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Apr 13, 2007 - 2:17 AM
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JSDouglas
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I caught it on TCM last year. Nice, taut thriller with one of my all-time favorites, Stanley Baker (not to mention a brief part for Sean Connery). Add Herbert Lom, David McCallum, Patrick McGoohan, Jill Ireland, and Gordon Jackson and it becomes a must-see.
Endfield's ZULU is also a must-see. It's tough to decide whether that or MYSTERIOUS ISLAND is his greatest legacy, but I have to go with MYSTERIOUS for obvious reasons.
HELL DRIVERS does have a great cast (Peggy Cummins, too). It's one of my favorite Patrick McGoohan performances.
From what I have viewed so far, Endfield is a master with ensemble casts and maintaining a brisk pace in his films. He was one of the better directors to work with Harryhausen for this reason. He kept the rest of the film as exciting as the animation sequences.
Of course, having a Bernard Herrmann score always helps maintain energy! One of my favorite music passages is the balloon journey leading to the island - I'm greatly looking forward to hearing it on this new recording. Well, shucks - what's not to look forward to?
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HELL DRIVERS does have a great cast (Peggy Cummins, too). It's one of my favorite Patrick McGoohan performances.
From what I have viewed so far, Endfield is a master with ensemble casts and maintaining a brisk pace in his films. He was one of the better directors to work with Harryhausen for this reason. He kept the rest of the film as exciting as the animation sequences.
Of course, having a Bernard Herrmann score always helps maintain energy! One of my favorite music passages is the balloon journey leading to the island - I'm greatly looking forward to hearing it on this new recording. Well, shucks - what's not to look forward to?
Great observations! As to your last comment, Your right!
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Ooooh...I can imagine you grabbing air trying to capture those sparkly colors when the film is playing.
You had ten days to respond and that's the best you can come up with?!
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It was quite APT!
And who appointed you as time cop for responding to threads? Beyond the initial few posts, I was done with the thread. Only when Thor referred to this thread in another thread (saying he had been unjustly maligned, misunderstood and genrally abused/bruised for his comments about "Mysterious Islandd" here), I just had to take another look.
Looky-loo done, I could not have added one syllable more to the fine job respondents to Thor's thread had already posted.
And then....there was your post.
I'm certain the colors are your favorites....at least you can see those. When you grasp for the notes you hear playing you're at a disadvantage.
I have no idea what you are talking about , but I will defend to the death your right to say it!
Bruce "Timecop" Marshall
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Why do some people consider early forms of visual arts as "cheesy"?
Because a technical aspect has developed in time, an earlier effort is no less praiseworthy or valid. In fact, the early version is probably even MORE praiseworthy as it achieved its aims without the benefit of decades-worth of further innovations.
Is Renaissance painting "cheesy" to you because most of the artists hadn't yet discovered how to represent perspective?
If you go to a theatre, do you consider a play "cheesy" because actors walk through on-stage doors when they could simply walk around the prop doorway?
If a viewer wants imagination from artists, it's helpful if the viewer has some of his own.
Well thought out and expressed.
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And, I love the cover artwork and would hang it on my wall if I could...even though the balloon is full and not deflated Bill! 
Did I tell you that story? That's funny Mark
Yep, you did at dinner when I told you how much I loved the cover. Maybe all of that beer we had made the memory of it a bit fuzzy!
Cool. I'll have to have posters made of all of our cd covers. I want em.
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That would be super since they are all so classy looking and beautiful. I'd buy them if a few were made available. I have a long hallway upstairs with nothing on it and I could turn it into a Tribute gallery. Would that be going too far?! 
Anna and I were just talking about the same thing. We have a whole hallway just waiting for them. We'll do it after we get the two new ones to add.
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