Thursday, August 1, 2024

Movies I Have Seen - August 2024 (1 movie)

 

12 Movies.

The Colony. 2013 (Canadian), Starring 



STARZ!, August 1, 2024. Soundtrack: "



Trivia: 

The film was shot at CFB North Bay using former NORAD facilities and at the R. L. Hearn Generating Station in Toronto.

The first movie to be shot at the decommissioned NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) base in North Bay, Ontario, Canada. 


Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes. 2024, Starring 


Elizabeth TaylorElizabeth Taylor...Self (archive footage)
Roddy McDowallRoddy McDowall...(archive sound)
Richard BurtonRichard Burton...(archive sound)
Debbie ReynoldsDebbie Reynolds...(archive sound)
George HamiltonGeorge Hamilton...(archive sound)
Marion RosenbergMarion Rosenberg...(archive sound)
Samuel MarxSamuel Marx...(archive sound)
John HeymanJohn Heyman...(archive sound)
Tim MendelsonTim Mendelson...(archive sound)


HBO, August 17, 2024, with Dr. Connie Luther. Soundtrack: "


The Great Escape. 1963, Starring 


  • Steve McQueen as Captain Virgil Hilts ('The Cooler King'): one of three Americans in the camp, a particularly persistent escapee with an irreverent attitude.
  • James Garner as Flight Lieutenant Bob Hendley ('The Scrounger'): American RAF officer, responsible for finding materials on the black market for the escape attempt; forms a close friendship with Blythe.
  • Richard Attenborough as Squadron Leader Roger Bartlett ('Big X'): RAF officer and ringleader of the escape committee.
  • James Donald as Group Captain Ramsey ('The SBO'): most senior British & Allied officer in the camp, serves as an intermediary between the Germans and the POWs as their de facto leader.
  • Charles Bronson as Flight Lieutenant Danny Welinski ('Tunnel King'): Polish RAF officer; despite having dug 17 escape tunnels in other camps, is severely claustrophobic.
  • Donald Pleasence as Flight Lieutenant Colin Blythe ('The Forger'): mild-mannered English forger; forms close friendship with Hendley.
  • James Coburn as Flying Officer Sedgwick ('The Manufacturer'): an Australian officer who constructs tools for the escape.[note 1]
  • Hannes Messemer as Oberst von Luger ('The Kommandant'): Commandant of the camp and a senior Luftwaffe officer.
  • David McCallum as Lieutenant-Commander Eric Ashley-Pitt ('Dispersal'): a Fleet Air Arm officer; devises a way to get rid of the tunnel dirt.
  • Gordon Jackson as Flight Lieutenant Andy MacDonald ('Intelligence'): Bartlett's second-in-command.
  • John Leyton as Flight Lieutenant Willie Dickes ('Tunnel King'): Welinski's best friend and co-lead on tunnel design and construction.
  • Angus Lennie as Flying Officer Archie Ives ('The Mole'): anxious Scottish airman who befriends Hilts in the cooler.
  • Nigel Stock as Flight Lieutenant Dennis Cavendish ('The Surveyor'): surveys the tunnel routes.
  • Robert Graf as Werner ('The Ferret'): young, naive guard whom Hendley befriends and exploits for black market contraband.
  • Jud Taylor as Second Lieutenant Goff: the camp's third American.
  • Hans Reiser as Kuhn: Gestapo officer and ardent Nazi.
  • Harry Riebauer as Stabsfeldwebel Strachwitz: the senior NCO amongst the German guards.
  • William Russell as Sorren ('Security'): British officer.
  • Robert Freitag as Hauptmann Posen: von Luger's adjutant.
  • Ulrich Beiger as Preissen: Gestapo officer.
  • George Mikell as SD Hauptsturmführer Dietrich: SS officer.
  • Lawrence Montaigne as Haynes ('Diversions'): Canadian officer.
  • Robert Desmond as Griffith ('Tailor'): British officer; provides civilian clothes and military uniforms to disguise the escapees.
  • Til Kiwe as Frick
  • Heinz Weiss as Kramer
  • Tom Adams as Dai Nimmo ('Diversions'): Welsh officer.
  • Karl-Otto Alberty as SD Untersturmführer Steinach: SS officer.
  • Arthur Atkinson as British Officer Charlie


PBS, August 18, 2024. Soundtrack: "


"Wha Hae the 42nd?"


Music by Elmer Bernstein. 


Anachronisms: 

The motorcycle sidecar combination that crashes into a ditch is revealed to be a Triumph motorcycle, too. These British motorcycle models were not in existence during World War II, and their appearance is anachronistic.

Hilts's baseball glove is a present-day (i.e., late 1950s/early 1960s) model, far too modern in design for a wartime glove.

The transport truck carrying the 50 prisoners who are to be shot has modern brake lights, circa early 1960's. Military trucks, especially during the war, either had no brake lights or taillights or only one very small red light at the rear.

The motorcycle that Hilts uses in his escape attempt was a 1960s British Triumph 650.

As the rowboat escapees, the "Tunnel Kings," near the end of their journey in a harbor, what appear to be container cranes can be seen in the background as they approach the ship and clamber onto the gangway, on both sides of the large vessel. Containerization did not begin until the mid 1950's and containership cranes were unknown in the 1940's.

Hilts' watch is a Rolex Submariner not available in the 1940s.

Traffic signs are clearly post-war.

At the start of the movie, they all presumably have parachuted out of their planes, have been kept in custody before getting to the camp, but they have miraculously kept their officers caps on, and none of their clothes have a soil or sweat-stain on them, apart from Attenborough's collar. The sort of trousers that McQueen wears get grubby in a day. And as for Garner's pristine white turtle-neck.....

During the escape, there is a brief shot of a bridge spanning a river. This bridge is very obviously a post-war construction.

The railway logo is incorrect.


Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. 2024, Starring 


  • Anya Taylor-Joy as Furiosa
  • Chris Hemsworth as Dementus, the deranged warlord leader of the Biker Horde, who abducted Furiosa, and eventual ruler of Gastown
  • Tom Burke as Praetorian Jack, the commander of the Citadel's first War Rig
  • Lachy Hulme as Immortan Joe, the warlord leader of the Citadel and enemy of the Biker Horde
    • Archive footage of Hugh Keays-Byrne as Immortan Joe from Mad Max: Fury Road is used during the end credits
    • Hulme also portrays Rizzdale Pell, Dementus' lieutenant
  • George Shevtsov as The History Man (the film's narrator), an expert in pre-apocalyptic history, science, and technology who serves Dementus[17]
  • John Howard as The People Eater, Joe's advisor and military strategist, and the future ruler of Gastown in Mad Max: Fury Road[12]
  • Angus Sampson as The Organic Mechanic, Dementus's and later Joe's personal physician[12]
  • Nathan Jones as Rictus Erectus, Joe's muscular but dim-witted son[12]
  • Josh Helman as Scrotus, Joe's psychologically unstable son[12][c][d]
  • Charlee Fraser as Mary Jabassa, Furiosa's mother[12]
  • Dylan Adonis as Valkyrie, Furiosa's childhood friend[19][e]
  • Elsa Pataky as Mr. Norton, a deformed survivor who joins the Biker Horde[20]
    • Pataky also portrays a Vuvalini General[20]
  • Goran D. Kleut as The Octoboss, the leader of the Mortifiers biker gang, who begins the film as Dementus's temporary ally[21]
  • David Collins as Smeg, Dementus's henchman, dance proclaimer, and messenger[22]
  • Matuse as Fang, Dementus's henchman[23]
  • Clarence Ryan as Black Thumb, Praetorian Jack's mechanic on the War Rig[24]
  • Bryan Probets as Chumbucket, a hunchbacked auto mechanic at the Citadel[25][f]
  • Quaden Bayles as War Pup[26]
  • Lee Perry as The Bullet Farmer, ruler of the Bullet Farm and the Citadel's arms supplier[19][g]
    • Archive footage of Richard Carter as The Bullet Farmer from Mad Max: Fury Road is used during the end credits[13]
  • Daniel Webber as War Boy[12]
  • Jacob Tomuri as Max Rockatansky,[h] a loner living in his V8 Interceptor who witnesses Furiosa return to the Citadel; he later helps Furiosa and the "Five Wives" defeat Immortan Joe and his army, and claim control of the Citadel in Mad Max: Fury Road (Tomuri served as Tom Hardy's stunt double during the filming of Fury Road)[27][28][29]
    • Archive footage of Hardy as Max from Mad Max: Fury Road is used during the end credits[13]

Additionally, the end credits are intercut with archive footage from Mad Max: Fury Road, in which Nicholas HoultRosie Huntington-WhiteleyZoë KravitzRiley KeoughAbbey Lee, and Courtney Eaton appear as Nux, The Splendid Angharad, Toast the Knowing, Capable, The Dag, and Cheedo the Fragile, respectively; the latter five are also portrayed by stand-ins in silhouette during the film's final scene


Crave, August 20, 2024. Soundtrack: "



Waiting For Anya. 2020, Starring 



Prime, August 23, 2024. Soundtrack: "


Golda. 2023, Starring 



Prime, August 24, 2024. Soundtrack: "



The Big Chill. 1983, Starring 



STARZ!, August 27, 2024. Soundtrack: "



How The Gringo Stole Christmas. 2023, Starring 


Emily TostaEmily Tosta...Claudia
Jack KilmerJack Kilmer...Leif
Mariana TreviñoMariana Treviño...Gabbi
George LopezGeorge Lopez...Bennie
Alma MartinezAlma Martinez...Tita
Luke SpeakmanLuke Speakman...Leif Jr.
Romy PenicheRomy Peniche...Carmen
Francisco CarrilloFrancisco Carrillo...El Mighty
Anthony ZunigaAnthony Zuniga...Javier
Justice Alexander MojicaJustice Alexander Mojica...Lucky
Jairo OrozcoJairo Orozco...El Casper
Amile WilsonAmile Wilson...Toby
Carys GlynneCarys Glynne...Uber Driver
Anabel GraciaAnabel Gracia...Yoga Instructor
Elijah OramaElijah Orama...Little Boy
Erica Stacy WilsonErica Stacy Wilson...Airport Person
Stacy Stephen PurserStacy Stephen Purser...Airport Person
Brian S. WhiteBrian S. White...Airport Cop 2 and Cluck-E-Cheese
Chase GonzalezChase Gonzalez...TSA Agent


STARZ, August 27, 2024. Soundtrack: "Jingle Bells."


The Gathering Storm. 2002 (BBC/HBO), Starring 



HBO, August 27, 2024, with Dr. Connie Luther. Soundtrack: "



Anachronisms: 

The famous speech Churchill wants to revise (and later delivers in the House of Commons) in the beginning of the film ("To see Mr Gandhi, a seductive Mid-Temple Lawyer ... posing as a half-naked fakir in a manner quite well known in the East, striding up the steps of the Vice-Regal palace to parley on equal terms with the representative of the King Emperor") was actually delivered in 1930, whereas the film starts some years later.

During the 'Battle of Blenheim' scene, the Union Jack is shown as one of the colors of the English army. The Union Jack was only used as a battle-standard after the Act Of Union in 1707, three years after the Battle of Blenheim.


Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1. 2024, Starring 



Crave, August 30, 2024. Soundtrack: "



Anachronisms: 

There are a number of firearms mistakes throughout the film, mainly dealing with muzzle loading cap and ball revolvers being loaded with cartridges. The first part is supposed to take place in 1859, revolvers back then included the Colt Dragoon, Navy and Walker (which are used in the film), all of which are loaded by pouring gunpowder in the cylinders, crimping a ball (bullet) on top of a patch into the cylinder and putting a firing cap (primer) on the cylinder's nipple. The first cartridge firing revolvers weren't seen until around 1860 but were rare and expensive, they didn't become common enough for the average person to afford until the 1870's. The first affordable, mass produced cartridge firing revolver was the Colt Single Action Army released in 1873. Cartridge conversion kits for the Colt Walker, Army and Navy's seen here didn't come out until 1871.

In the opening scene, the father surveying the land is holding a yellow pencil which was not invented until 30 years later in 1889.

The revolver carried by Hayes Ellison appears to be a Colt Army Model 1860 with a Richard's cartridge conversion kit, which didn't exist at the time. The scenes with Ellison take place in 1863, at that time the Colt Army was strictly a cap and ball pistol, it didn't fire cartridges, which Ellison is shown loading. The Richard's conversion kit allowed the 1860 Army to be converted to fire cartridges, but it didn't come out until 1871.


Midnight Run. 1988, Starring 



Hollywood Suite. August 31, 2024. Soundtrack: "



Bullitt. 1968, Starring 


  • Steve McQueen as San Francisco Police Lieutenant Frank Bullitt. McQueen based his performance on San Francisco Inspector Dave Toschi, with whom he worked prior to filming.[19][20] McQueen even copied Toschi's unique "fast-draw" shoulder holster. Toschi later became famous, along with Inspector Bill Armstrong, as the lead San Francisco investigators of the Zodiac Killer murders that began shortly after the release of Bullitt.[20]
  • Robert Vaughn as Walter Chalmers. Vaughn initially turned down the role, feeling the plot was too "thin."[21] Decades later, when Vaughn considered entering politics, he discovered that people couldn't take him seriously, or found him untrustworthy, as they remembered his performance in this film.[22]
  • Jacqueline Bisset as Cathy, Bullitt's girlfriend. Katharine Ross was offered the role, but she turned it down, as she felt the part was just too small.[23]
  • Don Gordon as Inspector "Del" Delgetti, Bullitt's partner. This film was the first of three times McQueen worked on-screen with his real-life friend Gordon, the other two were in Papillon (1973) and The Towering Inferno (1974).
  • Robert Duvall as Weissberg, a cab driver.
  • Simon Oakland as Captain Sam Bennett
  • Norman Fell as Captain Baker
  • Carl Reindel as Sergeant Carl Stanton
  • Felice Orlandi as Albert Renick, the fake "Johnny Ross"
  • Pat Renella as the real Johnny Ross
  • Georg Stanford Brown as Dr. Willard
  • Justin Tarr as Eddy, an informant
  • Vic Tayback as Pete Ross
  • Paul Genge as Mike, a hitman
  • Ed Peck as Wescott, a reporter
  • Robert Lipton as Chalmers' aide
  • John Aprea and Bill Hickman as hitmen
  • Al Checco as a desk clerk


Hollywood Suite. August 31, 2024. Soundtrack: "