That will have been at the peak of Bowie's cocaine addiction, so yes he would have been a perfect fit.
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That will have been at the peak of Bowie's cocaine addiction, so yes he would have been a perfect fit.
No Country for Old Men, 2007..
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You never forget having seen that.
I've seen it, and have forgotten most of it. In fact I've seen virtually all of the Coen brothers' output and remember little of much of them, apart from a few stand out moments.
its pretty dark. it does live with you for a while tooQuote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Ruthless People, 1986
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Trading Places, 1983
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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, 2011
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Studied the book at school, and might have seen the film. If I did I don't remember it. :doh:Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
vaguely remember you once saying you didnt like film, so must have at some time... i quite like it but ive not read book in long time. mills does a decent job as does findlay currie who would have been over 70Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Murder Most Foul, 1964
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movie time.... Alfred Hitchcock's 'The Trouble with Harry', 1955.. 4k bluray.
...The screenplay by John Michael Hayes was based on the 1950 novel by Jack Trevor Story. It starred Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Mildred Natwick, Jerry Mathers and Shirley MacLaine in her film debut.
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An American Werewolf in London, 1981
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Could never decide if I liked the film or not. If I remember the "transformation' scenes were well done.
The Maltese Falcon, 1941
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Murder on the Orient Express, 2017..
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Predestination, 2014... a current fav of mine this.
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The Adjustment Bureau, 2011
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Dark Passage, 1947
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I haven't seen that - any good?Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
its different to the usual but i like it. dont see bogarts face until he has had the plastic surgery...Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
another bogey i play a lot in all its bluray finery... To Have and Have Not, 1944..
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his first film with his to be wife, lauren bacall.. in fact it was their first meeting and her first film too
The Ballad of Cable Hogue, 1970..
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The Apartment, 1960.. bluray
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The film was lauded by Soviet-bloc critics as an indictment of the American system and a story that could only have happened in a capitalistic city like New York. At a dinner honoring him in East Berlin, Billy Wilder said the movie "could happen anywhere, in Hong Kong, Tokyo, Rome, Paris, London." When Wilder said the one place it could not have happened was Moscow, the East Germans broke into thunderous applause and cheers. When the ovation died down, Wilder continued: "The reason this picture could not have taken place in Moscow is that in Moscow nobody has his own apartment." The remark was met with grim silence.
Billy Wilder gave Jack Lemmon free rein to fill in the character of C.C. "Bud" Baxter in performance. He compared the actor favorably to Charles Chaplin and thought he could do no wrong.
In the scene where Karl punches Baxter, Jack Lemmon was supposed to mime being punched. He failed to move correctly and was accidentally knocked down. Billy Wilder chose to use the shot of the genuine punch in the film.
Jack Lemmon related later in life how Billy Wilder kept his film editor, Doane Harrison, on the set with him at all times as associate producer and never made a shot until they both discussed it. As a result, he was able to shoot sparingly, cutting the film in the camera and eliminating costly set-ups that might never be used.
The Cat and the Canary, the 1939 remake made as a comedy/horror and starring bob hope and the lovely paulette goddard.
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High Plains Drifter, 1973.
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Ice Cold in Alex, 1958...
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Another good film. Despite very little action, the film is quite gripping.
All very British, and doing 'the right thing' - they all deserved their ice cold beer when they reached Alexandria.
Avanti!, 1972.. bluray..
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Juliet Mills gained 25 pounds within six weeks to take on the role of Pamela Piggott.
Billy Wilder cast several non-professionals in supporting roles. Guidarino Guidi was a Rome actor's agent who called Wilder about getting jobs on the film for various clients and was instead cast as the maitre d' of the Excelsior Hotel; Raffaele Mottola was hired as the film's dialogue coach and then persuaded to play the passport official at the start of the film; and the elderly Armando Giovagnoli, playing the nonagenarian Baron, was Wilder's chauffeur on the film. The famous make-up man Harry Ray, who worked on a number of Wilder films (and was, for a time, Jack Lemmon's personal make-up man), was cast as Dr. Fleischman, the dentist on Wendell's plane - perhaps because of his close resemblance to Billy Wilder.
After Marcello Mastroianni had turned down the role of Carlucci, Billy Wilder tested both Nino Manfredi and Romolo Valli for the part. However, he worried that their accents would be too strong for American audiences and cast the New Zealand-born Clive Revill after the actor (whom he had recently directed in The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)) happened to call him on the telephone. Revill had played a Russian in his earlier Wilder film and had also played an Italian quite recently in The Assassination Bureau (1969); Wilder recalled his facility for languages and his skill at accents (he had also played both an Arab and a Scot in Modesty Blaise (1966), an American in A Fine Madness (1966) and another Russian in both Fathom (1967) and The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968) in the recent past) and hired him at once.
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, 1970..bluray..
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Colin Blakely was cast quite late in pre-production, and was hired by Billy Wilder on the strong recommendation of Robert Stephens, a friend and colleague of Blakely's in his work with the National Theatre, and his co-star in the original stage production of "The Royal Hunt Of The Sun" by Peter Shaffer in 1964. In that, Blakely played Pizarro and Stephens played Atahuallpa. Both had been lavishly praised for their performances.
The third castle that Holmes, Watson and Madame Valladon visit in Scotland is Eilean Donan, also known as "the Highlander Castle" ever since it was used as a location in the film "Highlander". The bridge and castle appear to look quite different than in the later film but that is merely because of the different perspective used.
Location shooting at Loch Ness in Scotland took two weeks. Afterwards, Robert Stephens collapsed and had to be hospitalized for exhaustion. Production was shut down for at least two weeks.
Nicol Williamson was considered for the role of Holmes, but was passed over for Robert Stephens. Williamson would go on to play the detective in The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976).
Switch, 1991..
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one of my guilty secrets. im one of the few who like it, it seams.lol
Three Godfathers, 1948..
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My Man Godfrey, 1936..bluray.
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It was the first film released under the aegis of Charles Rogers and was given a big premiere.[14] My Man Godfrey premiered on September 6, 1936, and was released in the United States on the 17th of September.[2] It was a runaway hit and earned huge profits for the studio.
Young Frankenstein, 1974..
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The film is a parody of the classic horror film genre, in particular the various film adaptations of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus produced by Universal Pictures in the 1930s. A critical and commercial success, Young Frankenstein ranks No. 28 on Total Film magazine's readers' "List of the 50 Greatest Comedy Films of All Time".
Principal photography began on February 19, 1974, and wrapped on May 3, 1974. To recreate the visual style of the original Universal horror films, Brooks shot in black-and-white, employed vintage-style opening credits, used wipes and irises for scene transitions, and even used the original Kenneth Strickfaden lab equipment from the 1931 Frankenstein.
Marty Feldman added a comic twist to his character, by deliberately swapping which side the hump on his back was located; when Doctor Frankenstein asks him about it, Igor replies simply: "What hump?" Wilder wrote the role specially for Feldman.
Sherlock Holmes, 2009.
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Rachel McAdams, Jude Law, and Robert Downey Jr. reportedly did most of their own stunts.
In the stories, Holmes is described to be an expert in Baritsu. In the film, however, the martial art that Holmes used is the Wing-Chun Kung Fu (famously used by Ip Man Yee and Bruce Lee). Robert Downey, Jr. is a practitioner of the art in real-life, and the fight scene between him and David Garrick at Punch Bowl Pit was coordinated with the help of his trainer. Director of photography Philippe Rousselot used a special high-speed digital camera specifically to film the Punch Bowl fight sequence. The key moment where Holmes punches his opponent's jaw was filmed one second in real time, and turned into a seven-second shot without additional post-production aid.
'The Six Million Dollar Man.'
A seven million dollar man is created but he can't handle the powers and goes crackers. Amazing amount of padding in this episode, there's two slow motion fight scenes that go on forever.
Still one of the better episodes though. This was trash TV at the time but compared to modern stuff it's practically Shakespeare.
I'm still watching (for the umpteenth time!) M.A.S.H on D
Great TV (channel 50).
Binge watched four episodes of Minder this evening, so that's me caught up. Apart from a feature-length one "Minder on the Orient Express". Haven't seen that one before, I'll set aside a couple of hours this weekend...
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Back to the Future Part II, 1989..
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Back to the Future Part III, 1990.
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It's watchable but not as good as the normal episodes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
strangely there are not many series i can binge watch now. like rockford files; tho i love show, 1 at a time is enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
I've never been able to binge-watch anything. Doesn't matter how good it is, two episodes is the most I can do for one session. Was better in the old days when they rationed you to one a week.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Carry On Screaming!, 1966..
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'Star Trek: Nemesis' (2002)
Assumed I'd seen this before but turned out that I hadn't.
Not that I'd missed much, totally pedestrian outing for the 'TNG' crew, most of whom are hardly in it. They were supposed to do another TNG film after this, but poor box office performance meant this was the last one.
There's nothing like going out on a low.
I mean you know it is bad when even Patrick Stewart can't save it.
Unless you are really into Trek I am going to award this a 'Don't bother'.
agree, that was my impressions too.. surprised stewart made it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
The 6th Day, 2000..
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'AC/DC Forever Young' (2023)
Documentary - or, if you will, 'Rockumentary' - about the well known band.
Not bad this even if it is French. Only about an hour long so does not hang about or dwell. Some good interviews and clips. Worth a watch if you have an interest in their music.
Amusing bit about the bagpipes on 'It's A Long Way To The Top'. They liked the idea of having pipes on it, but who would play them? Bon Scott say, 'No problem - I was in a pipe band.'
So they get some bagpipes and set them up. Scott is making some terrible noise from them.
'I thought you said you were in a pipe band?' says the manager.
'I was', says Scott. ' I was the drummer.'