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December 28th, 2014: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Dec28 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Black and White, Buddy Flick, Drama, Movie of the Day, The Original, Tragedy Tagged banditos, bandits, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actor, children of famous people, double cross, fate, gold, greed, Humphrey Bogart, Jack L. Warner, John Huston, lottery, luck, Mexico, mine, miners, old timer, prospectors, Tim Holt, train, train attack, train robbery, village, Walter Huston, Warner Brothers

August 26th, 2014: Seven Samurai (1954)

Aug26 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Adventure, Arthouse, Black and White, Drama, Last Stand, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, Period Film, The Original, War Movies Tagged Akira Kurosawa, bandits, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, class issues, drag, forbidden love, homage, Japan, master swordsman, old timer, orphan, peasants, Ronin, Samurai, Takashi Shimura, Toho, Toshiro Mifune

June 11th, 2013: Big Jake (1971)

Jun11 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Western Tagged Batjac Films, Bobby Vinton, Bruce Cabot, children of famous people, Christopher Mitchum, Drive-In, Elmer Bernstein, Estranged parent, father, father-son relationship, grandfather, Hank Worden, Harry Carey Jr., hostage, hostage situation, Jim Davis, John Agar, John Wayne, kidnapping, Maureen O'Hara, old men, old timer, overbearing father, Patrick Wayne, ranch, rancher, ransom, Richard Boone, Roy Jenson, Texas Ranger

May 26th, 2013: El Dorado (1966)

May26 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Movie of the Day, Period Film, Remake, Western Tagged "that girl can shoot", alcoholic, before they were famous, Christopher George, comedic alcoholic, comic relief deputy, deputy, Ed Asner, Howard Hawks, James Caan, John Wayne, knife thrower, old men, old timer, Paramount Pictures, Paul Fix, R. G. Armstrong, rancher, recovering alcoholic, revenge, Robert Mitchum, shotgun, sidekick, teens, water rights

November 29th, 2012: 42nd Street (1933)

Nov29 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Backstage, Black and White, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Musical, Romance, The Original, Workplace Tagged backstage, Bebe Daniels, before they were famous, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound Recording Nominee, Busby Berkeley, chorus girls, Darryl F. Zanuck, Dick Powell, fading star, George Brent, Ginger Rogers, Guy Kibbe, Louise Beavers, Lyle Talbot, National Film Registry, old timer, producer, rising star, Ruby Keeler, theater, Una Merkel, Warner Baxter, Warner Brothers

June 14th, 2012: The Lost Boys (1987)

Jun14 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Event Film, Horror, Movie of the Day, Vampires Tagged "kill the head vampire to return victims to normal", adults playing teens, Alex Winter, before they were famous, cash-in, comic book store, Corey Feldman, Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest, Edward Hermann, Jami Gertz, Jason Patric, Joel Schumacher, Kelly Jo Minter, Kiefer Sutherland, nerds, old timer, Richard Donner, sexy vampires, single mother, teens

June 13th, 2012: Cherry 2000

Jun13 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adventure, Apocalypse, Movie of the Day, Road Trip, Robots, Romance, Satire, Sci-Fi, Western Tagged "The Forbidden Zone", Basil Poledouris, before they were famous, Ben Johnson, bounty hunters, Brion James, cash-in, children of famous people, David Andrews, distopia, double cross, Drive-In, guide, Harry Carey Jr., homage, Laurence Fishburne, low-budget, Melanie Griffith, old timer, Orion, rip-off, Robert Z'dar, robot servant, sex bot, Tim Thomerson, trackers

January 14th, 2012: The Petrified Forest (1936)

Jan14 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Play, Black and White, Crime, Drama, Hostage Situation, Issue Film, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Romance, The Original, Thriller, Tragedy, Uninvited Guests Tagged Archie Mayo, bank robbers, Bette Davis, Charles Kenyon, Delmer Daves, desert, Dick Foran, diner, father-daughter relationship, football player, gas station, Hal B. Wallis, hostage, hostage situation, Humphrey Bogart, idealist, Leslie Howard, old men, old timer, paramilitary group, poet, Porter Hall, rest stop, Robert E. Sherwood, Warner Brothers

They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?

Dec18 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Based on a Book, Drama, Full Reviews, Period Film, Reviews Tagged ABC, Al Lewis, Best Actress Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Music Nominee, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, bleak ending, Bonnie Bedelia, Bruce Dern, Dance marathon, Depression, flash forward, flashback, Gig Young, insanity, Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, old timer, Palomar Pictures, Red Buttons, Susannah York, Sydney Pollack

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