The Fast and the Furious on TCM????

Couldn't believe my eyes...the Fast and the Furious on TCM!

1955, John Ireland and Dorothy Malone. One of the first movies directed by
Roger Korman,,,

A man wrongly imprisoned for murder breaks out of jail. He wants to clear
his name, but with the police pursuing him, he's forced to take a
beautiful young woman, driving a fast sports car, hostage and slip into a
cross-border sports car race to try to make it to Mexico before the police
get him.

Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/ wrote:
> Couldn't believe my eyes...the Fast and the Furious on TCM!
>
> 1955, John Ireland and Dorothy Malone. One of the first movies directed by
> Roger Korman,,,
>
> A man wrongly imprisoned for murder breaks out of jail. He wants to clear
> his name, but with the police pursuing him, he's forced to take a
> beautiful young woman, driving a fast sports car, hostage and slip into a
> cross-border sports car race to try to make it to Mexico before the police
> get him.

No surprise. I haven't seen an original idea out of Hollyweird in a LONG
time...
Just saw that there is a remake of "True Grit" With Jeff Bridges taking
the title role... JEFF BRIDGES!!! Playing a role made famous by John
Wayne!!!



--
Steve W.
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(='.'=)
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On Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:38:29 -0500, "Steve W." >
wrote:

>Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/ wrote:
>> Couldn't believe my eyes...the Fast and the Furious on TCM!
>>
>> 1955, John Ireland and Dorothy Malone. One of the first movies directed by
>> Roger Korman,,,
>>
>> A man wrongly imprisoned for murder breaks out of jail. He wants to clear
>> his name, but with the police pursuing him, he's forced to take a
>> beautiful young woman, driving a fast sports car, hostage and slip into a
>> cross-border sports car race to try to make it to Mexico before the police
>> get him.
>
>No surprise. I haven't seen an original idea out of Hollyweird in a LONG
>time...
>Just saw that there is a remake of "True Grit" With Jeff Bridges taking
>the title role... JEFF BRIDGES!!! Playing a role made famous by John
>Wayne!!!

My wife knew I liked "High Noon" so she bought me the DVD.
With Tom Skeritt starring.
hehe.

--Vic

On Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:38:29 -0500, Steve W. wrote:

> Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/ wrote:
>> Couldn't believe my eyes...the Fast and the Furious on TCM!
>>
>> 1955, John Ireland and Dorothy Malone. One of the first movies directed
>> by Roger Korman,,,
>>
>> A man wrongly imprisoned for murder breaks out of jail. He wants to
>> clear his name, but with the police pursuing him, he's forced to take a
>> beautiful young woman, driving a fast sports car, hostage and slip into
>> a cross-border sports car race to try to make it to Mexico before the
>> police get him.
>
> No surprise. I haven't seen an original idea out of Hollyweird in a LONG
> time...
> Just saw that there is a remake of "True Grit" With Jeff Bridges taking
> the title role... JEFF BRIDGES!!! Playing a role made famous by John
> Wayne!!!


Aw, geeze!

I liked the remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still...

Not. Made it through 15 minutes and turned it off. WTF was that?

Yep, doggy and I stayed awake extra late last night and watched The Fast
and the Furious on TCM.It's a Good movie.
cuhulin

Vic Smith wrote:
> On Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:38:29 -0500, "Steve W." >
> wrote:
>
>> Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/ wrote:
>>> Couldn't believe my eyes...the Fast and the Furious on TCM!
>>>
>>> 1955, John Ireland and Dorothy Malone. One of the first movies directed by
>>> Roger Korman,,,
>>>
>>> A man wrongly imprisoned for murder breaks out of jail. He wants to clear
>>> his name, but with the police pursuing him, he's forced to take a
>>> beautiful young woman, driving a fast sports car, hostage and slip into a
>>> cross-border sports car race to try to make it to Mexico before the police
>>> get him.
>> No surprise. I haven't seen an original idea out of Hollyweird in a LONG
>> time...
>> Just saw that there is a remake of "True Grit" With Jeff Bridges taking
>> the title role... JEFF BRIDGES!!! Playing a role made famous by John
>> Wayne!!!
>
> My wife knew I liked "High Noon" so she bought me the DVD.
> With Tom Skeritt starring.
> hehe.
>
> --Vic
>

OOPS, well at least she tried...

I look at some of the remakes and a VERY few are pretty good.

I have 4 different versions of Time Machine, 4 of King Kong, 6 different
versions of War of the Worlds. Plus a host of others.

Some of them REALLY SUCK as well....

--
Steve W.
(\___/)
(='.'=)
(")_(")

On Wed, 08 Dec 2010 22:58:48 -0500, "Steve W." >
wrote:

>
>I have 4 different versions of Time Machine, 4 of King Kong, 6 different
>versions of War of the Worlds. Plus a host of others.
>
>Some of them REALLY SUCK as well....

Yes. I have seen some good remake versions. Seems the key to success
is to remake a mediocre or worse movie or one where a beast or alien
or science fiction is the nominal star/subject.
Even James Bond suffered when it lost Connery.
King Kong is a good example. The remake (with Jessica Lange) was much
better than the Fay Wray version.
But you don't try to remake classics where the star actors stamped
them. It won't work.
You just can't "remake" Citizen Kane, Gone with the Wind or High Noon.
Nobody will find success remaking the Godfather either.
Gary Cooper won the Oscar for High Noon. I won't go into the rest of
the cast, the direction, etc.
That High Noon DVD with Tom Skerrit is still in a sealed case.
Bought by accident from the bargain bin.
Probably lost money for whoever tried that fool move.

--Vic