Steven Spielberg asked Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones to contribute a song for the E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Story Book Album. Spielberg was so pleased with their song "Someone in the Dark" that he asked them to make the entire album, which, in spite of the size of the task, they agreed to do. This boxed set included an LP, a book to read along with it and a poster of E.T. and Jackson. Epic Records allowed Jackson to record the album for MCA Records on the conditions that it not be released until after Christmas of 1982 so as to not compete with 'Thriller' and that "Someone in the Dark" not be released as a single. Both of the conditions were breached by MCA Records; they released the storybook in November 1982 and gave promo copies of "Someone In the Dark" to radio stations. MCA Records were forced to withdraw the album and were prohibited from releasing "Someone In the Dark" as a single after court action was taken by Epic against them in a $2 million lawsuit, which MCA settled by paying Epic chief Walter Yetnikoff $500,000. Jones claims neither he nor Jackson received a dime for making the record, in spite of the large cash settlement involved and its considerable success: The audio book earned Jackson a Grammy Award in 1984 for Best Recording for Children. Upon collecting the award, and taking home a record eight Grammys from an unprecedented twelve nominations, the singer stated that of all the awards had gotten that night, he was "most proud of this one".
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Wise Guys 1986
Harry Valentini and Moe Dickstein are both errand boys for the Mob. When they lose 250000 they are set up to kill each other. But they run off to Atlantic City and comedy follows.
Wise Guys features buddy comedy, semi serious, feel good, humorous and realistic style.
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Bandits 2001
Two bank robbers fall in love with the girl theyve kidnapped.
Bandits features funny, humorous, hilarious, entertaining and feel good style.
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Best Men 1997
Four tuxedo clad men showing up at a penitentiary to meet a friend who has just been released after three years in prison and is going straight from the jail to marry his girlfriend. En route to the wedding one of the men asks to stop by a bank to ...
Best Men features semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous and independent film
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Men at Work 1990
Two garbage men find the body of a city councilman in a trash can on their route. With help from a supervisor the duo must solve the case and find the mans killer while hiding the body from the cops.
Men at Work features funny, humorous, intense, exciting and realistic style.
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Palookaville 1995
Jerry and his two pals Russ and Syd are just looking for some easy money to help them break out of their nowhere lives in their nowhere town. Despite a bungled jewelry store heist which exposes their incompetence as criminals a fateful event and ...
Palookaville features humorous, crime thriller, semi serious, realistic and offbeat style.
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Safe Men 1998
Two untalented singers are mistaken for a pair of major league safe crackers in Providence Rhode Island. The two are pressed into service by the local hoodlums and quickly find themselves in conflict with their professional colleagues. Romantic ...
Safe Men features light, humorous, melancholic, absurd and buddy comedy style.
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Ruthless People 1986
A couple cheated by a vile businessman kidnap his wife in retaliation without knowing that their enemy is delighted they did.
Ruthless People features dark comedy, black comedy, funny, hilarious and laugh out loud style.
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Small Time Crooks 2000
A loser of a crook and his wife strike it rich when a botched bank jobs cover business becomes a spectacular success.
Small Time Crooks features talky, humorous, melancholic, stylized and realistic style.
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Harry and Walter Go to New York 1976
Two hoplessly out of their class con-men attempt to pull off the largest bank heist of the l9th century. They gain the enmity of the most famous bank Robber in the world and the affection of a crusading newspaperwoman.
Harry and Walter Go to New York features offbeat, humorous, semi serious and realistic
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Stark Raving Mad 2002
A crook quietly plots his revenge against the boss who murdered his brother while working for him.
Stark Raving Mad features semi serious, humorous, feel good, light and entertaining style.
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Scorched 2003
Three bank tellers. One goal knock the place over. The ultimate inside jobs plotted by three people with nothing to lose.
Scorched features funny, melancholic, humorous, feel good and semi serious style.
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The Maiden Heist 2009
A comedy centered on three museum security guards who devise a plan to steal back the artworks to which they have become attached after they are transferred to another museum.
The Maiden Heist features exciting, light, semi serious, realistic and humorous style.
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