Once again, more good times tonight! I do love spreading classics like Chinatown. Also, I almost forgot how much Jack Nicholson gets his ass kicked in that movie. Yikes. I guess he makes up for it by burning a few dudes with some good comebacks.
And just for fun, I feel like keeping a running tab on my favorite movies we watch. Why the hell not? I'll make a page break after this.
Anyway, next few nominations for movie time!
1. Sunset Boulevard (1950): Struggling young screenwriter Joseph C. Gillis happens upon the mansion of faded silent film star, Norma Desmond, after blowing a tire in front of it driving away from repossession men. Because he has no other work and no prospects, he becomes Norma's kept man as she lavishes attention upon him in exchange for Joseph writing her comeback script. But their mutual dependence -- his financial, and her emotional -- warps their reality as Norma becomes more obsessed with her return to the silver screen. Directed by Billy Wilder, starring Gloria Swanson, William Holden and Erich von Stroheim.
2. Airplane! (1980): Ex-fighter pilot Ted Striker has a fear of flying and a drinking problem; he tries to overcome his fear by buying a ticket for a flight on which his former love, stewardess Elaine Dickinson, is working. During the flight, however, nearly everyone onboard -- including the pilots -- come down with food poisoning, and Striker is the only one who can get everyone to land safely. Directed by Jim Abrahams and David and Jerry Zucker, starring Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty and Peter Graves.
3. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981): Indiana Jones is a treasure hunting archaeologist who is approached by Army intelligence agents with a mission: The Nazis, hunting for occult power, are searching for the Ark of the Covenant. Indiana must get to the Ark before the Nazis can find it and unleash crazy powers on the Allies. Directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Harrison Ford, Karen Allen and Paul Freeman.
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 Third Man (1949): An American writer of pulp Westerns, Holly Martins, has come to wartorn Vienna on the advice of his friend, Harry Lime, who has offered him work in the city. When he arrives in Vienna, however, Martins finds that Harry has died in an accident. Before Harry's death, he asked some other acquaintances of his to take care of Martins and Harry's girlfriend, an actress named Anna. But as Martins stays longer in Vienna, he becomes suspicious about the circumstances of Harry's death, and wonders if it really could have been an accident. Directed by Carol Reed, starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli and Orson Welles.
