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.”…
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210. City of Angels
Movie: City of Angels Release Date: April 10, 1998 Director: Brad Silberling Starring: Nicholas Cage, Meg Ryan, Dennis Franz, Andre Braugher. Tag Lines: “She didn’t believe in angels until she fell in love with one.” “What if angels walked among us, and one of them fell in love with us?” Relevance: As I already have…
211. Superman
Movie: Superman Release Date: December 15, 1978 Director: Richard Donner Starring: Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Glen Ford, Trevor Howard, Margot Kidder, Valerie Perrine, Maria Schell, Terence Stamp, Phyllis Thaxter, Susannah York. Tag Lines: “You’ll believe a man can fly.” “The movie that makes a legend come to life.” Relevance:…
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’…
213. The English Patient
Movie: The English Patient Release Date: November 15, 1996 Director: Anthony Minghella Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristen Scott Thomas, Naveen Andrews, Colin Firth, Julian Wadham, Jürgen Prochnow. Tag Lines: “In love, there are no boundaries.” “In memory, love lives forever.” Relevance: When ‘The English Patient’ was released in theaters I was working…
214. On Golden Pond
Movie: On Golden Pond Release Date: December 4, 1981 Director: Mark Rydell Starring: Henry Fonda, Katherine Hepburn, Jane Fonda, Doug McKeon, Dabney Coleman, William Lanteau. Tag Lines: “When life is at its finest…when love is at its fullest…” Relevance: ‘On Golden Pond’ was one of those movies that I saw so many times I can’t…
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…
218. Misery
Movie: Misery Release Date: November 30, 1990 Director: Rob Reiner Starring: James Caan, Kathy Bates. Tag Lines: “This Christmas there will be…Misery.” “The Tide Has Come.” “Paul Sheldon used to write for a living. Now, he’s writing to stay alive.” Relevance: As mentioned before on this blog (see 256. The Green Mile), I am a…
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