Jeremiah Johnson

1972 Western Film

Director: Sydney Pollack

Writer: Edward Anhalt & John Milius

Cinematography: Duke Callaghan

Running time: 116 minutes

Country: United States

Tagline: A man of peace driven wild!

Cast:

Robert Redford as Jeremiah Johnson

Will Geer as Bear Claw Chris Lapp

Stefan Gierasch as Del Gue

Delle Bolton as Swan

Josh Albee as Caleb

Joaquín Martínez as Paints His Shirt Red

Allyn Ann McLerie as The crazy woman

Paul Benedict as Reverend Lindquist

Jack Colvin as Lieutenant Mulvey

Matt Clark as Qualen

Plot

A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians when he proves to be the match of their warriors in one-to-one combat on the early frontier.

Awards:

1. Bronze Wrangler-Theatrical Motion Picture- Joe Wizan (producer), Sydney Pollack (director), John Milius (writer), Edward Anhalt (writer), Will Geer (actor), Delle Bolton (actor) & Robert Redford (actor)-Western Heritage Awards

Trivia

Based upon a real-life trapper named John Johnston, nicknamed "Crow Killer" and "Liver Eater Johnston" for his penchant for cutting out and eating the livers of Crow Indians he had killed (several Crows had murdered his wife and he swore vengeance against the entire tribe). 

Pictures

Buy

http://www.amazon.com/Jeremiah-Johnson-Blu-ray-Robert-Redford/dp/B006UANERU/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1359714887&sr=8-3&keywords=Jeremiah+Johnson

5 star out of 5 stars

Queen of the Damned

2002 Vampire Horror Film

Director: Michael Rymer

Writer: Scott Abbott & Michael Petroni

Cinematography: Ian Baker

Running time: 101 minutes

Country: United States & Australia

Tagline: The Mother of All Vampires

Cast:

Aaliyah as Queen Akasha

Stuart Townsend as Lestat de Lioncourt

Marguerite Moreau as Jesse Reeves

Richael Tanner as young Jesse

Vincent Perez as Marius de Romanus

Paul McGann as David Talbot

Lena Olin as Maharet

Christian Manon as Mael

Claudia Black as Pandora

Bruce Spence as Khayman

Matthew Newton as Armand

Tiriel Mora as Roger

Megan Dorman as Maudy

Johnathan Devoy as James

Robert Farnham as Alex

Conrad Standish as T.C

Andrew L. Urban as Himself

Jonathan Davis as Ticket scalper

Plot              

The vampire Lestat becomes a rock star whose music wakes up the queen of all vampires.

Awards: None

Trivia

The singing voice of Lestat was supplied by Jonathan Davis of Korn. However due to contractual difficulties, Davis could not sing on the soundtrack album release. The five songs written by he and Richard Gibbs for the movie were then performed on the album by Marilyn Manson, Chester Bennington of Linkin Park, David Draiman of Disturbed,Wayne Static of Static-X and Jay Gordon of Orgy. Davis was still allowed to play several instruments on the album. 

Pictures

Buy

http://www.amazon.com/Queen-Damned-Blu-ray-Aaliyah/dp/B00860YHWI/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1359114754&sr=8-3&keywords=Queen+of+the+Damned

5 star out of 5 stars

Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles

1994 Drama Horror Film

Director: Neil Jordan

Writer: Anne Rice

Cinematography: Philippe Rousselot

Running time: 122 minutes

Country: United States

Tagline: Drink From Me and Live Forever

Cast:

Brad Pitt as Louis de Pointe du Lac

Tom Cruise as Lestat de Lioncourt

Kirsten Dunst as Claudia

Antonio Banderas as Armand

Christian Slater as Daniel Molloy

Stephen Rea as Santiago

Domiziana Giordano as Madeleine

Virginia McCollam as Whore on Waterfront

John McConnell as Gambler

Mike Seelig as Pimp

Bellina Logan as Tavern Girl

Lyla Hay Owen as Widow St Clair

Lee Emery as Widow's Lover

Thandie Newton as Yvette

Indra Ové as New Orleans Whore

Helen McCrory as 2nd Whore

Monte Montague as Plague Victim Bearer

Nathalie Bloch as Maid

Jeanette Kontomitras as Woman in Square

Roger Lloyd Pack as Piano Teacher

George Kelly as Dollmaker

Nicole DuBois as Creole Woman

Micha Bergese as Paris Vampire

Rory Edwards as Paris Vampire

Marcel Iureş as Paris Vampire

Susan Lynch as Paris Vampire

Louise Salter as Paris Vampire

Matthew Sim as Paris Vampire

Francois Testory as Paris Vampire

Andrew Tiernan as Paris Vampire

Simon Tyrrell as Paris Vampire

George Yiasoumi as Paris Vampire

Sara Stockbridge as Estelle

Laure Marsac as Mortal Woman on Stage

Katia Caballero as Woman in Audience

Louis Lewis-Smith as Mortal Boy

Plot

A vampire tells his epic life story: love, betrayal, loneliness, and hunger.

Awards:

1. ASCAP Award-Top Box Office Films-Elliot Goldenthal-ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
2. Saturn Award-Best Costumes-Sandy Powell-Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
3. Saturn Award-Best Horror Film-Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
4. Saturn Award-Best Make-Up-Rick Baker & Ve Neill-Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
5. Saturn Award-Best Performance by a Younger Actor-Kirsten Dunst- Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
6. BAFTA Film Award-Best Cinematography-Philippe Rousselot-BAFTA Awards
7. BAFTA Film Award-Best Production Design-Dante Ferretti-BAFTA Awards
8. BSFC Award-Best Supporting Actress-Kirsten Dunst-Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
9. Best Cinematography Award-Philippe Rousselot-British Society of Cinematographers
10. CFCA Award-Most Promising Actress-Kirsten Dunst-Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
11. IHG Award-Best Movie-International Horror Guild
12. Silver Ribbon-Best Production Design-Dante Ferretti-Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
13. MTV Movie Award-Best Breakthrough Performance-Kirsten Dunst-MTV Movie Awards
14. MTV Movie Award-Best Male Performance-Brad Pitt-MTV Movie Awards
15. MTV Movie Award-Most Desirable Male-Brad Pitt-MTV Movie Awards
16. Razzie Award-Worst Screen Couple-Tom Cruise & Brad Pitt-Razzie Awards
17. Universe Reader's Choice Award-Best Horror Film-Sci-Fi Universe Magazine, USA
18. YoungStar Award-Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Drama Film- Kirsten Dunst-YoungStar Awards

Trivia

Author Anne Rice wrote the original part of Lestat for the 1976 novel with Rutger Hauerin mind. The rights to the novel were optioned by Paramount for $150,000 before the book was first published. John Travolta was then earmarked to play Lestat but Dracula, Nosferatu the Vampyre, and Love at First Bite put the project into turnaround. By the time a movie was to be filmed, Hauer and Travolta had become too old to portray the ever-young vampire. Upon learning that Tom Cruise had been cast, she was quite disappointed and expressed concern that Cruise could not carry the part. After attending a screening, Rice wrote a letter of apology, quite pleased with Cruise's portrayal. 

Pictures

Buy

http://www.amazon.com/Interview-Vampire-Blu-ray-Tom-Cruise/dp/B001AQR3E4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1358518506&sr=8-2&keywords=Interview+with+the+Vampire%3A+The+Vampire+Chronicles

5 star out of 5 stars

Papillon

1973 Prison Film

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

Writer: Dalton Trumbo & Lorenzo Semple Jr.

Cinematography: Fred J. Koenekamp

Running time: 150 minutes

Country: United States

Tagline: For Papillon survival was not enough.... he had to be free

Cast:

Steve McQueen as Henri 'Papillon' Charrière

Dustin Hoffman as Louis Dega

Victor Jory as Indian chief

Don Gordon as Julot

Anthony Zerbe as Toussaint Leper colony chief

Robert Deman as André Maturette

Woodrow Parfrey as Clusiot

Bill Mumy as Lariot

George Coulouris as Dr. Chatal

Ratna Assan as Zoraima

William Smithers as Warden Barrot

Val Avery as Pascal

Vic Tayback as Sergeant

Plot

A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.

Awards:

1. Golden Screen with 1 Star-Golden Screen, Germany
2. Golden Screen- Golden Screen, Germany

Trivia

Dustin Hoffman based his character on the movie's screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, particularly his withdrawn and shy mannerisms which had inspired Hoffman when meeting Trumbo for the first time. Hoffman once said of Trumbo: "He's a real feisty man and he's got a combination of toughness and sophistication and integrity that I felt were right for Dega....So I said, why didn't he write the character of himself, so to speak?” 

Pictures

Buy

http://www.amazon.com/Papillon-Blu-ray-Book-Steve-McQueen/dp/B004KWVDWI/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1357900799&sr=8-4&keywords=Papillon

5 star out of 5 stars

Office Space

1999 Comedy Film

Director: Mike Judge

Writer: Mike Judge

Cinematography: Tim Suhrstedt

Running time: 89 minutes

Country: United States

Tagline: Work Sucks.

Cast:

Ron Livingston as Peter Gibbons

Jennifer Aniston as Joanna

Stephen Root as Milton Waddams

Gary Cole as Bill Lumbergh

David Herman as Michael Bolton

Ajay Naidu as Samir Nagheenanajar

Diedrich Bader as Lawrence

John C. McGinley as Bob Slydell

Joe Bays as Dom Portwood

Alexandra Wentworth as Anne

Richard Riehle as Tom Smykowski

Paul Willson as Bob Porter

Kinna McInroe as Nina

Todd Duffey as Brian

Greg Pitts as Drew

Mike McShane as Dr. Swanson

Orlando Jones as Steve

Mike Judge as Stan

Jack Betts as a judge 

Plot

When layoffs affect his two best friends at work, mad-as-hell Peter Gibbons conspires to plant a computer virus in the company's system that will embezzle corporate funds into a secret account.

Awards: None

Trivia

The iconic red stapler coveted by Milton was created for the film by the prop department. They needed a bright enough color to be seen on film and chose red. After the film was released, Swingline began to receive requests from customers for red staplers. Having stopped offering red a number of years before, they made the decision to start offering the color once more. 

Pictures

Buy

http://www.amazon.com/Office-Space-Special-Edition-Blu-ray/dp/B001JNNDEW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1357297751&sr=8-3&keywords=office+space

5 star out of 5 stars

National Lampoon's Animal House

1978 Comedy Film

Director: John Landis

Writer: Harold Ramis, Douglas Kenney & Chris Miller

Cinematography: Charles Correll

Running time: 109 minutes

Country: United States

Tagline: Relive the best 7 years of your college education.

Cast:

John Belushi as John "Bluto" Blutarsky

Tim Matheson as Eric "Otter" Stratton

Peter Riegert as Donald "Boon" Schoenstein

Thomas Hulce as Lawrence "Pinto" Kroger

Stephen Furst as Kent "Flounder" Dorfman

Bruce McGill as Daniel Simpson Day, "D-Day"

James Widdoes as Robert Hoover

Douglas Kenney as "Stork"

James Daughton as Gregory "Greg" Marmalard

Mark Metcalf as Douglas C. Neidermeyer

Kevin Bacon as Chip Diller

John Vernon as Dean Vernon Wormer

Verna Bloom as Marion Wormer

Donald Sutherland as Professor Dave Jennings

Karen Allen as Katy

Sarah Holcomb as Clorette DePasto

DeWayne Jessie as Otis Day

Mary Louise Weller as Mandy Pepperidge

Martha Smith as Barbara Sue "Babs" Jansen

Cesare Danova as Mayor Carmine DePasto

Sean McCartin as "Lucky Boy"

Plot

At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.

Awards:

1. National Film Registry-National Film Preservation Board, USA
2. People's Choice Award-Favorite Non-Musical Motion Picture-People's Choice Awards, USA

Trivia

All of John Belushi's behavior in the cafeteria was improvised. He was not told to pile all the food on his tray and when he did director John Landis urged the camera operator to "stay with him." The infamous "zit scene" was also improvised. The reaction from the cast is genuine. 

Pictures

Buy

http://www.amazon.com/National-Lampoons-Blu-ray-Universals-Anniversary/dp/B007N31Z06/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1355488423&sr=8-5&keywords=National+Lampoon%27s+Animal+House

5 star out of 5 stars

The Machinist

2004 Psychological Thriller Film

Director: Brad Anderson

Writer: Scott Kosar

Cinematography: Xavi Giménez

Running time: 102 minutes

Country: Spain

Tagline: How do you wake up from a nightmare, if you're not asleep?

Cast:

Christian Bale as Trevor Reznik

Jennifer Jason Leigh as Stevie

Aitana Sánchez-Gijón as Marie

John Sharian as Ivan

Michael Ironside as Miller

Lawrence Gilliard Jr. as Jackson

Reg E. Cathey as Jones

Plot

An industrial worker who hasn't slept in a year begins to doubt his own sanity.

Awards:

1. Barcelona Film Award-Best Actress-Aitana Sánchez-Gijón-Barcelona Film Awards
2. Barcelona Film Award-Best Cinematography-Xavi Giménez-Barcelona Film Awards
3. Barcelona Film Award-Best Film Editing-Luis de la Madrid-Barcelona Film Awards
4. Narcisse Award-Best Fantastic Feature Film-Brad Anderson-Neuchâtel International Fantasy Film Festival
5. Silver Méliès Award-Best European Fantastic Feature Film-Brad Anderson- Neuchâtel International Fantasy Film Festival
6. Sitges-Best Actor-Christian Bale-Sitges/Catalonian International Film Festival
7. Sitges-Best Cinematography-Xavi Giménez-Sitges/Catalonian International Film Festival

Trivia

The Machinist's writer, Scott Kossar, loves "Nine Inch Nails" and his original script had a quote from their lyrics on the first page. He always wanted the soundtrack to be written by NIN, but the director didn't want the movie to go in that direction. Nine Inch Nails' only official member is Trent Reznor, thus the name of Christian Bale's Character, Trevor Reznik. 

Pictures

Buy

http://www.amazon.com/The-Machinist-Blu-ray-Christian-Bale/dp/B001U0HAZM/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1354884264&sr=8-3&keywords=The+Machinist

5 star out of 5 stars