Brewster McCloud (1970), directed by Robert Altman. It’s one of my favorite films and it’s SUPER hard to find. It’s never been released on DVD, which is a crying shame. It’s so wacky and fun and unique. I can honestly say I’ve never seen another movie quite like it (and I have seen a lot of movies). It’s about a strange boy who lives in a fallout shelter beneath the Houston Astrodome, trying to build wings that will allow him to fly.
Anyways, you may remember the little contest I held last summer, asking people to draw a picture of themselves at age 100. It was a LOT of fun for me, seeing all the terrific illustrations that people shared. I’ve wanted to do another little contest for a while now, so I’M GONNA!
WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO:
- Draw a scene from your favorite movie! Or any movie you feel like drawing a scene from! The only rule here: HAVE FUN WITH IT.
- Once you’ve got your drawing done, post it here on my blog in the comments of this very post. If you’re bashful, you can email it to me BUT I’M TOTALLY GONNA POST IT HERE FOR EVERYONE TO GAWK AT IF YOU ARE PICKED AS A WINNER.
- Finally, I’m asking everyone to do me a small favor and post a link back to my website and/or blog somewhere on the internet. You can do this on your blog or website, twitter, facebook, tumblr, a message board, etc. When you post or email your drawing, show me where you linked back to me! This is very important! It might help you WIN STUFF!
HOW DO I WIN?: This time there will be TWO big winners. One of the winners will be selected by me. It might be the drawing that makes me laugh the most, or maybe the one I think looks nicest or most interesting. Basically whichever drawing I think deserves to win. The other big winner will be randomly selected from a hat! In order to get your name in the hat, you MUST complete STEP THREE (linking back to me somewhere on the net and showing it to me).
If the drawings people share this time around are even a fraction as delightful as the ones from last year’s contest, there is a very good chance I’ll pick a few honorable mentions.
THE PRIZE: The two big winners will recieve a package in the mail filled with as much stuff as I can fit into it, including (but not limited to) some original art, loads of mini comics, and a t-shirt designed and screen-printed by yours truly! Plus any other goodies that I can scrounge up.
DEADLINE: TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 2010 (that gives you TWO whole weeks!)
Please, spread the word! If you have any questions, don’t be afraid to ask!
READY SET GO!
I assume we can only enter one illustration? I have too many ideas and I think most of the time I spend will be spent choosing ONE.
origamibunny - Draw as many as you’d like! You can only win once though!
Ok, here’s the first of a few: http://fav.me/d2ljfsz
I would post them all at once when I finish them all but I can guarantee I’d forget some.
Here is my scene from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: http://www.flickr.com/photos/erosinc/4436375360/
My scene is from the original “Bedazzled,” with Dudley Moore and Peter Cook. Peter (the devil) is doing some errands (giving parking tickets), and stops to show Dudley what happened when he was ejected from heaven. In this hypothetical, Peter climbs atop a post box to pretend to be God, and Dudley, being Lucifer, has to dance around and praise him constantly. It gets old very quickly.
I love this scene so much. I love the strange natural morality presented, and Peter’s fabulous red socks!
Fun contest, Phil! I’ll post this to my journal in a bit, with a link to this post.
http://pics.livejournal.com/lucylou/pic/000z3t3x
Whoops! Here’s the link.
My favorite movie is Tommy Boy and while there are so many favorite scenes (like, all of them), I think this moment is the most visually stunning. Or at least, it LEADS to the most visually stunning scene where the once-thought-dead buck destroys Richard’s car from the inside out.
http://www.zackgiallongo.com/scraps/tommyboy_web.jpg
This is from The Color Purple, when Celie starts to get in touch with her self worth. This movie never loses it’s appeal to me…
http://lezleydavidson.com/2010/03/21/a-scene-from-the-color-purple-for-philmcandrew-s-contest-httpphilintheblanks-comblog/
Phil - I’ve also linked back to you on Twitter and Facebook:
http://www.twitter/LezleyDavidson
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=549691065&ref=nf
Okay, heres a second one. Don’t think I’ve got time to do any of the others I thought of, but oh well. I had fun doing the ones I did and that’s what counts, right?
http://fav.me/d2m327q
Here’s what I done did. Sloth meets Chunk:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bom/4452560611/
Here’s my scene from The Big Lebowski.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ekubli/4452616907/
Here’s my favourite scene from Super Troopers where one of the highway cops is pranking a couple local cops with a halloween costume that makes it look like he’s nailing a bear
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosered/4452859419/
Ponyo! Yay.
http://jessicaflaherty.carbonmade.com/projects/2532239#9
Phew finished!
I’d actually forgotten about this contest till Sunday night.
Still I had fun illustrating! Thanks for the inspiration! :)
Here’s my entry: http://tinyurl.com/yl7ksp5
From “The Maltese Falcon”
Hi Phil! I did a drawing!
http://jasonturner.livejournal.com/224795.html
oh man, my friend just told me about your site. i totally would have entered this if i had known about it sooner … hmmmm… 24 hours is not a lot of time, but i’ll see what i can do!
I did two:
http://www.onepoundfire.com/wordpress/?p=508
A little dark?
http://rudybang.com/blog/?p=661
In good jest.
I drew the final scene in Dune, when Alia kills Baron Harkonnen. “For he IS the Kwisatz Haderach!” Mountains of radness.
http://users.livejournal.com/_milk/96328.html
Linked you on LJ and Flickr. Fun contest.
The fact that I chose this scene makes me feel a little bit like a lady who tapes Cathy cartoons to her cubicle, but…
I picked the scene in “Pillow Talk” where Rock Hudson carries Doris Day through the streets of New York, with her bedsheets and all.
My drawing (and some screenshots!) can be seen here:
http://actionathena.com/2010/03/23/pillow-talk/
I mentioned Phil and his contest both there, and on my Twitter:
http://twitter.com/actionathena
PHILIP I DID IT!!
pink flamingos all over this bitch!!
http://vickinerino.blogspot.com/2010/03/pink-flamingos.html
oh, how divine…
oh! And I also mentioned this at the Daily Cross Hatch:
http://thedailycrosshatch.com/2010/03/22/the-cross-hatch-dispatch-3-22-10/
(And on my facebook profile, but whatevs.)
Silly me…I e-mailed these because I don’t have web page. I just now thought of twitpic.
Perusing all the great entries - - Wow!! I am glad there is a hat :)
http://twitpic.com/1ae12v
http://twitpic.com/1ae17d
http://twitpic.com/1ae1bu
http://twitpic.com/1ae1dy
Here ya go phil!
Secret of Nimh! Best and freakiest cartoon ever!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/craig_arndt/4456839206/
This was done for an APA jam comic about five years ago but has never seen the light of day outside the APA membership. It’s from a Tex Avery cartoon I can’t recall the name of, but it still cracks me up.
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z304/mhcampos/quiet.jpg
POOR STAY PUFT! the look he give when then cross the stream has always been my favorite moment
http://jsalvadordesign.com/2010/03/philintheblanks-contest/
http://abrassea.livejournal.com/63386.html
i linked to the blog both there and from twitter.
My favorite movie is Black Cat White Cat:
http://poisonflowers.livejournal.com/562512.html
Only just made the deadline…
http://joedecie.livejournal.com/52731.html
is this already over? can i still get in on it?
asia - You’ve got until midnight tonight!
Phil Phil PHIL this has given me terrific handcramps. But after incredible indecision on decided on the second best image from The Third Man.
Well hell the link didn’t work. Try this one.
hey how do we know whether we win or not??? will you email us or what? i have a great idea i just hope i win i need my art recognized by someone so badly and i dont know who to talk to about it :(
Chrystal - The contest ended weeks ago! I announced the winners here: http://philintheblanks.com/blog/?p=416
I’ll definitely hold another contest in the future!
incredible stuff thanx :)