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Bestsellers > Black Comedy > Black Comedy
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Stuart Saves His Family»rank: 326starring: Al Franken, Laura San Giacomo, Vincent D'Onofrio, Shirley Knight, Harris Yulin
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A New Leaf»rank: 3308starring: Rose Arrick, James Coco, David Doyle, Trent Gough, Graham Jarvis
: :Elaine May wrote, directed, and starred in this acidic comedy about a wealthy playboy (Walter Matthau) who discovers that he has nearly spent all of his fortune. Casting about for a solution to his money problems that won't actually involve work, he finds a desperate solution: He'll marry an heiress (May) for her fortune. The hitch: She's a social maladept ('The woman is feral,' Matthau growls). lndeed, Matthau finds marriage so intolerable that he decides there's only one course of action, which is ... |
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Pretty Maids All in a Row»rank: 3491starring: Rock Hudson, Angie Dickinson, Telly Savalas, John David Carson, Roddy McDowall
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The Wrong Box»rank: 7296starring: John Mills, Michael Caine, Ralph Richardson, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore
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Passed Away»rank: 3766starring: Bob Hoskins, Jack Warden, William Petersen, Diana Bellamy, Don Brockett
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Buddy Buddy»rank: 5748starring: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Paula Prentiss, Klaus Kinski, Dana Elcar
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Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe»rank: 553starring: George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Morley, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Philippe Noiret
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Harold & Maude (Aniv)»rank: 6726starring: Harvey Brumfield, Eric Christmas, Bud Cort, Cyril Cusack, Gordon Devol
: essential video:Black comedies don't come much blacker than this cult favorite from 1972, and they don't come much funnier, either. lt seemed that director Hal Ashby was the perfect choice to mine a mother lode of eccentricity from the original script by Colin Higgins, about the unlikely romance between a death-obsessed 19-year-old named Harold (Bud Cort) and a life-loving 79-year-old widow named Maude (Ruth Gordon). They meet at a funeral, and Maude finds something oddly appealing about Harold, urging him to 'reach ... |
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Bad Santa»rank: 4252starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Bernie Mac, Lauren Graham, John Ritter, Tony Cox
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Tatie Danielle»rank: 6967starring: Chelton, Jacob, Nanty
: :lnstantly qualifying as a perennial cult favorite, Bad Santa is as nasty as it wants to be, and there's something to be said for comedy without compromise. The Coen brothers conceived the basic idea and served as executive producers, but it's director Terry Zwigoff (Crumb, Ghost World) who brings his unique affinity for losers and outcasts to the twisted tale of Willie T. Stokes (Billy Bob Thornton), a hard-drinking, chain-smoking, foul-mouthed sexaholic safe-cracker who targets a different department store every holiday season, playing ... |
