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Post by pippinmaniac on Feb 26, 2018 16:30:51 GMT
I also like the 1973 version of "The Three Musketeers". Lots of humor and plenty of sword fighting.
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Post by teleadm on Feb 26, 2018 19:42:31 GMT
The funny side of swashbuckling, The Court Jester 1956
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Post by eplay on Feb 26, 2018 19:57:03 GMT
The Three Musketeers (1973) - My favorite film of all time.
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Post by outrider127 on Feb 26, 2018 20:12:39 GMT
A bit of ambiguity in that subject, as “swashbucklers” could refer either to the films or to the characters. Still, interpret it as you will… Pirates, Robin Hood, Zorro, et al., all count. Captain Blood
Adventures of Robin Hood
The Black Swan (more for Laird Cregar than for Tyrone Power, though Power is fine… Cregar is superb, though, one of the greatest cinematic pirates.) The Man in the Iron Mask ’39 Moonfleet
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
The Count of Monte Cristo ‘34 The Count of Monte Cristo 2002 (excellent film… Why isn’t this one better known?) The Prisoner of Zenda ‘37 The Princess Bride
The Mask of Zorro ‘98 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
I’d love to see that film adaptation Spielberg planned of Michael Crichton’s excellent Pirate Latitudes, but I’m not sure if that’s still in the works… OK, off to you! I think you found them all
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Post by Nalkarj on Feb 26, 2018 20:19:35 GMT
I think you found them all Déjà vu! As I said to pippinmaniac, which are your favorites? And I’m sure I didn’t list everything, especially as Primemovermithrax Pejorative and others are bringing up pictures I’ve never even heard of.
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Post by deembastille on Feb 26, 2018 20:25:42 GMT
Mandy Patinkin was no slouch playing Indigo Montoya in TO BE.
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Post by Nalkarj on Feb 27, 2018 20:23:59 GMT
Of interest for swashbuckler-fans: I just finished John Dickson Carr’s lightning-paced Captain Cut-Throat, a Dumasian tale set on the eve of Napoleon’s [eventually aborted] invasion of Britain (1805).
Part spy thriller, part adventure: the hero is a British spy captured and employed by Fouché to find a traitor in the Grande Armée, but naturally both he and the (brilliantly-characterized!) Machiavellian Fouché have their own plans…
It has duelling, sabotage, romance, whopping twists, and just about everything one would want from this sort of book—including an excellent scene on the Field of Balloons. Not as good as The Bride of Newgate or The Devil in Velvet, Carr’s best historical novels, but it practically screams out for a film adaptation—why hasn’t any producer made this? If you’re a fan of swashbucklers, you’ll love it. Recommended.
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Post by pippinmaniac on Feb 28, 2018 3:03:48 GMT
Of interest for swashbuckler-fans: I just finished John Dickson Carr’s lightning-paced Captain Cut-Throat, a Dumasian tale set on the eve of Napoleon’s [eventually aborted] invasion of Britain (1805). Part spy thriller, part adventure: the hero is a British spy captured and employed by Fouché to find a traitor in the Grande Armée, but naturally both he and the (brilliantly-characterized!) Machiavellian Fouché have their own plans… It has duelling, sabotage, romance, whopping twists, and just about everything one would want from this sort of book—including an excellent scene on the Field of Balloons. Not as good as The Bride of Newgate or The Devil in Velvet, Carr’s best historical novels, but it practically screams out for a film adaptation—why hasn’t any producer made this? If you’re a fan of swashbucklers, you’ll love it. Recommended. Sounds interesting!
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Post by Nalkarj on Apr 11, 2018 15:48:30 GMT
OK, just wondering… There are a large number of pirate movies I have yet to see; often, I’ve heard that many of them just aren’t very good, but I saw and somewhat enjoyed the notorious box-office flop of Cutthroat Island, which I know politicidal also likes, so I’m interested if there are any others you think underrated. A few I haven’t seen that interest me: Victor Fleming’s Treasure Island (’34), Rowland Lee’s Captain Kidd, Frank Borzage’s The Spanish Main (which I believe we might have briefly discussed on the Classics board), Walsh’s Horatio Hornblower adaptation and Blackbeard the Pirate, James Goldstone’s Swashbuckler, Ferdinand Fairfax’s Nate and Hayes, Polanski’s Pirates (another notorious flop). Anyone seen and/or interested in commenting on one or more of these? Thanks! (Last year, too, I saw The Black Swan, which really has got to be one of my favorite pirate movies now—less for hero Tyrone Power and more for a wild, hilarious, full-throated Laird Cregar as Sir Henry Morgan. It’s rather out-of-character for its director, the oft-tedious Henry King, but King nonetheless did an excellent, Curtiz-worthy job. Highly recommended.)
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Apr 11, 2018 17:02:22 GMT
I would count Raiders of the Lost Ark
My favorite would probably be Princess Bride or Banderra's Zorro.
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Post by Nalkarj on Jun 23, 2018 1:18:37 GMT
So Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951) is on TCM right now, and I’m watching. The acting is pretty awful, but the nautical imagery is great. I’m enjoying it in spite (or because?) of the goofiness.
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