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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, 1970..bluray..




Colin Blakely was cast quite late in pre-production, and was hired by Billy Wilder on the strong recommendation of Robert Stephens, a friend and colleague of Blakely's in his work with the National Theatre, and his co-star in the original stage production of "The Royal Hunt Of The Sun" by Peter Shaffer in 1964. In that, Blakely played Pizarro and Stephens played Atahuallpa. Both had been lavishly praised for their performances.

The third castle that Holmes, Watson and Madame Valladon visit in Scotland is Eilean Donan, also known as "the Highlander Castle" ever since it was used as a location in the film "Highlander". The bridge and castle appear to look quite different than in the later film but that is merely because of the different perspective used.

Location shooting at Loch Ness in Scotland took two weeks. Afterwards, Robert Stephens collapsed and had to be hospitalized for exhaustion. Production was shut down for at least two weeks.

Nicol Williamson was considered for the role of Holmes, but was passed over for Robert Stephens. Williamson would go on to play the detective in The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976).

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Switch, 1991..





one of my guilty secrets. im one of the few who like it, it seams.lol

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Three Godfathers, 1948..

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My Man Godfrey, 1936..bluray.





It was the first film released under the aegis of Charles Rogers and was given a big premiere.^[14] My Man Godfrey premiered on September 6, 1936, and was released in the United States on the 17th of September.^[2] It was a runaway hit and earned huge profits for the studio.

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Young Frankenstein, 1974..




The film is a parody of the classic horror film genre, in particular the various film adaptations of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus produced by Universal Pictures in the 1930s. A critical and commercial success, Young Frankenstein ranks No. 28 on Total Film magazine's readers' "List of the 50 Greatest Comedy Films of All Time".

Principal photography began on February 19, 1974, and wrapped on May 3, 1974. To recreate the visual style of the original Universal horror films, Brooks shot in black-and-white, employed vintage-style opening credits, used wipes and irises for scene transitions, and even used the original Kenneth Strickfaden lab equipment from the 1931 Frankenstein.

Marty Feldman added a comic twist to his character, by deliberately swapping which side the hump on his back was located; when Doctor Frankenstein asks him about it, Igor replies simply: "What hump?" Wilder wrote the role specially for Feldman.

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Sherlock Holmes, 2009.




Rachel McAdams, Jude Law, and Robert Downey Jr. reportedly did most of their own stunts.

In the stories, Holmes is described to be an expert in Baritsu. In the film, however, the martial art that Holmes used is the Wing-Chun Kung Fu (famously used by Ip Man Yee and Bruce Lee). Robert Downey, Jr. is a practitioner of the art in real-life, and the fight scene between him and David Garrick at Punch Bowl Pit was coordinated with the help of his trainer. Director of photography Philippe Rousselot used a special high-speed digital camera specifically to film the Punch Bowl fight sequence. The key moment where Holmes punches his opponent's jaw was filmed one second in real time, and turned into a seven-second shot without additional post-production aid.

[Macca]

'The Six Million Dollar Man.'

A seven million dollar man is created but he can't handle the powers and goes crackers. Amazing amount of padding in this episode, there's two slow motion fight scenes that go on forever.

Still one of the better episodes though. This was trash TV at the time but compared to modern stuff it's practically Shakespeare.

[Barry]

I'm still watching (for the umpteenth time!) M.A.S.H on D
Great TV (channel 50).

[Pigmy Pony]

Binge watched four episodes of Minder this evening, so that's me caught up. Apart from a feature-length one "Minder on the Orient Express". Haven't seen that one before, I'll set aside a couple of hours this weekend...

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Back to the Future, 1985..