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Post by politicidal on Dec 16, 2018 5:24:50 GMT
Geronimo: An American Legend. Underrated western. Both Wes Studi and Jason Patric are great.
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Dec 16, 2018 5:28:57 GMT
Hard Times. One of my favorite movies
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Dec 16, 2018 5:44:41 GMT
Hard Times. One of my favorite movies Powerful. Real bare-knuckle boxing fights in this one, only Charles Bronson could have pulled it off among major stars. Yul Brynner? Clint Eastwood? Steve McQueen? No, at this stage, I say only Bronson, who was still in incredible fighting shape and somehow resisting the worst of the debilitating effects of years of hard smoking, though it was catching up with him bigtime. He had to take major time-outs in between takes to catch his breath. Apparently, his punch rating remained off the scale, he really packed a punch. Coburn and Strother Martin were excellent also. It's funny, because in his second movie, Pat and Mike, Katherine Hepburn kicked Charlie's ass.
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Post by biker1 on Dec 16, 2018 11:14:07 GMT
In 1982 writer/director Walter Hill had six top notch American movies to his credit; hard times, the driver, the warriors, the long riders, southern comfort and 48 hrs, as well as an esteemed producer credit for Alien (1979).
Then it went down hill - so to speak - starting with an interesting misfire, streets of fire, a weak crossroads, and then a succession of mediocre macho action dramas, of which only geronimo: an American legend just managed to rise above.
I still watch the warriors (1979) every couple of years, one of the most creative American action movies ever.
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Post by wmcclain on Dec 16, 2018 13:17:04 GMT
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Post by wmcclain on Dec 16, 2018 13:17:54 GMT
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Post by wmcclain on Dec 16, 2018 13:18:45 GMT
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Post by wmcclain on Dec 16, 2018 13:20:34 GMT
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Post by wmcclain on Dec 16, 2018 13:21:26 GMT
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Post by Captain Spencer on Dec 16, 2018 14:56:18 GMT
My top 5 Walter Hills films:
48 Hrs. The Long Riders Hard Times Southern Comfort Red Heat
It's too bad Hill never directed Clint Eastwood in an action movie. Imagine the possibilities.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Dec 16, 2018 15:45:28 GMT
My top 5 Walter Hills films: 48 Hrs. The Long Riders Hard Times Southern Comfort Red Heat It's too bad Hill never directed Clint Eastwood in an action movie. Imagine the possibilities. That sounds like a good combination. Walter Hill directed some of the screen's venerable tough guys. Sylvester Stallone said he'd wanted to work with Hill for many years when he signed on to make 'Bullet In The Head' (2012).
He'd originally intended to cast Steve McQueen in 'The Driver'. He had Raoul Walsh look over the script.
"I think he (Walter Hill) is wonderful, very much in the tradition of Howard Hawks, lean and spare. The story is contemporary but also very stylized, and the roles that Ryan (O'Neal) and I play are like Bogart and Bacall. We are both gamblers in our souls and we do not show our emotions or say a lot. For us, talk is cheap. I am really quite a mysterious girl in this film, with no name and no background. And I must say that it is restful not to have a life behind me; this way, I don't have to dig deep to play the part. All I know is that life for me is gambling and I am a loser. I have what people call a poker face."
- Isabelle Adjani
"If we'd had Clint Eastwood in the film ('The Driver'), we'd have been forgiven everything and they'd have said, 'It's another Eastwood film about driving cars'." If we'd had Steve McQueen, we'd have been compared to 'Bullitt' or 'The Getaway'. We were treated as an art film rather than an action film. We took a unique approach to standard material. We'd go the same way again, but with a different cast we might have attracted an audience. I believe in returning investors' money - and if I could make 'The Driver' again I'd try to rectify it for a commercial market. When you're writing this kind of script... naturally you think of an action lead like Bronson or Eastwood... and certainly Fox wanted a name. But when we got Ryan (O'Neal), I suggested we make changes to suit his character. This is always the director's prerogative."
- Larry Gordon
Steve McQueen would have been a perfect fit for The Driver.
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Post by koskiewicz on Dec 16, 2018 16:37:11 GMT
It's "Long Riders" for me with that catchy score...
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Dec 16, 2018 16:40:05 GMT
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Post by wmcclain on Dec 16, 2018 20:00:59 GMT
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Post by wmcclain on Dec 16, 2018 20:02:01 GMT
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Dec 17, 2018 4:41:28 GMT
Have you seen 'Extreme Prejudice' (1987)? At one point it was set to be directed by John Milius, then later on, Jonathan Demme was set to direct. It was a project long in gestation. I think it has strong western elements at its core. I sure have > The Zombie Unit.
Extreme Prejudice is directed by Walter Hill and collectively written by John Milius, Fred Rexer, Deric Washburn and Harry Kleiner. It stars Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Maria Conchita Alonso, Michael Ironside, Rip Torn, Clancy Brown, William Forsythe and Matt Mulhern. Music is by Jerry Goldsmith and cinematography by Matthew F. Leonetti.
Well it's a good day for a killing.
Walter Hill homages and parodies the splinter of action cinema that encompasses the grizzled law enforcer tracking the bad guy, who in this case, was once a friend. That's the basic set up for Hill's brooding and bloody Extreme Prejudice. Action takes place down on the US/Mexico border, Ranger Jack Benteen (Nolte) is hunting his one time pal - and the man he shares his woman's love with – Cash Bailey (Boothe), who has taken up drug smuggling as his employment of choice. Complicating matters is that there is a gang of ex-forces specialists in the town ready to raid the bank for some funds and documents to nail Bailey. Loyalties are tested, twists, turns and bloody shocks do follow.
Much of the film's strength is gained from the casting, it's a roll call of macho performers who combined make up a CV with enough beef to feed the third world. Even Alonso as the sole female of note fits the requisite toughness exam (she would do The Running Man this same year and go on to star in Predator 2). Much of the narrative involves brooding and tough talk, a slow burn approach from Hill who adds some meat to the bones of the main characters. Photography is pleasing, with actual locations shimmering on the screen, and Goldsmith's score is a pulser that is a fore runner to his score for Total Recall 3 years later.
At times it's offbeat, at others it's gripping in its sweaty intensity, and then there is the balletic violence which Hill has proved himself to be an astute purveyor of, crowned here by his homage to Peckinpah's glorious finale in The Wild Bunch.
Lean and tough with bodies and butchness everywhere. 7.5/10
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Post by Sulla on Dec 17, 2018 6:09:24 GMT
These I keep in my collection.
Southern Comfort Broken Trail (TV Mini-Series) - Didn't know he directed this. I consider it a long movie. The Long Riders
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Dec 18, 2018 11:31:41 GMT
Legends Of Action : Walter Hill Directing ... {plucked from the archives}
Walter Hill directs 'The Driver' (1978)
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Walter Hill directs 'Trespass' (1992)
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Sylvester Stallone joins Walter Hill for a press conference on 'Bullet In The Head' (2012)
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If I didn't know better I would have said you just used this as an excuse to show Hayley Williams three times
Not that I'm complaining mind, I wouldn't mind being locked in a room with her for a while
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Post by teleadm on Dec 18, 2018 19:18:27 GMT
I've always had a soft spot for Crossroads 1986, the music, comedy, the devil and Robert Johnson mix.
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Post by vegalyra on Dec 19, 2018 15:45:13 GMT
Last Man Standing (1996) Great film and a Prohibition era take on Kurosawa's "Yojimbo" and Dashiell Hammett's "Red Harvest." Critics hated it and it bombed theatrically, but I've always found it pretty deep and dare I say it, "fun." Willis and particularly Bruce Dern and Christopher Walken are standouts.
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