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Newman is great in Somebody Up There... 
but it's just not that great a movie.

My opinion for his best slam-dunk role:  The Verdict.

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1 hour ago, phdhorn said:

Newman is great in Somebody Up There... 
but it's just not that great a movie.

My opinion for his best slam-dunk role:  The Verdict.

Ahhhhhh, go rent some skis.... Cool Hand Luke FTW.

8 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

Ahhhhhh, go rent some skis.... Cool Hand Luke FTW.

George Kennedy was better and got the Oscar for it.
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1 minute ago, phdhorn said:

George Kennedy was better and got the Oscar for it.
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Everybody looks better when they get to play opposite Mr. Paul.  He raises the bar of the cast.  The Verdict is one of my favorites though.  Also love Absence of Malice. .

There are no other cases, only this one.  There are no there cases, only this one.

5 minutes ago, Incredulity said:

Paul Newman as Fast Eddie Felson(both films) is peak Newman.

I'm embarrassed that I forgot about that, definitely one of my favorites.  It's been on movie channel rotation for about a month now.  I think Jackie Gleason and George C. Scott had the better roles though.

3 hours ago, Steamboat1874 said:

This is a great movie and it may have been Newman's best performance of his career in my opinion.

Some of the best boxing scenes I have ever seen in a movie.

Newman totally nailed style of the boxer with zero technique, laughably undisciplined and untrained, but a brawling SOB. I would think that's not easy to pull off without looking completely fake. It's a funny and sad movie with a nice Hollywood ending, and a fantastic supporting cast.

It's not the greatest movie he has done, but it's my favorite, and a fantastic performance from the young actor.

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Separate Tables. David Niven, Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Rita Hayworth, Wendy Hiller. Directed by Delbert Mann. Very, very good! All the actors are cast against type and they're great. It was nominated for seven Oscars and won 2. Niven - Best Actor, Hiller - Best Supporting Actress. Kerr was robbed of Best Actress by Susan Hayward (I Want To Live).

1 hour ago, DougO said:

Newman totally nailed style of the boxer with zero technique, laughably undisciplined and untrained, but a brawling SOB. I would think that's not easy to pull off without looking completely fake. It's a funny and sad movie with a nice Hollywood ending, and a fantastic supporting cast.

It's not the greatest movie he has done, but it's my favorite, and a fantastic performance from the young actor.

It was also Steve McQueen"s second movie of his career. His first movie roll was in Girl On The Run (1953).

Both of these rolls were uncredited however.

Now showing is Hugo, which debuted in 2011.

Isn't that against the rules?

32 minutes ago, DougO said:

Now showing is Hugo, which debuted in 2011.

Isn't that against the rules?

I liked it. It was fun, and quirky.

Hud is his finest role followed by Butch Cassidy, underrated Nobody's Fool. But honestly he was great in everything

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36 minutes ago, Michael Knight said:

he was great in everything

I think we can agree on this point.

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Final 2 movies in this year's 31 days. Raintree County and Giant. Both are flawed, yet great. Plus prime Liz.

I have Giant recorded, but I haven't been able to watch the whole thing yet.  I might have to watch it in parts this week. 

5 hours ago, RPM said:

Final 2 movies in this year's 31 days. Raintree County and Giant. Both are flawed, yet great. Plus prime Liz.

What's flawed in giant ?

Finally watched The Asphalt Jungle I had recorded awhile back.

Good noir movie with some great acting and a strong cast directed by John Huston.

Marc Lawrence gives a very strong performance and it also has a very early role by Marilyn Monroe who is exceptionally hot in this one.98202069-48d1-4c46-9085-d88057c9e16d_1.5

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3 minutes ago, Steamboat1874 said:

Finally watched The Asphalt Jungle I had recorded awhile back.

Good noir movie with some great acting and a strong cast directed by John Huston.

Marc Lawrence gives a very strong performance and it also has a very early role by Marilyn Monroe who is exceptionally hot in this one.98202069-48d1-4c46-9085-d88057c9e16d_1.5

Brah, she was exceptionally hot in every movie she ever made.  She was much more talented than she was given credit for.

13 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

Brah, she was exceptionally hot in every movie she ever made.  She was much more talented than she was given credit for.

I agree but she got chunky later not that there is anything wrong with that.

Just now, Steamboat1874 said:

I agree but she got chunky later not that there is anything wrong with that.

Yeah, a bit a bit.

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3 hours ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

What's flawed in giant ?

James Dean's acting.

1 minute ago, RPM said:

James Dean's acting.

Really ? His whole thing or just parts ?

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1 minute ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

His whole thing or just parts ?

Overall. It wasn't a good performance.

5 minutes ago, RPM said:

Overall. It wasn't a good performance.

Wow, I thought young Jett was great older Jett not so much

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Bad Day at Black Rock starting now. Classic flick. Spencer Tracy, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Walter Brennan, Dean Jagger, Anne Francis.

Cool Air Force promo short by Jack Webb/Disney that I've never seen, 24 Hour Alert. Some really sweet aerial footage of mid 50's fighters. 

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To Be or Not To Be - Jack Benny, Carole Lombard. Benny never was a movie star, but he hit it out of the park with this one. 10/10.

The remake with Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft is pretty good, too.

After The Thin Man coming up next.

Dang, already missed the first part of Ace In The Hole.

 

Sweet Smell Of Success coming up at 9:15PM, great movie.

"Cat's in the bag, bag's in the river."

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Really good lineup tonight. Broken Arrow with Jimmy Stewart is on now followed by Fort Apache with John Wayne and High Sierra with Humphrey Bogart. 

On 3/14/2019 at 8:57 PM, DougO said:

Dang, already missed the first part of Ace In The Hole.

 

Sweet Smell Of Success coming up at 9:15PM, great movie.

"Cat's in the bag, bag's in the river."

Somehow I had never seen this movie.

Wow.....it is great.

Strong performances by Lancaster and Curtis and Martin Milner was very good too.

Solid movie with great dialogue.

 

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I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!!!!

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Starts at 9:15.

On 3/21/2019 at 9:11 PM, RPM said:

I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!!!!

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Starts at 9:15.

This one is on my most overrated list. Yes, I said it.

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Noir Alley: Lady in the Lake

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King Rat just started. Excellent George Segal flick about POWs in a Japanese prison camp.

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The Man From Larame on TCM starting right now.  It's one of the most underrated westerns, the best of the Anthony Mann films starting Jimmy Stewart.

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Great flick.

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The Searchers is just starting. Normally this is my bedtime. Think I'll have some Jefferson's Reserve and stay up late. Haw, haw, haw!

Ford's greatness is so obvious by that wedding/fight/Haw haw haw scene.  He could go from stressful action scene to a scene that just captures the pure joy and comedy of life in the blink of an eye.  You can't help but fall in love with all of his characters.  

Dr. Strangelove on tonight.

I record this one every time it's on, watch it once or twice before deleting it, and then record it again and again.  The Cold War has always been fascinating to me, so this and Fail Safe always get watched by me when they are on.

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Shoot, a fella could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff.

Sweet Smell of Success in a half hour.  Fantastically stilted dialogue. 

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My dream Cold War back to backer:

 

7 Days in May

Failsafe

The Manchurian Candidate

Dr. Strangelove

 

23 hours ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

My dream Cold War back to backer:

 

7 Days in May

Failsafe

The Manchurian Candidate

Dr. Strangelove

 

Great movies all.

Henry Fonda and Larry Hagman are both great in Failsafe.

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Damn I miss him. Ben does a good job. He was tutored by the master. But even with his pedigree, he doesn't have the gravitas Robert did. That man knew everything about everybody from the golden age. Eddie Muller may be the closest thing they've found to Robert, but he's limited to noir.

8 hours ago, RPM said:

Damn I miss him. Ben does a good job. He was tutored by the master. But even with his pedigree, he doesn't have the gravitas Robert did. That man knew everything about everybody from the golden age. Eddie Muller may be the closest thing they've found to Robert, but he's limited to noir.

I like Ben (he's a good follow on Twitter too), but he'll never be able to replace Robert because I grew up with Robert on the tv most nights from age 5 to 18.

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One of my favorite Burt Lancaster films is on at 4:30. The Train. Gritty WW2 story of the French Underground trying to save art masterpieces from being shipped to Berlin by Nazis.

 

On 3/4/2019 at 8:22 AM, Onboard 2.0 said:

What's flawed in giant ?

Pedro dies.

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All The King's Men starting now. Broderick Crawford won best actor for playing Willie Stark. Great flick.

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