Movies tagged with the "film-making" keyword

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Adaptation. (2002, USA) from $1.99
Charlie Kaufman writes the way he lives... With Great Difficulty. His Twin Brother Donald Lives t...

Genres:	Comedy \| Drama \|

Actors:	Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Cara Seymour, Tilda Swinton, Bill Livingston, Brian Cox, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Judy Greer, Jim Beaver, Litefoot, Doug Jones, Jim Tavaré, Stephen Tobolowsky, Roger Willie,

Directors:	Spike Jonze,

Plot Summary:
Frequently cynical screenwriter Charlie Kaufman has just taken on a new assignment. That is, to adapt writer Susan Orlean's "The Orchid Thief" into a screenplay, all of it based on the life of the eccentric John Laroche, an exotic plant collector based out of Florida. While his easygoing twin brother Donald, is writing scripts with ease, Charlie finds himself on a perpetual struggle that never seems to end.

After School Special (2003, Germany, USA) from $1.99
They couldn't rent it, so they made it themselves.

Genres:	Comedy \|

Actors:	Erik von Detten, Tony Denman, Daniel Farber, Sarah-Jane Potts, Amy Smart, Tom Arnold, Dey Young, Riley Smith, Vince Vieluf, Samm Levine, Cameron Richardson, Horatio Sanz, Anders Hedman, Eddie Driscoll, Brooke Dillman,

Directors:	David M. Evans,

Plot Summary:
Deacon, Matt and Fred will do anything for even a glimpse of sex and spend their mornings pirating porno movies from Fred's after school job at the video store. But when Fred is fired, the well runs dry, and our heroes come up with a new plan: make their own "adult" film.

Art School Confidential (2006, USA) from $1.99

Genres:	Comedy \| Drama \|

Actors:	Max Minghella, Sophia Myles, John Malkovich, Jim Broadbent, Joel Moore, Scoot McNairy, Ezra Buzzington,

Directors:	Terry Zwigoff,

Plot Summary:
Convinced that art school will put him on the path to fame, Jerome (Minghella) must come to terms with his anemic talent, as he watches the girl of his dreams fall in love with another student. Then, strangely, he's arrested as a suspected murderer — only to discover that crime might actually pay.

Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002, USA) from $1.99
On July 26th the Secret Will Be Exposed (4 more taglines...)

Genres:	Action \| Adventure \| Comedy \| Music \|

Actors:	Mike Myers, Beyoncé Knowles, Seth Green, Michael York, Robert Wagner, Mindy Sterling, Verne Troyer, Michael Caine, Fred Savage, Diane Mizota, Carrie Ann Inaba, Nobu Matsuhisa, Aaron Himelstein, Josh Zuckerman, Eddie Adams,

Directors:	Jay Roach,

Plot Summary:
He's found his mojo, baby, and now Austin Powers (Mike Myers) is back again in this shagadelic comedy-adventure! The "sshhh!" hits the fan when Dr. Evil and Mini-Me escape from prison. Joining forces with the superfreaky Goldmember, they kidnap Austin's father, master spy Nigel Powers (Michael Caine), in a dastardly time-travel scheme to take over the world. Before you can say "Shake Your Booty," Austin cruises to 1975 and teams up with sexy Foxxy Cleopatra (Beyonce Knowles) to stop Dr. Evil and Goldmember from their mischievous mayhem. With Michael York, Robert Wagner, Seth Green, Mindy Sterling and Verne J. Troyer.

Auto Focus (2002, USA) from $1.99
A day without sex is a day wasted.

Genres:	Biography \| Drama \|

Actors:	Greg Kinnear, Willem Dafoe, Rita Wilson, Maria Bello, Ron Leibman, Bruce Solomon, Michael E. Rodgers, Kurt Fuller, Christopher Neiman, Lyle Kanouse, Donnamarie Recco, Ed Begley Jr., Michael McKean, Cheryl Lynn Bowers, Don McManus,

Directors:	Paul Schrader,

Plot Summary:
Capitalizing on his fame as the star of "Hogan's Heroes," Bob Crane (Greg Kinnear) dove into the freewheeling spirit of the 60s and 70s with relish, having affairs with numerous women. Eventually, Crane teamed up with video technician John Carpenter to document his exploits, an association that may very well have led to his murder in a Scottsdale, Arizona motel room in 1978, which remains officially unsolved to this day.

Aviator, The (2004, Germany, USA, Japan) from $1.99
For some men, the sky was the limit. For him, it was just the beginning. (5 more taglines...)

Genres:	Biography \| Drama \|

Actors:	Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin, Alan Alda, Ian Holm, Danny Huston, Gwen Stefani, Jude Law, Adam Scott, Matt Ross, Kelli Garner, Frances Conroy, Brent Spiner,

Directors:	Martin Scorsese,

Plot Summary:
The script begins as a young Hughes directs one of Scorsese's favorite films, Hell's Angels. Hughes was so obsessed with perfection in the aerial sequences that he waits forever for perfect conditions, right down to cloud formations. The Aviator ends in 1946, when Hughes was still a dashing young man and romancing actresses like Ava Gardner and Katharine Hepburn.

Barefoot Contessa, The (1954, USA, Italy) from $1.99
A girl with many ideas . . . and a man for each ! (1 more taglines...)

Genres:	Crime \| Drama \| Mystery \| Romance \|

Actors:	Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Marius Goring, Valentina Cortese, Rossano Brazzi, Elizabeth Sellars, Warren Stevens, Franco Interlenghi, Mari Aldon, Bessie Love, Diana Decker, Bill Fraser, Alberto Rabagliati, Enzo Staiola,

Directors:	Joseph L. Mankiewicz,

Plot Summary:
While in the burial of Countess Torlato-Favrini, her friend Harry Dawes and her acquaintance Oscar Muldoon recalls parts of her past. When the wealthy Kirk Edwards hires director and screenplay writer Harry Dawes, they travel to Spain with the public relations Oscar Muldoon to see the dancer of a nightclub Maria Vargas and invite her for an audition, since they need a new face for their next movie. Maria, a naive woman with simple origins, is convinced by Harry to go to Hollywood and becomes a famous star and a close friend of Harry and his girlfriend Jerry. Along her successful career, Maria lives personal dramas including lack of adaptation for her new lifestyle, is unable to love and is disputed by the powerful millionaires Kirk Edwards and Alberto Bravano. When she meets the noble and handsome Count Vincenzo Torlato-Favrini in the French Riviera, she believes that she found her prince charming and her life becomes a fairy tale. But after the wedding, she sees that her Cinderella's castle of dreams has become a pumpkin.

Blazing Saddles (1974, USA) from $1.99
Never give a saga an even break!

Genres:	Comedy \| Western \|

Actors:	Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, David Huddleston, Liam Dunn, Mel Brooks, Alex Karras, John Hillerman, George Furth, Jack Starrett, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn, Carol Arthur, Richard Collier, Charles McGregor,

Directors:	Mel Brooks,

Plot Summary:
The Ultimate Western Spoof. A town where everyone seems to be named Johnson is in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, Hedley Lemar, a politically connected nasty person, sends in his henchmen to make the town unlivable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor. Hedley convinces him to send the town the first Black sheriff in the west. Bart is a sophisticated urbanite who will have some difficulty winning over the townspeople.

Boogie Nights (1997, USA) from $1.99
Everyone has one special thing (2 more taglines...)

Genres:	Drama \|

Actors:	Luis Guzmán, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, Rico Bueno, John C. Reilly, Nicole Ari Parker, Don Cheadle, Heather Graham, Mark Wahlberg, William H. Macy, Samson Barkhordarian, Nina Hartley, Brad Braeden, Joanna Gleason, Lawrence Hudd,

Directors:	Paul Thomas Anderson,

Plot Summary:
Everyone's born with one special thing, and Eddie Adams uses his humongous "asset" to take the world of film pornography by storm. Things get ugly though when success leads to drugs and ruin. Will Dirk clean up and get back on top? Will Amber see her son? Will Rollergirl ever take off her skates?!

Bowfinger (1999, USA) from $1.99
A desperate plan for a desperate man (4 more taglines...)

Genres:	Comedy \|

Actors:	Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, Heather Graham, Christine Baranski, Jamie Kennedy, Adam Alexi-Malle, Kohl Sudduth, Barry Newman, Terence Stamp, Robert Downey Jr., Alejandro Patino, Alfred De Contreras, Ramiro Fabian, Johnny Sanchez, Claude Brooks,

Directors:	Frank Oz,

Plot Summary:
Hollywood, today: Bobby Bowfinger, a run-down actor-producer-director, is reading a script which a friend has written. Completely convinced of its quality, he decides to take a last shot at fame and fortune. But the script is not that easy to sell, and a famous producer promises him to do it, but there is one condition: Kit Ramsey, Hollywood's number one star, has to be in it. So, Bobby tries his luck with Kit - who says no - and then decides to shoot the film himself. Together with the cheapest team available in Southern California, an aspiring beauty from Ohio, a diva who is just a little over the hill, a key-holding gofer from a major studio and a goon hired away from burger-flipping, Bobby sets out to shoot the science-fiction-film starring Kit Ramsey - who does not even know he's being filmed.

Bugsy Malone (1976, UK) from $1.99
Every year brings a great movie. Every decade a great movie musical!

Genres:	Comedy \| Crime \| Family \| Musical \|

Actors:	Scott Baio, Florrie Dugger, Jodie Foster, John Cassisi, Martin Lev, Paul Murphy, Sheridan Earl Russell, Albin 'Humpty' Jenkins, Paul Chirelstein, Andrew Paul, Davidson Knight, Michael Jackson, Jeffrey Stevens, Peter Holder, Donald Waugh,

Directors:	Alan Parker,

Plot Summary:
A gangster movie where all the gangsters are children. Instead of real bullets they use "splurge guns" that cover the victim in cream. The story tells of the rise of "Bugsy Malone" and the battle for power between "Fat Sam" and "Dandy Dan".

Dead Pool, The (1988, USA) from $1.99
Dirty Harry Just Learned A New Game

Genres:	Action \| Crime \| Drama \| Thriller \|

Actors:	Clint Eastwood, Liam Neeson, Evan C. Kim, David Hunt, Michael Currie, Michael Goodwin, Darwin Gillett, Anthony Charnota, Christopher P. Beale, John Allen Vick, Jeff Richmond, Patrick Van Horn, Jim Carrey, Nicholas Love, John X. Heart,

Directors:

Plot Summary:
After Harry's arrest of a gambling kingpin results in a conviction for murder, a group of thugs shoot up Harry's car and try to kill him. Harry overpowers them and is paired with a new partner, Insp. Al Quan (Evan Kim). Within days of this assignment Harry and Al find themselves working on a mysterious death of a rock star, who was on location filming a movie directed by Peter Swan (Liam Neeson). After one of Swan's crew is killed in a Chinatown robbery that is foiled by Al & Harry, Al discovers a list of celebrities on the dead man that includes the dead rock star and one Inspector Harry Callahan. They soon discover that this is part of a strange game called the Dead Pool, and it isn't long before other people on the list turn up dead...and someone starts making attempts on Harry's life...

Ed Wood (1994, USA) from $1.99
Movies were his passion. Women were his inspiration. Angora sweaters were his weakness. (1 more taglines...)

Genres:	Biography \| Comedy \| Drama \|

Actors:	Johnny Depp, Martin Landau,