Det Jim McLeod
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More Dead Than Alive (1969)
Convicts 4 (1962) 2 non horror Vincent Price films in the 1960s
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On 10/1/2019 at 6:43 AM, UMO1982 said:
Get it?
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15 hours ago, TomJH said:
Earlier in the film Tony Martin sings a version of the song, as he romances tourist Marta Toren. Yvonne DeCarlo sang it in this scene in a mocking way when the romance with Toren breaks up.
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2 minutes ago, kingrat said:
Nice idea, Det. Jim. There are a number of years where there are several worthy songs. Inside Oscar will also indicate some of the songs that could have been, but weren't, nominated. For 1948 these are "A Couple of Swells" and "Steppin' Out With My Baby" from Easter Parade and "It's a Most Unusual Day" from A Date With Judy. All three of those are good songs.
I don't know "For Every Man There's a Woman" or "This Is the Moment"--there's a song of the same name from the Broadway musical Jekyll and Hyde that is all too common at open mics--but although "The Woody Woodpecker Song" is a great theme for Woody, it's not exactly a great song otherwise. My parents had a record of "Buttons and Bows," so I have very fond memories of this song. "It's Magic" is a lovely ballad that's perfect for Doris Day. For sentimental reasons I'll stick with "Buttons and Bows," but I think more people would pick "It's Magic." Seriously, though, "Steppin' Out With My Baby" should have been nominated and would have been a fine winner.
I own the Inside Oscar book too, lots of great trivia.
The song "For Every Man There's A Woman" is a great tune, sung by Tony Martin and Yvonne DeCarlo in the film "Casbah", it's been years since I have seen it but the I still can recall the song.
The least known nominee today is probably "This Is The Moment", I had to look it up on youtube (see below) to listen to it so I would have heard all the nominees. It is sung by Betty Grable, she looks gorgeous and sings it well, though the song is not very memorable.
2 minutes ago, kingrat said:-
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Choose which one you would have voted for with your reason why.
THE NOMINEES
Buttons And Bows from The Paleface*
For Every Man There's A Woman from Casbah
It's Magic from Romance On The High Seas
This Is The Moment from That Lady In Ermine
The Woody Woodpecker Song from Wet Blanket Policy
*=actual winner
I liked "It's Magic" the most. It has some beautiful lyrics and a haunting melody, plus it fit in well with the movie and an incandescent vocal performance from Doris Day. She said in interviews she was shocked when it did not win.
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The Moon Is Blue
Next-Three Coins In The Fountain-2 with Maggie McNamara
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Just now, cigarjoe said:
So was Garland a transvestite?
Whoops, fixed it.
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I saw it yesterday 6/10.
It is following the trend of bio-pics these days, showing the final years of the subject, like Laurel And Hardy in "Stan And Ollie" or Gloria Grahame in "Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool". The best example of this is Martin Landau as aging Bela Lugosi in "Ed Wood".
As far as "Judy" goes, Zellweger gives a great performance, really capturing the older, more angry Judy. Her singing is good too, Garland's voice was not as strong in her later years and probably why some are criticizing it. BTW I did not hear any "yodeling" in those scenes.The musical scenes are the best parts of the film.
The film is long and it drags in places. The flashback scenes are initially intriguing (with a creepy Louis B Mayer) but soon become a bit tiresome, we never get to hear young Judy sing.
Did anyone else actually see it?
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Last night had the two with Timothy Dalton
The Living Daylights (1987) I give this one 5/10. Dalton was an interesting change from Roger Moore, he was more dangerous, but didn't have much humor. However the movie was too long and had a confusing story, introducing some many different characters, it was hard to figure out who the main villain was.
Licence To Kill (1989) An improvement over the last one 7/10. This was more of a cold blooded revenge story, rather than the usual Bond formula. It was a good idea since Dalton played the role as tough and mean, this guy delivers the one liners as threats rather than jokes. Robert Davi is a despicable villain and Q is given his biggest role in the series.
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Spider (2002)
Next-Quiz Show (1994) Ralph Fiennes double bill
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I saw all 3 when each was released, but I can barely remember anything about them.
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Treasure Island (1934)
Next-The Devi Is A Sissy 2 with young Jackie Cooper
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19 hours ago, EricJ said:
You CANNOT release Electric Dreams without Culture Club (it's too tied into the plot).
I saw this on first release, I remember liking it, it was a treat having Bud Cort as the voice of the computer. However my favorite thing about it was the Culture Club songs, they were my favorite group of the 1980s.
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6 minutes ago, Brrrcold said:
I don't want to dump on this programming effort, nor on the guest commentator - because I think the subject of 'disability' is, in general, worthy of examination and discussion. However, in the context of fiction (and the literature and movies that derive therefrom) one has to be careful not to mistake the meaning of disability and/or the character who is disabled.
In the intro to THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1939), the guest summarized that the characters ought to have shown greater compassion and empathy for Quasimodo, to recognize his humanity. Well, sure - but then what would the story be about? The whole purpose of Quasimodo in the plot is to reveal to the audience the defects of the other characters (or virtues) and their social milieu.
I'm not sure TCM or its programmers spent enough time preparing this one.
In the documentary there was one man (cannot recall his name or even if he was disabled) who complained about nearly every film he mentioned. He really seemed to hate the Lon Chaney film "The Unknown" (which I love) objecting to the character having no arms and being crazy and vengeful. The Chaney character was originally not disabled, he had his arms amputated on purpose! So he was already crazy and vengeful even when he was able bodied.
There was criticism of one my favorite films "Bride Of Frankenstein" I was shocked that is was directed at the blind hermit (O.P. Heggie) since he was the kindest character in the film. He was the only one who did not run screaming from The Monster and became his friend. The director of the doc said she did not like that he was portrayed as "all knowing", I disagree, it showed him as lonely, kind and very human not some magical blind wizard.
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Without A Clue (1988)
Next-The Fourth Protocol (1987) 2 with Michael Caine in the 1980s
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On 9/21/2019 at 12:42 PM, calvinnme said:
Freud (1962)
I got this on VHS from some now defunct video company.
John Huston directed and Montgomery Clift stars in one of his last films.
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31 minutes ago, TomJH said:
But, for me, the most horrifying scene in the film is not the minute or so in which the Mummy opens his eyes and moves, but the flashback scene in which Imhotep is buried alive. In particular it's that shot of Karloff bound and helpless and we see the gauze being wrapped around his face that causes me a case of the shudders.
I agree and also his tongue had been cut out!
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Begging for replies is not cool.
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Happy First Day Of Autumn!
Here is "Restless" (2011) a little seen indie about a young man (Henry Hopper, son of Dennis) with a fascination with death and funerals who falls in love with a terminally ill young woman (Mia Wasikowska). There are many nice Autumn scenes including one on Halloween. The soundtrack includes "Two Of Us" by The Beatles and "The Fairest Of Seasons" by Nico.
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19 hours ago, EricJ said:
Actually, ALL the actors in the movie were asked to write their own songs--Keith Carradine got the Best Song Oscar for writing "I'm Easy" to wow Lily Tomlin with. Which means Altman, as with most of his 70's movies, wasn't really doing a movie about Nashville or rightwing patriotism, so much as a movie about the struggling folks in the entertainment industry, three thousand miles away.
Still, it's nice to see the iconic "Freeway jam" scene before every quirky indie filmmaker copied it (ahemlalaland).
Yes, true, Carradine deserved the Oscar for that, he also performed it himself at the ceremony. Karen Black wrote her own songs also.
I saw "La La Land" but did not make a connection to the Freeway jam scene in "Nashville", but it is an interesting thing now that I think about it.
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Nashville (1975) 9/10 in Film Forum Theater
I just saw this again and love it more each time I see it. It's a great Robert Altman directed mosaic involving several characters coming together in Music City. Some of my favorite characters were:
Henry Gibson as Haven Hamilton-he is a veteran country singer with old school thinking. Gibson wrote a few songs himself for the character and they actually hold up as good country songs.
Ronee Blakeley as Barbara Jean, country music queen beloved by her fans. She is in a fragile mental state and has a memorable breakdown scene while performing.
Geraldine Chaplin as Opal, a BBC reporter doing a documentary, she is both confused and fascinated by this very American city.
Elliot Gould and Julie Christie have quick cameos as themselves. Hamilton meets Julie and tries to explain to his friends who she is. He says "She won an Academy Award for one those movies, though I don't know which one it was!"
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1 hour ago, cigarjoe said:
I haven't seen this since 1968 when it came out. Where the heck has it been hiding? Has it ever played on TCM? Anyway, I'd forgotten how low key creepy it was and the time it takes on it's slow buildup.
A lot of water has gone under the bridge. I've come to a point where I've come to appreciate other genres and styles of film making. This Polanski film gets overshadowed now by Chinatown.
Its got an eclectic cast. A couple of Film Noir Vets in the cast Elisha Cook Jr. of course in many, many noir, and also Sidney Blackmer (Little Caesar (1931), Accused of Murder (1956), Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956), Ralph Bellamy (Lady on a Train (1956)).
It's got iconic quirky yenta-ish Ruth Gordon from Harold and Maude (1971) and later a couple of Eastwood comedies. Also D'Urville Martin from Blaxploitation films, Charles Grodin and character actor Phil Leeds.
Features The Dakota on Central Park West and 72nd Street though the novel used another equally suitable imposing location. 8/10
One of my top ten films of all time. I know TCM has played it, I believe around Halloween time a few years ago.
Patsy Kelly has a good role as Ruth Gordon's friend, she also has a funny scene with Mia Farrow at the end, they argue over rocking the baby.
Maurice Evans plays the Van Helsing type role as he figures out the diabolical plan of the witches. He was having a great year, also playing orangutan Dr Zaius in "Planet Of The Apes" and occasionally appearing as Samantha's warlock father in the sitcom "Bewitched".
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Jack Warden was in From Here To Eternity with Montgomery Clift
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Bride Of The Monster (1955)
Next-The Black Sleep (1956) 2 of Bela Lugosi's later films
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Name the comedy
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Smokey And The Bandit
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