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Old 25-06-2008, 03:30 PM
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I know it features elsewhere in these forums, but I have just watched this fabulous movie yet again, this time on Channel 4.

The film is the same age as me and I first saw it at the Odeon, Whalley Range, Manchester with my mum and my gran in 1946. Dad was still yet to return from from WW2.

That was it! - the images were planted in my memory forever. Some of the special effects may have been bettered since, but this was 62 years ago and to a six year old they were REAL.

It is one of the few movies that I can watch over and over again and never tire of. The version that Channel 4 show is in excellent condition and the colours seem as fresh they were all those years ago.

As soon as I hear the background music over the opening credits based on Sabu's "I Want To Be Sailor Song", I get a lump in my throat as nostalgia for those far off days of my childhood and my admiration for this timeless classic overtake me.

Sorry if all this sounds a bit mushy, but I can't help it!

"I want to be a sailor - sailing out to sea"
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You're quite right, Tom, it is a wonderful film - the special effects are still respectable, after all this time..

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I know it features elsewhere in these forums, but I have just watched this fabulous movie yet again, this time on Channel 4.

The film is the same age as me and I first saw it at the Odeon, Whalley Range, Manchester with my mum and my gran in 1946. Dad was still yet to return from from WW2.

That was it! - the images were planted in my memory forever. Some of the special effects may have been bettered since, but this was 62 years ago and to a six year old they were REAL.

It is one of the few movies that I can watch over and over again and never tire of. The version that Channel 4 show is in excellent condition and the colours seem as fresh they were all those years ago.

As soon as I hear the background music over the opening credits based on Sabu's "I Want To Be Sailor Song", I get a lump in my throat as nostalgia for those far off days of my childhood and my admiration for this timeless classic overtake me.

Sorry if all this sounds a bit mushy, but I can't help it!
Nothing wrong with being a bit mushy. It's a great film and there are a lot of people that like it just as much. you're in very good company.

Have you seen the Criterion DVD and have you heard the Scorsese / Coppolla commentary? Marty likes it and admires it but Francis really loves it

"I want to be a bandit,
Can't you understand it."

Not many films have the lyrics of their songs written by a Baron, the head of the British diplomatic service

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Old 25-06-2008, 04:49 PM
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I know it features elsewhere in these forums, but I have just watched this fabulous movie yet again, this time on Channel 4.

The film is the same age as me and I first saw it at the Odeon, Whalley Range, Manchester with my mum and my gran in 1946. Dad was still yet to return from from WW2.

That was it! - the images were planted in my memory forever. Some of the special effects may have been bettered since, but this was 62 years ago and to a six year old they were REAL.

It is one of the few movies that I can watch over and over again and never tire of. The version that Channel 4 show is in excellent condition and the colours seem as fresh they were all those years ago.

As soon as I hear the background music over the opening credits based on Sabu's "I Want To Be Sailor Song", I get a lump in my throat as nostalgia for those far off days of my childhood and my admiration for this timeless classic overtake me.

Sorry if all this sounds a bit mushy, but I can't help it!
As Steve says, there is no reason at all why you shouldn't feel mushy about a film that means so much to you.

Everyone here should feel the same way about a small number of films that have a really significant meaning to them - if they don't, they should really be here [IMO!]
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