spiderwort
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Post by spiderwort on Jul 22, 2017 17:57:18 GMT
A few memorable ones for me:
Umberto D (1952) - Carlo Battisti
On Golden Pond (1981) - Henry Fonda
Amour (2012) - John-Louis Trintignant
Harry and Tonto (1974) - Art Carney
Lovely, Still (2010) - Martin Landau
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Post by snsurone on Jul 22, 2017 18:03:07 GMT
GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER? Spencer Tracy
As a matter of fact, all of Tracy's movies from the '50's onward.
THE MISFITS Clark Gable (although he looked older than his years)
A LITTLE ROMANCE Laurence Olivier
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Post by mattgarth on Jul 22, 2017 18:20:41 GMT
Walter Huston -- THE FURIES
Lionel Barrymore -- YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU
Lee J. Cobb -- COME BLOW YOUR HORN
Charles Coburn -- THE MORE THE MERRIER
Edmund Gwenn -- MIRACLE ON 34th STREET
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Post by teleadm on Jul 22, 2017 18:31:54 GMT
I love Harry and Tonto! Such a sweet and realistic story, kids don't always grow up as you wish....I love cats, I don't hate doglovers, I don't like that friction.
Cocoon and Cocoon the Return, the sequel was unnessesary, It's such a joy watching those old pros, Don Ameche, Gwen Verdon, Jack Gillford, Maureen Stapleton, Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronyon, and yes why don't go to space, if asked I would.
Tough Guys 1986, it's such a joy watching old Kirk and Burt, one wishes the movie was better. Kirk dancing disco, Burt telling warden he has good teeths, is still fun. I love how old men could wear hats too, wish I could.
Going in Style 1979, three bored men robbing a bank, serious undertones that works, George Burns, Lee Strassberg, and Art Carney, haven't seen the remake.
Ghost Story 1981, four old men sharing a secret how a girl died, now comes back haunting them. Fred Astaire (last movie), John Houseman, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Melvyn Douglas, old Fred saves the day.
Tell Me a Riddle 1980, Melvyn Douglas and Lila Kedrova, aging couple, before wife dies goes to California to see daughter. Memorable scene, Melvyn raises a ladder looks up and realizes he has to walk up all thoses stairs.
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Post by Staccato on Jul 22, 2017 18:49:14 GMT
Make Way for Tomorrow
The Late Show
Mr. Holmes
Starting Out in the Evening
Robot and Frank
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Post by marianne48 on Jul 22, 2017 19:21:27 GMT
The Straight Story (1999)--based on a true story, this drama, directed by David Lynch, stars the late, great Richard Farnsworth, an actor of grace
and understatement, who also had one of those wonderful craggy old faces that looked so distinguished (and which is today becoming rarer and rarer among older actors, thanks to the scourge of mediocre cosmetic surgery). Farnsworth was terminally ill with cancer at the time of making this film, and he suffered from constant pain and some paralysis, but he was so eager to play the role that he toughed his way through it. He became the oldest actor ever nominated for a Best Actor Oscar as a result.
Gran Torino (2008)--Clint Eastwood's perpetually gritted teeth can get a little tiresome at times, but this film does have some points to make about respecting the elderly (or else!)
A Man Called Ove (2015)--a good film adaptation of a wonderful book about another old guy who won't be pushed around, and whom everyone around him needs more than he needs them.
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Post by teleadm on Jul 22, 2017 20:23:40 GMT
Not really movies but made for TV (Watched them on youtube), but they have a wonderful eldery cast.
The Over-the-Hill Gang 1969, Walter Brennan, Edgar Buchanan, Andy Devine, Pat O'Brien Jack Elam, Chill Wills, though their eyesight is gone, their hearing said bye bye, they still managed to run thugs out of town. Old fashioned comedy and I liked it.
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again 1970, same old gang, but the freshness of the first was gone, but add Fred Astaire (His only cowboy role), it nearly succeeds-
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Post by bravomailer on Jul 22, 2017 20:37:18 GMT
Atlantic City – Burt Lancaster
The Shootist – John Wayne
Max von Sydow plays an elderly man in The Exorcist, but he was only 44. Not really the protagonist though.
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Post by fangirl1975 on Jul 22, 2017 20:43:26 GMT
Grumpy Old Men in which both main characters are feuding elderly neighbors played by Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau.
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Post by jeffersoncody on Jul 22, 2017 20:55:16 GMT
A few memorable ones for me: Umberto D (1952) - Carlo Battisti On Golden Pond (1981) - Henry Fonda Amour (2012) - John-Louis Trintignant Harry and Tonto (1974) - Art Carney Lovely, Still (2010) - Martin Landau Coming soon. LUCKY - Harry Dean Stanton. THE HERO - SAM ELLIOTT |
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Post by teleadm on Jul 22, 2017 21:49:20 GMT
Jean Gabin in Le Chat is wonderfull as is Simone Signoret |
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Post by bravomailer on Jul 22, 2017 21:58:14 GMT
Everybody's Fine – Marcello Mastroianni
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jul 22, 2017 22:39:23 GMT
La Belle Noiseuse , "The Beautiful Troublemaker" (1991) French film directed by Jacques Rivette. starred 66 year old Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin, and mostly naked Emmanuelle Béart. An aging and reclusive famous painter, Frenhofer (Piccoli), lives quietly with his wife and former model (Birkin) in a rambling château in the countryside. When a young artist visits him with his girlfriend, Marianne (Béart), Frenhofer is awakened & inspired to commence work once more on a painting he long ago abandoned—La Belle Noiseuse—using lovely Marianne as his model. A fascinating film which painstakingly explores Frenhofer's creative rebirth... Still active at 91 Michel Piccoli seen here from La Belle Noiseuse
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Post by politicidal on Jul 23, 2017 0:28:29 GMT
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Post by petrolino on Jul 23, 2017 3:33:29 GMT
It's a delight to see 'Umberto D' in the title post, for my money, one of the greatest films of the 20th century.
I'll nominate Ernest Borgnine's stellar performance in Joe Camp III's evergreen classic 'Abiline' (1999) - I still can't quite believe that Ernie's gone.
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Post by telegonus on Jul 23, 2017 6:04:52 GMT
The Last Angry Man, Paul Muni, in his final feature film.
Targets, which ought to have been Boris Karloff's farewell, but wasn't.
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Post by jeffersoncody on Jul 23, 2017 6:15:31 GMT
The Straight Story (1999)--based on a true story, this drama, directed by David Lynch, stars the late, great Richard Farnsworth, an actor of grace and understatement, who also had one of those wonderful craggy old faces that looked so distinguished (and which is today becoming rarer and rarer among older actors, thanks to the scourge of mediocre cosmetic surgery). Farnsworth was terminally ill with cancer at the time of making this film, and he suffered from constant pain and some paralysis, but he was so eager to play the role that he toughed his way through it. He became the oldest actor ever nominated for a Best Actor Oscar as a result. A Man Called Ove (2015)--a good film adaptation of a wonderful book about another old guy who won't be pushed around, and whom everyone around him needs more than he needs them. A MAN CALLED OVE is a truly marvelous film marianne, and boy do I love Richard Farnsworth in THE STRAIGHT STORY (and wasn't Harry Dean Stanton great as Alvin's brother Lyle). Hope you have seen Farnsworth as Dodger in COMES A HORSEMAN? He's absolutely wonderful in THE GREY FOX too, and who can ever forget his performance as Matthew Cuthbert in ANNE OF GREEN GABLES. |
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Jul 23, 2017 8:28:20 GMT
La Belle Noiseuse , "The Beautiful Troublemaker" (1991) French film directed by Jacques Rivette. starred 66 year old Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin, and mostly naked Emmanuelle Béart. An aging and reclusive famous painter, Frenhofer (Piccoli), lives quietly with his wife and former model (Birkin) in a rambling château in the countryside. When a young artist visits him with his girlfriend, Marianne (Béart), Frenhofer is awakened & inspired to commence work once more on a painting he long ago abandoned—La Belle Noiseuse—using lovely Marianne as his model. A fascinating film which painstakingly explores Frenhofer's creative rebirth... A lovely film, arguably Rivette's most accessible, save the 4 hr runtime. Though it didn't feel that long. |
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Jul 23, 2017 8:57:29 GMT
The Apostle [1997] - Robert Duvall, who also wrote and directed was 66 at the time
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Post by JHA Durant on Jul 23, 2017 9:32:21 GMT
Harry Brown - Michael Caine (2009)
No One Writes to the Colonel - Fernando Luján (1999)
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