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Old 17-09-2005, 04:22 PM
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Fair enough; I was just thinking aloud.

OK then, how about favourite Science Fiction Film?
Ok, should be interesting, any (good) nominations to add to:

2001: A Space Odyssey
Brazil
28 Days Later
The Damned
The Day of the Triffids
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Quatermass II
The Quatermass and the Pit
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Things to Come
The Village of the Damned
The Earth Dies Screaming
The Man Who Changed His Mind
X the Unknown
Journey to the Far Side of the Sun
The Night Caller

Looking for no more than 15-20.

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A few more for your consideration:-

Timeslip, First Man Into Space, First Men in the Moon, Invasion, Island of Terror, Night of the Big Heat.
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Ok, should be interesting, any (good) nominations to add to:

2001: A Space Odyssey
Brazil
28 Days Later
The Damned
The Day of the Triffids
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Quatermass II
The Quatermass and the Pit
The Quatermass Xperiment
Things to Come
The Village of the Damned
The Earth Dies Screaming
The Man Who Changed His Mind
X the Unknown
Journey to the Far Side of the Sun
The Night Caller

Looking for no more than 15-20.
Nice to see THE EARTH DIES SCREAMING and a few more 'low-budgeters' in here.

Think you have most of my favourites already, but might I give a passing nod to UNEARTHLY STRANGER, for it's different concept, atmosphere and crisp and interesting photography. Would THE MIND BENDERS hit in this category, as I quite like that as well ? A bit wordy maybe, but of merit nonetheless.

Tough call to come up with the ultimate out of these, between DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE and QUATERMASS II (IMHO). The death of Broadhead in the latter is still quite stunning, no matter how many times I see it...

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It's hard to choose between THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE, the QUATERMASS movies, VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED and INVASION. All are very good movies.
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How about favourite jigsaw with a picture of a castle on it?

But seriously, how about favourite TV programme offshoot feature film; On the Buses, Likely Lads, Steptoe, The Sweeney
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It is so difficult to choose which one of them is my favorite because I love them all but I must say my absolute favorite is Hue And Cry because it is so fantastic that teenagers find out that real criminals are doing a crime out of a magazine.
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'Whisky Galore!' by a van dyke, the third-best debut feature in UK film history, after 'Walkabout' and 'Distant Voices/Still Lives'
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Here's a few great brit sci-fi films hitherto unmentioned: *'The Bed Sitting Room' *'Deathline' *'The War Game' ...and does 'The Abominable Snowman' count?
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all the Ealing comedies are great fun, the four with Alec Guinness all stand out as timeless greats and are a joy to watch over and over and over again.
For me, the best of all is THE LAVENDER HILL MOB, by a whisker.
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Ealing films quite simply put are quintessentially English and portray a bygone perfect cosy world. I just love to put one on and bury my head in one and forget about this horrid selfish world we live in today. My favorites are Titfield Thunderbolt and Ladykillers(The ending is a real classic). Was really surprised Barnacle Bill(A.K.A. All at sea) got no votes attall as admittedly is a bit weird, but once you can get your head around the plot of a pier being run as a ship Its quite funny and Alec Guinness is terrific. Also another bonus is the pier is Hunstantons old pier which was destroyed in storms and some historic shots of the old pier, Which incidently is not far from myself. If anyone wishes to watch this lost classic it is regularly shown on TCM (you can find it by looking on TCM website and looking on listings). Worth taping or DVDing as it is on ussually early hours of morning.
Shame they dont make films like this anymore eh!
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I end up watching LAVENDER HILL MOB the most often. It's one of those background pop-in films that I'll start up with little intention of watching attentively, but soon enough, all those other foolish distractions are long forgotten - ringing phones, frantic neighbors and kitchen fires. I do know a certain Eiffel Tower statuette on my shelf would be among the few trinkets I'd collect as the firemen hauled me out. "Lady, c'mon - uh, what are you watchin'? Oh yes, I love this film - GUYS, C'MERE... she's even got popcorn..."
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Default Help! Looking for movie-graphics!
I am trying to find some graphics to use as a DVD-label for my backup copy for A RUN FOR YOUR MONEY (1965, Ealing, the Welsh miners win a London trip).

Does anyone know a site that carries something specific? If not, I'll resort to a screen-capture, not always my favorite but better than my other hammer & chisel
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GOT IT! Thanks. Looks great.
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