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King Kong, 1976.. bluray restoration.. not the best version of kong; probably not the worst either but its a nice restore... pity they cheaped out on the gorilla




For shots of Kong holding Jessica Lange, the filmmakers built giant hydraulic gorilla arms. The hands were six feet across, and the arms weighed 1,650 lbs. (750 kg.) each. They weren't ready until shooting was well underway. When they were finally built, Dino De Laurentiis was invited to the set to witness a test. He walked into the studio, and a giant arm extended in his direction. Then the middle finger slowly uncurled and extended itself. De Laurentiis broke up. So did the arm; it was frozen, finger up, for a week.

[Barry]

Young Frankenstein, 1974...



A critical favorite and box-office hit, Young Frankenstein ranks No. 28 on Total Film magazine's readers' "List of the 50 Greatest Comedy Films of All Time".

Igor's line "walk this way" in the film inspired the song of the same name by Aerosmith. According to Gene Wilder, the joke was added while shooting the scene by Mel Brooks, inspired by the old "talcum powder" joke.(One version of this old joke goes like this: A heavy-set woman goes into a drug store and asks for talcum powder. The bowlegged clerk says, "Walk this way," and the woman answers, "If I could walk that way I wouldn't need talcum powder!".)A partially contradictory account appears in eyE Marty, Feldman's posthumously published autobiography: Feldman recalls spontaneously doing the "walk this way" shtick to make his colleagues laugh, with Brooks then insisting, despite Wilder's and Feldman's reservations, that it stay in the film.

"Hump? What hump?"

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The Railway Children, 1970...bluray.



Sally Thomsett was 20 when she was cast as 11-year-old Phyllis. Her contract forbade her to reveal her true age during the making of the film and she was not allowed to be seen smoking, drinking, going out with her boyfriend or driving the sports cars that were her passion. Even the film crew did not know her true age. Lionel Jeffries grounded Jenny Agutter(17) and Sally Thomsett when he caught them in a nightclub in Leeds after they had sneaked off the set for a night on the town.

Lionel Jeffries read the book for the first time when he was returning to Britain by ship from the US to film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, in which he appeared as an actor. He had lost his own books and borrowed The Railway Children from his 13-year-old daughter Martha (he had two other children). He loved it, although he admitted "my personality is so different from the quiet romance of the story."

However, he said "I found the climate of the... story just right for me, a way in which to start entertaining people and help not destroy our industry. There are hardly any films being made for children and for middle aged and older age groups. I thought this could be one."

He bought a six-month option on the film rights for £300 and wrote a screenplay. "I've kept to the story," said Jeffries. "It would be an imposition not to – after all, E. Nesbit's survived 50 years."

Jeffries succeeded in attracting financing from Bryan Forbes at EMI Films, who was interested in making family films. Forbes suggested Jeffries direct. "I knew there were slight bets among the technical staff as to how long I'd last," said Jeffries later.

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bank holiday and big arnie...Terminator 2: Judgment Day, 1991..




Over the five-day holiday weekend (Wednesday to Sunday), Terminator 2 grossed $52.3 million, becoming the second-highest opening five-day total ever behind Batman's $57 million in 1989.

[Macca]

Highest grossing opening weeked films:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...more%20rows%20

What they all have in common is they're all terrible (okay so I've not seen most of the super-hero ones but we can take them as read) with the arguable exception of 'Rogue One' which was passable but not great.

And we wonder why no-ones making good films any more.

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seen the pirates ones' but none of the others. not really into super heroes in general. also these takes could be for a week worldwide.. also due to them being recent

[Macca]

seen the pirates ones' but none of the others. not really into super heroes in general. also these takes could be for a week worldwide.. also due to them being recent

They are just for opening weekends but yes, may be worldwide. No adjustment for inflation which is why original Star Wars, Gone With The Wind, Close Encounters, ET, Jaws etc are missing.

[Macca]

Watched this again last night:




Follows the 'Tom Cruise Rule' - any film where he plays an arsehole will be a good film. If he's not playing an arse it will be terrible.

I like a good courtroom drama, they don't seem to make them anymore.

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Jeremiah Johnson, 1972.. robert redford stars as the iconic mountain man...

[Barry]

Watched this again last night:




Follows the 'Tom Cruise Rule' - any film where he plays an arsehole will be a good film. If he's not playing an arse it will be terrible.

I like a good courtroom drama, they don't seem to make them anymore.

No disagreement there. He was excellent in 'Rain Man', but awful in the 'Mission Impossible' films and in 'Top Gun'.
He wasn't much good in 'War of the Worlds' either.