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?

 

[surely_you_jest]

Hi to you too! Brought an Abiya (Saudi version of Burka) home to my bride on returning from Desert Storm (Gulf War I). She thought it was funny, and all, but I don't want to push my luck with a Burka as well!

[Soaring Feather]

~Doc Watson~Deep River Blues~

[weegee]

The restaurant is real but I've never read a review of the food.

[Soaring Feather]

~Don't Mess With Jim!!~

[Chode]

yeah, i wanna buy a burka... the one on the left in the group on the right

SS-SIX would look good even in that

[The Scourge of Yazid]

Okay, but I call dibs on Sec'y of State!

Farah Pahlavi:

Heh, heh, heh. We will have an insider. THE PAHLAVI DYNASTY LIVES!!! LONG LIVE THE PEACOCK KING!

[weegee]

Which came first?

"Cannonball" or "Gumball Rally"

They are both from 1976 (and predate Cannonball Run I & II)

BTW, Paul Bartel, director of Cannonball also directed the cross country road wreck race that was Deathrace 2000 in 1975!

What WAS the first cross country road race film (at least in this cycle)?

[BykrBayb]

Thanks Kathy. I've been lurking here for awhile, thanks to Tonkin. I've noticed that all the regulars at the Canteen are really nice people. I'll be sure and pass your thanks on to my son.

[tomkow6]

"Okay, but I call dibs on Sec'y of State!"

Sorry, I can't play favorite! I'll choose my cabinet the good, old fashion way! Whoever greases my palms best, gets the position!

[TXnMA]

"I noticed..."

"...an interesting psychological phenomenon..."

...and my 5 yr-old granddaugnter's favorite:

"Ai -- Yi-Yai -- Yi-Yai!

[tomkow6]

Hi,BykrBayb!

Welcome to the Canteen!

Wanna buy a burka?

 

[tomkow6]

Hi,TXnMA!

Welcome to the Canteen!

Wanna buy a burka?

 

[The Scourge of Yazid]

Then it's a damn shame that Richard Daley and Carmine DeSapio are no longer with us, now isn't it?

[sns5151]

Boy, Rob sure is optimistic even with the kind of news preceding him email! **********************************************

Yes, I guess that happens sometimes
to the oldest child.

He has always been the known to
finishs things through.
That takes a positive atitude most of the time. imho

Besides, I think he believes in
what he is doing over there. Or,
Maybe he doesn't want to have fight this fight in our streets here.


Semper Fi,

[Mudboy Slim]

Thanks fer sharing that e-mail and special thanks to your son Rob, fer being at the frontlines of our War Against Terrorism.

"War-RATS!!"
(To be sung to the Who's "Bargain")

Fer Righteous Truths will will fight you...
Fer Justice, we'll give all we have!!
The RightWing, we'll triumph ev'ry time and we're MAD!!

DemRATS support Vice...they like Tyrants!!
Left's words are just Socialist swill!!
Fer Power, RATS're STOOOPID, olde, and sad!!

The Left promotes TREASON...
Reject Dem Leftist RATS!!
Dethrone Dem Leftist RATS!!

Right's boldly standin' and fightin'...
Our FReedoms have been dearly bought...
Fer Justice, Right's gotta lead US to the top!!

Kerry's sayin' LIES just to trick you...
Hanoi John's no good...Fight The Man!!
He LIED, too, 'bout his "brothers" in Viet Nam!!

Right must fight 'gainst Treason...
The Left Loves Tyranny!!
The Left LOATHES all who're FRee!!

The Left's all 'bout Power...
The whole Human Race shall be better...
Our wealth is worth nuthin'...if we lose.
Left's just Commie SCUYM, don't be fooled...
Left's PRO-sedition!!
But Right's working to preserve Liberty!!
The FReepers need YOU!!

Right's boldly standin' and fightin'...
Our FReedoms have been dearly bought...
Our Nation...depends on soldiers atop the Wall!!

Right'll pay any price just to win this...
Culture War's 'bout Good against Bad!!
Must fight fools...Right can't empower RATS' Lib'ralMan!!

Right shall win with Honor!!
Rejoice...Lib'ralism's DEAD!!
Rejoice...Lib'ralism's DEAD!!

Mudboy Slim

[Kathy in Alaska]

Luggage was offloaded Sunday from the Clipper Odyssey, which grounded Saturday night off the Baby Islands in the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. The 340-foot luxury vessel traveled to Unalaska-Dutch Harbor under its own power. (Photo by Jim Paulin)

Published: August 2, 2004

Cruise ship hits rock; passengers evacuated safely
REFLOATED: Rising tide allows vessel to make port; fuel spill amount unclear.

By DOUG O'HARRA Anchorage Daily News
(Published: August 2, 2004)

An eco-touring cruise ship on a Nome-to-Homer sightseeing trip hit a rock in Akutan Pass in the Aleutian Islands on Saturday night, prompting a flotilla of local boats to ferry more than 150 passengers and crew members about 20 miles into Dutch Harbor that night.

The Unalaska-Dutch Harbor community quickly laid down its welcome plank for the surprise guests -- with the Grand Aleutian Hotel setting up beds in conference rooms and locals delivering goodies, residents said.

"There was a huge outpouring of help from the community, and there were a lot of good Samaritan vessels that actually transferred all of the passengers into Dutch Harbor," said U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Daryl Wilson. "Best of all is that there are no reports of any injuries, and that's great."

The 338-foot Clipper Odyssey grounded and punctured its hull off Baby Islands east of Unalaska Island shortly before 9:14 p.m. Saturday with 126 passengers and 70 crew members aboard, according to the Coast Guard and a spokesman for the St. Louis-based Clipper Cruise Lines.

Initial reports suggested an unknown amount of light diesel fuel had leaked at the time of the grounding, but no sheen was seen Sunday during a Coast Guard helicopter flight, according to company and Coast Guard officials.

It wasn't clear Sunday how much fuel went into the ocean during the incident. Chief Warrant Officer Roddy Corr on Unalaska told The Associated Press that 5,000 gallons of fuel had leaked, with two of the ship's chambers ruptured and a gray water tank flooded.

But Clipper spokesman Doug Bolnick said the boat had been carrying only 5,000 gallons in a 20,000-gallon tank during the grounding and had spilled a small amount of fuel.

"The Coast Guard is going to be conducting a marine investigation into this to determine what happened," Wilson said.

The boat, on the seventh day of a 12-day trip, was approaching a promising bird-viewing site after dinner when it struck an uncharted rock in about 70 feet of water, Bolnick said in a phone interview from St. Louis on Sunday evening. The boat was moving at 4 to 5 knots and struck with a "crunching sound," Bolnick said.

The rest of the story

[Darksheare]

Read about that on another thread.
*chuckle*
5000 gallons of fuel, and some raw sewage water from the waste tanks.
(And greenies abandoning ship.. I mentioned 'floating logs' elsewhere.)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, Oztrich Boy. From the land of Oz?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, babaloo999, and thanks for your movie picks.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Flatt and Scruggs. Good wake up music. Thanks, ms feather.