It's "Pick a Movie" Time again....

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Spygirl

Sunday, July 01, 2001 - 12:37 pm Click here to edit this post
My classmates (Frankie included) were so impressed with the choices you've listed before on these threads, they've asked me to post THEIR topics, too!

This is the description of the first movie (there will probably be more INSIDE this thread over the next 10-14 days. I won't make a new thread each time). THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!!!

This is from classmate "KB":

I am looking for a movie that illustrates the following:

The purpose of the family is to meet the needs of its members and to maintain the larger society. To perform its functions in an optimal fashion, the family must have a particular kind of structure such as the "traditional family" with each member fulfilling his/her assigned role such as, working dad, stay-at-home mom and three children.

In other words, I'm looking for a movie that illustrates the belief that "family" should be a certain way and that the purpose of family is meeting the needs of family members AND the needs of society.

Lancecrossfire

Sunday, July 01, 2001 - 12:43 pm Click here to edit this post
Mr. Mom

Jetticat

Sunday, July 01, 2001 - 12:43 pm Click here to edit this post
One True Thing.....
When the family was facing crisis, each have to step out of their respective places and that isn't always convenient.

Max

Sunday, July 01, 2001 - 05:08 pm Click here to edit this post
Classic: Yours Mine and Ours (Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda)

More recent: Parenthood (Steve Martin)

Moonstruck (Cher and Nicolaus Cage)

Once Around (Richard Dreyfus and Holly Hunter)

Juju2bigdog

Sunday, July 01, 2001 - 07:51 pm Click here to edit this post
Oh, what was that Mary Tyler Moore and Donald Sutherland one? Something People? Ordinary People!

Ordinary People
1980, Drama, R
Director: Robert Redford With: Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch, Timothy Hutton, M. Emmet Walsh, Elizabeth McGovern, Dinah Manoff, James Sikking, Fredric Lehne, Basil Hoffman

This is the story of one family trying to come to grips with the death of one of their own. The son (Timothy Hutton) makes an unsuccessful suicide attempt, the father (Donald Sutherland) offers little emotional support, and the mother (Mary Tyler Moore) seems stuck in the moment and cannot rise beyond the crisis. The film won well-deserved Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Hutton), and Screenplay. Moore was nominated for Best Actress and Hirsch was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.

Labmouse

Sunday, July 01, 2001 - 08:39 pm Click here to edit this post
1947-"Life with Father"

1948-"I Remember Mama"

Egbok

Sunday, July 01, 2001 - 11:04 pm Click here to edit this post
"Terms of Endearment" - Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson

(I hope I spelled their names correctly)

Lancecrossfire

Sunday, July 01, 2001 - 11:26 pm Click here to edit this post
If you want complicated, go with Death Of A Salesman

Twiggyish

Monday, July 02, 2001 - 12:43 pm Click here to edit this post
American Beauty. A bit skewed, though.

Spygirl

Monday, July 02, 2001 - 01:02 pm Click here to edit this post
You point out an interesting thing, twiggy -- in this case (for once ) we aren't looking for a family in a crisis situation or some extraordinary experience. For once we're looking for a movie that demonstrates how a "functional" family looks (and how people define "functional" is subjective, too, so that is a difficulty with this topic). In fact, I'm not even sure movies have been MADE about normal families...where's the entertainment in THAT!!! LOL!

Thanks for the suggestions -- keep 'em coming! We REALLY appreciate your help. "KB" passes along his appreciation for your suggestions thus far as well -- and he's already researching the suggestions you've made.

-SpyGirl

Bijoux

Monday, July 02, 2001 - 01:10 pm Click here to edit this post
It's A Wonderful Life? with Jimmy Stewart.

Sparky

Monday, July 02, 2001 - 03:03 pm Click here to edit this post
Birdcage (as you said, functional is subjective)

Spygirl

Monday, July 02, 2001 - 03:19 pm Click here to edit this post
LOL, Sparky! Perfect example!

LOVE that movie...Nathan Lane is FABULOUS!

Tess

Monday, July 02, 2001 - 03:31 pm Click here to edit this post
Father of the Bride

Steel Magnolias (with a few extra besides family thrown in)

Spygirl

Monday, July 09, 2001 - 10:03 am Click here to edit this post
<bump>

I also have a new movie "search"...

This one is for classmate "AA":

I'm looking for a movie that shows how a family system changes and how the world contributes to that change (and vice versa). A good example of a movie of this kind would be AVALON (but the movie has already been shown in our class to demonstrate another topic so I have to find another movie)

So, to summarize, we are looking for a movie that shows "traditional" family roles for KB, and a movie that shows how family changes society and how society changes a family for AA

Thanks everyone!
-SpyGirl