cigarjoe
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The Getaway (1941)
In order to get the goods on mobster Sonny Black, G-man Jeff Crane has himself thrown into prison, where Black is currently doing time on a lesser charge. The FBI’s plan is to arrange a jailbreak for Crane and Black. 6/10 Source online streaming
She Had to Eat (1937)
A Screwball Comedy - An Arizona gas station owner Jack Haley, faces comic adventures after traveling with an eccentric millionaire to New City, where he meets up with a small-time con woman and is repeatedly mistaken for a gangster. 6/10 Source online streaming
The Long Rope (1961)
Snoozefest Western with Hugh Marlowe,Alan Hale Jr, and Robert J. Wilke as the bad guy. 5/10 Source online streaming
So This is Paris (1954)
Three sailors on leave head for Paris with one thing on their minds. Joe pursues chanteuse Colette D’Avril (Gloria DeHaven) who proves to be more than she appears; Davy is pursued by sexy cashier Yvonne; but the blonde Al rescues from a purse snatcher rewards him with kisses, then vanishes without telling him her name. Romantic complications and resolutions follow in true musical comedy fashion. One the sailors is Tony Curtis, the other Gene Nelson from Crime Wave, The third I don't remember, aborted the stream as soon as I discovered it was a musical. Source online streaming - No rating
Big Timber (1950)
Roddy McDowell goes to work in a logging camp to fulfill a boyhood ambition and a jealous loggers rigs things to make him appear to be an incompetent bungler. Lyn Thomas is his love interest. Forget all that crap.
This film has some really great archival footage of tracked vehicle logging operations that replaced draft horse and steam engine logging trains right after WWII. This type of logging really accelerated the industry since higher and steeper terrain was now accessible. All that is obsolete now also. 6/10 Source online streaming
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..... maybe it's The Other Love (1947) I've never seen it either.
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15 minutes ago, Dargo said:
I'm kind'a surprised you of all people and with your vast knowledge of noir said "for once" here, CJ.
As I'm sure you really know, Conte many more times than once played a good guy. The films The Blue Gardenia and another film he starred in with the word "Highway" in its title, Highway Dragnet, come readily to mind for just starters.
Bet ya just said that for emphasis, didn't ya.
(...and FWIW, Richard Conte was always one of my favorite actors back in the day)
Well Dargo, I did say "back when I first saw the Thieves Highway Criterion DVD " and that was January 13, 2010, I wasn't up to snuff on all of Conte Films Noir back then.
I've now since seen The Big Combo, The Blue Gardenia, The Brothers Rico, Call Northside 777, Cry Of The City, Highway Dragnet, House Of Strangers, New York Confidential, The Raging Tide, The Sleeping City, Somewhere in the Night, The Spider, and Whirlpool.
I don't think I've ever seen Hollywood Story, The Big Tip Off, or Under The Gun that makes 17 wonder where Eddie is getting the 18 count?
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My short review for Thieves Highway (1949) back when I first saw the Criterion DVD excellent noir about the fruit market business in California, with Richard Conte actually playing the good guy for once, wasn't quite convinced about Cortese playing a hooker or Cobb an Italian, lol, but a very nice Criterion release 8/10
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7 minutes ago, TikiSoo said:
(I realize this doesn't pertain to you in NYC area)
I'm upstate 100 miles North of NYC.
The big box stores have decimated small town businesses. At one time a town of a certain size had its own dairy, brewery, hardware store, baker, butcher shop, grocery store, blacksmith, tinsmith, plumber, newspaper, bandstand, picnic grounds, etc., etc., and all probably within walking distance of most of its residences. Quite a few Twilight Zone episodes in the early 60s centered around that very nostalgia for the way it used to be.
The only way that could come back was if gas prices were so high that it would make casual driving economically extravagant.
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10 minutes ago, midwestan said:
I've seen "Thieves Highway" many times previously on FXM. It was good. It was one of the rare Jack Oakey performances where he's not portrayed as a comic foil for someone, and Richard Conte, as usual, was very good in his role. Eddie Muller's wrap-arounds were informative and interesting, but the ending got messed up a little when he said Valentina Cortesa was still with us, when in fact, she had died less than 3 weeks ago. So now we have an idea how far in advance some of these movie wraps are shot by the TCM hosts!
Yea noticed that also, I'm sure they probably do all the intro's & outro's in one shot in advance of the scheduled showing. It's like the In Memorial clips towards the end of the year. If someone passes after the final edit they are sometimes sol.
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9 minutes ago, kingrat said:
So how violent is Once Upon a Time in Hollywood?
A fist fight and some blood, a bloodless fight with Bruce Lee, and then the payoff. I didn't time it but its within the last ten minutes.
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Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949) 7/10
Re-watched a slightly better print, its a nice little Film Noir with a dude ranch angle that is a hoot. Stars Dan Duryea, Howard Duff, John McIntyre and Shelley Winters, and no she doesn't die in this.
McIntyre is the over the top Dude Ranch manager.
Source: on line streaming
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2 minutes ago, TomJH said:
That's great but with fun people Squeaky Fromme and her crowd lurking around in the story difficult to believe there isn't an OCEANFUL of blood at one point. This is Tarantino, after all.
Well it's restrained 95-98% up to a point. 😎
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33 minutes ago, TomJH said:
Jackie Brown is my favourite Tarantino film. No over the top violence, and a great showcase for Pam Grier who, to my eyes, looks more gorgeous in it than in her Foxy Brown days.
You'll love this then, like I mentioned earlier it's all pretty restrained and closest to Jackie Brown than any of his other films.
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48 minutes ago, Dargo said:
(...particularly I thought with Mike Moh as Bruce Lee and Damian Lewis as Steve McQueen)
Exactly, Damian Lewis almost looked like a reincarnated McQueen.
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I didn't know about the plane, I figured you'd know the autos and motorcycles.
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Just now, cigarjoe said:
for a few anachronisms I noticed,
You are the expert on SoCal give us some examples was it some of the autos or some of the buildings.
And a question, when I was in L.A. I didn't notice any of those globe on post/candlestick lights. I'm sure some neighborhoods still have them, but where?
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8 minutes ago, Dargo said:
Here's what I thought of the film:
Other than a few scenes I thought Tarantino could've trimmed in length and thus improving the pacing of the film and especially during its middle stretches which seemed to lag just a bit, and also for a few anachronisms I noticed, I thought his film which is a melding of Hollywood fiction with that of Hollywood fact was very entertaining on the whole.
The acting was uniformly excellent as one would expect from a cast made up primarily of seasoned pros, and the inclusion of modern actors in what are essentially cameo roles playing well known stars of that period was also a nice touch I thought. And, other than the aforementioned few anachronisms, Tarantino's attention to detail in recreating the SoCal of 1969 was spot on.
(...I'd give it 3.5/4 stars)
What did the wife think?
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35 minutes ago, TikiSoo said:
Even better when you have an independent "used" retailer in town. I love second-hand book/music/movie stores especially because of "no shipping" (when does domestic mail use a ship?) & supporting local business. Most used bookstores are starting to add DVD sections and I've found entire collections of rarities, like Something Weird or Kino titles. (I won't buy from Amazon)
I'm about 15 miles from Kingston, its got the closest used book store, the next closest would be in Saugerties about 18 miles (the next closest to those is in New Paltz a 60 mile round trip). That's 30 and 36 miles round trips so that's $5 and $6 dollars gas round trip. Amazon shipping is $3.99 still cheaper than driving to someplace that may not have anything worth while.
The only way a used book shop would beat out Amazon would be if it were located within a 12 mile radius of my house and it would have to have every title available of my hearts desire.
I do check out used bookstores when I have to make trips to other towns for other things and can fit them in as side destinations if I have time.
Ebay is another good source for used books and DVD's.
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8 hours ago, LawrenceA said:
Bad Man's River (1971) - 4/10
Spaghetti western with Lee Van Cleef as a notorious bank robber who teams up with his ex Gina Lollobrigida and her new husband James Mason in an attempt to steal a gold shipment from the Mexican military. Also featuring Gianni Garko, Simon Andreu, Diana Lorys, Aldo Sambrell, and Sergio Fantoni. This leans more on comedy than anything else, and suffers for it. In one scene, terrible "funny" music and sound effects are heard while troops machine-gun helpless peasants. The actors involved reportedly all felt the movie was garbage, and they were right.
Source: Mill Creek DVD
Van Cleef made some very good Spaghetti Westerns and some very bad Spaghetti Westerns. Captain Apache (1971) is another not so good one.
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7 hours ago, Vautrin said:
If you're looking for lots of explicit nudidity, in my viewing experience Tarantino is not your man,
but I might see it anyway. When I fist heard the title I thought it might be a flick about the
Wonderland murders and Johnny Wadd, though I think that one has already done. Every time
I go to the Bing Image feed I keep seeing this photo of Scarlett Johansson.
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I Liked the Blast Of Silence cover art
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Yes, to people talking normally and not resorting to genuine Hollywood (gosh darn it - dad blast it) type gibberish, No to any shameless hussies in the altogether.
Actually 95 percent of the film is pretty restrained. until the pay off.
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It's Cliff just watched the trailer
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Filming location list:
Tustin, California, USA, (Taco Bell)
Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA (as Spahn Ranch)
Santa Clarita, California, USA
Cicada Club - 617 S. Olive Street, Los Angeles, California, USA (Italian Restaurant)
Cielo Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA
Toluca Lake, California, USA (street scenes)
Musso & Frank Grill - 6667 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA (as itself; interior and exterior)
Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, California, USA (Hollywood street scenes)
Earl Carroll Theater - 6230 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA (Aquarius Theater exterior)
Frolic Room - 6245 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, California, USA (site of Rick's car accident)-
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10 hours ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
unpopular opinion here- CRITERION is the WHOLE FOODS of film sources- lovely packaging, but about $15.00 too much, and not validated by the "extras."
I always either buy Criterion during a Barnes & Nobel sale or look for used Blu/DVD on Amazon, have had no trouble yet.
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Might as well start a formal separate thread for this.
Written & Directed by Quentin Tarantino. Cinematography by Robert Richardson. Starring....
Leonardo DiCaprio as Rick Dalton:
An actor who starred in the television Western series Bounty Law from 1958 to 1963, based on Wanted Dead or Alive (1958–1961). His attempt to transition to film failed and in 1969 he is struggling, doing guest roles on other people's programs while contemplating moving to Italy, which has become a hotbed for low-budget Westerns. Dalton's relationship with Cliff Booth is based on that of actor Burt Reynolds and his long time stunt double Hal Needham.Brad Pitt as Cliff Booth:
A Vietnam War veteran and Rick's longtime stunt double and best friend. Tarantino and Pitt modeled Booth after Billy Jack, a character portrayed in four films by actor Tom Laughlin.Margot Robbie as Sharon Tate:
A pregnant actress married to director Roman Polanski and next door neighbor of Dalton. Robbie did not consult with Polanski in preparation for the role, but read his 1985 autobiography Roman by Polanski.Emile Hirsch as Jay Sebring:
A Hollywood hairstylist and friend and ex-boyfriend of Tate.Margaret Qualley as Pussycat:
A member of the "Manson Family" who catches Booth's interest. Based loosely on Kathryn Lutesinger who had the nickname "Kitty".Timothy Olyphant as James Stacy:
An actor who co-starred on the TV western Lancer.Austin Butler as Charles "Tex" Watson:
A central member of the "Manson Family", alongside four other members.Dakota Fanning as Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme:
A member of the infamous "Manson Family" who obtained her nickname while living on George Spahn's ranch.Bruce Dern as George Spahn:
An 80-year-old nearly blind man who rented his Los Angeles ranch out to be used as a location for Westerns. Charles Manson convinced Spahn to allow him and his followers to live on the ranch. In exchange for rent, Manson coerced his female followers into having sexual relations with the ranch owner, and serving as his seeing-eye guides. Burt Reynolds was initially cast in the role, but died before his scenes could be filmed.Al Pacino as Marvin Schwarzs:
A Hollywood producer and Dalton's agent.Kurt Russell as Randy:
A stunt coordinator who also serves as the film's narrator.Zoë Bell as Randy's wife, also a stunt coordinator.
Lorenza Izzo as Francesca Cappucci, an Italian film crew member and Dalton's eventual wife
Michael Madsen as the Sheriff on Bounty Law
Damian Lewis as Steve McQueen
Mike Moh as Bruce Lee
and many more...
Let the discussions begin.
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33 minutes ago, Det Jim McLeod said:
Tarantino did something here which I will not reveal but I would have thought would be impossible to pull off, but he does.
If you mean recreating a time period... he did it way way better than Ethan and Joel Coen did with Hail, Caesar! (2016)
Once Upon A Time In... Hollywood (2019)
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