TCM Premieres....

[LostHorizons]

JPB was very entertaining in The Professional as was the movie itself.
Doing a bit of an avant la lettre Rambo in the early scenes set in that
fictitious African country. And then returning to France to take revenge
on the security folks who betrayed him. A well paced action flick with
the turned up fighting noises. Wam! Bam! Sadly, spoiler alert, JPB doesn't
make it out alive. What makes the movie even more interesting is that froggy
is still trying to hold on in Francophone Africa and not doing that well.

I saw that in the news the other day, the Wagner mercenaries killed a ton of French backed Mail (I believe?) soldiers and it reminded me of this film’s scenario. Russia has completely usurped France in Africa.

[LostHorizons]

I was home yesterday and decided to watch Seven Days, Seven Nights, knowing nothing about it. Bad decision!

Boring as crud. I completely agree. I won’t ever watch it again. It somehow passes Pedro Costa and Antonioni in the boring crud department.

[Andree]

I saw that in the news the other day, the Wagner mercenaries killed a ton of French backed Mail (I believe?) soldiers and it reminded me of this film’s scenario. Russia has completely usurped France in Africa.

Yeah, I don't keep up with the details but the French seem to be losing
influence in Francophone Africa, which puts a big grin on my face. Quel
dommage.

[Hibi]

I was home yesterday and decided to watch Seven Days, Seven Nights, knowing nothing about it. Bad decision!

Boring as crud. I completely agree. I won’t ever watch it again. It somehow passes Pedro Costa and Antonioni in the boring crud department.

LOL! You have a way with words. Moreau really tries to breathe some life into it, but has nothing to work with.

[LostHorizons]

I was home yesterday and decided to watch Seven Days, Seven Nights, knowing nothing about it. Bad decision!

Boring as crud. I completely agree. I won’t ever watch it again. It somehow passes Pedro Costa and Antonioni in the boring crud department.

LOL! You have a way with words. Moreau really tries to breathe some life into it, but has nothing to work with.

I checked it out because the movie description made it sound like a thriller where they “witness a murder” like Rear Window and have to find the killer but it’s literally just they both show up at the scene of a cordoned off, police crime scene next door and then bond over that. Ick

[Hibi]

Boring as crud. I completely agree. I won’t ever watch it again. It somehow passes Pedro Costa and Antonioni in the boring crud department.

LOL! You have a way with words. Moreau really tries to breathe some life into it, but has nothing to work with.

I checked it out because the movie description made it sound like a thriller where they “witness a murder” like Rear Window and have to find the killer but it’s literally just they both show up at the scene of a cordoned off, police crime scene next door and then bond over that. Ick

I know! That's what I thought too. Instead it was just an interminable yackfest between 2 people with too much time on their hands talking about what may have happened and forming some sort of odd bond over 7 Days and Nights! One can't blame the guy for wanting to leave town at the end! Enough already! One could do a great take off of this kind of film...

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FRI., 8-23
SUTS: Robert Shaw...

1:45 pm (CT)

"Force 10 from Navarone"
is a 1978 British war film loosely based on Alistair MacLean's 1968 novel of the same name. It is a sequel to the 1961 film The Guns of Navarone. The parts of Mallory and Miller are played by Robert Shaw (who died before the film was released), and Edward Fox, succeeding in the roles originally portrayed by Gregory Peck and David Niven. It was directed by Guy Hamilton and also stars Harrison Ford, Carl Weathers, Barbara Bach, Franco Nero (in a "plastic surgery" role previously played by Tutte Lemkow), and Richard Kiel.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force_10_ ... one_(film)

During World War II, several oddly assorted military experts are teamed in a mission to raid and destroy a bridge vital to enemy strategy.
IMDB rates 6.8/10
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077572/re ... _=tt_ov_rt

11:30 pm (CT)

"The Luck of Ginger Coffey"
is a 1964 Canadian film directed by Irvin Kershner. It is based on the Governor General's Award-winning novel by Northern Irish-Canadian writer Brian Moore

James "Ginger" Coffey (Robert Shaw), an unemployed Irishman whose nickname stems from his red hair and mustache, moves his family to Montreal in hopes of finding work. He has trouble getting a job, until a friend helps him land a lowly position at a newspaper. Because of his poor prospects, his wife (Mary Ure) leaves him, taking their daughter with her. Ginger works at becoming a reporter to win back his wife and impress his daughter, but booze and brawling distract him from his goal....

"Robert Shaw shines as the title character in this tale of Irish immigrants hoping to create a new life for themselves in Montreal, Canada. While “Ginger” is undeniably self-deluded, unrealistic, and dishonest, the strength of Shaw’s performance lies in the fact that we literally can’t help sympathizing with Ginger from the moment he appears on-screen: his face is full of such genuine good cheer (his eyes are piercingly bright) that one immediately understands why he gets so far on charisma and charm alone. Unfortunately, despite the deceptively cheery soundtrack, circumstances quickly go downhill, as Ginger makes one bad decision after another, and his wife (played with nuance and depth by Shaw’s real-life wife, Mary Ure) suddenly realizes she can no longer count on Ginger as a reliable partner. Given its depressing trajectory, The Luck of Ginger Coffey won’t be for all tastes — but it’s certainly worth a look...."
https://filmfanatic.org/?p=5284

bump for today

[nakanosunplaza]

Mary Ure was married to Shaw until her death.

[Feinberg]

I really like Ginger Coffey and it gives one a good feeling of Montreal in the 60's. Besides great performances from Shaw and Ure, Libby McLintock is good as their daughter and watch for Liam Redmond as the Scottish managing editor and Tom Harvey as Joe McGlade. Enjoy!

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TUE S., 8-27
SUTS: Ossie Davis...

5:00 am (CT)

"Harry & Son" (1984)

A construction worker and widower, Harry Keach (Paul Newman) is a no-frills kind of guy, but his artistically inclined son, Howard (Robby Benson), wants to be a writer, causing a rift between the two. Although Howard makes attempts at finding a regular job, he can't help but return to his daydreaming tendencies. As Howard reconnects with his ex-girlfriend Katie Wilowski (Ellen Barkin), Harry becomes closer with her mother, Lilly (Joanne Woodward), bringing both men some degree of happiness.

"American drama film directed by Paul Newman, who also stars. The screenplay by Newman and Ronald Buck focuses on the relationship between a blue-collar worker and his son (Robby Benson), who fails at various odd jobs while aspiring to be a writer.
Joanne Woodward, Ellen Barkin, Ossie Davis, Wilford Brimley, and Judith Ivey also star. The film also features Morgan Freeman. ...
"Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times rated the film one star and commented, "This movie looks like the aftermath of an explosion in the story department. It's about everything. They give us so many relationships, so many problems, so many emotional hazards, so many colorful characters, we need a battery-lighted ballpoint, so we can take notes in the dark."...
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 29%, based on 24 reviews, and an average rating of 4.4/10.[3] Vincent Canby of The New York Times called the film "a decently intentioned but rather drab mess of a movie" ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_%26_Son

"...Despite its flaws, Harry & Son may just be the most personal film Paul Newman ever made, and for that reason, it merits discussion...it is Newman’s only screenwriting credit. Undeniably, he invested a lot of time and effort into the project. This is a story he clearly wanted to tell. It’s a story he needed to tell – not for the audience, but for himself....
The film reflects some of the parenting struggles Newman faced in his own life. He fathered six children, five girls and one boy, yet he once remarked, “I didn’t have any talent to be a father.” In 1978, six years before the release of Harry & Son, Newman’s son, Scott, overdosed and died in a Los Angeles hotel room. ...
Harry & Son is Newman’s attempts to make amends. It is his attempt to find healing through his filmmaking. In the film’s final reel, tears form in Harry’s eyes as he reaches out to embrace Howard. We get the sense this is Newman reaching back in time to embrace his own son. In this moment, .....
https://crookedmarquee.com/harry-son-pa ... onal-film/

9:15 am (CT)
"HOT STUFF" 1979

American action crime comedy film[1][2] starring Dom DeLuise, Suzanne Pleshette, Jerry Reed and Ossie Davis. DeLuise also directed the film (the only film where he did so), and the song "Hot Stuff" was written and performed by Reed. ...

Miami police detectives Ernie, Louise, Ramon, and Doug (played by DeLuise, Pleshette, Avalos, and Reed), frustrated at their inability to convict the criminals they arrest, decide to set up a sting[3] as a fencing operation to trap criminals in a pawn shop, recording the illegal transactions on the (then) new technology of portable VHS videotape cameras.

With less than helpful support from their captain (Davis), the trio decides to re-sell some of their stolen items to stay in business.[4] Trouble follows as they run afoul of the local mob boss. ...
Roger Ebert gave the film two and a half out of four stars and said:
"It is easy to imagine this material not working even though the movie is also livened up by explosions, shootouts and a wild party. Most of the movie's character-building and most of the laughs happen on one set, and repeat the one situation. But the characters are so well-drawn (not deeply drawn, just well drawn) that we get to like them. DeLuise, directing himself, doesn't indulge himself, and gives a lot of the best lines to his three costars."[11]

"DeLuise was a brilliant comic but only within restrained bits. Stretched out to feature-length, he wears on your nerves." — armchaircinema.com....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Stuff_(1979_film)

11:15 am CT

"The Sheriff" 1971

A rape case opens racial divisions in a small town. A black sheriff and his white deputy investigate allegations that a wealthy white businessman raped a black college student
Director
David Lowell Rich

Writer
Arnold Perl

Stars
Ossie Davis, Kaz Garas, Kyle Johnson, Ruby Dee...

"....When watching the movie, you can't help but get the feel that it was a de facto pilot for a potential TV series. Given the strong performances delivered in the movie -- particularly by Ossie Davis in the lead role and his real life wife Ruby Dee in the supporting role as his spouse -- as well as its intense drama,...And the rapist is a white man - Ross Martin himself, the mighty Wild Wild West Arthemus Gordon. His character is nearly as good as the one he had in EXPERIMENT IN TERROR.
"The Sheriff" certainly seemed to have all the essential elements to have become a hit 70's TV drama series.
However, and presumably because it was the early 70/s, network execs probably feared that such a TV series with a black man in the starring role wouldn't have been accepted by the mainstream American viewing audience.

Nevertheless, "The Sheriff" is a compelling made -for-TV movie, with splendid acting performances and gripping drama that can still captivate viewing audiences today...."

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067746/re ... _=tt_ov_rt

1:30 am CT

"Baadassss!"

Mario Van Peebles' half-documentary/half-homage to his father Melvin Van Peebles' movie Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971).
Director
Mario Van Peebles
Writers
Melvin Van PeeblesMario Van PeeblesDennis Haggerty
Stars
Mario Van Peebles, Nia Long, Joy Bryant, Ossie Davis...

"....This is an exciting, funny and moving film about one man's zeal to make the movie he wants to make. Melvin did not want to kowtow to studios and was fed up with how blacks were portrayed in Hollywood movies. So he set out to make a movie where the black man fought back, then went on the run and got away. And he did it with an ethnically diverse crew (which was unheard of then), many of whom knew little or nothing about movie-making.

"Baadasssss!" brilliantly illustrates Melvin's struggles, including pretending he was shooting a black porno film to hide his real intent from the crafts unions, running out of money, losing his vision in one eye and finding a distributor for "Sweet Sweetback."

Mario shows a deep sense of love and respect for his father's achievement. But Mario definitely doesn't sugarcoat his depiction of Melvin. ..."

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367790/re ... _=tt_ov_rt

[scsu1975]

"HOT STUFF" 1979

American action crime comedy film[1][2] starring Dom DeLuise, Suzanne Pleshette, Jerry Reed and Ossie Davis. DeLuise also directed the film (the only film where he did so), and the song "Hot Stuff" was written and performed by Reed. ...

Miami police detectives Ernie, Louise, Ramon, and Doug (played by DeLuise, Pleshette, Avalos, and Reed), frustrated at their inability to convict the criminals they arrest, decide to set up a sting[3] as a fencing operation to trap criminals in a pawn shop, recording the illegal transactions on the (then) new technology of portable VHS videotape cameras.

With less than helpful support from their captain (Davis), the trio decides to re-sell some of their stolen items to stay in business.[4] Trouble follows as they run afoul of the local mob boss. ...

It's a fun movie, with a great bit by Pat McCormick.

[cmovieviewer]

Here are the TCM premieres for September, as determined by the TCM schedules database.

Notes:
- The dates shown are based on a programming day starting at 6 am ET and running past midnight.

Sep 1 - A Master Builder (2013)
Sep 3 - World in My Corner (1956)
Sep 15 - They All Laughed (1981)
Sep 20 - The Lives of Others (2006)
Sep 23 - Appointment with Death (1988)
Sep 24 - Zoot Suit (1981)
Sep 24 - The Cisco Kid (1994)
Sep 29 - The Enchanted Cottage (1924)
Sep 30 - Capote (2005)

For additional details, please refer to my TCM schedule information page:

http://escapepress.com/tcmsched/tcm_overview.html

[Hibi]

I really like Ginger Coffey and it gives one a good feeling of Montreal in the 60's. Besides great performances from Shaw and Ure, Libby McLintock is good as their daughter and watch for Liam Redmond as the Scottish managing editor and Tom Harvey as Joe McGlade. Enjoy!

I enjoyed the film, but didn't understand the ending. We are to imply she took him back? I missed the intro so I was unsure where this was taking place at first. Even later was unsure what city (obviously Quebec)

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late SUN., 9-1

3:00 am (CT)

A MASTER BUILDER (2013)

"...directed by Jonathan Demme, based on Henrik Ibsen's 1892 play The Master Builder. The film was released in the United States in June 2014 and stars Wallace Shawn, Julie Hagerty, Lisa Joyce and Andre Gregory.
The film is a production of the Ibsen play dealing with the relationship between an aging architect and a younger woman. The play originally premiered in 1893....

Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 82% of 33 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating is 6.9/10.[7] Metacritic rated it 67 out of 100 based on 17 reviews.[8]
David Edelstein of New York wrote that the film "brings the genius of Ibsen to the screen in a way I never thought was possible."[9] Jay Weissberg of Variety called it "constricted and uninspired".[10] Stephen Holden of The New York Times wrote that Shawn "employs insidious sleight of hand to score moral points".[11] Jordan Mintzer of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "Wallace Shawn shines in this well-acted piece of filmed theater."[12] The magazine Architectural Record gave the film a mixed review, singling out Julie Hagerty's performance opposite Wallace Shawn as exceptional"...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Master_Builder

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TUES., 9-3

8:45 pm (CT)

The World in My Corner (1956)

"Tommy Shea, a boxer from Jersey City, is sponsored by millionaire Robert Mallinson. He falls for Mallinson's daughter Dorothy, who wants freedom from her father's controlling ways and to pursue her writing career. In order to acquire enough money to begin his life with Dorothy, Tommy begins to work for crooked fight promoter Harry Cram....

American film noir drama sports film directed by Jesse Hibbs and starring Audie Murphy, Barbara Rush and Jeff Morrow.
The film was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. It is one of the few non-Western films in which Murphy appeared...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_in_My_Corner

".......At least "World in My Corner" seems aware of its routine nature. Rather than trying to hide it, the movie makes it an asset by playing things straight, avoiding unnecessary detours and keeping both plot and characters within a narrow focus. The result may not be stylish or innovative but it does offer a modest degree of satisfaction.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049965/re ... _=tt_ov_rt