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redrum Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 On 12/23/2023 at 7:17 AM, paul carruthers said: Best version of all that have been made. I saw a play at the high school here and it was great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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redrum Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Watching True Grit with the Duke. Also, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Funny scenes when Vera Miles kicks the marshals hat across the kitchen, and when John Wayne kicks Strother Martin in the face. One of Lee Marvin’s heaviest roles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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redrum Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 1 hour ago, paul carruthers said: Gotta check if the library can get this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 8 Iron Men……….8 WW2 soldiers fighting the nazi’s. Caught between hell and high water, the American sense of humor never wavers. Lee Marvin stars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Two of Bette Davis's best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 12 hours ago, Strider said: Two of Bette Davis's best. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 (edited) Rain won't go away so it's home theatre time. Introducing my nephew to this stoner relic from the '90s. Sorry, Kim Williamson, "The Stöned Age" not better than "Dazed and Confused". But it's good goofy fun (and totally un-PC), with some good lines and some good tunes...and it's got an umlaut in the title. "Information minus transportation equals dick." Edited February 6 by Strider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 (edited) "Oh, the Camptown ladies sing this song doodah doodah"... Today is the 50th anniversary of the release of "Blazing Saddles" and I got a visit from 'Lyle'...actor Burton Gilliam, whose first role was Floyd the hotel clerk in "Paper Moon". Warner Brothers flew him out for their shareholders meeting. Edited February 7 by Strider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 1 hour ago, Strider said: "Oh, the Camptown ladies sing this song doodah doodah"... Today is the 50th anniversary of the release of "Blazing Saddles" and I got a visit from 'Lyle'...actor Burton Gilliam, whose first role was Floyd the hotel clerk in "Paper Moon". Warner Brothers flew him out for their shareholders meeting. The shiek of araby. 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Scarlet Street…………….Oh the tangled web we weave. Deception, murder, insanity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 (edited) Got to watch the always hilarious "Airplane!" in the company of David and Jerry Zucker tonight at the Egyptian Theatre. Leslie Nielson was their 4th choice for Dr. Rumack. They auditioned David Letterman for the Robert Hays part. They ended the night with a killer OJ Simpson joke, which I won't repeat here. Edited February 11 by Strider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 13 hours ago, Strider said: Got to watch the always hilarious "Airplane!" in the company of David and Jerry Zucker tonight at the Egyptian Theatre. Leslie Nielson was their 4th choice for Dr. Rumack. They auditioned David Letterman for the Robert Hays part. They ended the night with a killer OJ Simpson joke, which I won't repeat here. I speak jive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 On 2/11/2024 at 12:22 PM, redrum said: I speak jive. It's a shame that most of the younger people watching had no clue who Barbara Billingsley was. Or had no idea of the coffee commercial with the wife lamenting her husband never has a second cup of coffee at home. So many jokes fly right over their heads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Still hilarious all these years later. A great homage to the classic screwball comedies of the 1930s and it has one of the great car chase scenes ever. Back when San Francisco wasn't a shithole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 1 hour ago, Strider said: It's a shame that most of the younger people watching had no clue who Barbara Billingsley was. Or had no idea of the coffee commercial with the wife lamenting her husband never has a second cup of coffee at home. So many jokes fly right over their heads. Golly, Mrs. Cleaver. 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 1 hour ago, Strider said: Still hilarious all these years later. A great homage to the classic screwball comedies of the 1930s and it has one of the great car chase scenes ever. Back when San Francisco wasn't a shithole. Yeah, gotta see that again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Just picked up a 4 cd compilation called ‘ The European Film Music Collection.’ Feels like I’m at the movies. From ‘Amarcord’ to ‘Zorba The Greek.’ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Strider Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 The Nitrate Film Festival started tonight at the Egyptian Theatre with Alfred Hitchcock's "Rebecca". Watch out for Mrs. Danvers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 On 2/10/2024 at 10:58 PM, Strider said: They ended the night with a killer OJ Simpson joke, which I won't repeat here. Do tell. ☺️ On a Vincent Price binge. Theater Of Blood was pretty hilarious. Foxy Dianna Rigg too. She had me fooled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Strider Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 (edited) Went out this past weekend to see some westerns, starting with this one I never miss. Sunday night was "Winchester '73" on nitrate. I had not seen this in 10 years and never seen it in nitrate form. This was the first of eight films Jimmy Stewart would make with director Anthony Mann, five of them westerns. It was the first western for Stewart since he made "Destry Rides Again" with Marlene Dietrich in 1939. It revitalized his career and, along with other westerns such as "Red River", helped revitalize the western. Fritz Lang was originally set to direct but had to pull out. Anthony Mann was a fortuitous choice to replace Lang. Instead of a salary, Jimmy Stewart negotiated for a percentage of the box office, which netted him a tidy sum of over $600,000, more than double of what he would have received as salary. This was the first instance of an actor getting points on a film. Dan Duryea, Millard Mitchell, Will Geer (as Wyatt Earp), James Best, Shelley Winters, Stephen McNally, JC Flippen are just some of the great supporting cast. Watch for a young Rock Hudson as an Indian Chief and Tony Curtis (billed as Anthony Curtis) as a Calvary soldier. And Stewart's horse 'Pie'...a horse he would use on every one of the 17 westerns he made the rest of his career. It had been so long since I had seen "Winchester '73" it was like watching it for the first time...especially seeing it in a stunning nitrate print. The black and white cinematography of the rugged Arizona wilderness really shined and shimmered. I had forgotten what a fun and wonderful western this was...and wrapped up in an economical 91 minutes. Edited February 20 by Strider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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