Sunday, November 22, 2020

What Thanksgiving day movie should we see, 1975 version.

 


As is traditional, after the parade, after the Thanksgiving meal, after the football games, after dinner left overs, what movie shall we see?  And in 1975, these are our options.

Jaws for the 100th time? Paper Moon? The Sting? 

How about this double bill from the third column?  


Now, Cookie has questions. 

How does one approach this?  "Oh, honey, how about seeing the film adaptation of one of Shakespeare's greatest works on power and how it corrupts, followed by an X-Rated film of an unknown subject?  Sound like a plan?"

I mean Macbeth is, well, Macbeth - "Out damned spot, out!  Hell is murky..." and all.

And what sort of X Rated film does one chose to run in the theater?   The Devil in Miss Jones would work, I think.  But what if it's a three minute Rip Colt loop film involving men creating their own salad dressing? 

  


7 comments:

  1. oh lard, cookie, WHERE did you find this ad? the only movie on that list I saw was "the sting". robert redford - SWOON!

    have a safe and quiet holiday tomorrow, dear cookie!

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  2. I'll bet it's either Two Gentlemen of the Verona Bathhouse or that one about coral in the anus. Jx

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  3. Your not washing the fruit off still are you? I hope Cookie Monster you and hubby have a nice Thanksgiving day! Complete with you own salad dressings.....

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  4. "debbie does dallas"? "behind the green door"? "fritz the cat"?

    the only movie I have seen on that list is "the sting". robert redford - SWOON! and where did you find that ad?

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  5. I wonder if Jaws gave thanks for all those yummy thrashing human treats? (served with lashings of tomato sauce rather than salad dressing)

    Happy Thanksgiving to you, Cookie!

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  6. I just looked up the Polanski Macbeth on Wikipedia, and noted that the film was financed by Playboy Enterprises. The article stated that "greater pessimism and internal ugliness in physically beautiful characters are added to Shakespeare's story of moral decline." Kind of sounds like The Portrait of Dorian Gray.
    --Jim

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  7. LOL. Thank you for this. What sort of X-rated movie does one run where you can't put the title in a newspaper??? How exciting. I love 'Paper Moon'. And I would never guess that all these films were released during the same time period. 'Mandingo'??? Wow. I remember seeing that on television with Susan George... I was truly aghast. Thanks for posting this! Happy holiday.

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