Your Favorite Classic Movies - 60s, 70s, 80s & 90s
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Cool Hand Luke. Now there's a movie. One of my all time favs. 
That's probably the best movie I've ever seen that was made before I was born. Not many on the list of movies made after I was born that top it.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Cool Hand Luke. Now there's a movie. One of my all time favs.
That's probably the best movie I've ever seen that was made before I was born. Not many on the list of movies made after I was born that top it.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
I love Paul Newman. And I think that was first movie of his I saw when I was a child.
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Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Cool Hand Luke. Now there's a movie. One of my all time favs.
That's probably the best movie I've ever seen that was made before I was born. Not many on the list of movies made after I was born that top it.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
I love Paul Newman. And I think that was first movie of his I saw when I was a child.
I never even saw it until I was in my early 20s. My only experience with Paul Newman at that point was Slapshot, which felt really underground to me when I saw it at a friend's house on his old Betamax player.
Cool Hand Luke just spoke to me when I saw it. Especially at that age. I've never been keen on any type of authority, even today, but that movie was a big warning to me of what could happen if that constant desire to rebel was left unchecked. It's a lesson that I've been more successful at certain times than others at heeding. There's no doubt that I've made my own life a lot harder than it's needed to be by not just swimming with the tide, but at least I haven't ended up on a chain gang.... yet.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Cool Hand Luke. Now there's a movie. One of my all time favs.
That's probably the best movie I've ever seen that was made before I was born. Not many on the list of movies made after I was born that top it.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
I love Paul Newman. And I think that was first movie of his I saw when I was a child.
I never even saw it until I was in my early 20s. My only experience with Paul Newman at that point was Slapshot, which felt really underground to me when I saw it at a friend's house on his old Betamax player.
Cool Hand Luke just spoke to me when I saw it. Especially at that age. I've never been keen on any type of authority, even today, but that movie was a big warning to me of what could happen if that constant desire to rebel was left unchecked. It's a lesson that I've been more successful at certain times than others at heeding. There's no doubt that I've made my own life a lot harder than it's needed to be by not just swimming with the tide, but at least I haven't ended up on a chain gang.... yet.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
I saw "Slapshot" too and it was funny. Can't remember what year it came out. It was VHS when I saw it.
Never been really rebellious but then I am not really a people person anyways.
Just me.But I thought it was a good movie at the time I originally saw it and could feel for Newman's character. Even at that young age I could see that being in jail was not a good place for anyone.
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Quote:Growing up with The Sting, Cassidy & Sundance, Drowning Pool, Towering Inferno, it just seemed Slapshot was a sidestep.
Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Cool Hand Luke. Now there's a movie. One of my all time favs.
That's probably the best movie I've ever seen that was made before I was born. Not many on the list of movies made after I was born that top it.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
I love Paul Newman. And I think that was first movie of his I saw when I was a child.
I never even saw it until I was in my early 20s. My only experience with Paul Newman at that point was Slapshot, which felt really underground to me when I saw it at a friend's house on his old Betamax player.
Cool Hand Luke just spoke to me when I saw it. Especially at that age. I've never been keen on any type of authority, even today, but that movie was a big warning to me of what could happen if that constant desire to rebel was left unchecked. It's a lesson that I've been more successful at certain times than others at heeding. There's no doubt that I've made my own life a lot harder than it's needed to be by not just swimming with the tide, but at least I haven't ended up on a chain gang.... yet.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
I saw "Slapshot" too and it was funny. Can't remember what year it came out. It was VHS when I saw it.
Never been really rebellious but then I am not really a people person anyways.
But I thought it was a good movie at the time I originally saw it and could feel for Newman's character. Even at that young age I could see that being in jail was not a good place for anyone.
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I was just wondering why I don't see Lady In The Box (2001) listed, but then noticed the 6 years 2000-2005 are not covered.
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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:Quote:Growing up with The Sting, Cassidy & Sundance, Drowning Pool, Towering Inferno, it just seemed Slapshot was a sidestep.
Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Cool Hand Luke. Now there's a movie. One of my all time favs.
That's probably the best movie I've ever seen that was made before I was born. Not many on the list of movies made after I was born that top it.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
I love Paul Newman. And I think that was first movie of his I saw when I was a child.
I never even saw it until I was in my early 20s. My only experience with Paul Newman at that point was Slapshot, which felt really underground to me when I saw it at a friend's house on his old Betamax player.
Cool Hand Luke just spoke to me when I saw it. Especially at that age. I've never been keen on any type of authority, even today, but that movie was a big warning to me of what could happen if that constant desire to rebel was left unchecked. It's a lesson that I've been more successful at certain times than others at heeding. There's no doubt that I've made my own life a lot harder than it's needed to be by not just swimming with the tide, but at least I haven't ended up on a chain gang.... yet.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
I saw "Slapshot" too and it was funny. Can't remember what year it came out. It was VHS when I saw it.
Never been really rebellious but then I am not really a people person anyways.
But I thought it was a good movie at the time I originally saw it and could feel for Newman's character. Even at that young age I could see that being in jail was not a good place for anyone.
"Slapshot" might have been. But everyone is entitled to a misstep.
Never saw the "Drowning Pool" or "Towering Inferno". Not into disaster movies.
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Quote:I said sidestep. I did not consider it a misstep. Merely not the stereotypical role I had become accustomed to for him.
Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:Quote:Growing up with The Sting, Cassidy & Sundance, Drowning Pool, Towering Inferno, it just seemed Slapshot was a sidestep.
Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
I love Paul Newman. And I think that was first movie of his I saw when I was a child.
I never even saw it until I was in my early 20s. My only experience with Paul Newman at that point was Slapshot, which felt really underground to me when I saw it at a friend's house on his old Betamax player.
Cool Hand Luke just spoke to me when I saw it. Especially at that age. I've never been keen on any type of authority, even today, but that movie was a big warning to me of what could happen if that constant desire to rebel was left unchecked. It's a lesson that I've been more successful at certain times than others at heeding. There's no doubt that I've made my own life a lot harder than it's needed to be by not just swimming with the tide, but at least I haven't ended up on a chain gang.... yet.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
I saw "Slapshot" too and it was funny. Can't remember what year it came out. It was VHS when I saw it.
Never been really rebellious but then I am not really a people person anyways.
But I thought it was a good movie at the time I originally saw it and could feel for Newman's character. Even at that young age I could see that being in jail was not a good place for anyone.
"Slapshot" might have been. But everyone is entitled to a misstep.
Never saw the "Drowning Pool" or "Towering Inferno". Not into disaster movies.
Drowning Pool was a mystery, as I recall. He played Detective Lew Harper. Wonderful cast, I recall Gail Strickland well, and I think the first role for teenage Melanie Griffith, in a crochet bikini. Sort of a Lolita role.
Newman also played the same character in Harper, which also had a wonderful cast.
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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:Quote:I said sidestep. I did not consider it a misstep. Merely not the stereotypical role I had become accustomed to for him.
Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:Quote:Growing up with The Sting, Cassidy & Sundance, Drowning Pool, Towering Inferno, it just seemed Slapshot was a sidestep.
Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
I love Paul Newman. And I think that was first movie of his I saw when I was a child.
I never even saw it until I was in my early 20s. My only experience with Paul Newman at that point was Slapshot, which felt really underground to me when I saw it at a friend's house on his old Betamax player.
Cool Hand Luke just spoke to me when I saw it. Especially at that age. I've never been keen on any type of authority, even today, but that movie was a big warning to me of what could happen if that constant desire to rebel was left unchecked. It's a lesson that I've been more successful at certain times than others at heeding. There's no doubt that I've made my own life a lot harder than it's needed to be by not just swimming with the tide, but at least I haven't ended up on a chain gang.... yet.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
I saw "Slapshot" too and it was funny. Can't remember what year it came out. It was VHS when I saw it.
Never been really rebellious but then I am not really a people person anyways.
But I thought it was a good movie at the time I originally saw it and could feel for Newman's character. Even at that young age I could see that being in jail was not a good place for anyone.
"Slapshot" might have been. But everyone is entitled to a misstep.
Never saw the "Drowning Pool" or "Towering Inferno". Not into disaster movies.
Drowning Pool was a mystery, as I recall. He played Detective Lew Harper. Wonderful cast, I recall Gail Strickland well, and I think the first role for teenage Melanie Griffith, in a crochet bikini. Sort of a Lolita role.
Newman also played the same character in Harper, which also had a wonderful cast.
Apologies JSF. No, it wasn't.
Okay. Thanks for the description. "Harper", I've heard of but not seen.
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Slapshot was how I first met Newman. I'll admit it wasn't going to go on to be one of my favorite movies. Really, I was too young to even care all that much about Newman's character. All I really remember about it is the Hanson Brothers and laughing about as hard as I can ever remember laughing. 
If you ask most of my generation who the Hanson Brothers were, they'd probably point to this picture:
I should probably give it a re-watch now that I've got some grey hairs of my own and his relationship with the mom from A Christmas Story would be age appropriate for me.
Outside of Slapshot and Cool Hand Luke, I think the only other Newman movie I ever saw in my life was Road to Perdition.
EDIT: My bad... I just looked at IMDB and here's some other movies I've seen with Newman. The Color of Money and The Hudsucker Proxy.
I never saw Towering Inferno, but I grew up playing it on the Atari 2600 where it was one of my favorite games on the system. I had always just assumed when I heard there was a movie that it was a licensed adaptation of it.
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Towering Inferno is an action/maze game released for the Atari 2600, where you play as a firefighter rescuing people from a burning skyscraper. Although overtly based on the 1974 film, its production was not officially licensed by either 20th Century Fox or Warner Bros.
Simpler times back then for sure. Somebody outside of China tries pulling that shit today and they're sued into oblivion.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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