Look, it’s the day before Thanksgiving, I was drinking rye last night, and I think we all know that I’ll be mailing it in today. Luckily for me, Flavorwire made this great supercut of Thanksgiving Dos and Don’ts from the Movies, which is both a great watch for you, and an easy way to knock out a post for me. I give them a lot of credit for including Dutch, a movie I haven’t thought about in at least 18 years. Inspired.
And contrary to the advice contained in this video, I really feel like I need to see ThanksKilling.
Also, I submit: Scent of a Woman is Al Pacino’s most Al Pacino-y performance. Discuss.
CREDITS
Edited by Jason Bailey
Music by Jon Brion, Blue Room
FILMS (in order of appearance)
Nobody’s Fool (Robert Benton, 1994)
The House of Yes (Mark Waters, 1997)
Miracle on 34th Street (George Seaton, 1947)
Hannah and Her Sisters (Woody Allen, 1986)
Home for the Holidays (Jodie Foster, 1995)
She’s Gotta Have It (Spike Lee, 1986)
ThanksKilling (Jordan Downey, 2009)
Dutch (Peter Faiman, 1991)
Alice’s Restaurant (Arthur Penn, 1969)
Addams Family Values (Barry Sonnenfeld, 1993)
The Ice Storm (Ang Lee, 1997)
Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005)
Scent of a Woman (Martin Brest, 1992)
Funny People (Judd Apatow, 2009)
Son-In-Law (Steve Rash)
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (John Hughes, 1987)
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Dutch is great, but it’s not Ed O’Neill’s finest work.
You really do need to see Thankskilling. It’s on instant
Gobble Gobble… Motherfucker!
If you’re not mailing it in on the day before Thanksgiving, then you’re doing it wrong.
Doesn’t that imply that there are days when Vince doesn’t phone it in?
Heat. The contrast between De Niro’s underplaying of his role and PACINO’S LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME hogging is egregious.
Pacino winning an Oscar for “Scent of a Woman” was the worst thing that ever happened to him. From that point on he stopped acting and started ACTING!
Watching him in The Godfather Part I is like watching an entirely different human being.
It’s like he went insane the second his hair turned grey.
Is it just me, or is the aspect ratio in that Dutch framegrab WAY off?
There is only ONE Thanksgiving movie, and it is Plains Trains and Automobiles.
Is He the only one that has turkey, stuffing, and formaldehyde? OHHHH YEEESSSS!!!
(hint: Survivor Series used to be a strictly Thanksgiving PPV)