can we talk classics?

[Suesumba]

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you know, i've seen all of those barbra streisand films [img]/forums/images/graemlins/70374-lipsrsealed.gif[/img] i think she's a great singer but as an actress she grates grates grates on mi nerves. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

[Nunya]

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Oh c'mon! She was sooo good in <font color="red">The Mirror Has Two Faces </font> and <font color="red">The Prince of Tides </font> (ok, she wasn't spectacular in PofT and I remember it mostly because of Nolte... but still... [img]/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img])

[Nunya]

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And oh yeah, she was very good in <font color="red">Nuts </font>...

[Suesumba]

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prince of tides&lt;--- [img]/forums/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/70400-talktohand.gif[/img]

[Nunya]

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What? [img]/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img] What's wrong with Prince of Tides? [img]/forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

[Suesumba]

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it blew. nick nolte as a whiny, whatever the hell victim he was. had no patience for it [img]/forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

[mountaingal]

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great topic, sue! [img]/forums/images/graemlins/70409-waytogo.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/70409-waytogo.gif[/img]

I never tire of watching this movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark




Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) is the spectacular, cliff-hanger, breathlessly-paced, non-stop action/adventure film of the early 1980s. It was an immensely successful summer box-office hit. The film was conceived by producer George Lucas and directed by Steven Spielberg. [Significantly, this was the first full collaboration between the two legendary American film-makers.] Screen-credited Lawrence Kasdan's script for the film was based on a story by collaborators George Lucas and Philip Kaufman.
Harrison Ford, who had starred in Lucas' Star Wars (1977), took the role of the globe-trotting, adventurous, comic-book hero/academic archaeologist with a leather jacket and bullwhip when Tom Selleck declined the role and chose instead to pursue his TV career as Magnum, P.I. (Tim Matheson, Nick Nolte, and Peter Coyote were also considered for the role, and Sean Young was tested for the role ultimately accepted by Karen Allen. Selleck later appeared in a Raiders knock-off film titled High Road to China (1983).)
The swaggering, two-fisted character with a fear of snakes was designed to be flawed yet cocky, with frequent boasts: "Trust me." The character was originally named Indiana Smith, but it was changed by Spielberg. [Note: "Indiana" was the name of Lucas' dog. The swashbuckling character of Indiana Jones was loosely based on an early 19th century Italian archaeologist named Giovanni Belzoni, who became famous for exploring and excavating treasured Egyptian sites. The name was also a playful variation of Steve McQueen's name in Nevada Smith (1966).]
This was the first of three Indiana Jones movies - created as a tribute (by Lucas) in wide-eyed homage to the episodic Saturday matinee, cliff-hanging thrillers, westerns, and adventure serials of yesteryear in the 1930s and 40s, with their strong-jawed heroes. Influences on the film came from the many permutations of the Zorro legend, John Ford's Stagecoach (1939) with its amazing stuntwork by Yakima Canutt, Gunga Din (1939), Casablanca (1942), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), King Solomon's Mines (1950), and the Disney Ducks adventure comics by Carl Barks.
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[Nunya]

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it blew. nick nolte as a whiny, whatever the hell victim he was. had no patience for it [img]/forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

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...says the woman who likes George Burns 'O God' movies... [img]/forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]...

[mountaingal]

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Another modern classic that I love – I know the overture by heart! Robocop



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When it arrived on the big screen in 1987, Paul Verhoeven's RoboCop was like a high-voltage jolt of electricity, blending satire, thrills, and abundant violence with such energized gusto that audiences couldn't help feeling stunned and amazed. The movie was a huge hit, and has since earned enduring cult status as one of the seminal science fiction films of the 1980s. Followed by two sequels, a TV series, and countless novels and comic books, this original RoboCop is still the best by far, largely due to the audacity and unbridled bloodlust of director Verhoeven. However, the reasons many enjoyed the film are also the reasons some will surely wish to avoid it. Critic Pauline Kael called the movie a dubious example of "gallows pulp," and there's no denying that its view of mankind is bleak, depraved, and graphically violent. In the Detroit of the near future, a policeman (Peter Weller) is brutally gunned down by drug-dealing thugs and left for dead, but he survives (half of him, at least) and is integrated with state-of-the-art technology to become a half-robotic cop of the future, designed to revolutionize law enforcement. As RoboCop holds tight to his last remaining shred of humanity, he relentlessly pursues the criminals who "killed" him. All the while, Verhoeven (from a script by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner) injects this high-intensity tale with wickedly pointed humor and satire aimed at the men and media who cover a city out of control. --Jeff Shannon

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[Nunya]

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One of my all time favourites (If anyone knows where I can get this on dvd - without shopping online, please let me know [img]/forums/images/graemlins/70367-help.gif[/img])



The Court Jester [DVD] (1956)
Laugh-filled costume farce stars Danny Kaye as a valet who impersonates a court jester to overthrow evil baron Basil Rathbone. Features the famous "I've put a pellet of poison in the vessel with the pestle" scene and ace support from Glynis Johns and Angela Lansbury.

[Nunya]

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My son and I absolutely love this movie! Can't even begin to tell oonuu how happy I was de day mi find ie... [img]/forums/images/graemlins/70377-loveeyes.gif[/img]



Oscar - (1991)

Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite having no experience in making money in a legal fashion, Snaps sets about to keep his promise. He is faced with numerous problems: henchmen who know nothing but crime, the police who are convinced he is hatching a master plan, and Oscar, who has just got his daughter pregnant.

[Suesumba]

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One of my all time favourites (If anyone knows where I can get this on dvd - without shopping online, please let me know [img]/forums/images/graemlins/70367-help.gif[/img])



The Court Jester [DVD] (1956)
Laugh-filled costume farce stars Danny Kaye as a valet who impersonates a court jester to overthrow evil baron Basil Rathbone. Features the famous "I've put a pellet of poison in the vessel with the pestle" scene and ace support from Glynis Johns and Angela Lansbury.

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it was on cbc not too long ago [img]/forums/images/graemlins/70409-waytogo.gif[/img]

[Nunya]

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I know! [img]/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] I recorded it off CBC about 12 years ago and I can't tell you how many times I have had to splice that that tape... now it's beyond tracking [img]/forums/images/graemlins/70394-bawlout.gif[/img]

So whe day when mi si dat it was gwine be on CBC I cancelled all plans and made a vigil before the telly... but I could not get de dyam ting to record [img]/forums/images/graemlins/70394-bawlout.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[Porty-48]

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Nice topic Sue - do you remember "Strangers When We Meet" starring Kirk Douglas (can't memba de female) - it was shown a few weeks ago on Vision - he and her both married to others - have an affair but decide it's the wrong ting to break up family - so went back to their spouse wid much [img]/forums/images/graemlins/notworthy.gif[/img] fe each other - kinda different from dese days eh.

[tsophra]

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There's a movie..The Women.comedy.circa late 30s..anyone seen it?

its about a group of women and their marriages..the interesting thing is even though the plot revolves around their relationship with the men...divorce, infidelity, reunions...and they speak to them off screen..you never see them (the men) so cool..nice clothes too