Favorite LABOR DAY movies...

[best12bars]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 5:30pm

In honor of this three-day weekend, signaling among many things the dog days of summer and the initial musings of fall, I thought I would ask you what your favorite "Labor Day" movies are.

It's a great weekend to curl up with a loved one, or a pet, or a bottle of your favorite “poison,” or a syringe (joke!)… and watch a flick.

My personal favorite is the perennial favorite “Picnic,” for obvious reasons… since the story takes place on Labor Day weekend… and in KANSAS no less! (my old home state)…

Roz Russell’s performance in it has more impact on me with each viewing. Sheer brilliance.

Are there any other favorites that make you think of Labor Day, or this time of year?

Others I have a “hankering” for this weekend (some are my “guilty pleasures”):

When Harry Met Sally
Stand By Me
Ordinary People
Summer Stock
State Fair
Charlotte’s Web
Peyton Place
Far From Heaven
Magnificent Obsession
The Goodbye Girl
Audrey Rose
To Kill a Mockingbird
One True Thing
Tom Sawyer (the ‘70s musical)
National Velvet
Mr. North
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Fried Green Tomatoes

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 5:40pm

Not a movie, but I always loved "It's Labor Day, Charlie Brown."

Wait, that was "It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown."

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 5:43pm

oh, man, namo, that takes me back. that was some mound.

[Mamie]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 5:44pm

I think "Nine to Five" is another good Labor Day movie. (But you can probably guess my favorite).

[best12bars]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 5:44pm

Namo---After my favorite bottle, they both seem to morph into the same holiday anyway.




EDIT: Jesus, I sounded like a big drunk. I'm just ready for the weekend... not the "Lost Weekend."

Updated On: 9/1/06 at 05:44 PM

[ZONEACE]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 5:47pm

Christmas Story

[best12bars]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 5:48pm

I suppose I could add some movies that actually have to do with "labor." Nine To Five is a good one.

I would also add...

Norma Rae
How Green Was My Valley
Working (the PBS version of the musical)


Mamie---I know what it is! "Tequila Mockingbird!"

Updated On: 9/1/06 at 05:48 PM

[justme2]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 5:55pm

Yes! "How Green was my Valley" is perfect. Play it with "The Human Comedy" and "Our Vines Have Tender Grapes" and I am all set for the day.

[cheezedoodle]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 5:59pm

Funny this should come up - just this morning I pulled out my DVD of Shag. I set it on the side table as a reminder to watch it this weekend!

[etoile]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 6:42pm

MATEWAN, which I think is John Sayles' best, and started my love affair from afar with Chris Cooper.

Updated On: 9/1/06 at 06:42 PM

[iHeartMyGeek]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 6:56pm

Far too recent, I'm sure, but I always watch Serendipity (John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale) on Labor Day with my female relatives. I don't know why.

[cturtle]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 8:35pm

GONE WITH THE WIND ... "ah doan know nuthin bout birthin babies!" ... the best labor line ever!

[Glebb]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 8:59pm

Speaking of labor, I really want to watch (the original) CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN right now.

[best12bars]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 9:00pm

That may be the best "labor" day movie of all time!

[Elphaba]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 9:13pm

cturtle...

it ain't fittin, it jus ain't fitting!

[cturtle]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 9:18pm

cheaper by the dozen! what a scream!

[Elphaba]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 9:20pm

Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell......and CT I hope you mean the original Cheaper.....

[cturtle]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 9:21pm

i would NEVER watch a cheap remake. bleh.

[Glebb]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 9:22pm

Myrna Loy, Jean Crain.
Who couldn't love it.

"I've got to visit Mrs. Murphy."

[cturtle]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 9:36pm

i just want everyone to know MY labor day w/e lasts 4 days :)

[best12bars]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 9:39pm

Bitch.

[Luscious]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 10:51pm

It's definitely going to be a movie weekend for me. Funny you should mention Ordinary People, best12. The DVD was in my hand earlier this evening, but I opted for Taxi Driver instead. Ordinary People is now slated for tomorrow night. Some other possibilites for this weekend are... Coming Home, Midnight Cowboy, Love! Valour! Compassion!, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and American Beauty.

[cturtle]

Posted: 9/1/06 at 11:07pm

yes, it's about time to see OP again.

"you can't save french toast."