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Saw part of something interesting that had David Niven and Raymond Massey in it on TCM earlier. I saw the tail end of this movie before-but saw about 1/2 the tail this time ;-)) I STILL don't know tha name of that movie.
Ringo, it was probably A Matter of Life and Death (1946).
Wasn't the horse's name, "Agamemnon"?
Yes, and the bull at the beginning of the movie was named "Bunyan."
I know he's been waiting a long time for this one. . .
That durned TCM has a lot of good movies in their library (including "The Happy Years", a wonderful comedy with Dean Stockwell in his prime) but won't release 'em to DVD. Gripes me to death.
Stumpy, check out this link. There appears to be quite a few never-before-released titles, with more coming down the pike every month. I do, however, disagree that $20 a pop for a bare-bones DVD is "a reasonable price." No way should they be any more than 7-8 bucks. They'll probably try to bilk compulsive collectors and impulse buyers the first few months, than lower their prices six months from now.
At any rate, for better or for worse, this appears to be the direction TCM-Warner Bros. is going with future classic DVD releases, so it probably merits keeping an eye on.
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As many of you probably know, I am not a fan of Steven Spielberg, to put it mildly. Still, I think that this is a good thing, not only for the anti-Spielberg elements, but also for those of us who hate the endless parade of remakes and rip-offs of classic movies that Hollywood has inflicted upon the movie-going public in recent years.
I can't believe that Spielberg would be so cocky as to try to create a blatant rip off of such a well known classic as Rear Window without even bothering to check with the person who wrote the original story. Hopefully, he'll end up forking over a big, fat check to Cornell Woolrich's estate, all well deserved, IMHO.
Maybe in the future, producers considering doing a remake of a classic movie will at least try to contact and get some input from the people who created the original film. I think that the talented people who created the original at least deserve the courtesy of being asked permission before their work is duplicated.
I agree that Redford dragged this movie down at every turn. Too bad, too, because it was a good story with interesting characters. Think how great it would have been if Steve McQueen had played Sundance, as was originally intended.
Here's something for all you Costner fans to chew on. It's funny, because the late, great, Richard Harris is one of my favorite, under-rated actors, yet I never thought of the similarities between A Man Called Horse and DWW. It's probably just because I haven't seen DWW for a looooong time.
But I do think that A Man Called Horse was far more honest in showing that the Indians did some pretty awful things, too. DWW was very simplistic, and made the Indians look like candidates for sainthood.
Dean & Bob Newhart as a driving instructor & student
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[/extendedmedia]Display MoreI always thought of Raymond Hatton,
as one of the fellas that was in a couple
of The Three Mesquiteers, that Duke starred in!
However on research, he was in at least
4 movies starring Duke:-
Tall In The Saddle (1944) .... Zeke
Reap the Wild Wind (1942).... Master Shipwright
New Frontier (1939) .... Rusty Joslin
... aka Frontier Horizon (USA: reissue title)
Wyoming Outlaw (1939) .... Rusty Joslin.
Raymond also starred in over 400 movies and TV series,
including , The Three Mesquiteers, Abbot & Costello, The Lucy Show, The Rough Riders,
Maverick, Hopalong Cassidy etc. etc.
Keith, I believe that Raymond Hatton was also in The Three Musketeers (1933)
Dean Martin, Don Rickles, & Roy Rogers.
Don is a bartender while Dean and Roy have a shootout.
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[/extendedmedia]And these are the ignoramuses who are voting people like His Highness Obama into office.
Stumpy, the more I think about it, the more I think that the founding father's original idea of tying voting rights to property ownership wasn't such a bad idea after all. It would force the people voting to have a legitimate interest in the outcome of the election, and would prevent a large class of (mostly) ignorant, under-educated people from forming a large voting bloc the Dems can exploit again and again with free handouts and unfulfilled promises.
Some people are just too stupid to be allowed to vote.
Dean & Paul Lynde. Dean tries to renew his driver's license.
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[/extendedmedia]"What's the best way to get started on ice?"
"Pour some booze on it."
"Do you need glasses?"
"Only when I drink."
Hilarious. 
Well, in honor of Dom DeLuise's 75th birthday today. . .
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[/extendedmedia]Dean & Bob Newhart. The "topless club" skit.
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[/extendedmedia]Dean & Don Rickles. I'll bet Ringo wishes he could get service like that during his hospital stay!!!!!
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[/extendedmedia]I recently watched The Searchers & Hondo. Great Duke classics, both.
Dean & Bill Holden as a couple of monks!!!!!
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[/extendedmedia]Someone needs to get Ringo a dog, QUICK!!!!!
Sorry about your trouble, Ringo, but I must confess I have always been a cat-hater myself. My aunt & uncle used to have two of them, and they used to get me in trouble all the time. I would just be walking around, minding my own business, and these two cats would literally be running underneath my feet as I was walking along! I wasn't deliberately trying to step on them, but the effect was about the same.
I can hear it now:
"I'm not trying to step on them, Aunt Jo, they just keep running underneath my feet!!"
"Yeah, right, kid."
Damn critters.
