Almost forgotten good films?



Biffo The Bear said:
Sleepers.
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Read the book multiple times only seen the film once
DBStar said:
L.A. Confidential and American History X for me.

Director forgot the order he filmed the scenes in.

One of the most brilliantly awful films ever.
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Completely, like it was written by two 14 year olds who had raided their grand drinks cabinet. Which is how i discovered it
niallquinnsdisco said:
Read the book multiple times only seen the film once

niallquinnsdisco said:
Read the book multiple times only seen the film once

Completely, like it was written by two 14 year olds who had raided their grans drinks cabinet. Which is how i discovered it
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turnthetide3 said:
"For a Few Dollars More" - great story and soundtrack.
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One of my favourite films. Would hardly call it forgotten though. Anyone 40+ would quite easily tell you who was in it etc. Maybe the younger generation may let this kind of film go under the radar for a generation or so until an actor stars in a western which is a hit then lots of people start to look around for other great westerns (IMDB, Empire etc). I've done it loads. Probably would never have watched pre 60's westerns if I hadn't seen The good,the bad and the ugly around the mid 80's. Same with all genres if film; horror, sci-fi and so on.
 
Midnight Cowboy .
Midnight express .(still feel the tension in the airport everytime i've watched it)
Benjamin Button.
Sleeper. (Woody Allen)
The Graduate.
Kung Fu Hustle .
 
safc9450 said:
Midnight express .(still feel the tension in the airport everytime i've watched it)
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That and scene where he runs off. Even though before watching it, you know he's had it.

Have you ever read his book? I've not gotten around to it but I read an interview where he said he loved Turkey itself and the people. You'd think he hated them from the angle of the film.
 
DBStar said:
That and scene where he runs off. Even though before watching it, you know he's had it.

Have you ever read his book? I've not gotten around to it but I read an interview where he said he loved Turkey itself and the people. You'd think he hated them from the angle of the film.
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Billy Hayes.
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The book is okay.
 
DBStar said:
That and scene where he runs off. Even though before watching it, you know he's had it.

Have you ever read his book? I've not gotten around to it but I read an interview where he said he loved Turkey itself and the people. You'd think he hated them from the angle of the film.
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Book is harrowing but a good read. A long time since I read it. I think he turns gay in prison for a while and the ending is a lot different than the film.
Hard to think that he and many others went through all that grief just to bring home some weed for personal use and to make a few $$ on the side and the stuff is largely legal in so many places now.

I sometimes watch ‘To Catch A Smuggler’ on the NatGeo channel. The airport police think they’re interrupting the drug trade when they catch some poor desperate schmuck who has either swallowed some blobs full of coke or poorly concealed it in their luggage when there are containers full of the stuff coming in, they are just the diversion and they’ll get ten years.
 
some belters mentioned

Here's a couple

Dogma - tainted by the hand of harvey weinstein and almost deliberately disguarded by cast and director
The Postman - released when costner seemed to have pissed off someone in hollywood and all his films got slated.
Lucky number Slevin
 
Probably not forgotten but watched Gladiator last night after a while. Russell Crowe was 35 when he made that, now 59. Still holds up as as one of the greatest ever films. Listening to Hans Zimmer now.
 

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