DUCKS reading support group discussion

Films referenced (please add anything I've missed to this if you have the stamina!):

Some Like It Hot
The Wizard of Oz
Rebel Without A Cause
Freaky Friday
On the Waterfront
It’s Complicated
Bring It On
Dr Zhivago
Marnie
The Perfect Storm
The Odd Couple
The Contender
Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House
Reefer Madness
The Music Box

Mr Deeds Goes to Town
The Wild One
Rebel Without A Cause
The Tales of Hoffman
The Graduate
Airplane!
Mr Smith Goes to Washington
Deception
High Noon
Friendly Persuasion
My Fair Lady
Death of a Salesman
The Contender
It’s A Wonderful Life

. . . and no “Blunt Force”--but there is a “Blunt Force Trauma”

Mr Blandings
Monsoon Wedding
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
The Three Musketeers
Gone With The Wind
Scaramouche (probably the film, not the book, right?)
The Cabin in the Cotton
The Little Foxes
A Stolen Life (1946 film—seems more likely in context than the Jaycee Dugard book)
The Thin Man
Bringing Up Baby
The Music Man
A Master Builder (2013) (definitely the film in context, though she'll know the play)
Groundhog Day
The Bridges of Madison County
All That Heaven Allows

Julie and Julia seems like a big one

Yep! and:

Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Hannah and her Sisters
His Girl Friday
Being There
Kramer Vs Kramer
All The President’s Men
Heartburn
When Harry Met Sally
The Apartment
Play It Again, Sam
The Great Lie
Green Card

(Maybe I should be adding these to/editing a single alphabetically-sorted post--I'm sure I'm getting duplicates)

(I think it's useful to highlight the duplicates)

Rory wrote: "(I think it's useful to highlight the duplicates)"

Ok in that case I'll stop deleting them--from now on I'll just list what I spotted as I went along.

North by Northwest
Heartburn
Bigger Than Life
Now, Voyager
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Casablanca
Brief Encounter
The Wizard of Oz
The Sound of Music
The 39 Steps
It’s Complicated
Sideways
The Odd Couple
Fail-Safe
The Apartment
Being There
The Accidental Tourist
Sleepless In Seattle
Broadcast News
The Birds
Mr Smith Goes to Washington
Sleeper
Raising Arizona
Shane
Groundhog Day
The Fugitive
Witness
White Christmas

It’s Complicated
Bringing Up Baby
The Birds
Mrs Miniver
Fargo
The Stepford Wives (I’ve popped this one into the group bookshelf too)
Groundhog Day
Now, Voyager

Gone With the Wind
The Wizard of Oz
Dr Zhivago
The Bridge
The Apartment
The Odd Couple
High Noon
Shane
Stagecoach
Red River
Casablanca
It’s A Wonderful Life
Annie Get Your Gun
Fiddler on the Roof
It’s Complicated
Pride and Prejudice (yes, the film!)
The King’s Speech
Bigger Than Life

Bigger Than Life
North by Northwest
Mr Blandings
There’s Always Tomorrow
The Lady Eve
Fantastic Voyage
Bringing Up Baby
All That Heaven Allows
Holiday
Mr Smith Goes to Washington
His Girl Friday
Towering Inferno
Magnificent Obsession
Imitation of Life
Network
Marnie
Summertime
You Can’t Take It With You
It’s A Wonderful Life

So many for this section, lots of repeats, but here we go:

It’s a Wonderful Life
Tess
Annie Get Your Gun
Oklahoma
Fiddler on the Roof
High Society
White Christmas
Singin’ in the Rain
An American in Paris
State Fair
My Fair Lady
The Sound of Music
Grease
Dirty Dancing
Mary Poppins
The Music Man
The King and I
Marnie
Brokeback Mountain
Roger & Me
Casablanca
Deception
Double Indemnity
There’s Always Tomorrow
Some Like It Hot
The Wizard of Oz
Bigger Than Life
The Philadelphia Story
The Quiet Man
Airplane!
Holiday (1938)
Desk Set
Adam’s Rib
On Golden Pond
Bringing Up Baby
Air Force One
The Contender
White House Down
Niagara
Rebel Without a Cause
It’s Complicated
The Accidental Tourist
Song of Love

Shane
White House Down
Miracle on 34th Street
Witness
The Fugitive
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
The Lady Vanishes
It’s Complicated
Casablanca
All the President’s Men
Deception
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
North by Northwest
The Apartment
The Odd Couple
All That Heaven Allows
The Stepford Wives
The Graduate
Broadcast News
Hannah and her Sisters
Die Hard I
Die Hard II
The Fugitive
The Bourne Identity
Some Like It Hot
Shadow of a Doubt
The Third Man

She's VERY into It's Complicated, isn't she?

Shadow of a Doubt
The Best Years of Our Lives
Mrs Miniver
All the President’s Men
Midnight Cowboy
Vertigo
It’s a Wonderful Life
Mr Smith Goes to Washington
Rear Window
Casablanca
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Two Women
It’s Complicated
Captain Phillips
Sleepless in Seattle
Hope Springs
The Accidental Tourist
Autumn Leaves
Mildred Pierce
All that Heaven Allows

Narrator has it right when she remembers that the typing movie is Autumn Leaves, but she suggests “oh maybe it was Laura, or Mona” too. Laura is a classic film (1944), not too sure about “Mona” (there is an adult movie with that title from 1970—possibly not to Narrator’s taste!).

Mommy Dearest
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Only a few this time for most of the section, not much new, and until the end mostly very oblique references rather than overt thoughts.

The Accidental Tourist
It’s Complicated
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Airplane!
Jim Bludso
Fantastic Voyage
On Golden Pond
The Grapes of Wrath
The Lady Eve
12 Angry Men
Adam’s Rib
Bigger Than Life
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
The King and I
All that Heaven Allows
On Golden Pond
Two for the Seesaw (?)
The African Queen
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Desk Set
Bringing Up Baby

Is the black-and-white film where Donald Pleasence is stuck in a lighthouse Cul-de-sac? It’s not actually a lighthouse though.

Nothing new!

State Fair
The Apartment
The Odd Couple
The Graduate

Star Wars
When Harry Met Sally
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Does Claude Rains call Bette Davis “my ewe lamb” in Now, Voyager?

Bringing Up Baby
It’s Complicated
Now, Voyager
Fantastic Voyage
Casablanca
Deception
Cape Fear
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
The Aviator
South Pacific
Groundhod Day
Witness
Shane
The Bridge

What is the Disney film where an escaped lion gets shot?!

Witness
Beetlejuice
Houseboat
Speed
The Accidental Tourist
North By Northwest
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Mr Deeds Goes to Town
Mr Smith goes to Washington

The Accidental Tourist
There’s Always Tomorrow
Witness
Deception
It’s Complicated
The Apartment
Bigger Than Life
All The President's Men
The Graduate
To Have and Have Not
To Be or Not to Be
Die Hard 2
Rebecca
The Contender
Bambi
Barbarella
Barefoot in the Park
My Fair Lady
The King’s Speech
The Fugitive
Hope Springs

The Fugitive
The Thirty-Nine Steps
Thunderball
North By Northwest
Gloria
Witness
Airplane!
Bigger Than Life
The Bridges of Madison County
Ryan’s Daughter
Twelve Angry Men
Psycho
Oklahoma
An American in Paris
The Music Man
Fiddler on the Roof
Singing’ In the Rain
Miracle on 34th Street
Hannah and Her Sisters
Shane
Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House
Fargo
Stepford Wives
Dr Zhivago

Shane
The Apartment
Kramer vs. Kramer
The Bridges of Madison County
Julie & Julia
It’s Complicated
The Graduate
Some Like It Hot
The Wizard of Oz
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
There’s Always Tomorrow