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Post by Derrick on Dec 4, 2009 9:22:42 GMT -5
Jim Hutton's actually a lot of fun to watch in that movie. Turner Classic Movies ran THE GREEN BERETS and THE ALAMO back to back not long ago. I hadn't seen THE GREEN BERETS in years and it wasn't as bad as I remembered. I totally forgot David Jansen, Raymond St Jacques, George Takei and Mike Henry (who went on to play Tarzan) were in it. THE ALAMO has this strange fascination for me. I know as far as history goes the movie is utter and total bullshit but for some reason whenever it's on TCM I end up watching it.
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Post by jasonc on Dec 4, 2009 10:09:59 GMT -5
Off the tip of my head, I would like to see the following:-
1) The rest of HILL STREET BLUES on DVD. They've released two seasons, now how about the rest, dammit?
2) FAME. For the same reasons as above. Two seasons are out, I want the rest!
I'm sure there's more, but that is all I can currently think of...
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Post by Eddie Love on Dec 4, 2009 19:27:19 GMT -5
The Alamo is also the answer to one of my killer Oscar party trivia questions, namely: "What is the only Frankie Avalon movie to be nominated for Best Picture?" (My other patented ones are "What is the only Lemmon/Matthau movie nominated for Best Picture?" and "What is the only Troy Donahue movie to win Best Picture?")
I agree, both Alamo and Green Berets are classic guilty pleasures, as are most of the Duke's later films. I have a review of the supremely tacky must-see McQ on Amazon, as well as Brannigan.
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Post by Derrick on Dec 4, 2009 21:00:48 GMT -5
The Alamo is also the answer to one of my killer Oscar party trivia questions, namely: "What is the only Frankie Avalon movie to be nominated for Best Picture?" (My other patented ones are "What is the only Lemmon/Matthau movie nominated for Best Picture?" and "What is the only Troy Donahue movie to win Best Picture?") I agree, both Alamo and Green Berets are classic guilty pleasures, as are most of the Duke's later films. I have a review of the supremely tacky must-see McQ on Amazon, as well as Brannigan. BRANNIGAN is a must-see as far as I'm concerned. If for nothing else than the scene where John Wayne and Richard Attenborough (!) of all people get into a barroom brawl. Even though John Wayne looks so totally out of place in modern dress and riding in a car he throws himself into the movie with obvious relish and it doesn't hurt he has Judy Geeson along as a sidekick. According to Robert Osborn of TCM, Wayne was so ticked off about having turned down "Dirty Harry" that he quickly signed up for BRANNIGAN which to me is really more of a remake of Clint Eastwood's "Coogan's Bluff" what with the fish-out-of-water cop going to an unfamiliar city/country to track down a dangerous criminal and teaching the locals something about down-and-dirty police work. The only real problem I have with BRANNIGAN is that it doesn't look or 'feel' like a feature film. It looks more like a made-for-TV pilot film for a series.
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Post by james on Dec 4, 2009 21:08:37 GMT -5
(My other patented ones are "What is the only Lemmon/Matthau movie nominated for Best Picture?" and "What is the only Troy Donahue movie to win Best Picture?") The Godfather, Part II for the latter. You can switch "Troy Donahue" with "Bruno Kirby" for variety. I'm stumped on the first one.
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Post by Eddie Love on Dec 4, 2009 21:25:10 GMT -5
I'm stumped on the first one. Lemmon Mattahau movie nominated for Best Picture...(wait for it)...was JFK. Granted, they had no scenes together, but still. Good on GFII.
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Post by Eddie Love on Jul 11, 2010 7:30:58 GMT -5
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Post by tombitd on Jul 11, 2010 7:38:01 GMT -5
I know Derrick and I have aluded to/discussed The Magician a couple of times in BITD's history.
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Post by Derrick on Jul 11, 2010 9:37:52 GMT -5
I know Derrick and I have aluded to/discussed The Magician a couple of times in BITD's history. I totally loved THE MAGICIAN. I thought it was the coolest thing that Anthony Blake lived in a 747 that was literally a flying house. That cat had a workshop, bedroom, theater and hot tub in there and Odin only knows what else. If I had the bucks to produce a feature film remake of a series, THE MAGICIAN would be one of 'em. One of the interesting things about the series is that Bill Bixby insisted on learning how to do the illusions and actually performed them himself. He didn't want any camera tricks or somebody else standing in to do them. Bill Bixby is my eyes is a posthumous winner of The J.T. Krul Stand-Up Guy Award.
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Post by Eddie Love on Jul 11, 2010 10:38:32 GMT -5
I totally loved THE MAGICIAN. THE MAGICIAN I think was the first of a long line of shows I loved that quickly flopped, followed by THE NIGHT STALKER and ELLERY QUEEN. (Not counting some stuff like SWITCH and BANACEK that were on too late for me.) I was so snakebit, I just assumed that anything I liked wouldn't last long on network TV. It wasn't until MOONLIGHTING that something I discovered and was passionate about actually caught on.
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Post by Derrick on Jul 15, 2010 0:10:57 GMT -5
I totally loved THE MAGICIAN. THE MAGICIAN I think was the first of a long line of shows I loved that quickly flopped, followed by THE NIGHT STALKER and ELLERY QUEEN. (Not counting some stuff like SWITCH and BANACEK that were on too late for me.) I was so snakebit, I just assumed that anything I liked wouldn't last long on network TV. It wasn't until MOONLIGHTING that something I discovered and was passionate about actually caught on. Ah, somebody else remembers SWITCH! I liked that show a lot. I think that was the first TV show Sharon Gless (who plays Michael Weston's mom on BURN NOTICE) was in. I know Eddie Albert has passed away but it would be fun if Mr. Wagner could be talked into guest-starring on an episode.
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Post by Eddie Love on Nov 17, 2010 22:31:40 GMT -5
The ELLERY QUEEN series is now out and on Netflix and it's as great as I remember it. Jim Hutton is perfect and David Wayne is especially good -- he's every bit as much the lead as Hutton, not at all like the dense sidekick. Great productions, great guest stars. It's great when something surpasses your treasured recollection of it.
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