Movie-making Enthusiast Gifts

Working in the Hazard Zone!

Adult Courses. It's so hard keeping the information from different classes separate! I'm talking film history and psychology. I failed a test because I said a "psychopath" is the walkway Norman Bates took home. I also confused geography and aeronautics. I said the "great plains" are located at an Air Force testing base in the California desert. My worst nightmare was confusing the thinks ti learned in driver's education and statistics. But at least I now know it's driving where you must st

"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?'

Producer, Director and Novelizer.

"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

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

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

'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."

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

Canadian film production

"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."

'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?'

Moby Dick

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

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

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

'Have you been waiting long?'

"Not fair! Being really into movies is my thing!"

DVD extras - the making of the boxed set.

'Come quick: Rin Tin Tin is on TV again...'

"Haven't you already seen this movie, like, a hundred times?"

"I'm sick of watching the same movie every day."

Movies vs. Films