{"id":19564,"date":"2012-05-21T06:11:13","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T11:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=19564"},"modified":"2012-05-14T08:35:39","modified_gmt":"2012-05-14T13:35:39","slug":"summer-of-82-dead-men-dont-wear-plaid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2012\/05\/21\/summer-of-82-dead-men-dont-wear-plaid\/","title":{"rendered":"SUMMER OF ’82: DEAD MEN DON’T WEAR PLAID"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every now and then there comes a year when it seems that there are an inordinate number of really good films out in theaters. Is it the result of some sort of cultural zeitgeist or is it just mere coincidence? Who can say? But what can be known for sure is that the summer of 1982 was one of those magical movies times. On the 30th anniversary of that summer we will take a look back at some of the many movies that made that summer so memorable.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The original plan was to include just one scene from a 1930’s film into their new project, Depression<\/strong>. But Steve Martin and Carl Reiner, aided by screenwriter George Gipe, couldn’t stop at just one classic Hollywood clip for their follow-up to their 1979 smash hit, The Jerk <\/strong>and so\u00a0their comedy about the 1930s became a spoof\/homage to the film noir flicks from that era and beyond–replete with footage from the greatest noir films of all time, and Depression <\/strong>became Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid. <\/strong><\/p>\n

It might be easy to dismiss Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid<\/strong> as an entertaining trifle not worthy of serious consideration. But the\u00a0comedy has an\u00a0indelible place in cinematic history, not only for the movies it influenced, but for the Hollywood\u00a0legends\u00a0for\u00a0whom the film was their last entry in their storied resume.<\/p>\n