Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Comedies for a Desert Island

The New York Times Magazine asked a bunch of movie folks which five comedies they'd take with them if they were going to be stranded on a desert island. Some of their choices were surprising. [HT: kottke ]

My own list (not necessarily in priority order):
  1. Night at the Opera (The Marx Brothers)
  2. The In-Laws (Peter Falk and Alan Arkin)
  3. Groundhog Day (Bill Murray)
  4. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (Jonathan Winters, Sid Caesar, and many others)
  5. The Freshman (Marlon Brando) and some more if I could smuggle them along:
  6. Michael (John Travolta)
  7. Radio Days (Woody Allen)
  8. Little Miss Sunshine (Alan Arkin)
  9. Barcelona (Taylor Nichols, Chris Eigeman)
  10. The Producers (Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder)
  11. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Phil Silvers, Michael Crawford)
  12. Men in Black (Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith)
  13. Harvey (James Stewart)
  14. My Favorite Year (Peter O'Toole)
  15. Napoleon Dynamite (Jon Heder)
  16. As Good As It Gets (Jack Nicholson)
  17. Bowfinger (Steve Martin)
  18. The Pink Panther (Peter Sellers)
  19. Animal House (John Belushi)
  20. Bullets Over Broadway (Dianne Wiest)

What am I missing?




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