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Post by pimpinainteasy on Mar 25, 2017 12:38:07 GMT
ideally name the ones that are set in or have important parts set in american gas stations, motels and diners.
i can think of
THE PETRIFIED FOREST (1936)
PULP FICTION (1994)
ACE IN THE HOLE (1951)
U TURN (1997)
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (2007)
name others.
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Post by teleadm on Mar 25, 2017 14:09:46 GMT
Dead Reckoning 1947
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World 1963
Wild Strawberries 1958 (Max von Sydow as a gas station employee)
Family Plot 1976
The Wages of Fear 1953
Gas-oil 1955
Impact 1949
Bagdad Cafe 1987
and many more
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Post by teleadm on Mar 25, 2017 14:16:00 GMT
Sorry I missread that they had to be american!
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Mar 25, 2017 16:14:12 GMT
Sorry I missread that they had to be american! thats perfectly allright. films from other countries are also welcome on this thread. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 25, 2017 16:38:39 GMT
There's a fun little film that no-one has seen called FISH DON'T BLINK (2002)"A desperate young couple, on the run from the mob, drop anchor at a remote rundown restaurant in the middle of the desert named the Nautilus. At first, it seems like a great place to hideout but soon they find themselves smack dab in the center of a family that gives a whole new definition to the word crazy and makes them think that maybe they'd be better off with the mob. " It's actually better than that synopsis makes it sound. Lea Thompson, Wil Wheaton and Richard Greico star. User reviews |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 25, 2017 16:45:17 GMT
Heartbreak Hotel (1988) The Tagline: 1972. My family needed some help, my town needed a hero, and my band needed a break. So I borrowed Mom's pink Cadillac and I kidnapped Elvis Presley, and our lives were never the same again. Another one that is better than it sounds. David Keith is really REALLY good as Elvis and we get to see perennial beauty Tuesday Weld as mom. User Reviews
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Post by Doghouse6 on Mar 25, 2017 18:14:35 GMT
GAS -
The Millionaire (1931) - The great George Arliss at his most charming as a retired - and very bored - auto manufacturing magnate who buys a half interest in a struggling service station, then brings all his business savvy to bear in battling the ruthless competition up the road. Remade in 1947 as That Way With Women with Sydney Greenstreet.
Fury (1936) - Fritz Lang's examination of lynch-mob mentality finds Spencer Tracy convincing his small-time-hood brothers to go straight, partnering with him in a service station, and is himself then railroaded for a crime he didn't commit.
The Big Broadcast Of 1938 (1938) It has nothing to do with the plot, but W.C. Fields wreaks havoc on a ludicrously deluxe super service station (where the uniformed, bugle-blowing staff outnumbers the customers a dozen to one).
Out Of the Past (1947) - Jacques Tourneur's quintessential noir with Robert Mitchum as the owner of a gas station in a dusty California town whose past - in the forms of Kirk Douglas and Jane Greer - catches up with him.
Impact (1949) - Nifty thriller with plot twists aplenty and Brian Donlevy as an exec taking refuge as a mechanic in a small Idaho town after his faithless wife's murder plot goes wrong. Charles Coburn in an uncharacteristic role as the dogged detective unraveling the mystery of the man who died instead, and silent screen star Mae Marsh giving a lovely performance as a sympathetic benefactor. Whoops! I see teleadm has already listed it, but I'm leaving it on my list 'cause I like it so much.
Bad Day At Black Rock (1955) - Anne Francis runs the gas station/garage in the desert town with a secret that mysterious stranger Spencer Tracy becomes intent on uncovering.
Bonnie and Clyde (1967) - When he makes an impression on the outlaws, resourceful mechanic C.W. Moss is happy to accept their offer to join up.
FOOD -
The Goldwyn Follies (1938) - In an urban diner, Kenny Baker introduces the Gershwin standard, "Love Walked In."
Sullivan's Travels (1941) - Dissatisfied director Joel McCrae, on the road as a hobo to experience hardship firsthand, is taken pity upon by down-and-out actress Veronica Lake when he stops in a diner for coffee and sinkers.
The Asphalt Jungle (1950) - On-the-lam Sam Jaffe allows himself a rest and some entertainment, by way of a handful of coins, the jukebox and an obliging teenage girl in a roadside diner.
Bus Stop (1956) Everything comes to climax and resolution at Grace's Diner on the way from Arizona to Montana.
The Neon Ceiling (1971) - Gig Young has his last great role as the enigmatic host to runaway wife Lee Grant in an unusually thoughtful and touching made-for-TV film.
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) - Newly-widowed Ellen Burstyn comes to rest at Mel & Ruby's Diner while she rethinks her plans, priorities and life.
LODGING -
It Happened One Night (1934) - "Motor courts" galore in Frank Capra's iconic road film.
A Star Is Born (1954) - Hiding out from fans, Judy Garland and James Mason spend their wedding night in a dreary motel (with coin-operated radio).
Touch Of Evil (1958) - Janet Leigh experiences some bordertown motel hell in Orson Welles' adventurous and expressionistic noir.
That Touch Of Mink (1961) - Attempting to make Cary Grant jealous, Doris Day arranges a motel rendezvous with John Astin...and poor John Fiedler's honeymoon is wrecked in the process.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2017 18:23:16 GMT
"American gas stations, motels and diners."
By Motel I presume you mean a place where you can park your car right outside your room, as opposed to a hotel where there is a lobby and an elevator.
Motels.
Psycho.
Psycho 2.
Psycho (the remake).
Memento (2000)
Identity (2003)
Species (1994)
LA Confidential (torture scene and final shootout)
Pulp Fiction (Bruce and his girlfriend hide in a motel).
Sicario (2015) Fight scene.
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
Bug (2006). Entire movie.
Monster (2003?)
V/H/S (2012)
Vacancy (2007) and Vacancy 2
Gas Stations.
Cabin in the Woods. Opening scene.
The Hitcher (1986?)
Secret Window (Johhny Depp movie)
Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010) Opening scene.
Diner.
Brother (2000) Final shootout.
The Bourne Identity.
The Big Lebowski. The famous "toe" scene.
Fear X.
Haywire. Opening fight scene.
Pulp Fiction.
Reservoir Dogs.
Drive (2011).
In The Valley of Elah (2007)
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Post by manfromplanetx on Mar 25, 2017 20:39:56 GMT
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) Counterculture-era cult classic directed by Monte Hellman
Featuring the characters , The Driver, James Taylor The Mechanic , Dennis Wilson The Girl , Laurie Bird and G.T.O , Warren Oates.
This great existential road movie features stops at many diners and gas stations, which are crucial elements in the development of the story
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Post by rateater on Mar 25, 2017 20:45:22 GMT
gas station-
raising arizona (i think, with the bounty hunter at least the bathrooms)
repo man
the jerk
diner-
muholland drive
the wrong guys
motel-
jimmy hollywood
stuck on you
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Post by teleadm on Mar 25, 2017 20:49:07 GMT
Motell Gene Kelly's A Guide for the Married Man 1967
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Post by manfromplanetx on Mar 25, 2017 21:28:30 GMT
Sultry waitress Stella (Linda Darnell) is the main drawcard at a greasy spoon Diner called Pops Eats in Otto Preminger's Fallen Angel (1945)
Gas station and Diner are important elements that influence the outcome for charming sociopath Steve Morgan (Lawrence Tierney) and all concerned in the excellent B Noir from Felix E. Feist, The Devil Thumbs A Ride (1947)
Ida Lupino sings the classic Johnny Mercer song "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road), starring as Lily Stevens she has taken job as a singer at a roadhouse in a Backwoods town in Roadhouse (1948) from director Jean Negulesco .
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Post by shield on Mar 25, 2017 22:55:02 GMT
2 Guns (2013)
Men in Black 3 (2012)
Hell or High Water (2016)
Midnight Run (1988)
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Post by poelzig on Mar 25, 2017 23:00:24 GMT
Kalifornia (1993) Almost every Film Noir EVER |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 26, 2017 3:54:55 GMT
NIAGRA - early Marilyn Monroe at a motel at the Falls.
Some HOTEL pictures
Grand Hotel
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - Hotel in India
Shirley Valentine - takes place at a beach hotel in Greece and a very VERY good film.
Jacques Tati's "M. Hulot's Holiday" ditto but in France
The Hotel New Hampshire
Plaza Suite several stories with the same setting
California Suite -- ditto
FOOD
Chef
Mystic Pizza
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Post by gunshotwound on Mar 26, 2017 11:09:26 GMT
Motel Hell What's Up Doc Five Easy Pieces (the famous diner scene) The Getaway (1972) (a shoot-out in a hotel)
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Mar 26, 2017 14:54:46 GMT
DINER (1982) THE BALLAD OF THE SAD CAFE (1991) THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1946) BRIEF ENCOUNTER (1945) - train depot diner PSYCHO (1960) more later. . . how could i forget PSYCHO? |
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Post by OldAussie on Mar 26, 2017 18:27:38 GMT
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Post by fangirl1975 on Mar 26, 2017 18:34:32 GMT
L.A. Confidential: massacre in a diner sets plot in motion, climactic shootout takes place in a motel
The Birds: a bird attack takes place at a diner/ gas station
Dick Tracy: The Kid's major introduction scene takes place at a diner
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Post by gadolinium on Mar 26, 2017 21:13:59 GMT
Almost every Film Noir EVER
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