"Walk this way", "Hump? What hump?" :)Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
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"Walk this way", "Hump? What hump?" :)Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Oh. Where you going?... Oh, you men are all alike. Seven or eight quick ones and then you're out with the boys to boast and brag. YOU BETTER KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT. Oh... I think I love him.:lol::lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
yes, lots of great lines in this.
Back to the Future Part II, 1989. Robert Zemeckis directs...
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Back to the Future Part II was also a ground-breaking project for visual effects studio Industrial Light & Magic (ILM): In addition to digital compositing, ILM used the VistaGlide motion control camera system, which allowed an actor to portray multiple characters simultaneously on-screen without sacrificing camera movement.
The 39 Steps, 1935. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll. This is the region A Criterion bluray, and superb.
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Since its initial release, the film has been widely acknowledged as a classic. Filmmaker and actor Orson Welles referred to it as a "masterpiece." Screenwriter Robert Towne remarked, "It's not much of an exaggeration to say that all contemporary escapist entertainment begins with The 39 Steps."
The Dark Eyes of London, 1939. directed by Walter Summers, and starring Béla Lugosi, Hugh Williams, and Greta Gynt. The film is an adaptation of the 1924 novel of the same name by Edgar Wallace.
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It was released in November 1939 in Britain, where it became the first British film to receive the "H" rating meaning "Horrific for Public Exhibition" (persons aged 16 or above will only be admitted). It was released in the United States in 1940 by Monogram Pictures under the title The Human Monster.
This is the newly released bluray, nicely remastered.
Still working my way through this gastronomic adventure around the world, tonight we’ve been to Sicily and just finishing the Punjab episode.
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The 1966 remake of Stagecoach.
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I'm All Right Jack, 1959. directed and produced by John and Roy Boulting.
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The film was a big hit, being the most popular film in Britain for the year ended 31 October 1959. It was reportedly the second most profitable British movie that year after Carry On Nurse and helped turn British Lion profitable for the year after two years of losses.
I think it's dated to the point of being unwatchable, but I was never much for Ian Carmichael at the best of times.
obviously a film of its time and up to thatcher years i guess but still has a point imo.. The Al Saxon theme tune was also released as a single, although with different lyrics. Sellers was excellent, and it had a steller british cast for the day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
The Comancheros, 1961. Directed by Michael Curtiz. John Wayne, Stuart Whitman and Lee Marvin star.
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Bosley Crowther called the film "so studiously wild and woolly it turns out to be good fun"; according to Crowther, "[t]here's not a moment of seriousness in it, not a detail that isn't performed with a surge of exaggeration, not a character that is credible."
as he says, GOOD FUN!!
I like that movie. Saw it again not long ago. John Wayne just played John Wayne as usual, but Whitman and Marvin were excellent.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Yes it's a good film. Nothing too serious but keeps the interest even tho you've seen it 10 timesQuote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
The Ballad of Cable Hogue, 1970. directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Jason Robards, Stella Stevens and David Warner.
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this is the bluray i picked up.. top film.
A little known neo noir now. The Naked Kiss, 1964. Directed by Samuel Fuller and starring Constance Towers, Anthony Eisley, Michael Dante, and Virginia Grey.
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Privates Progress, 1956. Directed and produced by John and Roy Boulting, and stars Ian Carmichael, Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price and Terry-Thomas.
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The War Office refused all requests for cooperation, even after the ending of the film was changed to show the guilty being caught. The producers inserted a title card depicting three officers in the See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil stance with the words "the producers gratefully acknowledge the official cooperation of absolutely nobody".
It was the first in a series of successful satirical comedies made by the Boulting brothers for their production company Charter Films. Their 1959 comedy, I'm All Right Jack, featured many of the same actors and characters. A number of references are made to the events of Private's Progress
an even older oldie now. Cottage To Let, 1941. directed by Anthony Asquith starring Leslie Banks, Alastair Sim and John Mills. It also includes the first appearance of George Cole, superbly confident as a cocky young evacuee.
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A very well made film considering it was during the toughest period of war.
Another oldie now with The Cat and the Canary, 1939. Directed by Elliott Nugent starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard.
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The New York Times wrote that Elliott Nugent "has directed it smartly, taking full advantage of the standard chiller devices for frightening the susceptible of his audience but never losing sight of his main objective—comedy...the objective is carried briskly and to our complete satisfaction. Good show."
Variety wrote that the movie retained "the basic spooky atmosphere and chiller situations" of the original play and "will amply satisfy the mystery fans, and provide spine-chilling thrills for audiences generally."
The Asphalt Jungle, 1950. Is directed by John Huston and stars Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern and Jean Hagen, and features James Whitmore, Sam Jaffe, and John McIntire. Marilyn Monroe also appears, in one of her earliest roles.
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https://media.elcinema.com/uploads/_...915e1ab9fc.jpg The covers changed with Monroe's improved status later on like this lol
On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 97% based on 35 reviews, with an average rating of 8.4/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "The Asphalt Jungle is an expertly told crime story with attention paid to the crime and characters in equal measure."
The Criterion Collection critic Peter Heath Becker admired Huston's technique:
Through his experience as a painter, [Huston] learned to frame an image, and throughout the film, he uses one shot where other directors might have needed three. He dispenses with editing flourishes and over-dramatic lighting and opts instead for sustained, well-composed shots. By balancing elements in the foreground and background of his images, Huston frames events and responses at once, without cutting between them.
Colditz, 1972 (tv series). All star cast for this major bbc production, when the beeb were masters of the drama series.
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The Island of Dr. Moreau, 1977. It stars Burt Lancaster, Michael York, Nigel Davenport, Barbara Carrera, and Richard Basehart, and was directed by Don Taylor.
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Actress Barbara Carrera claims there were three or four different endings imagined, including one in which her character gave birth to a kitten. That version was favored by producer John Temple-Smith, which actor Michael York flatly refused to do. Director Don Taylor said that he did not take it seriously and the footage was never shot.
Bluray finally arrived ... one of the very best from way back in 74, when i was a younger man:eyebrows:. Filmed in B&W for better atmosphere too..
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The Horse Soldiers, 1959. Directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne, William Holden and Constance Towers.
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The film was loosely based on Harold Sinclair's 1956 novel of the same name,[11] which in turn was based on the historic 17-day Grierson's Raid and Battle of Newton's Station in Mississippi during the Civil War
Saturday morning and "The Ipcress File", 1965, starring Michael Caine.
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The first of 3 harry palmer films
Dances With Wolves, 1990. Kevin Costner.
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Dunkirk, 1958. Directed by Leslie Norman and starring John Mills, Richard Attenborough, and Bernard Lee.
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Film was very popular everywhere but USA.. no yanks winning the war so not worth watching;)
Beach sequences were shot at Camber Sands near Rye, East Sussex, and Dunkirk town centre was recreated using part of Rye Harbour.
We're going hang out the washing on the Siegfried Line,
Have you any dirty washing, mother dear?
We're gonna hang out the washing on the Siegfried Line,
Why? 'Cause the washing day is here.
A Matter of Life and Death, 1946. Written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, the film stars David Niven, Roger Livesey, Raymond Massey, Kim Hunter and Marius Goring.
The film was originally released in the United States under the title Stairway to Heaven, which derived from the film's most prominent special effect: a broad escalator linking Earth to the afterlife.
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The beach scene was shot at Saunton Sands in Devon, and the village seen in the camera obscura was Shere in Surrey.
Dad's Army, 2016. A great cast giving this old sitcom a new spin. Not to everyone's pleasure but i for one, love it(not taking anything away from the old one)
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Filming began in Yorkshire in October 2014. Principal photography took place at North Landing, Flamborough Head and Bridlington. The East Riding Theatre in Beverley was used for Church Hall/Parade room and Captain Mainwaring's office. Sections of the film were also captured in Leeds and Pickering. Jones' van from the original television series, on loan from the Dad's Army Museum, was used in the film.
I've been watching Blakes 7 on Forces TV. Highlight of the day.
Shame they don't make proper telly like that any more. BBC cancelled it even though it got consistently high ratings. They never gave a reason.
quite liked it in the day, even if the sets were dodgy. not sure how well its aged thoQuote:
Originally Posted by Macca
The Bourne Identity, 2002. The first of the Bourne series of films. Film made over $214m from a budget of $60m.
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Yes no budget for much in the way of sets back then. Lots of location scenes though in the BBC gravel pit and some nuclear power stations.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
I think it still works probably because they had no money to fill the time with lots of special effects so had to develop the characters instead. And they had some quality actors too.
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, 1991.
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one of the better films from the franchise
Sneakers, 1992. Starring Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd, Ben Kingsley, Mary McDonnell, River Phoenix, Sidney Poitier, and David Strathairn.
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The Undefeated, 1969.. John Wayne and Rock Hudson and was directed by Andrew V. McLaglen.
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Wayne and Hudson finally got along well after a shaky start.
Carry On at Your Convenience, 1971.
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The film failed at box office mostly due to its shop steward/union jokes.
After Sid James's character was criticised for leering at some girls in Carry On Henry (1971), here his character was changed to the put-upon family man similar to the character he portrayed in the TV sitcom Bless This House. In the next film Carry On Matron (1972) his character was preoccupied with thieving, but made odd suggestive comments to nurses (including one played by Jacki Piper, who played his daughter in this film). Sid's girl-chasing persona was fully reinstated for subsequent films.
'At Your Convenience' is one of the few films in the Carry On series where several script lines take on a semi-serious tone and are not played entirely for laughs.
In a 'convenience', flushed right down the pan, is where they should put ALL the 'Carry On' films!!:ner:
;)
Marco.
Probably my favourite Carry On, and the only one I own on DVD!Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Prefer Carry on Camping (that's a pound) or Carry on AbroadQuote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
(Kenneth Williams) "My name is Stuart Farquhar, the representative of Wundatours."
(Peter Butterworth) "Stupid what?"
(Kenneth Williams) "STUART. STUART FARQUHAR."
(Peter Butterworth) "Ahh, you Mr. Farqiarse."
The Bourne Supremacy, 2004.
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There were no plans to make a sequel to The Bourne Identity (2002) when it was conceived. Matt Damon commented, "When The Bourne Identity came out I said, 'There is very little chance we will do a second film, just because nobody on the team who made the first wants to make another movie if it can't be as good as, or better than, the first one.'" According to producer Frank Marshall, the plot for the sequel was not only based on the novel The Bourne Supremacy but also on Bourne's threat in the first film to come after the CIA if it targeted him. Producer Paul L. Sandberg felt that screenwriter Tony Gilroy's deviating so much from the book was necessary "because so much of the world has changed" since 1986, when the sequel was first published. Marshall said that Gilroy thought of an idea that Bourne "would go on what amounts to the samurai's journey, this journey of atonement."
when I was at my brothers for Xmas the children were watching some shite so I switched over to Carry On Camping. Howls of protest from the children which naturally I ignored. Within 30 seconds they were laughing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy S
The second of the carry on's now. Carry On Nurse., 1959. Shirley Eaton, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey and Hattie Jacques star among many...
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Made in 1972, this is FRENZY. Directed by Hitch and stars Barry Foster.
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film did well at box office and was well liked and reviewed. Hitch back to his best.
Serious film there Grant, if a bit grim. "Lovely! Lovely! Lovely!" :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
(Got the DVD)
yeah a grizzly film at times and yet it goes along at a pace that keeps it, almost fun:D barry foster did very well in a difficult role.. michael caine refused itQuote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Heaven Can Wait, 1978. Warren Beatty stars.
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Former owner : He got my team. The son of a bitch got my team.
Advisor to former owner : What kind of pressure did he use, Milt?
Former owner : Well, I asked for sixty-seven million, and he said "okay."
Advisor to former owner : Ruthless bastard.
Yep - the first and the best! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Carry On Sergeant, 1958, starring William Hartnell, Bob Monkhouse, Shirley Eaton and Eric Barker.
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The first of the 31 films.
Doctor at Large 1957. directed by Ralph Thomas, and the 3rd in series of 7.
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The film was the second most popular movie of the year at the British box office, after High Society.