Favorite Bill Murray Movie

I did not include Caddy Shack, Zombieland and Kingpin because he didn't have a huge role in those films. There may have been a few I missed.

 

Stripes or Groundhog Day

 

I pick Ghostbusters.


Caddyshack is a close 2nd. Carl was a huge part of that movie.

 

I gotta go Groundhog day.

 

Stripes

 

What about Bob was pretty good
Just about anything Bill Murray was in was watchable
Grew up watching him on SNL
When SNL was good
Story out there
Murray and Chevy Chase had a physical confrontation

 

My first choice was Caddyshack and then Stripes after that.

 

Now, for the worst?
The Life Aquatic
Lost in Translation
?

 

I watched both. Still don't understand.

 

Thus the title
Lost in Translation

 

I don't understand why they made them......

 

Out of the options available, Groundhog Day.

 

FYI, Caddy Shack was a 4+ hour movie before the editing had to come in. Bill Murray’s famous Cinderella Story monologue, for example, originally lasted about 30 minutes on its own. Also, interestingly, because so much of the theatrical version's humor was too raunchy for television, the network version actually added back several deleted scenes to fill the runtime:

• The Caddie Strike: A scene where a group of caddies blocks the road to the club.

• Family Conflicts: More footage of Noonan’s mother giving him a hard time for missing church.

• Alternate Dialogue: Famous lines were dubbed over for TV; for example, Rodney Dangerfield's final line became, "Hey everybody, let's all take a shower!".

Here is one of the many deleted scenes...

 

Where the Buffalo Roam and Lost in Translation the best

of what is listed
STRIPES
THAT'S THE FACT JACK

 

Ghostbusters, what a cast!

 

Ghostbusters, Stipes, and Groundhog's day. All three are excellent. He had many great performances, but some are in minor roles.

I lean ever so slightly to Stripes based on its total cast.

 

I put Where the Buffalo Roam also. But it's not listed.

 

Not a movie but a nice Bill Murray story

A friend was going to school on the island of Grenada in the Caribbean and was trying to go home for Christmas

Puddle jumper flights off that island were and are very unreliable and my friends flight was canceled

Bill Murray who was coming home from a vacation there with a girlfriend was in line clowning around

Once he knew the flight was canceled he disappeared and went and rented a private 8 seat plane to fly over to Barbados

Now he could have just taken his girlfriend and left but he went back to the line and said he had 6 empty seats and who wanted to go with him

My friend went with him and was able to get home along with 5 other students

 

Groundhog day and Scrooged.

Ill give an honorable mention to Rushmore, even though he wasn't the main star

 

I don't think many people seen Where the Buffalo Roam apparently. LoL.

 

Meatballs by far. I still have the old VHS tape, must have watched it at least 30 times over the years. Lost in Translation was pretty good too, my 2nd favorite.

 

I actually liked Lost in Translation.

Out of the ones listed...What About Bob

 

I have the Meatballs VHS tape also. It's a classic.

I think I would choose Stripes for second place. Have you seen the uncut version of Stripes? It has an additional 18 minutes.

 

I've only seen the original version of Stripes when it first came out, it was pretty good.