Posts Tagged ‘audition’

Chicago (2002)

Saturday, November 29th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Drama | Musical
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Taye Diggs | Cliff Saunders | Catherine Zeta-Jones | Renée Zellweger | Dominic West | Richard Gere | Jayne Eastwood | Bruce Beaton | Christine Baranski | Roman Podhora | John C. Reilly | Colm Feore | Rob Smith | Shawn Wayne Doyle | Steve Behal | Robbie Rox | Chita Rivera
Directors: Rob Marshall
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Fame hungry Roxie Hart dreams of a life on the Vaudville stage, and spends her nights jazzing it up in the bright lights of Chicago, continually hoping that she’ll find her lucky break, and be shot into 1920’s stardom, so able to flee her boring husband Amos. In awe of seductive club singer Velma Kelly (who is subsequantly arrested for the murder of her husband and sister - after discovering their affair), Roxie meets Fred Cassely a man who convinces her he can ‘make her showbiz career take off’. However after Roxie has undergone the ‘casting couch’ treatment, and Fred has had his wicked way with her, he reveals that he has no more connections in showbusiness than she does. This is the final straw for Roxie, and her constant anger at rejection explodes. She shoots Fred Cassely and kills him. Upon discovering her infidelity, Roxie’s husband Amos refuses to take the blame for the murder and Roxie is sent to jail, pending hanging. In jail she finally meets tabloid darling Velma Kelly, currently receiving huge media attention for the double murder she committed earlier in the tale. Sharing the clink with Velma, are a collection of other sly females, all awaiting trial for the murders of their own partners. Velma is aloof to Roxie, however the prison Warden Mrs Morton offers Roxie the opportunity of representation by slick Chicago lawyer Billy Flynn. Billy is more a showbiz P. R agent than a legal lawyer and minipulates the tabloids into thinking Roxie is no more than an innocent ‘good time girl’ who took the wrong path, than a scheming murderess. The tabloids go crazy for the new girl on the cell block, and Roxie finally becomes a star. However due to Roxie’s new found fame, Velma is forgotten about. She is forced to approach Roxie with an offer of a part in her Vaudville act (filling the gap left by her murdered sister), but Roxie turns down her offer flat, thinking she needs no support in topping the bill. However, just as Velma’s star fell, so does Roxie’s, when Go-to-hell Kitty arrives at the jail on a multiple murder charge, the press forget Roxie and now she and Velma are in the same boat. With one more trick up her sleave Roxie manages to bring the media attention back onto her, and her day in court arrives. Billy is now ready to play the ultimate showman!

The Impostors (1998)

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Oliver Platt | Walker Jones | Jessica Walling | David Lipman | E. Katherine Kerr | George Guidall | William Hill | Alfred Molina | Michael Emerson | Jack O'Connell | Matt Malloy | Ted Blumberg | Lili Taylor | Tony Shalhoub
Directors: Stanley Tucci
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In an attempt to resurrect the slapstick comedy of Laurel and Hardy or The Marx Brothers, Stanley Tucci and Oliver Platt team-up as two out-of-work actors who accidentally stowaway on a ship to hide from a drunken, belligerent lead actor who has sworn to kill them for belittling his talents. Of course, the lead actor end up on the ship as well. Also, a madman (Tony Shalhoub) plots the destruction of the ship and Steve Buscemi is a depressed, suicidal lounge singer named Happy Frank.

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
Genres: Biography | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | UK | USA
Actors: Rutger Hauer | Julia Roberts | Jennifer Rae Westley | Dick Clark | Sam Rockwell | Michelle Sweeney | Drew Barrymore | Chelsea Ceci | Brad Pitt | Matt Damon | Michael Cera | Aimee Rose Ambroziak | Isabelle Blais | Melissa Carter | Jennifer Hall | Ilona Elkin | Sean Tucker | Jaye P. Morgan | Maggie Gyllenhaal | David Julian Hirsh
Directors: George Clooney
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Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind” is the story of a legendary showman’s double life - television producer by day, CIA assassin by night. At the height of his TV career, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.

Finishing the Game (2007)

Monday, July 7th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Roger Fan | Sung Kang | James Franco | McCaleb Burnett | Dustin Nguyen | M.C. Hammer | Mousa Kraish | Jake Sandvig | Sam Bottoms | Josh Diamond | Nick Rey Angelus | Breon Ansley | James Isaac Barry | Lyrics Born | Wilmer Calderon
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Bruce Lee’s shocking death left legions of stunned fans and a legacy of 12 minutes from his unfinished Game Of Death. Undeterred, studio executives launched a search for his replacement chronicled here through the eyes of five aspiring thespians who find out what the real game is.

The Sunshine Boys (1975)

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Walter Matthau | George Burns | Richard Benjamin | F. Murray Abraham | Howard Hesseman | James Cranna | Ron Rifkin | Fritz Feld | Jack Bernardi | Santos Morales | Archie Hahn | Sid Gould | Tom Spratley | Sammy Smith | Dan Resin
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Al Lewis and Willy Clark were once a popular vaudeville comedy team called Lewis and Clark, also known as The Sunshine Boys. After forty-three years as a team, they parted company over eleven years prior on not too friendly terms as Willy wanted to continue his career whereas Al wanted to retire. They have not spoken since. Willy’s nephew, Ben - a talent agent - has been trying to find acting jobs for his uncle since with little success as Willy’s age and declining ability is showing. But a lucrative opportunity comes up when one of the major networks is producing and airing a special on the history of comedy, and want The Sunshine Boys to appear. Ben has to try and convince the comedy team to reunite for just this one gig. Ben has to try and manage the individual quirks and personalities of each of The Sunshine Boys while putting on a good face to the network that there is harmony within The Sunshine Boys comedy team. Ben also has to manage the lives of two men in the twilight of their lives.

National Lampoon presents Cattle Call (2006)

Friday, June 27th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Thomas Ian Nicholas | Diedrich Bader | Andrew Katos | Paul Mazursky | Jonathan Winters | Jack Maxwell | Rudy De Luca | Buck Kartalian | John Capodice | John Mariano | Martin Guigui | Mario Macaluso | Buck Reynolds | Drew Falcone | Pete Wooster
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A guy starts a fake casting agency in hopes that he will meet his soul mate.

True Romance (1993)

Monday, May 26th, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Christian Slater | Patricia Arquette | Michael Rapaport | Val Kilmer | Bronson Pinchot | Dennis Hopper | Gary Oldman | Brad Pitt | Tom Sizemore | Christopher Walken | Samuel L. Jackson | Saul Rubinek | James Gandolfini | Victor Argo | Frank Adonis
Directors: Tony Scott
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Clarence Worley, a penniless hipster in Detroit with a love for Elvis meets a mysterious hooker paid to meet him named Alabama on his birthday in a theater at night. Falling in love, he makes it his mission to dispose of her past, namely her violent pimp, Drexl Spivey. Defeating him and unknowingly taking a vast fortune of Cocaine, the two fight to sell the white gold in Los Angeles as Drexl’s associates fight to reclaim it in a bloody romantic thriller full to the brim with style.

The Producers (2005)

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Nathan Lane | Matthew Broderick | Uma Thurman | Will Ferrell | Gary Beach | Roger Bart | Eileen Essell | Michael McKean | David Huddleston | Debra Monk | Andrea Martin | Jon Lovitz | Bryn Dowling | Meg Gillentine | Kevin Ligon
Directors: Susan Stroman
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New York, 1959. Max Bialystock was once the king of Broadway, but now all his shows close on opening night. Things turn around when he’s visited by the neurotic accountant Leo Bloom, who proposes a scheme tailor-made for producers who can only make flops: raise far more money than you need, then make sure the show is despised. No one will be interested in it, so you can pocket the surplus. To this end, they produce a musical called Springtime for Hitler written by escaped Nazi Franz Liebken. Then they get the insanely flamboyant Roger De Bris to direct. Finally, they hire as a lead actress the loopy Swedish bombshell Ulla (whose last name has over 15 syllables). As opening night draws near, what can go wrong? Well, there’s no accounting for taste…

Mystery Men (1999)

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Hank Azaria | Ben Stiller | William H. Macy | Geoffrey Rush | Janeane Garofalo | Greg Kinnear | Tom Waits | Paul Reubens | Claire Forlani | Eddie Izzard | Kel Mitchell | Wes Studi | Lena Olin | Ricky Jay | Louise Lasser
Directors: Kinka Usher
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In Champion City, would be superheroes like The Shoveler, The Blue Raja and Mr. Furious can’t seem to make a difference and impress either the city or its greatest superhero, Captain Amazing. However, when Captain Amazing is captured by his greatest enemy, Cassanova Frankenstein, these stumblebum heroes must join with other superhero hopefuls to save the Captain and the city.

The Full Monty (1997)

Monday, January 21st, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: UK
Actors: Robert Carlyle | Mark Addy | William Snape | Steve Huison | Tom Wilkinson | Paul Barber | Hugo Speer | Lesley Sharp | Emily Woof | Deirdre Costello | Paul Butterworth | Dave Hill | Bruce Jones | Andrew Livingston | Vinny Dhillon
Directors: Peter Cattaneo
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Six unemployed steel workers, inspired by the Chippendale’s dancers, form a male striptease act. The women cheer them on to go for “the full monty” - total nudity.