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Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by FatFreddysCat - Today at 06:03:56 PM"Clue" (1985)
In 1950s New England, six strangers are summoned to a creepy old mansion for a dinner party. When their host is mysteriously murdered, the group tries to figure out who the killer is while bodies continue to pile up.
Based on the popular murder-mystery board game, this slap-stick parody of old fashioned "whodunit" films sports an impressive cast that includes Tim Curry, Martin Mull, Eileen Brennan, Madeline Kahn, and Michael McKean. It was released with a unique gimmick -- the movie had three different endings (each with a different character revealed as the murderer), depending on which theater you saw it in.
I don't believe I ever played the board game, but I decided to check this one out after reading Tim Curry's autobiography Vagabond, in which he says "Clue" was his favorite out of all his films. I can see why, because it was lots of fun.
In 1950s New England, six strangers are summoned to a creepy old mansion for a dinner party. When their host is mysteriously murdered, the group tries to figure out who the killer is while bodies continue to pile up.
Based on the popular murder-mystery board game, this slap-stick parody of old fashioned "whodunit" films sports an impressive cast that includes Tim Curry, Martin Mull, Eileen Brennan, Madeline Kahn, and Michael McKean. It was released with a unique gimmick -- the movie had three different endings (each with a different character revealed as the murderer), depending on which theater you saw it in.
I don't believe I ever played the board game, but I decided to check this one out after reading Tim Curry's autobiography Vagabond, in which he says "Clue" was his favorite out of all his films. I can see why, because it was lots of fun.
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Press Releases and Film News / Re: RIP Chuck Norris.
Last post by indianasmith - Today at 05:32:44 PMI remember him being in a movie called SILENT SCREAM - sort of a zombie/martial arts mashup. Great film!
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Off Topic Discussion / Re: Goodbye, Dad
Last post by indianasmith - Today at 05:31:09 PMSo sorry to hear this. It's been nearly a decade since my Dad passed, and I still miss him every day.
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Off Topic Discussion / Re: Random Statements About So...
Last post by LilCerberus - Today at 03:29:18 PMJust had all my plumbing redone....
What once was copper is now all PVC, and I just can't help but wonder; What are amateur electronics tinkerers supposed to use for a ground............
What once was copper is now all PVC, and I just can't help but wonder; What are amateur electronics tinkerers supposed to use for a ground............
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Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by M.10rda - Today at 11:25:58 AMTHE FIEND WHO WALKED THE WEST (1958):
Another offbeat Philip Yordan screenplay, 'cause THE CHASE was decent. This one's a very noir Western, which automatically makes it more interesting to me than the standard-issue John Wayne-type stuff of the era. Officially it's a genre-switching remake of KISS OF DEATH (remade again in the 90s under the original title and urban setting, w/ Nicolas Cage as the psycho bad guy). I didn't recall that when I started watching and had to Google to confirm it, as THE FIEND takes a lot of liberties with KOD's plot, and probably for the better.
Really it's a post-heist thriller w/ the craziest member of a gang of bandits (the eponymous "Fiend") rounding up the proceeds of the last big job, with no partners or elderly ladies or unborn fetuses safe from his sadistic killing spree. One former affiliate yearns to escape his past and settle down as a rancher, but the long arm of the law presses him into service to help put an end to the Fiend's one-man crimewave. Things get slightly more complicated than that, w/ better dialogue and a bit greater psychological complexity than most westerns of the 50s. Crisp widescreen B+W photography makes TFWWTW look like a grander, more serious film than it actually is. (Some shots recall Welles or Kurosawa flicks.) The acting is mostly across the spectrum from competent to dull to bad. (The female lead kinda' sucks.)
But! If you're gonna' make a movie called THE FIEND WHO WALKED THE WEST, you gotta' have a compelling, watchable title character....... and if TFWWTW is remembered at all today, it's solely on account of that central performance. "The Fiend" is a high-pitched, whiny, unstable, neurotic, psychotic, totally loathsome piece of work... played by none other than legendary Hollywood producer Robert Evans in one of his few early onscreen gigs and only lead role. His performance feels straight out of the Actors' Studio - Evans' antagonist could easily pass for the annoying younger brother of the twitchy nut played by (Evans' associate) Jack Nicholson in THE SHOOTING. Maybe Evans' wasn't ever going to be a Hollywood leading man, but he did a good job making me hate the guts of the guy he plays here.
3/5 Directed by Gordon Douglas of THEM! fame.
Another offbeat Philip Yordan screenplay, 'cause THE CHASE was decent. This one's a very noir Western, which automatically makes it more interesting to me than the standard-issue John Wayne-type stuff of the era. Officially it's a genre-switching remake of KISS OF DEATH (remade again in the 90s under the original title and urban setting, w/ Nicolas Cage as the psycho bad guy). I didn't recall that when I started watching and had to Google to confirm it, as THE FIEND takes a lot of liberties with KOD's plot, and probably for the better.
Really it's a post-heist thriller w/ the craziest member of a gang of bandits (the eponymous "Fiend") rounding up the proceeds of the last big job, with no partners or elderly ladies or unborn fetuses safe from his sadistic killing spree. One former affiliate yearns to escape his past and settle down as a rancher, but the long arm of the law presses him into service to help put an end to the Fiend's one-man crimewave. Things get slightly more complicated than that, w/ better dialogue and a bit greater psychological complexity than most westerns of the 50s. Crisp widescreen B+W photography makes TFWWTW look like a grander, more serious film than it actually is. (Some shots recall Welles or Kurosawa flicks.) The acting is mostly across the spectrum from competent to dull to bad. (The female lead kinda' sucks.)
But! If you're gonna' make a movie called THE FIEND WHO WALKED THE WEST, you gotta' have a compelling, watchable title character....... and if TFWWTW is remembered at all today, it's solely on account of that central performance. "The Fiend" is a high-pitched, whiny, unstable, neurotic, psychotic, totally loathsome piece of work... played by none other than legendary Hollywood producer Robert Evans in one of his few early onscreen gigs and only lead role. His performance feels straight out of the Actors' Studio - Evans' antagonist could easily pass for the annoying younger brother of the twitchy nut played by (Evans' associate) Jack Nicholson in THE SHOOTING. Maybe Evans' wasn't ever going to be a Hollywood leading man, but he did a good job making me hate the guts of the guy he plays here.
3/5 Directed by Gordon Douglas of THEM! fame.
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Press Releases and Film News / RIP Valerie Perrine
Last post by Trevor - Today at 11:23:04 AMThe Oscar nominated actress Valerie Perrine has passed away at the age of 82.
RIP beautiful lady 😢❤️❤️🌹🌹❤️❤️
RIP beautiful lady 😢❤️❤️🌹🌹❤️❤️
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Off Topic Discussion / Re: Picture of the day, part I...
Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 10:54:08 AM
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Off Topic Discussion / Re: Goodbye, Dad
Last post by claws - Today at 10:35:38 AMMy condolences to you and your family.
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Entertainment / Re: What have you been listeni...
Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 08:05:50 AM
"A Certain Smile, a Certain Sadness" by Rocketship