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oddjob
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You can watch a lot of it on youtube......it is possibly the best ever old comedy made in USA.....before Seinfeld
I think you would love it.......for it is unpredictable and uses fantasy, the characters are so out there & weird
It is more like something Brits would make, completely unlike USA formulae crap
@oddjob, remember the episode, my favourite, when they hid the ventriloquist dummy (in the fridge I think)
So, that character nearly flips when he can't insult people/talk through a dummy
He resorts to using an orange, he makes a mouth, uses it as a hand puppet, voila.....instant dummy
Sarcastic Benson the butler was the best........OMG yes, they used sarcasm and irony, so rare for USA
Yes, I always loved how everyone kept getting sucked into arguing with the dummy. They kept a wonderful balance between the absurdity and story, so you actually still cared about the characters despite how ridiculous it got. I’ve been meaning to rewatch it, I bought the dvds a while ago and still haven’t got around to watching them. Also have the Wire and the Sopranos to watch... next time there’s a break in the reality tv schedule.

Columbo
Never again
40- MODERN FAMILY
Look at them with all the emmys in their eyes.
I think it is rather an amusing show, though I am glad it is ending soon. It is running out of steam. But the characters are interesting and it is quite re-watchable. Though all those people are quite rich, quite rich indeed. So they have rich people problems like how much to tip the butler for this week. Or which kid is going to get the golden rolls royce made of solid gold?Look at them with all the emmys in their eyes.
Columbo
Never again
39- SLEUTH 101
What mystery shall we solve today?
It combines some of my greatest passions: mystery, humour, and a game show. A celebrity has to try and guess who the murderer is using pre-recorded footage and by interviewing suspects. And at the end the murderer is revealed. Fantastic. Hosted by Cal Wilson this is quite the charming show.
What mystery shall we solve today?
Mooseface
Little known member
Oh! Oh! Oh!! I remember SOAP!!One of my all time favourites. What a brilliant cast. It deserves to be better remembered.
Well.... I remember remembering it. I’m a bit hazy on the details now, but I remember Billy Crystal, whoever had the Big Hair and that it was very funny. Maybe I have to look for it on the interwebs...
Mooseface
Little known member
Oh my Gawd. From a million years ago.....Oh look what is on SBS tonight...............I will watch it later on catch up
Movie: Heaven Can Wait
SBS VICELAND, 8:30pm, Mon, 2 Jul 2018, 115 minutes
REPEAT
Joe Pendleton's over-officious guardian angel removes him from life before his time, so he's sent back to earth in the body of a murdered millionaire.
Directed by Warren Beatty. Warren Beatty, James Mason, Julie Christie, Jack Warden, Charles Grodi, Dyan Cannon, Buck Henry, Vincent Gardenia.
1978, United States, English, Fantasy, Movie
Columbo
Never again
what was the best classic film you have seen at the cinemas? you know how sometimes they re-release these old movies back on the big screen as a promotion or festival? i imagine places like melbourne or sydney do that a lot. gold coast.....sometimes.
i enjoyed die hard on the big screen. that is like a perfectly structured movie.
i enjoyed die hard on the big screen. that is like a perfectly structured movie.
kxk
SAPIOSEXUAL
Oh my Gawd. From a million years ago.....
We were recently discussing how good Warren Beatty movies are, and this one, so it was serendipity it popping up on free view
Big screening of GONE WITH THE WIND........it is such an epic it should never be viewed small
We are lucky in Melbourne to have the fabulous ASTOR THEATRE......they screen old movies, movies you may have just missed, cult movies, special nights & matinees, a cheap doublebill every Wednesday.
It is a gorgeous old art deco theatre, rather large, with upstairs and down, and all the old fab trimmings - plus a resident cat
And you can make requests, get some support for running something and they will try to accommodate your wishes.....




The Astor Theatre is a cinema in the grand, old manner. The last single screen cinema of its kind in continuous operation in Melbourne, still standing since its grand opening in 1936, and one of only a few single screen movie theatres from the 1930s in the world screening repertory movie programming.

EXAMPLE......of what films they screen
THE ASTOR THEATRE CALENDAR
< June 2018
August 2018 >
July 2018
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
1
2:00pm
The Breakfast Club
4:00pm
Wings of Desire – German Film Festival By Popular Demand
7:00pm
Badlands / Days of Heaven
2
7:30pm
Cargo / The Endless
3
4
7:30pm
Bottle Rocket
5
7:30pm
MEL & NYC – New York, New York
6
7:30pm
The Big Lebowski
7
2:00pm
MEL & NYC – Ghostbusters / MEL & NYC – Ghostbusters II
7:30pm
Solo: A Star Wars Story
8
2:00pm
Pee-wee’s Big Adventure
4:00pm
Jabberwocky
7:00pm
The Thin Red Line
9
7:30pm
My Friend Dahmer / Donnie Darko
10
11
7:30pm
Rushmore
12
7:30pm
MEL & NYC – The Warriors
13
7:30pm
The Man from Hong Kong – Presented by the National Film and Sound Archive
14
2:00pm
Death Cheaters – Presented by the National Film and Sound Archive
7:30pm
Stunt Rock – Featuring Live Brian Trenchard-Smith Q&A – Presented by the National Film and Sound Archive
15
2:00pm
BMX Bandits – NFSA / Frog Dreaming – Presented by the NFSA
7:00pm
Turkey Shoot – Presented by the National Film and Sound Archive
16
7:30pm
Dead End Drive In – Presented by the National Film and Sound Archive
17
7:30pm
A Quiet Place / Invasion of the Body Snatchers
18
7:30pm
The Royal Tenenbaums / The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
19
7:30pm
MEL & NYC – Do the Right Thing
20
7:30pm
Ocean’s 8 / Gold Diggers of 1933
21
2:00pm
MEL & NYC – The Muppets Take Manhattan / MEL & NYC – Annie
7:30pm
The Rocky Horror Picture Show – with Live Shadow Cast by The Pelvic Thrusts!
22
2:00pm
The Incredibles / Incredibles 2
7:00pm
The Adventures of Robin Hood / The Sea Wolf
23
7:30pm
Flash Gordon / Highlander
24
7:00pm
Whitney
25
7:30pm
The Darjeeling Limited / Fantastic Mr. Fox
26
7:30pm
MEL & NYC – Desperately Seeking Susan
27
7:30pm
The Shining
10:00pm
A Quiet Place
28
29
7:00pm
The Maltese Falcon / The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
30
7:30pm
Night of the Living Dead – 50th Anniversary
Columbo
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gone with the wind is one of the top films i'd like to see on the big screen. i have noticed it on the cinemas in qld, but it's like a six hour drive from where i am.
other movies i'd like to see on big screen:
first star wars from 1977
bridge on the river kwai.
rear window
vertigo
amadeus
other movies i'd like to see on big screen:
first star wars from 1977
bridge on the river kwai.
rear window
vertigo
amadeus
oddjob
Well-Known Member
what was the best classic film you have seen at the cinemas? you know how sometimes they re-release these old movies back on the big screen as a promotion or festival? i imagine places like melbourne or sydney do that a lot. gold coast.....sometimes.
i enjoyed die hard on the big screen. that is like a perfectly structured movie.
Lawrence of Arabia. Beautiful film that really needs to be seen on the big screen.
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