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May 28th, 2012: Twelve O’Clock High (1949)

May28 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Air Operations, Based on a Book, Black and White, Campaign History, Drama, Movie of the Day, War Movies Tagged 20th Century Fox, B-17, Best Actor Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound Recording, Best Supporting Actor, bombers, Darryl F. Zanuck, Dean Jagger, Gary Merrill, Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, stock footage, U.S. Army Air Force, World War II Veterans, World War Two

May 9th, 2012: Miller’s Crossing (1990)

May9 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Arthouse, Crime, Drama, Gangster, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Thriller Tagged "Looks like I'm just gonna have to Yojimbo it", 20th Century Fox, Albert Finney, alcoholic, Barry Sonnenfeld, before they were famous, Carter Burwell, double cross, Ethan Coen, Frances McDormand, Gabriel Byrne, hit man, homage, J.E. Freeman, Joel Coen, John Turturro, Jon Polito, Marcia Gay Harden, Michael Badalucco, Michael Jeter, Mike Starr, mob, mob war, mobsters, moll, Sam Raimi, Steve Buscemi, tommy gun

March 20th, 2012: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

Mar20 by professormortis

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1 Comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Comedy, Movie of the Day, Musical, Period Film, Western Tagged "Battle of the Sexes", 20th Century Fox, abduction, Albert Hackett, axe dance, bar maid, barn raising, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Music Scoring of a Musical Picture, Best Picture Nominee, brothers, cook, Dorothy Kingsley, Frances Goodrich, Howard Keel, Jane Powell, Julie Newmar, Loew's, MGM, mountain men, mountains, Oregon, Plutarch, rape of the Sabine women, Russ Tamblyn, sexism, small town, Stanley Donen, Stephen Vincent Brown, townies, waitress

February 3rd, 2012: South Pacific (1958)

Feb3 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in War Movies, Period Film, Romance, Adaptation, Event Film, The Original, Based on a Play, Movie of the Day, Guerrillas, Based on a Book, Musical, Special Operations, Suicide Mission, May-September Tagged 20th Century Fox, before they were famous, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Music Scoring of a Musical Picture Nominee, Best Sound, black market, Doug McClure, forbidden love, island, James Michener, John Kerr, Joshua Logan, Mitzi Gaynor, operator, Oscar Hammerstein II, Pacific, plantation, racism, Ray Walston, Richard Rogers, Ron Ely, sailors, Tom Laughlin, U.S. Navy, World War Two

December 24th, 2011: Die Hard (1988)

Dec24 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Based on a Book, Buddy Flick, Cops, Crime, Event Film, Heist, Holiday, Hostage Situation, Movie of the Day, The Original Tagged "Fear of a Japanese Planet", "I shot a kid with a toy gun", "plummets to his death", 20th Century Fox, Al "Kabong" Leong, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, asshole reporter, before they were famous, Best Effects Best Visual Effects Nominee, Best Effects Sound Effects Editing Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, Bonnie Bedelia, Bruce Willis, cops, double cross, Grand L. Bush, Hart Bochner, helicopter, hostage, hostage situation, it's not over, James Shigeta, Jan de Bont, Joel Silver, John McTiernan, maverick cops, Michael Kamen, office building, Paul Gleason, Reginald VelJohnson, reporter, Robert Davi, Silver Pictures, SWAT, terrorists, Wilhelm von Homburg, William Atherton, yuppies

November 29th, 2011: Raising Arizona

Nov29 by professormortis

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1 Comment Posted in Arthouse, Comedy, Crime, Independent, Indy, Movie of the Day, Romance, Screwball Tagged 20th Century Fox, baby, bank robbery, bounty hunters, covenience store robbery, Ethan Coen, Frances McDormand, Holly Hunter, Joel Coen, John Goodman, low-budget, M. Emmet Walsh, Nicholas Cage, prison, prison break, quintuplets, Randall "Tex" Cobb, robbery, robbery gone wrong, Sam McMurray, trailer park, Trey Wilson, William Forsythe

November 21st, 2011: Young Frankenstein (1974)

Nov21 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Comedy, Horror, Independent, Mad Scientist, Monster, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Remake, Sequel, Slapstick, Spoof, The Original, Unofficial Sequel Tagged 20th Century Fox, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, Cloris Leachman, doctor, Frankenstein, Gene Hackman, Gene Wilder, hermit, homage, it's not over, Ken Strickfaden, Kenneth Mars, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Mel Brooks, Teri Garr

November 19th, 2011: Laura (1944)

Nov19 by professormortis

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1 Comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Based on a Play, Black and White, Camp, Cops, Crime, Detective, Film Noir, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Romance, The Original, Whodunnit Tagged 20th Century Fox, advertising, before they were famous, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration Nominee, Best Cinematography, Best Director Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Clifton Webb, critic, Dana Andrews, Dorothy Adams, flashback, Gene Tierney, Judith Anderson, National Film Registry, New York City, Otto Preminger, shotgun, twist, Vincent Price

November 6th, 2011: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)

Nov6 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Fantasy, Ghost, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Romance, The Original Tagged "England", 20th Century Fox, Anna Lee, before they were famous, Bernard Hermann, Best Cinematography Nominee, cranky ghost, Gene Tierney, George Sanders, ghost story, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Natalie Wood, R.A Dick, Rex Harrison

August 17th, 2011: Myra Breckinridge

Aug17 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Satire Tagged 20th Century Fox, acting school, alcoholic, Andy Devine, Calvin Lockhart, Dan Hedaya, Farrah Fawcett, film clips, George Furth, Golden Turkey, Gore Vidal, guilty pleasure, has beens, Hollywood, it's only a dream, Jim Backus, John Carradine, John Huston, Mae West, musical interlude, oversexed old people, pegging, poor taste, Raquel Welch, Rex Reed, sex change, talent agents, Tom Selleck, Toni Basil, twist

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