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Got the new telly up 'n running yet Grant?
No, not yet mate. Hoping maybe this weekend.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gazjam
The Day the Earth Stood Still, 1951. remastered version uhd too although im getting upscale. Michael Rennie stars.
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Klaatu: 'I won't resort to threats, Mr. Harley. I merely tell you the future of your planet is at stake'. ....oh how we need you now Klaatu:doh:
To give the appearance of seamlessness to the space ship, the crack around the door was filled with putty, then painted over. When the door opened the putty was torn apart, making the door seem to simply appear.
I always thought that was a nice touch, as was the demonstration Klaatu gives by blacking out the city yet hospitals remain powered.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
12 Monkeys, 2015/18. Lossely based on the film.
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In Twelve Monkeys (1995), the main title song used for the film was by Astor Piazzolla, called "Suite Punta Del Este". This same song can be heard in season two, episode nine, "Hyena", of this show. (i have this piece of music on one of Astor's cd's)
The show, much like its film counterpart, is based on the short film La jetée (1962). This film also served as an influence on films such as The Terminator (1984) and The Jacket (2005).
This is the Reg A bluray boxset, (of which i have 2 both brand new lol; cockup on the film front)
Frequency, 2000. starring Dennis Quaid and Jim Caviezel.
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On April 25, 2000, the New York Mets and Cincinnati Reds played a game wearing their 1969 uniforms to promote the film.
All of the World Series facts were true in this film. The Mets' Cleon Jones really did get hit on the shoe with a pitched ball. At first the umpire didn't award him first base, but when Mets manager Gil Hodges showed him the shoe polish on the ball, the umpire changed his call and awarded him first base. It became known as the "Shoe Polish Incident".
In the warehouse fire scene, all the firefighters except Dennis Quaid, Peter MacNeill and Jordan Bridges are real. Dennis Quaid received 16 stitches just above his hairline after being injured in the stunt where he slides down the construction funnels during the warehouse fire. He had to remove his helmet as a story element. If not for that, he wouldn't have been injured.
Dennis Quaid. His name on a film is a sign that it will either be mediocre, or terrible.
The only really good thing he's ever been in was 'The Right Stuff.' I quite like 'The Long Riders' for it's authenticity but it's not a great film.
didnt do well in cinema but won a few oscars i think. its not in my library ..Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
How to Murder Your Wife, 1965. Jack Lemmon, Virna Lisi, and Terry-Thomas star.
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During a taping of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962), Jack Lemmon told this story. Prior to starting the film, the husband of co-star Virna Lisi made her promise that she would not be talked into doing a nude scene in her first American film. She assured him that she would not, signed the contract and traveled to Hollywood. While filming the "revelation" scene, where Lemmon awakens to discover in horror that he had gotten married at the bachelor party, she had to disrobe and lay in the bed nude but discreetly covered with a sheet. However, it was this day that her husband, an architect, arrived unannounced at the set to surprise his wife. When he walked into the scene, he became very upset. He focused his anger toward Lemmon who, realizing that discretion was the better part of valor, exited the set at full speed with Virna's husband in pursuit. Running past several sound stages on the MGM lot, he quickly found a garbage dumpster, jumped in and closed the cover. He waited there until security officers found him. lol
'glopita-glopita'
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eddie mayehoff as his lawyer steals every scene... quality stuffQuote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Mulholland Drive, 2001.
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Porridge, 1978. Film of the series with same cast... The film was one of the more popular of 1979 at the British box office, grossing more than 16 million pounds in the UK.
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The film was shot at Essex's Category B jail HMP Chelmsford, before it was returned to service following a fire in March 1978. The film company admin offices were located in the prison's hospital block. Authentic prison staff from HMP Chelmsford were employed as extras.
Some regular cast-members found the extremely cold weather during filming, plus the surroundings of a real prison, prompted a genuinely oppressive feel, being more used to the comparatively pleasant working environments of BBC Television Centre or Ealing Film Studios.
they were drinking double diamond in the prison officers club and it reminded me of their really terrible ad's in 80's.
like this cracker...lol
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Originally Posted by struth
The idea of going back in time and making changes in order to alter history, has always been a fascinating, if not unlikely concept, and so these three films have always been among my favourites. With Twelve Monkeys (1995) being at the top of that list :)
I'm hoping to find "The Jacket" on Netflix or something, not seen it for a while.
I'm not sure whether Mr Quaid is drawn towards cack film roles, or if it's his presence that makes an ok film cack, but cack is generally the result. It might be something to do with his face, no offence Dennis.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Terminator Genisys, 2015.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger worked out for six months, about three hours a day, before shooting started, by which time he had the exact same body weight and muscle measurements as he had 12 years previously while shooting Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003). Coincidentally, Schwarzenegger had done the exact same thing prior to Terminator 3, which had put him on the same weight and measurements as in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), so despite his age, his dimensions have remained fairly constant throughout the series.
J.K. Simmons(the detective) was stated to have improvised many of his lines. His description of a rocket to the T-800 ("Blows a door clean off. You know, for people who can't do that themselves.") even earns a stare of surprise from Arnold Schwarzenegger.
You go to Cruse and he turns it down because it's too crap, so you go to Cage and he turns it down too. Then you go to Quaid.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
In the unlikely event that he passes then they throw it open to The Rock, Jason Statham, all that lot, and they draw straws.
I thought this film had Dennis Quaid written all over it, but there's no sign of him. Unless one of the sharks got him right at the beginning. Such a waste if that were true.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
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Though there are three names, which if they appear in the TV listings, will guarantee that I change channels in plenty of time. They are Chuck Norris, Steven Seagal and "The Mussels from Brussels" Jean Claude Van Damme Cable.
Norris and Seagal can be unintentionally funny. I mean who has not played the 'Under Siege 2' drinking game?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Van Damme has nothing to recommend him though - personality-free - always worth avoiding.
I also avoid anything with Robin Williams.
Quaid or Cage is an amber warning. Likewise anything with one or more of the Bridges or Baldwin brothers in it. It might be okay but be prepared for it to be crap.
Cruse is an odd one because although his appearance means it probably will be at least watchable, he will be annoying in it. Paradoxically, his best films are the ones were he is really annoying ('Rain Man', 'The Color Of Money')
nick cage has made a couple of ecent ones, but has made loads of crap.. mind you, he is a Coppola so??;)
His Laddie is doing great in Amazon's "The Boy's" as one of its main characters.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
He's got his Old Man's charisma.
...in other News:
He's not faked an orgasm in a NY restaurant like his Mum yet, but doesn't make him a a bad person.
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Originally Posted by Macca
Refer you, my Young Sir, to Good Will Hunting.
tell me Robin W. in that doesn't punch you in the Feelz?
the fisher king catches two of your targets lol
Agreed, to which I would add Adam Sandler. I'm also weary of films starring the very annoying Tom Cruise, though he wa excellent in 'Rain Man' and 'Eyes Wide Shut'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
'Frequency' is in mine. :) Although not a great film by any means, and a load of nonsense with the changing of history thing, there were some nice touches to show that history had been changed: the fading of the scortch marks on the work bench for example.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
its a decent film, but could have been better. not especially blaming the actors. direction and script were limiting. but its still enjoyable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
ps..i have frequency as a stream... not as a disc
AS isnt high in my list of actors tbh buy i did like Little Nicky. it was fun and well done, despite adam :ner:Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
A.W.E.S.O.M - O pitches Adam Sandler movie ideas:
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Tom Selleck as Quigley Down Under, 1990. Co stars Alan Rickman and Laura San Giacomo.
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In the scene where Quigley demonstrates the rifle, he mentions that the bullet is paper patched, which might sound like some Hollywood mumbo jumbo. However, it's an actual technique common in the mid- to late-1800's to maximize accuracy/ precision. A thin layer of paper is placed around the bullet which is then used by the barrel rifling to spin the bullet fast enough to stabilize it during flight.
Sharps Rifles are now so inseparably related to this film that they are commonly nicknamed "Quigley guns." Sales for such weapons increased by over 1000% following the film's release, especially in the United States and Australia, and continue through 2013.
Matthew Quigley's gun is a replica model 1874 Sharps Buffalo Rifle, built by Shiloh Rifles of Montana. They are chambered in .45-110, which is a .45 caliber bullet propelled by 110 grains of black powder. This round was the most accurate and powerful in the world until the advent of smokeless gunpowders.
Rambo, First Blood.
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When Rambo is racing down the pavement on the motorcycle, shouting "get out of the way" to terrified pedestrians, his mouth indicates he is shouting "fucking move it".
Sylvester Stallone hated the first cut of the film so much that he tried to buy the film back and destroy it. When he couldn't do that, he suggested that the producers cut much of his part and let the rest of the characters tell the story. That cut the movie time in half and set a precedent for future action movies.
During a Q&A with "Ain't It Cool News", Sylvester Stallone revealed the following: "I was doing the scene in FIRST BLOOD where I'm in the cell being whipped in the lower back with a piece of rubber hose. David Caruso was standing directly behind me. After every hit with the hose, David's character was suppose to exclaim, 'Jesus, can't you see this guy's crazy?' and then I get hit again. We had about four takes and David had repeated the line perfectly on each take, yet the director said, 'Let's try it again.' At this point, my back was on fire and I turned to the director and said, 'How many more times are you going to do this? The kid said it perfectly.' And the director basically said, 'Just shut up and do it again.' As he came forward, I pushed him back and the next thing I knew I was tackled by a pair of security men and driven against the cell wall, which in turn cracked my rib. Anyway, after several moments, everything cooled down, we all apologized and marched on."
Very interesting trivia as usual, Grant :)Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
If this is the film I'm thinking of, there was a scene where Quigley managed to shoot two of the 'baddies' with one bullet. Which I thought was pretty cool. Another film for me to seek out.
And now for something different:
Romantics Anonymous
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Released 2011
True Grit, 1969. John Wayne, Glen Campbell and Kim Darby star along with a suprb co star lineup.
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Stunt double Jim Burk performed the entire scene where Rooster Cogburn charged Ned Pepper's gang on horseback. John Wayne was only seen briefly in close-up, and he was riding on a trailer, not a horse.
Glen Campbell later said, "I'd never acted in a movie before, and every time I see 'True Grit', I think my record's still clean!" Henry Hathaway later said he hated Glen Campbell's performance, which he described as wooden, and claimed the singer was only cast so he could have a hit with the theme song which would help promote the film.
In this and other John Wayne westerns, he wears his gun low and to the rear. He also carries one long bullet in the center back of his ammunition belt.
A few other things come to mind... Wayne wanted his daughter to be cast as maddie Ross, but Hathaway wouldn't have it, thus wayne wouldn't speak to Darby outwith the film making. Darby tho had nothing but good words for Wayne, although disliked Hathaway with a vengence. Wayne was always inclined to be a bit childish in things like that alas.
9 to 5, 1980.... stars Dabney Coleman, Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton ......
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This was Dolly Parton's theatrical film debut. In preparation for her role as Doralee Rhodes, she not only committed to memory her own part, but the parts of every other role in the film. Apparently, the two experienced starring actresses, Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda, burst out laughing when Parton let on that she believed that pictures were filmed in the chronological order of a film's script.
Cat Ballou, 1965. Jane Fonda again, and Lee Marvin star..
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At his acceptance of the Oscar, Lee Marvin opened by saying, "Half of this probably belongs to a horse out in the Valley somewhere".
Even though everyone knew that they were making at least a good film, no one had any idea that they were making a classic. Jane Fonda recalled - "I have to admit, it wasn't until I saw the final cut of Cat Ballou that I realized we had a hit on our hands. I hadn't been around when they filmed Lee's horse, leaning cross-legged up against the barn in what's become a classic image, or when Lee tries to shoot the side of the barn."
Paint Your Wagon, 1969. Marvin again this time with Clint Eastwood and Jean Seberg.
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Lee Marvin drank real alcohol throughout the production, even though director Joshua Logan fought him about it. In most movies, the actors and actresses drink tea for whiskey and water for vodka. Marvin would only work if he got real liquor. Lee Marvin was apparently drunk nearly every day of filming.
Jean Seberg's singing voice was dubbed by Anita Gordon. Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin did their own singing. Marvin's recording of the song "Wanderin' Star" went to number one on the U.K. charts, earning him a gold record.
Lee Marvin and director Joshua Logan became fast friends, and he developed a genuine fondness for Logan's two teenaged children. Logan was amazed at the contrasts in Marvin's character. Raised as a Southern gentleman, he always tipped his hat for ladies and referred to older men as "sir". But he also started drinking beer the moment he arrived on the set. If his drinking ruined a shot one day, he more than made up for it the next with a letter perfect performance. A few weeks after this movie came out, a New York City gossip columnist printed a story about Logan and Marvin having an on-set fight which climaxed with Marvin using Logan's boots "like a dog uses a fire hydrant." When Logan's children pointed out the article, he set the story straight with a letter stating, "Lee Marvin is a very close friend of mine and we will stay friends for many years to come. It is true that we have had a few mild discussions, never any violent ones. Lee Marvin is a great Southern gentleman. Therefore, when he is sober, it is absolutely impossible for him to have done such a thing, and when he is drunk, which he is once in a while I must admit, he is really drunk. He staggers and careens in such a way that he wouldn't have the aim."
Clint Eastwood and Jean Seberg had an affair during filming in Baker County, Oregon. Jerry Pam, a publicist for both actors at the time, told Seberg biographer David Richards in 1981: "Once they got back to Paramount, it was as if Clint didn't know who she was. Jean couldn't believe that he could be that indifferent to her, after everything that had gone on in Baker. She was a very vulnerable woman, and it was a terrible trauma for her." At the same time, Eastwood was having yet another affair with one of the extras. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the said extra told Seberg biographer Garry McGee in 2008: "We had an affair for two years. Since I was involved with Clint at the time, he pulled a few strings and got me work on the film." When asked if Seberg knew about Eastwood's other involvement, the woman said, "No. She had no idea."
The Lady Vanishes, 1938. The Criterion Collection.(Hitchcock) Superb remastered film this. Hard to believe at times its from the 30's, although there are occasional issues.
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In an interview with Peter Bogdanovich, Alfred Hitchcock revealed that this movie was inspired by a legend of an Englishwoman who went with her daughter to the Palace Hotel in Paris in the 1880s, at the time of the Great Exposition: "The woman was taken sick and they sent the girl across Paris to get some medicine in a horse-vehicle, so it took about four hours. When she came back she asked, 'How's my mother?' 'What mother?' 'My mother. She's here, she's in her room. Room 22.' They go up there. Different room, different wallpaper, everything. And the payoff of the whole story is, so the legend goes, that the woman had bubonic plague and they dared not let anybody know she died, otherwise all of Paris would have emptied." The urban legend, known as the Vanishing Hotel Room, also formed the basis of one segment of the German portmanteau movie Eerie Tales (1919), So Long at the Fair (1950) (in which the missing person was the young woman's brother as opposed to her mother) and Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) season one, episode five, "Into Thin Air", starring Hitchcock's daughter Patricia Hitchcock.
interesting article here...
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John Ford's Stagecoach, 1939, starring John Wayne .....
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Stuntman Yakima Canutt explained how the stunt was accomplished where, as an Apache warrior attacking the stagecoach, he is "shot", falls off his horse, and then gets dragged underneath the stagecoach: "You have to run the horses fast, so they'll run straight. If they run slow, they move around a lot. When you turn loose to go under the coach, you've got to bring your arms over your chest and stomach. You've got to hold your elbows close to your body, or that front axle will knock them off." After the stunt was completed, Canutt ran to director John Ford to make sure they got the stunt on film. Ford replied that even if they hadn't, "I'll never shoot that again."
While working on Mascot serials, Canutt practiced and perfected his most famous stunts, including the drop from a stagecoach that he would employ in John Ford's 1939 Stagecoach. That famous stunt in Stagecoach was filmed on Lucerne Dry Lake, north of Lucerne Valley, California. He first did it in Riders of the Dawn in 1937 while doubling for Jack Randall. In his 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark, Steven Spielberg paid homage to Canutt, recreating the stunt when stuntman Terry Leonard (doubling for Harrison Ford) 'dropped' from the front of a German transport truck, was dragged underneath (along a prepared trench) and then climbed up the back and round to the front again.
Yakima in John Ford's Stagecoach doing the "drop" part of his most famous stunt
John Wayne
While at Mascot, Canutt met John Wayne while doubling for him in a motorcycle stunt for The Shadow of the Eagle in 1932. Wayne admired Canutt's agility and fearlessness, and Canutt respected Wayne's willingness to learn and attempt his own stunts. Canutt taught Wayne how to fall off a horse.
The two worked together to create a technique that made on-screen fight scenes more realistic. Wayne and Canutt found if they stood at a certain angle in front of the camera, they could throw a punch at an actor's face and make it look as if actual contact had been made.
Canutt and Wayne pioneered stunt and screen fighting techniques still in use. Much of Wayne's on-screen persona was copied from Canutt. The characterizations associated with Wayne - the drawling, hesitant speech and the hip-rolling walk - were pure Canutt. Said Wayne, "I spent weeks studying the way Yakima Canutt walked and talked. He was a real cowhand." In 1934 the two appeared together in the western Randy Rides Alone in which Wayne starred and Canutt appeared as "henchman Spike."
Frozen Planet, 2011. David Attenborough. HD STREAM.
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superb..
Madagascar, 2011.
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Blackadder 2..1986.
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The only location shooting for this season was the courting scene in Blackadder II: Bells (1986) and the closing credit scenes; these scenes were shot over a couple of consecutive days in the gardens of Wilton House, Wiltshire. The rest of the season was shot on the filming stage, using a couple of standard sets (Blackadder's house and the Queen's court) and a couple of sets that would be built for each episode.
The series was the originator of Baldrick's obsession with the turnip; this arose from a botanical error on the part of Ben Elton, who confused the vegetable with the "amusingly shaped" parsnip
Dynasties, 2018.. ep4.. Painted Wolves.. superp animals these..
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Murder She Said, 1961. Stars Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple.
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Despite privately remaining unimpressed by this movie, Dame Agatha Christie dedicated her 1962 book "The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side" to Dame Margaret Rutherford, "in admiration".
Seven Worlds, One Planet, 2019. Over 1,500 people worked on the series, which was filmed over 1,794 days, with 92 shoots across 41 countries. Sir David Attenborough narrates...
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The series took 4 years to film with over 2000 hours of filming over 7 continents and in over 40 countries
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, 1998 version.. Directors cut uhd.
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Douglas Trumbull achieved the dramatic cloud effects by filling a tank half full of salt water with lighter fresh water on top, then injecting paint into the top layer. The paint billowed through the fresh water but flattened out at the top of the heavier salt water, creating the effect we see on screen.
The little boy, Cary Guffey's performances were so good that they only had to do one or two takes of each shot he was in. He became known as "One-Take Cary" on the set, and director Steven Spielberg had a T-shirt printed up for him with the phrase written on it.
The words that the crowd in India chants are "Aaya Re! Aaya," which means "He has come" in Hindi.
Loved that film. Not seen it for many years.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
yes its fabulous. well ahead of its time..deyfreus chased speilberg from time he heard of it when making jaws about being in it..Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Saw that at the cinema when it came out. Was in the front row as they were the only seats left. That was back when cinemas were massive too.
Thought it was a bit long and a bit boring but I was only nine and didn't get some aspects of it that I appreciated later. My mother judged it to be 'An absolute load of rubbish', which was her default critique for every film ever made except 'A Christmas Carol' (the one with Alistair Sim as Scrooge) and anything with Jack Lemmon in it.