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This blog is a carry-on of a series I started earlier this week. Somebody had the concept to post a list was to consist of your favorite films from each year of your life. So, you start with your birth year and move ahead year by year and list all the films from each year. A post from the Avocado site came up in my “Reader” list of blogs that had the same concept, but with one exception – you can only pluck one movie from each year. My last blog focused on my favorites from the 1970’s and this one will feature the 1980’s.
I have a feeling that there will be more movies per year for me to pick from in this decade.
1980 was a year for sequels. Burt Reynolds and Jackie Gleason returned for another adventure in Smokey and the Bandit II, Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker faced off in The Empire Strikes Back, and Christopher Reeve was help as Superman in Superman II. We were first introduced to Jason in the first of many installments of the Friday the 13th franchise. Queen provided the theme song for the film Flash Gordon. A few years before he was dealing with a Delorean, Robert Zemeckis directed Kurt Russell and Jack Warden i
Before watching the movie:
This is an ancient and (perhaps deservedly) forgotten movie from the early days of John Candy’s career. I’ve seen two wildly other posters for it, it was released under different titles, and his traits has a loved one the promotional material doesn’t care about because the spouse didn’t become as famous as Candy.
So, my time would probably be finer spent watching SCTV sketches, but here we are.
After watching the movie:
With the police force stretched thin, the leader wants to resolve the kidnapping of prominent businessman Lewenhak’s daughter Victoria fast, and puts seasoned officer Broom on the case. Inexplicably, the otherwise competent Broom is the only one on the force who likes young oaf Kopek, and requests him as his partner. As it happens, Lewenhak planned the kidnapping with mafia thugs so he could employ money from Victoria’s inheritance as “ransom” to pay off his own gambling debts. Only the thugs grabbed the wrong girl. And Victoria has sprint off with her boyfriend. And then gotten kidnapped by someone else. Now Lewenhak is trying to coordinate his business with the mobsters while
The Untold Truth Of John Candy
Although he was never technically one of them, show wise, Candy appeared in 11 movies with "SNL" alumni.
These collaborations began inauspiciously, with the 1976 anthology TV spoof "Tunnel Vision," which purported to present futuristic programming from the far-away year of 1985. In raunchy clips like "The Pregnant Man" and the Manson sitcom "Charlie's Girls," Candy appeared alongside folks like Howard Hesseman, Roger Bowen, and Betty Thomas, as well as "SCTV" fave Joe Flaherty and "SNL" Not Ready for Primetime Players Chevy Chase and Laraine Newman, most just beginning their film careers.
In 1979, Candy appeared with partner Belushi (now a big celestial body, post "National Lampoon's Animal House") in Steven Spielberg's "1941," a comedy follow-up to "Jaws" and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" that many still cite as Spielberg's worst film. As the '80s progressed and Belushi became a bigger star, "1941" led to "The Blues Brothers," pairing Belushi and Dan Aykroyd and casting Candy in a small-but-unforgettable role as the "Orange whip? Orange Whip? 3 Orange whips"-loving detective on their tail. 1981 also brought "Stripes," putting Candy in scene-stealin
AKA John Franklin Candy
Born:31-Oct-1950
Birthplace: Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Died:4-Mar-1994
Location of death:Durango, Mexico
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Sacred Cross Cemetery, Culver Town, CA
Gender: Male
Religion:Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor
Nationality: Canada
Executive summary:Uncle Buck
Father: Sidney Candy (d. 1955, heart attack)
Mother: Evangeline Candy
Brother: Jim (older)
Wife: Rosemary Margaret Hobor (m. Apr-1979)
Daughter: Jennifer (b. 1980)
Son: Christopher (b. 1984)
High School: Neil McNeil Catholic Secondary School, Scarborough, Ontario
University: Centennial College
University: McMaster University
Second City
Canada's Walk of Fame 1998
Risk Factors: Obesity, Smoking, Cocaine, Sleep Apnea
SPORTS FRANCHISE HISTORY
Los Angeles Kings Part Owner
TELEVISION
SCTV (1976-79)
FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
Hostage for a Day (25-Apr-1994)
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