ABCs at the Movies: The Doubles Round!

[oilgun]

Because I just watched it and loved it..

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[Fran]

aka   Zatôichi
       Takeshi Kitano's Zatoichi 
       The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi



From IMDb:

Blind Zatoichi makes his living by gambling and giving massages. But behind his humble facade, Zatoichi is a master swordsman, gifted with lightning-fast draw and strokes of breathtaking precision. Zatoichi wanders into a town run by sinister gangs and a powerful samurai. He's destined for violent showdowns when he stumbles on two beautiful geishas avenging their parents' murder... Duels, wit and a touch of zen! Cult anti-hero Zatoichi is back in a sword-fighting adventure written, directed and starring Takeshi Kitano.

[Ellemeno]

Okay, I have permission to start the next round. 

The movies have to have a connection to Brokeback Mountain.  Tell the connection.  Feel free to be as creative as you want with that connection.  The usual rules apply, including no repeated movies.

[Ellemeno]

Randy Quaid played Joe Aguirre in Brokeback Mountain and Cappy von Trapment in The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle.

[Meryl]

Both Brokeback Mountain and The Battle of Algiers won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

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From IMDb: Sexy & Subtle Gay Cowboy Short Film---Perfect!



Cowboy Forever is included in this DVD:

[Ellemeno]

Danny Deckchair and BBM both have a scene with fireworks.



From IMDb - Based on a true story, the tale of a cement truck driver named Danny, whose long awaited vacation is cancelled thanks to his scheming girlfriend, Trudy. Danny escapes his grim life in suburban Australia and blasts into the skies in a chair tied with helium balloons. A mighty thunderstorm blows him clean off the map, and spits him out far away over the lush green town of Clarence. In this new town, he rockets into the world of Glenda, the town's only parking cop. While the media back home becomes obsessed with the story of his disappearance, Danny gets to reinvent himself in this new town, and in his great adventure, he discovers a true soulmate in Glenda. Fate catches up with him eventually, as Danny's true identity is revealed and Trudy--now a tabloid celebrity--comes to the idyllic town to claim Danny and drag him back to Sydney. Danny, however, is a changed man; he's discovered what it means to be happy and has found a new self-worth. Saying farewell to Trudy, Danny makes a dynamic re-entry to the town of Clarence--determined to win Glenda back again and embrace his newfound zest for life. Written by Sujit R. Varma

[MaineWriter]

from IMDb:

Ennis William Cosby was dyslexic. As a boy, he struggled to learn in school. And he didn't know why. Eventually, Ennis came to understand that he simply learned differently and that he could succeed in school. In this film you'll meet actors, scientists, business leaders, a polar explorer, and dozens of others, both children and adults, who have one thing in common: they all have learning differences. These individuals refused to be limited by their difficulties or defined by the labels that were assigned to them. They, like Ennis William Cosby, found their gifts in their differences.

Ennis Cosby was Bill Cosby's son and was murdered on January 16, 1997. He was 27 years old. Like another Ennis that we all know and love, he died much too soon.



==aside==

Clarissa, thanks for starting a new round! Everyone, sorry for being AWOL for most of the last round. Things have been hectic around here, to say the least...

L

[Fran]

Roberta Maxwell played Joan Alterman in Fall and Mrs. Twist in Brokeback Mountain.



From IMDb:

Fall tells the tale of a brief love affair between star-crossed lovers and unlikely bedfellows... a NYC cabbie (Schaeffer) and a super model (de Cadenet). Protagonist, writer, producer, and director, Schaeffer goes where few romantic writers have dared to go before as he spins his tale of impossible love from the initial casual attraction to the intensely sexual backlash of two lonely people to the reluctant search for a deeper and more profound meaning to the ultimate and necessary death of the relationship. "Fall" is a wonderful mix of reality and poetry which will maddeningly captivate realists and aggravate hopeless romantics. Kudos to Schaeffer for having the cajones to put this film out there for those few of us who delight in the real but bittersweetness of life.