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Mar 20, 2015 12:23PM
'Andromeda Strain' is correct! I goofed and gave the book release date (1969). Haste makes waste.
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Ye have good taste. I found both book and film, chilling.I'm generally not a fan of remakes, re-boots, sequels, franchises, or any kind of re-tries. All these milk-the-cow-twice trends are doomed, to my way of thinking. Speaking just-for-me-personally I can only count maybe five sequels which ever 'worked' for me:
Rocky II
Star Trek II
French Connection II
Godfather II
...is there another? Can't recall
'American Graffitti II' was mildly interesting. But I didn't enjoy a lot of II's which other folks rave about: 'Superman II', 'Alien II', 'Terminator II', 'Mad Max II'..even 'Empire Strikes Back' seemed lame. It's futile asking me whether I enjoyed things like 'Raiders of the Lost Ark II' or 'Batman II' because when it comes right down to it, I dislike those entire franchises. Over time, the bare handful of titles above are really the only ones which impressed me.
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Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "Yeah...he was just stuck in my head. If I had an inkling I'd check it on line, but I'm blank. Like the only 1970s eye patch villain I can recall is Adolfo Celi ar Largo, but I don't recall him play..."Celi was a very nasty Italian officer in 'Von Ryan's Express'. Or am I wrong???
Alright I'm a regular guy. I won't hold out on ya.Answer to #2: the 1972 movie 'Sleuth' starring Michael Caine and Lawrence Olivier. Both actors nominated for best actor. No one else in the cast, they played all parts.
Answer to #5In 1975, director Martin Ritt took on an acting assignment with co-star Jon Voight in a European mystery/thriller called 'End of the Game'. Directed by actor Maximillian Schell.
The villain in the story: Robert Shaw. Femme fatale: Jacqueline Bissett.
That same year, 'Jaws' was released starring Shaw as Quint; and three years later 'The Deep' reunited Bissett and Shaw.
The plots parallel each other: Martin Ritt's detective character pursues the shadowy Shaw for twenty years ...for a wartime murder he can't pin on him. The wealthy character played by Shaw winds up being too powerful. In 'Jaws' of course, Quint pursues a demon of his own for decades after his WWII ship-sinking and in the end, succumbs to his enemy.
Sorry to make you guys n gals sweat that one out.
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Question #6 and #7 still unsolved, Paladin!
And here's a new one for youJohn Carpenter's super-violent 'Assault on Precinct 13' (1976) was a story based on what 1950s William Holden western?
Bonus: name two submarine movies with the word 'Assault' leading off the title.
You make the call: Clint Eastwood tangles with biker gangs in how many of his movies?I can name at least 5.
Tony Curtis starred in a fun biographical movie about this real-life figure who was actually..a close friend of actor Steve McQueen. Provide any part of the answer.
Tip: no the answer is not 'Albert DeSalvo'.
Tony Curtis? I believe that's a wonderful Cary Grant film, unless Tony was involved in a remake?
Paladin! Have you seen the Walter Matthau trivia quiz I posted in my other group?Care to try your hand?
Man I'm craving some challenge lately. Feelin' a little restless. I can't find hardly any decent trivia challenges on Goodreads--I have a good memory for any book I've ever read so there's not much to do. Sigh.
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I'll have a look.
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Curtis played Ira Hayes in The Outsider. He was also in The Great Imposter (I watched that one several times) the guy's name was Demara.
Either one of those?
Bingo! Good work Mike.Yes, amazingly, Ferdinand Demara was a close friend of McQueens, even delivering the last rites to him on his deathbed. A bizarre anecdote I learned recently.
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Yes! You're on a roll now, bucko!
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