Films that never seem to be shown on TV

[Granadier]

dundarach said:

Loved this, not seen on TV for years and years??

I saw this when I was little and loved it too! The bit that I remembered best is where Michael is driving an old truck, but when being chased by villains, he drops down into a bright yellow sports car hidden underneath, and blasts away.

Some years ago I downloaded Condorman from somewhere online, and it is a great bit of entertainment, satirises both James Bond and superhero stories. Though it's aimed at children really and the wires are painfully obvious in some of the 'flying' sequences.

[Radec]

dundarach said:

Loved this, not seen on TV for years and years??

That's just give me a great flashback.

I'm sure I loved this film when I was a kid too.

Think he had a bad ass car and there was a nice Porsche in it.

Don't think we see the original Herbie films either much these days.

[DodgyGeezer]

highway said:

Soul Man

I suspect that that will never be shown on broadcast TV again.

[98elise]

Radec said:

dundarach said:

Loved this, not seen on TV for years and years??

That's just give me a great flashback.

I'm sure I loved this film when I was a kid too.

Think he had a bad ass car and there was a nice Porsche in it.

Don't think we see the original Herbie films either much these days.

The car was a Nova kit car, and the baddies drove black Porsches.

[Black can man]

clive_candy said:

Risonax said:

North West Frontier
The Admirable Crichton
Our Girl Friday
Genevieve
Rich for the Sky
The Wild Bunch
Cross of Iron
In like Flint
The Gods Must be Crazy
Two Lane Blacktop
The Wild Geese
The Dogs of War
Who Dares Wins
The Airport Movies
The original Planet of the Apes sequels
Hell in the Pacific/ Lee Marvin films in general (except for the Dirty Dozen)
While not exactly a film, those Tarzan episodes with Ron Ely
Stewart Granger films
Capricorn One
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Chinatown
Excaliber
Harry Palmer films (The Ipcress Files etc)

Talking Pictures is your friend here. For the first few anyway.

Talking Pictures is great , a real breath of old air , we love it here in Black Can mansions .

Cannot beat late night films with Caroline Monroe

[sunbeam alpine]

shed driver said:

Higgs boson said:

Probably because it was just about some clown on a Suzuki!

And a wolfman!

SD.

And a brilliant soundtrack by Big Country!

[SpudLink]

Dog Soldiers. 2002 film from Neil Marshall.

It's not just missing from broadcast TV, it's as thought it's been wiped from existence. I read something a while ago about legal shenanigans with the producers. I guess this was never resolved.

[Composer62]

Being There

Peter Sellers last film. He should have got an Oscar for it but was beaten by Dustin Hoffman.

[mcflurry]

Every 4 years I fancy watching Animalympics - but don't think it gets shown..

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078780/

[Fastchas]

dundarach said:

Loved this, not seen on TV for years and years??

Watched this as a kid at the cinema and I've mentioned this to friends & family for years but no-one seems to remember it. Watched it a couple of months ago on my dodgy firestick. There's a reason it's not shown anymore, it's really poor acting by Crawford with his American accent (just why??).

[SpudLink]

Fastchas said:

dundarach said:

Loved this, not seen on TV for years and years??

Watched this as a kid at the cinema and I've mentioned this to friends & family for years but no-one seems to remember it. Watched it a couple of months ago on my dodgy firestick. There's a reason it's not shown anymore, it's really poor acting by Crawford with his American accent (just why??).

A much better film with Michael Crawford is The Games from 1970. I'm pretty sure it hasn't been on broadcast telly for 4 decades.

[blueg33]

Life of Brian
Dune

[cuprabob]

zeb said:

Restless natives never seems to come up

Comfort & Joy is another good one of the same era.

[Nethybridge]

Ryan's Daughter
Expresso Bongo
King and Country
Klute
Loot
Requiem For a Heavyweight

[zeb]

sunbeam alpine said:

shed driver said:

Higgs boson said:

Probably because it was just about some clown on a Suzuki!

And a wolfman!

SD.

And a brilliant soundtrack by Big Country!

Exactly!

[Composer62]

zeb said:

sunbeam alpine said:

shed driver said:

Higgs boson said:

Probably because it was just about some clown on a Suzuki!

And a wolfman!

SD.

And a brilliant soundtrack by Big Country!

Exactly!

Vincent Friell who played one of the lads in "Restless Natives" has just died aged 64. Far too young

[cooky73]

Capricorn One is on ITVx currently...

[JagLover]

Risonax said:

North West Frontier
The Admirable Crichton
Our Girl Friday
Genevieve
Rich for the Sky
The Wild Bunch
Cross of Iron
In like Flint
The Gods Must be Crazy
Two Lane Blacktop
The Wild Geese
The Dogs of War
Who Dares Wins
The Airport Movies
The original Planet of the Apes sequels
Hell in the Pacific/ Lee Marvin films in general (except for the Dirty Dozen)
While not exactly a film, those Tarzan episodes with Ron Ely
Stewart Granger films
Capricorn One
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Chinatown
Excaliber
Harry Palmer films (The Ipcress Files etc)

Cross of Iron is on Amazon Prime. I think they have a number of older movies so worth checking if you have it.

[ClaphamGT3]

Cry Freedom never seems to get shown these days. A shame and surprising as its a beautifully made film with a reasonably good script and performances telling an important story.

I recall it was nominated for a lot of awards when released and - I think - won a few but I can't remember the last time I saw it shown

[motco]

Grand Prix