Favorite Fake Movies

[Portia]

This was one of my favorite running gags on Seinfeld. There are plenty of over-the-top classics--Prognosis Negative, anyone?  But I loved even the most mundane, throwaway references--I mean, there really should be a romantic comedy called Brown Eyed Girl, shouldn't there? Sometimes, as an added bonus, we'd get a little bit more than a title, as when Elaine read this video case plot summary for The Pain and the Yearning: "An old woman experiences pain and yearning."

[RedZoneTuba]

#1 has to be Rochelle, Rochelle.

(Minsk?)

[Bastet]

I'm partial to Cry, Cry Again myself, but the young girl's strange, erotic journey from Milan to Minsk comes in a close second.

"So you cry, and then when you see the dancing, you cry again."

[yeswedo]

Was Sack Lunch the movie Elaine went to or wanted to go to instead of The English Patient?

[ElectricBoogaloo]

Yes and then she goes to see it by herself later!

There's a list of all the fake movies here.

I love the robotic voice George uses when he says "Prognosis Negative."

Edited April 12, 2014 by ElectricBoogaloo

[Portia]

Jerry Seinfled is no kind of actor, but I love his facial expressions when he's watching the trailer for Rochelle Rochelle.  "It's about life . . . and love . . . and becoming a woman." 

[ByTor]

Sack Lunch is by far my favorite!

[Portia]

Sack Lunch is by far my favorite!

Do you think they got shrunk down, or is it a really big sack?

[millennium]

I remember seeing the prop lobby cards and display posters for "Rochelle, Rochelle" being auctioned on eBay some years ago.   I would have liked one of those. 

Edited June 12, 2014 by millennium

[RedZoneTuba]

Eh.  The Broadway musical was better.  At least until Bette Midler got Gilooly-ed and had to miss shows.

[H.E. Pennypacker]

Rochelle, Rochelle. I also love the way they all say Prognosis Negative.

I forgot about Chunnel!

Edited June 26, 2014 by H.E. Pennypacker

[Bastet]

I forgot about Chunnel!

 

This was fueled by some very nice French wine (at about 11:00 a.m.), but the first time I rode on the Eurostar train (from Paris to London) was after having seen the "Chunnel" episode of Seinfeld, and I thus broke into random bursts of laughter hearing "Everyone out of the chunnel!" in my head.

[Winter Rose]

I was always curious about The Other Side of Darkness and what could've been going on for the rest of those two hours, because that lady shot into that coma pretty quick.

[AndySmith]

"The Muted Heart", starring Glenn Close and Sally Field...I can imagine that movie actually happening during the early to mid 1990s.

[mmecorday]

I would love to see Jerry's bootleg of "Death Blow" and find out for myself what made his interpretation so magical.

[Mu Shu]

It shouldn't even be a contest.   It's been a long long journey from Milan to Miinsk, Rochelle, Rochelle.  

[Keith1980]

I think my favourite as described by Kramer in such dramatic fashion would be, Coming to theatres this Friday, Kevin Bacon, Susan Sarandon in, YOU'VE GOT TO GET ME OVER THAT MOUTAIN!!! Rated 15.

[ByTor]

There is no place higher than ... Mountain High :)
 

[Portia]

Often when we're  trying to find a movie to watch at home, I'll  scroll through the on-demand options and read the blurbs to my husband. Sometimes when a movie sounds dull or depressing, I'll replace its real description with "An old woman experiences pain and yearning." 

Edited January 12, 2017 by Portia