FReeper Canteen ~ Favorite Cult Movies ~ August 2 2004

MoJo2001 and FRiends of the Canteen

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

 

My Tribute to Cult Movies

What does "cult" movie mean?

 

Cult means seen by few, but appreciated immensely by those in the know.

Do you know any of these movies?

 

If you didn't before you do now!  And now you will be in the know!  Run out NOW and get these flicks!!!

MY FAVORITE CULT MOVIES  /COMEDY CATEGORY ARE:

CAR WASH

MOVIE QUOTE:

Lindy: I'm more man than you'll ever be and more woman than you'll ever get.

Daddy Rich: The best place for money, is right here in my pocket.


 

MOVIE TRIVA

• The main location of this film was an actual Los Angeles car wash a few blocks from McArthur Park. It was torn down in the late 1980s. While it was open, the marquee of the car wash announced it was featured in this film.

 

CANNONBALL RUN

 

Filmed when the Fed imposed a national 55 mph speed limit, The Cannonball Run is based on the real–life "Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memorial Dash." It’s basically a fast–moving – and at times, somewhat slapstick – comedy with a huge cast of stars: Burt Reynolds, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Mel Tillis, Terry Bradshaw, Adriane Barbeau, Jackie Chan, Farrah Fawcett, Jack Elam, Dom DeLuise, Jamie Farr, Roger Moore (who plays a character who thinks he’s 007 and even drives an Astin–Martin with gadgets), and more. From Adriane Barbeau using her – er, ah, assets – to escape speeding tickets to the big fight with Peter Fonda’s motorcycle gang to Jack Elam as the mad proctologist, The Cannonball Run is a fun and funny movie

MOVIE QUOTE:

California Highway Patrolman: Headquarters, we are still in pursuit of the black Lamborghini.
Dispatcher: Car 42, you've been in pursuit for two hours. Another five minutes and you'll be in Arizona.
California Highway Patrolman: Yeah, and we're going to stay in pursuit until we catch them.
Dispatcher: It didn't take us THAT long to catch Dillinger.

MOVIE TRIVA:

• Don Rickles was originally cast as Fenderbaum before the part went to Sammy Davis Jr.
• The ambulance used in the movie is the actual ambulance that Hal Needham and Brock Yates built and raced in the real Cannonball Run.
• The producers asked the governor of Georgia if the crew could shut down the center of a small town so that a plane could land in the middle of it. The police blocked off the section that the plane was to land in and a barrier can be seen in the background.
• The Ferrari 308 used in the movie belonged to director Needham, Hal.
• Roger Moore (I) has a different girlfriend every time we see him in this movie and they are all voiced by June Foray (uncredited).
• The first highway patrolman that pulls over Adrienne Barbeau and 'Tara Buckman" (qv) was Burt Reynold's stand-in (note the resemblance). race.
• Jackie Chan, who played a small role in this movie, was very upset when he learned his character was Japanese since he himself is Chinese.
• In one of the earlier scenes in the movie, Dom Deluise's character says "Maybe we could get a black Trans Am", and Burt Reynolds (I)'s character says, "No, it's been done before." This is a reference to Smokey and the Bandit (1977) which starred Reynolds, and was directed by Hal Needham, who directed this film. Deluise co-starred with Reynolds in the 1980 sequel, Smokey and the Bandit II (1980).

 

 

 

IT'S A MAD,MAD,MAD WORLD

MOVIE QUOTE:

If ever this mad, mad, mad, mad world needed "It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world" it's now!

Released in 1963, the film became not only one of the longest comedies ever filmed (nearly 5 hours
in its initial cut), but boasted the most impressive casts of Hollywood comedic legends ever
assembled: Sid Caeser, Milton Berle, Phil Silvers, Ethel Mermen, Jonathan Winters, Buddy Hackett,
Terry-Thomas, Dick Shawn, Mickey Rooney and Spencer Tracy. If that weren't enough, the film boasted
nearly a dozen additional cameos by Hollywood legends that included Don Knotts, Jerry Lewis, and even
The Three Stooges.

 

 

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Restoration

SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT

Bandit and Cledus are two truck-driving southerners who accept a dare from big-shots Big and Little Enos to pick up a truckload of beer from Texas and return it to them within a specified amount of time. Picking it up is simple enough, but as they are leaving Texas, Bandit unwittingly picks up Carrie, a hitchhiking bride-to-be who just left her groom, Junior, at the altar. Junior, however, is the son of Sheriff Buford T. Justice. And when Buford and Junior discover what has happened, they go on a "high-speed pursuit" across the Southeast to catch the bandit.

MOVIE QUOTE:

What we have here is a total lack of respect for the law!

WATCH THE TRAILER

BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S

Based on Truman Capote's 1958 novella of the same title, BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S (1961) is the story of a woman on her own making her way in the big city.  As stories go, it is short on plot but rich in characterization which may explain why its protagonist, Holly Golightly, has become Audrey Hepburn's most memorable screen persona.  In the hands of director Blake Edwards, the film neglects much of the book's foreboding edge, but gains an unforgettable comedic touch which actually helps accentuate the darker moments.  In addition, Henry Mancini's musical score and Hubert de Givenchy's gowns for Ms. Hepburn successfully uphold Capote's style when the story itself is forced to leave his writing behind. Like the protagonist at its heart, BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S is quirky, funny, bewildering, serious, sophisticated and bittersweet -- and as movies go, great entertainment.

Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) at Reel Classics

MOVIE QUOTE:

You can always tell what kind of a person a man really thinks you are by the earrings he gives you.

 

WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM

The deranged adventures of Gonzo journalist Hunter Thompson and his attorney Oscar Acosta, referred to in the movie as "Laslow". Thompson attempts to cover the Super Bowl and the 1972 Presidential election in his typical drug-crazed state, but it continually and comically sidetracked by his even more twisted friend Laslow. Allegedly based on actual events.

MOVIE QUOTE:

"I hate to advocate weird chemicals, alcohol, violence or insanity to anyone... but they've always worked for me"-Hunter Thompson

 

 

TGTH - BOOKS - OTHER - WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM

COMING ATTRACTIONS:

LOCK ,STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS

WAKING NED DEVINE

BEND IT LIKE BECKAM

FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH

VALLEY GIRL

CLERKS

BLADE RUNNER

BILL AND TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE

SO.. TELL ME... WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE CULT MOVIES?

 

[stand watie]

i LIKE your panda!

free dixie,sw

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome, TheLion, to the Canteen. Thanks for sharing your movie pick. And thanks for your service.

[stand watie]

GM, fawnn!

free dixie,duckie/sw

[USVet6792Retired]

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD MORNING CANTEENERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great thread!!!! Here are my cult film nominees; Mad Max; Waterworld; The Postman; and Tin Cup!

Welcome Home Old Sarge.....party hearty in cubeville!!!

[stylin19a]

Get a big bowl of popcorn, turn off all the lights and be scared to death all over again with the original, grainy black & white "Night of the Living Dead"

and....
(because my wife hates it with a passion) The original "Stepford Wives"

[stand watie]

GM, Kathy!!!

free dixie,sw

[USVet6792Retired]

It's just a bunny!!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, hummingbird. The mission of the Canteen is to support and honor our troops, our veterans, their families, and our allies.....and to have a good time doing it. Just sit back and read and join in the fun. It is a place for our troops to come and relax, put their feet up, hear some jokes, listen to some music, hear about folks' days, see, hear, and read about things from home.

[USVet6792Retired]

Ludicrous speed!!!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, E! ((HUGS)) Lots of action today. I gotta get some sleep here pretty quick. LOL!

[USVet6792Retired]

Space Balls da T-shoit!

[USVet6792Retired]

DO NOT!!! I repeat...DO NOT buy a burka from Tom.

[tomkow6]

 

SALUTE!

 

[tomkow6]

Good morning, MoJo ! Good morning, Canteen Crew! Good morning, EVERYBODY!

GOOD  

MORNING

TROOPS!

Me for PREZ! VOTE !!!

[tomkow6]

 

Today's FEEBLE

YOKE :

Did you hear the invisible man married the invisible woman?
Their children weren't much to look at either.

[tomkow6]

FINAL

CUBS 6

Phillies 3 

Maddux Leaves Without 300th Win
 

 

TODAY

AUGUST 2 @ 8:05 p.m. CT
 Radio: WGN 720

  VS
 

 

FINAL

CUBS 6

Phillies 3 

Maddux Leaves Without 300th Win
 

 

TODAY

AUGUST 2 @ 8:05 p.m. CT
 Radio: WGN 720

  VS
 

[aomagrat]

[tomkow6]

 

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[Old Sarge]

Greetings, Canteeners, Troops,
and All the Ships at Sea!

Sarge is reporting for Canteen Duty once again - from the cube farms of middle America!

Well, Sarge got back to the Home Detachment on Saturday, and what followed was two days of whirlwind family fun, buzzing around Louisville and the locales. Sunday was a trip to Huber's Farm in Starlight, IN, for some farm-fresh fruit - Missus is trying her hand at Raspberry Preserves - and Black Angus Steak - Sarge's appetite, you know...

Well, sliding back into civilian life looks kind of easy today; at least, until the rest of the week...

Now, for a few Personals:

MOJO/BETSY/TONKIN: Cult Movie thread, eh? We-ee-lll, Sarge has a few flicks of his own, which will be for a subsequent post;

KATHY/STAR/BEACH/MOJO/BETSY: Thanks for all of you wonderful Galz, for the cards, letters, care boxes, and goodies that you sent throughout my recent "trips". You were the hit of very barracks I stayed in!

MS. B/SPOTSY/FAWNN/BRAD's G: Hoping to see more of the Galz later this week, for more fun and adventures...

TONKIN/RADIX/KJ/USVET/HIJINX/ARROWHEAD: I'm back with ya, Fellas, so The Boyz are back in town!

And honest, Sarge will be in the area all day, so Let's Have Fun!

SARGE

[The Mayor]

August 2, 2004

The Oil Of Helpfulness

Read: Isaiah 61:1-3

The Lord has anointed Me . . . to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning. —Isaiah 61:1,3

Bible In One Year: Psalms 60-62; Romans 5

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There's a story of an eccentric old man who carried an oil can with him everywhere he went. If he passed through a squeaky door or a stiff gate, he applied oil to the hinges. His practice of lubricating made life easier for those who followed after him.

Nearly every day we encounter people whose lives creak and grate harshly with problems. In such situations we face two choices—either to aggravate their problems with a spirit of criticism or to lubricate their lives in the Spirit of Christ.

Some people we meet carry unbearable burdens and long for the oil of a sympathetic word. Others are defeated and feel like giving up. Just one drop of encouragement could restore their hope. Still others are mean and sin-hardened. Such people can become pliable toward the saving grace of Christ through regular applications of the oil of kindness.

When we receive Christ as our Savior and Lord, the Holy Spirit indwells us and equips us to bless others. If we're prepared to pour out God's oil of helpfulness every day and everywhere, beginning at home, we'll minister Christ's beauty and the oil of joy to many hurting people.

Perhaps the old man with the oil can wasn't so eccentric after all. —Joanie Yoder

Putting It Into Practice

• Lend a listening ear.
  
• Pause to pray specifically.
  
• Speak a word of encouragement.
  

The human spirit can gain new hope from an encouraging word.