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Interesting article, I'd never even heard of the movie in question before Wlady mentioned it. But I do disagree with "The Great Escape". I have it on DVD and watch it at least 2-3 times a year.
1 posted on 06/10/2005 2:55:01 AM PDT by ABG(anybody but Gore)
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To: ABG(anybody but Gore)

I will have to look up this movie.


2 posted on 06/10/2005 3:01:52 AM PDT by Neanderthal
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To: ABG(anybody but Gore)
Its a truly wonderful movie, very harrowing to watch and
outstanding acting by both of them , Robert Wagner said that McQueen and Wood together were incredible in this movie
4 posted on 06/10/2005 3:39:30 AM PDT by lillybet
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To: ABG(anybody but Gore)

ping for later


5 posted on 06/10/2005 3:48:51 AM PDT by jocon307 (Can we close the border NOW?)
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To: ABG(anybody but Gore)

I watched The Thomas Crown Affair on DVD, widescreen, a nice copy. I thought it was much better than this writer indicates. Even if the movie is all style, its damn nice style. The multiple screen montage thing was big during the 60s, often used in uninspired ways, but this movie used the technique in very clever ways. Also, Haskell Wexler's cinematography here is IMO exquisite.

Also I loved Bullitt, especially the airport scene at the end. These two movies alone, flaws and all, make most movies today look anemic.


6 posted on 06/10/2005 4:00:55 AM PDT by macamadamia
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To: ABG(anybody but Gore)
Love With the Proper Stranger

Good flick. I watched it probably about the early to mid 70s on TV in NYC. Have never seen it broadcast since then. Of course, I haven't really watched much TV the past fifteen years.

7 posted on 06/10/2005 4:07:54 AM PDT by IoCaster ("That to live by one man's will became the cause of all men's misery." - Richard Hooker)
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To: ABG(anybody but Gore)
"(notwithstanding the overhyped car chase, in which the same Volkswagen is passed more than once in a downhill sequence), "

The infamous "green volkswagen". But "overhyped"? C'mon, that's the most awesome car chase in cinematic history!

8 posted on 06/10/2005 4:08:36 AM PDT by Hatteras
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To: ABG(anybody but Gore)
In any event, the only time Newman ever came close to being cool was in a movie named Cool Hand Luke...

Welllll.... I'm no big fan of Newman's, but c'mon: 'Hud', 'Butch Cassidy' "The Sting'... just off the top of my head.

9 posted on 06/10/2005 4:08:41 AM PDT by Jhensy
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To: dansangel; .45MAN

Ping; I think you would like this.


12 posted on 06/10/2005 4:27:09 AM PDT by FreedomPoster
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To: ABG(anybody but Gore)

I do remember that movie; it was pretty good. However, being a western movie fan, my favorite will always be Nevada Smith.


13 posted on 06/10/2005 4:28:00 AM PDT by Old Grumpy
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To: ABG(anybody but Gore)

An attempt to flush this movie down the Memory Hole.


15 posted on 06/10/2005 4:32:37 AM PDT by 7thson (I think it takes a big dog to weigh a hundred pounds!)
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To: ABG(anybody but Gore)

I bet at the time, the movie would have been considered a "chick flick". Here's a good list of all McQueen's movies:

FILMOGRAPHY

The Hunter (1980)
Tom Horn (1980)
An Enemy of the People (1978)
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Papillon (1973)
The Getaway(1972)
Junior Bonner (1972)
Le Mans (1971)
The Reivers (1969)
Bullitt (1968)
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
The Sand Pebbles (1966)
Nevada Smith (1966)
The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965)
Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)
Soldier in the Rain (1963)
The Great Escape (1963)
The War Lover (1962)
Hell Is for Heroes (1962)
The Honeymoon Machine (1961)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery (1960)
Never So Few (1959)
"Wanted: Dead or Alive" (1958)
The Blob (1958)
Never Love a Stranger (1958)


16 posted on 06/10/2005 4:33:37 AM PDT by YaYa123
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To: ABG(anybody but Gore)
But The Great Escape and The Magnificent Seven don't stand up to adult viewing.

I guess I must not be an "adult" then...I loved both movies.
19 posted on 06/10/2005 5:10:59 AM PDT by sittnick (There's no salvation in politics.)
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To: ABG(anybody but Gore)

Wow! Le Mans gets no love. While it only has about 3 pages of dialoge, it does contain some of the best racing footage you’re ever likely to see (with the possible exception of Grand Prix.)


22 posted on 06/10/2005 5:27:21 AM PDT by ElTianti
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To: ABG(anybody but Gore)

My wife bought some Paul Newman salad dressing recently. I read the oh-so-cute, oh-so-hip story on the back and then had to black out a dirty word with a marker, so my kids wouldn't read it.


24 posted on 06/10/2005 5:51:21 AM PDT by Drawsing (We are not suffering from a shortage of oil. ..rather it is a surplus of government..Ronald Reagan)
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