Kumar Pallana
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Indian character actor and vaudevillian. He performed on the Mickey Mouse Club as a plate spinner and juggler. His son, Dipak Pallana, created, owned and operated a cafe called the Cosmic Cup in Kumar’s home in Dallas, Texas; this is where he met Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Indore, India
Adult: No
Birthday: December 23, 1918
Age: 106 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: October 10, 2013
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The Terminal
Overview: An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-17
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10 Items or Less
Overview: An actor who is considering the role of a supermarket manager arrives at a grocery store on the outskirts of Los Angeles to do some field research. He subsequently becomes stranded, without a car or cell phone, and accepts a ride home with Scarlet, a cashier who is about to interview for a new job. The actor rediscovers the essence of his craft while helping Scarlet gain the confidence she needs to change her life.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-11
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The Royal Tenenbaums
Overview: Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. Most of this was generally considered to be their father's fault. "The Royal Tenenbaums" is the story of the family's sudden, unexpected reunion one recent winter.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-05
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Campus Radio
Overview: When campus radio DJ, and indie-rock band manager, Xavier P. Thortenberry, discovers the lead singer of his band, has quit - he thinks he has troubles. But when a sexy young girl named Tommy, comes to audition as the new lead singer - his real troubles begin. Trying to keep a rag-tag band of wayward musicians together is challenge enough - being in love with the new lead singer is all but too much for Xavier. When his band is invited to the nation's most important music showcase, Xavier's troubles find their boiling point. Here, in Austin Texas, the live music capital of the world, the best thing that could ever happen, and the worst thing that could ever happen - both happen, and in the very same hour. And Xavier is left alone, to discover the real meaning of big words like Love and Devotion.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-01-01
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Romance & Cigarettes
Overview: Ironworker Nick lives with his wife, Kitty, and three daughters. When he meets a significantly younger woman, Tula, he starts an affair with her, much to the chagrin of his wife, and his life is thrown into upheaval. Kitty kicks Nick out of the house, and he is forced to make some difficult decisions.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-13
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The Peter Bradley Show: 'The Royal Tenenbaums'
Overview: Apparently an attempt to parody the "Charlie Rose" show, here host Peter Bradley interviews 6 (well, 5, since one doesn't show up) of the bit players from "The Royal Tenenbaums."
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-07-09
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The Darjeeling Limited
Overview: Three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other -- to become brothers again like they used to be. Their "spiritual quest", however, veers rapidly off-course (due to events involving over-the-counter pain killers, Indian cough syrup, and pepper spray).
Genres: Adventure Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-07
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Black Licorice
Overview: A fashion photographer gets more than he bargained for when a roll of film in a used camera contains sinister imagery of high-society menace that sends him into a labyrinth of imminent danger.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-24
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Viva Zapata!
Overview: The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of president Porfirio Díaz in the early 20th century.
Genres: History Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-02-07
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Another Earth
Overview: Tragedy connects a young woman and a shattered music professor as an exact replica of Earth is discovered.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-07-22
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Anjaana Anjaani
Overview: Akash and Kiara are trying to find luck in their life after several failed attempts to be successful in their careers and in love. Fed up, they both decide to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge. However, both land up on the same bridge at the same time.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2010-09-24
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Bomb the System
Overview: Anthony ‘Blest’ (Mark Webber) is one of the most talented and notorious graffiti artists in New York City. Despite the tragic loss of his older brother during a nightly 'bombing' foray with a graffiti crew, Anthony has the same insatiable addiction. With the other members of his ‘crew,’ Anthony parties, shoplifts spray-paint and 'tags' virgin walls with his signature 'Blest.' He does his best to avoid run-ins with the cops and hostile rival crews, but he can’t avoid the pressure from his mother to attend college, and from his girlfriend to leave New York with her. As tensions rise, a physical threat from the cops causes the crew to intensify their bombing excursions, calling an all out war on the city. When the inevitable confrontation happens, a tragedy results that pushes Anthony to make a decision that has even darker consequences.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-08-02
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Bottle Rocket
Overview: Upon his release from a mental hospital following a nervous breakdown, the directionless Anthony joins his friend Dignan, who seems far less sane than the former. Dignan has hatched a harebrained scheme for an as-yet-unspecified crime spree that somehow involves his former boss, the (supposedly) legendary Mr. Henry.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-21
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Rushmore
Overview: When a beautiful first-grade teacher arrives at a prep school, she soon attracts the attention of an ambitious teenager named Max, who quickly falls in love with her. Max turns to the father of two of his schoolmates for advice on how to woo the teacher. However, the situation soon gets complicated when Max's new friend becomes involved with her, setting the two pals against one another in a war for her attention.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-12-11
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Hollywood Whores
Overview: About struggling and wannabee artists and screen neurotics in Los Angeles. From studio executive to homeless actor in jut one blow. They compromise their identities, bodies and souls in search of their dreams and passions.
Genres: Drama Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-08-20
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Hamlet A.D.D.
Overview: The ghost of Hamlet's father orders him to kill his uncle, and the easily distracted prince makes up a bunch of excuses to avoid doing it.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-10
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The Gold Bracelet
Overview: When tragedy strikes on 9/11, Arjun Singh (Kavi Raz) and his family -- devout Sikhs who emigrated from India to the suburbs of Los Angeles -- suddenly find themselves as targets of prejudice and discrimination. Trying to distance themselves from terrorists, they explain to once-friendly neighbors how their Sikh culture is nothing like Muslim extremism, but their words largely fall on deaf and suspicious ears. Archana Puran Singh co-stars.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-01
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The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'
Overview: Interviews with individuals involved in the making of Wes Anderson's 1996 film "Bottle Rocket."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-16
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First Steps
Overview: Jason DaSilva documents his life with multiple sclerosis.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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The Making of 'Rushmore'
Overview: An exclusive behind-the-scenes documentary by Eric Chase Anderson.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-25
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