Starman, 1984 (dir. John Carpenter)
SYNOPSIS: An alien comes to earth and assumes the form of Marion Ravenwood‘s dead husband (Bridges). She is mostly flipping out the whole time. He is in full-on wax-face mode. Charles Martin Smith helps them elude the government and then smokes a cigar.
FILM: 10/10
BRIDGES: 10/10
BOTTOM LINE: Starman:Episode IV::Arlington Road: Star Trek V
Starman is the best. I saw it at the UA Hulen 6 behind Hulen Mall in Texas when I was 12. I cried twice during the movie. First I got a little teary shortly after Bridges first appeared. Then I blubbered for an extended period of time at the end and it lasted well into the credits. I went home and wrote Jeff Bridges a 7 page letter about how awesome he was and then I went and bought the soundtrack on cassette which eventually broke in my first car because I was probably playing the same part of side two over and over too many times. The drawing is of the theatrical poster and I like how the letters ‘m’ and ‘n’ are robot letters.
Formed in 1997, Schad began performing sketch comedy on Chicago’s north side. The troupe has since performed at countless venues around the world including The Goodman Theatre, The Second City, Steppenwolf, Lollapalooza, ImprovOlympic, the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (LA), HERE (NYC) and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
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This continues to be my favorite obsession of Connor’s, who once had a blog devoted entirely to single gloves found on the street in New York and who once visited every location featured in the movie Night Moves when in L.A.
The spot where an underage Melanie Griffith gets topless made it all worth it.
Personally, I’m looking forward to White Squall