Now Screening - What Are You Watching Right Now? [Archive] - Page 52

struth

07-12-2022, 18:22

Shooter, 2007... Mark Wah
lberg stars..
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The large caliber rifle that Swagger owns, with which he is framed, is a Cheyenne Tactical M200 Intervention. It fires a .408 caliber projectile accurately out to and beyond two thousand meters. The CheyTac M200 is also available with a Long Range Rifle System, which consists of a laser range finder, magnifying scope with night vision capability, and a weather-sensing module, all of which interface with a PDA running ballistics calculation software.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwizwbK9j-j7AhUFoVwKHaWiD0EQFnoECCQQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FShoote r_(2007_film)&usg=AOvVaw1GJHS8s3DtqFlkHfhRyrJv)

struth

08-12-2022, 11:55

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror, 1942... classic rathbone/bruce.

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struth

08-12-2022, 13:02

Sherlock Holmes in Washington, 1943... a year later and a ending speech now that the USA are in the great fight..

[last lines]
Sherlock Holmes (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001651/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): Yes, but this is a great country, Watson.
Dr. John H. Watson (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0115558/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): It certainly is, my dear fellow.
Sherlock Holmes (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001651/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): Look, up there ahead, the Capitol, the very heart of this democracy.
Dr. John H. Watson (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0115558/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): Democracy, the only hope for the future, hey, Holmes?
Sherlock Holmes (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001651/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): "It's not given to us to peer into the mysteries of the future... but, in the days to come, the British and American people will, for their own safety and for the good of all, walk together in majesty, and in justice, and in peace."
Dr. John H. Watson (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0115558/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): That's magnificent. I quite agree with you.
Sherlock Holmes (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001651/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): Not with me, with Mr. Winston Churchill. I was quoting from the speech he made not so long ago in that very building.

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struth

08-12-2022, 14:19

Joe Versus the Volcano, 1990...Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan star...
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The movie was re-shot to change the ending, which was unpopular with test audiences. In the original ending, after Joe and Patricia are expelled by the volcano, they are rescued by the Tweedle Dum (the sister of the yacht that was sunk, the Tweedle Dee.) On board are the rescued crew of the Dee, as well as Graynamore and "Dr. Ellison", who turns out to be Graynamore's tax accountant (and hatchet man) by the name of Kenneth Hindmick. Graynamore reveals he had Hindmick pose as a doctor to make Joe think he had a fatal disease. Hindmick pulls a gun on Joe to protect Graynamore from Joe's anger, and to allow Graynamore to keep the yacht. Joe, having stared into the mouth of a volcano, calmly swipes the gun from Hindmick, then announces to Graynamore that he and Patricia had gotten married by the Chief. They both banish Graynamore and Hindmick to the boat's dinghy in the middle of the ocean. Graynamore tells Hindmick that he likes Joe, and admits being banished in a small dinghy in the middle of the ocean is his price for being too greedy, and tells Hindmick to help him row home. Back at the Tweedle Dum, Joe and Patricia see the four steamer trunks popping to the surface, with the Chief riding the last one, brandishing his Tobi, happily telling them he didn't lose his soul after all. Joe replies he didn't lose his either. The only remnant from the original ending is that in the end credits, you see an artist's rendition of the Tweedle Dum sailing off into the distance.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwigxZfPmur7AhUQV8AKHXo_AvkQFnoECB0QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0099892 %2F&usg=AOvVaw1SC4ui333yCBgrxoaMFO2z)

struth

08-12-2022, 16:44

Peggy Sue Got Married, 1986...

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struth

08-12-2022, 17:54

Blow Out, 1981... Stars John Travolta and Nancy Allen..
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While on the way to the airport, the driver of the van containing two reels of footage of the Liberty Parade sequence stopped at a Dunkin' Donuts, leaving the van unattended. It was stolen while he was inside, and the footage was never seen again. The crew had to return to Philadelphia just to re-shoot the entire scene, at a cost of $750,000. Cinematographer (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwif5rnQyur7AhWUasAKHf8rAIgQFnoECBIQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0082085 %2F&usg=AOvVaw2qvUWJuDPxX4QJwIrSFJFY)Vilmos Zsigmond (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005936) was no longer available, so he was replaced by László Kovács (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004088).

The box office failure of this film greatly damaged John Travolta's career, especially for more serious roles. Ironically Quentin Tarantino's love of this film is what led him to cast John Travolta for a key part in Pulp Fiction, the movie which gave him a major career come back.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwif5rnQyur7AhWUasAKHf8rAIgQFnoECBIQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0082085 %2F&usg=AOvVaw2qvUWJuDPxX4QJwIrSFJFY)

struth

09-12-2022, 18:20

The Bedford Incident, 1965...
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The live-action images of the fictitious Bedford, outside and inside, are of and from British frigates. The modelers created a miniature replica based on the US Navy Farragut-class Frigate (later destroyer) Leader. When Ben Munceford ( (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiPrYHCke37AhWLd8AKHbbZCZUQFnoECBsQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0058962 %2F&usg=AOvVaw0UyEeiVwyDp06n9_3pwT0u)Sidney Poitier (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001627)) and Lt. Cmdr. Potter (Martin Balsam (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000842)) are flying out to the destroyer, they are aboard an H-19 helicopter, which was called the Whirlwind by the British. The ship they fly by and eventually land on is a Type 15 frigate. The ship's pennant number F159 can be seen. F159 was the H.M.S. Wakeful.

As the actions of the captain become more obsessive, Munceford ( (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiPrYHCke37AhWLd8AKHbbZCZUQFnoECBsQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0058962 %2F&usg=AOvVaw0UyEeiVwyDp06n9_3pwT0u)Sidney Poitier (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001627)) tells him, "You're not chasing whales now!" This is a reference to Ahab, the single-minded whaling captain in "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0578479), whose obsession leads to the destruction of his crew and on whom the character of Capt. Finlander (Richard Widmark (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001847)) ultimately was based.

For Dr. Potter's ( (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiPrYHCke37AhWLd8AKHbbZCZUQFnoECBsQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0058962 %2F&usg=AOvVaw0UyEeiVwyDp06n9_3pwT0u)Martin Balsam (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000842)) insults made against Capt. Finlander (Richard Widmark (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001847)), the Captain technically could charge the physician for violations of UCMJ (Uniform Code of Military Justice) Article 89, Disrespect toward a superior commissioned officer and, possibly, Article 133, Conduct unbecoming an officer and gentlemen, as well as the catch-all Article 134 General article. The charges would be judged at a Special or General Court-martial. However, in real world practice, Lieutenant Commanders, especially a physician, would have other less public career adverse actions taken. Only in a very public and extremely egregious situation would an actual charge leading to a court-martial and even then a diversion would occur.

The cameras seen hanging around reporter Sidney Poitier's neck are a Nikon Model F "anvil-head" and a Pentax. The tape recorder Munceford uses is a 1964 Philips EL3300 - the world's first commercial compact cassette recorder.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiPrYHCke37AhWLd8AKHbbZCZUQFnoECBsQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0058962 %2F&usg=AOvVaw0UyEeiVwyDp06n9_3pwT0u)

struth

09-12-2022, 19:56

pretty taut stuff. A fter a few films that didn't show the us services in a good light this wasn't given much aid from america thus the use of british boats etc.
it was a pretty good apocalyptic (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/apocalyptic) holocaust type of film popular at time..

struth

10-12-2022, 15:28

The House on 92nd Street, 1945.

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The movie deals with the theft by German spies of the fictional "Process 97", a secret formula which, the narrator tells us, "was crucial to the development of the atomic bomb." The movie was released on September 10, 1945, only a month after the atomic bombs had been dropped on Japan, and barely a week after Japan's formal surrender. While making the film, the actors and Director Henry Hathaway (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0368871) did not know that the atomic bomb existed, nor that it would be incorporated as a story element in the movie. (None of the actors in the film mentioned the atomic bomb.) However, co-Director and Producer Louis De Rochemont (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0211195) (who produced the "March of Time" newsreel films) and Narrator Reed Hadley (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0352914) were involved in producing government films on the development of the atomic bomb. (Hadley was present at the final test of the bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico, in July, 1945.) After the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Hadley and Screenwriter John Monks, Jr. hastily wrote some additional voice-over narration linking "Process 97" to the atomic bomb, and Rochemont inserted it into the picture in time for the film's quick release.

struth

10-12-2022, 17:13

Nuns on the Run, 1990..
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One of two comedies where the two male lead characters impersonate members of the clergy which launched within three months of each other in the USA during 1989-1990. The movies are (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjg6ofSxe_7AhVWh1wKHbLoCXIQFnoECBQQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0100280 %2F&usg=AOvVaw1e4s8JkTHoy3HOIVweL993)We're No Angels (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098625) (1989) which debuted December 1989 in the USA where Robert De Niro (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000134) and Sean Penn (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000576) pretended to be priests and Nuns on the Run (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100280) (1990) which opened stateside March 1990 where Eric Idle (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001385) and Robbie Coltrane (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001059) hid-out dressed up as nuns.

Brian is from London and Charlie is from Liverpool. In the Japanese subtitled version, Brian's dialogue is subtitled in Tokyo dialect and Charlie's in Osaka dialect.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjg6ofSxe_7AhVWh1wKHbLoCXIQFnoECBQQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0100280 %2F&usg=AOvVaw1e4s8JkTHoy3HOIVweL993)

struth

10-12-2022, 18:43

Callan, 1974.. another of my favs this... loved the series too

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Credited as technical advisor for war games models, respected figure designer Peter Gilder (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1965461) supplied Schneider's American Civil War diorama, built by himself. In 1978 he was reunited with Woodward as a combatant in editions of Battleground (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3501946) (1978), a six-part war gaming series made by Tyne Tees Television which it is thought reused some of the figures and terrain from this film (certainly the Battle of Gettysburg featured in one edition).

The film was adapted from series creator James Mitchell (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1250448)'s 1969 novel "Red File for Callan" (aka "A Magnum for Schneider" and "Callan", the latter title being the reprinted tie-in to this film), an expansion of his 1967 teleplay Armchair Theatre: A Magnum for Schneider (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061940) (1967). Events such as the training sequences, Range Rover road scare and "the Greek"'s subplot did not feature in the original drama.

Callan's Wormwood Scrubs mugshot in his file gives his penal number as 49175228. The records also note his father was James Edward Callan (presumably named after series creator James Mitchell (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1250448) and the actor who played him, Edward Woodward (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0940919)), his mother Mary Elisabeth Callan.

Barry

10-12-2022, 19:38

Not a bad film - but the poster is misleading: I don't remember any bikini-clad blond appearing in the film, nor any scenes involving helicopters.

In some ways the TV series was better.

Macca

10-12-2022, 21:13

Macca

10-12-2022, 21:16

Looks like it is on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=battleground+tv+series+1978

That's a surprise.

Pigmy Pony

11-12-2022, 08:21

Not a bad film - but the poster is misleading: I don't remember any bikini-clad blond appearing in the film, nor any sceans involving helicopters.

In some ways the TV series was better.

If they brought the series back they would have to use an energy-saving LED bulb for the title sequence, which wouldn't be as dramatic. Is this the show that had the scruffy little sometime helper called Lonely? I remember it being a big hit with my mum.

struth

11-12-2022, 10:50

If they brought the series back they would have to use an energy-saving LED bulb for the title sequence, which wouldn't be as dramatic. Is this the show that had the scruffy little sometime helper called Lonely? I remember it being a big hit with my mum.Yup lonely aka actor Russell Hunter.

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struth

11-12-2022, 11:58

Up Pompeii, 1971..

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In the screenplay, the last scene featured Lurcio (Frankie Howerd) walking off into the cloud of ash created by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, accepting his imminent death. The epilogue featuring the museum curator also played by Howerd, was added by Director Bob Kellett (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0445844), who thought that the scripted ending was too downbeat, and wanted to imply that Lurcio may have survived and even had children.

The bath set, prominently featuring a bust of John Gielgud (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000024), was originally created for Julius Caesar (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065922) (1970), in which Gielgud played the title character.

struth

11-12-2022, 13:43

The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery, 1966..

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Only George Cole left of the crew (and Michael Ripper as the liftman), and the film shows its limitations without some greats..

Schoolgirls from a Catholic convent school in Altona, Hampshire were used as extras in the film.

The role of Monty, boyfriend of Howerd's eldest daughter, is played by an (uncredited) Robert Powell.

The mock newspaper just before the end has a line stating that Ringo is upset at St Trinians being honoured. This is a reference to many establishment figures voicing complaints at The Beatles being recently honoured with MBEs.

Macca

11-12-2022, 13:58

It was Alistair Sim who made them, you can't just swap in people like Reg Varney and hope to do the same. Still it's a better effort than the two modern editions.

struth

11-12-2022, 15:31

The First Great Train Robbery, 1978..

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When it came to casting and shooting the ratting scene, the crew were somewhat closemouthed about discussing certain details with writer and director Michael Crichton (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000341). They presented only one dog (not several candidates) and told him that this was the dog he definitely wanted. Likewise, they didn't explain much as to how they would set up the activity in the ratting pit. Only when it came time for the shoot did Crichton realize they had acquired an actual ratting dog and had captured live sewer rats, which the dog killed by biting and snapping their necks with a vigorous shake. Crichton said that the R.S.P.C.A. did find out what was happening and confronted them about it, but no legal action resulted.

struth

11-12-2022, 19:28

Pulp Fiction, 1994... new 4k edition.. a modern classic.

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This movie and The Shawshank Redemption (1994) opened on the same date, October 14, 1994. Both were nominated for seven Academy Awards, with this movie winning for Best Original Screenplay. Both movies gained cult status in the following years, and are listed in the top ten in IMDb's top 250 movies (as of March 2019).

Part of the dance that Vince (John Travolta (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000237)) and Mia (Uma Thurman (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000235)) perform at Jack Rabbit Slim's was copied, movement by movement, from the dance performed early in Fellini's classic Federico Fellini's 8½ (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056801) (1963) by Gloria Morin (Barbara Steele (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0824489)) and Mario Mezzabotta (Mario Pisu (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0685609)).

Uma Thurman was reportedly very nervous during the dancing scene with John Travolta, as he was famed for his dancing ability. He reputedly told her to "shut up and twist" when she mentioned it to him.

walpurgis

11-12-2022, 20:15

Pulp Fiction, 1994... new 4k edition.. a modern classic.

Amazing film, one of my top few favourites! One thing's for sure, once seen it's never forgotten!!

struth

12-12-2022, 14:43

Amazing film, one of my top few favourites! One thing's for sure, once seen it's never forgotten!!

yes a super bit of film making... even better in 4k..

now another 4k master... The Running Man, 1987...

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In the year 2019, the world economy has collapsed. The great freedoms of the United States are no longer, as the once great nation has sealed off its borders and become a militarized police state, censoring all film, art, literature, and communications... sounds like somewhere?? lol

When Rob Cohen (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003418) purchased the rights to the Richard Bachman novel "The Running Man", he had no idea that Bachman was actually a pseudonym for Stephen King (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000175).

It's hinted that Mic Fleetwood plays himself in the movie. In the film, the resistance leader's name is Mick and he is British and when Mick meets Richards to remove his explosive collar from around his neck he says to him "You're one of the cops who locked up all my friends, burned my songs."

Barry

12-12-2022, 16:00

Amazing film, one of my top few favourites! One thing's for sure, once seen it's never forgotten!!

Saw it at the cinema on it's release. At first I didn't like it as it seemed to make violence look 'chic'. But thought I ought to give it another go, and realised it was a Swiftian comment and satire about American society. Dry black humour with an out-of-sequence interacting character plot lines; following the late French film director Jean-luc Goddard's maxim that "a film should have a beginning, a middle, and an end - but not necessarily in that order".

struth

12-12-2022, 16:19

An Inspector Calls, 2015...The third film adaptation based on the play of the same name by J.B. Priestley (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0697362).

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Barry

12-12-2022, 16:22

Wonderful film - David Thewlis is perfect as the 'Inspector'.

struth

12-12-2022, 17:56

Wonderful film - David Thewlis is perfect as the 'Inspector'.

Barry

yes its very well done. different take to the Alistair Sim one, but of course that was hampered by it being in 50's..

now...
Rogue Male, 1976... The old un restored version as im not up to getting the bluray out.. superb tv film this with Peter O'Toole in the starring role.

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Talking of Alistair Sim, this was his filnal role.

This movie was based on the Geoffrey Household (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0396716) book "Rogue Male", published in 1939. The main protagonist and the main antagonist went unnamed in that novel. However, Household wrote a sequel--"Rogue Justice"--that was published in 1982. In that novel, the main characters' names were revealed: Raymond Ingelram and Von Lauen. The lawyer is named Saul Harding.

The story was previously filmed by Fritz Lang (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000485) as Man Hunt (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033873) (1941). This was a very free adaptation - Geoffrey Household later said that Lang had "made a smashing film", but it hadn't been much like the book. This television version also took several liberties, but was generally closer in plot and it, too, won praise from the author.

Pigmy Pony

12-12-2022, 18:20

Saw it at the cinema on it's release. At first I didn't like it as it seemed to make violence look 'chic'. But thought I ought to give it another go, and realised it was a Swiftian comment and satire about American society. Dry black humour with an out-of-sequence interacting character plot lines; following the late French film director Jean-luc Goddard's maxim that "a film should have a beginning, a middle, and an end - but not necessarily in that order".

I think Tarantino had that in mind when making Pulp Fiction :)

Edit: silly me, that is the point you were making. Note to self: Pay more attention Piggurs.

Pigmy Pony

12-12-2022, 18:27

Here's a short review of a film we watched last night:

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Don't bother, it's cack.

struth

13-12-2022, 11:35

Dad's Army, 2016... well, i like it...lol

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struth

13-12-2022, 13:19

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, 1966..

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In the 1960s, Hollywood still followed The Motion Picture Production Code of 1930 (a.k.a. The Hays Moral Code), especially with westerns. This movie broke many, if not most, of those standards. After it was released, Hollywood had to change its moral standards to compete with such foreign-made movies.

When the bridge is blown up, and Tuco and Blondie are hunkered down behind sandbags waiting for the explosion, Clint Eastwood (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000142)'s career came within two feet of ending prematurely. A fist-sized piece of rock shrapnel from the explosion slams into the sandbag right next to Eastwood's head (watch it in slow motion to see the rock flying in).

The three-man gunfight scene is called either a "Mexican standoff", or a truel. There are several mathematical papers covering the many complex outcomes of a truel. Other movies that use a truel are Inglourious Basterds (2009), Reservoir Dogs (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105236) (1992), Pulp Fiction (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110912) (1994), and Escape From L.A. (1996).

struth

13-12-2022, 16:21

Once Upon a Time in the West, 1968..

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struth

13-12-2022, 19:16

stick with Fonda and nearer the beginning of his career...... The Grapes of Wrath, 1940..

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91WiAadOnCL._AC_SL1500_.jpg

struth

14-12-2022, 11:22

To Kill a Mockingbird, 1962... 4k bluray.

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81U-5Q55i3L._AC_SL1500_.jpg

Gregory Peck (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000060)'s summation speech, which runs for 6 minutes and 30 seconds, was nailed in a single take.

Official credited film debut of Robert Duvall (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000380), who had no dialogue.

The first scene that Gregory Peck (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000060) shot showed him returning home from his character's law office while his children ran to greet him. Author Harper Lee (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0497369) was a guest on the set that day, and Peck noticed her crying after the scene was filmed. He asked Lee why she was crying, and she responded that Peck had looked just like her late father, the model for Atticus. Lee explained that Peck even had a little round stomach like her father's. "That's not a pot belly, Harper," Peck told her, "That's great acting."

Atticus Finch was modeled on Harper Lee (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0497369)'s own father, Amasa "A.C." Lee, an attorney and Alabama state legislator whose 1923 defense of a black client partially inspired the novel's trial. Like Amasa Lee, the character of Atticus Finch was not only an attorney but also a state legislator and a widowed single father. Gregory Peck (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000060) met with Amasa Lee, then 82 years old, and formed a strong bond with him. Unfortunately, Lee died while the movie was filming, so Harper gave Peck his watch and chain. Peck was wearing that same watch and chain at the Academy Award ceremony the following year, when he won the Oscar for Best Actor.

struth

14-12-2022, 13:42

Its still one of the greatest films ever made. anyone not seen it should.

now, the 1954 version of 'An Inspector Calls'...

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81jGVIleZGL._AC_SL1500_.jpg

This is the 60th anniversary Bluray.

George Cole (Tram Conductor, uncredited) was a protege of Alastair Sim and they appeared in several films together.

In the stage play on which this film was based, the inspector's name was Goole. It was changed in the film to hide the twist at the end of the film when it becomes clear that the inspector does not really exist and is a figment of everyone's conscience(or was he?). We shall never know as the author took the secret to his grave.

walpurgis

14-12-2022, 14:47

Alastair Sim was simply great in everything he did! :)

struth

14-12-2022, 15:20

Alastair Sim was simply great in everything he did! :)

indeed he was superb and that version of that story is great. as good as the new one is(watched the other day), i find this one hard to beat.

struth

14-12-2022, 15:27

Here Comes Mr. Jordan, 1941... Criterion Bluray.... another classic..

https://www.whsmith.co.uk/mobify/caching/assets/product-image/extra-large/5050629257311.jpg

Columbia chief Harry Cohn (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0169902) had serious misgivings about this adaptation of Harry Segall (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0781895)'s minor stage play. He preferred to reserve his more lavish budgets for surefire successes (e.g., anything featuring the studio's biggest star, Rita Hayworth (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000028)). However, Sidney Buchman (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0118227) eventually was able to talk Cohn into forking out for costly celestial sets and Farnsworth's elaborate mansion and also into hiring Robert Montgomery (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0599910) on loan-out from MGM. Buchman was also able to convince Cohn that he had a better appreciation of what the public would pay to see than the Wall Street bankers to whom Cohn answered. James Gleason (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0322299) was brought on board mainly to polish the dialogue, but Gleason had a knack for authentic sounding vernacular language and also happened to be a great actor t'boot and played major part.

James Gleason (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0322299) was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in the role of Max Corkle. This is the first time in Academy Awards history for a person to be nominated for a supporting Oscar for a role for which a different person would later also be nominated for a supporting Oscar: Jack Warden (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0912001) was nominated for Best Supporting Actor as Max Corkle in Heaven Can Wait (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077663) (1978).

struth

15-12-2022, 10:49

The Flying Scot, 1957..

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not the best film ever made by any means but watchable on a cold day :lol:

struth

15-12-2022, 12:00

the year before, this classic was made.... Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 1956..

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Production designer Ted Haworth (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0370385) came up with a fairly simple and inexpensive (about $30,000 total) idea for creating the pods. The most difficult part was when the pods burst open, revealing the likenesses of the actors. The actors had to have naked impressions of themselves made out of thin, skin-tight latex. Making the casts, which involved being submerged in the very hot casting material with only a straw in their mouths to breathe through, was grueling for the actors, especially Carolyn Jones (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0427700), who was claustrophobic. Dana Wynter (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0944073) recalled, "I was in this thing while it hardened, and of course it got rather warm! I was breathing through straws or something quite bizarre, and the rest of me was encased, it was like a sarcophagus. The guys who were making it tapped on the back of the thing and said, 'Dana, listen, we won't be long, we're just off for lunch [laughs]!' In the end, we had to be covered except for just the nostrils and I think a little aperture for the mouth."

struth

15-12-2022, 13:44

a bit of poirot now while i make coffee...

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struth

15-12-2022, 15:12

Key Largo, 1948...
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In the film, James Temple describes the 1935 hurricane that devastated Matacumbe Key--one of the worst hurricanes in U.S. history. Many of the victims of the storm were World War I veterans who were building the Florida Keys portion of U.S. Highway 1, also known as the Overseas Highway. A portion of this highway is seen in the film's opening shots. The storm also produced the lowest-ever recorded barometric pressure over land in the North American continent.

Apart from the opening shots, the movie was filmed entirely at Warner Bros. Studio head (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwi354KB9Pv7AhXOMMAKHYPRC1EQFnoECB8QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FKey_La rgo_(film)&usg=AOvVaw27rQxwJD960Tvsu5kAhdPR)Jack L. Warner (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0912491) was still reeling from the on-location cost of shooting John Huston (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001379)'s previous film, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040897) (1948). Warner refused to approve any more location filming for the director. The pier scenes were filmed using the studio tank--with miniature boats in the background to give an illusion of depth. The shipboard shots at the end were also filmed using the studio tank, with fog used to mask the artifice.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwi354KB9Pv7AhXOMMAKHYPRC1EQFnoECB8QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FKey_La rgo_(film)&usg=AOvVaw27rQxwJD960Tvsu5kAhdPR)

struth

15-12-2022, 19:14

earlier...little big man...

now the 1954 version of 'Robinson Crusoe'...

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Barry

16-12-2022, 00:06

Any good? Bunuel made some, er, let's say 'interesting' films: 'Un Chein Andalou'; 'The Exterminating Angel'; 'The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie'; 'Belle de Jour', etc..

struth

16-12-2022, 13:56

Any good? Bunuel made some, er, let's say 'interesting' films: 'Un Chein Andalou'; 'The Exterminating Angel'; 'The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie'; 'Belle de Jour', etc..

its not great shall i say... but i dont think anyone has done a good one sadly as its a good story with lots of potential

struth

16-12-2022, 14:40

Get Carter, 1971... BFI 4k bluray.

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Writer and director Mike Hodges (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0388198) was surprised that a star of Michael Caine (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000323)'s stature would want to play Carter. Caine said "One of the reasons I wanted to make that picture was my background. In English movies, gangsters were either stupid or funny. I wanted to show that they're neither. Gangsters are not stupid, and they're certainly not very funny." He identified with Carter as a memory of his working class upbringing, having friends and family members who were involved in crime and felt Carter represented a path his life might have taken under different circumstances: "Carter is the dead-end product of my own environment, my childhood. I know him well. He is the ghost of Michael Caine."

Following this movie's release, barmen in Newcastle got sick of being asked for drinks "In a thin glass!"

One of Stanley Kubrick's favorite movies. Upon seeing it, he remarked, "Any actor who sees this will want to work with (Writer and Director) Mike Hodges."

Not long after the film was released, Caine was in the West End and came across the gangster upon whose life this movie was based. He was highly critical of this movie, saying there is no gangster in the world like Jack Carter, who had no wife, children, or responsibilities of any kind. Rather than argue, Caine agreed with everything the man said.

Macca

16-12-2022, 14:51

Director's commentary is excellent on that, have you listened to it? (probably a daft question)

struth

16-12-2022, 15:00

Director's commentary is excellent on that, have you listened to it? (probably a daft question)

yeah there are quite a few commentaries available. an intro from caine too.. a great set and the picture looks like film was made today. spooky actually.
only things that give it away really are the faces of the working men in pub etc.. folk dont look like that now, women fighting and their old type knickers etc.. dont really get pubs like that either, and of course its filmed on 35mm which gives it an odd look for now

struth

16-12-2022, 17:45

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Director's Cut) (4K UHD), cut from 1998.. 4k from 2021.
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(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj2tqCn1_77AhWIdcAKHVoKAiIQFnoECA8QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2FClose-Encounters-Third-Kind-Directors%2Fdp%2FB077DXTZN8&usg=AOvVaw1ArbxSU6AHxdHjdp5aoyT2)Cary Guffey (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0346533)'s (the little boy)performances were so good that they only had to do one or two takes of each shot he was in. He became known as "One-Take Cary" on the set, and director Steven Spielberg (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000229) had a T-shirt printed up for him with the phrase written on it.

The (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj2tqCn1_77AhWIdcAKHVoKAiIQFnoECA8QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2FClose-Encounters-Third-Kind-Directors%2Fdp%2FB077DXTZN8&usg=AOvVaw1ArbxSU6AHxdHjdp5aoyT2)John Williams (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002354) score was created before the film was edited. Steven Spielberg (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000229) edited the film to match the music, a reverse of what is usually done in the film scoring process. Both Spielberg and Williams felt that it ultimately gave the film a lyrical feel.

The words that the crowd in India chants are "Aaya Re! Aaya," which means "He has come" in Hindi.
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walpurgis

16-12-2022, 20:07

Don't forget, the movie 'Bloodbath at The House of Death' 1984 is on Making Movies TV at 11.05 tonight. You just know it's going to be classy with a name like that! :D

Lawrence001

17-12-2022, 09:43

Two other classic films worth watching are Hobo with a shotgun and Bubba Ho Tep.

struth

17-12-2022, 11:34

Rooster Cogburn, 1975..
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(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjm5q2jxoD8AhWFS0EAHZKhDTYQFnoECB0QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FRooste r_Cogburn_(film)&usg=AOvVaw2dqu_qNE4C6YdGFiTyX6Oe)Richard Jordan (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0430151) later admitted he decided to overplay his part because he thought the movie was going to flop, and if anybody paid to see it then it would only be for the two stars. He also said he felt that Katharine Hepburn (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000031) was about to die at any minute - ironically, she outlived him by a decade.

Katharine Hepburn (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000031) was bemused by co-star John Wayne (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000078)'s tendency to argue with everybody, especially the director, during filming. At the party to celebrate the last day of filming she told him, "I'm glad I didn't know you when you had two lungs, you must have been a real bastard. Losing a hip has mellowed me, but you!"

Katharine Hepburn (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000031) was actually very admiring of John Wayne (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000078) despite opposing political beliefs. She later said she saw a lot of Spencer Tracy (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000075)'s integrity in The Duke and was quite keen to find a project on which they could work together.
John Wayne (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000078) was greatly impressed by Katharine Hepburn (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000031)'s wilful nature. He recalled, "You should have seen her up on those mountain locations. She can't ride a hobby horse. But she climbed right up on those horses and gave 'em hell. We had a great girl stunt rider for her, but Kate said, 'She doesn't sit as straight in the saddle as I do.'"

(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjm5q2jxoD8AhWFS0EAHZKhDTYQFnoECB0QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FRooste r_Cogburn_(film)&usg=AOvVaw2dqu_qNE4C6YdGFiTyX6Oe)

struth

17-12-2022, 13:25

Tremors, 1990...
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To simulate a monster attacking the horse, fake tentacles were wrapped around the horse. The movement of the tentacles was achieved by an inner mechanism which was operated manually. The horse was not at all frightened by this. The horse lay down, which he was trained to do. Collapsible stirrups were used to protect the horse. A veterinarian sedated the horse briefly and an American Humane Associate representative was present at all times. A prop of a fake horse flank was used where the monster bites into the horse.

The very first scene filmed on day one of shooting is the moment towards the beginning where Val says "that means it's a girl" and drives off-road to meet Rhonda. On the first take, the truck hit a dirt mound too hard and caused damage to the vehicle's front end, also stalling it out in the process. It took several hours to get the vehicle running for the second take (which was the take used in the film), and scenes showing the truck couldn't show the full front side until it was fixed later in production.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjB86-i3oD8AhUHEcAKHfpBClYQFnoECAsQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0100814 %2F&usg=AOvVaw0hfDRv_0PaawBm2vKpOvoA)

struth

17-12-2022, 15:04

Where Eagles Dare, 1968..
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In the scenes where (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwii2dOj9YD8AhUEiFwKHfJACnIQFnoECBIQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0065207 %2F&usg=AOvVaw04rVlEmsK3hEwpJ2YHWadt)Richard Burton (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000009) and Clint Eastwood (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000142) climb the steep fortress walls, Burton moves with ease, while Eastwood is clearly working hard physically. This was due to the fact that Burton, who was a hard-drinker, a chain smoker, and out-of-shape by that point, chose to ride a crane (made invisible by special effects) up the wall, whereas the health-conscious Eastwood was actually climbing the wall. Burton had already been diagnosed with bursitis, possibly aggravated by faulty treatment, arthritis and dermatitis.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwii2dOj9YD8AhUEiFwKHfJACnIQFnoECBIQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0065207 %2F&usg=AOvVaw04rVlEmsK3hEwpJ2YHWadt)

struth

17-12-2022, 18:11

think eastwood was pissed that dicky and mary were constantly pished :eyebrows:

now, The First Wives Club, 1996...

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In an interview, Bette Midler mentioned that all three main cast members wanted to make a sequel, but the studio was not agreeable, as they viewed the success of this movie as a "fluke". Midler also said that just before the movie opened, she was told it would not do very well because this movie was competing against action movies with male stars such as Bruce Willis. This movie opened at number one and out-grossed those action movies.

When the three ladies meet after the funeral, they are talking about Elise's (Goldie Hawn) plastic surgery. Brenda asks Elise, "Did you just have a little bit or the whole enchilada?" This line was originally "I got the whole Ivana", but was changed once Ivana Trump was cast in a cameo.

Out of all of the actresses who play wives in this movie, Diane Keaton is the only one to have never been married. Bette Midler is still married to her first husband since 1984, making Goldie Hawn the only divorcée in real life.

struth

18-12-2022, 14:15

Dark Passage, 1947... Bogart/Bacall; the 3rd of 4 they made together.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b2/Dark_Passage_%28film%29_poster.jpg

struth

18-12-2022, 16:27

Con Air, 1997...

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While "Sweet Home Alabama" plays in the background, Garland Greene(Steve Buscemi) says, "Define irony: a bunch of idiots dancing around on a plane to a song made famous by a band that died in a plane crash." Several members of Lynyrd Skynyrd (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1533050) died on a plane crash on October 20, 1977.

struth

18-12-2022, 18:49

Memoirs of an Invisible Man, 1992..

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not as bad as its rated tbh. maybe not pulp fiction but its a nice bit of light relief

struth

19-12-2022, 09:28

The Green Man, 1957... Alistair Sim and George Cole.
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81SJwH6TdnL._AC_SL1500_.jpg

struth

19-12-2022, 11:00

Ruthless People, 1986..

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3a/Ruthless_people_poster.jpg

The film was a financial success, grossing $71.6 million compared to the relatively frugal budget of the film's production(about $10m). It was Disney's highest-grossing film (excluding reissues). Ruthless People received critical acclaim. On review aggregator (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Review_aggregator) Rotten Tomatoes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes), the film holds a "Certified Fresh" approval rating of 93% based on 43 reviews, with an average score of 7.1/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "It's sometimes crude and tasteless, but Ruthless People wrings acid-soaked laughs out of its dark premise and gleefully misanthropic characters."

struth

19-12-2022, 12:34

Danny DeVito again in... Throw Momma from the Train, 1987...
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(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiMo96u2IX8AhVPSsAKHbxYAFQQFnoECCQQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThrow_ Momma_from_the_Train&usg=AOvVaw18d0SKq6Yf7grea0ojYDhe)

struth

19-12-2022, 19:26

Father Goose, 1964...
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struth

20-12-2022, 10:22

The Sea Wolves, 1980..
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The film is based on the 1978 book Boarding Party by (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjy1cbp-4f8AhWOiFwKHS9sBpEQFnoECBEQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Se a_Wolves&usg=AOvVaw2-6Ihueakt1SDy6DbqJgmv)James Leasor (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Leasor), and is a fictionalised account of Operation Creek (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Creek) during the Second World War (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_World_War). Four actual German survivors of the raid on Goa by the Hopper Barge "Phoebe" acted as advisors on this movie.

Operation Creek (also known as Operation Longshanks) was a (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjy1cbp-4f8AhWOiFwKHS9sBpEQFnoECBEQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Se a_Wolves&usg=AOvVaw2-6Ihueakt1SDy6DbqJgmv)covert military operation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covert_operation) undertaken by Britain's Special Operations Executive (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Operations_Executive) in World War II (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II) on 9 March 1943. It involved a nighttime attack by members of the Calcutta Light Horse (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcutta_Light_Horse) and the Calcutta Scottish (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcutta_Scottish) against a Nazi German (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_German) merchant ship, the Ehrenfels, which had been transmitting information to U-boats (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-boat) from Mormugao (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormugao) Harbour in neutral Portugal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal)'s territory of Goa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa). The attack was successfully carried out, and the Ehrenfels and three other Axis merchant ships were sunk, stopping the transmissions to the U-boats.

The occupations of the real Calcutta Light Horse, who partook in the raid on Goa, included civilian businessmen, bankers, merchants, insurance agents, part-time soldiers, jute merchants, lawyers, accountants, and solicitors.

(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjy1cbp-4f8AhWOiFwKHS9sBpEQFnoECBEQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Se a_Wolves&usg=AOvVaw2-6Ihueakt1SDy6DbqJgmv)

struth

20-12-2022, 12:42

The Secret of My Success, 1987..

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When Brantley, a non-smoker, puts his feet up on the desk, he reveals dozens of burn marks. At the time, Michael J. Fox (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000150) was a heavy smoker. The burn marks are the result of Fox extinguishing cigarettes with his shoe.

The original script was about a young man working for his uncle and falling in love with his uncle's prostitute. Universal executive Frank Price called in Jim Cash and Jack Epps, Jr. to re-write the script in eight weeks. They changed Christy Willis from a prostitute to a mistress, and added the complication with Aunt Vera.

Aunt Vera(Margaret Whitton) was a sexy thing so she was.. Knocked Helen Slater for six..lol

https://www.thewrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/maxresdefault.jpg

struth

20-12-2022, 14:33

Some Like It Hot, 1959... Directed, produced and co-written by Billy Wilder. It stars Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon..
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Years after the film's release, a movie reviewer asked (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiFkIKdtIj8AhWLd8AKHThGC4cQFnoECA0QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSome_L ike_It_Hot&usg=AOvVaw1lVZR6hpZOGrAuEc92_X5P)Tony Curtis (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000348) why his "Josephine" was so much more feminine than Jack Lemmon (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000493)'s "Daphne." Curtis explained he was so scared to be playing a woman (or a man pretending to be one) that his tightly wound body language could be read as demure and shy, traditionally feminine traits, whereas Lemmon, who was completely unbothered, and "ran out of his dressing room screaming like the Queen of the May," kept much more of his masculine body language.

Marilyn Monroe (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000054) required 47 takes to get "It's me, Sugar" correct, instead saying either "Sugar, it's me" or "It's Sugar, me." After take 30, Billy Wilder (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000697) had the line written on a blackboard. Another scene required Monroe to rummage through some drawers and say "Where's the bourbon?" After 40 takes of her saying "Where's the whiskey?", "Where's the bottle?", or "Where's the bonbon?", Wilder pasted the correct line in one of the drawers. After Monroe became confused about which drawer contained the line, Wilder had it pasted in every drawer. Fifty-nine takes were required for this scene and when she finally does say it, she has her back to the camera, leading some to wonder if Wilder finally gave up and had it dubbed.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiFkIKdtIj8AhWLd8AKHThGC4cQFnoECA0QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSome_L ike_It_Hot&usg=AOvVaw1lVZR6hpZOGrAuEc92_X5P)

walpurgis

20-12-2022, 14:54

Aunt Vera(Margaret Whitton) was a sexy thing so she was.. Knocked Helen Slater for six..lol

Helen Slater looked pretty good to me :).

https://i.ibb.co/WFFXs2Q/Screen-Shot-12-20-22-at-02-51-PM.png (https://ibb.co/gww86RG)

struth

20-12-2022, 15:11

thats a very young one.. maybe early 20's.

struth

20-12-2022, 16:41

Avanti!, 1972.. Billy Wilder film again, starring Jack Lemmon and Juliet Mills.

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Avanti! marked the 5th of 7 collaborations between Jack Lemmon and director Billy Wilder, following Some Like It Hot (1959), The Apartment (1960), Irma la Douce (1963), and The Fortune Cookie (1966). The Front Page (1974) followed, and their last film together was Buddy Buddy (1981).

Jack Lemmon and Juliet Mills have a nude scene together, the first to appear in any Billy Wilder film. Mills later said, "If one must do a nude scene, Jack Lemmon is the perfect partner. I think he was more nervous than I, but he was acting funny to help me through it."

Although Billy Wilder had been impressed by Juliet Mills' performance in the West End play ''Five Finger Exercise'' it was the actress's sister Hayley Mills who Wilder first considered for ''Avanti!'' , Juliet Mills being interviewed by Wilder after he'd been advised by Hayley Mills' agent that the latter was "skinny as a pole". Although not overweight Juliet Mills had somewhat of a heft that could be maximized to suit Wilder's conception of the female lead in ''Avanti!'' Wilder would recall giving Juliet Mills the film's script and that she called him back saying: "I want the role: I'll gain twenty pounds: give me eight weeks" - Wilder adding that: "She ate night and day [to] become very chubby and [ultimately] gave a superb performance [in ''Avanti'!']."

Great dialogue from the Italian cabin crew when about to land... " please fasten your cigarettes and extinguish

your seatbelts"

Carlo Carlucci (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0720890/?ref_=tt_ch) : In Italy, the lunch hour is from one to four.
Wendell Armbruster (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000493/?ref_=tt_ch) : *Three hours* for lunch?
Carlo Carlucci (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0720890/?ref_=tt_ch) : Mr. Armbruster. Here we do not rush to drugstore for chicken sandwich & Coca-Cola. Here, we take our time. We cook our pasta, we sprinkle our Parmigiano, we drink our wine, we make our love...
Wendell Armbruster (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000493/?ref_=tt_ch) : What do you do in the evening?
Carlo Carlucci (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0720890/?ref_=tt_ch) : In the evening, we go home to our wives.

struth

21-12-2022, 10:11

How to Murder Your Wife, 1965... Directed by Richard Quine.

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During a taping of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055708) (1962), Jack Lemmon (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000493) told this story. Prior to starting the film, the husband of co-star Virna Lisi (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0514059) made her promise that she would not be talked into doing a nude scene in her first American film. She assured him that she would not, signed the contract and traveled to Hollywood. While filming the "revelation" scene, where Lemmon awakens to discover in horror that he had gotten married at the bachelor party, she had to disrobe and lay in the bed nude but discreetly covered with a sheet. However, it was this day that her husband, an architect, arrived unannounced at the set to surprise his wife. When he walked into the scene, he became very upset. He focused his anger toward Lemmon who, realizing that discretion was the better part of valor, exited the set at full speed with Virna's husband in pursuit. Running past several sound stages on the MGM lot, he quickly found a garbage dumpster, jumped in and closed the cover. He waited there until security officers found him.

struth

21-12-2022, 12:17

The Battle of the Sexes, 1959..
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTEwU4atpOqD_9DsHA9Ji06ylPFZhyBT XnCIquJgvmYjrLepoy- (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjp8cik2Ir8AhUJQkEAHbz5BYAQFnoECCAQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Ba ttle_of_the_Sexes_(1959_film)&usg=AOvVaw374nAjSKudeJFmCQS-oWRp)

struth

21-12-2022, 14:50

The Fog, 1980... 4k remaster.
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81wqO5amvLL._AC_SL1500_.jpg

(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjtzM3--Yr8AhVGfMAKHTOxCwsQFnoECB8QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Fo g&usg=AOvVaw0mE6bAxNp11Ee8jADerRYQ)Adrienne Barbeau (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000105) patterned her voice after Alison Steele (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3075415), who was a female disc jockey from the 1960s who was known as the Nightbird.

Jazz music was used for Stevie Wayne's radio station because the royalties were more affordable than royalties for rock music.

Although this was essentially a low budget independent movie, (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjtzM3--Yr8AhVGfMAKHTOxCwsQFnoECB8QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Fo g&usg=AOvVaw0mE6bAxNp11Ee8jADerRYQ)John Carpenter (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000118) chose to shoot the movie in anamorphic widescreen Panavision. This decision gave the movie a grander feel for the viewer so this didn't seem like a low budget horror movie.

The lead ghost, Blake, was played by makeup specialist (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjtzM3--Yr8AhVGfMAKHTOxCwsQFnoECB8QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Fo g&usg=AOvVaw0mE6bAxNp11Ee8jADerRYQ)Rob Bottin (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001964). When Bottin asked for the job, John Carpenter (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000118) asked him to "stand up". Bottin then expected Carpenter to say, "...and get out!" When Carpenter saw that Bottin was a very large man at 6' 5, which was needed for the character Blake, he was hired.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjtzM3--Yr8AhVGfMAKHTOxCwsQFnoECB8QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Fo g&usg=AOvVaw0mE6bAxNp11Ee8jADerRYQ)

struth

21-12-2022, 16:29

Going light now with... Son of Paleface, 1952.. Bob Hope, Jane Russell and Roy Rogers(with Trigger)...

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(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwil1aykj4v8AhWSQUEAHWpmBgQQFnoECCMQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0045177 %2F&usg=AOvVaw3UME-kqxnOcg9dRzGTN3-G)Bob Hope (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001362) offered the role of Mike to Maureen O'Hara (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000058) but she turned it down. O'Hara loved the script but was going through an unhappy period in her marriage and felt that she would not be able to be funny in the film.

(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwil1aykj4v8AhWSQUEAHWpmBgQQFnoECCMQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0045177 %2F&usg=AOvVaw3UME-kqxnOcg9dRzGTN3-G)

struth

21-12-2022, 17:22

Jane Russell's measurements were 38-24-36, and she stood 5 ft 7 in (97-61-91 cm and 1.7 m), making her more statuesque than most of her contemporaries. Her favorite co-star Bob Hope (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hope) once introduced her as "the two and only Jane Russell". He joked, "Culture is the ability to describe Jane Russell without moving your hands."Howard Hughes said, "There are two good reasons why men go to see her. Those are enough."

In 1940, Russell was signed to a seven-year contract by film mogul Howard Hughes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hughes), and made her motion-picture debut in The Outlaw (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outlaw) (1943), a story about Billy the Kid (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_the_Kid) that went to great lengths to showcase her voluptuous figure.

The movie was completed in 1941, but it was not released until 1943 in a limited release. Problems occurred with the censorship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship) of the production code (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Production_code) over the way her ample cleavage (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleavage_(breasts)) was displayed in promotion of the film.
When the movie was finally passed, it had a general release in 1946. During that time, Russell was kept busy doing publicity and became known nationally. Contrary to countless incorrect reports in the media since the release of The Outlaw, Russell did not wear the specially designed underwire bra (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwire_bra) that Howard Hughes had designed and made for her to wear during filming. According to Jane's 1985 autobiography, she said that the bra was so uncomfortable that she secretly discarded it and wore her own bra with the cups padded with tissue and the straps pulled up to elevate her breasts.

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struth

21-12-2022, 17:58

another silly western, but british this time.. have to make do with Angela Douglas this time..:)Carry On Cowboy, 1965...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dc/Carry_On_Cowboy_FilmPoster.jpeg

(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwisgd_FpIv8AhWeQUEAHeEICLoQFnoECCMQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCarry_ On_Cowboy&usg=AOvVaw2whAsLPBn8M2Q1Zt-q4ixn)Johnny Finger (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0416228/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): I once talked peace with a Sioux, but you can't trust them. One moment it was peace on, the next it was peace off.

(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwisgd_FpIv8AhWeQUEAHeEICLoQFnoECCMQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCarry_ On_Cowboy&usg=AOvVaw2whAsLPBn8M2Q1Zt-q4ixn) Big Heap (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001889/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): This is my squaw, Kitikata. I bought her for two buffalo skins.
Charlie (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0378612/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): How.
Johnny Finger (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0416228/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): Never mind how, where!

(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwisgd_FpIv8AhWeQUEAHeEICLoQFnoECCMQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCarry_ On_Cowboy&usg=AOvVaw2whAsLPBn8M2Q1Zt-q4ixn)

struth

21-12-2022, 19:49

Carry on crew gain with...
Carry on Don't Lose Your Head, 1967...
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The chateau used in the film at the end was Waddesdon Manor in Aylesbury. Built for the Rothchild family it is the only genuine French chateau in England.

During the Good Friday 2016 early morning, 7am start, daytime broadcast, the UK's ITV 2 kept in the infamous "Count" dialogue lines during the Duc de Pommfrit talking to Desiree Dubarry scene, at about 46:14. The part where Joan Sims is in the garden with Charles Hawtrey where she says "my cousin, the count", which a mishearing implies shes saying "my cousin, the '[C' word]". You can hear a smirk from Charles Hawtrey then see Joan Sims about to kill herself laughing just before the camera cuts to the next scene. It was always there, but its plausible that it was probably originally left in to push the censor for the cut negotiations and it was left in for the original cinema releases. Primary ITV channel TV company ITV PLC now own the Rank Organisation films outright, would have several alternate broadcast edit versions pre-prepared, so this may have been an error in playing the wrong version. That particuar word Count, which in the scene can easily be mis-heard as the swearword, which rhymes with hunt, is considered the strongest swearword to broadcast in the UK, on a par with the "N word in the USA, so it is very rare to hear the actual word. The late evening showings of this Carry On film, leaves this scene intact too.

(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj-nKbwu4v8AhVOQUEAHW4SBrcQFnoECCEQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0060330 %2F&usg=AOvVaw3lb6NR5fMuLl-WfPDknUok)Dany Robin (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0732184) was the wife of Sidney James (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0416228)' agent. Sid stayed at their house one night when her husband was away, she was somewhat surprised to wake up to him attempting to get into bed with her. He tried it again later in the night.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj-nKbwu4v8AhVOQUEAHW4SBrcQFnoECCEQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0060330 %2F&usg=AOvVaw3lb6NR5fMuLl-WfPDknUok)

struth

22-12-2022, 12:18

The Outlaw Josey Wales, 1976.... some good, old fashioned western civil war shoot em up...

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struth

22-12-2022, 17:36

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, 1970... remastered bluray.
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81vTMICeDeL._AC_SX342_.jpg

When a bored Holmes eagerly takes the case of Gabrielle Valladon after an attempt on her life, the search for her missing husband leads to Loch Ness and the legendary monster.

One of the best ever pairings of Holmes/Watson... very entertaining.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiV7vaa4Y38AhWJQkEAHYjZB4UQFnoECCAQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0066249 %2F&usg=AOvVaw1V6mojGLxTH-gj0g2SDG2R)

struth

22-12-2022, 19:47

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, 2003... first of a series of 5 pirate films ... quality stuff.
https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRKTcTqELNNPpy-c6orc876-Yxo-_QKENBdIufLEZNlSjHQBj_i (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_of_the_Caribbean:_The_Curse_of_the_Black_P earl)

Mikeandvan

22-12-2022, 23:14

Watched some crappy Bronson film who's name I forget. Then the much better Charlie Varrick starring Walter Matthew, or whatever his name is. Now the Wild ones, what a classic.

walpurgis

23-12-2022, 07:23

Watched some crappy Bronson film who's name I forget. Then the much better Charlie Varrick starring Walter Matthew, or whatever his name is. Now the Wild ones, what a classic.

'Charlie Varrick' is a great film.

Mikeandvan

23-12-2022, 10:10

'Charlie Varrick' is a great film.

Yeh, dunno why I put off watching it for so long, like any great 70s thriller, it's got a good car chase!

walpurgis

23-12-2022, 10:24

Yeh, dunno why I put off watching it for so long, like any great 70s thriller, it's got a good car chase!

It's also a bit mean and ruthless, which suits the atmosphere of the story. The casting and acting were spot on too.

struth

23-12-2022, 11:48

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, 2006...
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTKp5KKVpoYkHVFoFCD0xC-FWBN1ZA2TTe20MNswXlzJ8I06QCM (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwi847fR1Y_8AhWLbcAKHWx2CL8QFnoECBAQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FPirate s_of_the_Caribbean%3A_Dead_Man%2527s_Chest&usg=AOvVaw38hfKY-ZdWTSUgGwIIxoSA)

struth

23-12-2022, 14:28

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, 2007...

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQlOw-O1tdmzrkCgS5iezwNZ3-4iaRQKdCpVU1tQW-9yzGqJOk8

struth

23-12-2022, 17:18

Monty Python and the Holy Grail, 1975..

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSK9cwC2nMI0ljIvbTmHh6uVe6QUfkoe 1lDqjMGfDzl1PmYzSTn

Mikeandvan

23-12-2022, 20:52

I hate Xmas so I'm watching this now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16utD0RBBYA

struth

24-12-2022, 12:40

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, 1969...
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51KJJ1M53YL._AC_SY445_.jpg

The school desks had to be raised so that some of the girls wouldn't look as grown-up as they really were. In fact, one of the girls was a twenty-year-old mother.

Dame (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiDq8-bopL8AhXRN8AKHR19BfoQFnoECCAQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Pr ime_of_Miss_Jean_Brodie_(film)&usg=AOvVaw2hL3WttuZtAQJy2_3ovSI_)Maggie Smith (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001749) and Robert Stephens (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0827137) were married to each other during filming.

The original play was offered to Dame (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiDq8-bopL8AhXRN8AKHR19BfoQFnoECCAQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Pr ime_of_Miss_Jean_Brodie_(film)&usg=AOvVaw2hL3WttuZtAQJy2_3ovSI_)Maggie Smith (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001749) first. Because of movie commitments, she declined and Vanessa Redgrave (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000603) played Miss Brodie on stage. However, when this movie was being made, the role of Miss Brodie was offered to Redgrave first. This time, she had prior commitments and declined and Dame Maggie Smith (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001749) took the role, offered her originally, and won an Oscar for playing it. According to director Ronald Neame (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0623768), Redgrave phoned him saying that she refused to repeat that "proto-Fascist part". Neame claims he was relieved because he didn't want to use her anyway.

(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiDq8-bopL8AhXRN8AKHR19BfoQFnoECCAQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Pr ime_of_Miss_Jean_Brodie_(film)&usg=AOvVaw2hL3WttuZtAQJy2_3ovSI_)

struth

24-12-2022, 14:36

We're No Angels, 1955... appropriate for the time of year and an excellent film.. Bogey in comic form.

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT_4OiqNe_uVU0PfxU1mML_vF_RMWcSk erKGifyskdV-7MylgiL

Three Devil's Island escapees hide out in the house of a kindly merchant and repay his kindness by helping him and his family out of several crises.

Bogart stood behind Joan Bennett (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Bennett) and insisted on her as his co-star in this fim, when a scandal made her persona non grata (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persona_non_grata) with studio head Jack Warner. An attitude he was reknowned for; standing by folk.

struth

24-12-2022, 16:27

Das Boot, 1981(original), 1997(director's cut), 2011(Bluray remaster)..

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71amyN6JabL._AC_SL1064_.jpg

The bulk of the film's $15 million budget was spent on constructing U-boats. Specifications for the original Type VII-C U-boat were found at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. The plans were taken to the original builder of the subs, who was commissioned to build a full-sized, sea-going replica, their first such assignment since the war ended. A second full-sized model was built for interior filming. The submarine models were also used in Raiders of the Lost Ark (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082971) (1981).

Scenes were shot in sequence so that the growth of beards would be entirely natural, although a few shots had to be redone later on with false hair. The cast was deliberately kept indoors continually during the shooting period in order to look as pale as a real submarine crew would on a mission at sea.

The original TV mini-series was severely criticized in Germany for portraying World War II Germans sympathetically. When the film opened at the Los Angeles Film Festival, no one was sure how a former enemy nation would react, especially in a city with a large Jewish population. The audience applauded the opening caption saying 30,000 of 40,000 German men who went to war in submarines didn't come back. At the end, the audience gave the film a standing ovation.

Barry

24-12-2022, 20:48

It's a brilliant film. I saw the TV series originally, so did not really experience the full effect: some friends of mine had seen it at the cinema, and on emerging from a darkened cinema into the daylight, felt they really had spent the last three hours or so in a WW II German submarine.

struth

25-12-2022, 10:18

Gazjam

25-12-2022, 11:43

Not right now,
queuing this up for later, 4K Bluray.

https://pistol-forum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=65168&d=1608863143

struth

25-12-2022, 12:02

The Paleface, 1948...

https://thoughtsfrommusicalmanart.files.wordpress.com/2021/06/the-paleface.jpg?w=800

the lovely jane russell

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Jane_Russell_in_The_Outlaw.jpg/1024px-Jane_Russell_in_The_Outlaw.jpg

struth

25-12-2022, 12:17

Not right now,
queuing this up for later, 4K Bluray.

https://pistol-forum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=65168&d=1608863143

great xmas film... ive fancied buying this on 4k

Gazjam

25-12-2022, 12:24

Pictures outstanding Grant,
HDR some of the best Ive seen.

worth getting.

struth

25-12-2022, 12:29

Pictures outstanding Grant,
HDR some of the best Ive seen.

worth getting.

may well buy it for my xmas then lol.. ive a decent collection of 4k blu's now

struth

25-12-2022, 13:46

It's a Wonderful Life, 1946.. perennial xmas fav... really cheesy too.:D

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ0DvzTBukqrD8WeVUX-CfoN2A1y6o6leOfYUEGicxlDNGeVoPc

For the scene that required Donna Reed (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001656) to throw a rock through the window of the Granville house, director Frank Capra (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001008) hired a marksman to shoot it out on cue. To everyone's amazement, Reed broke the window by herself. She had played baseball in high school and had a strong throwing arm. (i used to have a fancy for Donna lol)

As Uncle Billy drunkenly leaves the Bailey home, it sounds as if he stumbles into some trash cans on the sidewalk. In fact, a crew member dropped a large tray of props right after Thomas Mitchell (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0593775) went off-screen. James Stewart (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000071) began laughing, and Mitchell quickly improvised, "I'm alright, I'm okay!" Director Frank Capra (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001008) decided to use this take in the final cut and gave the stagehand a $10 bonus for "improving the sound."

James Stewart (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000071) was nervous about the phone kiss scene because it was his first onscreen kiss since his return to Hollywood after the war. Under director Frank Capra (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001008)'s watchful eye, Stewart filmed the scene in only one unrehearsed take, and it worked so well that part of the embrace was cut because it was too passionate to pass the censors. During the bank run scene, director Frank Capra (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001008) rehearsed the scene between James Stewart (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000071) and Ellen Corby (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0179289) several times. When Corby's character was asked how much money she needed, she replied $17, which was in the script. Just prior to the first actual take, Capra took Corby aside and told her to give Stewart an odd number, thinking it would be funnier. When she said "17.50" to Stewart, he was taken off-guard and impulsively kissed her, which was not in the script. Stewart's spontaneous reply was so genuine that Capra left the scene in the final film.

The set for Bedford Falls was constructed in two months and was one of the longest sets that had ever been made for an American movie. It covered four acres of RKO's Encino Ranch. It included 75 stores and buildings, a main street, a factory district and a large residential and slum area. Main Street was 300 yards long--three whole city blocks.

According to Robert J. Anderson (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0026434), H.B. Warner (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0912478) really was drunk during the scene in which Mr. Gower slaps young George. Warner's slaps were real and caused real blood to come from Anderson's ear. After the scene was finished, Warner hugged and comforted Anderson.

struth

25-12-2022, 16:42

RED (2010) (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiittCKm5X8AhWOdcAKHTVoCL8QFnoECCUQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt1245526 %2F&usg=AOvVaw3I36ibPFZTjZ2z04kf6__2)

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQJg_FDQNa4vMRMmUteGFdV53fNaia-KJyoYZ4LInclWVd3nCWN

struth

25-12-2022, 17:54

Great fun film... Great last words are they are chased by hundreds of troops.. "Moldova sucks" lol

Now Scrooge, 1951..

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSWpoPpzt43fEIKGNx8hZzRp6hGQGiRB slP-o1xp0af1rGlcpph

struth

26-12-2022, 09:43

War for the Planet of the Apes, 2017..

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRJ8wYlRSHxcAyi7TijH8FjeTLKcYsKi 3qCzI8r_X0xKU8LkAn_

struth

26-12-2022, 12:05

Two Way Stretch, 1960..

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81E9xXlYI8L._AC_SY445_.jpg

struth

26-12-2022, 13:34

Murder Ahoy!, 1964..

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ8eNGlAzfc8UbWUp3iY_Jmg_cSx3gUO jbeAijTtu6-940dIsDU

struth

26-12-2022, 18:48

Rogue Male, 1976..

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQhPncotXvwp1JbCi-pR9bhPAYhT3wyNTPLNrq2COv-cZ6s5oFb

classic film, which was made for tv and stars peter o'toole, and was alistair sim's last role i think.

struth

27-12-2022, 11:08

On the Waterfront, 1954.. Criterion collection remaster bluray.
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71FgtRzmYCL._AC_SL1500_.jpg

As part of his contract, (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiujcGY05n8AhWDQ0EAHVeNAWsQFnoECCcQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0047296 %2F&usg=AOvVaw2ug8zvZYht7TU3c6fGT3oy)Marlon Brando (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000008) only worked until 4:00 every day and then would leave to go see his analyst. Brando's mother had recently died and the conflicted young actor was in therapy to resolve his issues with his parents. Interestingly, for the film's classic scene between Rod Steiger (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001768) and Brando in the back of the cab, all of Steiger's close-ups were filmed after Brando had left for the day, so Brando's lines were read by one of the crew members. For many years Steiger, who had actually stayed during Brando's close-ups to help him put in a better performance, remained very bitter that Brando didn't return the favor, and often mentioned it in interviews.

In his biography of (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiujcGY05n8AhWDQ0EAHVeNAWsQFnoECCcQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0047296 %2F&usg=AOvVaw2ug8zvZYht7TU3c6fGT3oy)Elia Kazan (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001415), Richard Schickel (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0771349) describes how Kazan used a ploy to entice Marlon Brando (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000008) to do the movie. He had Karl Malden (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001500) direct a scene from the film with an up-and-coming fellow actor from the Actors Studio playing the Terry Malloy lead role. They figured the competitive Brando would not be eager to see such a major role handed to some new screen heartthrob. The ploy worked, especially since the competition had come in the form of a guy named Paul Newman (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000056).

The leading characters were based on real people: Terry Malloy was based on longshoreman and whistle-blower Anthony De Vincenzo; Father Barry was based on waterfront priest John M. Corridan; Johnny Friendly was based on mobster (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiujcGY05n8AhWDQ0EAHVeNAWsQFnoECCcQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0047296 %2F&usg=AOvVaw2ug8zvZYht7TU3c6fGT3oy)Albert Anastasia (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1374388).
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiujcGY05n8AhWDQ0EAHVeNAWsQFnoECCcQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0047296 %2F&usg=AOvVaw2ug8zvZYht7TU3c6fGT3oy)

Mikeandvan

27-12-2022, 11:56

Watched another Death WIsh movie, 2, the one where they rape the maid and the black guy literally screams like a fucking monkey, its so racist its funny. Then watched the Thomas Crown affair, which was a bit like an extended pop video, shite.

struth

27-12-2022, 13:11

The Gunfighter, 1950..
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81iVOWys+tL._AC_SL1500_.jpg

Based on the life and exploits of an actual western gunslinger named John Ringo, a distant cousin of the outlaw Younger family. The real Ringo was a ruthless murderer and survivor of the vengeance ride engaged in by (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwirzsbf7Zn8AhVGZ8AKHQ4ADB8QFnoECBoQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Gu nfighter&usg=AOvVaw1m3M9KZWFC3PLhVftr0Gbk)Wyatt Earp (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1991141) and "Doc" Holliday after the ambushes of Wyatt's brothers, Morgan and Virgil, following the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Also unlike the movie's account, the actual John Ringo--his real name--suffered a severe bout of melancholy following a visit to his family in California in July of 1882 and went on a monumental ten-day alcoholic binge, which climaxed when he sat down under an oak tree, drew his gun and used it to commit suicide.

(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwirzsbf7Zn8AhVGZ8AKHQ4ADB8QFnoECBoQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Gu nfighter&usg=AOvVaw1m3M9KZWFC3PLhVftr0Gbk)

struth

27-12-2022, 14:38

Dressed to Kill, 1980. Arrow remaster bluray.. (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwic0K_lgZr8AhWBZsAKHe-qAM0QFnoECA0QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0080661 %2F&usg=AOvVaw3_tvbdRKPf7gwwVg8HnKrH)

https://cdn.hmv.com/r/w-1280/p-webp/hmv/files/db/dbbe9d73-ba17-42f5-9eb4-945ed22b2039.jpg

Angie Dickinson (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001141) (Kate Miller) said the scene where her character gets seduced in the back of a taxicab was filmed on-location in New York City, where several gawkers observed the scene and shouted, "Right on, Police Woman!" (referring to her previous television role).

Michael Caine tells in his biography that director De Palma was a brilliant film maker but showed very few emotions with the actors and the crew.

Victoria Johnson (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0426399) volunteered to not take a credit as Angie Dickinson (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001141)'s body double for the shower scene. Also, since Johnson is a redhead, she had to dye her pubic hair blonde so she could effectively double for Dickinson in the shower scene.

struth

27-12-2022, 16:38

The Outfit, 1973..
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQK8gJd6v5ts-J9ATJ7J2ZZGxwfmdVbZdB7tA0lfRx6Ora_duOc

(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjrlfjrmpr8AhVDolwKHeqNAlUQFnoECBsQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Ou tfit_(1973_film)&usg=AOvVaw0jGvj82SOcQuyzFlGlvKN-)

struth

27-12-2022, 18:09

Also from 1973.... Charley Varrick, ....

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a3/Charley_Varrick.jpg

joe don baker is in this also as a nice link, as is sheree north.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwigjIP8sZr8AhWLg1wKHXMSAhwQFnoECCEQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCharle y_Varrick&usg=AOvVaw0GMsS0Ta82lDmCWBl42Pu6)

Barry

27-12-2022, 18:38

Dressed to Kill, 1980. Arrow remaster bluray

https://cdn.hmv.com/r/w-1280/p-webp/hmv/files/db/dbbe9d73-ba17-42f5-9eb4-945ed22b2039.jpg

Angie Dickinson (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001141) (Kate Miller) said the scene where her character gets seduced in the back of a taxicab was filmed on-location in New York City, where several gawkers observed the scene and shouted, "Right on, Police Woman!" (referring to her previous television role).

Michael Caine tells in his biography that director De Palma was a brilliant film maker but showed very few emotions with the actors and the crew.

Victoria Johnson (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0426399) volunteered to not take a credit as Angie Dickinson (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001141)'s body double for the shower scene. Also, since Johnson is a redhead, she had to dye her pubic hair blonde so she could effectively double for Dickinson in the shower scene.

An absolutely crap film - total rubbish! :(

struth

27-12-2022, 18:43

An absolutely crap film - total rubbish! :(

lol... how dare you :ner:

Barry

27-12-2022, 18:45

I saw it in the cinema at the time; so am qualified to comment. ;)

struth

27-12-2022, 18:50

I saw it in the cinema at the time; so am qualified to comment. ;)

ah, but you missed at least 30 seconds of cut nasties to achieve an R rating:D

Mikeandvan

27-12-2022, 23:21

Do you stream these films Grant? I just use Amazon, but finding it llimited.

struth

28-12-2022, 07:42

Do you stream these films Grant? I just use Amazon, but finding it llimited.I usually buy films on Amazon prime and stream them, but I have biggish Blu-ray library too and my old dvd s were put onto hard disc to make it easy for me

Mikeandvan

28-12-2022, 12:27

I usually buy films on Amazon prime and stream them, but I have biggish Blu-ray library too and my old dvd s were put onto hard disc to make it easy for me

I'm not even sure what's on Amazon prime, I just go to what I last watched, and then reccomendations below, how do you search for films?

struth

28-12-2022, 12:34

I'm not even sure what's on Amazon prime, I just go to what I last watched, and then reccomendations below, how do you search for films?

amazon prime has plenty frree films if your a member. click on the prime bit and itll take you to them.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Prime-Instant-Video/b/?node=3280626031&ref=atv_surl_piv

can then click on the store to see whats on offer etc to buy... and you can search too at top with prime video selected.

that link wont work if your not signed in..

struth

28-12-2022, 13:07

earlier.... Shooter, 2007..

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQt7e4wl_XBzgKFdr3-KxhoqIqxpH-TD5M0LC6mPBemyGhkY3Gl

now... The Bourne Identity, 2002..

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSxXJ7lPvbG5uhFbIKMN_YnWr6dB2FEd jQ49yk6kDMuPCjG3DOt

struth

28-12-2022, 14:58

The Smallest Show on Earth, 1957..
https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ8Cq4UT4d0MhEUAwPi6oQOXpbBZbD5L cfglOXj-8pOD3w2gxjC

The production insurers declined to cover Dame (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjetuH2yJz8AhURXcAKHQglCHIQFnoECB8QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Sm allest_Show_on_Earth&usg=AOvVaw0ui_MZzBfi_K0zP6DEPbiB)Margaret Rutherford (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0751983), so all of her scenes were squeezed into seven days.

The exterior of the Bijou Cinema was a façade built for this movie between two railway bridges on Christchurch Avenue in Kilburn, next to Kilburn Underground station.

(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjetuH2yJz8AhURXcAKHQglCHIQFnoECB8QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Sm allest_Show_on_Earth&usg=AOvVaw0ui_MZzBfi_K0zP6DEPbiB)Comin' Thro' the Rye (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0231379), the silent the staff played to themselves,(1923) was not filmed just for this movie, but was an actual silent classic directed by Cecil M. Hepworth (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0378408).
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjetuH2yJz8AhURXcAKHQglCHIQFnoECB8QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Sm allest_Show_on_Earth&usg=AOvVaw0ui_MZzBfi_K0zP6DEPbiB)

Mikeandvan

29-12-2022, 00:12

amazon prime has plenty frree films if your a member. click on the prime bit and itll take you to them.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Prime-Instant-Video/b/?node=3280626031&ref=atv_surl_piv

can then click on the store to see whats on offer etc to buy... and you can search too at top with prime video selected.

that link wont work if your not signed in..

SHit, that;s how you do it! I was searching without selecting prime video, and it was coming with old video cassettes for sale sometimes for the lesser known films!!

struth

29-12-2022, 10:14

Titanic, 1997... not seen this since it came out so no idea if i will make it to end..

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT-oUFRn_Err2mBTIRXR0FEuTbjJXS687eoCXHBAVBZ-v8xyeJw

struth

29-12-2022, 13:55

better than i remembered...

now, the zany ..Scrooged, 1988.. stars Bill Murray.

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRIDvbZa1xTX0Uq11H5q7IZbK2BLSwbA WZ7d0Xo56m7BeEecZPr

struth

29-12-2022, 15:37

Die Hard, 1988.. 4k bluray... "Come out to the coast, we'll get together, have a few laughs..."

https://cdn.hmv.com/r/w-1280/p-webp/hmv/files/ff/ffed5946-efdd-4634-b730-a961f56a3648.jpg
The fictional Nakatomi Plaza is the headquarters of 20th Century Studios, so the studio could use one of its own buildings and didn't have to hold back on stunts and action sequences. While (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjaz6ick5_8AhUTQ8AKHX9ICfAQFnoECBUQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FDie_Ha rd&usg=AOvVaw0c5Sd2vnIWiCvBvPiGY46W)Jeb Stuart (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0835732) was writing the screenplay, he did a tour of the building, and immediately incorporated some of the locations and objects he found there into his script as set pieces (such as the cart that McClane and Karl end up riding during their fight). The company charged itself rent for the use of the then-unfinished building. Some of the middle floors were occupied by legal and administrative departments, so only empty floors were used for filming. Still, the filming of scenes that involved gunfire had to be postponed until after hours because some of the employees from the active floors started to complain about the noise.

(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjaz6ick5_8AhUTQ8AKHX9ICfAQFnoECBUQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FDie_Ha rd&usg=AOvVaw0c5Sd2vnIWiCvBvPiGY46W)

struth

30-12-2022, 04:12

Wide awake so gonna watch a film.

A Matter of Life and Death, 1946.

Macca

30-12-2022, 09:41

struth

30-12-2022, 09:57

The Wikipedia entry for that film gets longer year by year lol. According to that they were contractually obliged to offer Sinatra the part since he originally played the character of McClane in 'The Detective' but since he was 70 years old he declined it.

lol, not seen it of late.. i doubt frankie would have been great, even when younger, in that role.

good film and the 4k really does it justice

struth

30-12-2022, 10:14

The Man with Two Brains, 1983...

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRswEPKlobCQ35mR6MLBlE6hGC14WDcc nTr4y5dgTCTRZofvyrk

The name that Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr (Steve Martin (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000188)) called Dolores Benedict (Kathleen Turner (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000678)) when he kicked her into the mud was "Scum Queen". After this movie was first released, for a time, Turner was routinely referred to by this name in print media articles.

Kathleen Turner (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000678) said she used a body double for a sex scene in this movie: "I was seriously offended by the scene in which my character is about to have her ass rubbed. I did not think that was funny at all. I told them to get someone else's ass to rub."

Macca

30-12-2022, 10:20

lol, not seen it of late.. i doubt frankie would have been great, even when younger, in that role.

good film and the 4k really does it justice

worth a read especially the contrast between what the critics said on release and what they say now. Any idiot could see that it would become a classic from the first time they watched it - except the 'experts' of course.

Would have needed some more re-writes for a 70 year old Sinatra to work in it I think. Although a similar film in which an old, retired cop defeats the baddies with cunning and experience, rather than physical heroics, might be a good watch.

struth

30-12-2022, 11:41

To Have and Have Not, 1944....

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTIi4iJ-5EP02wYaX3yL2-xbsURe80qY2BMZb78NPYjYuhwJOtC

Humphrey Bogart (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000007) and Lauren Bacall (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000002) fell in love during production. Director Howard Hawks (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001328) afterward said that it was actually Bacall's character Marie (Slim) that Bogart had fallen for, "so she had to keep playing it the rest of her life." However, it has also been said that Hawks---who was a notorious womanizer and who had a fling with Dolores Moran (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0602834) during the shooting of the film--was jealous and frustrated that Bacall had fallen for Bogart and not for Hawks himself. He even threatened to sell her contract to Monogram, a lowly Poverty Row studio.

walpurgis

30-12-2022, 11:50

To Have and Have Not, 1944....

Great classic.

struth

30-12-2022, 13:28

Same year, same Star.. Bogey.... Passage to Marseille, 1944.. a similar cast to casablanca

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTK4kQq5wrusLi4ULMsWov4f0kIA72nP XvL9OrI3ahjvUcOiM8Z

During filming, Lauren Bacall (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000002) was brought to the set in order to gauge her chemistry with Humphrey Bogart (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000007), with whom she would soon be co-starring in To Have and Have Not (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037382) (1944). This was the famous duo's first meeting, though it would be months before their romance began.

Warner Bros. built a full-scale Merchant Marine ship in three months, modeled after the French ship Ville de Nancy.

Although exotic locales were called for, principal photography by cinematographer James Wong Howe actually took place at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden in Arcadia, California, with additional location shooting in Victorville, California.

struth

30-12-2022, 15:15

Bogey again with... The Enforcer, 1951...

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTW25LOg2BF_BCATq_0ymopefoRPyOjm Iiy_-kxhrP6iFU9Y3BQ

The death of the "Joe Rico" character in a fall from a building parallels the real-life death (in 1941) of Abe Reles (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1532814) (aka "Kid Twist"), an underworld killer whose arrest the previous year led authorities first to discover the existence of the organization popularly dubbed "Murder Inc." in the newspapers. Reles, in order to avoid execution in the electric chair, agreed to testify against the organization after submitting to a police interrogation about it, which famously took a full two weeks to complete, so exhaustive were his recollections. However, he never appeared on the stand, dying --after falling or being pushed out of a window in the hotel where he was staying---the day before he was due to appear. The film depicts Rico's death as a tragic accident, but it is more than likely that Reles' death was murder--one which, furthermore, almost certainly had the collusion of corrupt police officers, although this was never proved.

struth

30-12-2022, 16:45

My Fellow Americans, 1996...
https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSwSyaR0dVTSgK4Vbt-o4CHePCfssHj46ij3RIRmG-L76CHGZ3u

In his memoirs, Garner wrote that he enjoyed working with Lemmon but felt the director "was a self appointed genius who didn't know his ass from second base and Jack and I both knew it."

This was originally supposed to be a Walter Matthau/Jack Lemmon movie with the role of Matt Douglas written for Matthau. However, due to illness, Matthau pulled out and was replaced by James Garner.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwi4t-G05KH8AhWGLMAKHQ_LAXQQFnoECBIQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0117119 %2F&usg=AOvVaw1_TCynfxzt8SpWL3BXrMN-)

Barry

30-12-2022, 23:41

Great classic.

Agreed - it's probably my favourite Bogart film.

struth

31-12-2022, 17:13

classic crime caper with.... Charley Varrick, 1973..

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a3/Charley_Varrick.jpg

struth

01-01-2023, 10:28

classic crime caper with.... Charley Varrick, 1973..

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a3/Charley_Varrick.jpg

fell asleep watching this so will watch it again... after all its been a year

struth

01-01-2023, 12:29

The Thing, 1982... 4k bluray.

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81J5eQdDZmL._AC_SL1500_.jpg

It has become a tradition in British Antarctic research stations to watch The Thing (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084787) (1982) as part of their Midwinter feast and celebration held every June 21.

The film is considered a benchmark in special make-up effects. The effects were created by Rob Bottin (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001964), who was only 22 when he started the project.

Unused music composed for this film was later used by Ennio Morricone (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001553) in Quentin Tarantino (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000233)'s The Hateful Eight (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3460252) (2015). Ironically, Morricone's Thing score was nominated for a Razzie for worst score, while his score for Hateful Eight won him an Oscar.

According to John Carpenter (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000118), he takes all his failed movies pretty hard, but the film's initial negative reception disappointed him the most. Not only was it a box-office bomb but critics panned its gory effects, tone, and characters. Vincent Canby (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1298522), called it "too phony looking to be disgusting. It qualifies only as instant junk". Dave Kehr (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0444971) wrote that it was "hard to tell who's being attacked, and hard to care." Likewise Roger Ebert (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001170) was disappointed by the "superficial characterizations and the implausible behavior" and dismissed the film as nothing more than an Alien (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078748) (1979) knockoff. Carpenter was particularly upset when Christian Nyby (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0638528), the director of the original The Thing from Another World (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044121) (1951), publicly denounced Carpenter's version, saying, "If you want blood, go to the slaughterhouse. All in all, it's a terrific commercial for J&B Scotch." In response to the commercial bombing of the film, the studio canceled the multi-picture deal they had with Carpenter who noted that his career would have been different if the film had been successful. Not surprisingly, he was extremely relieved when the film enjoyed a rich cult success following its home video release along with the critical re-evaluation it received.

walpurgis

01-01-2023, 13:10

The Thing, 1982...

I've always thought it was a great film.

struth

01-01-2023, 13:36

I've always thought it was a great film.

yeah me too. its just got 'something'..

struth

01-01-2023, 14:54

Another Carpenter film now...Starman, 1984... Jeff Bridges and the lovely Karen Allen star.

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTGuDuvUITRHM6C-EAgBlDZttnijqDmVKm2FPV9bxQzoiWUDFc3

The only John Carpenter film to have an Academy Award nomination (Jeff Bridges, Best Actor).

According to John Carpenter in the audio commentary on Big Trouble in Little China (1986), the main reason he directed Starman (1984) was due to the box-office disaster of The Thing (1982); he needed to make a movie that was tonally the complete opposite of 'The Thing' to ensure his employability in Hollywood.

Barry

01-01-2023, 15:24

I've always thought it was a great film.

I've seen it a couple of times, but like most of Carpenter's films it didn't do too much for me. In fact the only films of his I enjoyed was 'Christine', and of course the spoof 'Dark Star'. Sorry. :sofa:

struth

01-01-2023, 15:37

I've seen it a couple of times, but like most of Carpenter's films it didn't do to much for me. In fact the only films of his I enjoyed was 'Christine', and of course the spoof 'Dark Star'. Sorry. :sofa:

christine, the killer car:doh::D

it was fairly well done i suppose, and was a stephen king story

struth

01-01-2023, 16:44

Trading Places, 1983...
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bKYpVrO6YVU/movieposter_en.jpg

(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiptreQ6Kb8AhWPRsAKHShPCoIQFnoECA8QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0086465 %2F&usg=AOvVaw3cuuiys6_nQbNyrocAeFTe)Ralph Bellamy (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000897) (Randolph) and Don Ameche (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000747) (Mortimer) make cameo appearances in Coming to America (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094898) (1988) as the same characters; the two are now homeless, and Prince Akeem (Eddie Murphy (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000552)) gives them a large amount of money to get them back off the streets.

This was (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiptreQ6Kb8AhWPRsAKHShPCoIQFnoECA8QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0086465 %2F&usg=AOvVaw3cuuiys6_nQbNyrocAeFTe)Ralph Bellamy (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000897)'s ninety-ninth film, and Don Ameche (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000747)'s forty-ninth. This was Eddie Murphy (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000552)'s second film, and he joked: "Between the three of us, we've made one hundred fifty movies!"
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiptreQ6Kb8AhWPRsAKHShPCoIQFnoECA8QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0086465 %2F&usg=AOvVaw3cuuiys6_nQbNyrocAeFTe)

Barry

01-01-2023, 20:59

christine, the killer car:doh::D

it was fairly well done i suppose, and was a stephen king story

It's not the best of films, but I enjoyed it, which I don't normally do with the films of John Carpenter.

However if you want a very good film about a road vehicle with a "bad attitude", then I can thoroughly recommend 'Duel' by Steven Spielberg.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duel_(1971_film)

Lawrence001

01-01-2023, 22:08

I've seen it a couple of times, but like most of Carpenter's films it didn't do too much for me. In fact the only films of his I enjoyed was 'Christine', and of course the spoof 'Dark Star'. Sorry. :sofa:My favourites are Halloween and Assault on Precinct 13.

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struth

02-01-2023, 08:21

Operation Mincemeat, 2021...
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTYvCxdu6V-lfgnl9XLppUA1hJ1mb3Dy0oOpPU0uUWHA2YrcPMv

The story of Operation Mincemeat was previously told in the film (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiNu7b8t6j8AhWXglwKHdGdAAIQFnoECBEQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt1879016 %2F&usg=AOvVaw05kBZAxQUuIq9T_8zWqJrR)The Man Who Never Was (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049471) (1956) based on the 1953 book of the same name by Ewen Montagu (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0598747).

In reality, for Operation Mincemeat, the body of ''Michael'' had begun to decompose and was almost not used. The ruse was that the corpse hadn't been in the sea that long. The Royal Navy decided to go ahead regardless.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiNu7b8t6j8AhWXglwKHdGdAAIQFnoECBEQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt1879016 %2F&usg=AOvVaw05kBZAxQUuIq9T_8zWqJrR)

struth

02-01-2023, 10:27

Operation Mincemeat, 2021...

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTYvCxdu6V-lfgnl9XLppUA1hJ1mb3Dy0oOpPU0uUWHA2YrcPMv

The story of Operation Mincemeat was previously told in the film (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiNu7b8t6j8AhWXglwKHdGdAAIQFnoECBEQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt1879016 %2F&usg=AOvVaw05kBZAxQUuIq9T_8zWqJrR)The Man Who Never Was (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049471) (1956) based on the 1953 book of the same name by Ewen Montagu (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0598747).

In reality, for Operation Mincemeat, the body of ''Michael'' had begun to decompose and was almost not used. The ruse was that the corpse hadn't been in the sea that long. The Royal Navy decided to go ahead regardless.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiNu7b8t6j8AhWXglwKHdGdAAIQFnoECBEQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt1879016 %2F&usg=AOvVaw05kBZAxQUuIq9T_8zWqJrR)

it was good, although not sure i dont prefer the old 1956 version.

not a comedy Blame It On The Bellboy, 1992... nothing great about it but Penelope Wilton is in it, (like last film) and i like her.

struth

02-01-2023, 11:48

Three Days of the Condor, 1975.. bluray.

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSzhip0ZXAoIXl9VT264rYdDftEbRL1X ohEJwTQRw-dN5yT5QMs

When Turner tracks the phone number Joubert calls, he calls the phone company office and asks for a "CNA," which stands for Customer Name and Address. This service is only available to phone company employees, which is why Turner has to pretend to be one.

When Joe is in the sporting goods store and about to kidnap Kathy, he's peering out from a rack of parkas. The hangers are alternated in/out/in. Any fan of Dragnet (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043194) (1951) knows this is a method of anti-theft; it prevents someone from grabbing several parkas at once and making off with them.

struth

02-01-2023, 13:45

My Man Godfrey, 1936... criterion bluray.

https://shop-cdn.bfi.org.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/3e114a9bcdb9ddec78ab9c1de50916ee/m/y/my_man_godfrey_blu-ray_cover_image_1.jpg

Although stars William Powell and Carole Lombard had been divorced for three years by the time they made this, when offered the part Powell declared that the only actress right for the part of Irene was Lombard.

"Premiere" voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All Time" in 2006.

struth

02-01-2023, 15:27

87 years old but much better than most modern films

struth

03-01-2023, 07:59

Memoirs of an Invisible Man, 1992.. something light before going out...

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQcjSZFTvfIRrgMrxNsMw3vLmvHCrP8U xQNFZ9Eu5Baj-qfSQ43

struth

03-01-2023, 11:44

Murder, Inc., 1960...

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSKYOvU7ke-cLz6ek4qTpdOIhb9I4lRvCQG9Z_ijS2cCtGFYM34

struth

03-01-2023, 15:48

The Cassandra Crossing, 1976..

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQfSHFbwkDx3rHIKobl-2VwL2bMMWcUFxolLV2nTYK3tdOwcPkE

Macca

03-01-2023, 18:23

I watched 'The Cassandra Crossing' last year, recalled it from my youth as being terrible but thought I'd give it another chance. It's terrible.

Barry

03-01-2023, 22:30

Yes its terrible, but still an enjoyable load of tosh that is worth watching - if only for the sexy Ann Turkel (who was Harris's girlfriend at the time).

https://images.mubicdn.net/images/cast_member/49854/cache-333225-1524632441/image-w856.jpg?size=800x

struth

04-01-2023, 05:00

Yes its terrible, but still an enjoyable load of tosh that is worth watching - if only for the sexy Ann Turkel (who was Harri's girlfriend at the time).

https://images.mubicdn.net/images/cast_member/49854/cache-333225-1524632441/image-w856.jpg?size=800xThink they were married Barry. They made a few films

struth

04-01-2023, 11:07

Face/Off, 1997..
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzFjNzIxMmEtMzY5NS00YTgzLTkwYWEtN2FjMmY0NmNkZW Y3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTQxNzMzNDI@._V1_.jpg

The scene of Adam listening to "Over the Rainbow" on his portable headphones was (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjnldPM4q38AhXUQEEAHdrfCSIQFnoECAoQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0119094 %2F&usg=AOvVaw0BXEDPjENrgGZvKRYiYM_s)John Woo (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000247)'s idea and not part of the original script. Paramount Pictures refused to finance the extra scene and John Woo had to use his own money to make that happen. He was later paid back as the film turned out to be profitable. (A similar scene can be seen in Woo's Hard Boiled (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104684) (1992))
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjnldPM4q38AhXUQEEAHdrfCSIQFnoECAoQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0119094 %2F&usg=AOvVaw0BXEDPjENrgGZvKRYiYM_s)

struth

04-01-2023, 13:38

War for the Planet of the Apes, 2017.. 4k bluray... watched recently but got the 4k for xmas so gotta watch it lol

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81elE53Da7L._AC_SL1500_.jpg

struth

04-01-2023, 15:10

very good film and the 4k picture is a treat to the eye...

struth

04-01-2023, 15:51

Salazar's Revenge, 2017..

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRXhEeDOpouHNg3A75Ngkgl-pQdWrr8ErxSuYCbb8-Tn7KcuD79

struth

05-01-2023, 10:01

One-Eyed Jacks, 1961.. Arrow BluRay.

https://static.thcdn.com/images/large/webp//productimg/1600/1600/11435258-2674849556117271.jpg

(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjqho6DlbD8AhWQYsAKHV63CPkQFnoECA0QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FOne-Eyed_Jacks&usg=AOvVaw2L7ntkUIlZpF0wrUYYGwt2)Marlon Brando (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000008) insisted on getting drunk to film a scene in which he was supposed to act drunk, but he got too drunk to act or direct and so he insisted on repeating the process another day. Again he got too drunk to direct or act.

Marlon Brando (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000008) replaced Stanley Kubrick (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000040) as director.

Marlon Brando (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000008)'s inexperience behind the camera was obvious on set. He shot six times the amount of footage normally used for a film at the time. He was indecisive and ran over schedule and over budget in getting the film finished. Paramount eventually took the film away from him and re-cut it.

According to (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjqho6DlbD8AhWQYsAKHV63CPkQFnoECA0QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FOne-Eyed_Jacks&usg=AOvVaw2L7ntkUIlZpF0wrUYYGwt2)Karl Malden (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001500), during shooting, Marlon Brando (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000008) would have "two steaks, potatoes, two apple pies a la mode and a quart of milk" for dinner, necessitating constant altering of his costumes. (now we know who ate all the pies)
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjqho6DlbD8AhWQYsAKHV63CPkQFnoECA0QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FOne-Eyed_Jacks&usg=AOvVaw2L7ntkUIlZpF0wrUYYGwt2)

struth

05-01-2023, 12:27

Blazing Saddles, 1974... BluRay...
https://flxt.tmsimg.com/assets/p1036_p_v12_an.jpg

(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiQkJD0tbD8AhWOWcAKHeE9BMAQFnoECA8QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0071230 %2F&usg=AOvVaw0QDhe0gs6wVi6tCKukUeqG)Cleavon Little (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001476) was not warned about the "you know. . . . morons" line. His reaction was real.

When the film was first screened for Warner Brothers executives, almost none of them laughed, and the movie looked to be a disaster that the studio would not release. However, (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiQkJD0tbD8AhWOWcAKHeE9BMAQFnoECA8QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0071230 %2F&usg=AOvVaw0QDhe0gs6wVi6tCKukUeqG)Mel Brooks (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000316) quickly set up a subsequent screening for the studio's employees. When these regular folks laughed uproariously throughout the movie, Warner Brothers finally agreed to take a chance on releasing it.

Gene Wilder (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000698) said of the film, "They've smashed racism in the face, but they're doing it while you laugh."
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiQkJD0tbD8AhWOWcAKHeE9BMAQFnoECA8QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0071230 %2F&usg=AOvVaw0QDhe0gs6wVi6tCKukUeqG)

struth

05-01-2023, 14:02

The Final Countdown, 1980..

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struth

05-01-2023, 15:54

Independence Day, 1996..
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According to producer/co-writer (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjdj8PG5LD8AhVHQMAKHYduDt8QFnoECB8QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FIndepe ndence_Day_(1996_film)&usg=AOvVaw0uKDtIaDwIzFYSCmxJgwVJ)Dean Devlin (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002041), the U.S. military had agreed to support the film by allowing the crew to film at military bases, consulting the actors who have military roles, etc. However, after learning of the Area 51 references in the script, they withdrew their support.

The scene in which (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjdj8PG5LD8AhVHQMAKHYduDt8QFnoECB8QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FIndepe ndence_Day_(1996_film)&usg=AOvVaw0uKDtIaDwIzFYSCmxJgwVJ)Will Smith (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000226) drags the unconscious alien across the desert was filmed on the salt flats near Great Salt Lake in Utah. Smith's line, "And what the hell is that *smell*?" was unscripted. Great Salt Lake is home to tiny crustaceans called brine shrimp. When they die, the bodies sink to the bottom of the lake (which isn't very deep) and decompose. When the wind kicks up just right, the bottom mud is disturbed and the smell of millions of decaying brine shrimp can be very, very bad. Apparently, nobody warned Will.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjdj8PG5LD8AhVHQMAKHYduDt8QFnoECB8QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FIndepe ndence_Day_(1996_film)&usg=AOvVaw0uKDtIaDwIzFYSCmxJgwVJ)

struth

06-01-2023, 09:47

Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 1978.. remake of the '56 version.

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Among the sounds Ben Burtt (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0123785) used for the pod growing scene, the heartbeat came from an ultrasound recorded on his pregnant wife. The pod screams were recorded pig squeals. Additionally, the natural diegetic sounds (crickets, birds chirping) fade as the film progresses, until only mechanical sounds (sirens, the garbage trucks) are heard.

Brooke Adams (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000724) challenged Donald Sutherland (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000661) to a foot race during one of the film's many chase scenes. After Philip Kaufman (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0442241) yelled "Cut!", they just kept going. Adams won, in a dress and high heels no less.

struth

06-01-2023, 15:40

Heaven Can Wait, 1978...

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Second of three collaborations of actor Jack Warden (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0912001) and Warren Beatty (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000886), the first having been about three years earlier with Shampoo (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073692) (1975). These two 1970s films brought Warden to the peak of his acting career as he displayed a flair for comedy in both Shampoo (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073692) (1975) and Heaven Can Wait (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077663) (1978). As the faintly sinister businessman "Lester" in Shampoo (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073692) (1975) and as the perpetually befuddled football trainer "Max Corkle" in Heaven Can Wait (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077663) (1978), Warden received Academy Award nominations as Best Supporting Actor for both pictures but did not win the Oscar for either movie. Warden also later appeared in Beatty's Bulworth (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118798) (1998) around twenty years after Heaven Can Wait (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077663) (1978).

struth

06-01-2023, 17:32

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, 1986..

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struth

07-01-2023, 09:21

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, 1986..

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will watch this again as i only saw 15 mins yesterday...

Macca

07-01-2023, 10:02

The second best Star Trek film. Saw that at the cinema. One of my brothers wanted to see it but was not allowed to go on his own. I wasn't bothered after seeing the crappy 'Search For Spock' but ended up enjoying it a lot. Probably the last ever instalment of 'Proper' Star Trek.

struth

07-01-2023, 10:39

Macca

07-01-2023, 11:11

Some great dialogue in it. Probably the best one for that.

struth

07-01-2023, 12:07

The Man Who Never Was, 1956... watched the modern version earlier so now this...which i like a lot...

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81M+LgC5ijL._AC_SL1500_.jpg

In this movie, Lieutenant Commander Ewen Montagu (Clifton Webb) selects a man who had died of pneumonia, because the corpse would need to have similarly damaged lungs if it had really drowned. There is also a very emotional scene where the man's father is persuaded to allow his son to be used for the deception. In fact, a Welsh vagrant, both of whose parents were dead, was used, and his death was due to his committing suicide by ingesting rat poison. It was judged to make it almost impossible to tell that this, rather than drowning, was the real cause of death. The identity of "the man who never was" was a closely guarded secret until 1998, when it was discovered that he was called Glyndwr Michael. His grave in Huelva, Spain (near the beach at Punta Umbria) now uniquely carries both his fictional and real names.

In a rare straight role, an uncredited Peter Sellers (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000634) impersonated the voice of British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0161476). Peter Sellers can also be heard as the voice coming over the airfield speaker during the parachute demonstration and, very briefly, as the voice of an unseen taxi driver. Sellers was a superb voice copier.

struth

07-01-2023, 14:01

Wilt, 1989...

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struth

07-01-2023, 15:39

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, 2006...
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTKp5KKVpoYkHVFoFCD0xC-FWBN1ZA2TTe20MNswXlzJ8I06QCM (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiusMqa5bX8AhVIQMAKHW3cDrAQFnoECCAQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FPirate s_of_the_Caribbean%3A_Dead_Man%2527s_Chest&usg=AOvVaw38hfKY-ZdWTSUgGwIIxoSA)

Mikeandvan

07-01-2023, 21:56

Watched Blue velvet again the other night, saw it first about 20 years ago, cracking film, I like Dennis Hopper, he was good in 'The American friend' too (my fave film. This week tried a couple of Tarkovsky films - Andrei Rublev, which was a bit slow, but the phrasing of each shot is so artistic it's a joy just to watch, even if the story line bogs it down a bit. Then another Tarkovsky - Solaris - which is mind bendingly good, again, quite slow, but such artistic shots. Getting bored of AMazon now, trying to find some 70s Hollywood thrillers I haven't seen.

Barry

07-01-2023, 22:56

Agree re. 'Blue Velvet', it is the most accessible of Lynch's films (apart from 'The Straight Story').

Apropos Tarkovsky, try to watch 'Stalker' and especially 'The Mirror'. He makes Hollywood look childish and obvious.

struth

08-01-2023, 08:22

struth

08-01-2023, 10:00

A New Leaf, 1971... super little film from Matthau and May.

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The original story included a sub-plot in which Henry discovers from the household accounts that Henrietta is being blackmailed on dubious grounds by the lawyer, McPherson, and a third party; and Henry poisons both of them. This darkly casts Henry's eventual resignation to lead a conventional life with Henrietta as his "sentence". By eliminating the sub-plot, Paramount got rid of the excess (3 hour) running time, avoided the awkwardness of Henry getting away with murder, and transformed the same ending into a positive and rather sweet statement of love and personal redemption.

struth

08-01-2023, 11:53

My Favorite Brunette, 1947.. a classic hope comedy...

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According to a contemporary article in "The Hollywood Reporter", Paramount re-created San Quentin's death row and gas chamber for this film.

According to a Paramount press release, Dorothy Lamour (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0483787) wears a dress by legendary costume designer Edith Head (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0372128) made out of 14-carat gold cloth from the last of the studio's pre-war stock.

Ronnie's car is a 1941 Plymouth Special Deluxe. The bad guy's car is a 1939 Rolls-Royce Wraith.

struth

08-01-2023, 13:35

Enemy of the State, 1998...
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The N.S.A. refused to cooperate with the production. Aerial footage of their headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland had to be shot from public air space.

(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjm_Kyvirj8AhXjQ0EAHWpSC-0QFnoECAoQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0120660 %2F&usg=AOvVaw3TWIVpOwTHuNWQ7dP6LpFn)Gene Hackman (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000432) turned down this movie several times, but was ultimately convinced to sign on after a phone call by director Tony Scott (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001716). Will Smith (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000226) later signed on at a relative post-Independence Day (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116629) (1996) bargain price because he wanted to work with Hackman.

When Edward "Brill" Lyle ( (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjm_Kyvirj8AhXjQ0EAHWpSC-0QFnoECAoQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0120660 %2F&usg=AOvVaw3TWIVpOwTHuNWQ7dP6LpFn)Gene Hackman (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000432)) is taking Robert Clayton Dean (Will Smith (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000226)) into the warehouse "office", one can see that it is a self-made Faraday Cage. It's a construct which design completely shields those inside from sending or receiving electromagnetic signals.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjm_Kyvirj8AhXjQ0EAHWpSC-0QFnoECAoQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0120660 %2F&usg=AOvVaw3TWIVpOwTHuNWQ7dP6LpFn)

struth

08-01-2023, 15:52

The Apartment, 1960..
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51g2OZ4QYgL._AC_SY445_.jpg (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwi29euMqrj8AhUJWcAKHbffDfUQFnoECBsQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0053604 %2F&usg=AOvVaw0LUm12CatXVef2Xo17QZuL)

Mikeandvan

08-01-2023, 18:41

struth

09-01-2023, 10:23

The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1939.. classic holmes..

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRxuZFNeuheWSjPBTecgKHq-sgQNs_Zv28XLsc-XC55dsM_zdYv

Macca

09-01-2023, 10:54

I watched the 1959 version yesterday, they seem to have sorted out the colour problem since I last saw it.

struth

09-01-2023, 11:37

Sherlock Holmes and the House of Fear, 1945..

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struth

09-01-2023, 11:38

I watched the 1959 version yesterday, they seem to have sorted out the colour problem since I last saw it.

they did give it the hd treatment in 2015 so might have been that version..

Macca

09-01-2023, 11:55

they did give it the hd treatment in 2015 so might have been that version..

That will be it then, last time I saw it would be about 10 years ago.

struth

09-01-2023, 12:54

The Bourne Supremacy, 2004..

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struth

09-01-2023, 15:39

The Bourne Ultimatum, 2007...

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struth

10-01-2023, 10:45

Total Recall, 1990...

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struth

10-01-2023, 12:46

Another Paul Verheoven film from 3 years earlier... RoboCop, 1987..

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struth

10-01-2023, 14:21

The Ladykillers, 1955... restored 4k bluray.

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91oNdBNwOvL._AC_SX522_.jpg

The producers originally rejected director Alexander Mackendrick's choice of Katie Johnson for the role of Mrs. Wilberforce on the grounds that she might be too frail for the project, and so they cast a younger actress who died before filming began.

In an interview, Peter Sellers stated that this was "the first real film I made. I can remember all of that very well. I used to watch Sir Alec Guinness, who is an absolute idol of mine, do everything, his rehearsals, his scenes, everything. It was fascinating. Not that I could hope to be as good as Guinness. But he is my ideal, and my idol."

struth

10-01-2023, 16:08

Death on the Nile, 2022... 4k bluray.

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRvKCXqzpTydBqW935ZIKTobVO30rObd HYJafokbFbiTWX5PNe5

struth

11-01-2023, 10:07

The Anderson Tapes, 1971..
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f3/The_Anderson_Tapes_film_poster.jpg

Sidney Lumet says in his book that there was a problem during exterior shooting in New York. The funeral of a notorious mafia kingpin was taking place while they were filming, and bystanders among the attendees asked for a copy of the film, because they were unhappy at the possibility that their faces might show up on film.

(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj-uOfsob_8AhVO9rsIHWTlDJEQFnoECBYQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_An derson_Tapes&usg=AOvVaw1VNnLLWq2vwwZz0Kn-a_Pe)

struth

11-01-2023, 11:50

49th Parallel, 1941.. bluray again..

https://s3.amazonaws.com/criterion-production/films/da2032b3d3115969152fd4f442094cbd/yunzkLos81PnuwixO24PC6ZH8Nc4vM_original.jpg

(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiuxoy3ub_8AhXJg1wKHRYKCsAQFnoECB8QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F49th_P arallel_(film)&usg=AOvVaw2ULz-o6q6Hmiln42qDJB4S)Anton Walbrook (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Walbrook) as "Peter" donated half his fee to the International Red Cross (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Red_Cross_and_Red_Crescent_Movement) . Raymond Massey (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Massey), Laurence Olivier (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Olivier) and Leslie Howard (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Howard) all agreed to work at half their normal fee, because they felt it was an important propaganda film. TCM's Rob Nixon observes that "One of the reasons for the movie's high quality is the superb ensemble cast, most of them major British stars working for drastically reduced wages because they believed in the film".
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiuxoy3ub_8AhXJg1wKHRYKCsAQFnoECB8QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F49th_P arallel_(film)&usg=AOvVaw2ULz-o6q6Hmiln42qDJB4S)

struth

11-01-2023, 15:07

The 6th Day, 2000...
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a0/The_6th_Day_%282000_film%29.jpg

The Sim-Pal slogan is "A Sim-Pal that's fun to be with!", a derivation from "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series by (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj3yYLe5L_8AhVNSsAKHbgTDqcQFnoECBgQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_6t h_Day&usg=AOvVaw1qqwKKp4Q-SQKivgWL40Jn)Douglas Adams (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0010930). There, the corporation that created robots with "Genuine People Personalities", had the slogan "Your plastic pal that's fun to be with!"

As per (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj3yYLe5L_8AhVNSsAKHbgTDqcQFnoECBgQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_6t h_Day&usg=AOvVaw1qqwKKp4Q-SQKivgWL40Jn)Arnold Schwarzenegger (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000216)'s trademark, he uses a variation of his line "I'll be back" that originated from The Terminator (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088247) (1984): here, he says "I might be back".
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj3yYLe5L_8AhVNSsAKHbgTDqcQFnoECBgQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_6t h_Day&usg=AOvVaw1qqwKKp4Q-SQKivgWL40Jn)

struth

12-01-2023, 11:27

Quigley Down Under, 1990...

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR_IJaY9SslGu3M1-P5jSduNemul_aqIjEaS8ofJQYuqi6ChTDD

Alan Rickman decided to take the part because filming was taking place in Australia. He always wanted to visit Australia.

Sharps Rifles are now so inseparably related to this film that they are commonly nicknamed "Quigley guns." Sales for such weapons increased by over 1000% following the film's release, especially in the United States and Australia, and continue through 2013. Three Sharps rifles were built for the film: one for shooting, one as a club in the fight scenes, and a back-up weapon in case one was damaged. Tom Selleck (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000633) requested to keep the 3 rifles built for the film. He had two of them reconditioned to remove scratches and straighten and tighten some of the moving parts. Years later, he signed and auctioned 2 of them as part of a fundraiser for the National Rifle Association, of which he is a national board member. Selleck donated the third rifle, with its fringed leather scabbard, and belt knife to the Brownell's Family Museum.

struth

12-01-2023, 13:21

Chato's Land, 1972...

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struth

12-01-2023, 15:06

another regular now with...

Jeremiah Johnson, 1972...

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struth

13-01-2023, 10:09

Star Trek: First Contact, 1996...
https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQPA_iyrxgT4ZdmpTvlyladN1MkSaB0H Sy6Tiea6ZPrM7gLSMuZ

On account of budgetary restrictions, the crew of (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiN5r2upsT8AhWZi1wKHXk6BTMQFnoECAwQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FStar_T rek%3A_First_Contact&usg=AOvVaw1jz_eKwvG9omkmtpUR5d1v)Star Trek: The Next Generation (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092455) (1987) was never quite satisfied with the Borg sets and costumes as used during the series. However, the significantly bigger budget for this film finally allowed them to design the Borg in a way that was much closer to what they had intended. As a result, the suits and sets were reused extensively on Star Trek: Voyager (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112178) (1995).
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiN5r2upsT8AhWZi1wKHXk6BTMQFnoECAwQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FStar_T rek%3A_First_Contact&usg=AOvVaw1jz_eKwvG9omkmtpUR5d1v)

struth

13-01-2023, 12:15

The Cat and the Canary, 1939... Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard star..

https://www.kenwright.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/CATC-poster-e1574252819525.jpg (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjcvYLmwsT8AhVGfMAKHYJKDVQQFnoECBEQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Ca t_and_the_Canary_(1939_film)&usg=AOvVaw2NifaHPxw6prQZj6rrmZD2)

struth

13-01-2023, 13:27

another from Hope, this time with Jane Russell.... The Paleface, 1948..

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6f/Poster_-_Paleface%2C_The_%281948%29_01.jpg

struth

13-01-2023, 14:57

The Adjustment Bureau, 2011...
https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRQ973agZyNKCzVoYV06pYVHZprIhE8Q D0VoGu9aq3JdFhSgV1v

Outside of the bar written on the wall is "24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not" a quote attributed to (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjkw4rL5sT8AhUWbsAKHbE9D9wQFnoECCQQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt1385826 %2F&usg=AOvVaw2nP_eLblf8EksJHWDBbqWp)Paul Newman (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000056).

The first of three films (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjkw4rL5sT8AhUWbsAKHbE9D9wQFnoECCQQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt1385826 %2F&usg=AOvVaw2nP_eLblf8EksJHWDBbqWp)Emily Blunt (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1289434) has been in where characters try to change the future; the other two are Looper (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1276104) (2012) and Edge of Tomorrow (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1631867) (2014).
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjkw4rL5sT8AhUWbsAKHbE9D9wQFnoECCQQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt1385826 %2F&usg=AOvVaw2nP_eLblf8EksJHWDBbqWp)

struth

13-01-2023, 16:41

one of the above mentioned now...Looper, 2012..

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51iw1rKtxCL._AC_SY445_.jpg

Pigmy Pony

13-01-2023, 17:42

Ooh Emily... not sure what it is about her, but she certainly has something I like :)

struth

13-01-2023, 18:29

Ooh Emily... not sure what it is about her, but she certainly has something I like :)

she's got great teeth;)

struth

14-01-2023, 09:18

Cat Ballou, 1965..
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71yljRziScL._AC_SL1118_.jpg

At his acceptance of the Oscar, (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjAssTj3Mb8AhU_QUEAHaL0BtMQFnoECA4QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0059017 %2F&usg=AOvVaw0tigGaxoqBi1lHsjICVCvr)Lee Marvin (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001511) opened by saying, "Half of this probably belongs to a horse out in the Valley somewhere".

Nat 'King' Cole (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0170713) had a nightly singing engagement at a Lake Tahoe nightclub. He would commute daily between Lake Tahoe and the set in order to do both. Everyone noticed that Cole was coughing a great deal whenever he was on the set and losing weight, but most figured he was just running himself down with such a gruelling schedule. Unbeknownst to them and to Cole himself, he was already very sick with lung cancer. Nat 'King' Cole (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0170713) died several months before the film was released.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjAssTj3Mb8AhU_QUEAHaL0BtMQFnoECA4QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0059017 %2F&usg=AOvVaw0tigGaxoqBi1lHsjICVCvr)

Barry

14-01-2023, 10:50

Ooh Emily... not sure what it is about her, but she certainly has something I like :)

Not conventionally beautiful - but damned sexy!

I have followed her career since her debut in 'My Summer of Love' (in which she appears naked in one brief scene and topless in another).

struth

14-01-2023, 10:57

The Square Peg, 1959..

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSdjeghn2iZ5y0-fxFVfVggSGSrvrMPLBht0F6g2h3Z-7xmBDvt

another norman wisdom vehicle he is in army now lol

Macca

14-01-2023, 11:17

Not conventionally beautiful - but damned sexy!

I have followed her career since her debut in 'My Summer of Love' (in which she appears naked in one brief scene and topless in another).

why am I only just learning about this film?

I like her in 'The Devil Wears Prada' I always did have a thing for posh totty. It's the haughtiness, very sexy.

struth

14-01-2023, 12:49

why am I only just learning about this film?

I like her in 'The Devil Wears Prada' I always did have a thing for posh totty. It's the haughtiness, very sexy.

was a good film if really for a girl audience.. the wolfman was good too and more my style.

struth

14-01-2023, 12:50

Key Largo, 1948.. bluray.
https://cdn.hmv.com/r/w-1280/p-webp/hmv/files/dc/dc1bfed7-8511-4369-8639-c307e15a4bb0.jpg

finally got this on bluray... a classic.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj3h7LAjMf8AhXrQkEAHfPEAd4QFnoECCAQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FKey_La rgo_(film)&usg=AOvVaw27rQxwJD960Tvsu5kAhdPR)

Barry

14-01-2023, 13:10

Great film! :)

struth

14-01-2023, 14:08

Murder by Decree, 1979... Holmes on the trail of the ripper... Plummer and Mason as the dynamic duo..lol
excellent cast and well done.

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRCy-N_80dThWOQn-34m-viGijgRYSEp9N9m2ZluHm-E3yMzFUR

walpurgis

14-01-2023, 14:28

Great film! :)

Yes, it is :).

struth

14-01-2023, 16:20

The Naval Treaty... Jeremy Brett as Holmes..

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODA5ZDg5OTMtMTIzNy00OTNjLWEwNTAtNDNjZTlkMjkzZj Q0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTE4MDg3NTIz._V1_.jpg

struth

14-01-2023, 17:11

My Favorite Spy, 1951...
https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSlkHajOGTCSbe_v0j6Qdqw1KvwMBlRK 4BNbQKR-164S4G3JzLQ (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiRx676xsf8AhUPesAKHdTYAR0QFnoECBMQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0043827 %2F&usg=AOvVaw0G50WGvzDsNqXCf-t5pF9-)

struth

15-01-2023, 09:56

Murder on the Orient Express, 1974... Albert Finney and Co..

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/61/Murder_on_the_Orient_Express_-_UK_poster.png

classic stuff from an all star cast.

struth

15-01-2023, 12:09

Cowboys & Aliens, 2011...
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/ff/Cowboys_%26_Aliens.jpg (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwihgu-Zxcn8AhVKUcAKHdC8CJEQFnoECBAQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCowboy s_%2526_Aliens&usg=AOvVaw3F5nl7fmlUMAeIJydqed6c)

Macca

15-01-2023, 12:26

'Magnum P.I' - the proper ones with Tom Selleck.

Typically they started showing these on ITV4 in the daytime as soon as I went back to work. But I've figured out how to automatically tape a whole series on the cable box now.

All the episodes right from the start. I quite liked the reboot but no question that the original is loads better.

struth

15-01-2023, 13:22

Macca

15-01-2023, 13:28

that and rockford were prescribed viewing

still got to start on my Rockford box set. Odd that they never seem to show them on the telly anymore.

struth

15-01-2023, 14:31

still got to start on my Rockford box set. Odd that they never seem to show them on the telly anymore.

dont have rights anymore i guess.

now.. The Terminator, 1984.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/70/Terminator1984movieposter.jpg

original and best

struth

15-01-2023, 16:23

Terminator 2: Judgment Day, 1991..

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS5J6Ay6y1UT7WAI4U7Zm2KDYITrvfOI 3vmaCNdGhx_0jmWiI1d

struth

16-01-2023, 10:41

picked this up on dvd so scanned it into my plex system...

Small Time Crooks, 2000...
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51M118ZM4PL._AC_SY445_.jpg

(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwi41dqv8sv8AhUTilwKHfanD4IQFnoECCIQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0196216 %2F&usg=AOvVaw1pjuwyKjwyLzOXOkON8vGr)Woody Allen (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000095) claims he cast Tracey Ullman (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001808) because she's one of the few comedians that makes him laugh.

The film contains several references to Sir (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwi41dqv8sv8AhUTilwKHfanD4IQFnoECCIQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0196216 %2F&usg=AOvVaw1pjuwyKjwyLzOXOkON8vGr)Arthur Conan Doyle (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0236279)'s short story 'The Red-Headed League,' including the plot to break into a bank through the basement of an adjacent storefront and Frenchy's attempt memorize the contents of the dictionary.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwi41dqv8sv8AhUTilwKHfanD4IQFnoECCIQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0196216 %2F&usg=AOvVaw1pjuwyKjwyLzOXOkON8vGr)

struth

16-01-2023, 12:12

The Wolfman, 2010... bluray. 2 disc theatrical extended version.
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/519JlhUrTzL._AC_.jpg

When he meets the gypsies, Lawrence Talbot (Benicio Del Toro) rescues a woman searching frantically for her daughter. The daughter is named Maria, after (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwin6Lbshsz8AhVzkFwKHTu5DhsQFnoECCIQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Wo lfman_(film)&usg=AOvVaw1iku6LuANlKJBYyi2M6_yI)Maria Ouspenskaya (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0653642), who played Maleva in The Wolf Man (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034398) (1941) and Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035899) (1943). (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwin6Lbshsz8AhVzkFwKHTu5DhsQFnoECCIQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Wo lfman_(film)&usg=AOvVaw1iku6LuANlKJBYyi2M6_yI)Benicio Del Toro (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001125)'s Wolfman make-up took approximately three hours to apply and one hour to remove. Producer and star Benicio Del Toro (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001125) is a huge fan of The Wolf Man (1941), and remained attached to the remake ever since it was first announced in 2006, and passed through the hands of several directors.

When the Wolfman is being chased in London, he jumps off of a building and lands on a policeman. This was accomplished with real actors and stuntmen, and not CGI.

The "Ancient Gypsy Lore" text that Gwen Conliffe (Emily Blunt) is shown reading, are the two pages "Luxorious - Luzan", from the Encyclopedia Britannica.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwin6Lbshsz8AhVzkFwKHTu5DhsQFnoECCIQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Wo lfman_(film)&usg=AOvVaw1iku6LuANlKJBYyi2M6_yI)

struth

16-01-2023, 13:52

The Man in the Iron Mask, 1977.. bluray.
https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSi1KVPW4MsEGV_4GrMTaMX7oQ5U0ALL cuYOsUKmjd--kWkWan4

(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj38Ivtncz8AhUVRsAKHdarDfwQFnoECB4QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Ma n_in_the_Iron_Mask_(1977_film)&usg=AOvVaw3o-H4xX-rOuYSym_fPmf0y)Alexandre Dumas (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0241416)' novel "The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later", of which there are many filmed versions, has usually been shot under the title of "The Man in the Iron Mask", this being the final section of the book.

Though made for television, this movie was released theatrically in several territories around the world, including Denmark, Hungary, East Germany, and West Germany.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj38Ivtncz8AhUVRsAKHdarDfwQFnoECB4QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Ma n_in_the_Iron_Mask_(1977_film)&usg=AOvVaw3o-H4xX-rOuYSym_fPmf0y)

struth

16-01-2023, 15:35

The Sign of Four, 1983..bluray
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d8/The_Sign_of_Four_%281983_film%29.jpg

In 1982, American producer Sy Weintraub (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sy_Weintraub) partnered with English producer Otto Plaschkes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Plaschkes) to make six television films of Sherlock Holmes stories. Charles Edward Pogue (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Edward_Pogue) was enlisted to pen the screenplays but only The Sign of the Four and The Hound of the Baskervilles (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hound_of_the_Baskervilles_(1983_film)) were ultimately filmed as Granada Television (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granada_Television)'s Sherlock Holmes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_(1984_TV_series)) series premiered in 1984.

In an interview with Scarlet Street (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlet_Street_(magazine)), Ian Richardson explained:
"That was the fly in our ointment. Initially, an unseen fly. You see, when Sy Weintraub was planning the films, he was unaware that the copyright on the Holmes stories was about to expire in England and he had to go through a great deal of legal negotiations with the Conan Doyle estate in order to gain permission to use them. However, he was totally ignorant of Granada's plans to film a series with Jeremy Brett (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Brett)...Weintraub was furious, because he'd paid a lot of money to get permission from the estate and here was Granada saying, 'Thank you - but we're going to do it.' So Weintraub took them to court. He had a very good case, apparently; but eventually there was an out of court settlement for an extraordinary sum of money - something like two million pounds - which was enough for Weintraub to cover his costs on both The Sign of Four and The Hound of the Baskervilles, and make a profit, too. And so he wrapped the project up."

struth

16-01-2023, 18:36

2 Days in the Valley, 1996...

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS_TEPyganEZlQIfIkbrC7qQYr1TRZa8 1kps2jdtp_cckPilJQ7

Charlize Theron revealed in an interview that she overdid the audition a bit for this role, and was later embarrassed about it. It was her first audition and she followed advice she got in acting class about making it as real as possible. The scene involved her character showing up at a house after being shot. So when her audition began, she walked into the hallway and poured ketchup all over herself. Then she barged back into the room, starting stumbling everywhere, getting ketchup all over the furniture, as she recited her lines very loudly. To her shock, it worked. They eventually gave her the role and director John Herzfeld said it was because, "I knew you'd be up for anything."

struth

17-01-2023, 11:58

Scarlet Street, 1945...bluray
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dGZj1mNo2vE/mqdefault.jpg

Director (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjYruGUxs78AhWlolwKHQIOAyAQFnoECBsQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FScarle t_Street&usg=AOvVaw3UOkmixTgI49tae-Tl97I1)Fritz Lang (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000485) and three of the stars (Edward G. Robinson (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000064), Joan Bennett (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000910), and Dan Duryea (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002053)) also made the similarly themed The Woman in the Window (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037469) (1944).

Edward G. Robinson (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000064)'s character talks lovingly about art and says he wishes he owned a Cezanne. In real life, Robinson was a great collector of fine art and was considered an expert.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjYruGUxs78AhWlolwKHQIOAyAQFnoECBsQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FScarle t_Street&usg=AOvVaw3UOkmixTgI49tae-Tl97I1)

Gazjam

17-01-2023, 12:04

Sitting down to watch first episode of this this later today,

https://i0.wp.com/bloody-disgusting.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/last-of-us-tv-1.png?w=2220&ssl=1

HBO adaption of an acclaimed viral outbreak/ post apocalyptic earth based Video Game .
Enjoyed the game, very story/ character driven so curious about this.

Pedro Pascal (Mandelorian) stars as one of the main leads, always worth a watch.

From the same Showrunner as Chernobyl, which was incredible.
Been looking forward to it.

struth

17-01-2023, 15:01

The Woman in the Window, 1944...bluray...
https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSY_fAhqKK6lQ644Se3FHKLNKdYbRfrn WlENZ_cAvRWiY2XjXXX

Fritz Lang has another winner here with the same cast that he used in "Scarlet Street" a year later in 1946.....wonderful portrayals from all concerned. In both films, Edward G. is caught up in a situation that traps him and forces him to make decisions that go against his sense of morality. Joan Bennett is gorgeous as the beautiful woman who ensnares Robinson in her troubles. Dan Duryea again proves that he was one hell of an actor.....he was stereotyped throughout his career in roles in which he was a coward, a weakling and a thoroughly unlikeable guy and nobody played it better.

"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60-minute radio adaptation of the movie on June 25, 1945 with (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj23qbT7s78AhWDoVwKHU-NAW8QFnoECCMQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0037469 %2F&usg=AOvVaw1iAoLpVuI6eFvO3gu1IenP)Joan Bennett (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000910), Dan Duryea (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002053), and Edward G. Robinson (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000064) reprising their film roles.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj23qbT7s78AhWDoVwKHU-NAW8QFnoECCMQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0037469 %2F&usg=AOvVaw1iAoLpVuI6eFvO3gu1IenP)

struth

17-01-2023, 16:49

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison, 1957...
https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcThv9JDKSsJO-4BCYHghiaSFDpMc_fAYKqkOv9fQSdqmzZxyA1T

(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjJnoGOhc_8AhURQkEAHW_7CecQFnoECBkQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FHeaven _Knows%2C_Mr._Allison&usg=AOvVaw0owObhIu6nNpk9Eb7taxM0)

struth

18-01-2023, 13:00

The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1983... bluray

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRW2DACIehkNd9ZoEAse1454uExny19k liBSdyCvM7uKpkyx4MX

Rather bafflingly, the character of Inspector Lestrade is introduced far earlier in the story in this version than he is in the novel, but is left out of the scene of Holmes and Watson confronting and killing the hound - the one scene in the book in which he appears.

Ian Richardson is regarded by fans of the Baker Street sleuth, to be one of the best Holmes interpretations of the last 35 years.

Barry

18-01-2023, 13:42

I haven't seen that version Grant. But any film with Ian Richardson and Denholm Elliot in it is worth watching. :)

struth

18-01-2023, 14:54

Its pretty decent Barry...
another version now... The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1959... bluray..
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71LI43+ClfL._AC_SL1024_.jpg

Originally proposed by brief Hammer cohort (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj20c-Wr9H8AhVYQEEAHeJVBNwQFnoECBsQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0052905 %2F&usg=AOvVaw0Se-TJJ64teySE-11v6D-Q)Kenneth Hyman (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0405184), this movie was planned to be the first in a series of many Sherlock Holmes movies starring Peter Cushing (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001088), produced by Hammer Films. The audience disapproved of a Hammer movie without any monsters and failed to turn up. The planned series was consequently dropped.

André Morell (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0603682) was one of the first movie portrayals to show Watson as a more than competent colleague of Holmes, rather than the lovable buffoon that Nigel Bruce (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0115558) had portrayed.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj20c-Wr9H8AhVYQEEAHeJVBNwQFnoECBsQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0052905 %2F&usg=AOvVaw0Se-TJJ64teySE-11v6D-Q)

struth

18-01-2023, 16:27

The Wolf Man, 1941...
https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSnbfpASkjVgOrI3aeoN6ESMQgRxBqW_ AWL3xiYESD38QA33ASD

In (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjPjf2QxNH8AhWZh1wKHTVWDgEQFnoECBsQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Wo lf_Man_(1941_film)&usg=AOvVaw2NPZOrS2XjSv2Im065_OCh)Curt Siodmak (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0802561)'s original script for the film, whether or not Lawrence Talbot really underwent a physical transformation to a werewolf or if the transformation simply occurred in his mind was left ambiguous. The Wolf Man was never to appear onscreen. Ultimately, the studio determined that Talbot's literal transformation into a werewolf would be more appealing to the audience and thus more profitable. The script was revised accordingly.

The Wolfman battled a bear in one scene but unfortunately the bear ran away during filming. What few scenes were filmed were put into the theatrical trailer.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjPjf2QxNH8AhWZh1wKHTVWDgEQFnoECBsQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Wo lf_Man_(1941_film)&usg=AOvVaw2NPZOrS2XjSv2Im065_OCh)

struth

19-01-2023, 10:33

Eye of the Needle, 1981...
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSUlqMovhcehicteQl0OUdnG6bTXqXI1 SG4CSVfQmiE0rRkeTlgwGL-tey9uWbKRHFpogo&usqp=CAU

A cottage and lighthouse were constructed on the The Isle of Mull for the production of this movie. The set building utilized the skills of a seventy-two year old master thatcher, a local of the island.

This movie is what led (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiSoq3ttdP8AhWPiFwKHcWdAG4QFnoECAsQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0082351 %2F&usg=AOvVaw05zAueXk_zxEAytH5ih7G1)George Lucas (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000184) to hire Richard Marquand (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0549658) to direct Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086190) (1983). Lucas was mainly impressed how Marquand was able to finish a difficult production on time and on budget, a factor which was critical on a huge production like Star Wars. Lucas also had to hire someone who was not a member of the Hollywood director's union as he was having a dispute with the Director's Guild at the time.

A blue Ford BB truck, registration number BUC 852 appears in the film. This is the same vehicle that appeared as Lance Corporal Jones's butcher's van in both the Dad's Army TV series and the 2016 Dad's Army film (which also featured Bill Nighy, and involved a German spy being picked up by submarine in the run-up to D-Day). According to the Ford Model A Register the vehicle is now the only Ford Model BB truck known to still exist.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiSoq3ttdP8AhWPiFwKHcWdAG4QFnoECAsQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0082351 %2F&usg=AOvVaw05zAueXk_zxEAytH5ih7G1)

struth

19-01-2023, 12:27

Deadline - U.S.A., 1952... bluray (reg a)
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/516aN7bPJHL._AC_SX342_.jpg

Originally titled 'The Newspaper Story', location shooting took place both in the newsroom and the printing plant of The New York Daily News, with real pressmen playing themselves. This was augmented by an 'almost letter-perfect' reproduction of a newsroom on a Hollywood soundstage.

There are two famous photos pinned up on the wall in the photo lab. The first is the pin-up photo of Betty Grable - it is reportedly the most famous pin-up photo of the Second World War. The second is the first photo taken of an execution in an electric chair. It was taken by Tom Howard for New York's 'Daily News'.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwirhfDXz9P8AhXEUMAKHWPvBp8QFnoECBsQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0044533 %2F&usg=AOvVaw3J04DQ97a5jelMdjUBrog1)

struth

19-01-2023, 17:03

Compton Mackenzie's classic; Whisky Galore, 1949...

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTJmMzJhYTEtYWExNi00MjdjLThjOWEtZGY5ZmM5MDA1Zj QzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjMwMjk0MTQ@._V1_.jpg

Barry

19-01-2023, 17:41

Great little film. :)

struth

19-01-2023, 18:00

Great little film. :)Director Alexander Mackendrick used story boards for film, a first for Ealing studios.
He was into advertising and they were used there

struth

19-01-2023, 18:22

Two Way stretch, 1960...

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81E9xXlYI8L._AC_SY445_.jpg

walpurgis

19-01-2023, 18:29

Two Way stretch, 1960...

Again? :)

I must admit it's one of my favourite British comic movies from back then, alongside School for Scoundrels, but there were so many good ones.

struth

19-01-2023, 18:31

Again? :)

I must admit it's one of my favourite British comic movies from back then, alongside School for Scoundrels, but there were so many good ones.

yes, its a classic...i watch classics like this a lot. keep me cheery being on my own.:D

struth

20-01-2023, 11:55

Young Frankenstein, 1974.
http://www.movienewsletters.net/photos/006773R1.jpg

(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj92qeRi9b8AhWONcAKHR_-Db4QFnoECB8QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0072431 %2F&usg=AOvVaw3Bk-VhTtgJUpBXuYhhCQ2H) Inga (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000414/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): Werewolf!
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000698/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): Werewolf?
Igor (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001204/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): There.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000698/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): What?
Igor (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001204/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): There, wolf. There, castle.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000698/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): Why are you talking that way?
Igor (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001204/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): I thought you wanted to.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000698/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): No, I don't want to.
Igor (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001204/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): [shrugs] Suit yourself. I'm easy.

(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj92qeRi9b8AhWONcAKHR_-Db4QFnoECB8QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0072431 %2F&usg=AOvVaw3Bk-VhTtgJUpBXuYhhCQ2H)

struth

20-01-2023, 14:03

Back to the Future, 1985...
https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT9d_lBBx0xxB7_d4RP82MlRcK82lzT2 W1ZavxhV39SSTZOofDX

The guitar Marty plays in 1955 is a Gibson ES-345 with a retrofitted Bigsby vibrato (you can still see the studs on which the original stop tailpiece had been fitted); both the guitar and vibrato were introduced after 1955. The ES-345 was first produced in 1958 and it uses humbucker pickups invented by Seth Lover of Gibson in 1957.

In 1955, the record shop has Chordettes record sleeve art used on a CD from the 1980s, and (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwifvaPkp9b8AhU5QkEAHR9hCusQFnoECCMQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0088763 %2F&usg=AOvVaw2qooXnK50ZliqeQsyEXfJz)Eydie Gormé (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0331171/)'s album 'Eydie In Dixieland' from 1959. There's also Patti Page (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0656303/)'s album 'In The Land Of HiFi' (1956) and 'Nat King Cole''s album 'Unforgettable' (1954), the only record released before 1955.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwifvaPkp9b8AhU5QkEAHR9hCusQFnoECCMQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0088763 %2F&usg=AOvVaw2qooXnK50ZliqeQsyEXfJz)