faceinthecrowd
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You have to be of a certain age to recognize the origin of the title. If you don't, Google it.
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"Translucent Carriages" (Pearls Before Swine)
"Three Kingfishers" (Donovan)
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You're right -- it's blasphemy. No remake!
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A made-for-TV movie titled THE GLASS HOUSE featured Morrow as a prison inmate who pretty much ran things on the inside.
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Gibbon's THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (Modern Library abridgement)
MACBOOK FOR DUMMIES
THE STORY OF ART, by E. H. Gombrich
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Are these DVDs that are not Region 1? In that case you need an all-region DVD player.
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It sounds familiar to me, but I can't think of the title either. Maybe we both dreamed it.
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*The Good Die Young* was shown last night on TV. Wonderful ensemble work in this picture about four men who take part in a robbery in London, each for his own reasons. Laurence Harvey is memorable as a heel who is gradually revealed to be something much worse.
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A well written and perceptive post. I can see that you're going to be an asset to this forum.
One of the many highlights of this film is the priceless look on Ralph Meeker's face when he's sitting in a luncheonette, waiting for the (phony) cops to leave the garage, and someone bursts in saying, "A bunch of hoods got killed down the street. One of them was Bugsy Siegel!"
Robards is great as Capone. And the next time I see the picture I'll look for the Segal/Cagney homage.
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The homage to *Psycho* escaped me, but I'll watch for it the next time I see the picture.
And there is some humor, too: the opening scene, and later, when a law officer is asked whether the ghouls are moving slowly, he says:
"Yes, very slowly -- they're dead."
This line is echoed in *The Fugitive.* When someone protests that Kimble is dead, Gerard says:
"Then he should be easy to catch."
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I should have mentioned that Harry Harrison is the author of the novel.
But I wonder what the new stuff tastes like. Are people going to be making nervous jokes when they eat it?
And here's a suggestion for a cross-endorsement --
"Hannibal Lecter says Soylent Green is delicious!"
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There was a similar scene -- this seems to be something scriptwriters love -- in a Korean War movie. Communist soldiers are dressed as G.I.s; Americans ask, "Where you from?"
Answer: "Chicago."
Question: "How are the Cubs doing?"
Answer (puzzled): "Cubs? -- A cub is a small bear -- "
That's when the G.I.s know that these are Commie infiltrators.
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"Excuse me, you're sitting on my prospectus."
THE AWFUL TRUTH
"You're sitting on the Laguna Beach statement."
MILDRED PIERCE
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"Excuse me, you're sitting on my prospectus."
THE AWFUL TRUTH
"You're sitting on the Laguna Beach statement."
MILDRED PIERCE
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Drive at 60 m.p.h. in a convertible with the top down, wearing a hat, and not have the hat blow off your head.
Have five or six guys shoot at you, and not once be hit.
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"I never dreamed any mere physical experience could be so stimulating!"
THE AFRICAN QUEEN
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"You've always looked for leaders -- strong men without faults. There aren't any!"
VIVA ZAPATA!
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Sunset Boulevard
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
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Maggie Smith
Diana Rigg
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The remake may be dreary -- remakes often are -- but I didn't think the original was.
I'm not a football fan, but I won't find it necessary to leave New York. I just won't watch the game.
And has anyone noticed that the teams are from the two states where pot is now legal?
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The house in FIVE (1951) was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and owned by Arch Oboler, the director and writer of the film.
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*Citizen Kane*
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*Reign of Terror* / *The Black Book* is an excellent film. It's surprisingly accurate: Robespierre really did have a ****-list, and for a while he had the power of life and death over everyone in France. As you noted, Richard Basehart was ideally cast in the role. Bob Cummings and Arlene Dahl do good work too.
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Have you ever seen THE MOVIE MURDERER? The stars were Warren Oates and Arthur Kennedy. Here, Tom Selleck was so young that he didn't have his mustache yet. He was good, but I didn't guess he'd become a star.
It's a good movie, but if you're tempted to buy it, beware of bootlegs. If a legitimate DVD ever appears, I'll grab it.
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If I ignore this post it means that I'm not ignoring it. Sounds very G?del-Escher-Bach-ish to me.