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17. Charade (1963)
By IFC
on 06/25/2009
If a half-dozen close ups of Audrey Hepburn’s gorgeous eyes aren't enough, there’s Paris, a Givenchy wardrobe and Cary Grant to swoon over. “But her life wasn’t always that gay,” we’re told. Lo and behold, there’s also James Coburn, a hook-armed George Kennedy and Walter Matthau sporting a droll mustache. Most charmingly, the trailer for Stanley Donen's offers up the film's elements as a cocktail -- equal parts suspense, comedy and romance are shown filling a blender, which swirls the whole thing into what you'd presume is a delicious cinematic daiquiri.
Imagine how gruesome the bloody dead man thrown from the train was for the time. Less so was the vast age difference between Grant and Hepburn, although it’s said that Grant did initially turn down the part until the script was revised. The romance remained, of course, but the more aggressive lines were given to Hepburn’s character to make her more the flirty pursuer. Henry Mancini’s score is the jam, and the main title theme “Charade” expertly blends everything together, even if the lyrics are a bit dreary. --Brandon Kim
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!