Thursday, August 23, 2007

Today's number is ... Eighty-Seven.

Here's the list of all eighty-seven films that appear in "Getting drunk and losing all your money ... at the Movies":

When we are in the tavern,Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
we do not think how we will go to dust,Once Upon a Time in the West
but we hurry to gamble,Run Lola Run
which always makes us sweat.Croupier
What happens in the tavern,Ocean's 11
where money is host,Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
you may well ask, and hear what I say.Henry V
YOU MAY WELL ASK, AND HEAR WHAT I SAY!Beauty and the Beast
(pause)The Great Escape
Some gamble, some drink,The Sting
some behave loosely.Drunken Master
But of those who gamble,The Odd Couple
some are stripped bare,Knight's Tale
some win their clothes here,Metropolitan
some are dressed in sacks.Monty Python & the Holy Grail

Here no-one fears death, but they throw dice in the name of Bacchus

Gilda
HERE NO-ONE FEARS DEATH, BUT THEY THROW DICE IN THE NAME OF BACCHUS!Guys and Dolls
First of all it is to the wine-merchantThe Adventures of Robin Hood
(pause)Sideways
then the libertines drink,Tom Jones
(pause)Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
one for the prisoners,The Shawshank Redemption
three for the living,Zorba the Greek
four for all Christians,Elmer Gantry
five for the faithful dead,The Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the Black Pearl
six for the loose sisters,O' Brother, Where Art Thou?
seven for the footpads in the wood,Barry Lyndon
eight for the errant brethren,The Blues Brothers
nine for the dispersed monks,Ladyhawke
ten for the seamen,On the Town
eleven for the squabblers,Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
twelve for the penitent,Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade
thirteen for the wayfarers.The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
TO THE POPE AS TO THE KINGThe Shoes of the Fisherman
THEY ALL DRINK WITHOUT RESTRAINT!The Lion in Winter
(long pause)The Fiddler on the Roof
(long pause)Big, Fat Greek Wedding
The mistress drinks,Sliding Doors
the master drinks,Gosford Park
the soldier drinks,She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
the priest drinks,Pale Rider
the man drinks,Shakespeare in Love
the woman drinks,All About Eve
the servant drinks,Remains of the Day
with the maid,Clue
the swift man drinks,Blazing Saddles
the lazy man drinks,The Big Lebowski
the white man drinks,The Untouchables
the black man drinks,Raisin in the Sun
the settled man drinks,American Beauty
the wanderer drinks,Yojimbo
the stupid man drinks,Dumb and Dumber
the wise man drinks,The Princess Bride
The poor man drinks,The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
the sick man drinks,Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
the exile drinks,Anastasia
and the stranger,Strangers on a Train
the boy drinks,Rumble Fish
the old man drinks,The Godfather
the bishop drinks,Caddyshack
and the deacon,Waterworld
the sister drinks,Two Mules for Sister Sara
the brother drinks,On the Waterfront
the old lady drinks,Sunset Blvd.
the mother drinks,Hamlet
this man drinks,Miller's Crossing
that man drinks,Ghostbusters
a hundred drink,Star Trek VI
a thousand drink.It's a Wonderful Life
SIX HUNDRED PENNIES WOULDPennies from Heaven
HARDLY SUFFICE, IF EVERYONEFantasia
drinks immoderately and immeasurably.Titanic
However much they cheerfully drinkStrange Brew
we are the ones whom everyone scolds,Withnail and I
and thus we are destitute.The Hudsucker Proxy
May those who slander us be cursedBarfly
and may their names not be written in the book of the righteous.Easy Rider
IO!The Deer Hunter
IO!Dogma
IO!Citizen Kane
IO!The Matrix
IO!Sleuth
IO!Casablanca
IO!Bridget Jones' Diary
IO!Desperado
(long pause)Animal House
YO!Lost in Translation


And, yes, to answer your question, it was a lot of damn work.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hey Alonso - brilliant filmogaphy. We at the Adelaide University Choral Society are performing Carmina Burana, and we LOVED your clip.
Cheers,
STU