Red 2, 2013.
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stay with the colour and... High Plains Drifter, 1973. Directed by and starring Clint Eastwood.
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Shortly after this movie's release, Clint Eastwood wrote to John Wayne, suggesting that they make a western together. Wayne sent back an angry letter in reply, in which he denounced this movie for its violence and revisionist portrayal of the Old West. Eastwood did not bother to answer his criticisms, and consequently they did not work together.
The town of Lago was built 300 miles away from Hollywood. A 46-man crew of technicians and ten laborers worked ten hours a day for eighteen days constructing fourteen houses and a two-story hotel. They were burned down at this movie's completion.
Headstones bear the names of Sergio Leone(Dollars), Don Siegel (Clint Eastwood's director on five movies, four of which preceded this one) and Brian G. Hutton (director of Where Eagles Dare (1968) and Kelly's Heroes (1970)). Patrick McGilligan's 2002 Clint Eastwood biography quotes the star as saying, "I buried my directors."
Oh and Clint carries a Colt Single Action Army 7 1/2" Cavalry - .45 Long Colt. Most of the others use Colt Single Action Army 5 1/2" Artillery - .45 Long Colt models... Exception is Mordecai, who buys a gun like Clint;)
Another Eastwood director/Actor film nowThe Outlaw Josey Wales, 1976.
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According to legend, this movie was based on the life of Thomas Atticus Hawkins, a Missouri farmer from Maries County. Others say it was Bill Wilson, which im inclined to go with as Wales is called Mr Wilson at one point.
The real Josey Wales was a Confederate guerilla fighter, a “bushwacker,” an associate of the bloody Quantrill Raiders, horse rustler, deadly shot, and killer of many. He was born William “Bill” Wilson in the Ozarks in Missouri of a well-to-do family. He grew into a very tall, dark and handsome man—6’2”, with jet black curly hair and sparkling crystal blue eyes. He was an amiable fellow, good-natured, clever, and skilled at playing the violin, so he was always in demand for weddings and parties. Bill’s prosperous farmer father had made pains to remain neutral in the violently split border state of Missouri. He had owned several slaves but freed them before the War and advised his grown children remain as neutral as possible. But, in the summer of 1861, just after the War had started, some horses were stolen from the Union government in the area by a Confederate guerilla gang. Bill Wilson was immediately regarded as a suspect. A few days later, a group of Union solders raided his home, threw out his family, stole everything they could and set the entire homestead on fire. That was the end of Bill’s “neutrality.”
He moved his family to a small cabin on his parents’ farm and began a campaign of blood vengeance that would become legend in the Ozark Mountains, then the entire country.
Because of Chief Dan George's age, he would have trouble remembering his lines, so during takes, Clint Eastwood would begin to mouth his lines without realizing it and had to be told to stop because it would ruin the take. In a featurette on the DVD about making this movie, Eastwood says he'd have people drill Dan George on his lines, but when it came time to shoot the scene, he'd say "Chief, just forget about the lines, tell me the story about the man who rode over the hill." And Dan George, who was apparently a natural storyteller, would then tell the story perfectly.
According to famed music producer David Geffen, Clint Eastwood's tough reputation is well-deserved. When Geffen was a young executive at Warner Brothers, one of his assignments was to give notes on a screening of this movie. All of the other Warner Brothers executives were unanimous in their praise for this movie. Geffen liked this movie, but told Eastwood that perhaps this movie could be shortened by a half-hour. Eastwood calmly told Geffen that if he (Geffen) wanted the picture shortened by that much time, then he could do it himself. Geffen then asked Eastwood where he would be . . . to which Eastwood replied: "I'll be across the street at Paramount cutting a new deal." Geffen was never asked to sit in on any other Eastwood movie after that encounter.
guns wise ... Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood) carries a Sharps 1865 rifle fitted with a full length J. Stevens brass tube target scope, which he uses to shoot the ferry rope in two, leaving the pursuing Redlegs stranded in the water. He later uses it to tie a white flag to when approaching the Commancheros before using it to shoot one of them off their horse.
Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood) carries two Colt Walker 1847 revolvers in twin holsters as his primary sidearms, although he carries four pistols in total. While not supposed to be known by the audience, the guns are converted to fire metallic cartridges instead of firing percussion cap and ball, since this it is safer to use blanks than firing blackpowder blank shot. While some of the guns are anachronistically seen with conventional metallic conversion kits with ejector rods and loading gates, these guns lack these features to try to hide its conversion. In some scenes though, the guns are non-firing models which do have percussion nipples so the audience can be tricked into thinking the guns are a percussion only. The famous image in which Wales poses with his Colt Walkers is a good example.
The Secret of My Success, 1987.
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This film was inspired by the early Hollywood experiences of Steven Spielberg, who snuck onto the Universal Studios lot at a young age and began using an empty office as his own production office. The character of Brantley Foster does the same thing in this movie.
Night Ranger performed the title song to this film. Expecting the song to not only be used in the film, but also the trailer. However, when the trailer was released, instead of the title song by Night Ranger, Walking On Sunshine but Katrina and the Waves was used.
First Men in the Moon, 1964.
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In the book, the large monster which the Selenites hunt is called a Mooncalf. This is an old English term for idiot, since it was believed that being out under a full moon could cause madness (think also "lunatic"), but is also a clever pun on H.G. Wells' part, as the Selenites also hunt this beast like cattle, the young of which is called a calf.
The Russian spoken by the astronauts at the film's beginning is in fact Czech.
a faux pax was Professor Cavor calls out "SOS" when he becomes stuck between the rocks on the moon's surface; however, SOS did not come into use until 1905, six years later. maybe he invented it;)
A few years on, and.... Quatermass and the Pit, 1967.
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In the London Underground, there are quite a few posters from other Hammer projects such as The Reptile (1966), Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966), and The Witches (1966), as well as My Fair Lady (1964) and Hotel (1967), on the station walls. An old, partially-ripped poster for Sex and the Single Girl (1964) can be seen on the wall opposite the entrance to Hobbs End station.
A Sony CV-2000B Videocorder - a very early and primitive form of videotape recorder - is on display during the sequences in which the Martian race memory is both recorded and later played back to the skeptical military.
The original BBC serials were not shown on American television. As a result "Quatermass" was unknown to potential U.S. audiences. As was done with the previous two movie adaptations, the title was changed. Twentieth Century Fox released this in the United States as "Five Million Years to Earth" (1967).
Back to ww2 time and Sullivan's Travels, 1941. Director, Preston Sturges.
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Cinematographer John Seitz admired Preston Sturges' unconventional approach to his work. The opening scene comprised ten pages of dialogue to cover about four and a half minutes of screen time. It was scheduled for two complete days of shooting. On the morning of the first day, Seitz found Sturges inspecting the set with a viewfinder, looking for where he could cut the scene and change camera set-ups. Seitz dared him to do it all in one take. Never one to refuse a dare, Sturges took him up on it, although the nervous Seitz had never attempted to complete a two-day work schedule in one day. With the endorsement of McCrea and the rest of the actors, Sturges pressed on, determined to set a record. The first take was fine, but the camera wobbled a little in the tracking shot following the men from screening room to office, so they tried again. They did two or three takes at the most and that was it - two full days work by 11 a.m. on the first day, a feat that had the entire studio buzzing.
Back to sixties si-fi and The Mouse on the Moon, 1963.
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Director Richard Lester's first movie for United Artists.
Although other characters from The Mouse That Roared (1959) appeared (Prime Minister Rupert Mountjoy and his opposition leader Benter) David Kossoff (Kokintz) was the only principal cast member of The Mouse That Roared (1959) who returned to play the same role in this movie.
partial si-fi i suppose(or is it?);)... Capricorn One, 1977. For all the moon landing nay sayers lol
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Despite being portrayed as a villain, NASA provided technical assistance, including mock-up spacecraft, sets, vehicles, front screen projection expertise.
One of the stunt pilots, Frank Tallman, who flew the red stearman plane, claimed this film was the most dangerous film he'd ever flown for. He was killed in a crash soon after filming finished.
During his interview in the 2016 ESPN documentary O.J.: Made in America, Capricorn One director Peter Hyams admitted that the studio had given him a mandate to cast O.J. Simpson as John Walker. Hyams said, "I thought there were worthy African American actors who had paid their dues as actors, who had shown their talent. My first choice was either Robert Hooks or Bernie Casey, so my reaction was less than enthusiastic. I had seen The Towering Inferno (1974). I thought [Simpson's acting ability] was not going to frighten Daniel Day-Lewis. O. J. was a celebrity of enormous stature, and somebody who had not shown the chops to play the part. My goal was to see if I could make this guy work for what I wanted. It came time to do his last scene. He's a guy who's parched and delusional. So rather than him acting somebody who was desperately thirsty, I put appliances on his face that made it difficult for him to move and difficult to talk, and it just made him sound like he was in desperate trouble. And he was pretty good. You know, what can I say? He was a charming, terrific guy, he was a positive guy, he tried very hard, and it was clear that he saw a future for himself in film."
Writer-director Peter Hyams once said of audience reaction to this movie: "Audiences just stood up and cheered at one point in the film. It wasn't because it was such a great movie, it's just that certain movies strike certain chords with people. In a successful movie, the audience, almost before they see it, know they're going to like it. I remember standing in the back of the theater and crying because I knew that something had changed in my life. Sitting on the film cans outside the screening room, I felt my cheeks were wet with tears. A bright man, David Picker [studio executive David V. Picker] came over to me and said, 'You're going to have a lot of new best friends tomorrow. You better know how to handle it'."
still a good film even if it had more holes in it than a crochet blanket:D... so many infact it might take all day to mention so i wont.lol
now, The Password Is Courage, 1962.
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"Hogan's Heroes" (1965) shared many similarities to this movie. The regular characters in "Hogan's Heroes" (1965) are characters straight out of this movie, and many of the antics in the series are things that happen in the movie. However, there is no mention of Mr. Coward's autobiography or of this movie in any of the "Hogan's Heroes" (1965) credits.
Colin Blakely has a small, but funny, part as what was surely the model for the Sergeant Schultz character on "Hogan's Heroes" (1965) (In fact anyone who grew up watching television in the 1960s knew of "Hogan's Heroes" (1965), and almost certainly knew of the hapless Sergeant Schultz and his key phrase, "I know noth-thing, I know NOTH-THING!''). Americans know Colin from such classics as "A Man for All Seasons" (1966), Dr. Watson in "The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes" (1970), "Murder on the Orient Express" (1974), and "The Pink Panther Strikes Again" (1976). He played in many more movies and television series, but just as his career seemed to growing even stronger, he died on May 7, 1987 of leukemia.
In both this and "The Great Escape", the tunnel comes up short of the trees.