it is, and a real scary idea, well done too... good cast and decent script..Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
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it is, and a real scary idea, well done too... good cast and decent script..Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
another class film... The Eagle Has Landed, 1976...
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Sir Michael Caine was originally offered the role of Devlin, but did not want to play an I.R.A. member, and requested to play Steiner instead.
A funny thing about having a small stunt team: one of the German soldiers shoots and kills the driver of an American Jeep, so it crashes into the pond. Both the German and the driver of the Jeep were played by the same stuntman (Jim Dowdall). He kills himself, so to speak.
The watermill where the girl gets rescued is the one on the cover of Black Sabbath's first album. It's in the village of Mapledurham, Berkshire, England. The church where the hostages are kept is just across the road from it.
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Classic film I've seen it too many times.
Worth a watch just for Pleasance's turn as Himmler.
Ex Machina, 201...
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Director Alex Garland has described the future presented in the film as "ten minutes from now," meaning, "If somebody like Google or Apple announced tomorrow that they had made Ava, we would all be surprised, but we wouldn't be that surprised."
This recipient of the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects was made only on a budget of $15 million, and won the award over several big-budget movies like The Revenant (2015) ($135 million), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) ($150 million), and Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) ($200 million).
I have seen it, but can't remember anything about it. Presumably, it wasn't memorable! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
They so rarely are these days.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
It's not a bad film - but not particularly memorable.
it could have been so much more... acting and script just didn't handle the good idea.
Diamond Geezer, 2005...
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Des' pseudonym John Robie is named after Cary Grant's character in Alfred Hitchcock's To Catch a Thief (1955).
now the second series... not as good as first but worth a watch again..
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Originally Posted by struth