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In Russia, Boris Grushenko is in love with his pseudo-intellectual cousin Sonja, who loves him since he too is a pseudo-intellectual, but she is not in love with him. Instead she is in love with his brother Ivan. But as Ivan doesn't seem to return her affections, she is determined to marry someone - … anyone - except Boris. If that person isn't the perfect husband, then she has to find a suitable lover in addition. Boris' pursuit of Sonja has to take a back seat in his life when he, a pacifist and coward, is forced to join the Russian Army to battle Napoleon's forces which have just invaded Austria. Despite Sonja not being in the picture while he's away at war, Boris' thoughts do not stray totally from women. Although they take these two divergent paths in their lives, those paths cross once again as they, together, both try to find the perfect spouse and lover, and try to assassinate Napoleon. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | slapstick comedyconspiracyindependent film |
| Themes: | philosophyunrequited loveexecutiondepressionextramarital affairdrunkennessghostmarriagesuicidedeath |
| Mood: | breaking the fourth wallparodyspoof |
| Locations: | russiarestaurant |
| Characters: | russian orthodoxrussian jew |
| Period: | 1810s19th century |
| Story: | st. petersburg russialoveless marriagemarriage proposalrussian stereotypeaccidental heronapoleon bonapartevillage idiotreference to dostoyevskymilitary lifereference to socratesrussian womannapoleonic warsstruck by lightningpacifismsenility …cowardicegrim reaperfiring squadconventionboy with glassesdoppelgangerloss of husbandatticanti semitismcannonimpersonationassassination attemptpoemflirtingheart attackpremarital sexcheerleaderdirected by starsuicide attempthangingwritten and directed by cast memberangelduelman with glassesarmyoperaarrestface slapvoice over narrationthree word title (See All) |
Harry Block is a well-regarded novelist whose tendency to thinly-veil his own experiences in his work, as well as his un-apologetic attitude and his proclivity for pills and whores, has left him with three ex-wives that hate him. As he is about to be honored for his writing by the college that expel …led him, he faces writer's block and the impending marriage of his latest flame to a writer friend. As scenes from his stories and novels pass and interact with him, Harry faces the people whose lives he has affected - wives, lovers, his son, his sister. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | depressionmarriage |
| Story: | grim reaperheart attackdirected by starwritten and directed by cast memberman with glassesarrestvoice over narration |
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamental …ists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to Vienna to study for a better life. However, this change proves an equally difficult trial with the young woman finding herself in a different culture loaded with abrasive characters and profound disappointments that deeply trouble her. Even when she returns home, Marji finds that both she and homeland have changed too much and the young woman and her loving family must decide where she truly belongs. (Read More)
| Themes: | philosophyexecutiondepressionmarriagedeath |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Story: | cowardicefiring squadcannonheart attackpremarital sexsuicide attempthangingarmyarrestvoice over narration |
Larry and Carol are fairly normal New Yorkers who have sent their son off to college. They meet an elderly couple down the hall and later in the week find that the wife has suddenly died. Carol becomes suspicious of Paul who seems to be too cheerful and too ready to move on. She begins her investiga …tion. Larry insists she is becoming too fixated on their neighbor as all of the irregularities seem to have simple non-homicidal explanations. Ted, a recently divorced friend helps her investigation and Larry begins to become jealous of their relationship and agrees to help her. (Read More)
| Themes: | drunkennessmarriagedeath |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Story: | heart attackflirtingdirected by starwritten and directed by cast memberman with glassesoperathree word title |
Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. They are put to the test, however, when they encounter a real magical curse in a haunted forest with real magical beings, requir …ing genuine courage. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
| Themes: | drunkennessghostdeath |
| Period: | 1810s19th century |
| Story: | grim reapercannonman with glassesarmyarrestthree word title |
Alvy Singer, a forty year old twice divorced, neurotic, intellectual Jewish New York stand-up comic, reflects on the demise of his latest relationship, to Annie Hall, an insecure, flighty, Midwestern WASP aspiring nightclub singer. Unlike his previous relationships, Alvy believed he may have worked …out all the issues in his life through fifteen years of therapy to make this relationship with Annie last, among those issues being not wanting to date any woman that would want to date him, and thus subconsciously pushing those women away. Alvy not only reviews the many ups and many downs of their relationship, but also reviews the many facets of his makeup that led to him starting to date Annie. Those facets include growing up next to Coney Island in Brooklyn, being attracted to the opposite sex for as long as he can remember, and enduring years of Jewish guilt with his constantly arguing parents. (Read More)
| Themes: | marriage |
| Mood: | breaking the fourth wall |
| Story: | marriage proposalanti semitismflirtingpremarital sexdirected by starwritten and directed by cast memberman with glassesvoice over narration |
The Marx Brothers take on high society. Two lovers who are both in opera are prevented from being together by the man's lack of acceptance as an operatic tenor. Pulling several typical Marx Brothers' stunts, they arrange for the normal tenor to be absent so that the young lover can get his chance.
| Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
| Themes: | unrequited love |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Story: | man with glassesoperaarrest |
The fantastic tale of an 18th century aristocrat, his talented henchmen and a little girl in their efforts to save a town from defeat by the Turks. Being swallowed by a giant sea-monster, a trip to the moon, a dance with Venus and an escape from the Grim Reaper are only some of the improbable advent …ures. (Read More)
| Themes: | executionsuicidedeath |
| Story: | marriage proposalstruck by lightninggrim reapercannonangeloperaarrest |
During the Russian Revolution, Yuri Zhivago, is a young doctor who has been raised by his aunt and uncle following his father's suicide. Yuri falls in love with beautiful Lara Guishar, who has been having an affair with her mother's lover, Victor Komarovsky, an unscrupulous businessman. Yuri, howeve …r, ends up marrying his cousin, Tonya. But when he and Lara meet again years later, the spark of love reignites. (Read More)
| Themes: | extramarital affairmarriagesuicidedeath |
| Locations: | russiarestaurant |
| Period: | 19th century |
| Story: | heart attackpremarital sexface slap |
The futility and irony of the war in the trenches in WWI is shown as a unit commander in the French army must deal with the mutiny of his men and a glory-seeking general after part of his force falls back under fire in an impossible attack.
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | executiondrunkenness |
| Story: | cowardicefiring squadarmyface slapthree word title |
Miles, a nebbishy clarinet player who also runs a health food store in NYC's Greenwich Village, is cryogenically frozen, and brought back - 200 years in the future, by anti-government radicals in order to assist them in their attempt to overthrow the oppressive government. When he goes off on his ow …n, he begins to explore this brave new world, which has Orgasmatron booths to replace sex and confessional robots. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
| Themes: | death |
| Story: | impersonationpoemdirected by starwritten and directed by cast memberman with glassesarrest |
The needy Gigi Haim is a young woman seeking her prince charming somewhere amongst her unsuccessful dates. After dating estate agent Conor Barry, Gigi anxiously expects to receive a phone call from him. However Conor never calls her. Gigi decides to go to the bar where he frequents to see him, but s …he meets his friend Alex who works there. They become friends and Alex helps Gigi to interpret the subtle signs given out by her dates. (Read More)
| Themes: | unrequited loveextramarital affairmarriage |
| Mood: | breaking the fourth wall |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Story: | marriage proposalheart attackvoice over narration |
Three grown prodigies, all with a unique genius of some kind, and their mother are staying at the family household. Their father, Royal had left them long ago, and comes back to make things right with his family.
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | depressionextramarital affairmarriagedeath |
| Story: | boy with glassesheart attackman with glassesvoice over narrationthree word title |
King Roland of the planet Druidia is trying to marry his daughter Princess Vespa to Prince Valium, but Vespa is kidnapped by the evil race of the Spaceballs. The Spaceballs ask Roland a tremendous ransom: all the air of Druidia (you see, the air of Spaceball had serious pollution problems...). The K …ing decides to offer a generous amount of money to a space rogue, Lone Starr, to persuade him to save Vespa. What follows is the parody of a _LOT_ of famous SF movies. (Read More)
| Themes: | marriage |
| Mood: | breaking the fourth wallparodyspoof |
| Story: | written and directed by cast memberduelman with glasses |
Neil Jordan's depiction of the controversial life and death of 'Michael Collins (XIV)' (qv), the "Lion of Ireland", who led the IRA against the UK and helped found the Irish Free State in 1922.
| Themes: | drunkennessdeath |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Story: | firing squadcannonhangingarrestface slap |
In prison awaiting execution the next morning Louis, the 10th Duke of Chalfont, sets down on paper the events that led him to his current situation. His mother has been banished from her family, the D'Ascoynes, after she married Louis' father who was considered far beneath her. After her death, the …D'Ascoynes refused permission for her to be buried in the family crypt. Louis then plots his revenge - and kills all those ahead of him in the succession until he becomes the Duke. Along the way, he becomes involved with the married Sibelia who, when spurned, makes sure he ends up in prison. The day before his execution Sibelia recants her testimony saving him not only from the gallows but also sets him free. Once outside the prison however, he realizes he's forgotten one little thing........ (Read More)
| Themes: | executionextramarital affairdrunkennessmarriagesuicidedeath |
| Story: | marriage proposalpoemheart attackhangingarrest |
1945, in World War II Germany, the tough Sergeant Don 'Wardaddy' Collier commands a tank and survives a German attack with his veteran crew composed of Boyd 'Bible' Swan, Trini 'Gordo' Garcia and Grady 'Coon-Ass' Travis. He receives a rookie soldier Norman Ellison as the substitute for his deceased …gunner and he tries to harden the youth along the way. (Read More)
| Themes: | executiondrunkennesssuicidedeath |
| Story: | military lifecannonpremarital sexarmyface slap |
On January 23, 2002, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is to fly from Karachi to Dubai with his pregnant wife, Mariane, also a reporter. On the day before, with great care, he has arranged an interview in a cafe with an Islamic fundamentalist cleric. When Danny doesn't return, Mariane initia …tes a search. Pakistani police, American embassy personnel, and the FBI examine witnesses, phone records, e-mails, and hard drives. Who has him? Where is he? There's also the why: because of U.S. abuse of prisoners at Guantanamo, because of a history of Journal cooperation with the CIA, because Pearl is a Jew? Through it all, Mariane is clearheaded, direct, and determined. (Read More)
| Themes: | executionmarriagedeath |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Story: | loss of husbandanti semitismman with glassesarrestface slapvoice over narration |
Why are we here, what's it all about? The Monty Python-team is trying to sort out the most important question on Earth: what is the meaning of life? They do so by exploring the various stages of life, starting with birth. A doctor seems more interested in his equipment than in delivering the baby or … caring for the mother, a Roman Catholic couple have quite a lot of children because 'every sperm is sacred'. In the growing and learning part of life, catholic schoolboys attend a rather strange church service and ditto sex education lesson. Onto war, where an officer's plan to attack is thwarted by his underlings wanting to celebrate his birthday and an officer's leg is bitten off by presumably an African tiger. At middle age a couple orders 'philosophy' at a restaurant, after which the film continues with live organ transplants. The autumn years are played in a restaurant, which, after being treated to the song 'Isn't It Awfully Nice to Have a Penis?' by an entertainer, sees the arrival of an extremely fat man. He can eat a lot, but also throw up quite copiously. The Grim Reaper brings for the final stage of human life, death, a visit to a mansion, where the people are rather interested in him. But life doesn't stop at death. It's onto heaven, where it's always Christmas. (Read More)
| Themes: | philosophydeath |
| Mood: | breaking the fourth wall |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Period: | 19th century |
| Story: | grim reaperanti semitismwritten and directed by cast member |
Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Beginning with Emma's marriage, Aurora shows how difficult and loving she can be. The movie covers several years of their lives as each finds different reasons to go on living and find joy. Aurora's interludes with Garrett Bree …dlove, retired astronaut and next door neighbor are quite striking. In the end, different people show their love in very different ways. (Read More)
| Themes: | extramarital affairdrunkennessmarriagedeath |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Story: | flirtingpremarital sexface slap |
In the Eighteenth Century, in a small village in Ireland, Redmond Barry is a young farm boy in love with his cousin Nora Brady. When Nora gets engaged to the British Captain John Quin, Barry challenges him to a duel of pistols. He wins and escapes to Dublin but is robbed on the road. Without an alte …rnative, Barry joins the British Army to fight in the Seven Years War. He deserts and is forced to join the Prussian Army where he saves the life of his captain and becomes his protege and spy of the Irish gambler Chevalier de Balibari. He helps Chevalier and becomes his associate until he decides to marry the wealthy Lady Lyndon. They move to England and Barry, in his obsession of nobility, dissipates her fortune and makes a dangerous and revengeful enemy. (Read More)
| Themes: | extramarital affairdrunkenness |
| Story: | cowardiceimpersonationduelarrestface slapvoice over narration |
Officer Collins has been spearheading one of the US Army's most secretive experiments to date: the Human Hibernation Project. If successful, the project would store its subjects indefinitely until they are needed most. Their first test subject - Joe Bauers - was not chosen for his superiority. Inste …ad, he's chosen because he's the most average guy in the armed services. But scandal erupts after the experiment takes place, the base is closed, and the president disavows any knowledge of the project. Unfortunately Joe doesn't wake up in a year, he wakes up in 500 years! But during that time human evolution has taken a dramatic down turn. After waking up, Joe takes a prison-assigned IQ test and finds that he's the smartest guy alive! Awaiting a full presidential pardon if he can solve one of the country's biggest problems - the dwindling plant population, Joe races against time to solve this problem. But in doing so he alienates half the country in the process! Can he make things right and escape a rather bizarre execution? (Read More)
| Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
| Themes: | executiondrunkenness |
| Story: | heart attackpremarital sexarmyarrestface slapvoice over narration |
A re-run of many of the gags from the original TV series 'Police Squad'. An Airplane type spoof, this time with the an incompetent lieutenant (Drebin) who always 'gets his man'. Visual gags come thick and fast, and it's impossible to catch them all with one viewing. The plot.. Queen Elizabeth II of …England is coming to town, and Vincent Ludwig has plans to assassinate her using a brainwashed baseball player. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | slapstick comedyindependent film |
| Mood: | breaking the fourth wallparodyspoof |
| Story: | assassination attemptvoice over narration |
Seven segments related to one another only in that they all purport to be based on sections of the book by David Reuben. The segments range from "Do Aphrodisiacs Work?" in which a court jester gives an aphrodisiac to the Queen and is, in the end, beheaded to "What Happens During Ejaculation?" in whi …ch we watch 'control central' during a successful seduction. (Read More)
| Themes: | marriage |
| Mood: | breaking the fourth wallparody |
| Story: | premarital sexdirected by starwritten and directed by cast memberman with glasses |
Walter Goodfellow, the vicar for the small English country parish of Little Wallop, has allowed his marriage to Gloria go stale, and he is so detached from his family that he has not taken notice that his 17-year-old daughter Holly is going through a succession of relationships with unsuitable boyfr …iends, and his son Petey fears going to school owing to being bullied. Out of desperation for affection, Gloria begins to fall for the advances of Lance, an American golf pro who is giving her "private" lessons. The problems upsetting the family start to fade away after Grace Hawkins, the new housekeeper, arrives and starts tending to matters as an older, and rather darkly mysterious version of Mary Poppins. (Read More)
| Themes: | extramarital affairmarriagedeath |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Story: | conventionheart attackflirtingman with glassesarrest |
Ash is transported with his car to 1,300 A.D., where he is captured by Lord Arthur and turned slave with Duke Henry the Red and a couple of his men. When Ash is thrown into a pit, he defeats two monsters and wins respect of Arthur's army and vassals. The Wiseman points Ash as The Chosen One that wil …l retrieve the Necronomicon but Ash is only interested in returning home. When he learns that the only way to return to his time is using the Necronomicon, Ash decides to travel to the unholy land of the Deadites. The Wiseman advises that he must say the words "Klaatu Barada Nikto" to safely get the evil book. However, Ash forgets the last word and an army of the dead resurrects to attack Arthur fortress and recover the Necronomicon. The battle between the living and the dead is about to start and the support of Henry the Red is the only way to help Ash and Arthur to defeat the army of darkness. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
| Mood: | spoof |
| Story: | doppelgangerduelarmyface slapvoice over narrationthree word title |
In 1970s San Diego, journalism was a well respected profession and people actually cared about what they saw on TV. And the top rated anchor man in the city is Ron Burgundy. He enjoys his run at the top, and has for the last five years. And his news team is equally as good as he is. Professional joc …k and former professional baseball player Champ Kind handles the sports, the curiously dim witted Brick Tamland - who's a few channels short of a cable subscription - handles the weather, and ladies' man Brian Fantana - whose collection of fine scents would be in the Guinness Book Of Records - handles the on-field reporting. But now all that is about to change forever. The TV station Burgundy works for, Channel 4, has embraced diversity and has hired a beautiful new female anchor named Veronica Corningstone. While Ron Burgundy and the rest of the Channel 4 news team enjoys fighting with competitors, drinking, and flirting with the ladies, Veronica quietly climbs her way to the top. And Veronica's success drives Ron Burgundy crazy. So much that Veronica's meddling causes Ron to get demoted and ultimately lose his job with Channel 6. Now left with nothing, Ron must find a way to get back to the top - and that involves a story about a rare Chinese panda giving birth on US soil. Will Ron be the one to report the story on a national level? (Read More)
| Themes: | depressiondrunkenness |
| Mood: | breaking the fourth wall |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Story: | flirtingpremarital sexman with glassesface slapvoice over narration |
No sooner does Italian-American widow Loretta accept a marriage proposal from her doltish boyfriend, Johnny, then she finds herself falling for his younger brother, Ronny. She tries to resist, but Ronny lost his hand in an accident he blames on his brother, and has no scruples about aggressively pur …suing her while Johnny is out of the country. As Loretta falls deeper in love, she comes to learn that she's not the only one in her family with a secret romance. (Read More)
| Themes: | extramarital affairmarriage |
| Story: | marriage proposaloperaface slap |
The Ultimate Western Spoof. A town where everyone seems to be named Johnson is in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, Hedley Lemar ('Harvey Korman' (qv)), a politically connected nasty person, sends in his henchmen to make the town unlivable. After the sheriff is killed, the town d …emands a new sheriff from the Governor ('Mel Brooks' (qv)). Hedley convinces him to send the town the first Black sheriff ('Cleavon Little' (qv)) in the west. Bart is a sophisticated urbanite who will have some difficulty winning over the townspeople. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
| Themes: | drunkenness |
| Mood: | breaking the fourth wallspoof |
| Period: | 19th century |
| Story: | hangingwritten and directed by cast memberface slap |
Set in 1884 Sudan, this fifth film to be adapted from the A.E.W. Mason novel follows a British officer who resigns his post right before his regiment ships out to battle the rebels. Perceiving his resignation as cowardice, his friends and fiancee give him four white feathers, the symbol of cowardice …, but little do they know he's actually going undercover and plans to redeem his honor. (Read More)
| Themes: | death |
| Period: | 19th century |
| Story: | marriage proposalcowardicehangingarmy |
History is turned on its comic head when, in 10th century England, King Arthur travels the countryside to find knights who will join him at the Round Table in Camelot. Gathering up the men is a tale in itself but after a bit of a party at Camelot, many decide to leave only to be stopped by God who s …ends them on a quest: to find the Holy Grail. After a series of individual adventures, the knights are reunited but must face a wizard named Tim, killer rabbits and lessons in the use of holy hand grenades. Their quest comes to an end however when the police intervene - just what you would expect in a Monty Python movie. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | slapstick comedyindependent film |
| Mood: | breaking the fourth wallspoof |
| Story: | cowardiceheart attackwritten and directed by cast membervoice over narration |
It's a world where everyone tells the truth - and just about anything they're thinking. Mark Bellison is a screenwriter, about to be fired. He's short and chunky with a flat nose - a genetic setup that means he won't get to first base with Anna, the woman he loves. At a bank, on the spur of the mome …nt he blurts out a fib, with eye-popping results. Then, when his mother's on her deathbed, frightened of the eternal void awaiting her, Mark invents fiction. The hospital staff overhear his description of Heaven, believe every word, and tell others. Soon Mark is a prophet, his first inventive screenplay makes him rich, and he's basically a good guy. But will that be enough for Anna? (Read More)
| Themes: | philosophydepressiondrunkennessmarriagedeath |
| Mood: | breaking the fourth wall |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Story: | heart attackman with glassesvoice over narration |
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 …o work there until he can leave. (Read More)
| Themes: | unrequited loveextramarital affairghost |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Story: | conventionman with glassesarrest |
The opening title reads: "A comedy with a smile--and perhaps a tear". As she leaves the charity hospital and passes a church wedding, Edna deposits her new baby with a pleading note in a limousine and goes off to commit suicide. The limo is stolen by thieves who dump the baby by a garbage can. Charl …ie the Tramp finds the baby and makes a home for him. Five years later Edna has become an opera star but does charity work for slum youngsters in hope of finding her boy. A doctor called by Edna discovers the note with the truth about the Kid and reports it to the authorities who come to take him away from Charlie. Before he arrives at the Orphan Asylum Charlie steals him back and takes him to a flophouse. The proprietor reads of a reward for the Kid and takes him to Edna. Charlie is later awakened by a kind policeman who reunites him with the Kid at Edna's mansion. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
| Themes: | suicide |
| Story: | suicide attemptdirected by starangelopera |
Scarlett is a woman who can deal with a nation at war, Atlanta burning, the Union Army carrying off everything from her beloved Tara, the carpetbaggers who arrive after the war. Scarlett is beautiful. She has vitality. But Ashley, the man she has wanted for so long, is going to marry his placid cous …in, Melanie. Mammy warns Scarlett to behave herself at the party at Twelve Oaks. There is a new man there that day, the day the Civil War begins. Rhett Butler. Scarlett does not know he is in the room when she pleads with Ashley to choose her instead of Melanie. (Read More)
| Themes: | unrequited lovedrunkennessmarriagedeath |
| Period: | 19th century |
| Story: | marriage proposalloss of husbandcannonflirtingarrestface slap |
The country of Freedonia is in the middle of a financial crisis and on the brink of revolution. In order to gain a bail-out from the wealthy Mrs Teasdale, the government appoints Rufus T Firefly as its president. However, Mr Firefly shuns the pomp and pretentiousness of government; along with the pr …udence and rationality of it too. Meanwhile, the neighbouring country of Sylvania is plotting to overthrow Freedonia and sends Pinky and Chicolini to spy on Firefly. War seems inevitable. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
| Mood: | breaking the fourth wall |
| Story: | marriage proposalimpersonationman with glassesface slap |
The story of Brian of Nazareth, born on the same day as Jesus of Nazareth, who takes a different path in life that leads to the same conclusion. Brian joins a political resistance movement aiming to get the Romans out of Judea. Brian scores a victory of sorts when he manages to paint political sloga …ns on an entire wall in the city of Jerusalem. The movement is not very effective but somehow Brian becomes a prophet and gathers his own following. His fate is sealed however and he lives a very short life. (Read More)
| Themes: | executionsuicide |
| Mood: | parodyspoof |
| Story: | heart attackpremarital sexwritten and directed by cast member |
Jerry Falk and David Dobel, who meet at a business meeting, become fast friends. Their commonality is that they are both fledgling New York based comedy writers, largely writing material for stand-ups, are Jewish (although David is an atheist), and are each of bundle of different neuroses. Their big … difference is that Jerry is twenty-one, while David is sixty, with forty more years worth of life experience, knowledge and neuroses. While Jerry writes full time - he also working on a novel - David has kept his day job as a public school teacher just in case. In their relationship, David becomes somewhat of Jerry's mentor, providing advice on Jerry's life issues, most which revolve around the fact that Jerry is a product of inertia, he having trouble leaving anyone. That's why Jerry's still with the one and only manager he's ever had, Harvey Wexler. Jerry not only being Harvey's only client (which is a testament to his effectiveness in the job), Harvey also has a 25% take as stipulated in their contract, which he wants to extend for another seven years. That's why Jerry is still in therapy with a psychiatrist who has done him no good, and who advised Jerry to stay in therapy with him as opposed to taking a job in Los Angeles. But that not being able to leave largely applies to his love life. Jerry already has one divorce, his wife who left him. He is having problems with his current girlfriend Amanda, who he believes is the love of his life. He fell in love with her at first sig… (Read More)
| Mood: | breaking the fourth wall |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Story: | heart attackflirtingpremarital sexdirected by starwritten and directed by cast membervoice over narration |
Conquering 90% of the known world by the age of 25, Alexander the Great led his armies through 22,000 miles of sieges and conquests in just eight years. Coming out of tiny Macedonia (today part of Greece), Alexander led his armies against the mighty Persian Empire, drove west to Egypt, and finally m …ade his way east to India. This film will concentrate on those eight years of battles, as well as his relationship with his boyhood friend and battle mate, Hephaestion. Alexander died young, of illness, at 33. Alexander's conquests paved the way for the spread of Greek culture (facilitating the spread of Christianity centuries later), and removed many of the obstacles that might have prevented the expansion of the Roman Empire. In other words, the world we know today might never have been if not for Alexander's bloody, yet unifying, conquest. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | conspiracy |
| Themes: | philosophyexecutiondrunkennessmarriagedeath |
| Story: | struck by lightningassassination attemptarmyarrestface slapvoice over narration |
Hank, stranded on a deserted island and about to kill himself, notices a corpse washed up on the beach. He befriends it, naming it Manny, only to discover that his new friend can talk and has a myriad of supernatural abilities...which may help him get home.
| Themes: | drunkenness |
| Story: | cowardicesuicide attempthangingarmyface slapthree word title |
Faber College has one frat house so disreputable it will take anyone. It has a second one full of white, anglo-saxon, rich young men who are so sanctimonious no one can stand them except Dean Wormer. The dean enlists the help of the second frat to get the boys of Delta House off campus. The dean's p …lan comes into play just before the homecoming parade to end all parades for all time. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
| Themes: | extramarital affairdrunkenness |
| Mood: | breaking the fourth wallparody |
| Story: | heart attackcheerleader |
Harry Sanborn is an aged music industry exec with a fondness for younger women like Marin, his latest trophy girlfriend. Things get a little awkward when Harry suffers a heart attack at the home of Marin's mother Erica. Left in the care of Erica and his doctor, a love triangle starts to take shape.
| Themes: | drunkennessmarriagedeath |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Story: | heart attackflirtingvoice over narrationthree word title |
Another spoof from the mind of Mel Brooks. This time he's out to poke fun at the Dracula myth. Basically, he took "Bram Stoker's Dracula," gave it a new cast and a new script and made a big joke out of it. The usual, rich English are attacked by Dracula and Dr. Van Helsing is brought in to save the …day. (Read More)
| Themes: | death |
| Mood: | spoof |
| Period: | 19th century |
| Story: | written and directed by cast memberoperaface slap |
When "The Dude" Lebowski is mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, two thugs urinate on his rug to coerce him into paying a debt he knows nothing about. While attempting to gain recompense for the ruined rug from his wealthy counterpart, he accepts a one-time job with high pay-off. He enlists the help … of his bowling buddy, Walter, a gun-toting Jewish-convert with anger issues. Deception leads to more trouble, and it soon seems that everyone from porn empire tycoons to nihilists want something from The Dude. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | drunkennessdeath |
| Mood: | breaking the fourth wall |
| Story: | doppelgangerheart attackpremarital sexcheerleaderman with glassesvoice over narrationthree word title |
The five highly trained Bennett sisters in Georgian England must try to protect themselves from the growing zombie threat, find suitable husbands for themselves, battle marriage proposals and unlikely suitors, and save the country before it's too late.
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | unrequited lovedrunkennessmarriagedeath |
| Period: | 19th century |
| Story: | marriage proposalcannonvoice over narration |
A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, A …uguste Gusteau. Despite the apparent dangers of being an unlikely - and certainly unwanted - visitor in the kitchen of a fine French restaurant, Remy's passion for cooking soon sets into motion a hilarious and exciting rat race that turns the culinary world of Paris upside down. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
| Themes: | drunkennessghostdeath |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Story: | struck by lightningface slapvoice over narration |
GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL recounts the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enor …mous family fortune -- all against the back-drop of a suddenly and dramatically changing Continent. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | conspiracy |
| Themes: | marriagedeath |
| Story: | marriage proposalfiring squadpoemflirtingarmyarrestface slap |
In Manhattan, the British limousine driver Alfie is surrounded by beautiful women, most of them clients, and he lives as a Don Juan, having one night stands with all of them and without any sort of commitment. His girl-friend and single-mother Julie is quite upset with the situation and his best fri …ends are his colleague Marlon and his girl-friend Lonette. Alfie has a brief affair with Lonette, and the consequences of his act forces Alfie to reflect and wonder about his life style. (Read More)
| Themes: | extramarital affairdrunkennessmarriagedeath |
| Mood: | breaking the fourth wall |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Story: | flirtingpremarital sexvoice over narration |
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 …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: | drunkenness |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Story: | conventionimpersonationpremarital sexman with glassesarrestvoice over narration |
Friendship, love, and coming of age in New York City, summer of 1994. Luke Shapiro has just graduated from high school, sells marijuana, and trades pot for therapy from a psychologist, Dr. Jeffrey Squires. Luke is attracted to a classmate, Stephanie, who's out of his league and Squires' step-daughte …r. By July, he's hanging out with Stephanie, taking her on his rounds selling pot out of an ice-cream pushcart. Then things take a turn. In the background, Squires and his wife as well as Luke's parents are having their troubles. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | unrequited lovedepressiondrunkenness |
| Story: | premarital sexsuicide attempthangingarrestvoice over narration |
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