PROLOGUE – THE LORD OF THE RINGS

Galadriel: The world has changed. I see it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was is lost. For none now live, who remember it.

It began with the forging of the Great Rings. Three were given to the elves: Immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings. Seven to the Dwarf-lords: Great miners and craftsmen of the mountain halls. And nine…nine rings were gifted to the race of men… who, above all else, desire power. For within these rings was bound the strength and will to govern each race. But they were all of them deceived…for another ring was made.

In the land of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom…the dark lord Sauron forged in secret a Master Ring…to control all others. And into this ring he poured his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life. One Ring to rule them all.

One by one the Free Lands of Middle Earth fell to the power of the Ring. But there were some who resisted. A Last Alliance of Men and Elves marched against the armies of Mordor. And on the slopes of Mount Doom, they fought for the freedom of Middle Earth. Victory was near. But the power of the Ring could not be undone. It was in this moment, when all hope had faded…that Isildur, son of the king, took up his father’s sword. Sauron, the enemy of the Free Peoples of Middle Earth, was defeated.

The ring passed to Isildur, who had this one chance to destroy evil forever. But the hearts of Men are easily corrupted. And the Ring of Power has a will of its own. It betrayed Isildur to his death. And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend, legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years the Ring passed out of all knowledge. Until, when chance came, It ensnared a new bearer.

The ring came to the creature Gollum who took it deep into the tunnels of the Misty Mountains. And there…it consumed him. The Ring brought to Gollum an unnatural long life. For five hundred years it poisoned his mind. And in the gloom of Gollum’s cave, it waited. Darkness crept back into the forests of the world. Rumor grew of a shadow in the East, whispers of a nameless fear. And the ring of power perceived…its time had now come.

It abandoned Gollum. But something happened then the ring did not intend. It was picked up by the most unlikely creature imaginable. A Hobbit. Bilbo Baggins of the Shire.

For the time will soon come, when Hobbits will shape the fortunes of all.

CHARACTERS INTRODUCED BY CREDITS
– In order of appearance in the movie

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
The Ugly (Eli Wallach)
The Bad (Lee Van Cleef)
And The Good (Clint Eastwood)

Mean Streets
Tony (David Proval)
Michael (Richard Romanus)
Johnny Boy (Robert De Niro)
Charlie (Harvey Keitel)

Snatch
Cousin Avi (Dennis Farina)
Sol (Lennie James)
Mickey (Brad Pitt)
Vinny (Robbie Gee)
Franky Four Fingers (Benicio Del Toro)
Turkish (Jason Stratham)
Gorgeous George (Adam Fogerty)
Tommy (Stephen Graham)
Bullet-Tooth Tony (Vinnie Jones)
Boris the Blade (Rade Serbedzija)
Doug the Head (Mike Reid)
Brick Top (Alan Ford)

Trainspotting
Renton (Ewan McGregor)
Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller)
Begbie (Robert Carlyle)
Spud (Ewen Bremner)
Tommy (Kevin McKidd)

The Faculty
Casey (Elijah Wood)
Stokely (Clea DuVall)
Delilah (Jordana Brewster)
Stan (Shawn Hatosy)
Marybeth (Laura Harris)
Zeke (Josh Hartnett)

The A-Team
Col. Hannibal Smith (Liam Neeson)
Lt. Faceman Peck (Bradley Cooper)
Bosco B.A. Baracus (Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson)
Capt. HM. Murdock (Sharlto Copley)

THE FOUR TELEVISION DAVIDS

It seems David’s with five-letter surnames make excellent TV-shows;

David Chase – The Sopranos
David Lynch – Twin Peaks
David Milch – Deadwood
David Simon – The Wire

JAY AND SILENT BOB

Who are they?
Two stoners from New Jersey. One has verbal diarrhea, the other hardly talks except to sum up the movie in one short monologue. They feature in films from writer/director Kevin Smith, who ‘plays’ the character Silent Bob himself. Jay is portrayed by his close friend Jason Mewes. They made an appearance in many movies, video games, comics and an animated television series. In Smith’s movies, they usually function as side-characters (only one scene in Chasing Amy). In 2001 they got their first own movie: Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.

Films:
Clerks (1994), Mallrats (1995), Chasing Amy (1997), Dogma (1999), Scream 3 (2000, Cameo), Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001), Clerks II (2006), Jay & Silent Bob’s Super Groovy Cartoon Movie! (2013), Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019), Clerks III (2022)

WHO’S THE MAN?

The Man Who Copied
is André (Lázaro Ramos)
The Man Who Cried
is Cesar (Johnny Depp)*
The Man Who Fell To Earth
is Thomas Jerome Newton (David Bowie)
The Man Who Knew Too Little
is Wallace ‘Wally’ Ritchie (Bill Murray)
The Man Who Knew Too Much
is Bob Lawrence (Leslie Banks) in 1934 and Ben McKenna (James Stewart) in 1956
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
is Tom Doniphon (John Wayne)
The Man Who Wasn’t There
is Ed Crane (Billy Bob Thornton)
The Man Who Would Be King
is Daniel Dravot (Sean Connery)

* More men cry in the movie but Johnny Depp’s character is the most obvious choice for the title role. However it is also suggested that the title is a reference to crying out or singing as well and that ‘the man’ can also refer to men in general.

DIRTY HARRY SERIES

Dirty Harry (1971)
Director: Don Siegel

Magnum Force (1973)
Director: Ted Post

The Enforcer (1976)
Director: James Fargo

Sudden Impact (1983)
Director: Clint Eastwood

The Dead Pool (1988)
Director: Buddy Van Horn

FILMS ABOUT FILMMAKERS

Chaplin (1992)
About Charles Chaplin
Played by Robert Downey Jr.

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)
About Bruce Lee
Played by Jason Scott Lee (no relation)

Ed Wood (1994)
About Edward D. Wood Jr.
Played by Johnny Depp

Gods and Monsters (1998)
About James Whale
Played by Ian McKellan

Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
About Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Played by John Malkovich

Aviator, The (2005)
About Howard Hughes
Played by Leonardo DiCaprio

THE TERRORISTS IN DIE HARD

Hans Gruber – Alan Rickman
Karl – Alexander Godunov
Franco – Bruno Doyon
Tony – Andreas Wisniewski
Theo – Clarence Gilyard, JR.
Alexander – Joey Plewa
Marco – Lorenzo Caccialanza
Kristoff – Gerard Bonn
Eddie – Dennis Hayden
Uli – Al Leong
Heinrich – Gary Roberts
Fritz – Hans Buhringer
James – Wilhelm von Homburg

PETER JACKSON CAMEOS IN THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY

1. Carrot Eater

When and where: City of Bree in The Fellowship of the Ring

2. Wild Man

When and where: Isengard in The Two Towers

3. Spear Thrower

When and where: Helm’s Deep in The Two Towers

4. Pirate

When and where: Corsair ship in The Return of the King

ACTORS WHO PLAYED TWINS

Eddie Murphy – Bowfinger
Sean Young – A Kiss Before Dying
Jean Claude van Damme – Double Impact
Andy Garcia – Steal Big, Steal Little
Jeremy Irons – Dead Ringers
Lee Marvin – Cat Ballou
Nicolas Cage – Adaptation
Matthew Modine – Equinox
Armie Hammer – The Social Network
Bette Midler – Big Business
Lily Tomlin – Big Business
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Man in the Iron Mask
Edward Norton – Leaves of Grass
Lindsay Lohan – The Parent Trap
Bette Davis – A Stolen Life

CHEECH AND CHONG

Cheech & Chong are a famous stoner duo consisting of Richard ‘Cheech’ Marin and Tommy Chong who found a wide audience in the 1970s and 1980s for their films and stand-up routines, which were based on the hippie and free love era, and especially drug culture movements, most notably their love for cannabis.

Movies
Up In Smoke (1978)
Dir: Lou Adler

Next Movie (1980)
Dir: Tommy Chong

Nice Dreams (1981)
Dir: Tommy Chong

Things Are Tough All Over (1982)
Dir: Tom Avildsen

Still Smoking (1983)
Dir: Tommy Chong

Corsican Brothers, The (1984)
Dir: Tommy Chong

Get Out Of My Room (1985)
Dir: Cheech Marin

Born In East L.A. (1987)
Dir: Cheech Marin

Far Out Man (1989)
Dir: Tommy Chong

NEO REALISM

What is it?
A film movement that portrays ordinary people in the midst of the ruins of post WWII in Italy. A period dominated by angst, poor economics and extreme poverty. Neo realism is arguably more a trend than an actual movement by a group of people with similar thoughts and ideas. Its characteristics are the use of unknown actors (also for main parts), real locations and a realistic looking visual style.

Famous examples
Ossessione (1943, Luchino Visconti)
Rome, Open City (1945, Roberto Rosselini)
The Bicycle Thief (1948, Vittorio De Sica)
La Terra Trema (1948, Luchino Visconti)
Stromboli (1950, Roberto Rosselini)
Umberto D. (1952, Vittorio De Sica)

SELECTION OF ASH’S ONELINERS*

Ash?
Ashley J. ‘Ash’ Williams is the protagonist of The Evil Dead franchise. He is portrayed by Bruce Campbell. Throughout the series, Ash has to face off against his loved ones inside an abandoned cabin as they are possessed by deadites, the evil souls of the dead. Ash was named the 24th Greatest Movie Character of All Time by Empire Magazine.

Oneliners
– ‘Groovy’
– ‘Yo She-Bitch, let’s go!’
– ‘How’d you like the taste of that, huh?’
– ‘Name’s Ash, Housewares’
– ‘Come get some’
– ‘Can I borrow your face for a while? My ass is on vacation’*
– ‘That can’t be your face! What did your neck throw up?’*

* Videogame ‘A Fistful of Boomstick’

ACTORS WHO HAVE PLAYED PHILIP MARLOWE

Who?
Philip Marlowe is a fictional character created by Raymond Chandler in a series of mystery / detective novels including The Big Sleep and The Long Goodbye. Marlowe first appeared under that name in The Big Sleep, published in 1939.

Actors who have played this private snoop
George Sanders in The Falcon Takes Over (1942) [named ‘The Falcon’]
Lloyd Nolan in Time To Kill (1942) [named Michael Shayne]
Dick Powell in Murder, My Sweet (1944)
Humphrey Bogart in The Big Sleep (1946)
Robert Montgomery in Lady in the Lake (1947)
Robert Montgomery in The Brasher Doubloon (1947)
James Garner in Marlowe (1969)
Elliott Gould in The Long Goodbye (1973)
Robert Mitchum in Farewell My Lovely (1975)
Robert Mitchum in The Big Sleep (1978)

ACTORS / DIRECTORS AND THEIR BIRTH NAMES

Alexander Payne- Alexander Papadopoulos
Charles Bronson – Charles Dennis Buchinsky
Demi Moore – Demetria Gene Guynes
Jodie Foster- Alicia Christian Foster
Kiefer Sutherland – Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland
Martin Scorsese – Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese
Martin Sheen – Ramon Antonio Gerard Estevez
Mel Gibson – Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson
Michael Keaton – Michael John Douglas
Nick Nolte – Nicholas King Nolte
Quentin Tarantino – Quentin Jerome Tarantino
Richard Donner – Richard D. Schwartzberg
Robbie Coltrane – Anthony Robert McMillan
Robert De Niro – Robert Mario De Niro Jr.
Robert Duvall – Robert Selden Duvall
Sylvester Stallone – Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone
Tom Cruise – Thomas Cruise Mapother IV
Woody Harrelson – Woodrow Tracy Harrelson

PUNNING PORN MOVIE TITLES

Anal Analysis
Battlestar Orgasmica
Beaverjuice
Blown in 60 Seconds
Buttman and Throbbin’
Cape Rear
Clockwork Orgy
The Cockateer
CreamCatcher
Driving Miss Daisy Crazy
Ed’s Wood
Edward Penishands
Erectnophobia
Fill Jill
Forrest Hump
The Flint Bones
Hannibal Lickter
Good Will Humping
Honey, I Blew Everybody
I Know Who You Did Last Summer
In Diana Jones and the Temple of Poon
Intercourse with the Vampire
Juranal Park
Jurassic Poke
The Last Anal Hero
Lost in Penetration
Lust, Ties and Videotape
Mad Jack: Beyond Thunderbone
Muffy the Vampire Layer
Plan 69 From Outer Space
Position: Impossible
Robocock
Romancing the Bone
Schindler’s Fist
Sexcalibur
Sexorcist
Sex Trek: The Next Penetration
Shaving Ryan’s Privates
Spermacus
The Sperminator
Star Whores
Total Reball
Twin Peeks
Wet Dreams May Cum
When Harry Ate Sally
White Men Can’t Hump

TITLES THAT FEATURE A COLOUR

The Black Dahlia
Pitch Black
Black Hawk Down
Tears of the Black Tiger
Black Narcissus
Black Rain
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Black Caesar
Meet Joe Black
Men In Black
Black Widow
Black Swan

Blue Velvet
The Big Blue
Betty Blue
Three Colours: Blue
Blue in the Face
The Blue Angel
The Blue Dahlia
Deep Blue Sea
Rhapsody in Blue
Blue is the Warmest Colour

Foxy Brown

The Boy With Green Hair
The Girl With Green Eyes
The Green Mile
The Green Hornet
The Green Man
The Green Slime
Monster From Green Hell
The Green Lantern
Green Inferno
Green Book
The Green Knight
Soylent Green
Fried Green Tomatoes

A Clockwork Orange
Orange County
Soldier of Orange

The Color Purple
Purple Rain

Red River
Three Colours: Red
Red Beard
The Thin Red Line
The Red Shoes
Moulin Rouge
Red Planet
Deep Red
Red Rock West
Red Desert
Raise the Red Lantern
The Man with One Red Shoe
The Red Balloon
Lady in Red

Pretty in Pink
Pink Flamingo’s

White Fang
White Heat
White Zombie
White Men Can’t Jump
Three Colours : White
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
The Bride With White Hair

Yellow Submarine
She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
The Clouded Yellow