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10 Greatest False Deaths in Movies (SPOILERS!)

By Christopher Campbell posted 5 months ago

Are you tired of all the false rumors of celebrity deaths (today it was Rick Astley)? And are you tired of all the jokes that Michael Jackson is really still alive somewhere, hanging out with Tupac, JFK and Elvis? So are we, but we thought we’d take both the obnoxious death hoax trend and the idea that MJ faked it so he could live in peace and out of debt as inspiration for something more worthwhile: a discussion of favorite false deaths in movies.

The device is quite popular, especially in thrillers and horror flicks, and it can be employed as a plot starter or in a twist ending. James Bond has done it, as has Sherlock Holmes. Whether someone fakes his/her own death or is simply mistaken for dead, the actual deed or the ultimate reveal can end up terrific cinema. In fact, it was very difficult for us to narrow our favorites down to ten. It’s a shame we had to leave out memorable scenes from Heathers, Hero and many other movies. Certainly you’ll disagree with some of our exclusions, too, so feel free to name them in the comments section.

Just beware; there may be SPOILERS after the jump:
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Kim Novak Drags Judy Holliday Under the Stars

By Karina Longworth posted 1 year ago

If you listened to last week’s episode of FilmCouch, you’ll know that I have a pretty unhealthy relationship with TCM’s Summer Under the Stars. Every August, I become pretty much a total shut-in. Their strategy of programming 24 hours worth of films for a different star every day of the month forces the network to really dig into the archives sometimes. So day after day, I try to leave my house, but it seems like there’s always a chance that I’m going to miss something that’s not going to air until next August, if even then.

Such is the case with today’s tribute to Kim Novak. I don’t actually care about Novak’s work that much (although it’s always nice to have an excuse to watch Billy Wilder’s Kiss Me, Stupid, which airs today at 12 om EST), but she played a supporting part in Phffft!, Judy Holliday and Jack Lemmon’s follow up to It Should Happen to You, a film I’ve been trying to see for years. From what I know of it, it’s actually kind of a stretch to call it a Kim Novak film at all, but since Holliday didn’t make enough movies to qualify for her own Summer Under the Stars tribute, I’m not going to complain.

See a clip above. Phffft! airs this morning at 10:30 EST.

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