African Queen.
Jimmy Olsen jokes're pretty much gonna be lost on you, huh?
Xander ,'The Killer In Me'
Buffista Movies 6: lies and videotape
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Aims - Apr 28, 2008 8:32:29 am PDT #5358 of 10000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Sean K - Apr 28, 2008 8:35:37 am PDT #5359 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I lied. I voted for "I like most/all of these films," cuz YEAH.
Maltese Falcon, African Queen, Key Largo, Treasure of the Sierra Madre...
I think what surprised me was that there was more than one that I hadn't seen: Across the Pacific, In This Our Life, and Beat the Devil.
Time to see if I can find those movies, and watch them.
Laga - Apr 28, 2008 8:36:07 am PDT #5360 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I almost voted for Sierra Madre but at the last moment I admitted to myslef that I like The Maltese Falcon best.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 28, 2008 8:36:57 am PDT #5361 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Beat the Devil is CRAY-ZEE.
Sean K - Apr 28, 2008 8:38:09 am PDT #5362 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
CRAY-ZEE good or CRAY-ZEE bad, Frank?
Laga - Apr 28, 2008 8:40:08 am PDT #5363 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Humphrey Bogart was involved in a serious automobile accident during production of this film, which knocked out several of his teeth and hindered his ability to speak. John Huston hired a young British actor noted for his mimicry skills to rerecord some of Bogart's spoken lines during post-production looping. Although it is undetectable when viewing the film today, it is Peter Sellers who provides Bogart's voice during some of the scenes in this movie.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 28, 2008 8:40:53 am PDT #5364 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
CRAY-ZEE good or CRAY-ZEE bad, Frank?
Yes. Seriously, Huston and Capote were totally taking the piss out of the adventure movie genre. Unfortunately, they didn't tell Bogie for some reason, and it shows. The rest of the cast is having a riot, though. It's been forever since I've seen it, but my big reaction was "WTF?".
Frankenbuddha - Apr 28, 2008 8:41:30 am PDT #5365 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Although it is undetectable when viewing the film today, it is Peter Sellers who provides Bogart's voice during some of the scenes in this movie.
OK, that I didn't know.
Laga - Apr 28, 2008 8:46:25 am PDT #5366 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
more fun with Bogey trivia
There is an inordinate amount of smoking done by the main actors in this film. That was deliberate. Studio head Jack L. Warner had decreed that smoking should be kept to a minimum in all films, so pranksters Humphrey Bogart and Peter Lorre thought it would be fun to annoy Warner by smoking as often as possible, and they got their fellow actors to go along with it. According to then-studio employee Jerome Stuart, John Huston ran interference for his cast by convincing the studio that the smoking added the right amount of atmospheric tension to the story.
Sean K - Apr 28, 2008 8:49:22 am PDT #5367 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Although it is undetectable when viewing the film today, it is Peter Sellers who provides Bogart's voice during some of the scenes in this movie.
Wow. That's cool.
Yes. Seriously, Huston and Capote were totally taking the piss out of the adventure movie genre. Unfortunately, they didn't tell Bogie for some reason, and it shows. The rest of the cast is having a riot, though. It's been forever since I've seen it, but my big reaction was "WTF?".
Huh. Didn't know Capote was involved. Still, sounds intriguing. I'll have to check it out.
Treasure of the Sierra Madre has long been a favorite of mine. My dad showed it to me when I was maybe pre-teen. Somewhere in there. Anyway, it was definitely at an age where I was not terribly inclined to be interested in black and white movies.
I *loved* it. Gold prospecting! Dangerous banditos (We don't need no stinking badges!)! An American down on his luck (I finally get the Bugs Bunny joke!)!
As S pointed out when we were discussing this just now, it is a very "boy" movie