yeah, that's not John. that's Sam Worthington's character.
A man walks down the street in that hat, people know he's not afraid of anything.
Wash ,'The Message'
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tiggy - Dec 10, 2008 1:41:28 pm PST #8952 of 10000
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
DavidS - Dec 11, 2008 7:18:46 am PST #8953 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Back to Walter Matthau...
I flipped on the TV last night after getting Matilda and Emmett to bed and The Taking of Pelham 1,2,3 was on. What a great cat and mouse, crime caper, gritty 70s movie. I got totally sucked in and had to watch it until the end.
It had a great last shot. It seemed like seventies movies were particularly strong with endings. They didn't just peter out, they gave you a bang at the end.
sumi - Dec 11, 2008 7:22:51 am PST #8954 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
tiggy, thanks. I couldn't get the normal trailers to work so I d'led to itunes and the screen was tiny. I rewatched with a blurry but bigger screen and could tell it wasn't JC.
(So, the Worthington character was doubled by a Terminator?)
Tom Scola - Dec 11, 2008 7:26:13 am PST #8955 of 10000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Strega - Dec 11, 2008 7:26:15 am PST #8956 of 10000
I added a bunch of 70s "neo-noir" to my queue from recommendations in Criminal -- that's what led to Charley Varrick. I know Pelham is somewhere in there as well. (I've seen it. but it was a very long time ago. And probably on commercial TV.)
The Taking of Pelham 1/2/3 is being remade.
Correction: it is being remade again.
megan walker - Dec 11, 2008 7:32:31 am PST #8957 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I flipped on the TV last night after getting Matilda and Emmett to bed and The Taking of Pelham 1,2,3 was on. What a great cat and mouse, crime caper, gritty 70s movie. I got totally sucked in and had to watch it until the end.
I went through a whole 70s caper/heist phase when living in Brooklyn: Pelham, Hopscotch, the original Thomas Crown, and, my favorite, Hot Rock, which had both a heist at the Brooklyn Museum right near my apartment and amazing shots of the WTC under construction.
DavidS - Dec 11, 2008 7:48:23 am PST #8958 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Another movie I caught on TCM recently was an odd romantic fantasy titled Portrait of Jennie with Joseph Cotton and Jennifer Jones. Anybody seen it?
It had very dreamy quality, though it was set in Manhattan.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 11, 2008 8:34:04 am PST #8959 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
What film isn't at this point?
Eraserhead?
Connie Neil - Dec 11, 2008 9:07:59 am PST #8960 of 10000
brillig
Pelham was a really good book, too. I've never seen the movie, but maybe I should--except I know the last scene and the thrill wouldn't be the same.
DavidS - Dec 11, 2008 9:23:06 am PST #8961 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I've never seen the movie, but maybe I should--except I know the last scene and the thrill wouldn't be the same.
I think you'd still enjoy it. It's a very taut movie, with a famous soundtrack and great perfomances (Robert Shaw, Matthau, a young Hector Elizondo, Jerry Stiller).