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20. She's Gotta Have It (1986)
By IFC
on 06/25/2009
When pitching his low-budget black-and-white directorial debut, Spike Lee knew his biggest selling point was himself. So with a camera in tow, the then-unknown writer/director took to the streets -- the sidewalk of East 7th Street off of 2nd Avenue in New York, in fact -- and played off of his days of selling tube socks by taking a break from hustling Hanes to introduce scenes from his new comedy. Besides getting some much-needed production value from a bright Keith Haring mural in the background, Lee distanced himself and his film from any trailers that played alongside "She's Gotta Have It" by talking directly to the audience, as passerbys -- including African-American author (and "She's Gotta Have It" financier) Nelson George and veteran indie producer Laurie Parker -- fend off Lee's advances. However, as Lee explains how his supplementary income affords him to put "food on my table and butter on my whole wheat bread," the 29-year-old New Yorker proved to be a smooth salesman and subsequently, a natural choice to be paired with Michael Jordan in those ubiquitous Nike commercials of the '90s. --Stephen Saito
I guess you guys haven't seen the trailer for The Hughes Bros.'s Dead Presidents, huh? What about Forest Gump? I think those are the 2 greatest of all time. Gump is better than the movie. And Dead Prez is the best ever.
Oh... what about the SW Ep 1 teaser? Maybe you should call this the best film trailers on YouTube! LOL. Dead Prez is probably too hard for you to locate.
I think The Dark Knight, Iron Man, and 300 should be included!
Clerks? No love for the Clerks trailer? Sigh.
Honorable mention for the Grindhouse fake trailers? "Don't" was brilliant.
Great list, by the way. Thanks for including 'Man Who Wasn't There'
Seriously? We have to click 50 times just to get the damn list? No thanks.
Like clicking 50 times is soooo hard, right? But you guys forgot about There Will Be Blood!!
50 PAGES?!!! Get back to work researching how to post an article. No Digg for you.
50 PAGES?!!! Get back to work researching how to post an article. No Digg for you.
GREAT article and flawless pick for #1. I actually did a lil piece on that trailer at our own movie blog, so I'm elated to see as your top pick. Yay trailers!