OPERATION: SUNTORY TIME

Anonymous asked: What the fuck happened to you guys? You used to be cool.

We were? This is news to me…

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Unrelated to Next Stop, Greenwich Village, but this is a fantastically ridiculous pirated DVD cover for Lost in Translation

First and foremost, let’s get the good news out of the way: This movie is guaranteed to be significantly better than the last one; it has a 100% “fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes, has a cast including Christopher Walken (!) and Jeff Goldblum (!!), and apparently has a soundtrack that heavily features the Dave Brubeck Quartet. These are all very, very good things.

However, naturally, is a downside here: Bill Murray only has a small, uncredited cameo in the film. His character has a name, at least, so we can only assume it won’t be too insignificant; however, that being said, we don’t have much to work with from our main man. Thankfully, though, the Murray-to-Screentime ratio should only improve from here. However, when we said we would watch every Bill Murray movie… we meant it, even if he could only barely be considered as starring in it. 

Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)

Written and Directed by: Paul Mazursky 

billmurraycoulddobetter asked: THIS IS AMAZING! I will fervently following your progress. what a feat it will be, one i am ashamed to say i have not accomplished... yet. Always great to know there's others out there who value such a badass guy.

hahahah, thank you so much! We might be probably are certifiably insane for doing this, but we thought there would be no better way to honor the true comic genius of Mr. Murray than undertaking this project

urlsareinane asked: Glowing reviews of Cats and Dogs present on this web site-1
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To be fair, nothing good could have come out of that movie.

Nothing.

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At one point in the movie, the titular protagonist observes while holding onto a flock of birds in flight, “If God wanted birds to fly, he’d give them engines!” (pause for laughter). However, it could easily be asserted that Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle’s mere existence serves as empirical proof that there is no God. Read on to experience our tale of woe and despair as we bear witness to the single most deplorable piece of animation ever committed to celluloid.

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The first think that struck us about Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle was the copious amount of dicks on the movie’s poster (and by copious, we mean three four, we just noticed Tarzoon’s poorly fitting thong). This more or less will likely serve to sum up the tone of what is to come tonight (LOLOL DICK JOKES).

Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle is, according to wikipedia, a 1975 Belgian adult animated feature film, in the vein of Fritz the Cat, only smuttier. We make this comparison with reservations, because Fritz the Cat, for all its anthropomorphic coitus, had some legitimate artistic aspirations, which is something Tarzoon seems to disregard in the pursuit of dicks (I hope you guys are noticing a recurring theme here). 

The film was originally in Belgian, but it received an American release with a voice-over dub by a cast of then-unknowns including John Belushi, Christopher Guest, Brian Doyle-Murray, and our beloved hero Mr. William James “Bill Fucking Murray” Murray. Bill “stars” as a reporter in the film, and at this point, we have no idea how extensive this role is. But damn it, we will find out, whatever it takes. The time has come;after days of anticipation, Operation: Suntory Time is set to begin… with some cartoon porn.

temmawesome asked: What movie are you most dreading?
Which are you looking forward to?
What Bill Murray movie have you seen the most times in your life?

Obviously, we each have different answers to this:

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Donald: 

Dreading the Most: Garfield. Fucking Garfield. 

Most Looking Forward To: I have yet to see Get Low, nor Quick Change, and I’m pretty pumped for both

The most Bill Murray viewings: Probably a tie between Lost in Translation, Groundhog Day, and Rushmore. Ghostbusters comes close too. 

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Matt:

I feel like anything pre-Caddyshack is going to be torturous. Remember, this was before our leading man got any leading roles.

Looking forward to? SPACE JAM. Need I say more? Most people would say yes.

I’ve seen Ghostbusters the most, definitely. No child should emerge from adolescence without at least 5 viewings.

Thanks for your questions!

Sometimes, a man is called to a greater mission than simply existing; we have a higher calling, a greater goal that drives us and motivates us to exceed what is thought to be possible.

For some, this calling is a call to service; for others, a call to the arts. But we here at Operation: Suntory Time believe there is an even greater sense of duty deep down in our hearts: the imperative mission to view the entire Bill Murray filmography in a relatively short period of time.

According to IMDB, there are 47 feature films which are considered part of the Bill Murray filmography; they span from classics such as Ghostbusters and Lost in Translation, to films where he makes a simple uncredited appearance such as Next Stop, Greenwich Village, to the unspeakably awful, such as Garfield: The Movie and Charlie’s Angels. We will be watching each and every one of these films, in full, over the course of the upcoming spring semester. Indeed, by May 15th, we will have watched more than three and a half days of pure, unadulterated Murray. (Well, sometimes it’s adulterated. But still.) 

But, as ambitious as our goals are, we have to set some guidelines and limits, in order to keep ourselves from failing out of school/dying. Thus, we present the Official Guidelines of Operation: Suntory Time:

1. Every full length, feature film (excluding documentaries in which he makes brief appearances, for the sake of our own sanity) in which Bill Murray is listed as an actor on IMDB will be viewed, in full. No exceptions (this means, no simply watching the part of a movie where Bill Murray appears if he only appears briefly).
2. All movies will be viewed in chronological order
3. All movies will be viewed in a single sitting; even if it’s as bad as The Man Who Knew Too Little
4. A viewing only counts if both members of the Operation: Suntory Time crew are present and watching.

Of course, the whole point of this blog is to document and analyze this experience/experiment/whatever you want to call it; as such, you can expect us to post before we watch a movie, after we watch a movie, and from time to time just for the hell of it. 

So, get excited people; Operation: Suntory Time is about to commence.

(Hit the jump for the complete list of films for Operation: Suntory Time)

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