I definitely remember Bujold fencing with someone.
And that Agutter scene did have some creepy admirers. I can remember someone on some chatboard or other ages ago going on and on about how he tried to freeze frame that moment when you see “the full Agutter.” Slimy.
Watched it. Too victory lap-ish. Matthau is used better elsewhere. Here you kind of wonder what all the fuss was about.
Matthau was nearing the end of his leading man days, I think First Monday In October or whatever it was is about all that came after this. The Survivors he shared with Robin Williams. Not someone who transitioned to the 1980s all that well.
I saw her on Broadway in Breaking the Code, a play about Alan Turing with Derek Jacobi as Turing. She did not do a full Agutter. They both were great.
I’ve only seen a few clips, but The Revengers Tragedy Starring Christopher Eccleston and Eddie Izzard.
I remember one night my uncle came over to visit and said “I just rented this movie and it’s great. Let’s watch it.” So the family all sat down to watch it together. My uncle just watched us watching the movie and looked absolutely giddy as we go to THAT moment in the finale…we all cheered. He cheered the loudest.
I also quote the line “A day IS 24 hours” all the time.
It wasn’t until years later that I realized Heather Grahm was the love interest and easily was 20 years younger than Woods at the time (in fact 23 years older).
In Hollywood Land that’s practically the same age. At least so long as it’s the male actor who is twenty years senior to his leading lady.
Probably more Unseen than Forgotten, because if you’ve seen it, you will not forget it.
I don’t know how many copies I have. Sometime in the '80s I got a bootleg VHS. Eventually I got a legitimate VHS. I have at least one copy on DVD. I’ve seen it in the original glorious black-and-white, and I’ve seen the colour version. I have the soundtrack. One of my favourite films!
In the early-'80s I used to go to screenings as the Los Angeles Science Fiction and Fantasy Film Society (‘Lass-fuss’), presented by Dr. Donald Reed. Often, they could not get the film they promised and had an alternate presentation. I remember Dr. Reed saying that Forbidden Zone was a film that you would either ‘love, or absolutely hate.’ Of course I loved it.
After all our time on The Dope together, This does not surprise me.
Does anyone remember the 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T?
Basement dungeon…everyyy…bodyyy…oouuttt
We actually have a DVD of it.
Nevermind, I’m thinking of the 7 Faces of Dr. Lau.
The thing I remember most about “The Cook…” is that it received near-universal critical acclaim, and with one exception, everyone I’ve known who saw it didn’t like it, to put it mildly.
It basically disappeared.
I saw this one and it was really, bizarrely good. Would make a fabulous double feature with Julie Taymor’s Titus. Which is also rather forgotten considering it’s got some pretty unforgettable imagery to it.
That’s not really a movie that insists on you liking it. It’s disturbing and powerful and creepy–pretty much Peter Greenaway’s stock in trade lol.
Oh jeez. Just remembered Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983). I saw it once, and never saw the need to see it again. Some kind of 3-D presentation, but that couldn’t save it from a confusing plot, where things moved too quickly to make sense of. A little creepy too, as Our Hero, a middle-aged male, teams up with a very young teenaged Molly Ringwald.
Obviously meant to ride the coattails of Star Wars, as so many films then were, no amount of science fiction could save this one. Even my friends who were fans of the genre said this one was a waste of time.
There is this little movie titled “Sunburst”, with Robert Englund, Peter Hooten, James Keech and Rudy Vallee. Probably because it had Robert Englund in it on some videos it has been retitled “Slashed Dreams”, but Englund is young, meek and thoughtful in this film. I’ve seen it a couple of times and liked it for what it was.
Otherwise known as Ralph Bakshi ripping off Vaughn Bode.
In other news, my selections:
The Baltimore Bullet (1980) - James Coburn as a pool hustler and a young Bruce Boxleitner as his protege. Made the rounds of early pay-broadcast services, but I haven’t seen it around in nearly forty years.
Cisco Pike (1971) - Kris Kristofferson as a down & out rock musician who get blackmailed into selling a large quantity of dope by corrupt cop Gene Hackman. Saw it on the afternoon movie back in the 70s.
The Shape of Things to Come (1979) One of several forgettable pieces of drek that Jack Palance had to do to come up with rent & groceries back in the day. It had a teleporting robot. That’s the only thing I remember.
Another: Cherry 2000.
Melanie Griffith as a kickass badass looking after a wimpy guy who is looking for a replacement for his robot girlfriend. He finds the robot girlfriend, with Griffith’s help. Now, who does he go home with?
Sadly, this one is only available on Region 2 DVD. And while I have the disc, it is only playable in Region 2. Anybody got any ideas how I can make my Region 1 DVD player into a Region 2 player?
I didn’t realize someone else made a movie from the 1933 novel The Shape of Things to Come by H. G. Wells. The famous version is the 1936 movie Things to Come. It was a much better film. It appears that the 1979 version changed many things in the story.
If you google the model number of your DVD player, along with “region hack”, you may find a page that provides the code. I switched mine to region 0, which allows playing DVDs from anywhere.
That’s putting it mildly. I think I walked out on the 1979 one. Probably demanded my money back.