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Entries Tagged as 'Bathtub scene'

The Big Lebowski (1998)

July 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment

 
Synopsis
“A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski,” says the voice of The Stranger (Sam Elliott) as he follows tumbleweed into the streets of Los Angeles. Jeff Lebowski, alias […]

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Tags: Bathtub scene · Cult favorite · Dreams and visions · Famous line · Interrogation · Midlife crisis · Paranoia · Waitress

The Doors (1991)

June 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

 
Synopsis
Bearded, overweight and sipping whiskey, Jim Morrison (Val Kilmer) huddles in a studio in Paris, laying down a track of his poetry, alone. Moving back in time to Venice Beach, California in 1965, Morrison follows a woman who catches his eye back to her […]

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Tags: Bathtub scene · Concert · Dreams and visions · Drunk scene · Famous line · Music

Brazil (1985)

May 27th, 2008 · 3 Comments

 
Synopsis
“Somewhere in the 20th century” a bomb - apparently planted by terrorists - explodes in a department store window. A clerical error at the Ministry of Information dispatches a team of stormtroopers to the wrong address, resulting in an innocent family […]

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Tags: Alternate universe · Ambiguous ending · Bathtub scene · Black comedy · Cult favorite · Dreams and visions · Interrogation · Man vs. machine

Secretary (2002)

May 18th, 2008 · 7 Comments

 
Synopsis
“I got out of the institution the day of my sister’s wedding,” narrates Lee Holloway (Maggie Gyllenhaal). The socially repressed Lee has an alcoholic for a dad (Stephen McHattie) and a mom (Lesley Ann Warren) […]

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Tags: Based on novel · Bathtub scene · Black comedy · Cult favorite · Mother/daughter relationship · Unconventional romance