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November 15th, 2012: Monkey Hu$tle

Nov15 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Coming of Age, Con, Crime, Movie of the Day, Slapstick Tagged "Save the Old X", AIP, apprentice/mentor relationship, Arthur Marks, cash-in, character study, con artist, double cross, low-budget, mobsters, musical interlude, real estate scam, rip-off, Rosalind Cash, Rudy Ray Moore, scam, teens, Yaphet Kotto

November 11th, 2012: All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

Nov11 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Anti-War, Based on a Book, Black and White, Coming of Age, Drama, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, The Original, War Movies Tagged apprentice/mentor relationship, before they were famous, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director, Best Picture, Carl Laemmle Jr., cursed objects, Edward L. Cahn, Erich Maria Remaque, French Army, George Cukor, German Army, Germany, Great War, hard ass seargant, horrors of war, hospital, Karl Freund, Lew Ayres, Lewis Milestone, Louis Wolheim, military training, teachers, Universal Pictures

October 24th, 2012: Emperor of the North Pole aka Emperor of the North

Oct24 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Short Story(ies), Buddy Flick, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Road Trip, Thriller Tagged 20th Century Fox, apprentice/mentor relationship, before they were famous, character study, conductor, double cross, Elisha Cook Jr., Ernest Borgnine, fight in a train car, Frank DeVol, Great Depression, hobo, Jack London, Keith Carradine, Lee Marvin, Oregon, railroad, Robert Aldrich, Sid Haig, Simon Oakland, train, train station, Vic Tayback

August 17th, 2012: A Bronx Tale (1993)

Aug17 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Play, Coming of Age, Crime, Drama, Gangster, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film Tagged actor turned director, apprentice/mentor relationship, arson, bikers, bus driver, Chazz Palminteri, father-son relationship, Joe Pesci, juvenile delinquent, Mafia, mobsters, Molotov cocktails, murder, New York City, racial violence, racism, racists, reluctant witness, Robert De Niro, teens, The Bronx, Tribeca Productions

August 1st, 2012: True Grit (2010)

Aug1 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Coming of Age, Movie of the Day, Remake, Revisionist Western, Western Tagged alcoholic, apprentice/mentor relationship, Barry Pepper, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound Editing Nominee, Best Sound Mixing Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Carter Burwell, children of famous people, comedic alcoholic, Ethan Coen, Hailee Steinfeld, hanging, Indian Territory, Jeff Bridges, Joel Coen, Matt Damon, Paramount Pictures, Roger Deakins, Scott Rudin Productions, snakes, Steven Spielberg, teens, Texas Ranger, U.S. Marshall

July 28th, 2012: The Cowboys (1972)

Jul28 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Cattle Drive, Coming of Age, Movie of the Day, Revenge, Western Tagged apprentice/mentor relationship, Bruce Dern, cattle rustling, Colleen Dewhurst, John Wayne, John Williams, Richard Farnsworth, Robert Carradine, Roscoe Lee Browne, Slim Pickens, stuttering

June 30th, 2012: Rushmore (1998)

Jun30 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Arthouse, Buddy Flick, Comedy, Coming of Age, Indy, Movie of the Day Tagged alcoholic, Andrew Wilson, apprentice/mentor relationship, barber, before they were famous, Bill Murray, Brian Cox, children of famous people, class issues, Connie Nielsen, crush, Depression, father, father-son relationship, homage, industrialist, it's not over, Jason Schwartzman, Luke Wilson, Mark Mothersbaugh, mix-tape soundtrack, musical interlude, Olivia Williams, Owen Wilson, private school, Seymour Cassel, teacher student relationship, teacher's pet, teachers, teens, theater, Wes Anderson, writer

May 12th, 2012: The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

May12 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Horror, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Silent, Stalker, The Original, Thriller Tagged "Cast of Thousands", "Phantom of the", apprentice/mentor relationship, Carl Laemmle, color sequence, insanity, Lon Chaney Sr., masquerade, Norman Kerry, obsessed fan, opera, opera house, Paris, Paris sewers, secret identity, sewer lair, sewers, Universal Pictures

October 17th, 2011: Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)

Oct17 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Buddy Flick, Cops, Crime, Independent, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good, Spaghetti Western, The Original, Western Tagged "but I get results", Aaron Norris, apprentice/mentor relationship, arms dealer, Barbara Carrera, Chuck Norris, Dana Kimmell, David Carradine, drug dealers, drugs, Francesco De Masi, hero rage, karate, L.Q. Jones, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Little People, mastermind, maverick, maverick cops, Mexico, one man army, Orion, R. G. Armstrong, Robert Beltran, Sharon Farrell, snobs vs. slobs, Steve Carer, Texas, Texas Ranger, The Border, U.S.A.!U.S.A.!, William Sanderson

August 21st, 2011: Harold and Maude

Aug21 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Coming of Age, May-September, Movie of the Day, Romance Tagged apprentice/mentor relationship, attempted suicide, Bud Court, Cat Stevens, counter-culture, cult, funeral, Hal Ashby, hearse, hippies, Holocaust survivor, MPDG, National Film Registry, older woman, Paramount Pictures, proto-Goth, Ruth Gordon, teens, Tom Skerritt, Vietnam

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