210m and 180m; U.K.
Director: Ricky Gervais
Category Archives: Comedy
On the Right Track (1981)
97m; U.S.
Director: Lee Philips
Cast: Gary Coleman, Maureen Stapleton and Norman Fell
Synopsis (IMDB): Lester is a homeless shoeshine boy living in a railway station. He’s got this funny knack for picking the winning horses’ names out of the paper while shining shoes. When word gets around, though, everyone wants a piece of the action.
Other People’s Money (1991)
103m; U.S.
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: Danny DeVito, Gregory Peck and Penelope Ann Miller
Synopsis: A corporate raider threatens a hostile take-over of a “mom and pop” company. The patriarch of the company enlists the help of his wife’s daughter, who is a lawyer, to try and protect the company. The raider is enamoured of her, and enjoys the thrust and parry of legal manoeuvring as he tries to win her heart.
Painting Red Square (2009)
5m; Canada
Director: Max Fraser
Available online
7000 km from Moscow, there’s another Red Square….Witness the struggle of the labour-left in Whitehorse to find a friendly watering hole where they can share a glass with their comrades and debate which shade of red is best. Paint, popcorn and a little beer get spilled along the way.
DVD with extra chapters: 20 mins
Featuring: Del Young and the gang at Red Square.
GENRE: Humour
Tags: Beer, Whitehorse, High Country Inn, TGIF, Paint, Red Square, Labour, Left, Canadian North
Pay Day (1922)
28m; U.S.
Director: Charles Chaplin
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Phyllis Allen and Mack Swain
Synopsis (IMDB): Charlie is an expert bricklayer. He has lots of fun and work and enjoys himself greatly while at the saloon. As he leaves work his wife takes the pay he has hidden in his hat. But he steals her purse so he can go out for the evening. He has a terrible time getting home on a very rainy night. When he does so he finds his wife waiting for him with a rolling pin.
Photo Booth (2009)
1m; U.S.
Director: Paul Rey-Burns
Synopsis: It’s a lonely job, but someone’s got to do it — time to get organized maybe…
Contact: Paul Rey-Burns (paul.reyburns@mac.com)
La Moitie Gauche du Frigo (2000)
90 min
Director: Philippe Falardeau
Synopsis: (New York Times): A documentary filmmaker and his subject find themselves at odds in this dark comedy from Canada. A mechanical engineer who has lost his job is trying to decide what to do with himself now that he needs to find a job. An actor who is looking to break into filmmaking hears of his predicament and asks to make a film about his life, following him with a camera until he can land a job.
http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/230253/La-Moitie-gauche-du-frigo/overview
Ladies Who Do (1963)
85m; U.S.
Director: C.M. Pennington-Richards
Cast: Peggy Mount, Robert Morley and Harry H. Corbett
Synopsis (IMDB): The “Ladies Who Do” are office cleaners. One of them discovers some hot stock tips and they make a fortune. They then make good use of it to save their old neighbourhoods from the wicked developer.
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