^ The Commitments - great choice!
In the Fantasy category, Team Clint Eastwood selects Groundhog Day (1993).
Don't have much time to write this up right now. Roger Ebert has added Groundhog Day to his Great Movies list, and here is an excerpt from
the article he wrote that I think perfectly sums up the quality Bill Murray brings to his roles that make him such an effective actor, especially in this role:
"The Murray persona has become familiar without becoming tiring: The world is too much with him, he is a little smarter than everyone else, he has a detached melancholy, he is deeply suspicious of joy, he sees sincerity as a weapon that can be used against him, and yet he conceals emotional needs. He is Hamlet in a sitcom world. "Lost in Translation," another film that works because Bill Murray is in it, captures these qualities. So does "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou," which doesn't work because Murray's character has nothing to push against in a world that is as detached as he is."
I love this movie, for its bittersweet comedy and thoughtful story, the touching romance that develops between Murray and Andie MacDowell, and most of all for taking a fantasical concept and making it real.
"Sweet vermouth - on the rocks, with a twist."