cult film freak: July 2020

Written by James M. Tate / 7/31/2020 / No comments / action , dustin hoffman , espionage , john schlesinger , laurence olivier , marc lawrence , marthe keller , nazi , richard bright , roy scheider , seventies , thriller

RUSHING THROUGH 'MARATHON MAN' STARRING DUSTIN HOFFMAN

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Dustin Hoffman & Marthe Keller in MARATHON MAN Year: 1976</u></td></tr>
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The epitome of a Thriller, John Schlesinger's MARATHON MAN <i>can</i> be a letdown with the teaming of two legends — one very old, the other, at that time, part of a fairly new crop of intense method actors. And we'll get the "Why don't you try acting" elephant out of the room — which was Olivier's famous quip to Hoffman as he needed to run a block before getting into character...<br>
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Then again, Dustin <i>is </i>the title<i> </i>character, and not just standing around reciting Shakespeare — spending most of the picture completely winded/exhausted from either jogging around New York's Central Park or being chased throughout the last half when this Thriller turns into a straight-out Action flick: Which <i>isn't</i> the best part of MARATHON MAN as Roy Scheider plays Dustin's older brother "Babe" in the most suspenseful scenes: he's some kind of secret agent, eventually connecting with his passive New York collegiate sibling after being introduced in Paris, France, where director Schlesinger (reunited with MIDNIGHT COWBOY star Hoffman) evokes a fair amount of nail-biting Hitchcockesque tension as things either explode or seem just about to... <br>

action, dustin hoffman, espionage, john schlesinger, laurence olivier, marc lawrence, marthe keller, nazi, richard bright, roy scheider, seventies, thriller

RUSHING THROUGH 'MARATHON MAN' STARRING DUSTIN HOFFMAN

Dustin Hoffman & Marthe Keller in MARATHON MAN Year: 1976 The epitome of a Thriller, John Schlesinger's MARATHON MAN can be a l...

ESSAY ON FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA'S ARTSY-TOUGH 'RUMBLE FISH'

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Matt Dillon and Mickey Rourke doing time in RUMBLE FISH</u></td></tr>
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Beyond the dynamic B&W cinematography by director Francis Ford Coppola, RUMBLE FISH is a different kind of art film as it's both that and a teenage angst flick: The difference is that both main characters... younger brother Rusty James played by Matt Dillon and Mickey Rourke's legendary The Motorcycle Boy... want nothing to do with one or the other... <br>
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In other words, the rumble-tough movie is fully embodied by Matt Dillon's character, who walks the walk and talks the tough guy talk while his now passive mentor, who once genuinely ruled those same streets, is dead-set against all the nostalgic street savvy shit while embodying the deep arthouse aspect which, during some of the best scenes, Dillon's character not only loathes but annoyingly doesn't understand (especially drunk dad Dennis Hopper's surreal drunken rambling), much like young audiences who initially rejected what Coppola intended as an "art film for teenagers" (a cerebral b-side to THE OUTSIDERS, both S.E. Hinton adaptations) but eventually grew to, like Rourke's wandering, pondering nomad, embrace as a one-of-a-kind cinematic experience where brothers and genres simultaneously collide onscreen. "Man, what the f--- do the Greeks have to do with anything?" The answer is... Nothing. And Everything.<br>

arthouse, dennis hopper, eighties, essay, francis ford coppola, matt dillon, mickey rourke

ESSAY ON FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA'S ARTSY-TOUGH 'RUMBLE FISH'

Matt Dillon and Mickey Rourke doing time in RUMBLE FISH Beyond the dynamic B&W cinematography by director Francis Ford Coppola, RUMB...

PETER O'TOOLE IN 'THE DAY THEY ROBBED THE BANK OF ENGLAND'

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Year: 1960</u></td></tr>
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In this classy, turn of the Century-set British heist film, Aldo Ray plays an American joining with would-be Irish Revolutionaries to knock off the titular 
location, and the best moments occur in the planning stages as the giant Yank learns the innards of the immense, seemingly impenetrable bank-fortress from a personal tour by Peter O'Toole, playing an extremely nice lieutenant of the bank's troop of marching guards...<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Robbed the Bank of England SCORE: ****</u></td></tr>
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O'Toole's not the main star but has a genuine arc: his affable persona, giving away any 
and all secrets to an all-ears thief feigning style and class, sharpens as he begins to catch on during the crest of the second act, intensifying into a 
more familiar, edgy and intense character for O'Toole to embrace (and that he'd play later on).<br>
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Meanwhile, the
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most time's spent during the usual digging of the tunnel — the kind you 
mostly see in prison films breaking out while here they're attempting 
to break in...<br>
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The cast also includes veteran actor Albert Sharpe as a sewer dwelling bum that unknowingly provided the groundwork; Kieron Moore as the mouthiest and youngest Irishman, a thankless role and the only antagonist of sorts; and Elizabeth Sellers as the pouty (and much too old) ingenue in this semi-obscure gem directed by John Guillermin, and that famously laid the 
groundwork for O'Toole's career: After viewing one scene, David Lean knew he had his LAWRENCE OF ARABIA despite the dark features and a
 straight, hawkish nose that would soon be altered.<br>

aldo ray, british new wave, caper, england, heist, john guillermin, kieron moore, peter o'toole, sixties, thriller

PETER O'TOOLE IN 'THE DAY THEY ROBBED THE BANK OF ENGLAND'

Year: 1960 In this classy, turn of the Century-set British heist film, Aldo Ray plays an American joining with would-be Irish Revolution...

ROBERT SHAW & MALCOLM MCDOWELL 'FIGURES IN A LANDSCAPE'

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Kino Lorber Blu Ray Cover for FIGURES IN A LANDSCAPE Year: 1970 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr>
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In a brief encounter with Malcolm McDowell at an autograph show, upon a 
friend mentioning this particular 1970 film, Malcolm rolled his eyes, and spoke bluntly of his working stint with Robert Shaw — how it was a 
grueling four month shoot since the very unpredictable actor had a 
penchant for the bottle, and Malcolm finished with: “But I loved him.”<br>
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Well this sort of love/hate relationship exists between Shaw’s 
coldblooded, experienced MacConnachie and McDowell’s naïve yet wily 
young Ansell: two escaped convicts — with a mysterious past only partially learned through sparse, pulpy, existential dialogue — on the run in an unnamed country... <br>

action, adventure, escape, helicopter, malcolm mcdowell, robert shaw, seventies

ROBERT SHAW & MALCOLM MCDOWELL 'FIGURES IN A LANDSCAPE'

Kino Lorber Blu Ray Cover for FIGURES IN A LANDSCAPE Year: 1970 Rating: ***1/2 In a brief encounter with Malcolm McDowell at an autograp...

TRAIPSING THROUGH LINDSAY ANDERSON'S 'O LUCKY MAN!'

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Malcolm McDowell as the resilient Mick Travis in Lindsay Anderson's bizarre cult epic O LUCKY MAN! Year: 1973 Rating: ****</u></td></tr>
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Typecast as an offbeat lunatic, Malcolm McDowell is the Anthony Perkins of England, and O LUCKY MAN is to A CLOCKWORK ORANGE what Orson Welles' THE TRIAL is to PSYCHO... as McDowell's more breezy, earthy and naïve Mick Travis tours England in a road movie dotted with just about every quirky/dreamlike bulwark imaginable... <br>
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Ranging from bearing witness to a lethal auto accident to a nuclear power plant's time-ticking emergency meltdown to a rural hospital using humans as lab rats (or pig-sheep), McDowell is, once again, the perfect cinematic pawn... <br>

cult, dark comedy, drama, ensemble, helen mirren, jeremy bulloch, lindsay anderson, malcolm mcdowell, music, politics, road movie, seventies, thriller

TRAIPSING THROUGH LINDSAY ANDERSON'S 'O LUCKY MAN!'

Malcolm McDowell as the resilient Mick Travis in Lindsay Anderson's bizarre cult epic O LUCKY MAN! Year: 1973 Rating: **** Typecast ...

SWORD & DINOSAUR SEQUEL 'THE PEOPLE THAT TIME FORGOT'

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Not a respected cult film like THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT, what's here is a kind of laidback hangout sequel centering more on that land's PEOPLE, and is basically a Fantasy version of FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE as an assorted, eclectic group just kind of traipses around rugged terrain for most of the picture...<br>
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The action comes in halfway through for our main heroes Patrick Wayne and Sarah Douglas, a one-dimensional yet dependably stalwart journeyman and a quirky British photographer, along with a plump, likeable middle-aged English bloke (Thorley Walters) and a funny pilot (Shane Brimmer): the latter staying back at camp randomly shooting pterodactyl, waiting for his group to return...<br>

action, adventure, dana gillespie, david prowse, dinosaur, doug mcclure, fantasy, patrick wayne, richard leparmentier, sarah douglas, sequel, seventies, shane brimmer

SWORD & DINOSAUR SEQUEL 'THE PEOPLE THAT TIME FORGOT'

Awesome Looking Matte Painting from THE PEOPLE THAT TIME FORGOT Year: 1977 Not a respected cult film like THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT, wha...

THE FRIEDKIN WAVE: EXORCST MEETS FRENCH CONNECTION

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crime, cult, gene hackman, horror, photobreak, seventies, william friedkin

THE FRIEDKIN WAVE: EXORCST MEETS FRENCH CONNECTION

Gene Hackman meets Pazuzu connecting William Friedkin's The French Connection & The Exorcist Turns out that Pazuzu the Demon Statue ...

BRAT PACK MELODRAMATIC PERFECTION OF 'ST. ELMO'S FIRE'

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ELMO’S FIRE was the navel-gazing follow-up to THE BREAKFAST CLUB just as CLUB has graduated past SIXTEEN CANDLES (only this has nothing to do with John Hughes, amazingly enough)...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TlDYeWogaUk/X2aRLj9kX1I/AAAAAAABYRY/f5Ab3c79LZonOg0bOzXJzShEg1cniMZogCLcBGAsYHQ/s2081/Screen%252BShot%252B2020-09-19%252Bat%252B3.14.40%252BPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="2081" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TlDYeWogaUk/X2aRLj9kX1I/AAAAAAABYRY/f5Ab3c79LZonOg0bOzXJzShEg1cniMZogCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Screen%252BShot%252B2020-09-19%252Bat%252B3.14.40%252BPM.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Ally Sheedy and Judd Nelson in ST. ELMO'S FIRE Rating: ***1/2</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>As Judd Nelson plays Alec, the group’s shallow mentor, a hopeful in politics who switches from Democrat to Republican because the pay is better: His girlfriend Leslie... another CLUB alumni Ally Sheedy... doesn’t want to get married — a wise choice since Alec has the philandering sex drive of a Kennedy. </div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h96gqll-96E/X2aG8T4tGQI/AAAAAAABYPQ/qrRgLmu3_GstxAaHQaiwShZJxWbxCiK3ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2202/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-19%2Bat%2B3.15.01%2BPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="2202" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h96gqll-96E/X2aG8T4tGQI/AAAAAAABYPQ/qrRgLmu3_GstxAaHQaiwShZJxWbxCiK3ACLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-19%2Bat%2B3.15.01%2BPM.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Andrew McCarthy in ST. ELMO'S FIRE</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Emilio Estevez’s Kirby takes the lightweight mantel: he’s smitten with a gorgeous doctor (Andie MacDowell, the White Rabbit Suzanne Somers ala AMERICAN GRAFFITI) and tries everything to land a date while the artistic bookends are two polar opposites: Andrew McCarthy’s Kevin is a hopeful journalist while the “still partying like he’s back at school” Billy, a scene-stealing Rob Lowe, plays both the glossy saxophone and lots of women despite having a wife and child...</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Of all, Demi Moore’s Jules is the most enjoyable... She’s as wild as Lowe's Billy and, having an affair with her boss and a penchant for cocaine and good times, her girlfriends, including mousy Mare Winningham's rich kid Wendy, hopelessly in love with the womanizing Lowe, providing the most intriguing "romance", doesn’t understand what makes her tick… like an inevitable time bomb!</span></span></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SWMCkp4zMaA/X2aHLksf61I/AAAAAAABYPY/sxdBIlYnSuwqcByqbHVnSi6OnmT_Tnf8wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2230/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-19%2Bat%2B3.01.12%2BPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1015" data-original-width="2230" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SWMCkp4zMaA/X2aHLksf61I/AAAAAAABYPY/sxdBIlYnSuwqcByqbHVnSi6OnmT_Tnf8wCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-19%2Bat%2B3.01.12%2BPM.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Demi Moore, a Satanic Clown, and Rob Lowe in ST. ELMO'S FIRE</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Leading to an 11th hour heartfelt conversation between wild cards Lowe and Moore, which includes the meaning of the film's ambiguous title and has some pretty good acting to cover up the "every line means something" corny melodramatic dialogue, that's just all too perfect. </p><p></p><p>Thus director Joel Schumacher’s script never lets the clichés rest and the dialogue's far too contrived to seem completely real. But by the end there’s a feeling you really know these people — although you might be torn whether to hug or slug them. NOTE: Forgive the two fonts used, but it's the New Blogger that has more glitches than Windows Vista and has almost entirely ruined the Blogging experience for yours truly as now all reviews will be summaries. <br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tT4-o87R0G8/X2aHhfhbH6I/AAAAAAABYPo/-BGi-b26gUgqC5k1ssXagGIKJpiqxgtCgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2348/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-19%2Bat%2B3.02.38%2BPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="2348" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tT4-o87R0G8/X2aHhfhbH6I/AAAAAAABYPo/-BGi-b26gUgqC5k1ssXagGIKJpiqxgtCgCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-19%2Bat%2B3.02.38%2BPM.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Rob Lowe and Demi Moore in ST. ELMO'S FIRE</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-snjKyS3iuaU/X2aHhkgq4UI/AAAAAAABYPw/i93_FafSP3Qm22L4JN--BzfWMdWW1y-LgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2320/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-19%2Bat%2B3.11.47%2BPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="986" data-original-width="2320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-snjKyS3iuaU/X2aHhkgq4UI/AAAAAAABYPw/i93_FafSP3Qm22L4JN--BzfWMdWW1y-LgCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-19%2Bat%2B3.11.47%2BPM.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Andie McDowell in ST. ELMO'S FIRE</u>Add caption<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CKAckVYQjok/X2aHhrz3RlI/AAAAAAABYPs/DqnTsLzcbQcwambx1AXq41tqMT7aW4tbQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2328/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-19%2Bat%2B3.11.55%2BPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="989" data-original-width="2328" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CKAckVYQjok/X2aHhrz3RlI/AAAAAAABYPs/DqnTsLzcbQcwambx1AXq41tqMT7aW4tbQCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-19%2Bat%2B3.11.55%2BPM.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Emilio Estevez in ST. ELMO'S FIRE</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jV4DAMNcDN4/X2aHiaFycKI/AAAAAAABYP0/7qxGL789s6U3hTrTZ4kA-K-uQQDNuPyagCLcBGAsYHQ/s2328/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-19%2Bat%2B3.13.02%2BPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="989" data-original-width="2328" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jV4DAMNcDN4/X2aHiaFycKI/AAAAAAABYP0/7qxGL789s6U3hTrTZ4kA-K-uQQDNuPyagCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-19%2Bat%2B3.13.02%2BPM.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Rob Lowe and Mare Willingham in ST. ELMO'S FIRE</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wkAGyOcs_3Y/X2aHi7dgbxI/AAAAAAABYP4/n86cOjvJoYo6KXPO3wA-mzV5_WDLyfXWQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2336/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-19%2Bat%2B3.13.34%2BPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1013" data-original-width="2336" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wkAGyOcs_3Y/X2aHi7dgbxI/AAAAAAABYP4/n86cOjvJoYo6KXPO3wA-mzV5_WDLyfXWQCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-19%2Bat%2B3.13.34%2BPM.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Ally Sheedy and Demi Moore in ST. ELMO'S FIRE</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nYwuYe9sa6I/X2aHjhU6Z5I/AAAAAAABYP8/o_IldSrGvGIuMk6EefMTTMaxR13nlY3FQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2201/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-19%2Bat%2B3.13.53%2BPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="990" data-original-width="2201" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nYwuYe9sa6I/X2aHjhU6Z5I/AAAAAAABYP8/o_IldSrGvGIuMk6EefMTTMaxR13nlY3FQCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-19%2Bat%2B3.13.53%2BPM.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Mare Willingham and Demi Moore in ST. ELMO'S FIRE</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eIsevI4BMWg/X2aHj8b6FHI/AAAAAAABYQA/ZYrPJ_Ry0jwM6WNuX_aPaUQLsYOi9jXBACLcBGAsYHQ/s2318/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-19%2Bat%2B3.15.29%2BPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="972" data-original-width="2318" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eIsevI4BMWg/X2aHj8b6FHI/AAAAAAABYQA/ZYrPJ_Ry0jwM6WNuX_aPaUQLsYOi9jXBACLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-19%2Bat%2B3.15.29%2BPM.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Andrew McCarthy and Demi Moore in ST. ELMO'S FIRE</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fPJ31MQ0xso/X2aHkeEfdzI/AAAAAAABYQE/smaHVMRWzp8MwWk53fkjiUuCOIlLEo1nACLcBGAsYHQ/s2309/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-19%2Bat%2B3.16.12%2BPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1017" data-original-width="2309" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fPJ31MQ0xso/X2aHkeEfdzI/AAAAAAABYQE/smaHVMRWzp8MwWk53fkjiUuCOIlLEo1nACLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-19%2Bat%2B3.16.12%2BPM.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Judd Nelson and Demi Moore in ST. ELMO'S FIRE</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_gHt5qjIZwU/X2aHk2uPU8I/AAAAAAABYQI/q-3OF8QARVorvpXMXwMCWoGt6q8cxyYhwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2237/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-19%2Bat%2B3.17.09%2BPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="994" data-original-width="2237" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_gHt5qjIZwU/X2aHk2uPU8I/AAAAAAABYQI/q-3OF8QARVorvpXMXwMCWoGt6q8cxyYhwCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-19%2Bat%2B3.17.09%2BPM.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Ally Sheedy and Andrew McCarthy in ST. ELMO'S FIRE</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X37wF8cWkFs/X2aHmOawSGI/AAAAAAABYQM/OnthqTvdHy8l6qh4ZKMImaaevdFRbT0VACLcBGAsYHQ/s2310/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-19%2Bat%2B3.17.29%2BPM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="2310" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X37wF8cWkFs/X2aHmOawSGI/AAAAAAABYQM/OnthqTvdHy8l6qh4ZKMImaaevdFRbT0VACLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-19%2Bat%2B3.17.29%2BPM.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Demi Moore in ST. ELMO'S FIRE</u></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <br /><p></p>