And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Sad ending? McQueen became a Believer before he crossed “The River.” No sad ending in that, friend! Greg Laurie chronicled has “born-again” experience in his book about the life of McQueen.
I played hooky in high school to watch it and enjoyed it hugely. My parents went a few days later and both of them, actual real adults, proclaimed it to be escapist drivel. I was annoyed with them at the time, but in retrospect, they were right.
From the opening line ("Shut up, Delgetti.") to the final airport chase, with a ten-minuteish span of zero dialogue whatsoever, a masterpiece of pure action, with virtually no wasted motion.
Duvall (a small potatoes very minor actor at the time) getting 5th billing, when he had maybe three to five lines in a throwaway cameo as a cab driver (which is barely more lines than he had as Boo Radley in To Kill A Mockingbird), is unbelievable! Must've had one helluva good agent. His role shouldn't even have made the poster.
dig the cast :)
ReplyDeleteSaw a preview of him last night. He had smokers teeth, really yellow. HD shows all.
ReplyDeleteApparently smoked 3 packs a day. Sad ending to a great actor. Made some great films.
ReplyDeleteSad ending?
DeleteMcQueen became a Believer before he crossed “The River.”
No sad ending in that, friend!
Greg Laurie chronicled has “born-again” experience in his book about the life of McQueen.
Ten minutes well spent.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJZ-BHBKyos
Turn the sound up.
came close to wreckin' the oldman's Buick on the way home from that one.
ReplyDeletealways fun to count the hubcaps coming off the charger in the chase scene
ReplyDeleteSteve's high point was nailing Ali McGraw.
ReplyDeleteI played hooky in high school to watch it and enjoyed it hugely. My parents went a few days later and both of them, actual real adults, proclaimed it to be escapist drivel. I was annoyed with them at the time, but in retrospect, they were right.
ReplyDeleteSo, no, actually not made for adults.
I wish Safariland would make those holsters again.
ReplyDeleteMight shoot yerself in the armpit!
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From the opening line ("Shut up, Delgetti.") to the final airport chase, with a ten-minuteish span of zero dialogue whatsoever, a masterpiece of pure action, with virtually no wasted motion.
ReplyDeleteDuvall (a small potatoes very minor actor at the time) getting 5th billing, when he had maybe three to five lines in a throwaway cameo as a cab driver (which is barely more lines than he had as Boo Radley in To Kill A Mockingbird), is unbelievable! Must've had one helluva good agent. His role shouldn't even have made the poster.