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One joy of older movies.....

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October 27, 2018, 09:21 PM
AllenInAR
One joy of older movies.....
....is seeing more current stars in minor roles. Like Goldblum in Death Wish, or Jim Carrey in The Dead Pool. LOL


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October 27, 2018, 10:10 PM
Bisleyblackhawk
Robert Duvall as Boo Radley from To Kill A Mockingbird back in 1962 Smile


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October 27, 2018, 10:38 PM
LS1 GTO
Jack Nicholson : Andy Griffith Show

Elizabeth Montgomery (and many others) : the twilight zone






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October 28, 2018, 01:58 AM
cslinger
Goldblum was in DEATHWISH????


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October 28, 2018, 05:55 AM
AllenInAR
He's one of the rapists.


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October 28, 2018, 07:07 AM
agony
David Caruso in First Blood.




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October 28, 2018, 07:39 AM
lastmanstanding
Same thing when you watch Gunsmoke! Everyone at one time appeared in one or more Gunsmoke episodes. Burt Reynolds was in the first two seasons as Dodge City's blacksmith I believe.

Kurt Russel at about 16, Lee Van Cleef in his late teens early 20's, Earl Holliman and Dennis Hopper are a few I've seen lately.


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October 28, 2018, 08:22 AM
henryaz
quote:
Originally posted by LS1 GTO:
Elizabeth Montgomery (and many others) : the twilight zone

William Shatner in the Nightmare at 20,000 Feet episode comes to mind as one of the others.



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October 28, 2018, 11:12 AM
cas
Not that I would call him a "big star", but I got a good chuckle when I realized Nathan Fillion was the first wrong Private Ryan.


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October 28, 2018, 11:21 AM
ZSMICHAEL
Saw this at the Drive Inn. Jack Nicholson.


October 28, 2018, 11:51 AM
ChuckFinley
I find a lot of interest looking at the filming locations, the cars - stuff that were afterthoughts at the time of filming, if considered at all.




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October 28, 2018, 02:31 PM
henryaz
 
Howard McNear, who played Doc on the Gunsmoke radio show, later played Floyd the Barber on The Andy Griffith Show.



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October 28, 2018, 03:08 PM
parabellum
One joy of older movies (and TV shows) is no cellphones.


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October 28, 2018, 04:15 PM
ZSMICHAEL
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One joy of older movies (and TV shows) is no cellphones.


Speaking of that. One joy is viewing technology no longer in existence. There was a scene in a movie where the guy in the backseat is listening to his transistor radio. I recall some guys having an earpiece and listening to the ballgame in Church. I NEVER saw this in the movies and I went a lot in my teens. I guess people had more manners back then.
October 28, 2018, 04:44 PM
newtoSig765
quote:
Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
...One joy is viewing technology no longer in existence...




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October 28, 2018, 05:55 PM
ugeesta
No CGI. Before CGI, directors had to rely on a good plot and quality actors.




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October 28, 2018, 06:17 PM
cas
I other side of that is watching old movies with young people. I remember watching a movie with my niece and nephew and the protagonist was racing around trying to find a pay phone, which of course made no sense to them. "Why doesn't he use his cell phone?"

I thought about that, that's one way it's harder to write a story now than it was years ago, there's lots of movie and Tv shows plots that wouldn't work now that everyone has a phone/camera in their pocket.


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October 28, 2018, 06:19 PM
Balzé Halzé
Bill Paxton in The Terminator and Commando.

quote:
Originally posted by cas:


I thought about that, that's one way it's harder to write a story now than it was years ago, there's lots of movie and Tv shows plots that wouldn't work now that everyone has a phone/camera in their pocket.


Like Seinfeld.


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October 28, 2018, 06:49 PM
46and2
Bill Paxton as Chet in Weird Science.
October 28, 2018, 07:17 PM
AllenInAR
quote:
Originally posted by 46and2:
Bill Paxton as Chet in Weird Science.


Or the radar guy in Commando.


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