Old Movies

[RCW]

A real classic from years ago, just stumbled on Soylent Green with Charlton Heston, 1973.

Don’t watch movies much, but will leave it on to listen….

 

[Lil Foot]

It's PEOPLE!!!!

 

[85Hokie]

A real classic from years ago, just stumbled on Soylent Green with Charlton Heston, 1973.

Don’t watch movies much, but will leave it on to listen….

I remember GOING TO that movie as a kid.......... it was a bit scary at THAT time and at that AGE

 

[chim]

As much as I loved Clint Eastwood's "spaghetti westerns" it was only this week that I discovered Lee Van Cleef made a few of his own. A few different Sabata movies, Death Rides a Horse and probably more. They're unrealistic but very entertaining.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

We just watched The Sixth Sense, still a good movie!
Soylent Green was an excellent movie!

 

[McMXi]

My favorite Charlton Heston movie from many years ago was The Omega Man.

 

[Runs With Scissors]

We just watched The Sixth Sense, still a good movie!

My favorite part……..

 

[Lil Foot]

 

[Poohbear]

I just watched Young Frankenstein for the at least 10th time.

 

[Hugo Habicht]

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Which movie is that? Looks interesting...

 

[Bmyers]

Which movie is that? Looks interesting...

The Sand Pebbles with Steve McQueen.

 

[Lil Foot]

The Sand Pebbles with Steve McQueen.

One of my favorites.

 

[chim]

My jeans fit like that when the movie was filmed

 

[Hugo Habicht]

One of my favorites.

Just checked, it is in a set of DVDs I got for my birthday recently. Have to watch that soon, never seen it.

 

[pigdoc]

I'm a big fan of the movies that Michael Caine did in the 1960s. There was a trio of them with him playing Harry Palmer, a kind of free-lance spy for the British government. [One of many James Bond-themed concepts that emerged in that era...]

- The Ipcress File (1965)
- Funeral in Berlin (1966)
- The Billion Dollar Brain (1967)

The BDB is a bit goofy, but these movies draw me in because they are filled with plot twists.
He could still pull off the athletic aspects of the character back then, when he was in his early 30s...

Another worth watching is "Deadfall" (1968). I saw it just a couple of weeks ago. Full of plot twists.

Also, Caine did a movie in 1969 called "Play Dirty" which was along the lines of the Rat Patrol series, set in the Sahara Desert.

I watch most of my movies on youtube. But I have not been able to find "The Ipcress File" or "Play Dirty" 'for free' on the internet.
Any ideas?
I'm too cheap, I guess...

For a funny, smart, unserious British spy thriller, see "Our Man in Havana" starring David Niven (1959). Plot leads you all over the place. And it's full of pre-Castro street scenes of Havana. Fascinating.

-Paul

 

[RCW]

Got thinking about Charlton Heston - - he did several post-apocalyptic movies in the era - - some of my favorites but haven't seen most in a long time:

Planet of the Apes - - (and 2(?) sequels - never saw the "modern" ones)
Soylent Green
The Omega Man - someone mentioned it earlier

Clint Eastwood's spaghetti westerns were also favorites.

Eastwood's Dirty Harry movies were great, too. Have a Model 29 with an 8-3/8 because of those movies.....

 

[McMXi]

The Omega Man - someone mentioned it earlier

I mentioned it, and interestingly, the Will Smith movie I Am Legend is based on the same book that The Omega Man was based on i.e. I Am Legend by Richard Matheson published in 1954.

When I watched I Am Legend it immediately reminded me of the The Omega Man and for good reason.

 

[Lil Foot]

 

[Lil Foot]

In order:

 

[Lil Foot]