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All the hot gamblers are in town, and they're all depending on Nathan Detroit to set up this week's incarnation of "The Oldest Established Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York"; the only problem is, he needs $1000 to get the place. Throw in Sarah Brown, who's short on sinners at the mission she …runs; Sky Masterson, who accepts Nathan's $1000 bet that he can't get Sarah Brown to go with him to Havana; Miss Adelaide, who wants Nathan to marry her; Police Lieutenant Brannigan, who always seems to appear at the wrong time; and the music/lyrics of Frank Loesser, and you've got quite a musical. Includes the songs: Fugue for Tinhorns, "Luck Be a Lady", "Sit Down, You're Rocking the Boat". (Read More)
| Subgenre: | slapstick |
| Themes: | gamblingredemptionweddingdancedrunkenness |
| Locations: | sewerrestaurantnew york city |
| Characters: | fiance fiancee relationshipbibledancerpolicemanpolice officersingerpolice |
| Period: | 1920s |
| Story: | professional gamblerhavana cubabible quotemarching bandreference to the book of psalmsreference to the book of danielreference to the book of isaiahreference to the book of matthewdouble weddingends with a weddingdancing coupletruth taken as a lieprayer meetingbrooklyn accentdiamond earring …based on stage musicalchristian womanfake blindnesspunch uptony award sourcedeck of cardsprudecarnationciderpenicillinsalvation armythe endsinnerbuttoncheesecakecrapsrhode islandrumweightsneezeunwanted kissdoughnutsneezingdanishdrunken womanmusic storenecktieshowgirlbarber shopopposites attractdicemarriage engagementpearl necklacefeverbusiness cardpocket watchwagerdrumhorse racingblonde womangamblermob bosstripdressing roombetcubamilkwomanizerclubpsychologywhippingflowerdatereadingmissionpay phonebased on short storycoffeechilddinerbandalcoholbeerbookcatpunched in the faceface slapsongthree word titlesingingdancingcigarette smokingkissdogfight (See All) |
John has lost all his money. He sits outside a diner in the desert when Sydney happens along, buys him coffee, then takes him to Reno and shows him how to get a free room without losing much money. Under Sydney's fatherly tutelage, John becomes a successful small-time professional gambler, and all i …s well, until he falls for Clementine, a cocktail waitress and sometimes hooker. (Read More)
| Themes: | gamblingredemptionwedding |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Story: | professional gamblerwagergamblerbetcoffeedinerface slapcigarette smoking |
A woman who has an elaborate scheme to propose to her boyfriend on Leap Day, an Irish tradition which occurs every time the date February 29 rolls around, faces a major setback when bad weather threatens to derail her planned trip to Dublin. With the help of an innkeeper, however, her cross-country …odyssey just might result in her getting engaged. (Read More)
| Themes: | weddingdrunkenness |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | fiance fiancee relationshipdancersinger |
| Story: | tripdatepay phonebandbeercatpunched in the facesongsingingdancingfightkissdog |
Shaken by the death of his father and discouraged by his stalled career, writer Sal Paradise goes on a road trip hoping for inspiration. While traveling, he is befriended by charismatic and fearless Dean Moriarty and Moriarty's free-spirited and seductive young wife, Marylou. Traveling across the Am …erican southwest together, they strive to break from conformity and and search the unknown, and their decisions change the very course of their lives. (Read More)
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | policemanpolice officerpolice |
| Story: | feverpocket watchtripdineralcoholbeerbookcatsongthree word titlesingingdancingcigarette smokingkiss |
This is a story about Mike, a guy who left his girl in New York when he came to LA to be a star. It's been six months since his girlfriend left him and he's not doing so good. So, his pal and some other friends try and get him back in the social scene and forget about his 6 year relationship.
| Themes: | gamblingdrunkenness |
| Locations: | restaurantnew york city |
| Characters: | dancersinger |
| Story: | gamblerwomanizercoffeedinerbandbeersongsingingdancingcigarette smokingkiss |
Two friends, John (played by Owen Wilson) and Jeremy (Vince Vaughn), crash weddings to pick up women. One day they crash the wedding of the daughter of the Treasury Secretary, Secretary Cleary (Christopher Walken). Instead of short-term flings they end up being invited to the Clearys' island estate, … and potentially meet the loves of their lives... (Read More)
| Themes: | redemptionwedding |
| Characters: | fiance fiancee relationshipdancer |
| Story: | unwanted kissbetwomanizerreadingchildbandbeerbookpunched in the facedancingkiss |
Lorelei and Dorothy are just "Two Little Girls from Little Rock", lounge singers on a transatlantic cruise, working their way to Paris, and enjoying the company of any eligible men they might meet along the way, even though "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend." Based on the Broadway musical based on …the novel. (Read More)
| Themes: | wedding |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | dancersinger |
| Story: | based on stage musicalcheesecakeshowgirldressing roomsongsingingdancingcigarette smokingkiss |
Tracy Turnblad, a teenager with all the right moves, is obsessed with the Corny Collins Show. Every day after school, she and her best friend Penny run home to watch the show and drool over the hot Link Larkin, much to Tracy's mother Edna's dismay. After one of the stars of the show leaves, Corny Co …llins holds auditions to see who will be the next person on the Corny Collins show. With all of the help of her friend Seaweed, Tracy makes it on the show, angering the evil dance queen Amber Von Tussle and her mother Velma. Tracy then decides that it's not fair that the black kids can only dance on the Corny Collins Show once a month, and with the help of Seaweed, Link, Penny, Motormouth Maybelle, her father and Edna, she's going to integrate the show.....without denting her 'do! (Read More)
| Themes: | dance |
| Characters: | dancerpolicemanpolice officersingerpolice |
| Story: | based on stage musicaltony award sourcedoughnutmusic storedressing roomsongsingingdancingcigarette smokingkiss |
Hunky NY lawyer Jeff Daly finally got engaged to fickle Sarah Huttinger, who presents him to her Pasadena family, who all soon take to him, for her sister's wedding to Scott. But Jeff's clever counting makes Sarah realize her dad Earl isn't her biological father. Once movie clues from family indicat …e as suspect successful author Beau Burroughs, she insists on meeting him. Only like her mother and grandmother, she has a one night-stand with Beau, which may well cost her Jeff. (Read More)
| Themes: | gamblingwedding |
| Locations: | restaurantnew york city |
| Characters: | fiance fiancee relationshipdancer |
| Story: | marriage engagementdinerbeerbookdancingcigarette smokingdogkiss |
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: | gambling |
| Characters: | police |
| Story: | buttoncrapsmusic storepocket watchdrumbandpunched in the facesongsingingdancing |
Set on a colorful Greek island, the plot serves as a background for a wealth of ABBA songs. A young woman about to be married discovers that any one of three men could be her father. She invites all three to the wedding without telling her mother, Donna, who was once the lead singer of Donna and the … Dynamos. In the meantime, Donna has invited her backup singers, Rosie and Tanya. (Read More)
| Themes: | weddingdancedrunkenness |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | dancersinger |
| Story: | based on stage musicalbandbooksongsingingdancingkissdog |
This rock opera tells the story of one year in the life of a group of bohemians struggling in modern day East Village New York. The story centers around Mark and Roger, two roommates. While a former tragedy has made Roger numb to life, Mark tries to capture it through his attempts to make a film. In … the year that follows, the group deals with love, loss, AIDS, and modern day life in one truly powerful story. (Read More)
| Themes: | drunkenness |
| Locations: | restaurantnew york city |
| Characters: | dancerpolicemansingerpolice |
| Story: | based on stage musicalmarriage engagementfevermilkdatepay phonesongsingingdancingcigarette smokingkissdogfight |
Made of Honor revolves around Tom and Hannah, who have been platonic friends for 10 years. He's a serial dater, while she wants marriage but hasn't found Mr. Right. Just as Tom is starting to think that he is relationship material after all, Hannah gets engaged. When she asks Tom to be her "maid" of … honor, he reluctantly agrees just so he can attempt to stop the wedding and woo her. (Read More)
| Themes: | weddingdrunkenness |
| Locations: | restaurantnew york city |
| Characters: | dancersinger |
| Story: | marriage engagementwomanizerpunched in the faceface slapsongsingingdancingkissdog |
Robbie Hart is singing the hits of the 1980s at weddings and other celebrations. He also can keep the party going in good spirit, he knows what to say and when to say it. Julia is a waitress at the events where Robbie performs. When both of them find someone to marry and prepare for their weddings, …it becomes clear that they've chosen wrong partners. (Read More)
| Themes: | weddingdrunkenness |
| Characters: | singer |
| Story: | clubdatepunched in the faceface slapthree word titlesingingdancingcigarette smokingkiss |
After five years in prison, Tony le Stephanois meets his dearest friends Jo and the Italian Mario Ferrati and they invite Tony to steal a couple of jewels from the show-window of the famous jewelry Mappin & Webb Ltd, but he declines. Tony finds his former girlfriend Mado, who became the lover of the … gangster owner of the night-club L' Age d' Or Louis Grutter, and he humiliates her, beating on her back for being unfaithful. Then he calls Jo and Mario and proposes a burglary of the safe of the jewelry. They invite the Italian specialist in safes and elegant wolf Cesar to join their team and they plot a perfect heist. They are successful in their plan, but the Don Juan Cesar makes things go wrong when he gives a valuable ring to his mistress. (Read More)
| Themes: | gambling |
| Locations: | restaurantnew york city |
| Characters: | dancerpolicemansingerpolice |
| Story: | pearl necklacedressing roomwomanizerclubpay phonebandpunched in the faceface slapsongsingingdancingcigarette smoking |
Jenna is unhappily married, squirreling away money, and hoping to win a pie-baking contest so, with the prize money, she'll have enough cash to leave her husband Earl. She finds herself pregnant, which throws her plans awry. She bakes phenomenal pies at Joe's diner, listens to old Joe's wisdom, tole …rates her sour boss Cal, is friends with Dawn and Becky (her fellow waitresses), and finds a mutual attraction with the new doctor in town. As the pregnancy advances, life with Earl seems less tolerable, a way out less clear, and the affair with the doctor complicated by his marriage. What options does a waitress have? (Read More)
| Themes: | wedding |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | dancersinger |
| Story: | cheesecakepay phonedinerpunched in the faceface slapsongsingingdancingcigarette smokingkiss |
Single father Dan Burns dedicates his life to his children, but one day he meets Marie at a bookstore. They get to know each other, but then Dan finds out that Marie is actually dating his brother, Mitch.
| Themes: | wedding |
| Locations: | restaurantnew york city |
| Characters: | dancerpolicemanpolice officersinger |
| Story: | rhode islandbookpunched in the facesongsingingdancingkiss |
After the release of Jake Blues from prison, he and brother Elwood go to visit "The Penguin", the last of the nuns who raised them in a boarding school. They learn the Archdiocese will stop supporting the school and will sell the place to the Education Authority. The only way to keep the place open …is if the $5000 tax on the property is paid within 11 days. The Blues Brothers want to help, and decide to put their blues band back together and raise the money by staging a big gig. As they set off on their "mission from God" they seem to make more enemies along the way. Will they manage to come up with the money in time? (Read More)
| Themes: | redemption |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | police officersingerpolice |
| Story: | music storemissionpay phonedinerbandalcoholbeersongthree word titlesingingdancingcigarette smoking |
The unluckiest man in Vegas - a guy whose bad luck is contagious - is used by the last of the old time mob run casinos to kill high rollers' action. That is, until he falls in love with a cocktail waitress and gets "lady luck," which throws the situation into reverse. Things turn nasty when the casi …no director tries to break up the romance. (Read More)
| Themes: | gambling |
| Characters: | dancerpolicemansingerpolice |
| Story: | dicegamblerbandcatface slapsongsingingdancingcigarette smokingkiss |
John and Jane Smith are a normal married couple, living a normal life in a normal suburb, working normal jobs...well, if you can call secretly being assassins "normal". But neither Jane nor John knows about their spouse's secret, until they are surprised to find each other as targets! But on their q …uest to kill each other, they learn a lot more about each other than they ever did in five (or six) years of marriage. (Read More)
| Themes: | gamblingweddingdancedrunkenness |
| Locations: | restaurantnew york city |
| Characters: | dancersinger |
| Story: | dicereadingchildbeerpunched in the faceface slapsongsingingdancingkissdogfight |
In a small village in Colombia, the pregnant seventeen years old Maria supports her family with her salary working in a floriculture. She is fired and with a total lack of perspective of finding a new job, she decides to accept the offer to work as a drug mule, flying to USA with sixty-two pellets o …f cocaine in her stomach. Once in New York, things do not happen as planned. (Read More)
| Themes: | dance |
| Locations: | restaurantnew york city |
| Characters: | dancerpolicemansinger |
| Story: | feverflowerbandbeersongsingingdancing |
A romantic comedy set against the backdrop of America's nascent pro-football league in 1925. Dodge Connolly, a charming, brash football hero, is determined to guide his team from bar brawls to packed stadiums. But after the players lose their sponsor and the entire league faces certain collapse, Dod …ge convinces a college football star to join his ragtag ranks. The captain hopes his latest move will help the struggling sport finally capture the country's attention. Welcome to the team Carter Rutherford, America's favorite son. A golden-boy war hero who single-handedly forced multiple German soldiers to surrender in WWI, Carter has dashing good looks and unparalleled speed on the field. This new champ is almost too good to be true, and Lexie Littleton aims to prove that's the case. A cub journalist playing in the big leagues, Lexie is a spitfire newswoman who suspects there are holes in Carter's war story. But while she digs, the two teammates start to become serious off-field rivals for her fickle affections. As the new game of pro-football becomes less like the freewheeling sport he knew and loved, Dodge must both fight to keep his guys together and to get the girl of his dreams. Finding that love and football have a surprisingly similar playbook, however, he has one maneuver he will save just for the fourth quarter... (Read More)
| Themes: | gamblingdrunkenness |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | dancersingerpolice |
| Period: | 1920s |
| Story: | marching bandpocket watchpay phonebeerpunched in the facesongsingingdancingcigarette smokingkissfight |
Steven Russell is happily married to Debbie, and a member of the local police force when a car accident provokes a dramatic reassessment of his life. Steven becomes open about his homosexuality and decides to live life to the fullest - even if it means breaking the law. Steven's new, extravagant lif …estyle involves cons and fraud and, eventually, a stay in the State Penitentiary where he meets sensitive, soft-spoken Phillip Morris. His devotion to freeing Phillip from jail and building the perfect life together prompts Steven to attempt and often succeed at one impossible con after another. (Read More)
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | dancerpolicemanpolice officerpolice |
| Story: | bible quotemilkreadingchildbookpunched in the faceface slapsingingdancingdogkiss |
Hard-drinking journalist Paul Kemp takes a job at a besieged newspaper in San Juan, Puerto Rico. His volatile editor, Lotterman, assigns him to tourist pieces and horoscopes, but promises more. Paul rooms with Sala, an aging and equally alcoholic reporter, in a rundown flat. Sanderson, a wealthy ent …repreneur, hires Paul to flack for a group of investors who plan to buy an island near the capital and build a resort. Sanderson's girl-friend, the beguiling Chenault, bats her eyes at Paul. His loyalties face challenges when he and Sala get in trouble with locals, when a Carnival dance enrages Sanderson, and when the paper hits the skids. Is the solution always alcohol? (Read More)
| Themes: | gamblingdancedrunkenness |
| Story: | rumbetalcoholbeerthree word titledancingcigarette smokingkiss |
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 …f The Beatles. (Read More)
| Themes: | drunkenness |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | dancersinger |
| Story: | music storedressing roomreadingbandbeerbookpunched in the facesongsingingdancingcigarette smokingkiss |
Boston, 1926. The '20s are roaring. Liquor is flowing, bullets are flying, and one man sets out to make his mark on the world. Prohibition has given rise to an endless network of underground distilleries, speakeasies, gangsters, and corrupt cops. Joe Coughlin, the youngest son of a prominent Boston …police captain, has long since turned his back on his strict and proper upbringing. Now having graduated from a childhood of petty theft to a career in the pay of the city's most fearsome mobsters, Joe enjoys the spoils, thrills, and notoriety of being an outlaw. But life on the dark side carries a heavy price. In a time when ruthless men of ambition, armed with cash, illegal booze, and guns, battle for control, no one-neither family nor friend, enemy nor lover-can be trusted. Beyond money and power, even the threat of prison, one fate seems most likely for men like Joe: an early death. But until that day, he and his friends are determined to live life to the hilt. Joe embarks on a dizzying journey up the ladder of organized crime that takes him from the flash of Jazz Age Boston to the sensual shimmer of Tampa's Latin Quarter to the sizzling streets of Cuba. Live by Night is a riveting epic layered with a diverse cast of loyal friends and callous enemies, tough rumrunners and sultry femmes fatales, Bible-quoting evangelists and cruel Klansmen, all battling for survival and their piece of the American dream. At once a sweeping love story and a compelling saga of revenge, it is a spe… (Read More)
| Themes: | gamblingredemption |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | policemanpolice officerpolice |
| Period: | 1920s |
| Story: | rummob bosscubawhippingpay phonedineralcoholbeerpunched in the faceface slapthree word titledancingcigarette smoking |
Nick Wild (Jason Statham) is a Las Vegas bodyguard with lethal professional skills and a personal gambling problem. When a friend is beaten by a sadistic thug, Nick strikes back, only to find out the thug is the son of a powerful mob boss. Suddenly Nick is plunged into the criminal underworld, chase …d by enforcers and wanted by the mob. Having raised the stakes, Nick has one last play to change his fortunes...and this time, it's all or nothing. (Read More)
| Themes: | gamblingredemptiondrunkenness |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | singer |
| Story: | gamblermob bosspay phonedinerpunched in the facecigarette smokingfight |
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 …concern of her fiance, her increased contact with him leads her to question the choices she has made in her life. (Read More)
| Themes: | wedding |
| Locations: | restaurantnew york city |
| Characters: | fiance fiancee relationshippolicemansingerpolice |
| Story: | marriage engagementpay phonepunched in the facesongsingingcigarette smokingkissfight |
When two Chicago musicians, Joe and Jerry, witness the the St. Valentine's Day massacre, they want to get out of town and get away from the gangster responsible, Spats Colombo. They're desperate to get a gig out of town but the only job they know of is in an all-girl band heading to Florida. They sh …ow up at the train station as Josephine and Daphne, the replacement saxophone and bass players. They certainly enjoy being around the girls, especially Sugar Kane Kowalczyk who sings and plays the ukulele. Joe in particular sets out to woo her while Jerry/Daphne is wooed by a millionaire, Osgood Fielding III. Mayhem ensues as the two men try to keep their true identities hidden and Spats Colombo and his crew show up for a meeting with several other crime lords. (Read More)
| Themes: | gamblingdrunkenness |
| Characters: | dancerpolicemansingerpolice |
| Period: | 1920s |
| Story: | pearl necklacegamblerpay phonebandface slapsongsingingdancingkiss |
1900. Danny Boodmann, a stoker on an American passenger liner, Virginian, finds a baby abandoned on the ship. He names the child Danny Boodmann T.D. Lemon Nineteen Hundred '1900' and raises the child as his own until his death in an accident on the ship. The child never leaves the ship and turns out … to be a musical genius, especially when it comes to playing the piano. As an adult he befriends a trumpet player in the ship's band, Max Tooney. After several years on the ship Max leaves, and tells the story of 1900 to the owner of a music store. (Read More)
| Locations: | new york city |
| Period: | 1920s |
| Story: | music storewagerchildbanddancingcigarette smokingkiss |
Peter Klaven's world revolves around his real estate work and Zooey, his soon-to-be fiancee. After he pops the question, she calls her best friends and they go into wedding planning mode. Peter has no male friends and that poses problems: will he turn out to be a clingy guy, and who will be his best … man? Zooey, her friends, and Peter's brother Robbie offer help that results in awkward moments. Then, at an open house Peter's hosting, he meets Sydney, an amiable, low-key guy. They trade business cards, and Peter calls him to meet for drinks. A friendship develops that's great at first but then threatens Peter's engagement and career. Can guys be friends and couples be in love? (Read More)
| Themes: | weddingdrunkenness |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | fiance fiancee relationship |
| Story: | ends with a weddingmarriage engagementcoffeebandbeerface slapkissdogfight |
When a man selects a mail order bride, he is surprised to see the beauty who appears before him. She alleges that she sent false photos to him to assure that he would love her for what she is and not for her beauty. However, what she is is a con artist, prostitute, and actress, who teams with a fell …ow actor to steal money from men. What she does not expect is that she falls in love with her new husband and ultimately must decide between him and her sadistic former lover. Contains explicit sex including sadistic acts as Thomas Jane cuts Jolie's back with a knife as part of their lovemaking. (Read More)
| Themes: | gamblingweddingdancedrunkenness |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | bibledancer |
| Story: | havana cubaunwanted kisscubacoffeedancingfightkiss |
New York, 1959. Max Bialystock was once the king of Broadway, but now all his shows close on opening night. Things turn around when he's visited by the neurotic accountant Leo Bloom, who proposes a scheme tailor-made for producers who can only make flops: raise far more money than you need, then mak …e sure the show is despised. No one will be interested in it, so you can pocket the surplus. To this end, they produce a musical called Springtime for Hitler written by escaped Nazi Franz Liebken. Then they get the insanely flamboyant Roger De Bris to direct. Finally, they hire as a lead actress the loopy Swedish bombshell Ulla (whose last name has over 15 syllables). As opening night draws near, what can go wrong? Well, there's no accounting for taste... (Read More)
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | dancerpolicemansingerpolice |
| Story: | based on stage musicaltony award sourcepocket watchreadingbeerbookface slapsongsingingdancingkissfight |
An un-chronological look at the life of the Little Sparrow, Edith Piaf (1915-1963). Her mother is an alcoholic street singer, her father a circus performer, her paternal grandmother a madam. During childhood she lives with each of them. At 20, she's a street singer discovered by a club owner who's s …oon murdered, coached by a musician who brings her to concert halls, and then quickly famous. Constant companions are alcohol and heartache. The tragedies of her love affair with Marcel Cerdan and the death of her only child belie the words of one of her signature songs, "Non, je ne regrette rien." The back and forth nature of the narrative suggests the patterns of memory and association. (Read More)
| Themes: | drunkenness |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | police officersinger |
| Period: | 1920s |
| Story: | dressing roomclubchilddineralcoholsongsingingkiss |
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: | dancedrunkenness |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | singer |
| Story: | readingpay phonebandalcoholbeerbooksongsingingdancingcigarette smokingkiss |
Muriel finds life in Porpoise Spit, Australia dull and spends her days alone in her room listening to Abba music and dreaming of her wedding day. Slight problem, Muriel has never had a date. Then she steals some money to go on a tropical vacation, meets a wacky friend, changes her name to Mariel, an …d turns her world upside down. (Read More)
| Themes: | gamblingwedding |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | dancerpolicemanpolice |
| Story: | marriage engagementdatebeersingingdancingcigarette smokingfightkiss |
In Johannesburg, a small time criminal, Tsotsi, is a teenager without feelings, hardened by his tough life. After a series of violent gang hits, Tsotsi hijacks a car. However, whilst driving, Tsotsi finds that there is a baby on the back seat. He brings the baby to his house in the slum. The next si …x days bring about a change in him that couldn't be foreseen. (Read More)
| Themes: | gamblingredemptiondrunkenness |
| Locations: | sewer |
| Characters: | dancerpolicemanpolice |
| Story: | dicebeerpunched in the facedancingcigarette smokingfightdog |
Scott Pilgrim plays in a band which aspires to success. He dates Knives Chau, a high-school girl five years younger, and he hasn't recovered from being dumped by his former girlfriend, now a success with her own band. When Scott falls for Ramona Flowers, he has trouble breaking up with Knives and tr …ies to romance Ramona. As if juggling two women wasn't enough, Ramona comes with baggage: seven ex-lovers, with each of whom Scott must do battle to the death in order to win Ramona. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | slapstick |
| Themes: | drunkenness |
| Characters: | singerpolice |
| Story: | music storewhippingcoffeebandbookpunched in the faceface slapsongsingingkissfight |
Despondent over his breakup with Desiree, Zia slashes his wrists and goes to an afterlife peopled by suicides, a high-desert landscape dotted by old tires, burned-out cars, and abandoned sofas. He gets a job in a pizza joint. By chance, Zia learns that Desiree offed herself a few months after he did …, and she's looking for him. He sets off with Eugene (an electrocuted Russian rocker) to find her, and they pick up a hitchhiker, Mikal, who's looking for the People in Charge, believing she's there by mistake. They're soon at the camp of Kneller, where casual miracles proliferate. They hear rumors of a miraculous king. Can Zia find Desiree? Then what? Where there's death there's hope. (Read More)
| Themes: | drunkenness |
| Characters: | dancerpolicemansingerpolice |
| Story: | readingpay phonedinerbeerbookface slapsongsingingdancingcigarette smokingkissdog |
Aspiring emcee DJay works the angles to get his first record made with help from assorted people in his Memphis 'hood. And when he hears that hip-hop superstar Skinny Black is heading to his area, he throws together a supreme hustle to grab Skinny's attention.
| Themes: | drunkenness |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | dancerpolicemansingerpolice |
| Story: | punched in the faceface slapsongthree word titlesingingdancingcigarette smokingkissfightdog |
American tourist Jesse and French student Celine meet by chance on the train from Budapest to Vienna. Sensing that they are developing a connection, Jesse asks Celine to spend the day with him in Vienna, and she agrees. So they pass the time before his scheduled flight the next morning together. How … do two perfect strangers connect so intimately over the course of a single day? What is that special thing that bonds two people so strongly? As their bond turns to love, what will happen to them the next morning when Jesse flies away? (Read More)
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | dancersinger |
| Story: | drumdatereadingbeerbookcatsongsingingdancingcigarette smokingdogkiss |
Dean Pereira and Cindy Heller Pereira are a young, working class married couple - Dean currently working as a painter, and Cindy working as a nurse in a medical clinic - with a young daughter named Frankie. Despite their relatively tender ages, they are both ravaged by the life they've eked out toge …ther and by the experiences they've had leading into their marriage. Dean, a high school drop out, comes from a broken home, where he never really had a mother figure. He never saw himself getting married or having a family despite falling in love at first sight with Cindy. He doesn't have any professional ambition beyond his current work - which he enjoys since he feels he can knock off a beer at 8 o'clock in the morning without it affecting his work - although Cindy believes he has so much more potential in life. Cindy also comes from a dysfunctional family, with her own mother and father not setting an example of a harmonious married or family life. One of her previous serious relationships was with Bobby Ontario, that relationship which has a profound affect on many aspects of her marriage to Dean. Dean and Cindy head off on an overnight getaway together without Frankie, the getaway which may provide a clearer picture if their marriage can survive its many issues. (Read More)
| Themes: | weddingdrunkenness |
| Locations: | restaurantnew york city |
| Characters: | dancersinger |
| Story: | business cardreadingchildalcoholbeerbookpunched in the faceface slapsongsingingdancingcigarette smokingdogkissfight |
Marshall, Texas, described by James Farmer, Jr. as "the last city to surrender after the Civil War," is home to Wiley College, where, in 1935-36, inspired by the Harlem Renaissance and his clandestine work as a union organizer, Professor Melvin Tolson coaches the debate team to a nearly-undefeated s …eason that sees the first debate between U.S. students from white and Negro colleges and ends with an invitation to face Harvard University's national champions. The team of four, which includes a female student and a very young James Farmer, is tested in a crucible heated by Jim Crow, sexism, a lynch mob, an arrest and near riot, a love affair, jealousy, and a national radio audience. (Read More)
| Themes: | dance |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | dancersinger |
| Story: | marching bandbarber shopbandbooksongthree word titlesingingdancingdogfightkiss |
An emotionally fragile woman recently released from a mental hospital for self mutilation goes to school to gain secretarial skills to gain employment. She has an alcoholic father and a co-dependent mother who are clueless as to who she really is which a tormented soul who really wants to find somet …hing with which she can find success. She is a great secretary and finds a job with a unique, old fashioned, but off center in charge boss with a somewhat sadistic sexual proclivity. She grows and evolves and so does he. (Read More)
| Themes: | weddingdrunkenness |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | dancer |
| Story: | doughnutpearl necklacereadingbased on short storycoffeedineralcoholface slapdancingcigarette smokingkiss |
This is the story of the last few years of the notorious bank robber John Dillinger. He loved what he did and could imagine little else that would make him happier. Living openly in 1930s Chicago, he had the run of the city with little fear of reprisals from the authorities. It's there that he meets … Billie Frechette with whom he falls deeply in love. In parallel we meet Melvin Purvis, the FBI agent who would eventually track Dillinger down. The FBI was is in its early days and Director J. Edgar Hoover was keen to promote the clean cut image that so dominated the organization through his lifetime. Purvis realizes that if he is going to get Dillinger, he will have to use street tactics and imports appropriate men with police training. Dillinger is eventually betrayed by an acquaintance who tells the authorities just where to find him on a given night. (Read More)
| Themes: | dancedrunkenness |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | dancerpolicemanpolice officersingerpolice |
| Story: | pocket watchpay phonebandpunched in the faceface slapsongsingingdancingcigarette smokingkiss |
John makes a Christmas miracle happen by bringing his one and only friend to life, his teddy bear. The two grow up together and John must then choose to stay with his girlfriend or keep his friendship with his crude and extremely inappropriate teddy bear, Ted.
| Subgenre: | slapstick |
| Themes: | weddingdancedrunkenness |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | singer |
| Story: | blonde womandressing roomwhippingbeerpunched in the facekissfight |
Jim Davis is an ex-Army Ranger who finds himself slipping back into his old life of petty crime after a job offer from the LAPD evaporates. His best friend is pressured by his girlfriend Sylvia to find a job, but Jim is more interested in hanging out and making cash from small heists, while trying t …o get a law enforcement job so he can marry his Mexican girlfriend. (Read More)
| Themes: | drunkenness |
| Characters: | dancerpolicemanpolice officerpolice |
| Story: | milkreadingbeerpunched in the facedancingcigarette smokingfightkiss |
This love story has Kitty meeting young, intelligent, shy and somewhat dull Dr. Walter Fane, whose forte is the study of infectious diseases, and the convenient marriage that she finds herself committed to. It is in this web of intrigue that they head for China, only after Walter discovers Kitty's i …nfidelity with one dashing and witty diplomat Charlie Townsend. So much as to hide her from herself and to help thwart a cholera outbreak, this is a marriage more than on the rocks. This is a cold, indifferent and loveless partnership in a vast unknown and deadly environment that will test both these flightless lovebirds and with the hardships and tolerances more than any had ever anticipated. A visual delight amid the pain and suffering of a dying people and failing marriage. Will a cure be found for both, before it's too late? (Read More)
| Themes: | redemptiondrunkenness |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | dancerpolicemansingerpolice |
| Period: | 1920s |
| Story: | readingbandbooksongthree word titlesingingdancingcigarette smokingkiss |
During the reign of the Tang dynasty in China, a secret organization called "The House of the Flying Daggers" rises and opposes the government. A police officer called Leo sends officer Jin to investigate a young dancer named Mei, claiming that she has ties to the "Flying Daggers". Leo arrests Mei, …only to have Jin breaking her free in a plot to gain her trust and lead the police to the new leader of the secret organization. But things are far more complicated than they seem... (Read More)
| Themes: | drunkenness |
| Characters: | dancerpolice officersingerpolice |
| Story: | showgirldrumsongsingingdancingkissfight |
When Waring Hudsucker, head of hugely successful Hudsucker Industries, commits suicide, his board of directors, led by Sidney Mussberger, comes up with a brilliant plan to make a lot of money: appoint a moron to run the company. When the stock falls low enough, Sidney and friends can buy it up for p …ennies on the dollar, take over the company, and restore its fortunes. They choose idealistic Norville Barnes, who just started in the mail room. Norville is whacky enough to drive any company to ruin, but soon, tough reporter Amy Archer smells a rat and begins an undercover investigation of Hudsucker Industries. (Read More)
| Themes: | weddingdancedrunkenness |
| Locations: | restaurantnew york city |
| Characters: | dancersinger |
| Story: | barber shoppocket watchpunched in the faceface slapsongthree word titlesingingdancingcigarette smokingkiss |
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