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Reminds me of The Man Who Fell to Earth. Perfect role for Bowie. In a lot of ways, the most realistic version of an alien visitation. Crummy special effects, but an interesting story. One of my favorites.
The Bowie character hired the Rip Torn character to work for him, but Rip had suspicions, so he took an x-ray photo and got this:
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Porsche Girls vs. Cowboys, from The Gumball Rally (1976):
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It's funny how PN played an absolute lout in so many of his movies, but it never really stuck to his overall persona. Jeez, he tried to beat and rape Alma in his drunken stupor in this movie, yet overall his charm still wins the day, and he was never typecast as the kind of bully he played in so many of these kinds of films.
It's almost like he was cast badly, but no, he was cast perfectly as the flawed Adonis. We ate it up. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Hustler, Cool Hand Luke.... Imagine Chris Pratt playing roles like this? I wonder.... no, I don't. Pratt is a lightweight, Newman is the ultimate heavyweight. I love Hud, the movie. It wasn't until recently I realized it was part of Larry McMurtry's 'Thalia" trilogy. But of course it is. What else would it be?
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^^^ Agree, Herr Oberst about Newman's general appeal and like-ability. A lot of it was hi unique sense of humour, IMHO....
--------- From 1964 and directed by John Frankenheimer......
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"Emergency Plan Alpha" featuring a cameo by Miss Hurst Golden Shifter, Linda Vaughn from The Gumball Rally, 1976
Pretty amazing cast of characters and cars: Michael Sarrazin as Michael Bannon - AC Cobra Nicholas Pryor as Professor Samuel Graves - AC Cobra Tim McIntire as Steve Smith - Ferrari Daytona Raúl Juliá as Franco Bertollini - Ferrari Daytona Norman Burton as Lieutenant Roscoe, LAPD John Durren as Ace "Mr. Guts" Preston - Camaro Z-28 Gary Busey as Gibson, Preston's Co-Driver and Mechanic - Chevrolet Camaro Z-28 Joanne Nail as Jane Johnson - Porsche 911 Susan Flannery as Alice Johnson - Porsche 911 J. Pat O'Malley as Barney Donahue - Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Vaughn Taylor as Andy McAllister - Mercedes-Benz 300SL Lazaro Perez as Jose - Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow Tricia O'Neil as Angie - Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow Harvey Jason as Lapchik "The Mad Hungarian - Kawasaki KH400 Motorcycle Steven Keats as Kandinsky - Dodge Polara Police Car Wally Taylor as Avila - Dodge Polara Police Car Eddy Donno as Mel Donno - Chevy Van Dick Karie as Joe Karie - Chevrolet Van Alfred Shelly as Harry Shelly - Chevrolet Van Whitey Hughes as Hughes - Chevrolet Corvette Larry Silvestri as Silvestri - Chevrolet Corvette Wes Dawn as Mullin - Jaguar E-Type John Morton as "Tulip" - Jaguar E-Type Stephen Blood as "Rabbit" - Hot Rod Linda Vaughn as Emergency Plan Alpha
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Coburn is great here. "I'm Australian!"
The real Sedgwick was Dutchman, Bram Van Der Stock. He reached Dresden after the escape and convinced authorities he wasn’t an escapee. He then travelled on to Utrecht in his native Netherlands. He managed to get across the border. The Dutch Resistance gave him a bicycle to get him to Brussels in Belgium. Belgian resistance assisted and gave him paperwork as a Belgian. He then travelled by train into France down to Toulouse. The French resistance assisted him and others allied escapees and got them across the border into neutral Spain. They contacted the British consulate who accepted them all. They were then taken to Gibraltar and flown to Britain in summer 1944. BVDS took command of the Dutch RAF section and resumed flying near the end of the war.
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From 2003 and directed by Peter Weir. I saw this in the theater when it came out with a good friend of mine and his teenage son. He's since moved to Oregon and his very talented and highly skilled son is married and has a wood craft business.
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I loved Master and Commander. IIRC, it was a hopeful to become a franchise, sort of a grown up version of Pirates of the Caribbean.
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Speaking of Russel Crowe.
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LA Confidential was great, too! ![]() Another fight scene....JCVD pretty young here!
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