a labyrinthine diversion into film, both classic and contemporary
Previous Entry: Tremors
Connection: screenwriter (Brent Maddock & S. S. Wilson)
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*batteries not included (1987)
Directed by Matthew Robbins
Written by Brad Bird & Matthew Robbins and Brent Maddock & S. S. Wilson
Starring Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Frank McRae, Elizabeth Pena, Michael Carmine, and Dennis Boutsikaris
106 minutes, rated PG
Continue reading ““I named the littlest guys. Flotsam and Jetsam. Isn’t that cute?””
Previous Entry: Angus
Connection: cinematographer (Alexander Gruszynski)
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Tremors (1990)
Directed by Ron Underwood
Written by S. S. Wilson & Brent Maddock
Starring Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross, Reba McEntire, Victor Wong, Bobby Jacoby, and Ariana Richards
96 minutes, rated PG-13
Continue reading ““I vote for outer space. No way these are local boys.””
Previous Entry: Three O’Clock High
Connection: setting (high school)
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Angus (1995)
Directed by Patrick Read Johnson
Written by Jill Gordon
Starring Charlie Talbert, George C. Scott, Kathy Bates, Chris Owen, Ariana Richards, Rita Moreno, and James Van Der Beek
90 minutes, rated PG-13
Previous Entry: 3:10 to Yuma
Connection: numeral in the title (3)
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Three O’Clock High (1987)
Directed by Phil Joanou
Written by Richard Christian Matheson & Thomas Szollosi
Starring Casey Siemaszko, Anne Ryan, Richard Tyson, Jonathan Wise, Stacey Glick, Jeffrey Tambor, Philip Baker Hall, and John P. Ryan
101 minutes, rated PG-13
Continue reading ““Today. After school. Three o’clock. In the parking lot.””
Previous Entry: The Untouchables
Connection: year of release (1987)
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Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
Directed by Barry Levinson
Written by Mitch Markowitz
Starring Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, Bruno Kirby, J. T. Walsh, Robert Wuhl, Noble Willingham, and Tung Thanh Tran
121 minutes, Rated R
Continue reading ““You are in more dire need of a blowjob than any white man in history.””
Previous Entry: Open Range
Connection: actress (Annette Bening)
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The American President (1995)
Directed by Rob Reiner
Written by Aaron Sorkin
Starring Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, David Paymer, Samantha Mathis, John Mahoney, Richard Dreyfuss, and Michael J. Fox
114 minutes, Rated PG-13
Continue reading ““No, but I could always pass her a note before study hall.””
Previous Entry: Leap of Faith
Connection: Subject (movies about con men)
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Paper Moon (1973)
Directed by Peter Bogdanovich
Written by Alvin Sargent
Starring Ryan O’Neal, Tatum O’Neal, Madeline Kahn, P. J. Johnson, John Hillerman, and Burton Gilliam
102 minutes, Rated PG
Sometimes, the best place to start is the most obvious place.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid gets my vote for being the greatest film of all time.
Okay. Maybe not the greatest, but it is my favorite.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Directed by George Roy Hill
Written by William Goldman
Starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Katharine Ross
110 minutes, Rated PG
Continue reading ““Boy, I got vision, and the rest of the world wears bifocals.””
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