“Death Wish”: Important Movie Celebrates 35 Years; The Anti-Obama Flick

debbieschlussel.com ^ | August 24, 2009 | Debbie Schlussel

[Free ThinkerNY]

It was repeatedly panned by the critics. But movie-goers loved it. And thirty-five years later, it remains a cult classic.

“Death Wish” celebrates 35 years, this summer. It was released in theaters on July 24, 1974, and was directed by Michael Winner and produced by the Dino De Laurentiis Company

I watched it again over the weekend, and it stands the test of time (thought it’s funny to take Jeff Goldblum seriously as a murderous gang thug). In fact, now in the Obama administration–with police called “stupid” and impliedly racist by the President and our Second Amendment gun rights under attack–the movie is more relevant than ever.

Liberals hated “Death Wish,” because of its message that vengeance and vigilantism works. They hated that the hero of the movie is a liberal pacifist who realizes his way is the wrong way. And they hated Charles Bronson for the rest of his life–the rest of his acting career–for playing Paul Kersey, “Death Wish’s” sly, silent, and clever protagonist who shoots criminals after his wife is murdered and his daughter raped into a state of catatonia. They never forgave him for it. (Ironically, the role was meant for Steve McQueen, but he turned it down.) And Hollywood never forgave him, giving him few good roles after the fact (his role alongside Charlton Heston in the TV movie, “Raid on Entebbe” comes to mind as one of the good ones).

[Shooter 2.5]

There is a rule in hollywood if a guy is shot with a handgun, he has to fly backward at least three feet. If he’s shot with any sort of firearm but on a balcony, he has to walk forward at least two feet to fall over the balcony.

I don’t think there are any exceptions.

I was standing next to somone who was hit with a bullet fragment at the base of his nose. He fell backward like he was hollywood shot. One time, I was hit in my lip and my upper body bent backward but I recovered before I fell down.

[enviros_kill]

I always thought that DW movies helped in some way to begin the “shall-issue” concealed carry laws that began in Florida in 1987

http://www.nraila.org/Issues/FactSheets/Read.aspx?ID=18