Question to the Older JTFers... whats your favorite old movie?

[briann]

I'm curious.... and when I say old movie... I mean pre-hippie.

[briann]

No one?

[BritishSword]

Do
I count as an older JTF-er?

I have absolutely no idea what you mean by pre-hippie.

[briann]

Do
I count as an older JTF-er?

I have absolutely no idea what you mean by pre-hippie.

Hmmm... pre-1965

I guess you don't have to be old to have knowledge of older movies... so if you know any good ones, feel free to contribute.

[muman613]

Im old (born in 1965) and I never really liked the old movies either...

[BritishSword]

Release Date 21st October 1964
My Fair Lady
Absolutely jolly fantastic.
Starring Audrey Hepburn.

Witty charming and rewatchable. It adressed a particular complaint of mine about the english not speaking properly.

When I was a kid, I never tried to appear "cool" so my parents would let me watch these olde classics.

[angryChineseKahanist]

Wow! I was still in my mother's ovaries waiting my turn.

Whatever from before 1965 in black and white:
voyage under the sea
time tunnel
tales of tomorrow


Can't think of any movies.

[Lisa]

Probably "Gone With The Wind."  It was the best adaptation from a book to a movie I've ever seen.  Vivien Leigh was the perfect Scarlett.  In fact, all the main characters were perfectly cast. 

I also liked "The Ten Commandments." 

[muman613]

Probably "Gone With The Wind."  It was the best adaptation from a book to a movie I've ever seen.  Vivien Leigh was the perfect Scarlett.  In fact, all the main characters were perfectly cast. 

I also liked "The Ten Commandments."

Well the 10 Commandments are a given favorite...  There is no Moses who fills the shoes of Charlton Heston...

[Lisa]

The 10 Commandments also had its campy moments with Anne Baxter playing Nefertiri.  I liked it when she said in a low voice:

"Moses, Moses, Moses!"

"Are her lips ruby red and moist like mine?  Or are they parched by the desert sun?"  Or something to that effect.

[BritishSword]

Another good one.
Gigi
set in france, but it is so stylish. There are some very good musical pieces.

I like it as well because it is an innocent film and yet it probably wouldn't make it past todays
politically correct filter.

I mean, in the opening scenes we have maurice chevalier introducing himself, saying his occupation is
as a lover. Then pointing out various ladies riding in carriages.
That would have had the feminists shooting him for a start.

Then he sits down on a rock and starts singing in outrageous french accent.

"Thank heav awn for leetol girls
for leetol girls grow bigger every day"

Police siren in distance.

[briann]

Another good one.
Gigi
set in france, but it is so stylish. There are some very good musical pieces.

I like it as well because it is an innocent film and yet it probably wouldn't make it past todays
politically correct filter.

I mean, in the opening scenes we have maurice chevalier introducing himself, saying his occupation is
as a lover. Then pointing out various ladies riding in carriages.
That would have had the feminists shooting him for a start.

Then he sits down on a rock and starts singing in outrageous french accent.

"Thank heav awn for leetol girls
for leetol girls grow bigger every day"

Police siren in distance.

I will check out your suggestions.  I do like musicals.

[Secularbeliever]

The Great Escape Steve McQueen and James Garner among many other stars.

[muman613]

I guess this movie is considered Old by todays standards...

'2001 A Space Odyssey'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_a_space_odyssey

2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. It was co-written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, partially inspired by Clarke's short story "The Sentinel". The story deals with a series of encounters between humans and mysterious black monoliths that are apparently affecting human evolution, and a space voyage to Jupiter tracing a signal emitted by one such monolith found on the moon. Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood star as the two astronauts on this voyage, with Douglas Rain as the voice of the sentient computer HAL 9000 who has full control over their spaceship.

Stop Dave, I'm Afraid Dave....



This scene is serene...

[muman613]

Call me campy but I loved the old James Bond movies...

1965:


1967:


Can't forget Goldfinger
1964:

[muman613]

And for my third entry I'd like to nominate another great Stanley Kubrik directed film...

Wait... Wait...

"A Clockwork Orange", a 1971 film which is a cult classic...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Clockwork_Orange_(film)

A Clockwork Orange is a 1971 film adaptation of Anthony Burgess's 1962 novel of the same name. It was written, directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick. It features disturbing, violent images, facilitating its social commentary on psychiatry, youth gangs, and other social, political, and economic subjects in a dystopian, future Britain.

Alex (Malcolm McDowell), the main character, is a charismatic, psychopathic delinquent whose interests include classical music (especially Beethoven), rape, and what is termed "ultra-violence". He leads a small gang of thugs (Pete, Georgie, and Dim), whom he calls his droogs (from the Russian друг, "friend", "buddy"). The film chronicles the horrific crime spree of his gang, his capture, and attempted rehabilitation via controversial psychological conditioning. Alex narrates most of the film in Nadsat, a fractured adolescent slang comprising Slavic (especially Russian), English, and Cockney rhyming slang.

A Clockwork Orange features a soundtrack comprising mostly classical music selections and Moog synthesizer compositions by Wendy Carlos (then known as as "Walter Carlos"). The now-iconic poster of A Clockwork Orange was created by designer Bill Gold.

Now heres the original scene:

[briann]

I would add 'From Russia with love' to the 007 movies.