Turner References
Movies referenced in songs written by Alex Turner.
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- CreatorJohn SullivanStarsDavid JasonNicholas LyndhurstRoger Lloyd PackComedy that follows two brothers from London's rough Peckham estate as they wheel and deal through a number of dodgy deals and search for the big score that'll make them millionaires.Song: Despair in the Departure Lounge
"There might be tellys on the back of the seats in front, but Rodney and Del won't do" - DirectorMichael RadfordStarsJohn HurtRichard BurtonSuzanna HamiltonIn a totalitarian future society, a man, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.Song: I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor
"...dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984" - DirectorFranco ZeffirelliStarsLeonard WhitingOlivia HusseyJohn McEneryWhen two young members of feuding families meet, forbidden love ensues.Song: I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor
"Oh there ain't no love, no Montagues or Capulets" - StarsMichael CrawfordMichele DotriceJessica ForteAccident-prone Frank Spencer fails to navigate the simplest tasks of daily life, while also trying to look after his wife and baby.Song: You Probably Couldn't See For the Lights But You Were Staring Straight at Me
"could all go a bit Frank Spencer" - DirectorVictor FlemingKing VidorStarsJudy GarlandFrank MorganRay BolgerYoung Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishes.Song: Old Yellow Bricks
"Old yellow bricks, love's a risk..."
"Dorothy was right though" - DirectorSergio LeoneStarsClint EastwoodEli WallachLee Van CleefA bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.Song: 505 and Age of the Understatement
505: Organ is sampled from music before the final showdown.
AotU: Drums and male choir resemble those in the title track. - DirectorRichard LesterStarsJohn LennonPaul McCartneyGeorge HarrisonOver two "typical" days in the life of The Beatles, the boys struggle to keep themselves and Sir Paul McCartney's mischievous grandfather in check while preparing for a live TV performance.Song: Standing Next to Me
The music video is reminiscent of the performance scenes in the film, as well as the Beatles's performance on The Ed Sullivan Show. - DirectorRichard AyoadeStarsCraig RobertsSally HawkinsPaddy Considine15-year-old Oliver Tate has two objectives: to lose his virginity before his next birthday, and to extinguish the flame between his mother and an ex-lover who has resurfaced in her life.Turner did all the songs for the film.
- DirectorGeorge Roy HillStarsPaul NewmanRobert RedfordKatharine RossIn 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid lead a band of outlaws. When a train robbery goes wrong, they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels. After considering their options, they escape to South America.Song: Black Treacle
"I feel like the Sundance kid behind a synthesizer" - DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsGary CooperGrace KellyThomas MitchellA town Marshal, despite the disagreements of his newlywed bride and the townspeople around him, must face a gang of deadly killers alone at "high noon" when the gang leader, an outlaw he "sent up" years ago, arrives on the noon train.Song: All My Own Stunts and Vertigo (by Mini Mansions)
AMOS: "high noon has changed its toon..."
Turner's verse in V: "she was looking like a million dollars in a briefcase or a duffel bag by high noon tomorrow" - DirectorFrank CapraStarsRonald ColmanJane WyattEdward Everett HortonWhen a revered diplomat's plane is diverted and crashes in the peaks of Tibet, he and the other survivors are guided to an isolated monastery at Shangri-La, where they wrestle with the invitation to stay.Song: Suck It and See
"Blue moon girls from once upon a Shangri-La" - DirectorPhilip SavilleStarsTony TannerMillicent MartinLeila CroftThe show, set against a circus backdrop, focuses on Littlechap from the moment of his birth until his death. Each time something unsatisfactory happens, he calls out 'Stop the world!' and addresses the audience.Song: Stop the World I Wanna Get Off With You
"Stop the world cause I wanna get off with you" - DirectorTod BrowningKarl FreundStarsBela LugosiHelen ChandlerDavid MannersTransylvanian vampire Count Dracula bends a naive real estate agent to his will, then takes up residence at a London estate where he sleeps in his coffin by day and searches for potential victims by night.Song: You're So Dark and Dracula Teeth
"Catty eyelashes and your Dracula cape"
"Dracula Teeth" - CreatorEd HaasNorm LiebmannStarsFred GwynneAl LewisYvonne De CarloA family of friendly monsters have misadventures, never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.Song: You're So Dark
"I saw you driving your Prius and even that was Munster Koach-esque" - CreatorGerry AndersonSylvia AndersonStarsSylvia AndersonPeter DyneleyDavid GrahamIn the year 2065, the Tracy family run International Rescue - a top-secret organization whose ongoing mission is to rescue people trapped in extraordinarily dangerous situations using their advanced Thunderbirds machines.Song: R U Mine
"Tracy Island, time traveling diamond cutter-shaped heartaches" - CreatorGeorge W. TrendleGeorge W. GeorgeStarsJay SilverheelsClayton MooreJohn HartThe adventures of the masked hero and his Native American partner.Song: R U Mine
"She's a silver lining, lone ranger riding" - DirectorRoger VadimStarsJane FondaJohn Phillip LawAnita PallenbergIn the 41st century, an astronaut partakes in sexy misadventures while seeking to stop an evil scientist who threatens to bring evil back into the galaxy.Song: Arabella
"She's got a Barbarella silver swimsuit." - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroHarvey KeitelDavid ProvalIn New York City's Little Italy, a devoutly Catholic mobster must reconcile his desire for power, his feelings for his epileptic lover, and his devotion to his troublesome friend.Song: Knee Socks
"Like the beginning of Mean Streets you could be my baby." - DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsHal HolbrookLeslie NielsenAdrienne Barbeau"Creepshow" is a 1982 movie that tells five grisly tales from a children's comic book: a murdered father rising from his grave, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches.Song: Everything You've Come To Expect
The music video references the bit "Something to Tide You Over" in the film. In the movie, a wife and her lover are buried up to their necks in sand by her jealous husband. He leaves them and waits for the tide to come in. - CreatorR.L. StineStarsR.L. StineKathryn ShortCody Jones"Goosebumps" was a series of scary anthology stories based on the children's books by R.L. Stine. Series one was hosted by R.L. Stine for twelve episodes.Song: Everything You've Come to Expect
"Goosebump soup and honey pie"
(think the way the letters are always made of goopy slime) - DirectorMark Steven JohnsonStarsNicolas CageEva MendesSam ElliottWhen motorcycle rider Johnny Blaze sells his soul to the Devil to save his father's life, he is transformed into the Ghost Rider, the Devil's own bounty hunter, and is sent to hunt down sinners.Song: Everything You've Come to Expect
"Ghost riders in the Rat and Parrot" - DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsBrigitte BardotJack PalanceMichel PiccoliA French writer's marriage deteriorates while working on Fritz Lang's version of "The Odyssey", as his wife accuses him of using her to court favor with the film's brash American producer.On the EYCTE tour, TLSP opened their shows with music from Godard's film.
Might be a stretch, but Homer's The Odyssey is a part of the film's plot and in "Used to Be My Girl," there is the line "The odyssey came down kind of hard on me" - DirectorDoug LimanStarsFranka PotenteMatt DamonChris CooperA man is picked up by a fishing boat, bullet-riddled and suffering from amnesia, before racing to elude assassins and attempting to regain his memory.Song: The Bourne Identity