johnm001

I can't believe that I haven't see this film since it was in a re-release in theaters, back in the mid 60s! I'm really looking forward to seeing it, again.

Jimmy Stewart is my favorite actor. My top 10 favorites: It's A Wonderful Life The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Rope The Shop Around the Corner Call Northside 777 The Man Who Knew Too Much The Stratton Story Rear Window How The West Was Won No Highway In The Sky

I'm not such a fan, but I did find ITALIANAMERICAN, interesting, AFTER HOURS, fun; and, TAXI DRIVER, amazingly realistic.

It appears to have been filmed specifically for the promo. At any rate, it's not any film I recognize.

The 1967re-release, was horrible. It was blown-up to 70MM, and you could actually see through the film! Heads and feet were chopped off. Natalie Kalmus, almost always refused to allow full color saturation, claiming that audiences would find the colors garish and sickening. Odd, for someone who had so much say (too much, imo) about the use of the process.

She did get the part in AIP, she had to turn it down because she was pregnant.

I agree that most of her singing isn't all that great. Oh my! To me, she is one of the greatest vocalist who ever lived. Although, I could live the rest of my life without ever hearing "Que Sera Sera" again. Probably my least favorite Doris Day song.

While Clint Eastwood was not a movie star, when he went off to make his Leone westerns, he was hardly an unknown. He was on a hit television series for seven years, which was seen by millions more people than saw all his films put together.

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I like both versions, but like Hitchcock himself, I prefer his remade version. Both Stewart and Day are superior actors, and the changes in plot, are better suited to the overall story, imo. Having said that, I find THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, a collection of some pretty good scenes, but not that great a film (either version), overall.

THE TERMINATOR or JOHN CARPENTER'S THE THING (or is that horror?) would be my choice.

1. Do you plan on watching the Oscars? No. 2. If not, was there a time in your life when you did watch them? I said on another thread, that I used to always watch them as a kid. Hard to believe they used to come on Monday nights at 10:00 PM EST! Back then, they were one of the rare chances to see movie stars, outside the movies. In more recent years, the movies stars aren't so special, anymore, mainly because you can see them, any day of the week, on television. And, the idea of award-giving is just not interesting to me. They seem to do it, endlessly.

Something like '80 Days', was monumental, because of how incredible it looked on the enormous, curved Todd-AO screen. Believe me, that alone was enough to earn it a Best Picture Oscar. While OKLAHOMA! had already used it, it didn't do so, with the same intent, that '80 Days' did; which was to showcase Todd-AO. Techniques like Todd-AO and Cinerama, have no equal in today's cinema experience. Even IMAX (which is just 70MM VistaVision), pales by comparison. And, certainly, if you're experiencing a film like AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS, on your television, no matter how great a set-up you have, it can't begin to compare to the experience of seeing the film in a true Todd-AO equipped theater.

Most people who love Fred Astaire find it odd that my favorite Astaire film is FINIAN'S RAINBOW. I just love him in that role. He was perfection in it. I think it's a unique film. Almost the entire film takes place outdoors; and, ecept for a couple of obvious studio scenes, much of it is filmed outdoors, which is so important to me. I want film to be cinematic, and true to its medium. Getting out of the studio, is always a good thing to me. Especially, for musicals when the action take place outdoors! Anyway, I love Fred Astaire in FINIAN'S RAINBOW. A lot of other films, as well.

Well, the score IS readily available. There have been worse musicals, like MAN OF LA MANCHA. If they ever re-release it, they can use that as their tagline - SEE PORGY AND BESS, NOT AS BAD AS MAN OF LA MANCHA!

I love IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD. I know many people who just hate the "noise" of it all. I saw it in its original road show presentation, and it was something to behold, on that massive screen. It was shown a our Cinerama theater, although, it was not a Cinerama film. All these years later, I still find it very amusing, and fun to watch. I just wish it would get a proper DVD release. So many DVD releases have been disappointments. My laserdisc is more complete, but neither includes the running police commentary that happened during Intermission. The fact that the AFI even makes lists, is stupid. They should be above such foolishness.

I like them both, almost equally; but Bravo's got the edge. There's just something more appealing to me, about it.

What movie do any of you think should win for best picture this year, I am hoping for Little Miss Sunshine THE DEPARTED, was my favorite of all the Best Picture nominees; but that's not saying a whole lot. None of them were close to being my idea of best film of the year.

Have you seen ROCKY BALBOA? I loved it, and thought it a wonderful closer to the Rocky series.

I never watch it; but I know people who do. I loved it, when I was a kid. It was one of the very rare times you you got to see movie stars on television. Today, I don't find anyone special enough to even really consider them stars, and they're on television, one way or another, every day of the week. Which, is why I find nothing special about them. Besides, as an adult, the very idea of actors giving each other awards for play-acting, is ludicrous to me

I really like the story, although I am not a fan of YOU'VE GOT MAIL. I love the Broadway musical, SHE LOVES ME, which is an original musical verison of the story. It was meant to be a film with Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, but MGM cancelled it (and paid Julie a cool million to break the contract), when they decided to forego making anymore musicals.

Other than MY FAIR LADY, where one could write a book about what's wrong with it, my nominee for "worst" Best Picture, would be SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. While I think it is well acted, and won awards for such, I find the film as a whole, a bit of a mess.

It really is next to impossible to pick just one. That's a good idea, to pick one per genre.

But, what's your favorite movie?