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February 7th, 2013: El Topo (1970)

Feb7 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Fantasy, Independent, Movie of the Day, Road Trip, Spaghetti Western, Western Tagged Alejandro Jodorowsky, Alfonso Arau, allegory, father-son relationship, gore, grindhouse, gunfighter, head film, low-budget, Mexico, midnight movie, religion, surreal

June 19th, 2012: Romancing the Stone (1984)

Jun19 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Movie of the Day, Road Trip, Romance, Screwball, The Original Tagged Alan Silvestri, Alfonso Arau, Best Film Editing Nominee, children of famous people, Columbia, crocodile, Danny DeVito, Dean Cundey, double cross, fantasy sequence, jungle, Kathleen Turner, MacGuffin, Michael Douglas, ransom, rapids, Robert Zemeckis, treasure, treasure hunt, treasure map, waterfall, writer

January 11th, 2012: ¡Three Amigos!

Jan11 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Assumed Identity, Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Mistaken Identity, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Slapstick, Spoof, Western Tagged Alfonso Arau, banditos, Brian Thompson, Chevy Chase, Elmer Bernstein, HBO, Hollywood, homage, Joe Mantegna, John Landis, Jon Lovitz, Lorne Michaels, Martin Short, Mexico, musical interlude, Orion, Patrice Martinez, Phil Hartman, Randy Newman, Saturday Night Live cast, Seven Samurai situation, silent Hollywood, Steve Martin, Tony Plana, village

September 4th, 2011: Used Cars (1980)

Sep4 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Chase, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Screwball, Slapstick, T+A, Workplace Tagged "Save the Old X", Al Lewis, Alfonso Arau, Bob Gale, children of famous people, Columbia Pictures, commercials, con artist, corrupt politicians, David L. Lander, Deborah Harmon, Dick Miller, driver's ed, Dub Taylor, Frank McRae, Gerrit Graham, hanging judge, Harry Northup, hiding a death, highway project, inflation, Jack Warden, Joe Flaherty, John Milius, Kurt Russell, long lost relative, Michael McKean, pirate TV, race to the finish, Robert Zemeckis, sibling rivalry, snobs vs. slobs, Steven Spielberg, teens, used car salesman, Wendy Jo Sperber

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