The Impostors
The Impostors is a 1998 farce motion picture directed, written and produced by Stanley Tucci, starring Oliver Platt, Tucci, Alfred Molina, Tony Shalhoub, Steve Buscemi, and Billy Connolly.
The film, in which Oliver Platt and Stanley Tucci play a Laurel and Hardy-like odd couple of out-of work actors, is set in the depression-era 1930s; indeed, the retro style of the film is a recreation of '30s screwball comedy. The opening silent sequence harks back to the golden days of silent film. Although the plotting is light, the film is a warm-hearted and charming tribute to the early days of film comedy, fuelled by the eclectic mix of characters, who (as the title suggests) all turn out to be impostors of some kind; but the very diversity of the ensemble turns out to be the film's central point.
The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot summary
In New York City, 1938 Arthur (Tucci) and Maurice (Platt) scrape a living by petty swindles, practicing their acting technique whenever they can. Following a drunken confrontation with pretentious and dreadful Shakespearean actor Sir Jeremy Burtom (Alfred Molina), they are forced to hide as stowaways on an ocean liner.
The Impostors (play)
The Impostors is a comedy play by Richard Cumberland. It was first performed at the Drury Lane Theatre in January 1789. The plot closely resembled that of The Beaux' Stratagem by George Farquhar.
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List of Thunderbirds episodes
This is an episode guide for the 1960s British Supermarionation television series Thunderbirds, produced between 1964 and 1966 by AP Films for ITC Entertainment, and first broadcast on ATV Midlands. Episodes are listed in the original ATV Midlands broadcast order, which is identical to the order of home release.
All 32 episodes were released on DVD in Region 2 by Carlton between 2000 and 2001. A Region 1 DVD box set, published by A&E Home Video, was first released in 2002. The series was released on Blu-ray Disc in Region B in 2008, cropped into 16:9 widescreen.
Television series
Series One (1965–66)
Series One of Thunderbirds comprised 26 episodes, all 50 minutes in length.
Series Two (1966)
Series Two of Thunderbirds comprised only six episodes.
Film sequels and adaptations
Feature films
Two Thunderbirds feature films were released in the 1960s alongside the TV episodes.
Compilation films
Between 1980 and 1982, three compilation films were produced – for which a number of the original episodes were re-edited and truncated – and released on home VHS by PolyGram and subsidiary Channel 5 Video.
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The Imposters
by: Martin Guerre SoundtrackVillagers
When he arrived he was our truth
He was the answer to our prayers
He was the truth that gave us hope
The one who's there when no one cares
Is he really the one to blame?
Was the truth just a lie that we chose to believe in?
Father Dominic
Who are the imposters here?
We who live our lives deceiving
Hiding from the truths we fear
We are always make-believing
We are caught like captive flies
In this web of lies were weaving
Day by day and year by year
Tell me who are the imposters here
Pierre & Mme de Rols
Who is the impostor here?
There behind a mask he's hiding
Waiting like a mutineer
To destroy the law-abiding
We will send him to his grave
Pierre
Justice is the wave we're riding
Pierre & Mme de Rols
Soon the mask will disappear
Then we'll burn the vile imposter here
The imposter is here
Villagers
The imposters are here!
Father Dominic
The imposters are you and I
Look inside and you'll see
It is we who are dying
Villagers
Who are the imposters here?
Christians who would hunt and seize us
Worshipping the bloodied spear
Killing in the name of Jesus
Only love will see us through
Only faith in you, Lord, frees us/Jesus save us, lead us, free us
Lead us out of mortal fear
Save us from the true imposters here!' The imposters are here!
Prostestants
In their hatred and lies!
Villagers
God knows by daybreak
The judgment will come
Guillaume
And then he'll hang by his neck and I'll watch his face
As he dies, so I'll rise to my rightful place!
Villagers
Let us pray for the day bringing light to the lie
When the truth will shine like the sun in the sky
By that burning star, we'll find out who we are
Who are the imposters here?
Those who live their lives deceiving
Who are the imposters here?
Those who live their lives deceiving
Hiding from the truths they fear
They are always make-believing
They are caught like captive flies
In the web of lies they're weaving
Day by day and year by year
God knows who are the imposters here
Arnaud, Bertrande & Guillaume
She is/You are my life!
Pierre & Mme de Rols
This man will perish for deceiving us
Arnaud, Bertrande & Guillaume
She/He always will be
Pierre & Mme de Rols
Watch him dying in the web of lies he's weaving
Arnaud, Bertrande & Guillaume
Until my dying day
Villagers
The imposter is here
Father Dominic & Protestants
Like a sickening blight
Villagers
The imposter is here
Pierre, Mme de Rols & Guillaume
Like a thief in the night
The whole village
(back in the courtroom)
He is the imposter here!
Judge Coras
Never have I heard such a pitiful case
The law demands dignity, never disgrace
I have every word that you've said, every lie, every grudge
On the word of the fool, there is no case to judge
(The villagers protest vehemently)
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