Anyone have favorite movies where being Christmastime is just a secondary part of the story? I like:
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941) - snarky media star is laid up in, and takes over, Midwestern businessman's home. A couple of Christmas presents, a framed photo and a sarcophagus, are essential to the storyline.
Night of the Hunter (1956) - after being pursued by a psycho Robert Mitchum the whole movie, Christmas is a nice, reassuring ending.
The President's Analyst (1967) - at movie's end the principal characters, having foiled a corporate world domination plot, cheerfully meet at Christmas. Hugs and laughter all around - then the camera pulls back. Yipe.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) - getting into the holiday spirit, Blofeld gives out chemical warfare for Christmas.
Comfort and Joy (1984) - popular local radio personality's girlfriend walks out on him with no notice at Christmastime. His gloomy funk is dispelled when he gets in the middle of a turf war between rival ice cream vendors. His boss, worrying for his mental state, asks his secretary to check his contract and see if there's a sanity clause.
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shaibaer
16 years ago
Anyone have favorite movies where being Christmastime is just a secondary part of the story?
Does "The Ref" count??? That is my favorite holiday movie of the all, lol!
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16 years ago
That certainly counts! ...wish other folks would pitch in, since there's got to be a bunch of them out there. I just remembered:
Dead of Night (1945) - a segment of this creepy anthology has a supernatural encounter at a Christmas party.
Tales from the Crypt (1972) - in this extra-creepy anthology Joan Collins is barricading her house from a psycho killer dressed as Father Christmas. Being an EC Comic story, it's karmic payback for her earlier murdering her husband.
Trading Places (1983) - the image of Dan Ackroyd as a drunken, down and out Santa Claus on the subway eating a smoked salmon through his stringy beard is an image I won't soon forget.
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16 years ago
Okay, one more...Elvis Meets Nixon (1997) - it's Christmastime in 1970, President Nixon feels a need to connect with the youth of America, Elvis gets restless and leaves Graceland on his own for the first time in a dozen years...somehow the two get together.
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