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every other weekend, some friends and i show movies out-of-doors in the driveway using a projector and soundsystem. we need movie suggestions, please!

go!

― ai lien (kold_krush), Monday, 15 August 2005 19:20 (twenty years ago)

what have you shown thus far?

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 15 August 2005 19:21 (twenty years ago)

thus far:

*pee wee's big adventure
*shaun of the dead (considered by some zombie enthusists here to be a 'new classic)
*return of the living dead
*big trouble in little china
*this is spinal tap

― ai lien (kold_krush), Monday, 15 August 2005 19:26 (twenty years ago)

thus far:

*pee wee's big adventure
*shaun of the dead (considered by some zombie enthusists here to be a 'new classic')
*return of the living dead
*big trouble in little china
*this is spinal tap

― ai lien (kold_krush), Monday, 15 August 2005 19:26 (twenty years ago)

Repo Man

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Monday, 15 August 2005 19:27 (twenty years ago)

Ai lien,

Show something obvious like Star Wars or something, but put the projector on the other side of the sheet. You'll get to see a classic movie in a whole new [reversed] angle!

Sorry that I've never made it to this event. Your warnings of bringing mosquito repellant pretty much scared me off.

xp - (Though I would totally come to see Repo Man.)

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Monday, 15 August 2005 19:30 (twenty years ago)

COEN BROTHERz

― matlewis (matlewis), Monday, 15 August 2005 19:31 (twenty years ago)

are you looking to stick with kinda light & fun films?

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 15 August 2005 19:32 (twenty years ago)

*big trouble in little china

AHAHAHAHAH

this was going to be my first suggestion.

― kingfish completely hatstand (Kingfish), Monday, 15 August 2005 19:33 (twenty years ago)

HERO

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Monday, 15 August 2005 19:35 (twenty years ago)

Karate Kid. All of them back to back.

― Craig Gilchrist (Craig Gilchrist), Monday, 15 August 2005 19:36 (twenty years ago)

Remo Williams/Repo Man double bill!

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 15 August 2005 19:40 (twenty years ago)

DUNE

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 15 August 2005 19:44 (twenty years ago)

Deep Throat.

― nathalie starts to cry each time we meet (stevie nixed), Monday, 15 August 2005 19:45 (twenty years ago)

also, more kung fu flicks

-Shaolin Soccer
-Kung Fu Hustle
-Drunken Master II (the original jackie chan version from 1994)
-Fong Sai Yuk I and II

oh fuck it,

-Every Jackie Chan flick from Police Story til when he left for Hollywood(1983-1995 or so)

xpost: fuck yeah

― kingfish completely hatstand (Kingfish), Monday, 15 August 2005 19:45 (twenty years ago)

xpost

I second 'Dune'

perhaps Dune/Tremors Double feature?

― Craig Gilchrist (Craig Gilchrist), Monday, 15 August 2005 19:47 (twenty years ago)

the colin ferrel sex tape! if you can find it, can you please PLEASE invite me over! i wanna see it!

― nathalie starts to cry each time we meet (stevie nixed), Monday, 15 August 2005 19:49 (twenty years ago)

tre, even with poison sprayed all over the body, the bugs are hellacious and terrible! just wait until fall. i'd love to see you there. mayhaps i can finally meet kate, too.

kelsey, we're open to all suggestions.

― ai lien (kold_krush), Monday, 15 August 2005 19:49 (twenty years ago)

El Topo (1970)

AKA The Mole

i just checked the IMDB to refresh my memory on it and found this cast overview:

Alejandro Jodorowsky .... El Topo
Brontis Jodorowsky .... Son of El Topo, as a boy
José Legarreta .... Dying Man
Alfonso Arau .... Bandit #1
José Luis Fernández .... Bandit #2
Alf Junco .... Bandit #3
Gerardo Cepeda .... Bandit #4
René Barrera .... Bandit #5
René Alís .... Bandit #6
Federico Gonzáles .... Bandit #7
Pablo Leder .... Monk #1
Giuliano Girini Sasseroli .... Monk #2
Cristian Merkel .... Monk #3
Aldo Grumelli .... Monk 4#
Mara Lorenzio .... Mara
David Silva .... The Colonel
Ignacio Martínez España .... Armless man
Eliseo Gardea Saucedo .... Legless man
Héctor Martínez .... Master #1
Paula Romo .... Woman in black
Bertha Lomelí .... Mother of Master #2
Juan José Gurrola .... Master #2
Víctor Fosado .... Master #3
Agustín Isunza .... Master #4
Jacqueline Luis .... Small woman
Carlos Lavenant .... Executioner #1
Eliseo Pereda .... Executioner #2
Pablo Marichal .... Slave
Beatriz Beltrán Lobo .... Woman #1
Carmen Lamadrid .... Woman #2
Pepita González .... Woman #3
Cecilia Leger .... Woman #4
Elvira Agosti .... Woman #5
Antonio Álvarez .... Prisoner #1
Rueben Gonzáles .... Prisoner #2
Víctor Manuel Osorio .... Prisoner #3
José Pérez Bustos .... Prisoner #4
Eduardo Danel .... Prisoner #5
Álvaro García .... Prisoner #6
José Antonio Alcaraz .... Sheriff
Felipe Díaz Garza .... Deputy
Patricio Pereda .... The child
Marcos E. Contreras .... Boxer #1
Arturo Silva .... Boxer #2
Robert John .... Son of El Topo, as a man
Julián de Meriche .... Priest
Valerie Tremblay .... Woman in church
José Luis González de León ... Man in church
Francisco González Salazar ... Shopkeeper
Pedro García .... Man with carrot
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Vicente Lara .... Bandit #8 (as Vincente Lara)

This one would go down really well. For optimum enjoyment yourself and your friends get in a few 24-packs, some weed and a ton of mushrooms. work your way through all this and show the movie at 4.30 am. In fact, do this for every movie.

― master of the flying guillotine, Monday, 15 August 2005 21:09 (twenty years ago)

THE STUFF

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Monday, 15 August 2005 21:12 (twenty years ago)

We do this too. So far we've watched:
North by Northwest
What's Up Doc?
Its a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
The Spanish Prisoner
A Shot in the Dark
Ghost & Mr. Chicken
Big Night

― Draw Tipsy, ya hack. (dave225.3), Monday, 15 August 2005 21:16 (twenty years ago)

The Stuff-- as in the movie where the tasty treat turns people into zombies? It's like the best 1.99 I've ever spent!

― Lindsey B, Tuesday, 16 August 2005 01:43 (twenty years ago)

maybe some Tim Burton movies?
hmm it's not Xmas yet though.
Anyway, Big Fish popped in my mind, because it always does when i see a recommend me a movie thread. Oh and the giant playing in that particular movie just died, so.. watch it in honour of him. Good movie.

― Ludo (Ludo), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 14:06 (twenty years ago)

thx for your suggestions, we've still no idea what to play. and to worsen matters, the local newspaper will be there to take photos and take notes! apparently, this is a trend across the states.

― ai lien (kold_krush), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 14:15 (twenty years ago)

If the Newspaper's going to be there, then you should watch THE FRONT PAGE, starring Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon!

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 14:17 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, a vintage Lemmon/Matthau marathon would be SWEET. Fortune Cookie, Odd Couple, and, um, Buddy Buddy?

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 14:20 (twenty years ago)

i'm actually writing all of this stuff down

― ai lien (kold_krush), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 14:23 (twenty years ago)

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 14:30 (twenty years ago)

Kentucky Fried Movie

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 14:32 (twenty years ago)

Planes, trains & automobiles.

― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 14:37 (twenty years ago)

better than the Front Page, His Girl Friday!

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 14:38 (twenty years ago)

Anchorman

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 14:38 (twenty years ago)

NETWORK

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 14:52 (twenty years ago)

NEWSRADIO SEASON ONE!

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 14:53 (twenty years ago)

What an excellent idea! I vote for Jaws as I saw this at a drive in movie once & it was fantastic. Or perhaps American Wereeolf in London.

― Panther Pink (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 14:55 (twenty years ago)

Er, that would be werewolf!

― Panther Pink (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 14:55 (twenty years ago)

We also showed Stop Making Sense and the Live Roxy Music DVD after the movies as a stick around and drink & socialize backdrop. It's pretty cool to have a 9x12 image of that going in the background...

― Draw Tipsy, ya hack. (dave225.3), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 14:56 (twenty years ago)

SENSELESS

― beatles fan, Tuesday, 16 August 2005 14:59 (twenty years ago)

http://images.google.co.uk/url?q=http://www.kinoweb.de/film98/Senseless/pix/marlon5.jpg

― beatles fan, Tuesday, 16 August 2005 15:00 (twenty years ago)

i do have pee-wee's playhouse, season one on hold for now. hihihihihihihi!

― ai lien (kold_krush), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 15:00 (twenty years ago)

MAN, NO DEEP THROAT? COME ON!

― nathalie starts to cry each time we meet (stevie nixed), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 15:06 (twenty years ago)

I agree with things like North by Northwest or Rear Window, but on an outdoor screen I'd also enjoy things like:
Indiana Jones
Bladerunner
Evil Dead II & Army of Darkness
Turkish Star Wars (okay, I'm joking. sort of.)
Top Gun
Die Hard!
Young Frankenstein
and some others that have already been mentioned, for sure.

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 15:10 (twenty years ago)

DO NOT SHOW HERO HERO IS GAY SHOW UNDERCOVER BROTHER

― The Original Jimmy Mod: A Negro (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 15:13 (twenty years ago)

HERO HERO HERO HERO HERO HERO HERO HERO HERO (house of flying daggers) HERO HERO HERO HERO HERO HERO HERO HERO HERO

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 15:15 (twenty years ago)

Top Gun is fucking shit.

― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 15:20 (twenty years ago)

Sorry uncontrollable spasm I get when someone mentions Top Gun. It’s my sisters fault she had it on video and watched it every day.

― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 15:27 (twenty years ago)

Top Gun is the fucking shit

― sunny successor (he hates my guts, we had a fight) (katharine), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 15:27 (twenty years ago)

gawd, when i was little, i tried so hard to do that pen thing that iceman did. i can KINDA do it, but it does not look cool. at all.

― ai lien (kold_krush), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 15:30 (twenty years ago)

i dont know why but im thinking:

footloose
the breakfast club
the outsiders
the birds
pirahna
and that movie with the blind ice skater who wins some kind of ice skating comp at the end but the audience throws roses onto the ice and the guy says 'omg i forgot about the roses!' and she trips over them and everyone laughs.

― sunny successor (he hates my guts, we had a fight) (katharine), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 15:33 (twenty years ago)

What an excellent idea! I vote for Jaws as I saw this at a drive in movie once & it was fantastic. Or perhaps American Wereeolf in London.

-- Panther Pink (pink{est}panther4...) (webmail), August 16th, 2005 10:55 AM. (Pinkpanther) (later)

definitely american werewolf in london!

better than jaw3s - JAWS 3 IN 3D!!

also: Valley Girl

― sunny successor (he hates my guts, we had a fight) (katharine), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 15:34 (twenty years ago)

Roadkill

― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 15:39 (twenty years ago)

Death Race 2000

― Stone Monkey (Stone Monkey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 15:44 (twenty years ago)

CLUE

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 15:46 (twenty years ago)

Can you do 3D movies with glasses and all? I seem to recall seeing a feature-length 3D 3 Stooges movie on a Halloween of yore, that could be excellent fun 9x12.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 15:48 (twenty years ago)

ZARDOZ

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 15:48 (twenty years ago)

You could show CLUE and CLUELESS as a double-feature.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 15:48 (twenty years ago)

and that movie with the blind ice skater who wins some kind of ice skating comp at the end but the audience throws roses onto the ice and the guy says 'omg i forgot about the roses!' and she trips over them and everyone laughs

I’ve seen this & it’s gonna do my head in trying to find out what it was.

― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 15:48 (twenty years ago)

Zardoz seconded.

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 15:51 (twenty years ago)

Is the blind figure skater movie ICE CASTLES?

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 15:52 (twenty years ago)

L'Age d'Or / Un Chien Andalou

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 15:57 (twenty years ago)

Also in the '70s sci-fi vein:

Flash Gordon
Logan's Run
Soylent Green
Omega Man

In the '80s silliness vein:

Buckaroo Bansai
Legend
Labrynth
Short Circuit
Goonies
Gremlins

'80s teen awesomeness:

River's Edge
Over the Edge
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Rock & Roll High School

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 15:59 (twenty years ago)

OMG, FLASH GORDON OTM

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 16:01 (twenty years ago)

ice castles! yes

i second fast times + goonies

what about the lost boys?

― sunny successor (he hates my guts, we had a fight) (katharine), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 16:01 (twenty years ago)

Oh yeah, Lost Boys seconded.

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 16:12 (twenty years ago)

'50s Super-8 footage of roadside attractions + "Murder Was the Case" = joy

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 16:18 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

OK, hardly any of these are what I'm looking for this time... I need a vintage madcap comedy for a party where people will be coming and going (and goind and coming .. and always too soooon. I already ruled out Blazing Saddles, thanks..) and only partially paying attention to the movie.... So to Lemon/Mathau ideas might be good, but I need more ideas .. something slapstick but still funny. It's a Madmadmadmadworld would be perfect if it weren't so long. And this is for a party for people from work, so it needs to be slightly restrained. Also, the Thin Man would be great, but morans from work might be turned off by black & white.

So suggestawayarooney...

― when something smacks of something (dave225.3), Saturday, 8 October 2005 21:20 (twenty years ago)

Hey y'all, ai lien and her friends made the cover of our statewide newspaper's entertainment section a few weeks ago because of these backyard movies.

I say that they should keep it up through the winter. I'd love to watch One Crazy Summer in B-R's driveway in the middle of December.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Saturday, 8 October 2005 21:37 (twenty years ago)

Beetlejuice

― William Paper Scissors (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 8 October 2005 21:58 (twenty years ago)

xx post

yeah we did! the next one will be weekend after next since i will be in chigago next weekend: mst3k theme! (mitchell and the brain that wouldn't die)

― ai lien (kold_krush), Saturday, 8 October 2005 22:27 (twenty years ago)

also, p.p., if that is what it'll take to get you to come out, then we'll do it! it's lovely now, i promise.

― ai lien (kold_krush), Saturday, 8 October 2005 22:43 (twenty years ago)

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