<p>You are soOo welcome SJCM! Wasn’t that one truly outstanding movie? In a class of its own.</p>
<p>And Ivyalum - love that Galaxy Quest movie. It’s hilarious and has a great cast. Good pick.</p>
<p>Is “Cloverfield” quirky? It was a big box office success, I know, and few quirky films are. Just saw it for the first time and thought it was neat. All monster/horror movies should have a cast of talented unknowns so you have to keep wondering who might make it out alive. Thought the filmmakers did a great job with the hand-held camera notion, too.</p>
<p>Another nice one from a few years ago: “Brick” with Joseph Gordon-Levitt (love him) as a high school kid investigating a disappearance.</p>
<p>Going way back (1950s): “In a Lonely Place” starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame, directed by Nicholas Rey. Also love Bogie and Ava Gardner in “The Barefoot Contessa” which seems quirky now.</p>
<p>Muriel’s Wedding. Quirky, funny and heart-warming.</p>
<p>Can I add “In and Out” with Kevin Kline, Matt Dillon and Joan Cusack? It was a big hit, too, but what I think makes it quirky is that the characters turn out to be nothing like what you initially think. Joan Cusack asking “IS EVERYBODY GAY?” is one of the funniest moments I’ve ever seen in a movie.</p>
<p>Harvey [Jimmy Stewart]
Watermelon Man [Godfrey Cambridge]
The Flim Flam Man [George C. Scott]
The President’s Analyst [James Coburn]
Our Man in Havana [Alec Guiness]
Help [The Beatles]
The Lion in Winter [Katherine Hepburn]
The Ruling Class [Peter O’ Toole]
Local Hero [Burt Lancaster]
Fried Green Tomatoes [Cicely Tyson]</p>
<p>Earthgirls are Easy (Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey and Michael McKean)-totally campy, but very funny. </p>
<p>Eating Raoul (Paul Bartel. Mary Woronov)–again pretty campy but has a killer last line</p>
<p>Dr. Strangelove (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb)</p>
<p>Igby Goes Down
The Squid and the Whale
The Family Stone</p>
<p>Second the votes for Word Play, Harold and Maude, and The Gods Must be Crazy. I’d add to the list: Bottle Shock, Babette’s Feast, Tompopo, and The Big Night. (All of these are about food or wine, which I think is a little quirky–not your typical movie plot.)</p>
<p>Wrestling Ernest Hemingway is both a quirky movie and a quirky title. It starred Richard Harris, Robert Duvall, Shirley MacLain, Piper Laurie, and Sandra Bullock. Duvall and Harris are wonderful in it and the supporting cast are terrific. Can’t wait to watch it again sometime.</p>
<p>Just catching up. One of my very good friend from college is one of the featured cross-word puzzle competitor in “wordplay”. We used to do the NYT sunday puzzle together in college.</p>
<p>I also loved “The gods must be crazy”. Great film. Also loved “Raising Arizona”</p>
<p>^ CC is running slow on my computer so I am having trouble fixing my ever-present typos. A good friend from College is one of the featured competitors in “Wordplay”.</p>
<p>Raising Arizona was on TV last night. I’d forgotten how much yelling went on in that movie.</p>
<p>“Galaxy Quest” a spoof on Star Trek with Sigourney Weaver
“Attack of the Killer Tomatoes” classic 70’s B-film
“The Brother from another Planet” a John Sayles film
“Down by Law” with Tom Waits and Roberto Benigni
“What’s up Doc” with Barbra Steisand, Ryan O’neil and Madeline Kahn</p>
<p>The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T, a Dr. Suess creation from the 50’s, and the weirdest darn movie I ever saw. Let’s just say that Dr. Suess does not translate to the screen, but it’s definitely quirky.</p>
<p>“Help” by the Beatles. It is arguably the earliest example of the music video.</p>
<p>“The Songcatcher” (2000) about a university musicologist who collects English ballads and lovesongs, as they were sung throughout the Appalachian Mountains, before phonograph recordings were widely available. Fiction, not a documentary.</p>
<p>Despite the contrived subplots and occasionally cheesey screenplay, the music – especially the singing – is incredibly well performed throughout. Filmed in North Carolina.</p>
<p>The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T…this is a fabulous movie, and definitely quirky. The sets are straight up Dr. Seuss. Hans Conreid plays the heavy in the movie</p>
<p>The Cook, The Thief, His Wife. and Her Lover</p>
<p>Am seconding some movies already mentioned:</p>
<p>Babette’s Feast
Waking Ned Devine
Juno
Little Miss Sunshine
Fargo
Secret of Roan Innish</p>
<p>and will add:</p>
<p>Full Monty
Englishman Who Went Up A Hill
Death At A Funeral (British version)
Where The Heart Is</p>
<p>Young@Heart (2007)
Directed by Stephen Walker, Sally George. Starring Joe Benoit, Helen Boston, Louise Canady. A documentary on a chorus of senior citizens from Massachusetts who cover songs by Jimi Hendrix, Coldplay, Sonic Youth.</p>
<p>This is a delightful documentary</p>
<p>Again, definitions of quirky vary, but one of my inexplicable favorites is the 1980s movie, The Warriors. Something about the over the top costuming and choreography for the gang fights.
“Warriors . . . come out to play!”</p>
<p>Along the lines of LakeWashington’s list–“A Thousand Clowns” with Jason Robards and a 13 year old Barry Gordon. Gordon has a recurring role as the rabbi in “Curb Your Enthusiasm”.</p>