Some Favourite Movies

Many laugh out loud moments in that, cabby! (asshooooooooole!)

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Bit of a sad day for movie-goers everywhere. One of the last remaining stars of Hollywood's Golden Age has passed away at age 98 in the person of Eli Wallach.

                       There's a new movie coming out next month. The life of James Brown.          Your right, Eli Wallach was a classic. He stared in a lot of Westerns, and he did some Broadway shows.  RIP.

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Way back in the days of VHS tapes I bought a copy of a movie entitled " The Crew ". Richard Dreyfuss and Burt Reynolds were in it so I gave the film a try and it was a clever and funny movie. Some weeks ago I got a chance to buy " The Crew " ( along with 7 other films ) on a DVD Package set. Not every film on this set is a treasue but some are ok. " Disorganized Crime " with Fred Gwynne ( yup Herman Munster ) is very funny. " Another Stakeout " and " Taking Care Of Business " are not bad either. 

James Garner has passed away at age 86. Oddly enough I had just finished watching " The Great Escape " recently. Garner was one of the last remaining members of the great cast of that terrific film. The oldtimers are fading fast.

At this time there are " Two " Battles Of The Bulge going on here at my place. First I have my own battle underway ( yes I look a lot like Santa, my beard is a bit shorter tho  lol ). Also I've been playing my new DVD copy of " The Battle Of The Bulge " ( with Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Telly Savalas, Charles Bronson, Robert Ryan etc ). This is the longer version of this movie with some scenes put back in that were cut out for the TV showing of the film. A very good movie.  

I suppose TBOTB is OK (just barely) as long as you aren't concerned about historical accuracy (just look at those tanks, for example)...

RonaldJosephCote wrote:

                     I loved Bogard in, "The Courtmarshall Of Capt Quinn".   "I told the men they had to return the strawberries, but they wouldn't. We searched the ship high and low, but still no strawberries. I said I'd courtmarshall each and every last one of them, but they refused to tell me where the strawberries were. Dam those men. The tow rope??, well that was just defective gear".

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No kidding. Quaptain qint. Strawaberries. No kidding.

I have not had the pleasure of seeing all of the films that Robin Williams was in. " Good Morning Vietnam " was an early movie of his and a good one. " Good Will Hunting " is another nice movie ( I believe he got an Oscar for that one ). He also made a film with Robert DeNiro about a rare disease and I enjoyed that one as well. I think that is how Robin should be remembered, keeping busy to entertain millions and millions of people over the years.

"Awakenings"?

There has been another loss in Hollywood. I just saw the news flash that Lauren Bacall has passed away at age 89. Of course she goes way gack to the old days in the film industry, when the Warner Brothers ran the studio that carried their name and LB Mayer was a big wheel at MGM. 

               Ok Mr Demille, I'm ready for my close-up!

There has been another loss in the movie world. Richard Attenborough was well known both as an Actor and as a Director ( passed away at age 90 ). Needless to say he will of course be remembered for his role as " Big X " in the " Great Escape " ). I also liked him very much for his supporting performance in the original " Flight Of The Phoenix ", a good film that has slipped under the radar ( as it did even when first released ). 

On the directing side we need to mention only one name in regards to Richard's work, of course that name is " Gandhi ". ( I forgot to add this item yesterday ).