flypaper is a 2011 american crime comedy film starring patrick dempsey and ashley judd , and directed by rob minkoff and written by jon lucas and scott moore .

flypaper ( 2011 film )

three additional feature films selected for 2011 sundance film festival ( binsidetv . net )
cast member patrick dempsey arrives for the premiere of the film
flypaper
during the sundance film festival in park city , utah january 28 , 2011 . ( xinhua / reuters photo )
how it entered my flickchart : flypaper > the core flypaper < sleeping beauty flypaper < an affair to remember flypaper > apollo 13 flypaper > the dresser flypaper < who framed roger rabbit flypaper < wreck - it ralph flypaper > national lampoon ' s vacation flypaper < the magnificent ambersons flypaper < the kid flypaper > the hangover final spot : # 915 out of 2280 , right above the hangover , which is really fun because apparently the writers for this are the same as they are for the hangover . so apparently their writing is similarly interesting for me here .
the film premiered at the florida film festival and the cmj music marathon and film festival in nyc .
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this film was estelle getty ' s final film before her retirement in 2001 and her death in 2008 .
the film was released to vhs and dvd on april 18 , 2000 . it was later released on a deluxe edition on may 21 , 2002 and on blu - ray disc on june 28 , 2011 .
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from the writers of the hangover , flypaper , like its more popular contemporary cousin , is an unapologetically dumb heist comedy .
producer mark damon andf wife maggie damon attend the cinema society & grey goose host a screening of ' the ledge ' at landmark sunshine cinema on june 21 , 2011 in new york city .
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this article is about the film . for the book , see stuart little . for the film series , see stuart little ( film series ) . for the television series , see stuart little : the animated series .
shooting in texas . it ' s an action based religious film . she will be going into prep on another film shooting in texas soon after she wraps
great cast in a stupid film . lower quality then a hallmark tv movie !
the sag signatory production was filmed in nyc during the summer of 2011 and was completed in january 2012 . the production worked closely with the nys governor ' s office for motion picture and television development as well as the city of new york mayor ' s office of film , theatre and broadcasting .
from left , adrian martinez , jeffrey tambor , ashley judd , pruitt taylor vince , tim blake nelson and matt ryan in
flypaper .
here it is , folks : the trailer no one’s been waiting for . after a lukewarm reception at this year’s sundance film festival , the patrick dempsey / ashley judd bank heist / comedy “ flypaper ” finally has a trailer courtesy of yahoo .
american film producer and director roger corman ( right ) with actress myrna fahey . . .
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mark damon , jean claude van damme and al munteanu during 2007 cannes film festival . . .
this film was one of the first condemned in the united states by the legion of decency .
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, the film has a score of 61 out of 100 , indicating
generally favorable
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; film critics are similarly divided , not so much about the quality of the film as their interpretations of it . described by many as about “the meaning of life” or “gender identification” or “the hollow existence of the
what she is most excited about at the moment is that the film she produced entitled
coming home
is an official selection at the montreal film festival 2010 and we wish her all the best of luck .
the language of the film is german . the indoor scenes were filmed in the schönbrunn studios in vienna .
, 66 % of critics gave the film a positive review . the site ' s consensus reads :
in the end , there ' s just a roomful of decent character actors in search of a point . for them , the titular
flypaper
may have simply been a paycheck .
the world premiere of the film took place on january 20 , 1933 in prague . in austria , the film was released on february 14 , but due to censorship problems , german cinemas did not show it until january 8 , 1935 .
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has enough twists and surprises to remain interesting in a closed - room , agatha christie kind of way . but it ' s never quite as clever or as hip as it thinks it is .
this is not the lowest grossing movie ever . the 2012 movie playback cost $ 7 . 5 million to film but only grossed $ 264 — the lowest - grossing film of 2012 . and 2006’s zyzzx road , starring katherine heigl grossed $ 30 .
the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans . it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .
my point is simple : unless we are utterly lacking in critical judgment , i doubt the critics actually watched flypaper . maybe one guy watched it , didn’t like it , told the others who all followed his leader .
for $ 500 for use in the film , unaware of its provenance . in 2009 , art historian gergely barki , while watching
flypaper is actually a good little comedy . it’s a spoof and a farce , a parody of bank heist movies plus a good deal of slapstick , technobabble , and a few good explosions . the dialogue is rather witty .
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the film is a heist - and - hostage comedy that reminds you that criminals , under pressure , are as neurotic as anyone else .
flypaper is funny . we enjoyed it . it’s up there with some of the zucker brothers nuttier comedies and a few of mel brooks’ later efforts . it’s as good as i’m gonna git you sucka ( 1988 ) and the same genre .
mark damon , jean claude van damme and al munteanu during 2007 cannes film festival - foresight party at majestic lounge pool in cannes , france .
if this all sounds as if it were trying too hard , it is . full of indie mannerisms — compulsive swearing , jokey violence , quirk - laden characters — “flypaper” can’t quite manage to find a style or a comic groove of its own .
although the ending is a little anti - climactic , you leave flypaper in a good mood . while hardly pitch perfect , it ' s not the complete swindle of your time that its straight - to - dvd nature suggests it could have been .
. they shot the whole film in 14 days on weekends only , in a mansion in whittier county ca . she ' s now discerning distribution .
, directed by oscar nominee vera famiga . this was miss famiga ' s first time out as director . she starred in the film as well .
i saw some daring , challenging films at this year’s sundance . some worked ( martha marcy may marlene ) , some didn’t ( tyrannosaur ) , but almost all of them felt like movies that should be part of an independent film festival atmosphere . flypaper was an odd flick to close out my sundance experience because the movie is so bland and forgettable , and my first year at the festival was anything but .
crew : camera ( color , hd , widescreen ) , steven poster ; editor , tom finan ; music , john swihart ; production designer , alex hammond ; art director , kevin hardison ; set decorator , dorree cooper ; costume designer , mona may ; sound ( dolby digital ) , itamar ben - jacob ; re - recording mixers , jonathan wales , richard kitting ; assistant director , john nelson ; casting , kerry barden , paul schnee . reviewed at sundance film festival ( premieres ) , jan . 28 , 2011 . running time : 84 min .
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is also an official selection for the upcoming 2012 newfilmmakers new york screening series , 2012 laugh or die comedy festival in chicago as well as the 2012 hoboken international film festival .
it ' s painfully unfunny , and the type of immediately disposable junk one wouldn ' t expect to see on cable , much less the sundance film festival .
“flypaper” shows you can find decent stuff if you take time to surf through the channels , check plot , director and cast . you don’t always strike gold but sometimes you get lucky as we did in this case . interestingly , i watched the film the night before last — in bed — without my hearing aids and went with just the closed caption . i found myself laughing out loud and then told marilyn — who was reading and not paying any attention to the tv that we needed to watch again with sound just to make sure it wasn’t my sleeping meds playing tricks on me . so , we watched again last night with sound and , voila ! ! , “flypaper” is a funny , little movie ! !
continued its run of special engagements this past weekend earning $ 25 , 800 in one theater . the only other film to reach the $ 10 , 000 mark was
the films i saw at sundance this year involved a variety of subjects ranging from hippies to shot - gun wielding hobos to cults to young love to hippies to puppetry to cults to euthanasia to hippies to roger corman to cults . i didn’t think my first year at sundance would close out with an inoffensive , innocuous movie like flypaper . a caper comedy that wants to be inside man meets clue meets ten little indians but never becomes a fraction as good as any of those movies , flypaper still manages some laughs due to its manic energy , non - stop jokes , and the brilliant tim blake nelson .
it ' s arguably one of the better scripts the hangover writers jon lucas & scott moore have pumped out , but that ' s not saying much as flypaper is essentially a raunchy inside man / clue - hybrid with flat jokes and a predictable twist , despite the best efforts of a terrific cast .
lacey has made great connections and has put those connections to good use in l . a . in january 2010 the production team she is involved with shot an independent horror film called
when heist movies go well , you get something slinky like the grifters or tricksy as house of games . when they go wrong you get ocean ' s twelve . flypaper has a tough job ahead , but it makes a quirky , stylish attempt to resurrect the genre which soderbergh and co almost successfully killed off .
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it received an academy award for best visual effects nomination , but lost to the matrix . the film , the first in the film series , spawned a sequel in 2002 , stuart little 2 , the short - lived tv show stuart little : the animated series in 2003 , and another sequel in 2005 , the direct - to - video stuart little 3 : call of the wild .
that night , he sits alone in a hotel room , while a fly tries futilely to get out through a closed window and several others are shown trapped in flypaper . downstairs , adam and eva are dancing when emil shoots himself . adam does not know of the connection between emil and eva , and she does not tell him .
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, a new indie that’s little more than a haphazard assemblage of clichés , clunky camera tricks and cringe - worthy dialogue , is just such a film . directed by rob minkoff ( best known for disney’s
people were those illegaly removed from the book of permanent sojourn after the independence of slovenia in 1992 . on july 20th the film was screened on the national televison channel slo1 in a prime time slot called
what is so difficult to understand about the hollywood system is how a no - star , zero - ambition , by - the - numbers action vehicle like this , will almost always acquire the necessary funding from somewhere . in the case of flypaper that funding has clearly been rather substantial , with absolutely no value for money being salvaged anywhere outside of the credits sequence . even more disappointingly the cast assembled for this effort deserved so much more , which when compared to movies like quick change or palookaville only magnifies the ways in which this film fails so miserably .
mark damon , gerard butler and randall emmett pose at the gerard butler cocktail reception for ' motor city ' photo call during the 65th annual cannes film festival on may 20 , 2012 in cannes , france .
what’s funnier than a gang of armed robbers ? two gangs . or so goes the thinking in “ flypaper , ” a mildly entertaining caper comedy that asks the cinematic question : what happens when competing sets of criminals — one super slick , the other backwoods bumpkins ( peanut butter and jelly , they’re called ) — rob the same bank at the same time ?
producer mark damon ( l ) and director peter berg attends the torch cannes - ' lone survivor ' breakfast during the 66th annual cannes film festival at torch cannes on may 14 , 2013 in cannes , france .
written by jon lucas and scott moore , the screenwriting team behind “ the hangover , ” and directed by rob minkoff , whose credits include “the lion king” and “stuart little , ” “flypaper” has enough twists and surprises to remain interesting in a closed - room , agatha christie kind of way . but it’s never quite as clever or as hip as it thinks it is .
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i actually liked this film when i first watched it 7 years ago . but i was 11 back then . i wish i had enjoyed it the same way lol . still made me chuckle in a few scenes . .
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american film producer and director roger corman ( right ) with actress myrna fahey ( 1933 - 1973 ) and actor mark damon ( left ) during the making of ' the fall of the house of usher ' , 1960 .
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the soundtrack album stuart little ( music from and inspired by the motion picture ) was released by motown / universal records on november 30 , 1999 , on audio cd and compact cassette . tracks in bold do not appear in the film .
flypaper only cost $ 5 , 000 , 000 to make , so they only lost $ 4 , 998 , 900 which , for a hollywood bomb , is small potatoes . the movie was universally panned , opened in just one movie house ( where ? ) on two screens , then disappeared , never to be heard from again until it popped up the other night on one of our cable movie channels .
flypaper is every bank heist movie you’ve seen with murphy’s law running rampant . absolutely everything that can go wrong does so in the most spectacular way . parts of the film remind me of wily coyote cartoons . you know something’s going to happen , but it doesn’t spoil the joke . the bomb is going to blow everyone to kingdom come . the fancy electronic computer gadgets won’t work . the money in the vault will be drachma , not dollars . you don’t care . the pacing is appropriately frantic , the actors manage to keep straight faces . the dialogue is funny and well - delivered . you have to listen because good lines are easy to miss if you aren’t paying attention .
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it’s the kind of movie that depends on being fast and funny enough for viewers to overlook big gaps in character and story logic ; unfortunately , many won’t be diverted enough to ignore them . for every good line there’s a clunker , and pic contributes to the current bad - comedy quotient of gay jokes . mostly , “flypaper” just fizzles , despite ( or partly because of ) the frequently shrill energy expended by helmer , thesps and john swihart’s incessant score .
went on to limited run in america without the hays seal , where it played in mostly independent art houses . some state censor boards such as new york approved the film but most others either only allowed it with restrictions , demanded substantial cuts , or in the case of
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one of my daughters bought this as a father’s day present last year as the plot sounded like it might be interesting and amusing . she was so wrong . the film was addictive and hilarious ! we laughed all the way through it . even now , i’m laughing at the memory of it as i type .
over the summer of 2010 he worked as a location assistant on a dutch movie called
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from academy award nominated director ben sombogaard ( he was nominated in 2003 for best foreign language film for
twin sisters
) . that was a great experience coming out of school to work on a professional movie set .
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thankfully , the film is far less smug or derivative than it could be . it ' s not quite as slick or sexy as the ocean ' s movies , but it is steeped in personality . the humour doesn ' t always work , but even when a joke falls flat , it ' s hard to dislike the affable nature of the delivery or the deliverer .
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suburbs” , the film has defied categorization by even the filmmakers . mendes is indecisive , saying the script seemed to be about something different each time he read it : “a mystery story , a kaleidoscopic journey through american suburbia , a series of love stories … it was about imprisonment … loneliness [ and ] beauty . it was funny ; it was angry , sad . ” (
flypaper ’s best moments are during the animated title sequence which has little of anything to do with what follows . after that , it goes increasingly downhill into clue and murder on the orient express territory , until the all - out appalling third act resolution . all through , dempsey’s performance ranges from overwrought to just - plain - awful , while the other actors fill roles that prove underwritten by the time their characters meet their demise . stealing the show are nelson and vince , both having played this sort of dumb - but - funny part before , but both remain so darn good at it . and by the time the movie’s keyser söze is revealed , chances are you’ve stopped caring . that is , if you ever cared in the first place .
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. over the next 6 months it will be his job to find young filmmakers , and help them develop their 1st short movies . other than that he will also help on features that the company will produce over the next year , as well as a tv show . on first official day on the job , he was
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, is joining the ensemble drama which tells the tale of an isolated young adult who must contend with his dysfunctional family the summer before he heads to college . ellen burstyn , marcia gay harden , lucy liu and stephen lang are already on board . roberto faenza is directing the pic , which adapts the novel by peter cameron and shoots next month in new york . john heyman of world prods . and elda ferri of jean viggo italia are producing . . the film she did just prior to this one was
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to be fair , it does sound like the film had its fair share of setbacks . according to dempsey in an interview with the wall street journal , there were a huge number of hurdles for the production to overcome . “we had lost our director , we got slammed into a location for the bank that we didn’t like , and we had to get rid of some department heads , ” says dempsey . “but that all comes from a lack of pre - production time . it would also have been nice to have had more time to rehearse the actors . ”
stuart little is a 1999 american live - action / cgi animated film directed by rob minkoff . it is loosely based on the novel of the same name by e . b . white . it combines live action and computer animation . the screenplay was written by m . night shyamalan and greg brooker . the plot bears little resemblance to that of the book , as only some of the characters and one or two minor plot elements are the same . the movie ' s sequel more closely resembles the original novel . this movie is minkoff ' s first live - action movie .
by the time mr . dempsey , drenched and sputtering like rain man after a few hours in a sweat lodge , discovers that the heists have been set up by a criminal mastermind named marcellus drum who wants everyone else dead and who numbers among the survivors in the bank ( “don’t you see ? the money’s like flypaper ! ” tripp exclaims , seemingly gleeful that he has uncovered the mystery of the title ) , it’s hard to work up any enthusiasm over whodunit . it doesn’t help that in lieu of real storytelling , mr . minkoff relies on a hodge - podge of flashbacks in which various characters theorize as to who the killer might be , and it doesn’t matter anyway , since none of the characters has been developed enough to make a convincing puppet master . the climactic reveal is suitably disappointing , and the final scene in which ( spoiler alert ? ) tripp and kaitlin ride off into the sunset is a big , hackneyed yawn—even with a weak twist ending thrown in for good measure .
a while ago , garry and i watched what is i am sure among the lowest grossing movies of all time . i don’t say this lightly . in its theatrical run , it grossed exactly ( according to both wikipedia and imdb ) $ 1100 , which even in our world is not a huge amount of money . no , there aren’t any zeroes missing . that’s the real number .
garry didn’t recognize it , so he recorded it on the bedroom dvr . a couple of nights ago , while i was reading in bed ( my favorite indulgence ) , i noticed the bed was shaking . he was laughing . really laughing . garry doesn’t normally lay in bed laughing . he told me that he was going to save this one because he thought i’d like it . as a rule , there are a lot of things i find funny that he doesn’t think are amusing , but never has the reverse been true . if he thinks its funny , it’s funny .
the cast features ashley judd and patrick dempsey . it’s directed by rob minkoff . the writers were the same guys who created the characters from the hangover . rob minkoff is known for co - directing the lion king . so they’ve got their bona fides in order .
my first thought , as the credits were rolling , was that it reminded me of the credits for the pink panther . and , it turns out , the movie reminded me of the pink panther too , minus inspector clouseau . the same sort of “what else could go wrong” humor . it’s not a great movie , but it is fun . i would normally not write about it , but it’s gotten a bum rap : horrible reviews and no support from the studio . showing it for one week in one movie theater on two screens , with no advertising or pr is not exactly a big opening . it deserved better .
the writeups in both imdb and wikipedia demonstrate that whoever wrote them never watched the movie . the descriptions are wildly inaccurate . shame on whoever wrote them . i guess anonymity is not always a bad thing . i wouldn’t sign my name to that drivel either . then again , i wouldn’t write about something i’d never watched . call me old - fashioned , but it bothers me .
when i read movie reviews , i frequently wonder if the reviewer watched the same movie i did . or watched any movie at all . they heap praise on movies that are boring and sometimes much worse than that . they pan movies that are creative , unique and interesting . they apparently take special pleasure in negative reviews , the more vicious the better . meanwhile , they glorify obscure movies in which no one could possibly be interested .
back in 1999 , garry and i were visiting friends in michigan . our group consisted of a lawyer , an engineer , a tv journalist , and a writer . we decided to rent the latest movie on which critics were heaping praise . it was the must - see movie of the year : american beauty .
touted as a masterpiece , there were barely enough adjectives in the english language to say how wonderful it was . it was beloved of critics and grossed more than $ 350 million , won best picture , best director , best actor ( for spacey ) , best original screenplay and best cinematography .
it stunk . it was affected , artsy , pretentious and incoherent . did i forget annoying and dull ?
in essence , no one knew what , if anything , the movie was about , but it was so “au courant” no one was would admit they didn’t get it . after the fad ended , the movie disappeared . no one shows it on cable , no one rents it . it’s out of print . because it was crap . like in the story of the emperor’s new clothing , no one wanted to be the first to point out the king was bare - ass naked .
about half an hour into the movie , our little group of well - read individualists looked at each other and briefly conferred . was anyone enjoying it ? no ? then why were we watching it ? we promptly popped the movie out of the machine and moved on with our evening . pop corn goes well with conversation , too .
it reminds me of the woody allen movie hollywood ending . in it , a formerly prestigious director is broke and desperate for a movie project . he gets an offer to direct a big movie in new york . because the offer comes from his former wife ( téa leoni ) and her current boyfriend ( treat williams ) , he is reluctant to take the assignment , even though he needs the money and something to get his career on track .
he finally agrees to do it and is immediately struck blind by some kind of psychosomatic ailment probably induced by anxiety . the production hasn’t even started yet , but he decides to fake it . it costs $ 60 million and flops . but , there is a “hollywood ending . ” the movie becomes a huge hit in france . he happily proclaims , “thank god the french exist . ” he knows the movie is awful , the worst thing he’s ever done . he had no idea what he was doing , but the french read all kinds of deep meaning into it . there will always be people to love things that don’t make sense because they figure it must be full of secret meaning . i went to school with these people . didn’t we all ?
our favorite bit of dialogue is between two of the older bank robbers complaining that they miss the good old days when all you needed was a gun and a brown paper bag . this in the midst of what could only be called the most catastrophically unsuccessful bank heist ever attempted .
the ending is predictable … or maybe not . it depends how your mind works . if you bump into it on cable or somewhere , give it a look . it’s pretty good . really . i’m not kidding . i did watch it , including the credits .
available from amazon on dvd , blu - ray , and download , most people who actually watched it liked it . i’m still trying to figure out why the critics were so negative .
the more time i spend writing about movies , the less i understand critics .
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went to amazon to check it out for possible purchase and found that the dvr - buying reviewers gave it high marks – one of them insisting that , as you say , the critics were wrong . not sure i’ll buy the dvd , but will watch for it on dish network .
and this is why i so distrust “professional” critics . i frequently wonder who is paying them to say what they say …maybe if they don’t get ther payoff , they automatically pan the movie . at this point , i would believe anything .
of course , you have stirred up curiosity and it actually doesn’t sound that bad . i have seen some so - called “high” rated movies that weren’t worth watching beyond the first 30 minutes if even that far ! rave reviews does not always mean a rave movie : > )
well , life is hard and i figure anything that makes us laugh is a good thing . it’s interesting that most “user” reviews are favorable , completely different than those of the professional reviewers .
first time i watched “three amigos” i thought it was terrible . second time – because i was trapped into watching it by my son , i think – it was hilarious , and has remained so ever sine . it’s a really funny movie . f’rinstance , the meanest , awfullest mexican bandit chief’s men give him a present for his birthday . is it a naked girl ? a new gatling gun ? nope , “it’s a sweater , ” he gushes . in the sonoran desert , in the summer . funny movie . and then , there’s always ishtar .
this is a funny movie that’s supposed to be funny and is . there are , i grant you , more than a few accidentally funny movies … some of them downright hilarious … but this is a comedy and a pretty good one . oscar level ? hey , comedies don’t win oscars anyhow . but it’s fun and if you run across it , it’s worth an hour an a half .
i am a real fan of ashley judd , ever since double jeopardy . she’s a peach ! i’m gonna check this one out .
you’ll like it . we did . it’s silly and funny . what more can you ask of a comedy ?
it sounds like the producers wanted a tax break on this one . poorly publicised , marketed , and distributed ; yup smells like a tax dodge . it’s jumped to the top of my list and i’ve re - blogged and reddit - ed this . let me know if you get any referrals from reddit . cheers mate ! ! great , great post !
there are a lot more of these lost movies than i imagined . i always had assumed they were just bad . but maybe other reasons were in play . because many worse films than this were distributed and promoted . makes you wonder who insulted who ?
we have now watched it several times and each time , it is just as funny as the first time , truly the mark of a great movie . to hear that it grossed $ 1100 is both a great addition to it’s funniness and an insult . this makes it sound like it’s a modern version of “springtime for hitler”
i still watch the movie whenever it shows up on netflix or one of the cable channels . i have never stopped laughing at the crooks complaining how in the good old days , all you needed was a paper bag and a gun .
the studio that released it decided it wasn’t worth promoting , so it died without ever being seen . they’ve done this with a surprising number of pretty good movies . i don’t understand it , but when i bump into one of these good little movies , i like to tell people about them . glad you like it !
so glad i stumbled across this movie on cable… i watched it for ashley judd , patrick dempsey and the rest of the cast…and found a very funny movie ! i also assume that this was some weird tax write - off…ps thanks for the comments on american beauty , a movie i hated and which makes it very hard to ever watch kevin spacey in anything… . ugh
um… _ american beauty _ has not disappeared . it’s certainly not out of print . new bluray copies are in stock at amazon , for example , and the customer reviewers there ( not exactly an elite set ) give it 4 / 5 stars .
i know it hasn’t disappeared . but it also didn’t turn out to be the fantastic movie everyone made it out to be at the time . sometimes , movies get wildly overblown . that was one of them .
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you know there ' s something wrong with a comedy when you ' d rather see the main characters killed off than live happily ever after .
it ' s a mess from start to finish , but there ' s still fun to be had in rob minkoff ' s caper comedy .
there reaches a point , however , at which the rather limited nature of the movie ' s premise starts to become a problem . . .
minkoff doesn ' t bring a whole lot of originality to the picture , which could use a shot of surprise considering the snoozy bank heist conventions it employs . still , what he lacks in freshness he makes up for in velocity .
the real question is : how does a movie as weak as this get made ? who read this script and said ,
i have to make this movie
? . . it ' s not funny - and that ' s the real crime .
may not be well executed , too broad for a script that obviously wants to be a very profane and twisted black comedy , but it ' s not without a silly charm .
strictly amateur hour , despite the number of recognizable names in the cast . not sure what they were trying to do , but the premise is so lame that the whole thing collapses before it gets going . i just could not get into this movie . . .
me and peanut butter are like best friends , gay dudes in a bath tub , that ' s how fucking tight we are . ok ?
you mean that ? you are not just saying that because i have a gun pointed at your dick .
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a man caught in the middle of two simultaneous robberies at the same bank desperately tries to protect the teller with whom he ' s secretly in love .
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tripp ( patrick dempsey ) walks into a bank to get some change and ends up as a hostage to two bank robber - teams , robbing the bank he is at . in an almost sherlock holmesian way he has to solve this agatha christie inspired mystery and win the girl ' s ( ashley judd ) heart . but not everything is at it seems , and there are many twists and turns in this comedy .
pruitt taylor vince ( jelly ) played father hennessy in the 2005 constantine movie and matt ryan ( gates ) played constantine in the 2014 nbc series .
the gun used to kill the very first victim is a beretta 92fs or us army m9 . it is a double - action handgun with open hammer design . judging by the trigger position , the pistol has already been cocked , but the hammer is not . moreover , we see the finger pull the trigger and the gun fire without any movement of the hammer , which is impossible in this situation .
: i mean it ' s not like i ' m an accountant or a comedy writer or something really jewy . i ' m a fucking bank robber , for christs ' s sake ! you know how many jewish bank robbers there are ?
this movie is funny comedy . congratulation rob minkoff . the story is very original , very effective scenes , actually every scene is funny on her own way , also , the scenes are short and that can be sometimes very funny . the end of the movie is unpredictable and that is the point of whole movie . for me it is excellent , end of the movie - something unpredictable , like it . from the beginning until the end of movie , there are funny talks , funny body moves , funny situations , all that with little black humor . so if you tired or bored this is excellent movie to relax and have beautiful smile on you face .
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- great 87 min .
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tripp kennedy ( dempsey ) ambles into a bank near closing time , just as two different gangs unwittingly converge to rob it . a shoot - out erupts , and tripp tackles the smart , pretty teller , kaitlin ( judd ) , to protect her . the gangs—one clearly made up of pros and the other a couple of buffoons named peanut butter ( nelson ) and jelly ( pruitt taylor vince ) —have deadlocked themselves in a mexican standoff . the bank ' s security system starts the end - of - day lockdown and seals everyone into the building . as the night evolves , a hilarious game of cat and mouse ensues as tripp and kaitlin try to save the day , escape being killed , and avoid falling in love . . . almost .
a man caught in the middle of two simultaneous robberies at the same bank desperately tries to protect the teller with whom he ' s secretly in love . coming to theatres on starring : patrick dempsey , ashley judd , jeffrey tambor , mekhi phifer , tim blake nelson
urltoken starring : patrick dempsey , ashley judd , tim blake nelson , mekhi phifer and matt ryan a man caught in the middle of two simultaneous robberies at the same bank desperately tries to protect the teller with whom he ' s secretly in love .
every once in a while a movie comes along that is so bad it makes you feel terrible for everyone involved .
you know there’s something wrong with a comedy when you’d rather see the main characters killed off than live happily ever after .
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what audiences will immediately notice is that the movie , directed by rob minkoff ( whose directorial career ranges from the lion king to the forbidden kingdom ) , never leaves the bank , and the police never have a function in the story . even though the robbers detonate plastic explosives and shoot firearms throughout the course of the movie , never is there a shot of the police forming a wall outside the building , nor is there a grizzled negotiator on the scene . to preserve the intended suspense of the emergent murder mystery , the movie remains self - contained . in a way , this is both the movie’s best and worst quality . without the police , it avoids another set of clichés and preserves the integrity of the enclosed , hostile environment . in doing so , however , it sacrifices any hope for even wishy - washy heist movie realism .


the fugitive is a 1910 american drama film directed by d. w. griffith .

john macdonagh 's script was originally on an orange/green theme , and set in ireland where unionists and nationalists were at war , rather than the american civil war theme to which it was adapted .

escaping from pursuing confederates , he looks for refuge in the house of his enemy 's family .

the fugitive ( 1910 film )

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( 1910 ) director d . w . griffith , cinematographer billy bitzer
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survival status : prints exist in the library of congress film archive [ 35mm nitrate negative , 35mm paper positive ] ; in the george eastman museum film archive ; and in the film holdings of film preservation associates [ 35mm preservation negative ] .
in may it won the silver award at the 2015 international independent film awards .
at the accolade global film competition . of equal merit is the inclusion of the documentary in the official selection of the san jose international short film festival in october 2015 . in december
the fugitive is a 1910 american drama film directed by d . w . griffith . prints of the film survive at the film archive of the library of congress and at george eastman house . the script was by john macdonagh , who would later fight in the easter rising under the command of his brother , thomas macdonagh , one of the seven signatories of the proclamation of the irish republic , who would be executed by the british along with 15 other leaders after the rising .
love among the roses ( dir . d . w . griffith , 1910 )
the fugitive
is a short civil war drama directed by d . w . griffith . this film illustrates the work of our star cinematographer billy bitzer .
dorothy west looks on as her fiance leaves for the front in
the fugitive
( 1910 ) , directed by d . w . griffith , cinematographer billy bitzer .
clara bracy and edwin august bid farewell in the union camp in
the fugitive
( 1910 ) , directed by d . w . griffith , cinematographer billy bitzer .
edward dillon enthusiastically shows his confederate uniform to kate bruce in
the fugitive
( 1910 ) , directed by d . w . griffith , cinematographer billy bitzer .
won the extremely prestigious diamond award at the 2015 california film awards . the amazing run of recognition for our documentary continued in 2016 . in february it was included in the official selection of the buffalo niagara international film festival .
! in march 2015 it won the distinction
award of merit
at the san francisco film awards .
kate bruce and dorothy west in the confederate camp rejoice at some good news from the front in
the fugitive
( 1910 ) , directed by d . w . griffith , cinematographer billy bitzer .
clara bracy and lucy cotton in the union camp also rejoice at some good news from the front in
the fugitive
( 1910 ) , directed by d . w . griffith , cinematographer billy bitzer .
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the unchanging sea ( 1910 ) - mary pickford - d . w . griffith | g . w . bitzer
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references : film credits , film viewing : barry - griffith p . 42 ; sloan - loud p . 148 ; spehr - american p . 2 ; usai - griffith - 4 p . 211 : website - afi .
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[ … ] she grows into a somewhat bouncy dorothy west ( from “the house with closed shutters” and “the fugitive” ) , who attracts the hand of the lawyer’s young cousin from england . george , having fulfilled [ … ]
biograph company production ; distributed by biograph company . / scenario by john mcdonagh . cinematography by g . w . bitzer . / © 14 november 1910 by biograph company [ j147671 ] . released 7 november 1910 . / standard 35mm spherical 1 . 33 : 1 format .
[ … ] of a union soldier ( charles west , who wore the opposite uniform in “swords and hearts” and “the fugitive” ) , rather than a confederate . the storyline roughly parallels that of the red badge of courage [ … ]
[ … ] movie sets the stage in a similar manner to the earlier d . w . griffith short , “the fugitive , ” but with the advantage of more time to develop character . two families are presented , one [ … ]
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( 1928 ) as a fugitive disguised as a boy and living among hobos . but her reputation rests on two silent german classics , gw pabst’s subtle , mature
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, a pastiche of a monochrome hollywood movie of the 20s , has created a welcome new interest in the silent cinema . it’s probably inspired by real - life lovers john gilbert , whose star waned when the talkies came , and greta garbo , who became even more successful when her first sound film proclaimed “garbo talks ! ” . she made one film in her native sweden and a second in germany before coming to hollywood . the camera loved her , and she made 10 silent films in five years , the greatest being
the stoneman family finds its friendship with the camerons affected by the civil war , both fighting in opposite armies . the development of the war in their lives plays through to lincoln ' s assassination and the birth of the ku klux klan .
as strong and powerful a western drama as ever released by this firm . there are strong dramatic crises which are developed to the utmost and are made as much of by the capable actors as possible . and there is a dash and go to the entire picture which makes it stirring at times . there is a love story connected with it which gives it a heart interest and serves to develop and maintain a human , not a wholly curious interest . details are worked out with careful attention . the acting is sympathetic and the photography helps to make it a complete and satisfactory film , certain to please an audience . - the moving picture world , april 2 , 1910
( 1921 ) . featuring a famous tango , it’s his best film . often a parody of what people think of as silent movie acting , valentino became an exotic heart - throb with gleaming eyes and flaring nostrils , in
( 1864 - 1946 ) although born in new york , the serious , leathery hart grew up travelling the late 19th - century west with his father , an itinerant miller . so when after some years on broadway he entered film , aged 49 , he brought profound personal knowledge of the old frontier to the western , giving the genre an uncommon realism and moral power . he embodied “the good - bad man” , a figure in search of redemption , and reached his peak with
five years before his controversial epic the birth of a nation , d . w . griffith directed this relatively muted melodrama of two johns fighting in the civil war ( one for the union and the other for the confederacy ) . both men say goodbye to mothers and sweethearts and make haste for overgrown battlefields . a desperate fight between the two johns results in the union boy seeking refuge with his confederate counterpart ' s mother . the relatively simple story may rely heavily on coincidence but griffith ' s early mastery of pacing and parallel editing makes the fugitive an affecting fable of sacrifice and forgiveness . - max goldberg
the cricket on the hearth
( 1909 ) director d . w . griffith
neither should you assume that , just because a movie has ratings , it is extant . there is an unfortunate number of titles with ratings and even reviews that have truly not been seen for decades , even a century for 1910 films . bob
yours is a laudable though sisyphean task , dan . for starters , i regularly see silent features and shorts at various film festivals and , when later looking them up online , see that they appear not to exist ! imdb , understandably , has massive holes everywhere and in the case of the bfi , not all of its holdings are even listed in its own database . the same pattern repeats in archives around the world .
the son of a wealthy tobacco farmer leaves the plantation to fight for the confederacy . he loves a well - heeled belle but the daughter of the
poor white class
frets over him while he ' s away .
this movie was shot on a limited number of sets in new jersey in the winter , and that may have limited the use of outdoor setups . there are some nice panoramas , i assume of the hudson river area , but the porches of the two homes appear to simply be the same set shot from the opposite angle . the editing is less taut than we saw in “the house” or than would be the case in other griffith shorts . overall , it seems that the story suffers from a rather conventional approach , and there isn’t much here to pull it out of its banality . one historical footnote is that the original story was written about the fighting in ireland , and that the writer himself died in 1916 during the rising there , fighting for the green side against the orange .
a little girl for the union shelters a confederate soldier , thereby initiating a chain of events that symbolically repairs the damages wrought by the civil war .
in the middle of the american civil war , in a peaceful valley , a foraging union soldier meets a confederate picket and shoots him . what will the confederate soldier ' s mother do when she discovers the refugee she has sheltered may have killed her child ? griffith , reviled for the racism of birth of a nation , sometimes by those familiar with the work and sometimes by those who have no idea what is in that movie , saw the civil war as a tragedy for all americans , full of complex problems for which there were no solutions . the fugitive , although not one of his best works , has been made available on dvd by kino and is well worth your viewing time .
directed by d . w . griffith produced by biograph company scenario by j . mcdonagh cinematography billy bitzer starring kate bruce , edward dillon , clara t . bracy , edwin august , dorothy west distributed by biograph company release date november 7 , 1910 running time 17 min . country united states language silent , english intertitles
thanks greta . that was quick ! as i went through imbd ' s lists of films released in 1910 i thought it was safe to skip titles with no ratings but now i see that ' s a lazy approach . can you recommend any reference materials that might be an easier way for me to compile my lists . i ' m trying to do this for every year from 1888 to the present .
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( 1895 - 1966 ) on stage from the age of three , joseph frank keaton was nicknamed buster by houdini , he was the youngest , most cinematically inventive and endearing of hollywood’s three greatest silent comics ( the others being chaplin and lloyd ) , and the only one to experience post - stardom obscurity , though , fortunately , his films were discovered and his reputation restored in the 1960s . the stone - faced buster was the determined , dedicated everyman , a sisyphus who sometimes manages to get his stone over the hill . his finest films –
trippy indie madeline ' s madeline is the movie that lakeith stanfield and boots riley from sorry to bother you want to see the most .
two johns , a confederate and an union soldier , leave their family to go to the front . after a skirmish they end up separated from their respective sides , the union soldier shoots the confederate , but he has to escape and look for refuge in the house of his enemy .
two johns , a confederate and an union soldier , leave their families to go to the front . after a skirmish they end up separated from their respective sides , the union soldier shoots the confederate , but he has to escape and look for refuge in the house of his enemy .
a man is reunited with his childhood friend and her husband , who believe he knows the truth about the death of her rich aunt years earlier .
[ … ] turns out that not just d . w . griffith was making movies about the civil war during the early teens . the kalem company produced a series of them between 1911 and 1915 , which [ … ]
minnie harding , a western maiden , is preparing for a hard washing day . sam , the negro helper , is assisting her with the wash , carrying water and filling the tub . while he is making his third trip to the well , a cowboy rides up to the cottage and asks minnie for a drink . she goes to get it and the cowboy , taking advantage of her hospitality , makes love to her . minnie repulses him and the cowboy becomes insulting . when sam returns he finds minnie struggling in the arms of the cowboy , but being a coward himself , he runs out to the road to see if other help cannot be secured . ross white , another cowboy , is cantering by when sam sees him and tells him that minnie has been insulted by a strange cowboy . white is a good friend of minnie ' s and , hurriedly dismounting , runs to the house . white orders the cowboy away and the latter , menacing white with future revenge , sneaks away . the scene changes to the front of a little western saloon and gambling house . white rides up , dismounts and enters . . . .
two johns , a confederate and an union soldier , leave their family to go to the front . after a skirmish they end up separated from their respective sides , the union soldier shoots the . . . see full summary »
no , this is not a movie about a man on the run seeking a one - armed assassin . instead , it is another of d . w . griffith ’s pre - “ birth of a nation ” explorations of the civil war . this time , we start with not one , but two tearful farewells , as a confederate ( edward dillon , also in “ what shall we do with our old ” and “ in the border states ” ) and a union soldier ( edwin august , who appears in “ the house with closed shutters ” and “ the eternal mother ” ) depart for the front in one of many examples of parallelism the movie provides . in a typical coincidence , they both get separated from their units and the yankee kills the reb , only to find himself on the run when his fallen foe’s enemies find the body . stretching that coincidence even further , now the survivor seeks shelter in his enemy’s home from his victim’s mother ( kate bruce , also seen in “ the red man’s view ” and “ the unchanging sea ” ) ! she nearly turns him in , but “thinks of another mother , awaiting her son’s return and does the decent thing . dorothy west ( who starred in last night’s “the house with closed shutters” ) is the fiancé who loses her beau , and her while exuberance worked on the battlefield , it seems out of place in a bereaved lover .
( 1895 - 1926 ) the son of a military vet , valentino drifted from italy to hollywood , working as a dancer and gigolo . after specialising in oily villains , he found overnight stardom as the argentinian hero of the first world war epic
another d . w . griffith short dealing with the civil war . good story and poignant . i ' m finding it interesting with the silent films how the use of title cards can be too spare or too frequent . it must have been difficult to determine how to tell a story visually and use the right amount of cards to relate the action / dialogue and not be annoying by using too many .
minnie harding , a western maiden , is preparing for a hard washing day . sam , the negro helper , is assisting her with the wash , carrying water and filling the tub . while he is making his . . . see full summary »
( 1883 - 1925 ) this french comedian turned to the cinema in 1905 , creating the first widely popular comic character “max” , an aristocratic , skirt - chasing boulevardier . he was much admired by chaplin , who gave him a photograph signed : “to max , the professor , from his disciple charles chaplin . ” seriously wounded in the great war , he suffered from depression and experienced failure in the us . but in the early 20s and with chaplin’s help , he made two classics in hollywood ,
( both 1929 ) , reflecting the corrupt weimar republic . her dark bobbed hair , the perfect complexion , the infinitely expressive face and graceful movement made her a much - imitated fashion icon . back in america , she became a recluse and wrote a splendid memoir
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d . w . griffith throws an exciting wrench in this otherwise conventional civil war melodrama when a proud daughter of the confederacy takes her coward brother ' s place on the battlefield .
here ' s by the faith of a child ( vitagraph ) looks like maurice costello , i haven ' t watched the whole thing . there are probably a lot in the eye collection online but i haven ' t figured out a good way to find them . greta
d . w . griffith ' s cinematic debut was already laced with dramatic irony , dynamic staging and deft parallel editing , ingeniously coaxing maximum drama out of the sight of the barrel .
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thanks . i noticed that that most of the films you posted had either norma talmadge or clara kimball in them . i ' m still impressed by how quickly you found the films missing from my list !
john macdonagh ' s script was originally on an orange / green theme , and set in ireland where unionists and nationalists were at war , rather than the american civil war theme to which it was adapted . the plot involves two soldiers , one confederate and one union , who leave their families to go to war . after a skirmish they end up separated from their own sides ; the union soldier shoots the confederate . escaping from pursuing confederates , he looks for refuge in the house of his enemy ' s family .
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a poor girl is secretly in love with a wealthy young planter . during the civil war she helps him escape capture by union soldiers . after the war , with his fortune gone , she confesses that she loves him .
the painted lady ( 1912 ) - blanche sweet - d . w . griffith | g . w . bitzer
during the civil war , a father living in a border state leaves to join the union army . after he leaves , confederate troops forage on his property , where a soldier encounters one of his . . . see full summary »
a confederate officer is called off to war . he leaves his wife and daughter in the care of george , his faithful negro servant . after the officer is killed in an exciting battle sequence , . . . see full summary »
cast : kate bruce [ the confederate mother ] , edward dillon [ john , her son and a confederate soldier ] , clara t . bracey [ the union mother ; and woman among the confederate wellwishers ] , edwin august [ john , her son and a union soldier ] , dorothy west [ the confederate son’s finacée ] , lucy cotton [ the union son’s fiancée ] , w . chrystie miller [ top - hatted old man among confederate wellwishers ] , lily cahill [ among the confederate wellwishers ] , dell henderson [ among the confederate wellwishers ; and a union soldier ] , jeanie macpherson [ among the confederate wellwishers ] , claire mcdowell [ among the confederate wellwishers ] , guy hedlund [ a union soldier ; and a confederate soldier ] , alfred paget [ a union soldier ] , charles h . west [ a union soldier ; and a confederate soldier ] , frank evans [ a confederate soldier ] , francis j . grandon [ a confederate soldier ] , j . jiquel lanoe [ a confederate soldier ] , w . c . robinson [ a confederate soldier ]
union soldiers march off to battle amid cheering crowds . after the battle turns against the union army , one soldier runs away , hiding in his girlfriend ' s house . ashamed of his cowardice , he . . . see full summary »
during the civil war a young soldier loses his nerve in battle and runs away to his home to hide ; his sister puts on his uniform , takes her brother ' s place in the battle , and is killed . . . . see full summary »
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( 1883 - 1939 ) the handsome son of a jewish lawyer , fairbanks achieved success as the ideal , all - american boy on broadway . on screen , he first played athletic , devil - may - care types , then switched to being a swashbuckling hero in tongue - in - cheek adventure yarns such as
a young woman ' s peaceful existence is shattered when she is abducted by the crew of a boat of smugglers , who then also turn against their captain .
i don ' t know of an easy way to go about it - - the ones i posted were just films for people i had been researching . greta
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a union soldier panics during his first fight and flees to his girlfriend ' s house . she bullies him back into harm ' s way as the balance of war begins to shift .
thanks brent ! yes , i ' ve noticed there are films not listed on imdb , etc . in my index their titles are in b & w because i had no reference site to link to . i also realize that the task i ' ve set for myself would take more than one lifetime to complete on my own but it keeps me out of trouble . it may be possible to at least list nearly all films from the silent era that are available for home viewing but even that would need to be constantly updated due to new discoveries and releases . btw , i just discovered this urltoken which may prove very helpful . thank you for the compliment on my reviews . what would the advantage be to setting up a proper site over blogging ? best regards , dan
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( 1923 ) , he plays an accident - prone small - town boy in new york . its climax sees lloyd ascending a skyscraper kong - style , one of the scariest , funniest sequences ever made
. if you intended generating masses of future content that you intend to be navigable , i sincerely doubt that ' s the case . there ' s a reason why wikipedia and imdb are not blogs ! good luck .
his trust , subtitled
the faithful devotion and self - sacrifice of an old negro servant ,
is something of a race - relations precursor to d . w . griffith ' s better - known birth of a nation .
( 1889 - 1977 ) following a dickensian working - class childhood in london , chaplin became a music hall star before finding overnight success in 1914 as an inventive director - star in hollywood . his tramp persona – bowler hat , baggy trousers , outsize boots , moustache , funny walk – made him the most famous man who ever lived , and one of the richest . after a decade making shorts , he produced feature films in his own studio , most famously
( 1893 - 1971 ) son of a californian pool hall manager , lloyd entered films as a teenager at the fun factories run by hal roach and mack sennett , and in 1917 invented a screen persona that lasted him for life – that of a sympathetic , slightly naïf middle - class go - getter wearing a suit , tie , boater and horn - rimmed glasses . he owned what he produced and became rich . in his best , most famous movie , the magnificent
as for your task at hand , though i wish it were otherwise , you will simply get overwhelmed and give up , as you begin to realise the impossibility of it . so far i ' ve a dozen or so articles that just list
continuing where his trust ( 1911 ) leaves off , george , a slave , takes care of his deceased master ' s daughter after her mother ' s death . he sacrifices his own meager savings to give the girl a . . . see full summary »
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thanks bruce . i listed the films in print in case someone knew where i could find any of them on dvd or streaming online . i just keep a record of them to check once in a while to see if any have made their way to dvd .
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i ' d have thought far more practical , and useful , would be to isolate a single actor or filmmaker and try to list their entire filmography and / or ascertain what is actually available to view in one form or another .
all single - author blogs suffer entropy eventually . true , a multi - author blog is an option , but multi - author sites have infinitely more possibilities .
releases for certain films and artists and can barely manage to keep those updated . . .