OT: Favorite movies that no one's heard of.
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Birdy with Nicholas Cage and Matthew Modine...one of the best endings ever.
there is an old movie named "Lifeboat." It is based on a John Steinbeck story that was produced and directed by Hitchcock in 1944. All of that, makes it amazing in and of itself. the upshot is that the a passenger boat gets torpedoed by a Nazi sub and these people make it onto a lifeboat. But, they end up picking up the u-boat captain as well. They try to survive on a crowded lifeboat, the uboat commander and the innocent civilians. Lots of great interplay between good and bad, victim and perp. Remember, this was made in WW2; January 1944 (six months before D-Day).
Seeing Marjoe Gortner's name on that poster reminds me of another doc that's well worth seeing, "Marjoe" -- about Marjoe Gortner and his final tour as a grifting faith healer. It's fascinating.
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That’s my go-to for outdoorsy folks. It’s been years and nobody I’ve recommended it to has heard of it before that point.
Yeah, but the OP asked about "favorite movies no one has heard of" Pretty sure Garp was a well known movie, irrespective if one liked it or not. So, pretty sure people had heard of it.
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Earlier in their careers, I defaulted to assuming anything with Edward Norton or John Cusack was darned close to a guaranteed can’t miss.
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Um...
Seriously though, I thought Norton would have the career Christian Bale is having, and he didn't (mostly because of his choosing). He was dynamic with his early stuff - American History X, Primal Fear, Fight Club, The People vs. Larry Flynt, and Rounders - all top notch; then, he started dating Salma Hayek and his selections became few and far between. I thought he was great in Birdman - would love to see him dig into something bigger.
Um...
Seriously though, I thought Norton would have the career Christian Bale is having, and he didn't (mostly because of his choosing). He was dynamic with his early stuff - American History X, Primal Fear, Fight Club, The People vs. Larry Flynt, and Rounders - all top notch; then, he started dating Salma Hayek and his selections became few and far between. I thought he was great in Birdman - would love to see him dig into something bigger.
I believe the rumor is he’s quite difficult to work with.
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So is Christian Bale; to that end I think Norton's lack of work has been more self-imposed.
You want little-known...
Threshold - 1981 about heart transplant w Donaled Sutherland, Jeff Goldblum and Mare Winningham.
Threshold - 1981 about heart transplant w Donaled Sutherland, Jeff Goldblum and Mare Winningham.
When Trumpet's Fade would be one on my list that I don't think was mentioned.
Not a big budget production, like Band of Brothers or Saving Private Ryan. It is a good watch as it features the Pennsylvania's 28th Division fighting in the Hurtzgen Forrest.
You can find it on HBO on-demand, I think youtube has it and probably some of the moving streaming sites
Not a big budget production, like Band of Brothers or Saving Private Ryan. It is a good watch as it features the Pennsylvania's 28th Division fighting in the Hurtzgen Forrest.
You can find it on HBO on-demand, I think youtube has it and probably some of the moving streaming sites
I'll add a favorite of mine: "The Man From Earth" .
Written by Jerome Bixby practically the entire movie takes place in one room.
I love dialogue driven movies.
Written by Jerome Bixby practically the entire movie takes place in one room.
I love dialogue driven movies.
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I’ll admit I’ve never heard of death of smoochy. And I’m quite certain I’ll never see it. One biggie off your list that comes to mind is the Italian job. But yeah, for a long time it just seemed that I couldn’t stumble into a Norton or cusack flick without really enjoying it—and the roles they played. American history x has to be somewhere towards the top of all time movies I stop at when clicking channels, along with the usual suspects, inside man, enemy at the gates, saving private Ryan, the pianist, and a few others.Um...
Seriously though, I thought Norton would have the career Christian Bale is having, and he didn't (mostly because of his choosing). He was dynamic with his early stuff - American History X, Primal Fear, Fight Club, The People vs. Larry Flynt, and Rounders - all top notch; then, he started dating Salma Hayek and his selections became few and far between. I thought he was great in Birdman - would love to see him dig into something bigger.
I wonder if Death to Smoochy came out today people would have liked it a whole lot more. It's the blackest of black humor so I think that was lost on a lot of people at that time. Now we're a lot more used to it. And i'd add, the problem with that movie, if there is one, is definitely not Edward Norton.
Those are all excellent movies but are also all extremely popular and well known.
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Bad Boys. The one with Sean Penn and Esai Morales. And not that no one has heard of it but it’s 36 years old and I would imagine most people who did see it have forgotten about it.
The scene where Penn puts soda cans in a pillow case and beats his tormentor is classic.
The scene where Penn puts soda cans in a pillow case and beats his tormentor is classic.
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I thought I was going to make it all the way through this list without seeing this movie mentioned. I've probably watched it a dozen times, and it cracks me up every time!
