(Streaming on Starz) ‘Blade Runner’īelieve it or not, Blade Runner doesn’t just take place around Thanksgiving: it takes place around this Thanksgiving. That’s when Alma (Michelle Williams) finally confronts Ennis (Heath Ledger) about the true nature of his relationship with Jack (Jake Gyllenhaal), their tensions spilling out in the kitchen and threatening to turn violent. Though Brokeback Mountain draws most of its rough-hewn romantic poetry from two cowboys embracing their passions against the backdrop of the Wyoming plains, one of its key confrontations takes place at Thanksgiving. ‘Brokeback Mountain’Īs anyone who’s ever gathered with relatives for Thanksgiving will tell you, family secrets flow as freely as Martinelli’s. Some make it easy, like A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and Free Birds, but others make their connection to the holiday less obvious. Though Miracle on 34th Street takes place during the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving parade, it’s a yuletide classic all the same and even though it’s focused on one man’s plight to travel home for Thanksgiving, Planes, Trains and Automobiles has been embraced as a Christmas movie by many, perhaps due to its snowy setting and sentimental messages about being together with your family when it matters most.īut there are plenty of Thanksgiving movies out there, just waiting to be recognized as such.
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