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Doctor Zhivago
Ice Cold in Alex
Witness for the Prosecution
Love,
Caz
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Doctor Zhivago
Ice Cold in Alex
Witness for the Prosecution
Love,
Caz
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"Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious." Peter Ustinov
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One of my favourite character performances there Caz. Charles Laughton as Sir Wilfrid Robarts.Originally posted by caz View Post
Herlock Sholmes
”I don’t know who Jack the Ripper was…and neither do you.”Comment
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I have to add two more categories (first one, becasue it has been mentioned by Herlock):
1. Movie I could ALMOST watch for its soundtrack alone (plus, the movie itself is creepy and great)
Vertigo
2. Slapstick category:
When I was around 10, I was convinced that Smokie and the Bandit was the greatest movie ever made. By a country mile!
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The scene at the end of Ice Cold In Alex in the bar is perfection. Sure Calsberg turned it into an advert at some point?Originally posted by caz View PostBest wishes,
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Anything by Sergio Leone
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Casablanca
It Happened One Night
The Great Train Robbbery
Cool Hand Luke
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
It's a Wonderful Life
Animal House
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
The Thin Man
The Postman Always Rings Twice
In Cold Blood
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
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Great choices c.d.Originally posted by c.d. View Post
The Postman Always Rings Twice - original or later?
Herlock Sholmes
”I don’t know who Jack the Ripper was…and neither do you.”Comment
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The Postman Always Rings Twice - original or later?
Original. Lana Turner was a hottie.
Also in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde with Spencer Tracy. Another of my favorites.
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Cracking thread, Herlock, with many wonderful contributions from all. I'm humbled that my own film, The Ladykillers from 1955, has had a shout.
As some have touched on, a film is a bit like a meal. You always want something tasty and enjoyable. However, rather than a banquet each time, there should also be a serving of egg and chips every now and again.
Rather than repeat so many of the films that have already been so rightly highlighted, here are 20 more (apologies if I missed any being in the above lists) which I like and have tried to slightly group. They all merit a place on my own personal menu. All comments are no more than personal opinions.
Classics
1. A Place in the Sun - a worthy contender for the greatest film ever. Montgomery Clift at his finest with Shelley Winters not far behind.
2. M - Peter Lorre at his creepiest best.
3. I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang - title role superbly acted by Paul Muni who deserves to be much better remembered. Smart use of ''am' in the title reflecting the never ending torment.
4. The Godfather Part II - a superlative sequel to almost rival the brilliance of its predecessor.
Hitchcock
5. Psycho - slightly derided nowadays but the ending was unique for its time. Very clever also how the story begins and heads off in one direction led by Janet Leigh before dramatically changing course.
6. Frenzy - one of the director's last films with nice touches of dark humour.
Bond
7. Goldfinger - Connery and the car.
Cagney
8. Angels with Dirty Faces - Cagney was an amazingly versatile actor, here in what might appear a typical gangster role but with so much more beneath the surface.
Ghosts
9. Dead of Night - first (think that's right) anthology of ghost and horror stories.
10. Field of Dreams - feel good ghost story with a lovely cameo from Burt Lancaster.
Comedies
11. The Apartment - Billy Wilder masterpiece with Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine on excellent form.
12. Two Way Stretch - Peter Sellers, Bernard Cribbins and Lionel Jeffries plus a host of British comedy actors from the '50s and '60s in a neat variation of a prison escape.
13. Carry on Up the Khyber - so very annoyed with my cyber friend Caz plumping for Carry On Screaming which was going to be one of my banker choices here, Harry H Corbett was a much frustrated actor who merited more than Steptoe and stole the show in Screaming. Khyber some way behind but still an honourable runner up.
14. National Lampoon's Animal House - beginning of the genre.
Boys Own Films
15. The One That Got Away - one of my favourite actors Hardy Kruger attempting and eventually succeeding in his own one man version of The Great Escape.
16. The Flight of the Phoenix (obviously the original) - Kruger again alongside a top cast (Richard Attenborough, James Stewart, Peter Finch, Ernest Borgnine and an Oscar nominated Ian Bannen), neat twist late on concerning Kruger's character.
17. The Italian Job (obviously the original again) - I'm sure I must have missed this being flagged above! Michael Caine, Noel Coward, Benny Hill, Irene Handl and Fred Emney all in one film and succeeding beautifully even if the heist didn't quite.
Two Oddities
18. Theatre of Blood - Vincent Price always gave good value for money and this was said to be his ''personal favourite movie'' alongside the delectable Dianna Rigg who regarded it as her ''best movie''. Darkly comic story of a Shakespearean actor who, with his daughter, takes murderous revenge on the literary critics who have snubbed him.
19. The Masque of the Red Death - Price again in a Roger Corman film based upon a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. However, the acting honours are stolen by Skip Martin as the warped Hop Toad, a dwarf jester. Martin was a wonderful but criminally under used actor who would have fared much better today where his dwarfism would not have automatically closed so many doors.
More Recently
20. Stan and Ollie - enchanting true story of friendship. Staggered that neither Steve Coogan or John C Reilly were Oscar nominated.
With apologies to Julie Christie for being unable to find a place for Don't Look Now. Fifty years on, I have not forgotten her role in that ''18'' rated film from when I snuck into the cinema as a fifteen year old. It was being shown in a double bill with The Wicker Man. You sure don't get two films like that for the price of one anymore.
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Great choices OneRound. I loved Stan and Ollie too. I’ve been a Laurel and Hardy fan since I was a kid and so I was slightly concerned when this came out but it’s a fantastic evocation of the work and relationship between those two (imo) geniuses.Originally posted by OneRound View PostCracking thread, Herlock, with many wonderful contributions from all. I'm humbled that my own film, The Ladykillers from 1955, has had a shout.
As some have touched on, a film is a bit like a meal. You always want something tasty and enjoyable. However, rather than a banquet each time, there should also be a serving of egg and chips every now and again.
Rather than repeat so many of the films that have already been so rightly highlighted, here are 20 more (apologies if I missed any being in the above lists) which I like and have tried to slightly group. They all merit a place on my own personal menu. All comments are no more than personal opinions.
Classics
1. A Place in the Sun - a worthy contender for the greatest film ever. Montgomery Clift at his finest with Shelley Winters not far behind.
2. M - Peter Lorre at his creepiest best.
3. I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang - title role superbly acted by Paul Muni who deserves to be much better remembered. Smart use of ''am' in the title reflecting the never ending torment.
4. The Godfather Part II - a superlative sequel to almost rival the brilliance of its predecessor.
Hitchcock
5. Psycho - slightly derided nowadays but the ending was unique for its time. Very clever also how the story begins and heads off in one direction led by Janet Leigh before dramatically changing course.
6. Frenzy - one of the director's last films with nice touches of dark humour.
Bond
7. Goldfinger - Connery and the car.
Cagney
8. Angels with Dirty Faces - Cagney was an amazingly versatile actor, here in what might appear a typical gangster role but with so much more beneath the surface.
Ghosts
9. Dead of Night - first (think that's right) anthology of ghost and horror stories.
10. Field of Dreams - feel good ghost story with a lovely cameo from Burt Lancaster.
Comedies
11. The Apartment - Billy Wilder masterpiece with Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine on excellent form.
12. Two Way Stretch - Peter Sellers, Bernard Cribbins and Lionel Jeffries plus a host of British comedy actors from the '50s and '60s in a neat variation of a prison escape.
13. Carry on Up the Khyber - so very annoyed with my cyber friend Caz plumping for Carry On Screaming which was going to be one of my banker choices here, Harry H Corbett was a much frustrated actor who merited more than Steptoe and stole the show in Screaming. Khyber some way behind but still an honourable runner up.
14. National Lampoon's Animal House - beginning of the genre.
Boys Own Films
15. The One That Got Away - one of my favourite actors Hardy Kruger attempting and eventually succeeding in his own one man version of The Great Escape.
16. The Flight of the Phoenix (obviously the original) - Kruger again alongside a top cast (Richard Attenborough, James Stewart, Peter Finch, Ernest Borgnine and an Oscar nominated Ian Bannen), neat twist late on concerning Kruger's character.
17. The Italian Job (obviously the original again) - I'm sure I must have missed this being flagged above! Michael Caine, Noel Coward, Benny Hill, Irene Handl and Fred Emney all in one film and succeeding beautifully even if the heist didn't quite.
Two Oddities
18. Theatre of Blood - Vincent Price always gave good value for money and this was said to be his ''personal favourite movie'' alongside the delectable Dianna Rigg who regarded it as her ''best movie''. Darkly comic story of a Shakespearean actor who, with his daughter, takes murderous revenge on the literary critics who have snubbed him.
19. The Masque of the Red Death - Price again in a Roger Corman film based upon a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. However, the acting honours are stolen by Skip Martin as the warped Hop Toad, a dwarf jester. Martin was a wonderful but criminally under used actor who would have fared much better today where his dwarfism would not have automatically closed so many doors.
More Recently
20. Stan and Ollie - enchanting true story of friendship. Staggered that neither Steve Coogan or John C Reilly were Oscar nominated.
With apologies to Julie Christie for being unable to find a place for Don't Look Now. Fifty years on, I have not forgotten her role in that ''18'' rated film from when I snuck into the cinema as a fifteen year old. It was being shown in a double bill with The Wicker Man. You sure don't get two films like that for the price of one anymore.
Best regards,
OneRound
Now, you clearly know your films but this part intrigues me:
Care to elaborate?. I'm humbled that my own film, The Ladykillers from 1955, has had a shout.
Herlock Sholmes
”I don’t know who Jack the Ripper was…and neither do you.”Comment
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Many thanks, Herlock.Originally posted by Herlock Sholmes View Post
Great choices OneRound. I loved Stan and Ollie too. I’ve been a Laurel and Hardy fan since I was a kid and so I was slightly concerned when this came out but it’s a fantastic evocation of the work and relationship between those two (imo) geniuses.
Now, you clearly know your films but this part intrigues me:
Care to elaborate?
My favourite character in the 1955 film The Ladykillers was .... OneRound.
Slow witted and one of the robbers but with a good heart which elevates him above the others. Beautifully played by Danny Green in his stand out film.
My user name stemmed from my liking of the character together with a bit of a p1ss take of the Court of Appeal's 2002 judgment upon James Hanratty in which they emphasised the importance of seeing matters ''in the round'' but were highly selective as to what they saw.
Best regards,
OneRound
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Of course! That just hadn’t clicked for me. I’ve seen The Ladykillers a few times but I didn’t connect the name of the character OneRound. Doh!Originally posted by OneRound View Post
Many thanks, Herlock.
My favourite character in the 1955 film The Ladykillers was .... OneRound. Slow witted and one of the robbers but with a good heart which elevates him above the others. Beautifully played by Danny Green in his stand out film.
My user name stemmed from my liking of the character together with a bit of a p1ss take of the Court of Appeal's 2002 judgment upon James Hanratty in which they emphasised the importance of seeing matters ''in the round'' but were highly selective as to what they saw.
Best regards,
OneRound
Herlock Sholmes
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