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Themes: | celebrityobsessionangermurderdeath |
Mood: | bleakness |
Locations: | taxiairplanehotelrestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | writer directormusicianprostitute |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | talking to the cameracatcher in the ryevigilalbumrecord storegroupiememorialcentral park manhattan new york cityaloneautographfast motion scenepsychotichousekeeperbookstoremental hospital β¦obesityreverse footageeccentricwhat happened to epilogueshot in the backmanhattan new york citycamerashot to deathdigit in titlevoice over narrationtelephone callbased on true storypistolphotographcigarette smokingbare chested malenumber in title (See All) |
When Eastern European criminals Oleg and Emil come to New York City to pick up their share of a heist score, Oleg steals a video camera and starts filming their activities, both legal and illegal. When they learn how the American media circus can make a remorseless killer look like the victim and ma β¦ke them rich, they target media-savvy NYPD Homicide Detective Eddie Flemming and media-naive FDNY Fire Marshal Jordy Warsaw, the cops investigating their murder and torching of their former criminal partner, filming everything to sell to the local tabloid TV show "Top Story." (Read More)
Themes: | celebritymurderdeath |
Locations: | taxihotelrestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | prostitute |
Story: | talking to the cameracentral park manhattan new york citymanhattan new york citycamerashot to deathdigit in titletelephone callpistolphotographcigarette smokingbare chested malenumber in title |
127 Hours is the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah. Over the next five days Ralston examines his life and survives the elements to finally discover he has the courag β¦e and the wherewithal to extricate himself by any means necessary, scale a 65 foot wall and hike over eight miles before he can be rescued. Throughout his journey, Ralston recalls friends, lovers, family, and the two hikers he met before his accident. Will they be the last two people he ever had the chance to meet? (Read More)
Themes: | anger |
Story: | talking to the cameraalonefast motion scenereverse footagewhat happened to epiloguecameradigit in titletelephone callbased on true storybare chested malenumber in title |
Inspired by a true story, Al Pacino stars as aging 1970s rocker Danny Collins, who can't give up his hard-living ways. But when his manager (Christopher Plummer) uncovers a 40 year-old undelivered letter written to him by John Lennon, he decides to change course and embarks on a heartfelt journey to β¦ rediscover his family, find true love and begin a second act. (Read More)
Themes: | anger |
Locations: | taxiairplanehotelnew york city |
Characters: | musician |
Story: | what happened to epiloguecameratelephone callbased on true storyphotographcigarette smokingbare chested male |
Victor Novarski reaches JFK airport from a politically unstable country. Due to collapse of his government, his papers are no longer valid in the airport, and hence he is forced to stay in the airport till the war cools down. He makes the airport his home and develops a friendship with the people wh β¦o work there until he can leave. (Read More)
Locations: | taxiairplanehotelrestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | musician |
Story: | autographbookstoremanhattan new york citytelephone callbased on true storyphotographcigarette smoking |
Writer Peter Morgan's legendary battle between Richard Nixon, the disgraced president with a legacy to save, and David Frost, a jet-setting television personality with a name to make, in the story of the historic encounter that changed both their lives. For three years after being forced from office β¦, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. Nixon surprised everyone in selecting Frost as his televised confessor, intending to easily outfox the breezy British showman and secure a place in the hearts and minds of Americans (as well as a $600,000 fee). Likewise, Frost's team harbored doubts about their boss' ability to hold his own. But as cameras rolled, a charged battle of wits resulted. (Read More)
Themes: | angerdeath |
Locations: | taxiairplanehotelrestaurantnew york city |
Story: | talking to the cameraautographwhat happened to epiloguemanhattan new york citycameravoice over narrationtelephone callphotograph |
Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" is the story of a legendary showman's double life - television producer by day, CIA assassin by night. At the height of his TV career, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA and trained to become a β¦ covert operative. Or so Barris said. (Read More)
Themes: | deathmurder |
Locations: | airplanehotelrestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | prostitute |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | shot in the backmanhattan new york citycamerashot to deathvoice over narrationpistolphotographcigarette smoking |
Travis Bickle is an ex-Marine and Vietnam War veteran living in New York City. As he suffers from insomnia, he spends his time working as a taxi driver at night, watching porn movies at seedy cinemas during the day, or thinking about how the world, New York in particular, has deteriorated into a ces β¦spool. He's a loner who has strong opinions about what is right and wrong with mankind. For him, the one bright spot in New York humanity is Betsy, a worker on the presidential nomination campaign of Senator Charles Palantine. He becomes obsessed with her. After an incident with her, he believes he has to do whatever he needs to make the world a better place in his opinion. One of his priorities is to be the savior for Iris, a twelve-year-old runaway and prostitute who he believes wants out of the profession and under the thumb of her pimp and lover Matthew. (Read More)
Themes: | obsessionangermurderdeath |
Locations: | taxinew york city |
Characters: | prostitute |
Story: | psychoticmanhattan new york citycamerashot to deathvoice over narrationpistolcigarette smoking |
Smart-but-ineffectual journalist Dan "We use euphemisms!" cannot decide between his girlfriend, loving-but-clingy waitress Alice, or his lover cold-but-intellectual photographer Anna; herself indecisive between Dan and honest-but-thuggish "You're bloody gorgeous!" doctor Larry. The film puts the fou β¦r leading characters in a box and strips them apart. (Read More)
Themes: | obsessionanger |
Locations: | taxihotelrestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | prostitute |
Story: | memorialmanhattan new york citycameraphotographcigarette smoking |
Themes: | death |
Locations: | taxihotelrestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | prostitute |
Story: | autographwhat happened to epiloguecameratelephone callbased on true storyphotographcigarette smokingbare chested male |
Six incarnations of Bob Dylan: an actor, a folk singer, an electrified troubadour, Rimbaud, Billy the Kid, and Woody Guthrie. Put Dylan's music behind their adventures, soliloquies, interviews, marriage, and infidelity. Recreate 1960s documentaries in black and white. Put each at a crossroads, the a β¦rtist becoming someone else. Jack, the son of Ramblin' Jack Elliott, finds Jesus; handsome Robbie falls in love then abandons Claire. Woody, a lad escaped from foster care, hobos the U.S. singing; Billy awakes in a valley threatened by a six-lane highway; Rimbaud talks. Jude, booed at Newport when he goes electric, fences with reporters, pundits, and fans. He won't be classified. (Read More)
Themes: | celebrity |
Locations: | taxiairplanerestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | musician |
Story: | talking to the camerafast motion scenemanhattan new york citycameravoice over narrationtelephone callbased on true storyphotographcigarette smokingbare chested male |
A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his letters and cryptic messages. We follow the investigators and reporters in this lightly fictionalized account of the true 1970's case as they search for the murderer, becoming obsessed with the case. Based on Robert Graysmith's boo β¦k, the movie's focus is the lives and careers of the detectives and newspaper people. (Read More)
Themes: | obsessionmurderdeath |
Locations: | taxiairplanerestaurant |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | housekeeperwhat happened to epiloguecamerashot to deathtelephone callbased on true storypistolphotographcigarette smoking |
This film charts the rise and fall of Yuri Orlov, from his early days in the early 1980s in Little Odessa, selling guns to mobsters in his local neighbourhood, through to his ascension through the decade of excess and indulgence into the early 90s, where he forms a business partnership with an Afric β¦an warlord and his psychotic son. The film also charts his relationship through the years with his younger brother, his marriage to a famous model, his relentless pursuit by a determined federal agent and his inner demons that sway between his drive for success and the immorality of what he does. (Read More)
Themes: | murder |
Locations: | hotelrestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | prostitute |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | talking to the camerapsychoticshot in the backshot to deathvoice over narrationbased on true story |
Quadripeligic ex-cop Lincoln Rhyme was looking forward to his assisted suicide when he got the news: some sicko was abducting people in a taxi and leaving them to die in particularly sadistic ways. With time counting down between each abduction and possible death, Rhyme recruits rather-unwilling Ame β¦lia Donaghy, haunted by her cop father's suicide and thinking she's next, into working the crime scenes to track down the killer. (Read More)
Themes: | murderdeath |
Locations: | taxinew york city |
Story: | bookstoreshot in the backmanhattan new york citycamerashot to deathpistolphotographbare chested male |
Two friends in their early 20s (Hill and Teller) living in Miami Beach during the Iraq War exploit a little-known government initiative that allows small businesses to bid on U.S. Military contracts. Starting small, they begin raking in big money and are living the high life. But the pair gets in ov β¦er their heads when they land a 300 million dollar deal to arm the Afghan Military - a deal that puts them in business with some very shady people, not the least of which turns out to be the U.S. Government. Based on true events. (Read More)
Themes: | anger |
Locations: | taxiairplanehotelrestaurant |
Characters: | prostitute |
Story: | what happened to epiloguecameravoice over narrationtelephone callbased on true storypistolphotographcigarette smokingbare chested male |
A love story and murder mystery based on the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history. The original screenplay uses newly discovered facts, court records and speculation as the foundation for a story of family, obsession, love and loss.
Themes: | obsessionmurderdeath |
Locations: | taxirestaurantnew york city |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | what happened to epiloguemanhattan new york citycameratelephone callbased on true storyphotographcigarette smokingbare chested male |
In 1974, a hot-headed 19 year old named Michael Peterson decided he wanted to make a name for himself and so, with a homemade sawn-off shotgun and a head full of dreams he attempted to rob a post office. Swiftly apprehended and originally sentenced to 7 years in jail, Peterson has subsequently been β¦behind bars for 34 years, 30 of which have been spent in solitary confinement. During that time, Michael Petersen, the boy, faded away and 'Charles Bronson,' his superstar alter ego, took center stage. Inside the mind of Bronson - a scathing indictment of celebrity culture. (Read More)
Themes: | celebrityangermurderdeath |
Locations: | restaurant |
Story: | talking to the cameravoice over narrationtelephone callbased on true storyphotographcigarette smokingbare chested male |
Three-times MVP baseball player Bobby Rayburn joins the San Francisco Giants, and obsessive fan, whose profession is selling hunting knives, Gil Renard is excited over that. But Rayburn plays the worst season of his career and Renard tries to do everything to help him, but goes too far.
Themes: | celebrityobsessionangermurderdeath |
Story: | memorialautographcamerashot to deathphotograph |
William Friedkin's gritty police drama portrays two tough New York City cops trying to intercept a huge heroin shipment coming from France. An interesting contrast is established between 'Popeye' Doyle, a short-tempered alcoholic bigot who is nevertheless a hard-working and dedicated police officer, β¦ and his nemesis Alain Charnier, a suave and urbane gentleman who is nevertheless a criminal and one of the largest drug suppliers of pure heroin to North America. During the surveillance and eventual bust, Friedkin provides one of the most gripping and memorable car chase sequences ever filmed. (Read More)
Themes: | angermurder |
Locations: | airplanehotelrestaurantnew york city |
Story: | what happened to epilogueshot in the backmanhattan new york citybased on true storypistolcigarette smoking |
Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jim's life centers around the basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his β¦ mind. A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach ("Swifty") who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, teenage sexual angst, and an unhealthy appetite for heroin -- all of these begin to encroach on young Jim's dream of becoming a basketball star. Soon, the dark streets of New York become a refuge from his mother's mounting concern for her son. He can't go home and his only escape from the reality of the streets is heroin for which he steals, robs and prostitutes himself. Only with the help of Reggie, an older neighborhood friend with whom Jim "picked up a game" now and then, is he able to begin the long journey back to sanity. (Read More)
Themes: | angerdeathmurder |
Locations: | hotelrestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | prostitute |
Story: | talking to the camerawhat happened to epilogueshot in the backmanhattan new york cityvoice over narrationtelephone callbased on true storyphotographcigarette smoking |
Eleven vignettes, all homages to New York City life, are presented. I. Ben, a pickpocket, is attracted to Molly on first sight, and gets into an interesting "pissing match" with Molly's married lover, NYU professor Garry. II. Mansuhkhbai, an orthodox Jain diamond wholesaler, and Rifka, an orthodox J β¦ewish diamond retailer who is getting married tomorrow, learn that they have more in common than just diamonds. III. David, a musician and music editor for a video being directed by Abarra, is having problems meeting Abarra's demands while he slowly falls for Abarra's assistant, Camille, who he's never met but has only talked to on the telephone solely about work. IV. A young man believes he's made a powerful connection to a stranger, a young woman, in the simple act of lighting her cigarette, and proceeds to convince her of the same and as such that there is a future for them from that point on, and not at some unspecified time down the road. V. A high school senior, who has been dumped by his girlfriend just before senior prom, is given a gift by his local pharmacist, Mr. Riccoli, the senior not understanding the full implication of the gift until the full process of prom night is over. VI. Each on their way to their first official date together after what started out solely as a one night stand, Gus and Lydia each contemplate not keeping the date. VII. Isabelle, a retired opera diva, has returned to a hotel where she's stayed many times and where she has strong memories of encouβ¦ (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Locations: | taxihotelrestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | musicianprostitute |
Story: | central park manhattan new york cityfast motion scenemanhattan new york citycameravoice over narrationtelephone callphotographcigarette smokingbare chested male |
On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne reports that his wife, Amy, has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark β¦question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife? (Read More)
Themes: | obsessionangerdeathmurder |
Locations: | hotelnew york city |
Story: | vigilbookstoremanhattan new york citycameravoice over narrationtelephone callphotographcigarette smoking |
Famed writer 'Truman Capote' (qv), southern born and bred but now part of the New York City social circle, is growing weary of his current assignment of writing autobiographical type pieces for the New Yorker. After reading a newspaper article about the just occurred November 14, 1959 cold blooded m β¦urders of the Clutter family in their rural Kansas home, Truman feels compelled to write about that event as his next article. So he and his personal assistant Nelle 'Harper Lee (I)' (qv), also a southern born New Yorker and an aspiring writer of her own, head to Kansas to research the story first-hand. Truman hopes to use his celebrity status to gain access to whomever he needs, such as to Laura Kinney, a friend of the Clutter daughter she who discovered the bodies, and to Alvin Dewey, the lead police investigator and also a Clutter family friend. If his celebrity doesn't work, Truman will grease the wheels by whatever means necessary. When the police eventually charge suspects, two young men named Dick Hickcock and Perry Smith, Truman uses those same tactics to gain access to them. Truman's fascination with the story makes him believe that he can revolutionize writing by expanding the germ of the article into what he calls a non-fiction novel. His personal involvement also changes as he grows emotionally attached to Perry, the seemingly sensitive and thus probable submissive in the criminal pairing, thus Truman becoming part of the story itself. Article or non-fiction novel, Trumβ¦ (Read More)
Themes: | celebritydeathmurder |
Locations: | taxiairplanehotelrestaurantnew york city |
Story: | eccentricwhat happened to epiloguecamerashot to deathtelephone callphotographcigarette smoking |
A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...
Themes: | murderdeath |
Locations: | airplanehotelnew york city |
Story: | talking to the cameramental hospitalshot in the backmanhattan new york cityshot to deathvoice over narrationpistolcigarette smoking |
A day in the life of the employees of Empire Records. Except this is a day where everything comes to a head for a number of them facing personal crises - can they pull through together? And more importantly, can they keep their record store independent and not swallowed up by corporate greed?
Themes: | celebrityanger |
Story: | talking to the camerarecord storeautographpistolbare chested male |
Libya, 2012. At an unofficial CIA base in Benghazi a group of ex-military contractors are providing security. In the aftermath of Gaddafi's downfall a power vacuum exists and the climate is volatile. Military weapons are freely available. The US Ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, makes a visit to t β¦he area, staying in a compound near the CIA base. On the night of 11 September, 2012, the Ambassador's compound is attacked by hordes of heavily armed locals. The only forces willing and able to defend it are six CIA contractors. (Read More)
Themes: | angermurderdeath |
Locations: | airplanerestaurant |
Story: | reverse footagewhat happened to epilogueshot in the backcamerashot to deathdigit in titlebased on true storypistolphotographbare chested malenumber in title |
William Miller is a 15-year-old kid hired by Rolling Stone magazine to tour with and write about Stillwater, an up and coming rock band. This wonderfully witty coming-of-age film follows William as he falls face first to confront life, love, and lingo.
Themes: | anger |
Locations: | airplanehotelnew york city |
Characters: | musician |
Story: | groupieeccentriccameratelephone callbased on true storyphotographcigarette smokingbare chested male |
2 Jours - 2 Days follows two days in the relationship of a New York based couple - a French photographer Marion and American interior designer Jack - as they attempt to re-infuse their relationship with romance by taking a vacation in Europe. Their trip to Venice didn't really work out, - they both β¦came down with gastroenteritis. They have higher hopes for Paris. But the combination of Marion's overbearing non-English-speaking parents, flirtatious ex-boyfriends, and Jack's obsession with photographing every famous Parisian tombstone and conviction that French condoms are too small, only adds fuel to the fire. Will they be able to salvage their relationship? Will they ever have sex again? Or will they merely manage to perfect the art of arguing? (Read More)
Themes: | obsessionanger |
Locations: | taxirestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | prostitute |
Story: | fast motion scenecameradigit in titlevoice over narrationphotographcigarette smokingnumber in title |
In the cold war, a lawyer, James B. Donovan is recruited by the CIA and involved in an intense negotiation mission to release and exchange a CIA U-2 spy-plane pilot, Francis G. Powers. The pilot was arrested alive after his plane was shot down by the Soviet Union during a mission and stays in the co β¦mpany of a KGB intelligence officer, Rudolf Abel, who was arrested for espionage in the US. (Read More)
Locations: | taxiairplanehotelrestaurantnew york city |
Story: | what happened to epilogueshot in the backshot to deathtelephone callbased on true storyphotographcigarette smokingbare chested male |
The gangster Nino has a gang who call themselves Cash Money Brothers. They get into the crack business and not before long they make a million dollars every week. A cop, Scotty, is after them. He tries to get into the gang by letting an ex-drug addict infiltrate the gang, but the attempt fails miser β¦ably. The only thing that remains is that Scotty himself becomes a drug pusher. (Read More)
Themes: | obsessionangerdeathmurder |
Locations: | restaurantnew york city |
Characters: | prostitute |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | shot in the backmanhattan new york citycamerashot to deathtelephone callpistolbare chested male |
Anna is a young widow who is finally getting on with her life after the death of her husband, Sean. Now engaged to be married, Anna meets a ten-year-old boy who tells her he is Sean reincarnated. Though his story is both unsettling and absurd, Anna can't get the boy out of her mind. And much to the β¦concern of her fiance, her increased contact with him leads her to question the choices she has made in her life. (Read More)
Themes: | obsessiondeath |
Locations: | taxirestaurantnew york city |
Story: | central park manhattan new york citymanhattan new york citycameratelephone callcigarette smoking |
Themes: | deathmurder |
Locations: | hotelrestaurantnew york city |
Story: | central park manhattan new york cityshot in the backmanhattan new york cityshot to deathdigit in titlepistolphotographcigarette smokingnumber in title |
Themes: | obsessionanger |
Locations: | taxihotelrestaurant |
Characters: | prostitute |
Story: | central park manhattan new york citypsychoticmanhattan new york citytelephone callcigarette smokingbare chested male |
Morbid biographical story of Sid Vicious, bassist with British punk group the Sex Pistols, and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. When the Sex Pistols break up after their fateful US tour, Vicious attempts a solo career while in the grip of heroin addiction. One morning, Nancy is found stabbed to death a β¦nd Sid is arrested for her murder. (Read More)
Themes: | murderdeath |
Locations: | taxihotelnew york city |
Characters: | musician |
Story: | groupiemanhattan new york citycameracigarette smoking |
This true story follows FBI agent Joe Pistone as he infiltrates the mafia of New York. Befriending Lefty Ruggiero, Pistone (under the name Donnie Brasco) is able to embed himself in a mafia faction led by Sonny Black. Ruggiero and Pistone become tight as the group goes about collecting money for 'th β¦e bosses'. Eventually, the group become big-time when Black himself becomes a boss; all the while, Pistone collects evidence. However, the trials and tribulations of the undercover work become more than Pistone can bear. His marriage falls apart, and to top it off, the mafia suspect a mole in the organization. The real dilemma is afforded to Pistone, who knows if he walks away from the mafia, Ruggiero will be the one punished. (Read More)
Themes: | deathmurder |
Locations: | airplanehotelrestaurantnew york city |
Story: | manhattan new york citycamerashot to deathbased on true storypistolphotographcigarette smokingbare chested male |
A documentary on the life of 'Amy Winehouse' (qv), the immensely talented yet doomed songstress. We see her from her teen years, where she already showed her singing abilities, to her finding success and then her downward spiral into alcoholism and drugs.
Themes: | celebrityobsession |
Locations: | taxihotel |
Characters: | musician |
Story: | manhattan new york citycameravoice over narrationtelephone callphotographcigarette smokingbare chested male |
In the 1960s, Richard Kuklinski is working as a porn film lab tech until his mob bosses persuade him to change his career into that of a contract killer. For years, Kuklinski gains a reputation for cold blooded professionalism even as he raises a family who are kept in the dark about his true career β¦. Unfortunately, mob politics ultimately forces him to secretly work independently with the psychopathic Robert 'Mr. Freezy' Pronge. As much as Kuklinski tries to keep his lives separate, circumstances and his own weaknesses threaten a terrible collision as the consequences of his choices finally catch up to him. (Read More)
Themes: | murderdeath |
Locations: | taxirestaurantnew york city |
Story: | what happened to epilogueshot in the backmanhattan new york cityshot to deathtelephone callbased on true storypistolphotographcigarette smokingbare chested male |
Based on a true story of James "Whitey" Bulger, an Irish Mob godfather and FBI informant who had a "secret trading" deal with his brother, William "Billy" Bulger, a state senator and a Boston public figure, and John Connolly, an FBI agent. They planned to take down the Italian mob and mafia in Bosto β¦n, which went awry and things turned massively violent. When the credence for each other began fading out, drug dealing, murders, and extortion started to rise, and forced the FBI's Boston office to confirm that Whitey Bulger was one of the most notorious criminals in US history and also one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List criminals. (Read More)
Themes: | murderdeath |
Locations: | hotelrestaurant |
Characters: | prostitute |
Story: | what happened to epilogueshot in the backshot to deathvoice over narrationbased on true storypistolphotographcigarette smoking |
A fictional film set in the alluring world of one of the most stunning scandals to rock our nation, American Hustle tells the story of brilliant con man Irving Rosenfeld ('Christian Bale' (qv)), who along with his equally cunning and seductive British partner Sydney Prosser ('Amy Adams (III)' (qv)) β¦is forced to work for a wild FBI agent Richie DiMaso ('Bradley Cooper (I)' (qv)). DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia that's as dangerous as it is enchanting. 'Jeremy Renner' (qv) is Carmine Polito, the passionate, volatile, New Jersey political operator caught between the con-artists and Feds. Irving's unpredictable wife Rosalyn ('Jennifer Lawrence (III)' (qv)) could be the one to pull the thread that brings the entire world crashing down. (Read More)
Themes: | angermurder |
Locations: | taxiairplanehotelrestaurantnew york city |
Story: | what happened to epilogueshot in the backshot to deathvoice over narrationbased on true storypistolcigarette smokingbare chested male |
On September 11, 2001, two American Airlines and two United Airlines domestic U.S. flights are hijacked by terrorists. After the collision of two planes against the World Trade Center and one against the Pentagon, the passengers and crew of United Flight 93 decide to struggle against the four terror β¦ists to take back the control of the airplane. (Read More)
Themes: | murderdeath |
Locations: | airplanehotelnew york city |
Story: | what happened to epiloguemanhattan new york citybased on true storynumber in title |
Kevin McCallister is back. But this time he's in New York City with enough cash and credit cards to turn the Big Apple into his very own playground. But Kevin won't be alone for long. The notorious Wet Bandits, Harry and Marv, still smarting from their last encounter with Kevin, are bound for New Yo β¦rk too, plotting a huge holiday heist! Kevin's ready to welcome them with more battery of booby traps the bumbling bandits will never forget! (Read More)
Locations: | taxiairplanehotelnew york city |
Story: | central park manhattan new york cityalonemanhattan new york citydigit in titletelephone callphotographnumber in title |
The story of a charismatic young Irish guitarist and a sheltered young cellist who have a chance encounter one magical night above New York's Washington Square, but are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant, August Rush, orphaned by circumstance. Now performing on the streets of New York β¦and cared for by a mysterious stranger, August uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from whom he was separated at birth. (Read More)
Locations: | taxirestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | musician |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | central park manhattan new york citymanhattan new york cityvoice over narrationtelephone callphotograph |
Susan Cooper is an unassuming, deskbound CIA analyst, and the unsung hero behind the Agency's most dangerous missions. But when her partner falls off the grid and another top agent is compromised, she volunteers to go deep undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent a glo β¦bal crisis. (Read More)
Themes: | murderdeath |
Locations: | taxiairplanehotelrestaurant |
Characters: | prostitute |
Story: | memorialshot in the backshot to deathtelephone callpistolphotographcigarette smoking |
"Gomorra" is a contemporary Neapolitan mob drama that exposes Italy's criminal underbelly by telling five stories of individuals who think they can make their own compact with Camorra, the area's Mafia.
Themes: | deathmurder |
Locations: | airplanenew york city |
Characters: | prostitute |
Story: | shot in the backmanhattan new york citycamerashot to deathbased on true storypistolcigarette smokingbare chested male |
Because of his eccentric habits and bafflingly strange films, director 'Edward D. Wood Jr. (I)' (qv) is a Hollywood outcast. Nevertheless, with the help of the formerly famous 'Bela Lugosi' (qv) and a devoted cast and crew of show-business misfits who believe in Ed's off-kilter vision, the filmmaker β¦ is able to bring his oversize dreams to cinematic life. Despite a lack of critical or commercial success, Ed and his friends manage to create an oddly endearing series of extremely low-budget films. (Read More)
Themes: | celebrity |
Locations: | taxirestaurant |
Story: | talking to the cameraeccentricwhat happened to epiloguecigarette smoking |
Porter is bad, but his neighbours are worse. Street-wise and tough, an ex-marine, he is betrayed by a one-time partner, and shot in the back by his junkie wife. He survives and returns, looking to recover his share from the robbery of an Asian crime gang. The money has passed into the hands of "the β¦Outfit", a slick gangster organisation that runs the city. He has to make his way through a world populated by heroin dealers, prostitutes, sado-masochists, gunmen and crooked cops, a place where torture is a way of life. His only friend is a former employer, a prostitute, and her loyalty is in question, given she now works for the Outfit. He makes good early progress, but then falls into the hands of Fairfax, the crime boss. (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Locations: | taxihotelrestaurant |
Characters: | prostitute |
Story: | shot in the backshot to deathvoice over narrationtelephone callpistolcigarette smokingbare chested male |
A seasoned team of bank robbers, including Gordon Jennings (Idris Elba), John Rahway (Paul Walker), A.J. (Hayden Christensen), and brothers Jake (Michael Ealy) and Jesse (Chris Brown) Attica successfully complete their latest heist and lead a life of luxury while planning their next job. When Ghost β¦(Tip T.I. Harris), a former member of their team, is released from prison he convinces the group to strike an armored car carrying $20 million. As the "takers" carefully plot their strategy and draw nearer to exacting the grand heist, a reckless police officer (Matt Dillon) inches closer to apprehending the criminals. (Read More)
Themes: | obsessionmurderdeath |
Locations: | taxiairplanehotel |
Story: | reverse footageshot in the backshot to deathpistolphotographcigarette smokingbare chested male |
Wilee is one of 1,500 bike couriers in Manhattan who rides on the edge by having a bike with no brakes. On this day, Wilee has a delivery that is so valuable that a corrupt NYC Detective, who needs the money, begins to chase Wilee throughout the city to get it before the envelope is delivered.
Themes: | murder |
Locations: | taxirestaurant |
Story: | central park manhattan new york citymanhattan new york cityshot to deathvoice over narrationpistolphotographcigarette smoking |
The story of John Lennon's childhood and teenage years from 1944 to 1960, his relationship with his aunt Mimi and his mother Julia -the two dominant women in the first part of his life-, his first meeting with Paul McCartney and George Harrison, their friendship, their love for music and the birth o β¦f The Beatles. (Read More)
Themes: | angerdeath |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | musician |
Story: | record storefast motion scenewhat happened to epiloguetelephone callbased on true storyphotographcigarette smoking |
1999, Claremont, California. Middle-class kids, in their 20s, talk trash, wave guns, hang out in a pack. Johnny Truelove, drug dealer and son of a underworld figure, threatens Jake Mazursky, an explosive head case who owes Johnny money; Jake responds by breaking into Johnny's house. On impulse, John β¦ny and a couple pals kidnap Jake's 15-year-old brother, Zach. Zach's okay with it, figuring his brother will pay the debt soon. Johnny assigns his buddy Frankie to be Zach's minder, and they develop a brotherly friendship. Zach parties with his captors as things begin to spin out of control. Group think, amorality, and fear of prison assert a hold on the pack. Is Zach in danger? (Read More)
Themes: | murderdeath |
Locations: | restaurant |
Story: | talking to the camerawhat happened to epilogueshot in the backshot to deathbased on true storypistolcigarette smokingbare chested male |