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Yep, can't argue with you, it's a lazy film with more than a nod to Rio Bravo - yet it's quietly enjoyable. I guess the cast carries it off.
I've seen several of her films and though, to be honest, I only remember Beat The Devil I've always thought of her as a Star. The BBC has an interesting obituary: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64292026
I'd be interested to see her films with:- <blockquote>...her favourite actor: Rock Hudson.
They appeared together in romantic comedies Come September and Strange Bedfellows. After a lifetime fending off Hughes and most of Hollywood's finest, Hudson's failure to make a pass came as a shock.
"I knew right away that Rock Hudson was gay, when he did not fall in love with me," she told one reporter.</blockquote>
RIP
Not sure you can judge because I suspect the remits are different. These days I think they want a big theme that can get inside the audience's head and become part of the package. In the past the music was less intrusive, more supportive background.
It's interesting to wonder when the change came to this very broad brush answer. Names that pop up in my mind are Ennio Morricone, John Barry and Ron Goodwin. But there is also influence from Westerns and even earlier we have Korngold, who I always think of as the bloke who wrote 'The Errol Flynn' theme.
Always been my favourite.
1. Voyage of the Damned (1976)
2. The Joy Luck Club (1993)
3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
4. Gangs of New York (2002)
5. The Terminal (2004)
6. Alien Nation (1988)
7. Concussion (2015)
8. Encanto (2021)
9. Tears of the Sun (2003)
10. America America (1964)
11. Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
12. The Inspector (1962)
I enjoyed it - and I particularly liked Ernie Hudson in a lead role and Laura Linney kicking arse. It's a fun movie as long as you don't take it too seriously.
James T. Kirk:
[thinks] Oh, the complete works of Jacqueline Susann, the novels of Harold Robbins....
Spock:
Ah... The giants.
Read the book a couple of times when I was a teenager and liked the film at the time though it's been a long time since I've seen it.
She has a little web site that's worth a visit: http://shirleyeaton.net/
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)
Yeah, funny film. I didn't realise it was supposed to be an x-man film until they started mentioning them. Also the locked away asylum and the blank faced match-stick men were definitely horror genre tropes whilst the actual final battle strayed into fantasy territory. It was all a bit of a hodge-podge by the end - not terrible but not particularly good either.
fair enough - I was surprised their DOBs were so close together, David: July 1 1935, Juliet: September 25 1936 - but I don't believe they are related - pretty certain it would be recorded all over the place if it was so.
Yeah, I know who David Prowse is - I still remember him as the Green Cross Code man. But there is no mention of Juliet and when I googled all I found was other people asking the same question.
They said not on the News just now - it remains to be seen if the story changes.
'her brother david prowse' - did you make that up or read it somewhere?
I think she's been wonderful forever and one of life's small pleasures is stumbling on yet another older Chinese film where she pops up. I've also enjoyed her more recent appearances in the Star Trek continuum and Everything Everywhere ...
I like Armageddon but there is a huge amount of silliness in it and overall I think Deep Impact is the better film.
Interesting mixed review on the BBC web site. Perhaps indicates how selectively the quotes are drip fed by the large and noisy anti-Harry brigades. It's not without criticism but also acknowledges the stresses and unhappiness.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64223264
I've yet to watch it a second time - sometimes that's when I start to enjoy a film a bit more.
I enjoyed it at the time and still do when it turns up on TV.
Probably, nice cast. In my part of the world it barely appeared in the Cinemas so I was going to catch it later and elsewhere - it's annoying when that happens and films appear to fail because of the limited distribution.