Food in films

RE: Food in films (BelleReve)

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 15:38:17 GMT

Great movies mentioned, here's some newer ones:
Enchanted April - the spaghetti scene
Bridget Jones' Diary - and her blue-stringed soup
Waitress - ....gonna make a pie
It's Complicated - Meryl Streep making chocolate croissants

RE: Food in films (Foodbme)

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 01:48:08 GMT

Surprised no one mentioned "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"
One of the All-Time Classics. It was Spencer Tracy's last performance.

RE: Food in films (MetroplexJim)

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:37:57 GMT

porkbeaks

[id="quote"]quote: Originally posted by mar52

...........I think it was a tuna sandwich in Five Easy Pieces

Nope. Chicken salad. Check[url='http://video.google.com/v...=search&plindex=0']here[/url].

Here you go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wtfNE4z6a8

RE: Food in films (MetroplexJim)

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:27:05 GMT

SassyGritsAL

Who can forget that famous line from "When Harry Met Sally" - "I'll have what she's having!"

yes ... yes ... YES ... YES!!! ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0OeM6UUAoI

RE: Food in films (MetroplexJim)

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:14:20 GMT

porkbeaks

[id="quote"]quote: Originally posted by salindgren

I know, MAYBE this belongs in "Off Topic", but it is about FOOD, after all, not guns and stuff like that. Not that I have a thing at all against guns.
Now, what are your favorite scenes featuring food in the movies?

Here I go:

"Tom Jones" I THINK I am right about this: There's a scene where a couple are ripping apart lamb's legs and eyeing each other over what they are gonna have fun doing later. Right?
-Scott Lindgren

You are very right about[url='http://video.google.com/v...=search&plindex=0']this[/url]! One of my favorites! pb

Here you go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tezjznL9NzM

RE: Food in films (improviser)

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:34:51 GMT

Here's an interesting list of movies for foodies:
http://www.moveablefest.c...12/04/food-movies.html
I haven't seen many of these, just Ratatouille, Waitress and Big Night, all movies that I loved.
I've been trying to get a hold of a copy of Tampopo forever. Sounds like a movie I would really like.

RE: Food in films (Vince Macek)

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:37:11 GMT

There's a great moment (among many) in A Hard Days Night where Ringo runs off on his own - as the group manager laments of his getting a taste of the high life, we cut to Ringo in a grim little pub facing down a stale sandwich. The barmaid grouses 'It was fresh this mornin'!'

RE: Food in films (the ancient mariner)

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:15:15 GMT

I saw a movie, a very funny movie about a very un-funny subject, called
"Bread and Chocolate". I think it was in the 80s. The hero is an Italian
waiter in a ritzy restaurant in Switzerland. He is treated terribly
but must endure to feed his family back home. If you can find it you will
laugh and cry and want to see it again. I remember the scene where he has
to peel an orange in one piece, it is epic. A great movie.

And then there was the baked bean dinner in Blazing Saddles--nothing epic
there, but a very funny movie by Mel Brooks, so how could it not be funny.

RE: Food in films (Diner-Lover)

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:56:02 GMT

Did anyone see "Babette's Feast"?
Here's some info on this great movie (it won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1988): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092603/
I highly recommend it for all the food scenes, and it made me cry.

I loved all the food references in "Fargo"-- Took the edge off all the violence and foul language!
Marge Gunderson: "Oh, I just think I'm gonna barf... Well, that passed. Now I'm hungry again."

"Raising Arizona", another Coen Brothers movie had a lot of food in it, too. Mr. D-L and I particularly like the scene where John Goodman's character, Gale Snoats, is eating a fried chicken leg and he tells H.I. McDunnough (Nicholas Cage), "You gotta use your head, H.I." as he touches his head with the chicken.

Some food scenes from "Annie Hall":

Alvy Singer: "Annie, there's a big lobster behind the refrigerator. I can't get it out. This thing's heavy. Maybe if I put a little dish of butter sauce here with a nutcracker, it will run out the other side."

The split screen of Annie's "WASP" family eating a holiday dinner and Alvy's Jewish family eating theirs. And Alvy and Annie's first date at a NY deli where Annie orders pastrami on white bread with mayonnaise, tomatoes, and lettuce.

Other movies I've seen and enjoyed have already been mentioned: Big Night, Diner, Goodfellas, and 2001 name a few where I particularly remember the food.

RE: Food in films (FutileGourmet)

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:58:10 GMT

Honorable Mentions:

Clue – Christopher Lloyd slurping his soup.

Galaxy Quest – When the 'crew members' are served their favorite meals by the aliens. Alan Rickman’s reaction is classic.

A Fish Called Wanda – Does Otto eating a vast majority of Ken’s fish count?

The Breakfast Club – The lunch scene with the students.

A Christmas Story – Christmas dinner in the Chinese restaurant.

Back to School – Thornton making the sandwich from all the hors d’oeuvres.

RE: Food in films (Nancypalooza)

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:59:13 GMT

I liked that sandwich too, spazz. That movie was kind of a hot mess though--some very good things and some very bad things.

RE: Food in films (wmceaton)

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 07:40:10 GMT

"Thats a good fu**in' milkshake!!!" @ Jackrabbit Slims (Pulp Fiction)

"Mind if I take a bite of your Big Kahuna burger Brad?" (Pulp Fiction)

The scene in Goodfellas when they are slicing the garlic with the razor blade & you see the manicured nails during the closeup....classic scene.

"Sewer rat may taste like pumkin pie, dont you dont see me eating any of those filthy motherfu**ers" Pulp Fiction diner scene

In Starman when Jeff Bridges tases Dutch Apple Pie for the first time

"nobody, I mean nobody puts just ketchup on a hot dog" one of the Dirty Harry movies

Diner scene with the french fries in "The Hitcher"...still makes me look at my fries closely

Many more but I have to go to work......

RE: Food in films (southpaw)

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:20:33 GMT

The first ROCKY movie when he is training and drinks his eggs.

COOL HAND LUKE. 50 eggs.

RE: Food in films (southpaw)

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:13:03 GMT

SUPER SIZE ME.
Made me hungry

RE: Food in films (Frankman)

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 03:10:22 GMT

The Sunshine Boys where Walter Matthau is being lectured by his nephew (cant think of the actors name) about all the nitrates in the dog and how bad they are.
Monte Walsh in the Skimpy's revenge scene.
Even though it was in black and white, I always wanted to taste Bob Crachet's punch and Mrs Crachet's plum pudding.

RE: Food in films (spazz)

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:59:31 GMT

Spanglish: How about the Keller sandwich Adam Sandler made? Yum, I love runny yolks.

RE: Food in films (cecif)

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:47:36 GMT

After the mention of Like Water For Chocolate it reminded me of the Juliette Binoche/Johnny Depp film Chocolat... yum.

And French Kiss when the lactose intolerant Meg Ryan character eats the French cheeses on a train... and also her escapade with the dessert cart in the posh restaurant. Heehee.

RE: Food in films (porkbeaks)

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:08:02 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by lostnthemail

When Harry Met Sally - at the diner when she was proving women can fake it.

Oops, just so it was mentioned above.

How about the armadillo groom's cake in Steel Magnolias?

That "diner" was Katz's deli. pb

RE: Food in films (Vince Macek)

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:32:03 GMT

There's a few mealtime scenes in 2001: A Space Odyssey - the raw meat at the beginning looking like the best thing on the menu...

RE: Food in films (lostnthemail)

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:21:06 GMT

When Harry Met Sally - at the diner when she was proving women can fake it.

Oops, just so it was mentioned above.

How about the armadillo groom's cake in Steel Magnolias?

RE: Food in films (Ciaoman)

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:12:18 GMT

Anyone remember the scene in Godfather (the original) where the guys are sitting around the table waiting to learn where Michael's meeting is to be held (Louie's, in the Bronx..."Yeah, I know the place...it's perfect")? While they're waiting, they're eating Chinese takeout...I think the microphones were in their mouths, the chewing was so noisy. Makes me want to order some.

RE: Food in films (JakerDog)

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:56:41 GMT

Diner
Big Night
Ratatouille
9 1/2 weeks

RE: Food in films (rongmtek)

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:24:10 GMT

I'm surprised nobody mentioned one of the funniest "food movies" ever, FATSO (1980).
Dom deLuise is perfect (if a little sentimental for my taste) as the guy who compensates for loneliness with food. The always underrated Anne Bancroft (who wrote and directed) plays his worried sister, and steals the show.
And it has some of the best NY food ever in a movie; from pizza and Little Italy pastries to Chinese food and a kitchen-destroying food frenzy.
It is available on DVD (and NETFLIX has it).
I believe anyone with an interest in food will love it.
Ron
PS: I once came home from work to find my wife and a friend watching FATSO on cable; these 2 petite women had eaten almost every bit of food in the house.

RE: Food in films (jettababs)

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:54:59 GMT

More the setting than the food, but several movies have been filmed at the Arcade Restaurant in Memphis. Off-hand, Mystery Train by Jim Jarmusch had some major scenes there, and there was a brief scene in Elizabethtown that mentioned the chili. I've never had the chili, but the burgers and pancakes with country ham are excellent. The menu lists some of the movies filmed there, but it seems to still be mostly a neighborhood restaurant.

RE: Food in films (ann peeples)

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:29:52 GMT

You are right, Bushie.It was the 1st Godfather movie.

RE: Food in films (Scarlett)

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:18:01 GMT

All of the food scenes in WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE
BIG NIGHT

RE: Food in films (salindgren)

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:33:14 GMT

Oh, it's always gratifying to cook up a topic that gets more than tepid responses. Oui? trolasater, like me, reveals something regarding age. There are so many rich examples, it's impossible to recall them all. "Cool Hand Luke" is a good one. Here's another category: WW2 prison camp pix. To wit:
"Stalag 17" William Holden and his fried eggs.
"King Rat" George Segal feeding rats to his superiors.
I don't doubt that there are others out there. I pretty much don't watch anything made after about 1975, so there are lots of things I don't know about. BUT! Let's not forget all the insane cookery in the 3 Stooges shows, and the pie fights. Oh, and what about all the Warner Bros toons where various adversaries have Bugs et al in a huge black pot while they slice up carrots! Ha!
-Scott Lindgren

RE: Food in films (Donna Douglass)

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:43:26 GMT

Or Like Water for Chocolate, about food and love

Tortilla Soup

Ratatouille (sp)?

I'm sure there are many others which I've not seen nor even heard of, but these are three that are high on my list of favorites.

Donna

RE: Food in films (ardee)

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:10:19 GMT

I am surprised that no one mentioned "Fried Green Tomatoes".

RE: Food in films (Nancypalooza)

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:45:13 GMT

All of the family dinner scenes in 'Eat Drink Man Woman,' although the food was almost a character in that movie.