filmnoirguy
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On 2/8/2020 at 9:47 AM, speedracer5 said:
I see 89 on IMDB, Wiki says 1988. Rotten Tomatoes says 1988. But I see both dates all over the internet.
It looks like the movie originally premiered in Italy in 1988, but wasn't released in the US until 1989.
According to Inside Oscar, Heathers was eligible (but not nominated) for the 1989 Academy Awards.
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19 hours ago, speedracer5 said:
OOH I love Gilda. My only complaint is that the ending feels like a cop-out.
"I hate you so much, I would destroy myself to take you down with me."
My complaint is that after his plane crashes in the body of water, the George Macready character is seen escaping through the top hatch. For me, it would have been more powerful not to reveal this until toward the end of the picture when he appears on the balcony. He could have explained what happened with a flash-back showing his escape.
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On 2/13/2020 at 12:51 AM, spence said:
I love Elton John's music, but he won again on Oscar night for perhaps his worst number he ever produced this time around from RocketMan
in the bio's only nomination?
Not exactly Candle in the Wind
What other Elton John songs have won Oscars? I thought he said in his acceptance that this was his first Oscar.
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On 2/13/2020 at 8:38 AM, Det Jim McLeod said:
I thought the movie was great 8/10. The love story angle was a bit distracting, but once Humphrey Bogart's Captain Queeg is introduced, it is totally riveting. The strawberry and shirt tail scenes are classics and the typhoon sequence is powerful. All the performances are first rate. Van Johnson has his best performance as the conflicted mutineer Marek, Fred MacMurray is great as the gutless Keefer and Robert Francis very good as the wet behind the ears officer Keith. Jose Ferrer shows up later as the defense attorney Greenwald.
But the most interesting thing for me was the film leaves the idea of the mutiny being justified up to the viewer. At the end Greenwald "torpedoes" Queeg on the witness stand and Marek and Keith are acquitted. Greenwald shows his disgust at the job he had to do after the trial is over. In my opinion I think Marek and Keith were correct when they relieved Queeg of his duty. The typhoon scene was what clinched it for me. Queeg seemed disoriented and did not seem to be coherent enough to give orders while the ship is imminent danger. Marek and Keith are criticized since they were not as experienced but Keith says on the stand that they were not on the bridge. And we the viewers saw the whole thing.
Do you think the mutiny was justified? Or what is your opinion on the film?
This is one of my favorite films of the 1950s. I do think the mutiny was justified. Bogart walked away with a Best Actor Oscar nod and he deserved it. As did Tom Tully who was nominated for Supporting Actor. All the principals were spot on. A sad sidebar: Robert Francis, who Columbia was grooming for major stardom, was killed while piloting his small plane on July 31, 1955.
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50 minutes ago, speedracer5 said:
My favorite movies about love gone wrong:
1) Leave Her to Heaven- this might be my #1 favorite movie about obsessive love, and it's such a gorgeous looking movie.
2) Fatal Attraction
3) Lolita (1962)
4) Laura
5) Angel Face
6) Splendor in the Grass
7) Double Indemnity
8 ) The Locket
9) Gun Crazy
10) Sudden Fear
LavenderBlue just recommended Play Misty For Me on another thread. If I can get to the library by 6, I may watch this as my Valentine's night film. Lol.
I would add 1951's A Place in the Sun.
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My favorite 1988 movie was The Accidental Tourist. And it did get a Best Picture Oscar nod. Geena Davis won the Supporting Actress Oscar. it also got nominations for Adapted Screenplay and Original Score, but no Best Director nom for Lawrence Kasdan or Best Actor nom for William Hurt.
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1 hour ago, lydecker said:
Great read and any article that says: FOREST GUMP, are you kidding??? works for me.
That was the year Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino and John Travolta should have won.
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1 hour ago, speedracer5 said:
I liked Gloria Grahame in this film, but I wasn't sure if her performance was worthy of an Oscar. I also liked how she played a prim and proper Southern Belle, but then there was still this underlying level of floozy that only Grahame can bring to her portrayals.
As good as Gloria Grahame is in The Bad and the Beautiful, I thought she was even better in another 1952 movie, playing Irene Neves in the film noir Sudden Fear.
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With the passing of Kirk Douglas at 103 years, classic Hollywood's last great star who is still alive is Olivia de Havilland, who, God willing, will be 104 years on July 1, 2020.
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2 hours ago, David Guercio said:
Cool. Thank you. I’ll keep an eye out for it.
if you subscribe to HBO, just go to their Movies On-Demand and it will pop up.
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19 hours ago, David Guercio said:
Cool. Do you think it’s still on HBO?
Yes, I just looked it up and it's still available on HBO.
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I saw Gene Reynolds this past year on TCM in 1954's The Country Girl with Bing Crosby and The Bridges at Toko-Ri with William Holden. And I do remember him as a child star in two Spencer Tracy movies: Boy's Town and Captains Courageous, plus two Andy Hardy films. A good looking talented kid who grew into a handsome talented man.
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On 2/1/2020 at 1:55 AM, skimpole said:
Audrey Hepburn, who won for Roman Holiday, should have won for Two for the Road
Between these two, I would vote for Roman Holiday. But I think she should have won for 1959's The Nun's Story.
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9 hours ago, skimpole said:
Jack Lemmon, who won for Save the Tiger, should have won for Glengarry Glen Ross
Couldn't agree more. And Lemmon wasn't even nominated! Of course, he also could have won for 1960's The Apartment for which he did get an Oscar nod.
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9 hours ago, skimpole said:
Joanne Woodward, who won for The Three Faces of Eve, should have won for The Age of Innocence
My favorite Woodward performance was in Rachel, Rachel and she did get an Oscar nod. But that was the year Barbara Streisand and Katharine Hepburn tied, and Mia Farrow wasn't even nominated for Rosemary's Baby. So tough year in the Best Actress race.
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I saw King of Jazz on TCM last year. Shot in 2-color Technicolor, it's a fun musical revue with great songs and fantastic production numbers. Which means I'll be buying it.
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Yes. John Osborne for Tom Jones.
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James Stewart
Next: Favorite musical actress.
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She and her husband should have taken home the Oscar for Hud. I saw it in a theater in 1963 and it knocked my socks off. Now I watch it about once a year on DVD.
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In 2016, there was a big announcement that Barbara Streisand would be starring as Mama Rose in a re-make of Gypsy. Apparently STX Entertainment, which had agreed to finance the movie, backed out a few months later. It wouldn't surprise me if something similar happened to Sunset Blvd.
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Looks like you may be taking Brad Pitt off your list after this year's Oscar show.
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My ex often told me I didn't have heart. But now, when I post something, I'm not getting a "Heart" in the lower right corner. Any ideas how to correct this?
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