Movie Marathon (Part 3)

Thread Games
1962

McQueen also was permitted to portray one of pursuing Germans (the one who gets clotheslined by the wire), so through the magic of editing in post-production, he is actually chasing himself.

-“BB”-

1963

Bud Ekins, top stunt driver during his time in Hollywood, performed the motorcycle jump. Ekins also drove McQueen’s Ford Mustang GT in Bullitt and the Deathmobile in Animal House.

1964

Movies in which actors mirror their real-life skills

  1. Look Who’s Talking Too
  2. Casablanca
  3. Whiplash
  4. Birdman
  5. Witness
  6. Talk Radio
  7. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
  8. Grand Prix
  9. The Great Escape
  10. Top Gun

Tom Cruise can fly the hell out of those jets in real life!

pass

1965

Movies in which cash is important to the plot

  1. Twenty Bucks
1966

Movies in which cash is important to the plot

  1. Twenty Bucks
  2. Ocean’s Eleven
1967

Movies in which cash is important to the plot

  1. Twenty Bucks
  2. Ocean’s Eleven
  3. Psycho
1968

Movies in which cash is important to the plot

  1. Twenty Bucks
  2. Ocean’s Eleven
  3. Psycho
  4. At the Circus
1969

Movies in which cash is important to the plot

  1. Twenty Bucks
  2. Ocean’s Eleven
  3. Psycho
  4. At the Circus
  5. The Dark Knight
1970

Movies in which cash is important to the plot

  1. Twenty Bucks
  2. Ocean’s Eleven
  3. Psycho
  4. At the Circus
  5. The Dark Knight
  6. L’argent
1971

Movies in which cash is important to the plot

  1. Twenty Bucks
  2. Ocean’s Eleven
  3. Psycho
  4. At the Circus
  5. The Dark Knight
  6. L’argent
  7. It’s a Wonderful Life
1972

Movies in which cash is important to the plot

  1. Twenty Bucks
  2. Ocean’s Eleven
  3. Psycho
  4. At the Circus
  5. The Dark Knight
  6. L’argent
  7. It’s a Wonderful Life
  8. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

The blown safe with juuuuuust a little too much nitro.

1973
  1. Twenty Bucks
  2. Ocean’s Eleven
  3. Psycho
  4. At the Circus
  5. The Dark Knight
  6. L’argent
  7. It’s a Wonderful Life
  8. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
  9. Little Treasure
1974

Movies in which cash is important to the plot

  1. Twenty Bucks
  2. Ocean’s Eleven
  3. Psycho
  4. At the Circus
  5. The Dark Knight
  6. L’argent
  7. It’s a Wonderful Life
  8. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
  9. Little Treasure
  10. Better Off Dead

The main character, Lane, is pursued throughout the film by a determined paperboy, who claims that Lane needs to pay for the newspaper, and who repeatedly states, “I want my two dollars!”

The Films of John Cusack

  1. Grosse Pointe Blank
1975

The Films of John Cusack

  1. Grosse Pointe Blank
  2. Money for Nothing
1976

The Films of John Cusack

  1. Grosse Pointe Blank
  2. Money for Nothing
  3. The Road to Wellville
1977

The Films of John Cusack

  1. Grosse Pointe Blank
  2. Money for Nothing
  3. The Road to Wellville
  4. Eight Men Out
1978

The Films of John Cusack

  1. Grosse Pointe Blank
  2. Money for Nothing
  3. The Road to Wellville
  4. Eight Men Out
  5. The Grifters
1979

The Films of John Cusack

  1. Grosse Pointe Blank
  2. Money for Nothing
  3. The Road to Wellville
  4. Eight Men Out
  5. The Grifters
  6. High Fidelity
1980

The Films of John Cusack

  1. Grosse Pointe Blank
  2. Money for Nothing
  3. The Road to Wellville
  4. Eight Men Out
  5. The Grifters
  6. High Fidelity
  7. Identity
1981

The Films of John Cusack

  1. Grosse Pointe Blank
  2. Money for Nothing
  3. The Road to Wellville
  4. Eight Men Out
  5. The Grifters
  6. High Fidelity
  7. Identity
  8. Being John Malkovich