Posts Tagged ‘salesman’

40 Year Old Virgin, The (2005)

Saturday, June 7th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Carell, Steve | Keener, Catherine | Rudd, Paul | Malco, Romany | Rogen, Seth | Banks, Elizabeth | Mann, Leslie | Lynch, Jane | Bednob, Gerry | Malil, Shelley | Dennings, Kat | Masterson, Jordy | Smith, Chelsea | Hill, Jonah | Phillips, Erica Vittina
Directors: Lehmann, Michael
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Andy at the age of 40 still hasn’t had sex. He lets his secret slip at a poker game with his buds from work. After the revealing all his friends are on a mission to help get him laid. Along the way Andy meets a nice mom: Trish who fall head over heels for each other.

12 Angry Men (1957)

Thursday, June 5th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Balsam, Martin | Fiedler, John | Cobb, Lee J. | Marshall, E.G. | Klugman, Jack | Binns, Ed | Warden, Jack | Fonda, Henry | Sweeney, Joseph | Begley, Ed | Voskovec, George | Webber, Robert | Bond, Rudy | Kelly, James | Nelson, Billy
Directors: Lumet, Sidney
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Heralded as one of the all-time great theatrical releases, “12 Angry Men” focuses on a jury’s deliberations in a capital murder case. A 12-man jury is sent to begin deliberations in the first-degree murder trial of an 18-year-old Latino accused in the stabbing death of his father, where a guilty verdict means an automatic death sentence. The case appears to be open-and-shut: The defendant has a weak alibi; a knife he claimed to have lost is found at the murder scene; and several witnesses either heard screaming, saw the killing or the boy fleeing the scene. Eleven of the jurors immediately vote guilty; only Juror No. 8 (Mr. Davis, played by Henry Fonda) casts a not guilty vote. At first Mr. Davis’ bases his vote moreso for the sake of discussion after all, the jurors must believe beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty. As the deliberations unfold, the story quickly becomes a study of the jurors’ complex personalities (which range from wise, bright and empathetic to arrogant, prejudiced and merciless), preconceptions, backgrounds and interactions. That provides the backdrop to Mr. Davis’ attempts in convincing the other jurors that a “not guilty” verdict might be appropriate.

Boogie Nights (1997)

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Guzmán, Luis | Reynolds, Burt | Moore, Julianne | Bueno, Rico | Reilly, John C. | Parker, Nicole Ari | Cheadle, Don | Graham, Heather | Wahlberg, Mark | Macy, William H. | Barkhordarian, Samson | Hartley, Nina | Braeden, Brad | Gleason, Joanna | Hudd, Lawrence
Directors: Anderson, Paul Thomas
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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?!

First Snow (2006)

Saturday, May 17th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Pearce, Guy | Perabo, Piper | Fichtner, William | J.K. Simmons | Whigham, Shea | Gonzalez, Rick | Burroughs, Jackie | Scott, Adam | Dawson, Portia | Hayres, Cherilyn | Rains, Luce | Gamble, Brian | House, David | Marquez, Jose J. | Burton Jr., John
Directors: Fergus, Mark
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Wound tight and cocky, Jimmy Starks (Pearce) is a smooth-talking salesman certain he’s on the verge of a big break. Even when his car stalls in the middle of nowhere, a roadside soothsayer (Simmons) assures him a windfall is on its way. But although Jimmy should be happy when his boss suddenly agrees to financially back his business venture, he starts to become paranoid instead. As his girlfriend Deirdre (Perabo) and his best friend/ business partner Ed (Fichtner) watch him slowly come unwound, Jimmy wonders if a past betrayal of his friend, newly paroled Vince (Whigham), could be catching up to him. And, as the weather turns cold, Jimmy can’t help but fear the mysterious seer’s other prediction… that they’ll be no tomorrow after the first snow.

Family Man, The (2000)

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Cheadle, Don | Cage, Nicolas | Piven, Jeremy | Leoni, Téa | Sommer, Josef | Rubinek, Saul
Directors: Ratner, Brett
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A modern-day Frank Capra story. Jack Campbell, a successful and talented businessman, is happily living his single life. He has everything, or so he thinks. One day he wakes up in a new life where he didn’t leave his college girlfriend for a London trip. He’s married to Kate, lives in Jersey and has two kids. He, of course, desperately wants his life back for which he has worked 13 years for. He’s president of P. K. Lassiter Investment House and not a tire salesman at Big Ed’s. He drives a Ferrari and not a mini-van that never starts. And most importantly he doesn’t wake up in the morning with kids jumping on the bed. After a bad start, day by day he’s more confident in his new life and starts to see what he’s been missing. Turns out money’s good to have but that’s not everything.

Fargo (1996)

Friday, March 21st, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Macy, William H. | Buscemi, Steve | Stormare, Peter | Rudrüd, Kristin | Presnell, Harve | Denman, Tony | Houston, Gary | Wingert, Sally | Schweickhardt, Kurt | Kokernot, Larissa | Peterman, Melissa | Reevis, Steve | Keith, Warren | Edelman, Steve | Anderson, Sharon
Directors: Coen, Joel | Coen, Ethan
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Fargo is based on true events that occurred in Minnesota in 1987 with the names changed to protect the victims. Jerry works in his father-in-law’s car dealership and has gotten himself in financial problems. He tries various schemes to come up with money needed for a reason that is never really explained. It has to be assumed that his huge embezzlement of money from the dealership is about to be discovered by father-in-law. When all else falls through, plans he set in motion earlier for two men to kidnap his wife for ransom to be paid by her wealthy father (who doesn’t seem to have the time of day for son-in-law). From the moment of the kidnapping, things go wrong and what was supposed to be a non-violent affair turns bloody with more blood added by the minute. Jerry is upset at the blood shed, which turns loose a pregnant sheriff from MN who is tenacious in attempting to solve the three murders in her jurisdiction.

Bugs Bunny’s 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982)

Friday, February 15th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Music
Countries: USA
Actors: Blanc, Mel | Bryan, Arthur Q. | Menken, Shepard | Roberts, Bill | Weinrib, Lennie | Foray, June
Directors: Freleng, Friz
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Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are rival book salesmen from Rambling House. They each go their separate ways to sell books to folks, Daffy finds himself encountering Elmer Fudd and Porky Pig. Bugs gets forced by Sultan Yosemite Sam to tell stories to his bratty son, Prince Abba-Dabba. The stories are shown through clips of old Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies.

Pursuit of Happyness, The (2006)

Thursday, October 18th, 2007
Genres: Biography | Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Smith, Will | Smith, Jaden | Newton, Thandie | Howe, Brian | Karen, James | Castellaneta, Dan | Fuller, Kurt | Fischer, Takayo | West, Kevin | Cheung, George | Silverman, David Michael | Bove, Domenic | Callan, Geoff | Raven, Joyful | Klace, Scott
Directors: Muccino, Gabriele
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Chris Gardner has big dreams for him and his family but it doesn’t seem to come together for him. Chris has an opportunity to be a stock broker but first he has to go through a grueling internship which means no pay. Chris decides to do it but when his wife leaves and he is evicted, he has to take care of his son on his own. So they find themselves sometimes living on the street and struggling to get by. But Chris is determined to make it.

Rear Window (1954)

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Genres: Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Stewart, James | Kelly, Grace | Corey, Wendell | Ritter, Thelma | Burr, Raymond | Evelyn, Judith | Bagdasarian, Ross | Darcy, Georgine | Berner, Sara | Cady, Frank | Fax, Jesslyn | Harper, Rand | Winston, Irene | Davenport, Havis | English, Marla
Directors: Hitchcock, Alfred
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In 1950-something New York, an adventuresome free-lance photographer finds himself confined to a wheelchair in his tiny apartment while a broken leg mends. With only the occasional distraction of a visiting nurse and his frustrated love interest, a beautiful fashion consultant, his attention is naturally drawn to the courtyard outside his “rear window” and the occupants of the apartment buildings which surround it. Soon he is consumed by the private dramas of his neighbors lives which play themselves out before his eyes. There is “Miss Lonelyhearts,” so desperate for her imaginary lover that she sits him a plate at the dinner table and feigns their ensuing chat. There is the frustrated composer banging on his piano, the sunbathing sculptress, the shapely dancer, the newlyweds who are concealed from their neighbors by a window shade, and a bungling middle-aged couple with a little yapping dog who sleep on the fire escape to avoid the sweltering heat of their apartment. …And then there is the mysterious salesman whose nagging, invalid wife’s sudden absence from the scene ominously coincides with middle-of-the-night forays into the dark, sleeping city with his sample case. Where did she go? What’s in the trunk that the salesman ships away? What’s he been doing with the knives and the saw that he cleans at the kitchen sink?

Grilled (2006)

Monday, October 1st, 2007
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Romano, Ray | James, Kevin | Vergara, Sofía | Lewis, Juliette | Coates, Kim | Reynolds, Burt | Rapaport, Michael | Kramer, Eric Allan | Newman, Barry | Kehler, Jack | Polito, Jon | Abernathy, Donzaleigh | Rajskub, Mary Lynn | Doughan, Jim | Persky, Lisa Jane
Directors: Ensler, Jason
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Two meat salesmen (Romano, James) will stop at nothing to get a sale.