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Post by Artie Kendall on Jun 17, 2020 21:05:29 GMT -5
 Our entry this time is Bill Murray. He started his comedy career with Second City, went on to be on Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell, and then given the order to try to replace Chevy Chase on the other Saturday Night to finally getting into the movies with 1979's Meatballs. From there it was no looking back for Murray who had a string of hits in the early 80's and it wasn't until the flop of his passion project in 1984, The Razor's Edge, that Murray took a hiatus from acting that stopped his momentum. He would not be in a starring role until 1988. So wrestlingfigs...what's your favorite performance by Bill Murray in the 80's?
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Post by rowdy1971 on Jun 18, 2020 8:44:12 GMT -5
"Stripes" One of the funniest movies ever.
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Post by Mongo Bears on Jun 18, 2020 22:14:48 GMT -5
Ghostbusters.
Scrooged close second
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Post by Decky on Jun 18, 2020 22:59:49 GMT -5
Stripes is great but ruined by one of the worst extended cuts of all time, which the studio seem to have fallen in love with. Its pretty much the only version available now.
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on Jun 19, 2020 8:16:14 GMT -5
I Can't narrow it down to just one. He's great.
Caddyshack
Stripes
Ghostbusters
Scrooged
Sooooooooooooooo good. And I know it's in the 90's, but Groundhog Day is one of my favorites as well.
I love Bill Murray.
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Post by JC Motors on Jun 19, 2020 9:49:46 GMT -5
Ghostbusters. all the way
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Post by The Brain on Jun 19, 2020 10:31:08 GMT -5
Caddyshack
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Post by JokerFC on Jun 19, 2020 14:05:49 GMT -5
Who ya gonna call?? Ghostbusters all day every day.
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Post by Artie Kendall on Jun 19, 2020 15:04:34 GMT -5
Stripes is great but ruined by one of the worst extended cuts of all time, which the studio seem to have fallen in love with. Its pretty much the only version available now. 100% agree. Comedies usually don't work at two hours and this is a great example. The theatrical cut has only been released on blu ray once in the world. It was a little known release in the States in 2016 that was overshadowed by the steelbook which was the extended cut. Any copy outside of that one release is the extended cut. But yeah the theatrical version is great. |
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Post by rowdy1971 on Jun 19, 2020 15:28:08 GMT -5
Stripes is great but ruined by one of the worst extended cuts of all time, which the studio seem to have fallen in love with. Its pretty much the only version available now. 100% agree. Comedies usually don't work at two hours and this is a great example. The theatrical cut has only been released on blu ray once in the world. It was a little known release in the States in 2016 that was overshadowed by the steelbook which was the extended cut. Any copy outside of that one release is the extended cut. But yeah the theatrical version is great. I have not seen the "extended cut" version, thank goodness from the sound of it. I only have this on VHS (I have a VHS player that still works just fine). I haven't purchased any dvd of it. |
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Post by Artie Kendall on Jun 19, 2020 18:23:38 GMT -5
I have not seen the "extended cut" version, thank goodness from the sound of it. I only have this on VHS (I have a VHS player that still works just fine). I haven't purchased any dvd of it. The extended cut messes up the flow of the film. It adds nudity and an entire subplot where Ramis and Murray do LSD and go AWOL. It's interesting to see, just to see it, but it drags the film down. The extended cut was released in 2005 and there was a big movement online at the time to get people to buy it on DVD in hopes of getting Ivan Reitman and Columbia to release the deleted scenes from Ghostbusters. The one scene that everyone wanted from Ghostbusters was the Fort Detmerring scene. But really all it did was make Columbia think that the extended cut was what the consumers wanted, which is one of the reasons it's been re-released over the years while the theatrical cut is harder to come by. And that Fort Detmerring scene from Ghostbusters finally saw the light of day in 2019. |
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Post by Yambag Jones on Jun 20, 2020 9:33:22 GMT -5
In my mind's eye, 80's Murray is Caddyshack & Ghostbusters. Caddyshack is by far his funniest role.
His cameo in Little Shop of Horrors is so underrated. It's a small role, but he puts so much into it.
Great poll! I spent too much time debating in my head. lol
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Post by HooliganPunx24 on Jun 20, 2020 15:38:40 GMT -5
Can't go wrong
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Post by JC Motors on Jun 20, 2020 17:32:31 GMT -5
Oddly enough Bill Murray was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Tootsie.
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Post by rowdy1971 on Jun 22, 2020 8:11:26 GMT -5
I have not seen the "extended cut" version, thank goodness from the sound of it. I only have this on VHS (I have a VHS player that still works just fine). I haven't purchased any dvd of it. The extended cut messes up the flow of the film. It adds nudity and an entire subplot where Ramis and Murray do LSD and go AWOL. It's interesting to see, just to see it, but it drags the film down. The extended cut was released in 2005 and there was a big movement online at the time to get people to buy it on DVD in hopes of getting Ivan Reitman and Columbia to release the deleted scenes from Ghostbusters. The one scene that everyone wanted from Ghostbusters was the Fort Detmerring scene. But really all it did was make Columbia think that the extended cut was what the consumers wanted, which is one of the reasons it's been re-released over the years while the theatrical cut is harder to come by. And that Fort Detmerring scene from Ghostbusters finally saw the light of day in 2019. Ah, yikes! I don't like the sound of that! Thanks for letting me know! |
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Post by PJ on Jun 22, 2020 15:17:26 GMT -5
Stripes followed by Scrooged
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Post by TheHitmanKid on Jul 8, 2020 20:30:45 GMT -5
I liked him in Zombieland 1 & 2 lol
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