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SCARECROW is another vastly underrated film from the '70's & THE CONVERSATION & almost forgot AMERICAN GRAFFITI
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18 hours ago, skimpole said:
Which movies of the seventies do you find facilely downbeat?
What about MEAN STEETS, GFI & II, TAXI DRIVER, APOCALYPSE NOW & DEER HUNTER though?
excuse me i'm addressing person who wasn't a fan of '70's cinema TWO LANE BLACKTOP, THE SHOOTEST, ANNIE HALL , MANHATTAN, THE FRONT, COMING HOME & NETWORK are others & I always found BEING THERE as brilliant
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18 hours ago, skimpole said:
Which movies of the seventies do you find facilely downbeat?
BADLANDS is superb
But Malick only has been up for what I rank another great war film, surrealistic '98's THIN RED LINE
Sheen did look like JD back then as did Dean Stockwell & Badlands has the ever superb Warren 0ates
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On 3/29/2020 at 4:26 PM, TopBilled said:
It sort of annoys me when people go on and on about 1939. Typically these same people fail to acknowledge the bombs of 1939 and they never once mention the decent 'B' films from 1939. It basically becomes an excuse to talk once again about Oz and Tara.
I actually think with increasing political correctness GONE WITH THE WIND will go the way of BIRTH OF A NATION and SONG OF THE SOUTH which will put a blemish on 1939.
Personally I feel there were equally good films in 1940 and 1941, including those famous efforts from Hitchcock, Welles and Ford.
Oh, and another thing that makes me smile is how the people who rave about 1939 always fail to see that almost all the films released in the first three months of '39 were technically made in '38. And this means that films made in the last three months of 1939 have a 1940 date on them. So this obsession with 1939 is a little too narrow and uninformed for my tastes, to be honest.
As far as decades go, I think the 1990s are great years because of all the independent films that were garnering recognition. It was a creative period for the industry, an industry still dependent on formulaic blockbusters but also willing to venture off the beaten path.
we have one of our biggest splits buddy and I've gone to see GWTW 3 times & went to Wizard if 0z once, but there is a ton more from '39
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On 3/31/2020 at 9:57 AM, Det Jim McLeod said:
Here are some other years that I have highly rated films, the years are according to IMDB:
1933
Sons Of The Desert
King Kong
Duck Soup
Gold Diggers Of 1933
The Invisible Man
1949
The Window
On The Town
White Heat
The Heiress
The Set Up
strong list
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if they were to give somekind of award for finest running post, it would be this one!
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Many buffs rate KEATON over CHAPLIN
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11 minutes ago, jamesjazzguitar said:
Now that I think of it, if Edward Brophy was ever a protagonist in a film, he would be in the running.
As your avatar conveys, he could give off that clueless look as good as anyone. Love the guy.
It's not quite as funny though as THE GENERAL or SEVEN CHANCES plus STEAMBOAT BILL, JR
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5 minutes ago, MovieCollectorOH said:
I thought the same, but watched my dad laugh so hard he almost got sick. This was the one where the Three Stooges were working on a house, and Curly was in a bathroom working on some piping with the water still running. He kept adding so much piping that he trapped himself into a piping cage. Then meanwhile downstairs the family was watching a new-fangled TV set. They saw a live shot of Niagara Falls. Just then Curly did something with the piping and water sprayed out the TV set and into the living room! Probably one of the funnier things they did though.
Something to pay attention to with Curly Howard-(l903-52) he limped a lot, after accidentally shooting himself with a rife as a teen
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3 minutes ago, MovieCollectorOH said:
I thought the same, but watched my dad laugh so hard he almost got sick. This was the one where the Three Stooges were working on a house, and Curly was in a bathroom working on some piping with the water still running. He kept adding so much piping that he trapped himself into a piping cage. Then meanwhile downstairs the family was watching a new-fangled TV set. They saw a live shot of Niagara Falls. Just then Curly did something with the piping and water sprayed out the TV set and into the living room! Probably one of the funnier things they did though.
LOVE THE STOOGES! Though as superbly talented as Curly Howard was, Shemp just made me laugh more I own about 90 on vhs still A TIP: A couple books on them Three Stooges Scrapbook-(A Plumbing we Will Go as a matter of fact was voted fans fav) & stooges Hollywood Locations
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11 hours ago, jakeem said:
Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) in any installment of "The Pink Panther" series.
Donald Crisp can be seen in THE NAVIGATOR
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11 hours ago, jakeem said:
Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) in any installment of "The Pink Panther" series.
He was a genius, a word they throw around far too uch in the movies, but was said to be difficult due to his heart
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Just now, cmovieviewer said:
Was that the large TCM catalog? I received one several years ago but I think now they publish one major edition per year and you have to purchase it in order to get a copy (but it does come with some coupons).
It is nice to have a printed copy of things.
Yeah, almost the size of a phone book Sure miss the original NP Guide
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5 minutes ago, jamesjazzguitar said:
Really? Hey, I'm not questioning what you're saying but I find that had to believe (I guess accept), given his standing and film legacy (e.g. likely in most people's top-5 as a supporting actor). E.g. TCM recently showed Pride of the Yankees. I only watched a small part it since I've seen the film so many times, but what impressed me was Brennan and how in this role he played it "straight". I.e. a part that didn't really utilize his screen persona but he was still solid (of course that is also true with Dan Duryea in this film, but at this stage of Duryea's career he really hadn't established his screen persona yet).
Yeah, most are stunned he won 3 Oscars too They usually don't believe me Champs of performers to date are KATE HEPBUTN (4), D. DAY-LEWIS (3 so far), NICHOLSON (4), STREEP-(2 & 21 noms),, BERGMAN (2) & WALTER
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Just now, spence said:
trivia of him, recall the weasels in ROGER RABBIT...? They were taken right from him & the gangsters in BALL OF FIRE
Speaking of Pheonix (***1/2) went to a flat (**) rehash once of it
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Just now, spence said:
thanx for reply! Duryea didn't live long after the terrific Flight of the Phoenix
trivia of him, recall the weasels in ROGER RABBIT...? They were taken right from him & the gangsters in BALL OF FIRE
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1 minute ago, jamesjazzguitar said:
Really? Hey, I'm not questioning what you're saying but I find that had to believe (I guess accept), given his standing and film legacy (e.g. likely in most people's top-5 as a supporting actor). E.g. TCM recently showed Pride of the Yankees. I only watched a small part it since I've seen the film so many times, but what impressed me was Brennan and how in this role he played it "straight". I.e. a part that didn't really utilize his screen persona but he was still solid (of course that is also true with Dan Duryea in this film, but at this stage of Duryea's career he really hadn't established his screen persona yet).
thanx for reply! Duryea didn't live long after the terrific Flight of the Phoenix
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1 minute ago, TopBilled said:
No. That's DON'T DRINK THE WATER (1969).
DON'T GO NEAR THE WATER (1957) is a military comedy starring Glenn Ford. Gia Scala plays a supporting role in it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_Go_Near_the_Water_(film)
ever see skidoo it was his Myra Breckinridge
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Just now, TopBilled said:
Yes, Beery has had a SUTS day.
Field has not. But he was Star of the Month, a long time ago, when TCM was in its early days.
Then he's really long overdue, huh
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Do you mean The Great oneGleason's Woody Allen adaptation of DON'T GO NEAR THE WATER? Ever see him trippin on lsd in skidoo?
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Just now, TopBilled said:
She was also in DON'T GO NEAR THE WATER (1957) and TIP ON A DEAD JOCKEY (1957)...both are MGM titles and in the Turner library.
what about about Beery or W.C. Fields?
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Who hasn't, thought they hit pretty much everybody, or most name above the title stars
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I know brennan hasn't though right?
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He's already filming another one
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SEE BELOW, listed what I rate among most depressing films ever yet made yet incredible cinema I'm still a fan though pf the studio-system the most