The 50 Greatest Simpsons Movie References
The sharpest, smartest show on TV is famed for its sly nods to movies. The beautifully observed homages vary from blink-and-miss single frames to shot-by-shot recreations of entire scenes. Here's our top 50... Episode: I’m Spelling As Fast As I Can (Season 14) The original moment: The scuzzy lives of various Brighton Beach addicts are reduced to flick-book moments of monotonous quick snap repetition – powder-snort-hit-high – in Darren Aronofsky’s sharp drama. The Simpsons moment: Homer becomes addicted to the latest Krusty Burger product, the Ribwich (tag line: ‘I don’t mind the taste!’), his instant-hit happiness shown with Requiem-style quick cuts. It works best if you see it in motion here. Episode: A Streetcar Named Marge (Season 4) The original moment: Steve McQueen’s repeat escapist Captain Virgil Hilts is sent to solitary confinement of ‘the cooler’, and passes the time throwing a baseball against the wall over and over. The Simpsons moment: With Marge rehearsing for her theatre production of A Streetcar Named Desire, Maggie spends the day in the Ayn Rand School For Tots. After organising a failed escape with the other babies she’s sent to a playpen called ‘the box’ and bounces a ball off the walls. Episode: Treehouse Of Horror III (Season 4) The original moment: In a dystopian near-future England, Malcolm McDowell is Alex, the leader of a brutal gang of youths elaborately dressed in bowler hats, white shirts and eye makeup. The Simpsons moment: In the opening segment for season four’s Halloween episode there’s a party at the Simpsons’ house, and Bart comes dressed as Alex. In the same episode there’s a King Kong spoof called King Homer. Next: The Silence Of The Lambs, Steamboat Willie, Risky Business...The 50 Greatest Simpsons Movie References
Smart and funny riffs on classic cinema moments...
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50. Requiem For A Dream (2000)
49. The Great Escape (1963)
48. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
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