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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 12:48 AM
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Movies you remember that nobody ever talks about
I'll start with one that I've only seen once. I saw it when I was a child, back in the 1964 or 1965. I even remember the news from the day that I watched it. One of the Buffalo NY newspapers had a fire, or a strike, or something, and I was thinking it was nice how the other newspaper printed their run for them.

The movie was Robinson Crusoe on Mars - I thought it was pretty good - though I was just a kid. and I've always been somewhat surprised that I've never seen it show up on late-night TV or anything.

Do you distinctly remember any that never get discussed?
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 12:51 AM
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1. I *loved* that movie - saw it in the theater....
...let's see, in 1965 I would have been 9.


I'm sure I've seen it on TV every now and again. :shrug: But not very often.
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 12:53 AM
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2. Yeah, I originally had a disclaimer about not having watched much TV for the last
decade or so, but I deleted it. Never did see it when I actually watched TV though.
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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 12:54 AM
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3. I remember that one as well,
been ages since I've seen it. Movies, from my youth, that I don't hear being discussed much.

1. The Dark Crystal

2. Labyrinth

3. Night of the Lepus(still cracks me up).

4. Kelly's Heroes

5. The Quiet Earth

hmm, those are about the only ones that pop into mind right now.
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 12:57 AM
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5. I just watched The Quiet Earth two days ago! :) n/t
Edited on Sun May-31-09 12:57 AM by qnr
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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 12:59 AM
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8. Man, I wish I had it on dvd
my dad and I use to watch it all the time. It was actually pretty good. Just thought of another movie, The Time Guardian...man, I would love to watch that one again, and the Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai. :)
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:01 AM
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9. I don't have The Time Guardian, I do have The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai though :) n/t
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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:02 AM
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10. Time Guardian is kinda cheesy,
but as a youngster, it was pretty damn good. :)
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:07 AM
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11. I'll have to look it up! heheheh -- I really liked Labyrinth. wonder if I'd still like
Edited on Sun May-31-09 01:07 AM by qnr
it if I saw it again?
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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:12 AM
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17. Labyrinth for me, still holds up
but my love for the Adam West Batman movie didn't...I bought the movie about 4 yrs ago, thinking I'll enjoy me some "pows" and "ker-splats"...I lasted about 30 minutes, before turning it off.
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:15 AM
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19. Oh yeah, I remember Adam West was in RCOM... I'd forgotten that. n/t
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jeff30997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 12:58 AM
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6. The Quiet Earth

I still have that one on an old tape somewhere.I saw it a brazillion times.:)
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:07 AM
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13. I just saw it for the first time n/t
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vixengrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:08 AM
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16. Labyrinth was the "theme" of a quest--
I was on as part of an interactive forum-story for a fandom that was completely unrelated to that film (but related to a movie and tv franchise you would totally know), about ten years ago.

Does anyone reference "Savage" Steve Holland/John Cusack joints like One Crazy Summer and Better off Dead? In their way, superior to the John Hughes youth films of the time. Or thrill to the brilliance of the Carl Reiner vehicle for Mark Harmon--Summer School which had a truly brilliant tribute to Tobe Hooper?

I think not hardly.
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:17 AM
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20. Yeah, I remember Summer School well :) n/t
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vixengrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:23 AM
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21. That was on HBO a bazillion times when I was growing up--
It was like "Hey Beastmaster's On!" to "Hey, Batman's On!" to "Wow, a teenage/college comedy like Summer School, or Revenge of the Nerds, or whathave you, is on!"
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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:28 AM
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23. Oh damn, I can't believe I didn't think of The Beastmaster
or Summer School, both classics...anyone remember The Barbarian Brothers, or V?
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vixengrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:47 AM
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33. V is going to get remade--didn't you hear?
Edited on Sun May-31-09 01:48 AM by vixengrl
(Um, I think the last I heard of the Barbarian bros. was in the commentary from edited-out parts of "Natural Born Killers"--at least, I think that was them.)


I can just about imagine how well a redo of V would be--totally Syfy--or whatever they call themselves now. Or--hey, maybe a Zach Snyder joint? If we were really lucky? Or JJ Abrams? Something either really faithful, or a totally creative reboot with teh awesum casting? Plz?

(Never a Michael Bay joint. In my memory, V was character-driven. With the, er, Marc Singer Beastmaster guy, and the chick from Highlander II and Jane Badler, etc, and the guy who became Freddy Kreuger.)

I totally want to see a redo of V. Even if it was bad. Like, "Jessica Simpson is Diana" bad.
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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:55 AM
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41. Yeah, in natural born killers, there was a
deleted scene were Mickey/Mallory cut off their(Barbarian Bros) arms or something weird like that, I think they might have been at the Trial part as well(in the crowd).

I didn't know they were doing a remake of V, I'll have to check out imdb and see what the story is, thanks for that tidbit. :)
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fNord Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-02-09 04:28 AM
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192. It was there legs.......
But afterword, the just said (despite there missing legs) how nice mickey and Mallory were.
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Rhythm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:29 AM
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24. Summer School is a guilty favorite of mine...
Especially because Dean Cameron steals the damn movie...

Dunno why i like him... i just do.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:35 AM
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27. I referenced "Better Off Dead" just yesterday.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=8808158&mesg_id=8808636

"I want my two dollars!" has become a catch-phrase even if people don't remember what film it came from.

Another lesser-remembered Cusack film was "The Sure Thing." Not as good as "Better Off Dead," but good.
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MorningGlow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 05:46 PM
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175. I found two dollars in a pocket of my purse yesterday
Edited on Mon Jun-01-09 05:46 PM by MorningGlow
Took me totally by surprise (I still don't know how it got there) and that was the first thing that popped into my head.

I also love The Sure Thing. I'm sorry those Cusack movies got overshadowed by other, lesser '80s teen flicks.
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nutsnberries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-02-09 07:33 AM
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202. how about Cusack & Tim Robbins & The Swanky Modes in Tapeheads?
"Let's get into trouble, baby!"

one of my favorite lines from Cusack (ivan) in response to Robbins (josh):

Ivan Alexeev: Josh, losing those jobs is the best thing that ever happened to us! We're free to pursue our destiny!
Josh Tager: What, abysmal failure?
Ivan Alexeev: Negativity festers in you, man!



crazy fun movie.
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 11:17 AM
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93. can you guess what my favorite movie is?
;)

i still love labyrinth, too
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Maine-ah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 02:06 PM
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123. Dark Crystal I saw twice in the movie theater, that and Labyrinth
are two of my favorite movies from my childhood. :hi:
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jeff30997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 12:55 AM
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4. The last time I saw it on TV...
was probably 25 years ago.I remember it as a cool movie.:)
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 12:58 AM
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7. I just looked at the subject lines of the posts at the IMDB page (haven't actually
Edited on Sun May-31-09 01:05 AM by qnr
read the posts yet) -- kind of looks like a remake might be coming soon.

Edit: Well, I misinterpreted what I saw, the remake thread is unrelated to the coming soon thread, which is apparently about the company putting the movie on DVD.
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Lindsey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:07 AM
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12. "The Impossible Years" with David Niven. One of those ealy 60's
movies with a teenager causing pretty much innocent grief for parents. I love that genre - I just like the whole feel of that particular time period. I've never seen it on any late night movies. I'll have to see if I can netflix it but I think I've tried and can't find it.
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:08 AM
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15. I've heard of it, but I've never seen it. Interesting that a David Niven film would
be hard to find.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:26 AM
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22. I saw that on TV a few times shortly after its release...
with Chad Everett and Christina Ferrare (later to marry John DeLorean)
I remember enjoying it as a kid
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timtom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 06:57 AM
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57. Go here:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=impossible+years&x=0&y=0

Four bucks! Wotta deal!
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mykpart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-02-09 07:11 AM
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199. Yeah, wasn't the teenage girl played by
Christine somebody, who married John DeLorean? Not much of an actress.
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OneSelf Donating Member (167 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:08 AM
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14. Over The Edge
Matt Dillon's finest work IMHO.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079688/
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:14 AM
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18. I used to have some shipmates that felt the same way. I'll have to rent it some time. n/t
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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 09:43 PM
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143. I've seen that probably a dozen times
My school actually showed it on our last day of school one year. What were they thinking!

I think it was all they could get. ;)
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:31 AM
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25. "Educating Rita," and "The Bounty."
"Educating Rita" starred Michael Caine and Julie Walters (Mrs. Weasley, amongst other roles). Nominated for three Oscars (actor, actress, screenplay).

"The Bounty." Starred Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Liam Neeson, Laurence Olivier, Daniel Day-Lewis. Not a bad cast.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:48 AM
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34. I enjoyed "Educating Rita"...
do you remember poor Malcolm McDowell in the short-lived TV series?

And "The Bounty" was what convinced me that Hopkins was a "pirate movie actor" Look out Richard Harris!
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:48 AM
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35. I remember both of them well. Educating Rita slightly more... maybe because of the attire (or lack
thereof) :)
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:51 AM
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38. I don't remember any lacking attire in Educating Rita... ??
I remember a few risque comments here and there. My favorite was "All the men on my side of the family just look at a woman and she gets pregnant." "That must be what they mean by cockeyed."
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:55 AM
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40. My fingers weren't working in conjunction with my brain. I had just beed talking about "Blame It
On Rio" with someone on IRC about 45 minutes ago, and I had that on my mind. I do remember Educating Rita well, just a momentary screw-up :)
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:56 AM
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42. Well, it did have Michael Caine in it. Then again, all movies have Michael Caine in them.
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 02:04 AM
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45. So true. n/t
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 06:16 PM
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180. The best, anyway (has "Alfie" been bettered? I rest my case.).
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Rhythm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 03:07 AM
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50. The Bounty i've seen a time or two...
but not in years. And yeah, stellar cast, and beautifully filmed.
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 03:59 AM
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53. Damn, four out of five are studmuffins of excellence.
Sorry, Mel...you don't count.

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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 06:43 AM
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55. I don't know about a studmuffin, but Mel was a good actor back then.
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charlie and algernon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 03:30 PM
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164. I AM IN HELLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!
the Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins Bounty is definitely underrated. It also suggests an underlying sexual tension between Christian and Bligh.
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Rhythm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:34 AM
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26. I know two other people on earth who have seen "Rockula"
And we all loved it, if only because it is SO friggin' campy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdQezMBsX-Y
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:51 AM
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37. Seen? I'm fairly certain I never even heard of it :) n/t
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Rhythm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 03:06 AM
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49. ...and it's not on DVD anywhere, either. *pouts*
Though i just noticed that someone does have it up on YouTube **shhhh...** in 9 parts or so.
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:38 AM
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28. Eyes Without a Face
I saw it on television when I was a kid and it scared the ever loving shit out of me. Never forgot the impact but couldn't remember the name of it. I finally figured it out a couple of years ago:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyes_Without_a_Face

It's for rent on Netflix and I've finally amassed the courage to add it to my queue.
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:44 AM
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31. Ah, I saw that... but much, much later - great movie. n/t
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 09:19 AM
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224. **UPDATE**
Well, I saw Eyes Without a Face. It was very good, like artsy good. Sadly, I don't think it is the movie that scared the gee-whillikers out of me when I was a young tot.

The closest I can figure is, it was a Spanish C-movie knock off called http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom_Age_Vampire">Atom Age Vampire. I watched part of it the other night on YouTube and fell asleep, halfway through.

The fact is, I may have two scary movies combined in my hazy memory of my terrifying experience. I had to have been no more than five or six years old.

Perhaps someone can help me. The scene that really frightened me was of a woman emerging from water with an evil look on her face that is embedded in my conscience forever. I recall she was a villain who stole the faces of young girls to keep her beautiful. - This is the plot I remember.

Does that film sound familiar to anyone?
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:41 AM
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29. Gator Bait


I was only thirteen years old but I remember it well, including climbing the fence at the drive in. But no one else I've ever talked to has even heard of it.
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 12:20 PM
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104. Add me to the list - I have to say that the cast and crew sound ... um ... "pretty close" :) n/t
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Z_I_Peevey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 02:17 PM
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125. Claudia Jennings,
queen of the drive-in movie double feature for awhile, starred. Yep, I remember it.
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Janice325 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 05:43 PM
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136. Claudia Jennings was really pretty good for a "B" actress.
Unfortunately, I didn't become familiar with her until after she was killed in that auto accident. She was only 29.

I liked her in The Great Texas Dynamite Chase.
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 06:41 PM
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137. That's true
She started on the stage. Hull House Theater Company in Chicago. She almost replaced Kate Jackson on Charlie's Angels but the network brass didn't want an ex-centerfold.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:44 AM
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30. Some movies I saw on TV in the 60s: "The Yellow Rolls Royce"
"The Pad and How to Use It"
"Dear Brigitte" (with Billy Mumy,James Stewart, and a cameo by the lovely Bardot)
"Pretty Poison"
Pete Kelly's Blues" (Jack Webb as the world's most improbable jazzman, but a good moody movie with a great cast)

All of these were broadcast quite often
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:56 AM
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43. I remember a few of those. "The Pad and How to Use it" and "Pretty Poison" come to mind n/t
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nuxvomica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 07:26 AM
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58. "Pretty Poison" was a terrific thriller
Tuesday Weld and Anthony Perkins, IIRC.
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nuxvomica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 07:33 AM
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62. I thought Crusoe on Mars was a masterpiece when I was a kid
Edited on Sun May-31-09 07:35 AM by nuxvomica
:rofl:
I fondly remember "The Oscar", a sleaze epic that included just about every actor with a screen credit at the time. I was just thinking the other day about movies that were widely discussed when I was younger but are pretty much forgotten now, like "Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams" and "Diary of a Mad Housewife".

edit: meant to reply to the OP. :dunce:
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 10:11 AM
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70. I thought so too!!!! I watched RC on Mars more times than I care to admit.
We won't bring up "The Incredible Mr. Limpet" with Don Knotts.
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nuxvomica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 10:16 AM
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72. "I wish. I wish, I wish I was a fish"
Sounds like we had similar exposures to kid-entrancing bad movies. :rofl:
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:03 PM
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118. Now that's one I watched over and over :) n/t
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driver8 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 03:24 PM
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163. I work at Warner Bros. and in the past year we have worked on
"The Yellow Rolls Royce" and "Pete Kelley's Blues."

I work in the department that re-masters and restores old films for DVD, television, etc...
Not sure if these were for DVD or cable.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 05:54 PM
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176. Thanks, that is great news!
I would really love to see both of them again
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Tikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:47 AM
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32. Home From the Hill (1960)...
A contemporary type Western..
Robert Mitchum, Eleanore Parker, Georges Peppard and Hamilton
and really great character actors Denver Pyle and Dub Taylor...



Tikki
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:57 AM
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44. You must move in the wrong circles. That movie gets talked about a lot.
at least with the people I know.
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Tikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 12:32 PM
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108. Yeah, I'm not from Texas...I like the movie.
Tikki
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:51 AM
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36. "The Mad Bomber" with Chuck Connors and Neville Brand...
two actors better know for their western work in a contemporary (early 70s) tale of sleaze and mayhem.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:54 AM
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39. "Hickey & Boggs" a well done gritty crime movie from 1972 directed by Robert Culp...
Edited on Sun May-31-09 01:54 AM by mitchum
starring Culp and his old TV partner Bill Cosby.
Check it out; it is very good.
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 02:12 AM
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47. Lot of interesting sounding movies that I'll have to put on my list n/t
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Quantess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 02:08 AM
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46. Charley Varrick
It's from 1973, but I watched it just a few years ago with my parents when it came on. I had never heard of it before.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 02:47 AM
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48. I caught it about 10 years ago and noticed that an "actual" phone number is recited in the movie...
not one of the 555-_ _ _ _ variety. No area code was provided, but I think the action takes place in New Mexico. I have always intended to rent it and try the number :)
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Drunken Irishman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 03:10 AM
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51. Demon Wind...
We rented http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099401/">it for like my 7th birthday party because of the cool hologram cover.

I don't remember much about it except for a scene where they find a house that appears to have all four sides, until they enter and it's only one-sided (or maybe it's the other way around..it appears to be a one-sided house until they enter and it's an actual house).

The friend I watched it with on my birthday (the only one I still talk to today, anyway), downloaded it recently, so we'll probably catch it again!
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 12:51 PM
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113. Wow, that's strange. I just watched that about 3 weeks ago, going by the
description. This group of kids go out to the country, and their car batteries die and whatnot?
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Drunken Irishman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:00 PM
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117. Yeah, I believe that's it.
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hobbit709 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 03:51 AM
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52. Water and Work Is A Four-Letter Word.
Water came out in 1985 (not the Indian movie of the same name) Michael Caine Valerie Perrine, Brenda Vaccaro

Work is a really trippy movie that came out in 1968.
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 12:52 PM
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114. I remember "Work" - I'll investigate "Water" n/t
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CrownPrinceBandar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 10:34 AM
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153. "Water" was a fun movie............
I specifically remember the Billy Connolly musical number.
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 04:52 AM
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54. Silent Running
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surrealAmerican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 10:21 AM
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75. I loved that movie when I was a kid.
I only ever saw it on television, late at night, in the 70's and 80's.
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 12:45 PM
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111. Excellent movie, I always liked it. I do see it talked about though. Now "Dark Star" doesn't
get mentioned much.
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mrbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 06:46 AM
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56. the man who fell to earth
with David Bowie.
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skooooo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 07:29 AM
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60. That's a good one...
They have it on tv once in a while
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dana_b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 11:20 AM
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95. that was on last night!
I think the Sci Fi channel
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:07 PM
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120. That was one of the few movies that I saw in a theater, I didn't have a lot of disposable
income at that time.
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fNord Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-02-09 04:41 AM
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193. the made so remake in the 80's that duped me the other day......
I was pissed, because I haven't seen the original, and I love David Bowie
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Pharlo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 07:27 AM
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59. There are a few I recall that I haven't seen in a long time:
"A Thunder of Drums" a western with Richard Boone and three other very young actors: Charles Bronson, Richard Chamberlain, and George Hamilton.

"Tonight's the Night" Yvonne DeCarlo and David Niven

"Support Your Local Sheriff" James Garner and Jack Elam
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 12:47 PM
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112. I loved "Support Your Local Sheriff" when I was younger. I'll have to see if I can find
the other two. I vaguely remember having seen a film with Yvonne DeCarlo and David Niven at some time in the past.
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 07:46 AM
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152. Still one of the funniest movies ever made.
"He lies to me about whether my gun's loaded!" :rofl:

Bruce Dern's best role IMO.
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 07:30 AM
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61. On Golden Blonde III
for some reason, it never gets discussed.
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Strong Atheist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 07:51 AM
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63. The Stuntman. Split second. Heavy Metal. nt.
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 10:22 AM
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76. I love "The Stunt Man"
in fact I have advocated it on this forum a couple of times, to no avail.
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Strong Atheist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 10:31 AM
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84. silverweb is going to try it. nt.
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Bennyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 12:43 PM
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110. I saw some of the filming of The Stunt Man...
The movie opens with Peter O'Toole walking right where I used to party, on the bluffs overlooking the American River in Fair Oaks CA. The Bridge is the Old Fair Oaks Bridge. We all watched them film that scene.

One of the best movies ever I think...
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-02-09 06:36 AM
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198. cool... and by the way,
the Children's Pool, a man-made cove in La Jolla, where one of the early scenes in it was filmed (a mock war battle) has been in the news a lot lately. A colony of sea lions has been living on the beach there and there is an ongoing battle between 2 groups, one to get them removed and one to let them stay. The controversy has been dragging on for at least 10 years. But that's right where that scene was filmed. Another scene was filmed at the Hotel del Coronado, where they destroy the roof of the hotel - but not for real of course. I still don't know how they did that - they must have constructed a full-size model of the hotel.
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Bennyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 12:22 PM
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226. Wow...
I didn't realize that was the place..
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cwydro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 08:31 AM
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64. Papillon.
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 10:24 AM
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77. That was good...
I saw it in the theater on its initial release.
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cwydro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 10:31 AM
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82. I did too.
I just loved that movie. I think I've seen it 20 times.

The scene with the lepers..."How'd you know I have dry leprosy, that it isn't contagious?"

Steve McQueen handing back the cigar he just smoked, "I didn't."
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 11:14 AM
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92. I watched that just last month...
first time I have seen it since I was a kid
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dana_b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 11:22 AM
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96. love that movie!
I remember seeing it when I was 7 y.o. on t.v. It made a big impression on me and I try to watch it whenever I see it's on. Both McQueen and Hoffman were excellent!
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 08:34 AM
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65. The Little Prince
I even remember a lot of the songs..
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 08:38 AM
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66. The Girl Most Likely To...
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 08:51 AM
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67. TV movie with Stockard Channing, right?
I remember that one. Wicked and funny. :thumbsup:

She was also in a movie (The Fortune) with Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson that I liked but I don't think many others did.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 09:21 AM
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68. Yes, that's the one.
:)
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Patiod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-02-09 09:42 AM
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206. Oooo....I loved that one
Loved Stockard Channing in it.
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 10:07 AM
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69. Here's some.
Crack in the World -1965

Early disaster flick about an experiment with a nuclear weapon that goes wrong and threatens to destroy the Earth. (pre-plate tectonic theory science fiction)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059065/

The Blue Max - 1966

George Peppard as an ambitious German fighter pilot on the Western front during WWI. Good aerial combat scenes, and the first movie I ever saw at a Drive In Theater.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Max

The Power - 1968

George Hamilton, Suzanne Pleshette, Yvonne DeCarlo

Six scientist engaged in research for the space program learn that one among them possesses a powerful telekinetic ability. Murder and hijinks ensue.
Directed and produced by George Pal. Eerie and effective mystery with spooky soundtrack. Ripe for a remake.

Gargoyles - 1972 ABC Movie of the Week

Acclaimed 1972 telefilm in which an anthropologist mistakenly angers a group of living gargoyle-like creatures living in a cave in Mexico. Stan Winston's still-impressive monster designs contribute greatly to this creepy TV horror classic.
Scary when you're a kid.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 10:12 AM
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71. Yes, I LOVED RC on Mars as well. nt
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Bennyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 10:17 AM
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73. Movie, Movie....
One of my all timers. A movie within a movie in a movie. Weird, funny, twists and turns that will blow your mind. Loved this movie.Movie.
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:08 PM
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121. I remember it well :) n/t
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 10:21 AM
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74. "How Awful About Allan"
Edited on Sun May-31-09 10:23 AM by begin_within
Scary!
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nuxvomica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 10:24 AM
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78. Not to mention "Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice?"
Which was the first "M" rated movie I saw. I went with my cousins and we were salivating at a lobby photo of some woman showing her cleavage in the movie. We watched the whole movie and didn't see the cleavage scene.
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 10:26 AM
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80. I've never seen that
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nuxvomica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 11:24 AM
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97. Both titles were designed to capitalize on the popularity of....
"Whatever Happened to Baby Jane" and "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte".
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 11:36 AM
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99. Which are both good in themselves.
"Baby Jane" is talked about a lot, while "Charlotte" rarely gets mentioned, although I think it's pretty good too.
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 10:25 AM
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79. Love Hate Love
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 10:28 AM
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81. "Cycle Vixens" a.k.a. "Young Cycle Girls" (1978)
Absolutely the worst movie I've ever seen. Worse than "Manos: The Hands of Fate," "Plan 9 From Outer Space" and "From Justin To Kelly" combined. The worst script, if you can even call it a script, and the most amateur acting ever committed to film. It was so bad we were joking about some of the lines for years afterwards. My choice for worst movie of all time.
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 12:35 PM
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109. My personal choice for worst movie has always been "Battle of The Godfathers" - I must say
we had some fun with it (we being myself and the other crewmembers at the LORAN station over in Italy). We'd turn the audio off and make our own dialog (early '80's, way pre-MST3k) ... and we'd run the stupid boat chase scene through the projector in reverse.
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 09:02 PM
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140. I'll have to check it out!
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 10:22 PM
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146. Is that the one with Eva Braun Jr.?
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 11:49 PM
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148. No
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079018/
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 01:54 AM
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150. Yer right. That was Up! by Russ Meyer.
Classic.
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 10:31 AM
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83. "Who's Minding the Mint?"
Pretty funny.
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gmoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 03:33 PM
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165. Yeah, a lot of fun... not on DVD though...
sort of a low-rent "Mad Mad Mad Mad World" with its cast of stars. I think Milton Berle was in that, too. And a young Jamie Farr as the Italian cousin who spoke no English. "Ambulancia! Ambulancia!"
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gmoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 03:58 PM
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167. "Simon" with Alan Arkin
Edited on Mon Jun-01-09 03:59 PM by gmoney
Sort of the comedic version of "Altered States"
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 10:31 AM
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85. "What's So Bad About Feeling Good?"
with Mary Tyler Moore.
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 10:32 AM
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86. "The Long Ships"
1964, with Richard Widmark and Sidney Poitier.
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 10:34 AM
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87. "Lost in Yonkers"
1993. Came and went without much notice, but I saw it in a full theater and everyone was laughing pretty much the whole time.
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 10:39 AM
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88. "That Certain Summer" and "An Early Frost"
I think "That Certain Summer" was the first TV movie ever to deal with homosexuality. And "An Early Frost" was the first TV movie ever to deal with AIDS.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 11:20 AM
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94. "That Certain Summer" caused quite a stir in my middle school...
the day after it aired with all of the mature and sensitive reaction one should expect from 13 year old boys.
It was well done.
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 10:44 AM
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89. "X The Unknown"
A British sci-fi thriller that is somewhat similar to "The Blob" but a little more scientific. Scared me a lot when I was a kid.
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Frank Cannon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 10:56 AM
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90. Robinson Crusoe on Mars is on DVD now
I watched it with my nephews (6 and 8 years old) last Christmas, and you couldn't tear them away from the screen. It's a great movie that still holds up well today.
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sammythecat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 10:58 AM
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91. Carole Ballard's "The Black Stallion"
The movie as a whole was excellent, but the first half, when it was just the boy and the horse on that island, was just a masterpiece I thought. No dialogue at all. Beautiful and moving.
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eauclaireliberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 11:26 AM
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98. Wonderwall


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Franzia Donating Member (297 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 11:39 AM
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100. Maximum Overdrive
Edited on Sun May-31-09 11:40 AM by Franzia
Cur-tee-yisssss!

Stephen King's directorial debut (and likely departure); it was based on his short story "Trucks".

Cheezy movie, great soundtrack by AC/DC.

Edit: Yeardley Smith played Connie, she would go on to 'star' as the voice of Lisa Simpson.
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 12:53 PM
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116. hehehe, I like to watch this as a double-feature with "Repo Man" n/t
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Prisoner_Number_Six Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 11:39 AM
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101. Harry In Your Pocket (1973)
Edited on Sun May-31-09 11:40 AM by Prisoner_Number_Six
James Coburn. Great old flick about a team of pickpockets. Been trying to track it down for years.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070158/
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ornotna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 12:16 PM
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102. A Boy Ten Feet Tall
That was the USA title. One from my childhood that sticks in my mind.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056886/
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:05 PM
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119. Oh, my god, I remember that one
I saw it as the opener for some other movie in a double feature (remember those?). The main attraction was some forgettable flick but A Boy Ten Feet Tall always stuck in my mind.
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blockhead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 12:18 PM
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103. 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
kinda freaked me out when I was a kid.
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timtom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 05:04 PM
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132. Just bought the DVD a couple of months ago.
Very enjoyable film. Saw it in theater when it first came out.
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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 12:23 PM
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105. "Space Camp"
For whatever reason I remembered that movie a couple of days ago....maybe in conjunction with the shuttle mission or something. It was one of the first movies that I distinctly remember seeing in theaters. The concept is sort of ludacrious if you think about it--a bunch of kids who inadeverantly get themselves launched in the space shuttle--but kind of cool nonetheless.
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-02-09 08:34 AM
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204. That was an entertaining movie
Not everything has to be realistic.... as long as it enjoy it, who cares?
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Flaxbee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 12:23 PM
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106. Passion Fish, The Magic Christian, The President's Analyst
Passion Fish (1992) was great - had Mary McDonnel, Alfre Woodard, David Straithern, Angela Basset.

The Magic Christian (1969) got a bit tedious, but was nonetheless entertaining, with Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr.

The President's Analyst (1967) James Coburn plays a psychiatrist....
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MorningGlow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 05:55 PM
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177. I saw Passion Fish at the theater
Edited on Mon Jun-01-09 05:56 PM by MorningGlow
I'm not sure why...

On edit: I mean, it was good, but I'm not sure why my friend and I chose it. It might have just been starting when we got to the theater with no plans...?
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redwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-02-09 07:51 AM
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203. Putney Swope.
Saw it at the drive in with The Magic Christian.
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Dyedinthewoolliberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 12:28 PM
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107. Lonely are the Brave
Kirk Douglas, Walter Matthau, Carrol O'Connor- Great movie! FROM IMDB-

After all Kirt Douglas has done, this little masterpiece is his personal favorite.

"The Bad and the Beautiful" I think is another of his films you would adore.

Shot in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1960's, in black and white...Kirt Douglas and Gena Rolands created a sweet piece of art.

As the West, of real men and women, is being paved over, for housing developments, Malls,...these characters find themselves caught in between, their love and dreams dangerously disrupted.

Integrity and personal ethics at war with inhuman cruelty.

Kirt Douglas's beautiful horse, deserved an Oscar, as did the horse in "Cat Ballu". "The Misfits" was being shot at the near the same time, and has the same "quiet desperation", of Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable's last work. An Existential crisis that cuts to the bone.

In an interview...Kirt said, "of all my grand history of making film, this little known film, was his personal favorite." Deserves to be saved on DVD. Bravo to the cast and crew. This masterpiece will be an underground classic, that film classes will show for a 100 yrs.

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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 12:53 PM
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115. Several: "Wait Until Dark" with Audrey Hepburn and Alan Arkin.
I had a terrible crush on her.

Arkin played a real bad guy.
http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=wait+until+dark&x=0&y=0


Francesco Rosi's "Carmen." 1984
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087034/

Kaidan - 1964
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058279/

"The Warriors"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080120/

De Düva: The Dove
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062906/
This is a wonderful spoof of Bergman's "The Seventh Seal" and "Wild Strawberries."
You might be able to find it on Google Video. It's a 14 minute short
Here it is.
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=De+D%C3%BCva%3A+The+Dove&hl=en&emb=0&aq=-1&oq=#
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 01:43 PM
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122. Midnight Madness - great film.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Madness_(film)
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City of Mills Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 02:27 PM
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160. Good Call! Some great clips
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRudrm4j31Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rlkm83hbk50

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIPgNTgG8h8

Hahaha love that movie!
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 02:12 PM
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124. The Pest.
i love that movie.
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NoPasaran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 02:25 PM
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126. "The War Between Men And Women"
Possibly Jack Lemmon's least-renowned movie. I only remember it because we saw it on a family vacation in NYC at Radio City Music Hall.
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Rising Phoenix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 02:30 PM
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127. Monday night movies on ABC....back in the day
Crash Course
Rags to Riches
Dance till Dawn
Camp Cucamunga

etc.....these were usually starring Alyssa Millano, Brian Bloom, Chandler from friends....sometimes Kelsey Grammar, and the No, no, no, no red head lady from Small Wonder


Rags to Riches
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alphafemale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 02:30 PM
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128. Evil Roy Slade
Saw it once broadcast on TV.

Thought it was hilarious.

I used to get a lot of blank stares when I mentioned it. So I stopped. :P
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Z_I_Peevey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 02:47 PM
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129. The Optimists
with Peter Sellers, early 1970s.

Also 'Friends,' the 1970s teenage love story.
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Moondog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 04:43 PM
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130. Chopper Chicks in Zombietown
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 10:18 PM
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145. Oh yeah, like that one is never mentioned :) n/t
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dropkickpa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 01:41 PM
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231. I happen to own that movie on VHS
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peacefreak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 04:53 PM
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131. Resurrection
with Ellen Burstyn. Wish it was out on DVD.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 05:04 PM
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133. i remember that, it was on demand a while ago.
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SallyMander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 05:13 PM
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134. Defending Your Life

I saw that many times as a kid, and haven't heard about it since... but i still think about it every so often!
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 10:52 AM
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155. Albert Brooks and Meryl Streep!
I loved that movie. I talked some friends into seeing it with me and they didn't speak to me afterward. No appreciation for his humor/sensibilities. Their loss. :-)
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SallyMander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 05:29 PM
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172. Haha -- yeah!!!

Glad i'm not alone in this one! :rofl:

:hi:
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Patiod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-02-09 09:44 AM
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207. OMG we were just talking about that at work
One of my clients was insisting I see it, and began reeling off scenes.

I told my SO I wanted to see it, and he just rolled his eyes. I STILL want to see it though...
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Janice325 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 05:39 PM
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135. I saw Robinson Crusoe on Mars, too, when I was a kid. Good flick!
Anyone ever see Die!Die!My Darling, aka, Fanatic(1965), with Tallulah Bankhead and Stefanie Powers? I remember I saw it at the Orpheum Theater in New Orleans, when it first came out.

Another one I thought was great was Tim (1979), very early Mel Gibson. That was when he could was really beautiful,could act, and wasn't the asshole he's become.

Terence Stamp in Billy Budd(1962). Saw it when it first came out at the Abalon Theater, Algiers, Louisiana. Mr. Stamp was gorgeous then, has gotten better with age. (Loved him in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert).

Picnic at Hanging Rock, one of my all time favorites.

Anything with Pamela Franklin. I saw many films with her when I was a child.

I love ANYTHING with Mary Woronov, 'cause she's so "over the top."
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femmocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 07:58 PM
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138. "Elvira Madigan"
Lovely film.
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carlyhippy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 08:56 PM
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139. I saw a movie in the mid 70's, I wish I knew what it was called....
it was a rock n roll version of Phantom of the opera, or it had some parts that were like Phantom of the opera, it was a rock musical.....anyone know the title? Thanks.
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ornotna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 09:09 PM
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141. Would it be "Phantom of the Paradise"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_of_the_Paradise

Sounds interesting. I've never seen it though.
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carlyhippy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 09:14 PM
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142. OMG! That's it! Thank you!
Edited on Sun May-31-09 09:15 PM by carlyhippy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

I was only like in 5th grade when I saw it, but remember Paul Williams was one of the main stars. Thanks!
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kiva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 09:57 PM
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144. Pandamonium, with Tommy Smothers--I've never
met anyone who remembered it--a spoof of Halloween-type horror flicks.

The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming! Also funny.

White Nights--Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines, incredible dancing and a good plot.
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Morning Dew Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-31-09 11:18 PM
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147. From Noon Til Three and Open Season
From Noon Til Three - mid '70s - Charles Bronson and Jill Ireland. A great Western and Bronson gets to show that he can act.

Open Season - mid '70s - Peter Fonda and his cronies kidnap and then hunt young couples on their yearly hunting trips.

Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry - early '70s - Peter Fonda, Susan George, Adam Roarke. Store robbery and car chase movie - cameo by Roddy McDowell.


I was a sucker for every drive-in movie that came along..loved 'em!
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Kool Kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 12:16 AM
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149. "The World of Henry Orient", with Peter Sellers and
Edited on Mon Jun-01-09 12:28 AM by Kool Kitty
Angela Lansbury. "Those Lips, Those Eyes" with Frank Langella and Tom Hulce. "Fitzcarraldo", with Klaus Kinski.
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 06:11 PM
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179. TWoHO is one of my all-time faves! Funny, charming, poignant, teen, adult, just all great!
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MikeNearMcChord Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 10:01 PM
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184. Fitzcarraldo kicks ass!! I think there was documentary about
the war between Kinski and Warner and their clashes while making the movie was something
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 10:25 PM
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186. Les Blank's "Burden of Dreams" documents the making of the movie...
while Herzog's own "My Best Fiend" documents his fruitful and often hostile collaborations/battles with the great Kinski.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 10:21 PM
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185. Right Wing Dirtbag Trivia of the Day: Merrie Spaeth...
who played the teenager in "The World of Henry Orient", went on to become a VERY high powered republican public relations executive. Her long line of misdeeds include a position in the Reagan administration and deep involvement in the swiftboating of John Kerry.
And that's just two things...
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Kool Kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 11:23 PM
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189. Yikes!
I'll look at her in a completely different way now.
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raccoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 07:42 AM
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151. The Sound and the Fury. Hud. The Tingler. In Country. nt
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Rambis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 10:49 AM
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154. Suburbia
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm374119680/tt0086589
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 11:13 PM
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188. Great choice...Spheeris' "The Boys Next Door" is also a fantastic film...
with an absolutely chilling performance by Maxwell Caulfield. Great soundtrack also.
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bikebloke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 10:54 AM
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156. Oh Dad, Poor Dad, ...
Here's the complete title:
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad

I remember seeing it as a kid, and even through kid eyes it seemed dumb.
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Dappleganger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 10:56 AM
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157. "I Am David"
I don't recall anyone discussing it but happened to rent it a couple of years ago.

You won't be left with a dry eye, that's for sure. Highly recommended!
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CrownPrinceBandar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 10:58 AM
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158. "Performance"...............
a little Nicholas Roeg gem starring a young Mick Jagger.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066214/

"Blue Thunder" w/ Roy Schieder. Bad-ass police chopper directed by John Badham ("WarGames").

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085255/

"Straight to Hell" Alex Cox's weirdout starring Joe Strummer, The Pogues, Courtney Love, Elvis Costello and a whole bunch of freakos all jicked up on coffee.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094048/
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 11:30 AM
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159. Harmony Korine's recent "Mister Lonely" features both Anita Pallenberg...
and James Fox from "Performance"
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 02:30 PM
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161. Street Trash
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HERVEPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 02:31 PM
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162. Brewster McCloud
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-02-09 10:00 AM
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209. apparently Altman pissed off a lot of people in Houston with that one.
tee hee.

I asked people who worked at the Astrodome what they thought about it and most were outraged at that "dope smoking weirdo" (Altman) for his treatment of their beloved "Eighth Wonder". :-)
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HERVEPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-02-09 01:02 PM
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214. Didn't know that. Pretty Funny!
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 03:40 AM
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220. Didn't the TSU band do the Black National Anthem in that?
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 09:06 AM
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223. at the beginning of the film there's a band with the Wicked Witch
but I couldn't remember if it was the "Ocean of Soul" so I consulted the internets and it appears it was the Jack Yates High School Marching Band.

Now I want to see this film again! :-)
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 05:51 PM
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233. Jack Yates is a black high school.
Rock on!!
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 03:34 PM
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166. "The Brother From Another Planet"
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 05:01 PM
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168. I've seen that one once or twice. Different. n/t
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DBoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-07-09 12:01 PM
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241. toenails
and the scene where the alien bounty hunters order a beer on the rocks
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A-Schwarzenegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 05:17 PM
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169. American Job.
Masterpiece, if you can find it. :*
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 05:19 PM
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170. "Choose Me"
Dir: Alan Rudolph, with Genevieve Bujold, Keith Carradine, and Rae Dawn Chong. Excellent flick.
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CBHagman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 08:05 PM
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181. I really enjoyed that one.
Wonderful cast, quirky story.
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 05:26 PM
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171. Over the Edge
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ereen__ld8g
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 05:39 PM
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173. Soapdish
my first exposure to Kathy Najimy. :loveya:
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LanternWaste Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 05:44 PM
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174. Amazing Grace and Chuck, Ladyhawk & Brighton Beach Memoirs...
Amazing Grace and Chuck, Ladyhawk & Brighton Beach Memoirs...

Loved them when I originally saw them, but have had a heck of a time finding them in any stores. Then, a friend turned me on to this thing called Amazon.com-- it's like crack, but with a laugh track. :P

I imagine every day this week will be a new "Oh! What cool movie will be in my mailbox today!!??"
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-02-09 08:36 AM
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205. I LOVE "Amazing Grace and Chuck"
and yes, I know the whole thing is far-fetched, but I don't care.

And Gregory Peck is probably my all-time favorite actor (of course To Kill a Mockingbird is the ultimate Peck, but... )
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 05:58 PM
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178. Many! "Georgy Girl", "Death in Venice", "The Boys in the Band", etc.!
Edited on Mon Jun-01-09 06:13 PM by WinkyDink
Mostly the great movies of the US and Britain during the 60's.
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midnight armadillo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 08:57 PM
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182. The Butcher Boy. Idiocracy.



Brawndo's got what plants crave.
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MikeNearMcChord Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 09:47 PM
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183. The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training
I loved it to death back in the day, but I'd today I don't think I can stomach watching it today, but I do love that one song that is actually on You Tube' "Looking Good".
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-01-09 10:25 PM
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187. The Gods Must Be Crazy
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-02-09 07:15 AM
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200. That's a cult classic and too funny. n/t
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 01:39 AM
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219. I watch that and The Gods Must Be Crazy II a couple of times a year, great films. n/t
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Duer 157099 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-02-09 02:03 AM
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190. The Summer of '42
Well, they certainly talked about it when it came out, but I don't think I've ever seen it play on cable.

Odd. Is it *still* too shocking? LOL, that's funny.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-02-09 06:32 AM
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196. I had a teacher in high school who was obsessed with that film. nt
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fNord Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-02-09 02:48 AM
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191. I bet you never herd of these..........
Brain donors: John Turturro, Bob Nelson and Mel Smith reviving the Marx Brothers legacy with a ballet company. I still laugh my ass of and I've seen it a hundred times.

Dead Heat: Horrible piece of 80's shit that I only remember because I saw it again for the second time on HBO just last week. Treat Williams dies and comes back to life as an un-dead zombie cop with twelve hours to solve his own murder with the help of his partner, Joe Piscopo. Seriously.

They Live......Among Us!: Rowdy Roddy Piper and Kith David battle alien yuppies who have taken over America with Hypnotic suggestions using special sunglasses and explosives. " I've come here to do two things. Chew bubblegum, and kick ass! And I'm all out of bubblegum!" :eyes:Yha.........

Tromeo and Juliet: Tromo's take on the Bard's classic. If you need more on this, well, don't find out. Its like when I found out what smegma was.:puke:

The Creeping Terror: Basically, A giant oriental rug, powered by converse high tops, crawls around the countryside eating people who are ether too fat or too stupid to run away.


and if you want more, I've got lots
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-02-09 07:17 AM
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201. I remember "They Live...." vividly. Creepy. n/t
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telmerc Donating Member (27 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-02-09 05:14 AM
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194. Breaking 2: Electric Boogaloo
Anything with a chicken in it...............
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lildreamer316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 01:01 PM
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228. +1 n/t
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YankeyMCC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-02-09 05:28 AM
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195. '13 Rue Madeleine'
I remember Robinson Crusoe on Mars, I've seen in maybe twice in my live on TV the first time I was maybe 12.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-02-09 06:34 AM
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197. "Children of a Lesser God."
Edited on Tue Jun-02-09 06:36 AM by BlueIris
This was the first "grown up" movie I saw in the theater, when I was about six. It made a huge impression on me, even then. And Marlee Matlin is still reasonably famous because of it. Not sure why I haven't heard anyone so much as mention it in more than fifteen years.
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Patiod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-02-09 09:47 AM
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208. "Long Gone" - Virgina Madsen, William Peterson
Teller, Dermot Mulrony, and Henry Gibson. I think it was an HBO movie, but it's one of my favorites.

I've never met anyone who has heard of it, much less seen it.

It starts with Virginia Madsen laying naked, facedown, on a bed, and even though I'm 100% hetero female, I swear I'd jump her!
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Tikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-02-09 11:37 AM
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211. Another interesting Virginia Madsen movie "Slam Dance" (1987)..
lots of amazing LA scenery...plus it has Adam Ant and John Doe.
Also, Harry Dean Stanton and Millie Perkins...


Tikki
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-02-09 10:04 AM
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210. Total Eclipse
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114702/

The self-destructive relationship between 19th-century teenage French poet Arthur Rimbaud and his older mentor Paul Verlaine.
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Mopar151 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-02-09 12:00 PM
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212. Brother from Another Planet n/t
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-02-09 12:03 PM
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213. "Gus" and "The Apple Dumpling Gang". Those are the first two movies
I ever saw, at the drive in (in between getting yelled at for spilling popcorn on the floor of our Impala). I loved them.

The punishment for spilling popcorn on the floor of the Impala? I had to wear my seatbelt home.
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tainted_chimp Donating Member (637 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-03-09 02:36 AM
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215. Reuben, Reuben (1983)
A subtle masterpiece that has completely slipped through the cracks!
No one...and i mean, NO one I've ever asked has even heard of it.

Tom Conti is ridiculously brilliant in it.
~ He got a Best Actor Oscar nomination for this. He lost to Robert Duvall in Tender Mercies.

Julius J. Epstein, (Casablanca - yep that Casablanca!), got a Best Adapted Screenplay nomination.
He lost to James L. Brooks for Terms of Endearment.




http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084591/





Amazon has it on vhs only.
It REALLY needs to be released on DVD already....
*sigh*
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-03-09 03:02 AM
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216. Godzilla '98
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aint_no_life_nowhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-03-09 03:28 AM
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217. Her Primitive Man, a 1944 romantic comedy
A hilarious film with Robert Paige and Louise Albritton, with great character actors Edward Everett Horton and Robert Benchely. I saw it twice on TV when I was a kid in the late '50s, early '60s but I've never seen it on any late show or TCM since.

Also Ikiru by Akira Kurosawa, his greatest masterpiece in my opinion. I saw it on French TV in 1969 but I've never seen it broadcast in the United States.

Retour De Manivelle, a fantastic French film noire starring Michelle Morgan that I've never seen on TV in France or the U.S. I had to really dig to find a video copy of this entertaining film.

Also the filmed performance of the opera Carmen on exterior sets (town squares, the bull ring, a cave, a smuggler's trail, etc.) by Italian director Francesco Rossi, with the gorgeous Julia Migenes in the title role, and Placido Domingo (a good actor as well as a singer) was a stunning visual and musical experience for me, and I'm not that much into opera. I've never met anyone who's seen this film and I've never seen it on television.

And I remember seeing Robinson Crusoe on Mars back in the 1960s on television (I probably saw the same broadcast that you did - NBC's Saturday Night At The Movies?). It was pretty good and I too have never seen it on TV since then.
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My Good Babushka Donating Member (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-03-09 06:50 AM
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218. The Water Babies
and Dot and the Kangaroo
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 03:43 AM
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221. Winterhawk
About 1974. Filmed near Kalispell, Montana.
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Enthusiast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 04:50 AM
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222. I loved that movie as a kid.
After seeing it in the theatre I had to wait years before finally seeing it the second time on late night TV.
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Steely_Dan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 12:12 PM
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225. "Duel"
Edited on Sat Jun-06-09 12:12 PM by Steely_Dan
There is a little known movie that I thought was outstanding called "Duel." It is about a salesman who is traveling in his car. He is being chased by a truck driver. The entire movie is the chase...there seems to be no break in the suspense. Can't remember the actor's name...on the tip of my tongue. He played "Chester" in "Gunsmoke."

-P
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Common Sense Party Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 06:03 PM
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235. Dennis Weaver (McCloud). Great movie. Spielberg's first, I think.
A made-for-TV movie that had more thrills than any of today's "blockbusters," on about 1/100th the budget.

I have it on my iPod.
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Steely_Dan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 07:44 PM
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236. Ah, Yes!
Dennis Weaver...thanks. Wasn't that a great little movie? I thought that Dennis Weaver did a great job. His acting at the most suspenseful points of that movie are outstanding. You can taste the fear.

-P
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Common Sense Party Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 07:49 PM
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237. I also love how you never see the truck driver. The enemy is just
a big, unrelenting, impersonal machine.
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Steely_Dan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 10:44 PM
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238. Exactly! n/t
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RiffRandell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 10:49 PM
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239. That movie rules.
I remember it.
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lildreamer316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 12:59 PM
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227. The Wraith
Young Charlie Sheen, HELL of a concept car.
What can I say, I'm an 80's cheesy music freak.
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lildreamer316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 01:02 PM
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229. The Stranger
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111299/
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lildreamer316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 01:04 PM
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230. Real Genius (w/ Val Kilmer & Steven Wright)
"Can you hammer a six inch spike through a board with your penis?"

"No."

"A girl's gotta have her standards..."
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 01:46 PM
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232. "On Borrowed Time" with Lionel Barrymore...a real weeper from 1939.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031754/

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTcxMzkxOTUyNF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMjA2NjAyMQ@@._V1._SX77_SY140_.jpg

Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his cantankerous old grandfather become inseparable friends. But Gramps is concerned for his grandson's future and wary of a scheming relative who seeks Pud's custody. One day Mr. Brink--an agent of Death--arrives to take Gramps "to the land where the woodbine twineth." Through a bit of trickery, Gramps confines Mr. Brink, and thus Death, to the top of an old apple tree, giving Gramps extra time to resolve issues about Pud's future. Written by Thomas McWilliams
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Common Sense Party Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 06:00 PM
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234. "The Straight Story"
I saw it on an airplane once and loved it.

Nobody I know personally has ever seen it.
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PunkinPi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-07-09 12:12 PM
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242. I've seen it and really enjoyed it
Richard Farnsworth was most excellent!
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Common Sense Party Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-07-09 12:38 PM
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243. Indeed.
And I'm a former Iowan, so I loved the scenery.
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Mendocino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-07-09 08:29 AM
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240. Local Hero
Never Cry Wolf
My Favorite Year
Tender Mercies
SOB
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