can we talk classics?

[chitowngirl]

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Trivia: The director called for speeds of about 75-80 mph, but the cars (including the ones containing the cameras) reached speeds of over 110 mph. Filming of the chase scene took three weeks, resulting in 9 minutes and 42 seconds of footage. They were denied permission to film on the Golden Gate Bridge.

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fi mi fada seh dis di bess car chase evah...di man luv awff car [img]/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

[chitowngirl]

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if you guys can catch the original nosferatu. it's well worth it.

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[img]/forums/images/graemlins/70390-shhh.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/70371-jump.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img] MOVIE - Nosferatu (64 min. run time) [img]/forums/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/70371-jump.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/70390-shhh.gif[/img]


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[i]Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens ("A Symphony of Horrors" in German) is a German Expressionist film shot in 1922 by F.W. Murnau. He had wanted to film a version of Bram Stoker's Dracula, but his studio was unable to obtain the rights to the story. Murnau decided to film his own version and made only slight changes to the story. The resultant movie has many similarities to Stoker's original tale. "Dracula" became "Nosferatu" and the names of the characters changed, with Count Dracula changed to Count Orlok. The role of the vampire was played by Max Schreck. Other major actors in the film were Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder, and Alexander Granach.

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[tsophra]

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if you guys can catch the original nosferatu. it's well worth it.

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[img]/forums/images/graemlins/70390-shhh.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/70371-jump.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img] MOVIE - Nosferatu (64 min. run time) [img]/forums/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/70371-jump.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/70390-shhh.gif[/img]


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[i]Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens ("A Symphony of Horrors" in German) is a German Expressionist film shot in 1922 by F.W. Murnau. He had wanted to film a version of Bram Stoker's Dracula, but his studio was unable to obtain the rights to the story. Murnau decided to film his own version and made only slight changes to the story. The resultant movie has many similarities to Stoker's original tale. "Dracula" became "Nosferatu" and the names of the characters changed, with Count Dracula changed to Count Orlok. The role of the vampire was played by Max Schreck. Other major actors in the film were Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder, and Alexander Granach.

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[tsophra]

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adding Bullitt to my list [img]/forums/images/graemlins/bannana_purple.gif[/img]

ok now..I'm drapping the bar way low. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]....1950s Sci Fi [img]/forums/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/bannana_purple.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/bannana_purple.gif[/img]I love the original version of The Thing mainly because of the quote highlighted below..the way the actress delivers it...real classic that!

Scientist at an Arctic research station discover a spacecraft buried in the ice. Upon closer examination, they discover the frozen pilot. All hell breaks loose when they take him back to their station and he is accidentally thawed out!



Producer Howard Hawks' adaptation of the John Campbell story of an arctic expedition that runs afoul of a blood sucking alien is often credited (or blamed - depending on who you talk to) with launching the evil monster tries to destroy humanity films that were so prevalent in the 1950's.


Movie Quotes:

Ned "Scotty" Scott: An intellectual carrot. The mind boggles.
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Dr. Arthur Carrington: Knowledge is more important than life.
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Dr. Arthur Carrington: [about the carrot] Its development was not handicapped by emotional or sexual factors.

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[last lines]
Ned "Scotty" Scott: Watch the skies, everywhere! Keep looking. Keep watching the skies!
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Ned "Scotty" Scott: Please doctor, I've got to ask this. It sounds like, well, just as though you're describing some form of super carrot.

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Lt. Ken McPherson: I wonder if this thing can read minds.
Eddie: Well, if it can, it's gonna be real mad when it gets to me.
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Ned "Scotty" Scott: Think of what it means to the world!
Hendry: I'm not working for the world. I'm working for the Air Force.

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[after a quick encounter with the Thing]
Hendry: Did you get your picture?
Ned "Scotty" Scott: No, you were in the way and the door wasn't open long enough.
Hendry: You want us to open it again?
Ned "Scotty" Scott: NO!
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this conversation takes place after they've spent a fair amount of time and energy trying to kill an alien life form thats has a chemical make up similar to earth plants..an Nikki just happens to be a woman

[b]Ned "Scotty" Scott: Here's the sixty-four dollar question - what do you do with a vegetable?
Nikki: Boil it.
Ned "Scotty" Scott: What did you say? [b]
Nikki: Boil it... bake it... stew it... fry it? [img]/forums/images/graemlins/70409-waytogo.gif[/img]

[tsophra]

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
nuff said [img]/forums/images/graemlins/70409-waytogo.gif[/img]

[chitowngirl]

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shirley temple movies creep me out [img]/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

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[img]/forums/images/graemlins/70377-loveeyes.gif[/img] MOVIE - The Little Princess (93 min. run time) [img]/forums/images/graemlins/70377-loveeyes.gif[/img] (for suesumba) [img]/forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

Shirley Temple stars in this 1939 version of the Frances Hodgson Burnett novel about a little, motherless girl left in the care of a girls boarding school by her soldier father, and then made into a servant there when he's missing in action during World War I.

[turtledude]

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<font color="red"> back in 1963...when I was in 7th grade, we had this thing called a "noon movie"... </font>...after lunch we paid a nickle to go into the auditorium to see a 15 - 20 minute segment of a movie....and it always ended at a point that left us hanging, of course....this one left an indelible mark on my psyche....

<font color="blue"> In 1954, Universal studios brought the movie going public Creature from the Black Lagoon. The film was a sensation and put the Gill-Man alongside Dracula, the Frankenstein monster, and the Mummy in the pantheon of classic Universal Monsters. The Creature is the greatest monster of a decade filled with monsters. He outshines his irradiated and overgrown brethren because there was the slightest bit of humanity in him. He lusts, he is cunning, and he feels pain. He is an animal on the brink of becoming something more. The Gillman’s story is one of the finest fantasy films ever made. Creature from the Black Lagoon is a true motion picture masterpiece of the 1950s.

The Creature From The Black Lagoon was shown originally in 3-D. 3-D pictures were becoming popular in Hollywood in the middle 1950's and Creature was filmed to fit this format. A special underwater 3-D camera was developed exclusively for use in this production. Viewers would remark on how they felt like they were underwater with the monster. It was a very unique experience. However showing a film in 3-D was a difficult process. If the two cameras needed to produce the effect were not aligned properly the image would turn blurry and the 3-D effect would be ruined. This forced later releases of the film to abandon 3-D for a more conventional showing.

The Creature would return for two more films, each of declining quality. Revenge of the Creature (1955) is a fun atomic age romp with John Agar battling the Gillman who escaped from a Floridian aquarium. The Creature Walks Among Us (1956) has two scientists who attempt to turn the Creature into a more human-like monstrosity. Of the two sequels, Revenge of the Creature is most definitely the strongest due in large part to the craftsmanship of returning director Jack Arnold.

Creature from the Black Lagoon is a 50s monster film, yet it also has many qualities that link it to the horror films of earlier decades. As in movies like Dracula and King Kong, the Creature has a strange attraction to the heroine. When the Creature silently stalks Julie Adams as she swims, it is a scene of monochromatic beauty that would seem more at home in a Universal film of the 30s or a Val Lewton film of the 40s.

Producer William Alland had heard an obscure South American legend about a swamp monster that was often described as an amalgamation of a turtle fish, alligator, and a human. Alland told Bud Westmore, Universal International's head of make up, that he would deliver a script once the aquatic monster was constructed. The basic design of the monster had its origins in an unlikely place. Jack Arnold was nominated for an Academy Award (1950s Best Documentary, With These Hands) and received a certificate with an Oscar on it. He envisioned what the award would look like with gills, claws, and scales. Westmore, Jack Kevan, Bob Hickman, and Chris Nueller went to work on making the the monster a reality.

The Creature's facial features were based on a frog's, complete with pulsating jowl. The monster was given a pair of crustacean-like claws and a large mechanical tail, but these features were deleted because they would have seriously interfered with the underwater scenes. When the make up team had finished, they had produced one of the finest looking monsters in cinematic history. Excellence doesn't come cheap. The total cost of the Creature was $12,000.

The actors that brought the Creature to life were Ben Chapman and Ricou Browning. Glenn Strange was originally considered because he was the only recognizable horror actor that could play part. He declined because of the intense underwater scenes. Ben Chapman was a tall ex-marine who donned the Gillman suit for the scenes of the Creature above water. Ricou Browning was a professional diver who was to portray the Creature in the underwater scenes. A special underwater suit was made for Browning that was much lighter in coloration than the land suit.

The "human" cast of Creature from the Black Lagoon is top notch as well. Richard Carlson (who also worked with Arnold in It Came From Outer Space) gives the screen one of the best portrayals of a 50’s sci-fi hero. Richard Denning (hero of the big bug classic The Black Scorpion) is the highlight of the cast as the greedy and misguided Dr. Williams. The scenes between Carlson and Denning bring even more tension to a film that is dripping with it. Julie Adams was one of the sexiest "damsels in distress" of the genre. You can see why Dr. Reed, Dr. Williams, and the Creature were all fighting over her. Nestor Paiva (Lucas) was one of the greatest B-movie supporting actors in history. He gave memorable performances in such films as Tarantula (1955), The Mole People (1956), and the infamous They Saved Hitler’s Brain (1963).

The Gillman from Jack Arnold’s masterpiece Creature from the Black Lagoon represents an organism stuck between one form of life and an other. He is mostly a creature of the deep, yet he can freely move on land with two legs. The Creature also represents a being that is trapped between two sub-genres, the classic horror film and the prehistoric monster movie. It could even be argued that the amphibious monstrosity could represent the times that he was born out of, a time when America was in a transitional state between one period of its history and the next. We had left the primordial ooze of global conflict and entered a world that was frightening and alien to us. Like the crew of the Rita we sailed into troubled territory and did not know what would be lurking in the blackness.

--DONALD F. GLUT, from Classic Movie Monsters, 1973

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