Favorite Mike Nichols movies

[profblues]

you can select up to 5

My picks were

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Silkwood
Biloxi Blues
Workling Girl
The Birdcage

[profblues]

actually I have no idea why I made this a poll...I don't care really who wins lol

[erik]

My five were:

WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? ("Hump the hostess", anyone?)
THE GRADUATE (natch!)
CATCH-22
SILKWOOD
HEARTBURN

[egoodstein]

I picked:
The Graduate (definitely a classic, esp. of '60's films).
Working Girl (I think I like this more than a lot of folks  ).
Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolff? (effective, if ok stagebound a bit, but they all make it work pretty well).
Regarding Henry (not perfect maybe and yeah sentimental, but endearing in its way and unusual role for Ford as well)
Postcards from the Edge (also imperfect, but fine performances from Streep and MacLaine esp). Often very funny & touching.

Hardest to leave off were :
the TV Angels in America-- difficult play to do & well accomplished.
Catch-22. Tough novel to film. Imperfect but still pretty good at catching the flavor of the book.

I disliked a lot Heartburn, & though Silkwood, if not bad, somewhat overrated. I also don't like The Birdcage; think it a very pale imitation of
orig. French La Cage Aux Folles. I realize I haven't seen some of these films either. . .

[robertaxel]

I went with Virginia Woolf and The Graduate - too classic to omit.
I then selected some overlooked films - Carnal Knowledge, with a great screenplay by Jules Feiffer, and as honest a look at sexual politics as you'll see.
Primary Colors - maybe better than the book, and a dead on Clinton portrayal by John Travolta.
Angels in America - brilliant reimagining of the play, and some of Streep's and Pacino's best work in years. Jeffrey Wright brilliant as usual.

[erik]

And don't forget Murray Hamilton giving Dustin Hoffman advice about the wave of the future in THE GRADUATE--"Plastics" (EEEK!)