Movie: Arthur Release Date: July 17, 1981 Director: Steve Gordon Starring: Dudley Moore, Liza Minelli, John Gielgud. Tag Lines: “Not everyone who drinks is a poet, some of us drink because we’re not.” “The most fun money can buy.” “Don’t You Wish You Were Arthur?” “I race cars, I play tennis, I fondle women, but…
Month: October 2020
63. Sleepless in Seattle
Movie: Sleepless in Seattle Release Date: June 25, 1993 Director: Nora Ephron Starring: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Bill Pullman, Ross Malinger, Gabby Hoffman, Rob Reiner. Tag Lines: “What if someone you never met, someone you never saw, someone you never knew was the only someone for you?” Relevance: In June of 1993, I had just…
64. The Sound of Music
Movie: The Sound of Music Release Date: March 2, 1965 Director: Robert Wise Starring: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer. Tag Lines: “RADIANCE THAT FLOODS THE SCREEN…AND WARMS THE HEART!” “…the more you see it, the more it becomes one of your favorite things!” “With songs they have sung for a thousand years.” “My heart wants to…
65. Reservoir Dogs
Movie: Reservoir Dogs Release Date: October 9, 1992 Director: Quentin Tarantino Starring: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Chris Penn, Steve Buscemi, Lawrence Tierney, Michael Madsen. Tag Lines: “Seven Total Strangers Team Up For The Perfect Crime. They Don’t Know Each Other’s Name. But They’ve Got Each Other’s Color.” “Four perfect killers. One perfect crime. Now all…
66. Terms of Endearment
Movie: Terms of Endearment Release Date: December 9, 1983 Director: James L. Brooks Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, John Lithgow, Jeff Daniels. Tag Lines: “Come to Laugh, Come to Cry, Come to Care, Come to Terms.” Relevance: ‘Terms of Endearment’ was released in December of 1983. I was twelve and had…
67. Soapdish
Movie: Soapdish Release Date: May 31, 1991 Director: Michael Hoffman Starring: Sally Field, Kevin Kline, Robert Downey Jr., Cathy Moriarty, Whoopi Goldberg, Elizabeth Shue. Tag Lines: “All that glitter… All that glamour… All that dirt.” “A Deliciously Malicious Comedy.” Relevance: As I mentioned before while discussing Demi Moore and ‘The Seventh Sign’ (see 80. The…
68. The Laramie Project
Movie: The Laramie Project Release Date: January 10, 2002 Director: Moisés Kaufman Starring: Nestor Carbonell, Christina Ricci, Dylan Baker, Terry Kinney, Lou Ann Wright, Peter Finda, Laura Linney, Camryn Manheim, Clea Duvall, Steve Buscemi, Amy Madigan, Janeane Garofalo, Tag Lines: “When a small town comes face to face with murder, everybody has a tale to…
69. Clue
Movie: Clue Release Date: December 13, 1985 Director: Jonathan Lynn Starring: Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKean, Martin Mull, Lesley Ann Warren. Tag Lines: “The movie that makes a scene of the crime.: “It’s Not Just A Game Anymore.” “Murder, madness, mystery, and mayhem. More fun than you can imagine.” “Seven…
70. Drop Dead Gorgeous
Movie: Drop Dead Gorgeous Release Date: July 23, 1999 Director: Michael Patrick Jann Starring: Kirstie Alley, Ellen Barkin, Kirsten Dunst, Denise Richards. Tag Lines: “The battle between the good and the bad is about to get ugly.” Relevance: My entire employment history as an adult was with one company. Twenty-five years in retail. Fifty to…
71. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Movie: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Release Date: June 4, 2004 Director: Alfonso Cuarón Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Gambon, Richard Griffiths, Gary Oldman, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Maggie Smith, Timothy Spall, David Thewlis, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters. Tag Lines: “Have you seen this wizard?” “Something wicked this…
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