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Audrey did get top billing in They All Laughed, but her role wasn't the largest. Ben Gazzara and John Ritter had the leading parts, and everyone else was like a member of an ensemble. Coleen Camp was a lot of fun as a New York based country singer.

I would also say this about Will Ferrell. He was excellent in a dramatic role in Stranger than Fiction, an overlooked film in my opinion.

Let's just say it's the midwest. Lots of fields and crossroads to pass before you get anywhere.

Pretty much. Town of 10,000 in a rural county. The place about 40 miles away has about 250,000 people, but otherwise, you have to go at least 60 miles to another place over 100,000 people.

AMC's closest to where I am is about 40 miles away. A few years back, in 2016, they bought two of the three big theatres in the city (I never was to the one, the other I haven't been since December of 2015). So now, if they go under, that city will be down to only one theatre.

Saw much of and am going to finish up Hatari which is a fine adventure saga. Saw Starman before bed last night, and it was such a beautiful film.

My issue I think is ultimately that I thought the original was a perfect film. And I think it is true that the film is more well known than the book at this point, so... I'm just a bit wary when it comes to remakes sometimes, and maybe I should loosen up a bit.

The reason I felt this way was because I really feel it would be hard to top or equal the 1955 film. The '55 film had one of Robert Mitchum's best performances, it was one of Shelley Winters finest hours, you had Lillian Gish, you had the children, the black and white photography, and the haunting nature of it all. While it is true that two of the best films of the last decade were remakes of literature first filmed years ago (True Grit, Little Women), I have a feeling that the film will be hurt by the fact it will undoubtedly be done in color, regardless of how solid everything else is in it; the soul of this work is black and white, and color just seems all wrong for it. It's kind of like Psycho all over again in a way.

https://variety.com/2020/film/news/night-of-the-hunter-remake-universal-1234573387/ Here you go. It's a bad idea to mess with perfection.......

To explain, Lawrence, I saw it with my parents. It is by far the most sexually explicit film I saw with them, and they were taken aback in a big way. I was burying my eyes in humiliation quite frequently during it. That said, the last 25 to 30 minutes of the film are choice, and Leachman, Burstyn, Johnson, and Brennan are all wonderful in it.

Well, Last Picture Show was the most embarassing viewing of my life, so.......

It was released on DVD and Blu-Ray last year by Kino Lorber, who have been doing a great job in getting some films out of hiding recently.

They had a HD copy on Showtime recently, but the version that aired on Friday is likely the original master or at most recent date the 1990s. It had the MGM/UA block logo that has pretty much been excised from almost all of the films that it appeared on in the late 80s. I can only think of one film on DVD that retained it in recent years: Rain Man.

I'm sure the podcast will be fascinating. Bogdanovich gave us two of the greatest 70s films: What's Up Doc and Paper Moon, plus several very good titles that never really did get the respect they deserved: Daisy Miller, Nickelodeon, They All Laughed, Noises Off, The Cat's Meow, and She's Funny That Way. I have one of his books involving 52 classic movie picks; its very well written.

Coming this summer

They continue to have some dim bulbs to this day. Definitely the 2001 film Zoolander applies here.....

The Fearless Vampire Killers or Pardon Me But Your Teeth Are in My Neck

I would also say this. I think that 1987, 1988, and 1989 helped to lay the groundwork to the blossoming of the early 90s and were pretty wonderful years in their own right.

One thing I noticed.... not many premieres. Last time they didn't have many they were cooking up premieres of Star Wars and bond films, so something big is coming later in the year.

Just saw this today (its last day on Demand). It's a small film, a well-handled B movie, but its well worth a look for Jayne Mansfield's performance. It shows that there was a truly a good actress behind the pin up image and dumb blonde stereotype.

Its hard for me to limit to one as well..... even after starting this thread, I find myself vascillating between several different years with no luck.

Yes, many films are ignored in '39 like the breezy B series with Bonita Granville as Nancy Drew or even lesser known A list titles.... In some ways I prefer 1940 to 1939, but maybe that's just me. Regarding the 90s, I thought it was a strong period too, even if the first half was better than the second half. However, I just cannot share the same enthusiasm as many for 1999, much for the same reasons that you stated about 1939, with the added element that I really didn't like a few of the praised films. The standout years of that decade for me were 1990, 1991, and 1993.

Its a topic that has been discussed many times before, but I feel that following the release of a new book it should be resurrected. I was reading this article last night about a new book suggesting that 1962 was the best movie year of them all due to films like Lawrence of Arabia, To kill a Mockingbird, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, Jules and Jim, Vivre Sa Vie, Dr No, The Music Man, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence, Lolita, Long Day's Journey Into Night, The Miracle Worker, The Longest Day, The Manchurian Candidate, Sundays and Cybele, Gypsy, Advise and Consent, The loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, Birdman of Alcatraz, Cape Fear, Days of Wine and Roses, How the West was Won, Lonely are the Brave, An Autumn Afternoon, Ride the High Country, Cleo from 5 to 7, The Exterminating Angel, L'Ecclise, Harakiri, Knife in the Water, Mamma Roma, Sanjiro, David and Lisa, The Trial, Hatari, and others (I'd also champion That Touch of Mink, Experiment in Terror, Lisa, The Counterfeit Traitor, Billy Budd, A Kind of Loving, Light in the Piazza, Jumbo, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and All Fall Down among the less-talked-about titles). Of course though 1939 has long been championed as the greatest due to its own tried and true classics ranging from GWTW and The Wizard of Oz through Dark Victory and Ninotchka through The Rules of the Game. And as more time passes from the classic era, claims have arisen from certain corners for 1974 (Chinatown, Godfather Part II, The Conversation...), 1982 (ET, Tootsie, Blade Runner.....), and even 1999 ( a year where I preferred films like The Straight Story, Cookie's Fortune, and The End of the Affair to some of the more talked about films). But what I guess I'm getting at here is the question if one of these four years does indeed hold the cornerstone on being the greatest, or is there some other year not talked about as much that silently takes the crown. I'll let you be the judge. https://deadline.com/2020/03/lawrence-of-arabia-to-kill-a-mockingbird-james-bond-1962-movies-greatest-year-was-1962-the-greatest-movie-year-ever-a-new-book-says-yes-1202893779/?fbclid=IwAR200F3qrEoXZ3Ijhgsgcniq2m8hwL2-0TsATrVlWK66VN-htImjCIi-q-E

Sometimes with the big names, I find out about them on Facebook or on a search engine....

Mr Scoutmaster. I'm planning on seeing it.