And now I want to watch the opening of The Hunger. Again. Peter Murphy in a cage! David Bowie as a vampire!
Mal: You tell me right now, little Kaylee, you really think you can do this? Kaylee: Sure. Yeah. I think so. 'Sides, if I mess up, not like you'll be able to yell at me.
'Bushwhacked'
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Atropa - Jun 11, 2011 7:27:32 pm PDT #14820 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Strega - Jun 11, 2011 7:29:22 pm PDT #14821 of 30000
Like so many things, My Little Pony mania started on 4chan.
DavidS - Jun 11, 2011 7:41:11 pm PDT #14822 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Unrelated to gay 80s cinema and My Little Pony...
If you like the end titles to A Series of Unfortunate Events as much as JZ and I do (we think they're the best of the last decade) then you'll enjoy this inside scoop on their creation.
Laga - Jun 11, 2011 7:55:11 pm PDT #14823 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I'd include Rocky Horror but I think it came out in '79.
tommyrot - Jun 11, 2011 7:57:39 pm PDT #14824 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I think Rocky Horror should count, because in my brain the category is more like, "Gay movies I watched in college."
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 11, 2011 8:18:10 pm PDT #14825 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I'd add Maurice and Law of Desire to the list.
Longtime Companion was a 90s movie, actually.
DavidS - Jun 11, 2011 8:18:16 pm PDT #14826 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'd include Rocky Horror but I think it came out in '79.
1979?! Not hardly. It's a product of its sexually androgynous glam rock early seventies era. The movie was '75; the original play was '73.
DavidS - Jun 11, 2011 8:22:04 pm PDT #14827 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Oooh, look how it's all tied up with Jesus Christ Superstar and Hair:
Jim Sharman's success with the original Australian production of Jesus Christ Superstar led to an invitation to direct the first London stage production, and it was during the London run of Superstar that he met Richard O'Brien, who had played Herod for just one performance. O'Brien wished to play Herod as Elvis, but quit Superstar when the producers asked him to tap-dance. While unemployed, O'Brien worked on a new rock musical with a rough-draft title of "Rock Horroar."
While working together at the Royal Court's Theatre Upstairs on a production of Sam Shepard's The Unseen Hand, O'Brien played Sharman some of the songs he had written and they began to flesh out the concept for the show. Sharman brought in fellow Australians Nell Campbell, a.k.a. 'Little Nell,' and long-time production designer Brian Thomson, who had designed his productions of Hair and Superstar. Costume designer Sue Blane and musical director Richard Hartley rounded out the original creative team.
Kathy A - Jun 11, 2011 9:35:11 pm PDT #14828 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
So pipe up with your favorite high school flicks.
I cannot believe that no one here mentioned My Bodyguard! That is definitely my favorite high school flick, and it has the first big roles for Adam Baldwin, Joan Cusack, and Matt Dillon, to boot. Plus George Wendt and Tim Kazurinsky in blink-and-you-miss-them walk-on roles.
Rayne - Jun 11, 2011 10:18:42 pm PDT #14829 of 30000
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
There are also all the "serious" high school movies like Stand and Deliver, Dangerous Minds, Freedom Writers, Dead Poets Society and To Sir, with Love.