Most Wanted
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Ishtar
(May, 1987)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (OOP)
(Ross, 1976)
The Devils
(Russell, 1974)
The Pirates of Penzance
(Papp/Leach, 1983)
The Fortune
(Nichols, 1975)
-30-
(Webb, 1959)
Betrayal
(Jones, 1983)
Play It As It Lays
(Perry, 1972)
The Outfit
(Flynn, 1973)
Alex in Wonderland
(Mazursky, 1969)
The Legend of Lylah Clare
(Aldrich, 1968)
In The Cool of the Day
(Stevens, 1963)
That Cold Day in the Park
(Altman, 1969)
Thumb Trippin'
(Masters, 1972)
Midas Run
(Kjellin, 1969)
At Long Last Love
(Bogdanovich, 1973)
Brewster McCloud
(Altman, 1972)
Outcast of the Islands
(Reed, 1951)

Reader Submissions

1930's-1950's
The Moon's Our Home
(Seiter, 1936)
Sh! The Octopus
(McGann, 1937)
The Mating Season
(Leisen, 1951)
Bad for Each Other
(Rapper, 1953)
The Phenix City Story
(Karlson, 1955)
Run of the Arrow
(Fuller, 1956)
House of Secrets
(Green, 1956)
Saint Joan
(Preminger, 1957)
Macabre
(Castle, 1958)
The Fiend Who Walked the West
(G. Douglas, 1958
Five Gates to Hell
(Clavell, 1959)
1960's
Key Witness
(Karlson, 1960)
Summer and Smoke
(Glenville, 1961)
The Chapman Report
(Cukor,1962)
Bachelor Flat
(Tashlin, 1962) [on Hulu]
The L Shaped Room
(Forbes, 1963)
The Chalk Garden
(Neame, 1964)
A Thousand Clowns
(Coe, 1965)
You're a Big Boy Now
(Coppola, 1966)
The Whisperers
(Forbes, 1967)
Dark of the Sun
(Cardiff, 1968)
Skidoo
(Preminger, 1968)
Last Summer
(Perry, 1969)
The Comic
(C. Reiner, 1969)
1970-1974
The Revolutionary
(Williams, 1970)
The Landlord
(Ashby, 1970)
Diary of a Mad Housewife
(Perry, 1970)
Tropic of Cancer
(Strick, 1970)
I Never Sang for My Father
(Cates, 1970)
Sometimes a Great Notion
(Newman, 1971)
Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
(Turman, 1971)
The Music Lovers
(Russell, 1971)
Drive, He Said
(Nicholson, 1971)
The Steagle
(Sylbert, 1971)
The Last Movie
(Hopper, 1971)
Made For Each Other
(Bean, 1971)
The Day the Clown Cried
(Lewis, 1972)
Hickey & Boggs (OOP)
(Culp, 1972)
The Carey Treatment
(Edwards, 1972)
Pete 'n' Tillie
(Ritt, 1972)
Slither
(Zieff, 1973)
Man on a Swing
(Perry, 1974)
Open Season
(Collinson, 1974)
The Tamarind Seed
(Edwards, 1974)
Law and Disorder
(Passer, 1974)
Homebodies
(Yust, 1974)
Stardust
(Apted, 1974)
Celine and Julie Go Boating
(Rivette, 1974)
1975-1979
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
(Richards, 1975
At Long Last Love
(Bogdanovich, 1975)
Hearts of the West
(Zieff, 1975)
Welcome to L.A.
(Rudolph, 1976)
W.C. Fields and Me
(Hiller, 1976)
Citizens Band
(Demme, 1977)
Twilight's Last Gleaming
(Aldrich, 1977)
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
(Brooks, 1977)
Girlfriends
(Weill, 1978)
Movie Movie
(Donen, 1978)
The Medusa Touch
(Gold, 1978)
American Hot Wax
(Mutrux, 1978)
Hot Stuff
(DeLuise, 1979)
Scavenger Hunt
(Schultz , 1979)
Players
(Harvey, 1979)
Rich Kids
(Young, 1979)
Nightwing
(Hiller, 1979)
Screams of a Winter's Night
(Wilson, 1979
When You Comin' Back Red Ryder?
(Katselas, 1979
1980's
Resurrection
(Petrie, 1980)
The Awakening
(Newell, 1980)
Simon
(Brickman, 1980)
God's Angry Man
(Herzog, 1980)
Fast-Walking
(Harris, 1982)
Twice Upon a Time
(Korty & Swenson, 1983)
Trouble in Mind
(Rudolph, 1985)
When the Wind Blows
(Murikami, 1986)
Housekeeping
(Forsyth, 1987)
The Glass Menagerie
(Newman, 1987)
Patty Hearst
(Schrader, 1988)
Drowning by Numbers
(Greenaway, 1988)
Haunted Summer
(Passer, 1988)
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
(Spheeris, 1988)
1990's
Old Times
(Curtis, 1991)
Prospero's Books
(Greenaway, 1991)
City of Hope
(Sayles, 1991)
The Baby of Macon
(Greenaway, 1993)
King of the Hill
(Soderbergh, 1993)
Dadetown
(Hexter, 1995)
SubUrbia
(Linklater, 1997)

Posted by Jeffrey Wells on June 30, 2009 at 7:23 PM

comment #1

BoshBarnetWonkyDonkey Author Profile Page says ...

That's a great trailer.

Damon looks weird old and fat.

Posted by BoshBarnetWonkyDonkey Author Profile Page at June 30, 2009 7:31 PM

comment #2

BoshBarnetWonkyDonkey Author Profile Page says ...

Russell Crowe's old and fat role in The Insider remains the benchmark for oldness and fatness for a 30-something actor.

Posted by BoshBarnetWonkyDonkey Author Profile Page at June 30, 2009 7:32 PM

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Geoff Author Profile Page says ...

And De Niro in Raging Bull.....

Posted by Geoff Author Profile Page at June 30, 2009 7:47 PM

comment #4

Jay T. Author Profile Page says ...

Not the tone I was expecting, but it looks promising - and different.

Posted by Jay T. Author Profile Page at June 30, 2009 8:02 PM

comment #5

Chase Kahn Author Profile Page says ...

Wow -- I guess I didn't know this was "Oceans Soderbergh". Looks tedious.

Posted by Chase Kahn Author Profile Page at June 30, 2009 8:09 PM

comment #6

raygo Author Profile Page says ...

An imminent "high pedigree" release with A list star and producers on board, and your next deal is cancelled. Something's not right.

Posted by raygo Author Profile Page at June 30, 2009 8:10 PM

comment #7

Steven Kar Author Profile Page says ...

First impressions only:

The cinematography did not impress; the colour, the lighting... I don't know, it looked amateur-ish, and cheap.

Pretty much all the jokes fell flat.

So many recognisable faces that added up to not much.

Damon's role looked promising.

Posted by Steven Kar Author Profile Page at June 30, 2009 8:52 PM

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Steven Kar Author Profile Page says ...

Just realised that Damon has been away since August 2007 (The Bourne Ultimatum), but later this year he'll be back with 3 potentially high-profile pictures: The Informant, Green Zone, and Invictus. Good for him. Of all the young actors his age, I think I probably like him the most.

Posted by Steven Kar Author Profile Page at June 30, 2009 8:58 PM

comment #9

payne Author Profile Page says ...

Did everything in 'The Informant' ACTUALLY HAPPEN like Soderbergh wanted for 'Moneyball.' I wonder?

Posted by payne Author Profile Page at June 30, 2009 9:47 PM

comment #10

DeeZee Author Profile Page says ...

*yawn* Burn After Reading via Thank You for Smoking, but with MATT DAMON!!

Posted by DeeZee Author Profile Page at June 30, 2009 10:16 PM

comment #11

Nate West Author Profile Page says ...

I liked the jokes; Damon is an amusing surprise. I don't see how a movie about corruption in the corn industry could go wrong. I'm there.

Posted by Nate West Author Profile Page at June 30, 2009 10:43 PM

comment #12

vansmith Author Profile Page says ...

Snark heaven, will see it...DVD...

Posted by vansmith Author Profile Page at June 30, 2009 11:08 PM

comment #13

Travis Crabtree Author Profile Page says ...

Hope it's a damn sight better than "The Girlfriend Experience".

Posted by Travis Crabtree Author Profile Page at July 1, 2009 12:05 AM

comment #14

Ulysses Author Profile Page says ...

Clancy Brown !!

Posted by Ulysses Author Profile Page at July 1, 2009 12:10 AM

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markj Author Profile Page says ...

The joked fell flat for me too but i'll give it a shot. Really looking forward to Green Zone though.

Posted by markj Author Profile Page at July 1, 2009 12:38 AM

comment #16

Yuval Author Profile Page says ...

This looks great, I think it is the first Soderbergh movie that I am now actually looking forward to (as opposed to curioused about it). The only problem I can think of is that Soderbergh has become the auteur of the "let me explain to you a complicated plot that is delivered with so many verbal and visual details it should stun you into paying attention". After the didactic Traffic (and the tediously didactic Syriana) I've really grown tired of this lecture-cinema.

Posted by Yuval Author Profile Page at July 1, 2009 1:35 AM

comment #17

COCO Author Profile Page says ...

Midwestern corn fed Damon....looks funny and smart....September could be a good lead-in for
a lot of quality films....popcorn anyone?

Posted by COCO Author Profile Page at July 1, 2009 2:13 AM

comment #18

The Hey Author Profile Page says ...

Looks like this years "Burn After Reading"....and that's not a good thing.

Posted by The Hey Author Profile Page at July 1, 2009 3:46 AM

comment #19

Jack South P.I. Author Profile Page says ...

Read this book years ago and it didn't play as comedy. Whitacre is one of the most frustrating characters you'll ever meet. You want to pull your hair out over the stuff this guys does. A brilliant and sad portrait of self-deception and self-destruction.

Posted by Jack South P.I. Author Profile Page at July 1, 2009 4:39 AM

comment #20

NotImpressed1Yet Author Profile Page says ...

I read the book too and agree it certainly didn't come off as a comedy. But if you think about the actual stuff Whitacre did during the investigation, maybe it should have been.

And if this material isn't a Soderbergh comedy, it's just a Frontline special. I think he played it the right way.

Posted by NotImpressed1Yet Author Profile Page at July 1, 2009 4:53 AM

comment #21

YRG Author Profile Page says ...

Looks okay. Don't understand why there are so many negative comments. Has the tide really shifted that much for Soderbergh? How much do you bet he has a scene that makes people stop chewing their popcorn because they're wondering where it came from?

Posted by YRG Author Profile Page at July 1, 2009 5:16 AM

comment #22

Wayne Author Profile Page says ...

This isn't what I expected, but it's Soderbergh, so I'll give it a look.

Looks like Joel McHale is getting alot of screen time in this, which suits me fine. Any fans of "The Soup" here?

Posted by Wayne Author Profile Page at July 1, 2009 6:09 AM

comment #23

BoshBarnetWonkyDonkey Author Profile Page says ...

What was wrong with Burn After Reading? It was often hilarious.

Posted by BoshBarnetWonkyDonkey Author Profile Page at July 1, 2009 6:18 AM

comment #24

Ryansi51 Author Profile Page says ...

Oh shit that is Joel McHale!!

awesome, great for him- love the soup.

Posted by Ryansi51 Author Profile Page at July 1, 2009 6:21 AM

comment #25

Mark Author Profile Page says ...

Sort of funny that Mann gets so much more respect on this board than Soderbergh. It's been 10 years since Mann last did a truly great movie, and 10 months since Soderbergh did one.

What's not funny are the 3 musical pieces chosen for this trailer. I can tolerate Valkryes, but then we have a leftover tune from Ocean's, followed finally with The Eurythmics like we're back in a 1990 Dana Carvey vehicle. Other than that I was cool with it. Curious to see how Matt Damon's appearence affects Box office. Not a lot of successful movies ugly up their A-listers in such a manner. The trailers for Vanilla Sky, e.g., didn't show Cruise disfigured.

Posted by Mark Author Profile Page at July 1, 2009 7:28 AM

comment #26

DarienStyles Author Profile Page says ...

This looks tedious. I don't think Matt Damon has a flair for comedy. Why didn't Steven Soderbergh hire George Clooney to play this instead?

Posted by DarienStyles Author Profile Page at July 1, 2009 9:39 AM

comment #27

BurmaShave Author Profile Page says ...

Damon has no flair for comedy? "Applesauce, bitch"

Posted by BurmaShave Author Profile Page at July 1, 2009 11:42 AM

comment #28

115thDreamer Author Profile Page says ...

Wow - I'd only seen brief blurbs about this and assumed it was a "Syrianna" type pot boiler. This looks intriguing though - I'm definitely up for a comic approach to the whole insider/whisteblower type of story. Two more things, though - 1) DeNiro in "Raging Bull" is absolutely the gold standard for tranformation-into-fat-and-old-guy method acting - no questions asked. And I say that having greatly admired Crowe in "The Insider". Item 2 - Damon absolutely can do comedy - check out that episode of "Will & Grace" he did - he's hilarious in that. When film actors do those stunt casting episodes on sitcoms, it really separates the wheat from the chaff in terms of comic abillity - some flourish, while others sink like a stone (paging Brad Pitt).

Posted by 115thDreamer Author Profile Page at July 1, 2009 12:47 PM

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