The Camomile Lawn, 1992..
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The Camomile Lawn, 1992..
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Not a bad film - I enjoyed it.
Jeeves and Wooster series 1
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The best of the series. I lost interest when the two of them were stranded in America.
yes barry, it was by far the best one, alas the shortest at 5 episodes tho.Quote:
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Looper, 2012... again lol... excellent film and has emily in it t'boot..
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According to director Rian Johnson, Noah Segan (Kid Blue) took several classes to learn how to spin his gun around his finger. Johnson told Entertainment Weekly that he filmed numerous takes of Segan spinning the four-pound gun, but ended up using the one where he nearly dropped it because Johnson thought it was funny.
Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) falling off the fire escape was filmed on the actor's 30th birthday. Gordon-Levitt was left hanging on the stunt wires while the crew sang "Happy Birthday" and wheeled out a birthday cake.
Emily Blunt revealed that she agreed to star in the movie after reading half of the script. She didn't even know what her character was.
Yes, almost anything with Emily Blunt in it is worth watching. :)
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'Red Dawn' (1984)
In the 1980s the Soviets, Cubans, Mexicans and others invade the U.S.A - a group of high school students escape to the mountains and when their parents are murdered by the occupying forces, begin a guerrilla resistance.
Not seen this since back in the day and recall it as being a bit rubbish but it's actually quite a bit better than I remember. The original script was revised by John Milius and General Alexander Hague and went from being a low key anti-war film to something a bit more gung-ho but thankfully it doesn't go too far over the top.
The guerrilla group call themselves 'Wolverines' which is the name of their high school football team, and they spray paint the name on the vehicles they ambush and destroy to let the enemy know who did it.
In a classic case of life imitating art, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine 'Wolverines' graffiti appeared on destroyed Russian APCs:
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Worth a watch.
was fun in its day, but kinda dated a bit now. still worth a watch; ive got a copy somewhere..Quote:
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The Password Is Courage, 1962...
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The Square Peg, 1959. The popularity of Norman Wisdom films had declined through the 1950s but The Square Peg halted the trend. The film was the 7th most popular movie at the British box office in 1959. Stewart says the film was "a colossal hit in Russia."
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Norman Wisdom was very popular in Albania of all places.
yes apparently his films were the only english films allowed in country at one time. he was seen as the worker who triumphed over the capitalists or summat like that.Quote:
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The Maltese Falcon, 1941.
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A few of the principal actors became close friends during the shooting. Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Ward Bond, and Mary Astor would often join John Huston at the Lakeside Country Club for drinks, buffet supper, and good conversation, usually until midnight. Bogart always considered Lorre and Huston great pals, mostly because they met two principal criteria: they weren't boring and they could drink like fish.
George Raft was originally cast as Sam Spade. He allegedly turned it down because it was "not an important picture," taking advantage of a clause in his contract that said he did not have to work on remakes. However, according to author John McCarty, author of "The Films of John Huston", in an ICONS Radio interview (10-07-07) the real reason Raft bowed out was because this was the directorial debut of John Huston, who had been a successful screenwriter. Raft didn't want to put his career in the hands of a first-time director.
The first pairing of Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre, who would go on to make nine more movies together.
In Time, 2011..
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The first film that cinematographer Roger Deakins has photographed digitally.
Charley Varrick, 1973..
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One of my favourites.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Never heard of it. What's it all about?
Organised crime money stolen in a bank robbery and the ruthless mob pursuit of the robbers..Quote:
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The Jungle Book, 2016.. quality stuff this both as a film and the way its made. some great star voices too
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Cheers Geoff. If it ever gets shown on the telly, I'll give it a watch.Quote:
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It's rarely on the TV nowadays. (Now I've said that it'll be on tomorrow)Quote:
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Well worth getting the DVD, it's a film you can enjoy watching multiple times.
Follow That Camel, 1967... 'what an odd way to check my port-hole'
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When I was travelling in Egypt, I rode on a camel quite a few times and have say they are a very comfortable mode of travel - provided you remember to lean forward when going up hill ('up dune'?) and to lean back when going down!
My guide was a bit of a wag and told me that to correctly identify my camel I should lift the camel's tail and check the two numbers tattooed on its neither quarters. I cottoned on to his little joke and replied that I knew what it would be: 55.
(To understand this joke you need to know how 55 is written in Arabic. ;) )
Apologies for the thread drift - as you were.
A New Leaf, 1971...
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and??? put us non arabics' out of our curiosity.Quote:
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I don't know how to do it with a smartphone, which I'm using at the moment.
Suffice to say '55' in Arabic script looks like a pair of bollocks.
ok ta..Quote:
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Dark Passage, 1947.
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in the intro music there is a quick flash of casablanca style music, just for a couple of seconds.. interestingly im sure this has been done in his films before
Man Hunt, 1942... bluray..
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Man Hunt became the first war film to attract the attention of the Hays Office in the neutral United States. Joseph Breen was alarmed by the script, calling it a "hate film". Breen felt that in the isolationist atmosphere of the 1941 U.S., the film showed all Germans as evil, unlike other films that depicted both good non-Nazi Germans as well as evil Nazis. Breen insisted that the Germans should not be characterised as being so brutal and that the office would pass the film only if it would "indicate" brutality rather than show it. As a result, Thorndike's torture was not shown, but the idea was made apparent to the audience.
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, 1970.. bluray..
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The 150 yard-long Baker Street set at Pinewood Studios cost £80,000. The "Diogenes Club set on "E Stage" at the studio was retained until 1973 and was re-used for Hands of the Ripper (1971) and Carry on at Your Convenience (1971).
1936 classic on remastered bluray... My Man Godfrey.
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William Powell suggested his ex-wife Carole Lombard for the leading role with the explanation that his real -life romance with her had been much the same as it was for the characters of Godfrey and Irene.
Carole Lombard had a habit of ad-libbing by inserting swear words into the dialogue, which necessitated the re-shooting of several scenes.
When William Powell and director Gregory La Cava had a disagreement over how Godfrey should be played, they talked it out over a bottle of Scotch in Powell's dressing room. The next day, LaCava returned to the movie set with a major headache, but Powell was not there. The director received a telegram from his star: "We may have found Godfrey last night but we lost Powell. See you tomorrow."
Heist, 2001..
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The Day the Earth Caught Fire, 1961. bluray..
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The Cat and the Canary, 1939..
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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."
Cat Ballou, 1965..
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lee marvin won an oscar for his role as the drunken kid shelleen and his brother tim strawn...he said at his acceptance that the horse should get a bit of it./
Good movie.Quote:
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Dead Men Tell No Tales, 2017..
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Ruthless People, 1986..
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Murder on the Orient Express, 1974..
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one of the classics
Dr. Who and the Daleks... first feature of the who phenomomen..
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Directed by Gordon Flemyng and written by Milton Subotsky, and the first of two films based on the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who. It stars Peter Cushing as Dr. Who, Roberta Tovey as Susan, Jennie Linden as Barbara, and Roy Castle as Ian.
The Wooden Horse, 1950...
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The film was a breakthrough role for Anthony Steel. "Tony Steel was fine to work with – just a physical type, a young chap who could do certain things," said Lee. According to Filmink "he is clearly meant to be "the cute one" of the trio, spending a considerable amount of the film’s running time walking around in shorts bare-chested."
Comedian Peter Butterworth had actually been one of the POWs at the camp, and auditioned for a part in the film, but the producers said he didn't look convincing enough.
lol you just reminded me of a place I used to work - when cards got passed around for birthdays and so forth there was a bloke who would just draw a cock and balls on it and pass it on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Key Largo, 1948..
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Another good one there Grant.
Just as I can watch almost any film with Emily Blunt in it, so too with Lauren Bacall. :)
Blithe Spirit, 1945...
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Shaun of the Dead, 2004..
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Terrific Movie,
real sense of dread throughout, one of those ones that everythings not laid out on a plate for you?
I like that.
Netflix - Leave the World Behind
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From the guy who was behind Mr Robot, and you can tell.
A clip.
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Casablanca, 1942.. the classic...
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