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September 26th, 2014: Cool Hand Luke

Sep26 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Crime, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Prison Tagged allegory, Anthony Zerbe, before they were famous, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Supporting Actor, chain gang, Charles Tyner, Christ figure, Clifton James, Conrad Hall, Dennis Hopper, George Kennedy, Harry Dean Stanton, J.D. Cannon, Joe Don Baker, Lalo Schifrin, low-budget, National Film Registry, Paul Newman, prison, prison warden, prisoner, Ralph Waite, Rance Howard, Robert Donner, Seven Arts Productions, Strother Martin, Wayne Rogers

August 29th, 2014: O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

Aug29 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Arthouse, Based on a Board Game, Based on a Poem, Comedy, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Prison, Road Trip, Slapstick Tagged 1930s, absent father, bank robber, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, buried treasure, chain gang, Charles Durning, Classical allusion, Classical Mythology, convict, crossroads, dam, deal with the devil, escaped convicts, father, George Clooney, Holly Hunter, homage, husband, John Goodman, John Turturro, Mississippi, music contest, pomade, radio station, Roger Deakins, Studio Canal, T Bone Burnett, Tim Blake Nelson, Touchstone Pictures, Universal Pictures, wife, Working Title Films

July 12, 2014: Offside (2006)

Jul12 by bellabone

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Issue Film, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, Prison, Satire, Sports, Women's Picture Tagged cross dressing, fans, football, Iran, Islamic Republic, Jafar Panahi, Persepolis, segregation, Silver Bear, soccer, soldiers, Vice Squad, women's lib, World Cup 2006, World Cup Week

January 28th, 2014: Riki-Oh (1991)

Jan28 by Max Roland Ekstrom

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Based on a Comic Book, Based on the Manga, Dark Future, Horror, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, Prison, Revenge, Sci-Fi, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged Bad Dubbing, bad special effects, breath control, gore, Hong Kong, kung fu, prison, prison warden, prisoner, wooden acting

December 4th: Chopper (2000)

Dec4 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Based on a True Story", "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Biopic, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Movie of the Day, Prison Tagged Andrew Dominik, Australia, Australian Film Finance Corporation, before they were famous, Chopper, courtroom scene, Eric Bana, low-budget, Mark Brandon Read, prison, prison warden, prisoner

November 14th, 2013: Toy Story 3

Nov14 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Computer Animation, Family, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Prison, Sequel Tagged Andrew Stanton, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Animated Film, Best Original Song, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound Editing Nominee, Bonnie Hunt, Don Rickles, Estelle Harris, Jeff Garlin, Joan Cusack, John Lasseter, John Ratzenberger, Laurie Metcalf, Michael Keaton, Pixar, preschool, prison, prison break, prison warden, R. Lee Emery, Randy Newman, Richard Kind, teddy bear, Tim Allen, Timothy Dalton, Tom Hanks, toys, Wallace Shawn, Whoopi Goldberg

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

Mar24 by Professor Mortis

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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, 2013: The Big Bird Cage

Jan28 by Professor Mortis

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

Mar24 by Professor Mortis

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March 11th, 2012: White Heat (1949)

Mar11 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Crime, Film Noir, Heist, Movie of the Day, Prison Tagged bank robbers, bank robbery, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, controlling mother, double cross, Edmond O'Brien, fire, James Cagney, Max Steiner, mother-son relationship, prison, prison break, Raoul Walsh, undercover, Virginia Mayo, Warner Brothers

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