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Post by drystyx on Jul 13, 2017 20:40:45 GMT
His best films, not performances. As usual, I take a cross section of early, late, and of course his classics.
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Post by movielover on Jul 13, 2017 20:42:14 GMT
Anatomy of a Murder is my favorite.
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Post by drystyx on Jul 13, 2017 20:54:11 GMT
Anatomy of a Murder is my favorite. I got "A" in college Anatomy 1 and 2, but can't place where the humeris is in a Murder. |
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Post by politicidal on Jul 14, 2017 0:08:57 GMT
In Memoriam...
Ah nostalgia...
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Jul 14, 2017 1:14:02 GMT
Have not seen really seen that many of them but It's a Wonderful Life is a favorite of mine.
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Post by drystyx on Jul 15, 2017 0:14:41 GMT
No real surprise here, with Rear Window leading and Rope second. Both beloved films.
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Post by teleadm on Jul 15, 2017 18:20:49 GMT
Very versatile actor, from fumbling when young to hard and tough (Not without a giant rabbitt or hare), with a voice anyone can immitate.  You could have started this in the Classics room, not all of us is snobs there |
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Post by vegalyra on Jul 15, 2017 21:09:08 GMT
My favorite actor of all time. You had me struggling to really pick my "favorites" as I truly love them all.
Outside of Vertigo and Rear Window, my more unconventional picks of his were
The Spirit of St. Louis
FBI Story
Strategic Air Command
Flight of the Phoenix
3 of those films are his aviation related ones, and it makes it that much better that he was a real pilot who saw plenty of action in WW2. He also rode along in the B58 Hustler (to this day one of the USA's fastest bombers), and went on at least a few missions in a B52 over North Vietnam.
I'm a real sucker for his Anthony Mann Westerns as well, especially the Man From Laramie. What a great film.
My grandfather (who started out in the FBI after being in the Air Force) met Jimmy Stewart on at least one occasion (my grandfather was head of protocol at NASA from the late 1960's until his retirement in 1980) and directed tours for "important" folks at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Stewart was one of those "important" people. My grandfather could imitate Stewart's voice and mannerisms to a tee. He was one of his favorite actors as well.
I know FBI story is derided even by a lot of Stewart fans, but it really gives a good impression of the early days of the Bureau (lack of funding, etc.). It does make it seem like the Hoover era Bureau could do no wrong, and it whitewashes the Klan's real mission in life (attacking a Jewish newspaper man instead of African Americans), but especially the last portion of the film appears to be quite accurate.
Strategic Air Command may be dull to some, but for an aviation buff, it's pure gold. The B-36 Peacemakers and B-47 Stratojets are never seen elsewhere in such grandeur. The aerial photography and soundtrack to the film is just superb.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2017 23:31:04 GMT
I'm going to go with Rear Window, Rope, The Shop Around The Corner and The Philadelphia Story. Don't really like much of the other movies he's in.
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Post by fartyfartsalot on Jul 16, 2017 0:08:06 GMT
Is "Anatomy of a Murder" a good film? I haven't seen it
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Post by movielover on Jul 16, 2017 0:33:04 GMT
Is "Anatomy of a Murder" a good film? I haven't seen it It's very good. |
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Post by fartyfartsalot on Jul 16, 2017 1:02:38 GMT
His best films, not performances. As usual, I take a cross section of early, late, and of course his classics. Vote. Because those who don't vote make stupidity a virtue, or perhaps an absolute science. Would you be open to changing your avatar? I can't stand it. |
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Post by marth on Jul 16, 2017 1:19:23 GMT
Rear Window
Vertigo
Rope
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Post by drystyx on Jul 16, 2017 23:36:04 GMT
REAR WINDOW has a commanding lead.
REAR WINDOW is a bit of a puzzle to rate. It's a good story, well done, but my nerves can't take all that annoying background noise. I know it's for effect, but it makes it a poor movie for someone who can't get all the valium that you rich kids can get. I have to shut the noise off when I know Robert Shaw is going to do the chalkboard in JAWS, so obviously I can't take this most of the way through. It is only because of the sound that I rate it 3/10. If it's silent and subtitled, if I turn the noise off and have closed caption, it goes up to 7/10.
There are control freaks in Hollywood who claim that the viewer should adjust to the artist, that the viewer should be sheep, but that is only for masochistic sheep. I'm no sheep, and no masochist, sorry. If it's irritating, then it isn't good. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 20, 2017 0:08:31 GMT
fartyfartsalot said and I quote SFF : the "female" with what is possibly the most obnoxious avatar around these parts. 
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Post by fartyfartsalot on Jul 20, 2017 0:40:33 GMT
fartyfartsalot said and I quote SFF : the "female" with what is possibly the most obnoxious avatar around these parts. BO: The "male" who is too much of a sissified little tweety bird to use the word "hell." |
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Post by anthonyrocks on Jul 20, 2017 13:08:35 GMT
I think that "IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE" is his Number 1 Best!
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Post by Archelaus on Jul 20, 2017 17:36:46 GMT
It's a Wonderful Life
Rear Window
Vertigo
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Anatomy of a Murder
The Man Who Knew Too Much
The Philadelphia Story
Rope
Harvey
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Post by mszanadu on Jul 20, 2017 20:40:58 GMT
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Post by mitchell1975 on Jul 20, 2017 20:53:40 GMT
Bend of the River
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence
The Man From Laramie
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Night Passage
The Naked Spur
Rope
Shenandoah
Rear Window
How the West Was Won
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