Just watched Apocalypse now, don't know why I put off watching this again for so long, its a cracking film. I am amazed by the soundtrack though, it's fucking blindin', not the pop songs, the rest of it. Need to get this on CD.
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Just watched Apocalypse now, don't know why I put off watching this again for so long, its a cracking film. I am amazed by the soundtrack though, it's fucking blindin', not the pop songs, the rest of it. Need to get this on CD.
Appointment in London, 1953... bluray... aka 'raiders in the sky' in America...
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This movie was filmed at R.A.F. Upwood. The Lancasters used were NX673, NX679, and NX782. These aircraft also took part in the filming of The Dam Busters (1955).
Co-writer John Wooldridge - who also wrote the score - was formerly an RAF pilot who who flew 108 missions, reduced to 90 in the film to make it seem more credible; he later wrote in his diary that Dirk Bogarde said to him that it was "the best script he had ever read".
The Two Jakes, 1990...
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At a movie theatre in Florida a patron left his seat to tell the theater manager that the reels of the movie were running out of sequence. The manager went to check and confirmed this, but then told the moviegoer "this movie's been playing here for three weeks and you're the first person who noticed that something was wrong."
A key prop in the film is a wire recorder--a machine that uses a magnet to record vibrations into a stainless steel wire as it passes through the machine. The quality of recording was actually quite good for the time, with the sound of the playback resembling that of a slightly tinny telephone connection. While magnetic tape recorders had been produced since 1930, they were extremely expensive and not easy to find. It was not until the late 1940s that the British firm AMPEX began to develop the medium that they began to gain popularity. A big influence in the development of audio tape, and whose efforts resulted in the development of consumer reel-to-reel machines (and later audio cassettes), was Bing Crosby--the world's most popular singer at the time.
The wire recorder in the film is a Webster-Chicago Model 80, which was manufactured between 1948 and 1950. Functioning specimens and videos of the machines in action are available from various online sources.
How did you get on with this Grant? I haven't watched it for ages and can't remember much about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
thought it was quite good, although a little fragmented at times.. better than i thought thoQuote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Back to the Future Part II, 1989..
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Sunday matinee... Blue Murder at St Trinian's, 1957..
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impeccable cast here...
lol - I watched 'The Two Jakes' again not so long ago, because all I can recall from seeing it when it first came out is that it was disappointing.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
All I can recall from the second watch is that it's disappointing, but not as disappointing as I remembered.
'Chinatown' is one of my top ten though.
The Mouse on the Moon, 1963.. more old and light for Sunday... has to be a comedy if bernard is the male love interest.. lol
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mostly as i found. better than i originally thought and as a individual film quite decent, but off back of chinatown it failed somewhatQuote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Murder at the Gallop, 1963....
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Today in the 'Movie For A Dreary Afternoon' slot:
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'Union Pacific' (1939)
actually this is prety decent film... it won an oscar for special effects ..Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
A Christmas Carol, 1984...
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The Bishop's Wife, 1947...
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poor old bishop,(david niven) has the task of fending off the attentions of an angel,(cary grant) to his wife,(loretta young) and vis a vis, and wishing he hadn't prayed for help...Market research showed that moviegoers avoided the film because they thought it was religious. So, Samuel Goldwyn decided to re-title it Cary and the Bishop's Wife for some US markets, while adding a black text box with the question "Have you heard about CARY AND THE BISHOP'S WIFE?" on posters in markets where the film kept the original title. By adding Cary Grant's first name to the title the film's business increased by as much as 25 per cent.
it was pretty good, it was the first ever winner of the Cannes Palm D'Or although it wasn't actually awarded until 2000.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
One thing I notice about these old films is that fist fights are often far more realistic than they are in modern films, but gunfights not so much (bloke gets shot, looks surprised, then drops slowly to the ground, no sign of a wound or even any blood).
That would be the Hays code...Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
What did Hays Code prohibit?
“The Hays Code was this self-imposed industry set of guidelines for all the motion pictures that were released between 1934 and 1968,” says O'Brien. “The code prohibited profanity, suggestive nudity, graphic or realistic violence, sexual persuasions and rape
Quick Change, 1990...
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Bill Murray once said of this movie in an interview: "Everyone will enjoy this movie. But New Yorkers will enjoy it especially because they know how bad their city really is." In another later August 2010 interview with Dan Fierman of GQ Magazine, Murray said: "It's great. It's a great piece of writing. And how about the cast? You couldn't get that cast together for all the tea in China right now. I mean, Stanley Tucci, Tony Shalhoub..."
Yes the Hays Code will be the reason for the bloodless gunfights, but doesn't explain the fistfights.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Like for example the scene in 'Treasure Of The Sierra Madre' where Bogart and the other bloke fight the gang master to get their wages. It looks like they are fighting for real.
I suspect it is because the actors, director and the stuntmen and stunt arrangers all knew what a real fight looked like as they were from an age where settling disputes with violence was common. But it's just my theory.
Watched the Maltese Falcon again, I never before quite got how much of a bastard Sam Spade was, so used to childishly thinking the main character is always a ncie guy.
Groundhog Day, 1993....
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Bill Murray was bitten by the groundhog twice during shooting. Murray had to have anti rabies injections, because the bites were so severe.
Man of a Thousand Faces, 1957.. James Cagney plays Lon Chaney in his biopic..bluray..
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When asked by David Letterman what was his motivation for what he is doing, Tom Savini, the famous special effects artist and actor, told he saw this movie when he was 12 and that was his motivation and he named his son 'Lon' after Lon Chaney.
The film opens at a memorial for Chaney at the Lon Chaney sound stage. The camera pulls in to a closeup of the plaque that designates the building. The face on the plaque is that of James Cagney not Lon Chaney. This was done because Cagney and Chaney looked nothing alike.
The Ballad of Cable Hogue, 1970..
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Charley Varrick, 1973... matthau again...
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Sullivan's Travels, 1941...
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Up Pompeii, 1971...film of series..
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The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery, 1966.. Frankie Howerd again in this 'not as great as usual'. st t's comedy.
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Planet of the Apes, 1968..
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ad for the film?? lol
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The African Queen, 1951... Directed by John Huston and Cinematography by the great Jack Cardiff.
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"The African Queen" sank and had to be raised twice during filming of the movie. Lauren Bacall is quoted as saying, "The natives had been told to watch it and they did. They watched it sink."
According to Katharine Hepburn's autobiography, John Huston initially found her performance too rigid. One day, he visited her hut and suggested that she model her performance on Eleanor Roosevelt, saying that Mrs. Roosevelt was not a comely woman by any means but whenever she was in public she carried herself well and had a beaming smile. She made do extremely well with what she had. After Huston left, Hepburn sat for a moment before deciding, "That is the best piece of direction I have ever heard."
In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #65 Greatest Movie of All Time.
Was Oscar-nominated for Best Actor (Humphrey Bogart - who won), Best Actress (Katharine Hepburn), Best Director (John Huston) and Best Screenplay, but oddly not Best Picture.
One of my favourite films. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
yes a very good film...Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Shout at the Devil, 1976...
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The book(Wilbur Smith) on which the film is based is vaguely based on real events, but takes significant artistic licence with historical facts. The main story is loosely based on events concerning the light cruiser SMS Königsberg, which was sunk after taking refuge in Rufiji Delta in 1915.[3] Ivory hunter P J Pretorius had gone aboard Königsberg disguised as a native to pace out the ranges for the Royal Navy's guns.[2][7]
In the film the German ship is named Blücher; there was a vessel of this name, but it did not serve in Africa. The actual SMS Blücher was an armoured cruiser which sank during the Battle of Dogger Bank. The film implies that Portugal became a co-belligerent with Britain against Germany when the First World War erupted in August 1914, as the Portuguese supply O'Flynn and Oldsmith with a marked Portuguese plane and a Portuguese pilot to conduct surveillance in German territory. In reality, the Portuguese would not have permitted this, as they remained neutral until 1916.
Although the motives for killing Fleischer are personal, Sebastian Oldsmith is, in fact, the only major character who is a citizen of a nation actually at war with Germany.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail, 1975...
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Funds earned by Pink Floyd's album "The Dark Side of the Moon" went towards funding this movie. The band were such fans of the show, they would halt recording sessions just to watch Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969).
The famous depiction of galloping horses by using coconut shells (a traditional radio-show sound effect) came about from the purely practical reason that the production simply could not afford real horses.
A Letter to Three Wives, 1949...
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The film won the Academy Award for Best Director and the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for Best Picture.
The Battle of the River Plate, 1956..
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EARLIER...
In Which We Serve, 1942...
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light comedy now with the mad... Nuns on the Run, 1990..
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The Day Will Dawn, 1942..
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Extras for the assault scenes on the Norwegian coast included both actual Norwegians who had only recently escaped to England, many wearing their actual kit, and British "Tommies," some of whom had made the same assault landings being recreated in this film.
The Simpsons Movie, 2007...The Simpsons Movie is the only PG-13 rated animated film to be nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature. It is also the only film based on a television show to do so.
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Just finished watching this ten-part series last night, and it is EASILY the best thing I've seen on TV in a long time.
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Tim, Sam, and Billy Bob
It's called "1883", and tells the story of veterans of the Civil War/gunfighters leading some European immigrants on the Oregon trail, and dealing with every kind of shit imaginable on the way. I've never seen anything on TV coming so close when it comes to "authenticity" (though I only have their word for it). The actors, their performances, the sets, the costumes, the scenery... just incredible.
Star of the show has to be Sam Elliot, who was born to play this part. Also starring Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, with appearances from Tom Hanks and Billy Bob Thornton. As cinematic as TV gets, a total masterpiece. Showing on Paramount +.
its a prequel to yellowstone i believe.. got good reviews..
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'Escape From Alcatraz' (1979)
Clint Eastwood is put in the titular prison and has to escape, with the help of some pals including the bloke from 'Tremors'. Patrick McGoohan does a quality turn as the twitchy warden.
The similarities of this film with the much later 'The Shawshank Redemption' are quite striking. Sent to escape-proof prison, harassed by a rapist, goes to work in the library, meets an old boy who is losing his marbles, and another who can help him with the escape.
The escape plan is the same (tunnel out the cell), the warden is twitchy and cruel, and the guards are sadists - (note: in a prison film either only one guard is a sadist or they all are. There's no in-between).
Anyway a good film, it was the last time Eastwood and Siegal worked together.
The Seven Little Foys, 1955....Hope was in his 50's and really a bit old to portray Eddie Foy at that time, but he had a youngish face still..
Jimmy Cagney pops in as George M cohan and there is a memorable Tabletop dance off between the 2.
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It is Grant. I can't recommend it highly enough, if there's any way you can see it I know you'll be bowled over too. Absolutely every detail has been thoroughly researched and carefully recreated. There is another series following this, called "1923", starring Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren. I have high hopes for this too, and will start watching it tonight.