Friday Fun: Literal Skyline Trailer

It’s Friday and you know what that means?!?  Come ooooon, has to do with the title of this post.  Think carefully. What was that?  Ding ding ding!  You’re right!  Tiger shark embryos DO fight each other in their mother’s womb and the survivor is born!

So, there’s that.

Anywho, it’s come to my attention that there are two types of people in this world…those who quote movies and those who lack the capacity to remember even one single funny or memorable line and everyone’s throwing out candy coated quotable bits like a kiddie parade float, just shotgunning dialogue at their friends like a Duke Nukem tournament and then there’s the one dude that’s not even quoting the movie, he’s just picking at it:  ”You know the cigarette in the restaurant scene was in her right hand in the Wide shot, but jumped to her left hand in the Close up!”

A needle drags across a vinyl record player. Everyone stops and stares awkwardly.  Somewhere in the back, an 82 year old man, coughs.  A strange mixed breed 3-legged dog looks up from it’s chicken kibble and tilts it’s head to one side curiously: “Rrrr?”

In those emergency situations you’ve got to be ready to be a first responder.  Time is of the essence.  Your conversation is laying mmmmmmostly dead on the floor, gasping for breath. The gigantic mirth bubble your group has been growing has just been burst by a single pin head.  But sometimes you have to invite the pin head along in order for his much cooler and prettier sister to tag along as well.  That’s nepotism.

Where was I?  Oh yeah…if you wanna be a hero, now’s your moment.  With eloquence and precision, with diction and projection, toss out: “I’m the dude playing the dude, disguised as another dude!”  And instantly, Game on.  The conversation rolls back and kick jumps on to its feet and all is right with the world.  It doesn’t even have to be a “Tropic Thunder” line either although that one works 97% of the time.  For example, in ’93 I revived a D.O.A. conversation with: “We found a witch, may we burn her!”

Monty Python is the On-Star of any movie quoting mirth bubble that needs rescuing.  So keep that tucked away in your back pocket.

In a later post, I’ll actually delve more into totally quotably movies, but for now, here is a Trailer from a totally NOT quotable movie, that was remixed by the Genius Bard, Tobuscus resulting in a HIGHLY quotable film trailer.

Enjoy.

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Trailer-Fissure-TopPupMedia

ProdCo: Top Pup Media
Title: Fissure

Trailer-TheBillCollector-MoonlitPics

ProdCo: Moonlit Pictures
Title: The Bill Collector

Trailer-RaiseTheBarProds-DanceForBethany

ProdCo: Raise the Bar Productions
Title: A Dance For Bethany

Trailer-HinsonFilms-AsWeForgive

ProdCo: Laura Waters Hinson Films
Title: AS WE FORGIVE

Logline: A remarkable story of forgiveness and reconcilliation in Rwanda.

Trailer-PraisePictures-StandingFirm

ProdCo: Praise Pictures
Title: STANDING FIRM

Logline:  STANDING FIRM is a story of forgiveness and finding peace in times of suffering. Dave, a widower, is working himself to death. Late nights doing paperwork and running on fumes is the norm. Dave’s son Steven, the only remaining Christian of the family has been watching his fathers now unhealthy lifestyle with great concern unsure of what to do next. Soon God moves on Steven’s heart to stop complaining about his fathers situation and help him instead. As Dave begins to move in the right direction, he searches for the ultimate question about his wife’s death…..WHY?

Trailer-10xProductions-EnemyGod

ProdCo: 10x Production
Title: THE ENEMY GOD 
Genre: Documentary

Logline:  Yai Wanonabälewä: The Enemy God gives voice to a group of indigenous people to relate their own dramatic story.

The film tells the true story of a Yanomamö shaman and the supernatural struggle for the survival of his people. It is the result of a collaboration of storytellers and filmmakers from Belize, Venezuela,  Canada, and the United States.

Trailer-UpliftingEntertainment-CMeDance

ProdCo: Uplifting Entertainment
Title: C Me Dance

Trailer-TamiamiFilms-DogDaysofSummer

ProdCo: Tamiami Films
Title: Dog Days of Summer
Director: Mark Freiburger

DOG DAYS OF SUMMER: Movie Trailer – video powered by Metacafe

Trailer-HeuMooreProds-WidowsMight

ProdCo: HeuMoore Productions
Title: The Widow’s Might

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