Why Dabney Coleman? Why not? One of them is actually based on the Cowboys, though it’s the one I’d watch last, personally, because 1) I just saw it and 2) it doesn’t hold up very well, unless 3) you like Nick Nolte which 4) I don’t like Nick Nolte.
North Dallas Forty (1979)
Cloak & Dagger (1984)
WarGames (1983)
The Man With One Red Shoe (1985)
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I can’t believe you forgot 1980′s Nine to 5 with Dabney, Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda. Hilarious movie and Dabney’s such a sexist lying hypocritical bigot.
Oops, I just noticed Nine to Five, my error.
Ha, no problem — it has a surprisingly low amount of embeddable clips.
Sound advice. I’d recommend a Wilford Brimley or Steve Guttenberg afterward to cleanse the palate.
Another reason to watch Dabney’s movies…he used to read the Dallas Times Herald: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNOy-SUsK7k
Isn’t North Dallas 40 the one with the wedding scene in which Chantal (aka D’s Sexiest Woman) makes a revealing appearance?
Have you been catching the Dabs on HBO’s Boardwalk? He did a fine job of faux-projectile vomiting last week.
Good stuff, Zac. May I suggest that D Magazine sponsor a Scott Baio film festival?
I love “Zapped” almost as much as “The Boy Who Drank Too Much.”
Cloak and Dagger is the shiz.
Please have a Linda Blair Festival and include Sarah T: Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic, it has a Dallas connection, Larry Hagman plays her father.
Or we could just revisit all of the ABC After School Specials from the 70s – like the one where a young Helen Hunt takes Angel Dust and jumps through a 3rd story window. Classic!
Speaking of Lori Singer, can you believe they are remaking Footloose? Why would someone do that?
http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/10/26/footloose-remake/