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Post by teleadm on Feb 22, 2019 12:16:32 GMT
I made a note last Friday that it was 95 years ago that Lee Marvin was born and thought one ought to do something with that, since he's a well known actor, and this is the result. As a nice little beginning of the weekend, I hope. In this poll his movies are placed in countdown order, not by ratings but how many ratings (on our old site), since I think it's an interesting way of displaying, since it also shows availability, but not necessarily quality. I've limited it to Lee Marvin's 25 most rated movies, I've omitted TV roles unless they did a round on cinemas, and since Lee Marvin had a long career as a supporting actor before his big breakthrough, I've inculded those too if they were big enough or significant enough. If your personal Lee Marvin movie is not included and you haven't rated it on our old site, you can only blame yourself. But to be fair, the difference between number 25 and 26 is around 100 voters. You can either vote for the movies in themselves or for Lee Marvin's performances, nobody will ever know, only your conscience knows, Ha-Ha, LOL and  ! To give you some slack you can vote up to 8 movies.  /cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/36221142/Lee_Marvin.0.jpg) Feel free to discuss anything Lee Marvin! |
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Post by Sulla on Feb 22, 2019 12:35:38 GMT
These are my eight. My favorite is probably The Big Red One.
Shout at the Devil
Attack
Hell in the Pacific
Gorky Park
The Big Red One
The Caine Mutiny
The Dirty Dozen
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
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Post by vegalyra on Feb 22, 2019 17:10:17 GMT
I didn't vote for all 8, but here are my choices:
Seven Men From Now (excellent film)
Hell in the Pacific (one of Marvin's best films IMHO)
The Dirty Dozen (one of the first team mission WW2 films, really well done)
The Big Red One (I don't care for the film that much, but Marvin is great)
The Delta Force (more of a Norris vehicle, but Marvin is great. He's much missed in the sequel)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
One that was left off that I really enjoy is Violent Saturday. Great heist film and Victor Mature as well as Richard Egan are awesome.
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Post by movielover on Feb 22, 2019 17:36:23 GMT
The Dirty Dozen
The Big Heat
Bad Day at Black Rock
Raintree County
The Wild One
The Professionals
The Caine Mutiny
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Post by politicidal on Feb 22, 2019 17:47:00 GMT
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Professionals
Bad Day at Black Rock
Point Blank
The Big Red One
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Post by teleadm on Feb 22, 2019 17:48:36 GMT
One that was left off that I really enjoy is Violent Saturday. Great heist film and Victor Mature as well as Richard Egan are awesome. I had to draw the line somewhere. Violent Saturday is one of those movis that sounds very interesting though I've sadly never seen it myself. I think it was around 29-31 out of nearly 60. If it is as good as you say it's a pity apparently too few knows about it.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Feb 22, 2019 19:43:14 GMT
A lov LEE thread you have here, teleadm, simply MARVINlous! 😃😉😁 Prime Cut
Death Hunt
The Professionals
The Wild One
Point Blank
Bad Day at Black Rock
The Delta Force
The Dirty Dozen |
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Post by teleadm on Feb 22, 2019 21:13:13 GMT
A lov LEE thread you have here, teleadm , simply MARVINlous! 😃😉😁 Prime Cut
Death Hunt
The Professionals
The Wild One
Point Blank
Bad Day at Black Rock
The Delta Force
The Dirty DozenAnd I could have been Marvinousoulous and should have scened your earlier post
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Feb 22, 2019 21:38:07 GMT
I didn't vote for all 8, but here are my choices: Seven Men From Now (excellent film) Hell in the Pacific (one of Marvin's best films IMHO) The Dirty Dozen (one of the first team mission WW2 films, really well done) The Big Red One (I don't care for the film that much, but Marvin is great) The Delta Force (more of a Norris vehicle, but Marvin is great. He's much missed in the sequel) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance One that was left off that I really enjoy is Violent Saturday. Great heist film and Victor Mature as well as Richard Egan are awesome. The Brandenville Broth. Violent Saturday is directed by Richard Fleischer and adapted to screenplay by Sydney Boehm from the novel of the same name written by William L. Heath. It stars Victor Mature, Richard Egan, Lee Marvin, Stephen McNally, J. Carrol Naish, Tommy Noonan, Ernest Borgnine, Virginia Leith and Sylvia Sidney. Music is by Hugo Friedhoffer and cinematography by Charles G. Clarke. Stand Pat and Resist Evil. A simmering powder keg of criminality told in beautiful De Luxe and CinemaScope, Violent Saturday is one of the definitions of a slow burn movie that pays off with explosive aplomb. The town of Brandenville is the scene of a planned bank robbery by a trio of baddies led by Harper (McNally). The narrative has the trio arrive in town and plan for the robbery, as they move about the populace, a whole bunch of sub-plots pop up to maintain maximum interest and to of course set up the drama involving the robbery and the subsequent attempts at a getaway. I don't blame him – she moves like a Swiss watch. The characters are prime noir dwellers, they range from thieving dames and tramp wives, to a peeping tom, a drunkard husband and also a guilt ridden father, and this before we even get to the villains! Who, with Marvin in prime Benzedrine sniffing scumbag mode (he thinks nothing of hurting children), are truly shifty operators personified. The Arizona locale is beautifully utilised by Fleischer and Clarke, belying the harsh side of the human condition that comes roaring out the Brandenville traps as the pic enters the final third. There's some murky moralising in said last third that irritates, more so when it involves a badly miscast Borgnine as a Quaker! While one character strand is annoyingly left dangling. So it's not perfect by any stretch of the imagination. In fact some of the cast were less than enamoured with either their work on the film or the attitude of others around them. Yet, and while understanding the reticence of some to not afford it film noir status, it has the requisite characterisations and nasty bite to keep noiristas very happy indeed 7.5/10
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Feb 22, 2019 21:46:35 GMT
A lov LEE thread you have here, teleadm , simply MARVINlous! 😃😉😁 Prime Cut
Death Hunt
The Professionals
The Wild One
Point Blank
Bad Day at Black Rock
The Delta Force
The Dirty DozenAnd I could have been Marvinousoulous and should have scened your earlier post This board needs multiple Lee Marvin threads though, the more the merrier! 😁
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Post by OldAussie on Feb 22, 2019 23:31:51 GMT
Seven Men from Now
Attack
Point Blank
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Big Heat
The Professionals
The Dirty Dozen
Bad Day at Black Rock
Violent Saturday - recommended
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Post by teleadm on Feb 22, 2019 23:47:51 GMT
One that was left off that I really enjoy is Violent Saturday. Great heist film and Victor Mature as well as Richard Egan are awesome. The Brandenville Broth. Violent Saturday is directed by Richard Fleischer and adapted to screenplay by Sydney Boehm from the novel of the same name written by William L. Heath. It stars Victor Mature, Richard Egan, Lee Marvin, Stephen McNally, J. Carrol Naish, Tommy Noonan, Ernest Borgnine, Virginia Leith and Sylvia Sidney. Music is by Hugo Friedhoffer and cinematography by Charles G. Clarke. Stand Pat and Resist Evil. A simmering powder keg of criminality told in beautiful De Luxe and CinemaScope, Violent Saturday is one of the definitions of a slow burn movie that pays off with explosive aplomb. The town of Brandenville is the scene of a planned bank robbery by a trio of baddies led by Harper (McNally). The narrative has the trio arrive in town and plan for the robbery, as they move about the populace, a whole bunch of sub-plots pop up to maintain maximum interest and to of course set up the drama involving the robbery and the subsequent attempts at a getaway. I don't blame him – she moves like a Swiss watch. The characters are prime noir dwellers, they range from thieving dames and tramp wives, to a peeping tom, a drunkard husband and also a guilt ridden father, and this before we even get to the villains! Who, with Marvin in prime Benzedrine sniffing scumbag mode (he thinks nothing of hurting children), are truly shifty operators personified. The Arizona locale is beautifully utilised by Fleischer and Clarke, belying the harsh side of the human condition that comes roaring out the Brandenville traps as the pic enters the final third. There's some murky moralising in said last third that irritates, more so when it involves a badly miscast Borgnine as a Quaker! While one character strand is annoyingly left dangling. So it's not perfect by any stretch of the imagination. In fact some of the cast were less than enamoured with either their work on the film or the attitude of others around them. Yet, and while understanding the reticence of some to not afford it film noir status, it has the requisite characterisations and nasty bite to keep noiristas very happy indeed 7.5/10 Even more evidence that Violent Saturday should be better known!
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Post by twothousandonemark on Feb 23, 2019 6:15:14 GMT
Donovan's Reef
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Feb 23, 2019 7:32:14 GMT
I can still hear his scream after Gloria Grahame throws hot coffee in his face in The Big Heat
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Post by teleadm on Apr 5, 2019 18:13:48 GMT
For those interested, here are the end poll results of the Lee Marvin poll: 109 votes by 18 voters 1. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance2. The Dirty Dozen3. Bad Day at Black Rock4. The Proffesionals5. Bad Day at Black Rock and Emperor of the North PoleNot a single movie got zero point out of the 25 mentioned movies! Thank you all for perticipating!  Well, Valance wasn't defeted, at least not this time! |
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