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zombiewhacker
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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 Posted - 12/22/2006 : 8:26:31 PM
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Die Hard
Lethal Weapon
Night of the Comet
Y'all know what I'm talking about. Surprisingly, I realized recently that Ronin takes place during Yuletide. You wouldn't know it except for one dialogue exchange between Robert DeNiro and Jean Reno.
"Helluva time to be working, huh? What do you want for Christmas?"
Other faves?
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BradH812
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
1294 Posts |
Posted - 12/22/2006 : 9:25:07 PM
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The Ref
Eyes Wide Shut
A Midnight Clear
Rocky ends on New Year's Eve, but most of the movie takes place between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Rocky IV (Ugh.)
BTW, there are a few more references to Christmas in Ronin. You see a few scenes where decorations are being put up in a hotel, and we hear a church choir singing outdoors at one point. |
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cschack
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
Norway
124 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2006 : 08:49:19 AM
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Silent Night starring Steven Berkoff. A BBC TV movie about a man spending Christmas alone. "TV to slit your wrists by" said one critic.
Also, since we have mentioned Frankenheimer, let's not forget Reindeer Games
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Ein joik har større kraft enn krutt!
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Greenhornet
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
1791 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2006 : 09:06:16 AM
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I believe Donivan's Reef qualifys. But then, I believe in SANTA CLAUSE too!
"The Queen is testing poisons." CLEOPATRA, 1935 |
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Neville
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Spain
1590 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2006 : 09:27:37 AM
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| Gremlins is quite an obvious one, it even has several anti-Christmas instances of dialogue. I also remember To live and die in L.A., which must be one of the darkest, more violent thrillers ever, being set around Christmas, but there's no decoration nor dialogue lines referring to it, just on-screen text with the dates. |
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BradH812
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
1294 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2006 : 11:39:37 PM
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Neville's right about To Live And Die In L.A.. The main character's partner is killed on Christmas Eve. Personally, I think William Friedkin screwed up, not having any mention of Christmas or New Year's. Good movie, though (and Neville's right about it being very dark and violent).
This one's kind of a cheat, but I'll throw in one of my most favoritest movies of all time, The Black Hole. (Please don't laugh. Don't laugh!! Sigh. Oh, all right, laugh, ya sadists.) I read the storybook and the novelization, and the first few pages of the screenplay, and The Black Hole took place on Christmas Eve. Most of that was cut from the final film, but there are a couple of scenes where one character mentions "Christmas morning." |
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Bobby-G
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
904 Posts |
Posted - 12/24/2006 : 02:56:56 AM
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I"ve got this image of Gene Hackman dressed as Santa chasing some criminal type -- was that in THE FRENCH CONNECTION? Maybe I'm just imagining it...
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New Hinda
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Israel
469 Posts |
Posted - 12/24/2006 : 06:08:51 AM
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Originally posted by Bobby-G
I"ve got this image of Gene Hackman dressed as Santa chasing some criminal type -- was that in THE FRENCH CONNECTION?
Yes it was. It ended with the famous "picking your feet in Poukeepsie" confrontation. |
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BradH812
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
1294 Posts |
Posted - 12/24/2006 : 09:18:05 AM
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| I never saw The Long Kiss Goodnight all the way through, but I read the script, and it took place around Christmas. Can anyone confirm if that made it into the movie? IMO, if the movie stuck closely to the script, it was a nice big lump of coal. |
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New Hinda
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Israel
469 Posts |
Posted - 12/24/2006 : 10:49:16 AM
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| THE LION IN WINTER is set at Christmas time, and the Plantagenets spend most of their time trying to find out if they're going to "hang the ivy or each other." |
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BradH812
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
1294 Posts |
Posted - 12/26/2006 : 01:26:08 AM
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| How could I forget Batman Returns? |
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Flangepart
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
2329 Posts |
Posted - 12/26/2006 : 10:53:25 AM
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Originally posted by BradH812
How could I forget Batman Returns?
Well, the human minds does use amneseia as a source of self defence...
Marvin the Paranoid Android to Buzz Lightyear "Too infinity and beyond-i've been there, its rubbish!"
"Hoody Hoo, i waste 'em with my cross bow!" Bob Herzog- KDOT
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Neville
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Spain
1590 Posts |
Posted - 12/26/2006 : 4:10:15 PM
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| Human defense? Batman Returns is awesome!! It may be the best Batman film ever, even better than Batman begins. |
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Flangepart
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
2329 Posts |
Posted - 12/27/2006 : 1:26:16 PM
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Huh? Oh oh, wait...D'oh!
Wrong movie! I must have been thinking BATMAN AND ROBIN!...why, i don't know...haven't seen BATMAN RETURNS yet.
Stop lookin' at me like that, i don't go to theaters anymore, and the dvd hasen't come to the library yet....i'm cheap, okey...us old farts gotta budget!
Marvin the Paranoid Android to Buzz Lightyear "Too infinity and beyond-i've been there, its rubbish!"
"Hoody Hoo, i waste 'em with my cross bow!" Bob Herzog- KDOT
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John Nowak
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
1017 Posts |
Posted - 12/30/2006 : 9:12:51 PM
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The Fleischer short, Peace on Earth and of course Lion in Winter are my favorite anti-Christmas films.
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We've always been united in stupidity. That's why there is no hope. But, then again, when has that ever stopped us?
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tam1MI
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 01/05/2007 : 8:11:39 PM
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| Three Days of the Condor takes place at Christmastime. |
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