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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 4, 2014 18:37:18 GMT -5
The Trail Of The Pink Panther (1982)
The Deceased Peter Sellers,Herbert Lom,David Niven,Capucine,Bert Kwouk,Robert Loggia,Harvey Korman,Joanne Lumley D-Blake Edwards
The Pink Panther diamond is stolen (for the 3rd time) from the nation of Lugash and the authorities call in Chief Inspector Clouseau from France. His plane disappears en-route. This time, famous French TV reporter Marie Jouvet sets out to solve the mystery and starts to interview everybody connected to Clouseau
The film credits open up with "The One and The Only-Peter Sellers" which is such a blatent lie based on all the attempts to continue this series after Sellers died
So they had about a half hour of deleted scenes from The Pink Panther Strikes Again and a few minutes of alternate takes. Hey,lets make a movie of it and cash in. Actually the deleted scenes are pretty good.They came from the best movie of the series and were cut to keep that film from going over 2 hours. But once that dries up in the first half of the film they say that Inspector Clouseau went missing and possibly dead.All plotlines are dropped and unresolved.A TV reporter interviews people about the Inspector and the film is now one of those typical TV retrospectives showing old clips.You get to see David Niven and Capucine as how they looked in 1982 vs 1963
Besides this and Bruce Lee,has Hollywood ever cobbled together a whole movie from unused footage?
I'd give the first half hour with the deleted scenes a 7-they're good.The rest a 3
My DVD set comes with a bonus disc.If there's anything worth noting I'll pass it along. Otherwise I ran out of ruum.What did you say? I ran out of ruum. Oh,you meant room. Of course.you swine,thats what I said
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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 4, 2014 21:58:14 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2014 23:20:42 GMT -5
I don't think super hero movies will be dead in 2028, but that's a long time from now so it's possible. I definitely believe they will not be as present a fixture on summertime screens as they are now.
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Post by Jasoomian on May 5, 2014 1:04:43 GMT -5
Just saw on TCM, a short, The Flag: A Story Inspired by the Tradition of Betsy Ross (1927), which was interesting technically as it was a technicolor silent film. Most of the scenes were so still as to be a tableau. And then the ended the thing with a bit of pro-British, pro-WorldWar propaganda, which was pretty nauseating.
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Post by MDG on May 5, 2014 12:16:20 GMT -5
Been finding lots of favorites on YouTube. Just recently: - Phantom Lady
- Danger: Diabolik
- The Phantom of Liberty
- Monster on the Campus
Probably time to give up a couple of pay channels on Roku. |
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Post by Hoosier X on May 5, 2014 12:30:56 GMT -5
Been finding lots of favorites on YouTube. Just recently: - Phantom Lady
- Danger: Diabolik
- The Phantom of Liberty
- Monster on the Campus
Probably time to give up a couple of pay channels on Roku. I've never seen Monster on the Campus and I have only vague memories of Phantom Lady, but the other two are great movies. (Although I prefer Modesty Blaise to Danger: Diabolik because of Monica Vitti.)
Phantom of Liberty is phenomenal. I especially love the ending. That look on the ostrich's face just sums up not just the film but Bunuel's entire filmography. (Is it an ostrich? I haven't seen it for a while.)
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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 5, 2014 12:44:17 GMT -5
I read much of the Modesty Blaize strips reprinted here in the states and was a fan. Saw the movie 30 years ago and was disappointed. Watched it again last year and had the same reaction. The cast were good but the story was silly and disjointed. It should have been so easy to make a good film franchise with this property
Have not seen the ones MDG mentioned
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Post by gothos on May 5, 2014 15:25:10 GMT -5
Just re-watched the 1971 OMEGA MAN, and I thought this was an odd line of dialogue from the Lisa character as she's telling Heston's Neville to ride them out of trouble on his motorcycle:
"Don't screw up. I know how to roll, but it's hard on the elbows. And if you just have to play James Bond, I'll bust your ass."
How do you guys interpret this odd turn of phrase?
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Post by Hoosier X on May 5, 2014 15:59:02 GMT -5
Just re-watched the 1971 OMEGA MAN, and I thought this was an odd line of dialogue from the Lisa character as she's telling Heston's Neville to ride them out of trouble on his motorcycle: "Don't screw up. I know how to roll, but it's hard on the elbows. And if you just have to play James Bond, I'll bust your ass." How do you guys interpret this odd turn of phrase? When I was a kid, I thought this was one of the best movies ever made, right up there with King Kong vs. Godzilla. I still like it, but my enthusiasm is a little more moderate. (And it's not nearly as good as King Kong vs. Godzilla.)
That line of dialogue probably means Neville shouldn't get too fancy or try to show off. They just need to get out of there without any theatrics. (It might a subtle dig at some of the unbelievable stunts they pull in James Bond movies. I think Live and Let Die had just come out.)
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Post by Hoosier X on May 5, 2014 16:01:07 GMT -5
I read much of the Modesty Blaize strips reprinted here in the states and was a fan. Saw the movie 30 years ago and was disappointed. Watched it again last year and had the same reaction. The cast were good but the story was silly and disjointed. It should have been so easy to make a good film franchise with this property Have not seen the ones MDG mentioned I'm very much in the minority when it comes to Modesty Blaise. I don't know anybody else who likes the movie. (And I've never read the comics.)
But ... it's got Monica Vitti!
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2014 16:43:21 GMT -5
Been finding lots of favorites on YouTube. Just recently: - Phantom Lady
- Danger: Diabolik
- The Phantom of Liberty
- Monster on the Campus
Probably time to give up a couple of pay channels on Roku. is one of the handful of movies caught on Saturday afternoon (probably) TV that helped scar me before me I started school. (Others would've been The Return of Dracula, The Monster That Challenged the World, Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Hideous Sun Demon, The Mysterious Island & The Flame Barrier.) When you're maybe 5, scenes like that big insect buzzing around are just deliciously terrifying. I rediscovered it via a VHS rental maybe 10 years ago. Glad to hear it's on YouTube these days. |
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Post by Jasoomian on May 5, 2014 17:32:16 GMT -5
DANGER: DIABOLIK was the final episode (so far) of MST3k:
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2014 20:07:54 GMT -5
I read much of the Modesty Blaize strips reprinted here in the states and was a fan. Saw the movie 30 years ago and was disappointed. Watched it again last year and had the same reaction. The cast were good but the story was silly and disjointed. It should have been so easy to make a good film franchise with this property Have not seen the ones MDG mentioned I'm very much in the minority when it comes to Modesty Blaise. I don't know anybody else who likes the movie. (And I've never read the comics.)
But ... it's got Monica Vitti!
Not having read the character probably saves you from being disappointed; without pre-conceptions, you're free to enjoy the movie for what it was. (And yeah, Monica Vitti. Gotta give you that.) But the books are so much better. . . |
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Post by Jesse on May 5, 2014 20:31:21 GMT -5
They still do it. (Though I haven't watched it for a while. Sometimes the Silent Sundays end up on TCM On Demand, so I've watched Oliver Twist (1922, I think. Lon Chaney is Fagan.) and King of Kings within the last few months.) Tonight they're showing Sparrows, one of the few Mary Pickford movies I've seen. Watch it, if you have the time. I saw it years ago on a very poor-quality VHS. I almost didn't watch it because of the poor quality of the tape, but I stuck with it and it got a little better and it turned it into a pretty entertaining movie. It has one scene in particular that is amazing and exciting and will stick in your head for years. (You'll know it when you see it.) Sparrows was directed by William Beaudine, who was in the business forever. He is most famous for a bunch of famously bad movies, including some low-budget Bela Lugosi thrillers as well as Billy the Kid vs. Dracula. Sparrows is very good. You would never guess it was directed by someone who is famous for his bad movies. I caught about the first 35 minutes of Sparrows before I fell asleep and was really enjoying it. I will have to re-watch it when I find the time. Just re-watched the 1971 OMEGA MAN, and I thought this was an odd line of dialogue from the Lisa character as she's telling Heston's Neville to ride them out of trouble on his motorcycle: "Don't screw up. I know how to roll, but it's hard on the elbows. And if you just have to play James Bond, I'll bust your ass." How do you guys interpret this odd turn of phrase? I rewatched The Omega Man a couple months ago on TCM and still enjoyed it. I prefer The Last Man on Earth though. |
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Post by Hoosier X on May 5, 2014 20:51:28 GMT -5
I caught about the first 35 minutes of Sparrows before I fell asleep and was really enjoying it. I will have to re-watch it when I find the time. Do you have TCM On Demand? I noticed it was on my provider's TCM On Demand library today. (And it was on last night as I was going to bed and I watched the last half of it. It's great. It really holds up. Good ol' Mary Pickford. Imagine Shirley Temple playing her little girl roles into her 30s, and that's Mary Pickford.)
I rewatched The Omega Man a couple months ago on TCM and still enjoyed it. I prefer The Last Man on Earth though. I love them both. I should prefer the Vincent Price one, but the Charlton Heston one has great sentimental value. I saw it as a teen and it was one of those films beloved, mocked and imitated by my peers.
I watched Ball of Fire today. I like Gary Cooper but I love Barbara Stanwyck! Her very long and successful career just boggles my mind. Ball of Fire also has Dana Andrews, Dan Duryea, Elisha Cook Jr., S.Z. Sakall, Leonid Kinskey, Henry Travers, Oscar Homolka and Kathleen Howard (who played the wife of W.C. Fields in It's a Gift and The Man on the Flying Trapeze. She is my favorite W.C. Fields wife.).
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