Back To The 70's

[flyingdutchman]

VCD or DVD.  A friend of mine has the VCD copy.  Can burn you a copy. 

 

I think there's a DVD (duon sa lugar ng mga pirata), but am not sure.

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Sir made a mistake. Not 'The Longest Day' but 'A Bridge Too Far.'

Have looked everywhere, talagang walang makita.

[MTBCommuter]

I havent been to Cubao in ages.

Meron pa bang New Frontier Theater?

[jt2003]

I havent been to Cubao in ages.

Meron pa bang New Frontier Theater?

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New Frontier has been closed for years now. For a while the theatre lobby became a tianggehan. Now it's really closed.

 

As for "A Bridge Too Far," I also loved that "Hail Mary" scene with Robert Redford. But the best portion in the film involved the British troops led by Anthony Hopkins that failed to secure a particular bridge.

[jt2003]

If I may expand a bit on "A Bridge Too Far" and similar films ...

 

The 1970s really had a lot of those "all-star cast" films such as "A Bridge Too Far." That film had Anthony Hopkins, Sean Connery, Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Laurence Olivier, Liv Ulmann, Edward Fox, Michael Caine, Ryan O'Neal, Maximilian Schell, etc.

 

There was also "The Towering Inferno" with Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Richard Chamberlain, Susan Blakely, Robert Vaughn, Fred Astaire, William Holden, etc.

 

Then think of "Earthquake" with Charlton Heston, Ava Garner, Lorne Greene, Genevieve Bujold, Richard Roundtree (the original shaft), a still unknown Victoria Principal, and even Walter Matthau (credited with his real name) having a drink while the Earth was shaking.

 

They don't make "all-star cast" films anymore.

[flyingdutchman]

Mahal na kasi bayad sa artista ngayon. Imagine

shelling out approx $ 20M for just one superstar.

 

Another great scene in A Bridge Too Far: This British officer

with an umbrella peeking over the apex of this bridge

to see if more Germans were coming.

Inching ever closer and closer...

[jt2003]

Mahal na kasi bayad sa artista ngayon. Imagine

shelling out approx $ 20M for just one superstar.

 

Another great scene in A Bridge Too Far: This British officer

with an umbrella peeking over the apex of this bridge

to see if more Germans were coming.

Inching ever closer and closer...

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If I remember correctly, that British officer actually marched on the bridge and even demanded that the Germans surrender. When it was the British who actually surrendered (what a great battle that was!!), a German officer offered some chocolate to Anthony Hopkins, who wouldn't take it. The German officer said, in effect, "It's OK. We got this from you."

[jt2003]

If I may add (sorry, sorry)...

 

One thing that struck me about "A Bridge Too Far" is that it was one of those few films that featured a loss by the Allies in WWII. Other films featured losses, but they were mostly "mission films" such as "Operation Daybreak" or perhaps "heroic" films meant to honor a failed defense. But "A Bridge Too Far" was an invasion film. I remember going to a theatre to watch "A Bridge Too Far," expecting something like "The Longest Day," only to see the Allies get their asses kicked. Imagine Sean Connery retreating.

[flyingdutchman]

If I remember correctly, that British officer actually marched on the bridge and even demanded that the Germans surrender.  When it was the British who actually surrendered (what a great battle that was!!), a German officer offered some chocolate to Anthony Hopkins, who wouldn't take it.  The German officer said, in effect, "It's OK.  We got this from you."

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Yup, Maximilian Schell was the German officer.

Wow, I just gotta find a copy of this movie. Have been nostalgic

for these old wwii movies.

In fact, just got me a copy of 'The Eagle Has Landed.'

A trim and fit Michael Caine as a maverick German colonel tasked

with assassinating Churchill. Robert Duvall supports as his senior officer.

[jt2003]

In fact, just got me a copy of 'The Eagle Has Landed.'

A trim and fit Michael Caine as a maverick German colonel tasked

with assassinating Churchill. Robert Duvall supports as his senior officer.

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That film also featured an incompetent American officer played by Larry Hagman ("I Dream of Jeanie" "Dallas"). I loved that film, too. Remember how the Germans got "buking" because one of them saved a child in the English village? Aside from Michael Caine and Robert Duvall, it featured Donald Sutherland, Jenny Aguther ("Logan's Run"), and this Treat guy (can't remember his name). I'm not quite sure, but I believe Donald Pleasance was also in this film; he played the role of Himler.

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[wild_card97]

CB radio and EBs wth sine codes... hehehe :headsetsmiley:

[bods1000]

That film also featured an incompetent American officer played by Larry Hagman ("I Dream of Jeanie" "Dallas").  I loved that film, too.  Remember how the Germans got "buking" because one of them saved a child in the English village?  Aside from Michael Caine and Robert Duvall, it featured Donald Sutherland, Jenny Aguther ("Logan's Run"), and this Treat guy (can't remember his name).  I'm not quite sure, but I believe Donald Pleasance was also in this film; he played the role of Himler.

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could that be Treat Williams, the guy in Hair, and Things To do in Denver When You're Dead?

 

speaking of bridges, does anybody remember that "bridge" film The Bridge at Remagen? The cast was not that "all-star" (George Segal, Robert Vaughn, Ben Gazzara) but as with all war movies with Germans in it, I just loved it! It tells of an American mission in the last days of the war to capture the last remaining bridge across the Rhine before the Germans could blow it up - which if they (the Germans) do would trap their own troops behind enemy lines!

[bods1000]

speaking of all-star war films, I remember watching The Battle of Britain and although it had mostly a British cast, it was all-star nevertheless. Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier, Trevor Howard, Kenneth More, Christopher Plummer, Michael Redgrave, Susannah York, Robert Shaw, Ralph Richardson, Harry Andrews and of course that eternal German - Curt Jurgens....It told about the battle for supremacy over British skies. Lots of dogfights and air raids....

 

also talking about dog fights, I still remember The Blue Max, with George Peppard in the title role of a German fighter pilot in the First World War. The Blue Max is the highest honor Germany can bestow on its war heroes and Peppard, fighting through humble origins, becomes such a ruthless fighter in his pursuit of the medal. I think it had a sad ending as Peppard lost his life flying a new and untried plane.

It also starred the mercurial James Mason and the ever-stunning Ursula Andress (was this before her James Bond movie?).

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Yup, Maximilian Schell was the German officer.

Wow, I just gotta find a copy of this movie. Have been nostalgic

for these old wwii movies.

In fact, just got me a copy of 'The Eagle Has Landed.'

A trim and fit Michael Caine as a maverick German colonel tasked

with assassinating Churchill. Robert Duvall supports as his senior officer.

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Is Maximilian Schell still alive?

Now that I've got a working DVD player ( ), I might as well add Judgment at Nuremberg among the titles I would hunt for...

 

I clearly remember Schell in Krakatoa, East of Java - one of the early disaster films. Thinking of it now brings back memories of that tsunami...

[flyingdutchman]

Since we're on the topic of war movies, what about that parody

on the Cold War mania of the '50's? Dr. Strangelove. This

b-52 pilot tried to manually release the H-bomb, sat on top of it,

in the process riding it cowboy-style as it dropped toward its

destination. Kept shrieking Heeehah! and waving his cowboy hat all the way down.

Sorry ha, but 70's pa ba ito? Black and white kasi eh, although

i'm sure the choice of film stock was more in keeping in tune with

the 50's motif.

[flyingdutchman]

Is Maximilian Schell still alive?

Now that I've got a working DVD player ( ), I might as well add Judgment at Nuremberg among the titles I would hunt for...

 

I clearly remember Schell in Krakatoa, East of Java - one of the early disaster films. Thinking of it now brings back memories of that tsunami...

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Also have no idea kung buhay pa. If I remember right he

always played some cold, stoic, anti-hero.