Slap Shot
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Re: Top 27 best movies - ever
I supposed The Mouse that Roared doesn't count geographically.
I supposed The Mouse that Roared doesn't count geographically.
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Top 27 best movies - ever
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mookie1995
there's a good buck in that racket.
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not that it would be a contender in this category... but weren't the early invaders spanish speaking?? then the blonde ruskies showed up later. (memory is vague..)
not that it would be a contender in this category... but weren't the early invaders spanish speaking?? then the blonde ruskies showed up later. (memory is vague..)
unofan
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Cubans came up from the south, Russians invaded from the west. Might have to pull out the DVD to be sure...
Cubans came up from the south, Russians invaded from the west. Might have to pull out the DVD to be sure...
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Wasn't there a James Cagney movie in which he was supposed to be executed, and his childhood friend Father Karl Malden came to visit him on death row, and asked him to act terrified when they came to take him to the execution chamber (can't recall if it was gas or electric), so that children wouldn't idolize him?
Wasn't there a James Cagney movie in which he was supposed to be executed, and his childhood friend Father Karl Malden came to visit him on death row, and asked him to act terrified when they came to take him to the execution chamber (can't recall if it was gas or electric), so that children wouldn't idolize him?
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
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Best title (overall):
Remarkably, this is not a porno.
I have watched it. It's every bit as sleazy as the title.
Best title (overall):
Remarkably, this is not a porno.
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Angels With Dirty Faces, but it was Pat O'Brien that played Father Jerry.
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Angels With Dirty Faces, but it was Pat O'Brien that played Father Jerry.
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Jonathon Winters used to do a routine where a Pat O'Brien type priest was telling the warden that "Tiger's not a bad boy." The warden responds: "He isn't? He just killed five of my guards. I'd call that a little ornery, wouldn't you?"
Jonathon Winters used to do a routine where a Pat O'Brien type priest was telling the warden that "Tiger's not a bad boy." The warden responds: "He isn't? He just killed five of my guards. I'd call that a little ornery, wouldn't you?"
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
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The Russians did take a bigger role later in the movie in fighting the "Wolverines" and were a bit more ruthless, if memory serves me. I think they were called in because the others hadn't had much success fighting the guerrillas.
The Cubans, Nicaraguans, etc. were part of the Russian invastion, but I don't think it was ever clear exactly who invaded where, and it didn't matter a whole lot since they were all in coordination.
The Russians did take a bigger role later in the movie in fighting the "Wolverines" and were a bit more ruthless, if memory serves me. I think they were called in because the others hadn't had much success fighting the guerrillas.
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Best film version of a Shakespeare play: [ooh, this is a tough one]
I think I will punt...my favorite is the Kenneth Branagh / Emma Thomson / Denzel Washington Much Ado About Nothing. It is a rollicking good time. (aside: I recall a note from English class that in Shakespeare's time, "Nothing" was pronounced so it sort of rhymed with "noting" which was a word that meant eavesdropping....)
I also read about a version of Richard III that starred Ian McKellan that was set in 1920's gangster Chicago. Not sure if it was a movie or a stage production. Sounds really interesting.
There are so many great films, Olivier as Hamlet, Brando in Julius Caesar, Welles' Macbeth, I wouldn't know where to choose.
Best film version of a Shakespeare play: [ooh, this is a tough one]
I think I will punt...my favorite is the Kenneth Branagh / Emma Thomson / Denzel Washington Much Ado About Nothing. It is a rollicking good time. (aside: I recall a note from English class that in Shakespeare's time, "Nothing" was pronounced so it sort of rhymed with "noting" which was a word that meant eavesdropping....)
I also read about a version of Richard III that starred Ian McKellan that was set in 1920's gangster Chicago. Not sure if it was a movie or a stage production. Sounds really interesting.
There are so many great films, Olivier as Hamlet, Brando in Julius Caesar, Welles' Macbeth, I wouldn't know where to choose.
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What I was referring to, in my customary imprecise way, were the scenes showing the preparations for the execution. Taking the cyanide pellets out of the can, wrapping them in gauze, putting them in the chamber, pouring the acid reagent, putting the extended stethescope on the guest of honor, releasing the curtains that covered the chamber, releasing then pulling the handle that dropped the pellets into the acid, etc. etc. It was almost like a training film for executioners.
There were a couple of very realistic hangings in "Bad Company," with Jim Davis (later on Dallas) presiding.
What I was referring to, in my customary imprecise way, were the scenes showing the preparations for the execution. Taking the cyanide pellets out of the can, wrapping them in gauze, putting them in the chamber, pouring the acid reagent, putting the extended stethescope on the guest of honor, releasing the curtains that covered the chamber, releasing then pulling the handle that dropped the pellets into the acid, etc. etc. It was almost like a training film for executioners.
There were a couple of very realistic hangings in "Bad Company," with Jim Davis (later on Dallas) presiding.
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I thought Wolverine was their HS nickname and they started spray painting at the scene of an attack.
I thought Wolverine was their HS nickname and they started spray painting at the scene of an attack.
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Kepler
Si certus es dubita
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My favorite performance in a movie of a Shakespeare play is Helen Mirren's Rosalind in the 1978 BBC production of "As You Like It."
That's an amazing movie.
My favorite performance in a movie of a Shakespeare play is Helen Mirren's Rosalind in the 1978 BBC production of "As You Like It."
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Correct. Referred to by the commies as a "sports collective."
Correct. Referred to by the commies as a "sports collective."
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I liked her in "Excalibur," especially when Merlin aged her about 60 years in about 60 seconds. Take that!
"If a boy drew the sword, then a boy shall be king."
I liked her in "Excalibur," especially when Merlin aged her about 60 years in about 60 seconds. Take that!
"If a boy drew the sword, then a boy shall be king."
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duper
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It's a little goofy, but my favorite movie based on a Shakespeare play is 10 Things I Hate About You.