Name your 5 titles of movies made for *TV* that you want on DVD.
05-11-03, 04:15 AM
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No Michael Mann fans here?
1. The Jericho Mile. Mann Directed film from @ 1979, w/ Peter Strauss (in one of the best perfermances of his career), as an imprisoned long distance runner. If you love Mann's characters, you have to see this.
2. L.A. Takedown. The dress rehersal for Heat. It would be fun to compare and contrast. Especially w/ a new Heat Special Edition. (What the hell...shoot high.) [This is apparently available in Region 2, but those of us w/ R1 players might like a little taste.]
3. Gold Rush. Bruce Campbell and Alyssa Milano, two of my faves.
Oh, and I concurr on the brilliant Elvis, and I saw Birds of Prey when I was @ 6 and bawled my eyes out. I just saw it again a few years ago, one afternoon on TBS. It's still pretty good.
2. L.A. Takedown. The dress rehersal for Heat. It would be fun to compare and contrast. Especially w/ a new Heat Special Edition. (What the hell...shoot high.) [This is apparently available in Region 2, but those of us w/ R1 players might like a little taste.]
3. Gold Rush. Bruce Campbell and Alyssa Milano, two of my faves.
Oh, and I concurr on the brilliant Elvis, and I saw Birds of Prey when I was @ 6 and bawled my eyes out. I just saw it again a few years ago, one afternoon on TBS. It's still pretty good.
05-11-03, 05:02 AM
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I'll add two more titles to the mix:
Love Among the Ruins (1975 classic with Laurence Olivier & Katharine Hepburn
under the direction of George Cukor); and
Evil Roy Slade (1971 guilty pleasure, a comedy western...pre-Blazing Saddles...starring John Astin.)
Love Among the Ruins (1975 classic with Laurence Olivier & Katharine Hepburn
under the direction of George Cukor); and
Evil Roy Slade (1971 guilty pleasure, a comedy western...pre-Blazing Saddles...starring John Astin.)
05-11-03, 11:48 AM
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Lonesome Dove
The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh~P. McGoohan
Stranger in My Bed~Lindsay Wagner
Conagher-Sam Elliott
Great Los Angeles Earthquake~Joanna Kerns
The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh~P. McGoohan
Stranger in My Bed~Lindsay Wagner
Conagher-Sam Elliott
Great Los Angeles Earthquake~Joanna Kerns
05-11-03, 02:17 PM
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Ghostwatch
Threads
All Things Bright And Beautiful
Family
Loved Up
Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark
I was also going to put the Kevin Kiline production, but I find that's already out on DVD! Joy!
Threads
All Things Bright And Beautiful
Family
Loved Up
Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark
I was also going to put the Kevin Kiline production, but I find that's already out on DVD! Joy!
05-11-03, 07:39 PM
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Re: No Michael Mann fans here?
Originally posted by Buck Turgidson
1. The Jericho Mile. Mann Directed film from @ 1979, w/ Peter Strauss (in one of the best perfermances of his career), as an imprisoned long distance runner. If you love Mann's characters, you have to see this.
1. The Jericho Mile. Mann Directed film from @ 1979, w/ Peter Strauss (in one of the best perfermances of his career), as an imprisoned long distance runner. If you love Mann's characters, you have to see this.
I was hoping someone else would pick Jericho Mile.
05-11-03, 07:49 PM
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Originally posted by Brain Stew
Boy In The Plastic Bubble (Give it up for Johnny T)
Rich Man, Poor Man
Sybil
Bill (One of the worst movies about developmentally disabled people ever. It gives a good message, but the horrible acting of Mickey Rooney, turns the movie into a constanct farce of the disabled. My psychology teacher in high school made us watch it.)
Roots (It's already on DVD, so what?)
Boy In The Plastic Bubble (Give it up for Johnny T)
Rich Man, Poor Man
Sybil
Bill (One of the worst movies about developmentally disabled people ever. It gives a good message, but the horrible acting of Mickey Rooney, turns the movie into a constanct farce of the disabled. My psychology teacher in high school made us watch it.)
Roots (It's already on DVD, so what?)
05-12-03, 01:43 AM
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Other than some of the ones mentioned, I would add a fun little movie starring William H. Macy and his wife Felicity Huffman called A Slight Case of Murder that was made for TNT, I believe, a few years ago.
It was entertaining... and William H. Macy is almost always greatness.
It was entertaining... and William H. Macy is almost always greatness.
05-13-03, 11:25 PM
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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (with Kim Darby)
The Brady Bunch Goes to the White House (3rd Brady movie)
The Legend of Lizzie Borden (with Elizabeth Montgomery)
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit (with Fred Astaire)
The Christmas Star (with Ed Asner)
The Brady Bunch Goes to the White House (3rd Brady movie)
The Legend of Lizzie Borden (with Elizabeth Montgomery)
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit (with Fred Astaire)
The Christmas Star (with Ed Asner)
05-14-03, 12:07 PM
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The 2 lives of Jenny Logan (something like that)
Prey (very short series)
Profit (very short series)
Danger UXB (BBC mini series)
North & South
Anything with Richard Chamberlain
Prey (very short series)
Profit (very short series)
Danger UXB (BBC mini series)
North & South
Anything with Richard Chamberlain
05-14-03, 04:08 PM
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1. The Killing Mind
2. The Man in the Brown Suit - Agatha Christie
3. The Spiders Web with Penelope Keith - Agatha Christie
4. Murder Among Friends
5. TWIN PEAKS SECOND SEASON!!!!!
2. The Man in the Brown Suit - Agatha Christie
3. The Spiders Web with Penelope Keith - Agatha Christie
4. Murder Among Friends
5. TWIN PEAKS SECOND SEASON!!!!!
05-14-03, 05:25 PM
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Another vote for "I Know My First Name Is Steven"- very disturbing but hard to get out of your head. The way they show things on TV now, nothing could have the same effect this had.
The actor who played the kidnapper was Arliss Howard, but he was not credited anywhere in the show. I only found it out through imdb.
The actor who played the kidnapper was Arliss Howard, but he was not credited anywhere in the show. I only found it out through imdb.
05-15-03, 03:58 AM
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05-15-03, 08:40 AM
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Originally posted by HotThang
There was also one where a guy was a multiple-personality...Ic ould have sworn it starred Bill Bixby but it is not showing up on IMDB.
There was also one where a guy was a multiple-personality...Ic ould have sworn it starred Bill Bixby but it is not showing up on IMDB.
Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark (I'd love to know if this is as scary as I remember it - I'm sure the ending haunted many a child's bedtime in the 70s)
Bad Ronald (I always thought this would make a good band name, no one ever agreed with me)
The Bermuda Depths (awful, but I'd love to see it again - the one with the giant turtle!)
Threads (more disturbing and effective than the The Day After)
Best Little Girl In The World (oddly compelling anorexia drama starring a teenage Jennifer Jason Leigh)
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