T. Hanksgiving Week
November 21, 2014 8:39 AM - Subscribe
It's Thanksgiving in the US, but it's T. Hanksgiving everywhere.
Tom Hanks has been in like a billion widely seen and available movies, let's watch some of them.
There are a bunch of Hanksy movies on Netflix Instant - The Man with One Red Shoe, The Burbs, Turner & Hooch, You've Got Mail, Forrest Gump, Philadelphia, and Sleepless in Seattle (but we don't have to limit ourselves to those - why not some Toy Story or Big or That Thing You Do?). Let's pick a few and watch 'em next week. I am thinking one a day Sunday the 23rd through Friday the 28th, though obviously you don't have to watch all of them to participate. Basically just a short-term movie club. What do you say?
Tom Hanks has been in like a billion widely seen and available movies, let's watch some of them.
There are a bunch of Hanksy movies on Netflix Instant - The Man with One Red Shoe, The Burbs, Turner & Hooch, You've Got Mail, Forrest Gump, Philadelphia, and Sleepless in Seattle (but we don't have to limit ourselves to those - why not some Toy Story or Big or That Thing You Do?). Let's pick a few and watch 'em next week. I am thinking one a day Sunday the 23rd through Friday the 28th, though obviously you don't have to watch all of them to participate. Basically just a short-term movie club. What do you say?
Splash?
posted by Ik ben afgesneden at 7:36 PM on November 21, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by Ik ben afgesneden at 7:36 PM on November 21, 2014 [2 favorites]
Philadelphia is one of those movies I've been meaning to do an FPP on, it's got some interesting background stuff and is *criminally* under-rated.
Love this idea!
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 10:23 AM on November 22, 2014
Love this idea!
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 10:23 AM on November 22, 2014
This is quite recent (2013) and not really a feel-good Thanksgiving week movie, but anyone looking to see Hanks in a more actorly role should check out Captain Phillips.
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 10:26 AM on November 22, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 10:26 AM on November 22, 2014 [1 favorite]
So let's start with these:
Sunday- The Burbs
Monday- Splash
Tuesday- Captain Phillips
JCIFA, if you want get the Philadelphia post up this week, let me know so it can coincide! (If not, NBD!)
posted by troika at 3:44 PM on November 22, 2014 [1 favorite]
Sunday- The Burbs
Monday- Splash
Tuesday- Captain Phillips
JCIFA, if you want get the Philadelphia post up this week, let me know so it can coincide! (If not, NBD!)
posted by troika at 3:44 PM on November 22, 2014 [1 favorite]
What do you mean, this week? You mean today? Sure I'll see what I can rustle up.
Question: is posting at a later time, like 3-6pm, okay? If so I can do.
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 11:05 AM on November 23, 2014
Question: is posting at a later time, like 3-6pm, okay? If so I can do.
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 11:05 AM on November 23, 2014
Looks like I'll be posting on Philadelphia on November 28th (day after Thanksgiving). I'll just use the tags you've got in this post, plus a few others.
Will update the FanFare Wiki with info. as soon as I can - others are welcome (and encouraged) to update it, as well.
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 12:13 PM on November 23, 2014
Will update the FanFare Wiki with info. as soon as I can - others are welcome (and encouraged) to update it, as well.
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 12:13 PM on November 23, 2014
HOW DID I MISS THIS QUESTION??
You REALLY want to see Cloud Atlas.
He plays, like 7 different characters! And he's great!!
By the directors of The Matrix (Wachowski siblings) and the director of the German film Run, Lola, Run - it is underrated and spectacular.
Fun Fact: Tom Tykwer, the German director, also wrote the score. Including the orchestral piece that the novel gets its name from, A Cloud Atlas.
Wait. What was that?
Oh yeah.... So the film is based on a best selling novel from 2004 called Cloud Atlas, and that is the name of an orchestral piece that one of the characters in the book writes... And while they deal with the same subject matter, the film takes the ideas and themes in the book so so much farther, even to creating the damn music that is a major plot point in the book.... I just.... It. Is. Epic.
Cloud Atlas.
Enjoy.
posted by jbenben at 9:23 PM on November 23, 2014
You REALLY want to see Cloud Atlas.
He plays, like 7 different characters! And he's great!!
By the directors of The Matrix (Wachowski siblings) and the director of the German film Run, Lola, Run - it is underrated and spectacular.
Fun Fact: Tom Tykwer, the German director, also wrote the score. Including the orchestral piece that the novel gets its name from, A Cloud Atlas.
Wait. What was that?
Oh yeah.... So the film is based on a best selling novel from 2004 called Cloud Atlas, and that is the name of an orchestral piece that one of the characters in the book writes... And while they deal with the same subject matter, the film takes the ideas and themes in the book so so much farther, even to creating the damn music that is a major plot point in the book.... I just.... It. Is. Epic.
Cloud Atlas.
Enjoy.
posted by jbenben at 9:23 PM on November 23, 2014
Cloud Atlas is a 3 hour movie, and it has some violence, so not for children. FYI.
PS - don't read up on the film or watch any trailers. Just watch it cold. You will enjoy the journey it takes you on sooooo much more if you don't know what to expect. Enjoy!!
posted by jbenben at 9:30 PM on November 23, 2014
PS - don't read up on the film or watch any trailers. Just watch it cold. You will enjoy the journey it takes you on sooooo much more if you don't know what to expect. Enjoy!!
posted by jbenben at 9:30 PM on November 23, 2014
This is my vote to put Joe Vs. the Volcano on the schedule as well, if there is still room.
posted by capricorn at 11:28 AM on November 24, 2014
posted by capricorn at 11:28 AM on November 24, 2014
Thursday (T.hanksgiving Day) - Joe vs the Volcano
Friday - Philadelphia
Saturday - Cloud Atlas
posted by troika at 11:52 AM on November 24, 2014 [1 favorite]
Friday - Philadelphia
Saturday - Cloud Atlas
posted by troika at 11:52 AM on November 24, 2014 [1 favorite]
(I did not love the book Cloud Atlas but I will watch the movie if there's a lot of Hanksian exasperated yelling)
posted by troika at 11:56 AM on November 24, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by troika at 11:56 AM on November 24, 2014 [1 favorite]
Splash is up.
posted by Ik ben afgesneden at 6:34 PM on November 24, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by Ik ben afgesneden at 6:34 PM on November 24, 2014 [2 favorites]
Thanks, Ik ben!
Captain Phillips is up.
posted by troika at 9:30 AM on November 25, 2014 [1 favorite]
Captain Phillips is up.
posted by troika at 9:30 AM on November 25, 2014 [1 favorite]
Oh oh looks like someone forgot that Wednesday is a day of the week. Oh well, no movie today.
posted by troika at 7:53 AM on November 26, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by troika at 7:53 AM on November 26, 2014 [1 favorite]
I could whip one out.
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 10:19 AM on November 26, 2014
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 10:19 AM on November 26, 2014
....if you must get a Hanks fix today, there appears to be a wealth of Bosom Buddies episodes on youtube.
posted by troika at 10:50 AM on November 26, 2014
posted by troika at 10:50 AM on November 26, 2014
I could whip one out.
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome
Whip it real good!
Sorry. Irresistible.
posted by Ik ben afgesneden at 2:47 PM on November 26, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome
Whip it real good!
Sorry. Irresistible.
posted by Ik ben afgesneden at 2:47 PM on November 26, 2014 [1 favorite]
Philadelphia is coming... in a few hours. Probably 2pm pacific time latest.
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 11:17 AM on November 28, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 11:17 AM on November 28, 2014 [1 favorite]
Pointer: Philadelphia
Sorry about the delay, I kept finding good stuff online, and then there was a server error when I first tried to post it and I got all twitchy and waited a bit longer.
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 3:57 PM on November 28, 2014 [1 favorite]
Sorry about the delay, I kept finding good stuff online, and then there was a server error when I first tried to post it and I got all twitchy and waited a bit longer.
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 3:57 PM on November 28, 2014 [1 favorite]
Still a-happenin'?
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 7:19 AM on November 30, 2014
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 7:19 AM on November 30, 2014
So sorry about the delay on Cloud Atlas! I was unexpectedly in an area where I couldn't get a signal for most of yesterday. Post is up here.
posted by troika at 9:53 AM on November 30, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by troika at 9:53 AM on November 30, 2014 [1 favorite]
This was a great idea, thanks for initiating this series, troika.
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 10:09 PM on December 1, 2014
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 10:09 PM on December 1, 2014
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