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…
Category: Thoughts
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…
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…
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…
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