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-merchant | The 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 KING | The 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 WOULD | Pennies from Heaven |
HARDLY SUFFICE, IF EVERYONE | Fantasia |
drinks immoderately and immeasurably. | Titanic |
However much they cheerfully drink | Strange 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 cursed | Barfly |
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:
Hey Alonso - brilliant filmogaphy. We at the Adelaide University Choral Society are performing Carmina Burana, and we LOVED your clip.
Cheers,
STU
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