{"id":991507,"date":"2026-05-29T04:14:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T04:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/991507\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T04:14:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T04:14:18","slug":"bill-murray-names-the-1983-movies-that-only-appealed-to-all-sorts-of-freaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/991507\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Murray names the 1983 movies that only appealed to “all sorts of freaks”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Credit: Far Out \/ Harald Krichel<\/p>\n

Thu 28 May 2026 22:30, UK <\/p>\n

By its very nature, cinema isn\u2019t designed to appeal to everyone. There are people who love Martin Scorsese and Marvel in equal measure, but there are just as many who love or loathe each of them individually. For Bill Murray<\/a>, a pair of acclaimed 1983 movies were made solely for the freaks.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s being complimentary, sort of. Or, to be more accurate, he was insisting that it was a club he desperately wanted to be a part of. In reality, you could say Murray is a bit of a freak, and if you disagree with that sentiment, then at the very least, he\u2019s definitely a weird guy.<\/p>\n

These days, he exists in a weird position in the Hollywood pantheon. To some, he\u2019s the industry\u2019s favourite eccentric uncle, and a beloved comedy legend who\u2019s become almost mythic for the Bill Murray things that he\u2019s fond of doing. To others, he\u2019s a belligerent dickhead<\/a>, and an altogether more questionable figure.<\/p>\n

After establishing himself as one of Saturday Night Live\u2018s biggest breakout stars, Murray adhered to type when he leapt onto the silver screen, with roles in Caddyshack, Tootsie, Stripes, and Ghostbusters playing to his strengths and finding plenty of success along the way. When he tried to get serious, not many people were interested.<\/p>\n

You\u2019d struggle to find a bigger fan of 1984\u2019s The Razor\u2019s Edge than the guy who co-wrote the script and played the leading role<\/a>, and as a passion project, Murray leveraged Columbia Pictures to ensure that the film got made, repaying his favour to the studio by agreeing to star as Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters.<\/p>\n

He put a lot of effort into the picture, but nobody really cared. It flopped in theatres, didn\u2019t set the critical world on fire, and left the actor wondering if he had a future. \u201cThe first time I saw it, I said, \u2018Am I gonna get out of this with my ass or not?’\u201d he conceded. \u201cThen I decided, \u2018Yeah, I\u2019m gonna get out of it.’\u201d<\/p>\n

To try and convince himself that audiences would be as invested in The Razor\u2019s Edge as he was, which they weren\u2019t, he pointed to two hard-hitting dramas as prospective bedfellows. \u201cI know it\u2019s an odd picture for people to go and see,\u201d he acknowledged. \u201cBut then, all sorts of freaks went and saw some of the biggest downers of all time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Further reading: Cutting Room Floor<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, you don\u2019t really take the family to Silkwood, saying, \u2018Hey, let\u2019s go have some laughs,’\u201d Murray pointed out. \u201cPeople went and saw it. And they went to see Sophie\u2019s Choice.\u201d Yes, they did, but the difference was that those two films were much better than his, and they had another important thing in common: Meryl Streep on Academy Award-nominated form<\/a> in the leading role.<\/p>\n

Sophie\u2019s Choice was a December 1982 release in the United States, but didn\u2019t roll out internationally until the following year, landing in the United Kingdom in April 1983. That December, Streep repeated the trick by landing right in the thick of the awards season conversation with Silkwood, two emotionally devastating and heart-wrenching stories that Bill Murray thinks you\u2019d need to be a freak to enjoy.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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