In exactly one month we'll spin on the mountaintop, run round gazebos, wear playclothes made of curtains, and hide from the Nazis together for the 50th anniversary of THE SOUND OF MUSIC. It began its record breaking run in March of 1965. If you adjust for inflation it's the third biggest hit of all time after Gone With the Wind and Star Wars. Fine company to be in.
Have you ever thought about what your favorite shot from it is? Or which shot best represents the movie as a whole? You know how to take a screen cap. You know where this is going right? We'll start with The Family Von Trapp but later we'll get colorful with Dick Tracy, funky over Magic Mike, and creepy via Repulsion, and lots more ... Dates TBA.
Break out the bubbly because "Hit Me With Your Best Shot", a ton of fun all spring and summer, returns March 3rd. [More...]
If you're new to the blog or haven't yet experimented with actually participating, I guarantee a good time. Everyone who has participating religiously has said that they've gotten a ton out of it. The More the Merrier so watch the movies with friends and encourage them all to post their choice.
HOW TO PLAY?
- Watch the movie over the weekend
- post your single favorite shot any time on Tuesday (i.e. what you deem "best" for whatever reason) on your blog/tumblr/youtube/instagram/twitter/pinterest whatever and tell us why you chose it!
- Let me know you've done so and we link up
Just a three step process. Easy-peasy ANY SUGGESTIONS? The list of movies we've already covered after the jump...
1920s
Sherlock Jr (24), The Circus (28), Pandora's Box (29)
1930s
Tarzan the Ape Man (32), Snow White (37), Wizard of Oz (39), Gone With the Wind (39)
1940s
The Letter (40), Fantasia (41), How Green Was My Valley (41), Shadow of a Doubt (43), The Woman in the Window (44), Double Indemnity (44), Black Narcissus (47), Possessed (47), Easter Parade (48)
1950s
A Streetcar Named Desire (51), Singin' in the Rain (52), The Bad and the Beautiful (52), Forbidden Games (52), How to Marry a Millionaire (53), Night of the Hunter (55), Rebel Without a Cause (55), Picnic (55), Summertime (55), A Face in the Crowd (57), Suddenly Last Summer (59)
1960s
Rocco and His Brothers (60), Psycho (60), La Dolce Vita (60), Hud (63), Mary Poppins (64), Goldfinger (64), Zorba the Greek (64), Blow Up (66), Bonnie & Clyde (67), Barbarbella (68), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (69)
1970s
Pink Narcisuss (71), The Exorcist (73), Cries and Whispers (73), American Graffiti (73), Dog Day Afternoon (75), Story of Adele H (75), Eraserhead (77), Three Women (77)
1980s
Can't Stop the Music (80), Ladyhawke (85), The Color Purple (85), Aliens (86), Law of Desire and/or Matador (86/87), Peggy Sue Got Married (86), Dead Ringers (88)
1990s
Edward Scissorhands (90), Beauty & the Beast (91), Raise the Red Lantern (91), Jurassic Park (93), Heavenly Creatures (94), Pocahontas (95), Se7en (95), Showgirls (95), Jackie Brown (97), LA Confidential (97), The Talented Mr Ripley (99), The Matrix (99)
2000s
Bring it On (00), Requiem for a Dream (00), X-Men (00), Moulin Rouge! (01), Memento (01), The Royal Tenenbaums (01), Road to Perdition (02), Angels in America (03), Mean Girls (04), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (04), Serenity (05)
2010s
Pariah (11), Under the Skin (14)
Experimental Episodes
Any Batman Film (franchise 66-12), The Saddest Children in the World Trilogy (shorts 03-09), Orange is the New Black S2 (TV 2014), Eagleman Stag & Death to Tim Man (shorts 07-11)