EDIT: And the vote is in! Looks like we're watching Dr. Strangelove first. I think next Tuesday, Sept. 7 sounds like a good day to watch it. Should be plenty of time for people to get the movie via library or something, but if that's impossible for you, then comment or PM me or something, and I'll help out.
Any objections to the day? Also, what's the best time for everyone? 9 p.m. EDT? Earlier? Later? The movie is 90 minutes long, so that's the block of time you would have to carve out for yourself.
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... Man, that sounds like an essay, doesn't it? Too bad!
Anyway, I meant to throw this out yesterday, but I also thought I'd get more nominations too. Oh well. Not like there was only one or two of them.
So here is the relevant voting information (along with another movie I randomly added in myself, just to show off my POWAH). I debated about keeping Ghostbusters in since it's not really that old, but I think there are people here who have somehow gone without seeing it, so whatever.
(Also feel free to suggest the best day to do this. As I said, Monday and Tuesday are my days off this week, but we don't have to do this so soon, since it's fairly short notice and all. But if it's possible for a decent number of people, then I'm all for it.)
1. Blazing Saddles (1974): Satirical western comedy about a black sheriff, Bart, who along with a drunken gunslinger, defends the town of Rock Ridge against State Attorney General Hedley Lamarr, who wants to buy the town's land so that he can complete his railroad. Also, the fourth wall is exploded into tiny little pieces. Directed by Mel Brooks, starring Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder.
2. Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964): Cold War satire that follows three intersecting stories -- USAF Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper goes off the deep end and orders a group of nuclear-armed B-52s to bomb the hell out of the Soviet Union while British officer Lionel Mandrake tries to talk sense into him; one of the aforementioned B-52s flies its way into Soviet airspace; and President Merkin Muffley tries to avoid a doomsday ending with the help of Gen. Buck Turgidson and the titular Dr. Strangelove. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Peter Sellers, George C. Scott and Sterling Hayden.
3. Ghostbusters (1984): Peter Venkman, Raymond Stantz and Egon Spengler are a trio of parapsychologists turned paranormal exterminators in New York City. Their ghost hunting shenanigans eventually lead them to stop the coming of a destructive god, Gozer. Hilarity ensues. Directed by Ivan Reitman, starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson.
4. The Philadelphia Story (1940): Tracy Samantha Lord Haven is a Philadelphia socialite who is about to marry the newly rich George Kittredge. However, as often happens, complications ensue when Tracy's ex-husband, C.K. Dexter Haven, appears back in her life, along with a tabloid reporter, Macaulay "Mike" Connor. Tasteful hilarity ensues. Directed by George Cukor, starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant and James Stewart.
5. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948): In the aftermath of the Mexican Revolution, three men -- the aged, wise Howard; the even-keeled Bob Curtin; and the paranoid Fred C. Dobbs -- band to seek out gold in the Sierra Madre mountains. But not only do they have to deal with ruthless bandits, they also must contend with the greed and hatred that gold lust fosters within each of them. Directed by John Huston, starring Walter Huston, Tim Holt and Humphrey Bogart.
