GregoryPeckfan
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Betty Grable in Miami as I am not interested in being in an earthquake in 1906.
Would you rather be in a movie set in New York or a movie set in LA?
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Spellbound
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Peter Pan
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Quiz Show
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Thanks.
"Women should be obscene and not heard."
Mae West?
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Twelve Angry Men
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Little Big Man
Broken Arrow
Dances With Wolves
The Searchers
Stalking Moon
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Rocky Horror Picture Show
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Fighting within the family
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Night Song
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Columbo, Lt. - Peter Falk on Columbo
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Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987) - 5/10 - Sentimental anti-nuke fantasy about Little League baseball pitcher Chuck (Joshua Zuehlke) who, after taking a tour of a nuclear missile silo, has a terrible dream about nuclear armageddon that inspires him to refuse to pitch anymore games as long as nuclear missiles exist in the world. His story gets picked up nationally, where it strikes a chord with NBA superstar "Amazing Grace" Smith (Alex English). He decides to refuse to play as well, and he moves to Chuck's small hometown. They are soon joined by more professional athletes, as the world's sportspeople all take up the cause. Their innocent campaign has consequences, though, such as angry locals, as well as disapproval from the highest levels of power. Co-starring William L. Petersen and Frances Conroy as Chuck's parents, Jamie Lee Curtis as Amazing Grace's sports agent, Lee Richardson as a shady financier and power-broker, and, in his first big screen role in 7 years, Gregory Peck as the U.S. president. Also with Michael Bowen, Alan Autry, Dennis Lipscomb, Clarence Felder, and Robert Harper.
This is silly stuff, operating at a child's level of naivete. The message is a nice one, if in no way practical. There were a few of these anti-nuke films in the waning days of the Cold War, and most were terrible. The acting is passable in this one, if nothing memorable, and there aren't any stand-out moments scriptwise, either. It's technically well-made, with Robert Elswit on cinematography and Elmer Bernstein providing the score. Directed by Mike Newell, and released by Tri-Star.
First time watched. Source: This.
So this movie airing on TCM? I wonder why I did not record it?
This is the one remaining Gregory Peck big screen movie which I have never seen.
The other movie is a TV movie made with his real life daughter Cecelia Peck.
I do want to see everything he made. But I've been crossing off other titles.
I imagine it will air again.
What did you think specifically about Gregory Peck's performance as the American President, larry?
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I've got to see this movie. Mr. Kelley was indeed a fine actor and that's not easy for a Floridian to say about a Georgia man. I keep hearing that he was a real Southern gentleman as well. Next time.
It will likely air again.
Deforest Kelley was indeed a southern gentleman and everyone loved him who ever worked with him.
He told the story about how some time after Star Trek became popular, he and his wife went to New York on a trip . His old friend Joel McCrea (I think it was McCrea, but it may have been another one of his fellow Cowboys) was doing a show in New York and Deforest and Carolyn Kelley went to see the show.
Deforest wanted to go back stage to talk to his friend afterwards.
The Kelleys had not been back East in a long time, and had no idea what was in store for them.
Carolyn had to use the ladies room and Deforest waited outside the door for her.
He started to get people asking him to sign their programs.
People in the theatre were telling each other that "Dr. McCoy" was in the lobby and there were long lineups for Kelley's autograph.
This embarrassed Kelley very much. NO WAY was he going to go back stage now. He was holding up the curtain by his being there.
The Kelleys were sitting in a row full of nuns and they kept having to hand over programs to him and send them back.
He later donated his scripts of Star Trek episodes to the Nuns.
He was also the only member of the original series to NEVER write an autobiography.
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Counterpoint: no, it isn't.
As a fan of Spellbound which came first, I agree with Lorna.
However, as I am a fan of Widmark and insist on seeing everything he was in (except the Swarm, which I still have not seen):
I agree with Lorna. Not because of Richard or Gloria or Oscar or Lauren:
Because the script is LACKING.
No way are people in a mental hospital going to have the SAME mental condition - this one being obsessed with the drapes.
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I enjoy movies set in beautiful and exotic locations that I may never see in person.
I have been to Greece, but I've never been anywhere else where there is a rich cultural history of art and architecture.
I love movies set on Broadway, or off Broadway.
I love crime movies being set in New York, LA, or San Francisco.
I love westerns set in small towns and where people take long trips across the desert in areas of United States now called John Ford country.
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THE LAW AND JAKE WADE -as it aired on TCM
I missed the first part of the film as I didn't get up until after 8am, but I've seen it umpteen times so it did not matter.
What a fun film. This film was listed by several people in the Psychological Shoot Em Ups thread and for good reason.
Richard Widmark, Robert Taylor in the title role, and my favourite cast member of the Star Trek universe -Deforest Kelley.
I love Richard Widmark westerns.
Today is Richard Widmark day on TCM.
Hooray!
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Well, speaking of people who actually DID go against type, how about Henry Fonda in Once Upon a Time in the West?
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That's a good episode. Vaughn was good at playing slippery villains.
Yes, he was. He was in another one called Salute to the Commodore where he thought his wife killed his father in law. That's the only episode where the audience was left in the dark.
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Otto Preminger's "Saint Joan" with Jean Seberg is on TCM today at 12 Noon.
Please watch it without any prejudice.
It is arguably the greatest performance of Shaw's Saint Joan that has ever reached and graced the screen.
Miss Seberg was never, ever given any kind of credit for her immense credibility as that tortured and conflicted teen.
And she was the superlative teenage BRAT in Otto Preminger's follow-up film with her, "Bonjour Tristesse".
Thank God, French filmmakers saw her talent and gave her a remarkable film career.
I've seen it before. It's airing as part of a day of Richard Widmark movies, which unfortunately includes The Cobweb.
I will say this:
How I judge this film has everything to do with whether I look at it as a Seaberg film or a Widmark film.
I will wait until after the film to explain what I mean.
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Really? Speaking for myself, I can't tell.
That's because you don't spend all your time in the thread entitled George Brent's Derry air.
If you did, you would spend lots of time looking at this man.
Also, it depends upon how large your screen is....
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I think I'm the only one who has put Ann Blyth in the Juvenile category. She was between 16-17 when the film was made. So I was wondering if there are some parameters we should be following for what is considered for the juvenile award. What's the age cut-off? Is it in the nature of the role, since Blyth's is more mature than a lot of juvenile roles?
I wanted to choose the girl who played Patsy in The Bells of St. Mary.
I think 18 is the cut-off?
I have in earlier years nominated my Juvenile pick for a regular acting role such as Sabu....
Bogie?
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I've got breakfast at Tiffany's memorized I have seen it so often.
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Most of the "Russian" movies I've seen are those set in Russia, not in the Russian language.
eg
From Russia With love
Hunt for Red October
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One movie profession that is surprisingly depicted positively are bartenders. Many films feature the wise bartender to whom the star confides in periodically throughout the film. The bartender is able to dispense sage advice about whatever dilemma the star is facing.
Yes, well that is really what they do in real life yes?
A friend of mine has a sister who used to be a bartender and she was often dispensing advice.
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