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Obscure Old Movie Favourites

POSTED BY: chrisisall
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KWICKO

Monday, January 18, 2010 3:10 AM

You mean this car? (The paint job is different, but they used a Lola T70/3 with dummy turbine engines for the movie)

As for "LeMans", the big problem was that McQueen wanted it done HIS way, and the director disagreed. So the director quit. Or was fired. And McQueen got it his way.

He was wrong.

Mike

Work is the curse of the Drinking Class.
- Oscar Wilde

CHRISISALL

Monday, January 18, 2010 3:16 AM

O
M
G
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*breath is taken away*

I'll be in my garage.

The laughing Chrisisall

UNABASHEDVIXEN

Monday, January 18, 2010 5:54 PM

Fantastic early (pre-Hollywood) Hitchcock with the delightful Michael Redgrave. I think it's in the public realm, you can watch it on YouTube.

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People before profits

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Saturday, January 23, 2010 1:24 PM

Anybody else for Tim? I have long thought it is Mel Gibson's best acting. I think from about 1980.
I know people who consider A Boy and His Dog to be the only valid excuse for not removing Don Johnson from the world. I think it is the only film ever directed by L.Q. Jones.
I'd be remiss to not mention Mulholland Falls. My fave role from Bruce Dern.

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How's about a little Val Kilmer flick called "The Salton Sea"? Anyone ever seen that one? Vincent D'Onofrio turns in a great performance, as does Kilmer.

Also overlooked is "The Ice Harvest", with John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton.

And don't forget the classic "Night of the Comet". Or even "Eating Raoul".

Can't agree with those, but at least your Cusack mention reminds me of Map of the Human Heart.

KWICKO

Saturday, January 23, 2010 2:32 PM

"A Boy and His Dog"! I loved that movie!

Time has done it no favors, it would seem. A quick look on IMDB shows some horrendous covers for the DVD release, with blurbs like "Has to seen from the beginning!" and "Screenplay by Harlen Ellison" with "Liner notes by Robert Heincein". It looks like they picked the DVDs up from a Chinatown street vendor, or from the Ukraine.

I thought the movie deserved better treatment than that. :(

Mike

Work is the curse of the Drinking Class.
- Oscar Wilde

TRAVELER

Saturday, January 23, 2010 7:18 PM

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Or "LeMans", with Steve McQueen. Great racing, horrible plot. :(
Or *no* plot. I read them made it up as they went. BUT, gee are ate racing footage.
As far as race cars go though, I like THX1138.

The plot is the race itself. And the stars are the machines and the drivers nerve combined with tactics used in endurance racing. The film footage is a great example of camera placement.