Posted on 06/26/2011 2:32:31 PM PDT by Yorlik803
What movie do you love that most people never heard of or seen? Mine is a movie called "Evenhand". I first saw it on IFC, then ordered a copy from Amazon. It is about two policemen in a small Texas town. One is meek and kind while the other is hard. They form a unlikley friendship. It is more plot driven, with little violence. The writing is pretty good.
True Romance w/ Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Chris Walken, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Chris Penn, Bronson Pinchot and Brad Pitt.
The Best of Times w/ Robin Williams and Kurt Russell
Probably my favorite Sean Connery movie, both Connery and Michael Caine were excellent.
America is broke, there's no oil and the dim bulb president puts on a telathon.
Here's just a bit of the opening:
President Jimmy Carter: The energy crisis has not yet overwhelmed us. But it will, if we do not act quickly.
Narrator: We didn't. When America finally ran out of gas, an angry mob broke into the White House and lynched him. Along with three or four of his snottier cabinet members.
Terrific movie. I enjoyed it very much. Stanley Tucci, Tony Shalhoub, Isabella Rosselini, Ian Holm.
A movie about first, the "stealing of dreams" and then later about how people can become addicted to watching their dreams while conscious.
Amazing concept, long movie.
Lifeguard.
“It’s supposedly based on Homer’s, The Odyssey, but except for the scene where the seductresses are washing clothes in the river,”
The one dude with the eye patch is Cyclops. . .
“Top Secret!”
Hillary Flammond: My uncle was born in America.
Nick Rivers: Oh, really?
Hillary Flammond: But he was one of the lucky ones. He managed to escape in a balloon during the Jimmy Carter presidency.
I watched it on Netflix. Gary Oldman and Tim Roth are two of my favorite actors, so R & G was a natural selection for me. If you like Tim Roth, then check out Four Rooms. He should have won an academy award for that role.
Jason Patric, Stephen Bauer, George Dzundza, Stephen Baldwin. Good movie. It's probably been at least 20 years since I've seen it. Very memorable.
Capt. Jerome, USMC: "Captain Jerome, United States Marine Corps, and you are my prisoner, sir. "
Eden: [to Raisuli] Now I don't know who you are, or what you want with us, but if any of your men should lay a hand on me, I shall try with all the strength in me to kill you, and with my last breath I shall curse you to God! GOD WILL LISTEN!
This is also a must see for any fan of old horror movies or “Star Wars” just for Christopher Lee's offbeat role. You'll never think of Count Dooku or Dracula the same way again.
And that line is the key to the entire movie. I love it.
The sad thing is many people think the worst thing that can happen to them is their physical death.
Oh, and then there’s this black ‘n’ white short w/very young Jack Nicholson in it; very surreal.
Dersu Uzala (1975), by Akira Kurosawa. But it needs to be seen in a theater, because it shows the magnificence of Siberia, which looks like something on another planet. Absolutely unique, and Kurosawa was the only person skilled enough and respected enough to do it. It was actually shot on 70mm film, but there are few theaters that could do it justice.
Prospero’s Books (1991), starring Sir John Gielgud. A retelling of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, it is like a continual, romantic-era painting, with the viewer’s attention redirected around the screen instead of focused on just a small part of it. This is because it shows all the invisible spirits, doing their unusual and often repetitive spirit things, which are only visible to Prospero. Note: spirits are often semi-nude or nude.
Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet (1940), starring Edward G. Robinson. This depicts one of the greatest scientists who ever lived (not to be confused by the still living Paul R. Ehrlich, science fraud), and Robinson did a great portrayal of how he came up with the first effective cure for the cruel and murderous disease syphilis.
Gunga Din (1939) and The Four Feathers (1939), are a great British army double feature. 1939 was a huge year for filmmaking. Both movies are classics, but much less well known today.
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967) is a comedy MUSICAL about American business, and in a way was like a musical version of MAD Magazine. Lighthearted and funny. It would make a good double feature with James Cagney’s One, Two, Three (1961).
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