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November 21st, 2014: Young Frankenstein (1974)

Nov21 by Professor Mortis

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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

January 30th, 2014: Uncommon Valor (1983)

Jan30 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adventure, Drama, Movie of the Day, Special Operations, War Movies Tagged before they were famous, Fred Ward, Gail Strickland, Gene Hackman, helicopter, James Horner, Jane Kaczmarek, John Milius, Ken Framer, MIAs, Michael Dudikoff, P.O.W.s, Paramount Pictures, Patrick Swayze, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Reb Brown, rescue mission, Robert Stack, Ted Kotcheff, Tim Thomerson, Vietnam, Vietnam veterans, Wings Hauser

September 26th, 2013: A Bridge Too Far (1977)

Sep26 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Airborne Operations, Based on a Book, Campaign History, Epic, Event Film, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Special Operations, War Movies Tagged "A Galaxy of Stars", "Cast of Thousands", Anthony Hopkins, Arnhem, Ben Cross, Cornelius Ryan, Denholm Elliott, Dirk Bogarde, Edward Fox, Elliott Gould, Gene Hackman, Hardy Kruger, James Caan, John Ratzenberger, Laurence Olivier, Liv Ullmann, Maximilian Schell, Michael Caine, Nazis, Operation Market Garden, paratroopers, Richard Attenborough, Robert Redford, Ryan O'Neal, Sean Connery, United Artists, William Goldman, World War Two

July 10th, 2013: Superman (1978)

Jul10 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Aliens, Based on a Comic Book, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Remake, Sci-Fi, Superheroes, The Original Tagged adoption, before they were famous, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, California, Christopher Reeve, dying world, father, father-son relationship, Gene Hackman, Glenn Ford, Harry Andrews, helicopter, helicopter crash, Jack O'Halloran, Jackie Cooper, Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, John Ratzenberger, John Williams, lady reporter, Larry Hagman, last survivor, Marc McClure, Margot Kidder, Maria Schell, Mario Puzo, Marlon Brando, mastermind, Ned Beatty, newspaper, nuclear weapons, reporter, Richard Donner, Sarah Douglas, Special Achievement Award for Visual Effects, subway, Superman, Susannah York, Terrence Stamp, Trevor Howard, Valerie Perrine, Warner Brothers

September 18th, 2012: Superman IV

Sep18 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Comic Book, Event Film, Family, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, Sequel, So-Bad-It's-Good, Superheroes Tagged arms control, bad rear projection, bad special effects, before they were famous, Cannon, cash-in, Christopher Reeve, Cosmonauts, Gene Hackman, Great Wall of China, Jackie Cooper, Jim Broadbent, John Cryer, Margot Kidder, Mariel Hemingway, Mark McClure, Menahem Golan, nuclear weapons, Sam Wannamaker, scientists, Sidney J. Furie, Soviet Union, Sun, Superman, Warner Brothers, William Hootkins, Yoram Globus

June 26th, 2012: The French Connection (1971)

Jun26 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Action, Adaptation, Based on a Book, Cops, Crime, Independent, Movie of the Day Tagged Alan Weeks, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Picture, Best Sound Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, drug dealers, drugs, Ernest Tidyman, Fernando Rey, Frank Adonis, Gene Hackman, heroin, New York City, Roy Scheider, subway, Tony Lo Bianco, William Friedkin

May 31st, 2012: Unforgiven (1992)

May31 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Movie of the Day, Period Film, Revisionist Western, Western Tagged alcoholic, Best Actor Nominee, Best Director, Best Picture, bounty hunters, Clint Eastwood, cowboys, Frances Fisher, Gene Hackman, gunfighter, Malpaso Productions, Morgan Freeman, prostitutes, reporter, Richard Harris, Saul Rubinek, Sharps Rifle, sharpshooters, sheriff, Warner Brothers

May 17th, 2011: Twilight (1998)

May17 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Cops, Detective, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Thriller, Whodunnit Tagged ageing, blackmail, Clint Howard, detective, double cross, Elmer Bernstein, Gene Hackman, Giancarlo Esposito, James Garner, Liev Schrieber, M. Emmet Walsh, Paramount Pictures, Paul Newman, Resse Witherspoon, Robert Benton, Scott Rudin Productions, Stockard Channing, Susan Sarandon

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