TCM is having a Neo-Noir festival on Fridays this month, hosted by Eddie Mueller, who really knows his stuff. They showed Harper and Point Blank last week but I hadn't realized until yesterday that it was an ongoing thing. There are a lot of films that TCM rarely shows, like Body Heat, Cutter's Way, and Night Moves, so I'm psyched. (Cutter's Way is early Jeff Bridges and John Heard, very fine.)
Tonight is a triple feature for the ages: Get Carter, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, and Chinatown.
I've never seen Get Carter, but I've heard of it and really wanted to see it. Its IMDB Trivia page is really something else, do check it out.
Two specific trivia items from Get Carter I think the board might appreciate:
This movie influenced Quentin Tarantino to become a filmmaker.
In 2004, this movie was selected as the number one British movie of all time by the British magazine Total Film.
I've seen The Friends of Eddie Coyle several times, very good late Robert Mitchum. Here's the plot: Eddie Coyle has no friends. (I stole that line from the back cover of my paperback copy of George V. Higgins’ novel.) And I've always considered Chinatown to be one of the top five American films.
Tonight is a triple feature for the ages: Get Carter, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, and Chinatown.
I've never seen Get Carter, but I've heard of it and really wanted to see it. Its IMDB Trivia page is really something else, do check it out.
Get Carter (1971) - Trivia - IMDb
Get Carter (1971) - Trivia on IMDb: Cameos, Mistakes, Spoilers and more...
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Two specific trivia items from Get Carter I think the board might appreciate:
This movie influenced Quentin Tarantino to become a filmmaker.
In 2004, this movie was selected as the number one British movie of all time by the British magazine Total Film.
I've seen The Friends of Eddie Coyle several times, very good late Robert Mitchum. Here's the plot: Eddie Coyle has no friends. (I stole that line from the back cover of my paperback copy of George V. Higgins’ novel.) And I've always considered Chinatown to be one of the top five American films.
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