Det Jim McLeod
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14 hours ago, Polly of the Precodes said:
Roger Moore: If you haven't seen ffolkes (aka North Sea Hijack) (1980), do so ASAP.
That would have been my second choice, Moore was good in a atypical role of a misanthrope who loves cats but hates women. Anthony Perkins is a great villain.
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Here's a few not mentioned:
Salesman - great Maysles brothers documentary, about Bible salesman. Stark view of real life Willy Loman types.
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice- funny and sharp satire of middle aged couples trying be hip with the sexual revolution
A Boy Named Charlie Brown-first and best of the "Peanuts" big screen movies as our neurotic loser/hero goes to the big city for a spelling bee.
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11 hours ago, LawrenceA said:
It seems that the next time TCM shows Never Too Young to Die, a bunch of you need to watch/record it and appreciate the cinematic legacy of George Lazenby.
I'd rather see it for Vanity! 😍
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46 minutes ago, TopBilled said:
We could also discuss least favorite choices.
Did anyone like Timothy Dalton in BRENDA STARR or BEAUTICIAN AND THE BEAST..?
Or "Sextette" with Mae West?
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On 7/14/2019 at 9:38 PM, CinemaInternational said:
Veronica Lake was a witch going for revenge. Instead she found love with Fredric March in I Married a Witch.
My favorite Veronica Lake performance, she has been criticized but I think she had talent. She was funny, sharp and totally adorable in this film.
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The six men who played James Bond have been in many other films, what is your favorite (or performance if you prefer) in roles other than Bond?
THE ACTORS
Sean Connery
George Lazenby
Roger Moore
Timothy Dalton
Pierce Brosnan
Daniel Craig
here's what I think:
Sean Connery-"The Untouchables" (1987) My favorite film of the 1980s, Connery got an Oscar for his role of the street cop who joins Eliot Ness in his pursuit of Al Capone.
George Lazenby-haven't seen him in anything other than the Bond film.
Roger Moore-"The Naked Face" (1985) this one is kind of a guilty pleasure but very entertaining. Moore plays a psychiatrist suspected of murder. So he is more victim than hero. The supporting cast is excellent-Rod Steiger, Elliott Gould, Art Carney, Anne Archer and David Hedison.
Timothy Dalton -"The Lion In Winter" (1968) A great version of a play about Henry II and Eleanor of Aquataine. Dalton has a few good scenes as Phillip II.
Pierce Brosnan-"The Fourth Protocol" (1987)-Brosnan plays a cold blooded Russian assassin pursued by rebellious British agent Michael Caine. When I saw this I was convinced Brosnan could be a good choice for Bond.
Daniel Craig- "Infamous" (2006)- Craig is convicted killer Perry Smith and he is excellent. This follows his strange friendship with flamboyant author Truman Capote (Toby Jones) and the writing of "In Cold Blood"
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On 7/13/2019 at 7:24 PM, CinemaInternational said:
Gary Cooper scored with the Westerner and Walter Brennan won his third Oscar for playing Judge Roy Bean.
One of the most unique westerns ever made. Walter Brennan plays one of the most unusual villains ever on screen. He was a guy who would hang a man at the drop of a hat and next would act like a lovesick schoolboy over his crush on a famous actress.
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On 7/11/2019 at 7:03 PM, CinemaInternational said:
The decade closed with another classic and best picture nominee, a version of Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men with Burgess Meredith and Lon Chaney Jr.
One of my favorites. Lon Jr. often parodied his performance in other film but this is the original, he is touching in the role that made him a star.
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Destination Moon (1950) 6/10
I hadn't seen this early sci-fi flick in years and I enjoyed it on TCM last night.
We see a crew of men from the worlds of aviation, science and the military planning the first trip to the moon. It is slow moving but once they get into space it is quite entertaining. The special effects are still pretty good even today (they won an Oscar in 1950) and if you compare it to the actual moon landing 19 years later, they seem to have gotten some things fairly correct. The scene where one of the crew is set adrift in space is pretty suspenseful. One thing I really enjoyed was Dick Wesson as a wisecracking electronics expert from Brooklyn, a funny scene where he talks to Earth over the radio ("Oith! Come in Oith"). Oh and Woody Woodpecker makes an appearance early in the film.
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12 hours ago, LawrenceA said:
Dont Look Back (1967) - 8/10
D.A. Pennebaker's fly-on-the-wall documentary following Bob Dylan on his 1965 British tour. He clashes with reporters, sings some songs, smokes a lot of cigarettes, and generally acts like a 24-year-old feeling his way around global fame and success. Featuring Joan Baez, and Donovan. Aspects of this film have been part the American cultural lexicon for decades, but I just never got around to watching the whole thing until now. I'm not a devotee of the cult of Dylan, but I respect his impact on music and society, particularly at that time. The film provides an glimpse at one of America's premiere artists of the past 50 years, and for that alone it is invaluable.
Source: The Criterion Channel
I am big fan of Dylan and this was an interesting documentary on one of his most creative periods. My favorite scene was an argument with a drunk in his room who threw a glass out of the hotel window.
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Miss Otis Regrets from "Night And Day" (sung by Monty Wooley)
next-sung by Debbie Reynolds
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Cat People (1942)
Next-binoculars
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Jack Warden was in From Here To Eternity with Claude Akins
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Dean Jagger was in My Son John with Helen Hayes
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4 hours ago, rayban said:
"Romeo and Juliet" - George Cukor - 1936 -
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I can't tolerate this film.
I can't even get through it.
The principal actors are much too old.
Leslie Howard was in his forties and Norma Shearer was in her thirties.
The most recent film version that starred Douglas Booth is easily the best.
I saw the second half of the film, it didn't quite move me.
My favorite will always be the 1968 Franco Zefferelli version. The color, costumes and music really put this one at the top for me.
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Ray & Liz 6/10
A newly released British film about a dysfunctional family in the 1970s and 1980s. The director is a photographer who based this on his own parents. He had previously published a book of his photographs depicting his home life. The film is shot and lit well due to his photographing ability. The acting is good too and I recommend it to anyone who likes British "kitchen sink" type films. Although it's called "Ray & Liz" after the parents it mostly is about the two sons that are in the middle of this mess of alcoholism and violence. It doesn't go too far with any brutality in the film, it is more sad and squalid than any thing. The Birmingham accents are hard to figure out at times, I am usually pretty good at understanding Brit accents but even I missed a few lines of dialogue.
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Robert Wagner, Virginia Leith and Joanne Woodward are still alive as of today.
They were in "A Kiss Before Dying" (1956)
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I recall a 1968 TV musical version with Peter Noone (Herman's Hermits) as Pinocchio and Burl Ives as Gepetto.
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13 hours ago, rosebette said:
Perhaps Roberts hoped for the success that James Garner had when he broke with Warner Brothers after Maverick and began making films. But Pernell Roberts is no James Garner!
Michael Landon was interviewed years after "Bonanza" had ended and simply said this about Roberts:
"I didn't get along with him and he didn't get along with me"
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5 hours ago, Bogie56 said:
Monday, July 15
6:15 p.m. Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972). With Lynn Redgrave and Victor Mature in what Leonard Maltin describes as his last leading role.
11:45 p.m. 3:10 to Yuma (1957). Glenn Ford is not bad at playing a creep.
I always thought Robert Mitchum or Richard Widmark would have been better in that role in 3:10 to Yuma.
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Don Taylor was in The Naked City with Barry Fitzgerald
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Ginger Rogers was in Top Hat with Fred Astaire
who was in The Towering Inferno with Paul Newman
Next-Lon Chaney Sr
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The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
next-Sudden Impact (Sondra Locke double bill)
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12 hours ago, Princess of Tap said:
I really like Fred Clark, so I'll Stick Around to see a few of his scenes. But when I heard the movie announced, I thought it was a Universal movie. Hopefully things will look up in August.
He's the comic relief in the film, one of the funniest scenes is when he suddenly burps.
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Name the Western
in Games and Trivia
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Will Penny
Next-Val Kilmer