronts April at Frank’s place, a crew person can be seen for a few seconds in the lower left hand corner of the screen.

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Soundtrack

  • “Mazel Tov Zelda – Zeydns Tants” Written by ‘Dave Tarras’ Performed by The Klezmatics Courtesy of Rounder Records
  • “For You” Written by ‘Duncan Sheik’ Performed by ‘Duncan Sheik’ Engineered by Michael Tudor
  • “Heaven” Written by Kieren Shahani and ‘Shana Halligan’ Performed by Bitter:Sweet Courtesy of Quango Music Group By Arrangement with Zync Music Inc.
  • “In The Red” Written by ‘Tina Dickow’ and Mark Weston Performed by ‘Tina Dickow’ Courtesy of Defend Music
  • “I’ll Say I’m Sorry Now” Written by ‘Shawn Colvin’ and ‘John Leventhal’ Performed by ‘Shawn Colvin’ Courtesy of Colombia Records By Arrangement with Sony BMG Music entertainment
  • “Naked As We Came” Written by ‘Sam Beam’ Performed by ‘Iron & Wine’ Courtesy of Sub Pop Records
  • “Cool, Clear Water” (edit) Written by ‘Bonnie Raitt’ Performed by ‘Bonnie Raitt’ Open Secret Music (ASCAP) used by permission. All rights reserved Courtesy of Capitol Records Under License from EMI Film & Television Music


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Who’s Harry Crumb? (1989)

by Jenoa Haymor on Apr.16, 2012, under Comedy

Director: Paul Flaherty
Country: USA
Length: 93 min
Languages: English, Italian
Gross: $2,783,840 (USA)
IMDb: 5.30 (2634 votes)

Actors

John Candy (Harry Crumb), Jeffrey Jones (Eliot Draisen), Annie Potts (Helen Downing), Tim Thomerson (Vince Barnes), Barry Corbin (P.J. Downing), Shawnee Smith (Nikki Downing), Valri Bromfield (Detective Casey), Doug Steckler (Dwayne), Renée Coleman (Jennifer Downing), Wesley Mann (Tim), Tamsin Kelsey (Marie), Joe Flaherty (Doorman), Fiona Roeske (Crumb Receptionist), Lori O’Byrne (Karen), Michele Goodger (Mrs. MacIntyre)

Storyline

Harry is the latest generation of the Crumbs, famous and extremely talented detectives. Unfortunately, talent seems to have skipped a generation, and Harry is reduced to “gumshoe” work at a remote branch of the Crumb detective agency. Back at headquarters, Crumb executive Elliot Draison hatches an evil plan, which requires the inclusion of an incompotent detective. With Harry Crumb on the case, Draison thinks everything will run fine for him. Despite his best efforts, Crumb actually makes some headway in the case…

Quotes

  • Fat Sam: [becoming aggravated as Knuckles is cracking his knuckles repeatedly] Don’t do that, Knuckles!
    Knuckles: It’s how I got my name, boss.
    Fat Sam: Well knock it off or else change your name!
  • Reporter 1: Have you located the splurge gun yet, sir?
    O’Dreary: I’m afraid I can’t answer that.
    Reporter 1: You’re not at liberty to say?
    O’Dreary: [annoyed] No, I don’t know the answer.
    Reporter 2: Do you know where the guns are coming from, Lieutenant?
    O’Dreary: Eh, I’m not at liberty to say. You’ll have to ask Captain Smolsky that question.
  • Dandy Dan: [voice-over] And now my friends, listen to what I’m telling you and listen good. There’s only room for one Mr. Big in this town and that’s me, Dandy Dan. And fellas, the time has come for us to play our next card, and believe you’s me, Fat Sam and his dumb bumbs ain’t gonna stand in our way.
  • [first lines]
    Fat Sam: Someone once said it was raining brains; Roxy Robinson wouldn’t even get wet. Roxy had spent his whole life making two and two into five, but he could smell trouble like other people could smell gas. But believe you’s me, he should’ve never taken that blind alley by the side of Parido’s Bakery. Whatever game it was everybody was playing, sure as eggs is eggs, Roxy the Weasel had been scrambled.
  • Bugsy Malone: Me and Fat Sam, we’re like this. [crosses fingers]
    Blousey Brown: You mean you’re real good friends?
    Bugsy Malone: [shakes head] Nah, it’s just that every time I see him, I cross my fingers, and hope he won’t hit me.
  • Bronx Charlie: Your name Robinson?
    Roxy Robinson: [nods nervously]
    Shoulders: Roxy Robinson?
    Roxy Robinson: [nods nervously again]
    Benny Lee: You work for Fat Sam?
    Roxy Robinson: [nods once final time before being splurged to death]
  • Bugsy Malone: [noting the solemn look on Matt the Barman's face] You know what, you look like you put your face on backwards this morning.
    Matt The Barman: You’ve got too much mouth, mack.
    Bugsy Malone: So, tell my dentist.
  • Tallulah: I like my men at my feet.
  • Tallulah: Suddenly everybody wants to be in show business.
  • Tallulah: [as the speakeasy is closing down for the night and everyone is leaving] Tallulah! How much longer you want us to wait?
    Tallulah: [sweetly yet slightly sarcastically] Coming honey, you don’t want me to look a mess, do you sweetheart?
    Fat Sam: Snap it up, will ya?
    Tallulah: Put your flaps down tiger or else you’ll take off.
    Fat Sam: [annoyed] You spend more time prettying yourself up then there is time in the day!
    Tallulah: [pointedly] Listen honey, if I didn’t look this good, you wouldn’t give me the time of day.
    Fat Sam: [rejectedly] I’ll see you in the car!
  • Fat Sam: Louis, over there into the corner.
    Louis: Me boss? Why me, boss?
    Fat Sam: Louis, into the corner.
    Louis: What’d I do boss?
    Fat Sam: Nothing Louis.
    [throws pie at Louis and misses]
    Fat Sam: Ya see? Missed. Okay Louis, you can sit down now.
  • [talking about Blousey]
    Velma: You ever seen a broad carry a torch so high?
    Tallulah: Yeah, the Statue of Liberty.
  • Dandy Dan: Okay fellas, this is our moment. Keep a cool head and keep those fingers pumpin’, ’cause remember, it’s history you’ll be writin’.
  • Bugsy Malone: Have you eaten?
    Blousey Brown: Ever since I was a kid.
    Bugsy Malone: Then how come you’re so skinny, wisey?
    Blousey Brown: Because I watch my weight.
    Bugsy Malone: Yeah, I do that when I’m broke too.

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Facts

  • Was filmed during the summer of 1975.
  • All of the cast were 16 or under at the time of filming.
  • When looking for Fat Sam, director Alan Parker went to a Brooklyn classroom and asked who was the naughtiest boy in class; all the class replied ‘John Cassisi’, who subsequently got the part.
  • ‘Florrie Dugger’ was at first only given a minor part – until the original actress meant to play Blousey underwent a growth spurt and became taller than Bugsy (‘Scott Baio’), and Dugger was given the role of Blousey.
  • All singing was dubbed by adult vocalists.
  • First cinema film of ‘Dexter Fletcher’.
  • The splurge guns did not actually fire the “splurge”. Director ‘Alan Parker’ first tried wax balls filled with cream but these hurt when fired, so in the end the splurge guns actually fired ping pong balls, which the actors fired at nothing and what we see on-screen is clever editing between this and shots of actors being hit by handfuls of cream thrown at them by others.
  • Although it performed well in England and Japan, Paramount only gave “Bugsy Malone” a limited release in US theaters, usually dumping it onto second-feature screens partnered with a late-’76 re-release of The Bad News Bears (1976).

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Goofs

  • On the region 4 DVD front cover, it credits Florrie Dugger as Florrie Gugger.
  • During “Bad Guys”, when all of the boys sing “We made the big time, malicious and mad” and take off their hats, Knuckles and Ritzy have messed-up hair. In the very next shot, their hair is neatly slicked back.
  • Moments before Blousey Brown comes to Fat Sam’s place for her audition, we see Tallulah kiss Bugsy in the center of his forehead and leave a lipstick mark. A few moments later, however, the mark is much further over to the left hand side of his forehead.
  • At the auditions, the Can Can girls fall through the stage, ripping a large hole in it. When Blousey comes on, straight after, the destroyed scenery is perfect again.
  • During “Bad Guys”, Snake Eyes gets a close-up at the start. In the next shot (showing all four boys), he appears to have a toothpick in his mouth. Then in the next shot, it is gone.
  • When Fat Sam’s gang sings “Bad Guys”, just after Snake Eyes says, “Look at me, I’m dancing,” a broomstick appears to the right of Mario’s barber shop which is not in the previous shot.
  • Dandy Dan gives buttonhole flowers to all of his gang except Doodle. Pies are then brought in for the gang to throw at Doodle, but when they do their flowers have disappeared.
  • Captain Smolsky only gets hit in the face with the plaster, but later on his entire body is covered in hardened plaster.
  • When Blousey returns for the second time to Fat Sam’s for an audition, Knuckles opens the door. He tells Blousey, “He’s busy lady. Come tomorrow” in an English accent. Throughout the movie, he has an American accent.
  • When Dandy Dan’s gang invade Mama Lugini’s, they smash the pane of glass, and jump through. When he smashes it, only about half of the pane falls out. Next shot, the gang are assembled, and the pane is fully smashed.
  • When Blousey and Bugsy are queuing up for the audition for the Lady Marley show, the girl behind her comes on before Blousey, even though she was behind Blousey.
  • Bugsy quotes “I coulda been a contender, Charlie” from On The Water Front, made in 1954. Bugsy Malone is set in the 1920s – 30 years before On The Water Front was made.
  • After the song “Tomorrow” Bugsy and Blousey are in the café. Blousey has a drink and it has two straws and one spoon. The spoon keeps disappearing.
  • When Dandy Dan’s gang are getting ready to throw the pies at Doodle, the white creamy stuff on top of Laughing Boy’s pie is all over the sides. In the next two shots the pie is neat and tidy.

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