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Post by Mean Little Ass-Kicker on Aug 11, 2014 8:36:43 GMT -5
I think there's some fine acting from both Roberts and Voight in that movie.
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Post by Mean Little Ass-Kicker on Aug 8, 2014 18:37:16 GMT -5
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Post by Mean Little Ass-Kicker on Jul 22, 2014 11:42:29 GMT -5
R.I.P. Loved him in a lot of things, but I enjoy The Great Escape the most out of the work I've seen him in.
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Post by Mean Little Ass-Kicker on Jul 13, 2014 15:01:38 GMT -5
Wow, that's really cool of you, man. Really appreciate the effort. I'm so pissed at a Spanish label that sold The Sea Wolf. The fuckers state on the back that it has English audio as well as Spanish. That's bullshit though, it has Spanish and GERMAN audio. Sonsabitches... Oh well, I've got the official VHS until a real DVD comes out.
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Post by Mean Little Ass-Kicker on Jul 13, 2014 14:59:27 GMT -5
Nice! I've heard about that commercial for years as well, good job finding it!
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Post by Mean Little Ass-Kicker on Jul 13, 2014 14:57:57 GMT -5
R.I.P. An amazing actor.
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Post by Mean Little Ass-Kicker on Jun 3, 2014 14:38:38 GMT -5
Interesting! Feel free to sign up and join the forum while you're here.
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Post by Mean Little Ass-Kicker on Jun 2, 2014 3:39:40 GMT -5
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Post by Mean Little Ass-Kicker on May 18, 2014 12:40:48 GMT -5
Not necessarily, ioffer seems to be a great resource for old TV recordings off the air.
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Post by Mean Little Ass-Kicker on May 10, 2014 6:35:40 GMT -5
Mr. Majestyk and Breakheart Pass is coming to Blu-ray later this year from Kino Lorber Studio Classics. They are a well-respected company, so we'll probably get good transfers,
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Post by Mean Little Ass-Kicker on May 5, 2014 15:31:06 GMT -5
Steve McQueen and Charles Bronson each received a tile in Newhall's Walk of Western Stars Thursday, during a special induction ceremony.
Two more western actors, Steve McQueen and Charles Bronson, were added to Newhall’s Walk of Western Stars Thursday night, as part of the “Rockin’ Rodeo”-themed SENSES block party on Main Street.
The induction ceremony helped kick off the 21st annual Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival, which will be held at Melody Ranch Motion Picture Studio on April 26 and 27.
McQueen, who acted on Broadway and for television and movies, was known for his anti-hero persona. Nicknamed the “King of Cool,” he is best known for films like “The Thomas Crown Affair,” “The Great Escape” and “The Magnificent Seven.”
Bronson’s started his career as a television actor in the 1950s, and he went on to star the in successful western films “The Dirty Dozen,” “Once Upon a Time in the West,” “Red Sun” and also “The Magnificent Seven.”
"The committee feels that they are very notable for their contributions to western filmmaking and deserve to be on the Walk of Western Stars," said Andree Walper, economic development associate for the city.
Similar in style to the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Walk of Western Stars honors actors, directors and film professionals for their contributions to the Western heritage of America. Steve McQueen and Charles Bronson each received a bronze and terrazzo tile stamped into the streets of Old Town Newhall.
They are joined by famous western actors Gene Autry, Lee Marvin, James Stewart, John Wayne, Roy Rogers and William S. Hart, among others.
“The city of Santa Clarita takes great pride in its rich, Western culture,” said Mayor Laurene Weste in a press release. “Our annual Cowboy Festival and famed Walk of Western Stars are just two ways we pay tribute to our Western roots…”
Sponsored by the city of Santa Clarita, the Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce and Total Financial Solutions, Inc., the Walk of Western Stars was established in 1981.
The city adds tiles to the Walk every year during the Cowboy Festival. This year's additions bring the total to 87 tiles.hometownstation.com/santa-clarita-news/arts-and-entertainment/steve-mcqueen-charles-bronson-inducted-walk-western-starswalkofwesternstars.com/Too bad they got things wrong and named The Dirty Dozen one of the westerns he did.
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Post by Mean Little Ass-Kicker on Apr 29, 2014 18:04:09 GMT -5
I had know idea that Sen Penn, and Charlie were such good friends. I really don't think they were. Did you read this somewhere?
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Post by Mean Little Ass-Kicker on Apr 29, 2014 18:01:05 GMT -5
I was surprised to see so much of Bronson in this, I had thought it was a very small part but like harmonica said, we see him quite a bit in the first half. It's a nice little movie, nothing special.
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Post by Mean Little Ass-Kicker on Apr 24, 2014 21:17:52 GMT -5
Love and Bullets is probably one of the best and coolest titles in Bronson's career. Somehow it just fits like a glove! It's almost too perfect, like if Saturday Night Live had done a parody of a Charles Bronson movie, I can totally see them naming it Love and Bullets. Unfortunately, the movie doesn't deliver as much as it should with that title. I agree with redsun about the editing, it felt pretty sloppy at times, scenes ending abruptly and so on. It's a bit slow, too. I don't mind slow movies but there has to be something good on screen in between the action, we didn't get much of that in this I'm afraid. Jill Ireland did one of her best roles, when I first heard her voice I thought she was dubbed because she was so good at disguising her usual voice and british accent. I think the script let Bronson and Ireland down in this, as soon as I got to know her character I was looking forward to some funny banter/arguments between the two while they were on the run, but we didn't get much of that either. Truly a missed opportunity. Henry Silva always makes a good villain but he didn't have a lot to do here and it really disappointed me that him and Bronson didn't go at it at the end. Rod Steiger pulled off a great performance though as the studdering mob boss, really enjoyed his performance. Only a so-so movie in my book. The ending was cool though, very satisfying. Lalo Schifrin's score is one of the best things about the movie, it's too bad the soundtrack is not available on CD yet. I don't know if I mentioned this before but my dad was a music professor at a college here in L.A. He also taught private lessons on weekends. One of his students was a little girl with the last name of Kohner. I bought the "Love and Bullets" one-sheet poster right after it came out (this was way before the internet so I had to do expensive mail order!) and when I showed it to him my dad said, "Pancho Kohner is my student's father!" Pancho, being the producer of Love and bullets and many of the '80s Bronson flicks (Paul Kohner, his father, was Bronson's agent). So I waited one Saturday morning for Pancho to show up. I left the one-sheet on a chair in my dad's music studio so Pancho's daughter would see it. She laughed when she saw it and called her father in (he would stay in a little RV on the street outside our house and work while she had her lesson). He came in -- this big Mexican-German-looking dude and was amazed that some 14 year old kid like me would have the one-sheet poster to this film that only played in the US for about 3 weeks. We talked about the film and I told him that one of my favorite scenes was --sorry, not the pipe scene -- but the scene where Bronson throws the ax and hits the guy on the roof. Pancho laughed and said that Bronson himself came up with that scene, that they outfitted the stuntman with a steel plate on his back, etc. Anyway, I was totally awestruck. Pancho gave me his card and told me to call him when they were making "10 To Midnight" -- that he would invite me to the set...like an idiot I never took him up on his offer. Though he did leave me a one-sheet of that movie which I probably threw away because I hated it! Great story! Boy, that must make you sleepless some nights to this day, am I right? Why the heck didn't you call him? Were you shy or did you just forget? You could have hung out with Bronson and tell us all about it! Did Pancho sign your Love and Bullets poster? I can't believe you threw away the 10 to Midnight poster he gave you, even if you didn't like the movie. I would have kept it since it was a gift, from an important guy in Bronson's career nonetheless.
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Post by Mean Little Ass-Kicker on Apr 18, 2014 10:23:58 GMT -5
This is one of the best written movies Bronson ever did, and one of the best acted one, too. Very different, not just as far as Bronson movies go, just different in general and I liked that. The best scenes were the ones where they are trapped together, great acting and character work. I'm torn between which one is better, this or Rider on the Rain. Both are very special and stand out in Bronson's filmography. Any movie that has Bronson imitating a penguin is tops in my book.
I liked those promo pictures, BTW. Bronson is smoking a cigar on some of those. I don't think we got to see him with a cigar very often in his movies, did we?
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