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Favorite Movies
to Watch Again and Again
My alltime
favorite, can watch it again and again and can even enjoy it no
matter where I come into the movie, is The Princess Bride.
Good story, good acting, and very good cast. And where else can
you see Andre The Giant being loveable?
This time
around, I'm highlighting a wonderful Cary Grant movie, a movie
that sort of got lost in theaters but is a must-see, and a movie
that also didn't get a good break in theaters or by critics about
8 years ago that is almost—but not quite—a remake of
a Marx Brothers film. All are available on tape with the first
two on DVD as well.
Father
Goose
Cary
is a free spirit with a boat in the wrong place at the
wrong time during World War II (Pacific version). He is
pressed into service as a coast watcher, stuck on a deserted
island. One night he sets out for a neighboring island
only to find a young school teacher and her six even younger
female charges. This is a funny and gentle comedy.
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Playing
By Heart
A
wonderfull movie where the lives of about a dozen different
people intertwine and weave a marvelous story. Be prepared
to get lost a bit at first trying to tie everything together.
Believe me, it all comes together in the end. Full of
wonderful acting by great actors. Might be called a chick
flick, but is much greater than that would imply.
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Brain Donors
An
almost retelling of the Marx Brothers' classic, A Night
at The Opera. This time the setting is the ballet with
the lead roles taken by John Turturro, Bob Nelson, and
Mel Smith, and the Margaret Dumont role handled by the
late Nancy Marchand.
Very
underrated and underappreciated movie. Also a very funny
movie.
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Honorable
Mention goes to:
1) Princess
Bride , Rob Reiner's magnum opus with love, a giant, Wallace
Shawn and swords!
2) Operation Petticoat, Cary Grant and Tony Curtis and
a pink submaring during WWII.
3) Down
Periscope, Kelsey Grammer in a variation on Operation Petticoat.
4) My Man Godfry. William Powell is a millionaire turned
bum turned butler.
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