The Tom Selleck appreciation thread
 

I know Tom is really known mostly as a TV star. But, he's done a good amount of movies as well in career.

I think he's one of the most likable actors still working today. He just did 14 seasons of Blue Bloods on CBS and still looks pretty good for being 80 now.

I thought we could talk about both his film and TV career a little.


Some of my favorite Selleck works include:

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An Innocent Man (1989)

I have the BD and rewatched it during Covid. Great song by Joe Cocker "When the Night Comes" from the soundtrack

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Mr. Baseball (1992)

Fun fish out of water comedy. I remember seeing it for the 1st time in the theater back in high school


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Runaway (1984)

Fun and goofy science fiction action movie. He had good chemistry with Cynthia Rhodes.


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Lassiter (1984)

I watched this for the 1st time a few years ago on Max I think. Fun period spy caper movie with a young Jane Seymour and Lauren Hutton.


and Blue Bloods (2010-2025)

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He played the Police Commissioner of a family of cops in NYC.

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I was a little too young to fully appreciate it and only watched it sporadically in re-runs, but it would be sacrilege if I didn't also say Magnum PI

I do own the complete series on DVD and will eventually re-visit it.

He did a bunch of Jesse Stone PI thriller movies for CBS, but I didn't really like that character.

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Now, I am waiting for the Ted Danson appreciation thread in Movie Talk :lol:

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Watched Magnum as a kid and re-watching currently. It still holds up. His recent autobiography is a good read too. He worked hard on his career in the early days.

He was great, in In & Out, playing against type.

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The 1979 western The Sacketts is probably the best thing he was in. FYI, he has a small part in Coma (1978) as a young, healthy guy going into surgery for something minor and routine, yet comes out in a Coma.

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I remember really enjoying High Road To China as a kid. Haven’t seen in decades though. The what if of his nearly being cast as Indiana Jones is always fun to contemplate too. Would Indy have been quite as big a deal with Tom? Probably not but still interesting to consider.

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I also watched Magnum P.I. growing up and re-watched it a couple of years ago. Agree that it holds up. I dressed up as Magnum for Halloween recently also.

Of his movies, I'm partial to Quigley Down Under.

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My personal favourite film of his is QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER. Solid role for Alan Rickman as well, and one of Simon Wincer's best films.

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And he's in one of the greatest grindhouse movies ever made!
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....As a junkie, no less!

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That’s funny that he was in that with Roger E. Mosley, who ended up playing T.C. in Magnum PI a few years later.

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Terminal Island rules.

Plus I really like Three Men and A Baby. Make fun of me all you want.

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Came in here to post Terminal Island ... :thumbsup:

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I have both the Code Red and Vinegar Syndrome editions of TERMINAL ISLAND (both with unique supplements and both highly recommended if you can find a deal on them). I was going to mention it with QUIGLEY above, but figured it might be too obscure. Great to know it’s not! :thumbsup:

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When I was a kid, movies my parents taped off tv were some of my most seen movies as a child. As a result I’ve probably seen Three Men and a Little Lady 10-15 times. I’ve seen the original maybe once.

Same thing with Caddyshack and Caddyshack II. I’ve seen Caddyshack II 10-15 times and the original probably twice.

On topic though. Tom Sellecks recurring role as Richard on Friends is probably my favourite thing he’s done.

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Quigley Down Under, An Innocent Man, Runaway, Three Men and a Baby/Little Lady, Her Alibi and Mr. Baseball were all solid to good movies. Quigley and An Innocent Man are my favorites and I imported the DVD for An Innocent Man from the US.

I was a little bit to young for Magnum, but I really enjoyed the Jesse Stone TV movies.

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I rewatched Runaway recently and it held up. Ahead of it's time on the whole drone thing.

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My favorites: Monte Walsh, Quigley Down Under,The Jesse Stone series, Three Men & Baby, Mr Baseball, The Love Letter, In & Out, and An Innocent Man.

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I really like Lassiter for some reason,

Terminal Island can be streamed for free on Vudu with ads I believe for those that would like to check it out.

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I watched Terminal Island seem like JC "borrowed" some stuff from it for Escape From New York.

I saw it years ago on VHS but remembered none of it.

It was Ok for what it was but I would never watch it again. I know there are some "alternate" cuts/takes of Phyllis Davis that you can see and are worth checking out. -other-

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Does anyone remember Folks in the early 90s? It created a Felicity-cutting-her-hair type controversy among middle aged housewives because Selleck shaved his mustache for it.

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Actually saw that in a theatre, but I believe I got three or four free passes from Fox through my newspaper gig at the time, and they seemed kinda desperate to get people to see it. I gave a couple of the passes to my own folks and we all sorta liked it, and several of the gags did get decent laughs from the small-ish crowd in the theater, but it was also the definition of the kind of movie that you forget about a week later. I recall the professional reviews being particularly unkind, which did see a little unfair.

A few months later he turned up in a supporting role / cameo CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS: THE DISCOVERY, which did even less for his big screen career. MR. BASEBALL came shortly after that, and while it was a better film, it also tanked so he was pretty much back to TV land for the most part.

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I remember watching a lot of MAGNUM P.I. during its original run and what a bummer it was when the final episode ran. Selleck was so versatile in that role. He could easily switch from light-hearted comedic stuff with Higgins to serious gravitas stuff with Vietnam. I think he was one of the best at delivering voice over narration. The image I like to hold is of that sunny, smiling, shorts wearing, happier time, peeling out in a red Ferrari to a theme song that instantly got you jazzed for the show.