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September 8th, 2013: A Shot in the Dark (1964)

Sep8 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Play, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Remake, Sequel, Slapstick, Spoof, Whodunnit Tagged Blake Edwards, bombing, Britain, Burt Kwouk, Elke Sommer, France, George Sanders, Henry Mancini, Herbert Lom, insanity, Inspector Clouseau, nightclub, nudist colony, Paris, Peter Sellers, The Mirisch Corporation, United Artists, Walter Mirisch, William Peter Blatty

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

December 24th, 2012: The Apartment (1960)

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Romance, Screwball, Workplace Tagged adultery, affair, attempted suicide, Best Actor Nominee, Best Actress Nominee, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Original Screenplay, Best Picture, Best Sound Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Billy Wilder, Christmas, Christmas Eve, Fred MacMurray, I.A.L. Diamond, Jack Lemmon, New Year's Eve, Ray Walston, Shirley MacLaine, The Mirisch Corporation, United Artists

April 4th, 2012: The Magnificent Seven (1960)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Buddy Flick, Independent, Last Stand, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Remake, The Original, War Movies, Western Tagged banditos, bandits, before they were famous, Best Score Nominee, Brad Dexter, Charles Bronson, coward, Eli Wallach, Elmer Bernstein, farmers, greed, gunfighter, Horst Bucholz, James Coburn, John Sturges, knife thrower, mercenary, Mexico, remake of a foreign film, Robert J. Wilke, Robert Vaughn, Steve McQueen, The Mirisch Corporation, under siege, United Artists, Victor French, village, Yul Brynner

March 24th, 2012: 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

December 30th, 2011: West Side Story (1961)

Dec30 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Play, Coming of Age, Drama, Issue Film, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, Musical, Romance, Tragedy Tagged Arthur Laurents, before they were famous, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Music Scoring of a Musical Picture, Best Picture, Best Sound, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, double cross, Jerome Robbins, John Astin, Leonard Bernstein, Natalie Wood, New York City, Rita Moreno, Robert Wise, Russ Tamblyn, Seven Arts Productions, Simon Oakland, street gang, The Mirisch Corporation, United Artists, William Shakespeare

September 29th, 2011: Some Like It Hot (1959)

Sep29 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Assumed Identity, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Buddy Flick, Comedy, Gangster, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Screwball, Slapstick, Spoof, The Original Tagged all female band, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Costume Design, Best Director Nominee, Billy Wilder, Chicago, con, cross dressing, Edward G. Robinson, ingenues, Jack Lemmon, Joe E. Brown, Marilyn Monroe, Miami, Mike Mazurki, millionaire, mob war, mobsters, musical interlude, musicians, on the lam, Pat O'Brien, The Mirisch Corporation, Tony Curtis, train, United Artists, yacht

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