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Top 27 best movies - ever
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Great casting. Henry Fonda, Larry Hagman, Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau, and I forget the guy who played Gen. Brogan (Frank Overton???). Still have the book in my closet. Plus anytime I hear a high pitched noise on the phone, I think Moscow has been destroyed.
Fail Safe, I believe, tanked @ the box office because Strangelove beat it to the screens and sucked the essence from the moviegoers.
Great casting. Henry Fonda, Larry Hagman, Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau, and I forget the guy who played Gen. Brogan (Frank Overton???). Still have the book in my closet. Plus anytime I hear a high pitched noise on the phone, I think Moscow has been destroyed.
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Yes it was Overton, who also played Major Stovall in the TV series 12 O'Clock High.
I first saw Fail Safe as a teenager and is scared the bejeebus out of me.
Yes it was Overton, who also played Major Stovall in the TV series 12 O'Clock High.
I first saw Fail Safe as a teenager and is scared the bejeebus out of me.
Slap Shot
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All the losers have black horses.
-Al Sharpton
Anakin is nowhere in sight.
-George Lucas
Nothing is blowing up.
- Michael Bay
Happy Birthday Charlton Heston
What's wrong with this picture??
All the losers have black horses.
-Al Sharpton
Anakin is nowhere in sight.
-George Lucas
Nothing is blowing up.
- Michael Bay
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The picture seems to be showing Judah Ben Hur going in the wrong direction. In the movie the race was run counter clokwise-and the center isle should be on his left. This may be a reverse frame. Love this movie-have seen it way too often and can probably recite most of the great dialogue.
BTW-if you watch the race carefully and count the number of chariots that get destroyed-and then add in the ones who finish-there is a mistake as there is an extra chariot at the end. But the sequence is just so exciting who cares!
The picture seems to be showing Judah Ben Hur going in the wrong direction. In the movie the race was run counter clokwise-and the center isle should be on his left. This may be a reverse frame. Love this movie-have seen it way too often and can probably recite most of the great dialogue.
BTW-if you watch the race carefully and count the number of chariots that get destroyed-and then add in the ones who finish-there is a mistake as there is an extra chariot at the end. But the sequence is just so exciting who cares!
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Haya Harareet, the actress who played Esther, just turned 81.
Figures the RPI Grad gets it right!The picture seems to be showing Judah Ben Hur going in the wrong direction. In the movie the race was run counter clockwise-and the center isle should be on his left. This may be a reverse frame. Love this movie-have seen it way too often and can probably recite most of the great dialogue.
BTW-if you watch the race carefully and count the number of chariots that get destroyed-and then add in the ones who finish-there is a mistake as there is an extra chariot at the end. But the sequence is just so exciting who cares!
Haya Harareet, the actress who played Esther, just turned 81.
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It really was her only notable role. Great flick that holds up pretty well after more than 50 years.
It really was her only notable role. Great flick that holds up pretty well after more than 50 years.
DaveStPaul
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When I finally saw "Ben Hur" I couldn't believe how exciting that race was, even though I'd seen clips of it a thousand times. Just amazing.
The same thing happened with the "Bullitt" car chase. So famous, you can only be underwhelmed, right? Wrong-o!
When I finally saw "Ben Hur" I couldn't believe how exciting that race was, even though I'd seen clips of it a thousand times. Just amazing.
The same thing happened with the "Bullitt" car chase. So famous, you can only be underwhelmed, right? Wrong-o!
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"Ben Hur" premiered at the Mike Todd Theatre in Chicago (no shopping mall premiers in those days, big movies always came to the downtown theatres first) on a reserved seat basis. We had great seats in the balcony. Behind several nuns, who cried like babies.
Heston went to the same suburban high school as Ann-Margaret, Rock Hudson and Bruce Dern.
"Ben Hur" premiered at the Mike Todd Theatre in Chicago (no shopping mall premiers in those days, big movies always came to the downtown theatres first) on a reserved seat basis. We had great seats in the balcony. Behind several nuns, who cried like babies.
Heston went to the same suburban high school as Ann-Margaret, Rock Hudson and Bruce Dern.
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All these years later and that scene holds up remarkably well. And McQueen really was the personficiation of cool.
All these years later and that scene holds up remarkably well. And McQueen really was the personficiation of cool.
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My dad took me to the Loews State in Manhattan for a matinee showing. he had prepared me for the chariot race with tales of the old silent movie. It just surpassed anything i had ever seen and to this day-I still jump when Heston has to hurdle the 2 crashed chariots. Allegedly the stunt coordinator's son was injured rather severely doing that one. Truly a movie that has to be seen in wide screen to appreciate. Was there ever a guy in a movie you wanted to see get it bad more than Stephen Boyd?
My dad took me to the Loews State in Manhattan for a matinee showing. he had prepared me for the chariot race with tales of the old silent movie. It just surpassed anything i had ever seen and to this day-I still jump when Heston has to hurdle the 2 crashed chariots. Allegedly the stunt coordinator's son was injured rather severely doing that one. Truly a movie that has to be seen in wide screen to appreciate. Was there ever a guy in a movie you wanted to see get it bad more than Stephen Boyd?
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No. Yet you had some sympathy for him at the end. And was Hugh Griffith inspired or what? One of the great character actor portrayals of all time. Truly a magnificent film in every way.
No. Yet you had some sympathy for him at the end. And was Hugh Griffith inspired or what? One of the great character actor portrayals of all time. Truly a magnificent film in every way.
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Hugh Griffith was a favorite of mine-he was absurdly good in Tom Jones. And as I was given to understand, mostly drunk the entire time he was being filmed. Truly a movie worth the 11 oscars it garnered-at a time when there were far fewer categories than there are now.
Hugh Griffith was a favorite of mine-he was absurdly good in Tom Jones. And as I was given to understand, mostly drunk the entire time he was being filmed. Truly a movie worth the 11 oscars it garnered-at a time when there were far fewer categories than there are now.
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We had more than one "Tom Jones" inspired theme party at the fraternity.
We had more than one "Tom Jones" inspired theme party at the fraternity.
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My list of top movies would be very different from most but no question Tom Jones has to be on it.
My list of top movies would be very different from most but no question Tom Jones has to be on it.
mookie1995
there's a good buck in that racket.
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and both movies would have been better if ann margaret was in them. so f ing hot!
and both movies would have been better if ann margaret was in them. so f ing hot!
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And a very classy lady, too. She's been married to actor Roger Smith since 1967. If you've seen "Auntie Mame," he played the grown up Patrick Dennis opposite Rosiland Russell. He also had a starring role in the hit TV series "77 Sunset Strip."
He has had serious health problems over the years, including myasthenia gravis, and a cerebral blood clot. But she's stayed right by his side the whole time. As I say, very classy.
Another very classy lady was Edie Adams, Ernie Kovacs' widow. After he died in a traffic accident, leaving huge debts, including to the IRS, she made it her business to pay them off, turning down offers of help. She said it was her responsibility. She also fought off custody suits for his daughters from Ernie's first wife and his mother, both of whom tried to get custody of the girls and the money. Classy. Principled. Tough. Beautiful. And very, very funny.
And a very classy lady, too. She's been married to actor Roger Smith since 1967. If you've seen "Auntie Mame," he played the grown up Patrick Dennis opposite Rosiland Russell. He also had a starring role in the hit TV series "77 Sunset Strip."
He has had serious health problems over the years, including myasthenia gravis, and a cerebral blood clot. But she's stayed right by his side the whole time. As I say, very classy.
Another very classy lady was Edie Adams, Ernie Kovacs' widow. After he died in a traffic accident, leaving huge debts, including to the IRS, she made it her business to pay them off, turning down offers of help. She said it was her responsibility. She also fought off custody suits for his daughters from Ernie's first wife and his mother, both of whom tried to get custody of the girls and the money. Classy. Principled. Tough. Beautiful. And very, very funny.
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Ann Margaret never looked better than in the Cincinnati Kid and Carnal Knowledge. And yes a real class act (unusual in Hollywood) Of course as an old timer, I had this huge crush on her in Bye Bye Birdie. And Edie Adams was much overlooked-great talent, extremely funny, and one hot looking lady.
Ann Margaret never looked better than in the Cincinnati Kid and Carnal Knowledge. And yes a real class act (unusual in Hollywood) Of course as an old timer, I had this huge crush on her in Bye Bye Birdie. And Edie Adams was much overlooked-great talent, extremely funny, and one hot looking lady.