Larry Tucker's 5 All-Time Favorite Films
My dear husband, Larry Tucker, passed away early this year and I miss him every day. He was a movie addict like me and always helped with my movie reviews by letting me know about any “elbows” that poked out before I submitted them. Plus, it was such fun to watch films together, some even many times – as movie addicts do.
Below are the five films Larry liked the best and loved
watching over and over.
THE
WIZARD OF OZ The last time we watched this 1939 classic,
Larry said, “There’s no other movie that compares with this one. It’s perfect
from beginning and end!” Then he bragged about the tornado sequence and how a
black stocking played that scary storm. “Greatest special effects ever,” he
added. Plus, he never got tired of watching Judy Garland deliver her wonderful
performance as Dorothy Gale.
BEST
IN SHOW. No matter how many times we watched Christopher Guest’s
mockumentary about dog shows, Larry couldn’t stop laughing at every scene, He
loved the crazy dialogue, especially Fred Willard’s impromptu comments as a
host of the occasion who knows nothing about canines or dog shows. My surprise
is that this one finally overcame Guest’s previous Waiting for Guffman on Larry’s list.
RRR. This
recent blockbuster from India roared right into Larry’s heart. He even championed it for an Oscar® in every
category. He didn’t live long enough to see it won for the best song, but I
know he would have been cheering right along with me when that award was
announced.
SEVEN
CHANCES. Buster
Keaton starred and directed this silent slapstick comedy. It’s one my husband
enjoyed seeing every time TCM features it on TV. However, by the end of the
film, both of us have been exhausted from laughing so much. Larry enjoyed
Keaton’s comic stunts playing a man who needs a lot of money to keep him
out of jail. When he finds out he can inherit 7 million dollars from his
grandfather if he is married on his 27th birthday by 7 p.m., which is that same
day, Keaton puts an ad in a local dally. Results? Hundreds of women end up
running after him in one of the greatest film chases ever.
MOULIN
ROUGE! Both of us were bowled over by the sheer cinematic artistry of Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin
Rouge! But Larry was most
impressed with the music, especially the singing by Ewan McGregor and Nicole
Kidman. He continued to ask at any running, “How did McGregor manage to
smile at Kidman while singing to her at the same time?.” The film’s touching romance also had an emotional effect
on both of us. Corny as it seems, we believed
in the film’s theme. "The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love
and be loved in return."
Thanks so much, dear Larry, for all the movie fun we’ve
had together from the late 1940s to early 2023. I will always love you. .
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