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The Mouse on the Moon (1963).. great cast inc Terry-Thomas, Margret Rutherford, Ron Moody etc..
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Deep Impact (1998) (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjho86t5cn9AhVyR0EAHTLyAg8QFnoECCMQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0120647 %2F&usg=AOvVaw2hLmHPLBM-TptnfyBXor9v)
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After discovering the comet, one of the astronomers is killed in an automobile accident. This mirrors the real-life automobile accident death (July 18, 1997, in the Australian outback) of astronomer Eugene Shoemaker, who helped discover the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet that collided with Jupiter in 1994 and was a source of inspiration for this film.
A line was edited in the President's press conference scene. President Beck stated "Life will go on, we will prevail." Originally, President Beck said "Life will go on, we will prevail. This is not Armageddon." The producers later realized that the movie was going to be in box-office competition with the movie Armageddon (1998).
A giant object from space struck the general area of the Eastern Seaboard where "Biederman" impacted in the film. Hitting the Norfolk, Virginia vicinity, it created the huge, now-buried, Chesapeake Bay impact crater. It happened about 5.5 ± 0.3 million years ago, during the late Eocene epoch age.
Heat (1995) (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj93rvwjMr9AhWGZMAKHSTSBFQQFnoECEgQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0113277 %2F&usg=AOvVaw19XvTMqwm9AJ_lgXqh7XHK)
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Rather than dubbing in the gunshots during the bank robbery shoot-out, Michael Mann (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000520) had microphones carefully placed around the set so that the audio could be captured live. This added to the impact of the scene, because it sounded like no other gunfight shown on-screen.
In an interview with Al Pacino (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000199) on the DVD Special Edition, Pacino revealed that for the scene in the restaurant between Hanna and McCauley, Robert De Niro (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000134) felt that the scene should not be rehearsed so that the unfamiliarity between the two characters would seem more genuine. Michael Mann (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000520) agreed, and shot the scene with no practice rehearsals.
When Kevin Gage (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0300824) was imprisoned for two years in 2003, he was universally addressed by fellow inmates and prison guards as "Waingro", his character from this movie. Waingro (Kevin Gage (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0300824)) is based on a real Chicago criminal named "Waingro", who ratted out some influential Chicago criminals. According to Michael Mann (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000520), Waingro went missing. His body was found in northern Mexico, where it had been nailed to the wall of a shed.
In the director's commentary, Michael Mann (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000520) noted that Al Pacino (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000199) improvised the line "Because she's got a GREAT ASS!" Hank Azaria (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000279) confirmed it, saying that Al Pacino (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000199)'s unexpected outburst "scared the hell out of me", "he just actually terrified me" and that his look of shock was "not acting at all".
The Great Train Robbery, 1978..
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Sir (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjZ5dGvjsz9AhUkoFwKHUMzDCIQFnoECBcQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0079240 %2F&usg=AOvVaw3co-RoXSRZ0Cs2y4C2WJgw)Sean Connery (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000125) spent several days running on top of a moving train. The train was supposed to be travelling at thirty-five miles per hour; Connery argued it was going faster. The train driver was counting telegraph poles to measure the speed. A helicopter pilot confirmed Connery's suspicion. The train was travelling at over fifty-five miles per hour.
Writer and director (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjZ5dGvjsz9AhUkoFwKHUMzDCIQFnoECBcQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0079240 %2F&usg=AOvVaw3co-RoXSRZ0Cs2y4C2WJgw)Michael Crichton (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000341) based his book and movie, only loosely on the actual crime committed in 1855. In real-life, there were four criminals: Pierce, Agar, the railway guard Burgess, and a railway clerk named Tester. All four keys were kept on railway premises, two in London, and two in Folkestone. They were stolen temporarily by Tester and Pierce, respectively, so that Agar could duplicate them, but it turned out that the Folkestone keys were not being used anyway. The guard's van was not locked from the outside; Pierce and Agar were let in by Burgess, and a share of the loot was handed out to Tester, at stations. None of the criminals were spotted at once; it was several months before the railway conceded that the crime must have occurred on the train. The details came to light after Agar had been convicted in an unrelated crime, and his accomplices decided to steal his share instead of using it, as he had asked, to provide his mistress an income. She got word to him, and he turned Queen's Evidence against the others, and told all. At no point in the case, did anyone escape from custody.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjZ5dGvjsz9AhUkoFwKHUMzDCIQFnoECBcQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0079240 %2F&usg=AOvVaw3co-RoXSRZ0Cs2y4C2WJgw)
The Great Train Robbery, 1978..
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Sir (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjZ5dGvjsz9AhUkoFwKHUMzDCIQFnoECBcQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0079240 %2F&usg=AOvVaw3co-RoXSRZ0Cs2y4C2WJgw)Sean Connery (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000125) spent several days running on top of a moving train. The train was supposed to be travelling at thirty-five miles per hour; Connery argued it was going faster. The train driver was counting telegraph poles to measure the speed. A helicopter pilot confirmed Connery's suspicion. The train was travelling at over fifty-five miles per hour.
Writer and director (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjZ5dGvjsz9AhUkoFwKHUMzDCIQFnoECBcQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0079240 %2F&usg=AOvVaw3co-RoXSRZ0Cs2y4C2WJgw)Michael Crichton (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000341) based his book and movie, only loosely on the actual crime committed in 1855. In real-life, there were four criminals: Pierce, Agar, the railway guard Burgess, and a railway clerk named Tester. All four keys were kept on railway premises, two in London, and two in Folkestone. They were stolen temporarily by Tester and Pierce, respectively, so that Agar could duplicate them, but it turned out that the Folkestone keys were not being used anyway. The guard's van was not locked from the outside; Pierce and Agar were let in by Burgess, and a share of the loot was handed out to Tester, at stations. None of the criminals were spotted at once; it was several months before the railway conceded that the crime must have occurred on the train. The details came to light after Agar had been convicted in an unrelated crime, and his accomplices decided to steal his share instead of using it, as he had asked, to provide his mistress an income. She got word to him, and he turned Queen's Evidence against the others, and told all. At no point in the case, did anyone escape from custody.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjZ5dGvjsz9AhUkoFwKHUMzDCIQFnoECBcQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0079240 %2F&usg=AOvVaw3co-RoXSRZ0Cs2y4C2WJgw)
Not a bad little film. :)
Not a bad little film. :)
it is... very good...
now, The Password Is Courage (1962)
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The 2-6-4T LMS locomotive involved in the crash was bought by MGM for £3,500 from the railroad. The studio then turned around and sold it for scrap for £5,000.
The tagline claims that Coward is the only man to get an Iron Cross from the enemy. This is untrue. Double agent Eddie Chapman was awarded the Iron Cross by the Nazis while working loyally for the British.
No mention is made in the film of Sergeant Major Charles Coward (Sir Dirk Bogarde) being transferred to Auschwitz III labor camp, located five miles from the better known extermination camp of Auschwitz II (Birkenau).
The African Queen (1951) (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiHsODT1sz9AhVFUcAKHeRdB4IQFnoECCUQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0043265 %2F&usg=AOvVaw2bPLdi6H8HKQH2KDvt9-wD)
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Sources claimed that everyone in the cast and crew got sick except Humphrey Bogart (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000007) and John Huston (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001379), who said they avoided illness by essentially living on imported Scotch whisky. Bogart later said, "All I ate was baked beans, canned asparagus and Scotch whiskey. Whenever a fly bit Huston or me, it dropped dead."
Humphrey Bogart (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000007) hated Africa immediately and was miserable, but Katharine Hepburn (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000031) adored it, calling it "utterly divine." Bogie complained about everything: the heat, the humidity, the dangers, the food. He recalled, "While I was griping, Katie was in her glory. She couldn't pass a fern or berry without wanting to know its pedigree, and insisted on getting the Latin name for everything she saw walking, swimming, flying or crawling. I wanted to cut our ten-week schedule, but the way she was wallowing in the stinking hole, we'd be there for years."
"The African Queen" sank and had to be raised twice during filming of the movie. Lauren Bacall (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000002) is quoted as saying, "The natives had been told to watch it and they did. They watched it sink."
How many films do you typically watch in a day Grant? :scratch: (:D)
How many films do you typically watch in a day Grant? :scratch: (:D)
varies.. on number 3 at moment.. depends on how mobile i am. if i can get about and weather is ok then i do if not i might have to sit;; so watch films of listen to music.
The Wild Bunch, 1969... Director Sam Peckinpah..starring William Holden (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Holden), Ernest Borgnine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Borgnine), Robert Ryan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ryan), Edmond O'Brien (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_O%27Brien), Ben Johnson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Johnson_(actor)) and Warren Oates (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Oates).https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/05/The_Wild_Bunch.JPG
The film was shot with the anamorphic (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anamorphic_format) process. Peckinpah and his cinematographer, Lucien Ballard (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucien_Ballard), also made use of telephoto lenses, that allowed for objects and people in both the background and foreground to be compressed in perspective. The effect is best seen in the shots where the Bunch makes the walk to Mapache's headquarters to free Angel. As they walk forward, a constant flow of people passes between them and the camera; most of the people in the foreground are as sharply focused as the Bunch.
My Favorite Blonde, 1942... bluray reg A
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While singing "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" on the bus, Bob Hope (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001362) imitates Bing Crosby (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001078)'s "boo-boo-boo" singing style.
Although filmed during World War II, with a plot about a race to the death against Nazi spies, the words "Nazi" and "Germany" are never spoken in the movie. Bob Hope (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001362) does come close when he calls the villains "nasties" in the climax, "nasty" being a vocal anagram of Nazi.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on October 19, 1942 with Bob Hope (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001362) reprising his film role.
a fav of mine and not well known here...walter matthau in...
A New Leaf (1971) absolute poetry this film... pure genius
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another matthau film now.. Hopscotch (1980)
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiC-4eq8NP9AhUoQkEAHWhyDY8QFnoECCEQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0080889 %2F&usg=AOvVaw1no86fzm8BL_7zV1owvqW7).. bluray reg A again.. great cast and script
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Stagecoach, 1939.. criterion bluray reg A...
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Yakima Canutt (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0134831) explained how the stunt was accomplished where, as an Apache warrior attacking the stagecoach, he is "shot", falls off his horse, and then gets dragged underneath the stagecoach: "You have to run the horses fast, so they'll run straight. If they run slow, they move around a lot. When you turn loose to go under the coach, you've got to bring your arms over your chest and stomach. You've got to hold your elbows close to your body, or that front axle will knock them off." After the stunt was completed, Canutt ran to director John Ford (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000406) to make sure they got the stunt on film. Ford replied that even if they hadn't, "I'll never shoot that again."
John Ford (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000406) liked to bully actors on the set, and this movie was no exception. At one point, he said to Andy Devine (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0222596), "You big tub of lard. I don't know why the hell I'm using you in this picture." Undaunted, Devine replied, "Because Ward Bond (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000955) can't drive six horses." Likewise, he attacked Thomas Mitchell (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0593775), who eventually retorted, "Just remember: I saw [Ford's earlier film] Mary of Scotland (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027948) (1936)," effectively humbling the director. Worst of all was Ford's treatment of John Wayne (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000078). He called him a "big oaf" and a "dumb bastard" and continually criticized his line delivery and manner of walking, even how he washed his face on camera. However, at least part of this was to provoke the actor into giving a stronger performance. Claire Trevor (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0872456) recalls how Ford grabbed Duke by the chin and shook him. "Why are you moving your mouth so much?" he said. "Don't you know you don't act with your mouth in pictures? You act with your eyes." Wayne tolerated the rough treatment and rose to the challenge, reaching a new plateau as an actor. Ford helped cement the impression that Wayne makes in the film by giving him plenty of expressive reaction shots throughout the picture.
The Cat and the Canary, 1939... KL bluray reg A...again, another usa disc. lol
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good cast and both a good film and an excellent remaster.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiVjL2XoNT9AhXRjFwKHaGKCI0QFnoECDEQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Ca t_and_the_Canary_(1939_film)&usg=AOvVaw2NifaHPxw6prQZj6rrmZD2)
a 'B' movie now...Maybe a 'C' actually lol....
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(https://www.amazon.co.uk/Philadelphia-Experiment-2-Brad-Johnson/dp/B08H2BYT5M/ref=sr_1_1?crid=XKI5U145WX87&keywords=philadelphia+experiment+2&qid=1678621241&sprefix=philadelphia+experiment+2%2Caps%2C130&sr=8-1)
The Philadelphia Experiment 2 (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Philadelphia-Experiment-2-Brad-Johnson/dp/B08H2BYT5M/ref=sr_1_1?crid=XKI5U145WX87&keywords=philadelphia+experiment+2&qid=1678621241&sprefix=philadelphia+experiment+2%2Caps%2C130&sr=8-1)
Marathon Man, 1976...
directed by (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwi6lKuHutb9AhWFZ8AKHaKfCtMQFnoECCQQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0074860 %2F&usg=AOvVaw32BDLv-P6qbMZ7CBjzH54c)John Schlesinger... great cast and story.. deffo an A film..
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Goldman was paid a reported $500,000 for the film rights to his novel and to do a screenplay, before the novel had even been published. "The book reads like the movie-movie of all time", said producer Robert Evans. "I regard it as a cheap investment because you don't often find books that translate into film. This is the best thing I've read since The Godfather (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Godfather). It could go all, all the way – if we don't foul it up in the making."
Marathon Man is famous in acting circles for an often quoted exchange between Hoffman and Olivier concerning a perceived difference in their approaches to acting.
In the usual telling of the story Hoffman, a proponent of method acting (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_acting), prepared for a scene where his character had been awake for three days by doing the same himself. Following much goading and verbal-bullying by Hoffman of Olivier, who criticized Olivier for not being as committed to his art as Hoffman, Olivier suggested "why don't you just try acting?"[9] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon_Man_(film)#cite_note-9) In an interview on Inside the Actors Studio (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_the_Actors_Studio), Hoffman said that this exchange had been distorted: he had been up all night at the Studio 54 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_54) nightclub for personal rather than professional reasons and Olivier, who understood this, was joking.
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, 1976...
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Under the Volcano, 1984...
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On lead actor Albert Finney (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001215) in this "Under the Volcano" film, director John Huston (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001379) said: "I think it's the finest performance I have ever witnessed, let alone directed".
QUOTES:: Geoffrey Firmin (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001215/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): How, unless you drink as I do, can you hope to understand the beauty of an old indian woman playing dominoes with a chicken?
^^^ terrific film..
now, The Spy In Black, 1939.. a ww1 spy thriller made by Powell and Pressburger... The Monthly Film Bulletin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monthly_Film_Bulletin) wrote "This intricate story is gripping from beginning to end, and very skilfully directed";[8] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spy_in_Black#cite_note-8) Variety (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variety_(magazine)) opined "Production is A1, as is the direction";[9] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spy_in_Black#cite_note-9) and The New York Times (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times) called it "the most exciting spy melodrama since the advent of the Second World War. The British may not have the Bremen, but they still have Conrad Veidt."
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, 2007... can they get jack back from the dead? of course they can. he is needed for next episode lol.. the 3rd in the series of 5.
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Captain Barbossa can be seen wearing an Eagle Scout ring in several sequences. This ring signifies that some one in the Boy Scouts has earned the highest rank known as Eagle Scout.
Kelly's Heroes (1970) (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjQh8-t1d39AhXvTEEAHdp5B1wQFnoECBEQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0065938 %2F&usg=AOvVaw0FV38nCKTLKEDlInc5vAyB)
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The screenplay was written by British film and television writer Troy Kennedy Martin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_Kennedy_Martin). He relied on a true story, featured as "The Greatest Robbery on Record" in Guinness World Records (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinness_World_Records) from 1956 to 2000. On 4 December 1968, Elliott Morgan, MGM's Head of Research, wrote to the Guinness Book of World Records (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinness_Book_of_World_Records) requesting information on this entry: "The greatest robbery on record was of the German National Gold Reserves in Bavaria by a combine of U.S. military personnel and German civilians in 1945". On 10 December the editor, Norris D. McWhirter (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norris_McWhirter), wrote back to Morgan, stating that he had very little information and that he essentially suspected that there had been a cover-up, which required that the story should be subject to a "restricted classification". He closed by suggesting that until that security classification was changed, "due to death or eflux [sic] of time, "any film made will have to be an historical romance rather than history".
In 1975 British researcher Ian Sayer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Sayer) began a nine-year investigation into the Guinness (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinness_Book_of_World_Records) entry. The results of his investigation, which confirmed a cover up by the U.S. government together with the involvement of U.S. military and former Wehrmacht (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wehrmacht) and SS officers in the theft, were published in the 1984 book Nazi Gold — The Sensational Story of the World's Greatest Robbery — and the Greatest Criminal Cover-Up. The investigation finally led to two of the missing gold bars (valued in 2019 at over $1 million) being handed over by German officials to the U.S. government in a secret ceremony at Bonn on 27 September 1996. The bullion was transported to the Bank of England (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_England) where it was held to the account of the Tripartite Commission for the Restitution of Monetary Gold (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripartite_Commission_for_the_Restitution_of_Monet ary_Gold) (TCRMG). The first disclosure that the Bank was holding the two bars (complete with Nazi markings) came from a press release issued by the bank on 8 May 1997 which confirmed that the two bars were those that had been identified as missing in the book Nazi Gold. Sayer had given information to the United States Department of State (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State) concerning the two bars (amongst other things) in July 1978. In 1983 they finally agreed to investigate using Sayer's evidence. The State Department investigation did not conclude until 1997. On 11 December 1997 Sayer was invited, by the Secretary General of the TCRMG, to view the two bars in the gold bullion vaults of the Bank of England. In addition to being accorded this rare honour, he was also photographed holding the bars, which he had been instrumental in tracking down.
The Philadelphia Experiment, 1984..
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The story of a "Philadelphia Experiment" originated in late 1955 when Carl M. Allen sent an anonymous package marked "Happy Easter" containing a copy of Morris K. Jessup (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_K._Jessup)'s book The Case for the UFO: Unidentified Flying Objects to the U.S. Office of Naval Research (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Naval_Research). The book was filled with handwritten notes in its margins, written with three different shades of blue ink, appearing to detail a debate among three individuals, only one of whom is given a name: "Jemi". They commented on Jessup's ideas about the propulsion for flying saucers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_saucers), discussed alien races (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraterrestrial_intelligence), and expressed concern that Jessup was too close to discovering their technology.
start watching this and finish it tomorrow i think...
Traffic (2000)
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On (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwivnsTnz979AhWUSUEAHZFHDGAQFnoECA4QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0181865 %2F&usg=AOvVaw3IKqf6QODg_yfKQoNuTBw-)Rotten Tomatoes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes), the film holds an approval rating of 92% based on 163 reviews, with an average rating (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weighted_mean) of 8/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Soderbergh successfully pulls off the highly ambitious Traffic, a movie with three different stories and a very large cast. The issues of ethics are gray rather than black-and-white, with no clear-cut good guys. Terrific acting all around." On Metacritic (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacritic) the film has received an average score of 86 out of 100, based on 34 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Audiences polled by CinemaScore (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CinemaScore) gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.
quote... Why are hurricanes named after women? Because when they arrive, they're wet and wild, and when they leave they take your house and your car.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwivnsTnz979AhWUSUEAHZFHDGAQFnoECA4QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0181865 %2F&usg=AOvVaw3IKqf6QODg_yfKQoNuTBw-)
Kelly's Heroes (1970) (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjQh8-t1d39AhXvTEEAHdp5B1wQFnoECBEQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0065938 %2F&usg=AOvVaw0FV38nCKTLKEDlInc5vAyB)
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The screenplay was written by British film and television writer Troy Kennedy Martin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_Kennedy_Martin). He relied on a true story, featured as "The Greatest Robbery on Record" in Guinness World Records (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinness_World_Records) from 1956 to 2000. On 4 December 1968, Elliott Morgan, MGM's Head of Research, wrote to the Guinness Book of World Records (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinness_Book_of_World_Records) requesting information on this entry: "The greatest robbery on record was of the German National Gold Reserves in Bavaria by a combine of U.S. military personnel and German civilians in 1945". On 10 December the editor, Norris D. McWhirter (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norris_McWhirter), wrote back to Morgan, stating that he had very little information and that he essentially suspected that there had been a cover-up, which required that the story should be subject to a "restricted classification". He closed by suggesting that until that security classification was changed, "due to death or eflux [sic] of time, "any film made will have to be an historical romance rather than history".
In 1975 British researcher Ian Sayer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Sayer) began a nine-year investigation into the Guinness (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinness_Book_of_World_Records) entry. The results of his investigation, which confirmed a cover up by the U.S. government together with the involvement of U.S. military and former Wehrmacht (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wehrmacht) and SS officers in the theft, were published in the 1984 book Nazi Gold — The Sensational Story of the World's Greatest Robbery — and the Greatest Criminal Cover-Up. The investigation finally led to two of the missing gold bars (valued in 2019 at over $1 million) being handed over by German officials to the U.S. government in a secret ceremony at Bonn on 27 September 1996. The bullion was transported to the Bank of England (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_England) where it was held to the account of the Tripartite Commission for the Restitution of Monetary Gold (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripartite_Commission_for_the_Restitution_of_Monet ary_Gold) (TCRMG). The first disclosure that the Bank was holding the two bars (complete with Nazi markings) came from a press release issued by the bank on 8 May 1997 which confirmed that the two bars were those that had been identified as missing in the book Nazi Gold. Sayer had given information to the United States Department of State (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State) concerning the two bars (amongst other things) in July 1978. In 1983 they finally agreed to investigate using Sayer's evidence. The State Department investigation did not conclude until 1997. On 11 December 1997 Sayer was invited, by the Secretary General of the TCRMG, to view the two bars in the gold bullion vaults of the Bank of England. In addition to being accorded this rare honour, he was also photographed holding the bars, which he had been instrumental in tracking down.
One of my all time favourites Grant especially Oddball - what a brilliant performance from Donald Sutherland.
classic film now... criterion bluray's restored version of...
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
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Charters and Caldicott (played by (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjGs9GJwOD9AhUOg1wKHTXEBLIQFnoECCUQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0030341 %2F&usg=AOvVaw1EYqX1LpmOqSUb1DxWyJut)Basil Radford (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0705509) and Naunton Wayne (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0915614)) proved to be such popular characters that they were teamed up in ten more movies. They reappeared in Night Train to Munich (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032842) (1940) (also starring Margaret Lockwood (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0516994)) and Millions Like Us (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036160) (1943), two movies also written by Sidney Gilliat (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0319148) and Frank Launder (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0490950). They also starred in the BBC Radio serials "Crook's Tour (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031192) (1940)" (which was also made into a movie), and "Secret Mission 609." They were played in the 1979 remake by Arthur Lowe (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0522884) and Ian Carmichael (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0138428). In 1985 they reappeared in the BBC Television mystery mini-series, Charters & Caldicott (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134240) (1985), played by Robin Bailey (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0047467) and Michael Aldridge (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0017739).
The British Board of Film Censors, to avoid political controversy, would not allow the foreign villains to be specifically identified in the script as Germans.
Shot almost entirely at Islington Studios in London. The scenery the train passes is all rear projection.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjGs9GJwOD9AhUOg1wKHTXEBLIQFnoECCUQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0030341 %2F&usg=AOvVaw1EYqX1LpmOqSUb1DxWyJut)
The Man Who Knew Too Little, 1997.... bluray..
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This was the first feature film to be made at Elstree Studios after the local council bought it from Brent Walker under a Compulsory Purchase Order.
start watching this and finish it tomorrow i think...
Traffic (2000)
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On (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwivnsTnz979AhWUSUEAHZFHDGAQFnoECA4QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0181865 %2F&usg=AOvVaw3IKqf6QODg_yfKQoNuTBw-)Rotten Tomatoes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes), the film holds an approval rating of 92% based on 163 reviews, with an average rating (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weighted_mean) of 8/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Soderbergh successfully pulls off the highly ambitious Traffic, a movie with three different stories and a very large cast. The issues of ethics are gray rather than black-and-white, with no clear-cut good guys. Terrific acting all around." On Metacritic (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacritic) the film has received an average score of 86 out of 100, based on 34 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Audiences polled by CinemaScore (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CinemaScore) gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.
quote... Why are hurricanes named after women? Because when they arrive, they're wet and wild, and when they leave they take your house and your car.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwivnsTnz979AhWUSUEAHZFHDGAQFnoECA4QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0181865 %2F&usg=AOvVaw3IKqf6QODg_yfKQoNuTBw-)
watched most of this tonight as i got tired last night... its a decent 'hollywood' version of the original uk mini series back in '89(traffik) starring bill paterson and lindsey duncan... its not as good and it being american goes with mexico usa instead of uk/germany/pakistan.... i must look out the original
a bit of fun with RED, 2010... GOOD FUN; GREAT CAST AND STORY.
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The Dead Zone, 1983...
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The Cruel Sea (1953) (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwilyuSEkeP9AhUPS0EAHar_BOUQFnoECCUQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0045659 %2F&usg=AOvVaw21tmRJ0HC9VQZmnSUS5R_O)
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Jack Hawkins (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0370144) wrote in his 1973 autobiography "Anything for a Quiet Life" regarding this film, "All of us in the film were sure that we were making something quite unusual, and a long way removed from the Errol Flynn-taking-Burma-single-handed syndrome. This was the period of some very indifferent American war movies, whereas 'The Cruel Sea' contained no false heroics. That is why we all felt that we were making a genuine example of the way in which a group of men went to war."
Chato's Land, 1972... directed by michael winner...
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Joshua Everette (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0926235/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): I've seen Comanches in Texas. And boy, I'll never want to see one again... I can tell you that.
Capt. Quincey Whitmore (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001588/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): Well, you don't see Apaches. You don't hear 'em and you don't see 'em. It's like an act of God.
Quigley Down Under, 1990..
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aussie western starring tom selleck...
The Devil and Miss Jones, 1941... bluray reg A
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Department store owner J.P. Merrick finds that several of his employees are unionizing to get more money and better working conditions. In order to find out who the organizers are, he gets a job at the store as a shoe salesman. Not realizing his true identity, he's befriended by Mary Jones and Joe O'Brien, the two ringleaders, and Elizabeth Ellis, a charming older woman with whom he develops a romance.
classic comedy this and a very good cast.
Pigmy Pony
18-03-2023, 11:13
Watched the first one of these yesterday. Excellent, as you'd expect. New episodes every Sunday on BBC iPlayer.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj27-bkq-X9AhUaOsAKHaq3CrwQwqsBegQIKhAF&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DC-KcTje9sMk&usg=AOvVaw1nF8RDPDo1oHC1WxMJn18B
Night Train to Munich (1940), bluray reg A..
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After the Germans march into Prague, Czechoslovakia, armor-plating inventor Dr. Axel Bomasch (James Harcourt) flees to England. His daughter Anna (Margaret Lockwood) escapes from arrest to join him, but the Gestapo manages to kidnap them both back to Berlin. As war looms, British Secret Service Agent Dickie Randall (Sir Rex Harrison) follows, disguised as a senior German Army officer. His ploy is the not unpleasant one of pretending to woo Anna to the German cause.
As of 2011, this movie has not been released in Germany at all.
As noted in the opening caption, the action of this movie takes place during the year preceding World War II (beginning with the German invasion of remaining Czech territory on 3/15/39) and closes on the night of 9/3/39 (the day the UK declared war on Germany).
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Boys own stuff now with....
The Four Feathers (1939), criterion bluray reg A..
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Resigning his commission on the eve of his unit's deployment against Egyptian rebels, a British officer seeks to redeem his cowardice by secretly aiding his former comrades, disguised as an Arab. When his unit is overwhelmed and captured by the rebels, the hero finds an opportunity to return the "feathers" of cowardice sent to him by his former comrades by freeing them.
The action scenes, photographed by (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjQhe6yzeX9AhUuQkEAHUmqC1kQFnoECE0QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0031334 %2F&usg=AOvVaw2bNisFYyMI5WWXlHIhzGoT)Osmond Borradaile (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0097306), were not only filmed where the historical battles had taken place, but also included among the many extras, people who had witnessed or participated in the fighting more than forty years earlier. These battle scenes further benefitted from Director Zoltan Korda (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0466113)'s expertise at large-scale action and his early experience as a cavalry officer.
The sailing ships pulled by hordes of Sudanese along the Nile were constructed specially for the production in exact period detail at great cost.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjQhe6yzeX9AhUuQkEAHUmqC1kQFnoECE0QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0031334 %2F&usg=AOvVaw2bNisFYyMI5WWXlHIhzGoT)
Mr. Deeds Goes To Town, 1936...
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American comedy-drama (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy-drama) romance film (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_film) directed by Frank Capra (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Capra) and starring Gary Cooper (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Cooper) and Jean Arthur (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Arthur) in her first featured role. Based on (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_adaption) the 1935 short story "Opera Hat" by Clarence Budington Kelland (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Budington_Kelland), which appeared in serial form in The American Magazine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Magazine), the screenplay was written by Robert Riskin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Riskin) in his fifth collaboration with Frank Capra.
Jean Arthur (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000795) was so overcome with stage fright that she often vomited before scenes and would run back to her dressing room after each take to have a good cry. Yet she was totally cool on camera. Gary Cooper (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000011) was one of the few actors who could make her feel comfortable on the set.
Bess Flowers (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0283170) was an extra in this movie. Nicknamed "Queen of the Hollywood Extras" Flowers appeared in over 800 movies of which 21 were nominated for Best Picture Oscars, with 5 winning the award. This makes her a record holder for an actor appearing in Best Picture winning films.
Quigley Down Under, 1990..
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aussie western starring tom selleck...
back to this. only saw 15 mins so starting again.... a very good film this if youve not seen it
A couple of David Lean films:
Dr Zhivago
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and
Lawrence of Arabia
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One more David Lean film:
Brief Encounter
https://filmdb.showcasecinemas.co.uk/FilmImages/45/1/51193/fid15771%20%281%29.jpg
Very much of its time (1945) - not only is it a very good screenplay, but also offers a glimpse into post-WWII British society.
One more David Lean film:
Brief Encounter
https://filmdb.showcasecinemas.co.uk/FilmImages/45/1/51193/fid15771%20%281%29.jpg
Very much of its time (1945) - not only is it a very good screenplay, but also offers a glimpse into post-WWII British society.
great film...
The Ghost Breakers, 1940... bluray reg A...
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Bob Hope, whose on-screen comedic chemistry with sidekick Willie Best has a lot to do with why this film works, once called Best "One of the finest actors I've ever worked with."
Remade as the 1953 Dean Martin/Jerry Lewis comedy "Scared Stiff." (bob hope had a cameo in it)
This film was such a big box office hit that, for years after its release, other studios made similar movies in hopes of replicating its success. Among those "copycat" films was 1941's The Smiling Ghost, a Warner B-movie that starred Alexis Smith and cast Willie Best in a role similar to the one he plays in Ghost Breakers.
My Favorite Brunette, 1947... bob hope and dorothy lamour star...
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jeeves and wooster.
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All of Me, 1984... Steve Martin and Lily Tomlin star
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Paint Your Wagon, 1969..
Lee Marvin (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001511) drank real alcohol throughout the production, even though director Joshua Logan (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0517597) fought him about it. In most movies, the actors and actresses drink tea for whiskey and water for vodka. Marvin would only work if he got real liquor. He was apparently drunk nearly every day of filming.
Lee Marvin (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001511)'s single recording of "Wand'rin' Star" from this film hit the top spot on the record charts in Great Britain, with a peak sale in excess of 34,000 copies a day. He was set to star in The Wild Bunch (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065214) (1969), a project that he helped put together with stuntman Roy N. Sickner (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0796429), when Paramount Pictures offered him $1 million, plus a percentage of the box-office take, to star in this movie (it took over $30m at said box office)
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jeeves and wooster.
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Good series - I have it, but I think it went downhill when they were 'exiled' in the US.
All of Me, 1984... Steve Martin and Lily Tomlin star
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Bit of an odd film - but it has its moments.
Bit of an odd film - but it has its moments.
...of course it did have one vicky tennant at her prime too:eek: its a film along with 'the man with 2 brains' i like of steve martins'
Shine on Harvey Moon...
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Silverado (1985) (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiY-MDGlvf9AhUPa8AKHfy4CE8QFnoECBEQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0090022 %2F&usg=AOvVaw3AWbtXl6Z-5bljk1TYrooN)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/17/Silverado.jpg
The set for Silverado (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090022) (1985) was built for this movie, and has since been used in such movies as Young Guns (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096487) (1988), Wyatt Earp (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111756) (1994) (also starring Kevin Costner (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000126)), Last Man Standing (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116830) (1996), Lonesome Dove (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096639) (1989), All the Pretty Horses (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0149624) (2000), and Wild Wild West (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120891) (1999) (also starring Kevin Kline (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000177)). In the latter film, as a reference to co-writer and director Lawrence Kasdan (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001410), "Kasdan Ironworks" can be seen on the side of one of the buildings.
In keeping with his English character, Sheriff John Langston (John Cleese (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000092)) of Turley is armed with an English Enfield Mark II double action revolver. Although correct for the time period of the movie, Silverado (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090022) (1985) apparently marks the only appearance of this weapon in an American western film.
walpurgis
25-03-2023, 14:23
That is such a good film Grant. It may be a latter day western, but really enjoyable with a fantastic cast and great acting!
That is such a good film Grant. It may be a latter day western, but really enjoyable with a fantastic cast and great acting!
your right geoff, a super movie and all without a red indian in sight.
now another classic western.... https://media0.giphy.com/media/HgtCxKvJZ7Wi4/giphy.gif
Tombstone (1993)dont recall any injuns in this either but could be wrong...
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tombstone_7.png
great dialogue and top class mousers(all real i think)
The line quoted by Doc at the end of the fight at the O.K. Corral is historically true, and was reported in the Tombstone papers reporting the fight. When confronted by one of the cowboys at point blank range, the cowboy reportedly said, "I got you now Doc, you son of a bitch!", to which Doc gleefully retorted, "You're a daisy if you do!"
Some years after the death of Doc Holliday, Wyatt was quoted in an interview as saying, "Doc was a dentist, not a lawman or an assassin, whom necessity had made a gambler; a gentleman whom disease had made a frontier vagabond; a philosopher whom life had made a caustic wit; a long lean ash-blond fellow nearly dead with consumption, and at the same time the most skillful gambler and the nerviest, speediest, deadliest man with a six-gun that I ever knew." Doc Holiday's wink to Billy Clanton just before the culmination of the O.K. Corral gun fight was completely improvised by Val Kilmer.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj9hJe9tvf9AhWWTEEAHXD0B6MQFnoECAsQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0108358 %2F&usg=AOvVaw0qChX6Sn3qXK44g3woI3rr)
Jeeves and Wooster Series 4.
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not their best but watchable
If that is the series where they are stuck in America, then I agree: not their best.
If that is the series where they are stuck in America, then I agree: not their best.
the first 2 or 3 ep's are the end of america then finishes in england
tried nomadland there but it was depressing me sadly:rolleyes:
so, Yankee Doodle Dandy, 1942...
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjb3oiS4_v9AhUZOMAKHYiyDkQQFnoECBUQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FYankee _Doodle_Dandy&usg=AOvVaw2bcXZrp_NFYu2VGxbsAt47) it may be old and schmultzy but its a bit more uplifting than a load of old folk struggling hell i get that at home :ner:
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James Cagney (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000010) became the first actor to win the Best Actor Academy Award for a musical performance.
Walking down the stairs at the White House, James Cagney (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000010) goes into a tap dance. According to TCM, that was completely ad-libbed.
According to his biography the rather stiff-legged dancing style used by James Cagney (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000010) in this movie is not his own. He copied George M. Cohan (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0169125)'s style to make the film more accurate. (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwi9x6Cq4_v9AhX0SkEAHa7dDY0QFnoECB0QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.urbandictionary.com%2Fdefine .php%3Fterm%3Dschmultz&usg=AOvVaw0_tiuis7wz8wR4Csr2JSYA)
walpurgis
27-03-2023, 11:48
This afternoon at 1.35 on 5 ACTION, 'The Hill' 1965, with Sean Connery. Amazingly gritty action movie, you never forget having seen this one!
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One of my all time favourites. The cast and acting are fantastic!
earlier, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre from 1948... always enjoy that...
now, The Scalphunters, from 1968, starring burt lancaster, telly savalas, shelley winters and ossie davis, who probably stole the film ..
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ah Claudia... :eyebrows:
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This afternoon at 1.35 on 5 ACTION, 'The Hill' 1965, with Sean Connery. Amazingly gritty action movie, you never forget having seen this one!
https://i.ibb.co/6Bzg7J9/Screen-Shot-03-27-23-at-12-46-PM.png (https://ibb.co/C2gh3sC)
One of my all time favourites. The cast and acting are fantastic!
One of the best things ever done by anyone, ever.
walpurgis
27-03-2023, 20:01
One of the best things ever done by anyone, ever.
Yeah. I watched it again, fantastic!!
Yeah. I watched it again, fantastic!!
I had to buy the DVD from America because it wasn't available in any other region. That was many years ago though I think you can get it here now.
Getting their mess at the double, that bit always makes me laugh.
This afternoon at 1.35 on 5 ACTION, 'The Hill' 1965, with Sean Connery. Amazingly gritty action movie, you never forget having seen this one!
https://i.ibb.co/6Bzg7J9/Screen-Shot-03-27-23-at-12-46-PM.png (https://ibb.co/C2gh3sC)
One of my all time favourites. The cast and acting are fantastic!
I had intended to watch it (again), but was sadly distracted by other activities. :doh:
I Was a Male War Bride, 1949... ann sheridan and cary grant star in this comedy... sheridan was once vote the american girl with the most OOMPH :D
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My Fellow Americans, 1996.... This was originally supposed to be a Walter Matthau (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj-4vCV3f79AhWWbcAKHSv4BdQQFnoECA4QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FMy_Fel low_Americans&usg=AOvVaw1Mmik049UjGrf4rqrwamTq)/Jack Lemmon (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000493) 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.imdb.com/name/nm0001258).https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSwSyaR0dVTSgK4Vbt-o4CHePCfssHj46ij3RIRmG-L76CHGZ3u
another comedy with
Avanti!, 1973...
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Three Days of the Condor, 1975... Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway star...
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In her biography "Looking for Gatsby", Faye Dunaway (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001159) says of this film: "Now I'm sorry but the idea of being kidnapped and ravaged by Robert Redford (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000602) was anything but frightening. [At one point, after Redford temporarily left the set and director Pollack took over his role for Dunaway's reaction shots] the cameras were rolling, I was in position, and suddenly Sydney lunged at me, growling 'I AM GOING TO GET YOU!'. I'm tied up at this point, unable to get away or move much at all, but Sydney kept moving toward me, his eyes glaring at me as he went on detailing all the horrible things he was going to do to me, and let me tell you, Sydney has an inventive mind. He is also a great actor, and he scared the hell out of me. Sydney kept the camera rolling and he was relentless".
Not a bad film. Based on the novel "Five Days of the Condor", so I presume they ran out of money and could only film three days worth. :D
The Enforcer, 1951... bogey in good guy mode
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bogey again with...
Dark Passage, 1947..
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I haven't seen that one Grant. Looks good - but then anything with the pairing of Bogart and Bacall can't be bad.
I haven't seen that one Grant. Looks good - but then anything with the pairing of Bogart and Bacall can't be bad.
yes its a decent film. different to his usual in fact his face isnt seen til about half way through.
earlier it was the 1951 version of Scrooge with alistair sim,
and now the 1984 version called A Christmas Carol with Dickens scholar george c scott.
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Dead Man's Folly, 1986..
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earlier the 1970 western,
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Little Big Man
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The Outlaw Josey Wales, 1976..
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The film was adapted by Sonia Chernus and Philip Kaufman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Kaufman) from author Asa Earl "Forrest" Carter (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa_Earl_Carter)'s 1972 novel The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rebel_Outlaw:_Josey_Wales) (republished, as shown in the movie's opening credits, as Gone to Texas). The film was a commercial success, earning $31.8 million against a $3.7 million budget.
another western now...
The Hallelujah Trail, 1965...
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Stuntman Bill Williams (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0930104) was killed performing a stunt with a colleague during this shoot. The stunt called for Williams and another stuntman to guide a horse-drawn wagon toward a cliff. As the horses separated, both men were supposed to jump clear as the wagon continued over the cliff. Williams didn't manage to jump clear in time and died as a result of the fall. The scene was supposed to be deleted but the makers insisted on using it.
From the Author's Note in Bill Gulick's original book, he states that this is based on an actual historical incident and that "You would be surprised, dear reader, if you knew how much truth there is to the tale you are about to read."
Rogue Male, 1976..
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My Favorite Brunette, 1947... superior nonsense
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Son of Paleface, 1952....more nonsense :D
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Looper, 2012... classic modern si fi..
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Agreed - but then it does have Emily Blunt in it. :)
A somewhat older si fi today.... The Day of the Triffids, 1963.
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Kieron Moore (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0601476) and Janette Scott (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0779285) were only added to the cast when it was discovered upon completion of filming that there was only 57 minutes of good usable footage available. The whole lighthouse sequence, directed by veteran Cinematographer Freddie Francis (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005711), was only added to help extend the movie's running time.
The American naval base in southern Spain referenced by Bill Masen is real. It's called Rota Naval Station, but it's not in Cadiz; it's actually across the Bay of Cadiz, in the little town of Rota. It's a Spanish naval base, leased by the Americans.
The novel, published by Penguin Books, sold over a million copies by 1981. It's been translated into several languages. John Wyndham (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0943909) wrote the novel in 1951; by 1981 it had been reprinted 34 times.
More si fi with... Memoirs of an Invisible Man, 1992...
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One of my all-time favs now with A New Leaf, 1971.. Directed and written by and starring Elaine May and Walter Matthau.
The film was a critical success upon its initial release. However, despite several accolades, award nominations, and a Radio City Music Hall (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_City_Music_Hall) run, A New Leaf fared poorly at the box office and remains little known by the general public. It is now considered a cult classic.
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The film was well received by critics. On review aggregator (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Review_aggregator) Rotten Tomatoes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes), the film holds an approval rating of 94% based on 68 reviews, with an average score of 8.10/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Elaine May is a comedic dynamo both behind and in front of the camera in this viciously funny screwball farce, with able support provided by Walter Matthau."
Roger Ebert (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Ebert) gave the film four stars out of four, and described the film as "hilarious, and cockeyed, and warm." In his review for The New York Times (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times), Vincent Canby (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Canby) called it "a beautifully and gently cockeyed movie that recalls at least two different traditions of American film comedy... The entire project is touched by a fine and knowing madness." The film was placed at #2 on Gene Siskel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Siskel)'s list of the best movies of 1971.
Elaine Mays cut was at 180 mins and too her 10 months to do. The film was taken from her and re-edited at current run time of 102 mins. Apparently everyone bar May thought this version several times better and funnier.
A somewhat older si fi today.... The Day of the Triffids, 1963.
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A pretty poor sci-fi film, deviating significantly from the book.
A pretty poor sci-fi film, deviating significantly from the book.
yeah its not great, but at least it gives an idea i guess. the series was better
Agreed - but then it does have Emily Blunt in it. :)
it does.lol .. im not sure what it is she has but she seems to have it in spades... have to say i find here strangely sensual too.
mind you i found elaine may sensual too but in a completely different way.
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'The Fog Of War' (2004)
Former Defence Secretary Robert McNamara talks about his early career in WW2, his time at the Ford Motor Company, and his role in the Vietnam War.
Seen it before but it's fascinating stuff and lots of interesting and sometimes amusing anecdotes: ''Curtis LeMay spoke in monosyllables. The only words I ever heard him say were 'Yes', 'No' and 'Okay.'''
https://i.ibb.co/tX6Rh3m/fog.jpg (https://imgbb.com/)
'The Fog Of War' (2004)
Former Defence Secretary Robert McNamara talks about his early career in WW2, his time at the Ford Motor Company, and his role in the Vietnam War.
Seen it before but it's fascinating stuff and lots of interesting and sometimes amusing anecdotes: ''Curtis LeMay spoke in monosyllables. The only words I ever heard him say were 'Yes', 'No' and 'Okay.'''
not seen it yet, but you can buy it; ive been waiting til its free...lol
Throw Momma from the Train, 1987...
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good comedy film this. well worked and good actors.
https://i.ibb.co/tX6Rh3m/fog.jpg (https://imgbb.com/)
'The Fog Of War' (2004)
Former Defence Secretary Robert McNamara talks about his early career in WW2, his time at the Ford Motor Company, and his role in the Vietnam War.
Seen it before but it's fascinating stuff and lots of interesting and sometimes amusing anecdotes: ''Curtis LeMay spoke in monosyllables. The only words I ever heard him say were 'Yes', 'No' and 'Okay.'''
Saw it years ago (probably when it was released). An interesting film as you say, but not one I would want to add to my collection.
it does.lol .. im not sure what it is she has but she seems to have it in spades... have to say i find here strangely sensual too.
mind you i found elaine may sensual too but in a completely different way.
Yes, what is it about Emily Blunt that I find so attractive? She's not a conventional beauty, but I find her damned sexy!
A classic life of crime now with... Goodfellas, 1990..
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Ranked number two on the American Film Institute's list of the ten greatest films in the genre "Gangster" in June 2008.
According to Henry Hill (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1453737), whose life was the basis for the book and film, Joe Pesci (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000582)'s portrayal of Tommy DeSimone was 90-99% accurate, with one notable exception; the real Tommy DeSimone was massively built. The "How am I funny?" scene is based on something that actually happened to Joe Pesci (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000582). While working in a restaurant, a young Pesci apparently told a mobster that he was funny, a compliment that was met with a less-than-enthusiastic response. Pesci relayed the anecdote to Martin Scorsese (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000217), who decided to include it in the film. Scorsese didn't include the scene in the shooting script, so that Pesci and Ray Liotta (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000501)'s interactions would elicit genuinely surprised reactions from the supporting cast.
According to Nicholas Pileggi (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0683380), some mobsters were hired as extras to lend authenticity to scenes. The mobsters gave Warner Bros. fake Social Security numbers, and no one knows how they received their paychecks.
Martin Scorsese (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000217) first got wind of Nicholas Pileggi (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0683380)'s book "Wiseguy" when he was handed the galley proofs. Although Scorsese had sworn off making another gangster movie, he immediately cold-called the writer and told him; "I've been waiting for this book my entire life." Pileggi replied; "I've been waiting for this phone call my entire life."
Al Pacino (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000199) was offered the role of Jimmy Conway. He turned it down due to fears of typecasting. The same year, Pacino ended up playing an even more stereotyped gangster, Big Boy Caprice, in Dick Tracy (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099422) (1990). He admits regretting the decision.
Paul Sorvino (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000649) wanted to drop out of the role of Paul "Paulie" Cicero three days before filming began, because he felt that he lacked the cold personality to play the character. He called his agent and asked to be released from the film. Sorvino's agent told him to think about it for one day before making a final decision. That night, Sorvino looked in the mirror and was frightened by the look on his face. He realized that that look was the look he needed to play Paulie.
From one classic to another now and....Pulp Fiction, 1994..
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The movie cost only $8 million to make. The initial budget was reportedly even lower until Bruce Willis (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000246) was added to the cast (he had a recent string of domestic flops but was still a box-office draw overseas). $5 million went to pay the actors' and actresses' salaries. The film was already profitable when its worldwide rights were sold for $11 million (again, mainly on the strength of Willis' presence). It went on to gross over $200 million at the box office.
From one classic to another now and....Pulp Fiction, 1994..
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The movie cost only $8 million to make. The initial budget was reportedly even lower until Bruce Willis (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000246) was added to the cast (he had a recent string of domestic flops but was still a box-office draw overseas). $5 million went to pay the actors' and actresses' salaries. The film was already profitable when its worldwide rights were sold for $11 million (again, mainly on the strength of Willis' presence). It went on to gross over $200 million at the box office.
Initially I disliked the film as I thought it made violence 'chique'. But on repeated viewing, I realise it is a pastiche and a 'send up' of the genre; enough to make me obtain a copy.
walpurgis
03-04-2023, 18:32
Amazing movie. Not many films leave me thinking "WOW!!. but that did. As did 'The Matrix' and 'No Country for Old Men'.
All three need seeing a few times as there is so much that didn't really sink in first time.
'The Matrix' did nothing for me.
I didn't really like 'No Country for Old Men', but have to admit the ending came as a bit of a volte-face.
NCFOM is a super film but it needs watching a few times. matrix? im still on the shelf re it. not sure if i thouroughly dislike it or the opposite.
as for pulp; yes, first time i saw it i wasnt impressed but i am now.. ps GOODFELLAS is class too.
NCFOM is a super film but it needs watching a few times.
I've seen it twice, but do not have a copy. If I see a copy cheap I'll buy it - but I'm buying DVDs faster than I can watch them. I already have a backlog of about 50 to watch. :doh:
I've seen all of the Matrix trilogy. The SF is interesting, but i got bored with the special effects. Have no need for a copy.
Pigmy Pony
04-04-2023, 06:23
We watched this last night.
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Really enjoyed this film, though I'd thought it might be covering a longer period in time, not just the weeks surrounding the Normandy evacuations. But I suppose the clue is in the film title.
Gary Oldman was superb as you might expect. As were all the cast, including Lily James, the bird off all the Sky Mobile adverts :) She's nice
The Maltese Falcon, 1941.. 4k bluray steelbook version.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjnsPmLlpD-AhWMX8AKHXzeBlcQFnoECAoQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Ma ltese_Falcon_(1941_film)&usg=AOvVaw3EdjAmcVqC91gYalp8FQco)Just released this fabulous redo of one of the greats..
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Extra's:
On Disc Special Features
• Commentary by Bogart Biographer Eric Lax
• Featurette The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
• Breakdowns of 1941: Studio Blooper Reel
• Makeup Tests
• Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Humphrey Bogart
• Warner Night at the Movies 1941
• Short Subjects Gallery
• Newsreel
• Musical Short The Gay Parisian
• 2 Classic Cartoons: Hiawatha’s Rabbit Hunt and Meet John Doughboy
• Trailers of This Movie, 1941’s Sergeant York and 1936’s Previous Falcon Movie Adaptation Satan Met a Lady
• Audio-Only Bonus: 3 Radio Show Adaptations - 2 Featuring the Movie’s Original Stars, Plus Another Starring Edward G. Robinson.
stunning pictures in this and worth getting imo..
Everything Everywhere All at Once, 2022... 4k bluray... This is a German bluray but has option for english fortunately but there are areas in Chinese.... (Evelyn speaks to her father in Cantonese, but she speaks to Waymond in Mandarin, showing cultural differences in their upbringing. Evelyn speaks to Joy in Mandarin and English, while Joy answers back in English and bad Chinese. Neither one finds the words to express their ideas clearly to the other, keeping them divided). James Wong, the father was 91 when making this and is now 94..
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All the VFX for this film were done by 9 people, including the two directors, with the majority of the shots being done by a core group of 5 people. None of the VFX team went to school for VFX. They were all friends who taught themselves with tutorials they found online for free.
Michelle Yeoh said that the film was completely out of her comfort zone, "I was suddenly doing comedy, physical comedy, action, horror, every single genre all packed into one, and jumping in and out of it. It was such a gratifying experience. I've waited a long time to receive a script like that. Because, as you get older, the box gets smaller and smaller."
^^ excelent film that... now, another great, if confusing one with the 2001 Mulholland Drive on 4k bluray. (Studio Canal version)
The set of reels that was distributed to the movie theaters included a computer-written, photocopied note from director David Lynch (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000186) himself giving special instructions to the projectionists worldwide. Specifically, he did not want the film to be centered vertically on the screen, but rather to "allow more overhead" as the term in projectionist's slang, that is, to let the top part of the frame be more visible than the bottom part. This was because the film was originally made for TV, with an aspect ratio of 1.78:1 (or 16:9) in mind -- without the projectionists' manual correction, the aspect ratio of the theatrical release (1.85:1) would have resulted in heads being cut off at the top of the silver screen. Lynch also asked to raise the volume of the theater's sound system by three decibels when the film was playing. The note ended with the words, "Your friend, David Lynch."
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We watched this last night.
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Really enjoyed this film, though I'd thought it might be covering a longer period in time, not just the weeks surrounding the Normandy evacuations. But I suppose the clue is in the film title.
Gary Oldman was superb as you might expect. As were all the cast, including Lily James, the bird off all the Sky Mobile adverts :) She's nice
Seen it a couple of times and it is, as you say, an excellent film.
^^ excelent film that... now, another great, if confusing one with the 2001 Mulholland Drive on 4k bluray. (Studio Canal version)
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81F6qAApeTL._AC_SL1500_.jpg
Ought to try and watch it again, as I didn't 'get it' first time round. I have that problem with anything by David Lynch.
Ought to try and watch it again, as I didn't 'get it' first time round. I have that problem with anything by David Lynch.
its maybe his most complicated at first but its mostly trying to split apart the dream from reality. a bit like some folks lives i suppose
Brotherhood of the Wolf
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In 18th-century France, the Chevalier de Fronsac and his Native American friend Mani are sent to the Gevaudan province at the king's behest to investigate the killings of hundreds by a mysterious beast.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brotherhood_of_the_Wolf
"An extravagant B-movie from France with all the right matinee-adventure ingredients.
This is a grandiose monster movie from France that delivers the perfect blend of slick style and unsophisticated, gothic melodrama to make it one of the most appealing film fantasies in a long while. The international success of the film is not hard to understand; it's exhilarating in the same way that the old Hammer horror films were in their heyday. Everything about this elaborate movie is terrifically tacky, particularly the stunning production design. It's like seeing those artless, wilderness paintings containing hidden animal images come to life. The characters come off as if they were lifted right off of some garish paperback romance-novel cover. Best of all, the film has some nifty flourishes of sex and violence sadly missing from the current spate of half-baked, PG-13 Hollywood product. While some seem to be complaining of one martial-arts fight too many, faulty creature effects or simple-minded plotting; in this case, it's like bitching about KING KONG being over the top. This is a contemporary B-movie (albeit an expensive, subtitled one) for those who appreciate a good time at the movies. It delivers the kind of satisfaction audiences used to get seeing the work of Mario Bava or Ray Harryhausen; and that's saying a lot!"
All I will say is it's 'an entertainment': loosely based on historical events, the film is padded out with much martial art scenes, a sprinkling of sex and nudity, but some stunning location sets. Can't decide whether to keep this disc or not.
No Country for Old Men, 2007.. According to a January 2018 article in Business Insider, a group of psychiatrists studied 400 movies and identified 126 psychopathic characters. They chose Javier Bardem's portrayal of Anton Chigurh as the most clinically accurate portrayal of a psychopath.
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The title is part of the first line from William Butler Yeats (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0947102)' poem "Sailing to Byzantium." The full line is, "That is no country for old men." The poem is about an old man, and as he nears death, he wonders what it might be like in the afterlife. This theme is somewhat explored by the world of weary Sheriff Bell, who ponders what his life will be like after he leaves his "life" as a lawman.
walpurgis
05-04-2023, 09:55
No Country for Old Men, 2007..
There's something about that movie. Maybe the fact it's just plain mean! :)
(like Arlington Road!)
There's something about that movie. Maybe the fact it's just plain mean! :)
(like Arlington Road!)
thats another good un...
Tommy Lee Jones and Harrison Ford star in...
The Fugitive (1993)
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(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiYqrSP1ZL-AhUHXMAKHT5CAzcQFnoECBIQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0106977 %2F&usg=AOvVaw2QxkuKkncCNf27a3a26KAL)Tommy Lee Jones (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000169) reportedly told Joe Pantoliano (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001592), "It's not like anyone is going to win any awards for this film." However, the movie was eventually nominated for 7 Academy Awards and 3 Golden Globes, with Jones himself ironically winning both the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for this film. Harrison Ford was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actor, but lost to Tom Hanks (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000158) for his performance in Philadelphia (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107818) (1993).
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiYqrSP1ZL-AhUHXMAKHT5CAzcQFnoECBIQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0106977 %2F&usg=AOvVaw2QxkuKkncCNf27a3a26KAL)
There's something about that movie. Maybe the fact it's just plain mean! :)
(like Arlington Road!)
Sticking to Coen Brothers' films, 'Millers Crossing' is pretty "mean".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller's_Crossing
(BTW, I made the mistake in ascribing NCFOM to David Lynch. Should have known better. :doh: )
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, 2011...
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/09/Tinker_Tailor_Soldier_Spy_%28film%29.png
John le Carré (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0494170)'s novel was based on the uncovering, during the 1950s and 1960s, of the Cambridge Five traitors, who were K.G.B. moles working within the S.I.S. It is the first book in le Carré's Karla, or Quest for Karla trilogy, the second and third parts being The Honourable Schoolboy (1977) and Smiley's People (1979).
Gary Oldman (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000198) went to Old Focals, an eyeglass store in Pasadena, California, to search for the right glasses to fit George Smiley: "Glasses are funny things. For Smiley, they're iconic. It's like Bond's Aston Martin or vodka martini." Oldman tried on hundreds of glass frames before he found the appropriate ones.
In the novel, Jim Prideaux's (Mark Strong (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0835016)'s) mission took place in Czechoslovakia. In this film, the mission takes place in Hungary. The change in location was because Hungary offers a twenty percent tax reduction for film productions.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, 2011...
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/09/Tinker_Tailor_Soldier_Spy_%28film%29.png
John le Carré (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0494170)'s novel was based on the uncovering, during the 1950s and 1960s, of the Cambridge Five traitors, who were K.G.B. moles working within the S.I.S. It is the first book in le Carré's Karla, or Quest for Karla trilogy, the second and third parts being The Honourable Schoolboy (1977) and Smiley's People (1979).
Gary Oldman (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000198) went to Old Focals, an eyeglass store in Pasadena, California, to search for the right glasses to fit George Smiley: "Glasses are funny things. For Smiley, they're iconic. It's like Bond's Aston Martin or vodka martini." Oldman tried on hundreds of glass frames before he found the appropriate ones.
In the novel, Jim Prideaux's (Mark Strong (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0835016)'s) mission took place in Czechoslovakia. In this film, the mission takes place in Hungary. The change in location was because Hungary offers a twenty percent tax reduction for film productions.
Not a bad film: I have a copy, but I prefer the BBC version with Alec Guiness.
That's not to say Gary Oldman doesn't play Smiley well, he does - it's just that the set of MI6's "Circus" doesn't convince.
Stir Crazy (1980) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081562/)
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Prior to filming, Arizona State Prison Warden Robert Raines had tried to organize a rodeo for 2 years. The biggest obstacle was the cost of constructing an arena, complete with grandstand, stables, and livestock chutes. When Columbia Pictures inquired about renting the prison for a film shoot, he saw a way to realize his dream. If security could be maintained, the prison was available for a fee which matched the budget for the new rodeo grounds. Raines said, "There was a fringe benefit we didn't anticipate. Morale in the prison was never higher. Some 350 inmates signed on as extras, playing themselves, and the rest, even the most notorious troublemakers, stayed on their best behavior. There were simply no incidents."
Blazing Saddles (1974) (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiY35qZupX-AhUSEcAKHXwrANgQFnoECBAQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0071230 %2F&usg=AOvVaw0QDhe0gs6wVi6tCKukUeqG)
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In the DVD commentary, Mel Brooks (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000316) said that the working title for the film was "Tex X," as a reference to black Muslim leader Malcolm X (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0944318). It was then switched to "Black Bart," then to "The Purple Sage." In either case, neither he nor the other writers thought those were great titles. Brooks says that one morning he was taking a shower and the words "Blazing Saddles" suddenly popped into his head. When he got out of the shower, he pitched the title to his wife, the late Anne Bancroft (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000843), who liked the idea, and that's how the movie ended up with its title.
Gene Wilder (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000698) and Cleavon Little (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001476) quickly became friends on-set. Since Little was a Broadway actor, Wilder would give him pointers for acting in front of the cameras.
The Green Man , 1956..
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The dish on offer at the hotel towards the end, Chop Toad, is a variant on Toad in the Hole. Toad in the Hole is fried sausages, baked in a batter pudding. Chop Toad is fried pork or lamb chops baked similarly.
Both Alastair Sim and film antagonist George Cole played Scrooge (at different ages) in 1951's "A Chistmas Carol".
Me, Myself & Irene, 2000... classic slapstick this..imo the best one he did..
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In the "Hank Feeds off Milf on Bench" scene, Jim Carrey (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000120) was unknowingly suckling the right-nipple of Shannon Whirry (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0924204)'s ample breasts containing real milk, he thought she was wearing a prop. Carrey explains: "It's very rare that I get to a place where I am actually kind of humiliated, but that was one of them. It was so embarrassing to me, I was like embarrassed for the girl, but she was fine with it. She was like 'Yeah, whatever.' But I was literally apologizing to her between every take. When it was time to film it, I had to empty the studio. I couldn't do it in front of anybody." This is surprisingly ironic because Carrey at other times would openly admit that he is a breast-man; while Whirry has no qualms about doing topless scenes and "wet-nursing" stunts, because ever since one year after the film's script was completed, she had been playing in over a dozen erotic films in her acting career.
In the scene where Jim Carrey (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000120) is fighting with himself, Hank grabs Charlie's finger and says "Beg me or I'll break it off." Charlie's reply of "I beg I die" is taken from the movie Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114660) (1995), with Jim Carrey even imitating the tone of Andy Garcia (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000412)'s voice.
Jim Carey did most of his own stunts.
The soundtrack is almost exclusively covers of Steely Dan songs recorded specifically for this movie.
Escape from Alcatraz (1979) (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjQkt6g-Zf-AhWdRUEAHY6mBxEQFnoECAsQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0079116 %2F&usg=AOvVaw3_oGzQwxozs4xIaIF5lEBh)
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no one knows for sure if they made it...
Joe Versus the Volcano, 1990.. nearly finished this; lots of fun...
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Watched Mulholland Dr. last night.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0f/Mulholland.png
Still don't get it, quickly became board with it, but persisted untill the end.
According to Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulholland_Drive_(film),David Lych intended the film to be an opening plot for a TV series. This was rejected, so he tacked on an ending which was deliberately 'open ended'. Well it shows. Having seen this film three times now (first on the big screen, and twice on TV), I'm not going to give it any more views.
"Mulholland Drive is often regarded as one of Lynch's finest works and as one of the greatest films of all time. It was ranked 8th in the 2022 Sight & Sound critics' poll of the best films ever made and topped a 2016 BBC poll of the best films since 2000." Goodness knows why. :rolleyes:
walpurgis
08-04-2023, 06:59
Watched Mulholland Dr. last night
Got the DVD.
I'm still trying to make sense of 'Lost Highway'. For some reason I like its weirdness!
Watched Mulholland Dr. last night.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0f/Mulholland.png
Still don't get it, quickly became board with it, but persisted untill the end.
According to Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulholland_Drive_(film),David Lych intended the film to be an opening plot for a TV series. This was rejected, so he tacked on an ending which was deliberately 'open ended'. Well it shows. Having seen this film three times now (first on the big screen, and twice on TV), I'm not going to give it any more views.
"Mulholland Drive is often regarded as one of Lynch's finest works and as one of the greatest films of all time. It was ranked 8th in the 2022 Sight & Sound critics' poll of the best films ever made and topped a 2016 BBC poll of the best films since 2000." Goodness knows why. :rolleyes:
half of it is her dream and rest is reality.
a bit of class now.. this is how its done..
We're No Angels, 1955...Directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov, Aldo Ray, Joan Bennett and Basil Rathbone.
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Blithe Spirit (1945) (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwic04zLlJr-AhWCQcAKHc6QAOUQFnoECDkQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FBlithe _Spirit_(1945_film)&usg=AOvVaw0JoqTobnWH_V3yjueC0utO)
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Although it received positive critical reviews, this movie was a box-office failure on both sides of the Atlantic, but is now widely regarded as a classic.
Based on Coward's 1941 play of the same title. At the time, it set the longest-run record for a British non-musical play at 1,997 performances. It held that record until 1957 when "The Mousetrap" surpassed it.
As with most of Noël Coward (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002021)'s work, this movie is renowned for its dialogue. During an argument with Ruth (Constance Cummings (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0191870)), Charles (Sir Rex Harrison (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001322)) declares, "If you're trying to compile an inventory of my sex life, I feel it only fair to warn you that you've omitted several episodes. I shall consult my diary and give you a complete list after lunch." The line, considered extremely risqué by censors, was deleted from the U.S. release.
Brideshead Revisited
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/67/Brideshead_revisited.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brideshead_Revisited_(film)
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/brideshead-revisited-2008
Not as sumptious as the 1981 TV adaptaion, but in someways better. IMO the casting of the main characters is largely better, but the film deviates from the book and is too short to do the book justice.
The Bishop's Wife, 1947.. originally niven and grant's parts were to be reversed. fortunately someone saw sense. cary made a much better angel.
the tag line; have you heard about cary and the bishop's wife was added to increase interest.. it worked!
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Ring of Spies, 1964...The film is based on the actual events of the Portland Spy Ring trial in the U.K.
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45 Cranley Drive, Ruislip which features as the Krogers' home, was their actual address in real life, from which they transmitted messages to Moscow. A second transmitter was found at the bottom of the garden in 1980.
Towards the end of the film, an MI6 intelligence officer called Blake is told that the Portland spies are due to be arrested. He goes to Lord's Cricket Ground in order to warn his Soviet Russian contact, but is recognised by other MI6 officers. The character is based on George Blake of MI6 who did betray secrets to Soviet Russia. He was arrested the same year as the Portland spies.
According to the film, and what MI5 maintained, the Portland spy ring was unraveled solely through the vigilance of British counter-intelligence in shadowing Houghton, whose extravagance was itself the cause of his own downfall. However, something which was not public knowledge in Britain at the time the film was made and which the Russians maintain to be the real catalyst in the collapse of the spy ring, were the actions of Michael Goleniewski, a Polish triple agent who was passing secrets to the CIA from 1959, including information about the presence of a British spy within the Royal Navy. There is evidence that as early as June 1960 (at least six months before the demise of the spy ring) MI5 had been informed of Houghton's identity by the CIA thanks to their Polish informant. Yet it was not until January 1961 that Houghton and his associates were arrested - the same time that Goleniewski defected to the West. Surely this was no coincidence.
Mr. Deeds Goes To Town, 1936.. bluray.
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This movie marks the entry of the verb doodle (in the sense of absent-minded scribbling) into the English language. The word was coined for the movie by screenwriter Robert Riskin (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0728307).
Jean Arthur (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000795) was so overcome with stage fright that she often vomited before scenes and would run back to her dressing room after each take to have a good cry. Yet she was totally cool on camera. Gary Cooper (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000011) was one of the few actors who could make her feel comfortable on the set.
Columbia and Frank Capra (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001008) intended to make a sequel to this movie, starring Gary Cooper (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000011) and Jean Arthur (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000795), entitled "Mr. Deeds Goes to Washington", based on the story "The Gentleman from Wyoming" (alternately called "The Gentleman from Montana" by both contemporary and modern sources) by Lewis R. Foster (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0287931). This story was instead turned into the 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031679) (1939), directed by Frank Capra (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001008) and starring Arthur and James Stewart (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000071).
The Patriot, 2000..
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(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwipspSphZ_-AhVFh1wKHdddAwwQFnoECC0QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Pa triot_(2000_film)&usg=AOvVaw2wAo0JDqjM1ZI9Fgy_d-lq)Heath Ledger (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005132) said researching the American Revolutionary War for the film answered his question of why Americans "wave their flag so high." "It's because they went to hell and back to build their country."
The historical accuracy of the costumes and settings was overseen by the Smithsonian Institution. It's the first time the Institution ever worked directly on the production of a movie.
When teaching (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwipspSphZ_-AhVFh1wKHdddAwwQFnoECC0QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Pa triot_(2000_film)&usg=AOvVaw2wAo0JDqjM1ZI9Fgy_d-lq)Mel Gibson (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000154) and Heath Ledger (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005132) how to shoot a muzzle-loading rifle, technical advisor Mark Baker gave them the advice to "aim small, miss small", meaning that if you aim at a man and miss, you miss the man, while if you aim at a button (for instance) and miss, you still hit the man. Gibson liked this bit advice so much, he incorporated it into the movie, just prior to the ambush scene. (which is true)
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwipspSphZ_-AhVFh1wKHdddAwwQFnoECC0QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Pa triot_(2000_film)&usg=AOvVaw2wAo0JDqjM1ZI9Fgy_d-lq)
The New World , 2005... extended cut..
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In an interview, Christian Bale (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288) spoke of the eccentric directing styles of Terrence Malick (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000517). He said that he wanted to see what Malick would do if he just walked out of a shot and towards the crew. Malick followed Christian with the camera and, as Christian put it, "[the crew] were running, and they were diving behind bushes to get away from the camera."
Because of Terrence Malick (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000517)'s habit of cutting and editing his films repeatedly, much of the music that James Horner (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000035) wrote for the film never made it to the final cut, except for a few fragments. In an interview, Horner said that Malick loved his score, but had no clue about what to do with it. He concluded that working with Malick was "the most disappointing experience I've ever had with a man" and that "I never felt so letdown by a filmmaker in my life".
The Lavender Hill Mob
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ee/The_Lavender_Hill_Mob.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lavender_Hill_Mob
Passport to Pimlico
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7e/Passport_to_Pimlico_film.jpg?20171014002240
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passport_to_Pimlico
2 classics there barry... ealing memories..
both in my collection in some way i think
The New World , 2005... extended cut..
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In an interview, Christian Bale (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288) spoke of the eccentric directing styles of Terrence Malick (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000517). He said that he wanted to see what Malick would do if he just walked out of a shot and towards the crew. Malick followed Christian with the camera and, as Christian put it, "[the crew] were running, and they were diving behind bushes to get away from the camera."
Because of Terrence Malick (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000517)'s habit of cutting and editing his films repeatedly, much of the music that James Horner (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000035) wrote for the film never made it to the final cut, except for a few fragments. In an interview, Horner said that Malick loved his score, but had no clue about what to do with it. He concluded that working with Malick was "the most disappointing experience I've ever had with a man" and that "I never felt so letdown by a filmmaker in my life".
excellent version that. better than the shorter one i saw years ago. although some may say overly long, it did allow better characterization etc. i was a big fan of malicks earlier stuff. must pull out more... that was a bought file from Amazon.
Passport to Pimlico
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7e/Passport_to_Pimlico_film.jpg?20171014002240
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passport_to_Pimlico
got me in mood for this myself so on it goes... a file from amazon nonetheless tho...
Back to the Future, 1985..
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The Graduate
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Very much of its time, I had forgotten how funny this satire of American middle-class asperations and morés is.
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Murder by Decree, 1979
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Fletch, 1985..
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, 2017..
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Absolute Power (1997) (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjSnK_cg6f-AhVXiVwKHV1iAiUQFnoECAsQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0118548 %2F&usg=AOvVaw26e0RZcZXVQjbFxBKKBxcI)
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Pale Rider (1985) (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj-lI-0n6f-AhXQUMAKHYs3DuwQFnoECA4QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0089767 %2F&usg=AOvVaw3ejEFxazag8mZK4ToS0rnC)
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QUOTE; [Reading from the Book of Revelation] And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth beast said: "Come and see." And I looked, and behold a pale horse. And his name that sat on him was (ENTER CLINT ON A PALE HORSE)The title refers to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse from the Book of the Revelation, chapter six. Megan Wheeler (Sydney Penny) is reading the exact verse when she and her mom, Sarah (Carrie Snodgress), first see Preacher (Clint Eastwood) ride up to their house.
Preacher's revolver is a Remington Model 1858, modified from a cap and ball revolver cylinder to a cylinder that fires cartridge ammunition.
This movie was Clint Eastwood (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000142)'s first western since The Outlaw Josey Wales (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075029) (1976), a gap of nine years, and his last prior to Unforgiven (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105695) (1992), a gap of seven years. Apparently, the long gap between Clint Eastwood (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000142) making westerns was caused by a mid-life allergy Eastwood had to horses.
Chinatown (1974) (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjl_NDe_6n-AhVSa8AKHQouDo4QFnoECA0QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0071315 %2F&usg=AOvVaw3ClVQ_7YD3ZNJe0bRs-buL)
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Roman Polanski (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000591) said that in staying true to the tradition of Raymond Chandler (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0151452)'s detective stories, he shot the whole movie from the perspective of the main character.
At the time of filming, Jack Nicholson (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000197) had just embarked on his longstanding relationship with Anjelica Huston (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001378). This made his scenes with her father, John Huston (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001379), rather uncomfortable, especially as the only time Anjelica was on set was the day they were filming the scene where Noah Cross interrogates Nicholson's character with "Mr. Gittes...do you sleep with my daughter?"
After several takes that never looked quite right, Faye Dunaway (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001159) got annoyed and told Jack Nicholson (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000197) to actually slap her. He did and felt very guilty for it, despite it being Dunaway's decision. The shot made it into the movie.
Faye Dunaway (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001159) and Roman Polanski (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000591) were notorious for their on-set arguments. During filming, Polanski pulled out some strands of Dunaway's hair. On another occasion, when she asked him what her character's motivation was, he exploded, "Just say the f**king words, your salary is your motivation!"
walpurgis
14-04-2023, 19:12
Top movie there Grant! :thumbsup:
One of the best films ever made IMO. Everything about it is right down to the last detail.
Days of Heaven, 1978..
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The shot of locusts ascending to the sky was shot in reverse with the helicopter crew throwing peanut shells down, and actors walking backwards.
In an interview conducted for the Criterion Collection DVD edition of the film in 2007, Richard Gere (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000152) speaks of a shot in the film during the wheat fire where a "monstrous" antiquated tractor is driven through the flames. According to Gere, director Terrence Malick (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000517) was the driver.
Terrence Malick (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000517) was so exhausted after the experience of making and completing the film that he retreated to Paris with his girlfriend. It would be 20 years before he made another film.
Even though Richard Gere (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000152)'s first notable role was in Mr. Goodbar (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076327) (1977), he actually made this first, but the film took two years to edit and wasn't released until 1978.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3YH5USzz14
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3YH5USzz14
gere's role was originally to be john travolta, but he couldn't get out of another commitment ( Welcome Back, Kotter (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072582))
He's good but if you look at his list of films there's nothing I would rate as excellent:
Year Title Role Notes
1975 Report to the Commissioner Billy
1976 Baby Blue Marine Raider
1977 Looking for Mr. Goodbar Tony Lopanto
1978 Bloodbrothers Thomas Stony De Coco
Days of Heaven Bill
1979 Yanks Matt Dyson
1980 American Gigolo Julian Kaye
1982 An Officer and a Gentleman Zack Mayo
1983 The Honorary Consul Dr. Eduardo Plarr a.k.a. Beyond the Limit
Breathless Jesse Lujack
1984 The Cotton Club Dixie Dwyer
1985 King David David
1986 No Mercy Eddie Jillette
Power Pete St. John
1988 Miles from Home Frank Roberts, Jr.
1990 Internal Affairs Dennis Peck
Pretty Woman Edward Lewis
1991 Rhapsody in August Clark
1992 Final Analysis Dr. Isaac Barr Also executive producer
1993 Mr. Jones Mr. Jones
Sommersby John Robert 'Jack' Sommersby
1994 Intersection Vincent Eastman
1995 First Knight Lancelot
1996 Primal Fear Martin Vail
1997 The Jackal Declan Joseph Mulqueen
Red Corner Jack Moore
1999 Runaway Bride Homer Eisenhower "Ike" Graham
2000 Dr. T & the Women Dr. T
Autumn in New York Will Keane
2002 The Mothman Prophecies John Klein
Unfaithful Edward Sumner
Chicago William "Billy" Flynn
2004 Shall We Dance? John Clark
2005 Bee Season Saul Naumann
2006 The Hoax Clifford Irving
2007 The Hunting Party Simon
I'm Not There Bob Dylan as Billy The Kid
The Flock Agent Erroll Babbage
2008 Nights in Rodanthe Dr. Paul Flanner
2009 Amelia George Putnam
Hachi: A Dog's Tale Parker Wilson Also producer
Brooklyn's Finest Eddie Dugan
2011 The Double Paul Shepherdson
2012 Arbitrage Robert Miller
2013 Movie 43 Boss Segment "iBabe"
2014 Henry & Me Henry Voice
Time Out of Mind George Hammond Also producer
2015 The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Guy Chambers
The Benefactor Franny
2016 Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer Norman Oppenheimer
2017 The Dinner Stan Lohman
Three Christs Dr. Alan Stone
2023 Maybe I Do Howard
TBA Longing Daniel
walpurgis
15-04-2023, 10:32
The only film there I'd want is Primal Fear, which I have on DVD. Well worth a watch, if only for the amazing acting from Edward Norton.
he was too pretty for this film imo... teeth way too perfect too. i like malick's attention to detail and 'madness' in most of his films especially aroung his earlier work.
The only film there I'd want is Primal Fear, which I have on DVD. Well worth a watch, if only for the amazing acting from Edward Norton.
think only one ive got of his is this
The Guns of Navarone, 1961..
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During shooting, (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwihsNnz6av-AhXVEcAKHRCjCCEQFnoECBcQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Gu ns_of_Navarone_(film)&usg=AOvVaw1d5z-ZBDbbIzUx2YEHq1w8)Gregory Peck (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000060) and David Niven (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000057) became close friends, bonding initially over Peck's ability to consume vast quantities of brandy, which the actors used to "stay warm" while filming in a cold studio tank, without muffing a line. Their families visited each other frequently in later years, and Peck would deliver the eulogy at Niven's funeral.
Sir (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwihsNnz6av-AhXVEcAKHRCjCCEQFnoECBcQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Gu ns_of_Navarone_(film)&usg=AOvVaw1d5z-ZBDbbIzUx2YEHq1w8)Anthony Quayle (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0703033) spent part of World War II in Albania organizing guerrilla forces. Like his character, Franklin, he was a Major.
Although Navarone is a fictional place, the novel of the same title is based on The Battle of Leros, in the Dodecanese, the location of the deepest port in the region and of coastal battery which defended it.
Some members of the Greek royal family and their entourage were extras in the café scene, as they were visiting the set on the day that scene was being filmed.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwihsNnz6av-AhXVEcAKHRCjCCEQFnoECBcQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Gu ns_of_Navarone_(film)&usg=AOvVaw1d5z-ZBDbbIzUx2YEHq1w8)
Some light comedy with Bob Hope and ...My Favorite Brunette, 1947...
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More Hope with The Paleface, 1948...this time with Jane Russell..
https://thoughtsfrommusicalmanart.files.wordpress.com/2021/06/the-paleface.jpg?w=800
Mikeandvan
16-04-2023, 11:00
Days of Heaven, 1978..
https://s3.amazonaws.com/criterion-production/films/323c56a13b44f5ded3b7b0117a6dc08d/o7l2a4KSto1HXIf7DxvRcPVn2sMRvl_large.jpg
The shot of locusts ascending to the sky was shot in reverse with the helicopter crew throwing peanut shells down, and actors walking backwards.
In an interview conducted for the Criterion Collection DVD edition of the film in 2007, Richard Gere (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000152) speaks of a shot in the film during the wheat fire where a "monstrous" antiquated tractor is driven through the flames. According to Gere, director Terrence Malick (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000517) was the driver.
Terrence Malick (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000517) was so exhausted after the experience of making and completing the film that he retreated to Paris with his girlfriend. It would be 20 years before he made another film.
Even though Richard Gere (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000152)'s first notable role was in Mr. Goodbar (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076327) (1977), he actually made this first, but the film took two years to edit and wasn't released until 1978.
Malick's films look pretty but they have a lot of bite, this film has a strange story line, and is also narrated by, not a minor character (the young girl, Gere's character's sister) but not the main character. Badlands is even more hard hitting, with its cold depictions of senseless murder, and has an amusing meta narrative on the media circus around murderers and man hunts. His later films are also excellent, if a bit more meditative.
Malick's films look pretty but they have a lot of bite, this film has a strange story line, and is also narrated by, not a minor character (the young girl, Gere's character's sister) but not the main character. Badlands is even more hard hitting, with its cold depictions of senseless murder, and has an amusing meta narrative on the media circus around murderers and man hunts. His later films are also excellent, if a bit more meditative.
yes ive got badlands too... top film..:)
Mikeandvan
16-04-2023, 11:03
Been having a kitchen sink drama mini fest. Saturday Night, sunday morning, A kind of Loving, and The Entertainer. Never paid too much much attention to this genre before, but they were brilliant.
walpurgis
16-04-2023, 11:07
Badlands is even more hard hitting, with its cold depictions of senseless murder
Yes, it's a fine film. Not well known now and probably too grim for some, a bit like "In Cold Blood'.
walpurgis
16-04-2023, 11:11
Been having a kitchen sink drama mini fest. Saturday Night, sunday morning, A kind of Loving, and The Entertainer. Never paid too much much attention to this genre before, but they were brilliant.
You should have included "A Taste of Honey". Murray Melvin who co-starred just died at 90.
Ols Sherlock day maybe... start with The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1939..
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Lionel Atwill (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0041172) was originally cast as Prof. Moriarty, but was replaced before shooting by George Zucco (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0958345). However, Atwill would go on to play Moriarty in Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035317) (1942) also starring Basil Rathbone (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001651) and Nigel Bruce (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0115558) as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, respectively.
The second film in the Sherlock Holmes series starring Basil Rathbone (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001651) as the detective and Nigel Bruce (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0115558) as Dr Watson, and the last Sherlock Holmes film made at 20th Century-Fox. . This was set in 1894 London. All the subsequent films in the series were contemporary.
You should have included "A Taste of Honey". Murray Melvin who co-starred just died at 90.
god that's a terrible film. I tried to watch it a while back as there's a connection to my family but I couldn't make it through to the end.
The Spider Woman, 1944..
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At one point Holmes says to Watson, "If you ever see me getting too sure again, fancying myself more clever then Adrea Spedding, just whisper one word to me: pygmy." This line was inspired by the short story "The Adventure of the Yellow Face," in which Holmes tells Watson, "If it should ever strike you that I am getting a little over-confident in my powers, or giving less pains to a case than it deserves, kindly whisper 'Norbury' in my ear, and I shall be infinitely obliged to you."
Shooting lasted from May 10-early June, 1943, released January 21, 1944 (copyright 1943) .
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death, 1943..
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References Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0236279)'s original Sherlock Holmes story, "The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual". The set which represents Musgrave Hall would be used in a few of the Universal horror films.
Dr. Watson's revolver is an 1878 Colt M1877 "Lightning", an improbable choice for Watson as a service revolver since it was never chambered with a British service cartridge.
I'm still struggling to walk so sitting up and fortunately have a 'bottle near me :eyebrows:
A Christmas Carol (1984)
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George C Scott was a great Dickens schollar and wanted this to be "the definitive version of a beloved literary classic of his".. He suceeded too. it is a classic, along with the B&W 1951 version starring Alistair Sim, which may not have been quite so accurate but had the super Mr Sim in it.
The Four Feathers, 1939... Zoltan Korda's masterpice 'boys own' version of the 1902 novel
by A.E.W. Mason of same name. (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjZqvu1wLD-AhXKSsAKHcncCXMQFnoECBIQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Fo ur_Feathers_(1939_film)&usg=AOvVaw3lE1nKsQ5EpFOYzHOYqZs0)All star cast too in this Criterion bluray remaster..
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This version is widely considered the best of all the numerous film adaptations of the novel. Critic Michael Sragow (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Sragow) praises the "film's gritty magic", calling it "next to Lawrence of Arabia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_of_Arabia_(film)) (1962), the most harrowingly beautiful of all desert spectaculars." "They [the film crew] and the cast all do their jobs so well that the action becomes poetic."
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjZqvu1wLD-AhXKSsAKHcncCXMQFnoECBIQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Fo ur_Feathers_(1939_film)&usg=AOvVaw3lE1nKsQ5EpFOYzHOYqZs0)
Seven Days to Noon (1950).
classic British suspense movie this, alas only available from USA.
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An English scientist runs away from a research center with an atomic bomb. In a letter sent to the British Prime Minister he threatens to blow up the center of London if the Government don't announce the end of any research in this field within a week.
(https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042949/)James Bernard (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002302) was most famous for composing the scores to numerous Hammer horrors, including Dracula (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051554) (1958). Ironically, however, it was for this film that he won his only Oscar - as co-writer of the screenplay, not the music.
There are a number of literary references in Seven Days to Noon: Among the jottings on Professor Willingdon's notes -- "The wicked beareth rule" is from the Bible, Proverbs 29:2 (...when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn) and "Thus with a mighty fall shall Babylon the great city be cast down" Revelation 18:21; "Dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon" comes from John Milton's Samson Agonistes, a play about the biblical character, Samson, who is granted the power to destroy the temple and kill all the Philistines (and himself). The professor later quotes Revelation 6:4, "The horse came forth, the red horse, and to him that sat thereon was given to take the peace from the earth. And there was given unto him a great sword." The speaker in Hyde Park says "There shall be wars and rumors of wars." Nearly identical words are found in Matthew 24:6, Mark 13:7 and the Book of Mormon, 2 Nephi 25:12. A man carries a sandwich board quoting "The wages of sin is death," again from the Bible, Romans 6:23.
(https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042949/)
Mikeandvan
17-04-2023, 11:29
More kitchen sink, Richard Burton in 'Look back in anger', I thought it was terribly dated, and rather weird. He's married to this posh bird but he keeps on shouting at her cos she's posh? Then he shags her mate, emmmmm. Bloody awful.
Another classic with Alfred Hitchcock (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiU2Jup9LD-AhWhQUEAHfKWABkQs2YoAHoECBYQBw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAlfred_ Hitchcock&usg=AOvVaw3QC535EYtRO4zxub5XkcZJ)'s ....The 39 Steps (1935). criterion bluray remaster...
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The sixty-two imported sheep, upon arriving at the soundstage, immediately went to work on the bracken and bushes that had been brought with them. The infuriated crew had to replace the plants with ones hastily bought from a local nursery.
During a private screening, (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026029/)Alfred Hitchcock (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000033) asked John Buchan (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0117955), whose original plot had been used only very loosely, what he thought of the movie so far. Buchan replied: "Fascinating! I wonder how it will end." :lolsign:
Contemporary reviews were very positive. Andre Sennwald of The New York Times wrote: "If the work has any single rival as the most original, literate and entertaining melodrama of 1935, then it must be The Man Who Knew Too Much, which is also out of Mr. Hitchcock's workshop. A master of shock and suspense, of cold horror and slyly incongruous wit, he uses the camera the way a painter uses his brush, stylizing his story and giving it values which the scenarists could hardly have suspected." (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026029/)
(https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026029/)
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror, 1942...
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Watched this last night:
Mediterraneo
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterraneo
A delightfully warm, charming and funny war film. Try to see it if you can.
More kitchen sink, Richard Burton in 'Look back in anger', I thought it was terribly dated, and rather weird. He's married to this posh bird but he keeps on shouting at her cos she's posh? Then he shags her mate, emmmmm. Bloody awful.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look_Back_in_Anger_(1959_film)
Yes, it is of it's time, but a refreshing 'kick up the arse' of the Britsh film industry - similar to the advent of punk on the safe and self-satisfied British music scene.
Until then the British industry churned out entertaining, but safe films such as the Ealing comedies - the only exception being the work of Powell & Pressburger
Watched this last night:
Mediterraneo
http://historyfilmhistory.com/storage/images/Mediterraneo.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterraneo
A delightfully warm, charming and funny war film. Try to see it if you can.
thats available on my studio canal channel i think. will look it up.
thats available on my studio canal channel i think. will look it up.
I saw it at my film club on the big screen many years ago, but I have had a DVD copy for a while now, and it was that which I watched last night.
It will have sub-titles which some don't like, but I prefer that to dubbing which to my ears always sounds odd and distracting.
Mikeandvan
18-04-2023, 02:32
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look_Back_in_Anger_(1959_film)
Yes, it is of it's time, but a refreshing 'kick up the arse' of the Britsh film industry - similar to the advent of punk on the safe and self-satisfied British music scene.
Until then the British industry churned out entertaining, but safe films such as the Ealing comedies - the only exception being the work of Powell & Pressburger
I thought it was histrionic and stagey, not to mention all the clumsy heavy handed metaphors about class. But apparently the critics think it's ok, so may be I'm missing something. Another 'classic' kitchen sink drama that I saw recently for the first time was A kind of Loving, which in contrast had an understated style, whose meanings are revealed rather than shouted.
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon , 1967...
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Burl Ives would remain on in Ireland after making the film, buying a farm near Limerick, and living there, on and off, until the early 70's.
Bing Crosby (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001078) was attached to this project; he was going to play P.T. Barnum, but delays and rewrites caused him to drop out, with Burl Ives taking role.
somehing to make you realise whats really important...WHISKY GALORE!, 1949..
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There is no whisky!!!!
Lol
Sweeney!, 1977...
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This was the first British movie to be shown legally in Communist China.
The name of the police unit was "The Flying Squad". This is in real life an actual police division. Wikipedia explain it as being "a branch of the Specialist Crime & Operations section, within London's Metropolitan Police Service. The Squad's purpose is to investigate commercial armed robberies, along with the prevention and investigation of other serious armed crime. Possibly one of the best known operations of the squad was their foiling of the Millennium Dome raid".
That'll Be The Day, 1973... stars David Essex, Ringo Starr, Billy Fury, Keith Moon, Robert Lindsay and Rosemary Leach.
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Producer David Puttnam (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0701298) was impressed by Harry Nilsson (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0632223)'s song "1941" and asked screenwriter Ray Connolly (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0175350) to create a screenplay based on it. The resulting movie resembles the song in all key respects except a funfair substitutes the circus of the song.
The original end music, "That'll Be The Day", was replaced for the American release by "Rock On", which had just been released.
There are two big Beatles connections that bookend this film. Firstly, right at the start of the film where Jim goes into the cafe a guitar instrumental called " Raunchy" is playing. This is the song that George Harrison played to John Lennon on the top of a Liverpool corporation bus as his audition to join The Quarrymen. The second is the Buddy Holly & The Crickets song "That'll be the Day" was the first song ever recorded by The Quarrymen, featuring Lennon, McCartney and Harrison.
The song played by Stormy Tempest and his band during the dance scene is "Long Live Rock" written by Pete Townshend of The Who.
Gotta follow it up with Stardust from 1974... Essex again with Keith Moon, Adam Faith, Larry Hagman and Dave Edmunds....
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Adam Faith (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0265693)'s limping throughout the film was from injuries he sustained from a severe car accident he suffered prior to filming. However, the limp was consistent with Mike having been beaten up at the conclusion of the previous film. Ringo Starr (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0823592) turned down the chance to reprise his role of Mike from That'll Be the Day (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070788) (1973)
A journalist asks Jim how he finds America. Following his answer, Kevin says "At least he didn't say "turn left at Greenland"". This was an actual response to the same question used in reality by John Lennon.
somehing to make you realise whats really important...WHISKY GALORE!, 1949..
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Good film!
Mikeandvan
18-04-2023, 23:32
The Mind Benders, starring Dirk Bogarde, and same tasty actress what was in Look back in anger. It's very good actually, supremely creepy shot of Dirk floating in isolation tank, simple pretext, but script makes much of it.
The Invisible Man, 2020...
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The film follows Cecilia, who receives the news of her abusive ex-boyfriend's suicide. She begins to re-build her life for the better. However, her sense of reality is put into question when she begins to suspect her deceased lover is
not actually dead.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjA9cmW0LX-AhXPOcAKHbXEBzsQFnoECAwQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_In visible_Man_(2020_film)&usg=AOvVaw2G-1jQkApMRA-ggc3o08zW)
Leigh Whannell (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1191481) had told cinematographer Stefan Duscio (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2642924) that this horror movie would feature plenty of light as an invisible man doesn't need to hide in the darkness, "and he kind of groaned with pain" because cinematographers love darkness. The attic scene is a "little gift" that he gave to Duscio, and they lit it with just the torch.
Not for me. Tbh I didn't realise quite what it was. Not keen on this type of horror.
Random trip through all things Streaming last night wondering what to watch.
Tripped over The Mummy (2017) with Tom Cruise.
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Missed it when it came out,
was always curious about it though as it crashed a potential movie franchise (apparently) because it was so badly received.
Enjoyed Bendan Frasers 2017 movie, how bad could it be?
Not...terrible, exactly.
Some good effects work, and worth the price of admission for Russell Crowe's insane "cor blimey Guv'nor" take on Mr Hyde.
Tom Cruise though,
worse performance of his I've seen.
Avoid.
5/10.
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon, 1942..
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During the sequence showing the trials of the new bomb-sight, several different types of aircraft are seen in the stock footage used. A Douglas A-20 (known in RAF service as the "Boston") takes off, then a Bristol Blenheim flies low past the camera, and finally a Vickers Wellington is seen for the rest of the sequence. The interior of the aircraft shown also appears to be a Wellington, recognisable by its unique framework of aluminium triangles.
Dressed to Kill, 1946...
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During the UCLA Sherlock Holmes Restoration Project (1993-2003) they were unable to find any 35mm elements of the main title for this film. The restored version uses a blow-up from a used 16mm television syndication print which was dissolved into the proper point. The main title of the restored version shows a decrease in resolution, increased grain and a reduction in image registration.
The rabbit in a cabbage was made by Roullet & Decamps, a French toy manufacturing company operating in the 19th and 20th centuries, which specialized in automata.
Sherlock Holmes and the House of Fear, 1946..
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According to Harry Cording, the movie was filmed completely out of sequence. With first week filming the beginning and ending when all the cast members were present. He said that Cyril Delevanti, this first person murdered, only worked four days. Universal saved money by only paying for days work and filming each victim's part in sequence. With the climax already filmed there was no need for any actor to return. Except for Aubrey Mather and Paul Cavanagh , when you died the pay stopped.
Badlands, 1973...
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The actor originally cast as the architect who rings at the rich man's door did not show up, so (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwje0cW4x7j-AhUdRUEAHfWqAMwQFnoECCQQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FBadlan ds_(film)&usg=AOvVaw2pQoNuE4c5Ufh_wARpYDRW)Terrence Malick (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000517) played the part himself. Malick later wanted to re-shoot the scene with another actor, but Martin Sheen (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000640) refused to re-do the sequence with anyone else.
The article "Absence of Malick" written by (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwje0cW4x7j-AhUdRUEAHfWqAMwQFnoECCQQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FBadlan ds_(film)&usg=AOvVaw2pQoNuE4c5Ufh_wARpYDRW)David Handelman (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1283212) and published in California Magazine stated that Terrence Malick (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000517) filmed this picture " . . . in Eastern Colorado between August and October of 1972. He, reportedly, gave investors no guarantee of completion or distribution, paid himself no salary and his actors and crew not much more. The costumer, mechanic and Malick himself all ended up acting in the film. As not only director, but producer, Malick suddenly found himself dealing with insurance costs, auto maintenance, unionizers, shotgun-wielding landowners and a mutinous crew. His first cinematographer, Brian Probyn (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0698266), wouldn't shoot what Malick wanted, claiming the scenes wouldn't cut together. Probyn's assistant, Tak Fujimoto (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005714), then took over, but also left. Some equipment was damaged by the film's fire sequence. When a special-effects man suffered severe burns, Malick, unable to afford a helicopter, sent him to the distant hospital by car, and many crew members quit in protest. For the last two weeks of the shoot, the entire crew consisted of the director, the director's wife and a local high school student. Then Malick ran out of money whilst editing and had to take a rewrite job to finish his movie. When shown to the New York Film Festival selection board months later, the print broke, the sound was muddy, the picture was out of focus. Yet Badlands (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069762) (1973) landed the prestigious closing-night slot and drew raves. Warner's paid $950,000 for the distribution rights."
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwje0cW4x7j-AhUdRUEAHfWqAMwQFnoECCQQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FBadlan ds_(film)&usg=AOvVaw2pQoNuE4c5Ufh_wARpYDRW)
It's a good film - I enjoyed it. I think the incidental music is by Eric Satie.
It's a good film - I enjoyed it. I think the incidental music is by Eric Satie.
yeah i think some is his.. karl orff too
The Man Who Fell to Earth, 1976..
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According to costume designer May Routh (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0746132), David Bowie (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000309) was so thin that some of his outfits were boys' clothes.
David Bowie (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000309) said of this film in Kurt Loder (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0517064)'s article "Straight Time" published in the 12th May 1983 edition of 'Rolling Stone' magazine: "I'm so pleased I made that [movie], but I didn't really know what was being made at all". Further, in the article "Bowie at the Bijou" published in the April 1982 edition of 'Movieline' magazine, Bowie said: "I just threw my real self into that movie as I was at that time. It was the first thing I'd ever done. I was virtually ignorant of the established procedure [of making movies], so I was going a lot on instinct, and my instinct was pretty dissipated. I just learned the lines for that day and did them the way I was feeling. It wasn't that far off. I actually was feeling as alienated as that character was. It was a pretty natural performance. ... a good exhibition of somebody literally falling apart in front of you. I was totally insecure with about 10 grams [of cocaine] a day in me. I was stoned out of my mind from beginning to end". Moreover, in the same article, Bowie said of his relationship with director Nicolas Roeg (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001676): " . . . we got on rather well. I think I was fulfilling what he needed from me for that role. I wasn't disrupting . . . I wasn't disrupted. In fact, I was very eager to please. And amazingly enough, I was able to carry out everything I was asked to do. I was quite willing to stay up as long as anybody".
walpurgis
20-04-2023, 15:25
It was a favourite of mine, but I haven't seen it for years. I have the DVD though.
its an interesting film from a director who mostly made interesting films
Escape from New York, 1981..
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Kurt Russell (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000621) has stated that this is his favorite of all his films, and Snake Plissken is his favorite of his characters.
The model of the city set was repainted and reused for Blade Runner (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658) (1982)
The opening narration, and the computer's voice in the first prison scene, were provided by an uncredited Jamie Lee Curtis (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000130).
The wire-frame computer graphics on the display screens in the glider were not computer-generated. Computers capable of 3-D wire-frame imaging were too expensive at the time. Special effects designers built a model of the city, painted it black, attached bright white tape to the model buildings in an orderly grid, and moved a camera through the model city. The shot where the helicopter flies over Central Park was actually filmed in San Fernando, California. The buildings in the background were matte-paintings by James Cameron (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000116).
Soldier Blue, 1970... bluray.
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71DqQKLjjIL._AC_SL1500_.jpg
Original work print of the movie was 135 minutes long. When it was test-screened to an audience, they almost started a riot after watching this version. This was the only time that the full uncut version was shown, and it caused the studio to decide that it was unreleasable unless massive cuts were made to the film's violent scenes. Some of these cut and never included in any official version scenes include shots of Indian women's breasts being sliced off and thrown around; children's limbs graphically severed (real amputees were employed for these shots); a little girl's legs cut off by wagon wheels; a soldier gleefully cutting an Indian's arms off before shooting another Cheyenne in the eye; the fate of Spotted Wolf, who is beheaded and his head is hoisted as a trophy by a soldier before he tosses it to another soldier, who then throws it off camera. Spotted Wolf's head attached to the stirrup of a cavalryman was not cut and is shown in the release print, and there are stills showing his mutilated body lying on the ground without the head and four cavalrymen running around with his severed head in their hands, howling and laughing while blood is spurting from the neck stump.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiCzLmsn7v-AhWYHcAKHdRoATYQFnoECAwQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSoldie r_Blue&usg=AOvVaw2Om-gLk_0jAUwegmrNy8NZ)
The Holly and the Ivy, 1952..
https://jnpickens.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/holly-and-the-ivy.jpg?w=330&h=434
A heartwarming tale of an English minister and his family reunited at Christmas time. Their story includes a remembrance of their World War II trials. Ralph Richardson and Celia Johnson lead the strong cast
its an interesting film from a director who mostly made interesting films
Agreed. I think I have it on DVD somewhere.
Soldier Blue, 1970... bluray.
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71DqQKLjjIL._AC_SL1500_.jpg
Original work print of the movie was 135 minutes long. When it was test-screened to an audience, they almost started a riot after watching this version. This was the only time that the full uncut version was shown, and it caused the studio to decide that it was unreleasable unless massive cuts were made to the film's violent scenes. Some of these cut and never included in any official version scenes include shots of Indian women's breasts being sliced off and thrown around; children's limbs graphically severed (real amputees were employed for these shots); a little girl's legs cut off by wagon wheels; a soldier gleefully cutting an Indian's arms off before shooting another Cheyenne in the eye; the fate of Spotted Wolf, who is beheaded and his head is hoisted as a trophy by a soldier before he tosses it to another soldier, who then throws it off camera. Spotted Wolf's head attached to the stirrup of a cavalryman was not cut and is shown in the release print, and there are stills showing his mutilated body lying on the ground without the head and four cavalrymen running around with his severed head in their hands, howling and laughing while blood is spurting from the neck stump.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiCzLmsn7v-AhWYHcAKHdRoATYQFnoECAwQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSoldie r_Blue&usg=AOvVaw2Om-gLk_0jAUwegmrNy8NZ)
I remember watching the film in the cinema - and being visibly shaken by it.
I was reminded of "Soldier Blue" when I watched the recent 'western' on TV "The English", because of some of the autrocities hinted there.
No doubt some would say the criticism of the actions by the American Cavalry as being "woke". :doh:
Whatched this on TV last night - despite being delayed by the snooker coverage for an hour and forty five minutes (!):
School for Scoundrels
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b8/School_for_Scoundrels_1960_UK_poster.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_for_Scoundrels_(1960_film)
Hadn't seen it before, and was expecting much - alas I was disappointed. :rolleyes:
walpurgis
22-04-2023, 06:45
Whatched this on TV last night - despite being delayed by the snooker coverage for an hour and forty five minutes (!):
School for Scoundrels
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b8/School_for_Scoundrels_1960_UK_poster.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_for_Scoundrels_(1960_film)
Hadn't seen it before, and was expecting much - alas I was disappointed. :rolleyes:
Maybe you'd enjoy it more on subsequent watchings. I like it a lot.
Sherlock Holmes and the House of Fear, 1946..
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSLVuJi7p4YpscJrvjmDupXifsq0-O1CfI67MPzlWSxtr0fWgpv
According to Harry Cording, the movie was filmed completely out of sequence. With first week filming the beginning and ending when all the cast members were present. He said that Cyril Delevanti, this first person murdered, only worked four days. Universal saved money by only paying for days work and filming each victim's part in sequence. With the climax already filmed there was no need for any actor to return. Except for Aubrey Mather and Paul Cavanagh , when you died the pay stopped.
Forgot about this until now but I took this picture when I was in Liverpool at Easter. Basil Rathbone's old house:
https://i.ibb.co/j3Q5T5s/basil.jpg (https://ibb.co/ygZRXR7)
Forgot about this until now but I took this picture when I was in Liverpool at Easter. Basil Rathbone's old house:
https://i.ibb.co/j3Q5T5s/basil.jpg (https://ibb.co/ygZRXR7)
is that the one in the uni halls of residence?
Whatched this on TV last night - despite being delayed by the snooker coverage for an hour and forty five minutes (!):
School for Scoundrels
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b8/School_for_Scoundrels_1960_UK_poster.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_for_Scoundrels_(1960_film)
Hadn't seen it before, and was expecting much - alas I was disappointed. :rolleyes:
i suppose its a quirky little film, and not to everyones taste
is that the one in the uni halls of residence?
No it's in a private park way out in the suburbs. About ten minute walk from where my mother lives. Houses are all a million quid plus.
https://cressingtonpark.org/
No it's in a private park way out in the suburbs. About ten minute walk from where my mother lives. Houses are all a million quid plus.
https://cressingtonpark.org/
nice... good to keep these places going as they were designed
nice... good to keep these places going as they were designed
It's very beautiful, I always go for a walk down there if I'm up in Liverpool. You can stroll down to the promenade by the river. Never anyone around - no cars, no litter, it's incredibly peaceful.
It's very beautiful, I always go for a walk down there if I'm up in Liverpool. You can stroll down to the promenade by the river. Never anyone around - no cars, no litter, it's incredibly peaceful.
i miss going for walks; something simple denied aint good.
i miss going for walks; something simple denied aint good.
No-where peaceful to walk where I live. There's the relatively new riverside path but that has an 8 lane highway thundering along right next to it so not exactly idyllic.
Walking to work and back is my exercise but that's mostly along busy roads and not much fun.
Hell or High Water (2016) (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwil-uHZsr3-AhUVmVwKHXNCDnkQFnoECA0QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt2582782 %2F&usg=AOvVaw2DwuCc3AmjKI39ITb87NOw)
https://www.movienewsletters.net/photos/231625R1.jpg
The movie features three big name actors and tested well with audiences. However, the film did not receive a wide release into theatres or major publicity. This was because advertisers didn't want to be associated with a film promoting retribution against financial institutions who feed off the working class.
Narrow Margin (1990) (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjinNTf5L3-AhWRY8AKHW40Cz0QFnoECB8QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0100224 %2F&usg=AOvVaw0bL3IQbkF5B7i9C4yIKpYM)
https://resizing.flixster.com/RCFepf7Q1LU9AjyWqeWLX4t3lFo=/300x300/v2/https://flxt.tmsimg.com/assets/p12733_v_h11_aa.jpg
According to the Train Movies website Railserve, "the film was shot in British Columbia, where a 'Lac Des Arcs' train station was built along the tracks specifically for the film. The train consisted of a British Columbia Railway (BC Rail) SD40-2 diesel and 12 privately owned passenger cars, all painted in VIA Rail Canada livery to appear as the Toronto-Vancouver Canadian. The private cars included one dormitory, one baggage car, three coaches (#521, 524, 550), one dome car (#555), one dining car (#548), another coach (#540), three sleepers (#558, 564, 544), and a rear dome car (#597). The primary compartments in the film are A6 in #564, and later C6 in #558. Some of the distant exterior shots of the train (specifically two bridge crossings) were filmed using a model train".
First Blood (1982).....
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d6/First_blood_poster.jpg (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwi0zbWmhb7-AhWbi1wKHcBHD54QFnoFCIcBEAE&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0083944 %2F&usg=AOvVaw1SnHGdyB2o3bBzvNUdDCRo)
Rush2112
22-04-2023, 18:58
Just catching up on Liam Neeson films.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230422/ecf161f5014f29adece7977d7c5fc876.jpg
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Pool of London, 1951..
https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS0yLNzbAByItbQY6iloMprdcadhPNdd jYMJDcDSBVJ8VYXR5pX
Some excellent photography in this in post war London...
Although two of its stars died tragically young, almost 70 years later at the beginning of 2020 two of its actors were still alive: Earl Cameron (102) and Leslie Phillips (95). Another, Renée Asherson, died in 2014 at the age of 99.
This was the first British film to show a mixed-race romance.
Went the Day Well?, 1944..
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTEyMTcwMjYtNzg4ZC00Y2IzLWE1MDYtYzhlMjU0OWE2Mj I4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMDY4MzkyNw@@._V1_.jpg
When the man running the pub in the village where the film was being shot discovered that he had used up his alcohol ration on the film crew, he was so distraught he committed suicide.
The basic premise of this film inspired the 1975 Jack Higgins novel (later a film) 'The Eagle Has landed'.
The poem from which the title is taken and which appears at the start of the film, is actually the second of four epitaphs written in 1918 by Greek scholar John Maxwell Edmonds. These were written for graves and memorials for those who died in battle. The full epitaph included a heading, "On Some who died early in the Day of Battle Went the day well? We died and never knew. But, well or ill, Freedom, we died for you." Another of Edmonds' epitaphs is "When you go home, tell them of us and say, For your tomorrows these gave their today".
I remember watching the film in the cinema - and being visibly shaken by it.
I was reminded of "Soldier Blue" when I watched the recent 'western' on TV "The English", because of some of the autrocities hinted there.
No doubt some would say the criticism of the actions by the American Cavalry as being "woke". :doh:
What did you think of the film Grant? I'm surprised it has been given a 15 classification.
What did you think of the film Grant? I'm surprised it has been given a 15 classification.
a sign of times i guess re 15.. it still has a lot of cuts in it but yes i like film in general as it was well done, although perhaps the visuals are overly unnessessary, and it could perhaps have been implied like they used to do; but what do i know.
the bluray has been cleaned up well
Pool of London, 1951..
https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS0yLNzbAByItbQY6iloMprdcadhPNdd jYMJDcDSBVJ8VYXR5pX
Some excellent photography in this in post war London...
Although two of its stars died tragically young, almost 70 years later at the beginning of 2020 two of its actors were still alive: Earl Cameron (102) and Leslie Phillips (95). Another, Renée Asherson, died in 2014 at the age of 99.
This was the first British film to show a mixed-race romance.
Decent film that, kept me watching to the end. Shame that London is now almost all gone.
I hadn't heard of that film. Would like to watch it. Is it available on DVD?
I hadn't heard of that film. Would like to watch it. Is it available on DVD?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pool-London-DVD-Bonar-Colleano/dp/B01LTHL0KQ/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2VII7WA6RTSSF&keywords=pool+of+london&qid=1682260114&s=dvd&sprefix=pool+of+london%2Cdvd%2C67&sr=1-2
Cheers Grant.
I should have done that, but was just being lazy.
I hadn't heard of that film. Would like to watch it. Is it available on DVD?
I watched it on 'Talking Pictures' channel last year sometime.
They show some good films there, but I often miss them because I don't read the Radio Times carefully enough.
its a decent little film without being great.. i wouldnt buy it but it was available via studio canal channel on amazon, which i have a free week with.
The Cat and the Canary, 1939... bluray reg A..
good film this.
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjU5OWIxMzgtMDU1MS00MzVkLTkyMWUtYmYxOTdhYjhkZD c5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTY5Nzc4MDY@._V1_.jpg
Elizabeth Patterson (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0666201) played the role of Susan in both this and the first sound version of the story, "The Cat Creeps (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020748) (1930)."
Although based on a previous stage play and a classic film adaptation, this production was tailored for Bob Hope by adding a completely new character, the wisecracking "Wally Campbell," to the plot.
give the music a rest and finish up with an episode of Poirot(david suchet).
season 2 ep 1.. Peril at End House.
https://fandomania.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/27/poirot2.jpg although this is a dig file via prime
give the music a rest and finish up with an episode of Poirot(david suchet).
season 2 ep 1.. Peril at End House.
https://fandomania.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/27/poirot2.jpg although this is a dig file via prime
Although I think Albert Finney did a good job in 'Murder on the Orient Express', to my mind David Suchet is Poirot. :)
yes suchet was superb but it did help that the folk around him were also superb in there parts.
Earlier...
Highlander (1986) (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwi9rLblwcL-AhUmQ0EAHRX-CNIQFnoECBAQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0091203 %2F&usg=AOvVaw2yAqKtZD_w90AEnLL_gDUl)
https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSMui3OlSPzUcVOOfqC80SVAqLr4ZY2f au4XhfUZuqHFgG8m42W
Hopscotch (1980) (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj96OH8wsL-AhXSVMAKHURfBWgQFnoECB8QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0080889 %2F&usg=AOvVaw1no86fzm8BL_7zV1owvqW7)
https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR6JYaGDdqazqzP7Ly5q9gvHPgiN4o1H hPtdLtPJO15AQ5TzqpE
Under the Skin (2013) (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj9kbCc4sL-AhXUHcAKHcMAASwQFnoECCMQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt1441395 %2F&usg=AOvVaw2IRDYAq1TPqOXsuBgxGjlA)
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT2U268SR-mdY294CqDI6xegoM_Nk-xt48LstVoqLrqqqVLSAG2
The first proper line of dialogue happens 13 minutes into the film.
The men lured into the van by Scarlett Johansson (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424060)'s character were not actors. Jonathan Glazer (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0322242) had hidden cameras installed in the van and only informed the men afterwards that they were in a movie.
Scarlett Johansson talked about her deciding to go nude for the film during a press conference. "I think in some ways you have to look at the nudity and sort of assume that it's going to be a screenshot for someone, and you kind of have to weigh the value of the risk that you're taking. You know, 'Is this gratuitous? Is this a vanity project? Is this an important part of this character's journey to self-discovery? What's the gain?" She ultimately decided it was right for the character and worth the risk. She then added, "I'm not a provocative person. It's not like I live to be photographed in the buff or anything like that." And not being provocative led to some apprehension when being asked to strip totally naked. "It really made me aware of when I was doing it, all the kinds of judgments and all of these things we place on ourselves. How self-conscious you can be about the way you look, your own vanity. It was really challenging but it was interesting like, 'I really am self-conscious about this or I'm holding on to this idea I should look like that.' We all have it. I guess as a woman, we have it more, I don't know."
quite a film that was although it was slow as treacle and very little happened it was unusually good and adictive...and nerve tingling; oh, and Scarlett is lovely too..
now, something easy to watch...
The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
A fabulous cast make heavy weather of this but nice to see Liz Taylor in her last starring role, or near starring.. Angela Lansbury, Tony Curtis, Rock Hudson, Geraldine Chaplin, Kim Novak, Edward Fox all join Liz in this pretty poor adaptation.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwimwuT0_ML-AhUUSkEAHQtQCssQFnoECDcQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0081163 %2F&usg=AOvVaw3Wfrg4WKLYQuymVQehhfwb)
Under the Skin (2013) (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj9kbCc4sL-AhXUHcAKHcMAASwQFnoECCMQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt1441395 %2F&usg=AOvVaw2IRDYAq1TPqOXsuBgxGjlA)
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT2U268SR-mdY294CqDI6xegoM_Nk-xt48LstVoqLrqqqVLSAG2
The first proper line of dialogue happens 13 minutes into the film.
The men lured into the van by Scarlett Johansson (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424060)'s character were not actors. Jonathan Glazer (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0322242) had hidden cameras installed in the van and only informed the men afterwards that they were in a movie.
Scarlett Johansson talked about her deciding to go nude for the film during a press conference. "I think in some ways you have to look at the nudity and sort of assume that it's going to be a screenshot for someone, and you kind of have to weigh the value of the risk that you're taking. You know, 'Is this gratuitous? Is this a vanity project? Is this an important part of this character's journey to self-discovery? What's the gain?" She ultimately decided it was right for the character and worth the risk. She then added, "I'm not a provocative person. It's not like I live to be photographed in the buff or anything like that." And not being provocative led to some apprehension when being asked to strip totally naked. "It really made me aware of when I was doing it, all the kinds of judgments and all of these things we place on ourselves. How self-conscious you can be about the way you look, your own vanity. It was really challenging but it was interesting like, 'I really am self-conscious about this or I'm holding on to this idea I should look like that.' We all have it. I guess as a woman, we have it more, I don't know."
What's it about? Scarlett Johansson, lovely though she is, appearing naked is not enough of a draw to make me want to watch it. It needs a good story to attract me.
itll either be one you like or hate i think Barry. She is an alien in a human 'skin' who goes about Scotland picking up single Scots guys and drawing them to their grisly fate. Soundtrack is electronic from Micachu,(Mica Levi)and is eerily good. Scarlett doesn''t say a lot; nobody does and it is fairly repetitive til nearer end. its slow, filmed in low light, but the imagary is great at times and i really enjoyed it; yet found it a bit unsettling too.
a lot of things maybe could have been bettered but may have spoiled it too. it is what it is, and after watching it ive ordered the bluray; an odd compulsion to rewatch
Mikeandvan
24-04-2023, 21:17
itll either be one you like or hate i think Barry. She is an alien in a human 'skin' who goes about Scotland picking up single Scots guys and drawing them to their grisly fate. Soundtrack is electronic from Micachu,(Mica Levi)and is eerily good. Scarlett doesn''t say a lot; nobody does and it is fairly repetitive til nearer end. its slow, filmed in low light, but the imagary is great at times and i really enjoyed it; yet found it a bit unsettling too.
a lot of things maybe could have been bettered but may have spoiled it too. it is what it is, and after watching it ive ordered the bluray; an odd compulsion to rewatch
Saw that film, didn't like it, thought it was creepy as hell, may be that means it was good?
Mikeandvan
24-04-2023, 21:26
Went to the cinema for the first time in years today. The London NFT, saw Wild Strawberries (Bergman - 1957) at the NFT 2, a medium size screen. Great watching a film without distractions, and a respectful quiet audience, mostly old blokes, what do you expect though at 2pm on a monday! Actually there were some youngsters there too. Apparently one of his best films, certainly a bit jollier than typical Bergman fare. I liked Persona best, like to see that on the big screen. Wanted to watch Ridley scotts debut as well (The Duelists) but that was 6.30pm, didn;t feel like hanging around that long, next time.
Went to the cinema for the first time in years today. The London NFT, saw Wild Strawberries (Bergman - 1957) at the NFT 2, a medium size screen. Great watching a film without distractions, and a respectful quiet audience, mostly old blokes, what do you expect though at 2pm on a monday! Actually there were some youngsters there too. Apparently one of his best films, certainly a bit jollier than typical Bergman fare. I liked Persona best, like to see that on the big screen. Wanted to watch Ridley scotts debut as well (The Duelists) but that was 6.30pm, didn;t feel like hanging around that long, next time.
In the '70s I was a Member of the NFT and saw some good films there. I have always been interested in 'foreign' films, rather than Hollywood, and saw a lot (but not all) of Bergman's output there. Obviously a lot of the films shown are sub-titled, which some dislike, but I don't as I find 'dubbing', no matter how well it is 'lip-synched' to be a greater distraction.
Do try to see 'The Dualists' - it's a bit slow moving, but worth persevering with for the final denouement.
walpurgis
25-04-2023, 07:52
I have always been interested in 'foreign' films
I loved the Jacques Tati films when I was young.
I have seen Bergman movies, but don't recall which. It was ages ago.
Mikeandvan
25-04-2023, 09:43
In the '70s I was a Member of the NFT and saw some good films there. I have always been interested in 'foreign' films, rather than Hollywood, and saw a lot (but not all) of Bergman's output there. Obviously a lot of the films shown are sub-titled, which some dislike, but I don't as I find 'dubbing', no matter how well it is 'lip-synched' to be a greater distraction.
Do try to see 'The Dualists' - it's a bit slow moving, but worth persevering with for the final denouement.
I went there a fair bit in the 90s and 00s, they've since moved the ticket office to the back end of the building away from the riverside.Love the NFT 1, and how the audience are always so respectful, that is quiet. Used to be lots of rep cinemas back then, not so sure now. Down here in Brighton we have the beautiful Duke of Yorks cinema, a real gem, but they don't show so much rep nowadays.
The Criminal, 1960..
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Gangland London, 1960: Expatriate director (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiMhdzr6MT-AhXlUqQEHe8sBjsQFnoECCIQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Fnews%2Fni62777893&usg=AOvVaw18JXr6hPhOnzr5kvDt96SN)Joseph Losey (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0521334/) gives the Brit crime film a boost with a brutal gangster tale starring the ultra-tough Stanley Baker (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0048939/) — and seemingly every up & coming male actor on the casting books. A committed thief returns to his craft the moment he’s freed from prison, but the emphasis is on the nasty betrayals and squeeze-plays of the criminal underworld, that conspire to foil Baker’s plans.
Starring: Stanley Baker, (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiMhdzr6MT-AhXlUqQEHe8sBjsQFnoECCIQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Fnews%2Fni62777893&usg=AOvVaw18JXr6hPhOnzr5kvDt96SN)Sam Wanamaker (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0910737/), Grégoire Aslan (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0039510/), Margit Saad (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0754240/), Jill Bennett (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0071824/), Rupert Davies (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0203959/), Laurence Naismith (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0619802/), John Van Eyssen (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0886881/), Noel Willman (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0932529/), Kenneth Warren, Patrick Magee (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0535861/), Kenneth Cope (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0178560/), Patrick Wymark (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0943859/), Paul Stassino (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0823728/), Tom Bell (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0068552/), Neil McCarthy (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0565272/), Nigel Green (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0338210/), Tom Gerard (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0313999/), Edward Judd (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0431837/).
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I loved the Jacques Tati films when I was young.
I have seen Bergman movies, but don't recall which. It was ages ago.
Me too. :)
there is a jack's tattie shop:eyebrows:
Strange Days (1995), bluray...
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Director (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiByJLBocX-AhXFSKQEHYX4CtUQFnoECBIQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0114558 %2F&usg=AOvVaw0A2_S6gYiMnMHSoghkZQAD)Kathryn Bigelow (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000941) found that no existing camera system could accomplish the shots necessary for the point-of-view sequences, so the research division of Lightstorm Entertainment (the company of writer/producer James Cameron (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000116), who was Bigelow's husband at the time) spent a full year designing and fabricating a special camera for the production. Weighing only 8 pounds, the 35mm camera literally fit in the palm of the hand and featured interchangeable lenses, remote follow focus, and video assist (necessary since the camera had no viewfinder). The camera was then mounted on a SteadiCam-style portable rig, which gave the camera stability and mobility similar to the human eye.
James Cameron (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000116) first conceived the story in 1986, but shelved it due to his commitment to other projects. He revived the idea at the behest of ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000941) after he had also helped her re-write Point Break (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102685) (1991). Cameron handed in what he called a 'scriptment', a cross between a script and a story treatment, but had to leave due to other commitments. The screenplay was finished by Jay Cocks (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0168379) who was mainly responsible for the dialogue.
The opening sequence of the film was shot at four separate locations, as one contiguous location could not be found. The cuts between shots were disguised by rapidly panning the camera around. Due to the pace of the scene, the sound men could not effectively record any of the actual sound on the set. All of the sound and dialogue in the sequence had to be overdubbed during post production.
In the scene where Lenny uses the S.Q.U.I.D. to watch a clip of his past with Faith, Faith throws a blue towel and him and says, "Dry me." It is a reference to (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiByJLBocX-AhXFSKQEHYX4CtUQFnoECBIQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0114558 %2F&usg=AOvVaw0A2_S6gYiMnMHSoghkZQAD)Blade Runner (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658) (1982) where Zhora throws a towel at Deckard and says the same line.
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