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…they also appeared together in:-
”They Died With Their Boots On”… which I think has all the attributes you mention
…it certainly cracks me up..
Ah yes, another classic, they don’t make films like that any more…
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…Wrecking Crew….Blue Note….
‘The Sting’…how many times you watched it?
never get tired of it, unlike ‘The Great Escape’ which I don’t care if I never see again to be honest.
seen The Sting a fair few times…..
I’m more for BWs than modern films, it’s all special effects, violence and bad language, and you don’t get character actors like you used to. Bring back Richard Wattis and Irene Handl
My favourite horses - Red Rum, Spanish Steps, Proud Tarquin, Esban, Go-Pontinental, Barona, Charles Dickens, The Dikler, Astbury, Black Secret, Vulgan Town, Huperade, Well To Do, Crisp, Quintus, Argent, Colebridge, Pearl Of Montreal, Nereo, Sonny Somers, Tubs VI, Tartan Ace, Red Candle, L'Escargot, Bula, Beau Bob, Rouge Autumn, Rough Silk, Frodo, Deblin's Green, Prince Tino, Eyecatcher, The Pilgarlic, Captain Christy, Mr Midland, Interview II, Credit Call, My Virginian, Flush Of Diamonds, Scout, Money Ma
You read suspiciously like a flower-powered baby-boomer going to seed Nafsasp
Welcome to the club
Some good films mentioned
I’d add:
Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
Like its successor The Sting an all round great story and film, beautifully filmed and acted
Whistle Down The Wind
Romance does not obviously feature but Hayley Mills’ relationship with Alan Bates is curiously affecting, sweet and innocent: the near-pubescent girl and the older man
Casablanca
Need one say more. Presumably U or PG
Casablanca
possible my favourite film of all time.
I was going to nominate
As Good As It Gets
with Jack Nicolson and Helen Hunt but it’s a 15 rating
Another film I really liked was
The Mask
which I hope is a U as me my daughter used to watch it once a week when she about 5. Then we would run around the house shouting ‘…somebody stop me…’
Can’t remember what it is about now……oh I absolutely love Casablanca and would never miss it. It’s just so atmospheric isn’t it?…
Richard Wattis was in another old favourite ”The Great St. Trinian’s Train Robbery’ with Frankie Howerd and Dora Bryan.
I do lilke these old films that include a racing theme, as when the little girl finds all the dosh and walks into the makeshift betting shop, looks up to the counter and says ”50 nicker on the nose”…. another is Norman Wisdom’s ”Just My Luck” where he gets mistaken for a tic tac man waving his arms about shouting ”I got a bet on !!!” ”I got a bet on !!!”…”we’ll be rollin’ in the money !!!”
even in ‘The Great Escape” racing gets a mention.
Bogart’s films with Bergman and Bacall are as good as it gets
And with Hepburn nearly so…
The African Queen
Great story, great scenery, great acting and a marvellous study in the familiar trait of shy diverted-eye diffidence between two who fancy each other something rotten but can’t pluck up the courage to let it all out…until they do and then it’s all wine and roses
Interesting that several of those mentioned have a great musical score, something I’ve always thought is an essential ingredient in a classic film. The 1938 Robin Hood would be pretty ordinary imo without the music, but I agree it’s a film you can watch over and over and still enjoy.
Ditto Casablanca – the cafe scene when the French patrons defy the Germans by singing the national anthem is one of the most emotional in any film.
Two of my own favourites from my youth – Far From The Madding Crowd (I was mad about Julie Christie) and The French Connection (a completely unique film then, although the style has been much copied since).
AP
My favourite film of all time is The Jungle Book directed by Zoltan Korda and starring Sabu Never got to grips with the Walt Disney version after that.
There’s been several film threads here in t’lounge. Here’s one from sometime back in the palaeolithic that may be of interest
I’ve never heard of The Thirteenth Warrior, but very much want to see it after reading some of the comments on here. As for scary films, The Omega Man [with Charlton Heston, not the more recent remake] stopped me going out after dark for many years; well, I was ok going out into streets and things, but I couldn’t go into the back garden without panicing. If the washing wasn’t in by nightfall it stayed out. The Descent [the first one] terrified me, as I get very claustrophobic anyway [don’t do lifts and things and would certainly never venture forth into a hole in the ground]. Alien terrified me as well, but I was able to watch it because I’m never going to be in a space ship. I have to avoid situations that I can relate to. Bit of a wimp….
The 13th Warrior is great!
Aside from racing films like Phar Lap and Seabiscuit my favorite ones are:
The Usual Suspects
The Color Purple
My Fair Lady
Madagascar (Don’t laugh at me)
The Man From Snowy River
The Lord Of The Rings
Star WarsGuilty pleasures??? Harry Potter, Twilight and Star Trek. LOLOLOL ;D
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