Dinner and a movie without leaving home: a perfect way to entertain. It’s fun, the conversation flows, and it won’t break the bank. And with movie-night themes from Best Movies by Farr, you don’t need the biggest flat-screen to impress your friends.
Here are John’s favorite movies for gatherings, plus related facts and trivia so any host or hostess looks like a film expert. With our suggestions for music, food and décor, you’ll have perfect evenings with friends or family by Farr!
A Beatles Tribute
An adrenaline rush, this exhilarating time capsule of the phenomenon called the Beatles still delivers an often electric, hip-swaying, sing-along experience for family and friends of all ages. Crank up the volume and re-live Beatlemania at its beginning.
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A Night of Italian Romance
Perfect for a hot summer night. Experience the romance of Rome with the luminous Audrey Hepburn and an irresistible Gregory Peck as your guides. And don't forget the Chianti.
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Bollywood Bash
Join this delightful wedding party in Mira Nair's inspired Punjabi comedy of manners. Addressing the collision between West and East, as well as class differences in the hustle and bustle of modern Delhi, the characters, colorful sets and music of this multifaceted comedy/drama will serve as an exotic and fascinating sensory experience for your guests.
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Fast Movie, Fast Food
Want to put that new home theatre system through its paces, while your guests’ pulses race? Take this movie for a test drive and accelerate your friends' adrenaline, while enjoying good old American comfort food and drink. Just make it organic!
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Girls Night In
Host a movie night for your best girlfriends with yoga and great food followed by a romantic film that only the ladies truly appreciate.
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Hitchcock Adventure
Fasten your seat belts for Hitchcock the Master’s most colorful and suspenseful ride, with ad man Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) mistaken for a spy and killer, criss-crossing the country to find the real culprit and clear his name. Beautiful blonde Eve (Eva Marie Saint), whom he meets along the way, says she wants to help him, but can she be trusted?
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Journey to Japan
In master director Akira Kurosawa’s mind-bending “Rashomon”, a brutal crime in medieval Japan is recounted by four different witnesses, each of whose stories vary markedly. A stunning exploration into the complex nature of truth, “Rashomon” will provide a spellbinding experience for you and your friends.
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New York City Tribute
If you love the Big Apple, take a trip back to the mean streets of '50s Manhattan when you could still hear great jazz uptown - and a newspaper columnist could make or break you with a single line of type. Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis dominate this gritty classic.
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South American Samba
A rich, vibrant film that updates the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice to Rio's riotous Carnival.
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Spirit of New Orleans
Prepare a Cajun feast and re-visit the Big Easy of old as temperatures rise between Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh in one of Tennessee Williams’s best known works. Brando’s brutish Stanley is one for the ages, and Viv won an Oscar for her turn as Blanche, his mentally fragile sister-in-law. Unmissable.
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The Last Waltz
Occupy front row seats at one of the greatest concerts ever held, starring The Band in their final glory, and joined by their friends Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, Joni Mitchell, and Dr. John. Rock fans of all ages will re-live an incredible moment in history. Sheer Rock Heaven.
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Vive La France!
Get ready to laugh till your stomach hurts with this delightful modern farce (as only the French can make them), about a smug member of a secret club which hosts an ongoing dinner where the person who brings the biggest idiot to the meal wins. Hilariously, member Thierry finds a truly destructive fool named Francois who manages to nearly ruin his life in the process!
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