JSngry Posted March 24, 2005 Author Report Posted March 24, 2005 Anybody see The Mind Reader & The Clock Monday night? Two lesser-known (I guess) films that made for a great evening of unhackneyed entertainment. Especially The Clock. I've gone almost 50 years without ever using "Judy Garland" and "sexual" in the same thought, much less the same sentence, but jezus krist, some of the facial expressions she gave out with in this movie were combined love and lust in a noearl;y overpoweringly sensual way I don't know that I've ever seen anywhere else. Wow... Tonight's The Odessa File, which I remember as being pretty good, followed by The Ipcress File, The Day of the Jackal, and Suddenly, which is a really good, creepy, relatively low-budget (seemingly) presidentila assassination flick starring Frank Sinatra as a war vet turned wannabe killer. Not a bad schedule at all. Quote
ralphie_boy Posted March 24, 2005 Report Posted March 24, 2005 And if you make it through SUDDENLY, NOTORIOUS is on at 4am Quote
ghost of miles Posted March 25, 2005 Report Posted March 25, 2005 Charade, which is a favorite of mine, is one of those films that you can watch over and over again. Same here. I've never been all that taken w/Audrey Hepburn, but she pushes all the right buttons in this one. My wife and I have had a cheapie DVD edition of this for about a year and finally got around to watching it the other night... Wow!! Great cast, great chemistry between Hepburn and Grant, lots of sharp, witty dialogue... much fun. Why was Hepburn nearly always paired with much older men? Bogart in SABRINA, Astaire in FUNNY FACE, Grant in CHARADE... even Gregory Peck in ROMAN HOLIDAY seems at least 10 years older than her. The only movie I can think of where her romantic partner is approximately the same age is BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S (George Peppard, and in that one the chemistry definitely ain't there IMO). Quote
Ron S Posted March 25, 2005 Report Posted March 25, 2005 Why was Hepburn nearly always paired with much older men? Bogart in SABRINA, Astaire in FUNNY FACE, Grant in CHARADE... even Gregory Peck in ROMAN HOLIDAY seems at least 10 years older than her. And don't forget Rex Harrison in MY FAIR LADY. Quote
medjuck Posted March 25, 2005 Report Posted March 25, 2005 Charade, which is a favorite of mine, is one of those films that you can watch over and over again. Same here. I've never been all that taken w/Audrey Hepburn, but she pushes all the right buttons in this one. My wife and I have had a cheapie DVD edition of this for about a year and finally got around to watching it the other night... Wow!! Great cast, great chemistry between Hepburn and Grant, lots of sharp, witty dialogue... much fun. Why was Hepburn nearly always paired with much older men? Bogart in SABRINA, Astaire in FUNNY FACE, Grant in CHARADE... even Gregory Peck in ROMAN HOLIDAY seems at least 10 years older than her. The only movie I can think of where her romantic partner is approximately the same age is BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S (George Peppard, and in that one the chemistry definitely ain't there IMO). There was a not cheap Criterion edition that had a fascinating commmentary track by Peter Stone the writer and Stanley Donen the director. I think the same commentary is available on a new edition from another company. On that commentary one of them says that Grant insisted that he not pursue her becaseu that would be unseemly given the differences in their ages. Quote
BERIGAN Posted March 27, 2005 Report Posted March 27, 2005 Charade was remade, the new film was called The Truth About Charlie, directed by Jonathan Demme. The dvd set has the original as well, don't know the quality of that edition though..Charade is sadly in the public domain now..... http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00...8602282-4872952 Quote
medjuck Posted March 27, 2005 Report Posted March 27, 2005 Charade is sadly in the public domain now..... Are you sure? The Criterion people told me that they obtained the rights from Stanley Donen. Quote
BERIGAN Posted March 27, 2005 Report Posted March 27, 2005 Charade is sadly in the public domain now..... Are you sure? The Criterion people told me that they obtained the rights from Stanley Donen. Perhaps they got the rights to the original negatives from Stanley Donan??? The only film I had heard of having the rights bought back was It's a Wonderful Life by NBC/Republic...But it may have happened with Charade...just couldn't find info.... http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-h...8602282-4872952 Quote
ghost of miles Posted April 9, 2005 Report Posted April 9, 2005 Re: Grant and Hepburn, I knew that there was an attempt to cast Grant for ROMAN HOLIDAY... but just came across a reference to an attempt to cast him for SABRINA as well! (In place of Bogart.) Hmmm.... I love Grant and Hepburn's chemistry in CHARADE, but I'm sort of glad that Gregory Peck got the role in ROMAN HOLIDAY (one of my alltime fave flicks). And, while Bogart's chemistry with Hepburn (or lack thereof) in SABRINA doesn't particularly impress me, his chemistry (antagonistic, that is) with William Holden is great! Quote
BERIGAN Posted April 12, 2005 Report Posted April 12, 2005 bunch of Buster Keaton short films on tcm right now! Quote
BERIGAN Posted April 12, 2005 Report Posted April 12, 2005 Ah, well....shorts till this 7 reeler, Our Hospitality. His Dad is in it, and shows that he had quite the flare for physical comedy as well, kicking a hat off a man's head. Quote
BruceH Posted April 12, 2005 Report Posted April 12, 2005 Ah, well....shorts till this 7 reeler, Our Hospitality. His Dad is in it, and shows that he had quite the flare for physical comedy as well, kicking a hat off a man's head. Did you see the boxing one where Buster and his Dad duke it out? Some issues being worked out there, I'll wager. BTW, did anyone catch Sherlock Jr.? One of my all time favorites. Quote
medjuck Posted April 13, 2005 Report Posted April 13, 2005 Anyone here besides me ever trying playing Keaton's Go West along with Bill Frissell's cd of music for the film? Quote
chris olivarez Posted April 13, 2005 Report Posted April 13, 2005 An early birthday present my cable company will get TCM in June. So there Berigan!!! Quote
JSngry Posted May 27, 2005 Author Report Posted May 27, 2005 Anybody see the Cantinflas movie that was just on? Freakin' BRILLIANT! Quote
gslade Posted May 27, 2005 Report Posted May 27, 2005 Did not watch Ahi esta el detalle tonight but I have watched this before It is a great movie, he was a brilliant comedian. I think he even added words to the language because of his popularity. Quote
Soulstation1 Posted October 28, 2005 Report Posted October 28, 2005 (edited) anyone watching TCM this week? it's alfred hitchcock week torn curtain just started Edited October 28, 2005 by Soulstation1 Quote
JSngry Posted October 28, 2005 Author Report Posted October 28, 2005 anyone watching TCM this week?← Yeah buddy! Quote
BruceH Posted October 28, 2005 Report Posted October 28, 2005 They're showing some very obscure and hard-to-find Hitchcock's among the Rebecca's and Vertigo's. So far I've missed most of 'em though. Quote
Soulstation1 Posted June 22, 2006 Report Posted June 22, 2006 (edited) billy wilder tribute tonight it's would be his 100th birthday today http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article/?cid=136023 8:00 PM BIlly Wilder Speaks (2006) C-0 mins, , CC 9:30 PM Double Indemnity (1944) An insurance salesman gets seduced into plotting a client's death. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Edward G. Robinson. Dir: Billy Wilder. BW-107 mins, TV-PG, CC 11:30 PM BIlly Wilder Speaks (2006) C-0 mins, , CC 1:00 AM Lost Weekend, The (1945) A writer fights to overcome his addiction to liquor. Cast: Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Howard Da Silva. Dir: Billy Wilder. BW-101 mins, TV-PG, CC 3:00 AM Sabrina (1954) Two wealthy brothers fall for the chauffeur's daughter. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, William Holden. Dir: Billy Wilder. BW-113 mins, TV-G, CC 5:00 AM Foreign Affair, A (1948) A prim Congresswoman gets caught up in the romantic decadence of post-war Germany. Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Jean Arthur, John Lund. Dir: Billy Wilder. BW-116 mins, TV-PG 23 Friday 7:00 AM Sunset Boulevard (1950) A failed screenwriter falls into a mercenary romance with a faded silent-film star. Cast: Gloria Swanson, William Holden, Erich von Stroheim. Dir: Billy Wilder. BW-110 mins, TV-PG, CC 9:00 AM Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes, The (1970) The legendary sleuth becomes involved with a mysterious Frenchwoman while investigating the Loch Ness monster. Cast: Robert Stephens, Christopher Lee, Genevieve Page. Dir: Billy Wilder. C-125 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format Edited June 22, 2006 by Soulstation1 Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted June 22, 2006 Report Posted June 22, 2006 billy wilder tribute tonight it's would be his 100th birthday today http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article/?cid=136023 Thanks for this. Quote
paul secor Posted June 23, 2006 Report Posted June 23, 2006 Watched a couple of Jane Russell flicks yesterday - her 85th birthday. Always had a thing for her when I was a kid. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted June 23, 2006 Report Posted June 23, 2006 Watched a couple of Jane Russell flicks yesterday - her 85th birthday. Always had a thing for her when I was a kid. So, you like that type of woman. Quote
paul secor Posted June 23, 2006 Report Posted June 23, 2006 Watched a couple of Jane Russell flicks yesterday - her 85th birthday. Always had a thing for her when I was a kid. So, you like that type of woman. Don't tell my wife. Quote
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