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August 7th, 2014: Johnny Guitar (1954)

Aug7 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Camp, Drama, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Revisionist Western, Western Tagged "the railroad is coming", attempted lynching, bank, bank robbers, bank robbery, bar, bartender, Cult Film, double cross, Ernest Borgnine, gunfighter, guns, Joan Crawford, John Carradine, lynching, Mercedes McCambridge, mob, National Film Registry, Nicholas Ray, Paul Fix, Peggy Lee, railroad, Republic Pictures, Royal Dano, saloon, Sheb Wooley, stagecoach, Sterling Hayden, Ward Bond

December 7th, 2013: From Here to Eternity (1953)

Dec7 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, The Original, War Movies Tagged before they were famous, Best Actor Nominee, Best Actress Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Music Nominee, Best Sound Recording, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, boxing, bugle player, Burt Lancaster, class issues, Claude Akins, Columbia Pictures, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Ernest Borgnine, Frank Sinatra, Fred Zinnerman, George Reeves, hard ass seargant, Jack Warden, James Jones, Montgomery Clift, Pearl Harbor, prostitutes, World War Two

October 24th, 2013: Emperor of the North Pole aka Emperor of the North

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1 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

January 16th, 2013: Escape from New York (1981)

Jan16 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Dark Future, Independent, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, The Original Tagged "but I get results", "New York", "You will self destruct in 24 hours", Adrienne Barbeau, Air Force One, airplane, arena, Avco Embassy Pictures, Bob Minor, bridge, Britain, Charles Cyphers, co-production, Donald Pleasence, double cross, Drive-In, Ernest Borgnine, futures past, George "Buck" Flower, glider, Harry Dean Stanton, helicopter, hostage, Isaac Hayes, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Carpenter, John Diehl, Kurt Russell, land mines, low-budget, musical interlude, New York City, plane crash, President of the United States, prison, prison warden, prisoner, rescue mission, scientists, Tom Atkins, veteran, World War Three

January 24th, 2012: Marty (1955)

Jan24 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a TV Show, Black and White, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Remake, Romance Tagged Best Actor, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Betsy Blair, Burt Lancaster, butcher, dance, Ernest Borgnine, Harold Hecht, Jerry Paris, Joe Mantell, meet cute, mother, New York City, Paddy Chayefsky, Palme D'Or, slice of life, The Bronx, United Artists

July 22nd, 2011: Willard (1971)

Jul22 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Animals Attack, Based on a Book, Black Comedy, Drama, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Revenge, The Original, Thriller Tagged Bing Crosby, Bing Crosby Productions, Bruce Davison, character study, Cinerama Releasing Corporation, Elsa Lanchester, Ernest Borgnine, low-budget, pushed too far, rats, Sondra Locke

June 5th, 2011: The Dirty Dozen (1967)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Action, Based on a Book, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Special Operations, Suicide Mission, The Original, War Movies Tagged Best Effects, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Charles Bronson, Clint Walker, convict, Dick Miller, Donald Sutherland, Ernest Borgnine, George Kennedy, insanity, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Lee Marvin, MGM, misfits, Nazis, Ralph Meeker, Richard Jaeckel, Robert Aldrich, Robert Ryan, Seven Arts Productions, snobs vs. slobs, Sound Effects, Telly Savalas, World War Two

May 5th, 2011: Vera Cruz

May5 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Buddy Flick, Guerrillas, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Special Operations, The Original, Western Tagged Burt Lancaster, Cesar Romero, Charles Bronson, Civil War Veterans, double cross, Ernest Borgnine, France, Gary Cooper, George MacReady, gold, Harold Hect, Jack Elam, lancers, machetes, Mexico, Morris Ankrum, peasants, Robert Aldrich, United Artists

January 24th, 2011: The Wild Bunch

Jan24 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Movie of the Day, The Original, Western Tagged alcoholic, Alfonsu Arau, bank robbery, Ben Johnson, Best Music Nominee, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, double cross, Dub Taylor, Edmond O'Brien, Ernest Borgnine, homage, L.Q. Jones, Mexico, Robert Ryan, Sam Peckinpah, Strother Martin, Warner Brothers, Warren Oates, William Holden

Marty (1955)

Dec10 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Based on a TV Show, Black and White, Drama, Full Reviews, Independent, Remake, Reviews Tagged Best Actor, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director, Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Ernest Borgnine, Joe Mantell, meet cute, National Film Registry, Paddy Chayefsky, Palme D'Or, United Artists

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