Classic Film Buffs - Check in Here!

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    I was reminded of The Lathe of Heaven today. GREAT hard science fiction. A true classics and one of my favorite stories.

    [video=youtube;M8VRbaVNvSA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8VRbaVNvSA[/video]

    Metropolis - the 1984 re-release by Georgio Moroder is my favorite version. This is my favorite movie of all time. Coincidentally and a bit disturbing, it was Hitler's favorite movie as well. But it was German and has been recognized as one of the great works in the history of cinema.

    -wiki
    [video=youtube;N1qIj4Vce8g]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1qIj4Vce8g[/video]
     
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    I adore this movie..Topper!

    [video=youtube;qt1UDSilFxg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt1UDSilFxg[/video]
     
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    I saw it not long ago. The best part was when they realized they had no meritorious characteristics.
     
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    I just finished watching Casablanca, TCM. But as good as Casablanca is with Humphrey Bogart, I don't think it is his best. The African Queen is my favorite Bogart movie. Also offered this month with Bogart is the Maltese Falcon, which I plan on watching next.
     
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    I just watched it, Kevin Conway as Dr. Haber stole the show..:)
     
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    Heh, I had to rewatch it. Yes, he definitely shines. This was a PBS production and made for TV, hence the low budget. But I think they more than make up for that.

    If you want to watch the hardest of the hard sci fi, check out Primer. It doesn't get any drier, and it was made on a $6000 budget, but
    Grand Jury Prize, Sundance Film Festival in 2004.[28]
    Alfred P. Sloan Prize for films dealing with science and technology, the 2004 Sundance Film Festival.[28]
    Best Writer/Director (Shane Carruth) at the Nantucket Film Festival in 2004.[29] [He's the main character -with the dark hair - in the movie]
    Best Feature at the London International Festival of Science Fiction in 2005.[30]

    And the most logically rigorous science fiction you'll ever watch. I had to watch it three or four times before I figured it all out.

    [video=youtube;x_HHnXeMWT0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_HHnXeMWT0[/video]
     
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    I've often wondered why there hasnt been a sequal to "The Sting"
    I might write one and become a millionaire.
     
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    I’m surprised that there is no mention of my favourite American film, The Sweet Smell of Success, when Lancaster and Curtis got their hands on a script that allowed them to escape from the two dimension roles of the all American hero and a pretty boy heartthrob.
    Perhaps the finest scene, the nightclub, is where we meet Lancaster as Hunsecker for the first time. The dialogue crackles with menace as Lancaster plays with his guests like a cat plays with a crippled mouse. Brilliant!!

    I’m English so to balance things, my fav. British film is completely different from the one above, a charming little masterpiece titled Hobsons Choice.
    The film is set in the Lancaster mill town of Safford in the 1880s. They brought Charles Loughton over to star in the role of Henry Hobson the owner of a middle class boot shop (They called all footwear Boots in those times) Hobson, an alcoholic spent his time in a pub leaving the shop to be run by his thirty year old daughter Maggie (Brenda de Banzie).
    Henry has three daughters and wants to marry two off but wants to keep his eldest who, according to him, is past marrying age. Maggie has other ideas and chooses Willey Mosop the shy illiterate boothand to be her husband and sets about building timid Willey brick by brick into her man. David Lean, the brilliant director, woks his magic and we sit back to enjoy.





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    MWAAH the link won't work for me, the message comes up- "This video is copyright blocked in your country", and it tells me to click somewhere else to see it, but when I click I'm supposed to register with some free movie site. Shall I do that or are there strings attached?
     
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    It is just a YT video for me, no external link. You might be able to find another copy on you tube, and I know it's at Netflix.
     
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    I can't believe no one has mentioned The Wizard of Oz!
    https://vimeo.com/mattbucy/ootw

    Back when I was in college, an Iranian friend of mine got stoned for the first time while watching the Wizard of Oz for the first time. When we got to the flying monkeys, I had to take him outside for fresh air and help him walk it off. :dizzy: He couldn't deal with the monkeys!

    Has anyone else played Dark Side of the Moon while watching the Wizard? It is pretty strange. You start the album [back then] at the third roar of the MGM lion.
     
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    Ive watched.it

    So can you

    [video=vimeo;46682047]https://vimeo.com/46682047[/video]

    Its not the original Wizard of Oz you know

    [video]The Wizard of Oz synced to Dark Side Of The Moon[/video]
     
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    Hobsons Choice is a masterpiece, and a celebration of free enterprise, competition and a smart wife as a mechanism for social and economic advancement.
     
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    Here's a surprise for you. This is a documentary-movie [very dry] based on the real experiences of Pentagon spokesman and former U.S. Marine, Albert M. Chop. It provides a fascinating peek into military activities behind the scenes in the early days of the modern UFO era. It is a unique bit of American history - definitely a classic that stands alone.

    Albert Chop
    [​IMG]

    http://sohp.us/interviews/bios/chop-albert.php

    The movie ends with the events of July 26th, 1952, with UFOs over the White House. Some might note the voice of the Air Force pilot - a very young Harry Morgan, who was later known as Col Potter, on MASH.

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    Wow I must be getting old as I dont consider 1973 as old enough to be a classic. For me it has to be from the 50s or earlier

    Like this
    [video=youtube;T5dwbZKd64Y]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5dwbZKd64Y[/video]

    [video=youtube;PbrikL8IjXM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbrikL8IjXM[/video]

    Now those are without a doubt classics :)
     
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    http://www.filmsite.org/classicsfilms.html
     
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    So to you all it needs to be a classic is good. To me it has to hold up over decades.
    But the main thing is can it stand the test of time. In the future I have no doubt many movies made these days will be classics like most of if not all the LOTR movies and many of the Marvel movies. 1960 is my own personal cut off then again approaching 70
     
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    I have bad news for you. All the President's Men was made 40 years ago. ;)

    I didn't put my definition up. I posted the definition from the AMC Classic Films site, which also lists Star Wars.
     
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    Actually they did make "The Sting II" in 1983, starring Jackie Gleason, Mac Davis and Terry Gar. Not as nearly as good as the original.

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    Spy Who Came in from the Cold.

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    The 39 Steps

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    All of these
    Theres something about Myrna Loy that really turns me on
     

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