Scarecrow Video » Seattle Times http://www.scarecrow.com A store dedicated to the love of movies. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:26:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.scarecrow.com/2009/08/21/1207/ http://www.scarecrow.com/2009/08/21/1207/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:22:04 +0000 madamecrow http://www.scarecrow.com/?p=1207 Did you see INGLORIOUS BASTERDS yet? Several staffers did in the wee hours of the morning.  We look forward to a day full of discussion and debates–meanwhile those of us who haven’t watched it yet will avoid spoilers by plugging up our ears and loudly singing  “Son of a Preacher Man.” Once you’ve seen Tarantino’s long-awaited film, here’s some other theatrical viewing opportunites for the weekend: TONIGHT (Friday) there’s 9 TO 5 at Cal Anderson Park courtesy of Three Dollar Bill Cinema. On Saturday night you can see E.T. at Fremont Outdoor Movies (come early for the Scarecrow-generated trivia) and IRON MAN under the Space Needle at the Seattle Center Mural Amphitheater.  You should also head to Grand Illusion Cinema for the incredible FIVE BY SCORSESE, a collection of his rare, early short films.  And if you missed Doug Pray’s ART & COPY at SIFF,  it opens today at Northwest Film Forum.  Pray (director of SCRATCH and HYPE!) delievers an interesting look at the history of advertising agencies and the stories behind such pervasive campaigns as “Just Do It” and “Got Milk?” You might want to make it a double feature with a season or two of MAD MEN. Of course, you can always stop by Scarecrow to fulfill all your movie watching cravings. Check out our list of films to go along with INGLORIOUS BASTERDS over at Seattle Times, or go through the suggestions listed here.

]]> http://www.scarecrow.com/2009/08/21/1207/feed/ 0 Our favorite “backstage showbiz” movies: a random list http://www.scarecrow.com/2009/06/19/our-favorite-backstage-showbiz-movies-a-random-list/ http://www.scarecrow.com/2009/06/19/our-favorite-backstage-showbiz-movies-a-random-list/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:01:59 +0000 madamecrow http://www.scarecrow.com/?p=764 Last week The Seattle Times asked us for a list of our favorite “backstage showbiz” movies, so we taped up a piece of paper on a wall behind the counter and went to work. You can read the highlights over on their website, but here’s the full list straight from the randomness of our brainstorming.  The first group are the ones featured in The Seattle Times:

Singin’ In the Rain, All About Eve, Stage Door, The Band Wagon, The Bad and The Beautiful, Twentieth Century, A Prairie Home Companion, Nashville, The Company, The Player, Symbiopsychotaxiplasm, Living in Oblivion

And here’s the rest:

42nd Street, Day For Night, Contempt, Topsy-Turvy, Fanny and Alexander, A Star is Born, The Last Tycoon, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, 8 1/2, Sullivan’s Travels, Footlight Parade, Sunset Boulevard, Gypsy, Starstruck (1982), All That Jazz, Funny Face, After The Fox, Radio Days, Network, Broadcast News, Wag The Dog, Cradle Will Rock, Boogie Nights, Tristram Shandy: A Cock & Bull Story,  Barton Fink, The Last Metro, The Sunshine Boys (1975), Miss Nude America, Unzipped, The Wrestler, Lenny, The Comedian, The Comedians of Comedy, Wilco: I Am Trying To Break Your Heart, Let It Be, Payday (1972), Ladies and Gentlemen: The Fabulous Stains, The Stunt Man, Stunt Rock (1980), Double Dare, Showgirls (!)  and Spice World (!!)

Plus a couple TV shows for good measure:

The Muppet Show, The Larry Sanders Show, Sports Night, Extras, and the ever popular 30 Rock.

What do you think? What are we forgetting?

singinrain

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