Obscure Old Movie Favourites
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Something I bet no one has seen
Splitting Heirs ( with John Cleese and Eric Idle and a very young Catherine Zeta Jones)
To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.
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Originally posted by MsA:
Something I bet no one has seen
Splitting Heirs ( with John Cleese and Eric Idle and a very young Catherine Zeta Jones)
Well, sorry but you've lost that bet.
John Cleese and Eric Idle, along with the other Python members, always pique my interest in any stuff they are in.
As for my own picks:
Jabberwocky
May be one that isn't too obscure but with Michael Palin in the lead and half the Python cast involved what's not to like. Very satirical that uses most of the fantasy cliches.
Ghost Story (1981)
Fred Astaire and Douglas Fairbanks Jr plus two others get together at a club to tell ghost stories but a pattern emerges about a gruesome secret they share. An intelligent movie with a great cast and good story.
Two Days In The Valley
A big cast of recognisable faces including Jeff Daniels, Teri Hatcher, James Spader, Charlize Theron and Glenne Headly to name some. But personally I think Danny Aiello steals the show.
And I could probably add Glengarry Glen Ross, Box Of Moon Light and Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead to the list as well.
"I don't believe in suicide, but if you'd like to try it it might cheer me up to watch."
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How obscure are we talking? Because now we're getting folks listing easily available and critically lauded flicks.
"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."
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Beyond the Forest
Betty Davis and Joseph Cotton
You should hear Betty say, "What a dump", as she walks down the stairs of her own home. Her character was truly evil.
http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler
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One of my faves:
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Amazing Grace and Chuck.
I don't even know why, but I love this silly little movie. Maybe because it gives hope to the "little people" going up against The Man.
Ragtime.
Big production, big budget, but most haven't seen it. I loved it. Still do.
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Here are some, what I consider truly obscure classics.
Hoffman - Peter Sellers - a tad mysoginist, but an amazing performance.
Phantom Lady - A no star film noir with a classic drum solo scene.
Matewan - maybe not obscure enough, but truly the best film that many have never heard of.
See how I'm not hitting him, I think I've grown!
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Those don't seem very obscure.
So I'll include
Amazing Grace and Chuck.
When Every Day Was the Fourth of July.
Freaked.
Mom and Dad Save the World.
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Originally posted by jewelstaitefan:
Mom and Dad Save the World.
Forever!!!
I NEED that movie!!!!
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