5. "Ash - homewares."
Army Of Darkness (1993)
"Lady I'm afraid I'm gonna have to ask you to leave the store..." The cinematic ending to Sam Raimi's gloopy trilogy swansong has Bruce Campbell's Ash kicking ass one last time, defending his supermarket from an invading deadite.
4. Fellini Fathead
Annie Hall (1977)
Yeah, he really was this good - stepping in and out of the scene to talk to the audience and berate the loudmouth behind him in the queue for the flicks (who then defends himself) before dragging out Marshall McClure to back up his point. Dynamic, surrealist brilliance.
3. Reflected Glory
Duck Soup (1933)
Inventive physical work from a group clearly still toying with the opportunities of the filmed images - stretching the premise of a fake mirror to typically brilliant and extreme lengths until it collapses like a deck of cards.
2. Machinist Malfunction
Modern Times (1936)
Brilliant, jittering physical comedy from Chaplin as factory worker who malfunctions as part of the industrial machine. Hilarious, and with a subtle humanist point.
1. Going Up To Eleven
Spinal Tap (1984)
Despite the fact that 'going up to eleven' has become a shorthand for ironic boundary breaking (it's in the OED), watch the scene now and it's still laugh-out-loud funny, mostly thanks to Christopher Guest's perfect blank-faced timing. "But - these go to eleven..."
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bentgaga
Aug 28th 2009, 3:07
The Groom's Brother David! Steve Buscemi
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bentgaga
Aug 28th 2009, 3:14
as of 3.30 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS5MwnlDbY8
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pimpernel
Aug 28th 2009, 9:46
The bit in Children of Men where Clive Owen bashes that guy over the head with a brick is pretty funny... though maybe thats just coz when I saw it the whole audience went 'Ooooh' at exactly the same time.
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oacbbaw
Aug 28th 2009, 14:12
I think you mean Marshall McLuhan, one of the greatest media theorists ever to put pen to paper. If it's the other guy, what's the point of the joke?
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allykatharvey
Aug 28th 2009, 18:27
Last bit of Planet of the Apes! The original film - where the statue of Liberty is sticking out of the sand? I was in a cinema which just errupted with gales of laughter!! That's the British for you ... in the US it made them cry!
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SCY385
Aug 30th 2009, 22:49
I thought that Tom Cruise was hilarious in Tropic Thunder. So much so that I hoped he would at least get a Oscar nomination for it. I thought that it was a real shame and total political b.s. that he didn't get one either.
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