Since last shallow review I've viewed:
Bram Stoker's DRACULA , about 10 minutes was enough.
then ..BEN-HUR. same result. I guess that SPARTACUS had
maxed me out on Roman Centurions.
then , Hitchcock's THE BIRD's ...this was fun. Watched with the OL.
She is not a native English speaker and sometimes gets lost in English dialogue.
NO problem with some AH movies. You don't even need audio with some of his flicks.
The disc had a nice extras section and it was interesting how "green screen" could
not handle the action, so a newer process - sodium matting- was used. 9/10
A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people there in increasing numbers and with increasing viciousness.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056869/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
lastly ..The Sand Pebbles (1966) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060934/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
I didn't realize that this was a "roadshow movie". ie: with intro/intermission. That's the version on the disc that got viewed. 192 minutes and most likely SMQ's best performance.
- In 1926, U.S. naval engineer Jake Holman is assigned to the gun boat U.S.S. San Pablo - nicknamed the Sand Pebble - this being the latest in a very long string of assignments due to a unyielding view of his work leading to conflicts with many of his colleagues and ship captains. Life on the Sand Pebble is no different. The Sand Pebble is patrolling the interior waters of China, where the the U.S. government is trying to protect its interests in the face of Nationalist and Communist battles against the feudal warlords. On board the Sand Pebble, Holman must deal with a captain whose wants often do not match what Holman can carry out. Ultimately the Sand Pebble is placed under quiet siege by the Chinese who are using this action as a symbol of the unwanted U.S. presence. Holman is implicated in an incident which could cause the start of an "all out" war, and as such places him in a bad position with his shipmates. Amidst all this turmoil, two romances occur, the first between Holman's colleague, good-hearted Frenchy Burgoyne and a slave girl named Maily, and the second between Holman and missionary schoolteacher, Shirley Eckert. Both romances face major obstacles.
- Written by Huggo
Really a pretty good movie. Had only seen snippets in the past. Real boat, filmed in Taiwan, no CGI,good story/acting , beautiful girl (half Thai - the writer of "Emmanuelle") , easily a 9/10.
I did find Candace Bergen's acting to be subpar, but maybe it's just the character that she was playing