Films that aren't on the telly anymore
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coppernorks said:
The Collector starring Terence Stamp and Samantha Eggar.
Like Bunny Lake is Missing and Kaleidoscope, made at the time when the US studios found it was
cheaper [ or more hip and Happening ] to make films in swinging London than the USA.
So you'd have Sam Eggar, Warren Beatty and Kier Dulleau whizzing round Knightsbridge
in a mini or MG, not quite the same as McQueen in a Mustang tearing round the streets of San Francisco.
Well that’s timely - my Mrs found a copy of the UK poster for Kaleidoscope for sale last week on a Facebook group she frequents. I remember the only time I ever saw it on TV was one afternoon in 1986 when I was off work with some minor ailment, around the same time that they showed Only When I Larf with Dickie Attenborough and David Hemings. Which reminds me, when was Blow Up last shown on TV?Like Bunny Lake is Missing and Kaleidoscope, made at the time when the US studios found it was
cheaper [ or more hip and Happening ] to make films in swinging London than the USA.
So you'd have Sam Eggar, Warren Beatty and Kier Dulleau whizzing round Knightsbridge
in a mini or MG, not quite the same as McQueen in a Mustang tearing round the streets of San Francisco.
Edited to add : Perfect Friday (1970) starring Stanley Baker, Ursula Andres and David Warner, haven’t seen it for years.
coppernorks said:
The Collector starring Terence Stamp and Samantha Eggar.
Like Bunny Lake is Missing and Kaleidoscope, made at the time when the US studios found it was
cheaper [ or more hip and Happening ] to make films in swinging London than the USA.
So you'd have Sam Eggar, Warren Beatty and Kier Dulleau whizzing round Knightsbridge
in a mini or MG, not quite the same as McQueen in a Mustang tearing round the streets of San Francisco.
'Brannigan'Like Bunny Lake is Missing and Kaleidoscope, made at the time when the US studios found it was
cheaper [ or more hip and Happening ] to make films in swinging London than the USA.
So you'd have Sam Eggar, Warren Beatty and Kier Dulleau whizzing round Knightsbridge
in a mini or MG, not quite the same as McQueen in a Mustang tearing round the streets of San Francisco.
John Wayne, 1975. A Chicago cop sent over to London to escort a mobster (played by John Vernon) back under extradition to the US. The 68 year-old "Duke" in one of his last few films, driving around London in a Ford Capri, jumping over the partially raised decks of Tower Bridge, shooting up E-Type Jaguars, and even blowing one up in the mud of the Thames at low tide...
...with Dickie Attenborough as the Scotland Yard Commander overseeing the mayhem created by Detective Brannigan of the Chicago PD.
Edited by yellowjack on Monday 10th January 14:44
yellowjack said:
'Brannigan'
John Wayne, 1975. A Chicago cop sent over to London to escort a mobster (played by John Vernon) back under extradition to the US. The 68 year-old "Duke" in one of his last few films, driving around London in a Ford Capri, jumping over the partially raised decks of Tower Bridge, shooting up E-Type Jaguars, and even blowing one up in the mud of the Thames at low tide...
...with Dickie Attenborough as the Scotland Yard Commander overseeing the mayhem created by Detective Brannigan of the Chicago PD.
I love the bit in this film where Dickie decks Wayne. John Wayne, 1975. A Chicago cop sent over to London to escort a mobster (played by John Vernon) back under extradition to the US. The 68 year-old "Duke" in one of his last few films, driving around London in a Ford Capri, jumping over the partially raised decks of Tower Bridge, shooting up E-Type Jaguars, and even blowing one up in the mud of the Thames at low tide...
...with Dickie Attenborough as the Scotland Yard Commander overseeing the mayhem created by Detective Brannigan of the Chicago PD.
Edited by yellowjack on Monday 10th January 14:44
P5BNij said:
Which reminds me, when was Blow Up last shown on TV?
Edited to add : Perfect Friday (1970) starring Stanley Baker, Ursula Andres and David Warner, haven’t seen it for years.
I daresay there's a very good reason why some films are never off t'telly [ Uncle Buck, Home Alone, Titanic, Sound Of Music ] while as you say, a classic 1960s film like Blow-Up never gets a gig.Edited to add : Perfect Friday (1970) starring Stanley Baker, Ursula Andres and David Warner, haven’t seen it for years.
I suspect it's Sony or Viacom selling their entire back catalogue of 1960s films to Kraft/Heinz because they are a bit borassic
and Kraft/Heinz having no interest in making any money from this purchase, sitting on it and hoping to make a big fat profit when they sell it to Disney next year.
Dastardly Dick said:
Havent seen The Last starfighter (80's scifi hokum) on for donkeys years, have never seen The Hidden on any channel, has a good opening sequence and car chase with Claudia Christian as a gun toting stripper when she gets erm, invavded?
Whats not to like?
I have The Last Starfighter on VHS. It was the very first VHS I ever purchased. Whats not to like?
I bought it Christmas 1988 when I got two weeks wages from my Saturday job.
coppernorks said:
P5BNij said:
Which reminds me, when was Blow Up last shown on TV?
Edited to add : Perfect Friday (1970) starring Stanley Baker, Ursula Andres and David Warner, haven’t seen it for years.
I daresay there's a very good reason why some films are never off t'telly [ Uncle Buck, Home Alone, Titanic, Sound Of Music ] while as you say, a classic 1960s film like Blow-Up never gets a gig.Edited to add : Perfect Friday (1970) starring Stanley Baker, Ursula Andres and David Warner, haven’t seen it for years.
I suspect it's Sony or Viacom selling their entire back catalogue of 1960s films to Kraft/Heinz because they are a bit borassic
and Kraft/Heinz having no interest in making any money from this purchase, sitting on it and hoping to make a big fat profit when they sell it to Disney next year.
As I’m typing this another one has just come to mind, Entertaining Mr.Sloane with Beryl Reid, Harry Andrews and Ian McEnery, I think it was made in 1969 and certainly hasn’t been on the box for many a year.
Edited to add another one! Zee & Co from 1971 with Liz Taylor, Michael Caine and Susannah York in a love triangle, Taylor floats around in a brand new Mk1 Capri, Caine does an impression of himself most of the way through while York seems to have a glow about her in every scene she’s in. (Also known as X,Y & Z).
Edited by P5BNij on Tuesday 11th January 14:18
Films from the '60s (mostly) that I haven't seen on TV in ages include: Deep End, Performance, Harold and Maude, If, The Man Who Fell To Earth, Solaris, Easy Rider, Fahrenheit 451, The Magic Christian, Jules and Jim, This Sporting Life, Repulsion, Cul de Sac, Alfie, Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment, The Graduate, Bonnie & Clyde, Rosemary's Baby.
Riley Blue said:
Films from the '60s (mostly) that I haven't seen on TV in ages include: Deep End, Performance, Harold and Maude, If, The Man Who Fell To Earth, Solaris, Easy Rider, Fahrenheit 451, The Magic Christian, Jules and Jim, This Sporting Life, Repulsion, Cul de Sac, Alfie, Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment, The Graduate, Bonnie & Clyde, Rosemary's Baby.
I’m sure This Sporting Life was on Talking Pictures fairly recently. Deep End is an odd one but Jane Asher looks fantastic in it, but all of the others you mention were shown over a short period in the mid- ‘80s along with the films I mentioned just now. A mate of mine, now long retired from the railway appears in the background of the scene in Morgan where David Warner is hanging from the crane at Chelsea Wharf 
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