Posts Tagged ‘pie-fight’

Blazing Saddles (1974)

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Cleavon Little | Gene Wilder | Slim Pickens | David Huddleston | Liam Dunn | Alex Karras | John Hillerman | George Furth | Jack Starrett | Harvey Korman | Madeline Kahn | Carol Arthur | Richard Collier | Charles McGregor
Directors: Mel Brooks
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The Ultimate Western Spoof. A town where everyone seems to be named Johnson is in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, Hedley Lemar, a politically connected nasty person, sends in his henchmen to make the town unlivable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor. Hedley convinces him to send the town the first Black sheriff in the west. Bart is a sophisticated urbanite who will have some difficulty winning over the townspeople.

Bugsy Malone (1976)

Monday, May 7th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Family | Musical
Countries: UK
Actors: Scott Baio | Florrie Dugger | Jodie Foster | John Cassisi | Martin Lev | Paul Murphy | Sheridan Earl Russell | Albin 'Humpty' Jenkins | Paul Chirelstein | Andrew Paul | Davidson Knight | Michael Jackson | Jeffrey Stevens | Peter Holder | Donald Waugh
Directors: Alan Parker
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A gangster movie where all the gangsters are children. Instead of real bullets they use “splurge guns” that cover the victim in cream. The story tells of the rise of “Bugsy Malone” and the battle for power between “Fat Sam” and “Dandy Dan”.

The Great Race (1965)

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Musical | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Jack Lemmon | Tony Curtis | Natalie Wood | Peter Falk | Keenan Wynn | Arthur O'Connell | Vivian Vance | Dorothy Provine | Larry Storch | Ross Martin | George Macready | Marvin Kaplan | Hal Smith | Denver Pyle | William Bryant
Directors: Blake Edwards
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Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie’s arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate’s own invention. The Blake Edwards style of slapstick and song originated with this movie. A dedication to Laurel and Hardy appears at the beginning of the film. Edwards’ tribute to Stan and Ollie can be seen most clearly in the interaction between Professor Fate and his cohort Max, as well as in the operatic Pottsdorf pie fight.