Joe Pesci - The Guy From "Home Alone"...

[beatsme]

One day in Target, the people in the Electronics Dept. were discussing Sir Laurence Olivier. The woman didn't know who he was. I doubt when I said Laurence of Arabia that the two men knew that. It's "so 10 minutes ago", right?

um...Olivier wasn't in that. Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, & the excellent and completely underrated Alec Guinness (whose career was ruined by George Lucas). Anthony Quayle, too...

 

[Tanglewood]

On the subject of music and people getting it confused covers confused with originals the the one moment I incountered that was the worse was when my friend Barry put on his AIM profile a few years back

"From the words of 311..." he then went on to quote Love Song by the Cure.

It seems that a lot of the singer/song writers of the 70s get lost in the shuffle when a cover of their songs come out. Two that come to mind are Cats in the Cradle by Harry Chapin and Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell.
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I'm a film minor and some of the best films that I've seen have been in my TFM 364: Film Classics class. Here just a few that we had watched

Yojimbo (1961)
The Cabinet of Doctor Calgari (1920)
Real Life (1979)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
King Kong (1933)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Trouble in Paradise (1932)

 

[jelloshotsrule]

Oddly enough, most 14 year olds come into my store and ask for "the green day album"...to which I say, which one? and I get a blank stare, and the reply "they have something else besides "american idiot"?

yeah, dookie!

 

[beatsme]

I'm a film minor and some of the best films that I've seen have been in my TFM 364: Film Classics class. Here just a few that we had watched

Yojimbo (1961)
The Cabinet of Doctor Calgari (1920)
Real Life (1979)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
King Kong (1933)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Trouble in Paradise (1932)

A few others you really should see:

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Stranger (1946)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
The Caine Mutiny (1954)
The African Queen (1951)
Stalag 17 (1953)
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
The Hustler (1961)
12 Angry Men (1957)
Paths Of Glory (1957)

I'm going to go ahead and assume your class was shown "Casablanca" and "To Kill A Mockingbird." If not, you should definitely see those too

EDIT: and not an "old" film, per se, but definitely worth seeing
Defending Your Life (1991)

 

[Tanglewood]

A few others you really should see: ...

The class had its limitations with only meeting 15 times, so we only saw 15 films. Every semester the teacher changes the list of movies so the class is never truly the same.

Out of your list I've seen: The African Queen, Casablanca, and To Kill a Mockingbird (I own this one).

The others I'll have to add to my list of movies to see. Thanks for the suggestions.

 

[beatsme]

The class had its limitations with only meeting 15 times, so we only saw 15 films. Every semester the teacher changes the list of movies so the class is never truly the same.

Out of your list I've seen: The African Queen, Casablanca, and To Kill a Mockingbird (I own this one).

The others I'll have to add to my list of movies to see. Thanks for the suggestions.

my pleasure. Don't mean to bombard, but here's a few more:
Kind Hearts And Coronets (1949)
The Ladykillers (1955)
The Longest Day (1962)
A Night To Remember (1958)
The Chase (1966)
Point Blank (1967)
Grand Prix (1966)

and one from back when Nicolas Cage could really act
Vampire's Kiss (1989)

 

[madog]

Considering Home Alone came out 5 years before Casino, why is this so upsetting? Would you rather her say, "Thats the guy from The Death Collector!" or better question: What exactly would be an acceptable movie title for Pesci to be known (besides Goodfellas and Casino)?

"That's the guy from Eight Head's in a Dufflebag!"

You make a great point. Pesci hasn't been in that many great films, but there is also "A Bronx Tale", "Once Upon a Time in America" [I need to watch that again], "Raging Bull", and who can forget the comedy classic, "The Super" [lol]. Not much of a starring man. He's more like the Ethel Mertz to De Niro's Lucy Ricardo.

and one from back when Nicolas Cage could really act
Vampire's Kiss (1989)

Nick Cage can't act!

But really, one of my favorites, especially when I was younger [and probably didn't understand some of it], "Raising Arizona". Great flick.

I'm a film minor and some of the best films that I've seen have been in my TFM 364: Film Classics class. Here just a few that we had watched

Yojimbo (1961)

I think it's a bit expensive, but you should beg, borrow, or steal to get your hands on the Kurosawa box set. Amazing. I dedicated an entire day to watch the whole thing and I probably blinked twice

The class had its limitations with only meeting 15 times, so we only saw 15 films. Every semester the teacher changes the list of movies so the class is never truly the same.

Out of your list I've seen: The African Queen, Casablanca, and To Kill a Mockingbird (I own this one).

The others I'll have to add to my list of movies to see. Thanks for the suggestions.

The only two movies I remember watching in my film class was "Double Indemnity" and "The Duel".

For my final assignment, however, I was given the director Jim Jarmusch. I had absolutely no idea who the hell he was at the time. He did some great flicks such as, "Dead Man", "Ghost Dog", and "Mystery Train", and I considered it a blessing in the end.

 

[beatsme]

Pesci hasn't been in that many great films

I'll grant you that, but he's given really good performances in some films that weren't at all A-list, but were nevertheless entertaining. Such as:
The Public Eye (1992)
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
My Cousin Vinny (1992)...this may have already been listed, I can't recall. And say what you want about Marisa Tomei, but she's a stone fox and she nailed that part.

Pesci's turn as host on SNL back in 1992 was hysterical...

Nick Cage can't act!

ah come now...I'm sure you've enjoyed his work in some things. How about:
Moonstruck (1987)
Wild At Heart (1990)
Red Rock West (1992)

and of course "Raising Arizona" and the aforementioned "Vampire's Kiss" are both great fun.

you're right about Jarmusch. I didn't care much for "Dead Man" even though it had a great soundtrack. "Ghost Dog" was excellent.