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March 24th, 2013: The Great Escape (1963)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Buddy Flick, Drama, Epic, Event Film, Independent, Movie of the Day, P.O.W., Period Film, Prison, The Original, War Movies Tagged World War Two, before they were famous, prison break, Best Film Editing Nominee, Charles Bronson, Nazis, Elmer Bernstein, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, James Garner, Steve McQueen, blind, pilots, Richard Attenborough, The Mirisch Corporation, John Sturges, prison, David McCallum, Nigel Stock, motorcycle, solitary, tunnel, claustrophobia

February 16th, 2013: The Mummy (1999)

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4 Comments Posted in Action, Adventure, Comedy, Event Film, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Mummy, Period Film, Remake, Romance, Screwball, Slapstick, The Original Tagged "re-imagined", "This Lost World is Gonna Blow!", Arnold Vosloo, before they were famous, biblical allusion, Brendan Fraser, buried alive, buried treasure, cult, cult leader, cultists, deserted city, doomed expedition, Egypt, Egyptians, Erick Avari, ethnic stereotype, fire, French Foreign Legion, Great War veteran, Jerry Goldsmith, John Hannah, Jonathan Hyde, Kevin J. O'Connor, Legionnaire, librarian, library, Oded Fehr, Odious Comic Relief, pilots, plague, Rachel Weisz, reincarnation, riverboat, scarab, secret society, sorcerer, Stephen Sommers, storm, thief, Universal Pictures, World War One

March 24th, 2012: The Great Escape (1963)

Mar24 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Buddy Flick, Drama, Epic, Event Film, Independent, Movie of the Day, P.O.W., Period Film, Prison, The Original, War Movies Tagged before they were famous, Best Film Editing Nominee, blind, Charles Bronson, claustrophobia, David McCallum, Donald Pleasence, Elmer Bernstein, James Coburn, James Garner, John Sturges, motorcycle, Nazis, Nigel Stock, pilots, prison, prison break, Richard Attenborough, solitary, Steve McQueen, The Mirisch Corporation, tunnel, World War Two

January 28th, 2012: Foxy Brown

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5 Comments Posted in Action, Blaxploitation, Crime, Movie of the Day, Revenge, Sequel, Unofficial Sequel Tagged AIP, Antonio Fargas, Black Power, Bob Minor, castration, cops, corrupt politicians, corruption, double cross, dragon lady, Drive-In, drug dealers, drugged, drugs, grindhouse, H.B. Haggerty, Harry Halcombe, Jack Hill, Jon Cedar, low-budget, Pam Grier, Peter Brown, pilots, propeller as weapon, prostitutes, rednecks, Sid Haig, Terry Carter, undercover, unsual weapon container, vigilantes, Willie Hutch

January 15th, 2012: The Flesh Eaters (1964)

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Horror, Independent, Mad Scientist, Monster, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged actress, beatniks, Drive-In, gore, hippies, island, low-budget, mad scientist, Nazi Scientist, Nazis, pilots, scientists, uncharted island

January 8th, 2012: Goldfinger (1964)

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6 Comments Posted in Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Crime, Espionage, Event Film, Heist, Independent, Movie of the Day, Sequel Tagged Albert R. Broccoli, Bernard Lee, Best Sound Effects, bomb defusing scene, Britain, Burt Kwouk, CIA, Desmond Llewelyn, Eon Productions, Fort Knox, gadgets, Gert Frobe, gimmick car, gimmick weapon, gold, Guy Hamilton, Harold "Odd Job" Sakata, Harry Saltzman, henchman, Honor Blackman, Ian Fleming, James Bond, John Barry, judo chop, Lois Maxwell, mastermind, Miami, nuke, Paul Dehn, Peter R. Hunt, pilots, Richard Maibaum, Sean Connery, Shirley Bassey, Shirley Eaton, smugglers, Switzerland, United Artists

September 15th, 2011: The Battle of Britain (1969)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Air Operations, Based on a Book, Campaign History, Drama, Epic, Event Film, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, War Movies Tagged "A Galaxy of Stars", "Cast of Thousands", "David and Goliath", Battle of Britain, Bf109, Britain, Christopher Plummer, Curd Jurgens, Germany, Guy Hamilton, Harry Andrews, Harry Saltzman, He111, Hurricane, Ian MacShane, Jack Gwillim, Laurence Olivier, Michael Bates, Michael Caine, Michael Redgrave, Nigel Patrick, pilots, Ron Goodwin, Spitfire, Susannah York, Trevor Howard, United Artists, World War Two

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