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October 22nd, 2014: Rebecca (1940)

Oct22 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Romance, The Original, Thriller Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Best Actor Nominee, Best Actress Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Cinematography, Best Director Nominee, Best Effects-Best Special Effects Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, C. Aubrey Smith, Daphne du Maurier, David O. Selznick, George Sanders, Gothic, Joan Fontaine, Judith Anderson, Laurence Olivier, Leo G. Carroll, Nigel Bruce, Reginald Denny, Selznick International Pictures, United Artists

August 30th, 2014: Topper Returns

Aug30 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, Fantasy, Ghost, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Old Dark House, Screwball, Sequel, Slapstick, Spoof, Whodunnit Tagged "only I can see it", Billie Burke, car accident, car chase, cash-in, cave, chauffeur, cops, ditz, Donald MacBride, Eddie Anderson, George Zucco, ghost must solve own murder, H. B. Warner, Hal Roach, Hal Roach Studios, heiress, hen pecked husband, husband, incompetent cops, Joan Blondell, low-budget, maid, mansion, Roland Young, room switch, scared working class people, seal, secret door, smugglers, stereotypes, United Artists, wife, wrong victim

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

August 9th, 2014: Attack aka Attack! (1956)

Aug9 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Play, Black and White, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, War Movies Tagged before they were famous, Buddy Ebsen, coward, double cross, Eddie Albert, Frank De Vol, incompetent officers, Jack Palance, Lee Marvin, low-budget, National Guard, Nazis, revenge, Richard Jaeckel, Robert Aldrich, Robert Strauss, Strother Martin, tank, United Artists, World War Two

April 12th, 2014: The General (1926)

Apr12 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Black and White, Chase, Comedy, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Silent, Slapstick, War Movies Tagged behind enemy lines, Buster Keaton, Civil War, train, train attack, train station, train wreck, triple threat, United Artists

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

December 9th, 2013: Terror in a Texas Town

Dec9 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Revenge, Western Tagged blacklisted writer, corrupt cops, corruption, Dalton Trumbo, evil businessman, flashback, front, gunfighter, harpoon, hired guns, homesteaders, immigrants, Joseph H. Lewis, low-budget, oil, Sebastian Cabot, sheriff, Sterling Hayden, Swedes, United Artists, whaler

December 2nd, 2013: The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

Dec2 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Based on a Folk Tale, Event Film, Family, Fantasy, Independent, Movie of the Day, Remake Tagged Alexander Korda, Arabian Nights, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Special Effects, Britain, Conrad Veidt, djinni, king, magic, magician, Michael Powell, princess, Rex Ingram, Sabu, Technicolor, thief, United Artists, wizards

November 28th, 2013: Pieces of April

Nov28 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Comedy, Drama, Holiday, Indy, Movie of the Day, Road Trip Tagged apartment, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, cancer, father, grandmother, IFC Productions, Katie Holmes, mother, mother-daugther relationship, New York City, Oliver Platt, Patricia Clarkson, Peter Hedges, Sean Hayes, SisQo, Thanksgiving, United Artists

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

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