was asleep... where decent folk would be, instead of gettin' pished and annoying folk with their pishy pish:ner:
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was asleep... where decent folk would be, instead of gettin' pished and annoying folk with their pishy pish:ner:
Dog Day Afternoon, 1975. Directed by Sidney Lumet and Starring Al Pacino, John Cazale, James Broderick, and Charles Durning.
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Was a big hit and cost very little to make; $400k and $50m
It's from the 1980s although set in 1969.Quote:
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Runaway Train, 1985. Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky and starring Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay and John P. Ryan.
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Runaway Train was originally the child of Akira Kurosawa, and he wrote much of the script but he couldnt find the backing to make it at time(around 1967)
Film was well recieved by critics(and me;)) but failed at the box office oddly.. maybe it was the 80's and the time of feel good.
still its a bit of a classic and was nominated for 3 academy awards. oddy none were for Voight or Roberts who were amazing.
A brutal portrayal of prisoners, and as such to many, not what 80's new rich folk wanted i guess
YOU HAVE A MOD ROOM? Do you have a velvet rope across the entrance, and a thug in a tuxedo keeping out people wearing trainers? I bet you do. And if Marco's there, there'll probably be a buffet too...Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
You've seen it then.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity. Villain, you don't know the laws of God or of man. Even the fiercest wild animal has some touch of pity. But I know none, and therefore am no beast.
Dead Reckoning, 1947.Film noir starring Humphrey Bogart and Lizabeth Scott. Directed by John Cromwell.
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Another good film, gripping with an acceptable literary ending. But IMO Voight overacts.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Dark Passage, 1947, Directed by Delmer Daves and starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.
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Another very good Bogey film.. this time he is a convict on the run and with a new face. Interestingly they shot the first part of film using subjective camera, so you dont see his original face.
Goodfellas, 1990. Directed by Martin Scorsese and stars Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco and Paul Sorvino.
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Critically acclaimed and made a reasonable, if not massive profit; doubling its money.
one of my fav lines ... Tuddy: Well, from now on, any letter from that school to that kid's house comes
directly here. You understand? Another letter from that school goes to that
kid's house: in the fuckin' oven you're gonna go head first!
Henry:(voiceover) That was it. No more letters from school. No more letters
from truant officers. In fact, no more letters from anybody. Finally, after a
couple weeks, my mother had to go down to the post office to complain.:lol:
Poor old Jimmy the gent failed to reach parole. I always have issues with making real gangsters look cool in film, but in a way, that is the story of America.
Anyway, its a stinker of a hood good watch. [emoji6]
I think that if Goodfellas doesn't put you off the gangster's life then nothing will!
Paulie was my favourite character. Tommy was a psycho, Jimmy was a paranoid and Henry was a rat.
I'm just reading 'Sunburn' by Laurence Shames. A paperback story that's full of similar wiseguy lowlifes. Good fun!Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
The Amazing Dr Clitterhouse, 1938. Directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Edward G. Robinson, Claire Trevor and Humphrey Bogart.
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Great film this.. Robinson is superb.
Vincente Delgatto and Bert the Shirt :eyebrows:Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
:D
The Pink Panther, 1963. Directed by Blake Edwards, and stars David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner, Capucine and Claudia Cardinale.
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The first of many panther films... possibly still the best too
The 6th Day. 2000. Big Arnie stars.
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The Seventh Veil, 1945. Directed by Compton Bennett and starring James Mason and Ann Todd.
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Filmed on a relatively low budget of under £100,000, the film was the biggest British box-office success of its year.
Picture quality stinks but sound is clear.
This was the film that produced my Gran's hatred of James Mason...:lol: as he shut the piano lid on the girls fingers.. she didnt care that he was just playing a role.. the hatred was palpable.....no reasoning could budge her:eek:
RED 2, 2013. Directed by Dean Parisot, and stars Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lee Byung-hun, Anthony Hopkins, and Helen Mirren.
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Great fun, all action film...
Soft Beds, Hard Battles. 1974. Stars Peter Sellers.
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Didn't know the Boulting Brothers moved into more tasteless carry on style comedies as tastes changed. I rather liked their earlier rather tame ones. Wasn't Lucky Jim one of theirs?
And I do love Peter Sellers. Surely that's not him as the Japanese officer? Wouldn't be allowed these days of course..
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The Day Will Dawn, 1942. Stars Ralph Richardson, Deborah Kerr, Hugh Williams, Francis L Sullivan and Griffith Jones, and was directed by Harold French.
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Quite a good tale well told.. A flag waver, and depicts the Nazi's quite more malevolently than many
The Vital Spark, 1965 on.. Many were remade in colour around 1970's, and only 4 of the 7 colour episodes survive.
Roddy McMillan - Captain Peter "Para Handy" MacFarlane
John Grieve - Dan Macphail, the engineer
Walter Carr - Dougie Campbell, the mate (Robert Urquhart was the first B&W episode Dougie)
Alex McAvoy - Davie "Sunny Jim" Green.
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From Talking Pictures last night, Miss Cilento gets very wet :D
lol.. she was married to james bond until he supposedly beat her up:eyebrows: didnt do his rep much goodQuote:
Originally Posted by Roy S
But then his other wife got a round in the head in a drive-by shooting on their wedding day, so Diane got off lightly in comparison.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
yeah but that was a screen wife:eyebrows: diana rigg was it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Yes, Contessa summat or other.
Was George not SeanQuote:
Originally Posted by struth
i think so yes.. lazenbyQuote:
Originally Posted by Roy S
Von Ryan's Express, 1965. Directed by Mark Robson and starring Frank Sinatra and Trevor Howard.
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Critics and public liked it and it made a decent profit. Much of it was shot in Italy
(Talking Pictures again)
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Good film, one of Paul Newman's best along with 'The Hustler'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy S
Nuovo Cinema Paradiso, 1988. Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. The film stars Jacques Perrin and Philippe Noiret.
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I rather like a creepy, sinister tale, on a cold and dark winter's afternoon, and this hit the spot nicely:
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Honestly, this takes weird to a WHOLE new level... No violence whatsoever, just sheer creepiness. I'd like some of you to watch it and tell me what you think, as this stuff is right up my twisted street!:D
Anyway, my friends, if you're low on fuel at night, and lost driving on a lonely country road, whatever you do, DON'T stop at THE HOSPICE........
Marco.
been trying to remember the name of the short film or part of a few; it might have been a tv show with a few parts too... where the inmates of an old folks home, i think boxed the home boss into his office.??? was rather creepy
Yeah, I remember that. Think it might've been a Tales from the Crypt or Hammer House of Horror.
Watch The Hospice though and tell me what you think. The acting is actually half decent. I think you'd enjoy it:)
Marco.
The Jewel Of The Nile, 1985. sequel to the 1984 film Romancing the Stone, directed by Lewis Teague. Stars again, Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito.
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The film did very well at the box office but Turner hated it and the critics disliked it too. She only made it as she had to apparently. I dont think its that bad tbh but not as good as first.
Did you watch The Hospice?:ner:
Come on, tell me what you think!:eyebrows:
Marco.
not at moment. watching a film
Okies, promish me then you'll do it later? Pweeeese...:eyebrows:
Marco.
its saved to my you tube watch later
:yay::carrot:
:)
Marco.
My turn now for a 'golden oldie':
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Rather intriguing!:)
Marco.
Might have missed something but I didn't get it (unless you weren't supposed to?). Yes it was 'creepy' but that didn't seem to lead anywhere? Where was he? What was 'The Hospice'? Nothing seemed to be 'put to bed' as it were (apart from that dodgy bloke with his model bird).Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
It is late & I may have missed something but it didn't seem to get anywhere? (perhaps I should have given up after he was attacked by the stuffed cat).
Lol... I think they were all ghosts/spirits from the past. And in the end he was taken away to be buried in that coffin. A lot of these things don't always make sense. If they do, it's a bonus! I just watch them for the 'vibe':eyebrows:
The 'dodgy bloke' was the funniest, though!
Marco.
The Paradine Case, 1947. Dircted by Alfred Hitchcock and stars Gregory Peck, Ann Todd, Alida Valli, Charles Laughton, Charles Coburn, Ethel Barrymore and Louis Jourdan.
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A really well made film, and cost a bomb in the day, but failed at box office.
Have you watched The Hospice yet? Get it watched... Don't post about anything else her until you have!:ner::eyebrows:;)
Marco.