Incredible music
Incredible music
"I’m going to have somebody’s butt in my briefcase." One of the best lines of all time.View attachment 1307492
What's not to like? Paul Newman, Sally Field, a vintage boat, a Mazda RX-7, and Miami in the early 1980s. But it is Wilford Brimley's performance holding court near the movie's end that will knock your socks off. This 40-year-old flick has aged well. Currently streaming on Amazon Prime US.
Incredible music
I can't speak for the civilian version, but the military versions of this jacket are comfortable, warm and surprisingly lightweight.
The orange lining in the pic of McQueen wearing it open looks like milspec. The orange in the jacket pic below seems washed out and not as bright. Most of the ones I wore had a brass zipper and pull, but I did have one that was steel. Never had one that was black or plastic.According to website, they have both an authentic version as well as a less-expensive replica.
Which one do you think McQueen wore?
William Holden in Stalag 17!
I'm a big Billy Wilder fan and have loved most of his movies. But I saw Stalag 17 only recently . . . and somehow I couldn't avoid thinking (in the comic scenes) of Hogan's Heroes! It was the same way for me with Sunset Boulevard at first. I'd seen parodies of it on Carol Burnett and other variety shows growing up, and couldn't absorb the true flavor of the film until I was older and on a second viewing. Apparently there is something about Wilder's films that lends itself to parody.What a great movie. Going to have to watch it again now!
Watching Peter Graves as a bad guy was fun.
I'm a big Billy Wilder fan and have loved most of his movies. But I saw Stalag 17 only recently . . . and somehow I couldn't avoid thinking (in the comic scenes) of Hogan's Heroes! It was the same way for me with Sunset Boulevard at first. I'd seen parodies of it on Carol Burnett and other variety shows growing up, and couldn't absorb the true flavor of the film until I was older and on a second viewing. Apparently there is something about Wilder's films that lends itself to parody.
Never thought of that, but they both have a certain gravelly Midwestern soundPart of 1957's Trooper Hook, the big-screen adaptation of Jack Schaefer's classic Western short story "Sergeant Houck." Joel McCrea plays the title role, the stalwart and tough-but-human soldier detailed to bring a woman (Barbara Stanwyck) captured some years ago by the Apaches back to her husband -- along with the child she bore to the Apache chief. Very good casting, especially to someone who has read the short story many times and admires its storytelling and writing.
Odd moment: During one of McCrea's rare longer speeches as Hook, I found his voice very familiar. It took some flipping through my mental database, but at last I had it. McCrea sounded exactly like William Holden in Sunset Boulevard and Stalag 17!