Inspired by the ’60s Rat Pack original. Brad Pitt and George Clooney star in Steven Soderburgh’s 2001 Ocean᾿s Eleven. [ WHSmith.co.uk ]
Stanley Kubrik’s Dr Strangelove or How I Learned To Stopped Worrying And Love The Bomb is a cold war comedy. George C. Scott’s General fears the Communist threat, Peter Sellers’ Mandrake has to contend with the string in his leg, and in the War Room: Peter Sellers’ US President tries to prevent fighting whilst his eponymous Doctor fights internal conflict – his own past. [ HMV.co.uk ]
Homer’s Odyssey as seen through the Coen brothers’ kaleidoscope – Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney) escapes from a chain-gang in an attempt to prevent his ex-wife (Holly Hunter) from remarrying. White supremacists, floods, bank robbers, sirens, blues guitarists, conmen and politicians all feature in this comedy adventure. [ HMV.co.uk ]
Mel Brooks takes on the Wild West and the life of the cowboy. A black railroad worker becomes Sheriff of Rock Ridge aided by Gene Wilder’s Waco Kid, a washed-up sharp shooter languishing in the gaol. Blazing Saddles was also the first comedy western to bring fire-side flatulence to the big screen. [ HMV.co.uk ]
