Movies to Help Pass the Time

[Snattlerake]

The Searchers, the classic western with John Wayne, directed by John Ford.
The Grapes of Wrath, another visually stunning John Ford picture, with cinematography by Gregg Toland.
Casablanca. Bogart and Bergman and "As time goes by".
The Blues Brothers. Some great music and the best car chase scenes ever filmed, save for Bullitt.

The French Connection has the absolute hairiest car chase in NYC that was real, OK real in a sense. They planned a lot of it and used off duty NYPD officers to stop traffic. They did not get the necessary permits and they did keep going through areas that were not controlled and did hit a guy's car that was not scripted. He had just left for work and got creamed and a new car. They left it in the film.

 

[SoonerP226]

He was a member of The Sons of the Pioneers with Roy Rogers.

Yep--he was singing with the Sons of the Pioneers in Rio Grande. He also sang with Tommy Dorsey. It's just weird to think of that gravelly-voiced old scudder Festus singing at all, let alone like he did with the Sons of the Pioneers.

 

[SoonerP226]

The French Connection has the absolute hairiest car chase in NYC that was real, OK real in a sense. They planned a lot of it and used off duty NYPD officers to stop traffic. They did not get the necessary permits and they did keep going through areas that were not controlled and did hit a guy's car that was not scripted. He had just left for work and got creamed and a new car. They left it in the film.

I heard another version of this story (I think it might've been on Mike Rowe's The Way I Heard It podcast), but here it is from the horse's mouth.

 

[Snattlerake]

Yep--he was singing with the Sons of the Pioneers in Rio Grande. He also sang with Tommy Dorsey. It's just weird to think of that gravelly-voiced old scudder Festus singing at all, let alone like he did with the Sons of the Pioneers.

He was also in a Have Gun Will Travel episode that played a Festus type that sang great.

 

[aarondhgraham]

I've been revisiting some older classics lately,,,
Last night I plowed my way through 3 hours and 17 minutes of "Spartacus".

The real movie from 1960 with Kirk Douglas,,,
It still held up even after 60 years.

Aarond

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[surjimmy]

Just watched Rambo Last Blood, not a whole lot of dialogue but Holy Crap Batman. The scene at the truck when he tries to find out where
the girl is. All in All enjoyable movie.

 

[gerhard1]

I've been revisiting some older classics lately,,,
Last night I plowed my way through 3 hours and 17 minutes of "Spartacus".

The real movie from 1960 with Kirk Douglas,,,
It still held up even after 60 years.

Aarond

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That was a GOOD film!!

 

[gerhard1]

M*A*S*H (both the movie and the series) was excellent. I have them all.

 

[aarondhgraham]

This last weekend I binged all four of the Alien movies,,,
I finally understood the plot of the third one.

Aarond

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[gerhard1]

Just curious, but has anyone here watched any of the MIdsomer Murders episodes on youtube? If not, you might try them. They're really pretty good.