Troubled Waters: A Turtle’s Tale

Title: Troubled Waters: A Turtle’s Tale
Year: 2019
Director: Rory F. Fielding
Narrator: Peter Coyote
Genre: Documentary
Country: USA

Why in Database: Documentary filled in one hundred percent with turtles, from start to finish. In addition to the mass of scenes, it is worth mentioning that the myth of the creation of the world according to the Algonquins is recalled.

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Shy People

Title: Shy People
Year: 1987
Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy
Actors: Jill Clayburgh, Barbara Hershey, Martha Plimpton, Merritt Butrick, John Philbin, Don Swayze, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Mare Winningham, Michael Audley, Brad Leland, Tony Epper, Paul Landry, Warren Battiste, Edward Bunker, Vladimir Bibic, Dominic Barto
Genre: Drama
Country: USA

Why in Database: In this film there is a two-headed turtle, one of the characters puts on the table. He is mentioned in the dialogue. Earlier turtle soup is also mentioned in the dialogue.

– Hmm this is really good.
– Turtle soup.
– I had a turtle once.
– Ain’t him.

– Oh, my God. Oh my god! Look at those two heads! Incredible.
– They’re fighting!
– They’re jumping!
– They don’t know which way to go!
– I gotta get this on film.
– It’s weird!
– Oh.
– Strange.
– Can you turn them around this way?
– It’s so sad.
– This is not exactly Cosmopolitan–
– I never saw nothin’ like that ’till the oil companies come. That’s when it all started happening.

Author: XYuriTT

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

Title: 7 Faces of Dr. Lao
Year: 1964
Director: George Pal
Actors: Tony Randall, Barbara Eden, Arthur O’Connell, John Ericson, Noah Beery Jr., Lee Patrick, Minerva Urecal, John Qualen, Frank Kreig, Peggy Rea, Eddie Little Sky, Royal Dano, Argentina Brunetti, John Doucette, Dal McKennon, Frank Cady, Chubby Johnson, Douglas Fowley
Genre: Fantasy, western
Country: USA

Why in Database: By the trailer where the titular doctor Lao lives, you can see a two-headed turtle. He appears in two scenes.

Author: XYuriTT

Before the Rain

Title: Before the Rain
Original title: Pred dozhdot
Year: 1994
Director: Milcho Manchevski
Actors: Katrin Cartlidge, Rade Serbedzija, Grégoire Colin, Josif Josifovski, Boris Delcevski, Dejan Velkov, Kiril Ristoski, Mladen Krstevski, Dzemail Maksut, Labina Mitevska, Mile Jovanovski, Milica Stojanova, Petar Mircevski, Ljupco Bresliski, Igor Madzirov, Kiril Psaltirov, Metodi Psaltirov, Ilko Stefanovski
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Macedonia Północna, UK, France

Why in Database: Some turtles are shown at the very beginning, children play with them, simulating a fight between them. In another scene you can also see a turtle inside a terrarium.

Author: XYuriTT

Harlem Aria

Title: Harlem Aria
Year: 1999
Director: William Jennings
Actors: Damon Wayans, Gabriel Casseus, Christian Camargo, Malik Yoba, Paul Sorvino, Kristen Wilson, Eyde Byrde, Nicole Ari Parker, Fenton Lawless, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Jeremiah Alexis, Patrick Clarke, Lee Michael Cohn, Sheila Edmondson, Buddy Fitzpatrick
Lord Kayson, Charles Keating, Reno
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, USA

Why in Database: The Turtles appear in this film only as a mention in dialogue, a reference to the Ninja Turtles.

– You look like a gay ninja turtle.

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The Living End

Title: The Living End
Year: 1992
Director: Gregg Araki
Actors: Mike Dytri, Craig Gilmore, Mark Finch, Mary Woronov, Johanna Went, Darcy Marta, Scott Goetz, Brett Vail, Nicole Dillenberg, Stephen Holman, Magie Song, Peter Lanigan, Jon Gerrans, Jack Kofman, Chris Mabli, Michael Now, Michael Haynes, Peter Grame
Genre: Comedy, Criminal, Drama, Romance
Country: USA

Why in Database: One of the characters uses a Ninja Turtles themed bottle. It can be seen in many scenes.

Author: XYuriTT

The Second Mother

Title: The Second Mother
Original title: Que Horas Ela Volta?
Year: 2015
Director: Anna Muylaert
Actors: Regina Casé, Helena Albergaria, Michel Joelsas, Camila Márdila, Karine Teles, Lourenço Mutarelli, Bete Dorgam, Luis Miranda, Theo Werneck, Luci Pereira, Anapaula Csernik, Hugo Villavicenzio, Roberto Camargo, Alex Huszar, Andrey Lima, Thaise Reis, Nilcéia Vicente
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Brazil

Why in Database: A turtle appears in one scene in this film.

Author: XYuriTT

Apartment 212

Title: Apartment 212, known also as Gnaw
Year: 2017
Director: Haylar Garcia
Actors: Penelope Mitchell, Kyle Gass, Chris Johnson, Sally Kirkland, Graham Emmons, Susan Bellone, Erin Graham, Elisa Vasquez, Daniel Rossano, Han Soto, Aaron Burns, Kathryn Gould, Dan Davidson, Nelson Goforth, Kristin Keating, Portia Prescott, David Herrera, Nancy Fingerhood
Genre: Horror
Country: Spain, USA

Why in Database: A turtle named Tina appears in the film, the main character gets him as a gift. You see this turtle in several scenes, in one he is injured but survives, in the final scene we see him aliv and his wounds are bandaged.

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Hello World!

Title: Hello World!
Original title: Bonjour le monde
Year: 2019
Director: Anne-Lise Koehler, Éric Serre
Original Dubbing: Kaycie Chase, Julien Crampon, Boris Rehlinger
Genre: Animation
Country: France

Why in Database: One of the characters in this film is a turtle, he appears throughout the film in many scenes.

Author: XYuriTT

Strange World

Title: Strange World
Year: 2022
Director: Don Hall, Qui Nguyen
English dubbing: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jaboukie Young-White, Gabrielle Union, Dennis Quaid, Lucy Liu, Karan Soni, Alan Tudyk, Adelina Anthony, Abraham Benrubi, Jonathan Melo, Nik Dodani, Francesca Reale, Emily Kuroda, Reed Buck
Genre: Animation, Action, pzygodowy, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, SF
Country: Japan, USA

Why in Database:In theory, we can see the turtle in this film only in the final part, but it turns out that the entire previous plot takes place inside a huge turtle, so in a sense, the turtle is present throughout the whole movie.

Author: XYuriTT