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  • Herlock Sholmes
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    Originally posted by GBinOz View Post

    Hi Herlock,

    Ian Fleming said he had Cary Grant in mind when he wrote the books.

    Cheers, George
    Hello George,

    I never knew that. Cary Grant was great.

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  • GBinOz
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    Originally posted by Herlock Sholmes View Post

    Always good to see suggestions George. You’ve added one of my favourites Charade. I always thought that if they had started the Bond films in the 50’s instead of the 60’s Cary Grant would have got my vote as Bond.
    Hi Herlock,

    Ian Fleming said he had Cary Grant in mind when he wrote the books.

    Cheers, George

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  • Losmandris
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    Originally posted by Herlock Sholmes View Post

    One immediately stood out as a favourite of mine (that I’d forgotten about) The Long Good Friday. The theme tune was great too.
    I love Bob Hoskins chewing up the screen. Plus amazing to see docklands before it was completely transformed. Harry Shand was right on the money (no pun intended) with his predictions for the area.

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  • Herlock Sholmes
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    Originally posted by Losmandris View Post
    Just a few to add to the list from me:

    Once upon a time in the west (1968)

    Come and see (1985)

    Heat (1995)

    Apocalypse now (1979)

    Sholay (1975)

    A matter of life and death (1946)

    Assault on precinct 13 (1979)

    Conan the Barbarian (1982)

    The Searchers (1956)

    The big Lebowski (1998)

    Master and Commander (2003)

    The Long Good Friday (1980)

    The Quiet Man (1952)

    The Wages of Fear (1953)

    Repo Man (1984)

    Akira (1988)

    Point Break (1991)






    One immediately stood out as a favourite of mine (that I’d forgotten about) The Long Good Friday. The theme tune was great too.

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  • Losmandris
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    Just a few to add to the list from me:

    Once upon a time in the west (1968)

    Come and see (1985)

    Heat (1995)

    Apocalypse now (1979)

    Sholay (1975)

    A matter of life and death (1946)

    Assault on precinct 13 (1979)

    Conan the Barbarian (1982)

    The Searchers (1956)

    The big Lebowski (1998)

    Master and Commander (2003)

    The Long Good Friday (1980)

    The Quiet Man (1952)

    The Wages of Fear (1953)

    Repo Man (1984)

    Akira (1988)

    Point Break (1991)







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  • Enigma
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    Originally posted by GBinOz View Post

    Hey RD,

    Good selection but......No fair...you exceeded the limit. Oh well, I always say...give an inch and I'll take a mile and ask for forgiveness afterwards (sorry Herlock). Here are some more to add to my 20 to make it a top 40:


    Charade - Grant, Hepburn, Coburn and Matthau

    Cheers, George
    Hi George,
    Charade almost made the cut in my list.

    Another Audrey Hepburn movie which is a hoot is "How To Steal A Million" with Peter O'Toole and Eli Wallach.

    regards Gazza

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  • DJA
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    From Here to Eternity (1953) Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr

    Elmer Gantry 1960 with Burt Lancaster, Shirley Jones, Jean Simmons and Dean Jagger

    Gunfight at the ok Corral 1957 with Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas
    Last edited by DJA; 06-11-2024, 09:38 AM.

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  • FrankO
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    Originally posted by Herlock Sholmes View Post

    Hi Frank,

    In The Heat Of The Night is one of my favourites too. Sellers’ Pink Panther movies were brilliant - I went for A Shot In The Dark for my list but it was a difficult decision.
    Indeed, Mike, it's very difficult to have to choose a favorite Pink Panther movie. They all have brilliant and hilarious scenes.

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  • Herlock Sholmes
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    Originally posted by FrankO View Post
    Hi Mike & all,

    Here's my list.

    The Game (1997)
    In the Heat of the Night (1967)
    Jaws (1975)
    Good Will Hunting (1997)
    The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    Pulp Fiction (1994)
    Intouchables (2011)
    Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988)
    Green Book (2018)
    The Sixth Sense (1999)
    The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
    Hotel Rwanda (2004)
    The Usual Suspects (1995)
    Rear Window (1954)
    Forrest Gump (1994)
    Cry Freedom (1987)
    Waking Ned (1998)
    A Fish called Wanda (1988)
    Saving Grace (2000)
    The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)

    Cheers,
    Frank
    Hi Frank,

    In The Heat Of The Night is one of my favourites too. Sellers’ Pink Panther movies were brilliant - I went for A Shot In The Dark for my list but it was a difficult decision.

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  • Herlock Sholmes
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    Originally posted by GBinOz View Post

    Hey RD,

    Good selection but......No fair...you exceeded the limit. Oh well, I always say...give an inch and I'll take a mile and ask for forgiveness afterwards (sorry Herlock). Here are some more to add to my 20 to make it a top 40:

    Amadeus - Astonishing performance by F Murray Abaham as Salieri, and of course, the music.
    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - Newman and Redford
    Out of Africa - Redford, Streep and Klaus Maria Brandauer
    Charade - Grant, Hepburn, Coburn and Matthau
    The Natural - Redford and Duvall
    The Man Who Would Be King - Kipling classic with Connery, Caine and Plummer
    Die Hard - Alan Rickman as the classic villain
    The Court Jester
    The Great Escape
    The Magnificent Seven (Original) - who can name the
    actors playing the 7? (no googling please)
    Hard Times 1975 - Bronson and Coburn
    The Red Sun - Bronson and Mifune
    Death Hunt 1981 - Bronson and Marvin
    The White Buffalo - Bronson and the great Will Sampson
    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Nicholson and Sampson plus DeVito and Dourif in early roles
    Unforgiven
    Tin Cup
    Second Hand Lions - Caine and Duvall
    Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Caine and Martin

    Zulu

    Cheers, George
    Always good to see suggestions George. You’ve added one of my favourites Charade. I always thought that if they had started the Bond films in the 50’s instead of the 60’s Cary Grant would have got my vote as Bond.

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  • FrankO
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    Hi Mike & all,

    Here's my list.

    The Game (1997)
    In the Heat of the Night (1967)
    Jaws (1975)
    Good Will Hunting (1997)
    The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    Pulp Fiction (1994)
    Intouchables (2011)
    Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988)
    Green Book (2018)
    The Sixth Sense (1999)
    The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
    Hotel Rwanda (2004)
    The Usual Suspects (1995)
    Rear Window (1954)
    Forrest Gump (1994)
    Cry Freedom (1987)
    Waking Ned (1998)
    A Fish called Wanda (1988)
    Saving Grace (2000)
    The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)

    Cheers,
    Frank

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  • The Rookie Detective
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    Originally posted by GBinOz View Post

    Hey RD,

    Good selection but......No fair...you exceeded the limit. Oh well, I always say...give an inch and I'll take a mile and ask for forgiveness afterwards (sorry Herlock). Here are some more to add to my 20 to make it a top 40:

    Amadeus - Astonishing performance by F Murray Abaham as Salieri, and of course, the music.
    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - Newman and Redford
    Out of Africa - Redford, Streep and Klaus Maria Brandauer
    Charade - Grant, Hepburn, Coburn and Matthau
    The Natural - Redford and Duvall
    The Man Who Would Be King - Kipling classic with Connery, Caine and Plummer
    Die Hard - Alan Rickman as the classic villain
    The Court Jester
    The Great Escape
    The Magnificent Seven (Original) - who can name the
    actors playing the 7? (no googling please)
    Hard Times 1975 - Bronson and Coburn
    The Red Sun - Bronson and Mifune
    Death Hunt 1981 - Bronson and Marvin
    The White Buffalo - Bronson and the great Will Sampson
    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Nicholson and Sampson plus DeVito and Dourif in early roles
    Unforgiven
    Tin Cup
    Second Hand Lions - Caine and Duvall
    Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Caine and Martin

    Zulu

    Cheers, George
    Oops! Sorry George!

    Hehe!


    RD


    ah...and Zulu Dawn was also a classic!

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  • DJA
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    The Maltese Falcon 1941 - Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre, Barton MacLane, Lee Patrick, Sydney Greenstreet, Ward Bond, Jerome Cowan, Elisha Cook Jr., James Burke, MurraThe

    Long Ships (1964)
    y Alper, John Hamilton, Charles Drake, Chester

    The hustler (1961)

    The Buccaneer 1958 with Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner and Charles Boyer

    (The Man with the Golden Arm 1955 with Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak and Eleanor Parker.1952)

    The Crimson Pirate (1952) eng

    The Guns of Navarone (1961) Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn

    The Cincinnati Kid 1965 with Joan Blondell, Edward G. Robinson and Steve McQueen




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  • drstrange169
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    Saw this earlier this week ...

    ​​​​​​Stanley Kubrick's List of Top 10 Films:

    1. I Vitelloni (Fellini, 1953)
    2. Wild Strawberries (Bergman, 1957)
    3. Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941)
    4. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Huston, 1948)
    5. City Lights (Chaplin, 1931)
    6. Henry V (Olivier, 1944)
    7. La notte (Antonioni, 1961)
    8. The Bank Dick (Fields, 1940)
    9. Roxie Hart (Wellman, 1942)
    10. Hell’s Angels (Hughes, 1930)

    (Source: "Stanley Kubrick, cinephile", Nich Wrigley, BFI 2010)​

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  • GBinOz
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    Originally posted by The Rookie Detective View Post
    In no particular order...

    The Wild Geese
    Zulu
    Django Unchained
    Desperado
    The Godfather
    Hot Fuzz
    Shaun of the Dead
    Reservoir Dogs
    Fury
    Dances with Wolves
    Enter the Dragon
    The Fifth Element
    Leon
    Full Metal Jacket
    The Hitman's Bodyguard
    Meet Joe Black
    The Untouchables
    The Krays (Remake)
    The Italian Job (original)
    Collateral
    Split
    Heat
    The Elephant Man
    The Departed
    Kill Bill

    Quite an eclectic mix, but that's at least 25 movies that I consider worthy of repeated viewings

    RD
    Hey RD,

    Good selection but......No fair...you exceeded the limit. Oh well, I always say...give an inch and I'll take a mile and ask for forgiveness afterwards (sorry Herlock). Here are some more to add to my 20 to make it a top 40:

    Amadeus - Astonishing performance by F Murray Abaham as Salieri, and of course, the music.
    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - Newman and Redford
    Out of Africa - Redford, Streep and Klaus Maria Brandauer
    Charade - Grant, Hepburn, Coburn and Matthau
    The Natural - Redford and Duvall
    The Man Who Would Be King - Kipling classic with Connery, Caine and Plummer
    Die Hard - Alan Rickman as the classic villain
    The Court Jester
    The Great Escape
    The Magnificent Seven (Original) - who can name the
    actors playing the 7? (no googling please)
    Hard Times 1975 - Bronson and Coburn
    The Red Sun - Bronson and Mifune
    Death Hunt 1981 - Bronson and Marvin
    The White Buffalo - Bronson and the great Will Sampson
    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Nicholson and Sampson plus DeVito and Dourif in early roles
    Unforgiven
    Tin Cup
    Second Hand Lions - Caine and Duvall
    Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Caine and Martin

    Zulu

    Cheers, George
    Last edited by GBinOz; 06-11-2024, 06:38 AM.

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