Another excellent B&W movie on AMC

[tyler811]

Great Movie


Right up there with 12 Angry Men

In 1992, The Night of the Hunter was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and was selected for preservation in their National Film Registry.



From Wikipedia:

The Night of the Hunter is a 1955 film noir, starring Robert Mitchum and Shelley Winters, and the only film Charles Laughton ever directed.[1] The film is based on the novel of the same name by Davis Grubb, adapted for the screen by James Agee and Charles Laughton. The novel and film draw on the true story of Harry Powers, hanged in 1932 for the murders of two widows and three children in Clarksburg, West Virginia. The film's lyric and expressionistic style sets it apart from almost all other Hollywood films of the 1940s and 50s, and has influenced later directors such as David Lynch, Martin Scorsese, Terrence Malick, and the Coen Brothers.

In 1992, The Night of the Hunter was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and was selected for preservation in their National Film Registry.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

So, t already started?

Also worth seeing:
The 1971 release of The Andromeda Strain .... I've sen the first half but was interrupted so I am working towards seeing the second half.

 

[JohnCU]

damn i needed more warning, i love film noir

 

[Saint Michael]

That movie is really good.

 

[Spacehead]

Thanks for the tip OP, never heard of that one.


Check out Impact & Scarlet Street. I remember those as being pretty good but it's been along time since i've seen either. Looks like Netflix carries those so i'll have to re-watch sometime.

 

[Iron Woode]

That movie is playing right now on TCMCanada, while AMCCanada is playing Flight of the Phoenix.

however, Lonestar channel is playing uncut, wide-screen Alien.

guess which movie I am watching.

 

[tyler811]

Originally posted by: Spacehead
Thanks for the tip OP, never heard of that one.


Check out Impact & Scarlet Street. I remember those as being pretty good but it's been along time since i've seen either. Looks like Netflix carries those so i'll have to re-watch sometime.

Thank you I will

 

[robphelan]

that's funny. i just watched this 2 nights ago. i'm revisiting old B& W movies..watching To Kill a Mockingbird right now.

 

[misle]

I believe that movie is up on Hulu.com

 

[tyler811]

Originally posted by: Iron Woode
That movie is playing right now on TCMCanada, while AMCCanada is playing Flight of the Phoenix.

however, Lonestar channel is playing uncut, wide-screen Alien.

guess which movie I am watching.

ummmm Debbie does Dallas

 

[BUTCH1]

Originally posted by: Iron Woode
That movie is playing right now on TCMCanada, while AMCCanada is playing Flight of the Phoenix.

however, Lonestar channel is playing uncut, wide-screen Alien.

guess which movie I am watching.

Which Flight of the Phoenix, the original or the half-assed remake?? The original is one of my fav. films..

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: BUTCH1

Originally posted by: Iron Woode
That movie is playing right now on TCMCanada, while AMCCanada is playing Flight of the Phoenix.

however, Lonestar channel is playing uncut, wide-screen Alien.

guess which movie I am watching.

Which Flight of the Phoenix, the original or the half-assed remake?? The original is one of my fav. films..

original

 

[BUTCH1]

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: BUTCH1

Originally posted by: Iron Woode
That movie is playing right now on TCMCanada, while AMCCanada is playing Flight of the Phoenix.

however, Lonestar channel is playing uncut, wide-screen Alien.

guess which movie I am watching.

Which Flight of the Phoenix, the original or the half-assed remake?? The original is one of my fav. films..

original

One of the stunt pilots hired to fly the "Phoenix" was killed during filming, no CGI back then, that guy had brass balls IMO..

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Night of the Hunter is definitely good fun, and confirms my inherent suspicion of down-home preachers. I don't really see it as a notable American film, however.