Movie: History of the World: Part I Release Date: June 12, 1981 Director: Mel Brooks Starring: Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, Cloris Leachman. Tag Lines: “IN MEL WE TRVST!” “Ten million years in the making. The truth, the whole truth, and everything, but the truth!” “…a little something to offend everyone…” Relevance:…
Category: Comedy
206. Blazing Saddles
Movie: Blazing Saddles Release Date: February 7, 1974 Director: Mel Brooks Starring: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn, Mel Brooks, Alex Karras. Tag Lines: “Mel Brooks and the West! Together for the last time!” “From the people who gave you ‘The Jazz Singer!’” “Never give a saga an even break!” Relevance:…
208. Johnny Dangerously
Movie: Johnny Dangerously Release Date: December 21, 1984 Director: Amy Heckerling Starring: Michael Keaton, Joe Piscopo, Marilu Henner, Maureen Stapleton, Peter Boyle, Griffin Dunne, Glynnis O’Connor, Dom DeLuise, Richard Dimitri, Danny DeVito. Tag Lines: “Organized crime has never been this disorganized!” “WANTED * MICHAEL KEATON * for being wacky, outrageous & rude in the ‘new’…
209. The Fisher King
Movie: The Fisher King Release Date: September 20, 1991 Director: Terry Gilliam Starring: Robin Williams, Jeff Bridges, Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer, Michael Jeter. Tag Lines: “A Modern Day Tale About The Search For Love, Sanity, Ethel Merman And The Holy Grail.” “A good, old-fashioned story of guilt, poverty, love, madness and free video club membership.”…
212. Jeffrey
Movie: Jeffrey Release Date: August 18, 1995 Director: Christopher Ashley Starring: Steven Weber, Patrick Stewart, Michael T. Weiss, Bryan Batt, Sigourney Weaver, Kathy Najimy, Nathan Lane, Olympia Dukakis, Christine Beranski. Tag Lines: “Love is an adventure when one of you is sure… and the other is positive.” “It’s Just Sex!” Relevance: In 1995, when ‘Jeffrey’…
215. Four Rooms
Movie: Four Rooms Release Date: December 25, 1995 Director: Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino. Starring: Tim Roth, Antonio Banderas, Jennifer Beals, Paul Calderon, Sammi Davis, Valerie Golino, Kathy Griffin, Madonna, David Proval, Ione Skye, Lili Taylor, Marisa Tomei, Tamlyn Tomita. Tag Lines: “A new comedy compliments of the house.” “Twelve outrageous guests….
216. Some Like It Hot
Movie: Some Like It Hot Release Date: March 29, 1959 Director: Billy Wilder Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft, Joe E. Brown, Pat O’Brien. Tag Lines: “Not since SCARFACE, so much action. Not since the Marx Brothers, so much comedy. Not since THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH, so much Marilyn.” “The MOST comedy…
217. Notting Hill
Movie: Notting Hill Release Date: May 28, 1999 Director: Roger Michell Starring: Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Hugh Bonneville, Emma Chambers, James Dreyfus, Rhys Ifans, Tim McInnerny, Gina McKee. Tag Lines: “Can the most famous film star in the world fall for just an ordinary guy?” Relevance: Much like ‘Stepmom’ (see 219. Stepmom), ironically also starring…
220. Roxanne
Movie: Roxanne Release Date: June 19, 1987 Director: Fred Schepisi Starring: Steve Martin, Daryl Hannah, Shelley Duvall, Rick Rossovich, Fred Willard, Michael J. Pollard. Tag Lines: “Roxanne dreamed of a handsome, intelligent, romantic man. C.D. Bales is two out of three… but looks aren’t everything!” Relevance: I know that I didn’t see ‘Roxanne’ in theaters…
224. Joe Versus the Volcano
Movie: Joe Versus the Volcano Release Date: March 9, 1990 Director: John Patrick Shanley Starring: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack, Abe Vigoda, Dan Hedaya, Barry McGovern, Ossie Davis. Tag Lines: “An Average Joe. An Adventurous Comedy.” “A story of love, lava and burning desire.” Relevance: Just like yesterday’s movie (see 225. Groundhog…
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