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Forum: Movie Questions 1 week ago
Replies: 23
Unanswered:  1950s-1960s movie with a group of Asian villains led by a woman
Posted By RGC1957
Re: 1950s-1960s movie with a group of Asian villains led by a woman

"At one point in the fight one of the Asian men went flying through the air and one of the white men caught him on an accent chair that he held on top of his head."

A catch chair is not cheap...
Forum: Movie Questions 1 week ago
Replies: 7
Answered: The Sands of Iwo Jima
Posted By RGC1957
Thanks for the offer, but I can't remember when...

Thanks for the offer, but I can't remember when it was said, other than it was at a training location and not onboard ship or in combat. (And obviously when Sergeant Stryker was in conflict with one...
Forum: Movie Questions 1 week ago
Replies: 7
Answered: The Sands of Iwo Jima
Posted By RGC1957
Who are you going to believe, somebody writing on...

Who are you going to believe, somebody writing on Snopes or the U.S. Marine Corps? Because the latter firmly believes the line is from the Sands of Iwo Jima and has done so for decades.

Here is...
Forum: Movie Questions 1 week ago
Replies: 7
Answered: The Sands of Iwo Jima
Posted By RGC1957
The Sands of Iwo Jima

Over 40 years ago, I saw an uncut version of The Sands of Iwo Jima -- which included John Wayne saying something along the lines of "Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid."

Is anyone...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 66
Best Female Villains
Posted By RGC1957
Re: Best Female Villains

https://silverscreenings.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/they-drive-by-night-walsh-lana.jpg
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 34
Horror comedies that are genuinely scary
Posted By RGC1957
Re: Horror comedies that are genuinely scary

I am not a fan of horror movies (as I find them stupid and/or gross), but, back in the day, I thought The Legend of Hell House (1973) quite well done and rather scary.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 85
If 2001 is your #1 movie, tell me why
Posted By RGC1957
Re: If 2001 is your #1 movie, tell me why

I saw 2001: A Space Odyssey on the big screen back in the day. Yes, it was an amazing movie... but it is not even my favourite movie with HAL the computer. I am not saying it's a great movie, but I...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 36
Perfect Film Scores
Posted By RGC1957
Re: Perfect Film Scores

There are a lot of film scores which are simply great music and would likely work for more than one movie. But perfect for a single movie?

The Ghost and Mrs Muir
The Big Country
Lawrence of...
Forum: Movie Questions 1 week ago
Replies: 29
Answered: If I Were to only Watch ONE Western Movie, which should it be?
Posted By RGC1957
Good luck on your cinematic journey -- it should...

Good luck on your cinematic journey -- it should be a wonderful trip! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKdmOpXJHR4
Forum: Movie Questions 4 weeks ago
Replies: 2
Unanswered:  Road with trees that meant a lot for a family
Posted By RGC1957
Re: Road with trees that meant a lot for a family

In addition to the usual questions (How long ago did you see it? Was it new then or not? If old, was it in black & white? Were there two parents or just one? Children? Other family members? etc.),...
Forum: Movie Questions 02-09-24
Replies: 6
Unanswered:  British film with musical numbers?
Posted By RGC1957
I rather suspect that a lot of people back in...

I rather suspect that a lot of people back in 1965 may have felt regret over having done so. ;)

In any case, I am pretty confident that it is not your movie, based on Peter Viney's description...
Forum: Movie Questions 02-07-24
Replies: 12
Unanswered:  Twin brothers comedy, French Police movie
Posted By RGC1957
Re: Twin brothers comedy, French Police movie

In 2 Minutes Later (2007), which I have never seen, a twin is brought into help the police investigate the disappearance of his brother by posing as him. However, it is not set in Europe and features...
Forum: Movie Questions 02-07-24
Replies: 6
Unanswered:  British film with musical numbers?
Posted By RGC1957
I vaguely remember seeing this on TV in the late...

I vaguely remember seeing this on TV in the late 1960s. It might be Every Day's a Holiday (1965; US title Seaside Swingers), but I cannot find confirmation that it has the scene inside the cinema...
Forum: Movie Questions 02-02-24
Replies: 20
Answered: Part of a movie poster
Posted By RGC1957
I definitely agree. I suspect that it may be a...

I definitely agree. I suspect that it may be a military engineers device of some sort -- but from what country and when, I have no...
Forum: Movie Questions 02-02-24
Replies: 3
Answered: woman falls from the sky, breaks through the glass roof
Posted By RGC1957
Re: woman falls from the sky, breaks through the glass roof

I am confident that pori's result is correct, but I thought that I would point out a technique which can sometimes quickly identify a movie: by searching for an unusual plot element on this site in...
Forum: Movie Questions 02-02-24
Replies: 6
Unanswered:  "You gotta get me outta here! This guys's crazy .."
Posted By RGC1957
I have no idea what is the source of the audio...

I have no idea what is the source of the audio clip is in this video and given that the video is almost 20 years old, I doubt that you would be able to reach anyone associated with its production who...
Forum: Movie Questions 02-02-24
Replies: 20
Answered: Part of a movie poster
Posted By RGC1957
While I cannot recommend an appropriate military...

While I cannot recommend an appropriate military forum for doing so, you might want to try asking for help elsewhere in identifying the device on the beret. It is very unusual compared to the typical...
Forum: Movie Questions 01-25-24
Replies: 6
Unanswered:  "You gotta get me outta here! This guys's crazy .."
Posted By RGC1957
Re: "You gotta get me outta here! This guys's crazy .."

Is the voice at 24:46 in the linked video the correct voice for the "item"? https://www.pbs.org/video/beaverton-or-to-bend-or-r3ebfx/
Forum: Movie Questions 01-25-24
Replies: 19
Answered: Movie scenes with faces against a window/glass
Posted By RGC1957
One of the characters in the low-budget comedy...

One of the characters in the low-budget comedy Drive-In (1976) ends up with his face pressed against one of the windows of his van. How this happened was a surprising and hilarious development -- or...
Forum: Movie Questions 01-25-24
Replies: 8
Unanswered:  Comical spurting of blood in 007 type film
Posted By RGC1957
The ultimate source of this trope is, of course,...

The ultimate source of this trope is, of course, Salad Days (1971), director Sam Pekinpah. 🙂https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OXvSBdZTQw
Forum: Movie Questions 12-27-23
Replies: 4
Unanswered:  Quirky mom and her bittersweet sacrifice
Posted By RGC1957
Have you actually watched Bette Midler's Stella?...

Have you actually watched Bette Midler's Stella? Or any excerpts?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4i9qFjKLDs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbhhabPfALo
Forum: Movie Questions 12-27-23
Replies: 10
Unanswered:  End of WW2 OSS movie has corporate heads being asked if they'd want...
Posted By RGC1957
Was this a coherent drama with characters who...

Was this a coherent drama with characters who appeared throughout the movie or a documentary account of the OSS with dramatised segments?
Forum: Movie Questions 11-21-23
Replies: 7
Answered: Shampoo replaced with acid
Posted By RGC1957
Re: Shampoo replaced with acid

It's definitely not your movie, but I think the 1980 Australian movie Harlequin features acid being mistaken for shampoo. There may well be other examples of this trope.
Forum: Movie Questions 11-20-23
Replies: 17
Unanswered:  Movie with all female warriors
Posted By RGC1957
Re: Movie with all female warriors

Sounds like a melodramatic remake of the musical comedy Bees in Paradise (1944).

However, it is pointless to pursue the matter further, as the original requestor has never returned to this forum...
Forum: Movie Questions 11-18-23
Replies: 5
Unanswered:  Early 1980s French film about WWII, filmed in the Tahitian islands
Posted By RGC1957
Re: Early 1980s French film about WWII, filmed in the Tahitian islands

Aside from Das Boot and South Pacific 1942 (and the Soviet film Sluchay v kvadrate '36-80' (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085723/)), the only other submarine movie from the right time period was the...