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longship

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17. It happens every Halloween, ma'am.

Sat Nov 1, 2014, 08:16 PM

Nov 2014

I took in a nuclear apocalypse marathon on Friday.

On the Beach -- Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins.

Dr. Strangelove -- Mein Furher! I can walk!

Fail-Safe -- the live performed CBS remake of the 1962 film, damned good. (Richard Dreyfus, George Clooney, Harvey Keitel as Blackie, and a bunch of other good character actors, introduced by Walter Conkrite.) Appropriately broadcast in black and white.

The Day After -- another TV production. Jason Robards does okay in a rather soapy apocalypse.

Miracle Mile -- does anybody know where I can find a helicopter pilot? Pure camp with a Tangerine Dream soundtrack. The perfect end of a night of global death and mayhem.

Tonight I think I am going to watch Robert Wise's 1962 direction of The Haunting, one of the most cringe-worthy film ever made. "My god! Who was holding my hand?" A great cast, and it has Miss Moneypenny, too.

Have a spooky weekend, my friend.

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It happens every Halloween, ma'am. longship Nov 2014 #17

Check out "Testament" if you haven't. bvf Nov 2014 #33

I have seen that one, just don't have it. nt longship Nov 2014 #57

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