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…
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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…
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…
62. Arthur
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…
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…
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…
74. Pretty Woman
Movie: Pretty Woman Release Date: March 23, 1990 Director: Garry Marshall Starring: Richard Gere, Julia Roberts. Tag Lines: “Who knew it was so much fun to be a hooker?” “She walked off the street, into his life and stole his heart.” Relevance: I did not see ‘Pretty Woman’ when it played in theaters for one…
77. Mr. Mom
Movie: Mr. Mom Release Date: August 19, 1983 Director: Stan Dragoti Starring: Michael Keaton, Teri Garr, Martin Mull, Ann Jillian, Christopher Lloyd. Tag Lines: “When mom goes to work, dad goes berserk!” “Caroline’s a rising executive. Jack just lost his job. Jack’s going to have to start from the bottom up.” Relevance: Some movies are…
78. Cabaret
Movie: Cabaret Release Date: February 13, 1972 Director: Bob Fosse Starring: Liza Minelli, Michael York, Joel Grey, Helmut Griem, Marisa Berenson, Fritz Wepper. Tag Lines: “The Award-Winning Smash Hit Musical.” “A divinely decadent experience!” “Come to the Cabaret.” “Life is a Cabaret.” Relevance: As I have mentioned a few times already on this blog, my…
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