Posted on 06/26/2011 2:32:31 PM PDT by Yorlik803
What movie do you love that most people never heard of or seen? Mine is a movie called "Evenhand". I first saw it on IFC, then ordered a copy from Amazon. It is about two policemen in a small Texas town. One is meek and kind while the other is hard. They form a unlikley friendship. It is more plot driven, with little violence. The writing is pretty good.
In about 1955: “The Long Gray Line,” with Tyrone Power and Maureen O’Hara, set at West Point. Some real tear-jerker moments.
My FRiend bought me a DVD of, A Childs Christmas In Wales, over the internet. A feast for the eyes and ears.
Insignificance (1985)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089343/
The Lathe of Heaven (TV 1980)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081036/
Looker.
Susan Dey, naked. Mind control devices. Cool.
Yes, October Sky is another great American film.
“The Serial” was truly funny, hard to miss with Martin Mull. Tommy Smothers as the New Age wedding officiator and Christopher Lee as “Skull” the leader of the gay motorcycle pack, priceless. The one tragic role was Holroyd’s pal who commits suicide by jumping off the ferry.
Only thing that’s changed in Marin County since then is the technology, probably.
That does it! I’m watching that tonight!
I guess I have a few that came to mind eventually:
Groundhog Day
Outlaw Josey Wales
Das Boot!
Without a Paddle
“I’ll add “The Great Santini”. Duvall chews up the scenery, but it’s still a classic.
Excellent movie. “
Cussy cussy cussy though. Some of us FReepers don’t like that.
I don’t know if they could have done Santini without all that cussing, it was fairly well essential to the character, but man, what a lot of profanity. I won’t watch it again.
Same problem with Pulp Fiction (not obscure, I know), I loved the film but won’t watch it again.
Yet, the one I saw recently on cable - they cut out the end, where he visits the "next" victim at the very end...it is pouring down rain and simply tells the woman "I just wanted to see you". Great ending...
“Ma and Pa Kettle go to the Fair” A good old fashioned family friendly movie.
“Fitzcarraldo”
Fitzcarraldo, what a hoot. I really have no idea what I was supposed to take from it but I love German language movies that move slowly so I can sort of translate. Das Boot (not obscure, I know) also a good choice for that. “Schultze Gets the Blues,” nice and obscure, German with subtitles, good for the German language lover.
A remake of the movie "Wages of Fear" starring Yves Montand. Even though most critics prefer the original, I've always liked this version. Some of the scenes were so intense, I almost stopped breathing.
A really strange movie, which I really enjoyed.
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Defending Your Life...one of my all-time favorites.
The screenplay for “The Shawshank Redemption” is considered by many professionals to be the finest screenplay ever written.
Sorry. The image I posted went away. It was another James Garner movie from 1964 called “36 Hours.” Excellent movie.
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