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August 24th, 2014: Riding Giants

Aug24 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Documentary, Indy, Movie of the Day, Sports Tagged California, Gerry Lopez, Greg Noll, Hawaii, Jeff Clark, John Milius, Laird John Hamilton, Stacey Peralta, Studio Canal, surfing

August 11th, 2014: Red Dawn (1985)

Aug11 by Professor Mortis

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5 Comments Posted in Guerrillas, Independent, Movie of the Day, Propaganda, So-Bad-It's-Good, War Movies Tagged Ben Johnson, brothers, C. Thomas Howell, Charlie Sheen, concentration camp, Cubans, double cross, football team, Frank McRae, Guerrillas, Harry Dean Stanton, Jennifer Grey, John Milius, Lane Smith, Lea Thompson, paratroopers, Patrick Swayze, Powers Boothe, Ron O'Neal, Roy Jenson, Sandinistas, Soviets, Spetnaz, United Artists, World War Three

March 29th, 2014: Apocalypse Now (1979)

Mar29 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Based on a Book, Independent, Movie of the Day, War Movies Tagged Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Cinematography, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, boat, Colleen Camp, Dennis Hopper, Francis Ford Coppola, Frederic Forrest, Harrison Ford, John Milius, Joseph Conrad, journey, Laurence Fishburne, Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Philippines, R. Lee Emery, river, Robert Duvall, Sam Bottoms, Scott Glen, United Artists, USO, Vietnam, war is hell, Zoetrope Studios

January 30th, 2014: Uncommon Valor (1983)

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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

December 13th, 2013: 1941

Dec13 by Professor Mortis

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4 Comments Posted in Action, Assumed Identity, Comedy, Event Film, Mistaken Identity, Movie of the Day, Satire, Screwball, Slapstick, War Movies Tagged Battle of Los Angeles, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, Best Visual Effects Nominee, Bob Gale, Christopher Lee, Columbia Pictures, Dan Aykroyd, Dub Taylor, Eddie Deezen, Elisha Cook Jr., Frank McRae, General Stilwell, German Navy, Japanese Navy, Joe Flaherty, John Belushi, John Landis, John Milius, John Williams, Lionel Stander, Lorraine Gray, Los Angeles, model airplanes, Murray Hamilton, Nancy Allen, Nazis, Ned Beatty, riot, Robert Stack, Robert Zemeckis, Slim Pickens, Steven Spielberg, submarine, Tim Matheson, Toshiro Mifune, Treat Williams, troubled production, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, Universal Pictures, Warren Oates, Wendie Jo Sperber, World War Two, zoot suit riots, zoot suits

September 4th, 2011: Used Cars (1980)

Sep4 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Chase, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Screwball, Slapstick, T+A, Workplace Tagged "Save the Old X", Al Lewis, Alfonso Arau, Bob Gale, children of famous people, Columbia Pictures, commercials, con artist, corrupt politicians, David L. Lander, Deborah Harmon, Dick Miller, driver's ed, Dub Taylor, Frank McRae, Gerrit Graham, hanging judge, Harry Northup, hiding a death, highway project, inflation, Jack Warden, Joe Flaherty, John Milius, Kurt Russell, long lost relative, Michael McKean, pirate TV, race to the finish, Robert Zemeckis, sibling rivalry, snobs vs. slobs, Steven Spielberg, teens, used car salesman, Wendy Jo Sperber

January 22nd, 2011: Conan the Barbarian (1981)

Jan22 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Adventure, Based on a Short Story(ies), Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Sword and Sorcery, The Original Tagged Arnold Schwarzenegger, Basil Poledouris, cannibalism, Dino De Laurentiis, Drive-In, Gerry Lopez, homage, James Earl Jones, John Milius, magic, Mako, Max Von Sydow, Oliver Stone, Robert E. Howard, Sandahl Bergman, sorcerer, Universal Pictures, William Smith, witch

1941 (1979)

Jun16 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Action, Comedy, Full Reviews, Reviews, Screwball, Slapstick, Spoof, War Movies Tagged Bob Gale, Christopher Lee, Columbia Pictures, Dan Aykroyd, Dub Taylor, Eddie Deezen, Elisha Cook Jr., Frank McRae, Joe Flaherty, John Belushi, John Landis, John Milius, John Williams, Lionel Stander, Lorraine Gray, model airplanes, Murray Hamilton, Nancy Allen, Ned Beatty, riot, Robert Stack, Robert Zemeckis, Slim Pickens, Steven Spielberg, submarine, Tim Matheson, Toshiro Mifune, Treat Williams, Universal Pictures, Warren Oates, Wendie Jo Sperber, World War Two

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