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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWatching "Where Eagles Dare" on AMC. *snore*
Who e er thought a movie about a WWII covert operation could be so slow-moving?
edbermac
(15,919 posts)But pretty exciting after that.
pokerfan
(27,677 posts)Also written by Alistair MacLean. And Gregory Peck!
Taverner
(55,476 posts)Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)Kelly's Heroes ... The movie, a comedy as much as you can make a comedy of war, is 43 years old and still makes me laugh.
lastlib
(22,978 posts)my favorite line! Only Carrol O'Connor could've delivered it like that!
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)O'Connor was great! But my favorite character is Oddball... He does oddly rational/disturbed so brilliantly!
Another favorite line... Rickles to Savalas: "make a deal...he may be a republican!"
lastlib
(22,978 posts)Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,470 posts)..."Crazy! I mean like so many positive waves maybe we can't lose! You're on!"
..."To a New Yorker like you, a Hero is some type of weird sandwich, not some nut who takes on 3 Tigers."
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)I should just buy the DVD! Think it has anything to do with the fact that I grew up in Brooklyn?
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,470 posts)...really loud when we go into battle. It kinda calms us down."
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)So, am I to conclude you are another fan of this movie?
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,470 posts)And, from what I read, very, very loosely based on a true story.
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,470 posts)John Landis played one of the three nuns.
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)So what other old favorites do you enjoy?
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,470 posts)Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)or 30... it really doesn't matter.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,470 posts)...Falling Down? (Michael Douglas)
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)I missed it when it came out and for some reason never did catch it. I like Douglas...I don't know why. I have seen the "I want breakfast" scene, amazing!
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,470 posts)No Gordon Gecko speech but good.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106856/
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)based on your rec! We do have similar tastes.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,470 posts)My Cousin Vinny
Witness
Terminator 2
Groundhog Day
Dirty Harry
A Christmas without Snow
Animal House
The Big Easy
The Boondock Saints
Clue
Enemy of the State
Funny Farm
Mercury Rising
Leon: The Professional
Quigley Down Under
The Getaway (McQueen/MacGraw)
Three Days of the Condor
...and just past the 10 year limit...
Timeline
...and...(also Michael Douglas) The In-Laws
I like Romy and Michelle too.
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)There are just a few I haven't seen or simply don't remember. It happens. But particular favorites would be My Cousin Vinny, Clue,
The Getaway, The Big Easy and Animal House.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,470 posts)...in Suspect (with Cher).
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)I don't think I've ever not enjoyed one of his films.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,470 posts)TTYL
See The In-Laws as well, you'll like it.
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,470 posts)Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)lastlib
(22,978 posts)pokerfan
(27,677 posts)Wrote story and screenplay:
1968 Where Eagles Dare
1970 Puppet on a Chain
1971 When Eight Bells Toll
1975 Breakheart Pass
Wrote story:
1961 The Secret Ways
1961 The Guns of Navarone
1965 The Satan Bug
1968 Ice Station Zebra
1972 Fear Is the Key
1974 Caravan to Vaccares
1977 Golden Rendezvous
1978 Force 10 from Navarone
1979 Bear Island
1980 The Hostage Tower
1989 River of Death
1993 Death Train
1995 The Way to Dusty Death
1995 Night Watch
TheMightyFavog
(13,770 posts)I could see Benedict Cumberbatch as David Jones...
pokerfan
(27,677 posts)but it will be pretty hard to top Number Six. In any case, the character, like Doctor Who or James Bond, must remain British.
TrogL
(32,818 posts)I'm a sucker for a good fugue.
Auggie
(31,060 posts)On edit: it was probably AMC, with their constant commercial interruptions, that made it seem slow. I saw it recently WITHOUT interruption and thought it was a pretty good film.
TheMightyFavog
(13,770 posts)This is a freaking classic!