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Jan 1, 1916

0h 16m

★ 5.0

Overview

This silent French film begins with Georges feeling miserable, as he has ambitions of being a great musician but is forced to eke out a living giving lessons. So, he writes a friend to ask his advice. The friend tries to remake Georges and make him a bit of a playboy. However, when it comes to wooing a rich American, the advice is not exactly perfect.

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Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Gaumont

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Cast

Georges Midewski

Fernand Herrmann

Student

Kitty Hott

Four independent short films comprise this quirky anthology. "Coriolis Effect" (1994) is an offbeat love story involving storm chasers. In the Oscar-nominated "Solly's Diner" (1979), a homeless man (Larry Hankin, who also directs) witnesses a holdup. "Looping" (1991) satirizes independent moviemaking. And the dialogue-free "Joe" (1997) features David Aaron Baker as a psychiatric patient searching for enlightenment.

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Silup

Jul 11, 2011

Silup is “Pulis” (police) spelled backwards. We peek into the life of a Manila cop whose day is made up of dealing with denizens and the crimes they commit. At work, he may be all tough and stern, but at home, we see his more sensitive side. He has this mysterious routine of taking out a can of sterilized milk from a cupboard and depositing his revolver in its place. Later on, it is revealed why he makes the switch and how it is like to live by his duty as a policeman to serve and protect.

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Immanuel

Jul 16, 2011

The film is set in a speculative Philippines where air pollution has reached irreparable proportions. Air pollution has rendered breathable oxygen scare. This makes it the main resource around which society revolves. The film follows two protagonists: Leo Sagaysay, a young father and husband who works at the Oxygen Factory, and his wife Rubi Sagaysay. Together they have a son, whom they struggle to support. The appearance of ex-factory worker Tess at their door sets off a chain of events that leads to the downfall of the Sagaysay family.

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Hazard

Dec 1, 2010

While out driving together, a father and his son discover that they share different principles and perspectives in life. Upon reaching the city’s outskirts, they make an even more disturbing discovery that will push their unstable relationship to its limits.

4.0

Breakdowns of 1940

Dec 31, 1940

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1940.

6.0

Breakdowns of 1942

Dec 31, 1942

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1942.

6.0

Blow-Ups of 1946

Dec 31, 1946

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1946.

7.6

Deep Down

Jul 5, 2014

Deep Down redraws a descent into hell of a stripper called America, lost in the very depths of the U.S, taken away by a devastating love-story.

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6.5

Fantaisie in Bubblewrap

Oct 11, 2007

A very short film about members of a community who one by one suffer murder and assassination by various methods. So much sadness, pain, suffering, by children, mates, couples separated, friends lost. Fear and horror are always present, watching their loved ones being murdered, some in a slow deliberate manner, that will horrify the sensitivities of the tenderest among you.

6.5

The Absent-Minded Waiter

Jul 13, 1977

Bernie Cates requests the services of the most absent-minded waiter he's ever seen, who pours water before setting the glasses, endlessly repeats questions, brings wrong orders, and ruins everything- but the bill.

0.0

Napoléon, Bébé, and the Cossacks

Aug 30, 1912

At the front, Bébé meets two Russian soldiers.

6.8

Mei Mei

Nov 25, 2010

Lulu, a high class prostitute, receives constant visits from her neighbor Julian. He believes that she is his missing ex-girlfriend Mei Mei and begs her for a chance to start over again. Lulu rejects him, thinking that he is just making up stories to win her over. She tells him she never wants to see him again, but soon she misses him. It may be too late as she discovers that Julian is with somebody that looks exactly like her.

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0.0

The All-American Kickback

Nov 29, 1931

Homer Bagwell (Harry Gribbon) is an incredibly talented, but reluctant college football player who is dating one of his teachers, Helen Dover (Geneva Mitchell). A jealous rival tries sabotaging Homer.

1.0

What Price Taxi

Aug 13, 1932

Ill-tempered Billy proves troublesome for fellow taxi drivers Franklin and Clyde.

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0.0

Hokus Fokus

Oct 1, 2004

A filmmaker gets lost in a world of his own creation, literally. He is plotted against by his outer demons, searches for his lost sex scene and contends with several other versions of himself. A joyful rule-breaking carnival ride through a filmmaker's dreamland.

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0.0

Paul Pontius

Oct 8, 2008

A "born again" Christian intentionally falls off the wagon in a misguided attempt to reconnect with god.

4.7

After-School Special

Jun 23, 2011

A man and a woman have an awkward encounter at an indoor playground.

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10.0

Funnel

Jan 19, 2014

A man's car breaks down, leading him to journey for a small plastic funnel.

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4.0

Alone in the Dark

Jan 1, 1993

Tasha Grant, at age 17, goes to a party and gets drunk, not even realizing the potential consequences of her actions. This film introduces the danger of alcohol to youth.

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5.5

Down in the Coal Mines

May 13, 1905

A father and son are working in a coal mine. An explosion occurs, which kills the son.

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