Is Trapeze available?
Sadly, no, because it sounds like I might need to see that. Of the ones we hadn't yet seen (there are 18 films total in the collection and I think we've seen about half), we've only watched
Elmer Gantry.
Next up is likely
The Professionals
(my choice) or
Birdman of Alcatraz
(the MG's choice). Then maybe
The Rainmaker.
But
The Court Jester
before that I think.
If it was up to me, we would burn through most of both collections before they go away on the 31st, but, like I said, the MG is maddening in his tendency to choose things other than what is RIGHT THERE and EXPIRING (e.g., we paid to watch
The Eyes of Laura Mars
on Amazon Prime last night). And we do try to alternate picks to be fair since I have apparently become my father.
The Rainmaker is excellent - with bonus Katherine Hepburn. If you want to go for some early, very cheesy Burt Lancaster, see The Crimson Pirate and The Flame and the Arrow. Both have Nick Cravat - Lancaster's friend from childhood - they ran away and joined the circus together, which meant they did a lot of their own stunts.
I haven't opened the Criterion app for weeks, but I did yesterday and they put Local Hero on the service! I haven't seen it in decades but it seems like a perfect type of movie to group-watch in a time like this. To keep with the theme, Burt Lancaster is in it, I believe.
I haven't opened the Criterion app for weeks, but I did yesterday and they put Local Hero on the service!
I bought the Criterion edition of Local Hero which just came out last year. Top ten movie for me.
The Crimson Pirate
One of my all time favorites.
he he ... when I was young, one of the local TV stations would get a single movie and play it over and over for maybe a week. One week, during the summer, I believe, so I was home from school, and my sister and I watched it ... over and over and over. My mother came to hate that movie. (historical note: this was probably circa 1960, so there was nothing BUT broadcast ... the three main stations plus an early version of PBS)
I watched it with my movie night friends a little while ago. I had forgotten so much.
Same thing in NYC Metro area. Channel 9 did the same movie at the same time all week, and The Crimson Pirate was in that rotation. (So was Godzilla, which my mother would watch all the time, even though it scared the bejusus out of me.)
I haven't opened the Criterion app for weeks, but I did yesterday and they put Local Hero on the service! I haven't seen it in decades but it seems like a perfect type of movie to group-watch in a time like this. To keep with the theme, Burt Lancaster is in it, I believe.
Yes, this is one of the ones going away 3/31 (however, likelier to come back than some of the others since it is part of their catalog). The cycling on the channel is a little frustrating with Criterion but I'd rather them have the wide variety they do with their featured collections than only just have a static version of their catalog. Especially since they are very good about listing what will be going away at the end of the month. But it does mean I prioritize certain things over others just because they are "going away"--For example, I haven't yet touched "Scores by Quincy Jones" and I'm dying to.
