But that was a theatrical movie! It was certainly a TV movie writ large, though.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 19 March 2003 16:21 (twenty-one years ago) link
― phil-two (phil-two), Wednesday, 19 March 2003 16:25 (twenty-one years ago) link
Especially the scene where she is stripping in time for an orchestra conductor who is playing Moonlight Sonata. Da-da-da-da-da-da Ha!― elisabeth k, Wednesday, 19 March 2003 16:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
― elisabeth k, Wednesday, 19 March 2003 16:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
Mask was a Peter Bogdonavich movie. (And number 66 in John Waters' "Hatchet Piece"!)
― rosemary (rosemary), Thursday, 20 March 2003 02:27 (twenty-one years ago) link
Norman Mailer's Gary Gilmore story with Tommy Lee Jones, Rosanna Arquette, Christine Lahti, Eli Wallach and the cinematography of Freddie Francis
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 20 March 2003 03:32 (twenty-one years ago) link
This was Off the Minnesota Strip, if I remember correctly, and was pretty good. I also like Go Ask Alice, and [girls name]: Diary of a Teenage Runaway with Eve Plumb. (Do you detect a theme?) ABC's Movie of the Week from the early 70s owns this thread.
― nickn (nickn), Thursday, 20 March 2003 06:11 (twenty-one years ago) link
― minna (minna), Thursday, 20 March 2003 06:18 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Chris Barrus (xibalba), Thursday, 20 March 2003 06:26 (twenty-one years ago) link
Brian Dennehy deserves an honourable mention.
― estela, Thursday, 20 March 2003 06:29 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 20 March 2003 06:36 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Arthur (Arthur), Thursday, 20 March 2003 06:53 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 20 March 2003 18:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 20 March 2003 19:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
― nickn (nickn), Friday, 21 March 2003 07:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
anyone else seen 'the wave,' from 1981, with bruce davison as the history teacher who decides to try to turn his students into nazis as an in-class experiment?
just found it on youtube and was amazed how much of it i remembered, considering i'd barely thought about it since seeing it in eighth grade. some bad acting, but i still found it surprisingly powerful and not-dated.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 14 April 2011 01:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh yeah, very dim memories of this thing. Don't know if I actually saw it or just heard about it.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 14 April 2011 01:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Overview of the actual event, at least what's known about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Third_Wave
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 14 April 2011 01:54 (thirteen years ago) link
And getting back to Davison:
In 1978 he appeared opposite actor Richard Hatch in the made-for-tv biopic of 1960s pop duo Jan & Dean Deadman's Curve, playing the role of Dean Torrence.
What the hell was that like!
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 14 April 2011 01:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Whoa, the ending of the movie -- with Bruce Johnston!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8nao_z9NSs
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 14 April 2011 01:57 (thirteen years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8b/Brians_Song.jpg
I mean c'mon!
― The Louvin Spoonful (WmC), Thursday, 14 April 2011 02:12 (thirteen years ago) link
anybody remember After the Promise w/ Mark Harmon, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092519/? about a father who gets all his kids taken away by the state during the depression and tries to find/rescue them all from their situations. horrifically sad, haven't seen it since back then but it stayed with me
― tremendoid, Thursday, 14 April 2011 04:49 (thirteen years ago) link
It came from 1983:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8f/Malibutitlescreen.jpg
The TV movie that time forgot, I think; don't seem to be any clips anywhere. Get a load of that cast!
Malibu is a 1983 television film, based on a novel by William Murray. Featuring Kim Novak and James Coburn, the all star miniseries involves a young couple from Milwaukee, who move into the fabled, high-society Malibu beach community, and become involved with the lives of the various people living in the community.CastWilliam Atherton - Stan HarveyJames Coburn - Tom WhartonSusan Dey - Linda HarveyChad Everett - Art BonnellSteve Forrest - Rich BradleyGeorge Hamilton - Jay PomerantzJenilee Harrison - CindyAnn Jillian - Gail HessianRichard Mulligan - Charlie WighamAnthony Newley - Wilson MahoneyKim Novak - Billie FarnsworthValerie Perrine - Dee StauferEva Marie Saint - Mary WhartonBridget Hanley - Laura BonnellTroy Donahue - Clint RedmanBrad Maule - Lane PondaRichard McKenzie - Hunnicutt PowellRod McCary - Alex WestSelma Archerd - Amanda SettlesFloyd Levine - Mr. XHansford Rowe - Dr. FerraroReid Smith - TadDouglas Dirkson - BascombDiane Sommerfield - LeoniSteve Levitt - GoopyPeter Van Norden - BumboCarol Hamner - Mrs. BenedictMonique St. Pierre - Jane DennisonTawny Kitaen - Mahoney's Girlfriend
Cast
William Atherton - Stan HarveyJames Coburn - Tom WhartonSusan Dey - Linda HarveyChad Everett - Art BonnellSteve Forrest - Rich BradleyGeorge Hamilton - Jay PomerantzJenilee Harrison - CindyAnn Jillian - Gail HessianRichard Mulligan - Charlie WighamAnthony Newley - Wilson MahoneyKim Novak - Billie FarnsworthValerie Perrine - Dee StauferEva Marie Saint - Mary WhartonBridget Hanley - Laura BonnellTroy Donahue - Clint RedmanBrad Maule - Lane PondaRichard McKenzie - Hunnicutt PowellRod McCary - Alex WestSelma Archerd - Amanda SettlesFloyd Levine - Mr. XHansford Rowe - Dr. FerraroReid Smith - TadDouglas Dirkson - BascombDiane Sommerfield - LeoniSteve Levitt - GoopyPeter Van Norden - BumboCarol Hamner - Mrs. BenedictMonique St. Pierre - Jane DennisonTawny Kitaen - Mahoney's Girlfriend
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
The one thing I vaguely remember about it was an ad on TV when it hit syndication involving some woman (presumably Eva Marie Saint's character) walking up to some other woman and Coburn at a party and saying something like "Hello...and please give me back my husband!" in a very sweet voice.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
How about "Someone I Touched"?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073729/
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 21:44 (twelve years ago) link
A woman learns that her husband has been unfaithful and that he has acquired a venereal disease. Then she learns that, after years of trying, she is finally pregnant.
Cloris Leachman AND Kenneth Mars, and it's not a comedy?
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
It's serious.
The song she sings over the opening credits is incredible.
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 21:55 (twelve years ago) link
Available on Netflix WI fwiw
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 21:56 (twelve years ago) link
I think the best one I ever saw was the Kojack pilot, The Marcus-Nelson Murders, which was first aired as a regular movie of the week in 1973. I just discovered that it's included in the season one box, so I'll keep an eye out for that. Go Ask Alice, mentioned upthread, is good too.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 21:56 (twelve years ago) link
Hooray:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AETc_JJsSg
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 21:57 (twelve years ago) link
Wow the first minute and a half alone looks to be deep, deep seventies.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 21:58 (twelve years ago) link
I could've given birth to a baby with no ARRRRRRRRRRMS
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 22:04 (twelve years ago) link
I will watch any biopic made for TV.
I miss the mini-series like Lace, The Thornbirds and Centennial. Wish I had seen Malibu. That sounds awesome!
― *tera, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
Aw yeah.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=402HMRAs9nA
Just let the 'starring in alphabetical order' credits take you away...
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 22:21 (twelve years ago) link
I just discovered (and might piss my Sunday afternoon away watching) 1974's Pray for the Wildcats, starring William Shatner, Robert Reed, and Marjoe Gortner being led on a hazardous desert motorcycle trek by a crazed Andy Griffith. I have it on good authority that hippies and LSD are involved somehow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5D_CnSLk7U
The whole thing is up on YT.
― A man of surgery, to remove the metal pellets from my flesh (Old Lunch), Sunday, 31 March 2019 13:16 (five years ago) link
I've been getting into these lately with the helpful guidance of the podcast "Sam Pancake Presents the Monday Afternoon Movie," which so far has focused on the horror/occult/supernatural end of the genre.
A few of the better ones I've enjoyed:
Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973)The Initiation of Sarah (1978) like Carrie goes to collegeSummer of Fear (1978) w/ Linda Blair, this is good enough to be a regular movieThe Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975) w/ Elizabeth MontgomeryGargoyles (1972) again, enough production value to be a regular movieThe Stranger Within (1974) w/ Barbara Eden
― Josefa, Wednesday, 24 November 2021 23:00 (two years ago) link
Some of them probably were released in theatres outside of the US.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 24 November 2021 23:46 (two years ago) link
I'll take any opportunity to promote 1974's Pray for the Wildcats, starring Shatner and Robert Reed and Marjoe Gortner as desk jockeys taken on a desert motorcycle bro-down by their sinister boss, Andy Griffith.
― Rep. Cobra Commander (R-TX) (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 24 November 2021 23:56 (two years ago) link
loooool, totally missed that I already touted that one immediately before the revive. Whoops!
Summer of Fear was, in Europe. And I think Duel (1971), Spielberg's debut, was as well.
Don't get me wrong, many of these are terrible and don't deserve a cinematic release, but once in a while you get a surprisingly high quality one. These are basically genre films that tweak the formula to some degree or other, often featuring good actors (seems like you couldn't get one made without at least one name actor).
― Josefa, Thursday, 25 November 2021 00:00 (two years ago) link
that was xpost to C. Grisso/McCain
― Josefa, Thursday, 25 November 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
found this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skgZgdgFKeo
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Thursday, 25 November 2021 00:03 (two years ago) link
That is a good one, I've seen it.
Another great one, non-horror, is The Girl Most Likely To (1973), starring Stockard Channing in her first credited role as a chubby unattractive girl who suddenly becomes hot after being in a car accident and getting good plastic surgery. Scripted by Joan Rivers.
― Josefa, Thursday, 25 November 2021 00:08 (two years ago) link
^ actually it is kind of horror, but mostly comic
― Josefa, Thursday, 25 November 2021 00:12 (two years ago) link
I have copies of a lot of these (including Girl Most Likely To) sitting around unwatched. Perhaps the time has come to tackle some tv trash.I liked The House That Would Not Die with Barbara Stanwyck. Kind of my platonic ideal Halloween (mildly creepy, mildly goofy, something you can put on in the background to just enjoy the vibes without needing to be too invested).
― Rep. Cobra Commander (R-TX) (Old Lunch), Thursday, 25 November 2021 00:44 (two years ago) link
Lots of good horror ‘uns when I was a kid:
Trilogy of Terror (Karen Black in 3 roles)
Frankenstein: The True Story (“funny Polly Dolly!”)
Sybil (not really a horror movie but it played like one)
― henry s, Thursday, 25 November 2021 04:28 (two years ago) link
I've still never seen Duel, but Spielberg's Something Evil, done a year later and with the kid from Family Affair, is scary.
And yeah, Sybil's great (and very much a horror movie whenever the mom is on screen).
― clemenza, Thursday, 25 November 2021 04:33 (two years ago) link
The third segment of Trilogy of Terror, the Zuni doll segment, is like the mic drop of all TV movies
― Josefa, Thursday, 25 November 2021 04:33 (two years ago) link
[Born Innocent (1974) starring Linda Blair is incredible (mentioned 20 years ago itt). Nightmare in Badham County (1976) also astonishing - look for the uncensored theatrical cut of that.
Dying Room Only (1973) starring Cloris Leachman is very strong. Written by Richard Matheson who wrote Duel and many Twilight Zone episodes.
― Josefa, Wednesday, 4 October 2023 02:03 (eight months ago) link