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Cheery Alex Fletcher lives comfortably in Manhattan off the residuals from his 80's pop success and reprising his hits at school reunions, theme parks, and state fairs. But those gigs are declining, so he jumps at the chance to write a song and record it with reigning teen idol Cora Corman. Trouble β¦is, he's good at melodies but needs a lyricist and has less than a week to finish. Enter Sophie Fisher, subbing for a friend who waters Alex's plants; she's a pretty good poet, quick witted, and could do it, if she'd agree. But there's some sort of shadow over her head that Alex may not be able to charm his way past. And what if they do get a song written, what then? (Read More)
Subgenre: | music video |
Themes: | falling in lovebreak uplove |
Mood: | night |
Locations: | apartmenthelicopterrestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | aunt nephew relationshipaunt niece relationshipsister sister relationshipmusiciansingerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | taking a selfiepop concertfictional bandpop bandplaying a pianogrand pianopiano playingfemale singermaking music videomusic recordingmiddle age romancebumping headreference to cole porterwater bedrolling stone magazine β¦mashed potatoeswatering a planthelipadpotted plantmorning afterbuddha statuestory continued during end creditsnotepadwhimsicalrecording sessionmusic storehas beenlyricistwashed up starwaterbedfictional tv showsongwritingdeadlinetaxi ridewine drinkingselfiekeyboardimplied sexmusic industrydoormanopposites attractpenprice of fameacoustic guitarchick flickwalkingcdex boyfrienddinner partyenglishman abroadposterrecording studiofamily dinnersongwriterbackstagefanpop starrehearsalred dressstreethuggingstagemanagerscene during end creditsauthortoiletconcertbandcleavagepianowritten by directorsongcell phonetelephone callthree word titlesingingbare chested male (See All) |
An unnamed guy is a Dublin guitarist/singer/songwriter who makes a living by fixing vacuum cleaners in his Dad's Hoover repair shop by day, and singing and playing for money on the Dublin streets by night. An unnamed girl is a Czech who plays piano when she gets a chance, and does odd jobs by day an β¦d takes care of her Mom and her daughter by night. Guy meets girl and they get to know each other as the girl helps the guy put together a demo disc that he can take to London in hope of landing a music contract. During the same several day period, the guy and the girl work through their past loves, and reveal their budding love for one another, through their songs. (Read More)
Themes: | love |
Mood: | night |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | musiciansingermother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | recording sessionmusic storecdrecording studiosongwriterstreetbandpianosongtelephone callsinging |
Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad can't help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean, a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician β¦. (Read More)
Characters: | musiciansingermother son relationship |
Story: | washed up starsongwritingcdsongwriterbackstagetoiletconcertbandpianosongtelephone callsingingbare chested male |
Sexy, romantic comedy about a girl in her early 20s named Violet Sanford going to NYC to pursue a dream of becoming a songwriter. Violet gets a "day" job as a bar maid at a nightclub called Coyote Ugly. Coyote Ugly is the city's newest hot spot where the employees are a team of sexy, resourceful wom β¦en that provoke the clientele and press with their mischief. (Read More)
Mood: | night |
Locations: | apartmentnew york city |
Characters: | musiciansingerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | implied sexmusic industryacoustic guitarsongwritercleavagepianosingingbare chested male |
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 β¦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: | love |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | musiciansingermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | female singerrecording studiosongwriterrehearsalstreetstagemanagerconcertpianosongsingingbare chested male |
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: | love |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | musiciansingerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | songwritingbackstagemanagerscene during end creditsconcertbandpianosongcell phonetelephone callsingingbare chested male |
Climb aboard the double decker Spice Bus and get ready for a madcap musical adventure with the sexy phenomenons of pop - the Spice Girls. An encounter with extra-terrestrials, a night in a haunted castle, and a moment of truth in a maternity ward are just a few of the escapades the endeavored upon a β¦s the Girls gear up for their first live concert at London's Royal Albert Hall. (Read More)
Mood: | night |
Characters: | singer |
Story: | pop concertpop bandfemale singerpop starrehearsalmanagerscene during end creditstoiletconcertsongtelephone callsinging |
In 1982 legendary British heavy metal band Spinal Tap attempt an American comeback tour accompanied by a fan who is also a film-maker. The resulting documentary, interspersed with powerful performances of Tap's pivotal music and profound lyrics, candidly follows a rock group heading towards crisis, β¦culminating in the infamous affair of the eighteen-inch-high Stonehenge stage prop. (Read More)
Mood: | night |
Story: | fictional bandpiano playingrecording studiofanstagescene during end creditsbandpianotelephone callsingingbare 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.
Characters: | musiciansingerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | female singerrecording sessionlyricistcdrecording studiosongwriterbackstagepop starbandsongcell phonetelephone callsingingbare chested male |
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: | love |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | musiciansingerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | fictional bandpiano playingrolling stone magazinemusic industrystageconcertbandcleavagesongtelephone callsingingbare chested male |
Gretta (Keira Knightley) and her long-time boyfriend Dave (Adam Levine) are college sweethearts and songwriting partners who decamp for New York when he lands a deal with a major label. But the trappings of his new-found fame soon tempt Dave to stray, and a reeling, lovelorn Gretta is left on her ow β¦n. Her world takes a turn for the better when Dan (Mark Ruffalo), a disgraced record-label exec, stumbles upon her performing on an East Village stage and is immediately captivated by her raw talent. From this chance encounter emerges an enchanting portrait of a mutually transformative collaboration, set to the soundtrack of a summer in New York City. (Read More)
Themes: | break up |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | musiciansingerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | female singermusic recordingrecording sessionsongwritingsongwriterstagesongcell phonesinging |
The Beatles--the world's most famous rock and roll band--travel from their home town of Liverpool to London to perform in a television broadcast. Along the way they must rescue Paul's unconventional grandfather from various misadventures and drummer Ringo goes missing just before the crucial concert β¦. (Read More)
Mood: | night |
Locations: | helicopter |
Characters: | musician |
Story: | price of fameacoustic guitarsongwriterbackstagerehearsalmanagerconcertbandpiano |
Detroit, the early 1960s. Curtis Taylor, Jr., a car salesman, breaks into the music business with big dreams. He signs a trio of young women, the Dreamettes, gets them a job backing an R&B performer, James "Thunder" Early, establishes his own record label and starts wheeling and dealing. When Early β¦flames out, Curtis makes the Dreamettes into headliners as the Dreams, but not before demoting their hefty big-voiced lead singer, Effie White, and putting the softer-voiced looker, Deena Jones, in front. Soon after, he fires Effie, sends her into a life of proud poverty, and takes Deena and the Dreams to the top. How long can Curtis stay there, and will Effie ever get her due? (Read More)
Themes: | love |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | aunt nephew relationshipsister sister relationshipmusiciansingerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationship |
Story: | price of famerecording studiosongwriterbackstagerehearsalconcertbandpianosongtelephone callsinging |
Brian Wilson is the creative soul of the Beach Boys, but he paid a heavy price for his talent. That especially shows during his peak artistic years in the 1960s, as his inner demons and obsessions trying to please his abusive father drive him to a mental breakdown that would plague him for years. In β¦ the 1980s, with Brian barely functional under the domination of the unscrupulous Dr. Landy, Brian meets and falls in love with Melinda Ledbetter. As their relationship grows, she observes Brian's crippling subservience to the abusive psychotherapist with growing alarm. Ultimately, she must take action with a love willing to stand up to oppression she cannot ignore. (Read More)
Themes: | falling in lovelove |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | musiciansingerfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | pop bandrecording sessionlyricistsongwritingrecording studiosongwriterbackstagescene during end creditsconcertpianosongtelephone callthree word titlesingingbare chested male |
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: | love |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | aunt nephew relationshipsister sister relationshipmusiciansingerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | music storedoormanrecording studiosongwriterbackstagebandpianosongtelephone callsinging |
Aspiring actress serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and jazz musician Sebastian scrapes by playing cocktail-party gigs in dingy bars. But as success mounts, they are faced with decisions that fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain β¦in each other threaten to rip them apart. (Read More)
Themes: | love |
Characters: | aunt niece relationshipmusiciansingerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationship |
Story: | keyboardrecording studiobackstagerehearsalconcertbandpianosongcell phonetelephone callthree word titlesinging |
This is the beginning of the eighties and everybody is moving to the beat of Pop music, as the brand-new concept of the music video appears on television for the first time. However, in Dublin, Conor, a teenager with a sensitive heart, is trying to deal with a tense family relationship, reconnect wi β¦th his older brother while dealing with the hostile environment in his new public school. And then one day, he sees her. Tall, with long chestnut hair, a buttery complexion and big, dark eyes; an enigmatically beautiful girl standing in front of his school's gate, indolently observing people passing by. But who is she and how could a boy ever get noticed by such a distant girl? That's easy. He would form a band. Surprisingly, with every lyric Conor writes, the gap narrows and with every song he plays, her heart fills with affection. In the end, before a sea of opportunities lying ahead of them, what will the future hold for a brave love like this? (Read More)
Subgenre: | music video |
Themes: | falling in lovelove |
Characters: | singerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | lyricistsongwritingacoustic guitarsongwriterstreetconcertbandpianosongsinging |
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: | love |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | musiciansingerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | songwritingkeyboardsongwritertoiletpianosongtelephone callthree word titlesinging |
Streetwise mobster-turned-movie producer Chili Palmer is back, but this time Chili has abandoned the fickle movie industry and veered into the music business, tangling with Russian mobsters and gangsta rappers and taking a talented, feisty young singer named Linda Moon under his wing. From the recor β¦ding studio to an Aerosmith concert to the MTV Music Awards, he manipulates events to watch them play out the Chili way, using his signature blend of wiseguy skills and negotiation tactics. It's a dangerous business, and everyone's looking for their next big hit. (Read More)
Characters: | singerfather daughter relationship |
Story: | piano playingfemale singermusic industryrecording studioscene during end creditsconcertbandsinging |
Subgenre: | music video |
Themes: | love |
Characters: | musiciansingerfather daughter relationship |
Story: | songwritingacoustic guitarpop starscene during end creditsconcertbandcell phonesinging |
Down and out rock star Dewey Finn gets fired from his band, and he faces a mountain of debts and depression. He takes a job as a 4th grade substitute teacher at an uptight private school where his attitude and hijinx have a powerful effect on his students. He also meets Zack, a 10-year-old guitar pr β¦odigy, who could help Dewey win a "battle of the bands" competition, which would solve his financial problems and put him back in the spotlight. (Read More)
Characters: | musiciansinger |
Story: | keyboardposterrehearsalscene during end creditstoiletbandpianosongtelephone callsinging |
Chris Cole was born to rock. His longtime girlfriend Emily believes his talent could take him all the way - but Chris worships at the altar of Bobby Beers, the fiery frontman for heavy metal legends Steel Dragon. By day, Chris still lives at home with his parents and spends his days repairing copy m β¦achines. But when Chris takes the stage, fronting Pennsylvania's premiere Steel Dragon tribute band, all of that disappears. Chris Cole is Bobby Beers - mesmerizing audiences with his perfect imitation of Beers' electrifying vocals. The night his bandmates boot him out of the group, Chris is devastated - until an unexpected phone call changes his life forever: He, Chris Cole, has been tapped to replace Bobby Beers as the lead singer of Steel Dragon. In an instant, Chris rockets to the dizzying heights of sudden stardom, rising from devotee to icon, from rock fan to rock god - the wanna-be who got to be. So what happens when an average guy gets everything he wants - and discovers it's not enough? (Read More)
Mood: | night |
Characters: | singerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | fictional bandimplied sexacoustic guitarrecording studiofanstagebandcleavagetelephone callbare chested male |
In 1975, San Fernando Valley teen Joan Larkin reinvents herself as Joan Jett, a guitarist who wants to form an all-girl punk band. She pitches the idea to a sleazy manager, Kim Fowley, who pairs her with a drummer and then searches for a face: he finds Cherie Currie, at age 15, the perfect jailbait β¦image for his purpose; by luck, she can sing. Two others round out the band, The Runaways. Fowley books a tour, signs them to Mercury Records, and packs them off to crowds in Japan. Seeds of conflict sprout early: Fowley puts Cherie front and center in the publicity, she's soon strung out on drugs and vodka, and jealousies arise. Without adult supervision, where can Joan and Cherie end up? (Read More)
Themes: | break up |
Characters: | sister sister relationshipmusiciansingerfather daughter relationship |
Story: | music industryrecording studiostagemanagerconcertbandsongtelephone callsinging |
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 β¦ 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)
Themes: | love |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | musicianfather son relationship |
Story: | recording sessionmusic storebandpianotelephone call |
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 β¦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)
Mood: | night |
Locations: | restaurantnew york city |
Characters: | aunt niece relationshipsister sister relationshipboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | story continued during end creditsscene during end creditsauthorcell phonetelephone call |
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: | falling in lovebreak up |
Locations: | restaurantnew york city |
Characters: | singerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | family dinnerpianosongcell phonetelephone callsinging |
Across The Universe is a fictional love story set in the 1960s amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, the struggle for free speech and civil rights, mind exploration and rock and roll. At once gritty, whimsical and highly theatrical, the story moves from high schools and universities in Massa β¦chusetts, Princeton and Ohio to the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Detroit riots, Vietnam and the dockyards of Liverpool. A combination of live action and animation, the film is paired with many songs by 'The Beatles' (qv) that defined the time. (Read More)
Themes: | falling in lovelove |
Locations: | helicopternew york city |
Characters: | sister sister relationshipsingerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | whimsicalacoustic guitarpostersongwriterfanconcertbandsongtelephone callthree word titlesingingbare 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: | break uplove |
Locations: | restaurantnew york city |
Characters: | musiciansingerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationship |
Story: | lyricistprice of famesongwriterconcertbandpianosongtelephone callthree word titlesingingbare chested male |
A pop singer has been receiving threatening notes, and her manager hires a bodyguard known for his good work. The bodyguard ruffles the singer's feathers and most of her entourage by tightening security more than they feel is necessary. The bodyguard is haunted by the fact that he was on Reagan's se β¦cret service staff but wasn't there to prevent the attack by Hinckley. Eventually the bodyguard and the singer start an affair, and she begins to believe his precautions are necessary when the stalker strikes close to home. (Read More)
Subgenre: | music video |
Themes: | falling in love |
Locations: | helicopterrestaurant |
Characters: | sister sister relationshipmusiciansingermother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | price of famestreetmanagerconcertsongsinging |
Recounts a fable of a pop rock band formed a year after the Beatles took America by storm in early 1964. Jazz aficionado Guy Patterson, unhappily toiling in the family appliance store, is recruited into the band the Oneders (later renamed the Wonders) after regular drummer Chad breaks his arm. After β¦ Guy injects a four/four rock beat into lead singer Jimmy's ballad, the song's undeniable pop power flings the Wonders into a brief whirlwind of success, telling the tale of many American bands who attempted to grab the brass ring of rock and roll in the wake of the British Invasion. (Read More)
Characters: | singerboyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | fictional bandmusic industryrecording studiomanagerconcertbandsong |
Six New Yorkers juggle love, friendship, and the keenly challenging specter of adulthood. Sam Wexler is a struggling writer who's having a particularly bad day. When a young boy gets separated from his family on the subway, Sam makes the questionable decision to bring the child back to his apartment β¦ and thus begins a rewarding, yet complicated, friendship. Sam's life revolves around his friends-Annie, whose self-image keeps her from commitment; Charlie and Mary Catherine, a couple whose possible move to Los Angeles tests their relationship; and Mississippi, a cabaret singer who catches Sam's eye. (Read More)
Themes: | break uplove |
Locations: | apartmentrestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | singerboyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | ex boyfriendauthorcell phonetelephone call |
In the early 1970s, Sixto Rodriguez was a Detroit folksinger who had a short-lived recording career with only two well received but non-selling albums. Unknown to Rodriguez, his musical story continued in South Africa where he became a pop music icon and inspiration for generations. Long rumored the β¦re to be dead by suicide, a few fans in the 1990s decided to seek out the truth of their hero's fate. What follows is a bizarrely heartening story in which they found far more in their quest than they ever hoped, while a Detroit construction laborer discovered that his lost artistic dreams came true after all. (Read More)
Characters: | musiciansingerfather daughter relationship |
Story: | music storemusic industrycdsongwriterrehearsalconcertbandsongtelephone callsingingbare chested male |
Oliver Stone's homage to 1960s rock group The Doors also doubles as a biography of the group's late singer, the "Electric Poet" Jim Morrison. The movie follows Morrison from his days as a film student in Los Angeles to his death in Paris, France at age 27 in 1971. The movie features a tour-de-force β¦performance by Val Kilmer, who not only looks like Jim Morrison's long-lost twin brother, but also sounds so much like him that he did much of his own singing. It has been written that even the surviving Doors had trouble distinguishing Kilmer's vocals from Morrison's originals. (Read More)
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | musiciansingerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | recording sessionmusic industryrecording studiosongwriterbackstagerehearsalstagemanagerconcertsinging |
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)
Locations: | restaurantnew york city |
Characters: | aunt niece relationshipsister sister relationshipsingermother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | doormanconcertpianosongcell phonetelephone callsinging |
We like Florence: she's considerate, sweet, pretty, and terrific with kids and dogs. She's twenty-five, personal assistant to an L.A. family that's off on vacation. Her boss's brother comes in from New York City, fresh from a stay at an asylum, to take care of the house. He's Roger, a forty-year-old β¦ carpenter, gone from L.A. for fifteen years. He arrives, doesn't drive, and needs Florence's help, especially with the family's dog. He's also connecting with former band-mates - two men and one woman with whom he has a history. He over-analyzes, has a short fuse, and doesn't laugh at himself easily. As he navigates past and present, he's his own saboteur. And what of Florence? is Roger one more responsibility for her or something else? (Read More)
Locations: | restaurantnew york city |
Characters: | aunt niece relationshipsister sister relationshipmusiciansingermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | cdsongwriterbandsongcell phonetelephone callsingingbare chested male |
Erika Kohut is a pianist, teaching music. Schubert and Schumann are her forte, but she's not quite at concert level. She's approaching middle age, living with her mother who is domineering then submissive; Erika is a victim then combative. With her students she is severe. She visits a sex shop to wa β¦tch DVDs; she walks a drive-in theater to stare at couples having sex. Walter is a self-assured student with some musical talent; he auditions for her class and is forthright in his attraction to her. She responds coldly then demands he let her lead. Next she changes the game with a letter, inviting him into her fantasies. How will he respond; how does sex have power over our other faculties? (Read More)
Themes: | love |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | aunt nephew relationshipmusiciansinger |
Story: | rehearsaltoiletconcertcleavagepianosinging |
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?
Story: | music storecdpop starstreetscene during end creditsbandcleavagesongsingingbare chested male |
Ally is a woman who has many ex-boyfriends who turned out to be losers. Now she believes that she can't find a good guy. But when she runs into one of her exes who is now a 'Prince Charming', she decides to look up all of her exes to see if any of them have changed for the better. When she has troub β¦le locating them, she asks her neighbor Colin, who sleeps with a different women every night and sneaks out the morning after to avoid talking to them, to help her. (Read More)
Mood: | night |
Characters: | sister sister relationship |
Story: | taking a selfiemorning afterwine drinkingex boyfriendcleavagetelephone callthree word title |
After an extremely regrettable one night stand, two strangers wake up to find themselves snowed in after sleeping through a blizzard that put all of Manhattan on ice. They're now trapped together in a tiny apartment, forced to get to know each other way more than any one night stand should.
Themes: | break up |
Mood: | night |
Locations: | apartment |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | morning aftertoiletcell phonethree word titlebare chested male |
Peter is a composer and a likable sad sack who's devastated when his girlfriend of five years, Sarah Marshall, the star of a cheesy CSI-style crime show, dumps him. He weeps, he rails, he mopes. Finally, his step-brother Brian suggests Hawaii, so Peter heads for a resort on Oahu where, as he's check β¦ing in, he sees Sarah and her new beau, Aldous, a polymorphously perverse English rocker. The weeping and moping start again, until Peter is rescued by Rachel, a thoughtful hotel clerk who invites him to a luau and to hang out. Although he constantly runs into Sarah and Aldous, Peter starts to come alive again. Will Sarah realize what she's lost, and what about Rachel? (Read More)
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | musiciansingerboyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | recording sessionrecording studioscene during end creditsbandcleavagepianosongcell phonetelephone callsingingbare chested male |
Against the backdrop of aged has-been rock star Billy Mack's Christmas themed comeback cover of "Love Is All Around" which he knows is crap and makes no bones about it much to his manager Joe's chagrin as he promotes the record, several interrelated stories about romantic love and the obstacles to h β¦appiness through love for Londoners are presented in the five weeks preceding Christmas. Daniel's wife has just passed away, leaving him to take care of his adolescent stepson Sam by himself. Daniel is uncertain how to deal with Sam and his problems without his wife present, especially in light of a potential budding romance within their household. Juliet and Peter have just gotten married. They believe that Peter's best friend and best man Mark hates Juliet but won't say so to his or her face. Others looking at the situation from the outside believe Mark is jealous of Juliet as he is in love with Peter himself. Jamie, a writer, is taking a writing retreat by himself in rural France following catching his latest girlfriend in an indiscretion. Jamie ends up spending much time in France with Aurelia, the Portuguese woman hired as the housekeeper. The question becomes not only if they can communicate their day-to-day needs with each other as she speaks no English, he speaks no Portuguese, and neither speaks French well, but communicate what seems to be their increasing mutual attraction to each other. Sarah has been in love with her co-worker Karl for the two years they have worked toβ¦ (Read More)
Subgenre: | music video |
Themes: | love |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | aunt niece relationshipmusiciansingerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | englishman abroadrecording studiored dressmanagerscene during end creditsbandcleavagecell phonetelephone callbare chested male |
When 'Walt Disney' (qv)'s daughters begged him to make a movie of their favorite book, 'P.L. Travers' (qv)' _Mary Poppins (1964)_ (qv), he made them a promise - one that he didn't realize would take 20 years to keep. In his quest to obtain the rights, Walt comes up against a curmudgeonly, uncompromi β¦sing writer who has absolutely no intention of letting her beloved magical nanny get mauled by the Hollywood machine. But, as the books stop selling and money grows short, Travers reluctantly agrees to go to Los Angeles to hear Disney's plans for the adaptation. For those two short weeks in 1961, Walt Disney pulls out all the stops. Armed with imaginative storyboards and chirpy songs from the talented Sherman brothers, Walt launches an all-out onslaught on P.L. Travers, but the prickly author doesn't budge. He soon begins to watch helplessly as Travers becomes increasingly immovable and the rights begin to move further away from his grasp. It is only when he reaches into his own childhood that Walt discovers the truth about the ghosts that haunt her, and together they set Mary Poppins free to ultimately make one of the most endearing films in cinematic history. (Read More)
Characters: | musiciansingermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | songwritingsongwriterfanrehearsalstageauthorpianosongthree word titlesinging |
A woman misses the 1:30 train from New York to Boston and a street musician spends the night trying to help her make it back home before her husband does. Throughout the night they learn a lot about one another and eventually find a romance.
Mood: | night |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | musician |
Story: | streetcleavagecell phonetelephone callthree word titlesinging |
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 β¦ Dynamos. In the meantime, Donna has invited her backup singers, Rosie and Tanya. (Read More)
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | musiciansingermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | middle age romancescene during end creditstoiletbandpianosongsinging |
A 34 year old single woman, Nancy, hung-over again, exhausted by the endless fruitless set ups by her friends, traveling up to London to toast another 10 years of her parent's successful happy magical marriage runs in with a 40 year old divorcee, Jack, who mistakes her for his 24 year old blind date β¦. Nancy, deciding to go with it, happens to hop on the most chaotic yet hilarious journey of her life which neither of them will ever forget. There is drinking, truths, an old stalker class mate with a long standing crush, lost divorce papers, lost hopes, competitive indoor sports and yeah Jack finding out the truth that Nancy isn't his blind date. 'Man Up' a romantic comedy about taking chances, finding about being yourself, making decisions and rolling with the consequences. (Read More)
Themes: | falling in love |
Mood: | night |
Characters: | sister sister relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | walkingstreethuggingtoiletsongcell phonetelephone callsinging |
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 β¦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)
Themes: | break up |
Locations: | apartment |
Characters: | musiciansingerboyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | music storemusic industrybackstagebandcleavagesongcell phonesingingbare chested male |
While growing up in the Great Depression era, Johnny Cash takes an interest in music and eventually moves out of his Arkansas town to join the air force in Germany. While there, he buys his first guitar and writes his own music, and proposes to Vivian. When they got married, they settled in Tennesse β¦e and with a daughter, he supported the family by being a salesman. He discovers a man who can pursue his dreams and ends up getting a record with the boys. Shortly after that, he was on a short tour, promoting his songs, and meets the already famous and beautiful June Carter. Then as they get on the long-term tours with June, the boys, and Jerry Lee Lewis, they have this unspoken relationship that grows. But when June leaves the tour because of his behavior, he was a drug addict. His marriage was also falling apart, and when he sees June years later at an awards show, he forces June to tour with them again, promising June to support her two kids and herself. While the tour goes on, the relationship between June and John grow more,and his marriage to his first wife ends. June finds out about the drugs, and help him overcome it. True love and care helped John eventually stop the drug usage, and finally proposes to her in front of an audience at a show. (Read More)
Themes: | break uplove |
Characters: | musiciansingerfather son relationship |
Story: | music storeimplied sexopposites attractsongwriterbackstageconcerttelephone callthree word title |
Funny, musical and occasionally dramatic, this is the story of tumultuous rise and fall of a Dublin Soul band, The Commitments. Managed by Jimmy Rabbitte, an unemployed wheeler and dealer with a vision to create "The Worlds Hardest Working Band".
Characters: | singer |
Story: | fictional bandprice of famesongwriterconcertbandsongsinging |
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: | love |
Locations: | restaurantnew york city |
Characters: | aunt niece relationshipsister sister relationshipboyfriend girlfriend relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
Story: | music industryopposites attractwritten by directorcell phonetelephone callthree word title |
It's been three weeks, two days, and 23 hours since Tris broke up with Nick. And now here she is at his gig, with a new guy. How could she have moved on so fast? This begins the night of Nick, Norah and Manhattan. The night of stripping nuns, hotel ice rooms, Russian food, psychotic ex-boyfriends an β¦d lovingly trashy ex-girlfriends. It's the night of Julio and Salvatore. The night of holding hands and writing songs and singing in the rain. It's a night they'll never forget. (Read More)
Themes: | break up |
Mood: | night |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | recording studiotoiletbandcell phonesinging |