Movie: Six Degrees of Separation Release Date: December 8, 1993 Director: Fred Schepisi Starring: Stockard Channing, Will Smith, Donald Sutherland, Mary Beth Hart, Bruce Davison, Ian McKellen, Anthony Michael Hall, Heather Graham, Anthony Rapp. Tag Lines: “For Paul, every person is a new door to a new world.” Relevance: In the Spring of 1994, I…
Category: Thoughts
200. Hocus Pocus
Movie: Hocus Pocus Release Date: July 16, 1993 Director: Kenny Ortega Starring: Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz, Thora Birch, Vinessa Shaw. Tag Lines: “It’s just a bunch of Hocus Pocus!” Relevance: ‘Hocus Pocus’ is one of those movies that I have seen so many times on so many different occasions, I…
201. House
Movie: House Release Date: February 28, 1986 Director: Steve Miner Starring: William Katt, George Wendt, Richard Moll, Kay Lenz. Tag Lines: “Ding dong, you’re dead.” “HORROR has found a new HOME!” “Enter at your own risk.” “You are cordially invited to spend an evening with Roger Cobb and his friends. Don’t come alone!” Relevance: From…
202. City Slickers
Movie: City Slickers Release Date: June 7, 1991 Director: Ron Underwood Starring: Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby, Patricia Wettig, Helen Slater, Jack Palance. Tag Lines: “Yesterday They Were Businessmen. Today They’re Cowboys. Tomorrow They’ll Be Walking Funny.” Relevance: ‘City Slickers’ is one of those movies that doesn’t come with a grand back story of…
203. Little Shop of Horrors
Movie: Little Shop of Horrors Release Date: December 19, 1986 Director: Frank Oz Starring: Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin, James Belushi, John Candy, Christopher Guest, Bill Murray. Tag Lines: “Don’t feed the plants.” “A Singing Plant. A Daring Hero. A Sweet Girl. A Demented Dentist.” Relevance: Walking in to the theater in…
204. Hot Shots!
Movie: Hot Shots! Release Date: July 31, 1991 Director: Jim Abrahams Starring: Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes, Valeria Golino, Jon Cryer, Kevin Dunn, Bill Irwin, Lloyd Bridges, William O’Leary. Tag Lines: “The mother of all movies!” “There’s something funny in the air.” “Unprecedented! Uncut! Under 10 dollars!” Relevance: I love to laugh. I think I said…
205. History of the World: Part I
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:…
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:…
207. Jacob’s Ladder
Movie: Jacob’s Ladder Release Date: November 2, 1990 Director: Adrian Lyne Starring: Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Peña, Danny Aiello. Tag Lines: “The most frightening thing about Jacob Singer’s nightmare is that he isn’t dreaming.” Relevance: After missing ‘Jacob’s Ladder’ in theaters, I rented it sometime over my Spring or Summer break from college in 1991. I…
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’…
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