Build a movie plot around this: What movie was the probable inspiration for the opening image of an immobile young woman clad in Gold. Goldfinger
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Answer: The film opens to two muscle-bound men dressed in loincloths approaching a crypt. They open the doors, revealing a coffin. They remove the lid and exit the crypt, then the inhabitant of the coffin (Criswell) sits up to deliver an opening narration. This narration mostly matches the prologue of Night of the Ghouls (1959), with one minor variation and an additional line. The phrase "world between the living and the dead" of the original is changed to "void between...". There is also a new line at the end: "A night with the ghouls, the ghouls reborn, from the innermost depths of the world!"[1] The opening credits feature the image of "an immobile young woman clad in gold". The image was probably inspired by a memorable scene of Goldfinger (1964).[1]Following the credits, the camera shifts to a lone Chevrolet Corvair driving down a California desert road. Its passengers Bob (William Bates) and Shirley (Pat Barrington) are arguing over the decision to use this night to search for a cemetery. Bob is a horror writer who hopes that the scene of a cemetery at night will bring him inspiration. The conversation ends when Bob accidentally drives the car off the road and over a cliff.[1]The next scene opens to a nocturnal image of a fog-shrouded cemetery. The lonely figure of the Emperor (Criswell) walks towards a marble altar, sits, and then summons his "Princess of the Night", the Black Ghoul (Fawn Silver), who appears and bows before him. The Emperor warns that if the night's entertainment fails to please him, he will banish the souls of the entertainers to eternal damnation, indicating that he is an all-powerful demonic being.[1]As the full moon appears, the Black Ghoul summons the first dancer of the night, a Native American woman (Bunny Glaser). The Black Ghoul explains that this woman loved flames, and that both she and her lovers died in flames. The woman dances and strips before the flames of the cemetery.[1] The Black Ghoul then introduces the second dancer of the night, a street walker in life. While the...
Q: Build a movie plot around this: What was Ashley going to name her baby? Junebug
A: When newlywed Madeleine (Embeth Davidtz), an art dealer, travels from Chicago to North Carolina to pursue a local, self-taught painter (Frank Hoyt Taylor) for her outsider art gallery, she takes the opportunity to meet the family of her husband George (Alessandro Nivola) who live close by.There is his mother Peg (Celia Weston); his reserved, contemplative father Eugene (Scott Wilson); and his sullen, resentful, twenty-ish brother Johnny (Benjamin McKenzie) who, although married, still lives at home, and is studying for his high school equivalence certificate while working at Replacements, Ltd. as an order processor. Johnny married his now pregnant young wife Ashley (Amy Adams) before either of them finished high school. Relations between Johnny and Ashley are strained, with Ashley believing that a baby will solve their marital problems.Madeleine and George stay in the expected baby's nursery, and Madeleine becomes friends with Ashley, who's a very sweet and friendly, if somewhat naive and talkative girl. The family takes Madeline to a church service and she attends Ashley's baby shower. Madeleine discovers that she does not know much about George, as they have been married only six months, and knew each other only a week before they got married. George's strong Southern family values come through.The artist Madeleine is pursuing wavers over signing with her gallery. Ashley goes into labor, and the family goes to the hospital with her but Madeleine chooses to go and convince the artist to sign with her gallery, which makes George angry. Ashley's baby boy is stillborn. She had told Madeleine she was going to name the baby "Junebug". George and Madeleine leave to go back to Chicago.
Question: Build a movie plot around this: What planet did the Americans think the messages were coming from? They thought they were coming from Mars
Answer: Chris Cronyn (Peter Graves) and his wife,Linda Cronyn (Andrea King) Meet Dr Mitchell (Lewis Martin) at an observatory in Southern California. He explains the experiment that has been ongoing to send and receive messages to Mars.Dr Mitchell shows the couple a number of photos that have been taken that seem to show the Martians have melted their planetary icecaps and are irrigating the desert regions of the planetEncouraged by the information from Mitchell, Cronyn plans to send another signal. His wife expresses doubt about contacting the Martians; shes worried what might happen. Slowly Cronyn argues her around and she agrees to continue with the research.At a Russian research station in the Andes Mountains, agents break in and question Franz Calder (Herbert Berghofare) who is also trying to contact Mars. Calder refuses to be intimidated by the agents and tells them he has discovered the Americans have made contact with the Martians, and that hes been able to intercept the messages. Back at the Cronyn's, Admiral Bill Carey (Walter Sande) pays a surprise visit after hearing about the project. Cronyn admits the biggest problem is the Martians are only replying with the same message that Cronyn is sending. Overhearing the conversation Cronyns son suggests possibly sending a mathematical equation and see if they recognize what it is.The suggestion makes sense and a message is quickly composed and sent.As they wait for the return signal. Cronyn explains the role Dr Calder played in developing the technology in use, he tempers knowledge of the mans brilliance with the knowledge he is a wanted Nazi war criminal.Right on time, Cronyns instruments light up, a message is being received. The Martians have completed the equation. News spreads quickly about the break through. As weeks pass, more and more information is exchanged with Mars, information such as Mars having unlimited power, excess of food and a life span of over three hundred years.The news brings economic collapse around the world, first agriculture then the...
Build a movie plot around this: Who is Corky? A cabby
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Los Angeles:As evening falls, sassy tomboy cabby Corky (Winona Ryder) picks up hot-shot Hollywood executive Victoria Snelling (Gena Rowlands) from the airport, and as Corky drives, Victoria tries to conduct business over the phone. Despite their extreme differences socially, the two develop a certain connection. Sometime during the ride Victoria, who is evidently a talent scout or casting director, discovers that Corky would be ideal for a part in a movie she is casting, but Corky rejects the offer, as she has plans to become a mechanic.New York:Helmut Grokenberger (Armin Mueller-Stahl), a mild East German immigrant who was once a clown in his home country, now works in New York as a taxi driver. He picks up a passenger named YoYo (Giancarlo Esposito), a brash, streetwise young man and attempts to drive him to Brooklyn. Helmut doesn't really know how to drive with an automatic transmission so he allows YoYo to drive. On their way, they pick up YoYo's argumentative sister-in-law Angela (Rosie Perez). The story revolves around Helmut's attempts to understand and become a part of the culture of New York.Paris:A blind woman (Beatrice Dalle) goes for a ride at night with a driver (Isaach De Bankole) who hails from the Ivory Coast. They both take some verbal jabs at each other during the ride. The driver asks his passenger what it's like to be blind and she attempts to explain to him, but their cultural differences and differences of life experience make things difficult. An ironic twist at the end of the segment turns upon a French pun near the beginning of it: When the driver states his nationality as "Ivoirien," some other Africans mock him with the punning phrase "Y voit rien" (he sees nothing there). After he drops off his blind passenger, he feels fascinated by her and gazes in her direction. This inattention to driving causes him to crash into another car, whose driver angrily accuses him of being blind.Rome:In the wee morning hours, a very eccentric cabbie (Roberto Benigni) picks up a priest (Paolo...