Movie: Hairspray Release Date: February 26, 1988 Director: John Waters Starring: Sonny Bono, Ruth Brown, Divine, Debbie Harry, Ricki Lake, Jerry Stiller, Ric Ocasek, Pia Zadora. Tag Lines: “It’s way beyond Grease.” “Baltimore, 1962. The heyday of hair-dos and hair-don’ts, Heartthrobs and hefty girls, hot dates and hip talkers, beatniks and hair hoppers, and one…
Category: Comedy
333. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Movie:Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Release Date: August 1953 Director: Howard Hawks Starring: Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe. Tag Lines: “You’ve never seen so much fun!” “The Two M-M-Marvels Of Our Age In The Wonder Musical Of The World!” Relevance: I didn’t watch ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’ until the spring of 1985. Of course I knew who Marilyn Monroe…
334. 10 Things I Hate About You
Movie: 10 Things I Hate About You Release Date: March 31, 1999 Director: Gil Junger Starring: Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Larisa Oleynik, Larry Miller, Andrew Keegan, David Krumholtz, Susan May Pratt. Tag Lines: “There are so many different ways to hate. Count them yourself.” “How do I loathe thee? Let me count the…
336. Back to School
Movie: Back to School Release Date: June 13, 1986 Director: Alan Metter Starring: Rodney Dangerfield, Sally Kellerman, Burt Young, Keith Gordon, Adrienne Barbeau, Robert Downey Jr., Sam Kinison, Ned Beatty. Tag Lines: “Registration starts Friday, June 13, at theaters everywhere.” Relevance: I know that I didn’t see ‘Back to School’ in theaters. I’m not a…
337. Driving Miss Daisy
Movie: Driving Miss Daisy Release Date: December 15, 1989 Director: Bruce Beresford Starring: Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd, Patti LuPone, Esther Rolle. Tag Lines: “The comedy that won a Pulitzer Prize.” “The funny, touching and totally irresistible story of a working relationship that became a 25-year friendship.” Relevance: The 62nd Academy Awards happened to…
343. Sideways
Movie: Sideways Release Date: October 22, 2004 Director: Alexander Payne Starring: Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh. Tag Lines: “In search of wine. In search of women. In search of themselves.” Relevance: When ‘Sideways’ was released in theaters I wasn’t a huge wine consumer. Don’t get me wrong, I drank wine, but…
351. The Artist
Movie: The Artist Release Date: November 25, 2011 (USA limited), January 20, 2012 (USA wide) Director: Michel Hazanavicius Starring: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, James Cromwell, John Goodman, Penelope Ann Miller. Tag Lines: “An Encounter. The Fall. The Fame. The Artist.” Relevance: “You gotta have a gimmick.” That’s the thought (and song) that went through my…
356. American Graffiti
Movie: American Graffiti Release Date: August 11, 1973 Director: George Lucas Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips, Cindy Williams, Wolfman Jack. Tag Lines: “Where were you in ’62?” Relevance: I wouldn’t say I was forced to watch this movie as a kid, but when your parents…
362. The Great Dictator
Movie: The Great Dictator Release Date: October 15, 1940 Director: Charlie Chaplin Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Henry Daniell, Reginald Gardiner, Billy Gilbert and Maurice Moscovich Tag Lines: “The Comedy Masterpiece!” “Chaplin talks . . while You Laugh!” “He talks.” “Once again – the whole world laughs!” Relevance: After watching Richard Attenborough’s 1992…
365. Freaky Friday
Movie: Freaky Friday Release Date: December 17, 1976 Director: Gary Nelson Starring: Jodie Foster, Barbara Harris, John Astin and Dick Van Patten Tag Lines: “A Great New Comedy Switch!” “A Wild New Screwball Comedy…With a Switch!” ” Annabel isn’t herself today – neither is her mother this morning. They became each other!” Relevance: My family…
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