Shipboard romance: An Affair to Remember and Titanic
Middle-aged English people taking their clothes off in public: The Full Monty and Calendar Girls
A hot summer day in New York City: Do the Right Thing and Dog Day Afternoon
Rabbits: Harvey and Fatal Attraction
Crime doesn't pay: "Rififi" and "The Killing"
A natural drag: "La Cage au Folles" and "The Birdcage"
Growing up is painful: "Stand By Me" and "The Dangerous Lives of Choir Boys."
Oh, I hate to see this one disappear!
Good ideas every one.
More?
Ummm...without looking through all the posts..Soylent Green and My Dinner With Andre
A tasty combination.
"American Beauty" and "Lolita." Older men fall in love with young girls.
"Seven Samurai" and "The Magnificent Seven." The second is a take-off on the first.
"Billy Elliot" and "The Company." Ballet theme. The second is a semi-documentary with much dancing and a very weak plot, while the first has a strong plot and a little dancing.
"Sleepless in Seattle" and "Joe vs the Volcano." Hanks and Meg Ryan.
Too much Christmas cheer: The Lost Weekend and The Big Hangover
Cure for too much Christmas cheer: 28 Days and Clean and Sober
Love in NYC: Breakfast at Tiffany's and Down with Love
Neato flashback-type movies: The Butterfly Effect and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Interesting "Life Story" types: Forrest Gump and The Big Fish
I know this doesn't really count, but a book and a movie: Pride and Prejudice and Bridget Jones' Diary. I don't know BJD was supposed to have a similar theme as P&P, I just felt it.
Ohh, here's a baroque series for you with lots of Ouches:
Merchant and Ivory:
Death of a Salesman and Elephant Walk
Lerner and Lowe:
The Student Prince and The Subterraneans
Rodgers and Hart:
Prince of India and The Transplant.
Ouch, sorry!
I'm cracking a rib, Loislane. Which leads me to:
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (but were afraid to ask):
Adam Had Four Sons /At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Ha! Back at ya, Aggie! ;-)
Weather I'm right...
The Perfect Storm and The Story of Hurricane Carter
Deep in the Heart of...
Paris Texas, and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Don't keep it bottled up...
Days of Wine & Roses and When a Man Loves a Woman
My lover is from another century...
Kate & Leopold and Somewhere in Time
ta daaa
O'pun my soul, such bandying about of words should be against the law...
Crime on the rail:
"The Great Train Robbery" and "Strangers on a Train"
The dark flowering of crime:
"The Black Narcissus" and "The Black Dahlia"
Crime in the suburbs:
"Fun With Dick and Jane" and "The Sunshine Boys"
("The Black Dahlia" is Brian De Palma film due out in 2005 about the famous murder in L.A.)
Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.
"I don't much care where--" said Alice.
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat.
~ Lewis Carroll
My tribute to Alice double feature:
The Polar Express and Midnight Express
Two nights ago, I looked up and saw the perfect Cheshire Cat smile of a moon.
Nice Place to visit--
To Live & Die in LA and LA Story
Golly gee, ya don't think that ole mountain/tarpit is active do you?--
Volcano and Dante's Peak
Gonna take a sentimental journey--
Little Women and Meet Me in St. Louis
Rise and Shine--
Night of the Living Dead and well, Shine
Morale boosters for:
Bad weather day: Look for the Silver Lining and Till the Clouds Roll by
Bad work year: Return to Paradise and Moonlight in Hawaii
Bad hair day:
Shampoo, Hairspray and Curly Top
For a look at aging, how about "Harry and Tonto," which starred Art Carney as a man travelling with his cat, and, I believe it is called, "Straight Story," the retelling of a man who, deprived of his license to drive, road a tractor to visit his dying brother?
Straight Story would also pair well with "Ethan FRome" for a loss of American innocense pair.
Gross misuse of lawn and garden equipment double feature: "The Straight Story" (lawn tractor) and "Fargo" (woodchipper).
Joefrom Chicago -- What about making it a trilogy with "Edward Scissorshands"?
The versatility of scissors double feature:
"Edward Scissorhands" and "Dial M for Murder."
