With the Holidays, what are your favorite films for the season?.........
I know this is "AudiogoN", but if anyone would like to suggest very good sci-fi films, I would enjoy seeing what you like. Yes, Citizen Kane, Casablanca and all the "high-brow" films I enjoy and have seen, with my sons, many times....but sometimes something scary or, as John Denver used to say...."far out" can be fun. What was the early one with James Arness ...was that "The Thing"? |
Them and The Exorcist....ah yes. In my youth I would watch a local station that had "Creature Features" every Saturday night late. I would sit up with my Father, eating bowls of cereal and watching all of the classics...the original Dracula and such. I exposed my sons to great films in their childhood...yes Disney, but also Citizen Kane, Casablanca, To Have and Have Not,...and so very much more. Since both of my sons work in the movie industry and related public TV...seeing those films seems to have been good for my children. |
...to kind of keep with the "audio" intent of this site, the original music is available on CD and is also a family favorite. Of course being an old rocker from my early days, there is "Jingle Bell Rock" by Bobby Helms and "Rocking Around The Christmas Tree", by Brenda Lee. And there are many great classical and Jazz Christmas/Holiday records/CDs/SACDs...etc. ...I once had a Canadian Brass holiday LP that was good. Seems I am putting myself "in the mood", which is a song of a different "tune". (being from Iowa, we are quite proud of Glenn Miller). Actually, I do suffer from holiday music withdraw after the season. |
musicpod Thanks for reminding me of "good old Charlie Brown". The soundtrack alone is worth the time. I have the soundtrack on SACD.....I don't think that is available any longer. I had mentioned in another threat, the Tuck Andress "Holiday" CD is worth a listen.. |
Boy, thanks to all.....you must be in the holiday spirit. My best man at my wedding, and great friend, is Jewish....he married a Catholic woman......and their kids get presents from both grandparents ...and, to use a phrase, rake it in. I will keep up with this thread as I feel I will have some new favorites to watch. As for Christmas music, I have many great ones. Most of them you would know, an unusual one is from Tuck Andress: Tuck Andress - Hymns, Carols And Songs About Snow - Amazon.com Music |
fuzztone, are you speaking of Washington Island off the tip of Door County? Washington Island (Wisconsin) - Wikipedia |
Yes, P.T.&A. is such fun. That is the wonderful thing about "Holiday Inn" it is in celebration of many holidays....including Thanksgiving, the 4th and more. Every person on this site that has not seen the original B&W film "Holiday Inn" is denying themselves the pleasure and knowledge that film offers and teaches. If I could only have 5 DVDs to watch on that "desert island", Holiday Inn would be one of them....and no "Debbie does Peoria" would not be one of them. (sorry, I should not do that, I have found that humor either does not work for some, or more painfully it is not recognized as such,...damn) |
I am not sure about the storyline behind the Kurt Russell film, but in the early fifties there was a film named "The Thing" with James Arness in the "lead" role. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_from_Another_World |
