Director Enthusiast Gifts

'Does this book come with director commentary.'

"Thanks to the Oscars, we're going to be the hottest finger food this season."

Screenwriters pitch movie to studio boss: 'It's a reinterpretation of Bicycle Thieves, that classic of Italian neo-realism. We're calling it, Dude, Where's My Chopper?'

"We just watched a hypermovie!"

Herman Mankiewicz

"I'll do the movie but I want to be highly compensated and highly acclaimed."

King Kong uses fly spray against the pesky planes on top of the Empire State Building

'The secret to doing a book report is only picking books that have been made in to movies.'

Men looking at black screen, "I call it film noir"

'This should be perfect. The main characters fall in love during a series of explosions.'

"Let's talk film or let's not talk film - I'm easy."

"I like movies that resemble my life, so I don't feel like I'm wasting time watching a movie."

Working in the Hazard Zone!

Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka

"An actor, you say? Guess you caught the acting-like-a-waiter bug."

"Boy, this blooper reel from 'Manchester by the Sea' is a crack-up."

"And the letterbox version, how does that make you feel."

Getting to Know You

Sign in book shop window: 'Critics agree the book is much better than the movie.'

Steve McQueen

"Then one day, as I caught a tennis ball in midair, I asked myself, 'Is this all there is?'"

"That was totally....what's the word I'm looking for?"

Canadian film production

'All right! Who put my dozing-off during our last meeting on youtube?'

"We need to make it through at least one movie, so we have something to root for during the Oscars."

"Could you tell me how to get to cedar grove, New Jersey? I want to see where my grandfather was born."

'You don't want weather? Not a problem! How about sports, or maybe a nice movie? We can do that! Just put that thing down and let's talk, OK?'

"I want you to know that emotion overrode reason."

'Hey, Charlie, have we got good news for you!'

Moby Dick

"At some point, there's only so high you can raise the volume before you admit you're never gonna understand what British detectives are saying."

"Oh, come on! Nobody brought a pen?"

'Have you been waiting long?'

'We're doing a fly on the wall documentary.'

DVD extras - the making of the boxed set.