A Pemberton

Mini Brian Rix farce dragged from awfulness by a sterling comic performance by William Hartnell , and strange to see Tommy Cooper in a film.
Sid James underused as well

DB7

Great Van Robbery.
More second-feature crime from the Danzigers as a bulky Interpol detective from Scotland Yard trails the stolen loot from a security van robbery across the globe.

Noteworthy as Nic Roeg was cameraman.

Steve Crook

Great interview with Nick Park on The South Bank Show. Not just Nick but also many of the Aardman people, Peter Sallis and a guy from Dreamworks. Lots of clips of his work, including some very early stuff. Lots of shots inside Aardman showing the team at work.

A bit of fun with a plasticine animated version of Lord Melvyn of Bragg - getting a clout round the head from the boom mike operated by Gromit

Did you know? The only time he's ever lost an Oscar when he was nominated, was when he beat himself! Creature Comforts beat A Grand Day Out.

It all started because his dad bought him an 8mm movie camera - which had a control for single frame exposure.

Steve

Harbottle

Dr. Crippen (1962) Fairly workmanlike telling of the famous murder case, lifted by an excellent performance by ever reliable Donald Pleasence, and fine support by Coral Browne as Dr C’s insufferable other half (later to be quarters) also Samantha Egger as the secretary he runs off with.

DB7

The Man in the Road (1957)
Enjoyable second-feature amnesiac drama which suffers from the contrived plot typical of the genre.

Also caught the remake of Random Quest on BBC4 but like many of their productions it was too clinical and lacking in emotion.

willan

My Summer of Love on dvd from 2004 and set in Yorkshire.

DB7

Bellman and True.
A quirky television thriller from the 80's by two sadly missed production companies; Euston Films and Handmade. Bernard Hill leaves Yosser Hughes behind to take on the role of a weak and nervy computer programmer coerced by a gang of London crooks, one a modern day yuppie, the other an old school gangster, into aiding the robbery of over £12m from a bank vault.

Ascoyne D'Ascoyne

Bunny Lake is Missing (1965). I like to watch this film now and again which not only has Laurence Olivier in a starring role investigating the kidnapping of the little girl but also features Martita Hunt and Noel Coward in supporting roles and cameo-appearances by the likes of Fred Emney, Finlay Currie and The Zombies pop group. I'm always disappointed by the final scene, though, which, with it's arty-farty symbolism and over-the-top acting, jars uncomfortably against the rest of the film.

smiffy

The happiest days of your life
I can watch Alastair sim and margaret rutherford anytime.
Anybody know why George cole didn't get a credit ?

I May be getting older ,but I refuse to grow up

Steve Crook

Because he was only in it for 5 seconds?
Because the Junior assistant caretaker at Ministry of Education wasn't considered to be a significant role?
Back in the 1950s (& before then) they didn't give a credit to everyone involved in a film, either in front of the camera or behind it.

I wonder, when did the habit of giving an on-screen credit to everyone involved in a film, however peripherally, really begin - and why?

Steve

smiffy

Thanks steve,actually I think the junior assistant caretaker was a significant role,and integral to the plot with regard to the ineffiency and bumbling bureaucracy of the ministry (just practising my film reviewing skills how am i doing?)

I May be getting older ,but I refuse to grow up

Nick Dando

I wonder, when did the habit of giving an on-screen credit to everyone involved in a film, however peripherally, really begin - and why?

Steve[/quote]

Wasn't it Apocalypse Now? Or is that just another urban myth?

Nick

Ascoyne D'Ascoyne

Clever little fellows, aren't they? I wonder how they manage to keep the camera-shots steady as they hop around.
P.S. I thought the dung-beetle was cute...absolutely stole the film.

smiffy

Surely a real Francophobe wouldn't admit to feeling chagrin never mind saying it,or have I got hold of the wrong end of "le baton"

I May be getting older ,but I refuse to grow up

ChristineCB

(This has to be my least favorite thread to ever peruse... every morning I get up and see someone's watched either a known-to-me great film or made me want to see some great film that I can't access... grrr... but keep it up. I suppose it's like banging one's head against a wall - it feels better when it stops.)

The American 1966 TV show MISSION IMPOSSIBLE Season 1 arrived on DVD and, wow, I'm pretty impressed with the suspense-building techniques. These are like the gadget-rich James Bond films would become, except with an ensemble cast in a 50-minute episode. Good stunts, little violence (a few karate chops to the neck ALWAYS silences bad guys for hours, it seems) and a lot of tension and twists. Sort of like a roller-coaster - I know the fun starts when we go downward, but knowing that doesn't make it any less fun.

So far, the handful of episodes have taken place in Latin America, the Balkans and probably the Baltic States - all with pseudo-kingdoms or country names, and for the most part, the American characters speak with only the slightest put-on accent, or none at all. Why bother? Let's just pretend that every clerk and foot soldier is speaking English - no need for silly subtitles. Or sacking those that are responsible for sacking those that are responsible...