Jim's 10 Favorite Films

1) Blues Brothers

The film that made "east Wacker drive" a part of the national vocabulary.

2) The Godfather II

By a whisker over the first, in no small part due to my fave character, Senator Geary.

3) Midnight Run

A thinly veiled tribute to the other great Midnight dysfunctional buddy flic, Midnight Cowboy.

4) Clerks

Zen Buddhist examination of self wrapped in a pita pocket of pop culture sensibility sendup.

5) The Producers

Mel Brooks hits on all cyllinders. Danger of seeming dated, but every performance is A-1.

6) Ghostbusters

Ivan Reitman is a genius. Bill Murray is close behind.

7) Where Eagles Dare

Does the near impossible in translating the great novel to the screen. For a drinking game I invented, do a shot everytime Clint kills someone. Your blood alcohol level should exceed that of John Bonham's the day he died.

8) Rude Boy

On the surface a Clash rockumentary. In actuality a scathing indictment of Thatcherism. Great live footage to boot.

9) Diehard

The pinnacle of achievement in modern action filmmaking.

10) Caddyshack

Tho anticipated by Pat & Mike, this film turns the whole golf/class-tension/adolescent-unease/dybbukism genre on its ear.

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