Obscure Old Movie Favourites
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Monday, July 13, 2026 03:06
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Hello Chrisisall:
Remembered another film that others may have seen.
Tyrone Power at his best. Well he was always great.
http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler
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Lots of obscure films here. ::-)
For another racing film, how about The Young Racers? The crew followed the F1 circuit of the early 60s, using crowds, tracks, etc.
IMDb claims Shatner looped all the dialog for the male lead.
Also, I believe the Lasseter mentioned upthread was named in honor of John Lasseter of Toy Story fame.
bun
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Okay CL, Le Mans IS the best racing movie ever, but Deadly Encounter CAN'T be as good as Birds Of Prey (with David Janssen)!! OR Blue Thunder!!
Or, of course, Airwolf.
The laughing Chrisisall
Blue Thunder while one of my favorites wasn't as groundbreaking in the aerial stunt department as Deadly.
Most of the climatic dogfight in Blue Thunder was filmed with large scale Radio Control models.
Being a TV Movie, Deadly Encounter, not having that kind of budget did everything with real helicopters. Hence from the pure flying side of things. I prefer Deadly Encounter for the precision of the flying sequences.
http://www.rotaryaction.com/pages/dlyenctr.html
Brian
To quote The Joker from the 1989 BATMAN
"Where do you get those wonderful toys?"
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Originally posted by FloralBunny:
Lots of obscure films here. ::-)
For another racing film, how about The Young Racers? The crew followed the F1 circuit of the early 60s, using crowds, tracks, etc.
IMDb claims Shatner looped all the dialog for the male lead.
Also, I believe the Lasseter mentioned upthread was named in honor of John Lasseter of Toy Story fame.
bun
Anyone remember this racing film:
Actually made a point of some worth at the time....
Cartoons - http://cirqusartsandmusic.blogspot.com
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This not old, but it is obscure. Just watched it and was happy to discover it.
http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler
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I'll keep a lookout for it, definitely. Thanks!
The laughing Chrisisall
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Originally posted by traveler:
This not old, but it is obscure. Just watched it and was happy to discover it.
http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler
That was an interesting flick. I felt it was one rewrite away from being really good, but it was pretty neat as-is.
"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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Originally posted by AnotherSky:
And I have to wonder if that's where they got THE Lassiter.
You know, the one that Inara thinks would be like fencing the Monawho.
Okay, so maybe this was addressed already, but the thread is way to long for me to look.
Anyway, the recent Firefly book clarified that the Lassiter gun was named for Pixar's John Lassiter (whom Joss worked with on Toy Story).
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When movie makers took chances and
trashy?
https://artofthemovies.co.uk/blogs/original-movie-posters/an-a-to-z-of
-1970s-cult-movies
Not so Obscure or Old but indie-ish
https://blog.indiecinema.co/name/denis-villeneuve/
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28 wild ’90s movie adaptations of TV shows
https://mutantreviewersmovies.com/2026/07/11/27-wild-90s-movie-adaptat
ions-of-tv-shows/
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