Hollywood Cinema Gifts

Laurel & Hardy

Quentin Tarantino

"For the best picture not having won anything thereby being eliminated from this category..."

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?'

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

"... And finally, I’d like to thank the FDA for approving Botox."

"Seth, here, is one of the best young creative compromisers in the business."

Marilyn Monroe - Spot the Difference

Canadian film production

'...And now, the film most criticized for eroding traditional family values, the nominees are...'

Why you've never heard of Ricky Rat.

"OK, stop me if you've never heard this before!"

Tom Hanks

'For the actress who benefitted most by rehab...'

"Which part are you reading for?"

Film Star Robert de Niro

David Niven caricature

'Vital mission - movie parody'

"Hello. I'm director Bob ('Blue Fires') Munsey and this is screenwriter Doris ('Highway to Nowhere') Winslow."

Martin Scorsese

Blockbuster Billion Club

Hollywood producer.

THE WICKERMAN (Hollywood style)

'Harlow, why can't you be passionate like Mel Gibson?'

Jim Carrey,

Los Angeles, 1928: Mickey Mouse Emerges from the Primordial Ooze.

Wizard of Oz - repeat fees

"They tell me you're a man who has True Magritte."

Quentin Tarantino

Danae's Celebrity Career: 'I don't know where to begin in deciding what I want to be when I grow up...I want people to shut and leave me alone, and I need lots of attention, so...'

"Although the depiction of gangland activity in this film is not accurate over all, I would like to go on record as saying that I am not entirely displeased with Mr. Robert De Niro's portrayal of a gentleman whom I take to have been a former associate of yours truly."

Geoffrey Rush

'Therapy in L.A.'

Casting in the swamp.

Jack Nicholson