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10 hours ago, JakeHolman said:
superb and my 11th all-time western
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The White Hat was her idea
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Angels With Dirty Faces & White Heat are more suggestions
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39 minutes ago, TomJH said:
It would have been rather depressing to see Reynolds in the part that Bruce Dern played in the film since the character, at least as played by Dern, is pretty pathetic.
which part?
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44 minutes ago, TikiSoo said:
So, this is your theory (meaning not something you read)? Inneresting. Makes some kind of sense.
I don't know much about Burt Reynolds, never saw any of his films. I did read about Reynolds' attitude during that time period, the 80's, in Sally Fields' book and most of what you say seems plausible.
The movie is on my waiting list at the library, now I can't wait to see it with your theory in mind! Thanks!
It was her first time witnessing Burt & crew using drugs, valium, needles with Percodan,etc
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Gotta see it again, only thought it was ok (**1/2) the first time in a theatre & I'm a sucker for anything Hollywood
Pitt steals the show though
1 Academy Award that seems a lock to win for it is Art-Direction/Production Design
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5 hours ago, jakeem said:
When actor Burt Reynolds died at the age of 82 on September 6, 2018, we all learned that he hadn't shot scenes for Quentin Tarantino's movie "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood." But it appears that he's in the movie in spirit.
I just viewed the DVD release of the movie, and Reynolds' influence is everywhere. Set in 1969, the film is about the bond between onetime Western TV star Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his longtime friend and stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt). The relationship mirrors the real-life friendship between Reynolds and the well-regarded stuntman Hal Needham, who died in 2013 at the age of 82.
Tarantino's movie begins and ends in 1969. But Reynolds became a screen superstar a decade later, thanks to his association with Needham the director. The two (pictured below) collaborated on "Smokey and the Bandit" (1977) and its 1980 sequel. They also teamed for the 1978 film "Hooper" and two "Cannonball Run" movies in the 1980s.
Reynolds' decision to star in Needham's 1983 action movie "Stroker Ace" may have cost him an Academy Award. He was the No. 1 candidate for the role of the astronaut Garrett Breedlove opposite Shirley MacLaine's character in "Terms of Endearment." Reynolds turned down the role because he had promised Needham he would headline "Stroker Ace." Jack Nicholson went on to play Breedlove in "Terms" and collected a Best Supporting Actor Oscar. Reynolds later called this his greatest regret.
There are several other Reynolds references in "OUATIH." There is a segment in which Dalton and Booth make plans to watch an episode of the ABC TV series "The FBI." Dalton is a guest star in the episode "All the Streets Are Silent," in which he plays a member of a gang that steals weapons from the military. While Dalton and Booth are watching, we see the iconic "FBI" opening credits featuring the actor and fellow guest stars James Farentino and Norman Fell.
"All the Streets Are Silent" was an actual episode of "The FBI," but it aired in 1965 -- and not 1969. Farentino and Fell were in it -- along with Reynolds. In the "OUATIH" version, DiCaprio's Dalton is shown chewing gum, Reynolds style.
Also, Dalton gets a chance to star in a Spaghetti Western called "Nebraska Jim," directed by Sergio Corbucci. In real life, Reynolds worked with Corbucci on the 1966 Italian oater "Navajo Joe." Years later, Reynolds frequently skewered the film because he thought he had signed to work with the master Italian director Sergio Leone.
Reynolds reportedly was set to portray George Spahn, owner of the Spahn Movie Ranch where numerous movie projects were filmed. By 1969, the site had become a hangout for Charles Manson and his followers. The role of Spahn eventually went to Bruce Dern, who plays him as an elderly man under the control of Manson acolyte Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme (Dakota Fanning). In 1975, Fromme was arrested for attempting to assassinate President Gerald Ford in Sacramento, California. As a result of her actions, she served a long prison term, but was released on parole in 2009.
Tarantino had made arrangements for the actor James Marsden to portray Reynolds in "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood." But his appearance was cut. It has been added as a deleted scene in the DVD.
it may well be in some respects ala Hooper (l978)
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Even went by his old house-(once owned by Wallace Beery) on Roxbury
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Hitchcock blamed the failure at the box-office at the time on Jimmy Stewart's looking older?
Though his favorite actor Cary Grant was 4yrs older
Visited Stewart's modest grave in Glendale's, F. Lawn, he easily coulda chose Arlington though
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9 hours ago, Rudy's Girl said:
Best beginning ever...
Creepy as hell ending...
Vertigo upset Kane after being on top for 50yrs in The Sight and Sound Survey in 2012
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18 hours ago, JakeHolman said:
MUCH THANKS AGAIN JAKE! I know tcm still hasn't the rights to the Godfather epic's but can you sometime show very beginning with Brando & the end of The Godfather, II?
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Vertigo starts out superbly & an even more so finale Only 2 Oscar shots?
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thanx and lots of indie fare huh I want to see rottentomatoes and imdb.com's list
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6 hours ago, jakeem said:
BAFTA will reveal the EE Rising Star nominees on Monday, January 6 and its overall nominations the next day. The awards ceremony, hosted by talk show host Graham Norton, is scheduled for Sunday, February 2 -- one week before the Academy Awards.
thanx
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Is it easy to translate footage onto these forums?
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When you get a few minutes how about both the beginning of BLACK ROCK ^& SOME CAME RUNNING, -plus of course the all-time finale of ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES?
Again, your the man in this thread
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9 hours ago, JakeHolman said:
Another big thanks Jake! It's all subjective but she was the most beautiful woman I have ever seen & lost the Oscar that yr to Sophia Loren in Two Women
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4 hours ago, laffite said:
There is no one left to remember.
the slim pickens scene though is worth it
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On 12/10/2019 at 7:56 PM, Fedya said:
I thought Chariots of Fire began with Harold Abraham's funeral. I know they're running through the salt flats in the closing credits, are they doing that in the opening credits too?
just the ending I believe
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On 12/10/2019 at 7:56 PM, Fedya said:
I thought Chariots of Fire began with Harold Abraham's funeral. I know they're running through the salt flats in the closing credits, are they doing that in the opening credits too?
I think both times
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6 hours ago, JakeHolman said:
yet another terrific clip ever see the ok (**1/2) 1979 Butch & Sundance The Early Years Tom, Berenger was in it
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I forget where it is, your annual awards calender?
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As you of all know BAFTA Award contenders are next, whats the date though?
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Have you had the time to see my predix of the winners in both the Globes & SAG?
Best Endings & Beginnings in film history?
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Good but The Great Escape was greater