[Q]: Build a movie plot around this: What's Keane's wife's name? Gay
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[A]: The police arrest Maddalena Anna Paradine (Alida Valli) for poisoning her late husband, Col. Paradine. She claims innocence, and hires solicitor Sir Simon Flaquer (Charles Coburn) and barrister Anthony (a.k.a Tony) Keane (Gregory Peck, with an occasional British accent) as her defense team. Anthony Keane is very successful and happy at both his career and in his marriage with Gay (Anne Todd). Sir Flaquer and Keane have been friends for many years, and Gay considers Judy Flaquer (Joan Tetzel) her best friend. The presiding judge, Lord Thomas Horfield (Charles Laughton) and his wife, Lady Sophie (Ethel Barrymore) represent the legal and popular views about the case.Spoiler alert:During the pretrial period, Keane's affections changes, as he falls under Maddalena's spell, starting at their first meeting. Gay Keane realizes her husband has fallen for Mrs. Paradine. She confides in Judy, who advises her to confront Keane about this. But Gay refuses to leave or condemn him She knows he still loves and values her, because Keane has not chosen to leave, yet. In fact, Gay wants Mrs. Paradine to be acquitted so she can fight against a living woman instead of a lost love.The suspects narrow down to Maddalena or Andre LaTour (Louis Jourdan), Col Paradine's valet of many years. She claims to love her blind husband. Their marriage had no problems. Andre argued with Col. Paradine earlier that night, about an unknown subject, and was dismissed. There is great uncertainty in the motives and actions of many people that fateful evening. The butler brought Col Paradine that glass of brandy, something he rarely requested at bedtime. Maddalena claims to have laid out her husband's sleepwear but did not go near the brandy. Andre was pounding on Col Paradine's bedroom door, and saw Maddalena enter her room after he started. Andre said the brandy glass still had a few drops when he forced his way inside. However, the police found the brandy glass cleaned and wiped. Just before the trial starts, Andre warns Keane that Maddalena is evil...

[Q]: Build a movie plot around this: when the team explores the house? the next day
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[A]: The Haunting (1999) is a remake of the 1963 film, "The Haunting."The movie starts with Eleanor "Nell" Vance (Lili Taylor) arguing with her sister over the house which her recently deceased mother, whom Nell took care of for 11 years, left her sister in the will. After her sister gives her her mother's car, Nell orders her sister, brother-in-law, and nephew to leave. Once she's alone she finds an ad in the local newspaper asking for volunteers to take part in a study on insomnia at an old New England mansion, which Nell decides to join.Elsewhere we find Dr. Marrow (Liam Neeson) discussing with his assistant Mary over which volunteers he should use for his study, which he explains is actually an experiment on how people react to fear.Once Nell arrives at Hill House, she argues politely with Mr. Dudley the caretaker to let her in. After minutes of arguing she finally enters through the gates of Hill House where at the door she finds Mr. Dudley's wife Mrs. Dudley. As Nell makes her way to her room, it's clear that she's instantly drawn to the house.Moments later Theo (Catherine Zeta-Jones) arrives and gives Nell with an awkward homophobic reaction. After the two get to know each other a little better, they both go downstairs and explore, and find the carousel room, then they return to the main entrance and meet Luke (Owen Wilson) Dr. Marrow, and his two assistants Mary and Todd. Once they get to dinner they discuss insomnia issues and find out more about each other, and learn what they'd be doing for the next few days. After dinner, Dr. Marrow leads his guests to a room to tell everyone the story of Hill House and how Hugh Crain had built it for his wife and wished desperately for children, which all died at birth. After Dr. Marrow tells the story his assistant Mary talks about how she can feel the evil everywhere and that there's more to the story. As she goes up to examine the piano one of the strings snaps and cuts her, causing her and Todd to leave for the remainder of the movie.As everyone gets ready for bed...

[Q]: Build a movie plot around this: What made the animals panic? The watering hole dries up.
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[A]: The movie starts in the past, in an African reserve, when Alex the Lion was just a little cub, being tutored in the art of being a lion, by his doting father, Zuba, who is also the Alpha Lion. Alex is full of life and more interested in playing the fool, by dancing around and doing the "happy face/angry face" gag with his paw. Zuba shows him his paw, which has an Africa-shaped birthmark on it, which Alex also has on his paw. Just then, Makunga (Alec Baldwin), a scheming lion who wants to be Alpha Lion, challenges Zuba. Leaving Alex alone for a while, Zuba kicks the pride out of Makunga. As the fight is going on, Alex notices a piece of rope moving on the ground and follows it. He goes off the reserve and is captured by poachers, who dump him in a crate and put him in the bed of their truck. Zuba notices that his son is missing. He sees the truck moving along the fence of the reserve and hears his son, crying out for help. He runs and jumps on the truck. He manages to free the crate of its binds, when one of the poachers shoots him, causing him to fall off the truck. He doesn't notice that Alex's crate has fallen out of the truck-bed and into a nearby river. Despite the painful hole in his ear, he mourns the loss of his son.Meanwhile, in the box, Alex sits timidly. Finally, he reaches New York City and is fished out and put in the New York City Zoo. When he sees all the people looking at him, he starts to dance around, much to the audience's pleasure. As he vamps for the people, behind him, a young Marty the Zebra tells a young Gloria (the Hippo) and Melman (the Giraffe) that Alex is a show-off. Years later, Alex is still a huge hit with the zoo spectators. Marty (Chris Rock) tells Gloria (Jada Pinkett Smith) and Melman (David Schwimmer) that he still thinks he's a show-off. Marty then expresses his desire to go out in the wild...which, in his mind, means Connecticut.Then, we see a TV news report on the four animals' NY escapade (from the previous movie) and their encounter with the fearsome Nana (Elisa...

[Q]: Build a movie plot around this: Why did Vivian let Marlowe free? Marlowe persuades her to set him free
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Rusty Regan (David Savile), former IRA- fighter and bootlegger, was in love with a Mona Grant (Diana Quick). Mona married Eddie Mars (Oliver Reed) instead, casino owner and racketeer, so Rusty married Charlotte Sternwood (Sarah Miles).Spoiled and psychic fragile Camilla Sternwood (Candy Clark), sister to Charlotte, shoots Rusty Regan who denied her advances. With help of Eddie Mars, Charlotte disposes of the body and Eddie nourishes hopes of a healthy bite in the sisters' heritage, once old man General Sternwood (James Stewart) dies. The General, of poor health, was very fond of his son- in- law Rusty.To avoid Charlotte or Eddie beeing suspected by the police, they spread rumour that Rusty left with Eddie Mars' wife.General Sternwood gets blackmailed by A. G. Geiger (John Justin) on account of Camilla. Some time earlier, Sternwood paid 5'000.- $ to Joe Brody (Edward Fox), also on account of Camilla. Sternwood hires Philip Marlowe (Robert Mitchum) to get rid of the problem.The blackmailer, Arthur Gwynn Geiger, is bisexuell and, with the fassade of an antique books store, involved in smut books and blackmailing.Owen Taylor (Martin Potter), chauffeur to the Sternwoods with a criminal record, wants to call Geiger on his machinations with Camilla, witnesses Geiger's taking nude photos of her drugged and shoots him. Takes the plate holder of the camera with him.Joe Brody, friend to Agnes Lozelle (Joan Collins), the front woman in Geiger's bookstore, was on his way to Geiger. Hears Taylor's shots, follows him and knocks him out. He takes the plate holder from him. Taylor awakenes, knocks out Brody and escapes without plate holder.Later Taylor is found killed in a Sternwood car in the harbour. According to the trivia in the Bogart/ Bacall- Version, not even Chandler knew who killed him...Karl Lundgren (Simon Fisher- Turner), Geiger's lover from his bookstore, comes to the appartment while Marlowe took the drugged Camilla to the Sternwood place. He hides the body to clear out his personal belongings. Marlowe misses...