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Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by hondo, Jul 28, 2010.

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  1. hondo

    hondo Well-Known Member

    On Turner Classic Movies. Still spooky with the black and white, no background music and the ending. Rod Serling directed a masterpiece.
     
    hondo, Jul 28, 2010
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  2. Machine Head

    Machine Head Well-Known Member

    Great movie.
     
    Machine Head, Jul 28, 2010
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  3. pressboxer

    pressboxer Active Member

    About a week ago they showed On The Beach with Gregory Peck. Same spooky quality of knowing you're doomed and there's nothing you can do about it.
     
    pressboxer, Jul 28, 2010
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  4. John

    John Well-Known Member

    12 Angry Men was on the other day. I've always been a huge Fonda fan and I'd forgotten how good that film was.
     
    John, Jul 28, 2010
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  5. HejiraHenry

    HejiraHenry Well-Known Member

    I always thought this would be a great voice mail message:

    I'm told that what we will hear at this end... will be a high, shrill sound. That will be the ambassador's phone... melting from the heat of the fireball. When we hear that sound... the ambassador will be dead.
     
    HejiraHenry, Jul 28, 2010
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  6. Cape_Fear

    Cape_Fear Active Member

    Missed the beginning but the DVR is set for when it's on again on Aug. 11.

    Watching Network now, but I feel a little old seeing that July is teen movie month on TCM with Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller, et al. I know they are classic movies, but damn.
     
    Cape_Fear, Jul 29, 2010
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  7. finishthehat

    finishthehat Active Member

    Rod Serling didn't direct it, Sidney Lumet did. Serling didn't write it, either, btw.

    Great movie, though.
     
    finishthehat, Jul 29, 2010
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  8. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member


    Walter Bernstein wrote the screenplay.
     
    Ben_Hecht, Jul 29, 2010
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  9. hondo

    hondo Well-Known Member

    Sorry. Rod Serling did Seven Days in May.
    People are allowed a mistake, aren't they? At least my mistake didn't result in Moscow getting burnt to a cinder.
     
    hondo, Jul 29, 2010
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  10. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    If only we could get a President like Henry Fonda's President or 7 Days In May's Jordan Lyman
     
    heyabbott, Jul 29, 2010
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  11. finishthehat

    finishthehat Active Member

    I never did see the George Clooney live-tv remake -- was it any good?
     
    finishthehat, Jul 29, 2010
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  12. Blitz

    Blitz Active Member

    I've been reading "Kennedy and the Berlin Wall" for a week or two.
    (I'm a slow reader who has a 4-year-old)
    The book, by then-diplomat W.R. Smyser, is fascinating.
     
    Blitz, Jul 29, 2010
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