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Post by Lebowskidoo π¦ on Jun 10, 2018 14:53:33 GMT
"The plan was to kiss her with every lip on my face..." Carl Reiner and Steve Martin have crafted the perfect film noir spoof, complete with cameos from actual film noir movies, seamlessly inserted into this madness that had me giggling throughout. I'd seen this many years ago, but I just rewatched it and liked it even more now that I have more familiarity with some of the movies used for clips. Barbara Stanwyck and Humphrey Bogart (who is a recurring character here) are the funniest.
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Post by mattgarth on Jun 10, 2018 15:14:22 GMT
Lebow -- what you need is a cup of my java!
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Post by movielover on Jun 10, 2018 16:10:10 GMT
Juliette: But what does "FOC" mean? Rigby: It's a slang word. It's when a man and a woman are in love, the man puts his... Juliette: No, no. It's written here: "F. O. C."
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Post by bravomailer on Jun 10, 2018 16:11:56 GMT
I like the brief homage to Barbara Stanwyck's hairdo in Double Indemnity
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Post by petrolino on Jun 10, 2018 17:48:31 GMT
All four films Steve Martin made with Carl Reiner at the beginning of his film career are tremendous fun. I wish they'd made more together.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jun 10, 2018 18:01:11 GMT
Carlotta was the kind of town where they spell trouble T-R-U-B-I-L, and if you try to correct them, they kill you.
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Post by movielover on Jun 10, 2018 18:03:41 GMT
All four films Steve Martin made with Carl Reiner at the beginning of his film career are tremendous fun. I wish they'd made more together. I second this. The Jerk, All of Me, and The Man with Two Brains are all great.
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Post by neurosturgeon on Jun 10, 2018 18:07:10 GMT
One of my favorite films to watch when I need a laugh.
Along with Carl Reiner's FATAL INSTINCT, some of the best spoofing ever.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jun 10, 2018 18:08:27 GMT
I found The Man with Two Brains to be unwatchable and gave it up after about 15 minutes - something I hardly EVER do. I especially liked All of Me , however!
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Post by Lebowskidoo π¦ on Jun 10, 2018 18:39:06 GMT
I like the brief homage to Barbara Stanwyck's hairdo in Double Indemnity It's uncanny, ain't it?
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Post by Lebowskidoo π¦ on Jun 10, 2018 18:41:39 GMT
I found The Man with Two Brains to be unwatchable and gave it up after about 15 minutes - something I hardly EVER do. I especially liked All of Me , however! I loved that one too, It's silly as all outdoors, like me!
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Post by wmcclain on Jun 10, 2018 19:49:33 GMT
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Post by Captain Spencer on Jun 11, 2018 1:17:41 GMT
Juliette: But what does "FOC" mean? Rigby: It's a slang word. It's when a man and a woman are in love, the man puts his... Juliette: No, no. It's written here: "F. O. C." That's actually the one scene I remember best. Well, that and the puppy scene.
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Post by Lebowskidoo π¦ on Aug 25, 2018 9:57:01 GMT
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Post by ZolotoyRetriever on Mar 30, 2023 23:31:33 GMT
Random observation, so, indulge me if you will:
I just noticed (after looking at the *list of all the old movies whose clips were incorporated into Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid) that it is now actually older than all of those old movies at the time DMDWP was made. DMDWP was released in 1982, with filming dates 7 July 1981 - September 1981. So, we can now say, as of 2023, that it is roughly 42 years old. The oldest 2 "old" films cut into DMDWP were Suspicion and Johnny Eager - both made in 1941, or about 40 or 41 years before DMDWP was made/released.
I remember seeing Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid when it came out, or shortly thereafter, back in the early 80s. I distinctly remember thinking then how really "old" all those movie clips seemed. And yet, when I looked at this movie again today, I did not think that the movie itself seemed like a really "old" movie, even though, as I say, it's actually older now than the "old" clips inside it were, relative to it, when it first came out in 1982.
*Cuts from these 19 films were incorporated into DMDWP: Suspicion (1941) Johnny Eager (1941) This Gun for Hire (1942) The Glass Key (1942) Keeper of the Flame (1942) Double Indemnity (1944) The Lost Weekend (1945) The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) Notorious (1946) The Big Sleep (1946) The Killers (1946) Deception (1946) Humoresque (1946) Dark Passage (1947) I Walk Alone (1947) Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) The Bribe (1949) White Heat (1949) In a Lonely Place (1950)
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Post by Lebowskidoo π¦ on Nov 13, 2023 21:46:10 GMT
Juliette: But what does "FOC" mean? Rigby: It's a slang word. It's when a man and a woman are in love, the man puts his... Juliette: No, no. It's written here: "F. O. C." That's actually the one scene I remember best. Well, that and the puppy scene.
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