((((The Classic Movie Lovers Thread ))))

[Dingle]

TITLE: Drunken Master

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080179/

Director: Woo-ping Yuen

Year: 1978

Comments: Wong Fei Hong (Jackie Chan) is sent to train under his uncle, a wine guzzling master famous for crippling his students. Desperate to escape this brutal teacher's cruel regime, he flees but is confronted, humiliated and beaten senseless by a hired assassin (Hwang Jang lee). Angry, ashamed, hungry for revenge, the wayward Fei Hung returns to his drunken master. This is the second collabration between director Yuen Woo Ping and Jackie Chan was another huge box-office hit, drawing in 8 million HK dollars on its run. Blending intresting martial arts moves with slapstick comedy (Jackie trademark). "Drunken Master" ushered in the new genre of comedy kung fu and estableshed Chan as its uncontested king.

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[gv1.3]

The Omega Man (1971)

Title: The Omega Man

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067525/

Director: Boris Segal

Year: 1971

Comments: Charlton Heston carries off the part of the omega man in his usual, some would say over-acted, way but realistically portrays the part of a sole surviving man going slightly crazy after an outbreak of a virus which turns everyone in the city in to Zombies.

You may have seen "I am Legend" ... well this is the real one! Another case of "they shouldnt have re-made it". This is the original and without a doubt a great film.

 

[Gryzor]

Very true but how many bad Clint Eastwood films have you seen?
The man is a legend

oh completely agree Gran Torino is a have to see , the whole spagetti western set even Every Which Way But Loose, pure magic.
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Deliverance "Sqeal like a pig" :freddy:

 

[gv1.3]

oh completely agree Gran Torino is a have to see , the whole spagetti western set even Every Which Way But Loose, pure magic.
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Deliverance "Sqeal like a pig" :freddy:

The good the bad and the ugly ... what a classic! and my fav of them all High plains drifter!

 

[Matchew]

oh completely agree Gran Torino is a have to see , the whole spagetti western set even Every Which Way But Loose, pure magic.
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Deliverance "Sqeal like a pig" :freddy:

Yeah man and all the dirty harry series:rockon:
Every which way but loose what a film "right turn clide" or clive?
Carent remember off the top of head

 

[Gryzor]

Enter the Dragon

Enter the Dragon (1973)

Director : Robert Clouse

"Bruce Lee was immortalized in his films as a martial arts master and first-class entertainer. ENTER THE DRAGON was the first martial arts film that American audiences had witnessed, and was... Bruce Lee was immortalized in his films as a martial arts master and first-class entertainer. ENTER THE DRAGON was the first martial arts film that American audiences had witnessed, and was actually produced in both Hong Kong and Hollywood. Interestingly, ENTER THE DRAGON also set the stage for non-traditional, culturally specific narratives to make their way into Hollywood. Bruce Lee plays a kung fu master recruited by a foreign government to infiltrate the island of a megalomaniac martial artist named Han. Han's bodyguard is also found to have killed Lee's sister, giving Lee a personal vendetta to fight for. The Hall of Mirrors sequence towards the end of the film is now famous, as are Lee's incredibly gymnastic martial arts abilities. This trend-setting film holds up as an entertaining, engaging action movie, more than 30 years later." ref.

 

[Blak_Mamber]

Epic film right there ^^^^

Some great movies being posted. Gonna have to watch some of these.

 

[gv1.3]

Enter the dragon - savage film! "O Hara!!!!"

"its like a finger pointing to the moon.... *smack on the head* dont concentrate on the finger or you will miss all the heavenly glory"

 

[glanzanut]

Not a particulary old film but deserves a place in this thread as its one of the greatest movies of our time imo.:freddy:

TITLE: Schindlers List

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=schindlers+list

Director: Steven Spielberg

Year: 1993

Comments: This film moved me to tears when i watched it. It shows the darkest side of man, and at the same time the qualities that make us all human. A true story, and a brilliant piece of movie making, here is a quick run down of the plot for those who havent seen it.
Oskar Schindler is a vain, glorious and greedy German businessman who becomes unlikely humanitarian amid the barbaric Nazi reign when he feels compelled to turn his factory into a refuge for Jews. Based on the true story of Oskar Schindler who managed to save about 1100 Jews from being gassed at the Auschwitz concentration camp. A testament for the good in all of us.

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[Dave@TM-developments.com]

Nil by Mouth (1997)

The family of Raymond, his wife Val and her brother Billy live in working-class London district. Also in their family is Val and Billy's mother Janet and grandmother Kath. Billy is a drug addict and Raymond kicks him out of the house, making him live on his own. Raymond is generally a rough and even violent person, and that leads to problems in the life of the family.

Nil by Mouth is a 1997 British film surrounding the life of a family of characters living in South East London. It was Gary Oldman's debut as writer, director; he also produced the film in partnership with Douglas Urbanski and Luc Besson. It stars Ray Winstone as Raymond, the abusive husband of Valerie (Kathy Burke). The film was a critical success, winning eight awards and being nominated for a further eight.

 

[Dave@TM-developments.com]

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Jules Winnfield and Vincent Vega are two hitmen who are out to retrieve a suitcase stolen from their employer, mob boss Marsellus Wallace. Wallace has also asked Vincent to take his wife Mia out a few days later when Wallace himself will be out of town. Butch Coolidge is an aging boxer who is paid by Wallace to lose his next fight. The lives of these seemingly unrelated people are woven together comprising of a series of funny, bizarre and uncalled-for incidents. Written by Soumitra

The film initiates with two small-time thieves, Honey Bunny and Pumpkin, who spontaneously decide to hold up a restaurant. The film then shifts to the story of Jules and Vincent, who hit men for the well known and feared Marsellus Wallace, who is caught up in a deal gone wrong with struggling boxer Butch Coolidge. Written by David Landers {dml@gwis.com}

Pumpkin and Honey Bunny are two thieves who, while dining at a coffee shop, decide that the best thing to do is to rob it. Vincent and Jules, two hit men working for mob kingpin Marcellus Wallace, are sent to retrieve a very special and very mysterious briefcase for their boss. Vincent later must also show Mrs. Wallace a good time while her husband is out. Butch Coolidge is an aging prizefighter who is being paid to "take a dive", but instead, accidentally kills him opponent, and tries to flee town, but not before getting his dead father's lucky golden watch. These four seemingly unrelated stories are interwoven together in a non-linear fashion. Written by movies_are_forever

Jules and Vincent work as hitmen for crime boss Marcellus Wallace. Wallace is currently dealing with Butch Collidge, a boxer who failed to throw a fight after taking Wallace's money and is now planning to flee the city, but can't leave his father's watch behind. Vincent faces some problems of his own when Wallace asks him to show his wife Mia a good time while he's away. Some of these people redeem themselves and some don't, and all meet an end appropriate to their choices. Written by rmlohner

Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield are two hitmen on the hunt for a briefcase whose contents were stolen from their boss, Marsellus Wallace. They run into a few unexpected detours along the road. Marsellus is out of town, and he's gotten Vincent to take care of his wife, Mia. That is, take her out for a night on the town. Things go smoothly until one of them makes a huge error. Butch Coolidge is a boxer who's been approached by Marsellus and been told to throw his latest fight. When Butch ends up killing the other boxer, he must escape Marsellus. Pumpkin and Honey Bunny (not their real names) are two lovebirds/thieves who have decided to rob the restaurant they're currently eating at. But the restaurant doesn't turn out to be as easy as the other places they've robbed.

 

[gv1.3]

The Last Waltz 1978

TITLE: The Last Waltz

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077838/

Director: Martin Scorsese

Year: 1978

Comments: "The Band" were a formidable force influencing a generation with their music which featured in movies like easy rider and were the band of Bob Dylan. Having toured and enjoyed great acclaim for years they eventually decided to disband and as their last performance they had a concert entitled The Last Waltz.

They invited along some of their musician friends for the event including Eric Clapton, Dr John, Bob Dylan, Neil Diamond, Neil Young, Ringo Star, Joni Mitchell, Paul Butterfield and Van Morrison.

Shot in the amazing style you would expect from Scorsese with performances cut with laid back interviews from the band this is a taste of the era and has the feel that it is the end of an era... It should be in everyones collection even if just for the dueling guitar scene with Eric Clapton and Robbie Robertson.

 

[addz]

TITLE: The Postman Always Rings Twice

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038854/

Director: Tay Garnett

Year: 1946

Nick Smith, the middle-aged proprietor of a roadside restaurant, hires drifter Frank Chambers as a handyman. Frank eventually begins an affair with Nick's beautiful wife Cora, who talks Frank into helping her kill Nick, by "accident." But the best laid plans......

 

[addz]

TITLE: The Great Dictator

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032553/

Director: Charles Chaplin

Year: 1940

Summary:

During the last days of the First World War, a clumsy soldier saves the life of devoted military pilot Schultz. Unfortunately, their flight from the advancing enemy ends in a severe crash with the clumsy soldier losing his memories. After quite some years in the hospital, the amnesia patient gets released and reopens his old barber shop in the Jewish ghetto. But times have changed in the country of Tomania: Dictator Adenoid Hynkel, who accidentally looks very similar to the barber, has laid his merciless grip on the country, and the Jewish people are discriminated against. One day, the barber gets in trouble and is brought before a commanding officer, who turns out to be his old comrade Schultz. So, the ghetto enjoys protection from then on. Meanwhile, Dictator Hynkel develops big plans, he wants to become Dictator of the whole world and needs a scapegoat for the public. Soon, Schultz is being arrested for being too Jewish-friendly, and all Jews except those who managed to flee are transported into Concentration Camps. Hynkel is planning to march into Osterlich to show off against Napaloni, Dictator of Bacteria, who already has deployed his troops along the other border of the small country. Meanwhile, Schultz and the barber manage to escape, guised in military uniforms. As luck would have it, Schultz and the barber are picked up by Tomanian forces and the barber is mixed up with Hynkel himself. The small barber now gets the once-in-a-lifetime chance to speak to the people of Osterlich and all of Tomania, who listen eagerly on the radio.

 

[addz]

TITLE: The Circus

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018773/

Director: Charles Chaplin

Year: 1928


Summary:

Charlie's Tramp character finds himself at a circus where he is promptly gets chased around by the police who think he is a pickpocket. Running into the bigtop, he is an accidental sensation with his hilarious efforts to elude the police. The ringmaster/owner immediately hires him, but discovers the Tramp cannot be funny on purpose, so he takes advantage of the situation by making the Tramp a janitor just happens to always in the Bigtop at showtime. Unaware of this exploitation, the Tramp falls for the owner's lovely acrobatic daughter, who is abused by her father. His chances seem good, until a dashing rival comes in and Charlies feels he has to compete with him.

 

[GTti]

Léon (1994)

You'll have to define Classic! But to me this is...



TITLE: Léon

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110413/

Director: Luc Besson

Year: 1994

Comments:

Professional 'cleaner' Leon reluctantly takes care of 12-year-old Mathilda, a neighbor whose parents are killed, and teaches her his trade.

I think I first saw this film when I was similar to Mathilda's age (Natalie Portman), I'm sure it was a Channel 4 Movie Premiere. The aura around the film was very controversial, more so in the present day. I remember having a crush on her character. I recently purchased this as my first Blue-Ray I thought Natalie's acting was fantastic and Gary Oldman's performance as Stansfield is particularly good.

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[addz]

TITLE: City Lights

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021749/

Director: Charles Chaplin

Year: 1931

Summary:

A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind girl. Her family is in financial trouble. The tramp's on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.

Charmingly simple story of The Little Tramp who meets a lovely blind girl selling flowers on the sidewalk who mistakes him for a wealthy duke. When he learns that an operation may restore her sight, he sets off to earn the money she needs to have the surgery. In a series of comedy adventures that only Chaplin could pull off, he eventually succeeds, even though his efforts land him in jail. While he is there, the girl has the operation and afterwards yearns to meet her benefactor. The tear-inducing closing scene, in which she discovers that he is not a wealthy duke but only The Little Tramp, is one of the highest

 

[addz]

TITLE: Monsieur Verdoux

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039631/

Director: Charles Chaplin

Year: (1947)

Summary:

A suave but cynical man supports his family by marrying and murdering rich women for their money, but the job has some occupational hazards.

 

[addz]

TITLE: Limelight

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044837/

Director: Charles Chaplin

Year: 1952

Summary:

A fading comedian and a suicidally despondent ballet dancer must look to each other to find meaning and hope in their lives.

Chaplin's final American film tells the story of a fading music hall comedian's effort to help a despondent ballet dancer learn both to walk and feel confident about life again. The highlight of the film is the classic duet with Chaplin's only real artistic film comedy rival.