Two of my favorites:
The Overlook Hotel caretaker job in The Shining. I always envy Jack Nicholson's character whenever I watch this Stanley Kubrick classic. I can totally see me doing that, minus evil ghosts and insanity of course.
The Medical Supply Warehouse job in The Return of the Living Dead. I would have loved working there and doing what Freddy (Thom Mathews) was about to do before the zombie disaster. A quiet, easy job with a pretty neat location. And James Karen as my colleague would have been the awesome.
I work in the South African film industry so I guess I have a pretty cool movie job. :wink:
Quote from: Trevor on February 17, 2011, 01:15:34 AM
I work in the South African film industry so I guess I have a pretty cool movie job. :wink:
That is a cool job! Beats working in a cannery (sigh. :bluesad:.)
I'd like to work in a comic shop-like the guy in TRUE ROMANCE. Then I could read CREEPY and EC Comics all day.
Not a movie, but in the TV show Banacek, there was this guy named Felix Mulholland who owned a rare book store. Very old and elegant place, always with some classical music playing in the background.
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In every episode Banacek (George Peppard) would show up asking him to research something about a case he was investigating. I could picture myself doing that. Wouldn't mind being named Felix either :teddyr:
QuoteThe Medical Supply Warehouse job in The Return of the Living Dead. I would have loved working there and doing what Freddy (Thom Mathews) was about to do before the zombie disaster. A quiet, easy job with a pretty neat location. And James Karen as my colleague would have been the awesome.
Agreed, seems like at least would be a good part time job.
Quote from: claws on February 17, 2011, 12:41:26 AM
The Overlook Hotel caretaker job in The Shining. I always envy Jack Nicholson's character whenever I watch this Stanley Kubrick classic. I can totally see me doing that, minus evil ghosts and insanity of course.
I've thought the same thing myself. Several months with a luxury hotel all to yourself, nobody but your own family for miles, commercial kitchen fully stocked with food, enough space that you can use a gigantic lounge as your personal office, and nothing required of you but to fiddle with the heating and do a little maintenance. I could handle getting paid for that.
Quote from: AndyC on February 17, 2011, 10:54:41 AM
Quote from: claws on February 17, 2011, 12:41:26 AM
The Overlook Hotel caretaker job in The Shining. I always envy Jack Nicholson's character whenever I watch this Stanley Kubrick classic. I can totally see me doing that, minus evil ghosts and insanity of course.
I've thought the same thing myself. Several months with a luxury hotel all to yourself, nobody but your own family for miles, commercial kitchen fully stocked with food, enough space that you can use a gigantic lounge as your personal office, and nothing required of you but to fiddle with the heating and do a little maintenance. I could handle getting paid for that.
Yeah minus the anoying ghosts and cabin fever I'd be cool running around that place.
I used to think it would be really cool to have a job like Cemetary Man..but now that I'm older I don't think I could handle a job that morbid.
Quote from: claws on February 17, 2011, 12:41:26 AM
Two of my favorites:
The Overlook Hotel caretaker job in The Shining. I always envy Jack Nicholson's character whenever I watch this Stanley Kubrick classic. I can totally see me doing that, minus evil ghosts and insanity of course.
The Medical Supply Warehouse job in The Return of the Living Dead. I would have loved working there and doing what Freddy (Thom Mathews) was about to do before the zombie disaster. A quiet, easy job with a pretty neat location. And James Karen as my colleague would have been the awesome.
I've always thought those would be really cool too! Although I would want the ghosts at the hotel, just not the madness.. the creepy hauntedness is the fun part! I still kind of want to visit that hotel one day.
In Good Guys Wear Black Chuck norris played an ex-Special Forces guy who now teaches high-school history and drives a race car. That's pretty cool.
I wouldn't mind having Peter Vincent's job, minus the strenuous vampire slaying.
KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER - Newspaper reporter who discovers monsters every week.
Quote from: claws on February 17, 2011, 12:41:26 AM
The Medical Supply Warehouse job in The Return of the Living Dead. I would have loved working there and doing what Freddy (Thom Mathews) was about to do before the zombie disaster. A quiet, easy job with a pretty neat location. And James Karen as my colleague would have been the awesome.
You wanna know something weird? A movie job I think would be cool is Ernie the undertaker's job from the same movie! (Before the zombies came around, of course). Actually, since I watched Return of the Living Dead, I've been seriously considering becoming a funeral home director/undertaker/embalmer. (I probably won't end up doing that, but it's a fun thought :tongueout: )
Quote from: The Burgomaster on February 18, 2011, 04:07:24 PM
KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER - Newspaper reporter who discovers monsters every week.
Also a newspaper reporter who could disappear for days chasing after a single interesting story his editor told him not to cover. If the real job was anything like that, I would still be doing it. :teddyr:
Johnny Depp's character in Ninth Gate has a pretty cool job. Dean Corso (Depp) is a rare-book dealer.
The comic book artist in Godzilla vs. Gigan. Actually I've always envied comic shop owners...
in Ninja Assassin the heroine is a criminal data analyst for Interpol. I'd love to do that stuff...just scan any sourc eof information for suspecious activity and put stuff together to spot trends.
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I wouldn't mind being a researcher for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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I know it's not what is meant by "cool movie jobs," but I'll diverge just a bit. I worked at a 6-screen multiplex as a high school job (and for a short while afterwards). That was a cool movie job. Not only did I see whatever movies were playing for free, but I would usually spend my lunch breaks by walking into a theatre and catching a portion of movies that I had either already seen that I really liked, or that I hadn't seen yet and wanted to get a feel for if I would like them or not. Having this job in my formative years certainly helped make me the movie junkie that I am today. Without a doubt.