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Written by James M. Tate / 2/10/2024 / No comments / cannon , eighties , ellen burstyn , elmore leonard , espionage , fabio testi , j. lee thompson , robert mitchum , rock hudson , thriller

ROCK HUDSON, ROBERT MITCHUM, ELLEN BURSTYN 'THE AMBASSADOR'

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ROCK HUDSON, ROBERT MITCHUM, ELLEN BURSTYN 'THE AMBASSADOR'

Rock Hudson in THE AMBASSADOR Year: 1984 Rating: ** Not to sound juvenile, since Ellen Burstyn is not only a personal favorite actress but o...

JACK NICHOLSON 'THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS' BRUCE DERN

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><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/AVvXsEgADuYZIywSyw6eT4Z89zbHZ5WMsyIaTMTiMtIbfuodxfo1kw84Ym6sl6e9MeLHn9GwFeNiL2JNb7c2z2sYyXVKq2qyU_w-jp-KtgRscENa-HpEC4W6ikFNR19pCo8J9Wr-Mb_iMZF6hDsSC3hSNHSBNBEx0VhfYUt_DoBOMq-TMGiRxZsGKeuJcjg7CbVb/s1985/Screen+Shot+2021-09-26+at+4.57.44+PM%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1075" data-original-width="1985" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgADuYZIywSyw6eT4Z89zbHZ5WMsyIaTMTiMtIbfuodxfo1kw84Ym6sl6e9MeLHn9GwFeNiL2JNb7c2z2sYyXVKq2qyU_w-jp-KtgRscENa-HpEC4W6ikFNR19pCo8J9Wr-Mb_iMZF6hDsSC3hSNHSBNBEx0VhfYUt_DoBOMq-TMGiRxZsGKeuJcjg7CbVb/s16000/Screen+Shot+2021-09-26+at+4.57.44+PM%202.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Bruce Dern and Jack Nicholson in THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS Year: 1972 Rating: ***</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Maybe directors never really outgrow their film school mindset: And in 
that, following what would forever remain their collaborative pinnacle, 
FIVE EASY PIECES director Bob Rafelson gave his close friend Jack Nicholson a break from the stereotype
 of being the feisty rebel type, here a meek Philly-dwelling radio host of melancholy monologues...<br></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Then again maybe 
he should have played Bruce Dern's conniving con-man older brother Jason
 Staebler, on the stumbling verge of an Atlantic City land deal with a 
few obstacles including a potentially dangerous kingpin (Nicholson's 
three picture co-star, Scatman Crothers) and especially his women...<br></p><span></span>

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JACK NICHOLSON 'THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS' BRUCE DERN

Bruce Dern and Jack Nicholson in THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS Year: 1972 Rating: *** Maybe directors never really outgrow their film school mi...

JACK NICHOLSON 'THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS' BRUCE DERN

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Jack Nicholson in THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS Year: 1972</u></td></tr>
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Who 
knows, maybe directors never really outgrow their primal, rudimentary, 
symbolic, allegorical, idealistically pretentious, metaphysical, 
narcissistic, nostalgic mindset of film school...<br>
<br>
And in that, following 
what would forever remain their collaborative pinnacle, FIVE EASY PIECES
 director Bob Rafelson gave his close friend and future 
multi-collaborator Jack Nicholson a break from the (possible) stereotype
 of being the discontented, blunt, feisty rebel type, which he'd 
proven to be perfectly suited for: Then again, maybe he should have played Bruce Dern's 
conniving con-man older brother Jason Staebler, on the stumbling verge 
of an Atlantic City land deal with a few obstacles including a 
potentially dangerous kingpin and especially his women...<br>

arthouse, bob rafelson, bruce dern, drama, ellen burstyn, indie, jack nicholson, scatman crothers, seventies

JACK NICHOLSON 'THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS' BRUCE DERN

Jack Nicholson in THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS Year: 1972 Who knows, maybe directors never really outgrow their primal, rudimentary, sym...

JACK HILL'S 'PIT STOP' AKA 'THE WINNER' FEATURING SID HAIG

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Terry Burnham and Sid Haig in PIT STOP Year: 1969</u></td></tr>
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PIT STOP is actually THE WINNER, and there's only one pit stop — where villain turned strategic wild card Sid Haig stops for half a second during the last race. Which isn't your usual climax since the movie continuously peaks throughout. Backed by tough instrumental rock — the fat, crunchy guitar sounding more 1950's than 1967 — this low-budget curio's directed by b-movie icon Jack Hill, before his signature women-in-prison and/or urban blaxploitation flicks...<br>
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Filmed around Los Angeles in B&W from city streets to a steely-dusk junkyard  to the rowdy track, where the racing is mostly Figure 8: practically suicide even for the most intrepid hot dogs, and, with each smash-up always ending in a loud, boisterous, go-go barroom, Hill clearly lets you know what driver's behind the wheel, and when: Either Sid Haig's cocky Hawk Sidney or main character Dick Davalos as Rick Bowman, both working for Grant Willard, played by veteran actor Brian Donlevy, who's cooler and colder than the drivers he subtly <i>pits</i> against each other. And there's always a reason for the racing around, established within lean exposition that stretches PIT STOP beyond that era's hot rod exploitation fare — but it's <i>all that</i>, too... <br>

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JACK HILL'S 'PIT STOP' AKA 'THE WINNER' FEATURING SID HAIG

Terry Burnham and Sid Haig in PIT STOP Year: 1969 PIT STOP is actually THE WINNER, and there's only one pit stop — where villain tur...

JACK NICHOLSON & BOB RAFELSON NEO-NOIR TRIPLE FEATURE

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Jack Nicholson unhitches The Postman Always Rings Twice</u></td></tr>
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In the late 60's, Jack Nicholson and director Bob Rarelson, when both were relatively unknown, a cinematic partnership was born, and of their five total we'll center on three Neo Noir vehicles, one per decade, ending in the later-1990's and starting in the early-1970's...<br>
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<u>THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS</u>: Who knows, maybe directors never really outgrow their primal, rudimentary, symbolic, allegorical, idealistically pretentious, metaphysical, narcissistic, nostalgic mindset of film school: And in that, following what would forever remain their collaborative pinnacle, FIVE EASY PIECES director Bob Rafelson gave his close friend and future multi-collaborator Jack Nicholson a break from the (possible) stereotype of being the discontented, blunt, feisty rebel type, which he's proven... even in early Roger Corman vehicles and Richard Rush biker flicks... which he was perfectly suited for...<br>

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JACK NICHOLSON & BOB RAFELSON NEO-NOIR TRIPLE FEATURE

Jack Nicholson unhitches The Postman Always Rings Twice In the late 60's, Jack Nicholson and director Bob Rarelson, when both were r...

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Written by James M. Tate / 12/02/2010 / No comments / action , beverly washburn , ellen burstyn , indie , jack hill , race car , richard davalos , sig haig , sixties

PIT STOP

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPOebZtHjefFbmALOqS5LWVT_cTDM6r92Cb0qY6hCf9kPiLEa-AHmaMkE4cHexnifwmmqyNAbt4tdeALJ_0kxqM1C7iuHUk-3814SgGNzgEezQVoHZg_hGsYNgVk4ksPpw4Top-JI4W_0/s1600/pitstop.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546162979465204354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPOebZtHjefFbmALOqS5LWVT_cTDM6r92Cb0qY6hCf9kPiLEa-AHmaMkE4cHexnifwmmqyNAbt4tdeALJ_0kxqM1C7iuHUk-3814SgGNzgEezQVoHZg_hGsYNgVk4ksPpw4Top-JI4W_0/s200/pitstop.jpg" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 160px; float: right; height: 200px;" /></a><strong>title:</strong> PIT STOP<strong><br />year:</strong> 1969<strong><br />cast:</strong> Richard Davalos, Brian Donlevy, Sig Haig, Ellen Burstyn, Beverly Washburn<strong><br />writer/director:</strong> Jack Hill<strong><br />rating:</strong> ****<div><br /><div>Unlike most racing flicks that followed, this doesn't rely on boring melodrama between hot-rods going around in circles, but centers on the exciting, if suicidal, Figure-8 racing with Dick Davalos as a loner who dreams of being number one. In his way is glorious villain Sid Haig, as "Hawk Sidney", getting "boos" from the crowd and playing nasty to the hilt: including over-the-top expressions and a sore-winner persona that steals the show. And while some of the behind-the-wheel shots look fake, Jack Hill's direction puts you right in the action.  </div></div>

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