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Re: Favourite fillums

Postby Snowy » Mon Feb 24, 2025 7:08 am

The one scene in a film I like is the old black and white ‘Ice Cold in Alex’ At the final scene where after trekking across the North African desert, they arrive and the famous Carlsberg scene ensues with the Ice cold lager with the condensation running down the side of the glass….it could make you take up drinking.
Barry Norman reported back when it was made actually in Libya and that they got pissed filming it. :laugh: :laugh:
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Re: Favourite fillums

Postby accrington fan » Mon Feb 24, 2025 10:51 am

Snowy wrote:The one scene in a film I like is the old black and white ‘Ice Cold in Alex’ At the final scene where after trekking across the North Africa the arrive and the famous Carlberg scene ensues with the Ice cold lager with the condensation running down the side of the glass….it could make you take up drinking.
Barry Norman reported back when it was made actually in ZLibya that they got pissed filming it. :laugh: :laugh:

never been a lager drinker but that scene always made me want to try it on a hot day. anyone remember watching lawrence of arabia at the pictures where i,m sure they turned the heat up in those desert scenes to sell more cold drinks and ice cream at the break. never been one who took notice of any adverts but admit that i purchased a 1947 humber super snipe due to the car chase on the film the blue lamp after it was shown on the tele in the mid 70,s.
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Re: Favourite fillums

Postby MutleyRules » Tue Feb 25, 2025 6:54 am

Watched 2 classics on Sunday...The Wickerman and Straw Dogs. Two easy watches for a Sunday evening. bbolt
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Re: Favourite fillums

Postby Snowy » Tue Mar 25, 2025 11:58 am

On the Beach…set in Australia after a nuclear war..Gregory Peck and surprisingly Fred Astaire as a retired racing driver..awaiting the nuclear cloud descending into the Southern hemisphere…Google film, but it could never be a musical. sadx
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Re: Favourite fillums

Postby accrington fan » Wed Mar 26, 2025 1:10 pm

Snowy wrote:On the Beach…set in Australia after a nuclear war..Gregory Peck and surprisingly Fred Astaire as a retired racing driver..awaiting the nuclear cloud descending into the Southern hemisphere…Google film, but it could never be a musical. sadx

the mention of fred astair as a racing driver gives me thoughts of le mans when they ran across the track to their cars. a hollywood version would have him dancing across the tarmac in full song to end with him in a dead heat with gene kelly.
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Re: Favourite fillums

Postby Infidel » Mon May 12, 2025 11:05 pm

On its fifty year anniversary Slade in Flame is getting a run out this weekend in selected cinemas.

If you’ve never seen it, it’s good. Gritty and funny with some good songs too.
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Re: Favourite fillums

Postby MutleyRules » Tue May 13, 2025 8:06 am

I've got the soundtrack on vinyl. :cool:
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Re: Favourite fillums

Postby Kenny Bottles » Tue May 13, 2025 11:07 am

Infidel wrote:On its fifty year anniversary Slade in Flame is getting a run out this weekend in selected cinemas.

If you’ve never seen it, it’s good. Gritty and funny with some good songs too.


I assumed the cinemas showing it wouldn't include any round here, and thus missed the fact that the Gala in Durham did. DOH...!!!

I have a rule that I don't buy anything on Blu-ray which I've already got on DVD, but I am seriously thinking of making an exemption in the case of Flame.

I fucking love Slade me like...!
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Re: Favourite fillums

Postby Infidel » Tue May 20, 2025 10:25 pm

Slade are for life - not just Christmas.
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Re: Favourite fillums

Postby accrington fan » Fri May 23, 2025 10:57 am

think it was kettering who mentioned alick guiness . just remembered he played a part in another film The Card where he bought an ailing football club and brought them success to become the hero of bursley which had a look of burslam to me. Need a remake with pools in mind but our card would be a joker and a remake of jokers wild would be more appropiate.
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Re: Favourite fillums

Postby Snowy » Tue Jun 03, 2025 11:41 am

accrington fan wrote:
Snowy wrote:On the Beach…set in Australia after a nuclear war..Gregory Peck and surprisingly Fred Astaire as a retired racing driver..awaiting the nuclear cloud descending into the Southern hemisphere…Google film, but it could never be a musical. sadx

the mention of fred astair as a racing driver gives me thoughts of le mans when they sadx ran across the track to their cars. a hollywood version would have him dancing across the tarmac in full song to end with him in a dead heat with gene kelly.

But he ended up with a very dead heat in the garage.
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Re: Favourite fillums

Postby Kenny Bottles » Tue Jun 03, 2025 12:23 pm

Snowy wrote:
accrington fan wrote:
Snowy wrote:On the Beach…set in Australia after a nuclear war..Gregory Peck and surprisingly Fred Astaire as a retired racing driver..awaiting the nuclear cloud descending into the Southern hemisphere…Google film, but it could never be a musical. sadx

the mention of fred astair as a racing driver gives me thoughts of le mans when they sadx ran across the track to their cars. a hollywood version would have him dancing across the tarmac in full song to end with him in a dead heat with gene kelly.

But he ended up with a very dead heat in the garage.


Are you two sure..? I thought Fred met his demise in "The Towering Inferno".

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Re: Favourite fillums

Postby Snowy » Tue Jun 03, 2025 12:50 pm

Kenny Bottles wrote:
Snowy wrote:
accrington fan wrote:
Snowy wrote:On the Beach…set in Australia after a nuclear war..Gregory Peck and surprisingly Fred Astaire as a retired racing driver..awaiting the nuclear cloud descending into the Southern hemisphere…Google film, but it could never be a musical. sadx

the mention of fred astair as a racing driver gives me thoughts of le mans when they sadx ran across the track to their cars. a hollywood version would have him dancing across the tarmac in full song to end with him in a dead heat with gene kelly.

But he ended up with a very dead heat in the garage.


Are you two sure..? I thought Fred met his demise in "The Towering Inferno".

I'm puttin' on my top hat,
Tyin' up my white tie,
Stampin' out the flames...



Nah…..’he was, driving in his sports car.
till radiation sickness,
came knocking on his door.’
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Re: Favourite fillums

Postby Davcla » Sat Aug 09, 2025 5:01 pm

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Re: Favourite fillums

Postby paulus the woodgnome and a side salad » Thu Aug 14, 2025 10:57 pm

There's a fillum on tonight on TPTV ch.82 which I've seen before called The Last Man on Earth, made in 1957 and starring Vincent Price, I enjoyed it, probably one of the first ever zombie fillums but quite different as he voice overs virtually the whole fillum.
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Re: Favourite fillums

Postby bobby lemonade » Sun Aug 17, 2025 1:03 pm

paulus the woodgnome and a side salad wrote:There's a fillum on tonight on TPTV ch.82 which I've seen before called The Last Man on Earth, made in 1957 and starring Vincent Price, I enjoyed it, probably one of the first ever zombie fillums but quite different as he voice overs virtually the whole fillum.


It's a cracking film, love Vincent Price, he always puts on a performance.
The omega man with Charlton Heston and I am legend with will smith are adapted from the same novel.
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Re: Favourite fillums

Postby accrington fan » Tue Aug 19, 2025 9:43 am

bobby lemonade wrote:
paulus the woodgnome and a side salad wrote:There's a fillum on tonight on TPTV ch.82 which I've seen before called The Last Man on Earth, made in 1957 and starring Vincent Price, I enjoyed it, probably one of the first ever zombie fillums but quite different as he voice overs virtually the whole fillum.


It's a cracking film, love Vincent Price, he always puts on a performance.
The omega man with Charlton Heston and I am legend with will smith are adapted from the same novel.

for me its a film thats got better with age. first saw it in the 60,s and was bored by it but watched it a couple of years back and found it enjoyable even though it was not my thing. a case of giving something a chance or second chance that many refuse to do.
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Re: Favourite fillums

Postby Brian Honour's Left Foot » Tue Aug 19, 2025 9:53 am

Snowy wrote:On the Beach…set in Australia after a nuclear war..Gregory Peck and surprisingly Fred Astaire as a retired racing driver..awaiting the nuclear cloud descending into the Southern hemisphere…Google film, but it could never be a musical. sadx



Great book by Neville Shute - they don't publish them like that anymore!
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