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Murder by Death, 1976...
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an all star cast in this crazy ditty, inc peter sellers again...
The screaming woman sound used as a doorbell is Fay Wray (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0942039/?ref_=tttrv_tr)'s screams from King Kong (1933) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024216/?ref_=tttrv_tr). Her unique scream has made her known as the "Scream Queen" of movies.
''We should have taped the first read-through of the script and released it as a comedy album. It was a classic", reported many of the production personnel after first rehearsal session together of the cast and crew. According to writer Neil Simon (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0800319/?ref_=tttrv_tr), "the first reading is where I see what works and what doesn't. It was the best one I've ever witnessed for any of my plays or films." Simon was on the set of this movie every day.
Peter Sellers (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000634/?ref_=tttrv_tr) reportedly played several practical jokes on cast and crew during filming, including once calling Neil Simon (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0800319/?ref_=tttrv_tr) up and imitating co-star Sir Alec Guinness (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000027/?ref_=tttrv_tr) and demanding a rewrite of a key scene in the middle of the night. Neither Guinness nor Simon were amused.
The Devil and Miss Jones, 1941
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The Battle of the Sexes, 1959...
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Film rights to the story were owned by Hecht Hill Lancaster (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hecht_Hill_Lancaster). Billy Wilder (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Wilder) was signed to direct. Then Charles Crichton was brought out from London to direct the film but it didn't proceed. Eventually they sold the rights.
It was the first film made by the newly-formed Bryanston Films, who approved it on 13 May 1959. Crichton liked the script, felt Robert Morley was "slightly miscast... but I think it was about the best performance Peter Sellers ever gave in his life."
The Lavender Hill Mob, 1951..
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Charles Crichton says the origin of the film came with the success of The Blue Lamp. Michael Balcon, head of Ealing, got screenwriter Clarke to come up with ideas for a follow-up.
Clarke is said to have come up with the idea of a clerk robbing his own bank while doing research for the film Pool of London (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pool_of_London_(film)) (1951), a crime thriller surrounding a jewel theft. He consulted the Bank of England (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_England) on the project and it set up a special committee to advise on how best the robbery could take place.
Extensive location filming was made in both London and Paris. The scenes show a London still marked by bomb sites from the Second World War (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_World_War).
My Favorite Brunette, 1947... some light fun...
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The African Queen,1951..
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The Scarlet Pimpernel, 1934...Set in 1792, shortly before the Reign of Terror (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reign_of_Terror), vengeful French mobs are outraged when aristocrats are saved from death by a secret society of 20 English noblemen known as the "Band of the Scarlet Pimpernel."
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Alexander Korda (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Korda), a Hungarian who had been born in a town not far from Baroness Orczy's farm, had recently had great success with the actor Charles Laughton (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Laughton) in the film The Private Life of Henry VIII (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Private_Life_of_Henry_VIII), so he asked Laughton to play the role of Sir Percy.[2] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scarlet_Pimpernel_(1934_film)#cite_note-2) When the announcement went out to the press, the reaction from the Pimpernel's many fans was negative; the pug-nosed Laughton was thought a poor choice to play the suave Sir Percy. Korda thus gave the role to Leslie Howard (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Howard_(actor)).
Andre Sennwald (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Sennwald) wrote in The New York Times (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times) that "'The Scarlet Pimpernel' is stirring to the pulse and beautiful to the eye, and it weaves the richly textured background of those tingling months of the French Revolution into an enormously satisfying photoplay. ... Did the narrative seem a trifle leisurely in places? No matter. It was a leisurely age and here is a succulent and captivating entertainment."[3] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scarlet_Pimpernel_(1934_film)#cite_note-3) He also praised Leslie Howard's performance
Howard again as a Pimpernel... "Pimpernel" Smith, 1941...
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The Pimpernel's signal melody, referred to as "There's a tavern in the town" in the film, is also known as a well-known interactive children's action song with lyrics along the lines of "Heads and shoulders, knees and toes. Knees and toes. Heads and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes. Eyes, and ears and mouth and nose. Heads and shoulders, knees and toes. Knees and toes." It was possibly a deliberate creative choice to reflect the Nazis attempting to keep up with the Pimpernel, as the song actions are often a challenge. These lyrics also inspired the P&G Head and Shoulders shampoo spoof April Fools Day body wash product "Knees and Toes". In later years the song was also adapted by the fans of many English football clubs as "There's A Circus In The Town", to generally disparage and mock the achievements and qualities of their closest city rivals.
same year,... Sullivan's Travels, 1941..
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First Blood, 1982.
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Seven Worlds, One Planet, 2019..
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Carry On Up the Jungle, 1970.. or, show me your waterhole and i'll show you mine:eek:
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Carry On Again Doctor, 1969...
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Jim Dale (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0197715/?ref_=tttrv_tr) did all his own stunts during the filming. At one point, he was taken to hospital after his arm repeatedly banged against a delivery trolley, causing him to have an emergency operation. The next day, he was back at work doing a stunt where a hammock falls through a wooden floor.
The bottles of Johnnie Walker Red Label whisky in Sid James's cupboard in the island hospital were all real. When Sid was given the script, without telling the producers he took it straight to the London office of the distillers and said he had a great idea for some product placement and if they gave him four cases of his favorite whisky (a case is 12 bottles) he would guarantee their product would be prominently seen in the new movie. On the day the scene was to be shot (with dummy bottles just marked 'Whisky') he turned up on the set with these cases and told the director, Gerald Thomas what he had done. Thomas was not amused as he did not like being usurped by any of the cast and Sid was also previously responsible for insisting on the 'Marcus et Spencius/Marks and Spencer' product placement gag in Carry on Cleo (1964), which Sid had used to clear his gambling debt. When Sid said he would not film the scene unless the bottles of Johnnie Walker were included, and was backed up by co-star in the scene, Jim Dale, Thomas contacted producer Peter Rogers for advice. Mindful of holding up filming over the dispute as well as not wanting to upset Sid James (who was popular with both the rest of the Carry On cast and the public), Thomas was told to just film the scene with the real Whisky to keep Sid happy and stop falling behind schedule. The scene was left in the final cut once a Johnnie Walker representative saw an early cut of the film and had no objections. Sid thanked Jim Dale and the props master on the day for backing him by giving them four bottles each and giving two to director Thomas and leaving two on Peter Rogers desk.
Carry On Cowboy, 1965.. little angela douglas is the glamour this time. she wa married to kenneth more who himself did a cowboy film; the sheriff of fractured jaw, with jane mansfield in his heyday(sid james was in that too)..
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Three Carry Ons in succession - sort of like scoffing a double pack of chocolate digestives in one sitting.
'End Of The World' (2018)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUObi_mVOsM
So crap it does not even have a wikepedia entry or a poster so you have to make do with a video clip.
Lots of this sort of thing around these days - unknown actors and the SFX done on a ZX Spectrum. Now I still watch stuff like 'Blakes 7' despite the poor effects because they had good characters, stories and scripts; so you can get away with low production values if you hit the mark in the other areas.
But when you don't, you get this sort of rubbish. Couldn't make it all the way through. Just a total waste of the world's resources.
Pigmy Pony
19-08-2023, 13:27
'The Onion Field' (1979)
James Woods is a slightly crazy stick-up man making a living by robbing liquor stores. He gets a new partner and things start to go wrong.
Starts strongly but you do need a bit of stamina as it's quite long and does trail off a bit in the last third. But it's a proper film, and James Woods is always good.
Worth a watch.
I started the book many years ago, and that took some stamina. I gave up part way through and went back to my Dandy annual.
I've also seen the film, which I really liked, though it was a bit dark.
Casablanca, 1942.... this is the way to make a film...
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Stars Humphrey Bogart (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphrey_Bogart), Ingrid Bergman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrid_Bergman), Paul Henreid (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Henreid), Claude Rains (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Rains), Conrad Veidt (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_Veidt), Sydney Greenstreet (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Greenstreet) and Peter Lorr (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Lorre)e...
To Have and Have Not, 1944... Bogart in first film with Lauren Bacall... the imagined on screen, and only on screen romance with Bergman is played out with gusto here. both were love struck quite quickly. it worked out well staying together until his death.
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With some regarding To Have and Have Not as one of Hawks's best, the film represents the only time two Nobel Prize (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature) winners, Faulkner and Hemingway, worked on the same film story. Some of Bacall's lines became renowned as double entendre (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_entendre); for instance, "You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and ... blow ..." (said while looking at him provocatively). This quote is ranked at #34 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_100_Years...100_Movie_Quotes) list. When Humphrey Bogart was buried, Bacall put a gold whistle with the inscription "If you want anything, just whistle" in his coffin, a nod to her line in their first film together.
To Have and Have Not, 1944... Bogart in first film with Lauren Bacall... the imagined on screen, and only on screen romance with Bergman is played out with gusto here. both were love struck quite quickly. it worked out well staying together until his death.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/To_Have_and_Have_Not_%281944_poster_-_insert%29.jpg/320px-To_Have_and_Have_Not_%281944_poster_-_insert%29.jpg
With some regarding To Have and Have Not as one of Hawks's best, the film represents the only time two Nobel Prize (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature) winners, Faulkner and Hemingway, worked on the same film story. Some of Bacall's lines became renowned as double entendre (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_entendre); for instance, "You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and ... blow ..." (said while looking at him provocatively). This quote is ranked at #34 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_100_Years...100_Movie_Quotes) list. When Humphrey Bogart was buried, Bacall put a gold whistle with the inscription "If you want anything, just whistle" in his coffin, a nod to her line in their first film together.
One of my favourite films!
Pigmy Pony
20-08-2023, 07:04
'End Of The World' (2018)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUObi_mVOsM
So crap it does not even have a wikepedia entry or a poster so you have to make do with a video clip.
Lots of this sort of thing around these days - unknown actors and the SFX done on a ZX Spectrum. Now I still watch stuff like 'Blakes 7' despite the poor effects because they had good characters, stories and scripts; so you can get away with low production values if you hit the mark in the other areas.
But when you don't, you get this sort of rubbish. Couldn't make it all the way through. Just a total waste of the world's resources.
Looks like they picked a nice day for it though.
Looks like they picked a nice day for it though.
California - I don't think they ever have bad weather.
Earthquakes, smog, caps in the ass - yes; but it's never pissing down and blowing a gale.
Dad's Army, 2016..
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/82/Dads_army_poster.jpg
excellent remake imo, although i know im in the extreme minority lol
California - I don't think they ever have bad weather.
Earthquakes, smog, caps in the ass - yes; but it's never pissing down and blowing a gale.
lol having just said that I now see they are expecting a cat 2 hurricane https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/hurricane-hilary-tracker-live-tropical-storm-warning-b2396203.html
Dad's Army, 2016..
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excellent remake imo, although i know im in the extreme minority lol
I yet to meet anyone else who thought it was less than terrible. :D
Have you seen the lost episodes? Bloke who plays Wilson is good, the rest are beyond awful. Just shows how much talent was in the original cast and what a difference that made.
Bill Nighy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Nighy)
Catherine Zeta-Jones (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Zeta-Jones)
Toby Jones (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby_Jones)
Tom Courtenay (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Courtenay)
Michael Gambon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gambon)
Blake Harrison (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Harrison)
Daniel Mays (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Mays)
Bill Paterson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Paterson_(actor))
plus Sarah Lancashire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Lancashire), Mark Gatiss (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Gatiss), Alison Steadman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_Steadman), Annette Crosbie (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annette_Crosbie), Ian Lavender (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Lavender) and Frank Williams (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Williams_(actor)) who were in original. not a bad cast.
Pigmy Pony
20-08-2023, 11:29
Bill Nighy is always good.
Bill Nighy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Nighy)
Catherine Zeta-Jones (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Zeta-Jones)
Toby Jones (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby_Jones)
Tom Courtenay (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Courtenay)
Michael Gambon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gambon)
Blake Harrison (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Harrison)
Daniel Mays (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Mays)
Bill Paterson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Paterson_(actor))
plus Sarah Lancashire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Lancashire), Mark Gatiss (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Gatiss), Alison Steadman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_Steadman), Annette Crosbie (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annette_Crosbie), Ian Lavender (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Lavender) and Frank Williams (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Williams_(actor)) who were in original. not a bad cast.
Cast in the film is good I was talking about the lost episodes. Main problem with the film is that the script is dire.
As so often with these things they fail to recognise the elements that made it great. See also 'Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy (2005)' as another classic example. Cut all the genius stuff out and replace it with unfunny crap that's not in the original.
A New Leaf, 1971...
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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 8.1/10. 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.
Matthau again with his old sidekick...
The Front Page, 1974.
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Vincent Canby (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Canby) of The New York Times (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times) thought the story was "a natural" for Wilder and Diamond, who "have a special (and, to my mind, very appealing) appreciation for vulgar, brilliant con artists of monumental tackiness." He continued, "Even though the mechanics and demands of movie-making slow what should be the furious tempo, this Front Page displays a giddy bitterness that is rare in any films except those of Mr. Wilder. It is also, much of the time, extremely funny." He described Walter Matthau and Austin Pendleton as "marvelous" and added, "Mr. Lemmon is comparatively reserved as the flamboyant Hildy, never quite letting go of his familiar comic personality to become dominated by the lunacies of the farce. He always remains a little outside it, acting.
Serengeti, 2019..
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Carry On Henry, 1971...
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The coat used by Sidney James (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0416228/?ref_=tttrv_tr) is the same coat used by Richard Burton (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000009/?ref_=tttrv_tr) in Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064030/?ref_=tttrv_tr). This is the second time that Sidney James (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0416228/?ref_=tttrv_tr) has played a character that was originally portrayed by Richard Burton (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000009/?ref_=tttrv_tr), as well as worn the same costume. The first time was Carry on Cleo (1964) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057918/?ref_=tttrv_tr) as Marc Antony.
Carry On Follow That Camel, 1967...
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Filming of the Sahara Desert scenes took place on Camber Sands; ironically, filming was actually halted at one point because there was snow on the sands.
Phil Silvers (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0799014/?ref_=tttrv_tr) replaced Sidney James (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0416228/?ref_=tttrv_tr) in the role of Sgt. Nocker, which had been originally written for James; it turned out that James could not do the film due to commitments on George and the Dragon (1966) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059987/?ref_=tttrv_tr). About two weeks into the filming of this picture James suffered a mild heart attack. Phil Silvers (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0799014/?ref_=tttrv_tr) was paid £30,000 for his role, making him by far, the highest paid star in the history of the series, which provoked a great deal of animosity among the regular Carry On team.
The location filming took three weeks, the longest in Carry On history.
For the first week of filming Jim Dale (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0197715/?ref_=tttrv_tr) and Peter Butterworth (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0125350/?ref_=tttrv_tr) were not speaking to one another, even though they had the majority of scenes together. At the start of shooting, Kenneth Williams told Peter Butterworth that Jim Dale 'hated his guts' and then told Dale the same thing about Butterworth. Eventually Dale asked Butterworth on set, if Williams had said anything to him and they discovered what had happened, whilst Williams stood nearby laughing at them.
In the scene where Bo West (Jim Dale (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0197715/?ref_=tttrv_tr)) drops the rifle on Commandant Burger's (Kenneth Williams (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931054/?ref_=tttrv_tr)) foot, Dale actually did accidentally drop the rifle onto Williams' foot instead of onto the sand. It was so heavy it cut the boot leather. Williams' painful reaction was real, and he can be seen limping in several subsequent scenes. Dale insisted it was accidental but Williams wrote in his autobiography that he was sure it was deliberate.
Carry On Screaming!, 1966...
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One of the most popular films of 1966, and one of the highest-grossing films of the "Carry On" series.
As a merchandising gimmick at some theatres, one could purchase rubberized toy monsters called "Kreepy Kwivers" for the cost of 12/6
Joan Sims (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0801330/?ref_=tttrv_tr) and Angela Douglas (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0234946/?ref_=tttrv_tr) had to visit the Pinewood Plastering Department in order that a plaster cast could be taken of their whole body. This was in order for the dummy scenes in the film.
Whenever Bung is using his car the soundtrack plays a variation of "Johnny Todd", the theme to the TV series Z Cars (1962) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0129723/?ref_=tttrv_tr), which featured the latest car-based police of the 1960s. When Bung rides on the horse and cart, the tune "Old Ned" is used, the theme to Steptoe and Son (1962) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057785/?ref_=tttrv_tr) which also starred Harry H. Corbett (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0179154/?ref_=tttrv_tr).
The Planets, 2019..
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When the Venera probes first sent back their images from the surface of Venus, there was wide speculation that there was life on the planet due to irregularities in the images noted as "black flaps" and "scorpions". It wasn't until later confirmed that the anomalies in the images were simply artifacts due to image processing. The surface of Venus is essentially the temperature of the inside of a burning house.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjmoYa-uvCAAxWSgv0HHf-YAWUQFnoECA8QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fiplayer%2Fepisod es%2Fp07922lr%2Fthe-planets&usg=AOvVaw20rLDBHIhQQa_VMoRWRMeS&opi=89978449)
The Man Who Wasn't There (https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=a682423f35e4bcd0JmltdHM9MTY5Mjc0ODgwMCZpZ3VpZD0z Yjc2NzcwYi02YmY0LTZlMDktMzU4MS03OTgwNmE2NTZmMzMmaW 5zaWQ9NTI0OQ&ptn=3&hsh=3&fclid=3b76770b-6bf4-6e09-3581-79806a656f33&psq=the+man+who+wasn%27t+there&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly9lbi53aWtpcGVkaWEub3JnL3dpa2kvVGhlX0 1hbl9XaG9fV2FzbiUyN3RfVGhlcmVfKDIwMDFfZmlsbSk&ntb=1), 2001... bluray.
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This film is one of my favs; filmed in black-and-white(well actually it was filmed in colour and printed by special process in black and white) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-and-white) and employs voiceover narration, honoring classic film noir (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_noir). It differs by including classical music (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_music), setting the plot in a small town, and featuring a protagonist from outside the criminal underworld. The Coens began developing the idea from a 1940s haircut poster they saw while filming The Hudsucker Proxy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hudsucker_Proxy). The plot was influenced by James M. Cain (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_M._Cain)'s crime novels, primarily Double Indemnity (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Indemnity_(novel)), The Postman Always Rings Twice (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Postman_Always_Rings_Twice_(novel)), and Mildred Pierce (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildred_Pierce). Aesthetically, The Man Who Wasn't There was inspired by films from the 1940s and 1950s—including Shadow of a Doubt (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_of_a_Doubt)—along with science fiction films and documentaries of the period.
The Man Who Wasn't There (https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=a682423f35e4bcd0JmltdHM9MTY5Mjc0ODgwMCZpZ3VpZD0z Yjc2NzcwYi02YmY0LTZlMDktMzU4MS03OTgwNmE2NTZmMzMmaW 5zaWQ9NTI0OQ&ptn=3&hsh=3&fclid=3b76770b-6bf4-6e09-3581-79806a656f33&psq=the+man+who+wasn%27t+there&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly9lbi53aWtpcGVkaWEub3JnL3dpa2kvVGhlX0 1hbl9XaG9fV2FzbiUyN3RfVGhlcmVfKDIwMDFfZmlsbSk&ntb=1), 2001... bluray.
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This film is one of my favs; filmed in black-and-white(well actually it was filmed in colour and printed by special process in black and white) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-and-white) and employs voiceover narration, honoring classic film noir (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_noir). It differs by including classical music (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_music), setting the plot in a small town, and featuring a protagonist from outside the criminal underworld. The Coens began developing the idea from a 1940s haircut poster they saw while filming The Hudsucker Proxy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hudsucker_Proxy). The plot was influenced by James M. Cain (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_M._Cain)'s crime novels, primarily Double Indemnity (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Indemnity_(novel)), The Postman Always Rings Twice (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Postman_Always_Rings_Twice_(novel)), and Mildred Pierce (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildred_Pierce). Aesthetically, The Man Who Wasn't There was inspired by films from the 1940s and 1950s—including Shadow of a Doubt (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_of_a_Doubt)—along with science fiction films and documentaries of the period.
I saw it at my film club. Have to say I'm somewhat ambivalent regarding the work of the Coen brothers: I like about half of their output and am totally indifferent about the rest.
In theory I should have liked this film, but it didn't work for me.
I saw it at my film club. Have to say I'm somewhat ambivalent regarding the work of the Coen brothers: I like about half of their output and am totally indifferent about the rest.
In theory I should have liked this film, but it didn't work for me.
i love it, although i have to be in mood for it like most Coen films
Murder by Decree, 1979...bluray.
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Peter O'Toole (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000564/?ref_=tttrv_tr) was originally cast as Sherlock Holmes, and Sir Laurence Olivier (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000059/?ref_=tttrv_tr) was cast as Dr. Watson. But the two actors had not worked well together in the past, and were unable to overcome their differences for this movie.
Although Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle never wrote a story about Jack the Ripper, the idea of Holmes working on that case is not entirely without basis in fact. Joseph Bell, who inspired the character of Sherlock Holmes, was consulted by Scotland Yard on the case.
The replica nineteenth century dockland set took two months and fifty men to construct at Shepperton Studio's largest soundstage. The set also included a replica muddy Thames River.
The Masonic signs Sherlock Holmes makes to the Chief Inspector are: the Duegard of the Entered Apprentice (right hand palm down over left hand palm up), the Sign of the Entered Apprentice (drawing the right hand from left to right across the throat), a variation of the Real Grip of a Master Mason (the handshake with the thumb and little finger extended), and finally the Sign of a Fellow Craft (drawing the right hand across the body from the left breast to the right hip). The Signs all refer to the penalties associated with the divulging of the Order's secrets to outsiders, for example, having the throat slit and the chest opened and the heart torn out. The Duegard refers to the gesture of holding the Bible during the initiation ritual in the left hand, with the right resting upon it.
Carry On at Your Convenience, 1971.
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In the scene on the motor-bike, actor Bernard Bresslaw (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0107805/?ref_=tttrv_tr) took fourteen takes to get the scene correct. It has also been reported that the scene took over twenty takes to do. Apparently, actor Bernard Bresslaw (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0107805/?ref_=tttrv_tr) had allegedly told producer Peter Rogers (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0737127/?ref_=tttrv_tr) that he could ride a motor-cycle, which apparently he couldn't, arguably this being a typical actor's ruse to get an acting job.
The first "Carry On" film to lose money at the box office and only broke even in 1976 after television deals and distribution rights had been sold. Its failure at the box office was largely down to the fact it was clearly an anti-union film. This was a curious miscalculation by the makers, as they knew most of their audience were working class people who would have largely been union supporters/members.
Murder She Said, 1961...
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Nature's Great Events, 2009.
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The Beiderbecke Affair, 1985..
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The Beiderbecke Tapes, 1987..
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while enoying a glass of big tom', watching this... Hotel Transylvania: Transformania, 2022.
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Throw Momma from the Train, 1987.
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Passport to Pimlico, 1949..
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The story was an original concept by the screenwriter T. E. B. Clarke. He was inspired by an incident during the Second World War, when the maternity ward of Ottawa Civic Hospital (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Civic_Hospital) was temporarily declared extraterritorial by the Canadian government so that when Princess Juliana of the Netherlands (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliana_of_the_Netherlands) gave birth, the baby was born on Dutch territory, and would not lose her right to the throne.
The film was released in the same year as Whisky Galore! (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whisky_Galore!_(1949_film)) and Kind Hearts and Coronets (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kind_Hearts_and_Coronets). Passport to Pimlico was nominated for the British Academy Film Award (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Academy_Film_Award) for Best British Film (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_British_Film) and the Academy Award (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award) for Writing (Story and Screenplay) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay). There have since been two BBC Radio (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio) adaptations: the first in 1952, the second in 1996.
Passport to Pimlico, 1949..
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The story was an original concept by the screenwriter T. E. B. Clarke. He was inspired by an incident during the Second World War, when the maternity ward of Ottawa Civic Hospital (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Civic_Hospital) was temporarily declared extraterritorial by the Canadian government so that when Princess Juliana of the Netherlands (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliana_of_the_Netherlands) gave birth, the baby was born on Dutch territory, and would not lose her right to the throne.
Were other children born at the same time there, accorded Dutch nationality?
Were other children born at the same time there, accorded Dutch nationality?
The entire ward was not declared Dutch territory, only the rooms being used by Princess Margriet.
So did she have her own nursing staff and obstetrician of Dutch nationality, or did the staff have to show their passports, complete with a Dutch visa when they entered her rooms?
Could they enjoy a little schmoke without fear of arrest?
We Dive at Dawn, 1943..
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To prepare for the film, John Mills (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0590055/?ref_=tttrv_tr) was allowed to go on patrol in one of the submarines. He was determined to know what it felt like when a submarine crash-dived. He said the ship seemed to stand on her nose and I felt her speeding like an arrow towards the sea bed; charts and crockery went flying in all directions; I hung on to a rail near the periscope trying to look heroic and totally unconcerned; the only thing that concerned me was that I was sure that my face had turned a pale shade of pea-green
One of the submarines used for this movie, the P615, was sunk in action a few months later. She was torpedoed by the U123 near Sierra Leone on 4/18/43. All 44 crew members lost their lives.
Exterior shots of the submarines P614 and P615 were used for Sea Tiger (with the final number painted over to make "P61"). The vessels were a Turkish S-class submarine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oru%C3%A7_Reis-class_submarine) that had been part of a consignment ordered by the Turkish Navy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_Navy) from the British company Vickers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers) in 1939. But with the outbreak of World War II (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II), the four boats were requisitioned by the Royal Navy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Navy) and designated the P611 class in the British Fleet (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Fleet). They were similar in design but slightly smaller than the British S class (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_S-class_submarine_(1931)), although with a higher conning tower. The S-class boat HMS Safari (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Safari_(P211)) also appears in the film.
John Mills again in ... I Was Monty's Double, 1958.
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The true story of how an impersonator was recruited to impersonate Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0599728/) to mislead the Germans about his intentions before the Normandy campaign.
The screenplay omits David Niven (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000057/?ref_=tttrv_tr)'s part in the real operation. It was he, working for the Army's film unit as a Lieutenant Colonel, who first made contact with M.E. Clifton James (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0166782/?ref_=tttrv_tr). His role is taken in this movie by Major Harvey (Sir John Mills (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0590055/?ref_=tttrv_tr)).
Having lost his right-hand middle finger during World War I, M.E. Clifton James (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0166782/?ref_=tttrv_tr) wears a prosthetic replacement. M.E. Clifton James (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0166782/?ref_=tttrv_tr) denied that there was a kidnap attack on him in reality, and that this strand was added for this movie.
This is a movie based on a true story, inspired by a movie. The idea of using an actor to impersonate Montgomery in a distraction operation came from seeing Miles Mander (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0541766/?ref_=tttrv_tr) in a supporting role in the thriller Five Graves to Cairo (1943) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035884/?ref_=tttrv_tr). Intelligence leaders sought out Mander, but he was too tall for the role. M.E. Clifton James (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0166782/?ref_=tttrv_tr) was perfect for the part.
"Dad's Army" Battle of the Giants!, 1971..
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Sea of Sand, 1958...
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The use of a wide variety of uniforms and cap badges in this movie is accurate, all of the men in the unit volunteered, and all used the uniforms they brought with them from their original units.
There were no accurate maps of Libya at the beginning of World War II, so the L.R.D.G. surveyed and mapped the country while on operations.
Brigadier Ralph Alger Bagnold, FRS, OBE was a professional soldier, desert explorer and the principal founder of the Long Rang Desert Group. His studies and publications on the action of the wind on sand formations are still considered to be the foremost authority in their field. Later, he became an advisor to NASA on the subject during their planet exploration programs.
Initially, Australian soldiers were invited to volunteer for the group due to their rugged resourceful nature and mechanical skills, but the Australian Government refused to allow any Australian soldier to leave their units.
The Four Feathers, 1939..
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It was mostly filmed on location in the Sudan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan) in Technicolor (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technicolor).
Forty soldiers of the 1st Battalion, the East Surrey Regiment (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Surrey_Regiment), were used in period uniforms for scenes in which they withstood the Dervish (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dervish) advance en masse.
The film was nominated for the Palme d'Or (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palme_d%27Or) at the Cannes Film Festival (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannes_Film_Festival) and the Mussolini Cup (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mussolini_Cup) at the Venice Film Festival (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice_Film_Festival).
Scarface, 1932..bluray..
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First major film credit for 'George Raft' , who didn't have to go far for inspiration on how to play a gangster in this film. He grew up in a New York City slum alongside gangsters 'Bugsy Siegel' , 'Meyer Lansky (I)' , 'Joe Adonis' and 'Lucky Luciano (I)'. In an ironic twist, after the release of "Scarface", many of Raft's gangster pals would come to him for advice on how to dress, walk, talk, etc.
Screenwriter Ben Hecht (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0372942/?ref_=tttrv_tr) was a former Chicago journalist familiar with the city's Prohibition-era gangsters, including Al Capone (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0135330/?ref_=tttrv_tr). During the filming, Hecht returned to his Los Angeles hotel room one night to find two Capone torpedoes waiting for him. The gangsters demanded to know if the movie was about Capone. Hecht assured them it wasn't, saying that the character Tony Camonte was based on gangsters like "Big" Jim Colosimo (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1531383/?ref_=tttrv_tr) and Charles Dion O'Bannion (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1532566/?ref_=tttrv_tr). "Then why is the movie called Scarface?" one of the hoods demanded. "Everyone will think it's about Capone!" "That's the reason," said Hecht. "If you call the movie Scarface (1932) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023427/?ref_=tttrv_tr), people will think it's about Capone and come to see it. It's part of the racket we call show business." The Capone hoods, who appreciated the value of a scam, left the hotel placated.
Like many of the early gangster movies, real machine gun fire is used to create the bullet damage in walls, including scenes with main characters ducking gunfire. This was the age before the extensive use of squibs to simulate gunfire. In the early days, a man with a machine gun loaded with live ammo would stand off camera and shoot the real bullets at the actors. In every case, the man wielding the guns off camera had extensive gun training (usually military) in order to ensure accuracy and safety. According to Howard Hawk's biography by Todd McCarthy, Harold Lloyd's brother Gaylord Lloyd (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0515988/?ref_=tttrv_tr) lost an eye to a bullet fragment when visiting the set while live ammunition was being used.
Good film that.
Paul Muni also in 'I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang' which is another classic from around the same time.
Good film that.
Paul Muni also in 'I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang' which is another classic from around the same time.
yes its very good too martin..
another prohibition era film but made later and as a comedy..
Some Like It Hot, 1959..
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It was directed, produced and co-written by Billy Wilder (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Wilder). It stars Marilyn Monroe (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe), Tony Curtis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Curtis) and Jack Lemmon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Lemmon), with George Raft (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Raft), Pat O'Brien (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_O%27Brien_(actor)), Joe E. Brown (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_E._Brown), Joan Shawlee (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Shawlee) and Nehemiah Persoff (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehemiah_Persoff) in supporting roles.
Some Like It Hot opened to critical and commercial success and is considered to be one of the greatest films of all time (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_considered_the_best). The film received six Academy Award (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award) nominations, including Best Actor (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actor), Best Director (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Director) and Best Adapted Screenplay (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Adapted_Screenplay), winning for Best Costume Design (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Costume_Design). In 1989, the Library of Congress (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress) selected it as one of the first 25 films for preservation in the United States National Film Registry (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Film_Registry) for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
The film was produced without approval from the Motion Picture Production Code (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_Picture_Production_Code) (Hays Code) because it features LGBT-related themes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LGBT-related_films_of_the_1950s), including cross-dressing (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-dressing). The code had been gradually weakening in its scope since the early 1950s, due to greater social tolerance for taboo topics in film, but it was enforced until the mid-1960s. The overwhelming success of Some Like It Hot is considered one of the reasons behind the retirement of the Hays Code.
A year later Jack Lemmon made this Wilder film a classic again... The Apartment, 1960..
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Lemmon again with the lovely Juliet Mills in Avanti!, 1973...
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Juliet Mills (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005236/?ref_=tttrv_tr) gained 25 pounds within six weeks to take on the role of Pamela Piggott.
Billy Wilder (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000697/?ref_=tttrv_tr) cast several non-professionals in supporting roles. Guidarino Guidi (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0346745/?ref_=tttrv_tr) was a Rome actor's agent who called Wilder about getting jobs on the film for various clients and was instead cast as the maitre d' of the Excelsior Hotel; Raffaele Mottola (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0609550/?ref_=tttrv_tr) was hired as the film's dialogue coach and then persuaded to play the passport official at the start of the film; and the elderly Armando Giovagnoli (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2644594/?ref_=tttrv_tr), playing the nonagenarian Baron, was Wilder's chauffeur on the film. The famous make-up man Harry Ray (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0712844/?ref_=tttrv_tr), who worked on a number of Wilder films (and was, for a time, Jack Lemmon (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000493/?ref_=tttrv_tr)'s personal make-up man), was cast as Dr. Fleischman, the dentist on Wendell's plane - perhaps because of his close resemblance to Billy Wilder (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000697/?ref_=tttrv_tr).
something really corny to start with;
Desert Mice, 1959... not mine but a free prime offering..
watching these occasionally let you appreciate real films more lol.
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The Wooden Horse, 1950... Ian Dalrymple and Jack Lee read the book and bought the film rights. They out-bid John Mills (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mills) who also wanted to make it. "I expect John would have been very good in it also," said Jack Lee "probably better than Leo Genn, who was very stolid as an actor."
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Peter Butterworth (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0125350/?ref_=tttrv_tr) was one of the vaulters who covered for the real-life Wooden Horse escape. He auditioned for a part in the film after the war, but was turned down on the grounds that he didn't look convincingly heroic and athletic enough.
Eric Williams (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0930546/?ref_=tttrv_tr), the author of the book that this film was based upon, was in fact one of the escapees (the story is autobiographical). When he originally wrote the story under wartime censorship he called himself "Peter Howard".
Filmed on location in Germany, in a specially reconstructed POW camp, as all the existing ones were still holding displaced persons at the time. (This was only made 5 years after the end of the war.)
Some serving Royal Air Force personnel appeared as extras, including a number who had actually been POWs at Stalag Luft III.
Millions Like Us, 1943...
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Grandpa Jim comments that his daughter Phyllis has progressed from dating "local lads" to "the United Nations". Interestingly, although the international organization with that name did not exist until two years after the film's release, the term "United Nations' was used to describe the allied forces arrayed against the Axis Powers. FDR used the term frequently.
The fourth cinematic appearance of Charters and Caldicott, played by Basil Radford (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0705509/?ref_=tttrv_tr) and Naunton Wayne (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0915614/?ref_=tttrv_tr). They previously appeared in The Lady Vanishes (1938) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030341/?ref_=tttrv_tr) and Night Train to Munich (1940) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032842/?ref_=tttrv_tr), films also written by Sidney Gilliat (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0319148/?ref_=tttrv_tr) and co-director Frank Launder (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0490950/?ref_=tttrv_tr). They also appeared in Crook's Tour (1940) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031192/?ref_=tttrv_tr), which was adapted from a BBC Radio serial. Although this was their final appearance as Charters and Caldicott, Radford and Wayne appeared together as similar comic characters in other films, such as Passport to Pimlico (1949) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041737/?ref_=tttrv_tr).
The film was passed for US release by the Production Code Administration on condition the word 'hell' be deleted throughout, but apparently this situation was never satisfactorily resolved and the film was never theatrically released in the USA. It was initially telecast in Los Angeles Monday 10 July 1950 on KECA (Channel 7); New York television viewers saw it for the first time Sunday 14 January 1951 on the DuMont Television Network's International Playhouse.
classic comedic genius now.... Blazing Saddles, 1974.
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When the film was first screened for Warner Brothers executives, almost none of them laughed, and the movie looked to be a disaster that the studio would not release. However, Mel Brooks (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000316/?ref_=tttrv_tr) quickly set up a subsequent screening for the studio's employees. When these regular folks laughed uproariously throughout the movie, Warner Brothers finally agreed to take a chance on releasing it.
Supposedly, this movie officially marks the first time the sound of farting has ever been used in a film (at least according to the filmmakers in the DVD documentary). According to Mel Brooks (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000316/?ref_=tttrv_tr), they came up with the idea after watching numerous old westerns where cowboys only consume black coffee and plates of beans, concluding that such a food combination would inevitably lead to farting.
For the desert shoot, Slim Pickens (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001620/?ref_=tttrv_tr) stayed on the location in his RV and would sit out front in the evenings with a campfire and his Winchester rifle.
Heist, 2001..
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The Searchers, 1956..
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Beulah Archuletta (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0033815/?ref_=tttrv_tr) (Look) was found crying in one of the tipis by John Wayne (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000078/?ref_=tttrv_tr) in between shooting scenes. When Wayne asked her why she was crying, she responded that she was going to miss her son's wedding because she was filming her scenes at the time. Wayne stopped production of the film for a few days and flew her to California so that she could attend the wedding.
During filming, a Navajo child became seriously ill with pneumonia and needed urgent medical attention. John Wayne (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000078/?ref_=tttrv_tr) had his own airplane on location and had his pilot take the little girl to a hospital. For his deed, the Navajos named him "The Man With The Big Eagle".
Red, 2010..
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Dark Passage, 1947..
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Bruce Bennett was in this . Bruce, aka Herman Brix, who was one of the first Tarzans... his name is ommitted oddly by google.
Bogart plays a man convicted of murdering his wife who escapes from prison in order to prove his innocence. Bogart finds that his features are too well-known, and is forced to seek illicit backroom plastic surgery. The entire pre-knife part of the film is shot from a Bogart's-eye-view, with the viewer seeing the fugitive for the first time as he starts to recuperate from the operation.
another classic now... The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, 1948. both humphry bogart and bruce bennett appear in this too.
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John Huston (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001379/?ref_=tttrv_tr) was fascinated by mysterious author B. Traven (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0871252/?ref_=tttrv_tr), who was a recluse living in Mexico. Traven approved of the director and his screenplay (by letter, obviously), and sent his intimate friend Hal Croves to the location to be a technical advisor and translator for $150 a week. The consensus is that Croves was in fact Traven, though he always denied this. Huston was happy not to query him on the subject but his then-wife Evelyn Keyes (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0450810/?ref_=tttrv_tr) was certain Croves was the mysterious author, believing that he was continually giving himself away, saying "I" when it should have been "he", and using phrases that were exactly the same as those to be found in Traven's letters to Huston. Traven was offered $1000 a week to act as technical advisor on the film. It is known that "B. Traven" was a pen name, and Traven's true identity remains a mystery to this day.
Well i always like a mystery so digging deeper... rumour had it that Life (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_(magazine)) magazine offered a reward of $5,000 for finding the real B. Traven) induced a Mexican journalist named Luis Spota (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Spota) to try to find Hal Croves, who disappeared after the end of the shooting of the film in the summer of 1947. Thanks to information obtained from the Bank of Mexico (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_Mexico), in July 1948, Spota found a man who lived under the name of Traven Torsvan near Acapulco. He formally ran an inn there; however, his shabby joint did not have many customers; Torsvan himself was a recluse, called El Gringo (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gringo) by his neighbours, which would confirm his American nationality. Investigating in official archives, Spota discovered that Torsvan had received a foreigner's identification card in Mexico in 1930 and a Mexican ID card in 1942; on both documents the date and place of birth was March 5, 1890, in Chicago. According to official records, Torsvan arrived in Mexico from the United States, crossing the border in Ciudad Juárez (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciudad_Ju%C3%A1rez) in 1914. Using partly dishonest methods (Spota bribed the postman who delivered letters to Torsvan), the journalist found out that Torsvan received royalties payable to B. Traven from Josef Wieder in Zurich (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zurich); on his desk, he also found a book package from the American writer Upton Sinclair (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upton_Sinclair), which was addressed to B. Traven c/o Esperanza López Mateos. When Spota asked Torsvan directly whether he, Hal Croves and B. Traven are one and the same person, he denied this angrily; however, in the opinion of the journalist, Torsvan got confused in his explanations and finally admitted indirectly to being the writer. Spota published the results of his investigations in a long article in the newspaper Mañana on August 7, 1948. In reply to this, Torsvan published a denial in the newspaper Hoy on August 14. He received Mexican citizenship on September 3, 1951. A man named Traves Torstvan flew from Mexico City to Paris on Air France (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France) on September 8, 1953, and returned to Mexico City from Paris on September 28 of the same year. On October 10, 1959, Traves Torsvan arrived in Houston (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston), Texas, from Mexico on a KLM airlines flight accompanied by his wife Rosa E. Torsvan, presumably Rosa Elena Luján. Torsvan states his citizenship as Mexican and his date and place of birth as May 2, 1890 (May 3 in the typewritten version of the document) in Chicago, Illinois. Rose E. Torstvan states her date of birth as April 6, 1915, in Proginoso [sic], Yucatan. These documents are evidence that Traven/Torsvan/Croves are one and the same person, and that rather than "disappearing", Torsvan took on his mother's supposed maiden name of Croves sometime after 1959.
We don't need no stinking badges! (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjLoZWi-omBAxUhkFwKHeiJBoYQtwJ6BAgPEAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DVq omZQMZQCQ&usg=AOvVaw2USqbq2XfcNeCMZJNkE6ns&opi=89978449)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail, 1975..
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we want....a shrubbery
Carry On Dick, 1974..
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The film was banned in South Africa in the 1970s as the South African authorities considered it anti-Christian. This was because of Sidney James (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0416228/?ref_=tttrv_tr)'s role as a parish priest as being corrupt having an alias as a robber.
The name of King George II's first professional police force was "The Bow Street Runners". The name of this outfit was the same as the true life historical police unit "The Bow Street Runners" which was the first in English history. The were founded in 1749 which was within a year of when this film is set it being 1750. In real life, Dick Turpin died in 1739, around eleven years before the picture actually takes place.
Bernard Bresslaw (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0107805/?ref_=tttrv_tr) insisted on a closed set for the scene where his character, Sir Roger Daley, is stripped of his clothes and possessions. In the script, it was necessary for Sir Roger and Lady Daley, played by Margaret Nolan (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0634318/?ref_=tttrv_tr), to be naked, apart from a hat covering their private parts. Other cast members took photographs of Bernard Bresslaw (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0107805/?ref_=tttrv_tr) as a practical joke in order to poke fun at his insistence of the set being closed to most crew.
GOTI, 2018...
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Joe Pesci (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000582/?ref_=tttrv_tr) was originally cast as Angelo Ruggiero. Pesci later filed a $3-million lawsuit against the producers claiming breach of contract. In the lawsuit he claimed that after he gained 30 pounds for the role of the overweight Ruggiero, he was instead offered a different role. The suit was settled in 2013.
John Travolta (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000237/?ref_=tttrv_tr) got the title role because the Gotti family personally asked for him. John Travolta (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000237/?ref_=tttrv_tr) said that his eeriest experience in this film was wearing John Gotti (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1377075/?ref_=tttrv_tr)'s checkered tweed overcoat (in the opening and closing scenes) because he could still smell Gotti's cologne on the fabric.
Quite possibly setting a new world's record, the film had 58 producers.
Is it any good? Hard to believe I know but this is a gangster film I have never seen.
Have got Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano's autobiography which is a great read but ofc makes Sammy out to be some sort of saint. Gotti comes across as a total dick who gets everything wrong.
Have got Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano's autobiography which is a great read but ofc makes Sammy out to be some sort of saint. Gotti comes across as a total dick who gets everything wrong.
gotti jnr was a dick... one of his nicknames was 'dumbfella' lol... gotti sr was a piece of work, no doubt. a right bad un. i guess he was liked by the mobsters tho.
is film any good. well its no godfather or goodfellas. but ive seen worse. think travolta was ok in it, maybe not so much the script
i should add he had last laugh tho as he is still alive and well and multi million selling author now, so maybe he was not so daft just way too young to be in the job his dad foisted on him
walpurgis
03-09-2023, 10:35
They had 'The Pirates of Blood River' 1962 on GREAT! action channel earlier. It's a crummy old British thing, but unusual in having Glenn Corbett in it. He was mostly in US westerns and worked with John Wayne. I recognised the main location for the film, it was Black Park Lake near Slough, been there many times. Lots of studios used it.
They had 'The Pirates of Blood River' 1962 on GREAT! action channel earlier. It's a crummy old British thing, but unusual in having Glenn Corbett in it. He was mostly in US westerns and worked with John Wayne. I recognised the main location for the film, it was Black Park Lake near Slough, been there many times. Lots of studios used it.
must have been early in his career. not seen it
Blown Away, 1994...
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Jeff Bridges (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000313/?ref_=tttrv_tr) and Tommy Lee Jones (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000169/?ref_=tttrv_tr) are good friends in real life. Also, they were both considered to play Snake Plissken in "Escape from New York (1981) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082340/?ref_=tttrv_tr)" before Kurt Russell (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000621/?ref_=tttrv_tr) got the part.
MGM had such confidence in the finished film that they delayed the film from its original April 1994 release date to the busy summer July 94 hoping it would be a surprise hit..... it wasn't
In the Heat of the Night, 1967... classic crime drama that won 5 Oscars inc best picture...
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Sidney Poitier (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001627/?ref_=tttrv_tr) insisted that the movie be filmed in the North because of an incident in which he and Harry Belafonte (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000896/?ref_=tttrv_tr) were almost killed by Ku Klux Klansmen during a visit to Mississippi. That's why Sparta, IL, was chosen for location filming. Nevertheless, the filmmakers and actors did venture briefly into Tennessee for the outdoor scenes at the cotton plantation, because there was no similar cotton plantation in Illinois that could be used. Poitier slept with a gun under his pillow during production in Tennessee. He did receive threats from local racist thugs, so the shoot was cut short and production returned to Illinois.
The scene that took place at the Police Chief's house featured dialogue that came out of improvisations between Sidney Poitier (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001627/?ref_=tttrv_tr) and Rod Steiger (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001768/?ref_=tttrv_tr). Rod Steiger (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001768/?ref_=tttrv_tr) was asked by director Norman Jewison (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0422484/?ref_=tttrv_tr) to chew gum when playing the part. He resisted at first, but then grew to love the idea, and eventually went through 263 packs of gum during shooting.
Banned by the South African Publications Control Board, as were many of Sidney Poitier (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001627/?ref_=tttrv_tr)'s films.
walpurgis
04-09-2023, 10:32
In the Heat of the Night, 1967.
Classy film. The only one I actually liked Steiger in, he over-acted most of the time in others.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.. A Scandal in Bohemia and The Dancing Men... Originally aired Apr 24, 1984.
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Classy film. The only one I actually liked Steiger in, he over-acted most of the time in others.
Oh I don't know - he was good in "Dr Zhivago", "The Pawnbroker", "On the Waterfront", and I liked him in "The Illustrated Man".
Oh I don't know - he was good in "Dr Zhivago", "The Pawnbroker", "On the Waterfront", and I liked him in "The Illustrated Man".
Chews on the scenery a bit in 'Napoleon'. Although it could be argued that the real Napoleon was like that.
Have to say looking at his list of films I've hardly seen any of them. I did attempt 'The Pawnbroker' but only got about 15 minutes in, just wasn't in the mood for that sort of film.
he was inclined to overacting in many films, but he was of the original method school. in a fistful of dynamite, he was pretty good overall. yes zivago and waterfront too. not managed pawnbroker for similar reasons to martin. life''s too short.
Once Upon a Time in the West, 1968..
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The film was a massive hit in France, and was easily the most successful film released there in 1969, with 14.8 million admissions, ranking seventh of all time (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films_in_France). It sparked a brief fashion trend for duster (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duster_(clothing)) coats, which took such proportions that Parisian department stores (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_store) such as Au Printemps (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printemps) had to affix signs on escalators (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escalator) warning patrons to keep their "maxis", as they were called, clear from the edges of moving steps to prevent jamming.
It was also the most popular film in Germany with admissions of 13 million, ranking third of all time (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films_in_Germany). The film was a flop in USA.
Murder, My Sweet, 1945...
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In a 1946 "Saturday Evening Post" article, Dick Powell (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0694090/?ref_=tttrv_tr) wrote that the film was the result of his ten-year effort to escape musicals. Powell said that when he asked Charles Koerner (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4763878/?ref_=tttrv_tr) for a "solid tough guy" character to portray, Koerner offered him the role of Philip Marlowe.
It was hard to get Mike Mazurki (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0563417/?ref_=tttrv_tr) to tower over Dick Powell (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0694090/?ref_=tttrv_tr), because the former singer stood 6'2", with Mazurki--a former pro wrestler--only slightly taller at 6' 4-1/2". For many scenes, Powell had to stand in a trench.
For Moose Malloy's first appearance, reflected in the window of Marlowe's office, Edward Dmytryk (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0229424/?ref_=tttrv_tr) couldn't get Mike Mazurki (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0563417/?ref_=tttrv_tr) to appear large enough because the window was too far from the camera. Instead, he had a plate of glass placed between the camera and Marlowe's desk, then reflected Mazurki's image in that. On screen, the plate glass is undetectable, making the large reflection seem to be farther from the camera.
Treasure Island, 1977... tv mini series i guess starred Alfred Burke who was best known as playing Frank Marker in the drama series Public Eye.
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While the director, Michael E. Briant, has clearly made sure that all the characters are much more strongly defined on screen than they are in the novel, and has cast most of the great TV character actors of the 70s, Alfred Burke is a quite astonishing Sea Cook; slick, violent, cunning, and dangerously plausible. The characterisation bears comparison with that of Robert Newton (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Newton).
walpurgis
06-09-2023, 10:17
Fine actor Alfred Burke. Was never rated as highly as he should have been.
The Last Man on Earth, 1964... stars Vincent Price, and was first make of the I Am Legend book. ..the omega man and i am legend are 2 more recent ones.
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Among the film's creators, Price "had a certain fondness for the film" and felt it was better than The Omega Man. Richard Matheson co-wrote the film's screenplay, but was unhappy with the results. To keep receiving residual income (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_income) from the film, though, he had to be credited, so he used the name "Logan Swanson", a combination of his wife's mother's maiden name and his mother's maiden name. Matheson said: "I was disappointed in the film, even though they more or less followed my story. I think Vincent Price, whom I love in every one of his pictures that I wrote, was miscast. I also felt the direction was kind of poor. I just didn’t care for it."
Although the film was not considered a success upon its release, it later gained a more favorable reputation as a classic of the genre. As of September 2021, The Last Man on Earth holds an 81% rating at the film review aggregator (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Review_aggregator) Web site Rotten Tomatoes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes) from 26 reviews. Phil Hall (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Hall_(US_writer)) of Film Threat (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_Threat) called The Last Man on Earth "the best Vincent Price movie ever made".
Time After Time, 1979...
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All four of the real H.G. Wells (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0920229/?ref_=tttrv_tr)' children were still alive at the time of this film's release.
Wells always refers to his time machine simply as "the time machine" or "the machine." When the machine is first shown, however, the name "Argo" is visible on the front. This is the name H.G. Wells (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0920229/?ref_=tttrv_tr) gave to his machine in the novel that inspired the film.
During chase scenes at the hotel, David Warner (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001831/?ref_=tttrv_tr) is replaced with a stunt double for distant shots because he was still on the mend from two broken heels after a fall from a balcony in Rome(his wife was told he may never wal again). In close-up shots, he can be seen running gingerly as not to hurt himself. Also, for scenes where Malcolm McDowell (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000532/?ref_=tttrv_tr) is running through the columns, he is also replaced with a double because of a sprained ankle.
McDowell and Steenburgen met on set and married the following year. They were together for a decade and had two children.
The Final Countdown, 1980...
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Principal photography took place at Naval Air Station Key West (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Key_West), Naval Station Norfolk (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Station_Norfolk), and off the Florida Keys (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Keys), over two five-week periods in 1979. Scenes at Pearl Harbor consisted of mainly stock footage with most of The Final Countdown exteriors shot on the Nimitz while at sea, and at drydock for interiors. During operations, an emergency landing took place with the production crew allowed to film the recovery of the aircraft on the Nimitz; the sequence appeared in the final film.
Crew members of the Nimitz were used as extras, a few with speaking parts; a total of 48 of the crew appear as "actors" in the final credits. The difficulties in filming a modern jet fighter were soon apparent when the first setup to record an F-14 takeoff at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, resulted in both camera and operator being pitched down a runway.
Forty-four years on and the USS Nimitz is still going. They've had their money's worth out of that thing.
Forty-four years on and the USS Nimitz is still going. They've had their money's worth out of that thing.
wont be long then. they had a 50 year lifespan
The Final Countdown, 1980...
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Principal photography took place at Naval Air Station Key West (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Key_West), Naval Station Norfolk (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Station_Norfolk), and off the Florida Keys (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Keys), over two five-week periods in 1979. Scenes at Pearl Harbor consisted of mainly stock footage with most of The Final Countdown exteriors shot on the Nimitz while at sea, and at drydock for interiors. During operations, an emergency landing took place with the production crew allowed to film the recovery of the aircraft on the Nimitz; the sequence appeared in the final film.
Crew members of the Nimitz were used as extras, a few with speaking parts; a total of 48 of the crew appear as "actors" in the final credits. The difficulties in filming a modern jet fighter were soon apparent when the first setup to record an F-14 takeoff at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, resulted in both camera and operator being pitched down a runway.
still a decent film for all its nonsense.. would have liked the 4k one but it was not to be. toopricy at time.
wont be long then. they had a 50 year lifespan
yes - they are planning to stand it down in 2027 https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/end-era-us-navy-retire-uss-nimitz-aircraft-carrier-201850
earlier.... LOOPER, 2012..4k bluray
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now.... DEATH ON THE NILE, 2022.. 4k bluray..
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Ed Wood, 1994...
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Ed Wood was originally in development at Columbia Pictures (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Pictures), but the studio put the film in "turnaround (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turnaround_(filmmaking))" over Burton's decision to shoot in black-and-white (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-and-white). Ed Wood was taken to Walt Disney Studios (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Studios_(division)), which produced the film through its Touchstone Pictures (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchstone_Pictures) label. The film proved financially unsuccessful (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box-office_bomb), returning only $13.8 million against an $18 million budget, but was met with critical acclaim upon release, with particular praise for Depp and Landau's performances and the makeup. It eventually became a cult classic and won two Academy Awards (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Awards): Best Supporting Actor (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor) for Landau and Best Makeup (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Makeup_and_Hairstyling) for Rick Baker (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Baker) (who designed Landau's prosthetic makeup (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosthetic_makeup)), Ve Neill (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ve_Neill) and Yolanda Toussieng (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yolanda_Toussieng). The film is now considered to be one of Burton's best works.
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square, 1979..
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Jean Seberg (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0781029/?ref_=tttrv_tr) was offered the female lead in this film. She was excited by the prospect of staring alongside David Niven (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000057/?ref_=tttrv_tr), since they had enjoyed working with each other on Bonjour Tristesse (1958) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051429/?ref_=tttrv_tr). Sadlyy she committed suicide before filming began.
The movie is loosely based on the 1975 Bank of America robbery. The robbers managed to steal £8 million and, as the closing credits state, just £500,000 has been recovered. At the time, police believed the robbery to be the world's biggest.
Seven men were convicted for the crime in 1976, including an electrician who worked at the bank. Many of the details of the crime - a failed first attempt, the method by which the safe combination was obtained, and the escape of one gang member - are accurately reproduced in this movie. The gang received jail sentences totaling almost 100 years.
In his summing up, Judge Alan King-Hamilton said he was determined the thieves would not enjoy the missing £7.5 million, "What has been concealed will remain salted away so far as you are concerned for a great many years. Whatever has happened to it, it will not be used for your benefit."
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, 1947..
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The film holds a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes) based on 20 reviews, with an average critic rating of 8.23/10. Charles Lang (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lang) received a 1947 Academy Award nomination for his black-and-white cinematography on the movie.
The Day the Earth Caught Fire, 1961.
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So Man has sown the wind - and reaped the whirlwind. Perhaps in the next few hours, there will be no remembrance of the past, and no hope for the future that might have been. All the works of Man will be consumed in the great fire out of which he was created.
Not a bad little film - not great, but not a disaster either.
Not a bad little film - not great, but not a disaster either.Always saw it as a cut above especially for it's time.
Mikeandvan
08-09-2023, 22:27
Children of men - great film from 2006 or so I believe, don't think much of its central hypothesis, but great action/drama film, with superb perfomances, especially the evil hippy!! And! A snippet of King crimson!
Wilt, 1989... a light start...
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Good film - well it made me laugh; but then I'm a big fan of the books of Tom Sharpe. :)
To Have and Have Not, 1945... bluray.
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Ernest Hemingway and Howard Hawks were close friends and, on a fishing trip, Hawks told Hemingway, who was reluctant to go into screenwriting, that he could make a great movie from his worst book, which Hawks admitted was To Have and Have Not. Jules Furthman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Furthman) wrote the first screenplay, which, like the novel, was set in Cuba (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba). However, the screenplay was altered to be set in Martinique (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martinique), because the portrayal of Cuba's government was believed to be in violation of the United States' Good Neighbor policy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Neighbor_policy). Hawks's friend William Faulkner (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Faulkner) was the main contributor to the screenplay, including and following the revisions. Because of the contributions from both Hemingway and Faulkner, it is the only film story on which two winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature) worked.
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, 1970.. bluray
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Elaborate sets were built on the backlot at Pinewood Studios, including 150 yards of the Baker Street (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker_Street) set, at a cost of £80,000. The reproduction of the Diogenes Club (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogenes_Club) stood until 1973 having been used in other films such as Hands of the Ripper (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hands_of_the_Ripper) and Carry On at Your Convenience (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carry_On_at_Your_Convenience). The sets were designed by art director Alexandre Trauner (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Trauner).
The scenes set in Scotland were filmed on location at Urquhart Castle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urquhart_Castle) on the banks of Loch Ness; Kilmartin Hall on Loch Meiklie; Nairn railway station. The cemetery scene with Stanley Holloway was filmed at the Church of St Mary, Winkfield in Berkshire. Somerset House in London and the London Coliseum were also used as locations. Castle Stuart and Eilean Donan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eilean_Donan) Castle in Scotland and Broadway Tower (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_Tower,_Worcestershire) in Worcestershire made fleeting appearances.
Memoirs of an Invisible Man, 1992..bluray.
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The Sea Wolves, 1980..
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The film, which is based on the 1978 book Boarding Party by James Leasor (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Leasor), is the true story of Operation Creek (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Creek) during the Second World War (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_World_War). In the covert mission, the Calcutta Light Horse (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcutta_Light_Horse), part of the Cavalry Reserve in the British Indian Army (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Indian_Army), successfully sank a German merchant ship in Mormugão (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormug%C3%A3o) Harbour in neutral Portugal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal)'s territory of Goa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa), India on 9 March 1943. The ship had a secret radio which was transmitting information about Allied shipping to U-boats (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-boats) operating in the Indian Ocean (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean).
The Sea Wolves, 1980..
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The film, which is based on the 1978 book Boarding Party by James Leasor (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Leasor), is the true story of Operation Creek (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Creek) during the Second World War (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_World_War). In the covert mission, the Calcutta Light Horse (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcutta_Light_Horse), part of the Cavalry Reserve in the British Indian Army (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Indian_Army), successfully sank a German merchant ship in Mormugão (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormug%C3%A3o) Harbour in neutral Portugal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal)'s territory of Goa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa), India on 9 March 1943. The ship had a secret radio which was transmitting information about Allied shipping to U-boats (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-boats) operating in the Indian Ocean (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean).
Typical shabby Nazi trick.
Typical shabby Nazi trick.
indeed, and our reply was even shabbier :ner: before raid they were sinking 12 boats in first 11 days of month. after they sunkit, it was 1 in 20 days... we also bluffed we would invade goa so gerry sank 2 more of their potential spy boats in case we got them.
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UFO - 'The Dalotek Affair' (Ep. 21)
The UFOs plant a communications disruptor on the Moon - typical shabby Alien trick - but Straker and Foster blame civilian contractors for the problems it causes.
Proper telly.
Goin' South, 1978...
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When Henry (Jack Nicholson (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000197/?ref_=tttrv_tr)) is riding on horseback to catch the stagecoach carrying Julia (Mary Steenburgen (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005460/?ref_=tttrv_tr)), the horse loses its footing and plows into a ditch throwing Henry several feet in the air. The scene was not planned that way, and that was director Jack Nicholson (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000197/?ref_=tttrv_tr) flying head first into the ditch. Fortunately, neither the horse nor Nicholson was injured, except for some bruises. Later, upon viewing the footage in dailies, Nicholson exclaimed, "That's a keeper!"
During a 2016 Back to the Future convention, Christopher Lloyd (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0515941/?ref_=tttrv_tr) was asked what's his favorite film out of the movies he'd done. He named this movie as the movie he had the most fun making, and wished that more people knew about it, calling it "one fun little movie".
Jack Nicholson (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000197/?ref_=tttrv_tr) once said of Mary Steenburgen (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005460/?ref_=tttrv_tr) that she was "the actress of her generation. She's a blend of Barbara Stanwyck (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001766/?ref_=tttrv_tr), Jean Arthur (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000795/?ref_=tttrv_tr), Jennifer Jones (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0428354/?ref_=tttrv_tr), and Bambi."
In a Rolling Stone Magazine interview with Lawrence Eisenberg in 1982, Mary Steenburgen (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005460/?ref_=tttrv_tr) once said of her casting in this film: "By the time something like that happens, you've had so many years of elation and disappointment, that you begin to treat your heart very carefully. Earlier in the week, a job I'd been told I had in a television pilot was yanked out from under me and given to a blonde with big boobs." The next day, Steenburgen got to do a ten-minute read with Jack Nicholson (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000197/?ref_=tttrv_tr) that in the end, ran for around two hours. Steenburgen added: "When I left, I was so excited, I screamed for thirty floors in the elevator of the Gulf and Western Building. Nobody could imagine what was happening in my mind, not just in terms of work, but life wise. I had no perspective. I didn't know if I was going to be an overnight international film star, or back at the Magic Pan" (where Steenburgen had worked as a waitress).
Murphy's War, 1971.. The part of the U-Boat was played by a Venezuelan submarine, the former USS Tilefish (SS-307). The floating crane was, itself, a former WW2 tank landing craft.
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The Legend of Tarzan, 2016...
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Making Africa seem authentic was especially important to the filmmakers, since the film was shot in England, except for six weeks in Gabon, filming background by helicopter without the cast. A working waterfall and a 100-foot-long collapsible pier were assembled at Warner Bros.' Leavesden studios. Seven versions of the African jungle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_jungle) were constructed to show different scenery throughout the filming. Plants from Holland (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holland) were mixed with trees sculpted by the art department. Kedleston Hall (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kedleston_Hall) stood in for the Greystoke Manor, and a cedar tree on the grounds of Highclere Castle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highclere_Castle) served as the setting for an early pivotal scene between Tarzan and Jane. Budget was 180m.... it took in twice that.
Ice Cold in Alex, 1958...
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Filmed in Libya, as Egypt was ruled out due to the recent Suez Crisis. Filming began 10 September 1957.
The flies were so bad on-location, that most of the cast had to be sprayed with DDT, a chemical which is now banned.
The cast earned considerably more than they were paid for this movie when footage from the bar was used in the British commercial for Carlsberg Lager.
Excellent film - one with a very simple story, but so well filmed you feel you have been there with them crossing the desert
The only other time I have a similar experience was leaving the cinema after seeing "Das Boot", almost gasping for air!
John Mills again in
Waterloo Road, 1945...
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The film was originally known as Blue for Waterloo.
Stewart Granger later said the film was one of his favourites as his role "was a heel, but a real character". He says the film was made in ten days while he was also making Love Story. He was particularly proud of the fight scene with John Mills.
Sidney Gilliat said he was taken off the film before it was finished. Production was stopped and there were still some exteriors to be shot. Ted Black had gone and the Ostrers put the film at the end of the dubbing schedule. However, Earl St John (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_St_John) who was in charge of Odeon cinemas liked the film and got the dubbing done.
Kelly's Heroes, 1970..
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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.
" Does he know about the Tigers?"
"Not yet, no."
"You bet your sweet ass he doesn't, or he'd be still on that funny-farm of his! He may be nuts, but he's not crazy enough to put Shermans up against Tigers!"
The Captain's Paradise, 1953..
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Professional dancer Yvonne De Carlo (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001119/?ref_=tttrv_tr) persuaded director Anthony Kimmins (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0454028/?ref_=tttrv_tr) to talk Sir Alec Guinness (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000027/?ref_=tttrv_tr) into doing the mambo with her in a night club sequence. Guinness, not usually thought of as a physical actor, consented to a week's worth of dance lessons from De Carlo and the sequence is one of this movie's highlights.
Oliver Twist , 1948... Directed by David Lean.
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The New York Board of Rabbis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Board_of_Rabbis) appealed to Eric Johnston (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Johnston), head of the Production Code Administration, to keep the film out of the U.S. Other Jewish groups also objected, and the Rank Organization announced in September 1948, that U.S. release was "indefinitely postponed." The film was banned in Israel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel) for antisemitism. It was banned in Egypt (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt) for portraying Fagin too sympathetically. so, as you see you ust cant win with some folk.:doh:
The film was the fifth most popular film at the British box office in 1949.
Great Expectations, 1946... David Lean directs again....
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Dickens based Joe Gargery's house on the forge in the village of Chalk (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalk,_Kent), near Gravesend (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravesend), Kent (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent) – a replica was erected on St Mary's Marshes on the Isle of Grain (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Grain) on the Thames Estuary (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_Estuary). Pip and Herbert Pocket arrange to meet Magwitch and help him escape at Chatham Docks (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatham_Dockyard) where slip 8 was used for the scene as well as exterior shots of the prison hulk ships. The River Medway (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Medway) and the adjacent St Mary's Marshes appear in scenes where Pip and his friend, Herbert Pocket, row their boat to a small inn whilst waiting for the paddle steamer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddle_steamer) to arrive. The ship used in the film was called Empress, dating from the latter half of the nineteenth century and owned by Cosens & Co Ltd (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosens_%26_Co_Ltd) of Weymouth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weymouth,_Dorset). She was brought down to the River Medway for the shoot. "New masts were stepped-in with square rigging and dummy sails, the funnel was lengthened and the paddle-boxes enlarged until it looked exactly right."
Over to the wild west now with... She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, 1949..
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The film was shot on location in Monument Valley (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_Valley) utilizing large areas of the Navajo reservation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navajo_Nation) along the Arizona (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona)-Utah (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah) state border. Ford and cinematographer Winton C. Hoch (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winton_C._Hoch) based much of the film's imagery on the paintings and sculptures of Frederic Remington (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Remington). Hoch won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Cinematography) in 1950 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/22nd_Academy_Awards). It was also nominated as 1950's Best Written American Western.
Director Ford initially was uncertain whom to cast in the lead role. However, he knew that he did not want John Wayne for the part—considering, among other factors, that Wayne would be playing a character over twenty years older than he was at the time. Reportedly, Wayne's 1948 performance in Red River (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_River_(1948_film)) changed Ford's mind, causing him to exclaim, "I didn't know the big son of a bitch could act!" Ford realized Wayne had grown considerably as an actor, and was now capable of playing the character he envisaged for this film. When shooting was completed, Ford presented Wayne with a cake with the message, "You're an actor now"
Inerweb is down... so watch via the pc a film on hard disc.
The Long Memory, 1953
John mills, Released from prison after twelve years, a wrongfully convicted British man seeks revenge on the witnesses who lied at his trial.
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Private's Progress, 1956...
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The film was the second most popular movie at the British box office in 1956.
The New York Times (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times) wrote, "the Boultings have come up with an ingenious story and injected hilarious moments. But the whole thing sparkles and fizzles."
The War Office (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Office) refused all requests for cooperation, even after the ending of the film was changed to show the guilty being caught. The producers inserted a title card depicting three officers in the See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/See_no_evil,_hear_no_evil,_speak_no_evil) stance with the words "the producers gratefully acknowledge the official cooperation of absolutely nobody".
It was the first in a series of successful satirical comedies made by the Boulting brothers Their 1959 comedy, I'm All Right Jack (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_All_Right_Jack), featured many of the same actors and characters. Many references are made to the events of Private's Progress.
walpurgis
14-09-2023, 12:34
Good fun. Got the DVD (along with School for Scoundrels :)).
Good fun. Got the DVD (along with School for Scoundrels :)).
yes , as is this.... Two-Way Stretch, 1960...
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In The New York Times (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times), Bosley Crowther (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosley_Crowther) gave it a positive review, writing, "the script by John Warren and Len Heath follows a straight line and is clever and full of good Cockney wit. Robert Day's direction is lively, in the vein of civilized farce, and the performances are delicious, right down the line," concluding, "Mr. Sellers is still on the rise."
Two-Way Stretch was the fourth most popular film at the British box office in 1960.
Sgt. Bilko, 1996
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ROGUE MALE, 1976
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GREAT CAST INCLUDES...
Peter O'Toole (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_O%27Toole)
John Standing (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Standing)
Alastair Sim (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alastair_Sim)
Harold Pinter (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Pinter)
Michael Byrne (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Byrne_(actor))
Mark McManus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_McManus)
Ray Smith (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Smith_(actor))
Hugh Manning (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Manning)
Robert Lang (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lang_(actor))
Cyd Hayman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyd_Hayman)
Philip Jackson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Jackson_(actor))
Nicholas Ball (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Ball_(actor))
Maureen Lipman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maureen_Lipman)
Michael Sheard (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Sheard)
Ivor Roberts (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivor_Roberts_(actor))
John Ringham (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ringham)
The Butterfly Effect, 2004..
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All of the prison scenes were filmed in a real prison (Washington State) with real prisoners.
During one of Evan's flashback scenes, he can be heard reading part of Ray Bradbury (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001969/?ref_=tttrv_tr)'s short story "A Sound of Thunder." In this story, a group of people travel millions of years into the past to hunt dinosaurs. One of them accidentally steps on and kills a butterfly, which dramatically alters the future.
In early versions of the script, the character of Evan was originally Chris Treborn. When the "T" is moved over, it becomes "Christ Reborn". This was changed to Evan Treborn, which is a play on "Event Reborn".
The Black Windmill, 1974..
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The windmills seen in the film are "The Clayton Windmills". Wikipedia states that they are "known locally as Jack and Jill, (and) stand on the South Downs above the village of Clayton, West Sussex, England. They comprise a post mill and a tower mill, and the roundhouse of a former post mill. All three are "Grade II listed buildings."
The Adjustment Bureau, 2011...
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The names of the three main members of the Adjustment Bureau are Thompson, Richardson, and Harry: a play on the term Tom, Dick, and Harry, which is slang for any anonymous persons. Phillip K. Dick is also the writer of the short story the movie is based on.
Some of Emily Blunt (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1289434/?ref_=tttrv_tr)'s dancing scenes were completed using a body double, dancer Acacia Schachte of the Cedar Lake Company, with the actress' face being digitally placed on the dancer's body.
In his speech at the 2011 White House Correspondents' Dinner, President Barack Obama (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1682433/?ref_=tttrv_tr) responded to criticism from star Matt Damon (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000354/?ref_=tttrv_tr) with, "Matt Damon said he was disappointed in my performance. Well Matt, I just saw The Adjustment Bureau."
The Black Windmill, 1974..
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81YPiBTR4nL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg
The windmills seen in the film are "The Clayton Windmills". Wikipedia states that they are "known locally as Jack and Jill, (and) stand on the South Downs above the village of Clayton, West Sussex, England. They comprise a post mill and a tower mill, and the roundhouse of a former post mill. All three are "Grade II listed buildings."
Not a bad film - a good way to while away a couple of hours.
Out of the Past, 1947.. billed in the United Kingdom as Build My Gallows High.
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Robert Mitchum (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000053/?ref_=tttrv_tr) told Roger Ebert (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001170/?ref_=tttrv_tr) he smoked so much that when the camera was rolling and Kirk Douglas (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000018/?ref_=tttrv_tr) offered him a pack and asked, "Cigarette?" Mitchum, realizing he'd carried a cigarette into the scene, held up his fingers and replied, "Smoking." His improvisation saved the take and they kept it in the movie.
Jane Greer (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0339452/?ref_=tttrv_tr) recalled that the laconic Robert Mitchum (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000053/?ref_=tttrv_tr) projected an equally cavalier attitude off camera. She got the impression that he came to the set unprepared, in order to give a more spontaneous performance. She explained, "I remember him saying 'What are the lyrics?' to the script person. 'I never know the lyrics,' he'd say, and she would give him the lines. I said, 'You don't learn your lines beforehand?' and he'd said, 'Naah.' Gosh, I learned mine a week ahead of time. I thought that might be part of why he seemed so much more spontaneous, why he was so easy and underplayed. I decided I'd do that, not be letter-perfect. So I tried learning my lines under the dryer in the morning. I hoped I'd look as though I was thinking. But I blew take after take, and he was letter-perfect. Well, I figured out later that, of course, he knew the lines."
Jane Greer (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0339452/?ref_=tttrv_tr) took notice of the differing personalities and styles of her leading men. She found that Robert Mitchum (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000053/?ref_=tttrv_tr) was protective on the set. She said that he "was just terrific to me and just took care of me. Even the way I looked. One costume I wore was a little too large - Bob was the one who noticed it was bulging around the waist. So he stopped everything, borrowed a pin from the wardrobe lady and gathered it in and pinned me up in the back." On the other hand, Greer said, "Kirk Douglas (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000018/?ref_=tttrv_tr) is a more physical actor. He bruised my arms grabbing me, and my face was roundly slapped. How he did Champion (1949) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041239/?ref_=tttrv_tr) without maiming his partner is a miracle."
The Adjustment Bureau, 2011...
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The names of the three main members of the Adjustment Bureau are Thompson, Richardson, and Harry: a play on the term Tom, Dick, and Harry, which is slang for any anonymous persons. Phillip K. Dick is also the writer of the short story the movie is based on.
Some of Emily Blunt (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1289434/?ref_=tttrv_tr)'s dancing scenes were completed using a body double, dancer Acacia Schachte of the Cedar Lake Company, with the actress' face being digitally placed on the dancer's body.
In his speech at the 2011 White House Correspondents' Dinner, President Barack Obama (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1682433/?ref_=tttrv_tr) responded to criticism from star Matt Damon (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000354/?ref_=tttrv_tr) with, "Matt Damon said he was disappointed in my performance. Well Matt, I just saw The Adjustment Bureau."
Much better, though I found the ending disappointing.
Still it does have Emily Blunt in it. :)
Much better, though I found the ending disappointing.
Still it does have Emily Blunt in it. :)
americans like their winning and happy endings.. emily was neary wearing the last dress. i wonder if they had to do a few takes due to booby trouble. there is 'something' about her that ust does it for me:scratch:... A je ne sais quoi
Jeremiah Johnson, 1972..
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The role of Jeremiah Johnson was originally intended for (https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FJeremi ah_Johnson_%2528film%2529&psig=AOvVaw2jiAajUhrFmU4j_OkCBMav&ust=1695030670556000&source=images&cd=vfe&opi=89978449&ved=0CBEQjhxqFwoTCIio6rmvsYEDFQAAAAAdAAAAABAE)Lee Marvin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Marvin) and then Clint Eastwood (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clint_Eastwood), with Sam Peckinpah (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Peckinpah) to direct. However, Peckinpah and Eastwood did not get along, so Peckinpah left and Eastwood decided to make Dirty Harry instead. Warner Bros. then stepped in and set up Milius's screenplay for Robert Redford (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Redford). Without a director, Redford talked Sydney Pollack (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Pollack) into it; the two were looking for another film to collaborate on after This Property Is Condemned (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Property_Is_Condemned) (1966).
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FJeremi ah_Johnson_%2528film%2529&psig=AOvVaw2jiAajUhrFmU4j_OkCBMav&ust=1695030670556000&source=images&cd=vfe&opi=89978449&ved=0CBEQjhxqFwoTCIio6rmvsYEDFQAAAAAdAAAAABAE)
Quigley Down Under, 1990..
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The film, and, more specifically, the protagonist's skill with his rifle, has led snipers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sniper) to refer to the act of killing two targets with a single bullet as "a Quigley".
Although several scenes of the story depict violence and cruelty toward and involving animals, a film spokesperson explained that no animal was harmed, and special effects were used. For example, Quigley and Cora are reduced to consuming "grub worms" (actually blobs of dough) for survival. A pack of dingoes attacks Cora, and she finally saves herself by shooting the animals. Those animals were specially trained, and were actually "playing" for that scene, which was later enhanced by visual and sound effects. Several scenes involve falling horses; they were performed by specially-trained animals and were not hurt. When a horse falls off a cliff, the "horse" was a mechanical creation. The film's producer stated that a veterinarian was on the set whenever animals were being used in filming.
The Ipcress File, 1965... bluray
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In his autobiography "Blowing the Bloody Doors Off" Michael Caine said that the film initially had trouble finding an American distributor. One studio executive supposedly said that because Harry Palmer wore glasses, and was seen cooking, American audiences would think he was a homosexual.:doh:
It's been a couple of years since I've seen it but isn't he cooking for some bird he's got on the go?
Or is that scene in one of the others?
It's been a couple of years since I've seen it but isn't he cooking for some bird he's got on the go?
Or is that scene in one of the others?
no, its this one.. it was Sue Lloyd, who i think was in the diabolical Crossroads:eek:
An American Pickle, 2020...
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The film's poster was taken with a preserved camera made in the 19th century.
Seth Rogen's disdain of fake beards not looking realistic enough made him insist on growing his own facial hair to play Herschel. This led to a bit of an annoying production schedule, as sets where both characters appear had to be put aside and returned to later on - with all the Herschel scenes shot first, then all the Ben scenes shot after Rogen shaved (rather than shooting the two parts sequentially with the character changing costumes).
The film is based upon the 2013 short story "Sell Out" by Simon Rich.
An American Pickle, 2020...
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The film's poster was taken with a preserved camera made in the 19th century.
Seth Rogen's disdain of fake beards not looking realistic enough made him insist on growing his own facial hair to play Herschel. This led to a bit of an annoying production schedule, as sets where both characters appear had to be put aside and returned to later on - with all the Herschel scenes shot first, then all the Ben scenes shot after Rogen shaved (rather than shooting the two parts sequentially with the character changing costumes).
The film is based upon the 2013 short story "Sell Out" by Simon Rich.
decent film....
The Paleface, 1948..
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bit of fun to end with
The Quatermass Conclusion, 1979..https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODdjNjQxODEtZmRkMC00YWFhLWFiYTgtMTRhM2Q4YzFhMW IyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNDUxNjc5NjY@._V1_.jpg
This edited version of Quatermass (1979) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078129/?ref_=tttrv_tr), half the length of the mini-series, was produced to be released theatrically overseas. This meant Nigel Kneale (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0460600/?ref_=tttrv_tr) had to write a script that would work as a three hour and twenty-four hour mini-series, and as a one hour and forty-two minute movie.
Man Hunt, 1941..
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American thriller film (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_film) directed by Fritz Lang (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Lang) and starring Walter Pidgeon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Pidgeon) and Joan Bennett (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Bennett). It is based on the 1939 novel Rogue Male (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_Male_(novel)) by Geoffrey Household (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Household) and is set in Europe just prior to the Second World War (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_World_War). Lang had fled Germany into exile in 1933 and this was the first of his four anti-Nazi films, which include Ministry of Fear (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Fear), Hangmen Also Die! (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangmen_Also_Die!), and Cloak and Dagger (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloak_and_Dagger_(1946_film)).
The film portrays Britain's pre-war policy of appeasement (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeasement#Conduct_of_appeasement,_1937–1939) with Germany in its willingness to extradite (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extradition) one of its own citizens without any defense, and its depiction of Nazi agents freely walking about London, impersonating police, and terrorizing civilians.
The Jungle Book, 2016..
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My Man Godfrey, 1936..
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The film was based on a 1935 novel by Eric S. Hatch. Charles Rogers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_R._Rogers), head of Universal, called it "a sure-fire laugh-getting novel". That studio purchased the film rights and assigned Hatch to write the script with Morrie Ryskind (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrie_Ryskind), who received top billing for the screenplay. Rogers hired Gregory La Cava (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_La_Cava) to direct, "the best comedy director in Hollywood."
My Man Godfrey was the first movie to be nominated (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_with_all_four_Academy_Award_acting_n ominations) for 6 oscars and not be nominated for Best Picture. It won none surprisingly..
The Four Feathers, 1939..
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The Korda brothers (Alexander, Vincent, and Zoltan) had a working relationship and method that sometimes agitated their English cast and crew, who were not used to sudden, loud arguments conducted in Hungarian and halting English peppered with expletives. John Clements (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0166234/?ref_=tttrv_tr) recalled sitting in Alexander's office discussing a point of production when suddenly the three brothers broke into a violent screaming match. "Zolly (Zoltan) started picking things up off the table and throwing them on the floor, and I really thought they were going to kill each other," Clements said. Just as suddenly as it began, however, the fight stopped "and everybody embraced, including me, and we all had a nice cup of tea, and that was that."
For historical accuracy, Zoltan Korda (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0466113/?ref_=tttrv_tr) hired a military Technical Advisor, Brigadier Hector Campbell, and had him drill the actors and extras exactly the same as soldiers would have been in the period of this movie's setting.
The company builds a fortification of acacia (thorn tree) branches. This is a common practice in Africa even until today, primarily to keep lions, hyenas and the like from getting to livestock. It may also be noted that acacia thorns are a primary food source for giraffes.
Blue Murder at St Trinian's, 1957...
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Flash Harry's bubble car is a Heinkel Kabine.
Bars from the Policeman theme in the comic opera "The Pirates of Penzance" are heard in each scene showing the police searching the school. In addition, the police constables mimic the exaggerated tip-toe steps and single-file movements as commonly seen in the choreograph of the "The Pirates of Penzance" productions. Finally, the police sergeant (played by Bill Shine (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0793892/?ref_=tttrv_tr)) leading the search wears a handlebar moustache which is also commonly seen in classic productions of the opera.
Gettysburg, 1993...
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Gettysburg, 1993...
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watched most of this today as i only caught half an hr or so before. a pretty good recounting of the then known facts. bob lee's first mistake and pretty much a fatal one for his army. he was americas leading soldier and was offered to lead up the union army but of course couldn't take it being a virginian. a sad end for the confederate states but it was really always gonna be imo... the union had so many more men and rescources to call on. some say they faught with one arm tied behind their backs politically at least. it was one of my fav subjects and can reccommend the books of shelby foote among others for anyone interested.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day, 1991.
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(https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FTermin ator_2%3A_Judgment_Day&psig=AOvVaw3DLmZaJtuPA8o3M47ily2C&ust=1695312886831000&source=images&cd=vfe&opi=89978449&ved=0CBEQjhxqFwoTCMChmeXKuYEDFQAAAAAdAAAAABAE)
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist
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The Adventure of the Crooked Man
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Pigmy Pony
20-09-2023, 19:23
Much better, though I found the ending disappointing.
Still it does have Emily Blunt in it. :)
With Emily around I would never find the ending disappointing :D Though she might.
The Camomile Lawn, 1992..
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quality stuff. love paul eddington and felicity kendal, although they all played their parts superbly..... Jennifer Ehle (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000383/?ref_=tttrv_tr) plays the young Calypso, while her mother Rosemary Harris (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0365281/?ref_=tttrv_tr) plays the older Calypso.
Writer John Osborne (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0651570/?ref_=tttrv_tr) was a friend of Maggie Smith (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001749/?ref_=tttrv_tr), mother of Toby Stephens (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0827170/?ref_=tttrv_tr). He claimed her response to seeing the show was "It was really quite a shock. I hadn't seen his willy since he was two and a half."
Yes, that was a good TV series.
The Shawshank Redemption, 1994..
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Andy and Red's opening chat in the prison yard, in which Red is throwing a baseball, took nine hours to shoot. Morgan Freeman (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000151/?ref_=tttrv_tr) threw the baseball for the entire nine hours without a word of complaint. He showed up for work the next day with his left arm in a sling.
Despite the film's box-office failure, Warner Bros. shipped 320,000 rental copies to U.S. video stores, a figure a spokesman freely admitted was "out of whack" with the film's performance in theaters. The film became the most rented video of 1995, and one of the highest-grossing video rentals of all time.
A wonderful film! Morgan Freeman is brilliant.
A wonderful film! Morgan Freeman is brilliant.
yes a good film, and all cast were very good, with morgan as you say the tops...
now an older classic from the bluray.
Kind Hearts and Coronets, 1949...
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Dennis Price (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Price), Joan Greenwood (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Greenwood), Valerie Hobson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Hobson) and Alec Guinness (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec_Guinness) are main stars Guinness taking eight roles...
Sir Alec Guinness (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000027/?ref_=tttrv_tr) nearly drowned in the scene where the Admiral goes down with his sinking ship. Guinness was held down by wires whilst the set filled up with water. Once the scene was wrapped, the crew started to leave, until one technician suddenly realized that they had forgotten to release Sir Alec from the wires holding him underwater. He immediately dove into the waters with some wire-cutters and freed Guinness. Fortunately for all concerned, Guinness took great pride in his ability to hold his breath for long periods of time.
Agatha's death in the movie caused some consternation for Sir Alec Guinness (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000027/?ref_=tttrv_tr). The scene in question, a hot air ballooning accident filmed in a field next door to Pinewood Studios, prompted him to ask the producers if he was well insured. They told him that he was, to the tune of ten thousand pounds sterling, but Guinness didn't think that was enough. He then declared that the balloon could not be raised any more than fifteen feet unless they raised the insurance to fifty thousand pounds sterling. Ealing Studios was renowned for being very penny-pinching, and it naturally refused Guinness' demand, pointing out that he would be accompanied in the balloon by a well-qualified Belgian balloonist hidden in the basket with him. Guinness was undeterred in his refusal to perform the stunt, so the scene in the finished movie is not him, but the Belgian balloonist wearing Agatha's dress and wig. Guinness had the last laugh, however, when a high wind pulled the balloon off course. The Belgian balloonist was found fifty miles away, having had to jump into a river.
walpurgis
23-09-2023, 17:10
Kind Hearts and Coronets, 1949...
Still great all these years on.
Heaven Can Wait, 1943..
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In a 1983 interview, "A Conversation with Don Ameche", he said this movie was the favorite of all the films he worked on. The lead was originally written with Fredric March (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0545298/?ref_=tttrv_tr) or Rex Harrison (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001322/?ref_=tttrv_tr) in mind. Ernst Lubitsch (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0523932/?ref_=tttrv_tr) was most disappointed when 20th Century Fox boss Darryl F. Zanuck (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0953123/?ref_=tttrv_tr) insisted on casting Don Ameche (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000747/?ref_=tttrv_tr) for commercial reasons. Lubitsch later recanted his opposition to Ameche, won over by the actor's dedication and professionalism.
This was the first of two unrelated films of the same title to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. The second was Heaven Can Wait (1978) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077663/?ref_=tttrv_tr).
Although Tod Andrews (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0028878/?ref_=tttrv_tr) played Don Ameche (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000747/?ref_=tttrv_tr) and Gene Tierney (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000074/?ref_=tttrv_tr)'s son in the film, he was only six years younger than Ameche and six years older than Tierney.
Heaven Can Wait, 1978...
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Bruce Kimmel (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0453987/?ref_=tttrv_tr) has clarified confusion regarding the film's source stage play and the various cinema movies associated with it in some way: "Once upon a time there was a play by Harry Segall (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0781895/?ref_=tttrv_tr) called 'Heaven Can Wait', written in 1938 and not produced on Broadway. Nevertheless, the film rights were bought and the resulting 1941 film, retitled Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033712/?ref_=tttrv_tr), was a hit. This was followed by a 1943 Ernst Lubitsch (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0523932/?ref_=tttrv_tr) film called Heaven Can Wait (1943) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035979/?ref_=tttrv_tr) that had nothing to do with Mr. Segall, his play or Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033712/?ref_=tttrv_tr). Then came Down to Earth (1947) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039337/?ref_=tttrv_tr), starring Rita Hayworth (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000028/?ref_=tttrv_tr), which was a sort of sequel to Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033712/?ref_=tttrv_tr), bringing back the characters played by Edward Everett Horton (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002143/?ref_=tttrv_tr) and James Gleason (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0322299/?ref_=tttrv_tr), but not the central characters. That same year [actually late 1946], the Segall play finally made it to Broadway but under a different title, 'Wonderful Journey' - a production that ran only nine performances. Flash forward to 1978 - Paramount Pictures and Warren Beatty (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000886/?ref_=tttrv_tr) remake Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033712/?ref_=tttrv_tr) but change the title back to Segall's original title, 'Heaven Can Wait'. Two years later comes Xanadu (1980) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081777/?ref_=tttrv_tr), starring Olivia Newton-John (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000556/?ref_=tttrv_tr), which was a sort of remake of Down to Earth (1947) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039337/?ref_=tttrv_tr), the sequel to Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033712/?ref_=tttrv_tr). Now jump to 2001 when Segall's 'Heaven Can Wait' is remade again, this time as Down to Earth (2001) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0231775/?ref_=tttrv_tr) starring Chris Rock (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001674/?ref_=tttrv_tr) - and having nothing to do with Down to Earth (1947) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039337/?ref_=tttrv_tr), the sort of sequel to Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033712/?ref_=tttrv_tr)". if you follow all that..well done you win a coconut:D
Charley Varrick, 1973..
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Walter Matthau's character makes love repeatedly to Felicia Farr (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0268012/?ref_=tttrv_tr)'s character. She was the wife of his longtime comedic partner, Jack Lemmon (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000493/?ref_=tttrv_tr).
The crop duster that Varrick (Walter Matthau (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000527/?ref_=tttrv_tr)) attempts to escape in at the end of the movie was destroyed in Oakdale, California on 31 December 1976 during a crop dusting operation. Upon starting a swath run the pilot of the BOEING A75N1 failed to see and avoid wires and crashed. The 33 year old pilot was killed.
Dark Passage, 1947...
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According to Bacall, in her autobiography By Myself, during the filming of Dark Passage, Bogart's hair began to fall out in clumps, the result of alopecia areata (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alopecia_areata), although photos from their 1945 wedding show Bogart to be losing his hair two years earlier. By the end of filming he wore a full wig. Bogart eventually had B12 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_B12) shots and other treatments to counteract the effects, but he was helped by the fact that in his next film, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treasure_of_the_Sierra_Madre_(film)) he was required to wear a full wig.
Warner Bros. paid author David Goodis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Goodis) $25,000 for the rights to the story, which had originally been serialized in The Saturday Evening Post (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Saturday_Evening_Post) from July 20 to September 7, 1946, before being published in book form. Bogart himself had read the book and wanted to make it into a movie. At the time that Dark Passage was shot, Bogart was the best-paid actor in Hollywood, averaging $450,000 a year
The Maltese Falcon, 1941..
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Hammett had once worked as a private detective for the Pinkerton Detective Agency (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinkerton_National_Detective_Agency) in San Francisco, and he used his birth name "Samuel" for the story's protagonist. He wrote of the book's main character in 1934: Spade has no original. He is a dream man in the sense that he is what most of the private detectives I worked with would like to have been, and, in their cockier moments, thought they approached.
Other characters in The Maltese Falcon were based on people whom he met or worked with during that time. The character of sinister "Fat Man" Kasper Gutman was based on Maundy Gregory (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maundy_Gregory), an overweight British detective-entrepreneur who was involved in many sophisticated endeavors and capers, including a search for a long-lost treasure like the jeweled Falcon. The character of Joel Cairo was based on a criminal whom Hammett arrested for forgery in Pasco, Washington (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasco,_Washington), in 1920.
School for Scoundrels, 1960.
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I'm All Right Jack, 1959..
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I’m All Right Jack opened at the Leicester Square Theatre (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester_Square_Theatre) in London on 13 August 1959.
The film was a big hit, being the most popular film in Britain for the year ended 31 October 1959. It was reportedly the second most profitable British movie that year after Carry On Nurse (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carry_On_Nurse) and helped British Lion enter profitability for the year after two years of losses. As well as Sellers' BAFTA (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAFTA), it also won the BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_British_Screenplay).
Bosley Crowther (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosley_Crowther) in The New York Times (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times) called it "the brightest, liveliest comedy seen this year."
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, 1970..
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Murder on the Orient Express, 2017..
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The Philadelphia Experiment (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj1h6Kv482BAxXURUEAHaYMDgoQFnoECCkQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Ph iladelphia_Experiment_(film)&usg=AOvVaw2XitaEVUS3VsPCPG2HEniR&opi=89978449), 1984..
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This film is widely believed to be based on a real-life and ill-fated experiment with invisibility and force fields in the 1940s. However, to the best of any factual knowledge, no such experiment ever occurred, and the story was the work of an eccentric loner, Carl Allen, who sent notes on the "experiment" to the government in the 1950s, and whose story was later leaked. Despite the lack of any factual evidence, the story has become an urban legend, and favorite of conspiracy theorists, who point to the lack of evidence as proof that it's being covered up.
The Philadelphia Experiment (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj1h6Kv482BAxXURUEAHaYMDgoQFnoECCkQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Ph iladelphia_Experiment_(film)&usg=AOvVaw2XitaEVUS3VsPCPG2HEniR&opi=89978449), 1984..
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This film is widely believed to be based on a real-life and ill-fated experiment with invisibility and force fields in the 1940s. However, to the best of any factual knowledge, no such experiment ever occurred, and the story was the work of an eccentric loner, Carl Allen, who sent notes on the "experiment" to the government in the 1950s, and whose story was later leaked. Despite the lack of any factual evidence, the story has become an urban legend, and favorite of conspiracy theorists, who point to the lack of evidence as proof that it's being covered up.
I've had the book for many years, it's a very interesting read. Supposedly Einstein was involved or at least visited the project.
If it did exist it would have been absolutely top secret so any evidence would be scant. The book concludes that there was an experiment, although it could have just been an experimental degaussing method being tested. There's no evidence beyond a couple of eye witness testimonies that the ship ever went invisible, teleported, or came into contact with an alien reality.
Although that would be cool if it were true.
there was a great book called
Thin Air by George E. Simpson
its been pulled now saly, so must have been a court case or summat. it was written in about '78. was a good novel based on the philadelphia experiment, but must have been a rip off even tho it came before the films. as its now not on my kindle or on audible any more....
some form of communism doing that
Murder on the Orient Express, 2017..
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Watched Branagh's version on TV last night - absolutely dreadful. Far too much deviation from the book; far too much CGI; unconvincing acting from actors who could have done a lot better, and too much emphasis on Poirot's wrestling with his consciousness.
All in all a complete mess - give me the version with Albert Finney everytime.
Watched Branagh's version on TV last night - absolutely dreadful. Far too much deviation from the book; far too much CGI; unconvincing acting from actors who could have done a lot better, and too much emphasis on Poirot's wrestling with his consciousness.
All in all a complete mess - give me the version with Albert Finney everytime.
i know you dont like it ;)
But I did give it a second viewing just to make sure. ;)
there was a great book called
Thin Air by George E. Simpson
its been pulled now saly, so must have been a court case or summat. it was written in about '78. was a good novel based on the philadelphia experiment, but must have been a rip off even tho it came before the films. as its now not on my kindle or on audible any more....
some form of communism doing that
I have a copy of that also. Not a bad novel, I've read it a couple of times.
I think I bought it when they had a sell off at the school library so would be about 1986 or a bit before.
I have a copy of that also. Not a bad novel, I've read it a couple of times.
I think I bought it when they had a sell off at the school library so would be about 1986 or a bit before.
yeah, about right era.. think it came ot in 77/78. im a bit annoyed as i had it on kindle and audible and its been removed on both. i hate the written word being censored (unless its obviously bullshit lies designed to cause issue, and even then it should just be marked as dodgy)
yeah, about right era.. think it came ot in 77/78. im a bit annoyed as i had it on kindle and audible and its been removed on both. i hate the written word being censored (unless its obviously bullshit lies designed to cause issue, and even then it should just be marked as dodgy)
Available on Amazon USA
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0440187095/ref=x_gr_bb_amazon?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_bb_amazon-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0440187095&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2
I'd post you my copy but we don't have a post office here anymore. Plus I think the last page might be missing.
Available on Amazon USA
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0440187095/ref=x_gr_bb_amazon?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_bb_amazon-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0440187095&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2
I'd post you my copy but we don't have a post office here anymore. Plus I think the last page might be missing.
cheers
We're No Angels, 1955...
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The African Queen, 1951...
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Production censors (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_censorship_in_the_United_States) objected to several aspects of the original script, such as the two unmarried characters cohabiting the boat (as in the book), and some changes were made before the film was completed. Another change followed the casting of Bogart; his character's lines in the original screenplay were rendered with a thick Cockney (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockney) dialect, but the script had to be completely rewritten because he was unwilling to attempt the accent. The rewrite made the character Canadian.
About half of the film was shot in the UK (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK). The scenes in which Bogart and Hepburn are seen in the water were all shot in studio tanks at Worton Hall Studios (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worton_Hall_Studios) in Isleworth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isleworth), near London. These scenes were considered too dangerous to shoot in Africa. A persistent rumor holds that London's population of feral (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral) ring-necked parakeets (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose-ringed_parakeet) originated from birds that escaped or were released during filming of The African Queen.
Murder She Said, 1961..
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The Terminator, 1984..
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The Cat and the Canary, 1939..
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High Plains Drifter, 1973..
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Small Time Crooks, 2000... classc silliness
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Sullivan's Travels, 1941,,, bluray remaster
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Anthony Mann (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0542649/?ref_=tttrv_tr) was Preston Sturges (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002545/?ref_=tttrv_tr) assistant on the film. He recalled, "I'd stage a scene and he'd tell me how lousy it was. Then I watched the editing, and I was able to gradually build up knowledge. Preston insisted I make a film as soon as possible. He said it's better to have done something bad than to have done nothing."
Joel McCrea (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566948/?ref_=tttrv_tr) credited Preston Sturges (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002545/?ref_=tttrv_tr) with instilling confidence and treating him as if he were a bigger star than Clark Gable (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000022/?ref_=tttrv_tr). "I have to say the money I got for it was unnecessary," McCrea said later in life. "I don't know any other director where I had so much fun. I really felt like I'd do it for nothing."
NAACP Secretary Walter White wrote a letter to Preston Sturges (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002545/?ref_=tttrv_tr) congratulating him for his "dignified and decent treatment of Negroes in this film.
Paramount purchased Preston Sturges (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002545/?ref_=tttrv_tr)'s script for this movie for $6,000 (adjusted for inflation: approximately $105,000 in 2019).
Mysterious Island, 1961..
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Producer Charles H. Schneer (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0773677/?ref_=tttrv_tr) claimed that he chose this story after reading an article stating that Jules Verne (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0894523/?ref_=tttrv_tr)'s "Mysterious Island" was the most-looked-at book at public libraries.
The film was green-lit partially because Swiss Family Robinson (1960) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054357/?ref_=tttrv_tr) was a huge success.
The opening scenes at the Confederate prison camp were shot in England and the exteriors were shot at Shepperton Square.
A real Brown crab was disemboweled, dismembered, cleaned and fitted with an internal armature for Ray Harryhausen (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0366063/?ref_=tttrv_tr)'s stop-motion animation of the giant crab. Additional live crabs were used for some of the "facial" close-ups, then later cooked for a crew dinner.
Pigmy Pony
07-10-2023, 13:44
"The Six Million Dollar Man".
You certainly couldn't get that much work done for $6m these days, and the show has dated quite a bit. But there was one thing that kept me watching... I'd forgotten what a cutie Lindsay Wagner was.
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Pigmy Pony
07-10-2023, 14:19
Duel, 1971. Early Spielberg stuff
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Duel, 1971. Early Spielberg stuff
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An absolutely brilliant film! :)
Pigmy Pony
07-10-2023, 16:59
An absolutely brilliant film! :)
Yes I think so too. I didn't think I'd get to see all of it, with the granddaughter charging around, but then she found somewhere else to be a nuisance :)
Sunday matinee is
Young Frankenstein, 1974.
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Mysterious Island, 1961..
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Producer Charles H. Schneer (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0773677/?ref_=tttrv_tr) claimed that he chose this story after reading an article stating that Jules Verne (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0894523/?ref_=tttrv_tr)'s "Mysterious Island" was the most-looked-at book at public libraries.
The film was green-lit partially because Swiss Family Robinson (1960) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054357/?ref_=tttrv_tr) was a huge success.
The opening scenes at the Confederate prison camp were shot in England and the exteriors were shot at Shepperton Square.
A real Brown crab was disemboweled, dismembered, cleaned and fitted with an internal armature for Ray Harryhausen (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0366063/?ref_=tttrv_tr)'s stop-motion animation of the giant crab. Additional live crabs were used for some of the "facial" close-ups, then later cooked for a crew dinner.
I watched that last year sometime. One of those films where all along you are thinking 'This is terrible' but you watch to the end anyway.
"The Six Million Dollar Man".
You certainly couldn't get that much work done for $6m these days, and the show has dated quite a bit. But there was one thing that kept me watching... I'd forgotten what a cutie Lindsay Wagner was.
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Keep forgetting this is on. I've only caught one episode so far. It was terrible.
From memory of when it was originally on I think the best episodes are the bigfoot one, and the one where the Venus probe goes mental and rampages around the countryside and Steve has to stop it. But I was only 8 years old at the time so more easily impressed.
Speaking of the cost, there's a revival being mooted, 'Six Billion Dollar Man'. To avoid any 'Doctor Evil' type unintentional hilarity I suppose.
These days six million wouldn't even cover Oscar's expenses.
I watched that last year sometime. One of those films where all along you are thinking 'This is terrible' but you watch to the end anyway.
yes id agree.. its oddly compulsive viewing. not sure why tho.
The Ballad of Cable Hogue, 1970..
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Production on the film fell weeks behind schedule due to bad weather. When filming was suspended, director Sam Peckinpah (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001603/?ref_=tttrv_tr), along with cast and crew, would drink. When filming finally wrapped, the bar bill came to over $70,000 (equivalent to over $500,000 in 2022).
According to David Weddle (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0917131/?ref_=tttrv_tr), author of "If They Move, Kill 'Em: The Life And Times Of Sam Peckinpah (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001603/?ref_=tttrv_tr)", in August 1969 Warner Brothers showed its distributors a 2½ hour rough cut of the film without the knowledge of either Peckinpah or producer Phil Feldman (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0271093/?ref_=tttrv_tr). The director had urged the studio to hold off on their judgment (which was generally negative towards this rough cut) until he could cut another half hour from it. The studio allowed him to do so, but it was more out of apathy than respect for his talent. Despite positive audience reactions of seventy percent at its previews in January and February 1970, the film was dumped onto the market in the spring with hardly any promotion behind it. According to Stella Stevens (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001771/?ref_=tttrv_tr), "Warner Brothers didn't release it, they flushed it."
Despite this movie failing at the box office, two years later he wound up with a huge box office smash with The Getaway (1972) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068638/?ref_=tttrv_tr), in which, according to Stella Stevens (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001771/?ref_=tttrv_tr), Peckinpah wanted her to play opposite Steve McQueen (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000537/?ref_=tttrv_tr), but McQueen had told her during auditions, "You're competition", as in, he didn't want her to outdo his performance, and Ali MacGraw (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0532298/?ref_=tttrv_tr) (who turned in an extremely understated performance) was hired.
yes id agree.. its oddly compulsive viewing. not sure why tho.
Beth Rogan helps a lot I think.
Beth Rogan helps a lot I think.
yeah that skirt was more akin to a belt :eyebrows:
yeah that skirt was more akin to a belt :eyebrows:
How many inches below "sea level" was it? :D
How many inches below "sea level" was it? :DPaddling only
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How many inches below "sea level" was it? :D
https://i.ibb.co/yBSdwxt/beth.jpg (https://ibb.co/n8C6HK9)
'The Six Million Dollar Man.'
Austin uses his bionic powers to move a car that's blocking Oscar in. Your tax dollars at work!
Sonny Bono guest stars.
Pigmy Pony
09-10-2023, 19:51
'The Six Million Dollar Man.'
Austin uses his bionic powers to move a car that's blocking Oscar in. Your tax dollars at work!
Sonny Bono guest stars.
Doesn't hurt to get in with the boss. But nobody likes an arse-licker.
The Outlaw, 1943..
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While filming The Outlaw, director Howard Hughes felt that the camera did not properly capture Jane Russell's bust, so he designed a cantilevered underwire bra (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwire_bra) to emphasize her figure. He added curved structural steel rods that were sewn into the brassiere under each breast cup and connected to the bra's shoulder straps. This arrangement allowed the breasts to be pushed upward and the bra shoulder straps to be moved away from the neck, exposing more of her breasts. Contrary to many later media reports, Russell did not wear the bra during filming; she said in her 1988 autobiography that it was so uncomfortable that she secretly discarded it. She wrote that the "ridiculous" contraption hurt so much that she wore it for only a few minutes and instead wore her own bra. To prevent Hughes from noticing, Russell padded the cups with tissue and tightened the shoulder straps before returning to the set. She later said: "I never wore it in The Outlaw, and he never knew. He wasn’t going to take my clothes off to check if I had it on. I just told him I did." Hughes' bra was later exhibited in a Hollywood museum.
Gosford Park, 2001..
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The film stars an ensemble cast (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensemble_cast), which includes Eileen Atkins (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eileen_Atkins), Bob Balaban (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Balaban), Alan Bates (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Bates), Charles Dance (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dance), Stephen Fry (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Fry), Michael Gambon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gambon), Richard E. Grant (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_E._Grant), Derek Jacobi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Jacobi), Kelly Macdonald (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Macdonald), Helen Mirren (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Mirren), Jeremy Northam (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Northam), Clive Owen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Owen), Ryan Phillippe (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Phillippe), Maggie Smith (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggie_Smith), Kristin Scott Thomas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristin_Scott_Thomas), and Emily Watson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Watson).
Chinatown, 1974... bluray.
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At the time of filming, Jack Nicholson (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000197/?ref_=tttrv_tr) had just embarked on his longstanding relationship with Anjelica Huston (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001378/?ref_=tttrv_tr). This made his scenes with her father, John Huston (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001379/?ref_=tttrv_tr), 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/?ref_=tttrv_tr) got annoyed and told Jack Nicholson (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000197/?ref_=tttrv_tr) 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.
Both two good films, especially 'Chinatown'.
Sadly 'Gosford Park' is somewhat spoilt by Stephen Fry's "bumbling" detective character.
Both two good films, especially 'China Town'.
Sadly 'Gosford Park' is somewhat spoilt by Stephen Fry's "bumbling" detective character.
yes frys' was an odd character. obviously was told to play it that way tho
Don't rate 'Gosford Park' at all but 'Chinatown' is top ten. Perfection on film.
Don't rate 'Gosford Park' at all but 'Chinatown' is top ten. Perfection on film.
was a film i was surprised to watch right through. had summat
'The Six Million Dollar Man'
There's a wolf boy running about in the forest so Austin and a Japanese bloke have to go in and get him.
Always makes me laugh in these old shows where they are supposed to be out in the wilderness but are obviously just running about in a patch of scraggy bushes on the edge of some park.
'Walker Texas Ranger'
This was one of the most popular shows on American telly for over two decades. It's such a missed opportunity in that it's almost so bad that it's good.
It just doesn't quite make it, so it's just bad.
A real shame since there's about a billion episodes.
Pigmy Pony
10-10-2023, 19:16
'Walker Texas Ranger'
This was one of the most popular shows on American telly for over two decades. It's such a missed opportunity in that it's almost so bad that it's good.
It just doesn't quite make it, so it's just bad.
A real shame since there's about a billion episodes.
I avoid anything which has Chuck Norris, Steven Segal or Jean-Claude Van Damme like the plague. And Jason Statham escapes the list by the skin of his shiny head.
I avoid anything which has Chuck Norris, Steven Segal or Jean-Claude Van Damme like the plague. And Jason Statham escapes the list by the skin of his shiny head.
With you on Van Damme.
Steven Segal is the master of 'so bad it's good' though.
Pigmy Pony
10-10-2023, 19:26
'The Six Million Dollar Man'
There's a wolf boy running about in the forest so Austin and a Japanese bloke have to go in and get him.
Always makes me laugh in these old shows where they are supposed to be out in the wilderness but are obviously just running about in a patch of scraggy bushes on the edge of some park.
Even in it's heyday I knew his bionic antics were unlikely, I mean how does he lift ton weight cars with one bionic arm? Rotator cuff injuries are inevitable, as well as spinal damage and long term arthritis.
It's his female counterpart the lovely Jaimie Sommers I feel sorry for - having one bionic ear can't be much fun when playing her records or CDs. She'd certainly need a balance knob on her amp, which to be fair was probably pretty standard back then.
walpurgis
10-10-2023, 19:31
I avoid anything which has Chuck Norris, Steven Segal or Jean-Claude Van Damme like the plague.
I agree. And you forgot to include Dolph Lundgren! :)
Even in it's heyday I knew his bionic antics were unlikely, I mean how does he lift ton weight cars with one bionic arm? Rotator cuff injuries are inevitable, as well as spinal damage and long term arthritis.
It's his female counterpart the lovely Jaimie Sommers I feel sorry for - having one bionic ear can't be much fun when playing her records or CDs. She'd certainly need a balance knob on her amp, which to be fair was probably pretty standard back then.
Yes I used to think it was a bit tight of them not to give her two bionic ears. Budget cuts I suppose.
Starman, 1984..
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The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes) reports an approval rating of 86% based on 35 reviews, with an average rating of 6.9/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "What initially begins as sci-fi transforms into a surprisingly sweet, offbeat drama, courtesy of John Carpenter's careful direction."
Enemy of the State, 1998... bluray.
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Gene Hackman (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000432/?ref_=tttrv_tr) turned down this movie several times, but was ultimately convinced to sign on after a phone call by director Tony Scott (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001716/?ref_=tttrv_tr). Will Smith (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000226/?ref_=tttrv_tr) later signed on at a relative post-Independence Day (1996) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116629/?ref_=tttrv_tr) bargain price because he wanted to work with Hackman.
The picture of a younger Gene Hackman (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000432/?ref_=tttrv_tr) shown in a white shirt and tie, supposedly from his N.S.A. file, was taken from The Conversation (1974) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071360/?ref_=tttrv_tr). Hackman's character Edward "Brill" Lyle, closely resembles his "Conversation" character, Harry Caul.
The storm drain car chase scene was shot in a large air duct tunnel below the four main bores of the Fort McHenry Road Tunnel in Baltimore, Maryland. Fort McHenry permits Interstate 95 to pass under Baltimore's harbor. The air duct is only accessible via the tunnel's administration building by stairs and a small elevator, so the cars in the scene were chopped into several sections, taken three levels below, reassembled and painted. Once filming was complete they were disassembled once again and removed from the duct. The water was hosed in from a nearby sprinkler main.
The N.S.A. refused to cooperate with the production. Aerial footage of their headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland had to be shot from public air space.
A Matter Of Life And Death, 1946... bluray.
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The huge escalator linking this World with the Other, called "Operation Ethel" by the firm of engineers who constructed her under the aegis of the London Passenger Transport Board, took three months to make, and cost three thousand pounds sterling (in 1946). "Ethel" had one hundred six steps, each twenty feet wide, and was driven by a twelve horsepower engine.
The first scene shot was David Niven (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000057/?ref_=tttrv_tr) washing up on the beach. Originally planned to fade in from black, Michael Powell (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003836/?ref_=tttrv_tr) decided on the spot that the effect would be too cheesy. When Jack Cardiff (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002153/?ref_=tttrv_tr) told him to look through the camera, Cardiff then deliberately breathed onto the lens, which fogged the glass for a few seconds until it evaporated. Powell loved the idea and had him use it for the shot.
David Niven attempted to mention his friend's name(Michael Trubshawe) in every film he made. On the set of Wuthering Heights (1939). director William Wyler warned him against trying to drop the word Trubshawe into any of the dialogue. He thwarted Niven's attempts on at least one occasion. In the end Niven convinced a prop man to write Michael Trubshawe's name on a tombstone, giving Niven a minor triumph over Wyler. Trubshawe had a part in this film as Niven's radioman.They served in the army together and were great mates.
"Don't Look Now" by Nicholas Roeg. Now showing on BBC4.
An intensely deep psychological thriller that requires several viewings. Each time I watch it I see little details missed.
The Rebel, 1961. bluray.
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George Sanders (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001695/?ref_=tttrv_tr) had a clause in his contract allowing him to purchase all of Sir Charles Brewer's Savile Row suits for half price. Equally cannily, the character's car was the actor's own, which he leased out to the production for a fee.
In the coffee shop Tony asks for "ten Oliviers": this was a genuine brand of cigarettes manufactured by Benson & Hedges from 1956 and endorsed by noted actor Laurence Olivier (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000059/?ref_=tttrv_tr) - hence Tony's pretensions leading him to order a pack - who received royalties and free packs in exchange for his promotion.
The film was a critical and commercial disaster in the United States.
Kind Hearts and Coronets, 1949..
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red, 2010..bluray,
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Little Big Man, 1970.
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'Star Trek - The Next Generation'
Data steals a shuttlecraft and goes to join his brother.
So many things about this show bug me. I mean practically every other episode, someone - a rogue crewman, a visitor or even on occasion a prisoner - nicks a shuttlecraft and does one. However despite this being practically a daily occurrence, no safeguards are ever put in place. Just have the shuttle bay doors only able to be opened from the bridge. Really not hard.
We're in season six and people are still doing it with ease.
They often try to get them back with the tractor beam, but of course the escapee has always taken the precaution of disabling it. And there's no warning, the computer does not say 'Alert! Tractor beam has been disabled' or anything. You'd think at least a light would flash somewhere.
But no, they only ever find out it's not working when they come to use it.
Pigmy Pony
13-10-2023, 22:43
I agree. And you forgot to include Dolph Lundgren! :)
:doh: I hadn't actually forgotten him, I just couldn't remember his name! I was thinking, what's that bloke's name, the one that Grace Jones apparently ruined with all the rough sex :eek:
In an interview after she was in one of the Conan films, she told the interviewer that her new man (Dolph) was bigger than Arnie. And she wasn't talking about the muscles. This was before she wore him down to a stub.
Pigmy Pony
14-10-2023, 06:30
They often try to get them back with the tractor beam
That thing's never gonna catch an escaping shuttle.
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"Star Trek The Next Generation" is probably aimed at the last generation. You are really too sophisticated for it.
The Man Who Never Was, 1956.. bluray.
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During Operation Market-Garden, the Allied invasion of Holland in September 1944 (fourteen months after Operation Mincemeat and the invasion of Sicily), a British staff officer brought a complete Corps-level operations order with maps and graphics, which was never supposed to leave Britain, with him on a transport glider and then inadvertently left it on the glider when it landed in Holland. The Germans eventually overran the glider landing zone and found the operations order. But due to Operation Mincemeat, they were so convinced that this was another set of fake documents planted for deception by the British, and actually maneuvered contrary to what the documents indicated for the first few days of the battle. This was included in A Bridge Too Far (1977) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075784/?ref_=tttrv_tr), about Operation Market-Garden.
Predestination, 2014.. bluray.
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The film is based on the 1959 short story "—All You Zombies (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_You_Zombies)—" by Robert A. Heinlein (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_A._Heinlein). At one point in an internal monologue in the film, the narrator quotes the story title. On 14 May 2012, the Spierig brothers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spierig_Brothers)—who had already written a screenplay—were announced as the directors of Predestination. Peter Spierig explained in August 2014 that they remained close to Heinlein's 1959 short story. They did not try to take apart the logic of the more than 50-year-old narrative: "... so we [Spierig brothers] worked on the [premise] that if there was a way to pick apart the logic, over that time it would have been done by now. We kind of say, 'let's trust the short story and trust that logic', so we stuck very closely to it."
There seems to have been a glut of time travel/historical adjustment films of late. Interesting that many of them are based on short stories, and that most of them play fast and loose with logical inconsistencies of such temporal interference.
I've not seen "Predestination" - is it any good?
There seems to have been a glut of time travel/historical adjustment films of late. Interesting that many of them are based on short stories, and that most of them play fast and loose with logical inconsistencies of such temporal interference.
I've not seen "Predestination" - is it any good?
yes its pretty good as a film. ive not really read the story so cant say if it is similar tho.
Soldier Blue, 1970.. bluray.
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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.
I saw it at the cinema on its release. Even with the cuts it's a difficult watch, and is more than enough for me.
Don't feel the need to own a copy, but is probably a film everyone should see to learn of the treatment of the indigenous North American natives.
(Same can be said of the native Australian aborigines and of the Carob.)
I saw it at the cinema on its release. Even with the cuts it's a difficult watch, and is more than enough for me.
Don't feel the need to own a copy, but is probably a film everyone should see to learn of the treatment of the indigenous North American natives.
(Same can be said of the native Australian aborigines and of the Carob.)
the version i saw all those years ago had more nasties than the current version from memory. i remember legs and breasts being cut off.
your right tho, it should be seen more. its actually a very good film
Looper, 2012...bluray.
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Hah - another one of those time-traveling, history altering films.
The trouble is that one can never go back in time, so logical inconsistencies are avoided.
Still it has Emily Blunt in it, so can't be bad.
Hah - another one of those time-traveling, history altering films.
The trouble is that one can never go back in time, so logical inconsistencies are avoided.
Still it has Emily Blunt in it, so can't be bad.
good film it is.. and of course our knowledge of physics could be tosh:eyebrows:
The Dogs of War, 1980..
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Shannon's grenade launcher, depicted in the promotional poster, dubbed the "XM-18" in the film, is actually a Manville gun (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manville_gun).. Dialogue and literature in the film suggested that it fires fragmentation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragmentation_(weaponry)), grenade (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosive_material#High_explosives), tactical (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tear_Gas), anti-tank (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HEAT), anti-personnel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotgun_shell#Buckshot) and "flashette" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flechette) shells. Rate of fire was touted as "18 rounds in five seconds". The actual "shells" used during the film were 12-gauge blanks set in cylinder adapters.
This was only the second international feature for director John Irvin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Irvin), who previously worked as a documentary maker during the Vietnam War (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War). He went on to direct stars such as Arnold Schwarzenegger (Raw Deal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_Deal_(1986_film))), Don Cheadle (Hamburger Hill (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburger_Hill)) and Michael Caine (Shiner (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiner_(2000_film))). John Irvin (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0410139/?ref_=tttrv_tr) had previously shot footage in the middle of real-life battles when he worked in a television news crew in Vietnam during the 1960s. Irvin once said: "Unlike most young film directors, I've been in battle. Throughout the '60s I went to various war zones and I met numerous mercenaries in Algeria and South East Asia, so I had my own personal strings to draw on. I would say our depiction of mercenaries is pretty accurate. We talked to a lot of mercenaries and were able to get a lot of information from them about how they would have handled the operation."
WELCOME TO Con-Air... 1997... may not be serious but its serious fun
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The film is dedicated to Phil Swartz, an effects specialist who died during filming, when a rigged plane fell and crushed him. This is actually the second Jerry Bruckheimer production where there was a plane related death on set. Eleven years earlier, Art Scholl, a pilot/cameraman, died during filming of Top Gun (1986) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092099/?ref_=tttrv_tr) when his camera plane failed to recover from a spin and plunged into the Pacific Ocean.
John Malkovich and Samuel L. Jackson (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000168/?ref_=tttrv_tr) were guests on "The Graham Norton Show" in 2015. Norton had pointed out to them the fact that they had never done a movie together, given their extensive filmographies. Jackson said of Malkovich, "Well, none of my movies are serious, he's a serious actor". Malkovich replied, "No-no, I was in 'Con Air'. If that's serious, I'm an astronaut".
It's rubbish, but it's high quality rubbish. Even having Nicholas Cage in it doesn't ruin it. I've often pondered the reason for that.
It's rubbish, but it's high quality rubbish. Even having Nicholas Cage in it doesn't ruin it. I've often pondered the reason for that.
get him in a decent script and he cant ruin it....too much. Malkovich and Buscemi probably saved it
get him in a decent script and he cant ruin it....too much. Malkovich and Buscemi probably saved it
yes, and to a lesser extent Cusack, who's always good in rubbish films.
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