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Milton : 8/3/2020 12:04 am
Post some of your favorite opening credits scenes/songs from movies. I'll start with this one (but more to come!)....
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Rain Man  
Route 9 : 8/3/2020 1:53 am : link
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Devil In A Blue Dress  
RicoNorth : 8/3/2020 5:50 am : link
Great opening credits featuring T-Bone Walker doing "West Side Baby" and an incredible mural by Archibald Motley. Good movie too, starring Denzel and based on book by Walter Mosley.
Devil In a Blue Dress - T-Bone Walker - ( New Window )
Here are two more....  
Milton : 8/3/2020 6:13 am : link
Saturday Night Fever
Do the Right Thing
"Pirate Radio" has a great opening, with the Kinks "You Really Got Me"  
Anakim : 8/3/2020 7:40 am : link
But I think my favorite is "Watchmen"
Bond has a bunch of good ones  
UConn4523 : 8/3/2020 7:45 am : link
Skyfall being my favorite of the newer films
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Milton : 8/3/2020 8:05 am : link
In comment 14942839 Anakim said:
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But I think my favorite is "Watchmen"
Too lazy to post a link?
The first 5 minutes of Layer Cake is brilliant  
Bobby Humphrey's Earpad : 8/3/2020 8:35 am : link
Totally changes the British gangster movie genre in one sequence.

Couldn't find the full 5 minutes but the "introduction" is linked below - yes that is a very young Tom Hardy in a supporting role.

Here is the piece that follows that when they get in the Audi with the Cult's She Sells Sanctuary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4thL6DPmA_g
Link - ( New Window )
Star Wars  
Sneakers O'toole : 8/3/2020 8:38 am : link
Runaway champion
Here are four great ones!...  
Milton : 8/3/2020 8:38 am : link
Joe vs The Volcano
Dog Day Afternoon
Boogie Nights

And of course...
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Ben Hur  
gtt350 : 8/3/2020 8:47 am : link
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Another great one....  
Milton : 8/3/2020 8:54 am : link
All That Jazz
I love the beginning of the Godfather, the "I Believe in America"  
PatersonPlank : 8/3/2020 8:58 am : link
speech filmed from over Brando's shoulder. Its not a typical opening credits format that you guys may be talking about, they only should the Godfather logo and play the theme before, but since there is no opening credits rollup I submit this because its integrated in. So its basically an opening credit.
Austin Powers Goldmember  
PaulBlakeTSU : 8/3/2020 9:14 am : link
had a great opening scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFhrc32kF6E - ( New Window )
RE: Star Wars  
Matt M. : 8/3/2020 9:23 am : link
In comment 14942858 Sneakers O'toole said:
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Runaway champion
Exactly what I was thinking. Changed movies for an entire generation.
For me it doesn't get much better than the Goonies  
pjcas18 : 8/3/2020 9:23 am : link
you have a prison break, a police chase, a cheer leading victory pyramid, some light comedy accompanies by the perfect opening music and an introduction to almost all the supporting characters.

this is what Hollywood is about. or should be about.
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RE: Here are two more....  
Matt M. : 8/3/2020 9:25 am : link
In comment 14942826 Milton said:
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Saturday Night Fever
Do the Right Thing
Totally forgot about Do the Right Thing, and would not have thought of this on my own. But, as soon as I saw your post I remembered it and had to watch it. Thank you.
RE: For me it doesn't get much better than the Goonies  
Matt M. : 8/3/2020 9:26 am : link
In comment 14942886 pjcas18 said:
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you have a prison break, a police chase, a cheer leading victory pyramid, some light comedy accompanies by the perfect opening music and an introduction to almost all the supporting characters.

this is what Hollywood is about. or should be about. link - ( New Window )
Ankther great one I had forgotten about.
RE: RE: For me it doesn't get much better than the Goonies  
robbieballs2003 : 8/3/2020 10:04 am : link
In comment 14942890 Matt M. said:
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you have a prison break, a police chase, a cheer leading victory pyramid, some light comedy accompanies by the perfect opening music and an introduction to almost all the supporting characters.

this is what Hollywood is about. or should be about. link - ( New Window )

Ankther great one I had forgotten about.


Oh, wow. A police chase. Ah, shit!
The opening scene of Wedding Crashers was hysterical.  
robbieballs2003 : 8/3/2020 10:06 am : link
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Working Girl  
Big Al : 8/3/2020 10:45 am : link
The Statue of Liberty, the Staten Island Ferry and the Twin Towers.
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Anakim : 8/3/2020 10:46 am : link
In comment 14942846 Milton said:
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But I think my favorite is "Watchmen"

Too lazy to post a link?


Chill, Uncle Milty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yd8E6hNyLw
Watchmen - ( New Window )
RE: The opening scene of Wedding Crashers was hysterical.  
Anakim : 8/3/2020 10:46 am : link
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And hot!
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Anakim : 8/3/2020 10:47 am : link
In comment 14942943 Anakim said:
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In comment 14942839 Anakim said:


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But I think my favorite is "Watchmen"

Too lazy to post a link?



Chill, Uncle Milty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yd8E6hNyLw Watchmen - ( New Window )


My mistake. It wasn't "You Really Got Me". It was "All Day and All of the Night"
The Goonies one reminded me of....  
Milton : 8/3/2020 11:12 am : link
Harold and Maude
Never saw Pirate Radio but that's a helluva cast  
Milton : 8/3/2020 11:22 am : link
Is the movie any good?
..  
Named Later : 8/3/2020 11:28 am : link
I always liked the opening of The Big Chill. Great way to introduce the cast. After this, the move smoothly into "You can't always get what you want"

BTW -- that's Kevin Costner in the role of the deceased pal...he ended up on the cutting room floor at that stage of his career.

Heard it thru the Grapevine. - ( New Window )
No Country for Old Men  
Greg from LI : 8/3/2020 11:35 am : link
Tommy Lee Jones' weary words over Roger Deakins' beautiful shots of the stark, forbidding West Texas landscape.
"I was sheriff of this county when I was 25 years old...." - ( New Window )
Most memorable opening scenes...  
LBH15 : 8/3/2020 11:48 am : link
Saturday Night Fever
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Saving Private Ryan

Although Wedding Crashers should make any movie thread list imv as well Robbie.
RE: Never saw Pirate Radio but that's a helluva cast  
Anakim : 8/3/2020 11:52 am : link
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Is the movie any good?


It's not bad. Haven't seen it in a while, but I just remember the plot was a bit hard to follow even though the premise was pretty simple.
Shaft and Saving Private Ryan are probably....  
MOOPS : 8/3/2020 12:39 pm : link
the top two.
Jaws needs a mention though. Sets the tone for the movie.
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Trainspotting  
pjcas18 : 8/3/2020 1:31 pm : link
is on my list too.

"take the best orgasm you ever had, multiply it by a thousand then you're still nowhere near it"

lust for life playing in the background.
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Choose life  
Greg from LI : 8/3/2020 1:34 pm : link
Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players, and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol and dental insurance. Choose fixed-interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisure wear and matching luggage. Choose a three piece suite on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pissing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked-up brats you have spawned to replace yourselves. Choose your future. Choose life . . . But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life: I chose something else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin?
Superman  
BillKo : 8/3/2020 1:38 pm : link
1978........


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk1aQx9hTaE
The Towering Inferno  
Ron from Ninerland : 8/3/2020 2:02 pm : link
Brilliant John Williams soundtrack accompanied by a view of the Marin Coastline, The San Francisco Bay and then Downtown San Francisco featuring the fictional Glass Tower.
Opening Credits - ( New Window )
RE: The opening scene of Wedding Crashers was hysterical.  
Pete in MD : 8/3/2020 2:30 pm : link
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Interesting cameos by Rebecca De Mornay and Dwight Yoakam in that scene.
Apocalypse Now  
T in NJ : 8/3/2020 3:23 pm : link
"This the end...."
Monty Python And The Holy Grail  
Trainmaster : 8/3/2020 3:46 pm : link
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Holy Grail Opening Credits - YouTube - ( New Window )
Gladiator  
jestersdead : 8/3/2020 4:16 pm : link
Really liked the battle scene
battle - ( New Window )
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