Good film. But then so are most of Kurosawa's films. :)
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Good film. But then so are most of Kurosawa's films. :)
Not doing much today. Pain levels way to high, so Africa narrated by David Attenborough.
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The Sidewalks Of London,AKA St Martin's Lane, 1938. Directed by Tim Whelan.
Stars Charles Laughton, Vivien Leigh, Rex Harrison, Larry Adler and Tyrone Guthrie.
The film was adapted into the stage musical Busker Alley with songs by the Sherman Brothers.
There was no love lost between Leigh and Laughton, although Laughton was more proffesional and at least hid it and tried to help her. Leigh was apparently hard to work with, period...
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The Cruel Sea, 1953.
starring Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, Denholm Elliott, Stanley Baker and Virginia McKenna.
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The Simpsons Movie, 2007.
On a $75m budget it returned $536m, so a big success.
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The film was produced in a widescreen 2.40:1 aspect ratio, to distinguish it from the look of the television series, and colored with the largest palette the animators ever had available to them. A lot of the animation was produced using Wacom Cintiq tablets, which allowed images to be drawn directly onto a computer monitor to facilitate production.
Blame It on the Bellboy, 1992.. good cast but was a flop and panned by critics t'boot..
Dudley Moore, Bryan Brown, Patsy Kensit, Richard Griffiths, Alison Steadman, Andreas Katsulas, and Bronson Pinchot star.
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Three Days Of The Condor, 1975. Directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, and Max von Sydow.
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The film was a financial success and had mixed critical reviews. One of my favorite films of the genre tho, so stuff the critics;)
Very good movie!Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Indeed.. Enjoyed it. Forgot to take tabs so in agony now.. Off to bed with Red Dwarf. Quite Cold tonight too.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
+1 :)Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
+2Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
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Awake now. Fixed the chicken, now watching the sifi comedy Paul.
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Not a bad little film. :)
Never seen that film, but it looks to have a great cast. One for me to look out for.Quote:
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The Silver Streak, 1976. Directed by Arthur Hiller and stars Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Jill Claybourgh and Ned Beatty.
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Much of the filming was done in Canada and train used was a disguised Canadian Pacific passenger train with an observation car. The film grossed 10 times its budget; $50m+ and was mostly well recieved by critics.
The film was based on an original screenplay by Colin Higgins, who at the time was best known for writing Harold and Maude. He wrote Silver Streak "because I had always wanted to get on a train and meet some blonde. It never happened, so I wrote a script."
Avanti!, 1972. Directed by Billy Wilder and stars Jack Lemmon and Juliet Mills.
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One of the greats to cheer me up... Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles, 1974..
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Gene Wilder and Cleavon Little star along with Madeline Khan and Slim Pickens
Radio Days, 1987. written and directed by Woody Allen, who also narrates. Stars anny Aiello, Diane Keaton, Mia Farrow and Jeff Daniels...
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was nominated for 2 acadamy awards but failed at box office. pity as its one of his best
Plaza Suite, 1968. classic Neil Simon... Walter Matthau stars in 3 different roles in 3 different stories all in same hotel...
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It may not be universally liked but i love the way its stories just work each in their own way.. the third(the wedding) is classic.
My fellow viewers are enjoying it, I’m finding it a bit tedious and drawn out.
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I saw that at my Cinema Club in 1988.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Don't remember too much of it, except the wonderful line about Allen's fictional parents (?) who are always arguing and sued for divorce. The first and only time they had a simultaneous orgasm was when the judge awards them a decree absolute.
It's a quaint film I guess. Maybe not a classic but worth the watchingQuote:
Originally Posted by Barry
That one looks quirky/interesting:)
Anyway, chez-moi right now...
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Marco.
Ice Station Zebra, 1968. Directed by John Stuges and stars Rock Hudson, Patrick McGoohan, Ernest Borgnine, and Jim Brown.
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This was photographed in Super Panavision 70 by Daniel L. Fapp, but although very popular in cinemas, you only got the best experience from Super Panavision 70 equipped ones. it failed to repoup production costs.
Watched that a few weeks back, nearly didn't make it through but persevered. The ending is a huge anticlimax after the struggle of staying awake through it all.
Supposedly Howard Hughes's favourite film. When he wanted to watch it he would call up the TV channel he owned and order them to broadcast it.
I watched it a few times. Can't say it really gripped me and the casting was a bit incongruous.
is there any point in me watching to the end?:ner:
Well some films you have to. Like 'Arlington Road'! :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Tyrone Power and Henry Fonda in Jesse James, 1939.
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I've got 'The Irishman' to watch tonight.
Totally forgot I pre-ordered it a while back but it turned up the other day. Then I totally forgot I had it. Only found it by accident while looking for some work stuff.
I heard Howard Hughes was something of a recluse. Maybe he liked to watch that film because it kept folk from visiting him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Wasn't that bad. Think casting was the worst part tbh. A lot of wooden acting and the commandos looked like they were still in high-school.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Agreed: the premis is unlikely, and both Ernest Bourgnine and Patrick McGoohan badly over-act.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Be interested in what you think. It's overly long, but it kept me entertained nonetheless, simply because I'm BIG into anything that depicts 'old time' America in its heyday [50s & 60s], and anything that involves gangsters:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Plus most of the actors were top notch.
Marco.
The Day The Earth Caught Fire, 1961.
Leo mcKern, Edward Judd and Janet Munro star.
Directed by Val Guest.
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Good shout, partly filmed in the actual Daily Express offices featuring the editor.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
yes it was a pretty good film for its day. A scene had to be cut out when Janet Munro bared her chest... too much for -61..
NOW..
How The West Was Won, 1962. directed by Henry Hathaway, John Ford, and George Marshall and stars pretty much everyone in holywood.. among them are Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda, Carolyn Jones, Karl Malden, Gregory Peck, George Peppard, Robert Preston, Debbie Reynolds, James Stewart, Eli Wallach, John Wayne, and Richard Widmark.
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Spencer Tracy Narates.
I can remember seeing it at the cinema, but I doubt I would have been old enough to see it on first release, so it must have been some time later than 1961.Quote:
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Can't say it made an impression on me. (Though if the deleted scene had been included. I think I would have remembered. :D)
Wide awake so powered up the plex server and beaming upstairs.
Super bit of software.
The African Queen 1951.
Bogart,/Hepburn was an excellent match. Nice adventure directed by John Houston.
He and Bogey only drank whisky on the set so didn't catch any of illnesses that beset the rest.
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I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis.
Humphrey Bogart
Staying with Bogey and The Maltese Falcan, 1941. Humphrey Bogart andMary Astor star, while Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet co-star... John Huston directs..
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Critically it was a success and public enjoyed it too.
Can't go wrong with that. Classic Bogey, great stuff! :)
One of the best films ever.
....aye, from 19-canteen:ner:;)
Can we delve into the 21st century anytime soon?:D
Marco.
Best films are from then.. That's why it's called the golden age
There's not a single film from the 21st Century that even comes close. All we've got is Tarentino and he's packing it in. It's all fucking superheroes now. Children's films.Quote:
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One of my favorite horror comedies now(maybe should read horrors and comedies;).. Young Frankenstein, 1974. Directed by Mel Brooks and starring Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle as the monster, Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman, Marty Feldman as Igor, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, Richard Haydn, and Gene Hackman as the old blind man....
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Made for under $3m and grossed over $86m... not at all bad ;)
Another Brooks classic...
Probably the only Mel Brooks film I really like and find funny (apart from 'The Producers')Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
"Walk this way ..." "Hump? What hump?"
I'm inclined to agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
wonders of the solar system... prof brian cox
Don't Lose Your Head, 1967.
The `Carry On' team have an irreverent poke at the French Revolution. In Paris in 1789, two English noblemen rescue their French counterparts from the clutches of the revolting masses and Madame Guillotine. The `Black Fingernail', Sid James and his sidekick prove elusive, but the chief of police, Kenneth Williams determines to track them down.
Classic stuff from Talbot Rothwell's script. Costumes are rather good for a low budget carry on too.
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