Movie: Top Secret! Release Date: June 8, 1984 Director: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker. Starring: Val Kilmer, Lucy Gutteridge. Tag Lines: “Movie? What movie?” “Shhh!” “A Film.” “Don’t tell anyone.” “From the makers of the original “Airplane!” (not the Wright brothers).” Relevance: No one does funny quite like Jim Abrahams and the Zucker brothers,…
Category: Thoughts
310. The Toy
Movie: The Toy Release Date: December 10. 1982 Director: Richard Donner Starring: Richard Pryor, Jackie Gleason, Teresa Ganzel, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Ned Beatty, Scott Schwartz. Tag Lines: “When Jackie Gleason Told His Son He Could Have Any Present He Wanted, He Picked The Most Outrageous Gift Of All…Richard Pryor.” Relevance: ‘The Toy’ was one of those…
311. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Movie: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Release Date: November 19, 1975. Director: Milos Forman Starring: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, William Redfield. Tag Lines: “If he’s crazy, what does that make you?” Relevance: It’s not surprising that I did not see ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ when it was released in theaters as I…
312. Saw
Movie: Saw Release Date: October 29, 2004 Director: James Wan Starring: Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Monica Potter, Michael Emerson, Ken Leung, Tobin Bell, Leigh Whannell. Tag Lines: “Let the games begin!” “Live or die. Make your choice.” “I want to play a game.” “Oh yes, there will be blood.” “Every piece has a puzzle.” “How…
313. Reality Bites
Movie: Reality Bites Release Date: February 18, 1994 Director: Ben Stiller Starring: Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Ben Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, Swoosie Kurtz, Joe Don Baker, John Mahoney. Tag Lines: “A comedy about love in the ’90s.” Relevance: After graduating college in 1993 at the age of 22, instead of jumping right into the job market…
314. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Movie: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Release Date: December 25, 2011 Director: Stephen Daldry Starring: Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Thomas Horn, Max von Sydow, Viola Davis, John Goodman, Jeffrey Wright, Zoe Caldwell. Tag Lines: “Extremely Sweet & Incredibly Heartwarming.” Relevance: In 2005, a novel called “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” by Jonathan Safran Foer was…
315. Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Movie: Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber if Fleet Street Release Date: December 21, 2007 Director: Tim Burton Starring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen. Tag Lines: “Never Forget. Never Forgive.” “Beware! Sweeney Todd is coming. This Christmas.” “Johnny Depp is THE BARBER.” “Helena Bonham Carter is THE BAKER.” Relevance:…
317. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Movie: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Release Date: November 16, 2001 Director: Chris Columbus Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, John Cleese, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Richard Griffiths, Richard Harris, Ian Hart, John Hurt, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Maggie Smith, Julie Walters. Tag Lines: “Let The Magic Begin.” “Journey beyond your imagination.” “The…
318. Flash Gordon
Movie: Flash Gordon Release Date: December 5, 1980 Director: Mike Hodges Starring: Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Ornella Muti, Max von Sydow, Topol, Timothy Dalton, Mariangela Melato, Brian Blessed, Peter Wyngarde. Tag Lines: “He’ll save every one of us!” “Get ready to kick some Flash.” “For years, he’s been the last word in professional football….
319. Lucas
Movie: Lucas Release Date: March 28, 1986 Director: David Seltzer Starring: Corey Haim, Charlie Sheen, Kerri Green, Courtney Thorne-Smith. Tag Lines: “It’s about falling in love…for the first time.” “She was the biggest thing that ever hit him until he played football.” “There’s nothing wrong with being different.” “A boy that just won’t be beaten.”…
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