Name That Movie!

[BoSoxGal]

Another sports themed movie, which might possibly have been done before - I can’t remember.

What is this?

It's sauteed zucchini.

It's I-ty food. I don't want no I-ty food.

It's not. I got it at the A&P. It's like... squash.

I know I-ty food when I hear it! It's all them "eenie" foods... zucchini... and linguine... and fettuccine. I want some American food, dammit! I want French Fries!

[dales]

Breaking Away



Another one in my collection.

[Big RR]

I think Dales has it.

My favorite quote from the film:

Hey! Are you really gonna shave your legs?

Dave: Certo! All the Italians do it.

Mike: Ah. Some country. The women don't shave theirs.

[BoSoxGal]

Over to you, dales!

[Bicycle Bill]

DAMN !!!   I missed this one, or I'd have been all over it like chocolate sauce on an ice cream sundae.

-"BB"-

[dales]

Go ahead Bicycle Bill.

Take my turn.

[Bicycle Bill]

Go ahead Bicycle Bill.

Take my turn.

Naah, you beat me fair and square.
It's yours; I'll get another chance.

-"BB"-

[Long Run]

Talk about a movie that has not aged well -- I saw the last 30 minutes of it recently and it was embarrssingly bad. The sport scenes are awful and unbelievable (even assuming that such a ridiculous race format would be a thing at a major college), the dialogue is stilted and unrealistic, the acting is goofy; almost unwatchable. There must be a category for the worst good film (it still gets 4 stars and received critical awards) -- this one would be on it.

[dales]

Home? I have no home. Hunted... despised... living like an animal. The jungle is my home! But I will show the world that I can be its master. I shall perfect my own race of people... a race of atomic supermen that will conquer the world

[Crackpot]

Tarzan?

[dales]

This is the most uncomfortable coffin I've ever been in. Your selection is quite shoddy. You are wasting my time.

[Lord Jim]

One of my all time favorites; we'll be watching it again in a few days...

It's about time somebody went with a Halloween-appropriate flick...

If nobody gets it today I'll take it tomorrow, and post another seasonal film...

[dales]

One of my all time favorite quoted form the movie:

Conrad Brooks: Mr. Lugosi? I know you're very busy, but, um... can I have your autograph?
Bela Lugosi: Certainly.
Conrad Brooks: You know which movie of yours I love, Mr. Lugosi? The Invisible Ray. You were great as Karloff's sidekick.
Bela Lugosi: Karloff? Sidekick? FUCK YOU! Karloff does not deserve to smell my shit! That limey cocksucker can rot in Hell for all I care!
Edward D. Wood, Jr.: What happened?
Bela Lugosi: How dare that asshole bring up Karloff? You think it takes talent to play Frankenstein? It's all makeup and grunting!
[mocks Frankenstein]
Edward D. Wood, Jr.: Bela, I agree with you 100%. Now, "Dracula," that's a role that requires talent.
Bela Lugosi: Of course. Dracula requires presence. It's all in the eyes, and the voice, and the hands...
Edward D. Wood, Jr.: That's right. That's right. You seem a little agitated. You wanna to go outside and get some air?
Bela Lugosi: Bullshit! I'm ready now! Roll the camera!

[RayThom]

One of my all time favorite quoted form the movie:

... Conrad Brooks:...The Invisible Ray,...

As I painfully recall, that was me through most of elementary and high school. Soon after, alcohol and drugs fix that identity crisis for me.

Carry on.

[Big RR]

I was thinking the same movie as Dales, but then I think the actual dialog comes from one of the movies "filmed" as part of that movie (and I really don't know which one, although I doubt it's Glen or Glenda).

[Lord Jim]

Ed Wood...

Dale's first quote was originally delivered by Lugosi in Wood's Bride Of The Monster:



And here's Landau as Lugosi delivering the line in Ed Wood:

[Big RR]

Jim, did you know Bride of the Monster from seeing it or from Ed wood? I'll admit to seeing Plan 9 when I was younger (somehow wasting 90 minutes of my life didn't bug me as much then), and I did watch Glen or Glenda (and don't recommend it) after the Ed Wood movie, but I never though I could sit through Bride of the Monster.

[Lord Jim]

I saw both Plan 9 From Outer Space and Glen Glenda back when I was in college, but I didn't see Bride Of The Monster until after the Depp movie came out...

I made a point of watching it, because I figured that with a cinema impresario as important to the history of film making as Edward Wood, a true film buff shouldn't miss any of his ground-breaking work...

[Big RR]

As I recall from the Ed Wood film, it was Lugosi doing his best William Shatner imitation--did it live down to expectations?

[dales]

Take it away, LORD JIM!