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Re-watching good Cinema & TV

The original Whiskey Galore just makes me laugh out loud and feel good. On a cold winters day - Battle of the River Plate, Godfather 1 and 2. And above all - Mrs Hulot’s Holiday, simply comic genius!
 
The Exorcist.
scared me so bad, around age 14 /15 1970s.
Watched it since & really appreciate its not just horror film, the detective aspect , running into the 3rd, george c. Scott film as the proper follow on.
great film.

Easy rider- never got it in my teens but like it now, as per midnight cowboy, french connection.
Watched Sopranos over, many times.
 
kingdowieonthewall said:
The Exorcist.
scared me so bad, around age 14 /15 1970s.
Watched it since & really appreciate its not just horror film, the detective aspect , running into the 3rd, george c. Scott film as the proper follow on.
great film.

Easy rider- never got it in my teens but like it now, as per midnight cowboy, french connection.
Watched Sopranos over, many times.
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totoshkin said:
Why does no one show midnight Cowboy anymore? Hoffman and Voight at their best and one of the best theme songs ever - Harry Nielsen.
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Great film, I can remember seeing that while off school sick back in the day when there were only three tv channels to watch. Another time I was off sick I watched Southern Comfort with John Carradine and Stacey Keach with the Ry Kooder theme tune. Marathon man and Deliverence were other great films well worth another look
 
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i watched Soylent Green for the first time this year. I think Charlton Hestons first lead film. I didn't realise in my youth, what a fine actor he was.
Have now ordered Planet of the Apes on DVD, and Ben Hurr,
Last month I bought a bigger TV with a sound box,...and a bolt on DVD player. I have rediscovered the pleasure from trawling charity shops for older DVD's of films to re-watch. Because the cinema is a much better experience, but lacks the spontaneous choice, A big TV, big speakers and a soundbox is about as close as you can get.

I think i have watch Bram Stokers Dracula around 50 times, because the missus loves it so much. Very arty and masterfully directed and edited.
And I reckon to have watched Falling Down around 100 times. I never tire of the short stories of social retribution, all linked by Michael Douglas.
 
Forest Hillbilly said:
i watched Soylent Green for the first time this year. I think Charlton Hestons first lead film. I didn't realise in my youth, what a fine actor he was.
Have now ordered Planet of the Apes on DVD, and Ben Hurr,
Last month I bought a bigger TV with a sound box,...and a bolt on DVD player. I have rediscovered the pleasure from trawling charity shops for older DVD's of films to re-watch. Because the cinema is a much better experience, but lacks the spontaneous choice, A big TV, big speakers and a soundbox is about as close as you can get.

I think i have watch Bram Stokers Dracula around 50 times, because the missus loves it so much. Very arty and masterfully directed and edited.
And I reckon to have watched Falling Down around 100 times. I never tire of the short stories of social retribution, all linked by Michael Douglas.
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Soylent Green is a great movie but Chuck's lead acting career started way back in the 1950's.

I loved the Simpsons mickey take of Heston's leadership of the NRA.

"It's not guns that kill people, it's apes with guns that kill people."
 
Badger11 said:
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Soylent Green is a great movie but Chuck's lead acting career started way back in the 1950's.

I loved the Simpsons mickey take of Heston's leadership of the NRA.

"It's not guns that kill people, it's apes with guns that kill people."
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Heston started in 1940’s. He was the go to man for big epics like the10 Commandments and Ben Hur. In the latter he apparently no clue of the real relationship between his character and the Roman Tribune much to the amusement of the Director William Wyler! He and Wyler went off to make The Big Country whilst they built the set for the chariot race in Ben Hur.
 
totoshkin said:
Heston started in 1940’s. He was the go to man for big epics like the10 Commandments and Ben Hur. In the latter he apparently no clue of the real relationship between his character and the Roman Tribune much to the amusement of the Director William Wyler! He and Wyler went off to make The Big Country whilst they built the set for the chariot race in Ben Hur.
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He was in some good films in the 60s from epics like El Cid and Khartoum to the westerns Will Penny and Major Dundee. Also my favourite The Warlord.
 
kingdowieonthewall said:
'Fox'
I think its early 80s, 6 part serial the Fox family.
Has a very young Ray Winstone, larry lamb, bernard Hill & peter vaughan.
worth a look if youve not seen, tricky to get though.
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Peter Vaughan was a great actor. Grouty in Porridge was memorable. Great supporting actor in movies like Remains of the Day. He was also a keen follower of the turf and could be seen frequently at Lingfield Park.
 
For some strange, convoluted reason, the earlier references to Charlton Heston made me think of Gregory Peck, another fine actor from the same era.

One of his films that always resonated with me was On The Beach in which he starred with Ava Gardner. It's a gripping, post apocalyptic yarn made in 1959. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to get shown on TV these days. Maybe the message it conveys is too relevant to the current, fragile state of world politics. Worth a watch if ever you get the opportunity.

 
Palace Old Geezer said:
For some strange, convoluted reason, the earlier references to Charlton Heston made me think of Gregory Peck, another fine actor from the same era.

One of his films that always resonated with me was On The Beach in which he starred with Ava Gardner. It's a gripping, post apocalyptic yarn made in 1959. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to get shown on TV these days. Maybe the message it conveys is too relevant to the current, fragile state of world politics. Worth a watch if ever you get the opportunity.

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As post-apocalyptic scenarios go surviving with Ava Gardner isn't the worst.
 
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