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May 20th, 2012: Rear Window (1954)

May20 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Movie of the Day, Thriller Tagged "no one believes me", Alfred Hitchcock, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Sound Recording Nominee, broken leg, Edith Head, Franz Waxman, Gene Kelly, Gig Young, James Stewart, murder, Paramount Pictures, photographer, Raymond Burr, Thelma Ritter, voyeur, wheelchair

April 11th, 2012: The Elephant Man (1980)

Apr11 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film Tagged Anne Bancroft, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Britain, Brooksfilm, David Lynch, Dexter Fletcher, doctor, freaks, freakshow, Freddie Francis, Freddie Jones, John Gielgud, John Hurt, Kenny Baker, London, Mel Brooks, nthony Hopkins, Paramount Pictures, sideshow, Wendy Hiller

April 1st, 2012: April Fool’s Day (1986)

Apr1 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Comedy, Holiday, Horror, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Slasher, Spoof, The Original, Whodunnit Tagged Amy Steel, Charles Bernstein, Clayton Rohner, college students, Danilo Bach, Deborah Foreman, ferry, Frank Mancuso Jr., Fred Walton, island, it's not over, jack-in-the-box, Ken Olandt, low-budget, Paramount Pictures, party, prank gone awry, pranks, spoiled rich kids, Thomas F. Wilson

February 18th, 2012: Grease (1978)

Feb18 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Play, Comedy, Coming of Age, Movie of the Day, Musical, Period Film, Romance, The Original Tagged 1950s, adults playing teens, coach, Didi Conn, drag race, Edd Byrnes, Eddie Deezen, Eve Arden, Frankie Avalon, greasers, high school, Jeff Conaway, Joan Blondell, John Travolta, juvenile delinquent, Lorenzo Lamas, Los Angeles, Los Angeles sewers, Michael Biehn, nostalgia, Oliva Newton-John, Paramount Pictures, Robert Stigwood Organization, Sha-Na-Na, Sid Caesar, Stockard Channing, teens, Wendie Jo Sperber

February 1st, 2012: Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Feb1 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Black Comedy, Comedy, Drama, Film Noir, Gothic Horror, Movie of the Day, Satire, The Original, Thriller, Tragedy Tagged actress, Anna Q. Nilsson, Best Actor Nominee, Best Actress Nominee, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Music, Best Picture Nominee, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Billy Wilder, Buster Keaton, California, cameos, Cecil B. DeMille, Charles Brackett, chimpanzees, Erich Von Stroheim, ex-husband, Franz Waxman, funeral, Gloria Swanson, H. B. Warner, has beens, Hedda Hopper, Hollywood, homage, insanity, Jack Webb, Los Angeles, Nancy Olsen, narration, National Film Registry, older woman, Paramount Pictures, Ray Evans, repo men, screenwriter, silent Hollywood, swimming pool, twist, washed up actress, William Holden

January 20th, 2012: Double Indemnity (1944)

Jan20 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Crime, Film Noir, Movie of the Day, The Original, Thriller Tagged "make it look like an accident", adultery, Barbara Stanwyck, Best Actress Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Music Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Score Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, Billy Wilder, bowling, California, double cross, drive-in restaurant, Edith Head, Edward G. Robinson, father-son relationship, femme fatale, flashback, Fred MacMurray, insurance agent, insurance investigator, James M. Cain, kill them for the insurance money, murder, murder on a train, narration, National Film Registry, Paramount Pictures, Porter Hall, Raymond Chandler, train

January 13th, 2012: Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)

Jan13 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Sequel, Slasher Tagged Betsy Palmer, cash-in, Connecticut, counselors, Drive-In, final girl, Harry Manfredini, it's not over, low-budget, Paramount Pictures, Steve Miner, stock footage, summer camp, teens

January 9th, 2012: Let’s Scare Jessica to Death

Jan9 by professormortis

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1 Comment Posted in Ghost, Horror, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Vampires Tagged Connecticut, farm, John D. Hancock, low-budget, old men, old pictures, orchard, Paramount Pictures, Robert Blake, rowboat, seance

December 9th, 2011: Serpico (1973)

Dec9 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Book, Biopic, Cops, Crime, Drama, Independent, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, The Original, Thriller Tagged Al Pacino, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, corrupt cops, corruption, Dino De Laurentiis, double cross, F. Murray Abraham, Judd Hirsch, M. Emmet Walsh, maverick cops, New York City, Paramount Pictures, Sidney Lumet, Tony Lo Bianco, Tracey Walter

November 23rd, 2011: Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Nov23 by professormortis

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3 Comments Posted in Buddy Flick, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Road Trip, Screwball, Slapstick Tagged airplane, Ben Stein, Chicago, Dylan Baker, Edie McClurg, Gary Riley, Hughes Entertainment, John Candy, John Hughes, Kevin Bacon, Matthew Lawrence, Michael McKean, Paramount Pictures, rental car, Steve Martin, Thanksgiving, train, triple threat

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