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Written by James M. Tate / 7/02/2022 / No comments / canadian , céline lomez , christopher plummer , elliott gould , heist , john candy , seventies , stephen young , susannah york , thriller

CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER & ELLIOTT GOULD IN 'THE SILENT PARTNER'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></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://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTpo6EuuPGBZfRkU1Uyu1oFx8MQlpnRe_NRLNP-p5YmC5csOEIpAuQLSBGbC5SJhh-qM8WHZ5LhSATkL8lQpO6k5eneWju8d7XBDnsg9bWi9gEkxl3C9ikEP1iECqAgaqa-oIef7TX_xaAQwvYXPDQCVaQKgYT5h2VJ5Tmn6M5QBsrjTnfr9y3U-rvXg/s1931/Screen%20Shot%202023-05-15%20at%203.42.37%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="1931" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTpo6EuuPGBZfRkU1Uyu1oFx8MQlpnRe_NRLNP-p5YmC5csOEIpAuQLSBGbC5SJhh-qM8WHZ5LhSATkL8lQpO6k5eneWju8d7XBDnsg9bWi9gEkxl3C9ikEP1iECqAgaqa-oIef7TX_xaAQwvYXPDQCVaQKgYT5h2VJ5Tmn6M5QBsrjTnfr9y3U-rvXg/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202023-05-15%20at%203.42.37%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: THE SILENT PARTNER Year: 1978 Rating: ***</u><u>*</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>An almost perfect vehicle for Christopher Plummer, who, playing either nice guys or menacing villains, was always intensely scowling and extremely intimidating... </p><p></p><p>Especially in the Canadian bank-heist thriller THE SILENT PARTNER (made in Canada showing Canadian cash); yet he's a little <i>too</i> silent and needed to be in the picture more, all but vanishing halfway through until a somewhat rushed third act...</p><p><span></span></p>

canadian, céline lomez, christopher plummer, elliott gould, heist, john candy, seventies, stephen young, susannah york, thriller

CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER & ELLIOTT GOULD IN 'THE SILENT PARTNER'

Title: THE SILENT PARTNER Year: 1978 Rating: *** * An almost perfect vehicle for Christopher Plummer, who, playing either nice guys or menac...

HELENE UDY FLIPS-OUT IN 'PICK-UP SUMMER' OR 'PINBALL SUMMER'

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Helene Udy in PICK-UP SUMMER aka FLIPPER GIRLS aka PINBALL PICK-UP Year: 1980</u></td></tr>
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PINBALL SUMMER, also known as PICK-UP SUMMER… the latter appearing in
 the opening credits… Along with other great titles like PINBALL PICK-UP, FLIPPER GIRLS or if you're a Viking, SKJEKKESOMMER… is a ninety minute Canadian Exploitation that seems about four 
hours, and that’s not such a bad thing…<br>
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With sporadic <i>shots</i>  of pinball, and the film set during summertime, the original/working title fits yet there’s not much of a <i>pick-up</i>
 since sexy sisters Donna and Suzy, played by HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME Canadian Karen Stephen and her HOG WILD Canada co-star/future DR. 
QUINN MEDICINE WOMAN actress Helene Udy, already seem in-cahoots with 
our affable heroes Greg and Steve, two cool yet equally clumsy dudes 
that like hanging out at a local dive arcade and, along with a grungy 
biker named Bert, really want to win a coveted pinball trophy.<br>

canadian, eighties, exploitation, helene udy, joy boushe, karen stephen, sex comedy, sport

HELENE UDY FLIPS-OUT IN 'PICK-UP SUMMER' OR 'PINBALL SUMMER'

Helene Udy in PICK-UP SUMMER aka FLIPPER GIRLS aka PINBALL PICK-UP Year: 1980 PINBALL SUMMER, also known as PICK-UP SUMMER… the latter a...

MELISSA SUE ANDERSON 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME' WITH GLENN FORD

<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://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRhPA4eFXa4RN96dX2FyIA-Jstyetg1BiVsoF_CQBthxt4AyNKGDOX3l4epHxb2Z5ve6c0pHRGk-2X0e0MEobSOt66ddwr8KVT0pFHbfnnMKTy9VIi1ragnetZ2B8Ss5yVSSSn2dKbevOdHYcZE63QrvB273mvl0Y7fw-1StA6J5Ap4j9zu3L6SyVsaGO-/s1846/1.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="920" data-original-width="1846" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRhPA4eFXa4RN96dX2FyIA-Jstyetg1BiVsoF_CQBthxt4AyNKGDOX3l4epHxb2Z5ve6c0pHRGk-2X0e0MEobSOt66ddwr8KVT0pFHbfnnMKTy9VIi1ragnetZ2B8Ss5yVSSSn2dKbevOdHYcZE63QrvB273mvl0Y7fw-1StA6J5Ap4j9zu3L6SyVsaGO-/s16000/1.png"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">year: 1981 cast: Melissa Sue Anderson, Glenn Ford, Matt Craven, Jack Blum rating: ****</td></tr></tbody></table><p>A thoroughly entertaining horror flick starring Melissa Sue Anderson as Virginia Wainwright. Beautiful blue eyes and a soft-spoken, delicate countenance, Virginia seems so normal – but she has a dark back-story, shown in effective flashes, while her college pals get picked off one by one...</p><p>Her sympathetic fatherly shrink, played by veteran icon Glenn Ford, tries to figure out her problems having something to do with a frantic (and now dead) mother...<br>
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body count, canadian, exploitation, glenn ford, horror, j. lee thompson, jack blum, matt craven, melissa sue anderson, slasher

MELISSA SUE ANDERSON 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME' WITH GLENN FORD

year: 1981 cast: Melissa Sue Anderson, Glenn Ford, Matt Craven, Jack Blum rating: **** A thoroughly entertaining horror flick starring Meli...

SUMMARY ARCHIVE REVIEW OF THE CLASSIC COMEDY 'MEATBALLS'

<span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMjXXoNpyiXg55kV4HFjhxBq2p_qWugi2LotvJYsyqVoL6r1JFh75_RUxjg6IxAl2BMxAjhUvU4Ohme3rnBSZy_268Lr8Idw88bKICM0qVEIIJw-c7sAQAKZwhBpp1l0LwGhnHKpNVh45e95K_QnE9OZuYujCstAarz1O8MVpXXTXtkTSZ94ld1Sm6q_j-/s1336/Screen%20Shot%202023-08-12%20at%2011.53.56%20PM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1336" data-original-width="1224" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMjXXoNpyiXg55kV4HFjhxBq2p_qWugi2LotvJYsyqVoL6r1JFh75_RUxjg6IxAl2BMxAjhUvU4Ohme3rnBSZy_268Lr8Idw88bKICM0qVEIIJw-c7sAQAKZwhBpp1l0LwGhnHKpNVh45e95K_QnE9OZuYujCstAarz1O8MVpXXTXtkTSZ94ld1Sm6q_j-/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-08-12%20at%2011.53.56%20PM.jpeg" width="293" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Year: 1979 Rating: ****1/2</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span>Before Bill Murray and director Ivan Reitman joined the army or battled ghosts, they spent a summer at the underdog arsenal, Camp North Star. Made during his last season on SNL, this is Murray’s ANIMAL HOUSE, but here he’s both Bluto (the party hound) and Otter (the charmer) at the same time: playing "Tripper," a lovable slob who heads up the C.I.T.’s – Counselor in Training... youngsters making up the heart of the film much like the caddies in co-writer Harold Ramis's CADDYSHACK. These include mostly Canadian actors like Jack Blum and Keith Knight as Spaz and Fink, both epitomizing a geek and a slob and possibly the greatest duo ever. While two young American actors, <a href="http://morecultfilmfreak.blogspot.com/2010/02/kristine-de-bell-meatballs.html" style="color: #000099;">Kristine DeBell</a> and Todd Hoffman, help fill the young-lover aspect – teenagers reminiscent of people we grew up with (not to forget Matt Craven, who'd go onto many other projects). And that’s the charm of this film – these kids are the real deal: but it’s Murray’s performance that keeps everyone in check. And while Tripper's bond with troubled camper Chris Makepeace is sweet, and gives Bill a chance to really act, the scenes go on a bit too long. But no matter, this is a classic comedy that’s much more than goofing off – and there's tons of that too: only here it all means something.

bill murray, canadian, comedy, cult, ensemble, kristine debell, matt craven, seventies, summer camp