Forgotton films

[The Burgomaster]

hehe speaking about ZEPPELIN... my wife and I seen The Big Bus a few weeks ago and it mentions (without naming such disaster films... Earthquake, Poseidon Adventure, The Towering Inferno and Zeppelin) [I told my wife I'd seen them all and she asked me is there really a disaster film with a blimp? ]

Don't forget THE HINDENBURG

[Flick James]

BAD RONALD, a made-for-tv movie from 1974 that has Dabney Coleman in it.  Creepy movie about a socially awkward teenage who accidentally kills a young girl who is tormenting him, then whose mother hides him out in a hidden space inside their house.  After the mother dies from a routine surgery, Ronald stays hidden and grows progressively strange and lives in a fantasy world and whose drawings on the walls feature a princess that is his true love.  Soon a new family moves in and her remains hidden, spying on the family and sneaking out at night to steal food.  He soon becomes obsessed with one of the teenage daughters and sees her as his pincess.

This movie was ahead of it's time.  If somebody wanted to remake it, or outright steal the story it would be pretty easy because this is definately a forgotten film that very few know about.  It's a great concept and would work well today.

[Skull]

hehe speaking about ZEPPELIN... my wife and I seen The Big Bus a few weeks ago and it mentions (without naming such disaster films... Earthquake, Poseidon Adventure, The Towering Inferno and Zeppelin) [I told my wife I'd seen them all and she asked me is there really a disaster film with a blimp? ]

Don't forget THE HINDENBURG

hehe I guess I got my blimps mixed up... Zeppelin (1971)  is a war story and The Hindenburg (1975) is a disaster flick... Although I do remember seeing one of them going down in flames (or both) its been a loooooooooooooooong time when I seen them :)

[The Burgomaster]

BAD RONALD, a made-for-tv movie from 1974 that has Dabney Coleman in it.  Creepy movie about a socially awkward teenage who accidentally kills a young girl who is tormenting him, then whose mother hides him out in a hidden space inside their house.  After the mother dies from a routine surgery, Ronald stays hidden and grows progressively strange and lives in a fantasy world and whose drawings on the walls feature a princess that is his true love.  Soon a new family moves in and her remains hidden, spying on the family and sneaking out at night to steal food.  He soon becomes obsessed with one of the teenage daughters and sees her as his pincess.

This movie was ahead of it's time.  If somebody wanted to remake it, or outright steal the story it would be pretty easy because this is definately a forgotten film that very few know about.  It's a great concept and would work well today.

I loved this movie when I was a kid.

[RCMerchant]

Me and my Dad watched BAD RONALD...he joked and said that the story might be true...as I was weird and drew weird pictures! (and my name is Ronald,of course...)

[LilCerberus]

Silent Running

[Skull]

Silent Running

Maybe 5 years ago, but I seen the film on cable and ondemand several times within the last 2 years (I even seen it from ondemand recently, too)

[LilCerberus]

Silent Running

Maybe 5 years ago, but I seen the film on cable and ondemand several times within the last 2 years (I even seen it from ondemand recently, too)

Oh... Okay.
I don't have cable. Too many stories about faulty grounding work in this town.

[Skull]

Silent Running

Maybe 5 years ago, but I seen the film on cable and ondemand several times within the last 2 years (I even seen it from ondemand recently, too)

Oh... Okay.
I don't have cable. Too many stories about faulty grounding work in this town.

hehe... this movie is growing in popularity because of Al Gore (if you agree with him or not)

[AndyC]

Off the top of my head, I'd list:

Drive-In (1976)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-GyjABVVWA
Not an easy thing, searching for a trailer called "Drive-In."

Murder By Death - Written by Neil Simon with a heck of a good cast, and nobody seems to remember it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuNzcbCrNHg

Cold Turkey - Funny Dick Van Dyke comedy with a lot of truth about small-town life at the time. And the gags about quitting smoking still hold up today. Bob Newhart, Jean Stapleton, Tom Poston and a bunch of other familiar faces. Can't understand why this title always draws blank looks from people who would have been around when it was airing on TV about once a year or so.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTjf_VVm9eU

[RCMerchant]

Off the top of my head, I'd list:

Drive-In (1976)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-GyjABVVWA
Not an easy thing, searching for a trailer called "Drive-In."

Murder By Death - Written by Neil Simon with a heck of a good cast, and nobody seems to remember it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuNzcbCrNHg

Cold Turkey - Funny Dick Van Dyke comedy with a lot of truth about small-town life at the time. And the gags about quitting smoking still hold up today. Bob Newhart, Jean Stapleton, Tom Poston and a bunch of other familiar faces. Can't understand why this title always draws blank looks from people who would have been around when it was airing on TV about once a year or so.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTjf_VVm9eU

I rmrmber seeing both MURDER BY DEATH and COLD TURKEY on uhf channels back in the 70's Both enjoyable films!