The T.A.M.I. Show (1964), Let's Get Lost (1989), They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001), The Square Ring (1952), Quicksand (1950), Cellular (2004), Inside Daisy Clover (1965) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Santa Monica, Calif. movies.
Storyline: Chuck Berry opens the show and performs "Johnny B Goode" and his 1955 hit "Maybelline". He is then joined by "Gerry and The Pacemakers" who do their updated British version of the song. and a medley of their hits. "Billy J Kramer and The Dakotas perform "Little Children " and "Bad To Me". Detroits' Motown is represented as "Diana Ross and The Supremes " sing "Baby Love" , by "Smokey Robinson and The Miracles" who sing "You've Really Got A Hold On Me" and by Marvin Gaye who sings " Hitchhike". NYCs Lesley Gore sings "It's My Party" and "You Don't Own Me",a million seller several years before "women's lib" The 'early surfer' hosts, Jan and Dean sing "The Little Old Lady From Passedena". "The Beach Boys" sing " I Get Around". James Brown, making his first nationally televised appearance, performs his standards "Out Of Sight", "Prisoner Of Love", "Night Train" and "Please Please Please", with cape. The Rolling Stones , in their first major venue, close the show performing "Time Is On My Side", "It's All Over Now", ' Around and Around ", and are joined by a festive cast who dance to Mick Jagger's rendition of "I'm Alright".—efffee@aol.com
Plot Keywords: teenager, musician, singer, rock star, james brown, chuck berry, confident ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Documentary on the life of jazz trumpeter and drug addict Chet Baker. Fascinating series of interviews with friends, family, associates and lovers, interspersed with film from Baker's earlier life and some modern-day performances.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: musician, drug addict, former lover, friend, daughter, associate, engaging ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Gloria is a young woman of the Depression. She has aged beyond her years and feels her life is hopeless, having been cheated and betrayed many times in her past. While recovering from a suicide attempt, she gets the idea from a movie magazine to head for Hollywood to make it as an actress. Robert is a desperate Hollywood citizen trying to become a director, never doubting he'll make it. Robert and Gloria meet and decide to enter a dance marathon, one of the crazes of the 1930's. The grueling dancing takes its toll on Gloria's already weakened spirit, and she tells Robert that she'd be better off dead, that her life is hopeless - all the while acting cruelly and bitterly, alienating those around her, trying to convince him to shoot her and put her out of her misery. After all, they shoot horses, don't they?—alfiehitchie
Plot Keywords: failed actress, sailor, bombshell, farmer, wife, emcee, bleak ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Sub-titled "The Birth of Extreme", this documetary takes a look at the transformation of skateboarding from its former image as a land-bound pastime for surfers to its status today as an extreme and acrobatic sport in its own right. Starting from the California surf community of Dogtown, the film follows the evolution of modern skateboarding through it's 70's heyday, its decline during the 80's, and its eventual (and highly lucrative) return in the 90's.—Jean-Marc Rocher <rocher@fiberbit.net>
Plot Keywords: skateboarder, surfer, teenager, frenetic, powerful, gripping, los angeles ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A film biography of American humorist Will Rogers of Oklahoma. It captures the highlights of his life from Oklahoma ranch life to traveling the world in search adventure and a life as a performer in vaudeville. Portrayed by Will Rogers, Jr. He has the sound and character to be his father--the Cherokee Kid, Will Rogers.
Plot Keywords: vaudevillian, cowboy, actor, comedian, wife, woodrow wilson, inspiring ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Motor mechanic Dan Brady lacks funds for a heavy date with new restaurant cashier Vera, the type whose life's ambition is a mink coat; so he embezzles twenty dollars from his employer with plans to repay it the next day. To make up the shortage, he goes in debt for a hundred. Thereafter, every means he tries to get out of trouble only gets him deeper into financial difficulties that lead to bigger crimes as everyone he meets is out for themselves.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: mechanic, waitress, friend, boss, police officer, ex-girlfriend, bleak ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: After dropping her son off at the bus stop, the doting mum and high school science teacher, Jessica Martin, is kidnapped at gunpoint, and thrown in an unknown attic with only a nearly unusable phone. As her world turns upside down in an instant, the desperate mother manages to jury-rig the device and connects with the cell phone of the young college student, Ryan. Now, Jessica's life is literally in Ryan's hands--and as the ruthless abductors threaten to kill her--Ryan has to act fast to rescue the woman on the other end of the line. However, with a dying battery, how can Ryan save Jessica when this could be her last phone call?
Plot Keywords: teacher, criminal, college student, ex-girlfriend, police officer, suspenseful, uneasy ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Daisy Clover is a 15 year old Tomboy who dreams of being a Hollywood star. After auditioning for producer Raymond Swan of Swan studios she becomes the toast of Hollywood. Daisy must then come to terms with her new found fame and the 1930's Hollywood star treatment.—Kelly
Plot Keywords: producer, mother, tomboy, actress, actor, daughter, brooding ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Boy (Gordon) meets girl (Florence), sharing an interest in tennis. But Florence has a supremely ambitious mother who intends to push her ahead regardless (she barely knows her own husband exists). Florence's tennis career rapidly advances, thanks to mother's manipulation and a promotion-minded coach; building toward the inevitable conflict between the fulfilment of Mother's dreams...and daughter's.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: teen girl, love interest, mother, father, tennis player, melodramatic, tense ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Concert footage and backstage highlights are included in this filmed chronicle of Cocker's 1970 American tour.
Plot Keywords: musician, celebrity, rock star, singer, audience, engaging, fascinating ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Angela Bennett's a software engineer type who works from home and has few friends outside of cyberspace. Taking her first vacation in years, she becomes embroiled in a web of computer espionage.
Plot Keywords: computer programmer, stranger, colleague, mother, woman, wrongly accused, thrilling ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A happily-married young couple, David Murphy (Woody Harrelson) and Diana Murphy (Demi Moore) have started their respective careers, she as a real estate broker, he as an architect. She finds the perfect spot to build his dream house, and they get loans to finance it. When the recession hits, they stand to lose everything they own, so they go to Las Vegas to have one shot with their last five thousand dollars at winning the money they need. After losing at the tables, they are approached by a suave billionaire and high-stakes gambler, John Gage (Robert Redford), who offers them a million dollars for a night with Diana. Indignant but already seduced, Diana and David reluctantly agree. They say money can't buy love. Though the couple agrees that this is a way out of their financial dilemma, it threatens to destroy their relationship. Can the husband and wife survive John's ultimate test?
Plot Keywords: architect, real estate agent, billionaire, husband, wife, sultry, touching ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: 9-year-old Eva (Thora Birch) dreams of owning a pet, but her mother (Mimi Rogers) doesn't think she's ready and her father (Christopher McDonald) is allergic to animals. One day, she finds a lost capuchin monkey, names him Dodger and secretly brings him home with her. It turns out that Dodger has been trained as an expert pickpocket that and his evil master, the gypsy Azro (Harvey Keitel), wants him back. It's all Eva can do to keep herself and her mischievous new companion out of trouble.
Plot Keywords: young girl, gypsy, monkey, mother, father, amusing, frenetic ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: This biopic chronicles the life of cowboy comedian Will Rogers (Will Rogers Jr.). After leaving Oklahoma to join the rodeo and marry his childhood sweetheart, Betty (Jane Wyman), Rogers is invited to perform in New York City. Billed as a rope-trick artist, Rogers quickly becomes more celebrated for his humorous onstage banter than for his skills with the lariat. As his fame grows, movie roles come his way. But when the Great Depression hits, he uses his surprise success to do some good.
Plot Keywords: vaudevillian, cowboy, actor, comedian, wife, woodrow wilson, inspiring ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Producer Mike Max (Bill Pullman) has made a fortune through his gory action flicks, but his own capture at the hands of some thugs causes him to reexamine his role in violent productions. After escaping the crooks, he hides out with a group of gardeners, and eventually decides to drop out of Hollywood and stay with his new protectors. Meanwhile, government surveillance man Ray (Gabriel Byrne) uses a complex network of cameras to spy on Los Angeles, but he is disturbed by his superiors.
Plot Keywords: producer, wife, gardener, thug, boss, intricate, disturbing ...
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