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The Fortune Cookie (alternative UK title: Meet Whiplash Willie) is a 1966 film starring Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon in their first collaboration, and directed by Billy Wilder.
Three very different dating couples end up in the same late Chinese restaurant where a seer gives each diner a personalized fortune. A teen geek (Matt Barker) is dining with a blond cheerleader (Rachel Kimsey), who is there only to make her boy friend jealous. Her independent-minded mother (Terra Allen) is also there with her long-time beau (Douglas Caputo), who is trying to gather his nerve to propose. Her older sister (Brandy Snow) is also there with a DJ (Christopher Marley) whom she met at a book club. All of the individuals are shown to have flaws and assets, which makes for a well-rounded story and good insights into relation's expectations of males and females today. Written by John Sacksteder
This award winning film is a story of ideas, the portrait of a young man's quest for self discovery and inspiration. A thought of leaving friends and family behind, discarding comfort in order to find his eye as an artist. The search for an ideal, a place where things are going to be as they should be, not as they are. Shot on only $250, Winner of the Audience Favorite Award at the 2005 Dam Short Film Festival. Written by Anonymous
A cameraman is knocked over during a football game. His brother in law as the king of the ambulance chasing lawyers starts a suit while he's still knocked out. The cameraman is against it until he hears that his ex-wife will be coming to see him. He pretends to be injured to get her back, but also sees what the strain is doing to the football player who injured him. Written by John Vogel
A cameraman gets injured by a football player during a game and goes to the hospital. There, his cunning brother in law (who happens to be a lawyer) convinces him to pretend that his legs have been paralyzed. This way, they can receive a huge indemnity from the insurance company. Of course, the insurance company's men suspect that the paralysis is a fake one, and so a big "game" begins. The first collaboration of the successful team of Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon. Written by Chris Makrozahopoulos






