Mr. Gorman
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I really don't like the ending of SCARLET STREET (1945) at all. Eddie should never be feeling that much guilt after what Bennett and Duryea were up to. Asinine. I watched this movie twice in its entirety. No more.
The 1983 movie HOUSE ON SORORITY ROW. I'd like this movie so much more if the filmmakers hadn't flocked up the ending by doing the 'unkillable killer' bit a la Michael Myers and Jason. Damn ending really pis sed me off . . .
The 1972 Jess Franco movie LES DEMONS had an ending so simplistic a 10-year-old could have scribbled it on a napkin in McDonald's. I had a minty UNICORN Video (with the lurid artwork on the box front) and traded it because I disliked the ending so much.
JACOB'S LADDER, WISDOM, THE USUAL SUSPECTS . . . the ending negates the entire film. Won't watch these again. (I would watch SLITHER again, however).
→ Here's a movie that sticks to its depressing guns at the end: THE TEACHER (1974).
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In the 1969 movie SMOKED GOUDA the swiss-cheese manufacturer/competitor commits suicide with a shotgun blast to the cranium and yet when the camera pans in for a close-up there's no hole!
Now I ask you, how can a swiss cheese maker who offs himself with a shot to the head not have a hole?
Sean Connery's character in 1996's 'THE ROCK' is 110% unbelievable from the word 'go'. I watched it once in 1997 and I could not suspend my disbelief. I'm usually good at suspending my disbelief for over-the-top action movies, but the things his character was doing after being in the slammer for 33 years were just sooooo so unbelievable I was very much put off. Ugh!
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Maybe not enough
suckerserr, members, have joined the TCM Pox Lot so The Powers That Be are holding out resources of better filtering equipment until more folks fork out their $89 smackers?I dunno.
NipkowDisc: If TCM ever does show HOT SPELL you might go in to shock and require medical attention! Be careful what you wish for!
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spence: MALCOLM FORBES died of a heart attack in February 1990 at age 70. He looked older than 70; he could've passed for 75 easily.
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In regards to THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES movie (released in 1993, I believe): If you liked the show, chances are you'll like the movie. As far as it being "gosh-awful" what exactly was the DFP writer expecting? The Tv series wasn't high art; was the theatrical movie expected to be high-gloss comedy? I thought the movie was rather well-cast myself. And I recall Buddy Ebsen showed up in a cameo as 'Barnaby Jones'.
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I watched Humberto's movie selections last night. He acquitted himself well when discussing the films with Ben. All in all a pleasant evening of movies.
I wonder which musicals Humberto hasn't yet seen but would like to. Be interesting to know.
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I've heard of 'K. GORDON MURRAY' but I've never seen the movie you spoke of. I have a few VHS releases from IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT with the heading 'The Euroshock Collection'. A couple of those are K. Gordon Murray import flicks. → If you want to know a specific title, Nipkow, just ask me and I'll go fish the tapes out and let you know.
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Reading through the various posts so far I thought to mention the 1st time I ever heard the line "Love means never having to say you're sorry" I actually recall what I thought all these years later. It just doesn't sound very poetic to say "Love means never having to say you're sorry for being in love".
That's what I thought the first time I ever heard that particular piece of dialogue. I don't know if that makes sense or not . . . but that's what popped in to my head. I dunno. As analytical as my brain is I've never been interested enough to bother thinking about it further.
Tikisoo, I concur about THE BAD SEED from '56. Some rather silly dialogue and the mother character irritated me too often throughout. It's not a movie I have interest in watching again any time soon. I did catch it on TCM a few months ago. That was enough.
I've never seen the Jeff Bridges '76 version of KING KONG. I don't feel like I've missed anything by avoiding it.
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spence, it might be useful if you got more facts right. → Typing out gobbledygook won't make you a better person!
BURT REYNOLDS and SALLY FIELD never married; from what I've read she rejected his numerous proposals. I think Burt was still dating Dinah Shore at the start of filming for "Smokey and the Bandit", btw.
What do you mean by JERRY REED -- it's not 'Jerry Field' -- being 'already gone'? That makes zero sense whatsoever. Do you even have an idea what you're referring to?
As for SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT 2 (1980) → Not only did Jackie Gleason appear in it from the first 'SMOKEY' in '77 but so did Burt Reynolds, Jerry Reed, Mike Henry ('Junior'), Paul Williams, Pat McCormick and Sally Field. I believe this is the last movie to date Sally Field has starred in with Burt Reynolds; I can't think of any others where Sally and Burt co-starred after SMOKEY, PART 2.
(The movies Burt made after Smokey and the Bandit 2 were "Paternity", "Sharky's Machine", "Best Friends", "Stroker Ace", "The Man Who Loved Women", "Smokey and the Bandit 3" [cameo], "City Heat" (with Clint Eastwood) and "Stick". I think that's all of Burt's films released after SATB, 2 from 1980-85).
Speaking of SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT 3 . . . besides starring Jackie Gleason it also featured Mike Henry, Jerry Reed, Paul Williams and Pat McCormick from the first two 'SMOKEY' movies and a cameo by Burt Reynolds at the end. NOTE that in the television version of SMOKEY, Part 3 Burt Reynolds' appearance at the end is longer. The conversation between Burt and Jackie Gleason is twice as long in the Tv print.
OPINIONS: I find SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT to be very entertaining and a good movie. It does what it was supposed to do: Entertain viewers. And it cost a whole lot less to produce than 1977's No. 1 box office smash 'STAR WARS'!
SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT 2 needed a better script. Dom DeLuise was added to the main cast for Part 2, but is/was it illegal to truck a pregnant elephant across state lines?! I haven't watched SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT 2 in years. I think it's worse than SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT, Part 3, which I have seen many times. I'd say about 10 times, which includes the Tv version that is considerably altered for content.
Over the opening credits for SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT, Part 3 note there are 3 editors credited. I suspect the movie was originally shot as 'SMOKEY IS THE BANDIT' and that it's not just an 'urban legend' that it was. Then Jerry Reed was bought in to replace Gleason in the 'Bandit' role. Ultimately, there's a LOT of extra footage you see in the Tv print of Part 3 that is not in the theatrical version (which runs 88 minutes). Lotsa bad words and nudity that had to go -and- lots of overdubbing of Jackie Gleason's voice with someone else (who doesn't really sound like Jackie) and even Jerry Reed had his voice overdubbed a few times in the Tv print by someone else.
I think it's worth noting that even in the theatrical version of SMOKEY THE BANDIT, Part 3 there are a few occasions where Jackie Gleason's voice was still overdubbed by that non-sound-alike actor heard much more frequently in the Tv print. Like when Gleason says "Buckle up, Junior, we're gonna make a lot of time now". That ain't Gleason. Or when, after Jackie's car has been blown sky high, he and Junior are still chasing Jerry Reed and Gleason motions with his hand and says "Come on, Junior. Come on back". Not Jackie speaking. There's at least 1 more occasion in the theatrical version where a viewer can easily tell it's not Gleason speaking.
No matter, at least I laughed a fair number of times watching SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT Part 3 despite its badness which is more than I can say for SMOKEY Part 2.
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LESLIE NIELSEN deserves a SUTS Day if he hasn't one already over the past couple of years. There's plenty of watchable movies to pick from that he either starred in or appeared in a prominent role. He ran the gamut of multiple genres over numerous decades; specifically from the mid-1950s through the late 1990s (WRONGFULLY ACCUSED).
Lord Knows that FORBIDDEN PLANET (1956) has been on TCM many times and the 1958 western THE SHEEPMAN (1958) has been aired twice of late. Nielsen also starred in the 1957 movie HOT SUMMER NIGHT that TCM has aired at least 1 time. I watched it when it aired.
And, of course, the 1977 critters-on-the-warpath-due-to-depleted-ozone movie DAY OF THE ANIMALS where Leslie N. plays an obnoxious advertising executive who makes fun of Indians ("Me need no spear!") and who's adversely affected by the depletion of the Ozone Layer and later goes stark, raving mad. And it's hilarious. He screams at Ruth Roman ("Miss Beverly Hills B itch!"), guts Andrew Stevens with a piece of wood and gets into a fight with a bear. Gotta see this movie at least *twice*; forget about that "you've got to see this movie once" stuff. You've got to see this twice to see Leslie play 'Paul Jensen', Ad Exec Supreme. "WHERE'S THE FOOD, HOTSHOT?" Leslie bellows to Christopher George.
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If TROY DONAHUE gets a SUTS Day maybe TCM could show Oliver Stone's 1974 movie SEIZURE. Troy has a small part and gets offed early on.
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I do believe WILL: G. GORDON LIDDY was a 1982 made-for-television film that originally ran 3 hours and was cut down to 1 hr 40 minutes (over Robert Conrad's objections) to fit a 2-hour time slot.
It was released on VHS by 'U.S.A. Home Video' in a BIG box. I have it upstairs. I remember another Robert Conrad TVM -- it was a pilot movie -- from sometime around 1986 called "High Mountain Rangers". Anyone else remember that?
Speaking of the real G. GORDON LIDDY I remember seeing him play Super Password (which ran from 1984-89). Bert Convy was the host for that edition of Password and and Betty White was the other guest panelist that week.
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JOHN WAYNE wasn't a draft dodger. By Dec. 7, 1941 he already had 4 children and was 34 years old so he wouldn't have been drafted. He had nothing to dodge.
JACKIE GLEASON (b. 1916) was drafted and rejected as too fat. Gleason had 2 children by the end of '41, btw. FRANK SINATRA wasn't drafted due to a punctured eardrum that happened while he was being born.
I forgot why VAN JOHNSON didn't serve, but I do recall reading he'd been in a nasty auto accident circa 1941/42 and it took him a while to recover. I noted the scar on his forehead in 1954's THE CAINE MUTINY which I figure was intentionally not covered by makeup.
As far as the Hollywood of 2017 goes . . . meh. There's so many interesting movies from 2000 and before I'd like to watch I can't muster enough energy to care what direction Hollywood keeps going.
I've seen ADVISE AND CONSENT and ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN twice each and don't think of either film along the lines of "Yes, I'm watching a liberal political drama". I've never seen THE BEST MAN or SEVEN DAYS IN MAY so I make no comment on those.
I have no use for the 2004 remake of THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE as it didn't need to be remade. I'll stick with the '62 original if I want to watch a movie with that title.
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UNIVERSAL seems quite content to let loads of their movies stay out of circulation; I hope UNIVERSAL at least stores their negatives in decent conditions . . . but who knows?
They're so stingy!
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DownGoesFrazier: The bluesy-rock music performed by the J. GEILS BAND on their Atlantic albums from 1970-77 doesn't sound the same as their EMI stuff (starting with the 1978 album "Sanctuary") that hit higher notes on the pop charts in the early '80s.
You come across as a muscle-headed simpleton since you cannot even identify what song or songs you heard and didn't like so, therefore, the entirety of their output must be 'junk'. Quite the authority you are on the JGeilsBand!
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I cannot tell a Lie: I'd never heard the term 'hagsploitation' until this Thread the other day. I've heard the term 'blaxploitation' many times and even the term 'nunsploitation' (due to those Jess Franco movies with all the lusty nuns who wear nothing under their habits).
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I'd be remiss if I didn't at least mention the 1990 movie "ALL THE VERMEERS IN NEW YORK" in this thread. The 2 main characters meet in a room full of Vermeer paintings in an art museum.
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I liked the earlier, more blues-oriented rock albums from the J. GEILS BAND that were released on the Atlantic Records label. I have all of those albums + the two 'Greatest Hits' compilations Atlantic put out. I've listened to all of them lately. (They're all on cassette and I have my lil' deck close by; I often type on the computer with the J. Geils Band playing concurrently).
A great album: NIGHTMARES . . . AND OTHER TALES FROM THE VINYL JUNGLE, 1974. If one fancies bluesy rock 'n' roll I expect you'd like this entire album. I do!
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THE J. GEILS BAND didn't get in to the ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME when they were nominated again in 2016 so now if they do eventually get in John Warren Geils won't be around to enjoy it. Phooey on the R&R Hall of Phlegm.
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I see the FOX Movie Channel aired TALES OF MANHATTAN with W.C. included. Very sporting of them! I wonder if that's a 'digital version' the FOX channel aired or what. I honestly have no idea what sources other movie channels utilize to put on the air; I only recall reading TCM needs a digital copy of whatever movie they plan to air otherwise it's a no-go.
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Yancey, I have read that in regards to 'MARTY'. I have an old CBS/Fox tape upstairs which includes the scene that later went AWOL from the MGM Vintage Classics release.
More ♣VIDEO TRIVIA♣ from years of digging around looking for goodies:
The 1983 Catalina Home Video release of the movie ALLIGATOR (1980) was the Tv print of the movie. It runs about 8 minutes longer than the theatrical release to pad the running time out to fit a 2-hour slot. I prefer it to the theatrical version. → There's very little cut out of the Tv print. Less than 30 seconds + a couple of overdubs. Example: When Robert Forster pins Robin Riker to the bed he tells her she has great •eyes• in the television version instead of great t!ts.
CATALINA HOME VIDEO was only in business from 1983-84 and as far as I can tell released 11 titles. They planned to release more -- their presumptive list of titles is printed inside the flap of the "Alligator" video box -- but they went Bankus Ruptus before getting around to releasing all the movie titles listed. I have 9 of the 11 known titles, but do not have these:
♦ AMUCK (1972-Italian) Starring Farley Granger, Barbara Bouchet, Rosalba Neri. There's a picture of the "Amuck" video box on vhscollector.com if anyone reading this wants to see it. I wish I had my own copy of "Amuck", but not yet . . .
♦ CINDERELLA (the 1977 version starring Cheryl 'Rainbeaux' Smith). The [R]-rated cut of the film. (Lightning Video later released an un-cut version of "Cinderella". I bought that one in the '90s, but have failed to obtain the shorter Catalina version).
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LIGHTNING VIDEO -- the offshoot label of Vestron Video -- released the 'regular' theatrical [R]-version of "ALLIGATOR" in 1985.
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Yancey, from what I gather TCM needs a digital version of a movie for it to be shown on the air and if the DVD release of 'TALES OF MANHATTAN' was missing the W.C. Fields segment then it would be reasonable to assume that TCM would need a digital copy of the tape since the original theatrical print omitted the Fields 9-minute scene. I assumed the DVD release of included W.C.'s scene, but I see it does not.
You're right about the 1996 FOX VIDEO 'Studio Classic' VHS release of "Tales of Manhattan" being the first time W.C.'s scene was seen. The opening summary on the back of the video box:
"A formal tailcoat has a surprising effect on the people who wear it in this multi-episode film that now includes a hilarious W.C. FIELDS sequence that was originally shot for the film but not included in the theatrical release."
Note that FOX capitalized W.C.'s name in their write-up; that wasn't something I did to emphasize his name. They did it. It wasn't a mistake that Fox Video added the Fields scene to this video version. I don't think "Tales of Manhattan" had been released on video until 1996; I never ran across an earlier video release. I don't know when the DVD came out as I didn't 'double-dip' and go look for it as I already had the movie on the tape with the Fields segment that was good enough for me.
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Another movie TCM has shown where the video version is different: REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT (1962). There's 2 versions of the movie and possibly three. The Leonard Maltin Guide over the years has given different running times of 87 minutes and 100 minutes. And the Columbia VHS is different from both of those versions.
Hard to keep track of all this stuff. But I try.
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Arturo, you're thinking of the 1971 release "What's the Matter with Helen?".
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3G_Gerald: I have plenty of cheap grindhouse fare from the '60s and '70s in my video stash. I've got so many low-budget (and sometimes very low-quality) flix it's hard for me to keep track of them all.
Here's a few of the titles I've rounded up on the Something Weird Video label that reek of cheap badness:
SUMMER OF '69 (1969) This is the cheapest movie I've ever seen. Even El Cheapo '70s pornos had a bigger budget than this. GAWD is this cheeeeep! Filmed silent with terrible voice-over narration added. At least it's short. Directed -- if you could call it that -- by some guy named 'Robert B. Mansfield'. It's in color, too!
BUSHWHACKER, The (1968) Non-PC low-budget sex and violence film. More emphasis on sex, but The Bushwhacker digs abducting chicks and tying them up.
NIGHT OF THE CAT (1973) Filmed in Charlotte, NC, by a mindlessly incompetent 'director'. Your senses will reel at this hilariously inept film.
SATAN'S CHILDREN (1974) Filmed in and around Tampa Bay, FL, when it was still mostly wild and woolly. Devil worshipping young people enjoy volleyball in their spare time among other things . . .
ROAD OF DEATH (1973) Another filmed-in-Florida mega-low budget film. This was submitted to the MPAA and received an [R]-rating. Why it was submitted I have no idea. Can't imagine any rural drive-ins would've cared if the MPAA rated this movie or not. Band featured: THE JOE BANANA THING.
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I was able to stay awake to watch LATE SPRING last night. I'm glad I did so. Thanks to TCM I've caught a few Japanese films I'd never have seen otherwise (like "Woman In the Dunes" a few months ago and one I watched very recently with characters named 'Mohei' and 'Madame Osan' and her sneaky and dishonest husband 'The Golden Scroll Master'. Can't remember the name of the movie offhand, but I watched all of it. The main characters were happy at the end, but their fate was not to be a happy one).
I noted Setsuko Hara lived until Sept. 2015 to age 95.
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In regards to JAMES MacARTHUR he just wasn't in many movies. A few made-for-television productions after he left Hawaii Five-O and no theatrical films. Seems all of his theatrical appearances were in films released from 1957-69 and half of those movies he was in a supporting role (like "Battle of the Bulge").
However, he did get to star as a part-time actor/part-time motorcycle gang leader in the 1969 potboiler "THE ANGRY BREED".
If TCM aired MacArthur in Disney's "A LIGHT IN THE FOREST" and then showed 'THE ANGRY BREED' with James as a Nazi biker it would make an interesting juxtaposition.
I would like to see the 1965 UK movie "The Truth About Spring" starring Hayley Mills, John Mills and James MacArthur. I noted the review in the LM Classic Movie Guide. Looks interesting. LM gave it 3 stars.
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We have been visited by the smartphone spam fairy!
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Asian spam?
Oh, yeah?!?!
Well I'm gonna BUMP this thread to keep it on par with Underwood Deviled Ham!
Whaddya think of them apples, jack?