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47. Magnolia (1999)
By IFC
on 06/25/2009
Narrated by magician/actor Ricky Jay, himself a chronicler of oddities and bizarre occasions, this trailer wisely sets up “Magnolia”'s somewhat stretched premise: namely that crazy unbelievable shit really, truly happens. Paul Thomas Anderson’s story attempts to stand in a whirlwind of a plotline on the extra weight brought by these synchronous and sometimes wild occurrences. Whether they really impart meaning, or are just stories woven together with an Aimee Mann sing-along and a climactic precipitation of amphibians, is up in the air. Certainly, the performances carry weight and are the real treat with this ensemble cast, many of whom worked together on Anderson’s prior film “Boogie Nights.” Conscious of that, the trailer highlights the best part of the film, its actors. --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!