ValentineXavier

I watched the originals too, and saved them all. No need to dub my Laser Disc collection of The Prisoner to DVD.

> {quote:title=JefCostello wrote:}{quote} > But I've never seen the Mitchum film, so I'd love to watch it, him being one of my favorite actors. Bob's one of my favorites too. *Wrath of God* is by no means a great film, but it is entertaining.

Yes, I know. I watched the whole series. It wasn't bad, but no way the equal of McGoohan's show. I think the theatrical film was meant to take place after his escape in the original series. There was a short comic book series made of this, at the time the film was contemplated.

> {quote:title=infinite1 wrote:}{quote} > > If Mickey Rooney was an amazing performer, as you say, he would not have gotten stuck in character parts in A films and featured in B films in his later years post ANDY HARDY. He wasn't a leading man-type, so of course that's what he got. It doesn't diminish him as an actor one iota.

They just aired it a week or so ago. Crappy, yes, but good fun. Dracula looks like Frank Zappa!

> {quote:title=hamradio wrote:}{quote} > They also have a stupid product out called "Yoostar" that places one within some movie scenes. *The purpose?* > > He is most definitely NOT Spartacus!

For me, *Badlands*, good as it is, is number 2, of what I saw last night. I finally got around to watching Peter Sellers' *The Bobo*, for the first time in a long time. Gently humorous, yes. But, probably the most soulful performance of one of the most soulful comedians there is, very poignant. Sadly, sometime after I programmed it, TCM reduced the time of its slot, to a few minutes less than its running time. So, I missed the last 3-5 minutes. I hope they show it again. I had forgotten just how good it is, and how much I enjoyed it.

No one has mentioned Ella Raines, one of my favorites.

Great director, great cast, film stinks. And, from what I've read, not really a biography, either. I will disagree with you on one point. You described the effect of the film, in part, as dizzying. I'd say that nauseating is more accurate. Dizzying would be an improvement.

> {quote:title=MyFavoriteFilms wrote:}{quote} > A large part of this business is recycling and updating. > > I am sure that within twenty years there will eventually be a remake of GONE WITH THE WIND. And maybe fifty years from now, someone will re-do CITIZEN KANE. *Citizen Rupert* could be made today. In fact, I wish it would be made.

> {quote:title=MyFavoriteFilms wrote:}{quote} > I still think it's a loose remake. Spielberg used a different last name for the brothers and had one survive...but that's because he wanted a commercially successful happy ending and because he wanted it slightly different so they wouldn't have to pay the real-life Sullivan family. But SAVING PRIVATE RYAN borrows heavily and is a near do-over. That's why I called it a 'reworking.' The Sullivans were all serving together, on the same cruiser in the South Pacific. *Saving Private Ryan* is in no way a "loose remake." The only thing the films have in common is brothers getting killed in war. *SPR* isn't "slightly different," it's 99.95% different. And, I doubt that Spielberg would have had to pay the Sullivan family a cent, if he had actually done a story about the dead sailors.

> {quote:title=MyFavoriteFilms wrote:}{quote} > And as I stated earlier, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE. That's probably the most successful film series based on a hit television show. I'd say that *MI* was clearly beaten by the *Star Trek* film series. I believe that at one time, there were plans for a theatrical version of the Outer Limits ep Demon with a Glass Hand, but it never got made. I agree that OL provides some good stories that could go feature length. I think it was back in the 90s, that a theatrical version of The Prisoner was under development, but never made it. One Step Beyond had some very out-there stories that might make good films. Going in the other direction, *Topper* became a TV series, that was a favorite of mine, as a kid.

> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote} > It was such an unusual role for Kibbee that I was not even sure that it WAS KIbbee. He was really quite a versatile actor. My favorite role of his was as Hagthorp in *Captain Blood*. I love it when Erroll says to him "You son of a Yorkshire steer, and bless your rusty heart, it's a gunner you are!" As he sinks a Spanish long boat with a single shot.

They could be twins!

*A Star Is Borneo* Clint Eastwood, planning to remake A Star Is Born, ponders, how can I add some life to this vastly over-done turkey? I know! I'll set it in exotic Borneo!

Comics: *Doonesbury* *Fritz the Cat* *Howard the Duck* various Spidermans, Supermans, X-Men *Daredevil* Modern Shakespeare: the Basil Dearden/Patrick McGoohan take on Othello, *All Night Long* Peter Greenaway's *Prospero's Books* Edited by: ValentineXavier on Jan 19, 2011 4:24 AM

Nope, I haven't seen that one. *Woman in the Dunes* is coming up in a few weeks...

MovieProf., I don't believe you say it explicitly, so for the few here who may not know, I thought I'd state that the Kennedy administration came to be known as "Camelot."

> {quote:title=mrroberts wrote:}{quote} > This is neat stuff, I love the comments on Basil Rathbone and The Hound Of The Baskervilles. Yeah, I loved Bruce calling Rathbone "two profiles, stuck together!"

> {quote:title=MyFavoriteFilms wrote:}{quote} > Yes, I tried to stay mainly with U.S. or British productions filmed in Italy. However, I did mention BICYCLE THIEVES and LA DOLCE VITA since they are so well-known internationally. > > I should've also added OPERATION CROSSBOW. Two more non-Italian made Italy setting films - *A Bell For Adano* and Spike Lee's *Miracle at St. Anna* OOPS! HOw could we forger *The Da Vinci Code*, and *Angels and Demons* ? Edited by: ValentineXavier on Jan 18, 2011 8:52 PM

I saw this film in the theater, when it was released. It is a good film, surreal and anti-war, by Richard Lester, one of my favorite crazy British directors. Its original aspect ratio is 1.66:1. I recorded it from Indeplex, a couple of years ago. That recording is 1.33:1, made by cropping the sides. I recorded it on both TCM channels, HD and SD, in hopes of seeing it in the OAR. Sadly, it was not to be. TCMHD showed the full width of the OAR, but cropped the top and bottom, to produce a 1.79:1 print. TCMSD seems to have actually cropped an already cropped 1.33:1 print to 1.66:1, so that the OAR had been cropped on all four sides! Actually, that four sided crop is the way I have seen it on other channels lately. If you happen to have recorded it on both channels, and compare, you will note that the TCMHD version shows more image at the sides than the TCMSD version. And, the TCMSD version shows a little more image on the top and bottom than the TCMHD version. My 4x3 Indeplex version has considerably more image on the top and bottom than either TCM version, and the same on the sides as the TCMSD version. I compared the three versions in several placed to determine this. I am surprised that the two TCM versions were different. Perhaps they could have been using the same copy, but processing it differently for each channel? I don't know. Yes, I'm sure that TCM meant to present the film in its OAR, but it wasn't. It is not available on a region 1 DVD. I guess I'll have to break down and buy the Aussie DVD, to see the original aspect ratio. Edited by: ValentineXavier on Jan 18, 2011 8:38 PM

> {quote:title=mrroberts wrote:}{quote} > Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House (with Myrna Loy) was just on Sunday. If you're not eatin' Wham, You're not eatin' ham!

> {quote:title=MilesArcher wrote:}{quote} > The movie "The Greek Tycoon" has that disclaimer. You recall that it stars Jacqueline Bisset as the widow of a slain U.S. president. She is pursued by a Greek tycoon, played by Anthony Quinn. Who were they trying to fool? Pericles Pernassis - at least that's what Rocky and Bullwinkle called him, when they satirized him.

Set in Italy, all Fellini: *Amarcord* *La Strada* *Juliet of the Spirits* *Fellini Satyricon* *Fellini's Roma" *Nights of Cabiria* ... to name only a few of my favorites. Of course, Italian directors, kinda like shooting fish in a barrel... So, I'll add *The Italian Job*, 1969 version, of course.

My favorite US directors, no particular order, and doubtless I've forgotten a few, and yeah, I know many are not US born: Orson Welles John Huston Michael Curtiz Sam Fuller Raoul Walsh Robert Siodmak Jacques Tourneur Jules Dassin Fritz Lang Jim Jarmush David Lynch John Waters Roman Polanski Preston Sturges Terry Gilliam John Sayles Spike Lee The Coen Bros. Edgar Ulmer Favorite Canadian directors: Guy Maddin Atom Egoyan David Cronenburg Edited by: ValentineXavier on Jan 18, 2011 2:13 AM