Carry on Jack (1963) with Bernard Cribbins and the lovely Juliet Mills joining the crew. Filmed mostly in Pinewood's studios with some scenes at Frensham Pond in Surrey (nice spot):)
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Carry on Jack (1963) with Bernard Cribbins and the lovely Juliet Mills joining the crew. Filmed mostly in Pinewood's studios with some scenes at Frensham Pond in Surrey (nice spot):)
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Now Carry on Screaming (1966) with Jim Dale, Harry H. Corbett and the double lovelies of Angela Douglas and Fenella Fielding....yummy!!
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mind if I smoke? :)
Frying tonight ......
Blackadder series 2 epp 3...Potato.... Arent you going to join us in the ahars? Lol. The return of walter oooh what big ship ive got Raleigh
Hound of the Baskervilles.... a full length episode with Jeremy Brett.... love the way Dr Watson just "packs Heat" and shoots folk without ever being challenged;) changed days indeed
Great Expectations directed by David Lean; the only great version imo and still passes muster today. the opening scenes especially are astonishing for its day. A host of great actors too:) 12/10
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The Man in the White Suit (1951) Stars: Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker and Ernest Thesiger, who plays Sir John Keirlaw(was also in the Alistair Sim version of Scrooge in same year)
A chemist(Guinness) invents a fabric that resists wear and stain as boon to humanity but both owners and workers realise it must be suppressed for economic reasons.
This is the Bul ray restored version, and quite superb it is too.(well worth the buying).... sound editor Mary Habberfield did the lab sound affects using a Tuba if I recall and it was released as a piece of music by Jack Parnell and can be found on the double album "Two Classic Albums Plus"
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Casablanca (1942) stars Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains and Peter Lorre among others. Nothing can be said about this bar its one of the top 10 films of all time. Watching the blu ray release.
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Here's looking at you kid.
Dooley Wilson clip...Magic stuff ( might add Dooley sang the songs but mimed the piano parts by watching a pianist(Elliot Carpenter) while playing; he was actually a drummer/singer)
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Ingrid bergman as Elsa..... absolutely beautiful
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Bogart movies are a joy to watch. Marvellous stuff.
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A Matter of Life and Death (1946) by the dynamic duo of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger starring David Niven, Roger Livesey, Raymond Massey, Kim Hunter and Marius Goring....loved Kim to bits
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In fairness he does that in the modern cucumberpatch version too....Quote:
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Prefer the Basil Rathbone versions myself - apart from the crappy propganda ones set in WW2
Yeah, I have the Rathbone/Bruce stuff which was all painstakingly restored. They are fab too, and the pairing is what I grew up with. Bruce bumbles like no-one else.....he liked to loose lead too:eyebrows:Quote:
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Just finished....Franklin J. Schaffner film of Francis Ford Coppola's script for Patton(1970) and starring George C. Scott as the man and Karl Malden as Omar Bradley. Michael Bates plays Monty and Ed Binns, "Beetle Smith". pretty much everyone else is unknown star wise and its a credit to the film that it became such an iconic film. One of the great war films this and I watched the Blu-Ray version. This won 7 Oscars including best picture.
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Carry on Cleo (1964) starring the usual crew with Jim Dale, Amanda Barrie, Sheila Hancock, Jon Pertwee and the recently deceased Warren Mitchell as Spencius, of Marcus and Spencius fame :lol:
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Fabulous film.Quote:
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Sea of Sand (1958) Stars: Richard Attenborough, John Gregson, Michael Craig, Percy Herbert and Barry Foster who later became "Van Der Valk" Very good war film this, and much underrated.
Based on the work of the LRDG in the desert, and quite lifelike it was too... super stuff.
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Paint your Wagon (1969) starring Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood. Marvin got a cool million to do this plus a cut which stopped him being in the Wild Bunch. He drank alcohol all through the shoot much to the annoyance of director Joshua Logan, and was permanently drunk during the shoot. Marvin was a bit of a smart alec and unprofessional in many films and nearly got beaten to a pulp by Burt Lancaster on the set of The Professionals a few years earlier for being drunk all the time. Burt was a dangerous and strong guy and would have eaten Marvin alive lol
just got a copy the other day so time to watch it. Not everyone's cup of tea but I have fond memories of watching this when it came out and on the old video tape I once had. This is a very good musical, and one of the last true Hollywood style extravaganzas. Of course it was a big flop, and cost way more than it should have, but its enjoyable all the same, not least for Marvin's no 1 hit Wanderin' Star and the fine singing voice of Eastwood in the likes of Elisa. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band do Hand me down that can o' beans as well, and all have roles in the film.
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Don't recall enjoying a film as much in years. A trip back to younger, better times. A superb film.:D a tear in my old eye:doh:
Where did get your copy from Grant? The wife has been after a copy for a while...Quote:
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l am watching the clock for pub time!:eek::cool:
T- 10 MINUTES.:yay:
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It is all in english including the box..dunno why amazon have it under a different language
The Way Ahead directed by Carol Reed and stars David Niven and Stanley Holloway.Made in 1944 and had originally be made as an army training film the year before, that got shelved due to the image it portrayed at the time. Niven was brought in as was Reed and a film was born... Originally released on D-Day. Written by Peter Ustinov, who has a small role as a cafe owner. Top quality stuff.
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24 Hour Party People
seen it a few times before but it is a cut above. Situationalism is a fascinating concept.
Many thanks Grant. Purchase made :)Quote:
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PAUL (2011) Starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost & Seth Rogen as the Alien. Best small performance goes to Jeffrey Tambor for his portrayal of author Adam Shadowchild. He's a scream.
Not everyone's cup of tea this but I find it remarkably good and am happy to ignore its bad points as the good one well outweigh them.
finish the night with the 1952 classic ww2 naval drama, "The Cruel Sea" Jack Hawkins, Denholm Elliot, Donald Sindon and Stanley Baker in the main roles and Virginia McKenna is the love interest. Superior film this, directed by Charles Frend from a story by Nicholas Monsarrat... an excellent book I have on my Kindle
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Amy Winehouse - when she came to Dingle
really good documentary love the Back to Black version.
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Jeeves and Wooster from way back in 1990-ish. has it really been that long?
The superb Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie star in this 4 series boxset which is one of my favorites, although series 4 is a little lower in quality tbf. 20's/30's life for the wealthy was, lets face it, rather good.:eyebrows: The title music is superb too
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I've got that box set seen them all a few times from when they were first on. Really well done stuff.
Just watching 'The Civil War' - Ken Burn's incredibly long and detailed history of the American Civil War. On PBS America.
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Just had a look. The other two I have is America and the West
It has a sort of hypnotic quality to it. Some of the photographs are very interesting.
Excellent! I have that boxed set and for me Fry and Laurie are Jeeves and Wooster, they have made those characters their own; much in the same way David Suchet has made the role of Poirot his own.Quote:
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Also agree regarding your disappointment with the Series 4 episodes, where they are relocated to America. I found the storylines contrived and the 'difficult' return to the UK for the two main characters, unbelievable!
I read that all the episodes were based on the books and the reason they stopped making them was because they ran out of material and old PG wasn't around to write any more.
In fairness some suspension of disbelief is required, it is only high farce after all.Quote:
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J&W is excellent. I agree, the american ones are tedious to watch, we normally skip those. The sound on those aren't as good either.
Woof! Woof!
Frankenstein Chronicles - ITV Encore
Excellent Gothic tale, based around, the investigation of grave robbing, child trafficking, murder and secret medical experiments. A child's body is washed up, but the body is an amalgam of the bodies of numerous children. A river policeman John Marlott, haunted by the death of his wife and child, investigates the possibility that Mary Shelley's book Frankenstein might be the influence for the nature of the body.
Well executed drama, that lifts the fairly murky veil on society at the time, including the very dark and nasty means by which medicine and science was pursued by some.
Haunting and atmospheric.
Bit of a Netflix marathon of late... (as you do)
Watched House Of Cards with Kevin Spacey.
American remake of the British original series. Set in American politics obviously, but for those that remember the original, Spacey is equally Machiavellian as Ian Richardson.
Interestingly, the two original writers of the British series were Executive Producers and writers on the US Show.
Well worth a watch, bloody great TV.
Also,
Jessica Jones on Netflix.
New Marvel series, apparently opening up a new branch in the Marvel franchise.
Its good TV, well done just like Daredevil. (Another strong reccy)
Well worth a watch if you have Netflix.
Gran Torino - channel 5
Stone cold masterpiece. First time seeing it. Eastwood is amazing, one of his best films.
Tonight's film of the night is "Hobson's Choice" (1954) starring John Mills, Brenda De-Banzie and the great Charles Laughton. Directed by God himself; aka David Lean, and along with me, it was Mills favourite film. He was a late choice apparently for the role too, and initially Robert Donat was earmarked for the part....how wrong would that have been?
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Yes it is good but not sure if I would call it a masterpiece. Outlaw Josie Wales, now that is his masterpiece. I think his more recent work plays a bit too much to the gallery cf: Million Dollar Baby for which he is still 'Unforgiven' in my book, ho hoQuote:
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Tonight its a conspiracy(fortunately averted)..Capricorn One from 1977 starring Barbra Streisand's 2 husbands; although not at same time ;) Elliott Gould and James Brolin, with Telly Savalas and Karen Black. A very good cast, and a strong storyline made this one of the best of the year and still holds its own today. My dvd copy says uncensored on it for some unknown reason... I wasn't aware it ever was, so may be trying to sell it lol
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Good film Grant.Quote:
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Tonight I've gone western/ civil war with "The Outlaw Josey Wales" from 1976 I think.... Starring Clint Eastwood(who also directed, Chief Dan George, who stole the film, Will Sampson and Sondra Locke. Not much you can say about a nigh on masterpiece of understatement. Originally a book by Forrest Carter, which is available on kindle, but maybe not under this name. Decent book but this was well directed by Eastwood( who took over from P Kaufman and caused a fair bit of trouble). Native americans were well and properly represented in this and it is one of Eastwoods traits to do this.
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Marvellous film that.....now Von Ryan's Express from 1965 starring Frank Sinatra and our own Trevor Howard. A lot better than you might imagine this, and Brad Dexter is in it too :eyebrows: Sinatra's flying jacket was later worn by Bob Crane in Hogan's Heroes.(remember him?)
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Was watching Blake 7 earlier on You Tube, first season some very good stories.
Ah, yes Blakes Seven. I remember that !!! it was corny but good corny if you know what I mean... There wasnt a lot spent on it but as you say the storylines were rather good, as were some of the actors.Quote:
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There needs to be a Blake's 7 film. No idea why someone has not done it already.