OT: obscure movie gems (or not)...

[psuro]

Better Off Dead - John Cusack. Worth it just for the claymation scene with the cheeseburgers.
The Village - this M. Night Shymalan film did not receive the critical or audience acclaim as "The Sixth Sense" did, but if you step back and take a broader look at it, I think you will find it quite good. With William Hurt and Sigourney Weaver.
Altered States - William Hurt, Blair Brown

 

[LionJim]

The Commitments. Great music if you're old enough to remember Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, etc. Movie is usually found on MTV or VH1.

It's on Netflix. Wonderful film.

 

[artsandletters]

Here are a few obscure ones I enjoyed... sometimes it was just because they were unexpected. Also This will have a scifi twist.

SciFi:
THX-1186 (mainly the white prison scene)
Logan's Run
Capricorn One
Primer

Not SciFi
Mulholland Drive
The Spanish Prisoner
Touching the Void
Short Cuts

IMO, Mullholland Drive was awful, just terrible. So bad, I called Philly Inquirer movie critic Carrie Rickey to discuss the movie. FWIW, we agreed.

 

[TenerHallTerror]

King of the City - Treat Williams. Intense NYC Cop corruption drama.
Divided We Fall - Czech foreign film winner with subtitle. Drama/Comedy of couple hiding jewish neighbor during Nazi occupation.
Buffalo 66 (as mentioned above) - Comedy (dark). If you like band Yes watch this.

best obscure "Buffalo" movie is You Kill Me with Ben Kingsley, Tea Leoni, and Luke Wilson

vastly underrated dark comedy

 

[artsandletters]

Blue Velvet -- a David Lynch film. Strange to say the least but I really liked it (unlike his Mulholland Drive and Wild at Heart efforts).
Take the Money and Run -- early Woody Allen

 

[psuro]

Bananas - Woody Allen. He is a cellist - in a marching band. The opening scene is just hilarious.

 

[artsandletters]

Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex but Were Afraid to Ask -- more Woody.

"With grievious dispatch, I'll break the latch, and get to the Queen's snatch."

Queen was wearing a heavy duty chastity belt. Woody was wielding a jousting lance.

 

[kingfarouk13]

Mullholand Falls

Purgatory

Lawman

 

[john4psu]

I love posts like this. The suggestions are very useful in the cfb off-season and down time between the regular season and bowl games.

 

[LionJim]

LAConfidential

Another movie by the late Curtis Hanson: Wonder Boys. Very fine, filmed in Pittsburgh.

 

[artsandletters]

The Grifters -- Angelica Huston and John Cusack. Screenplay by the late, great Donald Westlake.

 

[LionJim]

The Grifters -- Angelica Huston and John Cusack. Screenplay by the late, great Donald Westlake.

Very good, but a hard movie to watch. Remember when Cusack identifies the body? (Laughing) "Yeah, that's mom." The look on the mortuary guy's face was priceless.

 

[Woodpecker]

Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex but Were Afraid to Ask -- more Woody.

"With grievious dispatch, I'll break the latch, and get to the Queen's snatch."

Queen was wearing a heavy duty chastity belt. Woody was wielding a jousting lance.

My favorite Woody Allen was Love and Death

Russian gentleman: So who is to say what is moral?
Sonja: Morality is subjective.
Russian gentleman: Subjectivity is objective.
Sonja: Moral notions imply attributes to substances which exist only in relational duality.
Russian gentleman: Not as an essential extension of ontological existence.
Sonja: Can we not talk about sex so much?

 

[LionJim]

My favorite Woody Allen was Love and Death

Russian gentleman: So who is to say what is moral?
Sonja: Morality is subjective.
Russian gentleman: Subjectivity is objective.
Sonja: Moral notions imply attributes to substances which exist only in relational duality.
Russian gentleman: Not as an essential extension of ontological existence.
Sonja: Can we not talk about sex so much?

"Sex without love is an empty experience."
"Yes, but as empty experiences go, it's one of the best."

 

[TenerHallTerror]

My favorite Woody Allen was Love and Death

Russian gentleman: So who is to say what is moral?
Sonja: Morality is subjective.
Russian gentleman: Subjectivity is objective.
Sonja: Moral notions imply attributes to substances which exist only in relational duality.
Russian gentleman: Not as an essential extension of ontological existence.
Sonja: Can we not talk about sex so much?

"You're the greatest lover I have ever known!"

"Well, I practice a lot when I'm by myself"

 

[21Guns]

Kurt Russell and Robin Williams in "The Best Of Times"

 

[valleyforgebob]

The Commitments. Great music if you're old enough to remember Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, etc. Movie is usually found on MTV or VH1.

One of the best.

 

[21Guns]

Dennis Quaid and Jim Caviezel in Frequency

 

[21Guns]

 

[83wuzme]

The thread about the NCAA and Emmert reminded me of a great, old movie ( whose star is still alive at 100 ) : The Champion , starring Kirk Douglas.

 

[sluggo72]

Anybody ever watch "Breaker Morant" Aust. film...based on true story

Yes I have and loved it!! They say a slice off a cut loaf is never missed!!

 

[olelion]

Racing with the Moon, Elizabeth McGovern, Sean Penn
Once Upon a Time in America (Directors cut only) - Truly an epic

 

[olelion]

Charlie Wilson's War
Cider House Rules
The Ipcress File
The English Patient
Pan's Labrynth

I agree on Diner, Buffalo 66, and Waking Ned Devine (which I just rewatched)

And 2 recent ones:
Bridge of Spies
Eye in the Sky

I might add The Good Shepherd to your list

 

[artsandletters]

Racing with the Moon, Elizabeth McGovern, Sean Penn
Once Upon a Time in America (Directors cut only) - Truly an epic

Racing with the Moon also starred Nicholas Cage iirc. They were all so young.

 

[olelion]

Sleepers

 

[LionJim]

Oh, anyone want to guess which movie my avatar comes from?

 

[flash86]

The thread about the NCAA and Emmert reminded me of a great, old movie ( whose star is still alive at 100 ) : The Champion , starring Kirk Douglas.

Bringing up Kirk Douglas - my favorite actor - how about Paths of Glory, In Harms Way, or The War Wagon? He should have done more films with John Wayne (IHW, TWW) and less with Burt Lancaster!

 

[Tri-Power65]

Into the Wild

 

[rohrmd9]

"Night Shift" with Henry Winkler and Michael Keaton. Keaton is awesome as Bill, the idea guy.

"Wanna know why I carry this tape recorder? To tape things. See, I'm an idea man, Chuck. I got ideas coming at me all day... I couldn't even fight 'em off if I wanted. Wait a second... hold the phone! Hold the phone! [speaking into tape recorder] Idea to eliminate garbage. Edible paper. You eat it, it's gone! You eat it, it's outta there! No more garbage!"

Winkler grabs the recorder... "This is Chuck telling Bill to SHUT...UP!"

 

[83wuzme]

I just remembered from the 80's Buckaroo Bonzai.

 

[Diego Badman]

Winkler grabs the recorder... "This is Chuck telling Bill to SHUT...UP!"

Bill: What if you mix the mayonnaise in the can, WITH the tunafish? Or... hold it! Chuck! I got it! Take LIVE tuna fish, and FEED 'em mayonnaise! Oh this is great.

[speaks into tape recorder]

Bill: Call Starkist!

 

[novaclassof90]

Any of Eastwood's spaghetti western. Good, bad, and ugly is probably my favorite.

 

[NC2017]

Here are some movies in my MP4 NAS collection that struck me as unique and necessary, even though they aren't award winners. Would like to hear your recommendations to add to my collection:

Looker (Albert Finney, James Coburn, Susan Dey) - digital theft of beauty, murders included.

Ticket to Heaven (Nick Mancuso, Kim Cattrall, Saul Rubinek, Meg Foster) - young man gets sucked into a cult.

The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (Treat Williams, Robert Duvall, Kathryn Harrold, Paul Gleason) - great movie in terminal legal dispute. Had to buy a VHS version to rip to MP4.

Deep in the Valley (Chris Pratt, Denise Richards) - OK, this is purely a guy flick, and alcohol enhances the effect...

Absence of Malice (Paul Newman, Sally Field) - OK, not so obscure, but the scene near the end with Wilford Brinley is classic.

Gorky Park (William Hurt, Lee Marvin, Brian Dennehy) - murders in Moscow.

Posse (Kirk Douglas, Bruce Dern) -- ah, the thin line between the good guys and the bad guys.

The Beguiled (Clint Eastwood) -- injured deserter takes advantage of hospitality during the Civil War.

Hanna (Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana) - teen death machine.

A Boy and His Dog (Don Johnson, Jason Robards) - one of the strangest movies I ever saw -- at PSU in the Forum on a Saturday night.

Breaking Away

 

[Obliviax]

House of Sand and Fog. Mystic River.

The movie that affected me most, I think, that nobody ever heard of is named "Open Water". It is about a couple that gets left behind on the great barrier reef by mistake. It is based on a true story, kind of. But it haunted me for months.

One of my favorite all time movies, if you've never seen it, is Cast Away. it doesn't get the credit it deserves. IMHO, in the top ten all time. It is just so different. And, if you get a chance, read up on all of the double meanings and hidden production. Really a great, great movie.

 

[LionHoya]

High Fidelity - John Cusack, Jack Black
And Justice For All - Al Pacino
The Verdict - Paul Newman

And a thumbs up for Gorky Park, Absence of Malice listed earlier. The Wilford Brimley scene at the end is priceless.

 

[Agoodnap]

Good thread! Here are two obscure ones I always liked.

The Man who Loved Women - Burt Reynolds, Julie Andrews, Kim Bassinger
Here is the trailer...



Head Office - Eddie Albert, Judge Rheinhold, Rick Moranis, Danny DeVito, Jane Seymour. It's a spoof on big business in the early to mid-80's

 

[Obliviax]

Good thread! Here are two obscure ones I always liked.

The Man who Loved Women - Burt Reynolds, Julie Andrews, Kim Bassinger
Here is the trailer...

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Head Office - Eddie Albert, Judge Rheinhold, Rick Moranis, Danny DeVito, Jane Seymour. It's a spoof on big business in the early to mid-80's

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Judge Reinhold just got arrested today in Dallas. Apparently, he made a commotion with TSA at DFW.

 

[TenerHallTerror]

Judge Reinhold just got arrested today in Dallas. Apparently, he made a commotion with TSA at DFW.

he refused a second screening. I don't blame the close talker

 

[kingfarouk13]

Sharky's Machine

Gator

White Lightning

 

[TenerHallTerror]

Sharky's Machine

Gator

White Lightning

kind of a crappy TV video, but the final scene in Sharkey's Machine features a great stunt by Dar Robinson: