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November 27th, 2013: Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Nov27 by Professor Mortis

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8 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

November 11th, 2011: This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

Nov11 by David Cole

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1 Comment Posted in Comedy, Documentary, Mockumentary, Movie of the Day, Music Tagged Anjelica Huston, Billy Crystal, Brinke Stevens, Christopher Guest, Dana Carvey, Ed Begley Jr., Fran Drescher, Fred Willard, Harry Shearer, Howard Hesseman, Linnea Quigley, Michael McKean, National Film Registry, Patrick Macnee, Paul Shaffer, Rob Reiner

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

August 10th, 2011: Clue (1985)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Board Game, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Period Film, Spoof, The Original, Whodunnit Tagged "the butler did it", Bill Henderson, blackmail, butler, cameos, Christopher Lloyd, Colleen Camp, Communism, Debra Hill, Debra Hill Productions, dinner party, Eileen Brennan, expository rant, French Maid, gimmick, Howard Hesseman, Jane Wiedlin, John Landis, Jonathan Lynn, Lee Ving, Lesley Ann Warren, Madeline Kahn, Martin Mull, Michael McKean, multiple endings, Paramount Pictures, PolyGram, red herring, Red Scare, scientists, singing telegram, The Guber-Peters Company, Tim Curry

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