speedracer5 Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Cher's "Hell On Wheels" that opens ROLLER BOOGIE is the bomb! Well, I'm hell on wheels. I'm a roller mama. I can slide down places that you never knew. Try me on for size At the roll-a-rama. If you tie my laces then I'll follow you. Follow you! Follow you! Oh oh oh! I see something I like, gonna go for it! See something I want, I'm'onna go out for it! I sang that one at my cousin's wedding reception last summer wearing my Jack Tripper shorts. I'm kidding . . . . or am I? I forgot all about "Hell on Wheels!" As if! How could I forget that song?! It is the bomb! Roller Boogie deserves its place in the pantheon of campy films. Now we need TCM to show Skatetown USA as one of their Underground selections. This film features the inimitable Scott "Chachi Wa Wa Wa Arcola" Baio and Maureen "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia" McCormick! This film also features Patrick "Road house" Swayze in his first role! Once I see Skatetown USA, my roller disco movie trifecta will be complete! I choose to believe that you not only wore Jack Tripper shorts to your cousin's wedding, but that you also performed "Hell on Wheels." If only because that is hilarious to envision. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricJ Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 I forgot all about "Hell on Wheels!" As if! How could I forget that song?! It is the bomb! Roller Boogie deserves its place in the pantheon of campy films. Now we need TCM to show Skatetown USA as one of their Underground selections. This film features the inimitable Scott "Chachi Wa Wa Wa Arcola" Baio and Maureen "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia" McCormick! This film also features Patrick "Road house" Swayze in his first role! Once I see Skatetown USA, my roller disco movie trifecta will be complete! It's...okay. Haven't seen it, but was definitely more of a cash-in B-movie than Roller Boogie was (which also played the B theaters)--As competing dance-craze movies go, sort of the cheaper, more whitebread-studio made "Forbidden Dance" to Roller Boogie's "Lambada": (I like Xanadu, the thread has gotten me curious about Boogie, and even I'll admit that looks too danged silly.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 It's...okay. Haven't seen it, but was definitely more of a cash-in B-movie than Roller Boogie was (which also played the B theaters)--As competing dance-craze movies go, sort of the cheaper, more whitebread-studio made "Forbidden Dance" to Roller Boogie's "Lambada": (I like Xanadu, the thread has gotten me curious about Boogie, and even I'll admit that looks too danged silly.) I'm sure that Skatetown USA isn't any landmark in film, but it appears that it'll be just as entertaining as Roller Boogie. One thing about Roller Boogie is that it introduced me to "kit cars" which I had no idea was a thing in the 1970s until I asked my dad about Linda Blair's car. It appeared to be a 1920s car, but I figured that it couldn't be. My dad schooled me in the kit car fad. One thing about this film that I don't understand is why Blair feels she has to give up her entire Julliard scholarship for what is presumably a summer of learning how to roller disco and learning how to do it well enough to compete in the roller disco championship. I have to imagine that there wasn't a professional roller disco circuit in the 1970s. Maybe I'm wrong though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share Posted July 11, 2016 Monday, July 11 10 p.m. Brief Encounter (1945). Unlikely romantic leads make this film a real classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share Posted July 11, 2016 Tuesday, July 12 8 p.m. Winchester ’73 (1950). One of the best westerns of the 1950’s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr6666 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 -just an aside ? to anyone who caught The Vanishing ('88) on IMPORTS last night.... "would YOU have drunk that last cup of coffee??" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedya Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Cher's "Hell On Wheels" that opens ROLLER BOOGIE is the bomb! Oh those headphones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedya Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Cher's "Hell On Wheels" that opens ROLLER BOOGIE is the bomb! Oh those headphones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 I'm sure that Skatetown USA isn't any landmark in film, but it appears that it'll be just as entertaining as Roller Boogie. Whoever choreographed Swayze's skating routine must have been into S & M. There was an important scene cut from this movie, and it occurs right after Swayze throws his gum. An American Indian is shown with a tear falling from his eye. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 'Looking for Mr. Goodbar' (1977) is scheduled for Thursday night - a very rare event. Not that it's a great movie (Tuesday Weld was nominated for a supporting actress Oscar, though) - but this is one that's had very little home video availability over the years and on dvd was fetching far-inflated pricing because of it. For that reason, it's something of a treasure and those who can may want to record it. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreaDoria Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 I'm looking forward to, "Looking for Mr. Goodbar,." At the time it was made I thought it was really a bold statement about women. As messed up as the main character is, she gave us a "nice" woman who went to bars for her own reasons, in contrast to a long cinematic history of using "by herself in a bar" as a way of telling us she was an absolute tramp, far beyond the pale of polite society, wicked through and through. Last night in "Splendor in the Grass," Bud's sister Virginia went to bars by herself in 1928 and scandalized the whole town. (What a great performance that was, too.) Night before last Bette Davis went to a bar by herself in "In This Our Lives," and if we hadn't figured out she was bad to the bone before that scene we knew it then. It wasn't Bette's first time alone in a bar either, I seem to remember her alone and drunk in the beginning of "Dangerous." Dorothy Malone in "Written on the Wind." I bet there are a hundred examples. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 I'm looking forward to, "Looking for Mr. Goodbar,." At the time it was made I thought it was really a bold statement about women. As messed up as the main character is, she gave us a "nice" woman who went to bars for her own reasons, in contrast to a long cinematic history of using "by herself in a bar" as a way of telling us she was an absolute tramp, far beyond the pale of polite society, wicked through and through. Last night in "Splendor in the Grass," Bud's sister Virginia went to bars by herself in 1928 and scandalized the whole town. (What a great performance that was, too.) Night before last Bette Davis went to a bar by herself in "In This Our Lives," and if we hadn't figured out she was bad to the bone before that scene we knew it then. It wasn't Bette's first time alone in a bar either, I seem to remember her alone and drunk in the beginning of "Dangerous." Dorothy Malone in "Written on the Wind." I bet there are a hundred examples. I read the book before I saw the movie - and felt that Diane Keaton should have gone for a plainer look so as to be more faithful to the book's main character. Nevertheless, I agree with you about it coming across as a statement on the lives of single women (especially city women) of the 70's. It'll be interesting to see it again after so many years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreaDoria Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 I read the book first, too, and thought the film didn't bring it to life very well. With me it wasn't just that Diane Keaton was too pretty, I've just never liked her acting. She seems like an extremely nice and intelligent person in interviews, but in her movies, she always seemed to me to be smiling way too much and doing her silly/hysterical/screamy thing far too often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristineHoard Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 As a "city woman in the 1970s" (and 1980s) myself, I am recording and look forward very much to watching LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR" which I haven't seen in decades. I also read the book. I wrote before on these boards that I thought Keaton is terrific here, just as good if not better than in ANNIE HALL. I lived near where the bar scenes were filmed (Oak Street in Chicago)and my late husband (who wasn't my husband then but one of my boyfriends)always claimed that the filmakers adapted his going-to-the-bars look for one of the characters. Seeing MR. GOODBAR will probably bring back a lot of memories, some good and some not-so-good. It'll be interesting viewing for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
film lover 293 Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Tuesday, July 12th; all times E.S.T.; Epic Westerns by day, five Anthony Mann Westerns & one Joseph L. Mankiewicz Western by night: 8:00 p.m. "The Naked Spur" (1953)--One of Mann's best films--a Western noir/suspense movie. 12:00 a.m. "The Last Frontier" (1956)--Only Mann film scheduled I haven't seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SansFin Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 TUESDAY, JULY 12, 2016 There Was a Crooked Man (1970) The genre of: Western is not to my taste. This means that I like a movie within that genre only when it is special in some way. I find this one quite special in many ways. Kirk Douglas is very precious in this role. Henry Fonda is quite wonderful also. I love the story and how it unfolds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenIsHere Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 'Looking for Mr. Goodbar' (1977) is scheduled for Thursday night - a very rare event. Not that it's a great movie (Tuesday Weld was nominated for a supporting actress Oscar, though) - but this is one that's had very little home video availability over the years and on dvd was fetching far-inflated pricing because of it. For that reason, it's something of a treasure and those who can may want to record it. When I first saw months ago that LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR was on the schedule i was excited at the chance of finally seeing this movie (being a big fan of American movies from the 1970s) but also worried that it might be bumped before we actually made it to July. Happily it is still on the schedule three days and counting before the July 14 scheduled date. The novel that the movie is based on is set in New York City (as were the real life events that inspired the book), but the movie is said to be is set in San Francisco (this is stated once in the actual movie) although to anyone from Chicago was very obviously filmed in the Rush Street area in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood. Almost 40 years after the release of this movie, the Rush Street bars continue to attract a young professional crowd (20s and 30s) as well as college students. I wiill defintely be looking for a few of the more well-known bars in the area when I watch the movie. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 I'm so glad that TCM is running this "America in the 1970s" series. There have been so many interesting films scheduled this month and this week is no exception. Thursday in fact is an amazing programming day, my favorite sub genre, teen beach movies, followed by the 1970s films. I'll be camping from Thursday through Sunday, so I'll need to make sure I have everything recording. I recommend: Gidget. Sandra Dee is adorable as the California surfer girl and James Darren as "Moondoggie" is cute too. He also sings a couple songs. The Stepford Wives. I love this movie. We'll pretend that the Nicole Kidman remake never happened, because it is a travesty. The 1975 original with Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss and Tina Louise is hilarious (in a campy way). It's sort of a combination of sci-fi/horror movie, but there's nothing scary or gory in this film. --- I'm recording: Muscle Beach Party Beach Blanket Bingo How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (I said that I loved teen beach movies) Then later: Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. This sounds like a very interesting film. Looking For Mr. Goodbar. After all the comments in this thread, I have to record this film. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristineHoard Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 I love those photos, HoldenIsHere! Thanks for including them. I went to Mother's every weekend back in the day - drinking and dancing. Tall glasses of Gallo Hearty Burgundy for a dollar. I guess that was my Mr. Goodbar for a while. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laffite Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Hey, is this Edie Hart worked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenIsHere Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 I'm recording: Muscle Beach Party Beach Blanket Bingo How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (I said that I loved teen beach movies) All 3 of these movies were directed by Wiliam Asher, who was the primary director and eventually the producer of the TV series BEWITCHED, which starred Asher's wife Elizabeth Montgomery. Asher also directed 110 of the 180 episodes of the I LOVE LUCY TV series. Here's what William Asher said about the Beach Party movies: "When I look back at my own work, Bewitched stays with me the most, and Lucy, and the Beach Party pictures. The scripts of the Beach Party films were sheer nonsense, but they were fun and positive. . . . When kids see the films now, they can get some idea of what the '60s were like. The whole thing was a dream, of course. But it was a nice dream." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Two things I note in re: LOOKING FOR MISTER GOODBAR 1. I have never read a good review of it, outside of praise for Diane Keaton. I know Tuesday Weld was nominated for supporting actress for it, but she's never mentioned. critics really seemed to have not liked it at all. . Most people blame director Richard Brooks for taking a "judgy" tone with regard to the sexual liberation movement of the 70's. 2. I TRIED to read the book and just could NOT. It's too dark and (this is gonna seem like SEINFELDian quibble, I know, but...) THERE ARE NO CHAPTERS. It's just a solid 200 pages, no chapter breaks- which I know shouldn't make a difference, but it did. (maybe the fact that the book is so dark and brutal, you just need some place to pause and step out of it.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted July 12, 2016 Author Share Posted July 12, 2016 Wednesday, July 13 5:15 p.m. Springtime In the Sierras (1947). I haven’t seen any Roy Rogers films since I was a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricJ Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Two things I note in re: LOOKING FOR MISTER GOODBAR 1. I have never read a good review of it, outside of praise for Diane Keaton. I know Tuesday Weld was nominated for supporting actress for it, but she's never mentioned. critics really seemed to have not liked it at all. . Most people blame director Richard Brooks for taking a "judgy" tone with regard to the sexual liberation movement of the 70's. It was not well liked, as my 70's-survivor geezer memory recalls. The book made it a big hoped-for Oscar-bait sensation, but all of Richard Brooks' 70's-80's movies were trying too hard for "edgy", tripped, and never found mainstream love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 'Looking for Mr. Goodbar' (1977) was a financial and critical success. From the film, Columbia Records produced a soundtrack album. Mostly it was comprised of the popular disco style music of the era - Donna Summer; the Commodores; Boz Scaggs; Thelma Houston and so on. The film opened to mostly good reviews and solid box office. Most critics praised the acting, though some did find the movie to be lurid and muddled. Roger Ebert gave it 3 out of 4 stars. Presently, the film has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 75%. This was the movie in which Richard Gere was "discovered" by the public. He was the most exciting news to come out of the project and he was propelled to stardom as a result. The book upon which the movie is based was based on a real-life person - a 28 year old teacher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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