movieman1957
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I do. I have a very comfortable basement with a nice TV and a disc that a good friend gave me.
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Since it's going to be 100 degrees Monday I guess I'll watch Cooper beat the snot out of Jack Lord. Maybe see it in a new light.
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Don't you give up talking about Ben.
Road trip. (Someday.)
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I was just thinking. How did they get that stuff in the box in the first place?
I had an uncle that worked on the Manhattan Project. He was exposed to what they thought was a lethal dose of radiation. The immediately retired him. He lived to be 91. I used to tell him it his insides into cast iron so that nothing would harm him. The man smoked unfiltered Camel cigarettes most of his life and nearly outlived his contemporaries.
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>I say let's forget about whether or not photos have been posted before. I cannot remember what's been posted and what hasn't anyway. So let's start all over!
Good idea. Even if you have posted them could you find them again here?
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>He just looks bored.
He is.
I thought it funny the way the women were just all over him. Velda is one thing. She loved him but she sure couldn't get enough of him. Gabrielle I see was just a trick But the girl at the "party" was a bit too much. Yeah, every time I park my car at someone's house I am met by their amorous sister and get kissed like that and then I introduce myself. (Not even in my dreams!)
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Nancy Sinatra recorded it with her then husband old "What's-His-Name. Check down the list.
I'l keep talking with you and the gang. Don't think it will make any list for me. He had a cool Corvette and a high tech answering machine he had to be pretty good.
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In "Bonanza" they all wore the same stuff for years. (The same with Matt Dillon.) It could only save them from a continuity issue.
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Weird!
Good heavens. It wasn't quite what I expected. Ralph Meeker was good. (At times he looked like a young Kevin Costner.) Everybody else just seemed awkward. The deaths were awkward, The overdubbed voices, Leachman over the credits, the smashed fingers in the morgue and the finale, all annoyed me in their phoneyness (how's that for a word.)
I found some of the story hard to follow as were some of the characters, those mostly named.
I don't know. All of you go ahead and I'll jump in later.
P.S. I did look up the cast on imdb and Gaby Rodgers (Gabrielle) co-wrote the country song "Jackson." (We got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper sprout...) She looks familiar but none of her credits are.
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Great commentary. This is what is so great about being a movie fan. Having a movie you know and really like and waiting for the reaction of someone who has never seen it. You want to compare notes. Part of it is the fun of the "See, didn't I tell you?" moment. The other is having your opinion validated.
More please.
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If I have mine more than three or four days that is a long time. "Wanted: Dead or Alive" Season 1 Disc 5. will be here over the weekend. "Pilgramage" is way down the list.
I have a "Foyle's War" to keep my bride happy for the weekend. It helps I like those too.
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I don't think it will.
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Yeah. But he is not in Robert Ryan's league in "Spur."
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No. If I remember right I have it recorded. We starting a "ramble?"
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Have you seen "The Naked Spur"? There's Ralph.
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I watched it on Netflix web site. (instant play or whatever they call it.)
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When we get ready to go to "Hombre" we'll have a go at the actors because those roles and the approach couldn't be more different.
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>"Beautiful" women? Try all women.
I thought it was the other way around.
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>Thank god, What goes around, comes around. I wanted Coolan's destruction to go on a little longer. Speaking of being weak and uncharitable! I guess I am, but UGH! I hated that man!
You're supposed to.
You mentioned the "downward progression" of the character as the movie progressed and that is essential to the story. Maybe he thought his past relationship and the uniform counted for something. When it turns out not to he goes back to his roots. He goes back to what he knows. He is disillusioned. He is angry. It is born of the frustration of what has come to him. The things he fought for are not extended to him.
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John Russell is not in it but it is the name of Newman's character in "Hombre."
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Never heard of them but it's a catchy tune. Thanks for the link.
This is how I learn stuff.
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I was thinking it was about time for "The Searchers" or "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" to get some mention along the way.
Since MissG brought it up I'll second her comment on how enlightening and deep everyone has made this discussions on westerns. I think people often dismiss them for being formulaic and pedestrian but everyone has shown there is a depth to be found in many of these films. It has been so interesting.
The fun part is I never know what is coming next.
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*Nice thread, Chris. I'll keep it mind.*
Glad you stopped by. It will be great to see what you've had to your ear.
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*Bruckner's 4th.* Big and broad it is titled "Romantic." I think it is his most popular. I tried his 9th once and I really didn't care for it.
The Moody Blues *"To Our Children's Children's Children."* I bought the remastered version on itunes. Once again it is a fine upgrade. Very clear instrumentation. More distinction from the mellotron than the original. Plenty of bonus tracks though some are longer versions of songs on the true album.
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Newman was about as minimal as one could get. He almost didn't move. He walked with his arms crossed and sat nearly motionless at every point he could. Hardly any emotion but very matter of fact.
Boone is the one you remember. In fact near the end of the film when he grabs the young girl and drags her over to the entrance of the mine. She seems genuinely surprised to me. Of course he grabs her by her shirt right at her chest. That may have been accidental by was very effective.