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Post by hitchcockthelegend on May 11, 2020 17:32:54 GMT
Adventureland (2009)Mottola strikes one from the heart ... One is that the expectation of another Superbad-a-like comedy has not been met. Two is that, you know what folks? Mottola hasn't made this for kids, he's made it for those who were once kids themselves in a decade not so very long ago... 8/10 A fairly impassioned review from your heart too, Hitch. (You are not an investor in this film, are you?) Anyway, thanks for adding a very pertinent film to this thread. Surprising that no-one has nominated it before, since it has two trendy stars. I would not have been expecting another Superbad because I have never heard of it, but Mottola's The Daytrippers (1996) is an intelligent, fairly funny and adult movie. Edit: Someone must agree with me because The Daytrippers is in the Criterion Collection. Actually looking at it now it has a bunch of trendy stars - Stewart, Eisenberg, Reynolds, Wiig, Hader - all have blossomed in the last decade since Adventureland was released. Thanks for the nod towards The Daytrippers, and personally I thought Superbad was wildly over rated!
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on May 11, 2020 17:39:47 GMT
I watched a British movie called Wanted for Murder 1946. and some scenes were made at something called Hampstead Fairgrounds, both real and some only using (very bad) back projection.There is a long clip of the fairground scene on YouTube here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ4WqGFQ-5Qbut I cannot get it to load on this site. I love a bit of Eric Portman! Here he plays a hangman's son. Two years later (1948) he plays a hangman in a much better movie, Daybreak dir: Compton Bennett. The bank holidays fairground on Hampstead Heath was London's most famous. I'll throw my support behind Wanted for Murder (AKA: Voice in the Night) - www.imdb.com/review/rw2949042/?ref_=tt_urv The only pic I could find with the fairground in it - you can just see the carousel at the back. Yep, love Portman as well, he had a great run in the mid 40s doing dark mysterious films, Dear Murderer, The Mark of Cain & Corridor of Mirrors.
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Post by london777 on May 29, 2020 16:35:41 GMT
The Woman for Joe (1955) dir: George More O'Ferrall. IMDb says: The owner of some circus fairground attractions buys a midget to try and improve his luck. The move is a success and the small lad starts to help run the expanding shows. Problems start when he falls for a more normal size young Hungarian singer who then joins the circus.O'Ferrall was the UK's first-ever TV director and producer in 1936 and continued in that medium thru the early '60s. In the early 50s he tried his hand at movie directing. His best films were: Angels One Five and The Holly and the Ivy (both 1952), and The Heart of the Matter (1953).
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Post by london777 on Jun 13, 2020 0:15:44 GMT
Escape from Tomorrow (2013) dir: Randy Moore was filmed almost entirely guerrilla-style (surreptitiously and without permission) within Disneyland and Disney World. It is a surreal horror which fails to live up to its concept.
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Jul 6, 2020 16:03:14 GMT
Now You See Me (2013)
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Post by teleadm on Nov 28, 2020 19:44:00 GMT
Papa's Delicate Condition 1963, the condition is that he is drunk and does frivolous things, including buying a whole circus..
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Post by london777 on Jan 30, 2021 14:13:12 GMT
And still they come! Amazing number of movies touching on this theme. Woody Allen's Wonder Wheel (2017) was almost entirely shot on location at Coney Island.
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Post by london777 on Jan 30, 2021 14:22:32 GMT
The middle section of The Jerk (1979) dir Carl Reiner is set in a fairground where The Jerk (Steve Martin) hooks up with promiscuous stunt-rider Patty (played by Catlin Adams).
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Post by london777 on Feb 11, 2021 17:57:31 GMT
Circus Girl (1937) dir: John H. Auer is about a love triangle of trapeze artists. Members of the famed Escalante Family doubled the three leads. The Flying Fontaines (1959) dir: George Sherman The Flying Devils (1985) dir: Anders Refn Refn is the father of trendy director Nicolas Winding Refn and an established director in Denmark. This looks a cut above most generic circus movies, but only scores 4.5 on IMDb, so maybe not. The director says that Ingmar Bergman had a print of the film shipped to his home on the Baltic island of Fårö, watched the entire thing twice and wrote a very nice letter.
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Post by teleadm on Feb 11, 2021 18:45:39 GMT
Polly of the Circus 1932, it's pre-code and thankfully short. The circus comes to town, a trapeze performer (Marion Davis) is injured and is moved to a young minister's (Clark Gable) house to heal, and offcourse the inevitable happens. The movie has circus scenes, especially made for this movie or edited from other movies (?), I haven't been able to find out.
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Post by novastar6 on Feb 11, 2021 19:15:45 GMT
I'm sure it's been brought up already but I'm too lazy to search through 8 pages so I'll just post it anyway.
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Post by london777 on Mar 3, 2021 3:08:24 GMT
Girl on the Run (1953) dir: Arthur J. Beckhard and Joseph Lee is a Carny Noir which observes the unities of time and place and runs for only 64 minutes. A young couple framed for murder hide out in a burlesque show at a carnival. Steve McQueen's first screen appearance as an uncredited extra, though we do get a good four minutes of him trying his strength.
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Post by manfromplanetx on Mar 4, 2021 3:43:42 GMT
A cheerful charming Czech New Wave film about three middle-aged men leisurely idling away their summer days in a small rural village. The arrival of a travelling circus performer (acrobat , magician) and his beautiful assistant brings a sudden & dramatic change to this Capricious Summer (1968) Dir. Jiří Menzel Agile Director Jiří Menzel plays Arnostek the tight rope walker...
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Post by manfromplanetx on May 3, 2021 23:53:41 GMT
Dangerous Curves (1929) Dir. Lothar Mendes. Set very much under the big top the entertaining circus story tells of Pat Delaney (Clara Bow) who is working as one of the female bareback riders. She is in love with Larry Lee (Richard Arlen) an arrogant trapeze artist and the circus' biggest act. He does not seem to notice her, being adored by lots of women. He is in a destructive relationship with Zara (Kay Francis) a manipulative vamp... In her second sound feature a visibly nervous Clara Bow had to do a number of retakes, her unsophisticated character & Brooklyn accent certainly generates no It appeal here.., "I hate talkies ... they're stiff and limiting. You lose a lot of your cuteness, because there's no chance for action, and action is the most important thing to me." In stark contrast 1929 was the debut year for glamorous self assured Kay Francis who shines in her smaller support role.
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Post by london777 on Jun 2, 2021 13:34:59 GMT
The Amusement Park (1973) dir: George A Romero Link to article: The Amusement ParkBeing an oppressed old fart myself, I would like to see this movie. But how? I cannot even find it listed on IMDb.
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Post by marshamae on Jun 2, 2021 14:48:34 GMT
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Post by marshamae on Jun 2, 2021 14:53:54 GMT
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Post by london777 on Jul 15, 2021 16:04:03 GMT
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Post by jeffersoncody on Jul 15, 2021 23:13:48 GMT
Does anyone remember CARNY? I feel like I saw it but I can't remember anything about it. Maybe I didn't. It seems to be nonexistent now. I not only remember it, but have a pristine print of it on DVD. It remains a fascinating, darkly atmospheric, sleazy, one-of-a-kind film with an edge and a stand out turn by Busey. It is certainly not a film that would get made today. If it comes out on Blu Ray, I'll buy the Blu ray too. Busey is the standout here, but Foster and Robinson are good too, and the supporting cast includes some terrific veteran character actors.
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Post by phantomparticle on Jul 16, 2021 4:04:35 GMT
The Crowd (1928) Some Came Running
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