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Bad movie I have Grease 1978
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Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) Review
When Joe who is a hypocondriac is told he is dying, he decides he might as well accept an offer to throw himself in a volcano on a tropical island because he has nothing to lose but that journey will make him realise how he should have been living. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Continue reading Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) Review

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Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway in Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974)
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez, John Hillerman, Darrell Zwerling, Diane Ladd, Roy Jenson, Roman Polanski, Richard Bakalyan, Joe Mantell. Screenplay: Robert Towne. Cinematography: John A. Alonzo. Production design: Richard Sylbert. Film editing: Sam O'Steen. Music: Jerry Goldsmith.
Where there's money, there's murder, and where the sun shines brightest, the shadows are darkest. That's why film noir was invented in Hollywood, and why California's greatest contribution to American literature may have been the pulp fiction of James M. Cain and the detective novels of Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Ross Macdonald. Chinatown, which draws on that tradition, has a kind of valedictory quality about it, harking back to the 1930s roots of noir, although the genre's heyday was the postwar 1940s and paranoia-filled early 1950s. (Curtis Hanson would exploit that latter era in his 1997 film L.A. Confidential.) But it's also very much a film of the 1970s, which is to say that 42 years have passed and Chinatown is showing its age. The revelation that Katherine (Belinda Palmer) is both the daughter and the sister to Evelyn Mulwray (Faye Dunaway) no longer has the power to shock that it once did, incestuous rape having become a standard trope of even TV drama. Nor does the "dark" ending, which director Roman Polanski insisted on, despite screenwriter Robert Towne's preference for a more conventionally hopeful resolution, seem so revolutionary anymore. It remains a great film, however, thanks to those quintessential '70s stars, Dunaway and Jack Nicholson, in career-defining performances, the superb villainy of John Huston's Noah Cross, and Roman Polanski's deft handling of Towne's intricate screenplay, carefully keeping the film limited to the point of view of Nicholson's Jake Gittes. Production designer Richard Sylbert and costume designer Anthea Sylbert (Richard's sister-in-law), aided by cinematographer John A. Alonzo, are responsible for the stylish evocation of 1930s Los Angeles. The atmospheric score is by Jerry Goldsmith.
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CINE Chinatown (1974) Título original: Chinatown País: Estados Unidos Dirección: Roman Polanski Idioma: Inglés con subtítulos en Español
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Reparto: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez, Burt Young, John Hillerman, Darrel Zwerling,
Género: Cine negro. Intriga. Drama. Años 30
SINOPSIS: Los Ángeles, 1937. El detective Gittes, especializado en divorcios, recibe la visita de la esposa de Mulwray, el jefe del Servicio de Aguas de la ciudad, que sospecha que su marido la engaña. Al mismo tiempo, Gittes descubre que los agricultores acusan a Mulwray de corrupción por su negativa a construir un pantano que paliaría la sequía que sufren. Poco después, el escándalo salta a la prensa, pero la cosa se complica cuando una mujer se presenta en el despacho de Gittes con una sorprendente revelación.
Críticas: "Todo un clásico del cine moderno. Lograda ambientación y notables dosis de intriga para toda una obra maestra. Imprescindible." -Fernando Morales: Diario El País
Premios: 1974: Oscar: Mejor guión original. 11 nominaciones 1974: 4 Globos de Oro, incluyendo Mejor película - Drama. 7 nominaciones 1974: Premios BAFTA: Mejor director, actor (Nicholson) y guión. 11 nominaciones 1974: Círculo de Críticos de Nueva York: Mejor actor (Nicholson). 2 nominaciones 1974: Sindicato de Directores (DGA): Nominada a Mejor director 1974: Sindicato de Guionistas (WGA): Mejor guión original drama
Café Mientras tanto jcp
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Today's joy with Rachel Joy Scott Friday edits is Rest In Peace to those famous stars & angels Verne Troyer, Richard Griffiths, Alan Rickman, Richard Harris, Michael Gambon, John Hurt, Robbie Coltrane, Helen McCrory, Roberts Blossom, Billie Burke, Frank Sutton, Jim Nabors, Judy Garland, Margaret Hamilton, Clara Blandick, Shirley Temple and baby Leroy, Paul Grant, Leslie Phillips, Robert Hardy, Timothy Bateson, Terence Bayler, Robert Knox, Sam Beazley, Paul Ritter, Dave Legeno, Peter Cartwright, Derek Deadman, Hazel Douglas, Alfred Burke, Jimmy Gardner, Elizabeth Spriggs, Bob Newhart, Tom Poston, Dean Martin, Mary Frann, Betty White, Rik Mayall, Brian Nickels, Jerry Reed, Matthew Perry, Raymond Burr, Mary Ann Jackson, Dorothy DeBorba, Mary Kornman, Mildred Kornman, Peaches Jackson, Peggy Cartwright, Darla Jean Hood, Jean Darling, Peggy Montgomery, Bob Barker, Lucille Ricksen, Michael Kenneth Williams, Pat E. Johnson, Richard Burton, Cyril Cusack, Roger Lloyd Pack, Peter Frye, John Boswell, James Walker, Shirley Rosemary Stelfox, Shirley Jean Rickert, Janet Key, June Marlowe, Virginia Weidler, Jane Withers, Peter Michael Falk, Bruce Kirby, Mike Lally, John Finnegan, Robert Culp, Vito Scotti, Val Avery, Fred Draper, Alan Fudge, Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Richard Belzer, Richard Bull, Jerome Guardino, Bill Zuckert, Steven Gilborn, Ed McCready, Paul Carr, James Avery, Parley Edward Baer, Sherman Hemsley, Ellen Albertini Dow, Carl Reiner, Alan Wolf Arkin, Michael Jeter, Debbie Lee Carrington, James Caan, Ed Asner, Ana Ofelia Murguía, Paul Newman, Madge Sinclair, Robert Guillaume, Mary Ethel Gregory, Michael Landon, Katherine MacGregor, Kevin Hagen, Dabbs Greer, John Heard, Leonard Stone, John Candy, Victor Edwin French, Robin Williams, Peter Fonda, Geoffrey Palmer, Olivia Newton-John, Eve Arden, Rose Joan Blondell, Alice Ghostley, Darrell Zwerling, Dody Goodman, Lance Reddick, Andy Griffith, Don Knotts, Anissa Jones, Bridgette Andersen, Dominique Dunne, Samantha Reed Smith, Heather and Judith Barsi, Fred Rogers, Olivia Twenty Dahl, Roald Dahl, Sofie Magdalene Dahl, Walter Elias Disney, Ruth Flora Disney, Denise Marie Nickerson, Louis XVII, Lois Janes, Marie Thérèse de France, Christopher Plummer, Eazy-E, Peter Cartwright, John William "Johnny" Carson,
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In order to protect the reputation of the American space program, a team of NASA administrators turn the first Mars mission into a phony Mars landing. Under threat of harm to their families the astronauts play their part in the deception on a staged set in a deserted military base. But once the real ship returns to Earth and burns up on re-entry, the astronauts become liabilities. Now, with the help of a crusading reporter, they must battle a sinister conspiracy that will stop at nothing to keep the truth hidden. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Robert Caulfield: Elliott Gould Col. Charles Brubaker: James Brolin Kay Brubaker: Brenda Vaccaro Lt. Col. Peter Willis: Sam Waterston Cmdr. John Walker: O.J. Simpson Dr. James Kelloway: Hal Holbrook Judy Drinkwater: Karen Black Albain: Telly Savalas Hollis Peaker: David Huddleston Walter Loughlin: David Doyle Sharon Willis: Lee Bryant Betty Walker: Denise Nicholas Elliot Whitter: Robert Walden Control Room Man: James B. Sikking Capsule Communicator: Alan Fudge Vice President Price: James Karen F.B.I. Man Number 1: Jon Cedar General Enders: Hank Stohl President: Norman Bartold Dr. Bergen: Darrell Zwerling Dr. Burroughs: Milton Selzer Horace Gruning: Lou Frizzell Mrs. Peaker: Nancy Malone Jerry: Paul Picerni Alva Leacock: Barbara Bosson Reporter (uncredited): Bob Harks Film Crew: Casting: Jane Feinberg Casting: Mike Fenton Set Decoration: Rick Simpson Production Design: Albert Brenner Original Music Composer: Jerry Goldsmith Director of Photography: Bill Butler Costume Design: Patricia Norris Sound mixer: Jerry Jost Stunt Coordinator: Bill Hickman Makeup Artist: Michael Westmore Location Manager: Ron Underwood Assistant Director: Irby Smith Art Direction: David M. Haber Producer: Paul Lazarus III Director: Peter Hyams Special Effects: Henry Millar Associate Producer: Michael I. Rachmil Editor: James Mitchell Still Photographer: Bruce McBroom Script Supervisor: Marshall J. Wolins Hairstylist: Emma M. diVittorio Boom Operator: Joseph Kite Special Effects: Bruce Mattox Special Effects: Robert Spurlock Camera Operator: James R. Connell Title Designer: Dan Perri Movie Reviews: John Chard: It’s a pleasure alright, and I don’t feel guilty about it at all!. A NASA space mission up to Mars fails to get off the ground due to major technical problems. Fearing funding could be taken away and wishing to avoid embarrassment, the powers that be decide to do a fake landing in a studio. With the astronauts forced to pretend that they are actually up on Mars, and fighting with their own personal belief systems, the government executives in charge fear that the fake flight could come to light. Upon learning that the outside world actually thinks they crashed upon reentering the earths atmosphere, the astronauts run for their lives knowing that the government can’t afford for the men to stay alive. Capricorn One is an excellent conspiracy picture that sadly seems to have been largely forgotten. Even today we are still hearing mooted stories of the landing on the moon actually being fake, so here director and writer Peter Hyams takes it and crafts a thrillingly taut piece of work. At the films heart is Elliot Gould’s (his great 70s work under valued) intrepid journalist, Robert Caulfield, after being nudged in the ribs by one of his friends at NASA, is himself under threat of death from shadowy government types who will think of nothing to offing him along with the astronauts. The film is split into two very significant halves, the first half is the set up, the conversations before and after the fake landing are clever and crucially attention grabbing, and of course we get to know our characters with the right amount of time. The film then shifts for the second half into a quality thriller chase movie, our main protagonists pursued by the government assassins courtesy of two gun toting helicopters. Jerry Goldsmith’s score brilliantly becoming part of the chase sequences, making the helicopters seem like death stalking machines operated by no man alone. We even get Telly Savalas joi...
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A pandemic has ravaged the world. By 2012, New York City is practically a ghost town and those who remain are divided into gangs fighting for survival and power. A scientist in one of the gangs has developed seeds that are resistant to the plague. The gang fights its way out of the city in hopes of starting a new life with the seeds. ("The Ultimate Warrior", flm)

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Capricorn One (1977)
Director - Peter Hyams, Cinematography - Bill Butler
"Look, when a reporter tells his assignment editor that he thinks he may be on to something that could be really big, the assignment editor is supposed to say: "You've got forty eight hours, kids, and you better come up with something good or it's going to be your neck!" That's what he's supposed to say, I saw it in a movie."
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Grease (1978) 40th Anniversary Review
Even though it's old enough to be one of its own middle-aged high schoolers, Grease (1978) is still the word. #Review
Rereleased to celebrate its 40th anniversary, “Grease” takes us to a nostalgia-fuelled retro-dystopia where middle-aged adults are forced to attend high school and endure the trials and tribulations of adolescent life, no doubt the forfeit of some Faustian pact or “Lost”-style purgatorial atonement. After being drowned by a freak wave during a weekend getaway to the coast to restore the lost…
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Reseña y resumen de la película Chinatown (1974)
Reseña y resumen de la película Chinatown (1974)
La participación de Gittes comienza con un caso de adulterio. Lo visita una mujer que dice ser la esposa de un hombre llamado Mulwray. Dice que su marido la engaña. La investigación de Gittes lo lleva a Mulwray (Darrell Zwerling), audiencias en la ciudad, lechos de ríos secos y, finalmente, el cuerpo ahogado de Mulwray y la verdadera Sra. Mulwray (Faye Dunaway). Al tropezar con asesinatos,…

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One of my coolest, and most unusual autographs. He had been ill, and his handwriting was shaky and the inscription is definitely an original one. 'Modestly' sounds funny, to me. Master actor and acting teacher, Jeff Corey. I wrote to Jeff a year or so before he died. He was a very busy actor, on stage, on TV and in the movies. A long list of credits, 237 film and TV appearances combined, as seen on imdb.com 'Jeff was born Arthur Zwerling, (August 10, 1914 – August 16, 2002) was an American stage and screen actor and director who became a well-respected acting teacher after being blacklisted in the 1950s, during the McCarthy commie 'witch hunt'. His ability to teach helped sustain him, when he was not able to work, in Hollywood.
During his blacklisting, Corey drew upon his experience in various actors' workshops (including the Actors' Lab, which he helped establish, by seeking work as an acting teacher. He soon became one of the most influential teachers in Hollywood. His students, at various times, included Robert Blake, James Coburn, Richard Chamberlain, James Dean, Jane Fonda, Peter Fonda, Michael Forest, James Hong, Luana Anders, Sally Kellerman, Shirley Knight, Bruce Lee Penny Marshall, Jack Nicholson, Roger Corman, Darrell M. Smith, Diane Varsi, Sharon Tate, Rita Moreno, Leonard Nimoy, Sally Forrest, Anthony Perkins, Rob Reiner, Robert Towne, Barbra Streisand, and Robin Williams.
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Chinatown, directed by Roman Polanski 1974 - Film Noir With Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez, John Hillerman, Darrell Zwerling, Diane Ladd and Roman Polanski
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‘Chinatown’: magia y dureza del cine neo noir
La sala número 1 de Multicines Tenerife, sede habitual del Aula de Cine de la Universidad de La Laguna, acogió el 10 de octubre la segunda película del ciclo dedicado al actor Jack Nicholson. En este caso, fue la ganadora del Óscar (1974) a Mejor guion original la proyectada, efectivamente, los espectadores viajaron con ‘Chinatown’ hasta 1937, a Los Ángeles, donde el detective Gittes, especializado en divorcios, recibe la visita de la esposa de Mulwray, el jefe del Servicio de Aguas de la ciudad, que sospecha que su marido la engaña. Así comienza esta historia dirigida por Roman Polánski y conducida musicalmente por Jerry Goldsmith.
Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez, Burt Young, John Hillerman y Darrel Zwerling protagonizan una de las historias más épicas del cine negro. Tanto es así, que no solo la cinta le valió a Robert Towne, el guionista, el prestigioso Óscar sino que también 4 Globos de Oro, incluyendo Mejor película, el Premio BAFTA a Mejor director, actor (Nicholson) y guion, el reconocimiento del Círculo de Críticos de Nueva York con el galardón a mejor actor a Nicholson y la nominación a mejor director por parte del Sindicato de Directores (DGA).
Envueltos durante dos y once minutos, en la que podría afirmarse, una de las mejores celuloides del cineasta polaco- francés, las luces de la sala número 1 se encendieron y dieron lugar al coloquio posterior, en el que participaron Manuel Díaz Noda, crítico de cine, Gonzálo Pavés, historiador de cine y profesor de la Universidad de La Laguna (ULL) y Fernando de Iturrate, director del Aula de Cine y también docente en la (ULL).
El primer turno lo tomó Díaz Noda que comenzó desentrañando el título, “el título de la película dice mucho de ella de forma sutil, por un lado, es la historia no contada de Chinatown, el pasado del personaje de Nicholson y a su vez es el spoiler de la película. Hay referencias a lo largo de la película pero no sabemos a qué viene ese nombre hasta el final”. Iturrate, por su parte, aportó otra visión, “yo lo veo de otra forma, en el séptimo arte los personajes no tienen por qué contarlo todo y eso está muy bien. Chinatown llevo al personaje de Nicholson a una desgracia y termina en el mismo sitio con otra, todo con un ritmo que muchos jóvenes hoy podrían catalogar de lento, sin embargo, a mi me parece el adecuado”. Gonzálo Pavés añadió una perspectiva más personal y habló de su experiencia personal en la ciudad de Los Ángeles, en la que vivió un año, “para entender el título, ‘Chinatown’, hay que entender que la ciudad Los Ángeles es una ciudad engañosa, en la televisión se representa muy bonita, casas unifamiliares, buen clima… Pero resulta engañosa porque, a pesar de que se presenta como ciudad muy humana, se mueve un submundo muy poco glamouroso. Chinatown está en el centro de la ciudad y es la película es una metáfora de esa doble urbe que existe”.
Durante la ponencia, los expertos también hablaron sobre el género cinematográfico al que pertenece la obra, el cine negro es mostrado no solo a través del tono de la trama, también a través del vestuario, los tipos de plano y los colores. Iturrate resaltó la iluminación como elemento clave de este noir. Manuel Díaz fue más allá e introdujo el concepto de cine neo noir, “se busca romper con todos los elementos del cine negro y actualizarlo”, explicó. Pavés hizo hincapié en estos subgéneros y apuntó que “siempre ha habido una discusión sobre dónde están las fronteras, cine negro, cine noir y sus variantes, como el retro noir o el future noir, creo que la gran diferencia está en el tono. Las tramas noir se caracterizan por ser una narración en primera persona, es decir, el personaje principal se va enterando de las cosas a la vez que el espectador”.
Lucas Morales, periodista y moderador del debate, antes de dar la palabra a los miembros del público hizo un apunte interesante a esta última intervención: “está película es un estudio de la mirada porque el espectador sigue la historia a través de Jack Nicholson”. Y es interesante porque mediante ese estudio de la mirada nos percatamos de lo importante que son los tipos de plano destacando, por ejemplo, que en muchas ocasiones la cámara está justo detrás de Jake Gittes haciendo que nos pongamos en su lugar o cuando este mira a través de unos prismáticos y vemos la escena moldeada a la forma de estos, tal y como lo ve el personaje.
En la recta final de la conversación, Díaz Noda retrató dos giros fundamentales de la trama, “hay dos grandes momentos en la película en las que se abofetea al espectador, el momento en el que la señora Mulwray devela su gran secreto y descoloca por completo y, por supuesto, ese final inesperado que vuelve a remover y a conectar toda la historia”. Sus compañeros asienten y es que, sin duda, la magia de ‘Chinatown’ reside en tus tempos, es un guion magistral y en una narrativa cuidada y dura que no deja a nadie indiferente.
Tras un intenso coloquio, en el que muchos detalles y opiniones enriquecieron la visión general del filme, Morales dio por concluida la charla. Una velada memorable en la que solo se puede aludir una de las frases más famosas de ‘Chinatown’ para llevarle la contraria (Never) “Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown”.
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[Last Film I Watched] Chinatown (1974)
[Last Film I Watched] Chinatown (1974)
Title: Chinatown Year: 1974 Country: USA Language: English, Cantonese, Spanish Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller Director: Roman Polanski Writer: Robert Towne Music: Jerry Goldsmith Cinematography: John A. Alonzo Cast: Jack Nicholson Faye Dunaway John Huston Perry Lopez John Hillerman Diane Ladd Burt Young Roy Jenson Joe Mantell Richard Bakalyan Darrell Zwerling Roman Polanski Bruce Glover James…
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