Just a week after rain forced us indoors for the first time in our History, the
blistering winds and bitter cold provoked another Movienight first - a vote
as to whether we would stay true to our roots or tuck our collective tail
between our legs and head indoors instead of braving the elements.
Let history show that Nubs was the Member who proposed the vote, and
Tooda - somewhat taken aback by the Membership’s willingness to even
consider such an idea - acquiesced and let his Pick roll inside.
To be clear, the reality of our current format (i.e. the Sheet) would likely have
made an Outdoor presentation impossible with such high winds. Prior to the
screening Tooda, Netti and Pat Towne discussed possible improvements to
our screening technology so that wind plays less of a factor in our future.
Ben Wiener was in Seattle for the Pick, but he registered some disdain for the Crew’s decision especially after he and Tooda braved high winds and truly bitter New England cold to see the Patriots go 18-0.
Despite Wiener’s absence, and the Indoor Venue, this Pick was very well attended. Jaja missed again but the rest of the Membership was there and joined by Pat Towne, Bourbon Cookie and joining us for the first time in over a year, Chris Pratt (his last Movienight had been Slim’s debut Pick ‘Sorcerer’). Tooda’s Crib seemed pretty comfortable even with eight audience members when compared to the billowing wind outside.
Tooda began his preamble by picking up a football and suggesting that he had finally thought of a Movienight-worthy football Pick with which to honor Sunday’s Super Bowl.
Other than Tooda, the only audience Member who had seen ‘Black Sunday’ before was Pat Towne. Afterwards the Crew seemed pleased with this Football/terrorism classic.
‘Black Sunday’ marks the third Movienight appearance (‘The Sting,’ ‘Jaws’) of the one and only Robert Shaw. Also returning from ‘Jaws’ is composer John Williams who now has four Official (‘Raiders of the Lost Ark,’ ‘Jaws,’ and ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’) Picks under his belt (five if you count the Unofficial ‘Saving Private Ryan’). This is the first film from legendary director John Frankenheimer and the debut of the singular Bruce Dern.
Though Nubby’s Cowboys didn’t make the big game this year - he still got to enjoy some Dallas Super Bowl action as the film’s climax was shot in the middle of Super Bowl X between the Steelers and the Cowboys. Sadly that game’s final score was 21-17 respectively.
Sunday we will know if the Patriots are the best team in the history of the NFL or if the Giants are cheaters, and Wednesday night Nubs will be back in action for the first time since ‘Defending Your Life.’
“My mother once said ‘Anyone who has a nervous breakdown has got to have something wrong with them.’”
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