gangsters led by robinson take over a hotel in the keys. storm happens then bogey takes them out on boat and kills them, and returns to his prize..bacall..:eek: very shortened. great film; one of bogeys best.Quote:
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gangsters led by robinson take over a hotel in the keys. storm happens then bogey takes them out on boat and kills them, and returns to his prize..bacall..:eek: very shortened. great film; one of bogeys best.Quote:
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another Robinson Crusoe film aptly named CRUSOE, 1988...
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Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three and a half out of four stars, saying "It is a big, bold production, with the width of vision that sometimes develops when the director has a background in cinematography. Caleb Deschanel, who made it, needs few spoken words to tell his story, and probably could have done with less." Film4 said that although "the film is stronger on visuals than actual substance" it was "still a brave interpretation of an oft-told tale, with Quinn as a convincingly unpleasant Crusoe."
The Trouble with Harry - 4K Bluray, 1955..
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This movie was unavailable for three decades because its rights (together with four other movies of the same period) were bought back by Sir Alfred Hitchcock and left as part of his legacy to his daughter Patricia Hitchcock. They were known for years as the infamous "five lost Hitchcocks" amongst movie buffs. The films were re-released in theaters in 1984 after an approximately thirty year absence. The others are Rope (1948), Rear Window (1954), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), and Vertigo (1958).
This was one of Sir Alfred Hitchcock's favorites of all his movies.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 1969..
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With nine wins, it currently holds the record for the British Academy Awards (BAFTAs). It won for picture, actor (Robert Redford), actress (Katharine Ross, direction (George Roy Hill), screenplay, cinematography, film editing, sound, and score. It won every award it could, as its tenth nomination was a dual nomination for Best Actor.
On the first day of shooting, involving the train robbery scenes, Katharine Ross came to the set to watch. There were five cameras and only four operators, so cinematographer Conrad L. Hall put her on the extra camera. He showed her how to operate it and how to move it to get her shot. Director George Roy Hill was furious, but said nothing the whole day. At the end of the day, however, he banned her from the set except when she was working. Hall wasn't punished by Hill for letting her.
Sorry, Wrong Number, 1948...
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The jewel-clasped cigarette case Leona offers to Henry was Barbara Stanwyck's own. It was a birthday gift from Joan Crawford, one of her dearest friends.
The enormous emerald-cut diamond engagement ring that Leona is wearing during much of the film is real and worth a fortune. It was loaned to the studio by Harry Winston Jewelers in Beverly Hills. Every night after filming had wrapped for the day, the ring was placed in the Paramount vault.
Barbara Stanwyck found that sustaining that level of emotion all week long and then going home on the weekend was a draining experience. "Five days I was handling it, starting the next day's work where I'd picked up, sustaining it all, and then I had two whole days to relax and not to worry about the character, and I tell you it was strange," said Stanwyck. "It was really hard to pump myself up on Monday morning to try to feel that desperate tension." She claimed that the terror she played in the bedroom scenes is actually what made her hair begin to prematurely gray.
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'Jack The Ripper' (1988)
Michael Caine is a detective from Scotland Yard assigned to solve the Whitechapel murders, Lewis Collins plays his sidekick.
Two part mini-series made by Euston Films, and with almost every actor used by Euston in their TV shows over the years getting at least a bit part.
Production values are good but Caine does have to carry it quite a lot, not least because Collins - and some of the other actors - deliver very uneven performances.
Lots of historical inaccuracies but in fairness it does not pretend to be a documentary or recreation of the real events. Better than the rubbish they make now, and worth a watch.
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House of Cards, 1990...bluray... second series... to play the king..
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Gambit, 2012... bluray.
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While ostensibly a remake of Gambit (1966), the plot of this version is actually quite different.
The Coen brothers' draft of the script was originally written in the early 2000s, but the project became stuck in development hell after several directors dropped out. Despite several uncredited rewrites that removed many of their contributions, the Coens were still given main writing credits.
Producer Mike Lobell spent fourteen years trying to set this up. Alexander Payne and Robert Altman were amongst the directors involved, before it went to Michael Hoffman.
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Just watched 'X The Unknown' 1956 on Talking Pictures TV. A corny old Hammer sci-fi horror effort about a radioactive monster that looked like a big marshmallow. Dire, but at least it managed to bump off Anthony Newley :).
(Newley was a sort of showbiz 'swiss army knife', did a bit of everything without being very good at any of them, like Roy Castle. Newley was more irritating though)
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