Our list of movies for Oliver's proper education!

[WebmasterKathy]

Oh, grasshopper, we need to help you keep your card! I know Pete and Co. will have a list (Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, Breakfast at Tiffany's) but this old straight lady has some movies you need to watch!

All About Eve
Sunset Boulevard
Cabaret
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
The King and I
Auntie Mame
Funny Girl
La Cage Aux Folles/The Birdcage
In and Out
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Some Like it Hot


... so many more!!! What else needs to be on his list?

 

[samsteele]

Love this list! I'd add:

Sound of Music
North By Northwest
Charade
Lawrence of Arabia
Spartacus
To Catch a Thief
From Russia With Love
Goldfinger
The Birds
Honourable Mention: Victor Victoria (Robert Preston is wildly over the top and delightful)

 

[rteetz]

I'm going to be honest the only one of any of the movies listed here I've seen is Sound of Music.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Annie Hall
Manhattan
Blazing Saddles
The Searchers
12 Angry Men
The Good, Bad, and the Ugly
Pretty in Pink
Breakfast Club
Goonies
The Color of Money

 

[CampbellzSoup]

The Bird Cage

 

[safetymom]

I see a lot of movies I have never seen. Time to watch a few.

the other Kathy.

 

[k8Davies]

Well Oliver will have no excuse if he hasn't see Sound of Music or the Goonies as they are both on TV every Christmas/Easter and Bank Holidays over her in the UK.

Also think Oliver should return the favor and do a great British Classic night:

Get Carter
The Italian Job (1969 version not the abomination that came out in 2003) (Especially with John's, Kevin's and Pete's Italy trip coming up)
Brief Encounter
The Third Man
Training Spotting
Withnail and I
Oh and all the Monty Python Films back to back (Although would be shocked if the rest of them hadn't already see these).

 

[KingLlama]

The Jerk

 

[samsteele]

Blazing Saddles

Classic. Mongo! I clearly had a misspent childhood.

all the Monty Python Films

Love these. MP and the Holy Grail should be a must see for everyone.

 

[samsteele]

think Oliver should return the favor and do a great British Classic night

Great idea. A few others for the list:
Lion in Winter
Ken Branagh's Henry V
Persuasion (Amanda Root version)

 

[Princess Jes]

I'm going to be honest the only one of any of the movies listed here I've seen is Sound of Music.

That's because you're a wee baby!

 

[DSNYDREAMER]

Apparently I am with Oliver, I haven't seen most of these!! Haven't had the pleasure of meeting Oliver yet, I say this is a great way for us to get to know one another. We will have an ancient movie fest !

 

[WebmasterMike]

History of the World Part I (no no no no YES)
Young Frankenstein
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Hello Dolly

 

[thksphoenicians]

I love Oliver, but if he wants to be a true card-carrying film/media nerd (gay or otherwise) he needs to Google Vito Russo/The Celluloid Closet!

 

[NeuroCindy]

Clueless (because so many lines are still used in pop culture)

 

[Aerin75]

Need to check the whole thread, but if it haven't been said:

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

 

[JimmyV]

Casablanca
The Maltese Falcon
The Philadelphia Story
His Girl Friday
It Happened One Night
The Great Escape
The Godfather (Parts I and II)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Caddyshack
Animal House
Fletch

 

[loves to dive]

I second History of the World Part 1, it's good to be the king.
and I second Rocky Horror, da***it Janet.

 

[WebmasterMike]

Apparently I am with Oliver, I haven't seen most of these!! Haven't had the pleasure of meeting Oliver yet, I say this is a great way for us to get to know one another. We will have an ancient movie fest !

Ancient???

 

[WebmasterMike]

I'm going to be honest the only one of any of the movies listed here I've seen is Sound of Music.

"Noooooooooooooooo!!!!"