Odd movies you should rent:

[bigloo]

OK, basic idea of this thread is if you end up watching an offbeat movie not in the limelight that you think others will enjoy. Post the name, a imdb link maybe and quick overview and why you think others will like it.

I will start:

Movie: Kenny
IMDB Links: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0822389/
Brief Overview: Australian movie about a port-a-pottie technician/salesman. If you enjoy English humor, you will love this. If you dont understand the English the English speak and have no clue on some basic aussie/english/new zealand/south african slang, maybe skip it, but all in all, I think everyone would enjoy this. This movie had me

[Da Klugs]

Being There

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078841/

In the right mood a truly funny movie. Ironic, metaphoric, sweet and silly.

Being There is a 1979 film directed by Hal Ashby, adapted from the 1971 novel written by Jerzy Kosiński. The film stars Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard A. Dysart and Richard Basehart. Douglas won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and Sellers was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role. This was the last Peter Sellers film to be released while he was alive.

The screenplay was coauthored by Kosinski and the award winning screenwriter Robert C. Jones, winning the 1981 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Film) Best Screenplay Award and the 1980 Writers Guild of America Award (Screen) for Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium. It was also nominated for the 1980 Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Being_There

[MajorCaptSilly]

Things to do in Denver When You're Dead

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114660/

A great Warren Zevon song and n excellent movie. Great acting by Chris Walken, Andy Garcia, and Steve Bucemi. Strange plot, strange ending. Everything I love in a movie.

MCS

[Swampper]

I have two:

Windy City Heat

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383053/

A slow show business want-a-be is given the lead role in a Bruce Willis type action movie. Very funny, but kind of sad, however the subject Perry, was well paid to be in this film.

Idiocracy

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/

Two words: President Camacho!

[bigloo]

I have been adding these to my blockbuster Queue. I also second Idiocracy, great movie, its all int he electrolytes!

[perogee]

The best movie that I have seen lately is

Brick
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0393109/

Film Noir in a highschool setting. A really great watch, I highly recommend it.

[gettysburgfreak]

Revenge of the Nerds
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088000/
Reason: Plain hilarious

[68TriShield]

If a older flick is ok,here's one
http://www.escanabathemovie.com/

Highway to Hell........

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104418/

This movie is a riot....and kristy swanson goodness.

[fxpose]

Anyone seen this 1996 film with James Spader and Holly Hunter? (not to be confused with a recent film of the same title) I liked it.

Crash

Went to Crash in the theatre back in the day w/my girl at the time not knowing what to expect. Weird and wonderful. Prompted discussion for the next month. Truly a strange movie.

Originally Posted by fxpose

Anyone seen this 1996 film with James Spader and Holly Hunter? (not to be confused with a recent film of the same title) I liked it.

Crash

[fxpose]

Originally Posted by Vitis

Went to Crash in the theatre back in the day w/my girl at the time not knowing what to expect. Weird and wonderful. Prompted discussion for the next month. Truly a strange movie.

Most definitely. I caught this film the first time by accident on the Independent Film Channel while flipping channels several years ago. Since then, I've rented this film twice. I don't mind seeing it again. My kind of strangeness.....

[ucla695]

Originally Posted by fxpose

Most definitely. I caught this film the first time by accident on the Independent Film Channel while flipping channels several years ago. Since then, I've rented this film twice. I don't mind seeing it again. My kind of strangeness.....

I'm intrigued George. I'm going to have to search for it on cable or actually drag myself to the video store to find a copy.

Originally Posted by Swampper

Idiocracy

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/

Two words: President Camacho!

Brilliant movie

[fxpose]

Originally Posted by ucla695

I'm intrigued George. I'm going to have to search for it on cable or actually drag myself to the video store to find a copy.

Actually, I caught parts of it on the IFC several months ago and watched the last half of the film with Frank.
You should definitely rent this film when you get the chance.

See you guys tonight!

[ucla695]

Originally Posted by fxpose

Actually, I caught parts of it on the IFC several months ago and watched the last half of the film with Frank.
You should definitely rent this film when you get the chance.

See you guys tonight!

Will do.

Bringing some good vino too.

[LasciviousXXX]

In Bruges
Great offbeat British Black Comedy with a fun cast


"Holed up in Bruges, Belgium after a difficult job, two hit men begin to differ on their views of life and death as they become used to local customs"

Ralph Fiennes is HILARIOUS in this flick

[fxpose]

Originally Posted by LasciviousXXX

In Bruges
Great offbeat British Black Comedy with a fun cast


"Holed up in Bruges, Belgium after a difficult job, two hit men begin to differ on their views of life and death as they become used to local customs"

Ralph Fiennes is HILARIOUS in this flick

+1 Great film.

[JohnnyFlake]

Good thread, I'll have to give this some thought!

[Fumes]

In the documentary category: Vernon, Florida directed by Errol Morris

Summary from errolmorris.com:

"Vernon, Florida" is an odd-ball survey of the inhabitants of a remote swamp-town in the Florida panhandle. Henry Shipes, Albert Bitterling, Roscoe Collins and others discuss turkey-hunting, gator-grunting and the meaning of life. This second effort by Errol Morris, originally titled "Nub City," was about the inhabitants of a small Florida town who lop off their limbs for insurance money ("They literally became a fraction of themselves to become whole financially," Morris commented.) but had to be retooled when his subjects threatened to murder him. Forced to come up with a new concept Morris created "Vernon, Florida" (1981) about the eccentric residents of a Southern swamp town.