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The Big Chill (1983) More at IMDbPro »

Remade as

Untitled Big Chill Remake (2011)

References

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Referenced in

Pretty in Pink (1986)
Take a Number (1997)
 -  dialogue
"Saturday Night Live: Kevin Spacey/Beck (#22.10)" (1997)
 -  Mentioned in the Late Show with David Letterman
The Making of 'Silverado' (1999) (V)
 -  mentioned a few times
High Fidelity (2000)
 -  Barry and Dick say that "You Can't Always Get What You Want" must be disqualified from one of their Top 5 lists because it was used in "The Big Chill".
American Beauty Pie (2000)
 -  An end credit is "a special acknowledgement to Andrew Fumento for his dead-on impression of Kevin Costner in The Big Chill"
"Charmed: Sight Unseen (#3.5)" (2000)
 -  Phoebe mentions the big chill and then asks Piper about her love life. This is an allusion to the 1983 movie, The Big Chill. The cast of the movie included many well-known actors including Kevin Kline and Glenn Close.
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon' (2001) (V)
 -  mentionned once
Infested (2002)
 -  a group of friends meet after a long time at the funeral of a friend
T-20 Years and Counting (2003) (V)
"Good Eats: The Big Chili (#8.6)" (2004)
 -  Title Reference
"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Nesting Dolls (#5.13)" (2005)
 -  Grissom says: "Have you ever gone a week without a rationalization? It's from The Big Chill. One of the characters explaining a basic fact of life - that rationalizations are more important to us than sex even." In 'The Big Chill' Michael says: "I don't know anyone who could get through the day without two or three juicy rationalizations. They're more important than sex. Ever gone a week without a rationalization?"
I Want Candy (2007)
 -  The boys' say that their proposed film is like Big Chill.
"TV Land Confidential: Movies (#2.2)" (2007)
 -  still pictures
Baghead (2008)
 -  movie on shelf

Features

It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)
 -  Watched by the characters late at night.

Featured in

"The Directors: The Films of Lawrence Kasdan" (????)
 -  Clips shown.
The 56th Annual Academy Awards (1984) (TV)
Precious Images (1986)
The 65th Annual Academy Awards (1993) (TV)
The Lady with the Torch (1999)
The Big Chill: A Reunion (1999) (V)
 -  clips shown
"Dawson's Creek: Weekend in the Country (#3.12)" (2000)
 -  a scene is featured on a TV.
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs (2004) (TV)
 -  The song "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" is #94 on the list.

Spoofed in

"Saturday Night Live: Kevin Kline/Bobby McFerrin (#14.8)" (1988)
 -  An 'alternate ending' to this film is shown
Twentysomething 3 (1989) (V)
 -  Porn take on mainstream movie.
Stella Shorts 1998-2002 (2002) (V)
 -  The short "College Reunion" is very much a parody of The Big Chill. The audio commentary on the DVD confirms this.
Flip the Script (2005)
 -  A group of friends are reunited, after a long time, by the death of a friend/it turns out the friend faked his death for a reality show and he shows up at his own funeral

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