rpj316
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RE: Last film you watched
The French Connection(1971)
William Friedkin really utilised new York City as a location in his gritty film based on the reports of real police officers.A high point is the breathtaking car/train chase that rivals,if not betters the one in Bullet,although the car used isn't as iconic as Steve McQueen's Mustang.However what makes the chase even more incredible is that Freidkin shot the scene without proper permits and he kept all the accidental collisions in.
Gene Hackman created a cinematic icon in playing Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle and his performance warranted the Oscar he won for it.Roy Scheider was nominated for best supporting actor but criminally,lost out.The duo ooze charisma and intensity in every scene.Strange,then to think that director Friedkin was initially sceptical about casting Hackman,only relenting after names such as Paul Newman,Steve McQueen,Jackie Gleason,Peter Boyle,Charles Bronson and even New York Times columnist Jimmy Breslin were all ruled out.
Quite simply one of the greatest crime thrillers ever made.
9/10
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rpj316
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RE: Last film you watched
Dr Jekyll and Sister Hide(1971)
Roy Ward Baker directs another version of the classic tale for Hammer.This time with Dr Jekyll turning into a sexy but evil woman.Grave robbers Burke and Hare turn up in this one to supply the bodies for Jekyll's immoral experiments.Ralph Bates and Martine Beswick shine in their roles as Jekyll and his alter ego but this is mostly style over substance and not as erotic or clever as Hammer intended it to be.
6.5/10
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Billy Batts
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RE: Last film you watched
Wild
Quite an interesting film and Reese Witherspoon still has great tits!
"Now go home and get your fuckin' shinebox..."
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rpj316
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RE: Last film you watched
The Abominable Dr.Phibes(1971)
Vincent Price really hams it up in this good but campy film from Robert Fuest.Price plays an organist who avenges his wife's death after a car crash that also left him disfigured.The targets of his grief induced vengeance are the doctors who failed to save his wife's life.The most interesting part of the film are the deaths of the doctors,all inspired by the ten plagues of Egypt as written in the Old Testament.
7/10
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rpj316
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RE: Last film you watched
The Return Of The Living Dead(1985)
A very funny sequel to Romero's Night Of The living Dead(1968).This time the military is blamed for the zombie outbreak.A great example of how a tounge in cheek, comedy horror should be done from the late and massively underrated Dan O'Bannon.Also featuring a great punk rock soundtrack.
8/10
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