My dad raised us to be fans of classic movies. He observed that he knew he had raised us right because I could pick out Spring Byington. We were fed a steady diet of Frank Capra, the Marx Brothers, WC Fields, Howard Hawks, John Huston… you get the idea. Indeed, this shaped many of my sensibilities.
The world is lousy with Top 50 or whatever lists, but this post is a bit different. Rather than rehash great movies that everyone knows, I wanted to throw out a few of my favorites that for whatever reason never achieved the fame that they deserved, but were influential on later films that you probably have seen. In some cases, there’s even a bit of a libertarian twist. Admittedly, this will be skewed toward older movies, but I’ll toss in a couple more contemporary efforts. If there’s one or two that you didn’t know and this inspires you to give them a watch, my work is done.
Six of a Kind (1934):
This was a noble experiment (and immediately following the end of Prohibition): take several great comedy teams with vastly different styles, set up a loose plot, then watch the fun. Although Charlie Ruggles and Mary Boland are nominally the stars, and they do yeoman work tying everything together, George Burns and Gracie Allen are the real comedy focus. And indeed, they’re at their peak, and they presaged just about every smart guy-dumb guy comedy team that followed. The sequences with WC Fields feel tacked on, but if you’re going to tack something on, you couldn’t do better. The thing that will immediately grab your attention is how much of this movie was stolen by the hilarious National Lampoon’s Vacation. Well, if you’re gonna steal, steal from the best.
O. Henry’s Full House (1952):
This is actually a collection of five short films, each with a different director and screenplay writer, and all based on O. Henry short stories. OK, I’m a sucker because I absolutely love O. Henry’s writing and storytelling. And what delightful stories these are! Most of them will be familiar to anyone literate, and the screenplays hew close to the originals.
Interestingly, the Ransom of Red Chief filmlet was badly received and was apparently dropped from earlier versions. In my view, it’s the best one of the group, and this is a group with no clinkers. Fred Allen and Oscar Levant are perfectly cast as the kidnappers and it leaves one to wonder why Hollywood didn’t use them more. The rest of the cast is also an amazing collection: Charles Laughton, Marilyn Monroe, Ann Baxter, Jean Peters, Dale Robertson, Richard Widmark, and narration by John Steinbeck.
Other fun bits: I believe this may have been one of Marilyn Monroe’s first credited screen appearances. She was great as a hooker. Levant is best known for one liners like, “I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin.”
Million Dollar Legs (1932) may be the most libertarian movie ever made and possibly the most surreal. The setting is the fictional country of Klopstokia. In Klopstokia, every woman is named Angela, every man is named George, which certainly can be an aid to memory. The citizens are all superb athletes, and the leader of the country (played by WC Fields) is chosen via arm wrestling. George survives several challenges, with very little effort in fending them off. The country is dead broke, but sees a way to recover by leveraging the athletic ability of its citizens (notably the president’s daughter, Angela, and his personal messenger, played by Ben Turpin, who can outrun The Flash) to win the 1932 Olympics. There’s a romantic subplot, naturally, involving a visiting reporter (Jack Oakie) and Angela that somehow manages not to ruin the fun, and the official way of wooing Klopstokian women is revealed- singing a traditional song, set to the tune of Eddie Cantor’s I’d Love To Spend Each Sunday With You, but with, ahem, different lyrics.
Typical dialog:
Reporter: What a marvelous country. Say, I’ll bet you if they laid all the athletes end-to-end here, why, they reach…
Angela: Four hundred and eight-four miles.
Reporter: How do you know?
Angela: We did it once.
I think this is the funniest movie I’ve ever seen. You’ll immediately see parallels to Duck Soup and The Mouse That Roared.
The History of Future Folk (2012) is a “small” film, but absolutely delightful. Imagine a mash-up of kids’ stories, sci-fi invasions of Earth, and a bluegrass musical. OK, hard to imagine, but somehow it works. SP and I kept looking at each other and saying, “Charming!” which is the best one word descriptor I can think of. Of course, for days afterward, we kept saying, Hondo!” which was the aliens’ greeting. The alien plans to conquer Earth are sidetracked when they discover an amazing invention of humans- music- and once they discover it, they immediately take it up with great skill. Best song: I Cannot Breathe In Your Atmosphere.
Here’s one that is almost impossible to find, a great tragedy. Dadetown is a 1995 mockumentary that you won’t realize is a mockumentary until someone spoils it. More realistic than reality. It’s a wonderful look at Schumpeter in action as a Rust Belt town, whose economy is dependent on a paper clip factory, suffers from a technology company moving in; in true creative destruction, the tech company specializes in document imaging, displacing paper and the requisite clips. The paper clip factory, in an interesting twist, was originally a WW2 aviation parts plant which had been converted to the new civilian use. The tech company, of course, uses essentially no blue collar labor and mostly brings in tech workers with urban sensibilities who start transforming the town. The culture clash between the tech workers and the old time residents is explored in a deep and meaningful way without the dime store moralizing of someone like Michael Moore. This is the pic that Moore would have made if he were a lot more creative and intelligent. It’s a crime that it’s so difficult to see. The auteur, Russ Hexter, died shortly after this was made, and the world is poorer for this loss. Roger Ebert hated it, which is what attracted me to it in the first place.
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340 responses to “Movies You Need: Old Man Edition”
Twelve o’clock high
Lawrence of Arabia
Ben Hur,
I love Big Movies with intermissions,
That’s because you have a weak bladder.
You know me I guess,
LoA looks glorious on a nice monitor, that’s how film was done, Big,bright and beautiful
Low-reNTS!
My high school did the mouse that roared
Is it true that SP married you because she was done with men? That’s pretty much what she said in the dead thread.
I broke new ground, IYKWIMAITYD.
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???
You really are old.
I’m glad you included The History of Future Folk
I get the feeling that you and I are the only people who have seen it. It’s just so… delightful and engaging.
Charming.
Okay, I’m gonna watch it.
Needs more Jaws.
How about The Man from Earth, great story, and it has the boy from Sigmund and the Seamonsters in it, great film
You’d be surprised how many movies Marilyn Monroe was in before Full House.
She’s quite good in a starring role in Don’t Bother to Knock, and has small roles in the excellent movies All About Eve and The Asphalt Jungle.
i will second The Asphalt Jungle. Also, Some Like it Hot (hella problematic but very funny).
Joe E. Brown is great in the finale of Some Like It Hot.
Treasure of the Sierra Madre?
Bogart at his most melodramatic, the entire script is a joke, bad, good movie
Best action film ever, but incredibly well known. I was shooting for stuff people may not have ever heard of.
The Man
Dammit! The man from Earth is pretty obscure, and well worth watching, only one person I know has ever seen it, too cerebral
The only black & white movie I’ll watch is Clerks.
The History of Future Folk looks like a Devo & Flight of the Concords pastiche in a single photo.
The last one…I got nothing.
I’ve seen It’s a Wonderful Life…and Schindler’s List. I think that is it.
The only black & white movie I’ll watch is Clerks.
Im probably at 60% B&W these days. New stuff doesn’t really hold my attention like the old stuff.
Eraserhead?
I thought Clerks was hilarious when it was released. I tried watching it again a few years ago and it seemed so dated I couldn’t stay with it.
Same here.
No Casablanca? WTF?!?
Dial M for murder
Maltese falcon
North by northwest
Maltese Falcon is one of my favorites.
Gay.
These all sound pretty good. I love old movies too even though I don’t watch very many of them. So many to choose from!
In some cases, there’s even a bit of a libertarian twist.
*Scrolls up to see if he clicked over to the other site*
And Charles Laughton is great in everything he did. Two more anthology movies he did are Tales of Manhattan (make certain you get the version that runs over two hours, because that’s the one that includes W.C. Fields’ segment) and If I Had a Million.
If I Had a Million would have been on this list if I hadn’t run out of time.
What did Hexter die of/from?
This list is bullshit.
The movies you need are:
1. Bitches In Heat 15
2. Anal Fuck Dolls 7
3. Big Ass Tits
4. The Booty Queen 3
HM knows the real CLASSIC films.
All kidding aside, interesting list, OMWC.
So, basically, a randomized list of shitty porn?
There is nothing German on that list.
Shitty, not beschissen.
So, I recorded Blacula and am debating writing a bougie white boy review when i watch it.
Wtf? This was supposed to be a new post
You were distracted by “Big Ass Tits”
Didn’t #2 leave a lot of loose ends?
SP, do you ever regret giving HM multilink permissions?
Leeloo Dallas, multipass.
I recently watched The Freshman (1925). It was the first time I watched Harold Lloyd.
Back when TV didn’t suck one of our 4 channels showed Harold Lloyd shorts on Sunday afternoons.
You haven’t seen Safety Last!?
Man, I knew I saw him somewhere.
It’s possible back in high school.
I’m old enough to forget things.
TCM recently showed a documentary about Buster Keaton that was a blast. I remember seeing The General as a kid (NOT during its initial release, smartasses!) and adoring it.
You lived in a rural town and got the new movies a month later right?
Sweet Smell of Success
The Long Goodbye
The Ghost and Mrs. Chicken
The Swimmer
Sorcerer
All well known but not known well enough.
I only know Sorcerer from the soundtrack.
+1 on Sorcerer
It was released the same month as a certain space opera so unsurprisingly didn’t get much attention. The French film that it is a remake of is very good as well.
Yeah, Wages of Fear was a good one.
And then you can watch Clouzot’s Diabolique. Preferably in a double bill with Psycho.
Not movies but how about Band of Brothers? Or Rome? They stand the test of time, hallmarks of classic movies
Both great series.
Those are great. We watched the ‘Day of Days’ episode in those godawful barracks on Fort Benning the weekend before Jump week.
Sleeper?
Take the money and run?
I love Sleeper. Woody’s best work, by far.
The only movie that is worth much of anything of late is The Death of Stalin. Great if you have a penchant for black comedy that is based-ish on real events.
Thanks! I’ll check it out, and BTW,
Fuck Off!
Yes sir, fucking off on the double.
Don’t call me Sir, I w,
Nevermind, Howdy!
*Waves in Gaelic*
That was one I really wanted to see. Sometimes I wish I really didn’t hate Netflix.
I haven’t seen it yet.
I highly recommend it. The absurdity and base behavior all of these figures is magnificent. Plus all of the actors use their native accents, which adds a nice surrealist touch to the whole thing. (Plus having Steve Buscemi attempt a Russian accent would have been extremely distracting)
We loved it.
I’m definitely checking out Dade Town
Crusty and I agreed (I know, bad beginning) on A Face in the Crowd, a seriously underrated film starring Andy Griffith as the scam-artist ‘hero’. Very dark and complex given its era.
Oh, I’ll also up HM’s selection of Booty Queen 3. Spellbinding.
A pale imitation of the original ‘Black Booty Broke the Scale’
After hearing some of y’all speak highly of it, I watched it last week. Well worth it and a very nice double header with my favorite Griffith film, No Time For Sargents.
+1 pony for tony
A Face in the Crowd and Network were so prescient it’s scary.
Ya want prescient? Blue Thunder, ’nuff said!
I’ve always liked 70’s and 80’s films with a tendency towards the tawdry, like Ken Russell’s. There’s just something compelling about a steel dildo-wielding, murderous Anthony Perkins.
How about “Big Bad Mama?”
Anthony Perkins
Ken Russell
What about the most 80s movie that ever 80s movied?
Gay.
Everyone knows that Attack of the Clones is the best movie.
#fail
Killer Klowns From Outer Space was far better.
Attack of the killer tomato’s?
That’s one of the houses at Halloween horror nights this year. It’s really well done.
I love the Dickies.
And how does ‘Gone With the Wind’ not make your list?
*barf*
Brushing up for a big job interview tomorrow, which means having a drink or three and re-watching M.A.S.H. (the movie, not the trash tv show) and goodness gracious are there a few problematic scenes.
Put your theme song on repeat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpSWj0qrVoE
That’s just awful.
Good luck on the job interview, Crusty!
We’re all counting on you!
Considering your name is Ted S, that should probably be one of our lines.
Good luck!
Leave your pants on for the first interview.
Also, if you bring a beer, pick something in a a bottle so they know you have class.
Good luck! I’ll throw a resume in the cauldron for you.
Suicide is painless.
What’s the interview?
For a job.
What’s the job?
A manager in the field of industrial cleaning.
Crime scene cleanup?
With Crusty, isn’t it always a “crime”?
Is Crusty going to be Festus’ boss?
The first few seasons were pretty good. Before it became Alan Alda’s ‘War is bad, m’kay.’ soapbox.
https://youtu.be/DdhveixpV24
LOL knew it
*fist bump*
Just so. I larfed.
It was a baby!!!!
GMTA. Very first thing I thought of.
David Ogden Stiers made even those episodes enjoyable on some levels.
I won’t lie… I liked him better than Burns.
#metoo Burns was funny but Winchester had depth.
Best of luck!
Yea, well. . .
WOULD
Repo Man. Fight me.
Next you’ll tell me that JAWS is a good movie.
Obviously, you are a man of limited intellect.
Because of Jaws my only real phobia is swimming in the ocean at night.
Florida sharks are small. Mostly.
Define small.
One of the sharks I fear most is the damned cookie cutter.
When you are made out of meat with a critter designed to shred meat size isn’t the biggest consideration. Proximity takes precedence.
Barracuda. No sea critter gives me the agita like a barracuda. Small, fast, sharp, stupid, and fearless; the are not to be trifled with. My dad has a decent scar on his elbow from one who didn’t care for dad collecting stone crab claws.
I was snorkeling in the keys once and there was a large barracuda loitering by the ladder to the boat. After watching him for a few minutes I decided he was waiting to steal fish from fishermen and just swam past him.
I went snorkeling around Cozumel. I feared encountering a Barracuda and i don’t even know that they are prevalent in that area of the sea.
Barracuda bites are usually the result of someone having food or shiny jewelry. Many an ear lobe has been lost along with expensive, sparkly earrings.
*hint to the wise.
My mommy always said there were no monsters-no real ones- but there are.
Your mommy is wrong. Very wrong. There are lots of monsters – very real ones.
Many of them work for the Federal Government.
C’mon, kid, let’s go get a beer. Goddamn Rodriguez brothers.
You know Spudalicious, usually when someone pulls shit like that, my first reaction is that I want to punch his fucking lights out.
But you know something?
YOU’RE ALRIGHT!
Every car’s got one, you’ll see.
I blame society..,
“Bullshit. You’re just a middle class punk, like me.”
“Yeah, but it still hurts.”
Yeah. Let’s get sushi… and not pay!
I don’t want no commies in my car.
No Christians, either!
Robot Jox
The life and adventures of Santa Claus
They call me trinity
Trinity is still my name
Thankskilling
Furry Fury
Judas kiss with Alan rickman
Alan Rickman’s best performance was in ‘Galaxy Quest’.
Indubitably, but I was trying to list obscure films.
I wanted to throw out a few of my favorites that for whatever reason never achieved the fame that they deserved
I shoulda read the theme of the post first.
+1 I see you managed to get your shirt torn open.
“By Grabthar’s Hammer, by the Sons of Warvan, you shall be avenged.”
Gave me chills.
I will, as always, put in a plug for the Boulting Brother’s trilogy – Private’s Progress, I’m All Right Jack, and Heavens Above!.
Midnight Run.
That’s a great movie.
One of my all-time faves. Charles Grodin is incomparable in that. The scene in the diner where he pretends to be an FBI agent and they steal a few bucks is side-splitting.
What- no Slapshot?!?!
Independence Day. Fight me.
That gets me in teh feelz, but I am a sucker for shamelessly manipulative underdog movies.
Ugh…ugh…ugh…ugh…ugh…virus!
I like Independence Day. Also, Jurassic Park.
I notice you just said Jurassic Park without indicating which one. Wife loves those. I used to walk in and see one of them playing and ask “Which one is this?” and she would say 1, 4, 27…whichever….to which I would respond “How can you tell?” I think she is on to me. The last time I tried that she ignored my initial question.
Even worse (she loves these too) are the damned Transformer movies. Then there is that series of 100 or so stinkers that followed the work of art known as Rubber Fish No.1.
The first one in particular, but the first 3 I like. It may be nostalgia related since they came out while I was a kid. I haven’t seen any of the reboots. And I got bored of Transformers after the 2nd one. Explosions and destruction porn only go so far.
I liked 2012, over the top in every way
I’ll fight you an win. That movie was awful crap.
This. A big special effects budget to try to cover some of the most hackneyed dialogue ever recorded.
It’s just a shitty take on War Of The Worlds.
F for Fake
Tremors
Belle de Jour
The Long Goodbye
Wasabi
Which tremors? They are up to 6. 1 & 4 are the best.
The original Tremors. Way better than it should have been.
Loved that movie.
It’s one of my favorite monster movies.
Yeah, it was a surprise. The basement shooting scene was hilarious.
I actually got to shoot a 600 Nitro once. Once. A double that must have weighed 20 lbs. Despite the weight that damned thing nearly put my lights out.
The Long Goodbye is excellent.
The book is better, though.
/that guy
Altman proved that Marlowe in LA works pretty well even in 70’s LA.
Also Sterling Hayden at his physically imposing, chewing the scenery like a mofo best.
Oh, yeah…that was a performance to show Hemingway “how it’s done”
Army of Darkness
Fear of a Black Hat
House Party
Deep Throat
These are the true classics.
How many times did you try to recreate this magic?
6th grade, I could do it with my eyes closed. It doesn’t look that cool anymore.
I gave up at 27.
I’m 48, and still interested in mastering the K&P kick-step.
I mean….when I was, like,
2924.Yup… https://imgur.com/a/6Xr5mqf
Does that have Come and Pet the PUSSY?????
ugh. C’mon…..no rubber fish? Not one Ed Wood? I am so disappointed.
Surf II: The End Of The Trilogy?
I liked snowpiercer.
Too well known.
Lots of great movies out there that aren’t popular or easy to find. Primer is one of those. Shitty production and sound, but still the best time travel movie I have seen.
I watched that once. It was good, production quality notwithstanding.
You’ll need to watch it again.
Upstream Color is Shane Caruth’s latest. It’s a F’ed up movie that I enjoyed greatly. Little to no dialog, but it was weirdly moving to me.
Been meaning to check that out. Some day.
That one was good. I liked ARQ, too.
That was in my queue for a while but I didn’t watch it.
I’ll have to check it out.
Primer is painfully tedious to follow.
Eight Legged Freaks
Arachnophobia is good too.
Huh. Didn’t see Dune on that list.
We are talking about movies. Dune isn’t a movie. It is a powerful over-the-counter sleep aid. It is classified as medication. Consult your physician.
Which one?
All of them.
Was not meant to translate to film
Oh. You must be referring to Lynch’s theatrical cut. You have to see the Alan Smithee version to really apprec…
Yeah, I got nothin’.
You may enjoy this – https://archive.org/details/OTE_19910100_Lost_in_the_Dunes
Thank, l0b0t. That was weird and wonderful.
The Birds.
Tampopo.
No need to fight me, you’d still be wrong afterwards.
Is it as awesome as El Topo?
More awesomer.
The producer, director and writer are all the same person, so you know it’s good.
+1 Holy Mountain
You’d say that.
Some of my favorite “lesser” known movies
A Midnight Clear – WWII movie with an excellent cast flew under the radar in the 90’s
Night of the Creeps – I’m not much of a horror movie fan but I saw this when I was a kid and I was afraid to take a crap for quite some time. For those of you who have seen it you will get that reference I watch it every Halloween to remind myself how bad the movie was.
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang – Robert Downey Jr and Val Kimer in a dark comedy LA crime movie. Maybe not a lesser known but a great movie.
Last Man Standing – once again maybe not lesser known, but a Bruce Willis action movie that was trashed by many.
I liked KKBB. Pumpkin head is another campy, fun Halloween movie.
Also, watched KKBB because of the reference from demolition man.
“Now here we all are, Ike, Mike, and Mustard.”
If you liked KKBB watch The Nice Guys – same writer/director and just as, if not more, funny.
Cool. Thanks
You are welcome. It’s so great.
Seconded.
Ah yes another good one. Very similar theme.
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is one of my favorites.
You mean Yojimbo right?
Neither Clint nor Bruce pulled it off as well as Toshiro.
Second. Although Clint came close.
Speaking of WWII movies, check out 1977’s “Cross of Iron” starring James Coburn. Living hell on the eastern front.
Last Peckinpaugh movie, right? Last good one anyway.
I can not believe no one has yet mentioned ZARDOZ. I mean, they made a movie about one of the patron saints of Libertopia, and it doesn’t get mentioned in a movie post?
I’m pretty sure documentaries don’t count…
IDK, The Seven Five (2015) was worth watching.
Documentaries?
“Searching for Sugar Man.”
Yeah. Amazing story.
Zardoz is not even so bad it’s good. It is just bad. I tried to watch it because I felt it was required of a Glib and that movie is idiotic, poorly acted, written by someone who wants cake, and painful to watch. It is even worse than Jaws.
Read my review, it’s painful
3/5? You Sir are far too generous.
The problem with something like this is that there are hundreds of mention-worthy movies in both categories of obscure and well known. I see no ‘Princess Bride’, no….ugh I cant remember the name of the early 2000’s movie with a dialog consisting of all malaprops….that one and I cant find it.
There are just too many.
Another thing rarely talked about…in many of the early BW masterpieces the lighting, composition and timing are just knock-out fantastic – Plot and dialog. be damned. They are just genius works of art.
Lawrence of Arabia, did you miss it?
Ishtar.
Bridge over the River Kwai.
Saw it at the drive in when I was probably 7.
Huh.
Almost forgot about Eating Raoul. Chakotay never looked so good.
And then of course there was the early-70s George C. Scott/Joanne Woodward made-for-TV movie They Might Be Giants.
If we can veer into made for TV territory, the HBO flicks The Pentagon Wars (Bradley AFV procurement follies) and Barbarians At The Gates (RJ Reynolds/Nabisco merger follies) are fantastic.
Leeloo Dallas, multipass.
Speaking of, ‘The Fifth Element’ is a fun movie.
Yes, classic
While I enjoy it, The Transporter is Luc Besson’s better movie. It cemented my love of madeleines and Shu Qi.
Falling squarely in the so bad its good and actors cashing in on what’s left of their waning fame categories, I offer The Norseman. A classic Indians vs. Vikings tale starring none other than The Six Million Dollar Man as a Viking with a neatly trimmed pencil mustache as was the way of the Norse.
The Vikings thing reminds me – the movie Outlander (not related to the book/tv show) but Jim Caviezel as an alien that crashes into a Viking village and has to recapture a prisoner. It’s fucking bonkers, strictly B-movie level so don’t expect greatness, but kind of delightful in how they just go for it. I enjoyed it also because I was watching Person of Interest at the same time, and it worked pretty well to have them be the same character. (although ugh, I just read the imdb and I realize Ron Perlman is in it, and he’s such a psycho on twitter, all his work is now soured to me)
Yeah he is has a pretty severe case of TDS. Of course at least 2/5ths of the Avengers are similarly aflicted.
I have developed the ablity to separate the characters from the simpletons that play them.
Perlman is a shaved albino ape.
Kinda rough on albino apes, isn’t it?
The Innocents, film adaptation of Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw, because I loves me a good old-fashioned ghost story.
Charade, because Cary Grant & Audrey Hepburn. How can it get any better???
Spaceballs
Cidade de Deus (City of God) was an excellent Brazilian movie that did get some play here, but not enough attention I thought. Another good unknown Brazilian one is Tropa da Elite (Elite Squad). Both of them are very gritty, violent portrayals of crime and urban life there.
Tropa De Elite was brutal. I’ve only seen the bootleg from Brazil. The long indoctrination sequence makes Full Metal Jacket’s first act look slack.
Yeah, it’s not for the faint of heart.
Pee Wee’s Big Adventure. Fight me.
Big top pee wee is better
Pee Wee’s Big Holiday. For real.
Love that movie.
Spud jerked off through the whole thing. It was embarrassing.
No, no. That was “Pee Wee Herman: The Fappening”.
And I appreciate you lending a hand when I got tired.
Did you return the favor during Annie?
*golf clap*
No. I’m a selfish prick. And he didn’t beg enough.
No Time Bandits?!
Don’t touch it it’s evil!
That’s what I was always told.
I liked Happy Death Day 1 & 2.
Since OMWC is mentioning all b&w flicks, one of my favorite Bogart movies that doesn’t get that much attention, In a Lonely Place. Well worth a view if you haven’t seen it.
What was that Noir film with Robert Mitchum and Shelley Winters, when she was hot? Night Hunter?
Yup, Night of the Hunter. Very good one. The original Cape Fear was awesome as well. Both of those are pretty well known I would think.
The only problem with the original cape fear is casting Gregory Peck. You know everything is going to be fine with Greg. He didn’t work for me in the boys from Brazil, though I generally always like him. The Omen probably being my favorite.
Thanks, what creeped me out was not expecting the actors in the roles they played, also, young Shelley Winters? Did I mention that?
The night Hunter, super dark movie,
And Shelley Winters, yum
Mitchum has to be one of the all time best villains.
An Autumn Afternoon, which is the most perfect movie I’ve ever seen
Die Monster Die
Best in show, the same ensemble as Spinal tap,they made two others who’s names escape now,
A mighty wind.
That’s it.
One about folk singers I believe.
Waiting for Guffman?
That’s the third one, all great mockunenaries
Oñe more, can’t remember
Best in Show
Note to self: read upthread.
I can talk or not talk all day.
Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, and this piece of crap which you should avoid.
Earnest scared stupid is slightly better than earnest goes to jail, but earnest saves Christmas is a classic. Having said that, hey Vern, it’s my family album probably shows Jim’s talents best.
Dammit FM, you’re on fire. Happy Death Day and Ernest Saved Christmas. Not my cup of tea, but my wife loves it.
Ernest that is. I liked Happy Death Day too
HDD was self aware, which is important when sort of lampooning other films.
Earnest, Breaking the forth wall well before Deadpool.
He did ads for Lotaburger, of all things.
Mmm… Lotaburger.
I’ve seen O. Henry’s Full House and also really liked it.
Suck up.
I also really enjoy reading O’Henry. He’s such a great storyteller. Superb.
One of my books is based on “The Gift of the Magi.”
How about Mel Gibson’s Payback? Great anti-hero flick.
And speaking of Gibson, I think Apocalypto is underrated. The historical details are shaky, but it rings true nevertheless. You just know that similar scenes have played out uncounted times in the history of humanity.
I really like payback but there are 2 versions. I like the one with Chris kristopherson (so) better. Also, Lucy liu’s Hottest role.
That’s the only one I’ve seen.
Lee Marvin was in the original…Point Blank
There is another where Chris is replaced with a woman you never see. Still Mel Gibson but different ending.
Yup, Apocalypto was great and didn’t get the recognition it deserved because it showed the pre-Colombian world probably a lot closer to its actual reality than Hollywood would’ve liked (despite not being historically that accurate).
Screwball and/or black comedies:
Bringing Up Baby, Cary Grant and Catherine Hepburn
The Case of the Mukkinese Battle Horn, Peter Sellers and the Goon Squad
The Wrong Box, Michael Caine, a gorgeous Nanette Newman and some of the best British actors ever to grace a film.
Dude… dancing hotdog meme is so old.
Why do you think it’s at a wake?
All the green bugs me. His earphones are relish? His bun liner is relish? Come on, that’s too much relish.
Thanks again to everyone from last night who helped me through my accounting meltdown. I just spent 2+ hour doing assigned practice (oxymoron?) problems and I think I have it.
I mean, it’s only chapter two, but understanding that “debit” and “credit” don’t mean what I’ve been told for the last 47 years was a big hurdle to get over for some reason. I hope we can settle into some relatively benign concepts for a while. I don’t need an epiphany every week.
Glad you made it through.
It was a trying time.
Oh, no!
Why wouldn’t she quit after the first or second incidents? She called the cops after the rape?
There is some A-Class copypasta in that civil complaint though:
He seems like a sweet guy.
Sooo…..three incidents and she still agreed to be his trainer….
Well, so the Chiefs aren’t the worst in the league at hiring wastrels.
Both seem strange… I do not get the big deal with incident exposure though
Indeed. A healthy degree of exhibitionism never hurt anyone.
Zorro the gay blade & marcaleno pan and vino are 2 more obscure BWs that are good.
Unsurprisingly, I did not see one of these.
Good morning glibs
Good morning, Pie!
Morning, Pie. Is it me, or, is this early for you?
It is sort of early. 6 40. I usually am up earlier but the morning comute taxes some time so I am on the computer round 7 – 7 15 local hour. Today I am working from home
Understood. Enjoy…home.
Good evening 🙂
Are you able to go out in the morning? Can your flesh survive the evil day star?
I commute before sunrise
A great movie, often listed as one of the worst movies, is Burn Hollywood Burn.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118577/
Eric Idle AND Harvey Weinstein, eh? Something something approach-avoidance.
I am having some trouble with the fact that Erik the Viking isn’t on this list.
Do any of you even Monty? Half-monty?
Just had lightning presage a rainstorm. Like in the movies. Unless… does lightning spark the rain? That seems unlikely. But in this case there was a very sudden burst of thunder followed by a downfall. Like in the movies.
presage – learned a new word
Someone’s angling for a raise, methinks.
More thunder… more rain. I swear, it’s a thing.
Causation doesn’t equal condensation.
You cad. Where’s the button for a terrible pun.
I wonder if the ancient Babylonians thought, “Man, we’re living in the distant past.”
I would think that they were probably divided on whether or not that Hammurabi was fucked in the head, or, brilliant.
Kind of like the questions I have on Pinker.
Contemplating a “Pinker/Stinker” joke right about now.
For almost the last 20 yrs I’ve been offereing to help any of my nieces and nephews who want to make a ‘movie’ (that would have been so cool when I was a kid) Finally my 6yr old niece wants to; looks like I won’t get to shoot the movie I want to again for the 10th year in a row, but maybe I can convince her parents to take a day and blow her child mind.