Sideways is on Cinemax…any others you have to watch when they pop up?
FC/OT: Movies you must watch/finish when you catch them on TV….
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You just don’t hear dialogue like this anymore…:
‘You need to get your joint worked Miles…’
‘You need to get your joint worked Miles…’
Outlaw Josey Wales and Jerimiah Johnson, off the tip of my nose.
No kidding. It was a crying shame that she, Virginia Madsen, didn’t win the Oscar.
Giamatti robbed too - not even nominated. But Madsen lost to Cate Blanchett whom I like a lot but she was not acting so much as doing a bit in The Aviator.
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Key Largo is on TCM today at 6pm, followed by To Have and Have Not at 8pm. DVR is set.
My cousin Vinnie. Band of Brothers. Saving Private Ryan.
Fort Apache. I think this is a great, great film. Ford tried hard to show the real West, and his latter films show the effort. The Searchers is better, and shows Ford’s efforts better, but it can be a very hard watch. Fort Apache goes down easier. Fort Apache is also a far better film than Stagecoach, but very few films are as fun as Stagecoach. If I had to choose, right now, to watch either Fort Apache or Stagecoach, I’d pick Stagecoach nine times out of ten.
From The Searchers:
Ethan: What you saw wasn't Lucy.
Brad: But it was, I tell you!
Ethan: What you saw was a buck wearin' Lucy's dress. I found Lucy back in the canyon. Wrapped her in my coat, buried her with my own hands. I thought it best to keep it from ya.
Brad: Did they...? Was she...?
Ethan: What do you want me to do? Draw you a picture? Spell it out? Don't ever ask me! Long as you live, don't ever ask me more.
Also, Now, Voyager. Go ahead and laugh, but I love Now, Voyager.
Also Dodsworth, a wonderful, wonderful film, hits every note perfectly.
From The Searchers:
Ethan: What you saw wasn't Lucy.
Brad: But it was, I tell you!
Ethan: What you saw was a buck wearin' Lucy's dress. I found Lucy back in the canyon. Wrapped her in my coat, buried her with my own hands. I thought it best to keep it from ya.
Brad: Did they...? Was she...?
Ethan: What do you want me to do? Draw you a picture? Spell it out? Don't ever ask me! Long as you live, don't ever ask me more.
Also, Now, Voyager. Go ahead and laugh, but I love Now, Voyager.
Also Dodsworth, a wonderful, wonderful film, hits every note perfectly.
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Virginia Madsen is lovely and could be Sharon Stone's sister.
Big Lebowski, Fargo, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Inglorious Basterds,
Shawshank Redemption
Pulp Fiction
Caddyshack
Ferris Bueller's Day off
Trading Places
The Legend Of Bagger Vance
The Last King of Scotland
Pulp Fiction
Caddyshack
Ferris Bueller's Day off
Trading Places
The Legend Of Bagger Vance
The Last King of Scotland
I’m a point break man
moms and I, even today, if the number spoken is 2, we add UTAH (in this case ice cubes for her bev)
moms and I, even today, if the number spoken is 2, we add UTAH (in this case ice cubes for her bev)
Seriously? The quality of this board is slipping. Who can resist these great films?
The Blues Brothers
Blazing Saddles
Smoky and the Bandit
and of course...
Animal House.
The Blues Brothers
Blazing Saddles
Smoky and the Bandit
and of course...
Animal House.
A Man For All Seasons ( 6 Academy Awards including Best Actor & Best Picture).
I've been inspired by the brilliance of Paul Schofield as Thomas More more than a dozen times and never tire of it. I've read the book (Play) at least a half-dozen times.
I find no movie more intellectually satisfying.
I've been inspired by the brilliance of Paul Schofield as Thomas More more than a dozen times and never tire of it. I've read the book (Play) at least a half-dozen times.
I find no movie more intellectually satisfying.
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Pulp Fiction
Full Metal Jacket
Lost In Translation
Full Metal Jacket
Lost In Translation
Caddyshack
Animal House
Trading Places
Devil Wears Prada - "I am one stomach flu away from my goal weight!!"
Field of Dreams
Young Frankenstien
Fish Called Wanda
Blazing Saddles
The Quiet Man - although it only seems to be on around St Patrick's Day
Sixteen Candles
Breakfast Club
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Better Off Dead
Uncle Buck
Kelly's Heroes
Band of Brothers
Midway (The original)
Patton
Godfather
Office Space
Animal House
Trading Places
Devil Wears Prada - "I am one stomach flu away from my goal weight!!"
Field of Dreams
Young Frankenstien
Fish Called Wanda
Blazing Saddles
The Quiet Man - although it only seems to be on around St Patrick's Day
Sixteen Candles
Breakfast Club
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Better Off Dead
Uncle Buck
Kelly's Heroes
Band of Brothers
Midway (The original)
Patton
Godfather
Office Space
The flip side to this is I could simply say
All John Hughes movies.
All John Hughes movies.
Updated 'favorites' list -- several of us add to the list and forward when we find something good -- add your favorites and forward to friends .....
Have at it -------
**‘Avanti’ – 1971 w/Jack Lemmon and Juliet Mills (she is still alive) – absolutely special and great music !
‘The Big Short’ – making profits on stock prices falling – the mortgage debacle
‘Margin Call’ – the destruction of a brokerage with too much outstanding (it happened to several) – real
‘Snowden’ – hacking everything (the NSA sure does)
‘The Judge’ – Downey and Duval
‘To catch a thief’ – Cary Grant and Princess Grace
‘Jet Lag’ – (in English, not French) – Jean Reno, Juliette is beautiful
‘Passengers’ – togetherness and…… enjoying where you live rather than looking for some other place
‘The Apartment’ -- Jack Lemmon
‘The Quiet Man’ – John Wayne
‘Kinky Boots’ – Chiwetal ……
‘Irma la Deuce’ – Jack Lemmon and Shirley Mac Laine
‘Love is all you need’ – a special connection
‘The Sure Thing’ – John Cusack
‘No strings attached – sex first, love later
‘How to Murder your wife’ – Jack Lemmon, Terry Thomas
‘The Hundred Foot Journey’ – exceptional
‘Serendipity’ – John Cusack
‘A Good Year’ – good wine and a good decision
‘The Man from U.N.C.L.E.’ – good fun
‘The Family’ – Dinero
‘Dave’ -- Kevin Kline
‘Waking Ned Devine’ – winning the Irish lottery
‘Donovan’s Reef’ – John Wayne
‘An Affair to remember’ – Cary Grant
‘Roman Holiday’ – Audrey Hepburn’s first movie of note
‘Doc Hollywood’ – Michael J Fox
‘The Girl Next door’ – a scholarship to college
‘Notting Hill’ – a particular place in London
‘Kelly’s Heroes’ – Clint Eastwood
‘Wind’ – a boat race
‘Wimbledon’ – that summer tennis tournament
‘The Commitments’ -- great music, the lead singer, was only 16 when they made that film
‘Bandits’ – Bruce Willis
‘Leap Year’ – Amy Adams and Matthew Goode
**‘Let It Ride’ – Richard Dreyfus
‘Victor/Victoria’
‘Stalag 17’ – William Holden
‘In Harms Way’
‘They Were Expendable’ – John Wayne
‘We’re No Angels’ – Aldo Ray and Humphrey Bogart (not the remake)
‘Father Goose’ – Cary Grant
*‘Life as a House’ -- ….. Legacy !
‘Now you see me’ – magic
‘That thing you do’ – one hit wonders w/ Tom Hanks
‘The Cutting Edge’ – performance questioned
‘Chariots of Fire’ -- ‘the race’
‘Dances with wolves’ – Costner
‘Definitely Maybe’ – of course it is in time
‘Fools rush in’ – Vegas sort of
‘French Kiss’ – special
‘Lawrence of Arabia’ – true story
‘She’s out of my league’ – no she is not, keep trying for (Alice Eve)
‘Mannequin’ – Wannamaker’s in Philadelphia (a wonderful store)
‘Operation Petticoat’ – Cary Grant and Tony Curtis
‘Sahara’ – McConaghey
‘Six Days Seven Nights’ – Good scenery
‘Christmas Eve’ – story line is uneven, but …. It does say something’
‘Fury’ – war does terrible things to all
‘Random Hearts’ – career or love
‘The Next Three Days’ – is right wrong?
‘The Wedding Guest’ – Dev Patel – listen and look carefully
*‘The First Time’ – Britt and Dylan became real, personal and lasted from (2012)
‘The Family Stone’ – good cast – really?
‘Captain Newman, MD’ – true to past events – all star cast!
‘Griffin and Phoenix’ – appreciating life
‘Freedom Writers’ – something to think about
*‘Five Feet Apart’ – a loving touch is everything – love and sacrifice – being alone
‘Racing in the Rain’ – love the dog
‘The Hot Spot’ – what you wish for
‘Made in Italy’ – Father and Son (real father and son)
‘Blackhat’ – computers, codes and money
‘News of the World’ – Tom Hanks / settlers moving West after the Civil War
‘Salmon Fishing in the Yemen’ – an idea come to life w/non believing partners
‘Bullitt’ – how could I forget Steve McQueen
‘Love with the Proper Stranger’ – McQueen and Natalie Wood
‘My Blue Heaven’ – Steve Martin extraordinaire
‘Spy Game’ – Redford
‘Casablanca’ – Bogart and Bergman
‘The Best Years of our Lives’ – returning home
‘Schindler’s List’ – unforgettable – unfortunately
‘Getting to Know You’ – honest or honorable decisions ?
‘The Way Back’ – recovery is long and hard
‘Man Up’ – delicious British light comedy
‘The Fighter’ – true story
‘The Way, Way Back’ – how can you say that to a child
‘What If’ – from the first time we met …
‘This is Where I Leave You’ – complications
‘Presumed Innocent’ – Raul Julia and Harrison Ford
‘The Verdict’ – Paul Newman and James Mason -at their best
‘A Royal Night Out’ – entertaining
‘Love Story’ – heartbreaking (1970)
‘12 O’clock High’ – Gregory Peck
‘The Searchers’ – John Wayne
*‘Violets are Blue’ – Sissy Spacek and Kevin Kline
‘Star Wars’ – star’s when they were young
‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ – Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed
‘Man on Fire’ – Denzel
‘Dirty Dancing’- Jennifer Grey, Patrick
‘Pretty Woman’ – Julia Roberts
‘Shawshank Redemption’ – Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman
‘Jaws’ – the fake fish
‘Gladiator’ – Russell Crowe
‘Vertigo’ – Kim Novak, Jimmy Stewart
‘Forrest Gump’ – Tom Hanks
‘Godfather I and II’ – Brando and Pacino
‘Some Like It Hot’ – Jack Lemon and Tony Curtis
‘Doctor Zhivago’ – Julie Christy
‘It Happened One Night’ – Clark Gable
‘Mr. Roberts’ – Henry Fonda
‘Going My Way’ – Bing Crosby
‘Kramer vs Kramer’ – Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep
‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington’ – Stewart again
‘Clean and Sober’ – Michael Keaton
‘Patton’ – George C. Scott
‘The Great Escape’ – they escaped, captured, shot
‘The African Queen’ – a classic
‘Zero Dark Thirty’ - true
‘Gone With the Wind’ – the South
‘Saving Private Ryan’ – sacrifice
‘The Bourne Identity’ – *the books are great
‘The Bourne Supremacy’ – *the movies are good enough
‘The Bourne Ultimatum’ –
*‘Falling in Love’ – DeNiro and Streep
‘Infinite Storm’ – true story
‘Land’ – Robin Wright – hopeful triumph over despair, hopelessness
‘Night Owls’ – a football coach theme (?)
‘Something Borrowed’ – make a decision – sometime, right ?
**‘It Was Always You’ – should have this Romantic statement in your life ! Always….
*’The Choice’ – faith, love, determination, decisions
**’Before We Go’ – Wonderful – Chris Evans and Alice Eve - where is that special Love we can struggle through life with
‘Cousins’ – Ted Danson, Isabella Rossellini – decisions to find or be - ‘Happy’
*‘A Paris Proposal’- endearing understanding of someone who could be the one to Love, forever
‘A Picture of Her’ – what type of life do you want to live/what kind of person do you want to be?
‘The Birdcage’ – Robin Williams and Nathan Lane – oh boy!
‘The Young Philadelphians’ – Paul Newman
**‘Sabrina’ – poignant savior Sabrina Fair! – Julia Ormond is a wonderful delight!
‘The Bridge over the River Kwai’
’12 Angry Men’ – Henry Fonda
1939...one heck of a year for good movies.
Have at it -------
**‘Avanti’ – 1971 w/Jack Lemmon and Juliet Mills (she is still alive) – absolutely special and great music !
‘The Big Short’ – making profits on stock prices falling – the mortgage debacle
‘Margin Call’ – the destruction of a brokerage with too much outstanding (it happened to several) – real
‘Snowden’ – hacking everything (the NSA sure does)
‘The Judge’ – Downey and Duval
‘To catch a thief’ – Cary Grant and Princess Grace
‘Jet Lag’ – (in English, not French) – Jean Reno, Juliette is beautiful
‘Passengers’ – togetherness and…… enjoying where you live rather than looking for some other place
‘The Apartment’ -- Jack Lemmon
‘The Quiet Man’ – John Wayne
‘Kinky Boots’ – Chiwetal ……
‘Irma la Deuce’ – Jack Lemmon and Shirley Mac Laine
‘Love is all you need’ – a special connection
‘The Sure Thing’ – John Cusack
‘No strings attached – sex first, love later
‘How to Murder your wife’ – Jack Lemmon, Terry Thomas
‘The Hundred Foot Journey’ – exceptional
‘Serendipity’ – John Cusack
‘A Good Year’ – good wine and a good decision
‘The Man from U.N.C.L.E.’ – good fun
‘The Family’ – Dinero
‘Dave’ -- Kevin Kline
‘Waking Ned Devine’ – winning the Irish lottery
‘Donovan’s Reef’ – John Wayne
‘An Affair to remember’ – Cary Grant
‘Roman Holiday’ – Audrey Hepburn’s first movie of note
‘Doc Hollywood’ – Michael J Fox
‘The Girl Next door’ – a scholarship to college
‘Notting Hill’ – a particular place in London
‘Kelly’s Heroes’ – Clint Eastwood
‘Wind’ – a boat race
‘Wimbledon’ – that summer tennis tournament
‘The Commitments’ -- great music, the lead singer, was only 16 when they made that film
‘Bandits’ – Bruce Willis
‘Leap Year’ – Amy Adams and Matthew Goode
**‘Let It Ride’ – Richard Dreyfus
‘Victor/Victoria’
‘Stalag 17’ – William Holden
‘In Harms Way’
‘They Were Expendable’ – John Wayne
‘We’re No Angels’ – Aldo Ray and Humphrey Bogart (not the remake)
‘Father Goose’ – Cary Grant
*‘Life as a House’ -- ….. Legacy !
‘Now you see me’ – magic
‘That thing you do’ – one hit wonders w/ Tom Hanks
‘The Cutting Edge’ – performance questioned
‘Chariots of Fire’ -- ‘the race’
‘Dances with wolves’ – Costner
‘Definitely Maybe’ – of course it is in time
‘Fools rush in’ – Vegas sort of
‘French Kiss’ – special
‘Lawrence of Arabia’ – true story
‘She’s out of my league’ – no she is not, keep trying for (Alice Eve)
‘Mannequin’ – Wannamaker’s in Philadelphia (a wonderful store)
‘Operation Petticoat’ – Cary Grant and Tony Curtis
‘Sahara’ – McConaghey
‘Six Days Seven Nights’ – Good scenery
‘Christmas Eve’ – story line is uneven, but …. It does say something’
‘Fury’ – war does terrible things to all
‘Random Hearts’ – career or love
‘The Next Three Days’ – is right wrong?
‘The Wedding Guest’ – Dev Patel – listen and look carefully
*‘The First Time’ – Britt and Dylan became real, personal and lasted from (2012)
‘The Family Stone’ – good cast – really?
‘Captain Newman, MD’ – true to past events – all star cast!
‘Griffin and Phoenix’ – appreciating life
‘Freedom Writers’ – something to think about
*‘Five Feet Apart’ – a loving touch is everything – love and sacrifice – being alone
‘Racing in the Rain’ – love the dog
‘The Hot Spot’ – what you wish for
‘Made in Italy’ – Father and Son (real father and son)
‘Blackhat’ – computers, codes and money
‘News of the World’ – Tom Hanks / settlers moving West after the Civil War
‘Salmon Fishing in the Yemen’ – an idea come to life w/non believing partners
‘Bullitt’ – how could I forget Steve McQueen
‘Love with the Proper Stranger’ – McQueen and Natalie Wood
‘My Blue Heaven’ – Steve Martin extraordinaire
‘Spy Game’ – Redford
‘Casablanca’ – Bogart and Bergman
‘The Best Years of our Lives’ – returning home
‘Schindler’s List’ – unforgettable – unfortunately
‘Getting to Know You’ – honest or honorable decisions ?
‘The Way Back’ – recovery is long and hard
‘Man Up’ – delicious British light comedy
‘The Fighter’ – true story
‘The Way, Way Back’ – how can you say that to a child
‘What If’ – from the first time we met …
‘This is Where I Leave You’ – complications
‘Presumed Innocent’ – Raul Julia and Harrison Ford
‘The Verdict’ – Paul Newman and James Mason -at their best
‘A Royal Night Out’ – entertaining
‘Love Story’ – heartbreaking (1970)
‘12 O’clock High’ – Gregory Peck
‘The Searchers’ – John Wayne
*‘Violets are Blue’ – Sissy Spacek and Kevin Kline
‘Star Wars’ – star’s when they were young
‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ – Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed
‘Man on Fire’ – Denzel
‘Dirty Dancing’- Jennifer Grey, Patrick
‘Pretty Woman’ – Julia Roberts
‘Shawshank Redemption’ – Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman
‘Jaws’ – the fake fish
‘Gladiator’ – Russell Crowe
‘Vertigo’ – Kim Novak, Jimmy Stewart
‘Forrest Gump’ – Tom Hanks
‘Godfather I and II’ – Brando and Pacino
‘Some Like It Hot’ – Jack Lemon and Tony Curtis
‘Doctor Zhivago’ – Julie Christy
‘It Happened One Night’ – Clark Gable
‘Mr. Roberts’ – Henry Fonda
‘Going My Way’ – Bing Crosby
‘Kramer vs Kramer’ – Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep
‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington’ – Stewart again
‘Clean and Sober’ – Michael Keaton
‘Patton’ – George C. Scott
‘The Great Escape’ – they escaped, captured, shot
‘The African Queen’ – a classic
‘Zero Dark Thirty’ - true
‘Gone With the Wind’ – the South
‘Saving Private Ryan’ – sacrifice
‘The Bourne Identity’ – *the books are great
‘The Bourne Supremacy’ – *the movies are good enough
‘The Bourne Ultimatum’ –
*‘Falling in Love’ – DeNiro and Streep
‘Infinite Storm’ – true story
‘Land’ – Robin Wright – hopeful triumph over despair, hopelessness
‘Night Owls’ – a football coach theme (?)
‘Something Borrowed’ – make a decision – sometime, right ?
**‘It Was Always You’ – should have this Romantic statement in your life ! Always….
*’The Choice’ – faith, love, determination, decisions
**’Before We Go’ – Wonderful – Chris Evans and Alice Eve - where is that special Love we can struggle through life with
‘Cousins’ – Ted Danson, Isabella Rossellini – decisions to find or be - ‘Happy’
*‘A Paris Proposal’- endearing understanding of someone who could be the one to Love, forever
‘A Picture of Her’ – what type of life do you want to live/what kind of person do you want to be?
‘The Birdcage’ – Robin Williams and Nathan Lane – oh boy!
‘The Young Philadelphians’ – Paul Newman
**‘Sabrina’ – poignant savior Sabrina Fair! – Julia Ormond is a wonderful delight!
‘The Bridge over the River Kwai’
’12 Angry Men’ – Henry Fonda
1939...one heck of a year for good movies.
- gone with the wind
- The wizard of oz
- Stagecoach
- Mr. Smith goes to Washington
- Wuthering Heights
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips
- Of Mice and Men
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Gunga Din
- The Little Princess (Shirley Temple)
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- Gulliver's Travels
- Midnight
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