Since this is take 2 for Mr. Randall, I’m choosing to write about the lesser known Tony Randall who had a few credits as an extra in the 1950s:
Around the World in Eighty Days
This spawned famous balloon image.
The McConnell Story
Ex-Fighter pilot tries family life.
My Sister Eileen
Woman pretends to be sister.
Next: films of Harrison Ford, the silent film star whose career spanned the years 1915 to 1932.
Nicely played.
Excuse Me
His first film, in 1915.
Girls
Very unlike TV show now.
Love in High Gear
His last appearance, in 1932.
Next: Movies about surveillance.
Sneakers
The blind guy sees all.
Minority Report
Pre-emptive justice doesn’t really work.
Rear Window
Jimmy is a peeping tom.
Next: Movies where a corpse travels about.
Weekend at Bernie’s
Bernie’s life of party-- almost.
The Trouble with Harry
Harry’s corpse; won’t stay buried.
Frankenstein
Loose interpretation of the topic.
Next: Movies with iconic poster or VCR/DVD case images.
Gone with the Wind
Rhett, Scarlett in a clinch.
http://web.calstatela.edu/library/mmc/100/gone_with_wind.jpg
The Exorcist
Priest provides foreboding, bleak image.
Terminator 2
Not a very jolly fellow.
Next: Movies set in springtime.
We just did that a few pages ago.
Do you want to do it again, or do you want to pick something else?
D’oh! Sorry. I’d forgotten.
Next: Movies that would have entirely different plots if the characters had cellphones.
Wait Until Dark
Cut phone line? what line?
The Lady Vanishes
Hey, let’s take a selfie!
My Favorite Wife
Text: “Nick, on desert island.”
Next: More movies that would have entirely different plots if the characters had cellphones.
Romeo and Juliet
Don’t kill yourself - I’m OK.
Breaker Morant
See? Here are our orders.
Deliverance
Call 911 to arrest hillbillies.
Next: Movies with a badly miscast actor or actress.
The Taming of the Shrew (1929)
Mary Pickford as shrew Katherine.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Mickey Rooney’s offensive racial impersonation.
Psycho (1998)
Rita Wilson as homely office-mate.
(Really, whole movie badly miscast.)
Next: Roles that sounded like bad casting ideas, but turned out surprisingly well.
Batman
Beetlejuice is playing the Bat?
Good Will Hunting
Robin Williams earned his Oscar.
The Blind Side
When’d Bullock learn to ACT?
Next: Films with flowers in the titles
The Blue Dahlia
Pilot suspected of murdering wife.
Driving Miss Daisy
Old woman needs personal driver.
Tampopo (“Dandelion Seed”)
Food, sex, both mostly hot.
Next: Three films all based on the same source material-- same book, same historical event, same legend, whatever. Points if films all very different. Film plus its sequels don’t count.
Pride and Prejudice
1940 adaptation seems prissy now.
Pride & Prejudice
2005 version; Keira is luminous.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Bennet sisters kick undead ass.
Next: Gawdawful adaptations of books into movies.
The Westing Game (Newberry winner)
Worst film of book EVER.
The Scarlet Letter (1995: Demi Moore, Gary Oldman)
Plan 9 from Puritan colony.
The Cat in the Hat
Does this movie really exist?
Next: Hard-to-adapt books that made surprisingly good movies.
The Musketeer
Athos, Porthos, Aramis are cameos.
Logan’s Run
Cheesy production, left out much.
Visit To A Small Planet
For Jerry Lewis fans only.
Next: Hard-to-adapt books that made surprisingly good movies.
Cloud Atlas
Same cast, different times, places.
Tristan Shandy
Delightful movie-in-a-movie.
The Name Of The Rose
Eco’s dense prose effectively abridged.
Next: Favorite horror movies.
Nosferatu (1979)
Beautiful, atmospheric, engrossing, and frightening.
The Blair Witch Project
Made me check doors, windows.
Metropolis
Dystopian sci-fi is also horror.
Next: favorite sci-fi movies.
Dark City
Stylish, spooky; very satisfying conclusion.
Star Wars
Great mix: adventure, romance, combat.
Aliens
Nuke 'em from orbit, naturally.
Next: More favorite sci-fi movies.
Moon:
Janitor clones on the moon.
The Thing:
Antarctic shapeshifting alien. Paranoia ensues.
Ragnarock:
Gwar battles giant space robot
Next up: Martial arts movies
The Seven Samurai
Warriors protect crops from bandits.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Sword is MacGuffin; American co-production.
Shanghai Noon
Set in Wild West: funny.
(Wow-- I didn’t think I’d seen three!)*
Next: films of Helen Mirren.
*Yes, I know you can just Google the topic or copy from IMDb, but I like to use films I’ve actually seen. If I can’t come up with three, I don’t play that round.