Length: 95 minutes
Country: France
Director: Rene Clair
Cast:
Synopsis (long) Comedy which traces the uneven fortunes of pals who escape from prison – one becoming the employee of the other.
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Category Archives: Comedy
A Nous La Liberte (1932) (aka Freedom for Us)
Horrible Bosses (2011)
98m; US
Director: Seth Gordon
Stars: Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis
For Nick (Jason Bateman), Kurt (Jason Sudeikis) and Dale (Charlie Day), the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses (Kevin Spacey, Colin Farrell, Jennifer Aniston) into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few-too-many drinks and some dubious advice from a hustling ex-con (Jamie Foxx), the three friends devise a convoluted and seemingly foolproof plan to rid themselves of their respective employers… permanently. There’s only one problem: even the best laid plans are only as foolproof as the brains behind them.
— (C) Warner Bros
New in Town (2009)
97m; US
Director: Jonas Elmer
Writers: Ken Rance, C. Jay Cox
Stars: Renée Zellweger, Harry Connick Jr. and Siobhan Fallon
A high-powered consultant (Renée Zellweger) in love with her upscale Miami lifestyle is sent to New Ulm, Minnesota, to oversee the restructuring of a blue collar manufacturing plant. After enduring a frosty reception from the locals, icy roads and freezing weather, she warms up to the small town’s charm, and eventually finds herself being accepted by the community. When she’s ordered to close down the plant and put the entire community out of work, she’s forced to reconsider her goals and priorities, and finds a way to save the town.
Rosie the Riveter (1944)
75m; US
Director: Joseph Santley
Writers: Dorothy Curnow Handley (story), Jack Townley (screenplay), and 1 more credit »
Stars: Jane Frazee, Frank Albertson and Barbara Jo Allen
In wartime 1944 in California,defense plant workers Rosalind “Rosie” Warren and her friend Vera Watson must share, on a rotating schedule, the town’s last available rental-room with Charlie Doran and Kelly Kennedy, who work the other shift at the plant. The landlady, Grandma Quill , also has her grandchildren, Buzz Prouty and Mabel Prouty , and her daughter Stella Prouty —who is on the outs with her husband Clem —living with her. Rosie doesn’t tell her fiancé, Wayne Calhoun, about the living arrangements, and is also plotting with Vera to re-unite the Proutys. Rosie pawns the engagement ring Wayne gave her for money for Clem and Stella. Rosie and Charlie fall in love and get their picture in the paper. Wayne huffingly breaks the engagement and wants his ring returned. Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net> IMDB
Chance (2009)
91m; Panama
Director: Abner Benaim
Writers: Abner Benaim, Lino Georg von Saenger
Stars: Francisco Gattorno, Rosa Isabel Lorenzo and Aida Morales
This hilarious comedy tells the story of Toña and Paquita, the housekeepers for the aristocratic González-Dubois family. These domestic employees have been mistreated for quite some time and they are tired of their situation. So when the family plans a shopping trip to Miami, the maids have a plan of their own; to take control of the mansion. Unexpectedly, they will also discover a family secret. (Written by Chicago Latino Film Festival)
The Apartment (1960)
120m; US
Dir: Billy Wilder
A man tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.
24 Hours in Tyrantland (1959)
30m; U.S.
Directed by Peter Tewksbury
Starring Robert Young, Jane Wyatt & rest of the Father Knows Best cast
Tells the story of Springfield under the control of a tyrannical despot. The Father Knows Best TV series became such a part of American pop-culture that in 1959 the U.S. Treasury Department commissioned a 30-minute episode called “24 Hours in Tyrant land”, with all production costs paid for by the AFL-CIO and actors and staff contributing their talents. Never aired, it was designed to be distributed to schools, churches and civic groups to promote the buying of savings bonds. (This very rare episode is on the Father Knows Best Season One DVD.)
“Unlike the weekly broadcast episodes of Father Knows Best, the point of this episode was not to entertain. No, the purpose of ‘Tyrantland’ was to save America from certain, inevitable communist rule via the sale of US savings bonds. The program’s sales pitch is a deadly serious and heavy-handed one. Its themes and morals are thickly applied, and now comes across quite quaint, if not downright silly. In short, Tyrantland has not aged well. But, it should be said, the film, perhaps due to the strong convictions and seriousness of everyone involved in its making, has not completely de-evolved into a laugh out loud, camp classic like Duck and Cover or Reefer Madness or other antiquated morality tales. Nevertheless, Tyrantland remains a powerful reflector of a profound national mood.”
– Cary O’Dell
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