coolrob1955
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Nice thread. A valuable resource for Hollywood scriptwriters who are running out of idea's.
Criminal Masterminds in Spy movies must wear Nehru jackets.
When driving (or riding) in the country you must run over any chickens you encounter.
In movies sound will propagate through a vacuum.
A pump action shotgun will kill any kind of supernatural creature.
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It's been 30 years. Was it a sheep or a pig ?
I think I'd rather be in Pittsburgh.
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Yes, Anderson was a great director and made all-to-few films. Not surprisingly as his films (along with that other 'Terrible Twin' of British movies, Ken Russell) had limited appeal.
I can still hear the groans of the production company financial bigwigs when contemplating financing one his movies.
as for O LUCKY MAN!, despite it's flaws, I agree with darola, the final scene with the sheep scared the S**T out of me, and is unfortunately unforgettable.
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Sorry.
There are no 'points', 'money', or 'glamorous prizes' to be won here.
Your only reward is a feeling of smug self-satisfaction.
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Yes, you got it 100% Well done.
Your turn.
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Hey now, this is a movie web site, not a political one. However;
I can't stand Politicians of any persuasion. I can't even be in the same room as a politician without that creepy feeling that I'm being manipulated.
I have been thrown out of both parties for not subscribing to the full package of either ("I've been thrown out of better places than this !").
Mrs. Railton-Bell: "Are you on the side of Mr. Malcolm and his defense of vice, or are you on the side of the Christian virtues -- like Mr. Fowler and myself?".
John Malcolm: " Never in my life have I heard a question so disgracefully begged. You should be in politics, Mrs. Railton-Bell".
Mr. Fowler: "The trouble about being on the side of right, as one sees it, is that one often finds oneself in the company of such very questionable allies"
. Terence Rattigan
Fred will be along later with a view from the right.
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I hav'nt seen this film since it came out in the 70's, but I do remember the scene where the doctor puts a sliced-up human brain into a blender and makes himself a nice brain smoothie, Yummy.
A truly memorable movie. And the Alan Price soundtrack was excellent, I remember buying it on vinyl LP.
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The movie you are looking for 'O LUCKY MAN'. a magnificent piece of weirdness from director Lindsay Anderson. It starred Malcolm McDowell. I believe it was the follow up to his movie 'IF'
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For a start. Somebody stole the original thread, which was a homage to Hollywood's most loathsome creeps. Frank Thring, Bruce Dern, David Patrick Kelly et al.
Anyway, my new favorite slimy creep is Billy Bob Thornton. I saw the movie 'Bad Santa' on a rival network yesterday. After I had calmed down and stopped (curiously) hurling abuse at the TV set, I finally realised what a good (but painful to watch) movie this was. Billy Bob Thornton was superb, he had me hating his guts from the get go
This movie is not just an antidote to Christmas movies, it's an antidote to common decency and good taste. A true classic.
Will this movie be a new Christmas tradition ? Will some network run it 24 hours on Christmas day ?
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A serial killer on the run from the mob, and in disguise, becomes involved with an emotionally disturbed child abuser. He's finally tracked down by a breath-taking Latin dancer, who wants him dead. The Heavy Equipment salesman does'nt mind, he just want's to see a flic about Parisian nightlife.
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Dr. Terwilliker: "Is it atomic?"
Bart Collins: "Yes sir, VERY atomic!"
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Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Omar Sharif - 'The Horsemen' (1971)
Geraldine Chaplin - In a couple of movies with her father, and a few documentaries. Unless 'dictator's daughter' refers to Ralph Richardson. In which case -
Ralph Richardson - 'Things to Come' (1936)
Julie Christie - Hamlet (1996)
Kenneth Branagh - 'Henry V' (1989)
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Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Omar Sharif - The Baltimore Bullet (1980) or Hidalgo (2004)
Julie Christie - Hamlet (1996)
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Close enough MrWriteLA
You got all the actors and five of the movies correct. The Matt Clark movie I was looking for was 'The Outlaw Josie Wales'. He also played a bartender in 'Back To The Future III', but he was OK for booze in that one.
http://www.lovefilm.com/view_dvd.php?dt_id=10421&autoshowtrailer=1#
Go ahead
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The boozeless bartender character was in one of the 'clue' movies, not the main one.
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Dear jdb
You were correct with Joan Hackett and Bruce Dern, but the movie was'nt 'Support Your Local Sherriff'. There was another movie they were in together.
Clue - The bartender had nothing to do because he had run out of booze, and was sitting on his butt shooting the breeze with the customers.
Keep going, you're almost there.
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Powell and Pressburger, two of my favorite film-makers. It's hard to believe that this movie was made on the backlot of a london film studio and not on location in the Himalayas.
A lot of the atmosphere and look of P and P's movies was due to the work of Alfred Junge, the production designer and scenic artist. He was great.
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Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.
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You are obviously a Middle-Eastern terrorist using the TCM message boards to send coded messages to your operatives around the US.
I have reported you to the Department of Homeland Security.
I hope you look good in an orange jump-suit pal, because you're on your way to guantanamo bay.
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A New York cop looking for a meal, Defends exclusive college grad from the unwelcomed attention of the President of the United States, a spaced-out gardner, and a bartender with nothing to do. In the end an over-the-hill outlaw shows up to find out what the problem is.
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Oh for cryin' out loud ! ! ! !
The answer (the main movie featuring all the actors) is a Western.
The clues are -
Three SciFi. movies
Two Westerns
One Drama 'Set' in the 1920's to 1930's
Now shape-up all of you.
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Correction -
It's SIX actors/actesses to identify.
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You're getting warm, but no cigar.
There are five actors/actesses to identify.
By the way, the President of the United States was fictional.
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The 'spaced-out gardener' was way out there. As far out as the orbit of Saturn as I recall.
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THE FUTURE
in General Discussions
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Much talk in the media recently about forcing the Cable/Satellite companies to let subscribers pick-and-choose (and presumably pay for) the channels that they want, instead of having to accept package deals.
We all have to take the fifty or sixty channels of crap that we don't want, in order to get the few channels we do want.
If this were to happen, how would it effect channels like TCM ? would the less popular (intelligent) channels disappear altogether ? Is this a good idea, or will it be a disaster.
Maybe it would'nt make any difference. It's seems that every few weeks a good cable network will change it's format to appeal to the 18 to 35 moron demographic in an effort to pull down more advertising revenue.
I have nothing against 18 to 35 year old morons. I'm the father of three of them (I love them dearly, but I don't want them dictating my viewing choices).
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