Movie Quiz part VI

[Samsonite 181]

Airplane

Peter Graves.

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Peter Graves.

The German spy in the barracks in Stalag 17

[The Mook 105]

William Holden

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William Holden

The Bridge on the River Kwai

 

seems appropriate

[danboy 151]

Alec Guinness

[Samsonite 181]

Alec Guinness

"Our Man in Havana"

[Samsonite 181]

The Bridge on the River Kwai

 

seems appropriate

Filmed in Sri Lanka, aka Ceylon, as it was known in those days.

Fiction based on an historical event. Overall a good movie and Mr. Guiness was, no doubt, a fine actor, but I thought his death scene at the end was one of the worst ever put on film. Other than that a good movie and he certainly earned the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Colonel Nicholson.

Edited June 3, 2011 by Samsonite

[midlifecrisis 4,048]

Filmed in Sri Lanka, aka Ceylon, as it was known in those days.

Fiction based on an historical event. Overall a good movie and Mr. Guiness was, no doubt, a fine actor, but I thought his death scene at the end was one of the worst ever put on film. Other than that a good movie and he certainly earned the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Colonel Nicholson.

I thought his limp rag fall was perfect!

 

David Lean made some great movies!

[midlifecrisis 4,048]

"Our Man in Havana"

Burl Ives who I just watched two nights ago in......oops can't say

[Samsonite 181]

Burl Ives who I just watched two nights ago in......oops can't say

"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."

[Samsonite 181]

I thought his limp rag fall was perfect!

Like a old woman with heat exhaustion?

:)

 

 

David Lean made some great movies!

That he did!

[VicVegas 70]

Like a old woman with heat exhaustion?

 

Giving Col. Nicholson some sort of heroic death scene where he purposely blows up the bridge as his final act would have ruined the irony of the film. The fact that he "accidentally" falls on the plunger after he is dead perfectly emphasizes the message of the film - war is "madness".

 

The brilliance of BOTRK is that everyone knows how it's gonna end, yet Lean makes the final 15 minutes incredibly tense. One of my favorite movies of all time.

 

 

"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."

 

Paul Newman

[MM 6,562]

Hud

[Samsonite 181]

Hud

Patricia Neal.

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Patricia Neal.

The Day the Earth Stood Still

[Samsonite 181]

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Michael Rennie.

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Michael Rennie.

The Robe

[danboy 151]

Richard Burton

[Samsonite 181]

Richard Burton

"The Spy Who Came in from the Cold."

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"The Spy Who Came in from the Cold."

Oskar Werner

[Samsonite 181]

Oskar Werner

"The Shoes of the Fisherman."

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"The Shoes of the Fisherman."

Anthony Quinn

[Samsonite 181]

Anthony Quinn

"Zorba the Greek."

[jacko 8,866]

Alec Guinness

Messed up Edited June 6, 2011 by jacko

[midlifecrisis 4,048]

Lawrence of Arabia.

jacko?

 

where did that come from?

 

We are on Zorba the Greek unless a bunch of us missed something.