tonymaillman Posted April 28, 2007 Report Share Posted April 28, 2007 Still the best ones, the old black and whites, got a favourite ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Posted April 28, 2007 Report Share Posted April 28, 2007 Brief Encounter and The Lady Vanishes - both Margaret Lockwood films. [ 28.04.2007, 19:33: Message edited by: Mary ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 I don't remember Margaret Lockwood being in Brief Encounter but of course it is a classic. I keep forgetting if Trevor Howard was the doctor who was going off to Africa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 "Went the day well" (I think?) The story of an English village resisting a Nazi invasion - when we used to be the bulldog breed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 And that village would have been on one of the channel islands, I suppose. I saw one like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 .. actually not Jez; it was a fictional account of a parachute infiltration operation by the Germans during the 1940 Invasion scare - somewhere in Kent I suppose?! :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 kind hearts and coronets would be one of my choices if only for the acting of dennis price in the lead role of louis and alec guiness a the multiple victims. second choice would have to be the ladykillers for the sheer brilliance of the idea of a gang of robbers being so inept at disposing of a frail old lady. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 We had a film in 1984 by John Milius (active in ROME BBC series and Conan films) called Red Dawn with paratroopers landing outside an American schoolyard -- they are USSR and Cubans -- and we are at war. All the action takes place in that small town, though, with news of war coming infrequently. The school athletes, Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, using their school mascot name THE WOLVERINES become saboteurs and guerrilas - living in the woods. I'm now suspicious Milius saw your film first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonymaillman Posted May 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 Ladykillers is a good choice Sid ...... I like ones such as 'Whistle down the wind' and stuff like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLC Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 'thats not Jesus!' Love it tony - its a classic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kateoflymm Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 Yes, "Brief Encounter" was a Great (it was Celia Johnson, Mary) but any of the Ealing comedies also stand up well. I loved the first St Trinians film, with Alastair Sim as the headmistress and the wonderful George Cole as Flash Harry. I also rate "I'm All Right, Jack" as a classic Peter Sellers film. His portrayal of Fred Kite, the Union convenor, was superb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 Your right I swear it was her - sorry for the confusion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 I'M ALL RIGHT, JACK was my first sighting of Peter Sellers and first knowledge of that smug expression. A good film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonymaillman Posted May 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 A taste of honey ....... another classic ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 A Taste of Honey --- I missed it!!!! Don't know how it got past me, but I bought the Herb Alpert music album with that name and that song. "...a taste much sweeter than wine..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 "Kathy come home" - (I think?); didn't that affect a generation's attitude to poverty and homelessness? :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonymaillman Posted May 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 Good one Obs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted May 8, 2007 Report Share Posted May 8, 2007 Cathy Come Home was an excellent film (actually it was a TV film rather than a PROPER film). But I don't think it had the slightest effect on anyone's attitude to poverty and homelessness. The only thing that makes peopel think about poverty and homelessness is to experience them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 Adam, therefore my new tag line: I hear and forget, I see and remember, I do and understand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 Difficult to quantify the influence that a film has Adam; but it's clear they can influence, like the media generally, people's attitudes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 'How Green was My Valley', 'Zulu', 'Quatermass' (actually a TV serial - but remembered from childhood) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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