Twenty-three movies in fifteen years, all seen in a theater, all listed in the order they came on
the market. Every one gets a score on my SOLD-sign scale, the same way I'd talk about a house with a
client: honestly, and with the good points first. Television and the moon miniseries aren't listed
here.
MLS
1984-01 |
Splash (1984)
SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD
Daryl Hannah as a mermaid in New York, and Ron Howard directing. The first time most of us noticed him, and he's sweet and goofy and you root for him from the first scene. |
MLS
1984-02 |
Bachelor Party (1984)
SOLD SOLD
Rowdy. I saw it with my sister and we never told our mother. He's the only grown-up in it, somehow. |
MLS
1985-03 |
The Man with One Red Shoe (1985)
SOLD SOLD
A violinist mistaken for a spy because of a mismatched shoe. A remake of a French comedy I never saw. Cute, forgettable. |
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1985-04 |
Volunteers (1985)
SOLD SOLD SOLD
A rich kid hiding out in the Peace Corps in Thailand, with John Candy. Rita Wilson's in it, which makes it historic. |
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1986-05 |
The Money Pit (1986)
SOLD SOLD SOLD
A young couple buys a dream house that falls apart room by room. I laughed until I cried and then I thought about my listings and just cried. Every agent should see it once. Once. |
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1986-06 |
Nothing in Common (1986)
SOLD SOLD SOLD
An ad man and his difficult father, played by Jackie Gleason in his last movie. More serious than it looks on the box, and better. |
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1986-07 |
Every Time We Say Goodbye (1986)
SOLD SOLD
An American flier in Jerusalem during the war falls for a girl from a strict family. It hardly played anywhere; I drove to a little art house to see it. Pretty, slow. |
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1987-08 |
Dragnet (1987)
SOLD SOLD
Dan Aykroyd as Joe Friday's nephew, Hanks as his partner. Mike liked it. Mike stayed awake for this one, which tells you something about Mike. |
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1988-09 |
Big (1988)
SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD
A boy wakes up grown, and Hanks plays a twelve-year-old better than any twelve-year-old ever has. Penny Marshall directed. The piano. Sold over asking. |
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1988-10 |
Punchline (1988)
SOLD SOLD SOLD
A stand-up comic with a lot of anger, opposite Sally Field. The first time he showed he could be hard to like and still worth watching. |
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1989-11 |
The 'Burbs (1989)
SOLD SOLD
Suspicious new neighbors on a cul-de-sac. As an agent I have to say: if you think your neighbors are up to something, please, just bring them a casserole. |
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1989-12 |
Turner & Hooch (1989)
SOLD SOLD SOLD
A neat-freak detective and the drooliest dog in pictures. I sold a house to Jeff and Yvonne Belmont in 1994 after we found out we'd all cried at the end of this one. True story. |
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1990-13 |
Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)
SOLD SOLD SOLD
Meg Ryan plays three different women and he jumps into a volcano. Strange and lovely. People laugh at this one; I won't hear it. |
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1990-14 |
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
SOLD
From the Tom Wolfe book. Withdrawn from the market. I still count it. I was there. |
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1992-15 |
A League of Their Own (1992)
SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD
A worn-out ballplayer managing a women's team during the war, with Geena Davis and Madonna. He's not even the star, and he steals every scene he's in. |
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1993-16 |
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD
A widower, his little boy, a radio show and the Empire State Building, and he and Meg Ryan are hardly in the same room. I own it, I've worn out one tape and I'm on my second. |
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1993-17 |
Philadelphia (1993)
SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD
A lawyer with AIDS takes his old firm to court, with Denzel Washington as his lawyer. The first Oscar. Hard to watch and you should. |
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1994-18 |
Forrest Gump (1994)
SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD
The second Oscar, and Best Picture too. A simple man walks through thirty years of American history. Half my office quoted it for a year; I won't. |
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1995-19 |
Apollo 13 (1995)
SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD
Ron Howard again, the 1970 moon flight that almost didn't come home. I knew how it ended and I still gripped Mike's arm. |
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1995-20 |
Toy Story (1995)
SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD
The voice of Woody, with Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear. My grandson's favorite movie on earth, so it's mine too. |
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1996-21 |
That Thing You Do! (1996)
SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD
He wrote it and directed it and gave himself a small part as the band's manager. The happiest movie I own. The title song is stuck in my head right now. |
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1998-22 |
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD
Spielberg. The first half hour on the beach is the hardest thing I've ever watched in a theater. A captain trying to get his men home. For Mike's father. |
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1998-23 |
You've Got Mail (1998)
SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD
Two bookstore owners, one big and one little, fall for each other on AOL. I loved it. Docked one sign for making me check my e-mail forty times on the way home. |
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