PETER YATES GIVES MORE THAN CHASE IN THE CLASSIC 'BULLITT'

<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><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><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><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/AVvXsEjqGcowbgZy8_l1GFYTSWL4ZdjJz6ZieNOvvxYkA4dAEPcRDJukjslHkvqW8Nm4xUtljM-Da1jwEwFD1ZOxmCjs0rN1BFJ8ewgaGY0bo0_2-wfdmX66DWqp96oqRIG7tolnRHh9WUJANcZk8kzgzn3DvTwYLMnXa7X0hruRvLHkQGG6w24BDzbwVQwmFdG_/s1512/Screen%20Shot%202024-04-25%20at%202.37.27%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="1512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqGcowbgZy8_l1GFYTSWL4ZdjJz6ZieNOvvxYkA4dAEPcRDJukjslHkvqW8Nm4xUtljM-Da1jwEwFD1ZOxmCjs0rN1BFJ8ewgaGY0bo0_2-wfdmX66DWqp96oqRIG7tolnRHh9WUJANcZk8kzgzn3DvTwYLMnXa7X0hruRvLHkQGG6w24BDzbwVQwmFdG_/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-04-25%20at%202.37.27%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Steve McQueen in BULLITT Year: 1968 Rating: *****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The iconic car chase is the only thing that seems to matter in BULLITT, and not just for the media since director Peter Yates's prior chase in his British heist thriller <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2020/09/AR.html">ROBBERY</a> was so admired by Steve McQueen, Yates got <i>this</i> gig... </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></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>But like there is far more than just action throughout the strategically tempered neo noir cadence of ROBBERY, Yates's cop/crime classic BULLITT is also more about words than wheels...</p><span></span>

action, bill hickman, carl reindel, classic, cop, crime, cult, don gordon, felice orlandi, jacqueline bisset, jazz-score, pat renella, peter yates, robert vaughn, simon oakland, sixties, steve mcqueen, thriller

PETER YATES GIVES MORE THAN CHASE IN THE CLASSIC 'BULLITT'

Steve McQueen in BULLITT Year: 1968 Rating: ***** The iconic car chase is the only thing that seems to matter in BULLITT, and not just for t...

PETER YATES' NEO NOIR THRILLER 'THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE'

<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><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/AVvXsEiQWIVuH7GbvVp9nSKp2Q2-Xbdd6AWR4GzbcEETxvUDWJlrHQ9DxP-YvsgP4F7re-Nh2y5j7kUR_1pT2KKGBc9VyhhImggbbCbjsopuEFuBda4lJG_DhYVrYZdK0xAz7lM4XMKPJOYjY3Iba1_HA-dhUUYtc1asy6j799CHdD2pgh6PMEGtHleGiVMCZhEz/s2224/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-31%20at%202.33.47%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="2224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQWIVuH7GbvVp9nSKp2Q2-Xbdd6AWR4GzbcEETxvUDWJlrHQ9DxP-YvsgP4F7re-Nh2y5j7kUR_1pT2KKGBc9VyhhImggbbCbjsopuEFuBda4lJG_DhYVrYZdK0xAz7lM4XMKPJOYjY3Iba1_HA-dhUUYtc1asy6j799CHdD2pgh6PMEGtHleGiVMCZhEz/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-31%20at%202.33.47%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE Year: 1973 Rating: ****1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The miracle of Peter Yates's Crime Thriller THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE is how interesting a movie full of long conversations can be: Especially when the title character's played by an (while playing an) aged and experienced Robert Mitchum in a low-key yet still tightly-wound performance as a Boston career-criminal, who knows more <i>last names</i> than it's usual to get lost in within any Noir-style flick where a bunch of them are spouted left and right, and it takes several viewings to know exactly who's who... </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></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>And while Eddie tries getting manipulative cop Richard Jordan to squash an approaching sentence, there's a trio of dispersed bank robberies led by a masked, business-like Alex Rocco (kidnapping vault-key-holding bank managers while their families wait home at gunpoint)... </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/AVvXsEiFPy6xDP6CU3oLNzPNsAtl5Qcww8dZuFNH38ZZvTcnePVf-g0_cMH_LaW62AjT-1GL7V5BGEKPm5mErvIBtjKiRE1AjfuXRM6SE3pjVJWgDhpep3kQ8Nm0YlSOCfeGFpvXkbj8G6R7DnJUhjNLY_Zq3uLe84pCfkAHHCMZyOS9y52qE3YU1vz3bb9zQhQU/s1774/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-07%20at%2010.15.57%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1774" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFPy6xDP6CU3oLNzPNsAtl5Qcww8dZuFNH38ZZvTcnePVf-g0_cMH_LaW62AjT-1GL7V5BGEKPm5mErvIBtjKiRE1AjfuXRM6SE3pjVJWgDhpep3kQ8Nm0YlSOCfeGFpvXkbj8G6R7DnJUhjNLY_Zq3uLe84pCfkAHHCMZyOS9y52qE3YU1vz3bb9zQhQU/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-07%20at%2010.15.57%20PM.png"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Steven Keats and Robert Mitchum in THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE</u><br></td></tr></tbody></table><p>And there's scene-stealing, bright yellow rod-rod driving Steven Keats as Jackie Brown, cautiously running guns throughout the surrounding rural landscape... his story seems like a movie all its own, with a beginning, middle and end while the only weak spot is Peter Boyle as a bartender ex-con who gets around too easily, making Mitchum's plight as useless as he himself had made all of Keats's busy-work via double-cross...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Then again this <i>is</i> the purpose of a group of eclectic crooks pushing each other out of a losing game (hence the titular irony of FRIENDS) in Peter Yates's return to the cerebral/existential heist template of <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2020/09/AR.html">ROBBERY</a> but with a modern, groovier soundtrack (via Dave Grusin). <br></p><p></p><p></p><span></span>

alex rocco, crime, heist, jack kehoe, neo noir, peter boyle, peter yates, richard jordan, robert mitchum, seventies, steven keats

PETER YATES' NEO NOIR THRILLER 'THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE'

Title: THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE Year: 1973 Rating: ****1/2 The miracle of Peter Yates's Crime Thriller THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE is h...

BEFORE TAKING A 'BULLITT' DIRECTOR PETER YATES SHOT 'ROBBERY'

<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><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><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><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><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/AVvXsEhKfKhLZcyw1UwwlvQ6LxzJzINHjUypaWMJja8yUtCcTZ3IEjgtgOaqP8iI596RUi9zYS9cqbO-o_1hVwcsymLCmY12Ig1v5M7eDMXvfZMQmlKioytmTB0k2t5YvfRAejvD0BvikgHmaiD2Ls5nYTtRQXq0EkVlIbENoOoUhgGxSKl4AxsCwCGvWY7jbI9n/s2566/Screen%20Shot%202025-02-01%20at%208.50.16%20PM%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1238" data-original-width="2566" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKfKhLZcyw1UwwlvQ6LxzJzINHjUypaWMJja8yUtCcTZ3IEjgtgOaqP8iI596RUi9zYS9cqbO-o_1hVwcsymLCmY12Ig1v5M7eDMXvfZMQmlKioytmTB0k2t5YvfRAejvD0BvikgHmaiD2Ls5nYTtRQXq0EkVlIbENoOoUhgGxSKl4AxsCwCGvWY7jbI9n/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202025-02-01%20at%208.50.16%20PM%202.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: ROBBERY Director: Peter Yates Star: Stanley Baker Year: 1967 Rating: ****1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Best known as the obscure crime film that gave English director Peter Yates his big game-changing opportunity to make BULLITT stateside, after Steve McQueen had witnessed the rudimentary car chase sequence from ROBBERY, overall a sparse, deliberately cold/heartless British Neo-Noir Heist-Thriller... </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></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></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></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></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And it's not <i>just</i> this initial chase that Yates carried over to the Steve McQueen legendary classic, but also the strategically metronomic moments leading up...</p><p><span></span></p>

action, barry foster, british neo noir, british new wave, frank finlay, glynn edwards, heist, james booth, joanna pettet, peter yates, sixties, stanley baker, william marlowe

BEFORE TAKING A 'BULLITT' DIRECTOR PETER YATES SHOT 'ROBBERY'

Title: ROBBERY Director: Peter Yates Star: Stanley Baker Year: 1967 Rating: ****1/2 Best known as the obscure crime film that gave English d...

NAMES BEHIND THE GROOVY COFFEE HOUSE BAND FROM 'BULLITT'

<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/AVvXsEgFYiN6lZCRVkfj2SLJw7lduwMHXTLu4F-Z32tt-jJYx5GAUghH74xqrShcMKuymDhY0SxHwGwxRS46uSpcocJPTN0STqYoNqfP8IKGxc9_VdN-9RwLZLullNr8yJypZBip6yaysrCvrecBMYjyz9GOjDqI4VkinxOwglfm3VyGF942T4OdE4wrnd2Lqg/s2048/1.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1167" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFYiN6lZCRVkfj2SLJw7lduwMHXTLu4F-Z32tt-jJYx5GAUghH74xqrShcMKuymDhY0SxHwGwxRS46uSpcocJPTN0STqYoNqfP8IKGxc9_VdN-9RwLZLullNr8yJypZBip6yaysrCvrecBMYjyz9GOjDqI4VkinxOwglfm3VyGF942T4OdE4wrnd2Lqg/s16000/1.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Jazz Flautist Julie Iger Roseman imposed behind Steve McQueen in BULLITT</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>A memorable yet dated scene in Peter Yates's cop classic BULLITT starring Steve McQueen, thrusting audiences into the groovy late-1960's with a flurry of flute-spouting, bass-thumping, guitar-strumming hippie jazz is also pretty cool because, hell, it's a standout part of BULLITT; so here's some info backing up the San Francisco band playing at the COFFEE CANTATA where McQueen's titular cop has dinner with his gorgeous gal Jacqueline Bissett...</p><p></p><p></p><p>The group was known as MERIDIAN WEST and the members were, on guitar: LARRY VOGT; flute: JULIE IGER ROSEMAN; percussion: AL PIMENTAL and the obvious leader, on standup bass: NAT JOHNSON. </p><p>According to flautist Julie Iger Roseman, McQueen had discovered the Bay Area musicians, bought them a drink, and hired them for the movie (<a href="http://reelsf.com/reelsf/bullitt-coffee-cantata">info discovered here</a>), in which Meridian West was recorded at Francis Ford Coppola's local studio. But guitarist Larry Vogt stated that the actual music heard was performed and written by composer Lalo Schifrin (with his ensemble), and NOT this foursome... who DID perform live at the Hollywood Opening/Premiere party. <br></p><p><span></span></p>

article, cop, cult, jacqueline bisset, jazz score, music, peter yates, sixties, steve mcqueen

NAMES BEHIND THE GROOVY COFFEE HOUSE BAND FROM 'BULLITT'

Jazz Flautist Julie Iger Roseman imposed behind Steve McQueen in BULLITT A memorable yet dated scene in Peter Yates's cop classic BULLIT...

DENNIS CHRISTOPHER RIDES 'BREAKING AWAY' W/ DENNIS QUAID

<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/AVvXsEiHw7xlybV1sHNb1Xhlp_0sMrXbHIMFMLvNj2g7uINBpU-cCMdgPFtF-eENXxfT1MU52H2GEXBmnFYTpyBtfA-2PaDft1hCB-NSoOy-QE48goVAQQIokHAGLZsoOYDGxE1HNNCMm-FF_lG2/s1600/59663609_699811683781344_720628592383361024_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="560" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHw7xlybV1sHNb1Xhlp_0sMrXbHIMFMLvNj2g7uINBpU-cCMdgPFtF-eENXxfT1MU52H2GEXBmnFYTpyBtfA-2PaDft1hCB-NSoOy-QE48goVAQQIokHAGLZsoOYDGxE1HNNCMm-FF_lG2/s400/59663609_699811683781344_720628592383361024_n.jpg" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Epitomizes the Haves Haves Not of Breaking Away YEAR: 1979</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> Feel good movie about teens from the poor side of the tracks but with a cool rock-diving water hole to hang at, BREAKING AWAY is distinguished by a confidently upbeat, quirky protagonist who, while obsessed with Italy, longs to race bicycles with Italy's visiting team: But when not peddling around town, Dennis Christopher's Dave hangs with local buddies Dennis Quaid, a former football hero; Jackie Earle Haley, the token mascot; and Daniel Stern, the comic relief who's the most soulful and in-tune with our cycling hero...<br> <br> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <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/AVvXsEhJu5SnZuEkY9UJ1VCUoDptbp9ESm1tv-o_01ycY9MzqO6xKO4EJJcqmFYnzb-Gade861mRhjUzsVPx7X2uIkmD8fqQEgBz7pL0xVvSRkV3bLh-L6_XBSRLIRbG8sBkjjhxE8wAB5RiMV-q/s1600/56757358_679638052465374_4408572359254999040_n.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="871" data-original-width="474" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJu5SnZuEkY9UJ1VCUoDptbp9ESm1tv-o_01ycY9MzqO6xKO4EJJcqmFYnzb-Gade861mRhjUzsVPx7X2uIkmD8fqQEgBz7pL0xVvSRkV3bLh-L6_XBSRLIRbG8sBkjjhxE8wAB5RiMV-q/s320/56757358_679638052465374_4408572359254999040_n.jpeg" width="174"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Dennis Quaid as Mike</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> To the rich college kids, led by preppie jerk Hart Bochner, the young locals are Townies or Cutters while the University remains an albatross that otherwise humble and poor Bloomington, Indiana can't shake. Our boy Dave's the only one with an angle: Finding the prettiest girl in Robyn Douglass, and faking an Italian accent for a filler romance.<br> <br> <div style="text-align: left;"> </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/AVvXsEi6xI-MZ6QMW0aGderB6r0BUaj2EsvBD7ocYPk8drLARsmE3JvqIRmvmGU_fu13iIOu0_UbEZXsvAwqftVnSIfZLa9ayUVogMKUXUMGAIOlh0cOUDJMItg9PDrfGrb_e4f8I-IAOpblLtwJ/s1600/56549480_679656682463511_6128112312059428864_n.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="535" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6xI-MZ6QMW0aGderB6r0BUaj2EsvBD7ocYPk8drLARsmE3JvqIRmvmGU_fu13iIOu0_UbEZXsvAwqftVnSIfZLa9ayUVogMKUXUMGAIOlh0cOUDJMItg9PDrfGrb_e4f8I-IAOpblLtwJ/s320/56549480_679656682463511_6128112312059428864_n.jpeg" width="320"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Breaking Score: ***1/2</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> Through the much too-written script, where the late-teens talk like they're suffering a mid-life crisis, the bicycling scenes are nicely shot by action director Peter Yates; and though the class envy gets tiresome, and Dave's jovial dialogue with his parents is a tad silly, as the big race between the locals and jocks approaches, each and every character contributes equally to a spirited finale.<br> <br> Before that, when a depressed Dave (suffering one of those cinematic teenage-midlife-crisis's) and endearingly dishonest used car salesman dad Paul Dooley walks through the ruin of a town, sharing about his own faded dreams, it seems like another motion picture altogether: More edgy and realistic, which BREAKING AWAY could have used a few more scenes of. But it's an affable sport film meant to celebrate the energy and momentum of youth, and it does that well.<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/AVvXsEjgEoORpZKfYf2NlYmzj4-qhP4gRy_hEy6KbqWCWb9dfsdcItD33ZL2zlNm9H6SLqJiteZR7UIRRpfW_Fhsc01hXUGJaSUb9QN7miaV6iffOfMsjlTy4LozlgvwdfN43FIqPzIb7BdIkXvD/s1600/59735660_699814537114392_8102573022151442432_n.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgEoORpZKfYf2NlYmzj4-qhP4gRy_hEy6KbqWCWb9dfsdcItD33ZL2zlNm9H6SLqJiteZR7UIRRpfW_Fhsc01hXUGJaSUb9QN7miaV6iffOfMsjlTy4LozlgvwdfN43FIqPzIb7BdIkXvD/s1600/59735660_699814537114392_8102573022151442432_n.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Almost sure this is Jennifer K. Mickel as Girl in Breaking Away with Hart Bochner</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/AVvXsEj-usWFRz8y0A3uCVtxOwXfbTKLS0FjDMCaQK4LLKWLyXf_4U3kLefiEuMrY08tSH_HiLbb5hcqT9QLiXhH62vWo6slWWp0tYO6bfaubhD__VRC20i7L_y_CV7gNssedkfXOLZWJHNhQW_J/s1600/56180252_679638039132042_515832036175380480_n.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-usWFRz8y0A3uCVtxOwXfbTKLS0FjDMCaQK4LLKWLyXf_4U3kLefiEuMrY08tSH_HiLbb5hcqT9QLiXhH62vWo6slWWp0tYO6bfaubhD__VRC20i7L_y_CV7gNssedkfXOLZWJHNhQW_J/s1600/56180252_679638039132042_515832036175380480_n.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Riding against the Italian Bike Company truck in BREAKING 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/AVvXsEgvfUe4V0xVcmo6nK53r_Lqg3AEPTgI3UpyTZdqDntrITDacA_CioCwvrDTO5IAtnzBw8OgzGWaHqYWdYWi74E43AWmsB-DZ4cFfSw-6BVsJgg7ZlWYISt-BGVszSHVKKuWuhJqAgOMnfzv/s1600/56334648_679639569131889_7425966105090326528_n.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvfUe4V0xVcmo6nK53r_Lqg3AEPTgI3UpyTZdqDntrITDacA_CioCwvrDTO5IAtnzBw8OgzGWaHqYWdYWi74E43AWmsB-DZ4cFfSw-6BVsJgg7ZlWYISt-BGVszSHVKKuWuhJqAgOMnfzv/s1600/56334648_679639569131889_7425966105090326528_n.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Dennis Quaid shows his stuff in BREAKING AWAY</u></td></tr> </tbody></table>

daniel stern, dennis christopher, dennis quaid, hart bochner, jackie earle haley, john ashton, paul dooley, peter yates, robyn douglass, small town, sport, teen

DENNIS CHRISTOPHER RIDES 'BREAKING AWAY' W/ DENNIS QUAID

Epitomizes the Haves Haves Not of Breaking Away YEAR: 1979 Feel good movie about teens from the poor side of the tracks but with a cool ...

THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimUZDUyOB2Rz35FgQKfnBexktilhXldC3IyBc-os1m7xN6SRss53FTO6dNejYvuSjOQygHv7GHo0kVu8KU_tryAcLY8xgIvCoXdFPO5JuK9jSnRmznwIkQIebBibFwRZWWRwOG5UdkqjI/s1600/eddie+coyle.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562099181555914994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimUZDUyOB2Rz35FgQKfnBexktilhXldC3IyBc-os1m7xN6SRss53FTO6dNejYvuSjOQygHv7GHo0kVu8KU_tryAcLY8xgIvCoXdFPO5JuK9jSnRmznwIkQIebBibFwRZWWRwOG5UdkqjI/s200/eddie+coyle.jpg" style="float: right; height: 173px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><b>title:</b> THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE<br /> <div> <b>year:</b> 1973</div> <div> <b>cast:</b> Robert Mitchum, Steven Keats, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan </div> <div> <b>director:</b> Peter Yates</div> <div> <b>rating:</b> ***1/2</div> <br /> <div> </div> <div> Several stories build at once: A group of kidnapping bank robbers led by Alex Rocco while Robert Mitchum is the titular Eddie Coyle, quelled by an impending court date with a peripheral knowledge of everything; and Peter Boyle as a bartender thug corresponding with Richard Jordan, a wily cop nudging Coyle to rat his "friends." Mitchum, as the world-weary convict (also a family man), is top-notch. As the walls close in, his expressions alone, mixing maverick-cool and doomed fear... exceeded only by confident gun-dealing Steven Keats as "Jackie Brown" with director Peter Yate's ability to juggle each connected story with sublime precision... makes for one of the great crime gems of the seventies, more ensemble than star-driven. </div>

alex rocco, crime, peter boyle, peter yates, richard jordan, robert mitchum, seventies, steven keats

THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE

title: THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE year: 1973 cast: Robert Mitchum, Steven Keats, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan director: Peter Yates...