Comedy is very subjective, so this list may not represent your favorite comedic moments in cinema. Time Out London has compiled their list of the 100 Best Comedies Of All Time, and did it in a unique manner. 200 people that work in, with, or around comedy were surveyed to find out their top ten comedies. Then those lists were averaged to get the top 100.
The cool thing about the list is that the mag also included thet top ten of each person surveyed, including Edgar Wright, Dan Aykroyd and The Office creator, Steven Merchant. Below is the top 100 and a few other top ten lists. To check out all the lists visit Time Out London.
100. Sister Act (1992)
99. Carry on Screaming (1966)
98. Brazil (1985)
97. Swingers (1996)
96. BASEketball (1998)
95. The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
94. Midnight Run (1988)
93. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
92. Nuts in May (1976)
91. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
90. Mean Girls (2004)
89. The Great Dictator (1940)
88. Arthur (1981)
87. A Fish Called Wanda...
The cool thing about the list is that the mag also included thet top ten of each person surveyed, including Edgar Wright, Dan Aykroyd and The Office creator, Steven Merchant. Below is the top 100 and a few other top ten lists. To check out all the lists visit Time Out London.
100. Sister Act (1992)
99. Carry on Screaming (1966)
98. Brazil (1985)
97. Swingers (1996)
96. BASEketball (1998)
95. The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
94. Midnight Run (1988)
93. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
92. Nuts in May (1976)
91. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
90. Mean Girls (2004)
89. The Great Dictator (1940)
88. Arthur (1981)
87. A Fish Called Wanda...
- 9/15/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
From time to time, major organizations such as the AFI give us lists of the best movies of all time. There's some kind of grand countdown from 100 to 1 and then we debate for a few days over how low this one was ranked or why was another ranked too high. And most of the time, we rarely get a glimpse behind the process. Time Out London has just released their list of the 100 Best Comedies Of All Time but have done it in a fun and uniquely transparent way. They surveyed over 200 people who work in, with, or around comedy and asked them for their top tens. Then they averaged all those lists together to come up with the top 100. The best part, though, is that all the lists are public. So instead of just listing the 100 best comedies of all time, we can also find out which ten comedies...
- 9/15/2011
- by Germain Lussier
- Slash Film
Long before Denzel Washington was Denzel -- the two-time Oscar winner who is one of Hollywood’s biggest stars -- he was a struggling actor taking the stage in summer stock and off-Broadway productions.
When he was cast as Malcolm X in “When Chickens Come Home to Roost” at the New Federal Theatre in 1981, little did he know that the role would propel his career into the stratosphere. Washington’s electric performance captivated audiences and caught the attention of television producers assembling the cast for a new TV hospital drama, “St. Elsewhere,” which went on to win multiple Emmys and push-start his jump to Hollywood. Sitting in the audience for one of those shows at the theater’s home on Grand Street on New York’s Lower East Side was a young Nyu film student named Spike Lee, who was blown away by Washington’s performance and chose him to...
When he was cast as Malcolm X in “When Chickens Come Home to Roost” at the New Federal Theatre in 1981, little did he know that the role would propel his career into the stratosphere. Washington’s electric performance captivated audiences and caught the attention of television producers assembling the cast for a new TV hospital drama, “St. Elsewhere,” which went on to win multiple Emmys and push-start his jump to Hollywood. Sitting in the audience for one of those shows at the theater’s home on Grand Street on New York’s Lower East Side was a young Nyu film student named Spike Lee, who was blown away by Washington’s performance and chose him to...
- 5/16/2011
- by Marcus Baram
- Huffington Post
From June 4th thru the 27th, the New Federal Theatre in New York City will present a series of play readings titled, Great Black Plays & Playwrights.
25 plays will be read, spanning the beginning of the Black Theatre Movement in the 1960’s thru the present day. Highlights include Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls…, Amari Baraka’s A Recent Killing, Lonne Elder’s Ceremonies in Dark Old Men, Laurence Holder’s When Chickens Come Home to Roost, Suzan Lori-Parks’ TopDog/UnderDog, James Baldwin’s The Amen Corner, Lynn Nottage’s Crumbs from the Table of Joy, Pearle Cleage’s Flyin’ West, and many more.
Trezana Beverly, who won a Tony Award for her performance in the original Broadway production of For Colored Girls…, will direct the reading of it here. Other scheduled directors include Talvin Wilks, Clinton Turner Davis, Allie Woods and more. No casting has been announced yet.
Readings will...
25 plays will be read, spanning the beginning of the Black Theatre Movement in the 1960’s thru the present day. Highlights include Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls…, Amari Baraka’s A Recent Killing, Lonne Elder’s Ceremonies in Dark Old Men, Laurence Holder’s When Chickens Come Home to Roost, Suzan Lori-Parks’ TopDog/UnderDog, James Baldwin’s The Amen Corner, Lynn Nottage’s Crumbs from the Table of Joy, Pearle Cleage’s Flyin’ West, and many more.
Trezana Beverly, who won a Tony Award for her performance in the original Broadway production of For Colored Girls…, will direct the reading of it here. Other scheduled directors include Talvin Wilks, Clinton Turner Davis, Allie Woods and more. No casting has been announced yet.
Readings will...
- 6/2/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
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