March DVD Spotlight: Comedies

We're looking to tickle your funny bone with our newest DVD display!  All through the month of March, we're highlighting the comedy films in our collection.  We've got something for every sense of humor, from witty Hollywood classics like His Girl Friday (1940) and Ninotchka (1939), to hilarious modern crowd-pleasers like Groundhog Day (1993) and The Wedding Singer (1998).  If you enjoy British humor, you might check out the hysterically funny crime caper A Fish Called Wanda (1988).  Whether you like romantic comedies, action comedies (we're looking at you, Hot Fuzz (2007)), or dark comedies, we've got you covered.

Featured titles include:

Adaptation (2002)
Nicolas Cage plays identical twin brothers, one of whom is struggling to adapt an acclaimed non-fiction book into a screenplay, in this surreal comic masterpiece.

The Big Lebowski (1998)
The Coen brothers' goofy cult classic, a noir-tinged comic caper about a lazy, Southern California stoner who gets sucked into a kidnapping plot after being mistaken for a millionaire with the same name, has inspired hordes of devotees over the past two decades.

Bull Durham (1988)
Sports, romance, and comedy meld perfectly in this film about an aging minor league catcher who is brought in to "mature" a young pitching prospect, and who falls for a local baseball groupie.

The Firemen's Ball (1967)
This Czech satire chronicles a local firemen's ball where everything goes hilariously wrong, from an ill-fated beauty pageant to a lottery in which all the prizes have been stolen.

Heathers (1988)
This blistering teen satire, about a high school girl who teams up with a sociopathic fellow student to murder the members of a snobby clique, makes Mean Girls look like a Hallmark movie.  But, we also have:

Mean Girls (2004)
A smart, hilarious comedy about a formerly home-schooled teen who struggles to navigate the social landscape of her new high school.

Trouble in Paradise (1932)
A mischievous, sophisticated romantic comedy about a thief and a pickpocket who fall in love, then scheme to rob a beautiful perfume company executive.

Waiting for Guffman (1996)
Nobody does mockumentary comedy better than writer/director Christopher Guest, and this film, about a small-town amateur theatre troupe putting on a musical to celebrate the town's 150th anniversary, may be his funniest film.

Stop by the library and check one out today!