A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SAID TO ME

A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SAID TO ME "DON - YOU ARE THE GREATEST LIVING FILM CRITIC IN YOUR HOUSE - WHY DON'T YOU PUBLISH A LIST OF YOUR TOP 10 FILMS ME OLD COCKER?"

WELL - IMPOSSIBLE - THERE IS NO WAY I COULD PICK OUT 10 - SO I AM IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO COMPILE MY FAVOURITE 150 - O.C.D OR WHAT??? BUT IT'S MY SITE. IT'S MY RULES.

VERY SLOWLY...I AM ADDING COMMENTS, QUOTES AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO EACH FILM - IF A FILM IS ON THIS LIST I CAN TELL YOU QUITE A LOT ABOUT IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

(EVENTUALLY IF I LIVE LONG ENOUGH THEY WILL BE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER AND PERHAPS CATEGORISED)

A Christmas Carol a.k.a Scrooge - Alistair Sim version http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044008/ (Exists in colourised version) Patrick Macnee - Steed from the avengers plays young Jacob Marley. George Cole (Arthur Daly from Minder plays Scrooge as a young man. You can catch Hattie Jacques trotting round as Mrs Fezziwig. Kathleen Harrisson - a stalwart British actor is wonderful as the housekeeper (she was born in Blackburn but was famous for her portrayal of cockneys - "LAWKS MR SCROOGE") and there just has never been a better Scrooge than Alistair Sim. "God bless us - everyone."

AFTER MANY YEARS OF SEARCHING I NOW HAVE A COPY OF THE 1971 CARTOON VERSION NARRATED BY MICHAEL REDGRAVE IN WHICH ALISTAIR SIM REPRISED HIS ROLE

The Shining http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081505/ The scene in the bar with Lloyd. The aerial shot of the car ride at the beginning and that eerie music. "All work and no play make Jack a dull boy" "REDRUM REDRUM REDRUM!!!!! Nicholson adlibbed "HERE'S JOHNNY!!!" mimicking the introduction to the Johnny Carson show on US TV.

It's a wonderful life http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038650/ http://www.memorableplaces.com/iawlring/ http://www.geocities.com/aaronbcaldwell/What.html Exists in colourised version) - critically panned by the critics when it came out, James Stewart's favourite film remains many peoples favourite film of all time - and I'm one. The dance over the opening pool. Lassoing the moon. Snow on the bridge. Desperation. "Do you know how long it takes a working man to save five thousand dollars? Just remember this, Mr. Potter, that this rabble you're talking about... they do most of the working and paying and living and dying in this community. Well, is it too much to have them work and pay and live and die in a couple of decent rooms and a bath? Anyway, my father didn't think so. People were human beings to him. But to you, a warped, frustrated old man, they're cattle. Well, in my book he died a much richer man than you'll ever be."
"'You like every boy'. 'What's wrong with that?'" "Strange, isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives. When he isn't around he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he?"

"That's my family Kay, it's not me." "It's a Sicilian message. It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes" "They want to arrange a meeting between me and Barzini. On Tessio's ground. Where I'll be safe." "You straightened my brother out?" "Fredo, you're my older brother, and I love you. But don't ever take sides with anyone against the Family again. Ever."

Godfather 2 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071562/ A sequel better than the original - when it didn't seem possible. Robert De Niro is charismatic and very believable as the young Don compensating for the loss of Brando in the first film. "I don't feel I have to wipe everybody out, Tom. Just my enemies." "I know it was you Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart!" "There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer." "I make him an offer he don't refuse"

Goodfellas http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099685/ There's a guy in Walsall who insists i look like Ray Liotta. Ok he's a pisshead but i still take that as a massive compliment. The walk through the Night Club from the rear entrance splashing out money the entire way.

Citizen Kane http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033467/ I understand when this cinematic giant was released it was taken off early in Walsall owing to lack of demand. Says it all dunnit? The final crane shot and the close up of the sleigh as a symbol of Kane's lost youth and innocence.

Marnie http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058329/ Sophisticatedly sexy Hedren a match for Connery. The robe hits the floor. Thunderstorms and the colour red. The unbelievably fake background of the Dock outside her mothers house that somehow works - it just seems like some Hitchcock nuance.

Raiders of the Lost Ark (And again the others in the series) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082971/ The much imitated escape from the giant ball. Shooting the swordsman. Karen Allen.

Treasure of the Sierra Madre http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040897/ "Badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinkin' badges!" "Gold don't carry any curse with it. It all depends on whether or not the guy who finds it is the right guy. The way I see it, gold can be as much of a blessing as a curse."

The Searchers http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049730/ "That'll be the day!" The framed shots in the doorway. When Wayne picks up Wood towards the end "Let's go home Debbie." Although he despised Wayne's politics Director Jean Luc Goddard fell in love with Wayne's acting works when he first viewed that scene.

Casablanca http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034583/ Exists in colourised version. How beautiful is Berman in this? "You played it for her, now play it for me" "Of all the gin joints...." "We'll always have Paris" "This may be the beginning of a beautiful friendship" And so on and so on. But my favourite bit is the battle of the National Anthems in the cafe. Hairs on neck time.

Silence of the Lambs http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102926/ Foster looks sweaty but hot in opening sequence - Woof! "It puts the lotion in the basket!" "PRECIOUS!" (cinematically predating Gollum.)

The Apartment http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053604/ If you think about it the scene towards the end where McClaine runs through the streets finally realising who she loves was later copied in 'Manhattan' then ripped off in 'When Harry Met Sally'

The Night of the Hunter http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048424/ This was the only fim actor Charles Laughton directed. Now accepted as a masterpiece it got such a mauling from the dimwitted critics at the time that (very upset) he never directed another film. Tossers. The scene where the boy and girl float down the river.

The Graduate http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061722/ Simon and Garfunkel score - particularly Sounds of Silence. Floating in the pool. He upsets and humiliates Katharine Ross (from Butch Cassidy) and feels rightly ashamed.

Grapes of Wrath http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032551/ "We're the people that live. They can't wipe us out; they can't lick us. We'll go on forever, Pa, 'cause we're the people."

Night of the Demon http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050766/ "It's in the trees! It's coming!" Trying to pass the cursed piece of paper. The chase along the rail tracks. Known as "Curse of the Demon in the US and for some stupid reason cut by several minutes.

Aliens (and the others in the series) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090605/ Alien is a great suspenseful horror set in space. Aliens was more of an action blockbuster. Alien 3 is more of a dour affair and the series comes alive again with Alien Resurrection due in no small part to Wynona Ryder's appearance and Sigourney's character change.

Arsenic and old Lace http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036613/Screwball comedy at its best. Grant aged well like the Don. In 'North by Northwest' the actress playing his mother was in fact a few months younger than him.

The Thing (Either version) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084787/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044121/ Director John Carpenter whomade the later 1982 version just entitled 'The Thing' paid tribute to the original by having it appear as one of the films the kids are watching on tv with Jamie Lee Curtis in Halloween. Themonster was played byan actor called James Arness who went on to star as 'Marshall Matt Dillon' in the American tv series 'Gunsmoke'

Fight Club http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137523/ The first rule of Fight Club is you don't discuss Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is YOU DON'T DISCUSS FIGHT CLUB!!! "I want you to hit me as hard as you can." "For six months I couldn't sleep. With insomnia, nothing's real. Everything is far away. Everything is a copy of a copy of a copy." HIS NAME IS ROBERT PAULSEN"

Day of the Jackal http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069947/ Edward Fox could have been the first blonde Bond - this film is proof. He does ruthless well - as did Connery.

Jurassic Park http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107290/ "WELCOME to Jurassic Park!!" The dinosaurs really were convincing - nothing like the dear old rubbery shark in Jaws in this one.

Halloween http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077651/ Music is great. Usually Carpenter wrote the music himself. The mask is a touched up William Shatner (Captain Kirk) mask.

Unfaithfully Yours http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040919/ The difference between the fantasy and reality. Trying to use the recordable gramophone. Gorgeous Linda Darnell who tragically burned to death in real life at the age of 42
Predator (and the sequels) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093773/
Scrooged http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096061/ Bill Murray is a class act. Stapling the antlers on the mouse - well actually not. Karen Allen - who wouldn't love her here. Danny Elfman music - always distinctive.
Black Narcissus http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039192/ In the Church at Christmas - thinking of her life before the becoming a nun. David Farrar in ridiculous shorts on a very small donkey. "Spare her some of your own importance... if you can." Nun goes mad -puts on lipstick. Saved by the bell!
Mississippi Burning http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095647/ I'ts Hackman and Dafoe as chalk and cheese cops up against the KKK. "Funny, their kids are so cute." "What's wrong with these people?" "Ballsy little bastard isn't he!" Hackman beating up Brad Dourif in the barber shop.
High Noon http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044706/ "Do not forsake me oh my darling" Cooper's action in turning in his badge at the end was considered to be un - American by dick heads and the screenwriter called up before one of their infamous committees. John Wayne hated it - he said it was the most un-American film he ever saw. Big John should've stuck to acting. It's Bill Clinton's favourite film. Bill the man's and women's man. The symbolic close up of the wedding ring on Kelly's finger after she has killed to save her man. Where are these women? Contact the Don.
Stalag 17 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046359/ There's a rat in the prison camp - but is it William Holden?. The Christmas march around the barracks. The final salute through the trapdoor.
The Thin Man (and all the sequels to a lesser degree) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025878/ William Powell, Myrna Loy and Asta the dog. Powell was the king of suave even more so than i. There were 6 films in all. Jimmy Stewart was in the second. Powell plays a drinker well - but he wasn't one in real life. He was married to Jean Harlow for a time. He became a recluse in later life and lived till the ripe old age of 91.
Escape From New York http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082340/ "Call me Snake" Carpenter was still firing on all cylinders when he made this one - love the cars going down Broadway. "The Duke of New York, A-Number-1"
The Man Who Came To Dinner http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033874/ http://www.moviediva.com/MDJr_root/MDjr/ManDinnermdjr.htm Partly set at Christmas. Basil Fawlty and Black Adder before it's time. "Did you have a good journey? "Splendid thank you i killed a woman in the next compartment"
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073486/
The Third Man http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041959/ That zither music! The chase in the sewers. The light across Well's face in the doorway as the cat slinks past. The fact he dominates the film even before he appears."In Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love - they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock. So long Holly"
The Big Country http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051411/ A genuine hero. The scene where the realisation of their feelings for each other hits them - and then hits Chuck Jones. Jean Simmons all round gorgeous.
Bringing up Baby http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029947/ Cary Grant, the wonderful Katherine Hepburn and a leopard - what better combination?The Emerald Forest - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089087/ Spirit animals, the Rain Forest is shrinking. Daddee! John Boorman's son Charley in leading role - he recently went somewhere with Ewan McGregor on a bike.Great Expectations - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038574/
Spellbound http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038109/ Falling in love with your psychiatrist would be very easy when its Bergman. Peck is solid and believable as always. Love the Dali inspired dream sequences.
Ipcress file - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059319/
The Shop around the corner - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033045/
Die Hard - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095016/ "Yipee Kai Yay Mother******!"
Silent running http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067756/ On a spaceship - they have the last of the forests from Earth in gigantic domes. Order comes to blow them up. How would you feel about that? Bruce Dern (Laura's dad) doesn't take it well.
Jeremiah Johnson http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068762/ French Connection 1 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068762/ French Connection 2 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073018/ The Good The Bad and the Ugly (and the others in the trilogy) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060196/ Apocalypse Now - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078788/ - I will probably always watch the extended 'REDUX' version in the future - i find it better.Blade Runner - NOT the Director's cut http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/ - Agree with Nick Faldo look - alike Harrison Ford on this one. No way was Decker a replicant. Perhaps the ideal version of the film lies somewhere between the 2 - unfortunately no further version can be released as financial wrangling has been going on for YEARS. God this film is so atmospheric - the rain, the Jap bird on the advertising lights etc etc. Rutger Hauer's finest hour. "I've done questionable things" AND - "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams ... glitter in the dark near Tanhauser Gate. All those ... moments will be lost ... in time, like tears ... in rain. Time ... to die." Brilliant.Dances With Wolves - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099348/ Great music. Retribution on the soldiers who have bound him. Indians portrayed in a sympathetic and intelligent way.Deliverance - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068473/ Ferris Beuller's Day Off - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091042/ Deviousness. Love it.Gone With The Wind http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031381/ The Graduate - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061722/ The Nightmare Before Christmas http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107688/ Tim Burton's animated masterpiece with Danny Elfman score. Look up Danny Elfman - he's done consistently wonderful stuff - including the 'Simpsons' theme. This film re-released Christmas 2006 in 3D. This was one of the first films I bought on DVD and it didn't disappoint.Batman Returns - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103776/ Great sequence showing the origin of the penguin - you would know this was Tim Burton's direction just by the feel of it. Nice of him to give a part to disgraced comic Peewee Herman. Rob in London has dined in the company of Tim and girlfriend Helena Bonham Carter. I'm extremely envious of that. Of course Michelle Pfeiffer does this film no harm at all and I'm a big Michael Keaton fan.The Great Escape http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057115/ It's a modern day urban myth that this film was on EVERY Christmas a few years ago. I'ts always a good watch at any time of year - with a great cast and THAT motorcycle ride from the Queenster.Jaws http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073195/ The drunken bonding during the still of night. "Mary Ellen Moffat - she broke my heart" "Here's to swimming with bow- legged women" "Ithink we're going to need a bigger boat" "So, eleven hundred men went in the water; 316 men come out and the sharks took the rest, June the 29th, 1945."
J.F.K - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102138/ Lawrence of Arabia http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056172/ The Life And Death of Colonel Blimp http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036112/ A Matter of Life And Death http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038733/ Love the escalator to heaven. Nice use of black and white / Technicolor is used in the same way as in the Wizard of Oz - but the other way round!Once Upon A Time in America http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087843/ Scream (and the sequels) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117571/ Never ever under any circumstances say "I'll be right back"Rear Window http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047396/ They would lock you up for it now. Kelly smoulders. The frustration Stewart conveys when he is forced to watch but cannot act to save her.The Terminator (and sequels) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088247/ Twelve Angry Men http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050083/ A film doesn't need a thousand locations if the script is as well written and acted as this one. "You don't really mean you'll kill me do you?"2001 A Space Odyssey http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062622/ The mysterious monoliths. Strauss. Pink Floyd's 'Echo's' exactly fits into the 'Jupiter and beyond the infinite' segment and allegedly that is what Kubrick was going to use. I have a synchronised segment if anyone wants to see.Withnail And I http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094336/ "Bring me the finest wines known to humanity!" http://www.withnail-links.com/quotes.htm Zulu http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058777/ The film's co - producer tried to have Caine removed during filming but all round good guy Stanley Baker - co star and Producer would not permit it. The Zulu chief remained friends with Baker for the rest of his life - he referred to him as 'the nicest white man i ever met.'Toy Story http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114709/ "To infinity and beyond!!!!" Queuing up for hours in Birmingham to buy Woody and Buzz from The Disney Shop for my nephews.Highlander (and parts of the sequels) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091203/ "There can be only one!!"The Birds http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056869/ At one point during filming gorgeous Tippi was pecked till bleeding and hysterical.Giant http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049261/ The fight in the diner. Elizabeth Taylor. James Dean. Dean inadvertently drunkenly reveals it is Taylor he is still carrying the torch for and not her daughter.This is Spinal Tap http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088258/ Who doesn't like this apart from Ozzie?National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097958/ Seems to get better with repeated viewings somehow. Great holiday viewing.Passport to Pimlico http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041737/ The impromptu food parcels from the kids and the passport control on the underground.Twister http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096321/ "I've got to go - we've got cows"Back To The Future (the trilogy) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088763/ Really entertainment. Michael J Fox's illness in effect (apart from mouse voice overs) meant we lost a star who I believe would have stood the test of time. Like the scene where he first goes back in time and 'Mr Sandman' is playing.The Wicker Man http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070917/ The holding hands song as the virgin burns. Jolly. They remade this with Nicholas Cage. WHY?????????The Bride Of Frankenstein http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026138/ Dr Pretorious.Billy Liar http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056868/ "It was a big for us, we had won the war in Ambrosia. Democracy was back once more in our beloved country." SHADRACK!! SHADDY ADY ADY COME IN SHADDERS!!!" Julie Christie looking hot.Stargate http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111282/ Great idea - never really got into the tv series but Russell and Spader do great work here. Spader's role reminiscent of Dreyfus' bookish ichthyologist in 'Jaws'The Lemon Drop Kid http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043733/ The Matrix (and sequels to very varying degrees) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/ Sunglasses rule. Keano is cool. Black is cool. Walking up walls and continually firing is cool. Kung Fu is back. "There is no spoon" "No lieutenant, your men are already dead." "Welcome - to the real world." If you completely understand all 3 films i would like to meet you prior to your sectioning.Oh Mr Porter http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029335/ "You're wasting your time" "It's a country station, rather off the beaten track.
Oh, I don't mind, as long as it's near the railway" Will Hay, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt - a great team. Hay was a noted astronomer.The Shawshank Redemption http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111161/ The poster. Playing the music after locking himself in.Sons Of The Desert http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024601/ The drunken fellow "son" who slaps them on the back and says "pulling a fast one eh?"
Betrayed http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094731/ Deborah Winger infiltrates far right extremists.The 39 Steps http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026029/ Robert Donat suffered from asthma - he always seems to have a breathless quality to his voice. Always think of the flight from the train on the Forth Rail Bridge whenever i've crossed it. Mr Memory. "Am i right sir?" The missing fingertip. Madeleine Carroll's stocking tops when they are handcuffed together. Madeleine was a great beauty - like me, and was born in West Bromwich - like me. She was in the Red Cross from 1943 - 1945 and was awarded the French Legion of Honour and the American Medal of Freedom for her humanitarian work.Trainspotting http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117951/ The job interview. The toilet. The bedsheets at her moms house - although i'm trying not to think of that.If http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063850/ The music. Malcolm McDowell's finest hour? "The thing I hate about you, Rowntree, is the way you give Coca-Cola to your scum, and your best teddy bear to Oxfam, and expect us to lick your frigid fingers for the rest of your frigid life." The dream sequence at the end.
Saturday Night And Sunday Morning http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054269/ Albert Finney - great acting job. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056194/ Tom Courtney cocks a snook at the establishment at the end. But doesn't part of you wish he hadn't?The Servant http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057490/ Sarah Miles could have had me. Wendy Craig from 'Butterflies' in a rare straight role.The Lady Vanishes http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030341/ They can't find Miss Froy. Wayne and Radford do their Englishmen abroad double act where cricket is the most important thing in the world. Fortunately they saw the light and joined up in 'Dead of Night (1945) in a golfing story.Last of the Mohicans http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104691/ The music as Chingachgook - actually the last of the Mohicans - runs up the hill to avenge his son's death and the look of utter contempt he gives Magua as he dispatches him with consumate ease.Goodbye Mr Chips http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031385/ Robert Donat (he of the 39 Steps) Greer Garson - beautiful. Opposites attract. Sad but good.The Bells of St Trinians (some of the sequels are okay) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046766/ Inherit the Wind http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053946/ Based on fact - Schoolteacher brought to court for teaching Darwinism in the South http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/scopes.htm The Cat and the Canary http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031143/ Bob Hope. Paulette Goddard (had a crush on her at school) Old Dark House. The cat. Hope and Goddard (an ex-wife of Charlie Chaplin) went on to make 'The Ghost Breakers' a year later.American History X http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120586/ The pavement crush. Ed Norton is such a fine actor - he carries 2 highly different personas off here to the point you can't believe it is the same actor. "Has anything you've done made your life better?"
Scaramouche http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045125/ No Fandango in this but some very nice swordplay by Stewart Granger the lucky bugger who married Jean Simmons.The Lost Weekend http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037884/ Ray Milland. Alcoholic. Academy Award. Hides tht bottles. Mouse comes out of the wall. Bat attacks.Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone (and all the sequels are to a high standard) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0241527/ Andromeda strain http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066769/ The Quiet Man http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045061/ Well it's the fight isn't it. Don't drink the Porter it'll get your blood up. Dragging Maureen O'Hara. Shame faced Victor McLagen at the end. The Picture of Dorian Gray http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037988/ Yes i too have a painting in the attic. Another nice slimy part played by George Sanders. Shots of the portrait is the only time colour is used in the picture - which accentuates the shock on seeing it.How the West was Won http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056085/ Debbie Reynolds sings the theme well. Runs into Peck again on the river boat. This may not stay here. Something about this one always depresses me - think its because it spans several generations and as soon as you have got used to a character they are dead and buried. Invariably when its on i end up watching it though. Lots of stars Jimmy Stewart, Gregory Peck, John Wayne etc etc.White Heat http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042041/ Finding out ma is dead in the prison canteen and goin' apeshit. "Top of the world ma!!!" Shooting ventilation holes in the trunk with the guy in it whilst eating a sandwich. Could so easily be replaced as a favourite by 'Each Dawn i Die' though.Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040613/ Dawn of the Dead http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077402/ It's the zombie one in the supermarket. And why remake it? Zombie muzac. Great zombies. Especially the Hari Krishna one.The Ninth Gate http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0142688/ Johnny Depp - he's just ace to use a technical term. Supernatural thriller. Questionable Immoralistic ending.Lifeboat http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037017/ "There's Rosie! She's waiting for you!" Cosmopolitan group of Survivors in a lifeboat with the German Captain of the boat that torpedoed them. He's stronger than them! But is he... - once again don't need many locations to make a good film.The Mummy (and the sequel is great entertainment too) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120616/ This film grew on me - it has good humour some memorable moments and great special effects.Sullivan's Travels http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034240/ Underrated. Film within a film. Joel McCrae Veronica Lake of the long blonde peekaboo hairstyle. Preston Sturges film set in Depression. Chain gang. "There's a lot to be said for making people laugh! Did you know that's all some people have? It isn't much but it's better than nothing in this cockeyed world"
Papillion http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070511/ McQueen and Hoffman in top form. "I'M STILL HERE YOU BASTARDS!!"Excalibur http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082348/ John Boorman makes great films. Love some of the dialect work in this - particularly by Nicol Williamson as Merlin. Helen Mirren is a very fetching Morgana. "Any man who would be a knight and follow a king... follow me." "Now look, I once stood exposed to the Dragon's Breath so that a man could lie one night with a woman. It took me nine moons to recover. And all for this lunacy called, "love, " this mad distemper that strikes down both beggar and king. Never again. Never."
Shane http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046303/ "You speakin' to me?" (Years before Taxi Driver) "That was Wilson, alright, he was fast, fast on the draw." "Come back Shane!! We want you, Shane. Mother wants you. I know she does!"The Name of the Rose http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091605/ Sean Connery. Black fingers. Perverted monks. Not Christian Slater's first film.Laura - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037008/ How did i miss this one out? Cop falls in love with the victim of a murder despite never having met her. Clifton Webb beautifully acidic as Waldo Lydecker "In my case, self-absorption is completely justified. I have never discovered any other subject quite so worthy of my attention." Gorgeous Gene Tierney (great overbite) struggled with her mental health poor lass and was hospitalised for depression. I would have put her right. All about Eve http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042192/ What a great actress Bette was. All the cast are great in this. George Sanders suitably slimy as Addison de Witt. "I'm Addison DeWitt. I'm nobody's fool, least of all yours." "Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night!" I could also have picked 'Now Voyager' as a Davis film.Singin' in the Rain (if you know films you never put the 'g' on.) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045152/ Best ever musical? Reynolds dubbing singing as the curtain is drawn up. O'Connor goes up the wall. Kelly...well - he sings in the rain doesn't he? The elocution lessons - "i caint stan him"Face Off http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119094/ Nice to see Travolta and Cage taking each other off as well as their facesThe Truman Show - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120382/ Total Recall http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100802/ I can just watch this again and again but i do love Sci Fi. Arnie does his usual solid job - with the benefit of an good script with a few twisty turny things and Sharon Stone has never looked better.The Hustler http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054997/
The Day The Earth Stood Still http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043456/ - "Klaatu barada nikto!" was used to stop Gort, the robot in the film http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaatu_barada_nikto The Spirit of St Louis http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051003/ No-one could have done this as well as Jimmy Stewart. He is Lindberg. He flies the atlantic in his old 'Jenny'. He befriends a fly. He shouts for directions to Ireland from the planeBarry Lyndon http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072684/ Kubrick. Ryan O'Neal can act? Lovely scenery and use of colour. Corruption of innocence. Unrequited love. Life with all its pitfalls and seedier side. "Fate had determined that he should leave none of his race behind him, and that he should finish his life poor, lonely and childless." The Sting http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070735/ Newman \ Redford what a team. 30's suits. Robert Shaw not being eaten by a Shark. Clever script. Twist in the tale. Tombstone http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108358/ Probably Val Kilmer's best performance to date - as Doc Holiday he completely steals the film for me. "I'm your Huckleberry"Jumanji http://imdb.com/title/tt0113497/ - great fun with good effects for the time. Some genuinely funny moments. Great family film. Forbidden Planet http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049223/ Robby the Robot!! Plot based on Shakespeare's (he was a poet for the benefit of Chavs) ' The Tempest'. Classic Sci Fi letdown slightly by 'Disneyesque' rendition of the monster owing to lack of CGI in the 50's