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Directed by John Boorman (Hell in the Pacific, Deliverance, Hope and Glory, Excalibur, Point Blank)

Starring:

Juliette Binoche (Chocolat, Three Colors Blue, Clouds of Sils Maria, The English Patient, Summer Hours)

Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction, The Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, The Hateful Eight, Jackie Brown, The Avengers, Jurassic Park)

Special Features: Isolated Music Track / Audio Commentary with Director John Boorman / Deleted Scenes with Optional Director Commentary / Interviews with Actress Juliette Binoche, Director John Boorman, Screenwriter Ann Peacock, and Producers Robert Chartoff, Lynn Hendee, and Mike Medavoy / Original Theatrical Trailer

[Dailyan]

I started watching “Next Stop, Greenwich Village” from my sale order and man Lenny Baker is incredibly underrated. It’s a shame he wasn’t casted in more lead roles before his death in ‘82. As someone who’s never seen the film prior to TT, the video quality is another excellent master provided by Fox. Worth the 15.

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Directed by Charles Jarrott (Anne of the Thousand Days, Lost Horizon, Mary Queen of Scots)

Starring Marie-France Pisier, John Beck, and Susan Sarandon.

Music by Michel Legrand (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Young Girls of Rochefort, Ice Station Zebra, Bay of Angels, The Thomas Crown Affair, and many more)

Cinematography by Fred Koenekamp (Patton, Papillon, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, The Amityville Horror, The Towering Inferno)

Special Features: Isolated Music Track (with some effects) / Audio Commentary with Executive Producer Frank Yablans, Director Charles Jarrott, Author Sidney Sheldon, and Film Historian Laurent Bouzereau / Original Theatrical Trailer

LOL....from Twilight Time, responding to a question:

Question from someone: I have never seen this movie; any good?

Twilight Time Movies: Good fun trash!

SOLD!!

[mja345]

I watched my BD of Arthur Penn's "The Chase" over the weekend, second time I've seen the film. I enjoyed the film the first time around, but have to say I found it to be absolutely brilliant on a second watch. Robert Redford plays escaped convict Bubber Reeves, who while on the lam with another con, witnesses him murder a complete stranger. Word of his escape and his possible implication in a murder sends the small Texas town where Bubber hails from into a frenzy, as the local citizens begin to drink and quarrel with growing intensity with the possibility of Redford's return. At the center is Sheriff Calder (Marlon Brando), who isn't convinced that Bubber is a hardened criminal and views the rest of the townspeople with a detached bemusement.

Brando is in top form in this one, probably one of my favorite performances by him. His ability to command the screen was truly something to behold when he was at his peak. Angie Dickinson is not given a ton to do as Brando's wife, particularly early on, but is great as always. Jane Fonda is excellent as Bubber's wife, who is having an affair with Jake (James Fox), the son of wealthy local banker Val Rogers (EG Marshall). Two particular standouts are Janice Rule and Robert Duvall. I found their subplot to be the most satisfying outside of Brando's performance. Rule is amazing as Emily Stewart, who is married to the bank VP (Duvall), yet makes explicit sexual advances toward his coworker (Richard Bradford) in front of him, completely humiliating Duvall. Duvall plays the role of the miserable, put-upon husband to perfection while Rule steals every scene she's in.

This film is so fascinating because of the wild changes in tone, sometimes scene to scene. Some may view that as a weakness, but I actually view it as a strength of this particular film. Some scenes feature broad, absurd comedy, some are purely melodramatic, some depict the kind of drunkenness you can feel in your pores, and others erupt in brutal violence. It's a wild ride of a film, featuring some terrific one-liners as well, particularly from Brando. I'd describe this film as surreal in a sense, often dabbling in a heightened reality, as there are no small towns that actually exist that are remotely like this one. For some, this sense of absurdity may detract from the growing intensity and violence that begin to define the story, but, for me, it makes the film incredibly entertaining and fascinating.

Arthur Penn was one of the more underappreciated filmmakers from the 60s and 70s IMO. His films always tended to go in a different direction than where you expect, particularly this, "Night Moves", "Little Big Man", and "The Missouri Breaks". The PQ on this disc is absolutely stellar as well. Really recommend checking it out if you haven't already.

[nitin]

Originally Posted by mja345

I watched my BD of Arthur Penn's "The Chase" over the weekend, second time I've seen the film. I enjoyed the film the first time around, but have to say I found it to be absolutely brilliant on a second watch. Robert Redford plays escaped convict Bubber Reeves, who while on the lam with another con, witnesses him murder a complete stranger. Word of his escape and his possible implication in a murder sends the small Texas town where Bubber hails from into a frenzy, as the local citizens begin to drink and quarrel with growing intensity with the possibility of Redford's return. At the center is Sheriff Calder (Marlon Brando), who isn't convinced that Bubber is a hardened criminal and views the rest of the townspeople with a detached bemusement.

Brando is in top form in this one, probably one of my favorite performances by him. His ability to command the screen was truly something to behold when he was at his peak. Angie Dickinson is not given a ton to do as Brando's wife, particularly early on, but is great as always. Jane Fonda is excellent as Bubber's wife, who is having an affair with Jake (James Fox), the son of wealthy local banker Val Rogers (EG Marshall). Two particular standouts are Janice Rule and Robert Duvall. I found their subplot to be the most satisfying outside of Brando's performance. Rule is amazing as Emily Stewart, who is married to the bank VP (Duvall), yet makes explicit sexual advances toward his coworker (Richard Bradford) in front of him, completely humiliating Duvall. Duvall plays the role of the miserable, put-upon husband to perfection while Rule steals every scene she's in.

This film is so fascinating because of the wild changes in tone, sometimes scene to scene. Some may view that as a weakness, but I actually view it as a strength of this particular film. Some scenes feature broad, absurd comedy, some are purely melodramatic, some depict the kind of drunkenness you can feel in your pores, and others erupt in brutal violence. It's a wild ride of a film, featuring some terrific one-liners as well, particularly from Brando. I'd describe this film as surreal in a sense, often dabbling in a heightened reality, as there are no small towns that actually exist that are remotely like this one. For some, this sense of absurdity may detract from the growing intensity and violence that begin to define the story, but, for me, it makes the film incredibly entertaining and fascinating.

Arthur Penn was one of the more underappreciated filmmakers from the 60s and 70s IMO. His films always tended to go in a different direction than where you expect, particularly this, "Night Moves", "Little Big Man", and "The Missouri Breaks". The PQ on this disc is absolutely stellar as well. Really recommend checking it out if you haven't already.

Yeah I find this to have aged quite well, and the differing tones don’t clash nearly as unnaturally as they do in a lot of modern movies. Plus the Brando beat up scene is amazing!

[Aclea]

Originally Posted by oildude

Pre-order date: Wednesday, September 5th at 4 pm EST


Directed by Charles Jarrott (Anne of the Thousand Days, Lost Horizon, Mary Queen of Scots)

Starring Marie-France Pisier, John Beck, and Susan Sarandon.

Music by Michel Legrand (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Young Girls of Rochefort, Ice Station Zebra, Bay of Angels, The Thomas Crown Affair, and many more)

Cinematography by Fred Koenekamp (Patton, Papillon, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, The Amityville Horror, The Towering Inferno)








LOL....from Twilight Time, responding to a question:



SOLD!!

This was the film that everyone was so certain would be the biggest hit of 1977 that Fox were able to force theaters who wanted it to book a film they had no confidence in and had gone so wildly overbudget they knew was going to bomb as well. I forget the title but it was some kind of space western with Peter Cushing, Debbie Reynolds' daughter and that racer in the cowboy hat from American Graffiti in it. It's a shame TT couldn't have included that as an extra.

It also features in the lyrics to one of Richard O'Brien's songs in The Return of Captain Invincible referring to Christopher Lee's evil Mr Midnight:

Long before the dawn of man
There was born an evil plan
Believe me when I say that
There's no other side to Midnight

[BagheeraMcGee]

Originally Posted by Aclea

This was the film that everyone was so certain would be the biggest hit of 1977 that Fox were able to force theaters who wanted it to book a film they had no confidence in and had gone so wildly overbudget they knew was going to bomb as well. I forget the title but it was some kind of space western with Peter Cushing, Debbie Reynolds' daughter and that racer in the cowboy hat from American Graffiti in it. It's a shame TT couldn't have included that as an extra.

It also features in the lyrics to one of Richard O'Brien's songs in The Return of Captain Invincible referring to Christopher Lee's evil Mr Midnight:

Long before the dawn of man
There was born an evil plan
Believe me when I say that
There's no other side to Midnight

I think I know the one you're talking about. It also had that one guy from The Bridge On The River Kwai, too.

I remember The Other Side Of Midnight playing on one of the other screens at the old GCC Mentor Mall I-II-III when I went to see that space western you described. The poster (which is now the cover art for this Blu-ray) made a bit of an impression on my eight-year-old eyes.

[AKORIS]

Originally Posted by BagheeraMcGee

I think I know the one you're talking about. It also had that one guy from The Bridge On The River Kwai, too.

I remember The Other Side Of Midnight playing on one of the other screens at the old GCC Mentor Mall I-II-III when I went to see that space western you described. The poster (which is now the cover art for this Blu-ray) made a bit of an impression on my eight-year-old eyes.

imagine the impression it would have made if you had actually seen the movie then!

[BagheeraMcGee]

Originally Posted by AKORIS

imagine the impression it would have made if you had actually seen the movie then!

I pointed at the poster, and my mom was like, "No, that movie's not for you."

I didn't learn to start doing the "buy the PG ticket and sneak into the R film" thing until I hit 12 or 13.

[Richard--W]

Originally Posted by mja345

I watched my BD of Arthur Penn's "The Chase" over the weekend, second time I've seen the film. I enjoyed the film the first time around, but have to say I found it to be absolutely brilliant on a second watch. Robert Redford plays escaped convict Bubber Reeves, who while on the lam with another con, witnesses him murder a complete stranger. Word of his escape and his possible implication in a murder sends the small Texas town where Bubber hails from into a frenzy, as the local citizens begin to drink and quarrel with growing intensity with the possibility of Redford's return. At the center is Sheriff Calder (Marlon Brando), who isn't convinced that Bubber is a hardened criminal and views the rest of the townspeople with a detached bemusement.

Brando is in top form in this one, probably one of my favorite performances by him. His ability to command the screen was truly something to behold when he was at his peak. Angie Dickinson is not given a ton to do as Brando's wife, particularly early on, but is great as always. Jane Fonda is excellent as Bubber's wife, who is having an affair with Jake (James Fox), the son of wealthy local banker Val Rogers (EG Marshall). Two particular standouts are Janice Rule and Robert Duvall. I found their subplot to be the most satisfying outside of Brando's performance. Rule is amazing as Emily Stewart, who is married to the bank VP (Duvall), yet makes explicit sexual advances toward his coworker (Richard Bradford) in front of him, completely humiliating Duvall. Duvall plays the role of the miserable, put-upon husband to perfection while Rule steals every scene she's in.

This film is so fascinating because of the wild changes in tone, sometimes scene to scene. Some may view that as a weakness, but I actually view it as a strength of this particular film. Some scenes feature broad, absurd comedy, some are purely melodramatic, some depict the kind of drunkenness you can feel in your pores, and others erupt in brutal violence. It's a wild ride of a film, featuring some terrific one-liners as well, particularly from Brando. I'd describe this film as surreal in a sense, often dabbling in a heightened reality, as there are no small towns that actually exist that are remotely like this one. For some, this sense of absurdity may detract from the growing intensity and violence that begin to define the story, but, for me, it makes the film incredibly entertaining and fascinating.

Arthur Penn was one of the more underappreciated filmmakers from the 60s and 70s IMO. His films always tended to go in a different direction than where you expect, particularly this, "Night Moves", "Little Big Man", and "The Missouri Breaks". The PQ on this disc is absolutely stellar as well. Really recommend checking it out if you haven't already.

Thanks for sharing your appreciation The Chase. Your thoughts mirror my own. I understand it was a troubled production with a very long development period involving rewrites and different hands in the script. Lillian Hellman was apparently very dissatisfied with her screenplay and the demands brought upon her for revisions. Usually she had Dashiell Hammett to help her through the rewrites, but he had died. It was based on an austere theatrical play by Horton Foote -- one of America's finest playwrights before he became a scriptwriter himself. He turned the screenplay around into a paperback novelization that brought the story back to the approach he'd intended. Anyhow, it all turned out alright, so far as I'm concerned. In a way the film is about existential boredom and restlessness and the need to do something exciting with one's life. Everybody pokes their nose into each other's business instead of minding their own. Aside from location work at the Paramount ranch, the film was shot mostly in the town square area of the Paramount backlot with its sidestreets. It's a great film that works on many levels. Twilight Time's bluray provides a first-rate transfer that brings out the best in the film.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Aclea

This was the film that everyone was so certain would be the biggest hit of 1977 that Fox were able to force theaters who wanted it to book a film they had no confidence in and had gone so wildly overbudget they knew was going to bomb as well. I forget the title but it was some kind of space western with Peter Cushing, Debbie Reynolds' daughter and that racer in the cowboy hat from American Graffiti in it. It's a shame TT couldn't have included that as an extra.

Originally Posted by BagheeraMcGee

I think I know the one you're talking about. It also had that one guy from The Bridge On The River Kwai, too.

And the bodyguard/weightlifter from A Clockwork Orange, but nobody realized it because he was dressed all in black and his face masked.

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by jayembee

And the bodyguard/weightlifter from A Clockwork Orange, but nobody realized it because he was dressed all in black and his face masked.

Not to mention that one bellhop kid from that one James Coburn movie, "Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round".

[noirjunkie]

Originally Posted by mja345

Jane Fonda is excellent as Bubber's wife, who is having an affair with Jake (James Fox), the son of wealthy local banker Val Rogers (EG Marshall).

One of the pleasures of expanding my film collection is discovering the various Redford/Fonda collaborations. For a long time, I only knew them from Barefoot in the Park (1967) -- still not on blu-ray, sadly -- but I just imported The Electric Horseman (1979) and also just purchased this film (the Indicator edition, since it has all of TT's supplements as well as several more). I thought it sweet how they reunited for Our Souls at Night (2017); Fonda gave a nice interview about reuniting with Redford here: link.

Your write-up has me excited to check this one out. I know it's polarizing, but those often make for the most interesting viewing experiences.

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Pre-order date: Wednesday, September 5th at 4 pm EST


Directed by Henry King (The Song of Bernadette, Love is a Many Splendored Thing, Twelve O'Clock High, Captain from Castile, The Gunfighter, The Snows of Kilimanjaro)

Starring:

Gregory Peck (To Kill a Mockingbird, Moby Dick, The Guns of Navaronne, The Big Country, Roman Holiday, The Snows of Kilimanjaro, Pork Chop Hill and many more). Peck and King worked together on several films.

Joan Collins (Island in the Sun, Land of the Pharoahs, Dynasty TV series)

Stephen Boyd (Ben-Hur, Fantastic Voyage, Genghis Khan, The Best of Everything, Hannie Caulder)

Henry Silva (The Manchurian Candidate, Cry of a Prostitute, Almost Human, Code of Silence, Above the Law)

Lee Van Cleef (The Good The Bad and The Ugly, Escape from New York, The Big Gundown, The Big Combo, Sabata)

Albert Salmi (Empire of the Ants, Moonshine County Express, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Hour of the Gun, Wild River, Lawman, and lots of 1960s to 1980s television)

Music by Lionel Newman, Hugo Friedhofer, and Alfred Newman

Cinematography by one of the true legends.....Leon Shamroy. Just a small sampling of his work includes Cleopatra, Leave Her to Heaven, Planet of the Apes, The Egyptian, Forever Amber, South Pacific, The King and I, and King of the Khyber Rifles).

Special Features: Isolated Music Track / Fox Movietone Newsreels / Original Theatrical Trailer/ Edit: per information from TT: Brand New 4K Transfer

The movie also features:

Director Sam Fuller favorite - and mine also - the always watchable Gene Evans.

Joe DeRita, who shortly after his role in The Bravados was hired by Moe Howard and Larry Fine to join their act, which needed a third member after a revival of its popularity in the late 1950s thanks to television syndication. Thus DeRita became one the The Three Stooges as Curly Joe.

[mja345]

Originally Posted by noirjunkie

One of the pleasures of expanding my film collection is discovering the various Redford/Fonda collaborations. For a long time, I only knew them from Barefoot in the Park (1967) -- still not on blu-ray, sadly -- but I just imported The Electric Horseman (1979) and also just purchased this film (the Indicator edition, since it has all of TT's supplements as well as several more). I thought it sweet how they reunited for Our Souls at Night (2017); Fonda gave a nice interview about reuniting with Redford here: link.

Your write-up has me excited to check this one out. I know it's polarizing, but those often make for the most interesting viewing experiences.

It's an insane film, no doubt about it, and not for everyone. But I'm a huge fan. Fonda and Redford are great together. Fonda really is/was a brilliant actress. And it's amazing what Brando was capable of as an actor when he really gave a shit. Just a special talent.

[Twilight Time]

Originally Posted by oildude

Pre-order date: Wednesday, September 5th at 4 pm EST


Directed by Henry King (The Song of Bernadette, Love is a Many Splendored Thing, Twelve O'Clock High, Captain from Castile, The Gunfighter, The Snows of Kilimanjaro)

Starring:

Gregory Peck (To Kill a Mockingbird, Moby Dick, The Guns of Navaronne, The Big Country, Roman Holiday, The Snows of Kilimanjaro, Pork Chop Hill and many more). Peck and King worked together on several films.

Joan Collins (Island in the Sun, Land of the Pharoahs, Dynasty TV series)

Stephen Boyd (Ben-Hur, Fantastic Voyage, Genghis Khan, The Best of Everything, Hannie Caulder)

Henry Silva (The Manchurian Candidate, Cry of a Prostitute, Almost Human, Code of Silence, Above the Law)

Lee Van Cleef (The Good The Bad and The Ugly, Escape from New York, The Big Gundown, The Big Combo, Sabata)

Albert Salmi (Empire of the Ants, Moonshine County Express, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Hour of the Gun, Wild River, Lawman, and lots of 1960s to 1980s television)

Music by Lionel Newman, Hugo Friedhofer, and Alfred Newman

Cinematography by one of the true legends.....Leon Shamroy. Just a small sampling of his work includes Cleopatra, Leave Her to Heaven, Planet of the Apes, The Egyptian, Forever Amber, South Pacific, The King and I, and King of the Khyber Rifles).







The movie also features:

Director Sam Fuller favorite - and mine also - the always watchable Gene Evans.

Joe DeRita, who shortly after his role in The Bravados was hired by Moe Howard and Larry Fine to join their act, which needed a third member after a revival of its popularity in the late 1950s thanks to television syndication. Thus DeRita became one the The Three Stooges as Curly Joe.

It is also a new 4K transfer which we forgot to note yesterday!

[BwayJ]

THE ST. VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE is sold out.

[KJones77]

Originally Posted by BwayJ

THE ST. VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE is sold out.

As of typing, there are 3 copies left on Amazon for anyone who wants one.

[SeanJoyce]

Originally Posted by BwayJ

THE ST. VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE is sold out.

This one should be talked about it more; it's super-fun and surprisingly accurate.

[Blu2u]

Originally Posted by Twilight Time

It is also a new 4K transfer which we forgot to note yesterday!

Is it a different transfer to the import? Overseas has this out and I'm just wondering how it compares.