#bruno kirby

[cinematicjourney]

When Harry Met Sally… (1989) | dir. Rob Reiner

[hedleylamarr]

Jan-Michael Vincent in Baby Blue Marine (1976).

[lunaoblonsky]

[creamyberries-lovely]

i love this movie so much. the writing and storytelling and scene setting is 10/10 perfect. imagine you're at a football game with you best friend, telling them about how your wife just dropped a huge bombshell on you and you keep getting interrupted by having to do the wave lol. and the delivery of this whole monologue by billy crystal is just chefs kiss.

nora ephron, you are a writing legend.

[melis-writes]

THE BASKETBALL DIARIES (1995) dir. Scott Kalvert.

[kiki-de-la-petite-flaque]

Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen, Bruno Kirby and James Russo photographed on the set of "Donnie Brasco", 1997

[citizenscreen]

Remembering Bruno Kirby, born on April 28, 1949 #botd

[loveboatinsanity]

[velvet4510]

Though all the couples were portrayed onscreen by actors, their stories are all 100% real, collected by Nora Ephron while writing the script!! 💜💜

[cemyafilmarsiv]

The Godfather II directed by Francis Ford Coppola

[dapperdelphina]

When Harry Met Sally... (1989) | dir. Rob Reiner

[genevieveetguy]

You don't want to write. You want to find an excuse not to, and I'll just be one more thing to blame if you don't.

Between the Lines, Joan Micklin Silver (1977)

[westofessos]

“I guess we’re not gonna be friends then.”

“Guess not.”

“That’s too bad. You were the only person that I knew in New York.”

Why is it that this specific line from When Harry Met Sally always hits me so hard? I can’t put my finger on it. It’s not particularly emotional or deep or anything. Maybe it’s just the way Meg Ryan says it, I don’t know. Does that line hit anyone else strangely hard? I need to know that I’m not alone here

[alex6186]

My MCM aka Movie Crush Monday based on a story and Mafia film classic starring Al Pacino and Johnny Depp in Donnie Brasco

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Gangster Lefty Ruggiero takes a streetwise punk under his wing, unaware that his protégé is really an FBI agent out to bust the New York mob.

#MCM #MovieCrushMonday #AJBMCM #DonnieBrasco #AlPacino #JohnnyDepp #MichaelMadsen #BrunoKirby #JamesRusso #AnneHeche #ZeljkoIvanek #RobertMiano #BrianTarantina #GretchenMol #PaulGiamatti #GerryBecker #MafiaMovies #GreatFilm

[90smovies]

[cinematicct]

City Slickers (1991)

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Directed by Ron Underwood (Tremors), this ‘90s comedy film stars Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern and Bruno Kirby as longtime friends Mitch Robbins, Phil Berquist and Ed Furillo, respectively, who go from day-to-day salesmen to first-time cowboys during a two-week cattle drive in the Wild West.

The supporting cast includes: Patricia Wettig as Mitch’s wife Barbara Robbins, Helen Slater as attractive fellow cattle driver Bonnie Rayburn and Jack Palance (Shane) as professional trail boss Curly. Special appearances include Jeffrey Tambor as Mitch’s boss Lou and 10-year-old Jake Gyllenhaal (in his film debut) as Mitch’s son Daniel “Danny” Robbins.

Billy Crystal is utterly (or “udderly”) brilliant in this film as he puts his own spin on the soul-crushing standpoint of his character in a comical manner. Daniel Stern (aka “Wet Bandit” Marv in Home Alone) is equally as funny in his role as Phil, a crazed, insecure BFF of Mitch’s. Bruno Kirby delivers some gut-busting hilarity in playing a rapidly assertive yet likable guy. Jack Palance (whose career-defining performance won him the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor) brings amazing depth to a grizzled cowboy who’s surly on the outside but a kind-hearted soul on the inside.

In terms of observing the life experience of the main characters, Mitch is struggling with a midlife crisis that seems to have reached a breaking point. Meanwhile, Mitch’s buddies are just as discontent: Phil is trapped in an unhappy marriage to an overbearing wife, while a newly married Ed is reluctant to completely settle down with a significantly younger woman. However, the cattle-drive vacation gives them a chance to find the “one thing” missing from their lives.

The script is written in a way that creatively distinguishes the burden of midlife crises from the great outdoors. What’s more, the inclusion of Curly’s advice on the secret of life is a good example of how each individual has a purpose different from everyone else’s, but also may be the most important… that’s what they need to figure out.

This particular film takes the Western genre and puts it in a grinder to create an original story with comedic, touching (and at times, emotional) elements. In other words, the special blend of personal drama and untamed humor is all the more inspiring.

Soundtrack-wise, the movie contains some Western/Magnificent Seven-style music along with an original song performed by R&B/soul singer James Ingram: “Where Did My Heart Go?”

Finally, the moral of the story is though our lives might seem stagnant at times and we take the love around us for granted, sometimes the experience of immersion in nature (or even the birth of a calf) can reignite the mindset of receiving and giving love again. All in all, I highly recommend this vigorously heartfelt classic to every fan of Billy Crystal and the Old West.