What shall it be? A scary film? Hitchcock... The Birds? Psycho? A
comedy? Romance?

Whatever it is, it shall be accompanied by popped corn (and if you choose to
throw sugar in there and make kettle corn, okay). I'm thinking... hmmmm.

What's your choice for Sat. Night watching OLD flicks? And what goodies
accompany your movie night?

Jill

"jmcquown" wrote in
:

What shall it be? A scary film? Hitchcock... The Birds? Psycho? A
comedy? Romance?

Whatever it is, it shall be accompanied by popped corn (and if you
choose to throw sugar in there and make kettle corn, okay). I'm
thinking... hmmmm.

What's your choice for Sat. Night watching OLD flicks? And what
goodies accompany your movie night?

Jill




Tonight it will be "The Italian Job" with Micheal Caine circa 1970's. Just
love watching those Mini's perform. Pretzels with some of my Chocolate
Pate as Pretzel dip.

--
Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food
and water.
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FIELDS, W. C.

(jmcquown) wrote:
What shall it be? A scary film? Hitchcock... The Birds? Psycho? A
comedy? Romance?
Whatever it is, it shall be accompanied by popped corn (and if you
choose to throw sugar in there and make kettle corn, okay). I'm
thinking... hmmmm.
What's your choice for Sat. Night watching OLD flicks? And what goodies
accompany your movie night?
Jill
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While reading your post my mind went back few years ago-actually over 30
years- when you never would have caught me being home on saturday nites.
Weekends were for partying with friends, going to rock concerts,
generally having a good time. I had a tv at home but seldom was it even
turned on.
Now look at us! lol

On 2004-02-29, jmcquown wrote:

What's your choice for Sat. Night watching OLD flicks? And what goodies
accompany your movie night?

One of our local pbs stations reserves Sat night for a couple old movie
classics. Tonight it's The Stranger w/ Orsen Welles and the original
Gaslight ('40), almost lost due to MGM's attempts to destroy all copies so
as not to compete with the Bergman/Boyer version ('44). I'm looking forward
to it as I've never seen this original version before.

The menu will be a rather nondescript frozen pizza. But, I'm only eating
that to give my tummy something to hold on to while I indulge in some award
winning India Pale Ales and a couple of exquisite Belgian ales.

I oughta be toast by the end of the second flick!


nb

jmcquown wrote:
What shall it be? A scary film? Hitchcock... The Birds? Psycho? A
comedy? Romance?

The Lion King
Pirates of the Caribbean

What's your choice for Sat. Night watching OLD flicks? And what
goodies accompany your movie night?

Whiskey
Rum
Beef Jerky

Anyway, I wish I had some OLD flicks, but the movers "lost" the box of
DVDs. So I am rebuilding my collection. Ideally I would watch Spartacus
and drink a 12 pack of beer. Maybe the treasure of the sierra madre, or
maybe blazing saddles. Spartacus holds a dear place in my heart though.
I think that is easily one of the best movies, ever.

--
John Gaughan
http://www.johngaughan.net/

On 2004-02-29, John Gaughan wrote:

Spartacus holds a dear place in my heart though.
I think that is easily one of the best movies, ever.

I agree. It was the best of the gladiator genre. Having such fond memories
of Sparticus, I was completely dumbfounded by the success of Gladiator, a
poor, blatantly unoriginal copy of the 5 star Kirk vehicle. When it won all
those Acadamy awards I was totally disgusted. The Academy wouldn't know
talent if it ran over them in a truck. Although I think Russel Crowe
is perfect in Captain and Commander, his part in Gladiator could have been
played by one of those full-size cardboard cutouts tourists stand next to
for photos. Speaking of Sparticus, it's been a long, long while since I've
seen The Vikings, an equally rousing macho tale with the same two male leads
....and a better score.

nb

On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 21:44:18 -0600, John Gaughan

Spartacus holds a dear place in my heart though.
I think that is easily one of the best movies, ever.

Did you like Zulu?



Practice safe eating - always use condiments

T E wrote:
(jmcquown) wrote:
What shall it be? A scary film? Hitchcock... The Birds? Psycho? A
comedy? Romance?
Whatever it is, it shall be accompanied by popped corn (and if you
choose to throw sugar in there and make kettle corn, okay). I'm
thinking... hmmmm.
What's your choice for Sat. Night watching OLD flicks? And what
goodies
accompany your movie night?
Jill
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While reading your post my mind went back few years ago-actually over
30
years- when you never would have caught me being home on saturday
nites.
Weekends were for partying with friends, going to rock concerts,
generally having a good time. I had a tv at home but seldom was it
even
turned on.
Now look at us! lol

Yeah, I had my moments back then, too Can't stay a teen forever!

Jill

notbob wrote:
On 2004-02-29, jmcquown wrote:

What's your choice for Sat. Night watching OLD flicks? And what
goodies accompany your movie night?

One of our local pbs stations reserves Sat night for a couple old
movie classics. Tonight it's The Stranger w/ Orsen Welles and the
original Gaslight ('40), almost lost due to MGM's attempts to destroy
all copies so as not to compete with the Bergman/Boyer version ('44).
I'm looking forward to it as I've never seen this original version
before.

I had no idea there was a version before Bergman/Boyer!


The menu will be a rather nondescript frozen pizza. But, I'm only
eating that to give my tummy something to hold on to while I indulge
in some award winning India Pale Ales and a couple of exquisite
Belgian ales.

I oughta be toast by the end of the second flick!


nb

On 2004-02-29, jmcquown wrote:

I had no idea there was a version before Bergman/Boyer!

Me neither. I just finished watching it and was quite impressed. The two
main characters were very good. As a guy, I have to profess a preference
for Bergmam, if only because she's one of my favorite actresses (whatta babe!).
But, the org version was very good, deserving of kudos cuz of very intense
character portrayal. I'm glad I had a chance to see it and highly recommend
it to any true cinemaphile.

nb

notbob wrote:
On 2004-02-29, jmcquown wrote:

I had no idea there was a version before Bergman/Boyer!

Me neither. I just finished watching it and was quite impressed.
The two main characters were very good. As a guy, I have to profess
a preference
for Bergmam, if only because she's one of my favorite actresses
(whatta babe!). But, the org version was very good, deserving of
kudos cuz of very intense character portrayal. I'm glad I had a
chance to see it and highly recommend it to any true cinemaphile.

nb

Gonna tell me who the actors were in the 'original' version? Anyone we
would know?!

Jill

On 2004-02-29, jmcquown wrote:

Gonna tell me who the actors were in the 'original' version? Anyone we
would know?!

Probably not. The org was filmed w/ obscure Brit actors. Here's the review:

http://tvguide.com/Movies/database/s...e.asp?MI=28037

The Cinebooks movie database from tvguide.com is the best movie resource on
the internet. You have to put up with some b.s. like cookies, but it has
no equal for the serious movie junkie.

nb

notbob wrote:
On 2004-02-29, jmcquown wrote:

Gonna tell me who the actors were in the 'original' version? Anyone
we would know?!

Probably not. The org was filmed w/ obscure Brit actors. Here's the
review:

http://tvguide.com/Movies/database/s...e.asp?MI=28037

The Cinebooks movie database from tvguide.com is the best movie
resource on the internet. You have to put up with some b.s. like
cookies, but it has
no equal for the serious movie junkie.

nb

Funny, all I see is the 1944 Cukor film. And it says Parental Rating:
Cautionary, some scenes objectionable. What on earth was objectionable?!
Oh well, I'll watch for it. Perhaps PBS will show the 'original' one of
these days.

OB Food: did you at least pop some corn?

Jill

Yeah, I had my moments back then, too Can't stay a teen forever!


You are SOOOO right, Thank God ! I think being a teenager is horrible, thank
God I got over it.

Rosie

RMiller wrote:
Yeah, I had my moments back then, too Can't stay a teen forever!


You are SOOOO right, Thank God ! I think being a teenager is
horrible, thank God I got over it.

Rosie

ROFL I'm quite enjoying middle age, thank you! Wouldn't go back *there*
for anything!

Jill