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Post by Cartman on Aug 4, 2017 9:45:47 GMT
Last night's offering was pretty poor, unfortunately. It was a "comedy" called Not Now Comrade with Roy Kinnear and Leslie Phillips in it, made in 76. I had never heard of it before but I gave up on it after about half an hour. It must have been done on the extreme cheap and was one of those silly farce type things with people running in and out of doors and asking awkward questions.
I would say that this would have been outdated in 1976, although I would say that the British film industry in the 70s was pretty poor. As you no doubt know, I am a huge 70s fan, but I can almost count on the fingers of one hand the good British 70s films. Get Carter, Villain, The Long Good Friday, The Wicker Man, The Likely Lads, Porridge, and if we count Bond films as British, then Live and Let Die and The Spy who Loved me. Apart from these most British films were either sex comedies like Confessions of a Window Cleaner etc or TV sitcom spin offs, almost all of which were poor.
In contrast, American films of the 70s were brilliant, too many to list really.
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Post by Cartman on Aug 16, 2017 8:16:39 GMT
Last night was The Family Way with John and Hayley Mills and Hwyel Bennett, which was filmed in Bolton in 1966. I quite enjoyed it as it was a kind of glimpse into the area near where I lived when I was 6 and it brought back childhood memories. I recollect people getting married and still having to live one set of parents for a few years, my Mum and Dad did when they got married in the 50s, and had only just got a house shortly before I turned up in 1960!
John Mills as the dad was a bit stereotypically northern, but I thought the actress playing his wife was quite good. Also an early appearance of Barry Foster of Van Der Valk. The guy playing Hwyel Bennet's brother was Murray Head, didn't he have a hit in the mid 80s with One Night in Bangkok from Chess?
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Aug 16, 2017 17:24:54 GMT
The guy playing Hwyel Bennet's brother was Murray Head, didn't he have a hit in the mid 80s with One Night in Bangkok from Chess? Yes & the brother of Anthony Head, the oily bloke from the Gold Blend coffee ads. I think he should've changed his name, 'Murray Head' sounds more like a place than a name.
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Post by Cartman on Aug 22, 2017 7:37:56 GMT
The night before last were two very contrasting films, both of which were good, in their own way. The first one was The Way to The Stars, made in 1945 with Michael Redgrave and John Mills, I remember seeing this years ago, probably some time in the early 70s when they still showed black and white films of this age on TV. I hadn't seen it since and rewatched it.
I actually thought it was quite a thoughtful film which touched on the human side of war, rather than a propaganda piece which quite a lot of wartime films were. It was a window into life in Britain at the end of the war and I felt it was interesting.
The other one was Fear is the Key with Barry Newman, made in 1972 which was again atmospheric, you felt you were in the heat of Louisiana in the early 70s, and it starts with a great car chase sequence with a 72 Ford Torino and the state police, which I think were Pontiacs. An interesting film too as it started off as an action thriller and became a study of injustice.
Last night was some crap with Robin Askwith which I didn't bother with
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Aug 22, 2017 12:23:30 GMT
Two good films on tomorrow- 'The Good Die Young' at 10pm followed by 'Seance On A Wet Afternoon' at 12.
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Post by Steve Austin on Aug 22, 2017 12:46:22 GMT
Thanks Arthur I watched "The Good Die Young" a few weeks back when it was on TPTV, not a bad film and I quite like Stanley Baker films, they're usually quite good.
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Post by Steve Austin on Aug 23, 2017 20:28:55 GMT
I watched "Cool It Carol" a couple of days ago. Not a great film but always good to see old cars, fashions etc from the late 60's, early 70's. I was captivated by Janet Lynn, seems she didn't have much of a film career. Do any of our resident experts know much about her above what is available on IMDB?
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Aug 23, 2017 23:03:04 GMT
I watched "Cool It Carol" a couple of days ago. Not a great film but always good to see old cars, fashions etc from the late 60's, early 70's. I was captivated by Janet Lynn, seems she didn't have much of a film career. Do any of our resident experts know much about her above what is available on IMDB? I don't know anything about her Steve but there's a thread on the britmovie site from 2010 enquiring about her, her husband turns up to reply! filmdope.com/forums/85665-janet-lynn.htmlDirector Pete Walker has done several dvd commentaries but not for Cool It Carol. There's a Pete Walker thread on 43tv, I think only Vienna & me seem to be fans of his films, if 'fan' is the right word as they do have their shortcomings. I notice Robin Askwith has a one man show that he tours now & again, quite a character if you've ever seen him interviewed. Peter the Dutchman copping a feel of Janet Lynn-
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Post by Cartman on Aug 24, 2017 8:04:57 GMT
I did watch a bit of Cool it Carol, but assumed it was going to be a bit "Confessions of a Window Cleaner"-ish so gave it up. As said, I liked the street and railway scenes from the early 70s but that was about it.
Last night I watched Yesterdays Hero with Ian McShane and I thought it was actually a bit better than I thought it was going to be. I noticed that it was written by Jackie Collins, so in view of this unpromising start, my expectations weren't high, but it wasn't bad, if a little clichéd, alcoholic, past it footballer given last chance etc.
I always find McShane watchable, and Paul Nicholas was in it too as the chairman, with Adam Faith as the manager - Ive never been a big fan of his, although he was Ok in Budgie. I liked the football scenes as it was a reminder of the era when football was still accessible and a part of the community and in touch with the fans, before mega money elevated it to its current status, and I am also a big fan of, and can remember, the late 70s disco era. Scenes in a disco with Anita Ward's Ring my Bell and The Dooleys Wanted brought back some great summer 79 memories.
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Post by Steve Austin on Aug 24, 2017 8:24:10 GMT
I watched "Cool It Carol" a couple of days ago. Not a great film but always good to see old cars, fashions etc from the late 60's, early 70's. I was captivated by Janet Lynn, seems she didn't have much of a film career. Do any of our resident experts know much about her above what is available on IMDB? I don't know anything about her Steve but there's a thread on the britmovie site from 2010 enquiring about her, her husband turns up to reply! filmdope.com/forums/85665-janet-lynn.htmlDirector Pete Walker has done several dvd commentaries but not for Cool It Carol. There's a Pete Walker thread on 43tv, I think only Vienna & me seem to be fans of his films, if 'fan' is the right word as they do have their shortcomings. I notice Robin Askwith has a one man show that he tours now & again, quite a character if you've ever seen him interviewed. Peter the Dutchman copping a feel of Janet Lynn- Thanks Arthur I'd read the Britmovie thread before posting, it didn't really give much info on Janet herself though.
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