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^ what he said.
I wondered all those things too.
“Deadhead Miles” (1972) — a rare curiosity no one’s seen.
“Race With the Devil” (1975) has the most exciting multi-truck chase ever filmed.
There’s no foreign object. They put a rag over his nose and mouth likely soaked in chloroform to render him unconscious. This was a standard bit in movies and TV of the time, though research it and you’ll find that in reality would take a lot longer than a few seconds.
I have to agree that for every one of those proud moments enshrined in a film classic there are many seedy, sad embarrassments left unheralded. I salute director Eastwood for bringing one of the most appalling examples in my lifetime to the big screen.
Fake news wasn’t born in 2016, and it isn’t always due to a lazy press. The problem is the trust in our federal agencies, the ones sworn to find the really bad guys. Is this trust misplaced? It is when the entire investigation hinges on a PROFILE.
Newsflash: A PROFILE IS NOT EVIDENCE.
It is nothing more than a tool used to select people for investigation. It should NEVER be confused with evidence itself. In this case it appears it was, by both the feds and the press.
I never read the Times and other paper’s articles on this story. Wondering if anywhere way down on the third page, paragraph 18, there’s a weak disclaimer like “Despite the flurry of federal activity, independent investigative experts are quick to point out that the FBI has yet to turn up any actual evidence linking suspect Jewell to the bombing. As of now, all they have is a profile matching some aspects of Jewell’s behavior. Profiles are not evidence and are intended only as a starting point for further investigation.”
“UNDER ARREST!”
Last saw this in 1975, but that line uttered by the boys trying to extort money from hookers with a fake badge still makes me laugh.
I’ve heard some claim this movie covers a world most white people never knew.
Nah.
I didn’t run from hoodlums but a lot of this — not unknown to me.
Second favorite:
“This is for the brothers that ain’t here”.”
(pouring wine into the sand)
Hijackers wanted the first flights of the day to minimize chance of cancellation or delay.
As this film shows, the flights were not perfectly synchronized. Frustrating to see had there been a real contingency plan there was plenty of time to take action. There wasn’t because our great federal agencies were too busy fighting each other for funding.
No, you don’t.
Yes.
No, that was some movie bullshit.
Detective was unnecessarily hard and obnoxious, threatening the husband with arrest and grabbing him. Very unlikely what would happen in real life especially if they may want to question hubby later. Not every bust has to be like a drug bust. For one the community can pushback various ways to make a cop’s life hard and second, it’s dangerous.
But it do make for a cracklin’ scene.
I thought it was just comic exaggeration, like when a joke bombs and hearing weak applause comic says thanks to “all three of you.”
Agreed.
Movie’s second best scene.
I liked that line also.
Opens up favors?
I’ve drunk scotch with many a woman.
Never had that effect that I’ve seen.
You bet.
I saw this in a La Jolla theater in 1973, but back then theatrical re-releases were common even years after the original debut. This film wasn’t a big hit, so it wouldn’t have been re-released on its own. Did you see it with another flick? Double bills were the rule in the 70’s, especially for re-released titles. There’s nothing unlikely about seeing it in a theater in 1975.
He was not good.
Can’t remember much of anything he was good in, but certainly not this.
“It’s rare to see a leading man and say, ‘He can’t act.’
^ That.
Agreed.
Two movie characters have frightened me.
Dustin Hoffman in “Straight Time”.
The other is Morgan Freeman in “Street Smarts.”
I would have been afraid to meet him in person.
The scariest crazy ******* I had ever seen on film.
Yet seven years later, his tender regret in Shawshank moved me to tears.
I absolutely would have given him the Oscar for SS.
But why did he do that?
You’re not alone, friend.