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Watching a bit of telly tonigth. Watching a "oldies" movie channel. It's currently showing Deliverence, from 1972.

 

The 60's 70's and 80's had some great, well written shows and movies. Never mind special effects and 80's hairstyles, what would be your favorite(s) movies or shows from these decades? Me, 3 of my faves would be :

 

Movies:

Colossus; the forbin project

Deliverance (the guitar-banjo scene)

Soylent Green

 

Shows:

Space 1999

The Time Tunnel

Mission Impossible

 

Yours?

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Ahhh, I love the classics. Can we draw from earlier decades? :) My all-time favourites are all in black 'n white:

 

- Casablanca ("Play La Marseillaise! Play it!")*

- The Asphalt Jungle (with a very young Marilyn Monroe in a tiny part)

- 12 Angry Men ("I'm convinced.")

 

Sticking to the 60s and beyond though, I do like:

 

- Colossus:The Forbin Project... nice call! That movie terrified me as a kid, all because of the ending. I see they're making a remake in the next year or two, which is never a good sign...

- I remember Silent Running depressing me profoundly.

- Cabaret, for its astonishing depth in what I thought would just be a sexy movie about a nightclub.**

 

TV shows, if I stick to pre-1980:

 

- the original Star Trek

- Twilight Zone/Night Gallery (sort of the same show, all Rod Serling stuff)

- Combat! (wasn't born during the original run, but learned to appreciate it later)

 

Sigh. It's taken 'til just recently for modern television to finally catch up to its original quality with shows like Deadwood, Carnivale, and others.

 

* that first one is always worth watching one more time:

Released in 1942... when nobody knew yet how the war in Europe would turn out.

 

** and that second one. Aww what a nice little song that cute blonde kid is singing. Hey, WAIT a minute!!:

... and that old guy knows exactly where this is all leading.

 

Oddly enough, those two clips offer perfect counterpoints to each other (though I didn't set out to do that, nor to pick clips with the very same "villains"!)

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Yep, Collossus still sends chills down my spine (got the dvd version). Those last lines of dialogue in metallic voice :

 

"In time, you will come to regard me not only with respect and awe, but with love."

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"In time, you will come to regard me not only with respect and awe, but with love."

 

Forbin: "NEVER."

 

Yup. First movie I remember seeing where the human race fought something, and LOST.

 

From 8:19 on

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I'm sure most of these will come as a surprise to no one, given my cerb name:

 

Movies:

 

Lolita

Dr. Strangelove

2001: A Space Oddessy

Patton

 

TV:

 

Star Trek

Hill Street Blues

Cosby Show

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Movies:

 

Blood Feast (1963)

The Wizard of Gore (1970)--this one was recently remade with Crispin Glover. I haven't watched it yet, but Crispin Glover is always a good choice.

 

 

TV:

 

Star Trek

Twilight Zone

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Anything by Kubrick, and of course Star Wars god damnit.

 

As for telly, I'm just now watching season 7 of Dallas, and season 1 of Soap.

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Movies:

Guess Who's coming to Dinner?

The Graduate

Bullitt

Bonnie and Clyde

The Odd Couple

Serpico

Taxi

 

TV Shows:

Get Smart

Columbo

Maude

The Love Boat

Star Trek

Mission Impossible

Cannon

Hart to Hart

Dynasty

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Movies:

 

In the heat of the Night

Cookoo's Nest

To Kill a Mockingbird

Marathon Man

Guns of Navarone

The Graduate

 

 

TV Shows:

 

Beverly Hillbillies

Get Smart

Have Gun Will Travel

Johnny Carson - Tonight Show

All in the Family

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Movies from the '60s:

 

Bullit, The Great Escape, The Magnificent Seven, To Kill A Mockingbird, From Russia With Love, A Fist Full Of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More, The Good, The Bad And The Ugly, The Manchurian Candidate, Easy Rider.

 

Show from the '60s:

 

Get Smart, The Fugitive, Bonanza (started in the 50s and ran until the 70s), The Flintstones, Mission Impossible.

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Heh, since contributing to this thread I've been watching bits of Cabaret again, particularly the first five minutes and the number "Wilkommen".

 

Willkommen

 

I remember seeing this for the first time in my late teens (a time when I had absolutely zero chance with any woman on the planet), and being absolutely enthralled by the powerfully sexy, more than a little seedy and utterly decadent atmosphere of the KitKat club. Very strong stuff when most of sex is still a mystery. (And man, did Joel Grey ever nail the part of the emcee...)

 

Truth is, I'd still pay regular visits to the place if there was anything like it in Ottawa. ;)

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Movies: Bullitt, Giant, Bound, Crash by David Cronenberg, My name is nobody.

 

TV: All in the family, Wild Wild West, Get smart, Mash, Barney Miller, Magnum P.I.

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Movies

 

The Godfather, Airport, The Magnificent Seven, The Dirty Dozen, One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest, and Blazing Saddles for a little comedy

 

TV Shows

 

Mash

Get Smart

The Odd Couple

Fawlty Towers

McHales Navy

Hawaii Five O

Carol Burnett Show

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