Your Favorite Little-Known Movies?

[David Meek]

What are your favorite movies that no-one else seems to know about? Some of mine are:

The Beast - awesome movie about a Soviet tank crew in Afghanistan
Khartoum - Charleton Heston vs. Laurence Olivier and the hordes from the desert
The Replacement Killers - Chow Yun Fat and Mira Sorvino - guns, kung fu and a hottie -woof!
The Way Of The Gun - not for the faint of heart
Sorcerer - Roy Scheider in the Brazilian jungle with a load of nitro - directed by William Friedkin
Thunderheart - Val Kilmer, Sam Sheppard, Graham Greene - murder on an Indian reservation
Needful Things - Ed Harris as a cop and Max Von Sydow as the devil
No Mercy - Richard Gere and Kim Basinger in a tough police caper
Prince Of Darkness - one of John Carpenter's best horror flicks




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[George Bellefontaine]

Way Of The Gun, for sure.

A Night To Remember, a really believable take on the Titanic.

Hard Times, an excellent Bronson film on bare-knuckle boxing

Limbo, a John Saylesa film that didn't get much attention

Truth Or Consequences In New Mexico,

and I'm sure I will thinkg of others later.




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[John Holmes]

Good topic David!

One of my favorites, that noone seems to mention is Krull. Very witty and full of unique sci-fi.

Others are:

The Shadow

The Saint

Star Kid

Nothing To Lose

Johnny Handsome

Celtic Pride

Deep Star Six

Like George I'll add more as they come to me.




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[Andrew Pratt]

Mine would be IQ with Meg Ryan, Walter Matheau and Tim Robbins...great romantic comedy with meg at her cutest

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Kentucky Fried Movie




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[David Meek]

Kentucky Fried Movie - what a hilarious movie! the "eye-witness news" just leaves me in tears

I.Q. - how'd I forget that one? Walter Matthau and his two friends are priceless

John, I can't take credit for the idea. I saw a similar post elsewhere.




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[Clive]

Still a great topic though David, I'd add to some of Georges'

Memphis Belle
Fried Green Tomatoes
Hamburger Hill




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[Bob]

I am only going to list one. My guess is that it will be a unknown to most of you. It is available in DVD and if you are at all interested in filmaking it is a must see.
I found it quite accidently and was immediatly blown away. So much so I have given it to every director and cameraman that I have worked with this past year and they in turn have purchased it and have started showing it to their friends.
The movie is, I Am Cuba.
If any of you go out and get it and feel you can explain how the second and the last camera move was achieved, please contact me. I want to know. So far, three acadamy award winning cameramen are as baffled and thrilled as I am by the moves. We all keep comming up with ideas on how part of the shots can be achieved but, not the complete move.

[David Meek]

Bob,

I hopped onto DVDEmpire's website and found this about I Am Cuba.

The most acclaimed discovery of the decade! Filmed by great Russian director Mikhail Kalatozov (The Cranes are Flying), I Am Cuba is an epic poem to Communist kitsch - a whirling, feverish dance through the sensuous decadence of Batista's Havana and the grinding poverty and oppression of the Cuban people. In four main stories showing the rise of the revolution, Kalatozov's astonishingly acrobatic camera takes the viewer on a rapturous roller-coaster ride of bathing beauties, landless peasants and student revolutionaries. The first movie ever jointly presented by master directors Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese, I Am Cuba will change your view of cinema forever!

Add to the fact that this was filmed in 1964 and you've REALLY got me curious about the mechanics of the two camera shots you mention - no high-tech CGI was available then.




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[George Bellefontaine]

Now I gotta find this title. Bob's got my curiosity, too.




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[Andrew Pratt]

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Gee I wonder why this is on pats list :yeah:

[John Holmes]

Oh, I also want to add Buck and the Preacher. The last I saw it, was on the big screen as a child. I must add this to my dvd want list.




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[Burke Strickland]

The Reivers “Reivers” means “thieves” and a young boy falls in with an older relative, Boone, (played by Steve McQueen) plus Boone’s buddy who should have known better, and they take off for an adventure in the big city in their grandfather’s car (the first in their small town) without permission to take it. A main theme is the kid coming of age in a whorehouse – and the kid doesn’t even realize that is what it is. Steve McQueen’s strongest movie role, because his portrayal is subtle, warm hearted and full of good humor, not just slam bang action (except perhaps upstairs at the … well, you know) :>) And a memorable score by John Williams, one of his early ones before his was a household name.

The Flim Flam Man George C Scott should have gotten the Academy award for this one – quirky, off beat, irreverent and ingratiatingly funny story of a con man and his assistant cutting a swath through the hypocrisy of the Bible Belt. Harry Morgan does a perfect job as a law enforcement officer on their trail.

Dominick & Eugene Affecting tale of two brothers, one in medical school, Eugene, (played by Ray Liotta) and the other, Dominick, (played by Tom Hulce) seemingly not quite bright enough to finish high school, but caring enough to work long hours as a garbage pickup man to pay his brother’s tuition – and right some wrongs along the way. Finding out how the “slow” one got that way is a troubling mystery… and the key to understanding everything that happens.

Valley Of Gwangi John O’Connolly beat Stephen Spielberg to the punch with a fun-to-watch / laugh-at dino movie by about a quarter century – and he did it completely with models, no CGI in 1969! The quality of acting and the strength of the plot set a precedent for dino movies to follow. :>)

Bambi Meets Godzilla Bambi gambols about the meadow, contentedly munching on the vegetation, blithely unconcerned about his pending encounter with the king of “B movie" monsters. Word of advice – don’t fall asleep during the opening credits. :>)

Resurrection Ellen Burstyn plays woman who has a near death experience and then discovers that she has special awareness after reviving. She does not ascribe a religious explanation to what has happened to her, which divides her community – and family. A deeply stirring performance and a thought provoking story.

Dead Man Walking OK, you’ve probably heard of it, but I am going to go out on a limb here and say that Susan Sarandon not only deserved the Oscar for her role as Sister Helen Prejean, but perhaps turned in the finest acting performance by a woman yet recorded on film. Yes I‘ve seen outstanding performances by Ingrid Bergman, Audrey Hepburn, Sophia Loren, Mary Pickford, Meryl Streep, Katherine Hepburn, Betty Davis, Greta Garbo, Sigourney Weaver, Marlene Dietrich, Liv Ullmann (add about 200 names to the list) :>) and I still stand by this proclamation. I felt like I was watching real life in her portrayal – even though I know it was “just acting” :>) -- yet it moved me more than watching the same events in real life might have (since I felt little sympathy if any at all for Sean Penn’s character).

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[John Holmes]

Dead Man Walking OK, you’ve probably heard of it, but I am going to go out on a limb here and say that Susan Sarandon not only deserved the Oscar for her role as Sister Helen Prejean, but perhaps turned in the finest acting performance by a woman yet recorded on film. Yes I‘ve seen outstanding performances by Ingrid Bergman, Audrey Hepburn, Sophia Loren, Mary Pickford, Meryl Streep, Katherine Hepburn, Betty Davis, Greta Garbo, Sigourney Weaver, Marlene Dietrich, Liv Ullmann (add about 200 names to the list) :>) and I still stand by this proclamation. I felt like I was watching real life in her portrayal – even though I know it was “just acting” :>) -- yet it moved me more than watching the same events in real life might have (since I felt little sympathy if any at all for Sean Penn’s character).

Burke

Burke,

I'm going to go out on a limb and agree with you!

This was a very moving film. Susan and Sean both did an outstanding job with the characters. :T




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[David Meek]

Not being a Sean Penn fan, I passed on this one. 'Guess I'll add it to the list.




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The Hudsucker Proxy (you know, for kids!)
The Spanish Prisoner (Steve Martin in an unexpected role)
Shallow Grave (Danny Boyle before he sucked)
The Limey & Out of Sight (Soderbergh stuff I totally missed at the theaters)




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