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…
Tag: Thoughts
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’…
209. The Fisher King
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.”…
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’…
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