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    Just finished watching To Kill a Mockingbird



    Haven't seen it in many years.

    Must be in the top ten best movies of all time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cyrille View Post
    Delon was never better than in this...classic noir.

    ever heard of him. Great movie! Thanks. I downloaded four more of his overnight; we'll see how they stack up to this one!
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    Quote Originally Posted by hick View Post
    May have been mentioned already:

    1962

    "If you come in five minutes after this movie begins, you won't know what it's all about!"...

    Classic line...

    Yer eyes would be rolling around in yer head, I suppose, if it was done "right"...

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    Agree with many movies here. Casablanca for me and All quiet on the western front. But for sheer malevolence Robert Ryan's portrayal of Mr Claggert in Billy Budd must rate as one of the best. The evil expressed in his face and eyes is one of the best acting performances I have seen. A classic clash of good and evil. Very underrated.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ukan Kizmiaz View Post

    Also featuring a very young Sybil Sheperd (but you don't get to see her norks in this one despite a tease scene) I watched The Heartbreak Kid 1972 after googling Jeannie Berlin from The Night Of

    Quirky offbeat comedy. Echoes of The Graduate. Not quite in the same league but an interesting snapshot of the vibe from that era.


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    I watched Catch-22 lastnight.

    Not really a classic.

    The 'zany' humour is a bit patchy but it has quite a few engagingly surreal scenes.

    But the movie is worth flicking through just for the fantastic footage of the B-25. The director got hold of 17 flying examples and made great use of them.

    Classic Movies-p9190118-jpg


    This is also the plane that took off from USS Hornet to carry out the first bombing of mainland Japan. It is not carrier capable so it had to fly on to China to crash-land where some of the crew were captured by the Japanese occupation forces.
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    One silver cloud from enduring the painful Killing of a Sacred Deer was that I was reminded to rewatch Groundhog Day which I had been meaning to do for ages.

    I remembered it as a funny movie from the 90s and wondered if it had aged well.

    I think it has more than aged well. I think it has matured into a classic movie that not only has genuinely fresh humour but resonates with timeless philosophical themes.

    It is February 2nd this Friday so if you are staying in then watch punxatawney Phil strut his stuff in his 25th anniversary year...


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    We Canucks have Wiarton Willie:


    Wiarton Willie is the title given to that of an albino Canadian groundhog who lives in the community of Wiarton in Bruce County, Ontario. Every February 2, on Groundhog Day, Willie takes part in the local Wiarton Willie Festival.

    His role is to predict whether there will be an early spring. Although the original Wiarton Willie died, the Wiarton Groundhog Day celebrations continue each year with successors of the original Willie, also referred to as "Wiarton Willie."

    Groundhog Day, featuring Wiarton Willie, is a popular annual festival in Wiarton and is similar to events in other locations in North America.

    A midwinter celebration involving an animal with predictive powers was an element of Celtic culture. The link between weather prediction and the day is said to have been inspired by an old Scottish couplet:

    "If Candlemas Day is bright and clear/ There'll be two winters in the year."

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    Patton - 1970

    An excellent antidote to the insipid Churchill movie I had the misfortune to watch recently.

    Epic biopic of the original mad-dog cowboy US general who inspired all the caricatures of mad dog cowboy US generals you have ever seen in popular culture.

    George C. Scott is perfectly cast.


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    Patton is a classic

    Nixon Oliver Stone

    The Third Man Carol Reid's corrupt Vienna

    Closely Observed Trains Menzel's masterpiece

    Get Carter Michael Caine's best Role

    Most of my flim noir have already been cited I'd give 10/10 to

    Double Indemnity, The Third Man and Casablaca

    Another Bogie classic

    To have and have not

    where he first meets Lauren Bacall

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    I just want the chance to use a bigger porridge bowl.

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    Others that I am always happy to re-watch when no tv

    The Big Sleep

    Ipcress File

    Bunuels Viridiana
    Viridiana (1961) - IMDb

    The Great Escape

    Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown
    Mujeres al borde de un ataque de "nervios" (1988) - IMDb

    Withnail and I

    Tora Tora Tora

    and if only one choice

    MALTESE FALCON



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    Not sure if you'd call it classic, but I though Il Postino had a lot of charm.

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    I thought we didn't have to edit out the "s" anymore ? I can't even edit that post above.

    Anyway, the whole movie seems to be on Youtube :

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    Quote Originally Posted by Looper View Post
    Patton - 1970

    ...mad-dog cowboy US general who inspired all the caricatures of mad dog cowboy US generals you have ever seen in popular culture.

    George C. Scott is perfectly cast.


    Indeed "perfectly cast", also unexpectedly comedic in Dr Strangelove, an excellent risk by Kubrick.

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    Quote Originally Posted by david44 View Post
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    ...Another Bogie classic

    To have and have not

    where he first meets Lauren Bacall




    I happened to watch this again just last week it was excellent - especially when she calls him a 'stinker'.

    Howard Hawks knew how to make a movie.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TizMe View Post
    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.


    Read Ken Kesey's book, you'll be glad you did - Mlos was a lovely man and made a fine film but trying to flesh out that big character, off the page....

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    Quote Originally Posted by misskit View Post
    Sunset Boulevard(1950)



    ...Just seen this excellent comedy/drama noir recently. Norma Desmond is a reclusive and aging silent movie star who lives in the past. The flamboyant Norma ensnares a young penniless writer not only to write for her but to reassure her of her attractiveness. Gloria Swanson and William Holden star.

    Rates right up there with Treasure of the Sierra Madre.

    Rates higher, much as I love John Huston, Sunset Boulevard is a watchable keeper with a dark timeless Hollywood truism.

    Your post is 2 1/2 years old - time for another look at it. It gets richer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cyrille View Post
    Yeah I actually prefer 'The Hustler' and 'Hud' as early Newman movies. But 'Luke' is worth a look.



    The Hustler in reality was a Jackie Gleason movie with Newman supporting. Gleason's riveting tour de force around the pool table is pure joy to watch..


    ..and I'll watch it again. Thanks for the reminder...

    https://www.limetorrents.info/The-Hu...nt-875814.html



    ( Gleason was very highly respected in Hollywood, had a photographic memory - read the script once (for his own show) - the rest of the cast rehearsed - and then he came in and did it in one 'live' take (usually). An excellent biography is available.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Looper View Post
    Superman - 1978

    Took me back to days of going to the cinema when I was a kid.

    Christopher Reeve hamming it up as goofy Clark Kent with even goofier arch-criminals Gene Hackman and Ned Beatty and Margot Kidder as the sassy Lois Lane.

    It is all somehow still quite funny and engaging.

    I don't think anyone will ever fill that spandex blue suit the way Reeve did.


    I saw this at the Chinese Theater on Hollywood Blvd ..5 o'clock show 1978.

    There was a woman with her small son in front of me and when Glenn Ford dropped dead in the field I could see the woman crying - it was very touching - the movie had hit it's mark (one of many).

    Thanks to Christopher Reeve RIP, the perfect Superman.

    The lovely Margot Kidder RIP.

    And Richard Donner who beautifully put it all together.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Looper View Post


    Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

    Watched this at the weeekend. Havent seen it for 30 years.

    Albert Finney is crackling as the mad northerner busting for a pint, a shag and a fight not necessarily in that order.



    If you like that, you're gonna love this..

    https://www.limetorrents.info/The-Dr...-HDTV-x264-TLA[rarbg]-torrent-6948293.html


    It's an Albert Finney 'performance' with Tom Courtney - no shagging (unfortunately) or fightin' (fortunately) just backstage bitchin'

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    Quote Originally Posted by Looper View Post
    I watched Catch-22 lastnight.

    Not really a classic.

    The 'zany' humour is a bit patchy but it has quite a few engagingly surreal scenes.

    .


    This is another in a line of 'books too big for the screen' that didn't and couldn't work ( another is Tom Wolfe's 'Bonfire Of The Vanities' killed on celluloid by Brian De Palma egotistically punching above his weight ).


    They both failed to learn from the master David Lean who took a 'section' from a biography, diligently worked on it for a year and then shot one of the greatest epic films ever - 'Lawrence Of Arabia'.


    Read the books 'Catch 22' and 'Bonfire Of The Vanities' - scathing social commentary of the time, riotous, thoroughly enjoyable and you'll see the rich detail on the page, much to big to cram into a mere two hours of film.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BelAir View Post
    If you like that, you're gonna love this..

    https://www.limetorrents.info/The-Dr...-HDTV-x264-TLA[rarbg]-torrent-6948293.html


    It's an Albert Finney 'performance' with Tom Courtney - no shagging (unfortunately) or fightin' (fortunately) just backstage bitchin'



    Sorry wrong torrent link, that is a new TV version with Anthony Hopkins & Ian McKellen correct link with Finney not available and P.B. is down again

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085461/




    ..or you could try this...
    https://www.limetorrents.info/Under-...t-6576323.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by Looper View Post
    Just finished watching To Kill a Mockingbird



    Haven't seen it in many years.

    Must be in the top ten best movies of all time.
    Sorry for reaching into the past to respond to this post.

    I had never seen this movie nor had I ever read the book it was based upon either. I found both the book and the film to be an interesting glimpse into Southern concepts of race and justice of another era. I found the book far superior to the movie because the events characters were developed in more detail. As cinema I found it somewhat lacking in production values not unlike the TV dramas of the time.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BelAir View Post
    The Hustler in reality was a Jackie Gleason movie with Newman supporting.
    Yes, still he does a fine job.

    Watched another oldie but goodie last night...much underrated imo.

    'Ride Lonesome'





    Terrific script and characters from Burt Kennedy.

    Not a false step though not one for great action, admittedly.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cyrille View Post
    Yes, still he does a fine job.

    Looking at it a few days ago I'll withdraw that as he handles 100% of the movie very well - with a fine cast, including the aforementioned George C Scott.




    Quote Originally Posted by cyrille View Post
    Watched another oldie but goodie last night...much underrated imo.

    'Ride Lonesome'


    Thanks for the recommendation, it is on its' way 'down'.

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