Slog - Comments on Double Wide, Baby http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby Declarative Statement: The 1993 film Cliffhanger boasts the greatest trailer in the history of motion pictures. Prove or disprove? (Feel free to show your work.) Addendum #1: Can any classical music fans out there tell me the names of the songs used? I remember reading that they pieced together at least three. Addendum #2: Why in the hell did they cut that ridiculously awesome final jump from the movie? Why?... Copyright 2008 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:16:09 -0800 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 01:27:28 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by NapoleonXIV It's various movements of Mozart's Requiem.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c793924 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c793924 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:19:33 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Oooh--until the ending.

Actually, it's Dies Irae from the Requiem, and at the end, they moosh in a quote from the ending of Tchaikowsky's 1812 overture, and part of Carmina Burana.

That's just weird.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c793929 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c793929 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:21:56 -0800 Comment by Andrew Wright Thank you. You've done the Lord's work.

]]> Andrew Wright http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c793932 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c793932 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:23:59 -0800 Comment by kid icarus Sweet holy moses.

]]> kid icarus http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c793936 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c793936 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:29:27 -0800 Comment by Matt from Denver Napoleon @ 2 beat me to it, but for most of the section that was entirely Mozart they added cymbal crashes that aren't in the music.

]]> Matt from Denver http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c793943 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c793943 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:31:17 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave why was this movie so terrible in spite of the trailer?

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c793954 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c793954 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:39:19 -0800 Comment by Miggs You know, I don't remember that movie being all that great.

Nevertheless, this trailer has made me REALLY want to watch it again.

]]> Miggs http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c793956 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c793956 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:40:52 -0800 Comment by sly motherfuckin stallone @6 @7 - it's a good bad movie - wholly improbable with all the good elements of a bad movie - bad guys that can't shoot straight, corny one-liners and a silly romantic subplot.

For fun, take a drink for every fake climbing moment ie a moment that anyone that climbs openly guffaws at. You'll be totally wasted after the opening scene.

]]> sly motherfuckin stallone http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c793970 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c793970 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:51:28 -0800 Comment by Jason Josephes Tough to beat this trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKNVa5jnKmw

]]> Jason Josephes http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c793981 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c793981 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:02:30 -0800 Comment by matthew from mozart's requiem, dies ire

]]> matthew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c794002 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c794002 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:16:04 -0800 Comment by SDA in SEA It was a great trailer. Sadly, the trailer was vastly better than the movie.

]]> SDA in SEA http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c794028 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c794028 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:40:51 -0800 Comment by tabletop_joe Blackula:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n91uvgd9s3w

Can't Stop the Music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPvcoz8VaZs

(Actually, I REALLY want to see this now)

And that's with minimal searching. C'mon, everyone. Show me up.

]]> tabletop_joe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c794032 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c794032 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:45:15 -0800 Comment by MadVal Yup, Mozart Requiem, the Dies Irae movement, all but the last 20 seconds.

]]> MadVal http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c794047 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c794047 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:55:44 -0800 Comment by homage to me That's Northern Exposure's Janine Turner displaying some overwrought facial acting in this trailer. Whatever happened to her?

]]> homage to me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c794049 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c794049 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:56:21 -0800 Comment by j Cliffhanger is very watchable -- especially when compared to the calculated shitpiles that qualify as summer blockbusters these days.

My vote goes to the trailer for the first Alien http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9yEh5lUwZY

Imagine seeing this for the first time with no context but the imagery and the fucked up sounds.

]]> j http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c794071 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c794071 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:18:48 -0800 Comment by Gregg Magic, which will give small childern nightmares.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7JJK8W-UQs

]]> Gregg http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c794083 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c794083 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:44:13 -0800 Comment by gkb AAAAGH! the cymbals!
Is there some film composers' union rule that says you can't write a soundtrack score without the fucking suspended cymbal, even if you have to add it to Mozart?

. . .whhhhooOOSHHHHhhhhh. . .

]]> gkb http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c794089 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c794089 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:51:48 -0800 Comment by tim @15 You win. Best trailer ever.

]]> tim http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c794149 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c794149 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:41:34 -0800 Comment by Chris in Tampa If it doesn't have Elves, Hobbits, and Wizards, it's not in the running for best trailer ever.

Sorry.

]]> Chris in Tampa http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c794164 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c794164 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:04:08 -0800 Comment by yucca flower Why the heck are the aliens from 3rd Rock trying to kill Sly Stallone?

]]> yucca flower http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c794167 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c794167 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:10:26 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave wtf, magic is horrible

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c794194 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c794194 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:08:07 -0800 Comment by leek Homage: Janine Turner was felled by a nasty attack of dry eye.

]]> leek http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c794203 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c794203 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:33:22 -0800 Comment by David Wright I agree with Tim. The Alien trailer definitely wins.

]]> David Wright http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c794240 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c794240 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:51:22 -0800 Comment by nomi malone addendum #2: 'cause it's a cliffhanger, duh.

at 7 and 11: i know!! please don't anybody rent this from on 15th in the next week...

at 12: man, talk about trailers that are probably wwwaaaaaayyyy better than the movies they advertise.

that is all.

]]> nomi malone http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c794249 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/double_wide_baby#c794249 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 01:27:28 -0800