Movie: Jurassic Park Release Date: June 11, 1993 Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Bob Peck, Martin Ferrero, BD Wong, Samuel L. Jackson, Wayne Knight, Joseph Mazzello, Ariana Richards. Tag Lines: “Life finds a way.” “Welcome to…” “Unleash the Beasts.” “Caution! Alive Inside.” “The Park is open.” “An adventure…
Month: November 2020
53. Beaches
Movie: Beaches Release Date: December 21, 1988 Director: Garry Marshall Starring: Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey. Tag Lines: “The Friendship You’ll Always Remember… In The Film You’ll Never Forget.” “Some Friendships Last Forever.” “Friends come and go but there’s always one you’re stuck with for life.” Relevance: My mom was a huge Bette Midler fan, thus…
54. Grease 2
Movie: Grease 2 Release Date: June 11, 1982 Director: Patricia Birch Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, Maxwell Caulfield, Adrian Zmed, Lorna Luft, Didi Conn, Eve Arden, Sid Caesar, Dody Goodman, Tab Hunter, Connie Stevens. Tag Lines: “Grease is still the word!” “The Music and Feeling go on Forever.” Relevance: As already reported on this blog, in the…
55. The Breakfast Club
Movie: The Breakfast Club Release Date: February 15, 1985 Director: John Hughes Starring: Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, Ally Sheedy. Tag Lines: “They only met once, but it changed their lives forever.” “They were five total strangers, with nothing in common, meeting for the first time. A brain, a…
56. Purple Rain
Movie: Purple Rain Release Date: July 27, 1984 Director: Albert Magnoli Starring: Prince, Apollonia Kotero, Morris Day, Olga Karlatos, Clarence Williams III. Tag Lines: “This is what it sounds like when doves cry.” Relevance: Sometime in early 1983, I saw a video on MTV for a song called “1999.” I was instantly hooked. Soon after…
57. The Princess Bride
Movie: The Princess Bride Release Date: September 25, 1987 Director: Rob Reiner Starring: Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Wallace Shawn, Andre the Giant, Robin Wright, Peter Falk, Billy Crystal. Tag Lines: “The story of a man and a woman who lived happily ever after. Even though the courtship almost killed them.” “Scaling…
58. Psycho
Movie: Psycho Release Date: September 8, 1960 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, John McIntire, Janet Leigh. Tag Lines: “The picture you MUST see from the beginning… Or not at all!… For no one will be seated after the start of… Alfred Hitchcock’s greatest shocker Psycho.” “An Alfred Hitchcock…
59. Milk
Movie: Milk Release Date: November 26, 2008 Director: Gus Van Sant Starring: Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, James Franco. Tag Lines: “His life changed history. His courage changed lives.” “Never blend in.” Relevance: Before the year 2000, I was not very politically aware or active. My parents, both registered Democrats during my…
60. Xanadu
Movie: Xanadu Release Date: August 8, 1980 Director: Robert Greenwald Starring: Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly, Michael Beck. Tag Lines: “The Music, The Film, A Place Where Dreams Come True.” “In Xanadu a golden goddess did decree…Welcome to your own musical fantasy.” “A Fantasy, A Musical, A Place Where Dreams Come True.” “Where time stops and…
61. E. T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Movie: E. T. the Extra-Terrestrial Release Date: June 11, 1982 Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote, Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore. Tag Lines: “He is afraid. He is totally alone. He is 3 million light years from home.” “A Steven Spielberg film.” “His Adventure On Earth.” “He is afraid. He is alone. He is…
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