Posts Tagged ‘salesman’

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.

Auto Focus (2002)

Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Genres: Biography | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Kinnear, Greg | Dafoe, Willem | Wilson, Rita | Bello, Maria | Leibman, Ron | Solomon, Bruce | Rodgers, Michael E. | Fuller, Kurt | Neiman, Christopher | Kanouse, Lyle | Recco, Donnamarie | Begley Jr., Ed | McKean, Michael | Bowers, Cheryl Lynn | McManus, Don
Directors: Schrader, Paul
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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.

Assassination of Richard Nixon, The (2004)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Drama
Countries: Mexico | USA
Actors: Penn, Sean | Watts, Naomi | Cheadle, Don | Thompson, Jack | Henke, Brad William | Searcy, Nick | Wincott, Michael | Williamson, Mykelti | Grace, April | Knight, Lily | Dorrance, Jared | Milton, Jenna | Massa, Mariah | Ryan, Eileen | Greene, Derek
Directors: Mueller, Niels
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Fact-based story about a disturbed office furniture salesman (Sean Penn) who in 1972 concocted a plot to kill then-President Nixon by hi-jacking a plane to fly over the White House to drop a gas bomb. At the start of the movie, the man is separated from his wife and stressed in his job where he is made the butt of jokes and is an under-performer. Attempts to get his brother’s old tire business resurrected with a black partner is rejected by the banks. When he is officially served with divorce papers, everything comes apart and Richard Nixon’s broken promises comes to represent all the evils that have come down on him. A news story about a pilot that landed a helicopter on the White House lawn gives him the idea for his attack. Bolting onto a Baltimore plane, he attempts the hi-jacking.

Big Fish (2003)

Thursday, February 15th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: McGregor, Ewan | Finney, Albert | Crudup, Billy | Lange, Jessica | Bonham Carter, Helena | Lohman, Alison | Guillaume, Robert | Cotillard, Marion | McGrory, Matthew | Denman, David | Pyle, Missi | Wainwright III, Loudon | Tai, Ada | Tai, Arlene | Buscemi, Steve
Directors: Burton, Tim
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The story revolves around a dying father and his son, who is trying to learn more about his dad by piecing together the stories he has gathered over the years. The son winds up re-creating his father’s elusive life in a series of legends and myths inspired by the few facts he knows. Through these tales, the son begins to understand his father’s great feats and his great failings.

Wicker Park (2004)

Saturday, February 3rd, 2007
Genres: Drama | Romance | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Hartnett, Josh | Byrne, Rose | Lillard, Matthew | Kruger, Diane | Cousins, Christopher | Paré, Jessica | Vrana, Vlasta | Sobol, Amy | Whittall, Ted | Dos Santos, Isabel | Noyes, Joanna | Keith, Kerrilyn | Camacho, Mark | Jeannin, Marcel | Buxton, Stéfanie
Directors: McGuigan, Paul
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In Chicago, the former photographer and presently advertising executive Mathew (Josh Hartnett) is closing a business deal in a fancy restaurant with a Chinese representative, when he sees a woman that looks like his former passion Lisa (Diane Kruger). Two years ago, Lisa and Matthew had a love affair, and Lisa simply vanished when Matthew invited her to move with him to New York, where he had the invitation for a better job, and Matthew is still obsessed for her. Matthew decides to follow Lisa, and when he meets her, he realizes that Lisa is indeed another woman (Rose Byrne) with the same name. Matthew stays in Chicago with his friend Luke (Matthew Lillard) and decides to investigate the mystery.