a labyrinthine diversion into film, both classic and contemporary
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: Identity
Connection: director (James Mangold)
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3:10 to Yuma (2007)
Directed by James Mangold
Written by Halsted Welles and Michael Brandt & Derek Haas
Starring Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Ben Foster, Logan Lerman, Dallas Roberts, Alan Tudyk, Gretchen Mol, and Peter Fonda
122 minutes, rated R
Previous Entry: Rear Window
Connection: genre (thriller)
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Identity (2003)
Directed by James Mangold
Written by Michael Cooney
Starring John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet, John Hawkes, Alfred Molina, Clea Duvall, John C. McGinley, William Lee Scott, Jake Busey, Pruitt Taylor Vince, and Rebecca De Mornay
90 minutes, Rated R
Continue reading ““As I was going up the stairs, I met a man who wasn’t there…””
Previous Entry: The Misfits
Connection: actress (Thelma Ritter)
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Rear Window (1954)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Written by John Michael Hayes
Starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter, Wendell Corey, and Raymond Burr
112 minutes, Rated PG
Continue reading ““A murderer would never parade his crime in front of an open window.””
Previous Entry: Good Morning, Vietnam
Connection: composer (Alex North)
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The Misfits (1961)
Directed by John Huston
Written by Arthur Miller
Starring Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, Thelma Ritter, and Eli Wallach
125 minutes, Not Rated
Continue reading ““The man who’s too afraid to die is too afraid to live.””
Previous Entry: The Untouchables
Connection: year of release (1987)
Current Entry:
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: Mission: Impossible
Connection: director (Brian DePalma)
Current Entry:
The Untouchables (1987)
Directed by Brian DePalma
Written by David Mamet
Starring Kevin Costner, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia, Patricia Clarkson, Sean Connery, and Robert Deniro
119 minutes, Rated R
Previous Entry: A Few Good Men
Connection: actor (Tom Cruise)
Current Entry:
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Directed by Brian DePalma
Written by David Keopp and Robert Towne
Starring Tom Cruise, John Voight, Emmanuelle Beart, Henry Czerny, Jean Reno, Ving Rhames, and Vanessa Redgrave
110 minutes, Rated PG-13
Continue reading ““This message will self-destruct in five seconds.””
Previous Entry: The American President
Connection: screenwriter (Aaron Sorkin)
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A Few Good Men (1992)
Directed by Rob Reiner
Written by Aaron Sorkin
Starring Tom Cruise, Demi Moore, Kevin Pollak, Kevin Bacon, J. T. Walsh, Kiefer Sutherland, James Marshall, Wolfgang Bodison, and Jack Nicholson
138 minutes, Rated R
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