RICHARD LESTER RETURNS TO THE SWORD FOR 'ROYAL FLASH'

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9NfwVKrxHXAGFfa3SCIUnJRh3jTYpTNH7hJaUmdKvACqH4Vhhnyfzhdw1XAwM1j6c435qMnHv1eHf3ASAwkWRwhj6yNpyMnIWJDY555nkNsHDJJSFXhJwRGAacS8ivQ4_hWVXQqm2KjHdQLNVjkSSUe1s3GdNPDYqOhzzHEl9KjiwIyww6iEF6DOThQ/s986/AVvXsEglJ6rJ-HWX_PQhNmXZr3vCF2z1n4zFT7e8ELVmK_0B91no-P_cxSsv62bf6YMzMywKp9-HqufgdsMawAhLPPSSK5BOjXQevkJZMOb1PSzUlu1J0jt3X3NV10nNa5cnm6PgOakyzRAS_R9FRY9FF6pzhgNHDm-sJp3_cRUS2TH6LI0g3cYW2mzCLNq_Bg=s16000.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="986" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9NfwVKrxHXAGFfa3SCIUnJRh3jTYpTNH7hJaUmdKvACqH4Vhhnyfzhdw1XAwM1j6c435qMnHv1eHf3ASAwkWRwhj6yNpyMnIWJDY555nkNsHDJJSFXhJwRGAacS8ivQ4_hWVXQqm2KjHdQLNVjkSSUe1s3GdNPDYqOhzzHEl9KjiwIyww6iEF6DOThQ/w400-h255/AVvXsEglJ6rJ-HWX_PQhNmXZr3vCF2z1n4zFT7e8ELVmK_0B91no-P_cxSsv62bf6YMzMywKp9-HqufgdsMawAhLPPSSK5BOjXQevkJZMOb1PSzUlu1J0jt3X3NV10nNa5cnm6PgOakyzRAS_R9FRY9FF6pzhgNHDm-sJp3_cRUS2TH6LI0g3cYW2mzCLNq_Bg=s16000.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Year: 1975 Rating: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table>There were only three actors Stanley Kubrick had to give little direction to: Peter Sellers from DR. STRANGELOVE and LOLITA, James Mason from LOLITA, and his CLOCKWORK ORANGE star turned cult icon, Malcolm McDowell, who, through his own statements, wanted to keep in touch with the reclusive genius auteur, perhaps for more great roles in other projects in future years... and being how much he did for Kubrick, it wasn't too much to ask, was it? But after ORANGE he never heard from the director who had ignited his career with the ultra-violent classic that would, better for us and maybe worse for him, never go away... Perhaps he caught wind that Kubrick's next vehicle was a time period piece epic involved around the art of The Duel, titled BARRY LYNDON wherein Ryan O'Neal, while taking some getting used to, by the end turns in a wonderful performance being someone who took us for a very long ride and wound up a man who... let's just say, fit the actor's supposed real life un-appeal. But imagining Malcolm in the title role is a torturous fantasy: If only, yes, if only... <br>

action, adaptation, adventure, alan bates, bob hoskins, caper, history, malcolm mcdowell, oliver reed, richard lester, seventies, time period, twilight time

RICHARD LESTER RETURNS TO THE SWORD FOR 'ROYAL FLASH'

Year: 1975 Rating: **** There were only three actors Stanley Kubrick had to give little direction to: Peter Sellers from DR. STRANGELOVE and...

MALCOLM MCDOWELL IN 'ACES HIGH' WITH CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER

<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/a/AVvXsEjycKw1Nh4QIUj66JIvuHVH6WnzvhUxamj8a22epBpJLMDnxUtaCez2Rivms_4gOJTeod81grxYR-op97UDD111E9bdHtMoo-pDRZXpDRMm8nEDHOj3UnTK9TmtOLaAK59qZqjO3P3XdbHIDqvXc-s_S5OP0vJwnylgIiEkdbiLFjnZnRFv6M51gkJxDw=s1525" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="619" data-original-width="1525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjycKw1Nh4QIUj66JIvuHVH6WnzvhUxamj8a22epBpJLMDnxUtaCez2Rivms_4gOJTeod81grxYR-op97UDD111E9bdHtMoo-pDRZXpDRMm8nEDHOj3UnTK9TmtOLaAK59qZqjO3P3XdbHIDqvXc-s_S5OP0vJwnylgIiEkdbiLFjnZnRFv6M51gkJxDw=s16000"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: ACES HIGH Year: 1976 Rating: **</u><br></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Following the Victorian-era <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2021/12/royalflash.html">ROYAL FLASH</a>, this is the second consecutive movie that begins with <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/search/label/malcolm%20mcdowell">Malcolm McDowell</a> addressing a cathedral of students, only in ACES HIGH it's World War I and his character, hot-shot flier Major Gresham, is dead serious and genuinely intrepid in battle...</p><p></p><p>Part of the Flying Corps stationed in a grassy field with makeshift barracks in France, Gresham's troop of young men sporadically take to the sky in buzzing biplanes but without any actual layout or perspective on what's to be accomplished or protected... More like practice runs, they come and go in five minutes with nothing gained or lost...<br></p><span></span>

adaptaiton, british, christopher plummer, drama, ensemble, malcolm mcdowell, peter firth, seventies, simon ward, war, world war I

MALCOLM MCDOWELL IN 'ACES HIGH' WITH CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER

Title: ACES HIGH Year: 1976 Rating: ** Following the Victorian-era ROYAL FLASH , this is the second consecutive movie that begins with Malco...

MALCOLM MCDOWELL IN RICHARD LESTER'S 'ROYAL FLASH'

<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/AVvXsEhyo9G4d8pb3AD7lIhAVBISbfUP_H0B68SSLZ5DUgRl7aGoHgN4dgN7etiNGd3F3Rj0jDLtksuy9YfrERCULExbwYbCxTVR2dcH8MthbJKfrttBvZ-E0QBgxQCkFbMSCeaa40d5Ioj3IZRS3frSCdoRLd2EfpwvWqRXadGiZsZlcD876oa0Kk2amIyMUg/s1192/AVvXsEjXFQ0SxL7sgxD2-qvXGrex3S2DD0dijlQsU01JiIFNOXQ8W1q5RC5XIXFFsjqBNdzSAzwqIMiucEdMWpWT01OX7ZFqttp9vV1_3_uXMOnhK8QsEFQGJO53v-wQWC5WuCG59LOV67aQ6FeSa0nPFjEcob0R22cC4BwUMcuktfVF2gzUy3s-36HRD-uvJA=s16000.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="1192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyo9G4d8pb3AD7lIhAVBISbfUP_H0B68SSLZ5DUgRl7aGoHgN4dgN7etiNGd3F3Rj0jDLtksuy9YfrERCULExbwYbCxTVR2dcH8MthbJKfrttBvZ-E0QBgxQCkFbMSCeaa40d5Ioj3IZRS3frSCdoRLd2EfpwvWqRXadGiZsZlcD876oa0Kk2amIyMUg/s16000/AVvXsEjXFQ0SxL7sgxD2-qvXGrex3S2DD0dijlQsU01JiIFNOXQ8W1q5RC5XIXFFsjqBNdzSAzwqIMiucEdMWpWT01OX7ZFqttp9vV1_3_uXMOnhK8QsEFQGJO53v-wQWC5WuCG59LOV67aQ6FeSa0nPFjEcob0R22cC4BwUMcuktfVF2gzUy3s-36HRD-uvJA=s16000.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Malcolm McDowell as Harry Flashman in ROYAL FLASH Year: 1975 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Malcolm McDowell himself stated via commentary he was perhaps miscast for the role of Captain Harry Flashman based on the popular British novels by George MacDonald Fraser (inspired by Thomas Hughes), and ironically, judging by the covers, Flashman's depiction is almost a dead-ringer to McDowell's ROYAL FLASH co-star Alan Bates...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Who would have then possibly fared better in the outwardly-perfect/inwardly-cowardice title role, giving his own secondary character to underused villain Oliver Reed, formidably scowling as ever and a solid leftover from director Richard Lester's THREE MUSKETEERS and FOUR MUSKETEERS...</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/a/AVvXsEglJ6rJ-HWX_PQhNmXZr3vCF2z1n4zFT7e8ELVmK_0B91no-P_cxSsv62bf6YMzMywKp9-HqufgdsMawAhLPPSSK5BOjXQevkJZMOb1PSzUlu1J0jt3X3NV10nNa5cnm6PgOakyzRAS_R9FRY9FF6pzhgNHDm-sJp3_cRUS2TH6LI0g3cYW2mzCLNq_Bg=s1354" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="1354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglJ6rJ-HWX_PQhNmXZr3vCF2z1n4zFT7e8ELVmK_0B91no-P_cxSsv62bf6YMzMywKp9-HqufgdsMawAhLPPSSK5BOjXQevkJZMOb1PSzUlu1J0jt3X3NV10nNa5cnm6PgOakyzRAS_R9FRY9FF6pzhgNHDm-sJp3_cRUS2TH6LI0g3cYW2mzCLNq_Bg=s16000"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>ROYAL FLASH co-stars Oliver Reed and Alan Bates</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Successful films that consecutively proceeded this rather forgotten, overlooked anti-epic's epic sharing the same period-genre (herein the crest of the Victorian Era): only this fictional hero's surrounded by actual historic ones...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And IF the <i>Flashy </i>shoe didn't fit McDowell visually, he was, following A CLOCKWORK ORANGE and O LUCKY MAN, the perfect choice for an oblivious pawn thrown from one perilous misadventure into the next, overwhelmed while "riding the whirlwind" yet remaining the same knowingly-crooked scoundrel from beginning to end...</p><p><span></span></p>

action, adventure, alan bates, british, florinda bolkan, history, lionel jeffries, malcolm mcdowell, oliver reed, richard lester, seventies, tom bell, victorian

MALCOLM MCDOWELL IN RICHARD LESTER'S 'ROYAL FLASH'

Malcolm McDowell as Harry Flashman in ROYAL FLASH Year: 1975 Rating: ***1/2 Malcolm McDowell himself stated via commentary he was perhaps mi...

MALCOLM MCDOWELL IN 'THE PASSAGE' STARRING ANTHONY QUINN

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn_K8YZfsyNL7aGtnUocEBarfLFx1XOO-GjS-8ZPWx5U7yERpNgMuK8AuU-D3ayYhtgrfJ4oKpZKf8KnnHEvtas0rYyZjCHju0DI4fbTAV17lD_x_c2i8-M_9SzFuVctkMyWHLxpdjgS2T/s789/123.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="711" data-original-width="789" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn_K8YZfsyNL7aGtnUocEBarfLFx1XOO-GjS-8ZPWx5U7yERpNgMuK8AuU-D3ayYhtgrfJ4oKpZKf8KnnHEvtas0rYyZjCHju0DI4fbTAV17lD_x_c2i8-M_9SzFuVctkMyWHLxpdjgS2T/w400-h360/123.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Poster art for THE PASSAGE Year: 1979 Rates: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>It's already been written and spoken about that the infamous World War II flick THE PASSAGE is two movies in one; and in the critic's collective opinion, neither are very good: The first being the usual traipsing behind enemy lines action/adventure: In this case the snowy mountainous region of Pyrénées France with headliner Anthony Quinn... </p><p>Returned with GUNS OF NAVARONE director J. Lee Thompson, this particular tough character's paid to move a family... led by patriarchal scientist James Mason (with the brains to do a lot of damage if he winds up in Germany's hands)... into neighboring Spain, and the trek's a much anticipated, possibly lethal chore, predicted by Quinn's gruff Basque Shepard that Mason's crippled wife (Patricia Neal) doesn't have a prayer...</p><p></p><p>And there are two kids, supposedly teenagers... The first is the youngest in ultimately intrepid but initially reluctant, mistrusting and whiny son Paul Clemens (sounding as if dubbed at times); and then this film's exploitation-starlet Kay Lenz, who seems cast just to be nakedly manhandled and raped by Nazi villain's villain<i> </i>Malcolm McDowell, psychopathic scoundrel and star of that <i>second movie</i>, channeling his bratty and demented A CLOCKWORK ORANGE character so heavily he could call the French Resistance member Michael Lonsdale his "Droogie" which, in the Stanley Kubrick classic, means friend, compatriot...<br></p><p></p><p></p><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/AVvXsEi0yw0BkjvPf3lA9jgLWS_kdRCZuJQcK3Flmqp_BhXp7esy-nm9xl_QGy9ugIKhqlovp6hH_lXwgN5NE-NTmv3CrTZg-a5w45dWoHnLDJeOPJ3dVlkXRlLUb02krlvW5ohpV2iV8QLNB0Gk/s933/Screen+Shot+2021-06-30+at+5.00.16+AM+4.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="658" data-original-width="933" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0yw0BkjvPf3lA9jgLWS_kdRCZuJQcK3Flmqp_BhXp7esy-nm9xl_QGy9ugIKhqlovp6hH_lXwgN5NE-NTmv3CrTZg-a5w45dWoHnLDJeOPJ3dVlkXRlLUb02krlvW5ohpV2iV8QLNB0Gk/w400-h283/Screen+Shot+2021-06-30+at+5.00.16+AM+4.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Poster Art for THE PASSAGE</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Which is how McDowell's quirky killer Capt. Von Berkow enters into the interrogation... a charming/appreciative <i>Columbo</i> tactic making the captured character AND audience think everything may possibly turn out fine... </p><p></p><p>For which auteur and actor work nicely together and, like Quentin Tarantino's obviously-inspired INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS Nazi-villain Hans Landa's Oscar-winning prelude-monologue, the suspense leading up to each interrogated victim's fate is what really matters... </p><p></p><p>But it's not only McDowell providing the ultra-violence as some of the deadliest moments are given to tough/experienced old Quinn... leading the family from shadow-filled alleyways to a Hitchockesque train-ride to the titular mountain journey... he kills any questioning German, and is quite good here, not just going through the motions. Meanwhile, real life war hero Christopher Lee's given a quick yet important Gypsy King cameo along with FRENCH CONNECTION assassin Marcel Bozzuffi, playing nice this time... Then again, compared to crazy Malcolm, they're all pretty affable. But at the same time both sides mean business. <br></p><p><span></span></p>

action, anthony quinn, christopher lee, exploitation, j. lee thompson, james mason, kay lenz, malcolm mcdowell, michael lonsdale, patricia neal, paul clemens, seventies, war

MALCOLM MCDOWELL IN 'THE PASSAGE' STARRING ANTHONY QUINN

Poster art for THE PASSAGE Year: 1979 Rates: **** It's already been written and spoken about that the infamous World War II flick THE PA...

TOASTING NEW YEARS WITH NEW YEARS PARTY FLICK 'GET CRAZY'

<p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaCbks5HNHsh7VuJbK-jIxPj9WX46HR4XnzuHUaGEhx85J9PeU0e4mG9BlrJQIuod1Xd75A2bYU64TxMaFutbRTZWp0ck3R0rP3xLg1SUyNPBu78HqY_Ylc93Vh1pRMFm3BCDk130pvzqh8YnJSxgzogaCUAEu7ow8TUaIuVcRHq6SPgyJldjzxFC6kFw7/s1406/Screen%20Shot%202025-08-30%20at%207.45.58%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1406" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaCbks5HNHsh7VuJbK-jIxPj9WX46HR4XnzuHUaGEhx85J9PeU0e4mG9BlrJQIuod1Xd75A2bYU64TxMaFutbRTZWp0ck3R0rP3xLg1SUyNPBu78HqY_Ylc93Vh1pRMFm3BCDk130pvzqh8YnJSxgzogaCUAEu7ow8TUaIuVcRHq6SPgyJldjzxFC6kFw7/w400-h295/Screen%20Shot%202025-08-30%20at%207.45.58%20PM.png" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: GET CRAZY Year: 1983 Rating: ***</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The <i>Stoned Out</i> trope from EASY RIDER to BREAKFAST CLUB overdoses in Alan Arkush's GET CRAZY where drugs allow the characters to miraculously change their ways: Not like there's any doubt things wouldn't have turned out perfectly for Bill Graham-inspired Max Wolfe (Allen Garfield), preparing for his club's New Year's 15-year anniversary concert with acts from blues-man Bill Henderson to campy anthem-rocker Malcolm McDowell's Reggie Wanker, who, living up to his last name and high on groovy juice provided by a magical drug dealer, talks to his own... wanker... <br></p><p>Meanwhile, club managers Daniel Stern and Gail Edwards almost amount to a romance but there's so much ongoing music and old style physical comedy exploding in every direction, no real plots can bother with GET CRAZY: Mixing an eclectic ensemble also including McDowell's hot Swedish girlfriend Anna Bjorn, crooked mogul Ed Begley Jr. trying to purchase the club using the owner's selfish nephew while Lou Reed walks the streets thinking up a comeback song, Lee Ving stage dives and Stern's gorgeous little sister Stacey Nelkin's dying to meet a rock star, any rock star that, again... comes to nothing but noise: And perhaps that's deliberate in a fantasy-infused rock-comedy attempting 1960's legendary-free-form raunchiness in the glossy-slapstick 1980's by way of 1970's cult movie cameo-loaded frenzy... which is kind of a shame since the central characters have potential to stretch beyond the surrounding shenanigans. <br></p>

allan arkush, allen garfield, anna bjorn, bill henderson, comedy, daniel stern, denise galik, ed begley jr., eighties, gail edwards, lee ving, lou reed, malcolm mcdowell, miles chapin, music, slapstick, stacey nelkin

TOASTING NEW YEARS WITH NEW YEARS PARTY FLICK 'GET CRAZY'

Title: GET CRAZY Year: 1983 Rating: *** The Stoned Out trope from EASY RIDER to BREAKFAST CLUB overdoses in Alan Arkush's GET CRAZY whe...

ROBERT SHAW & MALCOLM MCDOWELL 'FIGURES IN A LANDSCAPE'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhHAmIY4gCntvexrmwVYkR5dV0jy0gDYDGSazTu7Uyce3TMlf1-SqrME5Uo-y6yPOv_xzeBiLGbEL2KbaeGasOrcG5y2oicst-NxnBpQud11SIBJUtwDhKSR-qtI7q6ijbuuSceiWNmJ36/s1600/Screen+Shot+2020-07-11+at+12.46.13+AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="771" data-original-width="1382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhHAmIY4gCntvexrmwVYkR5dV0jy0gDYDGSazTu7Uyce3TMlf1-SqrME5Uo-y6yPOv_xzeBiLGbEL2KbaeGasOrcG5y2oicst-NxnBpQud11SIBJUtwDhKSR-qtI7q6ijbuuSceiWNmJ36/s1600/Screen+Shot+2020-07-11+at+12.46.13+AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <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> </tbody></table><p>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> <br> Well this sort of love/hate relationship exists between Shaw’s coldblooded, experienced MacConnachie and McDowell’s naïve yet wily young Ansell (much like the later RUNAWAY TRAIN with Jon Voight and Eric Roberts): two escaped convicts — with a mysterious past only partially learned through sparse, pulpy, existential dialogue — on the run in an unnamed country... <br> </p>

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 autograph...

MALCOLM MCDOWELL ROAMS LINDSAY ANDERSON'S 'O LUCKY MAN!'

<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/AVvXsEjH3uoG3Hvp5SBEWxDM6NpAyIJJp7Af5tHbFItH4t_XvmIduIZ_JDCrY9EJtIKxaKn6hIcfj1X0XaVenJh6qSOx43sw5fNUynxbaQa0DWSwE4Euw5YE9S3M-VjF6_m2qNvlxzsRiUZv57XzfkBFmWsIg3-uXZ69-vn5IAgjFYIlVUJw1FO3lAz6o1_yyrGT/s1600/33.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="903" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3uoG3Hvp5SBEWxDM6NpAyIJJp7Af5tHbFItH4t_XvmIduIZ_JDCrY9EJtIKxaKn6hIcfj1X0XaVenJh6qSOx43sw5fNUynxbaQa0DWSwE4Euw5YE9S3M-VjF6_m2qNvlxzsRiUZv57XzfkBFmWsIg3-uXZ69-vn5IAgjFYIlVUJw1FO3lAz6o1_yyrGT/s16000/33.jpeg"></a></td></tr><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></tbody></table><p>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> <br> 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> </p><p></p>

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

MALCOLM MCDOWELL ROAMS 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 as a...

A BAGFUL OF PARANTHETICAL BLAKE EDWARDS ARCHIVE REVIEWS

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia5i8I6XW7qRVg0-P7pdb_1aQlJG9r039-Y-svtB1uHlX8XIAcZZ9cjieA5JKMs15fQW0xHW1ESAw5LKVYgILWT3PWPl5t6MHTavvrf3u06QZtw13FiawghkW5Ikz-FoNPnlyjtOCvGpqe/s1600/Screen+Shot+2019-03-09+at+9.54.23+PM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="508" data-original-width="675" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia5i8I6XW7qRVg0-P7pdb_1aQlJG9r039-Y-svtB1uHlX8XIAcZZ9cjieA5JKMs15fQW0xHW1ESAw5LKVYgILWT3PWPl5t6MHTavvrf3u06QZtw13FiawghkW5Ikz-FoNPnlyjtOCvGpqe/s400/Screen+Shot+2019-03-09+at+9.54.23+PM.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Bruce Willis and Malcolm McDowell YEAR: 1991 Score: **1/2</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <span style="font-size: large;"><u>SUNSET:</u></span> James Garner is the real life Marshall Wyatt Earp and Bruce Willis is cowboy actor Tom Mix portraying Earp in a movie, and they team-up to solve a murder in old Hollywoodland...<br> <br> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> Reminiscent of those episodes of "Rockford Files" with Garner and the classier, prettier and younger Tom Selleck, but since there's really no clashing between the REAL cowboy and the FAKE one there's not much chemistry either. It's like watching two friends agreeing upon everything — what's the fun in that? But there are some decent performances and you'll have light fun watching. Meanwhile, as usual, Bruce Willis is passable doing his ever-charming-reaction acting style and James Garner keeps the ball rolling at a comfortable pace. Although in the end you'll forgot you've seen anything: except maybe cult icon Malcolm McDowell's final moments as a bizarre, classy and then monstrous villain as the affable comedy morphs wickedly into a chilling/thrilling Hammer Film.  <br>

blake edwards, bruce willis, comedy, eighties, fifties, jack lemmon, james garner, john ritter, lee remick, malcolm mcdowell, romantic comedy, sixties, thriller, TV, william holden

A BAGFUL OF PARANTHETICAL BLAKE EDWARDS ARCHIVE REVIEWS

Bruce Willis and Malcolm McDowell YEAR: 1991 Score: **1/2 SUNSET: James Garner is the real life Marshall Wyatt Earp and Bruce Willis i...

DOUBLE 'FIRESTARTER' FEATURE W/ ORIGINAL AND 'REKINDLED'

<div style="text-align: right;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB0GgJT0b2-Q-H6mP6VxBsslDIpHNcAfIavb4_Y7Slz7Hi3k5vzH-5rFKrTAxUTTTEWMKebpbAApaHbu7z_qJHr326X3zPLikCK3wmDZ5w_Vr-MXRYw3eag7ajX3bQAm4UpUmyzkjUuvjz/s1600/33727687_483549908740857_977438697194520576_n.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="466" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB0GgJT0b2-Q-H6mP6VxBsslDIpHNcAfIavb4_Y7Slz7Hi3k5vzH-5rFKrTAxUTTTEWMKebpbAApaHbu7z_qJHr326X3zPLikCK3wmDZ5w_Vr-MXRYw3eag7ajX3bQAm4UpUmyzkjUuvjz/s320/33727687_483549908740857_977438697194520576_n.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Heather Locklear and Drew Barrymore YEAR: 1984</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <u>FIRESTARTER</u>: During what looks like a five-dollar opening credit sequence, the synth score by Tangerine Dream, a hybrid of Pink Floyd and John Carpenter, provides a silk hat on a...<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <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/AVvXsEji09Q36W9RFz5KFU9MeWylwSBwr9ODcyoUtE9yTvqH94GKXvm79BYUxOKRtWQU6MtPkxW9dX6l8E6I-9qqpey6CQQJVOZStE80moTrqxst_bteSjo7NVMBhi9yS2bGerouOArruxq5vIeK/s1600/Screen+Shot+2019-01-06+at+3.33.45+PM.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="758" data-original-width="475" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji09Q36W9RFz5KFU9MeWylwSBwr9ODcyoUtE9yTvqH94GKXvm79BYUxOKRtWQU6MtPkxW9dX6l8E6I-9qqpey6CQQJVOZStE80moTrqxst_bteSjo7NVMBhi9yS2bGerouOArruxq5vIeK/s320/Screen+Shot+2019-01-06+at+3.33.45+PM.jpeg" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Love the spaceman on the right</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> Well FIRESTARTER isn't exactly (or entirely) a dog: But based on a novel by Stephen King, it can mislead rabid horror fans as a droning Science-Fiction thriller without wraiths or psychos but nefarious government agents with black suits, like HALLOWEEN 3: SEASON OF THE WITCH compared to its famous, popular predecessors involving tangible killer ghost Michael Myers...<br /> <br /> Although, directed by capable b-movie/drive-in staple, Mark L. Lester, it's got a terrific look, produced by movie mogul Dino De Laurentis — plus the cast of otherwise great actors turning in good-enough performances: Particularly young lead, Charlie (short for Charlene), played by the ET-famous Drew Barrymore: She displays the right amount of possessive power and, most important, empathetic vulnerability in a picture that feels like a dark espionage mated with a pulpy and Gothic, coming-of-age melodrama — using random bouts of cringe-worthy dialogue along with a sporadic overdose of technical exposition...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEYb-Ned_5lVVc-S7ky44OPesxFjmrVYDjd8KpQ3MRYZ1LOBrZVkqTN78l6XsjRxIHYAy9tGEwAFMBENnXFGgOU62CR06mhDgEz8KFBbrBJBUYfAYqJinmjUiigP3H_DcXFoKjpB7bHFtP/s1600/33748783_483560792073102_7345554348690112512_o.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="805" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEYb-Ned_5lVVc-S7ky44OPesxFjmrVYDjd8KpQ3MRYZ1LOBrZVkqTN78l6XsjRxIHYAy9tGEwAFMBENnXFGgOU62CR06mhDgEz8KFBbrBJBUYfAYqJinmjUiigP3H_DcXFoKjpB7bHFtP/s320/33748783_483560792073102_7345554348690112512_o.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Your bunny mug floweth over</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> Things tighten after being captured and separated by her father (played by) David Keith, who has Old Testament powers to make people see what he tells them — the proverbial Pharaoh's staff-into-serpent kinda deal...<br /> <br /> <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/AVvXsEh2CD0g4-vEhyafbFmckQq5YedNH6mNzop8e9mmvWBc7TSt7Q9bUACMzt14fe5GE8OzOPSBvUHOYkKPkaN_OT9EhOO1aVXQ9UGs7aN1i3sGYMEF7ak-gdl6JLWXq5RHkk89T5npeySYD9NO/s1600/414YZWMFN4L._SY445_.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="327" data-original-width="210" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2CD0g4-vEhyafbFmckQq5YedNH6mNzop8e9mmvWBc7TSt7Q9bUACMzt14fe5GE8OzOPSBvUHOYkKPkaN_OT9EhOO1aVXQ9UGs7aN1i3sGYMEF7ak-gdl6JLWXq5RHkk89T5npeySYD9NO/s320/414YZWMFN4L._SY445_.jpg" width="205" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Original Firestarter Score: ***1/2</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> This after Dad and Charlie are on-the-run (which includes well-done flashbacks leading to the present time) during an action-led first act act, befitting Lester's <i>appeal to a primal audience </i>style that made those old "cheap" vehicles so appealing (and would progress the next year with his popular-peak COMMANDO)...<br /> <br /> Then when dad and daughter are both "politely" sequestered inside contrived cozy living/bedrooms (including the usual steel wall behind a draped steel window) inside a rural government compound (which we never get an establishing shot of), it's the chemistry between Barrymore and assassin George C. Scott as Raintree, established earlier as a coldblooded killer and now pretending to be a friendly old orderly named John, that really works. He warms her heart with a hypnotic (for her) and comfortably creepy ruse (for us) in what's overall a <i>pretty good</i> film that doesn't try to be<i> really great</i>, and with just enough of the titular promise of torched/scorched bad guys while the characters, good and bad, develop between scenes that moves the story forward in an economic B-movie that has enough A-value to feel completely legit in the King-adapted galaxy.  <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> </div> <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/AVvXsEhwzT33_WDbBh1DskmKTMqnGV4Poi-0KBbXlMKtkHl_8-mNxDEJ0J8YaJuswNooTzSJjHxccS9PdNrFU8_Eq8ey6Kn9OJB4QFlY7NsnfaMj0oL5nMeieoSzo5nHCch6Ei4vPCqZbS7dSy8E/s1600/33869785_483563285406186_736763994240450560_n.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="945" data-original-width="700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwzT33_WDbBh1DskmKTMqnGV4Poi-0KBbXlMKtkHl_8-mNxDEJ0J8YaJuswNooTzSJjHxccS9PdNrFU8_Eq8ey6Kn9OJB4QFlY7NsnfaMj0oL5nMeieoSzo5nHCch6Ei4vPCqZbS7dSy8E/s320/33869785_483563285406186_736763994240450560_n.jpg" width="236" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>McDowell with Not-Drew YEAR: 2002</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <u>FIRESTARTER 2: REKINDLED</u>: Better than one would expect from a miniseries of a sequel based upon a semi-famous Stephen King novel adaptation, especially after THE SHINING miniseries, which was the famously opinionated author's attempt to erase Stanley Kubrick's legendary classic off the chalkboard (nice try, Stephen, but WINGS star Steven Weber <i>don't know Jack</i>)...<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoKEwl6n8aHmIzWq-379Tp9oL1PkfLtLANPSIjvx6Js06q-eTJk4OEZMULlFgACa4ZyynHi3kmMFER0ag1hWVbWPTQjiSkH4QtCgmepnwL_lRxbcbOO7u_jpDPl1O6AP4q7RQxxgPEUOiu/s1600/GueRjn4.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="510" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoKEwl6n8aHmIzWq-379Tp9oL1PkfLtLANPSIjvx6Js06q-eTJk4OEZMULlFgACa4ZyynHi3kmMFER0ag1hWVbWPTQjiSkH4QtCgmepnwL_lRxbcbOO7u_jpDPl1O6AP4q7RQxxgPEUOiu/s400/GueRjn4.jpg" width="212" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>RekindledTVMovieScore: ***</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> Same thing happens here as the child version of the second Charlie doesn't follow what happened in the first; that which was more logical and suspenseful...<br /> <br /> For example, Malcolm McDowell takes George C. Scott's role, with half his face burned from what seemed his scorching barnyard death, and instead of the aforementioned deception between the first Raintree and Charlie — in this case, after the father gets shot on the street, McDowell's simply walks up and grabs her hand, replacing daddy — and she doesn't freak out?! <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> </div> <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/AVvXsEiCxuICQZDZjZKniU8u1s_RkQaEfhGEdjTMtmuGiUPtg6djFrfawhIPywXvtlQY0ZdC-kELt5tJtLz040vRgPdsT7e6hhdymM-6ineu9X3WtWI8E7CrQjBYRtBYvyAnSHyFT_A8KPteLlQr/s1600/Screen+Shot+2018-05-28+at+11.06.54+PM.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1429" data-original-width="990" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCxuICQZDZjZKniU8u1s_RkQaEfhGEdjTMtmuGiUPtg6djFrfawhIPywXvtlQY0ZdC-kELt5tJtLz040vRgPdsT7e6hhdymM-6ineu9X3WtWI8E7CrQjBYRtBYvyAnSHyFT_A8KPteLlQr/s320/Screen+Shot+2018-05-28+at+11.06.54+PM.jpg" width="220" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>3/4ths of the DVD double feature</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> But this is really about the grownup twenty-something Charlie whose powers are sought to be REKINDLED by everyone but herself. The gorgeous (and yes, talented) former MIGHTY DUCKS child starlet Marguerite Moreau (coached by Emilio Estevez, first son of Martin Sheen, Barrymore's captor in the original) turns in a smooth performance despite way too many uneven, confusing, off-color flashbacks. And it's part romantic-soap as she's paired with a well-written but mediocre-acted standard handsome (and intentionally oblivious) employee of the agency tracking her down... <br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKOdTg2xHjPWahzjRym0M9sYKm2FM7uxecXVGd0k1VU9U03O4TKdf9qcYMoFawISbxqEZJxw1iRTRCT7Xhw92Qv_B0BWx69FG_F4rHlov4QJ0L5UsJ1bXAea_uu8vFOaijd0QiotfRjFi5/s1600/33780759_483553998740448_6132564067136569344_n.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="960" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKOdTg2xHjPWahzjRym0M9sYKm2FM7uxecXVGd0k1VU9U03O4TKdf9qcYMoFawISbxqEZJxw1iRTRCT7Xhw92Qv_B0BWx69FG_F4rHlov4QJ0L5UsJ1bXAea_uu8vFOaijd0QiotfRjFi5/s320/33780759_483553998740448_6132564067136569344_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>One of those devilish Stephen King adapted touches</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> Whether taking place in a constructed small town main street, or the city that it purposefully mirrors (for the final battle), there's simply not enough fire... or victims of the flames... to go around...<br /> <br /> With sexy dark-grunge Charlie's powers more spoken and/or anticipated, the bedlam's handed to a group of boys who share her formidable gift, mentored by Raintree, yet are pretty weak in the antagonist department. Enough elements work, though, like an important cameo by Dennis Hopper (as a survivor of the initial test that screwed-up Charlie's parents); an effective hybrid of body count terror (still not horror); and with a more backseat yet still palpable element of sci-fi, this REKINDLED miniseries (with ten minutes trimmed for a movie-length DVD) is a ride worth burning through. At least once.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAOikTf55Cs7VwWmMscdCN67-HvmfeZ-Wre6xd2rep-DudA_UlxwBmNgv-BHIm7zaqZ9LedAESPNw9vFhd28KVQMx51MOvHwX-g3mcWHrxI-6PllnwywA8CQQf-nv5mNfiV3E05kDHCUeE/s1600/2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAOikTf55Cs7VwWmMscdCN67-HvmfeZ-Wre6xd2rep-DudA_UlxwBmNgv-BHIm7zaqZ9LedAESPNw9vFhd28KVQMx51MOvHwX-g3mcWHrxI-6PllnwywA8CQQf-nv5mNfiV3E05kDHCUeE/s1600/2.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Cult Film Freak amigo Antonio "Huggy Bear" Fargas in a thrifty but important cameo as a cab driver</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivBLIiqzDTAcO4-TVGDAhtXX-vDoNwPtbzoUr2JH67Xq8S-MDazX8sdfpcitVB1xKtPIgAZON-I9UdBbt6FYXTywwiRIio_H6X4iUKL9s8Qw_UnS_l2KxaBL_l7VooYNm_uABlwXoExwSi/s1600/1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivBLIiqzDTAcO4-TVGDAhtXX-vDoNwPtbzoUr2JH67Xq8S-MDazX8sdfpcitVB1xKtPIgAZON-I9UdBbt6FYXTywwiRIio_H6X4iUKL9s8Qw_UnS_l2KxaBL_l7VooYNm_uABlwXoExwSi/s1600/1.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Raintree warming up to our little Firestarter Drew Barrymore, which is the epicenter of the movie</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7gdpv5rWqCWpcwmKHCbYB7j8cif6w1emuotFSvjGAXFhIeAFYFmsL71bVDX6QnmDkaMa973b3OUTr_ztMBYZbtTrgEopR_IokcqWShdWtyVDxzUVN9IwjKL7VFh1H-cErscC86VxQv6Y-/s1600/3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7gdpv5rWqCWpcwmKHCbYB7j8cif6w1emuotFSvjGAXFhIeAFYFmsL71bVDX6QnmDkaMa973b3OUTr_ztMBYZbtTrgEopR_IokcqWShdWtyVDxzUVN9IwjKL7VFh1H-cErscC86VxQv6Y-/s1600/3.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>When she was the cutest thing in the world, Heather Locklear meets future husband David Keith during THE Gov't test</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QedS8rlEn_gWIEggwiPUcRYmzCZcJACpeM4DHpwmoaNUo2qIKpZWsfaooboIlNKH3r6K3uWtEFco7PxsOcgPQXdow9bmCyxcJ91zRk5zzDlaBzaLvoFYrbSLPEKJvL5tDaUKebygkdV4/s1600/4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="494" data-original-width="789" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QedS8rlEn_gWIEggwiPUcRYmzCZcJACpeM4DHpwmoaNUo2qIKpZWsfaooboIlNKH3r6K3uWtEFco7PxsOcgPQXdow9bmCyxcJ91zRk5zzDlaBzaLvoFYrbSLPEKJvL5tDaUKebygkdV4/s1600/4.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Drew Barrymore David Keith Firestarter Drew Barrymore David Keith Drew Barrymore Firestarter</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgPeqm5Pis7mBuS_OG9pP9T0y1q83DYReoDaoY_GAOGs0m17YpJv223J9m7GSTqTV0PaB64J8k8QNxA1_VqnBRW2CDICei3lefE1tExYUVUtNqPqDNeu2nQ-6tYw4tyG3nXJrR9iiPQNi3/s1600/6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="494" data-original-width="947" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgPeqm5Pis7mBuS_OG9pP9T0y1q83DYReoDaoY_GAOGs0m17YpJv223J9m7GSTqTV0PaB64J8k8QNxA1_VqnBRW2CDICei3lefE1tExYUVUtNqPqDNeu2nQ-6tYw4tyG3nXJrR9iiPQNi3/s1600/6.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>George C. Scott's assassin's assasin Raintree takes aim at an unsuccessfully hidden away...</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlsMomY_hXH_sqHSPOa-ZAAAJQXSIa7Mc1ajf08Vdx8RxTr7Mue64lB_nGvLww63zVAPaKE63CKX9DZqYblpDllYYUbZ_kWLNS6LiUNBci-p2EdpQ0__FtofJxhF2MCtwwlTW9d_mVaxL3/s1600/7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="747" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlsMomY_hXH_sqHSPOa-ZAAAJQXSIa7Mc1ajf08Vdx8RxTr7Mue64lB_nGvLww63zVAPaKE63CKX9DZqYblpDllYYUbZ_kWLNS6LiUNBci-p2EdpQ0__FtofJxhF2MCtwwlTW9d_mVaxL3/s1600/7.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Firestarter and father, who hid in a property that they own... Not very smart...</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT98y_WebR8x5onKYcVXEYI2P3TSj72gie7cmG2470KpA4Uqb5wHYLf-lxSlTlo72BJS00_-WgF2b5txeFJ8emZxQWYMwLA2cGhdUFU96Ilw1jwcs-03gHsrdsTRAaRtJK0G6qwhefKNPy/s1600/66.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="506" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT98y_WebR8x5onKYcVXEYI2P3TSj72gie7cmG2470KpA4Uqb5wHYLf-lxSlTlo72BJS00_-WgF2b5txeFJ8emZxQWYMwLA2cGhdUFU96Ilw1jwcs-03gHsrdsTRAaRtJK0G6qwhefKNPy/s1600/66.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>A terrific unfolding by director Mark L. Lester Firestarter as Agents appear out of trees... It's the evil E.T.</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2_0mA6z6BTJBTO6GUWXw3UMMP4IZ86uNbGcAfAiiYD5ADGo8N0-J8tKxeSBXCLa-Qd3WWMdyqMDlTWcraDGaA29FVK9O9xfRjs3klPYfzgnXJMzqeLJflV3VBZFJMjeV3YCfaHrtzq6es/s1600/33727687_483549908740857_977438697194520576_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="643" data-original-width="903" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2_0mA6z6BTJBTO6GUWXw3UMMP4IZ86uNbGcAfAiiYD5ADGo8N0-J8tKxeSBXCLa-Qd3WWMdyqMDlTWcraDGaA29FVK9O9xfRjs3klPYfzgnXJMzqeLJflV3VBZFJMjeV3YCfaHrtzq6es/s1600/33727687_483549908740857_977438697194520576_n.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>In The Shining, that power was compared to burning toast, so there it is, another King connection</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://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC_N4SBNUHazwGlghEDB6IclVsDDXddFDRNk1gewGc11PMpCBQFSIOIYFYVrCMZ6FRdlB3THFMcN7ea_49gutdlhX5tBBIoEXcWtdf6xdh4Ka1WprGWjjFVvlcxntUqFLJELQQXnXdcvAH/s1600/DeRII-mV4AA2mQE.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="692" data-original-width="884" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC_N4SBNUHazwGlghEDB6IclVsDDXddFDRNk1gewGc11PMpCBQFSIOIYFYVrCMZ6FRdlB3THFMcN7ea_49gutdlhX5tBBIoEXcWtdf6xdh4Ka1WprGWjjFVvlcxntUqFLJELQQXnXdcvAH/s1600/DeRII-mV4AA2mQE.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>"Ha! Thanks... I had some photos at one point but have no idea where they are now. Appreciate it!"</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://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibeI8yf0zkyUGMjdNs9fU52aff4U_Ef9l_VF8JlSbQzgdK3FKv9b_rkCAfAhlXLKOHkD1qSkshDeom3psWVzTKs5tr0GCjmXAYALY7IghyQuQyteGoA4dYDa40CbV0jMdgTPBVIA4akdyp1NLcwr_Pbganhl6_mMriCyJB8tBgxo3zFIh0K6ReDHyYnw/s1597/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-17%20at%2010.55.25%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="771" data-original-width="1597" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibeI8yf0zkyUGMjdNs9fU52aff4U_Ef9l_VF8JlSbQzgdK3FKv9b_rkCAfAhlXLKOHkD1qSkshDeom3psWVzTKs5tr0GCjmXAYALY7IghyQuQyteGoA4dYDa40CbV0jMdgTPBVIA4akdyp1NLcwr_Pbganhl6_mMriCyJB8tBgxo3zFIh0K6ReDHyYnw/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-17%20at%2010.55.25%20PM.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u> Lisa Anne Barnes as Serviceman's Girlfriend in FIRESTARTER</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />

david keith, dennis hopper, drew barrymore, horror, malcolm mcdowell, mark l. lester, miniseries, science-fiction, sequel, tangerine dream, TV, zeroes

DOUBLE 'FIRESTARTER' FEATURE W/ ORIGINAL AND 'REKINDLED'

Heather Locklear and Drew Barrymore YEAR: 1984 FIRESTARTER : During what looks like a five-dollar opening credit sequence, the synth s...

ROB ZOMBIE WRITES & DIRECTS THE BLOODFEST OF 31

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-zbJZk1xiZ7Wigb_QoE01k7BPUNTnh543nWEPMqNHF6HBnTM4oPX89P3Jbb9rK8V00rRp2xXgyF8nlWWn_Lt-K76wnHUpAK-fP6c0nSHu-AMcNnbpb54M7tbHzl0r88fVB308kqa1NJqA/s1600/31-Movie-Poster-1000x515.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="493" data-original-width="918" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-zbJZk1xiZ7Wigb_QoE01k7BPUNTnh543nWEPMqNHF6HBnTM4oPX89P3Jbb9rK8V00rRp2xXgyF8nlWWn_Lt-K76wnHUpAK-fP6c0nSHu-AMcNnbpb54M7tbHzl0r88fVB308kqa1NJqA/s400/31-Movie-Poster-1000x515.jpg" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>1970's Homage Style Poster Art for 31 Year: 2016</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Rob Zombie's "31" is one of those horror movies that's terrifying for the fictional characters but not one bit scary to the audience... </span><br> <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br></span> <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Seeming like a twisted version of THE RUNNING MAN (originally derived from THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME), five people have to survive a tortuous hunting underground hosted by Malcolm McDowell and two old ladies, dressed in wigged European aristocrat costumes, letting the would-be victims know how much time is left, and which antagonist is next up to bat: All bearing names with Head at the end, such as Sick-Head and Doom-Head, they resemble Heath Ledger's Joker combined with Rob's usual Killer Clown motif with a dash of TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE demented redneck.</span><br>

2016, body count, horror, lawrence hilton-jacobs, malcolm mcdowell, rob zombie

ROB ZOMBIE WRITES & DIRECTS THE BLOODFEST OF 31

1970's Homage Style Poster Art for 31 Year: 2016 Rob Zombie's "31" is one of those horror movies that's terrifying...

RAMBLING PERSPECTIVE OF 'CAT PEOPLE' ORIGINAL & REMAKE

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxIvNfaj44UHQlcegjBHWdto9Yf3RLMTOy1LTEUFhebxaZv473_Jp36AHml1q_D6T8joJ8xHK9C9PYNGy3C6NLm9rqzzVMu90VMr8nt7mmCWDrwyofAMEMT5-3_95euwJmuvFv1VYnRHo/s1600/1+1.53.09+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxIvNfaj44UHQlcegjBHWdto9Yf3RLMTOy1LTEUFhebxaZv473_Jp36AHml1q_D6T8joJ8xHK9C9PYNGy3C6NLm9rqzzVMu90VMr8nt7mmCWDrwyofAMEMT5-3_95euwJmuvFv1VYnRHo/s1600/1+1.53.09+PM.jpg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u style="font-size: 12.8px;">year: 1942 cast: Simone Simon, Kent Smith • year: 1982 cast: Nastassja Kinski, John Heard, Malcolm McDowell</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> The main difference between the original Film Noir CAT PEOPLE produced by b-movie king Val Lewton, and directed with artistic, mesmerizing prowess by Lewton's stock director Jacques Tourneur, and the 1982 remake directed by TAXI DRIVER scribe and HARDCORE director Paul Schrader, is that at one point, a distinguished gentleman, in the original, looks at a woman about to cause a subtle scene in front of our always out-of-place ingenue Simone Simon as Irena Dubrovna Reed... especially nervous around her fiance's fancy restaurant-dwelling cronies... as the man points out, casually: "She looks like a cat."<br>

annette o'toole, david bowie, ed begley jr., film noir, franchise, jacques tourneur, kent smith, malcolm mcdowell, nastassja kinski, neo noir, paul schrader, sequel, simone simon, val lewton

RAMBLING PERSPECTIVE OF 'CAT PEOPLE' ORIGINAL & REMAKE

year: 1942 cast: Simone Simon, Kent Smith • year: 1982 cast: Nastassja Kinski, John Heard, Malcolm McDowell The main difference between ...

ACTRESS PAULINE TAYLOR RECALLS A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj715usE_Elg6lk49Yu88XuY9St92oW6DFL4YLpjE3TIz9ofj_eab53ezvat4ET9f0j14uEn61-GPLKhgEfYM3YW8swDjx4X3TCFOlonNu3Zbw4ymtBhE8uhLKn2UlEC-1kapd-AdwVkeIyz9ONn42be1XSv4Daa4YknN5fUWY_627_kCFmbgDndq1thcXr/s886/Screen%20Shot%202024-07-29%20at%206.25.18%20PM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="886" data-original-width="672" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj715usE_Elg6lk49Yu88XuY9St92oW6DFL4YLpjE3TIz9ofj_eab53ezvat4ET9f0j14uEn61-GPLKhgEfYM3YW8swDjx4X3TCFOlonNu3Zbw4ymtBhE8uhLKn2UlEC-1kapd-AdwVkeIyz9ONn42be1XSv4Daa4YknN5fUWY_627_kCFmbgDndq1thcXr/s320/Screen%20Shot%202024-07-29%20at%206.25.18%20PM.jpeg" width="243" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Malcolm McDowell & Pauline Taylor</u></td></tr></tbody></table>“He was one of those people,” actress Pauline Taylor describes Stanley Kubrick, the director of A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, “that when he came into the room you knew he was there, straightaway.”<br /> <br /> <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/AVvXsEhUXfc1QzFmjjD0RFpJLiTDhEvWFSHaiZO_YVUioLuNtKYO7XlDkNaRNEckolzpUOmI_A9kSG2YMyRT-m-gzIO8BtSFB8urg75yamjUrN-h_LVX1JVjAwNiuUD6P7GFGmhWgTscDUuIyNE/s1600/mm2.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUXfc1QzFmjjD0RFpJLiTDhEvWFSHaiZO_YVUioLuNtKYO7XlDkNaRNEckolzpUOmI_A9kSG2YMyRT-m-gzIO8BtSFB8urg75yamjUrN-h_LVX1JVjAwNiuUD6P7GFGmhWgTscDUuIyNE/s200/mm2.jpg" width="163" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Famous Artwork</td></tr> </tbody></table> And a similar mesmerizing aura could describe Kubrick's work, especially A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, the groundbreaking, ultra-violent motion picture that has gained an immense cult following and still, after over forty years, remains a controversial phenomenon, and then some. Based on a novel by Anthony Burgess and scripted by Kubrick, the story centers on a gang of young thugs running wild, led by Alex DeLarge. In this role, Malcolm McDowell creates such a vile monster within the first half, when you begin feeling sorry for the character, it’s testament to a remarkable performance that, during the 11th hour of the film, turns surprisingly humorous when a hospital psychiatrist gives the recovering Alex a sort of Rorschach test, using cartoon slides instead of surreal ink blotches.<br /> <br /> Actress Pauline Taylor provides a breath of fresh air as the subtle, even-keeled and quirky-cute Dr. Taylor (keeping her same last name), whose job is to make sure Alex's askew mind is back in working order.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <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/AVvXsEizJq930cNZZDZxzuQ3C2pvMYwfnW5KU2z5hsVdzjckDPE3B4_iOPFWHcqLijFcsq_lpJn_tBQme-Cq2lTDqkgIyrs-CRH7jlkvmWgMRFmyR_QHsZRXPyRXzjTdR1VD5roZO3mXVJyL0LtmF6FeX5Id2_MLaQo0gSwvlU3RUPzFufSWESVO7tmX227Xhz6N/s994/Screen%20Shot%202024-07-29%20at%206.26.31%20PM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="994" data-original-width="886" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizJq930cNZZDZxzuQ3C2pvMYwfnW5KU2z5hsVdzjckDPE3B4_iOPFWHcqLijFcsq_lpJn_tBQme-Cq2lTDqkgIyrs-CRH7jlkvmWgMRFmyR_QHsZRXPyRXzjTdR1VD5roZO3mXVJyL0LtmF6FeX5Id2_MLaQo0gSwvlU3RUPzFufSWESVO7tmX227Xhz6N/s320/Screen%20Shot%202024-07-29%20at%206.26.31%20PM.jpeg" width="285" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pauline Taylor</td></tr></tbody></table>This Cult Film Freak inspired interview morphed into a wonderful video with Pauline, conducted in England by her personal friend, Andrew Stevens, covering her entire career... <br /> <br /> And now, exclusive in written format along with photos of the scene, we'll center on her complete journey into one of the most controversial films of all time...<br /> <br /> <u><b>OH JOLLY GOOD: THE PAULINE TAYLOR INTERVIEW...</b><b> with questions written & transcribed by James M. Tate</b></u><br /> <br /> <b>How did you get the part as the psychiatrist in A CLOCKWORK ORANGE? </b><br /> <br /> My agent put me up for a reading, and I’m so dumb I thought it was another commercial… He was always setting me up for commercials…  And when they gave me a sheet of script… Two pages I think it was… I thought, ‘I don’t know what this is, but it isn’t a commercial.’ <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidPxP2s9ph-AjSwHKdpDUaJp7eudPk6JQr6n1QxGCygkiy9jb_wZqMuTfb65JGR4Qw2nSqMEbdtCkTXqseQnowW9YuxCY2zH9E5jpsZQv-ZN1l74Sn0joVQ7PLuTHZ6uHtaYaDDiVELIB2/s1600/23905230_401072593655256_3797205363201463972_n.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="802" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidPxP2s9ph-AjSwHKdpDUaJp7eudPk6JQr6n1QxGCygkiy9jb_wZqMuTfb65JGR4Qw2nSqMEbdtCkTXqseQnowW9YuxCY2zH9E5jpsZQv-ZN1l74Sn0joVQ7PLuTHZ6uHtaYaDDiVELIB2/s400/23905230_401072593655256_3797205363201463972_n.jpg" width="333" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thine Own McDowell Autograph inside Blu Ray Booklet</td></tr> </tbody></table> <b>Was it an audition? </b><br /> <br /> It was more like a screen test… You read in front of a screen… And afterwards, the casting director said to me, ‘Polly that was fine… We can’t tell you anything yet, because Kubrick’s out of the country.’ And I thought… I just stopped myself from saying… [excited tone], ‘Ooooooh….’ And I said [regains composure], ‘Oh yes, of course.’ Bligh me…<br /> <br /> I hadn’t realized it was important until that point. Anyway, then I was told I got the part, and they sent me a script, and I had to do lines: there was a male psychiatrist and a female one… <br /> <br /> And the night before we were going to film it… I think film people are a bit dodgy sometimes… They rang me and said, ‘Well we’re terribly sorry, Ms. Taylor, but we decided to telescope the male and female psychiatrists into one person.’ I thought, ‘Oh well, they still have to pay me, I signed the contract.’ I thought they were cutting me, you see. And so he said, ‘Do you think you could possibly learn the male psychiatrist's lines overnight?’<br /> <br /> <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/AVvXsEgijb-Q5SxzG5RD7nXrY445pcm0hXOudTXfnYhTnBMpD-z9ZkPQD6wBPxx7uFflpVdRFkwS_YsH5DPPJDOOMx3wRCjRcP8PIhEJEl6u_JJXdWA_AifZbbsV3D-czwhfp2bEx7j1Gp3ny4Q/s1600/kubrick.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgijb-Q5SxzG5RD7nXrY445pcm0hXOudTXfnYhTnBMpD-z9ZkPQD6wBPxx7uFflpVdRFkwS_YsH5DPPJDOOMx3wRCjRcP8PIhEJEl6u_JJXdWA_AifZbbsV3D-czwhfp2bEx7j1Gp3ny4Q/s1600/kubrick.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanley Kubrick</td></tr> </tbody></table> I thought of all those years in Rep where I learned yonks and yonks of stuff… So I said, ‘I think I can just about manage that.’<br /> <br /> And when I went in and we did the scene, Kubrick sort of looked down on the floor for a bit. And then he looked at us… Very bright eyes that man had… And he said, ‘Pretty dull scene.’ Well I agreed with him. It was.<br /> <br /> So we spent a couple of days, really, Malcolm McDowell and myself… Improvising the scene until we'd virtually written her… A scene… And that’s the one we did… And as I was being paid by the day, I was very pleased… I thought, ‘Good, I can have some nice winter boots, which I need… Which I <i>did</i>  get!’<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2QgI1MiOLcy2EnxNJ44p5YaHrZRj2fts92WsWDeo2XlWEt4oTFw_ez-51bM1x2BF-IM_0g-PUQgtnDeDOfWdPD5_6T9vPjiMRw5rR78bvpq6FMPB1UCEDDNaDuQualrX_S8Z7QsY1-Fq3VJzKNfRCN403XPZ92Sr0p5jbd05NCQrgGSyc3m95vs-C7zs_/s610/Screen%20Shot%202024-07-29%20at%206.28.05%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="496" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2QgI1MiOLcy2EnxNJ44p5YaHrZRj2fts92WsWDeo2XlWEt4oTFw_ez-51bM1x2BF-IM_0g-PUQgtnDeDOfWdPD5_6T9vPjiMRw5rR78bvpq6FMPB1UCEDDNaDuQualrX_S8Z7QsY1-Fq3VJzKNfRCN403XPZ92Sr0p5jbd05NCQrgGSyc3m95vs-C7zs_/s320/Screen%20Shot%202024-07-29%20at%206.28.05%20PM.png" width="260" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Malcolm McDowell</td></tr></tbody></table>How was it working with Malcolm McDowell? </b><br /> <br /> I can’t say I got to know him very well because there wasn’t time to chat… And what he was doing required such enormous concentration… And me too…<br /> <br /> <b>Were there a lot of takes?  </b><br /> <br /> Quite a few, I think… Yes, because he [Kubrick] kept changing his mind about what he wanted. It was fair enough; he was the boss. <br /> <br /> <b>Did you know about the content of the rest of the movie?</b><br /> <br /> No I didn’t… And when I read the book, which of course I hurried to do… I didn’t understand it really… It took me ages to get the point of it…<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <b>Was there a big premiere screening? </b><br /> <br /> Yes there was… And the guy who was my agent, at that time… He fainted from some of the violence… And had to be carted out… And oh, I can tell you a Kubrick story… Having seen that, practically, you know… I’d been talking to some of the cast and found that everyone was showing their ‘All’… I was terribly embarrassed, because I hadn’t got much of a bosom… and I thought, I’d be too embarrassed to say yes and too frightened to say no. And when it came to the point where… ‘You’re going to have a transparent dress…’ I said, ‘I’ve only got two little mosquito bites.' And he said, ‘Okay, you can have a proper dress.’ [claps hands] Thank God for that!<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU82uXOeDuOMnGN861WCvH0aRJRDf_4Ihof50JvRjEMyshVNlQZJqI3bSrq9cnComN7YC7r7cAQPsS74KIbhF20f8DJ5V6L7R9_7RP2vpw0tpXIVTp7LAHnU_WZMO5kQffeeO4JiYw2rk/s1600/Picture+14.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU82uXOeDuOMnGN861WCvH0aRJRDf_4Ihof50JvRjEMyshVNlQZJqI3bSrq9cnComN7YC7r7cAQPsS74KIbhF20f8DJ5V6L7R9_7RP2vpw0tpXIVTp7LAHnU_WZMO5kQffeeO4JiYw2rk/s1600/Picture+14.png" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"I'm Dr. Taylor... I'm going to show you some slides, and you're going to tell me about them."</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKrYxOlfxmAz9n5OLJSwz4PBwNWWm-prNCLbS_ZlfsPyqttfdToVFNhO3_8QL6G-O3Ws3Dgb5sokKw5_kd67StVneWN3_ia4gvn03OsyJ24dfG7NLTsVlWRqfbrpv6B0HMZ1Gb56NoYPE/s1600/Picture+4.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKrYxOlfxmAz9n5OLJSwz4PBwNWWm-prNCLbS_ZlfsPyqttfdToVFNhO3_8QL6G-O3Ws3Dgb5sokKw5_kd67StVneWN3_ia4gvn03OsyJ24dfG7NLTsVlWRqfbrpv6B0HMZ1Gb56NoYPE/s1600/Picture+4.png" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Oh... Jolly good!"</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiszw3XzrNDkrhy7wRA0c4oTBQbuR8-ajB-xhRwGVESZQDBHYBci7Xugd63zhbESv3UCFJPWz7CNH4ZofN9YWRBk6lhtxO2lo_8roObEGyo87qhHVSpdoBUaQ1a7pocD3ukbri9HJ2sLTw/s1600/Picture+9.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiszw3XzrNDkrhy7wRA0c4oTBQbuR8-ajB-xhRwGVESZQDBHYBci7Xugd63zhbESv3UCFJPWz7CNH4ZofN9YWRBk6lhtxO2lo_8roObEGyo87qhHVSpdoBUaQ1a7pocD3ukbri9HJ2sLTw/s1600/Picture+9.png" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Cabbages, knickers, it's not got a beak."</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3eeClWA8bKnYvzY2UiuCK-cOIwWmvVbtFS9O-7FfZY8TkydDsS3DkLBoH08BlaQfzyPg9pkbmbD6Sif3W9qTjput-XDmTa72SeVCftPR3fjYlZ3BOtLVYQwY3eH-VfLV9Sn4-V6TMQW0/s1600/Picture+10.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3eeClWA8bKnYvzY2UiuCK-cOIwWmvVbtFS9O-7FfZY8TkydDsS3DkLBoH08BlaQfzyPg9pkbmbD6Sif3W9qTjput-XDmTa72SeVCftPR3fjYlZ3BOtLVYQwY3eH-VfLV9Sn4-V6TMQW0/s1600/Picture+10.png" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"My mind is a blank... And I'll smash your face, for you, Yarblockos!"</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEintlC2E9PJt5bA6mB6NlA3Fzcd5S_ZjkKwiDqYpNEmwqhhEMgkYI_R5vuF6MIuLv41_xgYc5xuSQZMdIFGo57ljLHEoVAiTfnyk3frUvn2qHWeYSLlMcZDPVydN4vvqoTFFXTxPXJRkGc/s1600/Picture+11.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEintlC2E9PJt5bA6mB6NlA3Fzcd5S_ZjkKwiDqYpNEmwqhhEMgkYI_R5vuF6MIuLv41_xgYc5xuSQZMdIFGo57ljLHEoVAiTfnyk3frUvn2qHWeYSLlMcZDPVydN4vvqoTFFXTxPXJRkGc/s1600/Picture+11.png" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"No time for the old in-and-out, love. I've just come to read the meter."</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3MVefWGOWzO1FVGGM9_Vc6EcOg49JitgamXPjfZ2xDT0cmEMBDWOwD_qFa3n6DpJNqz9oeEWhdpIuT5b5A9o8YtGRnQpG-dXmdyTlYwdGczHC6n7rIxRIFTxEvLYoOFcjRCs9bGIIm-E/s1600/Picture+12.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3MVefWGOWzO1FVGGM9_Vc6EcOg49JitgamXPjfZ2xDT0cmEMBDWOwD_qFa3n6DpJNqz9oeEWhdpIuT5b5A9o8YtGRnQpG-dXmdyTlYwdGczHC6n7rIxRIFTxEvLYoOFcjRCs9bGIIm-E/s1600/Picture+12.png" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"You know what you can do with that watch? You can stick it up your ass!"</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjChtmRM0QKy-HpPT3d6OTCNEQqC-9JQXx1YGYBGFcbLqtDv9fyBL_kDOE5Lbxn-eLfSv2nGfS8b6UD7eD4tKwKLCW6Sme5n6eBra-4vqRO5I6_7wBcox-PqRVTz6H4qoVAOMXbEu1Db78/s1600/Picture+13.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjChtmRM0QKy-HpPT3d6OTCNEQqC-9JQXx1YGYBGFcbLqtDv9fyBL_kDOE5Lbxn-eLfSv2nGfS8b6UD7eD4tKwKLCW6Sme5n6eBra-4vqRO5I6_7wBcox-PqRVTz6H4qoVAOMXbEu1Db78/s1600/Picture+13.png" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Eggy wegs.. I would like... To smash 'em... And pick em all up... And thr... OWWWW!"</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjVtRC0leB9ALleQWCvkku08DTac7uhz1TmIUh0Qv54-BoDhX-Mka36WIs_HPt4CQiYc2gUR_pXmV6kGHjh_VQy7JdAIiFnwptsBTNmALQ0-mkS0nxbkxGNb-Ow_2ODCKwoBEres7aDww/s1600/Picture+98.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjVtRC0leB9ALleQWCvkku08DTac7uhz1TmIUh0Qv54-BoDhX-Mka36WIs_HPt4CQiYc2gUR_pXmV6kGHjh_VQy7JdAIiFnwptsBTNmALQ0-mkS0nxbkxGNb-Ow_2ODCKwoBEres7aDww/s1600/Picture+98.png" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pauline Taylor rolls along a signature Stanely Kubrick gliding shot in A CLOCKWORK ORANGE</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrE-i6CSQ2RtX2_pfVDPABZTgNQ964OmWC6-R9oWv4RJrbmbolJB3DUWv5iwB-1VCKK2ZAoUNdpNYDpaGuwVrwcatfxiiOFVBXuHlij7LjhgNpAGRFvjFQsME7TefiCj__LJm88NsBa4s/s1600/Picture+1.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrE-i6CSQ2RtX2_pfVDPABZTgNQ964OmWC6-R9oWv4RJrbmbolJB3DUWv5iwB-1VCKK2ZAoUNdpNYDpaGuwVrwcatfxiiOFVBXuHlij7LjhgNpAGRFvjFQsME7TefiCj__LJm88NsBa4s/s1600/Picture+1.png" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvLa7j48MOk&sns=em">Click this link for the full 30 minute video interview of Pauline Taylor</a></td></tr> </tbody></table>

interview, malcolm mcdowell, pauline taylor, seventies, stanley kubrick

ACTRESS PAULINE TAYLOR RECALLS A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

Malcolm McDowell & Pauline Taylor “He was one of those people,” actress Pauline Taylor describes Stanley Kubrick, the director of A CLOC...

SHAW AND MCDOWELL ARE 'FIGURES IN A LANDSCAPE'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq9BA8PDDNXOAbjHL-Aqd6KetazSRZqmFKtytQDcVrPNAjHdxN65R2Sc6tiF0XnsW3W4sEposZDpUv71GdTuXPcyVmgw5s2nYbP2lxDrxRbwhhjdJPD31_obRxPRqsh1-JBVhbCq3-1SQ/s1600/robert-shaw-malcolm-mcdowell.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq9BA8PDDNXOAbjHL-Aqd6KetazSRZqmFKtytQDcVrPNAjHdxN65R2Sc6tiF0XnsW3W4sEposZDpUv71GdTuXPcyVmgw5s2nYbP2lxDrxRbwhhjdJPD31_obRxPRqsh1-JBVhbCq3-1SQ/s400/robert-shaw-malcolm-mcdowell.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">year: 1970 cast: Robert Shaw, Malcolm McDowell rating: ****</td></tr> </tbody></table> In a brief encounter with Malcolm McDowell at an autograph show, upon a friend mentioning this particular 1970 film, Malcolm rolled his eyes in amazement (that such an obscure cinematic curio would be remembered?) 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… Then McDowell finished with: “But I loved him.” 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 on the run in an unnamed country. The first thirty minutes have both characters with hands tied behind their backs as they trudge up and down craggy mountainsides like desperate billygoats while a helicopter (described by MacConnachie as “the black skeleton”) soars above: playing a hectic game of cat and mice.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuTK71QoXRZcbRqUWAGFnNjvLOK7PeklCW1rlyUXCgRpL_AM5ESLPa5QqQ59J_xNSMUtzc0-hAMyjS8mKr395ZcUKBGxfbzP9D6KoLJjKaqlx4oleBzKOsIIU97DdCtbsQfXya2NWvmWk/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuTK71QoXRZcbRqUWAGFnNjvLOK7PeklCW1rlyUXCgRpL_AM5ESLPa5QqQ59J_xNSMUtzc0-hAMyjS8mKr395ZcUKBGxfbzP9D6KoLJjKaqlx4oleBzKOsIIU97DdCtbsQfXya2NWvmWk/s640/5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Malcolm McDowell facing Robert Shaw</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8z9hQ6gRZJBJ-1zcBiDjWc5zdTaNwAhGbql0IhXLDsWlJF9zGGeqfqO3Z5oFCzSxvLusRtc7Zm6A8FK__-OABsIPJ5StRUfM361iwAMXh96IVtcjqfQBJGtBQcCrxXJ-KDK8KKXq30wA/s1600/$(KGrHqV%2C!psE8WVGyLZRBPR%2BjCWDD!~~60_1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8z9hQ6gRZJBJ-1zcBiDjWc5zdTaNwAhGbql0IhXLDsWlJF9zGGeqfqO3Z5oFCzSxvLusRtc7Zm6A8FK__-OABsIPJ5StRUfM361iwAMXh96IVtcjqfQBJGtBQcCrxXJ-KDK8KKXq30wA/s1600/$(KGrHqV%2C!psE8WVGyLZRBPR%2BjCWDD!~~60_1.JPG" width="147" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DVD Artwork</td></tr> </tbody></table> Whether hiding behind rocks, entering stealthy into villages, tramping through soldier-saturated paddies or shooting up military compounds, the two “figures” always return to their match against the antagonist copter – more of a meddling crow than bird of prey.<br /> <br /> The Arial shots are as gorgeous as the picturesque landscape; the edgy violin score is reminiscent of future suspense films THE FRENCH CONNECTION or THE EXORCIST; and the performances by both (now iconic) cult favorites are topnotch: Shaw with a cunning edge while McDowell slowly loses his sanity.<br /> <br /> The actors really stand out during sporadic pockets of downtime; the veteran either goading the youngster into becoming more vicious or sharing sullen memories of his dead wife: All crafted neatly within the intense action sequences built around a taut climate of primal perseverance by two men who’ve become human animals to survive against a metallic one. <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizBy-tPRN3GwbtWUOvTGnL6fZYUnAwd10ekh-231VuEk52ixaPVIgoHnWfe0A6fsZxYlbuaeZnvpnh5pGmRxFwlt-sg-_qKauiI1-XbsNzVEvV54mBufJE5xZ4uHJ-8Gm62RZgoYByLx_z/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizBy-tPRN3GwbtWUOvTGnL6fZYUnAwd10ekh-231VuEk52ixaPVIgoHnWfe0A6fsZxYlbuaeZnvpnh5pGmRxFwlt-sg-_qKauiI1-XbsNzVEvV54mBufJE5xZ4uHJ-8Gm62RZgoYByLx_z/s640/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Malcolm McDowell and Robert Shaw</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5N79Dtmz8L3St_C-UgCvC9PxZS6_ZUPcbNfEWhuzY0DyfMR4PabL9glJsdghL3zJ4rt0NOAxrQFJuZtkJOpbX05qRejR9KeE2qrWaFgmEJdadoxsGkdzLriSNKlNMLiQNq00yDSIn8xN-/s1600/13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5N79Dtmz8L3St_C-UgCvC9PxZS6_ZUPcbNfEWhuzY0DyfMR4PabL9glJsdghL3zJ4rt0NOAxrQFJuZtkJOpbX05qRejR9KeE2qrWaFgmEJdadoxsGkdzLriSNKlNMLiQNq00yDSIn8xN-/s640/13.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robert Shaw with gun</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid5vEtZv9TAQ8sW_19EY47aDMVVgefioOJRFiRk8durnKPNsTy6Gl_acXmpbfet7G8ia2MWtFAIuqvb5Rj_sx1HHjcj6napTlEBHpugFWF8QEiKayJzI4mjoVv8V7Wj6FN9CsycieZRZhe/s1600/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid5vEtZv9TAQ8sW_19EY47aDMVVgefioOJRFiRk8durnKPNsTy6Gl_acXmpbfet7G8ia2MWtFAIuqvb5Rj_sx1HHjcj6napTlEBHpugFWF8QEiKayJzI4mjoVv8V7Wj6FN9CsycieZRZhe/s640/8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shaw Aims at the "black skeleton"</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifBMW-Xf24Li6I3QUsWuj_y1_vIFDS4BcOQaI70L-NSHJNKEDFy354dd4fJW6PTUUh9r7Frpc5nPpj63KWLNDnQmj-SjI1PYkC5kLYWRC4XryWiCTHRgDHPOpfOMQ1rDRZwpSurgyR7piJ/s1600/15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifBMW-Xf24Li6I3QUsWuj_y1_vIFDS4BcOQaI70L-NSHJNKEDFy354dd4fJW6PTUUh9r7Frpc5nPpj63KWLNDnQmj-SjI1PYkC5kLYWRC4XryWiCTHRgDHPOpfOMQ1rDRZwpSurgyR7piJ/s640/15.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Repose before moving on</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdP3pyzXQrf6Wryerob8QHOoMr0VGa7SXWIC7Anady5Ys3OHSG5WlcHbKpVsD2KKYPSf-DDW1uvTQxBFnTlNPQiZlSq5YbMqUo_lIw5lTTb34lsG5GlPBHVYUIAWmFvDC-O2nlLA3dmKJw/s1600/17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdP3pyzXQrf6Wryerob8QHOoMr0VGa7SXWIC7Anady5Ys3OHSG5WlcHbKpVsD2KKYPSf-DDW1uvTQxBFnTlNPQiZlSq5YbMqUo_lIw5lTTb34lsG5GlPBHVYUIAWmFvDC-O2nlLA3dmKJw/s640/17.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Is this freedom yet?</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizS5VKEn_ZZ1LOPGc7Amgdvw65qekPRiqCs4SaB4LkT2SHNESbUb8AUPPzTZyEqbgX2gzpHA4nOGFx3evI8vHq5JC9FjYccKgsRfecUbEZh1G6CmlfEdqlWNsw1athVlGg1G581Qqx2NI2/s1600/18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizS5VKEn_ZZ1LOPGc7Amgdvw65qekPRiqCs4SaB4LkT2SHNESbUb8AUPPzTZyEqbgX2gzpHA4nOGFx3evI8vHq5JC9FjYccKgsRfecUbEZh1G6CmlfEdqlWNsw1athVlGg1G581Qqx2NI2/s640/18.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robert Shaw's last stand</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_7dyRIxHr4SZe1Hq49cl-JdXmgNH6_p3vNiuORUni2LW2tcRepgmxuf2m00HUw1wxkqpnt7qX5vzq5GsottgK0TITCpsPpOIDZuxzzDdMWFGcivAgE6ar7NyvqKvEFtt9z-h_USbHtmVq/s1600/22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_7dyRIxHr4SZe1Hq49cl-JdXmgNH6_p3vNiuORUni2LW2tcRepgmxuf2m00HUw1wxkqpnt7qX5vzq5GsottgK0TITCpsPpOIDZuxzzDdMWFGcivAgE6ar7NyvqKvEFtt9z-h_USbHtmVq/s640/22.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Available on a Korean DVD Online... Go Searching...</td></tr> </tbody></table>

action, adventure, malcolm mcdowell, robert shaw, seventies

SHAW AND MCDOWELL ARE 'FIGURES IN A LANDSCAPE'

year: 1970 cast: Robert Shaw, Malcolm McDowell rating: **** In a brief encounter with Malcolm McDowell at an autograph show, upon a frie...