“Bitter Moon” (1992) Drama / Thriller Running Time: 139 minutes Written by: Roman Polanski, Gérard Brach and John Brownjohn Directed by: Roman Polanski Featuring: Peter Coyote, Emmanuelle Seigner, Hugh Grant, Kristin Scott Thomas and Victor Banerjee Oscar: “Have you ever truly idolized a woman? Nothing can be obscene in such love. Everything that occurs in between it becomes a sacrament.” Roman Polanski’s Bitter Moon is a provocative …
“Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2” (2000) Horror Running Time: 90 minutes Written by: Dick Beebe and Joe Berlinger Directed by: Joe Berlinger Featuring: Kim Director, Jeffrey Donovan, Erica Leerhsen, Tristine Skyler and Stephen Barker Turner Sheriff Cravens: “Wipe that shit off your face! You think that your makeup and black clothes give you POWER... but you're just a scared, cowardly, little …
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“The Blair Witch Project” (1999) Horror Running Time: 81 minutes Written and directed by: Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez Featuring: Heather Donahue, Michael Williams and Joshua Leonard Heather Donahue: “I just want to apologize to Mike's mom, Josh's mom, and my mom. And I'm sorry to everyone. I was very naive. I am so so sorry for everything that has …
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“Capricorn One” (1977) Drama Running Time: 123 minutes Written and directed by: Peter Hyams Featuring: Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Brenda Vaccaro, Sam Waterston, O. J. Simpson, Hal Holbrook, David Huddleston, David Doyle, Karen Black and Telly Savalas Lt. Col Peter Willis: “Anybody hungry? Oh, the marvels of American science. Here we are millions of miles from earth, and we can still send out for pizza.” Capricorn One, …
“Voyage of the Damned” (1976) Drama Running Time: 155 minutes Written by: Steve Shagan and David Butler based on Voyage of the Damned by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts Directed by: Stuart Rosenberg Featuring: Faye Dunaway, Max von Sydow, Oskar Werner, Malcolm McDowell, Orson Welles, James Mason and Lee Grant Captain Schroeder: “I neither approved nor knew of it and assure you it shall not happen again. I frankly admit there appears …
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“Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)” (1969 – 1970) Television Twenty Six Episodes Created by: Dennis Spooner Featuring: Mike Pratt, Kenneth Cope and Annette Andre Sidney Crabbe: “I've always said the only good copper is a dead copper, and the only good dead copper is a good dead copper in pain.” Released recently on DVD is the 1960s created television drama “Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)” (1969 – 1970) …
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“Dangerous Game” (1993) Drama Running time: 109 minutes Written by: Nicholas St. John Directed by: Abel Ferrara Featuring: Harvey Keitel, Madonna and James Russo Sarah Jennings: “What is a brunette standing between two blondes? An interpreter.” Dangerous Game (1993), directed by Abel Ferrara, is a provocative and deeply unsettling drama that blurs the lines between fiction and reality. Starring Harvey Keitel, Madonna, …
“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” (2024) Action Running Time: 148 minutes Written by: George Miller and Nico Lathouris Directed by: George Miller Featuring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Burke and Alyla Browne Dementus: “You fabulous thing. You crawled out of a pitiless grave, deeper than hell. Only one thing that is going to do that for you. Not hope. Hate. No shame …
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“The Young Americans” (1992) Drama Running time: 103 minutes Written by: Danny Cannon and David Hilton Directed by: Danny Cannon Featuring: Harvey Keitel, Iain Glen, John Wood, Terence Rigby, Keith Allen, Craig Kelly, Thandie Newton and Viggo Mortensen “London Is Not Only Losing Her Soul To The Americans, She's Selling It.” "Young Americans" (1993) is a British crime drama film directed by Danny Cannon, …
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“Bad Lieutenant” (1992) Drama Running time: 96 minutes Written by: Abel Ferrara and Zoë Lund Directed by: Abel Ferrara Featuring: Harvey Keitel Zoe: “Vampires are lucky, they can feed on others. We gotta eat away at ourselves. We gotta eat our legs to get the energy to walk. We gotta come, so we can go. We gotta suck …
“The Persuaders!” (1971-1972) Television Comedy Twenty Four Episodes Created by: Robert S. Baker Featuring: Tony Curtis, Roger Moore and Laurence Naismith Chivers: "You might want to try for a pheasant, m'lord. I'll get the guns." Lord Brett Sinclair: "Thank you, Chivers. A good idea." Danny Wilde: "You still shoot peasants around here, huh?" The Persuaders! is a classic …
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“Blue in the Face” (1995) Drama Running time: 89 minutes Written by: Paul Auster and Wayne Wang Directed by: Paul Auster and Wayne Wang Featuring: Victor Argo, Giancarlo Esposito, Michael J. Fox, Mel Gorham, Jim Jarmusch, Harvey Keitel, Lou Reed,Roseanne, Mira Sorvino, Lily Tomlin and Malik Yoba Man with Strange Glasses: “I'm scared 24 hours a day, but not necessarily in New York. I actually feel pretty …
“Smoke” (1995) Drama Running time: 112 minutes Written by: Paul Auster Directed by: Wayne Wang Featuring: William Hurt, Harvey Keitel, Stockard Channing, Harold Perrineau Jr., Giancarlo Esposito, Ashley Judd and Forest Whitaker Tommy: “Look, I'm telling you, there's gonna be another war. I mean, those slobs in the Pentagon are gonna be out of job unless they find a new enemy. They got this Saddam character …
“The Prisoner” (1967 - 1968) Television 17 Episodes Created by: Patrick McGoohan and George Markstein Written by: Patrick McGoohan, David Tomblin, Anthony Skene, Terence Feely, Vincent Tilsley, George Markstein Directed by: Patrick McGoohan, Pat Jackson, Don Chaffey, David Tomblin Featuring: Patrick McGoohan Number 6: "I will not make any deals with you. I've resigned. I will not …
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"Silence" (2016) Historical Drama Running Time: 161 minutes Directed by: Martin Scorsese Featuring: Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson, Tadanobu Asano and Ciarán Hinds Ferreira: “I do because you are just like me. You see Jesus in Gethsemane and believe your trial is the same as His. Those five in the pit are suffering too, …
“The Last Temptation of Christ” (1988) Drama Running time: 163 minutes Written by: Paul Schrader Directed by: Martin Scorsese Featuring: Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, Barbara Hershey, Harry Dean Stanton and David Bowie Jesus: “You think God belongs only to you? He doesn't. God is an immortal spirit who belongs to everybody, to the whole world. You think you're special? God is not an Israelite!” …
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“Kundun” (1997) Drama Running time: 134 minutes Written by: Melissa Mathison Directed by: Martin Scorsese Featuring: Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, Gyurme Tethong, Tulku Jamyang Kunga Tenzin andTenzin Yeshi Paichang Dalai Lama: “I see a safe journey, I see a safe return.” Kundun is a 1997 biographical film directed by Martin Scorsese, chronicling the life of the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin …
“Dirty Pretty Things” (2002) Drama Running time: 101 minutes Written by: Steven Knight Directed by: Stephen Frears Featuring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Audrey Tautou, Sergi López, Sophie Okonedo, Benedict Wong and Zlatko Buric Guo Yi: “You know, Okwe, good at chess usually means bad at life. You do realize that she's in love with you, don't you? I've been with her 20 minutes, and I know it. …
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“Heaven's Prisoners” (1996) Drama Running time: 132 minutes Written by: Harley Peyton and Scott Frank Directed: Phil Joanou Featuring: Alec Baldwin, Mary Stuart Masterson, Kelly Lynch, Teri Hatcher and Eric Roberts Bubba Rocque: “Dave Robicheaux drowned in the bottle and went into the swamp to sleep it off.” Didi Giancano: “He may have been asleep, but that was before you dropped a fucking plane on his head …
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“The Crossing Guard” (1995) Drama Running time: 101 minutes Written and directed: Sean Penn Featuring: Jack Nicholson, David Morse, Robin Wright and Anjelica Huston Joe: “So listen to this. I'm coming out of the bathroom, right, and these two Orientals, they're arguin', they're hollerin', they're screaming at one another. And all in Japanese. So I told 'em, I said "Ay! You're …
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