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Post by EdoBosnar on Nov 11, 2024 16:27:45 GMT -5
Sugarland Express is really good.
I've never seen Foul Play, but I do recall how much it was hyped back when it was first released.
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Post by DubipR on Nov 11, 2024 17:37:43 GMT -5
Sugarland Express is really good. I've never seen Foul Play, but I do recall how much it was hyped back when it was first released. Give Foul Play a watch. Its really fun and fast paced. If you like that, then go watch "Seems Like Old Times" |
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Post by Batflunkie on Nov 11, 2024 20:50:48 GMT -5
What is the 1971 Evel Knievel biopic like? I seem to recall there was some minor discussion of it here a month or three ago. I'm a bit of a Knievel fan, mostly for reasons of nostalgia, and I downloaded this film off TV a while ago. Just wondering if it's worth a watch? Does Slam_Bradley have any opinion, since Knieval is the state symbol of Idaho?  Is it the George Hamilton one by chance? Have it on DVD (bit of a collector of the bargin bin fodder company Digiview and never miss and opportunity to buy them when they show up at work) and have been meaning to give it a viewing   It's also available for free on youtube if you're interested |
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Post by Confessor on Nov 12, 2024 5:30:01 GMT -5
What is the 1971 Evel Knievel biopic like? I seem to recall there was some minor discussion of it here a month or three ago. I'm a bit of a Knievel fan, mostly for reasons of nostalgia, and I downloaded this film off TV a while ago. Just wondering if it's worth a watch? Does Slam_Bradley have any opinion, since Knieval is the state symbol of Idaho? Is it the George Hamilton one by chance? Have it on DVD (bit of a collector of the bargin bin fodder company Digiview and never miss and opportunity to buy them when they show up at work) and have been meaning to give it a viewing Yep, that's the one. Just wondering if it's worth bothering watching, but clearly you wouldn't know if you've not watched the DVD yet. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 13, 2024 0:46:10 GMT -5
Is it the George Hamilton one by chance? Have it on DVD (bit of a collector of the bargin bin fodder company Digiview and never miss and opportunity to buy them when they show up at work) and have been meaning to give it a viewing Yep, that's the one. Just wondering if it's worth bothering watching, but clearly you wouldn't know if you've not watched the DVD yet. Well son; let me give you the lowdown! First off, it was low budget fare; but, makes up for it with some good character actors, like Dub Taylor. It mixes in actual footage from Knievel's stunts with film footage. Sue Lyon, who played Lolita, in the Kubrick film, plays Linda Knievel. It's based on the legends that surrounded Evel, more than the facts and makes him seem more like a lovable, slightly dodgy goof, than the petty criminal he was, in his younger days. Hamilton does a pretty good job of playing Knievel as a loveable rogue, early on, and a paranoid mensch, as success creates new stresses in life. The real Knievel was a raging alcoholic and could be violent, but it doesn't go into that, really. It's very of its time, portraying Knievel as a loveable outlaw, thumbing his nose at authority and living life on his terms, charming everyone around him. As such, Hamilton is perfect; because he pretty much created that reputation for himself, in Hollywood. It was never going to win awards, but is a lot of fun, if you don't take it seriously. Believe me, it is much better than that later Viva Knievel!, with Evel playing himself. That's not saying much; but, it's as least as good as any Roger Corman biker movie and better than a lot of other drive-in fare of the era, which this essentially was that kind of audience. It's really a bit of a comedy/satire of the daredevil world and some of the characters within it, using Evel as the then-most successful rendition of it. Joey Chitwood was a more successful stunt performer; but, Evel was a better showman and drew stadium crowds to see him crack up. The theme song, "I Do What I Please" pretty much encapsulates the film. The film starts with Hamilton delivering a monologue to camera, pretty much stating his philosophy of life and his stunts, giving you a peak at the larger-than-life character, then goes into memories, as he prepares to pull off a big stunt, at an auto raceway, while talking about jumping the Grand Canyon (he was denied permits by the US Park Service and ended up doing the failed Snake River Canyon jump). It shows life in Butte, Montana, complete with his petty criminal ways (though nothing violent) and the apocryphal story of how he got his nickname (his birth name was Robert Knievel). It shows him meeting Linda and "kidnapping" her (so the story went). You see an early jump, at a rodeo, which he cons his way into, then his reaction to the death of an old rodeo rider, who sort of befriended him, earlier. Then, it progresses from small shows, at rodeos and carnivals, to the bigger stunts and the crack up at Caesar's Palace, leading to the jump, in the climax. It ends with the implication that he was going to jump the Grand Canyon, next, which was something he kept saying, prior to the Snake River Canyon jump. I was one of those 1970s American kids who idolized Evel and watched the stunts, on Wide World of Sports and bought into the legend. I got the Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle and action figure, for one of my birthdays and then got the Stunt Van, which came with a ramp, to jump Evel over it, for Christmas. We were on a vacation, to Florida, and had Christmas in a motel. My mother brought along my Evel stunt cycle and the winding device (it had gearing that meshed with gearing on the motorcycle, spinning the wheels, until you suddenly stopped the winder and inertia launched the motorcycle. However, she couldn't find my Evel figure and, instead, brought my Dr Zaius figure, from the Mego Planet of the Apes line. I was disappointed, as you couldn't really put the figure on the bike (Evel had a wire core and you could twist the limbs around, for when he wrecked and the hands were molded to fit onto the handlebars). Looking back, Dr Zaius, Stunt Ape, sounds pretty damn cool! |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Nov 13, 2024 2:37:56 GMT -5
Watched Air Hawks (1935) starring Ralph Bellamy which turns out much better and a bit bonkers than you would expect. It's a quick paced 68 minute B-flick from Columbia Studios. Bellamy operates a growing airline company and turns down offers to sell to a bigger and ruthless rival Here's where it gets bonkers. Ruthless company enlists mad scientist to use his new destructo-ray gun and blast Bellamy's planes in flight. Adding to this strangeness is a bit part towards the end with famous aviator Wiley Post. Wiley Post was the first pilot in an airplane to fly around the world in 1931. It took 8 days. In 1933 he did it again, this time solo, in 7 days. He also built a special high-pressure suit for high-altitude flight, got up to 50,000 feet and discovered the jet stream. Wiley's fame rivaled that of Charles Lindbergh. Air Hawks was the only movie Wiley Post appeared in. Just a few months after the movie's debut. Wiley Post crashed in Alaska, killing himself and his passenger , famous humorist Will Rogers. The mad scientist demonstrates the destructo-ray gun  Wiley Post shows of his high-pressure suit in Air Hawks  |
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Post by Hoosier X on Nov 13, 2024 4:14:49 GMT -5
Watched Air Hawks (1935) starring Ralph Bellamy which turns out much better and a bit bonkers than you would expect. It's a quick paced 68 minute B-flick from Columbia Studios. Bellamy operates a growing airline company and turns down offers to sell to a bigger and ruthless rival Here's where it gets bonkers. Ruthless company enlists mad scientist to use his new destructo-ray gun and blast Bellamy's planes in flight. Adding to this strangeness is a bit part towards the end with famous aviator Wiley Post. Wiley Post was the first pilot in an airplane to fly around the world in 1931. It took 8 days. In 1933 he did it again, this time solo, in 7 days. He also built a special high-pressure suit for high-altitude flight, got up to 50,000 feet and discovered the jet stream. Wiley's fame rivaled that of Charles Lindbergh. Air Hawks was the only movie Wiley Post appeared in. Just a few months after the movie's debut. Wiley Post crashed in Alaska, killing himself and his passenger , famous humorist Will Rogers. The mad scientist demonstrates the destructo-ray gun Wiley Post shows of his high-pressure suit in Air Hawks OMG! I love this stuff. So many great airplane movies in the 1930s. Have you ever seen Without Orders?! Robert Armstrong and Sally Eilers! I love it! |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Nov 13, 2024 6:18:07 GMT -5
Have you ever seen Without Orders?! Robert Armstrong and Sally Eilers! I love it! Never seen it. I enjoy watching Robert Armstrong. I know I've seen Sally Eilers from Charlie Chan's The Black Camel (you should remember about me and Charlie). Probably seen her elsewhere but can't recall. I'd watch it based on your recommendation but it does not appear to be streaming anywhere nor available on a torrent download |
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Post by Hoosier X on Nov 13, 2024 6:57:06 GMT -5
Have you ever seen Without Orders?! Robert Armstrong and Sally Eilers! I love it! Never seen it. I enjoy watching Robert Armstrong. I know I've seen Sally Eilers from Charlie Chan's The Black Camel (you should remember about me and Charlie). Probably seen her elsewhere but can't recall. I'd watch it based on your recommendation but it does not appear to be streaming anywhere nor available on a torrent download It’s kind of hard to find. I saw the last 20 minutes on Turner Classic Movies 15 years ago. And I was like, OMG! I have to see the whole thing some day! It took a while. About two years ago I found it, but I don’t remember exactly where I saw it. It was either YouTube or one of those sketchy foreign sites. |
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Post by Confessor on Nov 13, 2024 7:15:38 GMT -5
Yep, that's the one. Just wondering if it's worth bothering watching, but clearly you wouldn't know if you've not watched the DVD yet. Well son; let me give you the lowdown! First off, it was low budget fare; but, makes up for it with some good character actors, like Dub Taylor. It mixes in actual footage from Knievel's stunts with film footage. Sue Lyon, who played Lolita, in the Kubrick film, plays Linda Knievel. It's based on the legends that surrounded Evel, more than the facts and makes him seem more like a lovable, slightly dodgy goof, than the petty criminal he was, in his younger days. Hamilton does a pretty good job of playing Knievel as a loveable rogue, early on, and a paranoid mensch, as success creates new stresses in life. The real Knievel was a raging alcoholic and could be violent, but it doesn't go into that, really. It's very of its time, portraying Knievel as a loveable outlaw, thumbing his nose at authority and living life on his terms, charming everyone around him. As such, Hamilton is perfect; because he pretty much created that reputation for himself, in Hollywood. It was never going to win awards, but is a lot of fun, if you don't take it seriously. Believe me, it is much better than that later Viva Knievel!, with Evel playing himself. That's not saying much; but, it's as least as good as any Roger Corman biker movie and better than a lot of other drive-in fare of the era, which this essentially was that kind of audience. It's really a bit of a comedy/satire of the daredevil world and some of the characters within it, using Evel as the then-most successful rendition of it. Joey Chitwood was a more successful stunt performer; but, Evel was a better showman and drew stadium crowds to see him crack up. The theme song, "I Do What I Please" pretty much encapsulates the film. The film starts with Hamilton delivering a monologue to camera, pretty much stating his philosophy of life and his stunts, giving you a peak at the larger-than-life character, then goes into memories, as he prepares to pull off a big stunt, at an auto raceway, while talking about jumping the Grand Canyon (he was denied permits by the US Park Service and ended up doing the failed Snake River Canyon jump). It shows life in Butte, Montana, complete with his petty criminal ways (though nothing violent) and the apocryphal story of how he got his nickname (his birth name was Robert Knievel). It shows him meeting Linda and "kidnapping" her (so the story went). You see an early jump, at a rodeo, which he cons his way into, then his reaction to the death of an old rodeo rider, who sort of befriended him, earlier. Then, it progresses from small shows, at rodeos and carnivals, to the bigger stunts and the crack up at Caesar's Palace, leading to the jump, in the climax. It ends with the implication that he was going to jump the Grand Canyon, next, which was something he kept saying, prior to the Snake River Canyon jump. I was one of those 1970s American kids who idolized Evel and watched the stunts, on Wide World of Sports and bought into the legend. I got the Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle and action figure, for one of my birthdays and then got the Stunt Van, which came with a ramp, to jump Evel over it, for Christmas. We were on a vacation, to Florida, and had Christmas in a motel. My mother brought along my Evel stunt cycle and the winding device (it had gearing that meshed with gearing on the motorcycle, spinning the wheels, until you suddenly stopped the winder and inertia launched the motorcycle. However, she couldn't find my Evel figure and, instead, brought my Dr Zaius figure, from the Mego Planet of the Apes line. I was disappointed, as you couldn't really put the figure on the bike (Evel had a wire core and you could twist the limbs around, for when he wrecked and the hands were molded to fit onto the handlebars). Looking back, Dr Zaius, Stunt Ape, sounds pretty damn cool! Thanks for the lowdown, Cody. Sounds kinda fun, so I think I'll give it a watch. I too was a big fan of Knievel when I was a little kid in the '70s, and I had one of those Evel Knievel toy bikes with the red energiser/winder things. That was a great toy. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 13, 2024 11:49:16 GMT -5
The H-B cartoon series Devlin was a reworking of an Evel Knievel pitch, which you could pretty much tell, looking at the character design. he was put to good use in the Adult Swim series, Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, on Cartoon Network. Evel also inspired the Simpson's Lance Murdoch, who wows Bart, in an early episode (TRUCKASAURUS!).
We tried building our own ramps and jumping our ditches, when I was a kid. Luckily, our steel bikes were so heavy that we couldn't get airborne enough to really get hurt, though if you landed badly and rammed into the bike, it was going to hurt.
Generation X did not have childproofing!
Of course, some of our late Baby Boomer brothers and older neighbors enticed us into some of the stupid things we did!
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Post by berkley on Nov 14, 2024 1:38:26 GMT -5
Watched Air Hawks (1935) starring Ralph Bellamy which turns out much better and a bit bonkers than you would expect. It's a quick paced 68 minute B-flick from Columbia Studios. Bellamy operates a growing airline company and turns down offers to sell to a bigger and ruthless rival Here's where it gets bonkers. Ruthless company enlists mad scientist to use his new destructo-ray gun and blast Bellamy's planes in flight. Adding to this strangeness is a bit part towards the end with famous aviator Wiley Post. Wiley Post was the first pilot in an airplane to fly around the world in 1931. It took 8 days. In 1933 he did it again, this time solo, in 7 days. He also built a special high-pressure suit for high-altitude flight, got up to 50,000 feet and discovered the jet stream. Wiley's fame rivaled that of Charles Lindbergh. Air Hawks was the only movie Wiley Post appeared in. Just a few months after the movie's debut. Wiley Post crashed in Alaska, killing himself and his passenger , famous humorist Will Rogers. Never heard of this one til now and it sounds like something I'll want to see. I've been watching a lot of 1930s movies lately so this is going on the list. |
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Post by jk on Nov 16, 2024 23:13:20 GMT -5
I remember back in the '80s, watching a western-type movie on TV that featured a cowboy on horseback hunting down a protagonist to kill him. It seemed to be about revenge. At the end of the film, the cowboy finds the protagonist, but instead of killing him he rides off. The protagonist, sick of being stalked for so long, begs the cowboy to kill him, but the cowboy refuses. I could have sworn that the cowboy in question was actor Charles Bronson, but I have searched through his filmography to no avail. Copilot was unable to help. Does anyone remember such a movie, and if so what was the title?
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