Hopscotch, 1980...
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Hopscotch, 1980...
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just fiished.....
Once Upon a Time in the West, 1968.. pure class.
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The Devil and Miss Jones, 1941..
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Predestination, 2014. bluray.
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The movie is based on Robert A. Heinlein's short story " '--All You Zombies--'".
Mobsters, 1991...
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Epilogue: "Under CHARLIE 'Lucky' LUCIANO's leadership, peace reigned in organized crime for fifteen years. Luciano died of heart failure at the age of 65."
"BENJAMIN 'Bugsy' SIEGEL helped build the first Casino in Las Vegas. In 1947, evidence of embezzlement reached the Commission, and Siegel was gunned down."
"FRANK COSTELLO remained a top mob figure for 30 years. After an unsuccessful attempt on his life, he was allowed by the Commission to retire."
"MEYER LANSKY avoided the limelight. He never served a day in jail and died peacefully, one of the richest men in America."
In real-life, Anthony Quinn was a close personal friend of gangster Frank Costello after the mob boss retired and until Costello's death.
At the banquet where Don Faranzano announces himself as the "Boss of all bosses", he names the underbosses as "Lucky" Luciano, Joe Bonnano, Joe Profaci, Vincent Mangano, and Thomas Gagliano. After Lucky orchestrated the death of Faranzano, the five underbosses became the heads of the individual "Five Families" of organized crime in New York City. Eventually, through years of succession, the Luciano family became the Genovese Family, the Mangano family became the Gambino Family, the Gagliano family became the Luchese Family, and the Profaci family became the Columbo Family. Only the Bonnano Family retained the name of its original leader.
the film was almost unanamously hated... sadly i like it...lol
Looper. 2012..
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Little Big Man, 1970..bluray..
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Chief Dan George became the first Native American to receive an Academy Award nomination for acting.
As acknowledged in the film, the self chosen names of many American native tribes simply translate as "the human beings", leading to inevitable difficulties in translating and interpreting certain sayings in their languages.
Although Dustin Hoffman plays the "younger" adopted son of Faye Dunaway's character in the film, he's actually four years older than Dunaway. Hoffman was born in 1937, while Dunaway was born in 1941. He was put in The Guinness Book of World Records as "Greatest Age Span Portrayed By A Movie Actor" for portraying the character of Jack Crabb from age of a teenager to age one-hundred-and-twenty-one.
Titanic, 1997.. 4k
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During the part where Rose and Jack are on the bow of the ship and Rose says "I'm flying, Jack," the sunset was real and not computer-generated (CGI). The set had been purposely built at a seaside location to capture natural light, and eight days of filming were available to capture the bow shot kissing scene. For obvious reasons, there were only a few minutes per day to shoot the scene, but every time, something wasn't quite right. The crew resorted to filming rehearsal shots in the hope that conditions would improve the next day. The final day had an overcast sky, so no one expected to get a better shot. But just before the day was about to end, the sky suddenly cleared. James Cameron quickly scrambled the crew together, Kate Winslet was hastily pulled out of make-up, and the scene was finished just before another cloud appeared. Due to all the haste, the shot was slightly out of focus, but Cameron nevertheless considered it the perfect sunset he had been waiting for, and this is the shot that ended up in the movie. Even though Cameron is a huge advocate for computer-generated effects, he admitted that the magic that they captured in camera that day would have been hard, if not impossible to replicate with CGI.
Shame to have gone to all that trouble for a largely 'so so' film. I saw it on its release and have to say I was underwhelmed. :(
didnt like it on first view or 2 either but i like it now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
The Fugitive - 4K
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Harrison Ford damaged some ligaments in his leg during the filming of the scenes in the woods. He refused to take surgery until the end of filming so that his character would keep the limp. The limp can be seen in any subsequent scene where Richard Kimble is running.
The scene where Kimble is running through the St. Patrick's Day parade was not scripted. This was a later addition by Andrew Davis. Davis, a native of the city, really wanted to capture the parade and was granted permission from the mayor's office to film the day of the parade. The entire sequence was shot with a hand-held steady cam. Without rehearsal, Ford and Jones just went out into the crowd and did their thing, with camera operators running around trying to keep up. Ford observed that since his character was keeping a low profile, it meant he himself didn't stand out much and lasted several minutes in the crowd before being recognized.
Cowboys & Aliens, 2011..
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nearing xmas so.... Scrooge, 1951... yes again...:D great film.
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Vanilla Sky, 2001.
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If anybody is interested. From 1.05pm on BBC 2 there's 'The Big Sleep' followed by 'Casablanca'. Essential viewing for Bogey fans! :thumbsup:
More Penélope Cruz as she is lovely, and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. 2011...
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Johnny Depp bought new water proof jackets for five hundred crew members on the set, to protect them from the cold weather. He spent a total of sixty-four thousand two hundred dollars from his own pocket.
Penélope Cruz was the only choice for the role of Angelica. She agreed to the role without reading the script.
No money in the budget for coats for the crew after Depp had taken his $55 million fee out of it - so it seems fair enough. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by struth
Surprised there was enough cash left to even have a crew. The next one will just be him on his own filming himself on his mobile.
We saw this advertised, looks interesting... Will be watching it over Christmas.Quote:
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Well the crew could only afford Nokia 3210s, which would be no use at all.Quote:
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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, director's cut... 1991.
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Frankie and Johnny (1991) was being filmed in the same studio, and required Al Pacino to have a surprised expression on his face after opening a door. Director Garry Marshall arranged for Kirk (William Shatner) and Spock (Leonard Nimoy) to be on the other side of the door that Pacino opened.
William Shatner performed the stunt in the fight with the blue Behemoth Alien. Shatner himself fell into the fire.
Nicholas Meyer met with Gene Roddenberry following a rough cut screening, to fulfill Roddenberry's role as creative consultant. Roddenberry, who was in failing health at the time, was bound to a wheelchair, and had to be hooked up to an oxygen tank. Despite his frailty, Roddenberry demanded certain cuts to the film and, according to Meyer, engaged him in a heated argument. Roddenberry died several days after the meeting, and Meyer has expressed deep regret over his behavior in the meeting, not realizing just how sick Roddenberry really was at the time.
Roddenberry had a rep for being a pain in the arse and for shagging anything with a pulse.
I mean they forced him out of the original series. And Next Gen is terrible in that first series when he is in creative control. (Okay it doesn't get much better after that either)
Funny that the bloke claims he didn't realise how sick he was. I mean he's in a wheelchair and breathing through a tube FFS.
We're No Angels, 1955..
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Christmas comedy film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov, Aldo Ray, Joan Bennett, Basil Rathbone, Leo G. Carroll, and Gloria Talbott.
Great Expectations, 1946... classic david lean film...
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Is a good advertisement for Tesla, or not? Whatever, I'm sure they're making a lot of money out of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
xmas day starts with a classic..the first meeting of bogey and bacall.... To Have and Have Not, 1944.
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The Man Without a Past, 2002..
in finnish i think (suomi)
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The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2002 (the only Finnish film so far) and won the Grand Prix at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.
The film received overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 98%, based on 99 critics, with an average rating of 7.98/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Kaurismäki delivers another droll comedy full of his trademark humor."
All of Kaurismäki's films are worth watching. If you want a good laugh then I can recommend his 'Leningrad Cowboys go America'. I don't think you will be disappointed.
not seen that for years.. there was a cd of them was there not too?Quote:
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Gregory's Girl, 4k.
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Rio Bravo, 1959..4k restoration.
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stunning transfer
Waterloo, 1970... bluray..
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Had the movie been filmed in the West, it may have cost up to three times as much. Mosfilm contributed more than £4 million of the costs, and nearly 17,000 soldiers of the Soviet Army, including a full brigade of Soviet cavalry, and a host of engineers and labourers to prepare the battlefield in the rolling farmland outside Uzhhorod, Ukrainian SSR. The Italians provided a reportedly eight million pounds.
Filming took place in Rome and Ukraine (Ukrainian SSR) throughout 1969. The cast consisted of Russian, Italian, Irish, American, Canadian and British actors, who were all required to speak their lines in English.
To recreate the battlefield "authentically", the Soviets bulldozed away two hills, laid five miles of roads, transplanted 5,000 trees, sowed fields of rye, barley and wildflowers and reconstructed four historic buildings. To create the mud, more than six miles of underground irrigation piping was specially laid. Most of the battle scenes were filmed using five Panavision cameras simultaneously – from ground level, from 100-foot towers, from a helicopter, and from an overhead railway built right across the location. The battle reportedly cost $5 million of the $25 million budget. It was the largest battlefield ever used for a film.
any excuse..... Scrooge, 1951..
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Bedazzled, 2000...
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Chinatown, 1974...bluray.
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After several takes that never looked quite right, Faye Dunaway got annoyed and told Jack Nicholson to actually slap her. He did and felt very guilty for it, despite it being Dunaway's decision. The shot made it into the movie.
Jack Nicholson (Jake Gittes) is present in every scene of the film . Roman Polanski said that in staying true to the tradition of Raymond Chandler's detective stories, he shot the whole movie from the perspective of the main character.
That Sinking Feeling, 1979. bluray..
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In the UK, this (at the time) was the cheapest film ever to have received a theatrical release.
The producers redubbed the dialogue for the U.S. release to reduce heavy Glasgow accents, which would have been unintelligible to American audiences. The cost for the dubbing for this release was more than the original film production.
I have only ever seen that film once. Not bad, but from memory not as good as Gregory's Girl.Quote:
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Maybe I should try to watch it again.
Classic film - ought to get myself a copy.Quote:
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I've got it on VHS and DVD :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Very little on telly over Xmas as usual. No 'Zulu' or even 'Zulu Dawn' or any other proper Xmas film except 'The Great Escape' and I saw that not long ago.
Watched 'The Ten Commandments' the other day. No seen that since I was about 8. It's even worse than I remember.
Kind Hearts and Coronets, 1949... bluray.
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Agatha's death in the movie caused some consternation for Sir Alec Guinness. The scene in question, a hot air ballooning accident filmed in a field next door to Pinewood Studios, prompted him to ask the producers if he was well insured. They told him that he was, to the tune of ten thousand pounds sterling, but Guinness didn't think that was enough. He then declared that the balloon could not be raised any more than fifteen feet unless they raised the insurance to fifty thousand pounds sterling. Ealing Studios was renowned for being very penny-pinching, and it naturally refused Guinness' demand, pointing out that he would be accompanied in the balloon by a well-qualified Belgian balloonist hidden in the basket with him. Guinness was undeterred in his refusal to perform the stunt, so the scene in the finished movie is not him, but the Belgian balloonist wearing Agatha's dress and wig. Guinness had the last laugh, however, when a high wind pulled the balloon off course. The Belgian balloonist was found fifty miles away, having had to jump into a river.
Avanti!, 1972.. bluray.
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good cast and funny script. juliet mills was a beauty at that age.... she gets her kit off in this by way:eyebrows:
Uncle Buck, 1989..
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A classic.
Sullivan's Travels, 1941.. bluray..
The film's primary theme is best summed up in the last line of dialogue as spoken by Sullivan: "There's a lot to be said for making people laugh. Did you know that's all some people have? It isn't much, but it's better than nothing in this cockeyed caravan."
The scene in which the prisoners are taken to watch the 1934 Disney cartoon Playful Pluto takes place in a Southern black church; the film treats the African-American characters there with a level of respect unusual in films of the period. The Secretary of the NAACP, Walter White, wrote to Sturges:
I want to congratulate and thank you for the church sequence in Sullivan's Travels. This is one of the most moving scenes I have seen in a moving picture for a long time. But I am particularly grateful to you, as are a number of my friends, both white and colored, for the dignified and decent treatment of Negroes in this scene. I was in Hollywood recently and am to return there soon for conferences with production heads, writers, directors, and actors and actresses in an effort to induce broader and more decent picturization of the Negro instead of limiting him to menial or comic roles. The sequence in Sullivan's Travels is a step in that direction and I want you to know how grateful we are.
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Young Frankenstein, 1974..
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Gene Wilder's performance as Dr. Frederick Frankenstein is ranked number nine on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time, ahead of the likes of Robert De Niro in Raging Bull (1980) and Daniel Day-Lewis in My Left Foot (1989).
One afternoon while shooting, Anne Bancroft (Mel Brooks' wife) visited the set and told Teri Garr that she and Mel had seen The Conversation (1974) the night before, which features Garr and Gene Hackman in the cast. Garr replied, "Oh, yeah, that turned out to be a pretty good movie." Bancroft responded, "Honey, *this* is a movie. The Conversation (1974) is a film."
Murder, Inc. 1960..
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Actor, later producer/executive, Robert Evans turned down the part of Reles, because it was "not the lead role" and Peter Falk was cast instead, becoming Falk's first Oscar nominated performance.
"Murder, Inc." features six Oscar-nominated performers: Stuart Whitman, Peter Falk, Vincent Gardenia, Sylvia Miles, Seymour Cassel, and Diane Ladd.
The film capitalized on the popularity of "The Untouchables" television show which shared many of the same production designs. When it aired on network television a few years later it was shown on ABC, which was "The Untouchables" network.
of the same story of murder inc we had this from 1951 and humphrey bogart in THE ENFORCER.
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same year Bogey also made this...The African Queen...
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It was adapted from the 1935 novel of the same name by C. S. Forester, and was directed by John Huston. Huston and Bogart drank whisky the whole film saving them getting ill, but it didnt do their livers much good i guess lol.
Just watched this…
Finnish John Wick meets Tarantino meets WW2
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Verhoeven level carnage, leave your brain in the Foyer and enjoy.
holy shit that was a blast!
highly recommended if your an action movie fan, what a ride.
great escapism