JUDD NELSON & ALLY SHEEDY IN THE BRAT PACK NOIR 'BLUE CITY'

<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/AVvXsEhdDbAPERKVEZzhNEVzh-2CtuEF1TYM-YWsbudtjdLIH4pFXH2Wfz8vC2AlWkkrQULSHcOzsOZMGjknUJ6spVjSXqGTPXRDwL3Dx3IUCJ_Q4q-qwnYiTeKb4UyH0_YabbOcfrTUyk0lbUK1BAGNTzq47g_z8JBzFOr8dT3oiv8a4LyySr3xEcx86kbYlM_7/s1162/image1788044637.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="1162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDbAPERKVEZzhNEVzh-2CtuEF1TYM-YWsbudtjdLIH4pFXH2Wfz8vC2AlWkkrQULSHcOzsOZMGjknUJ6spVjSXqGTPXRDwL3Dx3IUCJ_Q4q-qwnYiTeKb4UyH0_YabbOcfrTUyk0lbUK1BAGNTzq47g_z8JBzFOr8dT3oiv8a4LyySr3xEcx86kbYlM_7/s1600/image1788044637.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Year: 1986 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>This dark horse Brat Pack outing was up for a few Razzie Awards, but for what exactly? BLUE CITY is actually a decent action/thriller about the son of a beloved slain mayor returning to a Florida town, Blue City, now run (from inside a roadhouse bar) by seedy Scott Wilson...<br> <br> Seeking clues, Nelson gets back in touch with his old drinking buddy David Caruso, who is sober, paranoid, and running a fishing boat. And what makes this Brat a Pack in our love interest: Caruso's pretty sister, Ally Sheedy, who becomes smitten with Judd... a former crush resurfaced. She works at the local jail he was thrown into after a brawling bar fight...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><span></span>

action, ally sheedy, anita morris, brat pack, david caruso, eighties, judd nelson, neo noir, scott wilson, walter hill

JUDD NELSON & ALLY SHEEDY IN THE BRAT PACK NOIR 'BLUE CITY'

Year: 1986 Rating: ***1/2 This dark horse Brat Pack outing was up for a few Razzie Awards, but for what exactly? BLUE CITY is actually a d...

ROBERT BLAKE & SCOTT WILSON BREAKTHROUGH 'IN COLD BLOOD'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><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/AVvXsEjSkZWYOuVMgVfu7D-CYzlXLUfdOjffQkvII_XPwEphtYHXdvk7IYZZzocFfSPOSOcV7eGW8Z2enyWzvUpGt9n27B7qOwFJ9K_a_iMhqyyeECHT60fYCyPiIrPr4bZVPV_Hs3kkSLTyA_rMbBrHaSUXomwpdSvOMu9PmBXRk-GCBzGcJkiWyerz0KO43OLK/s1652/Screen%20Shot%202025-06-18%20at%2010.35.47%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="746" data-original-width="1652" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSkZWYOuVMgVfu7D-CYzlXLUfdOjffQkvII_XPwEphtYHXdvk7IYZZzocFfSPOSOcV7eGW8Z2enyWzvUpGt9n27B7qOwFJ9K_a_iMhqyyeECHT60fYCyPiIrPr4bZVPV_Hs3kkSLTyA_rMbBrHaSUXomwpdSvOMu9PmBXRk-GCBzGcJkiWyerz0KO43OLK/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202025-06-18%20at%2010.35.47%20AM.png"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: IN COLD BLOOD Director: Richard Brooks Year: 1967 Rating: *****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Made in the late-1960's leading to the early-1970's American Renaissance, Richard Brooks's theatrical adaptation of Truman Capote's non-fiction bestseller IN COLD BLOOD, taking place in the late 1950's, is a sublime combination of the then-budding style of modern-method/character-driven performances and the more polished and studied throwback to Hollywood's Golden Age (including hard-boiled documentary-style narration)...<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></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And as real-life killers Perry Smith and Dick Hickcok, Robert Blake and Scott Wilson hand-off individual importance: Wilson during the first half as a cocky conman instigating the heist of a supposed Kansas farmer's lucrative safe, and, following their Nevada capture, the previously brooding, strong-silent Blake drives the story home, right down to the inevitable hangman's noose...</p><span></span>

biopic, brenda currin, charles mcgraw, crime, gerald s. o'loughlin, james flavin, jazz-score, jeff corey, john forsythe, john mcliam, paul stewart, richard brooks, robert blake, scott wilson, sixties, will geer

ROBERT BLAKE & SCOTT WILSON BREAKTHROUGH 'IN COLD BLOOD'

Title: IN COLD BLOOD Director: Richard Brooks Year: 1967 Rating: ***** Made in the late-1960's leading to the early-1970's American ...

LIEUTENANT UHURA ON GENE RODDENBERRY'S THE LIEUTENANT'

<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/AVvXsEjiP5mqwXp0GD2T5EDtcpG8bHTm8mgeJe88zMPNe6mLtOsVwImhn9p_v5Sv6hvIQml5K9QkB3EWdo54M3w6esjMMUk1LrLuL_SUTQJvg6f3qJ2bKkVVuRnZZn8ph86fXY-WszVnUbel9BJVH6prhgamkMlXiVntkcHzm3M7k25RCmUE1411qjLzMWlMJA/s1890/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-01%20at%2012.37.43%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiP5mqwXp0GD2T5EDtcpG8bHTm8mgeJe88zMPNe6mLtOsVwImhn9p_v5Sv6hvIQml5K9QkB3EWdo54M3w6esjMMUk1LrLuL_SUTQJvg6f3qJ2bKkVVuRnZZn8ph86fXY-WszVnUbel9BJVH6prhgamkMlXiVntkcHzm3M7k25RCmUE1411qjLzMWlMJA/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-01%20at%2012.37.43%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Future Star Trek Nichelle Nichols on THE LIEUTENANT: TO SET IT RIGHT Year: 1964 Rating: ***</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Gene Roddenberry's STAR TREK made Nichelle Nichols, who played Lieutenant Uhura, an actress to watch... And she's always watchable, actually introduced in Roddenberry's prior TV series THE LIEUTENANT as the girlfriend of Don Marshall's black Pvt. Cameron, who butts heads with a goading white racist, Pvt. Devlin, played by Dennis Hopper...<br> <br> The series starred Gary Lockwood as Lt. Bill Rice, in charge of a troop of Marines in Camp Pendleton, California. And in this particular episode titled TO SET IT RIGHT, Rice tries getting the two loggerheads in rhythm by sparring them in the boxing ring and eventually, tied together, to climb up a mountain so they work as a team, or else...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span></span></p>

dennis hopper, don marshall, gary lockwood, nichelle nichols, ricardo montalban, scott wilson, sixties, star trek, TV, woody strode

LIEUTENANT UHURA ON GENE RODDENBERRY'S THE LIEUTENANT'

Future Star Trek Nichelle Nichols on THE LIEUTENANT: TO SET IT RIGHT Year: 1964 Rating: *** Gene Roddenberry's STAR TREK made Nichelle ...

BURT REYNOLDS 'MALONE' WITH CYNTHIA GIBB & SCOTT WILSON

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><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/AVvXsEh_njxAYVXAOPsaOzQKNio_anYFcXFqntWpKvBDsikHTMUgkAA2MgD4T-cO7IiqYA767ugNNTZkD1B1Ywe0edHkrNDIXHi6ypHSSTwDJyfKdAX0gGyBVNoFI6afOhjZdvN2Cw5QHRCEighxHJzQELNjOjpHc9LHHzH2nIwT3IoFzTQmLisPi9UIsh2oUSvk/s774/Screen%20Shot%202024-09-01%20at%206.06.28%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="774" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_njxAYVXAOPsaOzQKNio_anYFcXFqntWpKvBDsikHTMUgkAA2MgD4T-cO7IiqYA767ugNNTZkD1B1Ywe0edHkrNDIXHi6ypHSSTwDJyfKdAX0gGyBVNoFI6afOhjZdvN2Cw5QHRCEighxHJzQELNjOjpHc9LHHzH2nIwT3IoFzTQmLisPi9UIsh2oUSvk/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-09-01%20at%206.06.28%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Burt Reynolds in MALONE Year: 1987 Rating: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>For Burt Reynolds, compared to his bombs of the early to mid 1980's, MALONE is a nice, tight production that's basically a remake of a classic 1950's Western. "Let's be honest," Reynolds once stated. "The film is SHANE."</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The ongoing lustful flirtation by young, cute-as-a-button, girl-next-door ingenue Cynthia Gibb is a little out of place, although while he might've been too old for the part (Christopher Lambert was originally considered), she's not at all miscast...<br> </p><span></span>

action, burt reynolds, cliff robertson, cynthia gibb, dennis burkley, eighties, kenneth mcmillan, scott wilson, thriller, tracey walter

BURT REYNOLDS 'MALONE' WITH CYNTHIA GIBB & SCOTT WILSON

Burt Reynolds in MALONE Year: 1987 Rating: **** For Burt Reynolds, compared to his bombs of the early to mid 1980's, MALONE is a nice, t...

BURT LANCASTER AND GENE HACKMAN SOARING 'THE GYPSY MOTHS'

<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/AVvXsEjKsVpIuBboq01kvV_U4hSswY3cRanhGg_M_IlNeOLTAWVhwHC2jdiPNlT82sPd4ozuSse40RaPDz6BfYVcc-OqG_0opaAjJkJy1IPc_dPb5AO06kXN4n4Qv-YhJYfubcZs7w2L7eD1E6ho/s1600/Screen+Shot+2018-10-07+at+4.27.44+PM.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1185" data-original-width="1600" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKsVpIuBboq01kvV_U4hSswY3cRanhGg_M_IlNeOLTAWVhwHC2jdiPNlT82sPd4ozuSse40RaPDz6BfYVcc-OqG_0opaAjJkJy1IPc_dPb5AO06kXN4n4Qv-YhJYfubcZs7w2L7eD1E6ho/s400/Screen+Shot+2018-10-07+at+4.27.44+PM.jpg" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Scott Wilson's yellow suited character's jump YEAR: 1969 </u></td></tr> </tbody></table> John Frankenheimer's THE GYPSY MOTHS has some incredible aerial shots, and it's a shame they had to, right off the bat, provide studio inserts of two of the actors: one who should have been famous from IN COLD BLOOD and the other soon to make his breakthrough in THE FRENCH CONNECTION...<br> <br> When Scott Wilson and Gene Hackman, as the gold and white suited jumpers, are shown in an obviously contrived setting with a counterfeit sky-blue backdrop, supposedly far up and descending with their own colored parachutes open, it's impossible <i>not</i> to tell we're watching a motion picture... But Frankenheimer, in what's his personal favorite film, and, despite a dated made-for-television style main theme, gives us the impression, otherwise, that these guys are the genuine article: not only by the myriad of actual footage, but in a more harmonious, less obvious rhythm, combining these with close-up expressions of each actor, about to jump for what may be their very lives...<br>

action, burt lancaster, carl reindel, deborah kerr, drama, gene hackman, john frankenheimer, romance, scott wilson, sheree north, sixties, sport, suspense, william windom

BURT LANCASTER AND GENE HACKMAN SOARING 'THE GYPSY MOTHS'

Scott Wilson's yellow suited character's jump YEAR: 1969 John Frankenheimer's THE GYPSY MOTHS has some incredible aerial sho...

STACY KEACH & SCOTT WILSON IN 'THE NINTH CONFIGURATION'

<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/AVvXsEg6vTn9X_z4HwVwzYjM5LwLUCiWemjcPy08DCjKxf_f3bcwE4EsCJmfyq2nKM2d6AqfvB40vDXWvPNwxWbNeD6H2dlFU_Z-KomvelPLkVyiUXfAbeIiglqhE_-TjjDd7rTVMtPex5yFaY8U/s1600/30707081_462728544156327_7884275141759205376_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="960" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6vTn9X_z4HwVwzYjM5LwLUCiWemjcPy08DCjKxf_f3bcwE4EsCJmfyq2nKM2d6AqfvB40vDXWvPNwxWbNeD6H2dlFU_Z-KomvelPLkVyiUXfAbeIiglqhE_-TjjDd7rTVMtPex5yFaY8U/s400/30707081_462728544156327_7884275141759205376_n.jpg" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Good guy, Bad guys, and Linda Blatty YEAR OF RELEASE: 1980</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> Writer/Director William Peter Blatty, whose novel THE EXORCIST was made into a groundbreaking horror masterpiece by THE FRENCH CONNECTION Oscar-winner William Friedkin, takes personal, independent pride in his very own picture, THE NINTH CONFIGURATION...<br> <br> Mostly because the critics deemed how insanely original it is since "Robert Loggia sings Al Jolson in blackface" and "Jason Miller rehearses HAMLET using dogs" and "Moses Gunn wears superhero spandex" or "a man dressed as a nun tries exorcising a soda machine" or "an image of the crucifixion on the moon," and on and on the weirdness goes but, in the reality of this surreal anti-war, existentialist vs religion fable — set inside a castle that serves as an insane asylum, there could have been even more nutty stuff... Anything goes in a story about human beings who are seemingly without logic or limits... And in that, NINTH is actually an extremely grounded vehicle...<br>

eighties, jason miller, mental ward, military, richard lynch, robert loggia, scott wilson, stacy keach, thriller, william peter blatty

STACY KEACH & SCOTT WILSON IN 'THE NINTH CONFIGURATION'

Good guy, Bad guys, and Linda Blatty YEAR OF RELEASE: 1980 Writer/Director William Peter Blatty, whose novel THE EXORCIST was made into ...

KILL OR BE KILLED: BRENDA CURRIN DOUBLE FEATURE INTERVIEW

<i><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><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/AVvXsEhGaw5ggZ8QWDj11Di3fcDag7YR-Ku_vfxCvzuHvdyUaGf1lEkZHg2K30T-ieqfO3KGN-843gPqkoBA0u2BKmcCwy9FYLvc_ALvZoqRvjQnwfNVpoKHk5t0wq-C_QYUkeN_sMORcBtHI3-nV2Jhk7-7O90tVORSTXbunNxhowPL0ZfPWAtAqosD49spJR3I/s960/376236228_1799407083821793_4765041967507247741_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="756" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGaw5ggZ8QWDj11Di3fcDag7YR-Ku_vfxCvzuHvdyUaGf1lEkZHg2K30T-ieqfO3KGN-843gPqkoBA0u2BKmcCwy9FYLvc_ALvZoqRvjQnwfNVpoKHk5t0wq-C_QYUkeN_sMORcBtHI3-nV2Jhk7-7O90tVORSTXbunNxhowPL0ZfPWAtAqosD49spJR3I/w253-h320/376236228_1799407083821793_4765041967507247741_n.jpg" width="253" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Brenda Currin in GARP</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table>What epitomizes a great actor or actress is range, and BRENDA CURRIN brilliantly embodies two polar opposite characters, one in a dark biopic and another a dark comedy: playing a killer's terrified victim in the haunting IN COLD BLOOD with Robert Blake... And as equally haunting killer in THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP, targeting Robin Williams, Brenda makes a double mark in cult cinema.. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i><br /> <i> </i><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><u>How was it filming the scene in which your character is murdered in IN COLD BLOOD?</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><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/AVvXsEhebavpmemT7m_5YY4mMhxclIgmo7VA3H0mi-BuLyvgh1Oh7mlOleGum8RKl1TnCtof7_PVEPl93gZmboqAnAO06M-5C8XltnSCzzMc2ADQhmcshyvKArbgta4DVuBzAVudo51J8bNu058/s1600/what+memories+do+you+have+of+the+intense.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhebavpmemT7m_5YY4mMhxclIgmo7VA3H0mi-BuLyvgh1Oh7mlOleGum8RKl1TnCtof7_PVEPl93gZmboqAnAO06M-5C8XltnSCzzMc2ADQhmcshyvKArbgta4DVuBzAVudo51J8bNu058/s1600/what+memories+do+you+have+of+the+intense.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">As Nancy, IN COLD BLOOD</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Richard Brooks directed me to turn and face the wall at the moment that Perry Smith [Robert Blake] was about to pull the trigger. Mainly what I remember is the high emotion at this point of the filming: The filming of the murder sequence took place over an entire week at the actual Clutter house. All the windows had been blacked out to create nighttime. Conrad Hall used only the light of a flashlight to shoot every horrific scene. It was completely claustrophobic in the house... When picturing that moment you ask about, it hurts me and feels terribly private because it represents the moment before an awful death for the real human being, Nancy Clutter. It was a simple and true direction for Brooks to give me. There was a point made by the real killers themselves, the Clutters never screamed or struggled.They kept thinking if they were nice, the killers would leave the house and the family unharmed.</span></span><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/AVvXsEhs91twnKumXW5K5tuNQAXOrjs5QiGNNTcgkzWwVKA8mAl0qjoncjwlfAmkLuU9DfXtQIvSUlbVM4h0RQjdlnMun-cMg4LS71C53WurlMexPjXhckszAp0SWoMY7VabpnvE2rjfzEDnuZE/s1600/001d48e6_medium.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs91twnKumXW5K5tuNQAXOrjs5QiGNNTcgkzWwVKA8mAl0qjoncjwlfAmkLuU9DfXtQIvSUlbVM4h0RQjdlnMun-cMg4LS71C53WurlMexPjXhckszAp0SWoMY7VabpnvE2rjfzEDnuZE/s1600/001d48e6_medium.jpeg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Brenda Currin</span></span></span></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <b><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><u>How were you selected for the role of Nancy Clutter?</u></span></span></b><br /> <br /> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">After auditioning actors in New York and Los Angeles and still not able to cast key roles, Richard Brooks, the director, and a contingent from Hollywood came to the theater department at the University of Kansas to try and find “real Kansans”. I was from North Carolina but no matter.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">We auditioned as a group, doing improv, etc. definitely not from the screenplay. Brooks who wrote the screenplay adaptation was very secretive. Brooks approached me after a long session of auditioning and said for me to be sure and send him my picture and some information about myself. I did not have a “headshot” and sent him my high school graduation picture. I didn’t hear anything and as the months went by, I forgot about it.</span></span><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/AVvXsEivIIe61Z2ZbUlwIR0MTE44kdjh8_VE_pDEPvvke9BzkgcBIyAFlZWrn58UoMi1RBhwo_Ed7lo3XvkpVpfG5SJqq5JHQrhMrmFfs0t47okOs98Fcb5BYlETb9euveAdj3R2Cb8R2fwe2Sk/s1600/In-Cold-Blood-1967-Brenda-Currin-pic-5.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivIIe61Z2ZbUlwIR0MTE44kdjh8_VE_pDEPvvke9BzkgcBIyAFlZWrn58UoMi1RBhwo_Ed7lo3XvkpVpfG5SJqq5JHQrhMrmFfs0t47okOs98Fcb5BYlETb9euveAdj3R2Cb8R2fwe2Sk/s1600/In-Cold-Blood-1967-Brenda-Currin-pic-5.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">As Nancy Clutter</span></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <b><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><u>What were your favorite scenes to film involving the Clutter family?</u></span></span></span></span></b><br /> <br /> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">All of the Clutter family scenes on the Saturday leading up to the murder were to show the normal activities of their lives. I liked the scene where I (Nancy) ride bareback the beloved mare Babe up to the house with my (Nancy’s) best friend, Susan played by Mary Linda Rapelye. We get off and I tell her Bobby (Nancy’s boyfriend) is coming over to watch TV tonight. The scene was shot late in the afternoon, the sky was darkening in mood, Brooks directed me to turn my head slightly and gaze toward the tree-lined drive leading to the house. There is of course the foreboding of the killers who later would cut the engine off in their car as they approached the house from that tree-lined road.</span></span></span></span><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/AVvXsEhCZ6dnXFFNAbKJrkf2cx8HVts_-x_7SVUqSuEPynplrsWJQDNUPk2YkT0cT4euIIIiZwjPvct3UIuVdKg9enuxwROUw9Po59iD5j0cZmhNP4IWrixkDVwBai7sSszJAl1LHdsBuz0vmNo/s1600/images.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCZ6dnXFFNAbKJrkf2cx8HVts_-x_7SVUqSuEPynplrsWJQDNUPk2YkT0cT4euIIIiZwjPvct3UIuVdKg9enuxwROUw9Po59iD5j0cZmhNP4IWrixkDVwBai7sSszJAl1LHdsBuz0vmNo/s1600/images.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Robert Blake as Perry Smith</span></span></span></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <b><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><u>What memories do you have of the intense scene with Robert Blake in the bedroom?</u></span></span></span></span></b><br /> <br /> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">It certainly was intense. Both actors playing the killers made a point of not speaking to or even making eye contact with any of us playing members of the Clutter family. They wouldn’t even stay in the same motel where everyone else involved in the film stayed.</span></span></span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Blake and Wilson were either downright unfriendly or ignored us. That afternoon Brooks and cinematographer Conrad Hall were shooting the scene with Perry Smith in Nancy’s bedroom, with the camera on Perry only: The film was shot in the actual house of course because her bedroom was so small they had to remove her twin bed in order to get the camera in there. Brooks called me upstairs to be on the other side of the camera so that Perry could direct his lines to me. This was the first encounter with Robert Blake and I was nervous.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">There was no hello or anything between us. Just as the camera started to roll, he began hurling the most abusive invectives I had ever heard. There was such hatred in his voice, I was blindsided and broke down sobbing. Brooks immediately said, “Action!” and Perry says in the gentlest of voices as he looks at the pictures, “Do you like horses?”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><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/AVvXsEhPv1dEJ1k7lGnKM0q08lck-MEfrr7g0Xy8inRS1ilo6EjXXa0CuW1uYzMZSfKIgjGQMDHRvMSiV5Vmehyphenhyphen3QxSLNKBuOWaKGtXhiYZsKgXWDISVPjTx76HVDb844WFEv7Shmbg_PVuTBao/s1600/Scott-Wilson.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPv1dEJ1k7lGnKM0q08lck-MEfrr7g0Xy8inRS1ilo6EjXXa0CuW1uYzMZSfKIgjGQMDHRvMSiV5Vmehyphenhyphen3QxSLNKBuOWaKGtXhiYZsKgXWDISVPjTx76HVDb844WFEv7Shmbg_PVuTBao/s1600/Scott-Wilson.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Scott Wilson as Dick Hickock</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Afterwards I went into the mother’s room down the hall and sat on the bed to collect myself. Bobby Blake came in and sat down beside me. He said in that sweet voice he has, “You’re a nice actress.” We were friends from that point and in fact, became very close.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /> <br /> <b><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><u>What about the next scene in the same bedroom with Scott Wilson?</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><br /> <br /> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Similarly, the first contact I had with Scott Wilson playing Dick Hickock was when he sits down on my bed (my hands and feet are tied up) and asks with this sickening grin, “Have you ever had a man, Honey?”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">When Blake as Perry Smith with his leg hurting bursts into the room and with a fury stops Wilson/Hickock, I as an actress and Nancy felt humiliated, terrified, terribly relieved and grateful to Blake/Smith.  </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><u>And you're a cold-blooded killer in THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP... how was this scene, in which your character shoots Robin Williams, filmed?</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><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/AVvXsEjb517S0WUdcMFhFVnf82JL70CQH2IzJPaLSAe92kgnsSLIPjmAX3uICnaQ9VWHRh9TBzD26Jsjp4kLaT-VuC1pHvfgiwo7Di638hAc9MgDSPqCxWvsPyBWtJhbnhtXfcCY6GjQgricmq0/s1600/c1.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb517S0WUdcMFhFVnf82JL70CQH2IzJPaLSAe92kgnsSLIPjmAX3uICnaQ9VWHRh9TBzD26Jsjp4kLaT-VuC1pHvfgiwo7Di638hAc9MgDSPqCxWvsPyBWtJhbnhtXfcCY6GjQgricmq0/s1600/c1.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Brenda Currin as Poo</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">I was to enter the gym on a small staircase, wind my way through the boy wrestlers towards Garp...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">When I am in close range, Robin Williams looks up, sees me and says, “Pooh,” and I shoot point blank and all the boy wrestlers are to jump me and wrestle me to the ground.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">George Roy Hill told the cameraman to shoot the rehearsal. The camera was aimed at my feet coming into the gym with the ominous nurse’s shoes. This was my first shot in the movie, which unnerved me because I’m self-conscious about my feet. It went perfectly and Hill called it a “take” which was a huge relief to me because it was very intense being wrestled to the ground. But after a quick review it was noted that one of the boy wrestlers had smiled during the take and we had to do it again. I turned to the boys with my gun pointed and asked “Who smiled?” We did it again.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><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/AVvXsEgUPTxm4NKoY8TQFQzKFT83hqW1onlRiCspu2loai7Fgd1P2EyhWfHxixqsQ6u_w9cT3Ryd6YhhIqvPnoIgVHNdiCfrbB4cg0LB0BmSj0WTn3UsurFScJQ-PiHBB9Ys0GzprGDuiyH-UoQ/s1600/garp.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/AVvXsEgUPTxm4NKoY8TQFQzKFT83hqW1onlRiCspu2loai7Fgd1P2EyhWfHxixqsQ6u_w9cT3Ryd6YhhIqvPnoIgVHNdiCfrbB4cg0LB0BmSj0WTn3UsurFScJQ-PiHBB9Ys0GzprGDuiyH-UoQ/s200/garp.jpg" width="124" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Robin Williams</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <b><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><u>How did you prepare for this role as Garp's personal nemesis, Pooh?</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><br /> <br /> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">There was so little character development opportunity for Pooh; she was more of an iconic persona. Just the image of her lets you know there is going to be trouble. This was a big scene to orchestrate because the whole auditorium (filmed at the New School, I believe) was filled with Ellen Jamesians.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">My memory is more of John Lithgow’s character and my excitement about his performance and his presence at the funeral.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">There was a lot going on: Amanda Plummer as Ellen James herself, Robin Williams in drag so he could attend Jenny’s funeral, etc.  I was given minimal direction. I thought of Pooh as single-minded in her hatred of Garp and her devotion to the Jamesians, so much so that her senses were highly developed.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><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/AVvXsEhIE8lSDxs6kG7R_-BCEG4TSIrwMqlIECjYxmZz-WEVd3dQFgJd0e44sCk6gaq2wLtD152mbOBza_-A1YEdAasFn1xUxYYp5ufOyn7McI2wdzoIHGT_IwWi1jdq2JRNMfBF9gCqEYYAHYw/s1600/Picture+1.png" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIE8lSDxs6kG7R_-BCEG4TSIrwMqlIECjYxmZz-WEVd3dQFgJd0e44sCk6gaq2wLtD152mbOBza_-A1YEdAasFn1xUxYYp5ufOyn7McI2wdzoIHGT_IwWi1jdq2JRNMfBF9gCqEYYAHYw/s1600/Picture+1.png" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Brenda in two eerie roles</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">The scene for me was about focus, literally where I was looking and what I was truly seeing (not acting as if I’m seeing).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Pooh is on edge anyway, she thinks she sees him, she DOES see him and it is her duty to expose him immediately. She is an accuser. That’s how I thought of it. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> </div> <b><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><u>Both movies are based on famous books... Had you read either before filming? </u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><br /> <br /> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">I had read IN COLD BLOOD while at college in the bedroom I rented from a grad school married couple. The bedroom was located at the top of the stairs and Capote’s description of Nancy’s terror after hearing two shots fired and footsteps running up the stairs towards her bedroom.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><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/AVvXsEhxvk_8csVVCrvdhsZsjaXpgvc7YhZn4m3dk8kF7xe7y31kBMW5d4ILrGtso64UW83qwnVPsX7oUge-F8S6Ka4nPza00YyEcaLPLIiJr0s4i9VdCyzW3CRHv23A6SlnUtaCY3G5FhgzLnc/s1600/Garp44.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxvk_8csVVCrvdhsZsjaXpgvc7YhZn4m3dk8kF7xe7y31kBMW5d4ILrGtso64UW83qwnVPsX7oUge-F8S6Ka4nPza00YyEcaLPLIiJr0s4i9VdCyzW3CRHv23A6SlnUtaCY3G5FhgzLnc/s1600/Garp44.jpeg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Robin Williams in GARP</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">I had anticipated the exact thing I would be called upon to act in the filming of the movie…</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> </div> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> </div> <table align="center" 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/AVvXsEjHx3Fpm8NaOp-yN3x1-R2EavdFX1uAhD6Yjl0s32trdPMPUYqCfOWwaq6CZiQ7YVgs-byc1vbUV-apulIH926VORz4RvF1tQjLIiWXFCP4zmKvBLQwGPUhiPd6woFDfbHVXZSCQOlipjo/s1600/philip-seymour-hoffman-robin-williams.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHx3Fpm8NaOp-yN3x1-R2EavdFX1uAhD6Yjl0s32trdPMPUYqCfOWwaq6CZiQ7YVgs-byc1vbUV-apulIH926VORz4RvF1tQjLIiWXFCP4zmKvBLQwGPUhiPd6woFDfbHVXZSCQOlipjo/s200/philip-seymour-hoffman-robin-williams.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">RIP Capote PSH and RW as Garp</span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">GARP I had tried to read and couldn’t get into it. After being cast in the role I definitely got into it...</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">I thought Steve Tesich’s screenplay was a fantastic adaptation capturing the essence of the book. I also admired Brooks’ adaptation of Capote’s tightly constructed book. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><b><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><u>And how would you describe Robin Williams? </u></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Manic, kind, compulsive entertainer. Between takes he would do a stand-up routine for the crew or anybody who watched... A good actor; an inspired choice to play Garp. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><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/AVvXsEgcgOsWYm2l9RACMiKBGQIM1r3UMP5OWLbcO8dtmgC7-tCtZ-_Z-WqF83ilqY1Rm6XPJVE1E0Uvsg0a8x3hJp_nnz10kagV_IQXKhCwTOwxAyszwi_IK_h1qal_Q7KkmsLmPxCLLHmk_pzp/s1600/Screen+Shot+2017-11-04+at+8.18.52+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="423" data-original-width="840" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcgOsWYm2l9RACMiKBGQIM1r3UMP5OWLbcO8dtmgC7-tCtZ-_Z-WqF83ilqY1Rm6XPJVE1E0Uvsg0a8x3hJp_nnz10kagV_IQXKhCwTOwxAyszwi_IK_h1qal_Q7KkmsLmPxCLLHmk_pzp/s1600/Screen+Shot+2017-11-04+at+8.18.52+PM.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Our person favorite Robin Williams' movie, GARP was never mentioned during his suicide's news coverage</span></span></u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </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/AVvXsEjNzXIOoKtJ5QHWdEzZ-o3uf81tsdg_eYSMvakbP2vzRwIUm-T7iDatKMI8wCNC0f9JLZ3b5iEkffGE4n7O7Y1vN1kjgbLJOYx1lOJMD3NGoE_85qunxVgyGm_K1IQEYHUaNfUGLPcOeLSH/s1600/23231255_391629911266191_7276282219222308053_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNzXIOoKtJ5QHWdEzZ-o3uf81tsdg_eYSMvakbP2vzRwIUm-T7iDatKMI8wCNC0f9JLZ3b5iEkffGE4n7O7Y1vN1kjgbLJOYx1lOJMD3NGoE_85qunxVgyGm_K1IQEYHUaNfUGLPcOeLSH/s1600/23231255_391629911266191_7276282219222308053_n.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Brenda Currin as Nancy Clutter looking into the distance in what feels spooky, eerie IN COLD BLOOD</u></td></tr> </tbody></table>

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KILL OR BE KILLED: BRENDA CURRIN DOUBLE FEATURE INTERVIEW

Brenda Currin in GARP What epitomizes a great actor or actress is range, and BRENDA CURRIN brilliantly embodies two polar opposite charac...

WALTER HILL PRESENTS THE BRAT PACK NOIR OF 'BLUE CITY'

<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/AVvXsEhFOO205wjhee-SdaPFp5vqtO7e7_E9bIqj5bL5LvAzJ2jgfE_lTSMHKmNUcl4g588cWZCxtn831kIObXd9V-ruDokJq0eu1iJd6hbJiszakF32D03z-0bZ6IYmz3iuMJF1O2-nQEBBHmU/s1600/title00_024232384-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFOO205wjhee-SdaPFp5vqtO7e7_E9bIqj5bL5LvAzJ2jgfE_lTSMHKmNUcl4g588cWZCxtn831kIObXd9V-ruDokJq0eu1iJd6hbJiszakF32D03z-0bZ6IYmz3iuMJF1O2-nQEBBHmU/s1600/title00_024232384-2.jpg" width="217" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;"><u>year: 1986 rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> This dark horse Brat Pack outing was up for a few Razzie Awards, but for what exactly? BLUE CITY is actually a decent action/thriller about the son of a beloved slain mayor returning to a Florida town, Blue City, now run (from inside a roadhouse bar) by seedy Scott Wilson...<br /> <br /> Seeking clues, Nelson gets back in touch with his old drinking buddy David Caruso, who is sober, paranoid, and running a fishing boat. And what makes this Brat a Pack in our love interest: Caruso's pretty sister, Ally Sheedy, who becomes smitten with Judd... a former crush resurfaced. She works at the local jail he was thrown into after a brawling bar fight.    <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/AVvXsEhfricZ6JBtRMlwk5JeWT20NpM1HvCA0iBUceg164pALiLWrn8T5IApXviOIdWO-_GaZldzVrF4IMqH0z9Wna23Bs1J9YFiOC-AySt7T4qgGYw99j87z7I7Cl3IlxrJmSPHVkbxht96Lvo/s1600/blue-city-6.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfricZ6JBtRMlwk5JeWT20NpM1HvCA0iBUceg164pALiLWrn8T5IApXviOIdWO-_GaZldzVrF4IMqH0z9Wna23Bs1J9YFiOC-AySt7T4qgGYw99j87z7I7Cl3IlxrJmSPHVkbxht96Lvo/s1600/blue-city-6.png" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Straight Shooter</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> The best scenes are his gun-toting revenge against a bevy of Wilson's thugs. In the usual action flick fashion, the underdog is in over his head, and yet his lack of experience makes him cocky, reckless and assertive. "I'm new at this," Judd quips after kicking in the door of a racetrack office during a heist. And he soon learns how to get around, eventually finding out who killed his father... which isn't such a shocker... but there's always a cost.<br /> <br /> BLUE CITY is colorful action Neo Noir directed by Michelle Manning, who makes this a Brat Pack trifecta being she produced both THE BREAKFAST CLUB and PRETTY IN PINK for John Hughes. And in this departure from teen melodrama are plenty of old school cinema stuff to keep you entertained like fist fights, gun fights, explosions, and a nifty side cast including sexy Anita Morris as his lush stepmother and the always watchable Paul Winfield. But it's Scott Wilson's grimacing villain who really stands out like bad guys often do in Walter Hill films, this one produced and co-written, not directed by, and in many ways,  CITY feels like his project, although more STREETS OF FIRE than 48 HRS. Even his stock musician Ry Cooder provides a beach-breezy score with more synth than slide.<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/AVvXsEjTuQOfRLr52aVoamUgDQjyHgMCEXyKjibasf2ToBCm50nwZrVkT9RJXruSax9EnxP4Yi1wHI3Fj2Y7wrtviqa0ey-_oVyNavC3Z6tccBHZ18L3zeAb_FQFvGHeN-Ktk8JsSFj2aIJSyERk/s1600/bluecity-2-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTuQOfRLr52aVoamUgDQjyHgMCEXyKjibasf2ToBCm50nwZrVkT9RJXruSax9EnxP4Yi1wHI3Fj2Y7wrtviqa0ey-_oVyNavC3Z6tccBHZ18L3zeAb_FQFvGHeN-Ktk8JsSFj2aIJSyERk/s1600/bluecity-2-1.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Blue City starring Jude Nelson, Ally Sheedy, David Caruso & Scott Wilson</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/AVvXsEgtGaU_FNDj9GkgJLJ3gk3KA_ZGG6dCQJ3sBfd53WPrtmB_yggcUccIcrm3NIzAIwPGq7UKFz1_uFg8sDP7hwNlBKJBRkcsBgDTf108XYTz6Svx647e5ihYBAiclasDuJOUhV5MnL3iSUBs/s1600/Picture+2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtGaU_FNDj9GkgJLJ3gk3KA_ZGG6dCQJ3sBfd53WPrtmB_yggcUccIcrm3NIzAIwPGq7UKFz1_uFg8sDP7hwNlBKJBRkcsBgDTf108XYTz6Svx647e5ihYBAiclasDuJOUhV5MnL3iSUBs/s1600/Picture+2.png" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Wide-eyed heavy Scott Wilson</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/AVvXsEiUw5afA84G4Xta9ZHaYZhplDGwSCSA8DzjD2orh4gmbbQvkyvPuWEkvdVW_IHfdTa5nJgQHkNeeFEjNZkTeYmAzrMfyD5jnscIlrS5o0h5lCJLz6fvwcyhvoKpD-3gzHZYiO6ldVDRGFW8/s1600/Picture+3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUw5afA84G4Xta9ZHaYZhplDGwSCSA8DzjD2orh4gmbbQvkyvPuWEkvdVW_IHfdTa5nJgQHkNeeFEjNZkTeYmAzrMfyD5jnscIlrS5o0h5lCJLz6fvwcyhvoKpD-3gzHZYiO6ldVDRGFW8/s1600/Picture+3.png" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Ally Sheedy in BLUE CITY</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/AVvXsEhFRjIDODdfoBYamwUZzjEEmQrNZGX_KsXlDvwq_M9g1SXkGpz9TKg4xnMDpBef8cM1eYomd0A7LaNuIiP39mZS5E3s_sgPJwEt1uBsahDmDJndSeN2q8-7lQVLnvmxG08Y5AGfmuZpxasj/s1600/Picture+4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFRjIDODdfoBYamwUZzjEEmQrNZGX_KsXlDvwq_M9g1SXkGpz9TKg4xnMDpBef8cM1eYomd0A7LaNuIiP39mZS5E3s_sgPJwEt1uBsahDmDJndSeN2q8-7lQVLnvmxG08Y5AGfmuZpxasj/s1600/Picture+4.png" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Judd with gun</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/AVvXsEgGbOkZ4E6jQ4u6fEl-3bAb2rANBS8j4qjPZxV_JbXFUKi1rgJILRBeLNIKhiwkN9cy_4f8Y5GLjG6KPHE8rH3GBVYLQFHxw7xNjGg4RTOBffMCRs_SPdqqNcOJwaXdYNfrps-52vmtR86o/s1600/Picture+5.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGbOkZ4E6jQ4u6fEl-3bAb2rANBS8j4qjPZxV_JbXFUKi1rgJILRBeLNIKhiwkN9cy_4f8Y5GLjG6KPHE8rH3GBVYLQFHxw7xNjGg4RTOBffMCRs_SPdqqNcOJwaXdYNfrps-52vmtR86o/s1600/Picture+5.png" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>A Modern Western, but aren't they all?</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/AVvXsEid4xmKimI3mQ4UiUP7qtQ7qgHscfUhI57GcAhv6C3m1jOZSNKiUh6D3zyi3wfLxHSiKR5-8w1jQA0QLCMhA_iP3Cpfsoi5Yi6mfQN829D53CEsX9_JyCfYvZ2KD4iuLXmJ67X4U-UZvhTx/s1600/Picture+6.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid4xmKimI3mQ4UiUP7qtQ7qgHscfUhI57GcAhv6C3m1jOZSNKiUh6D3zyi3wfLxHSiKR5-8w1jQA0QLCMhA_iP3Cpfsoi5Yi6mfQN829D53CEsX9_JyCfYvZ2KD4iuLXmJ67X4U-UZvhTx/s1600/Picture+6.png" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>David Caruso in BLUE CITY</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/AVvXsEjSkPb_H3DeZPeblW8gdFfxUETNR9JfCJDiCOVlq8ezBl9w-Sxo64TjpQLfnWwLd6VsxehsdHaeGSPLt1ujKywMNSVaTdElfXlaTY6loIzUByn9e3XzDo6Bp6o2bT1A9JH5OyK9GUzxx6wz/s1600/Picture+7.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSkPb_H3DeZPeblW8gdFfxUETNR9JfCJDiCOVlq8ezBl9w-Sxo64TjpQLfnWwLd6VsxehsdHaeGSPLt1ujKywMNSVaTdElfXlaTY6loIzUByn9e3XzDo6Bp6o2bT1A9JH5OyK9GUzxx6wz/s1600/Picture+7.png" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Judd Nelson ends the game</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>

action, ally sheedy, anita morris, brat pack, david caruso, eighties, judd nelson, neo noir, scott wilson, walter hill

WALTER HILL PRESENTS THE BRAT PACK NOIR OF 'BLUE CITY'

year: 1986 rating: ***1/2 This dark horse Brat Pack outing was up for a few Razzie Awards, but for what exactly? BLUE CITY is actually a...

ACTION BRAT PACKED: THE HIDDEN CULT OF 'BLUE CITY'

<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/AVvXsEgeunCUsyL5e5yynVXMIE29RIwLzdTwsu6iWk6CJ69nditapl2YzOv4czT2Cdy5kXb8Et_Zp4fPblNkYw6sGjFwduNp7AFi2gtoBhZ4AE9JGLXVR90XlYbMWjPgz9Tso9-KjogovgGlaWF_/s1600/15327409_236145520147965_7939967081499262680_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeunCUsyL5e5yynVXMIE29RIwLzdTwsu6iWk6CJ69nditapl2YzOv4czT2Cdy5kXb8Et_Zp4fPblNkYw6sGjFwduNp7AFi2gtoBhZ4AE9JGLXVR90XlYbMWjPgz9Tso9-KjogovgGlaWF_/s400/15327409_236145520147965_7939967081499262680_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Scott Wilson fights the good guys YEAR: 1986</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> It's simple, really: In most cases, a Cult Film takes itself more seriously than the audience... And... After many years... The Melodrama becomes what's known as Camp, described by Webster's as: 'Something so outrageously artificial, affected, inappropriate, or out-of-date as to be considered amusing'...<br /> <br /> Well okay, fine: There's some of that going on in BLUE CITY, directed by THE BREAKFAST CLUB producer Michelle Manning, but not as much as you'd expect — this being one of the most maligned films from the 1980's, which is only partially true: it's nowhere near popular enough to be remembered as anything beyond the main two stars, Manning's former young actors and most importantly, Brat Packers Judd Nelson as the prodigal son of an adored mayor of BLUE CITY that has, since dad's death nine months earlier, morphed into a kind of roadhouse-rowdy, dockyard-gritty cesspool. Nelson's character is shocked and deeply saddened by the news, even though he probably returned home to sustain his rebellious ways. But death has turned this life-distracted slacker into a pointed Neo Noir anti-hero, aided by a gimpy boatsman and that fella's grown-hot little sis, played by none other than Ali Sheedy making this, in pop culture retrospect, the very worst of the Brat Pack filmography. And to the public... even die-hard 80's Kids... it's one of those films that <i>got away</i>...<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/AVvXsEgdzslPWej5R8AZxJzeSNm0RU4ti7gWnUuLGjxWRoMgR1RjTQjQM2S1doQ3gsSnHijHXmXny8lwECNWJHqi9P6cn2ur3jSb-0TK5AVhXYM1NLDUnSg1FRR1pdYAqs_VspHVHRodNGxfTjit/s1600/Screen+Shot+2016-12-05+at+8.44.55+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdzslPWej5R8AZxJzeSNm0RU4ti7gWnUuLGjxWRoMgR1RjTQjQM2S1doQ3gsSnHijHXmXny8lwECNWJHqi9P6cn2ur3jSb-0TK5AVhXYM1NLDUnSg1FRR1pdYAqs_VspHVHRodNGxfTjit/s400/Screen+Shot+2016-12-05+at+8.44.55+PM.jpg" width="308" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>The Blu Ray of Blue City by Olive Films</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> Early the next year, following BLUE CITY's anemic box office, it didn't sweep the Razzies by wins but it sure did with nominations, which is only really understandable for an actor who goes over-the-top so damn fast you'd think he was a raving mad thug instead of the businessman heavy in charge: Yet some things you have to wait for and, by the end, IN COLD BLOOD actor Scott Wilson's frantic Perry Kerch is revealed as being someone <i>much less</i> than he was supposed to be, and his hammy performance becomes more clear: No great actor like Wilson gets himself too deep in schlock without a reason, and he has a pretty good one here...<br /> <br /> Meanwhile, at the other end of the spectrum, Judd Nelson is almost completely stripped from the energetic persona that gave THE BREAKFAST CLUB the epitome of a movie-stealing, tour de force performance. That same year, in a young Kevin Coster and future WATERWORLD director Kevin Reynolds' Texas road romp, FANDANGO, Nelson's an unapologetic nerd who perpetually argues, "I'm <i>not</i> a weenie!" These two polar opposite roles proved, from the start,  he was a versatile actor (though it took a while before one picture gained a following through video store rentals). And BLUE CITY proved that his stint as a bonafide action hero would be short-lived. He displayed no interesting traits to keep the viewer tightly locked in, or to genuinely chuckle at his devil-may-care one-liners. With a decent-enough action script co-written by producer Walter Hill, it's a neat 90-minute programmer despite the fact our hero has very little motivation to go around blowing up the bad guy's Cadillac and destroying his casino, other than fulfilling the basic, primal description: The Returning Son of a Slain Florida Mayor Seeks Revenge for his Father's Mysterious Death...<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/AVvXsEgE0dK_oEaf9zu92_8YFw5ygDpnSuS6l3GDvIhAGAxYrJ9W6Axg6FzWd52Vr1DvVb71Tq0oyv2S3XNLT17pWiR7N3btIsqFsF1EqdMOQQawnaS-cUad3XYoxds9WNCjWM6XvfqD4TfXluPB/s1600/Screen+Shot+2016-12-05+at+8.46.34+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE0dK_oEaf9zu92_8YFw5ygDpnSuS6l3GDvIhAGAxYrJ9W6Axg6FzWd52Vr1DvVb71Tq0oyv2S3XNLT17pWiR7N3btIsqFsF1EqdMOQQawnaS-cUad3XYoxds9WNCjWM6XvfqD4TfXluPB/s400/Screen+Shot+2016-12-05+at+8.46.34+PM.jpg" width="353" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Judd Nelson makes like a gunslinger and blows</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> Which leads to a good number of gunfights and fistfights, as every bit of action is explained previously so there's always something to continue looking forward to. But Nelson's Billy Turner is an ambiguously misunderstood, conceited rebel who's more a punk than a flawed gutsy grownup hero. During the film we learn, mostly from dialogue spouted by Paul Winfield as an idyllic (and mysterious) Chief of Police, that dad would have to constantly get his son out of trouble: So Billy's rushed and heated fervor is all too much, too soon while his blind determination becomes confusing since he eventually leaves town after realizing his mission is useless: Which was beyond-obvious long beforehand...<br /> <br /> But the tables turn, again, and for the last time, when boatyard buddy David Caruso's Joey Rayfold, who's frankly too dumb to live, violently buys the farm after aiding in the destruction of the casino. Following his arrest, he stupidly returns to the docks like it's just another day. Then again, for one of the most obvious Doomed Sidekicks, his reasoning does make sense... for the story: Caruso, who played small roles as usually meek, passive characters, like in FIRST BLOOD and AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN before becoming a tough guy on television, is this film's beloved shaggy dog...<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/AVvXsEi-Xe-ob7UPzZfT1B9KGlY6KVHgps8luyqojXOaRwhEdFXNvmq2KiX-5-WjU-gB7RJYQ7pJNYJSlod1UxvolGhb-C4F_k1OaX7MTEGnEG5T4sFdZ4G0XFSQCwwGIqiHJ592Hz1gY7bTkZXh/s1600/Screen+Shot+2016-12-06+at+12.25.25+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Xe-ob7UPzZfT1B9KGlY6KVHgps8luyqojXOaRwhEdFXNvmq2KiX-5-WjU-gB7RJYQ7pJNYJSlod1UxvolGhb-C4F_k1OaX7MTEGnEG5T4sFdZ4G0XFSQCwwGIqiHJ592Hz1gY7bTkZXh/s320/Screen+Shot+2016-12-06+at+12.25.25+AM.png" width="185" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>BlueCityScore: ***1/2</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> Like when, after the antagonist's beloved pet gets killed, there's that 11th hour momentum to take care of business, once and for all, using the death as a springboard. But Caruso's more important for who he <i>isn't</i>: His little sis is our token ingenue and, surprisingly enough, Ally Sheedy and Judd Nelson's chemistry is pretty weak. Having played two different types of scruffy rogues in THE BREAKFAST CLUB, they were an intentionally mismatched, engaged yuppie couple in the second most important vehicle in the Brat Canon, ST. ELMO'S FIRE. And it's got to be said: No matter how despised BLUE CITY is... in the opinion of this 1980's Kid, it beats the pants off the contrived, idiotic perfection of ELMO'S, the horribly overrated, class envy embarrassment of PRETTY IN PINK and even WEIRD SCIENCE, which, for some of us, only Bill Paxton's Chet stands the true test of time...<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/AVvXsEj7dMhNjzkF2w4GwEaotE8l8u-GH4X67JvqFpdaS2KnHH2zm4APajTSYRy91cAMpJ8v54epCdnK483pT5VkfASlZR8_kTCvoJYhGNoTEG9ChODaRB-dj4r6Sg2Lki4lGmy-WWCBcA-oaldJ/s1600/Screen+Shot+2016-12-05+at+8.46.23+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7dMhNjzkF2w4GwEaotE8l8u-GH4X67JvqFpdaS2KnHH2zm4APajTSYRy91cAMpJ8v54epCdnK483pT5VkfASlZR8_kTCvoJYhGNoTEG9ChODaRB-dj4r6Sg2Lki4lGmy-WWCBcA-oaldJ/s400/Screen+Shot+2016-12-05+at+8.46.23+PM.jpg" width="325" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Ally Sheedy's usual dirty glare doesn't last long</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> BLUE CITY, with it's Ry Cooder score, light on his usual slide guitar, replaced mostly by synthesizers and 48 HRS style steel drums smoothly backs a nifty little yarn, loosely based on a novel written by one of the all-time classic Pulp authors, Ross Macdonald, and narrowed into a Neon Neo Noir by Walter Hill, under a tight and simple (if straight-to-video style) direction by Michelle Manning...<br /> <br /> It's hard to <i>not</i> enjoy a great actor playing a reckless villain who, at this time and despite going overboard within the first five minutes of his introductory scene, would have never been cast in anything other than a b-movie that strived for A-list status...<br /> <br /> An attempted springboard for Judd Nelson, who, despite being described by one critic as a "law-breaking Jughead to David Caruso's far more intriguing and fleshed-out Archie," unlike BREAKFAST CLUB, plays a rebel that's difficult to entirely root for. And who knows, maybe<i> all</i> critics didn't expect a passable time-filler to follow a teenage melodrama/comedy blockbuster. What seems to be the most panned thing about BLUE CITY, even over the movie itself, is the failure for its star to have gained anything from it.

action, ally sheedy, brat pack, judd nelson, scott wilson

ACTION BRAT PACKED: THE HIDDEN CULT OF 'BLUE CITY'

Scott Wilson fights the good guys YEAR: 1986 It's simple, really: In most cases, a Cult Film takes itself more seriously than the au...

THE NEW CENTURIONS

<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/AVvXsEg96740kyWEwx5n7JvnCuLLpeRkBGO_nYUScemooYhuWW2IR-wz72PEDnSGOxamQ5Vf7uqgLTU-aDEnPKT9TrXqvvh4KnG63ef9FI6FyQNV-Fou4oMruLh5gydYVzhFFU6tllsvspEannaE0h9eZTgITvpLVPMbMZMart2sYrftE7mzrPQoDfwYh3DuNZC2/s840/nc7_zpsaad0b7b6.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="840" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg96740kyWEwx5n7JvnCuLLpeRkBGO_nYUScemooYhuWW2IR-wz72PEDnSGOxamQ5Vf7uqgLTU-aDEnPKT9TrXqvvh4KnG63ef9FI6FyQNV-Fou4oMruLh5gydYVzhFFU6tllsvspEannaE0h9eZTgITvpLVPMbMZMart2sYrftE7mzrPQoDfwYh3DuNZC2/s16000/nc7_zpsaad0b7b6.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">year: 1972 cast: Stacy Keach, George C. Scott, Erik Estrada, Scott Wilson, Clifton James rating: ***1/2</td></tr></tbody></table> Whether it’s an exploitive early 70’s crime flick with an underlying mainstream influence, or a mainstream cop movie that sporadically delves into a gritty no-nonsense peripheral, THE NEW CENTURIONS is an entertaining piece of cinema…<br /> <br /> After an opening credit montage of rookies – including Stacy Keach’s Roy Fehler, Scott Wilson’s Gus and Erik Estrada’s Sergio – training at the police academy, we skip right to the chase… almost. Your typical gruff sergeant (Dolph Sweet) is barking orders to a group of world-weary police officers… And with a fresh rookie partner in tow, they enter into the dark Noiry streets of downtown Los Angeles.<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/AVvXsEgn8aWf0Nb4fGZNBGTE-sa2hnoSLC3qNQMWFwyEMfe-LcqX1zmf6c0xY0ACDSQqbOHWyugQ4eHqk8-t4XwNUHYW4SqjIeCceUUv2KBlShXzW7_6Z4H5qLEFdSEl3noQDl78jxvz7LRmiCBh/s1600/nc1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn8aWf0Nb4fGZNBGTE-sa2hnoSLC3qNQMWFwyEMfe-LcqX1zmf6c0xY0ACDSQqbOHWyugQ4eHqk8-t4XwNUHYW4SqjIeCceUUv2KBlShXzW7_6Z4H5qLEFdSEl3noQDl78jxvz7LRmiCBh/s1600/nc1.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">George C. Scott as Kilvinski in THE NEW CENTURIONS</td></tr> </tbody></table> At first, the centerpiece is George C. Scott’s veteran cop Kilvinski, who, with his own implied “laws” aka philosophies of life, provides Keach's clean slate Roy exposition through random busts including bickering prostitutes and, cutting back and forth from Clifton James’s Whitey paired with Scott Wilson's Gus, and Ed Lauter with former gang member Sergio (Estrada), domestic dispute calls that wind up humorously reminiscent of a television cop show.<br /> <br /> But there’s a point where CENTURIONS, compared by Kilvinski as a new brand of Roman guard (equally hated and needed by that society like our own) kicks into second gear. Standout scenes include Wilson’s Gus gunning down an innocent man… The IN COLD BLOOD actor’s shocked expression, as well as Estrada’s Sergio explaining his backstory as a gang member reluctantly brought back to his hellish home town, make this more character-driven than action-packed.<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/AVvXsEhRURMytb90qJD3TpOrfta9NMauv__DfSOc2eJ2YozgG0t_Uy9U7MvKbQksr1l_H1Ao0unBnYEQIrJGdb66zqzleew8JVpSwrFzXeiyPZHhdAd-0IxLpcZQkxMKBnEz4RLQBkzrIrD428dY/s1600/nc9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRURMytb90qJD3TpOrfta9NMauv__DfSOc2eJ2YozgG0t_Uy9U7MvKbQksr1l_H1Ao0unBnYEQIrJGdb66zqzleew8JVpSwrFzXeiyPZHhdAd-0IxLpcZQkxMKBnEz4RLQBkzrIrD428dY/s1600/nc9.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stacy Keach as Roy in THE NEW CENTURIONS</td></tr> </tbody></table> Although noted as a vehicle for the PATTON Oscar-winning Scott, remaining the wise mentor till a gloomy retirement, the story truly belongs to Stacy Keach, whose character-arc from an idealistic rookie to a seasoned cop to a reluctant vice squad officer to a hopeless drunk is underlined by the dwindling relationship with his wife and child: the domestic scenes border on melodrama but never take away from the gritty base: We always promptly return to the streets. <br /> <br /> Based on a novel by former lawman Joseph Wambaugh, insightful glimpses outshine the sporadic cinematic clichés, and a few scenes would be considered politically-incorrect to modern audiences. But underrated director Richard Fleischer… whose eclectic hit & miss career labeled him more of a talented hired hand than creative auteur… using grainy film stock makes even the lighter moments look and feel completely intense and (despite a tacked-on conclusion) jarringly unpredictable.<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/AVvXsEhO_BH9G1B4qjPsVrUwJAWP6tdacp5-m4l_RKWUQSt5i-REpMifq3OjK5RtrNGCvdVeOoq9D3nRtQbtKdMIM15hhqEN5fo9xZyCJu1K0r7xt_ftWB4yCq7TNpEn4TcQtCTXdmjTELKn0YfX/s1600/nc2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO_BH9G1B4qjPsVrUwJAWP6tdacp5-m4l_RKWUQSt5i-REpMifq3OjK5RtrNGCvdVeOoq9D3nRtQbtKdMIM15hhqEN5fo9xZyCJu1K0r7xt_ftWB4yCq7TNpEn4TcQtCTXdmjTELKn0YfX/s1600/nc2.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scott Wilson as Gus in THE NEW CENTURIONS</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/AVvXsEiqkIp03WdDCBN5oxErE5DGscensR8skCzTOQo7dc9pPU0IVsqQPTaZ48ktVs29l4ZEdqZj6nIOQM6BHjNrq_PcDyJNZmwXYJT05CrIDM7Dj5Z18iWio5Qk2PB-AD3kM9CuctIik9Y23T13/s1600/nc3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqkIp03WdDCBN5oxErE5DGscensR8skCzTOQo7dc9pPU0IVsqQPTaZ48ktVs29l4ZEdqZj6nIOQM6BHjNrq_PcDyJNZmwXYJT05CrIDM7Dj5Z18iWio5Qk2PB-AD3kM9CuctIik9Y23T13/s1600/nc3.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roger E. Mosley being hassled in THE NEW CENTURIONS</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/AVvXsEi0lLetI1WemUu8BoAgzGW38NYU-kcSbbC1-AwUsBJF2X0UIVaDbfTA9U-fl7OrGNZrmubwUPfkqtEaKea3kJFWtWUlDHyOZVBsd5sR4rgBuimMcKh6HPb6yEEbCWc7hCKqSn9p1wxLJltk/s1600/nc4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0lLetI1WemUu8BoAgzGW38NYU-kcSbbC1-AwUsBJF2X0UIVaDbfTA9U-fl7OrGNZrmubwUPfkqtEaKea3kJFWtWUlDHyOZVBsd5sR4rgBuimMcKh6HPb6yEEbCWc7hCKqSn9p1wxLJltk/s1600/nc4.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pepe Serna getting some help in THE NEW CENTURIONS</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/AVvXsEiAtJilCS9BKOdZJH2PBq1BK76Wr3r1qjpNeLzhNt0xI9oQ6j8LZ8NyZKUdYaTfqrWj_CnvNeLZLVMCVLyhHd2tGBigBZELJSCVAHr9LpmuurB-IUQw9i-__1A1p4ssxTVlehjuveUNKhtT/s1600/nc8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAtJilCS9BKOdZJH2PBq1BK76Wr3r1qjpNeLzhNt0xI9oQ6j8LZ8NyZKUdYaTfqrWj_CnvNeLZLVMCVLyhHd2tGBigBZELJSCVAHr9LpmuurB-IUQw9i-__1A1p4ssxTVlehjuveUNKhtT/s1600/nc8.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ed Lauter listens to Erik Estrada in THE NEW CENTURIONS</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/AVvXsEjOiAtNZsBXi7kPO3XRRvjP-CtjMyQ-FCDLAWupmB6qG2DeWl8r_golJ5JU8SBf4fJmmT3nw8N40s_xrQBVSOp4qQhGOcVllmNHNASBgFSHSvnyDaMymK8Y1ZZwxYLd0dGeUV4Z-x6Q1gaC/s1600/nc6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOiAtNZsBXi7kPO3XRRvjP-CtjMyQ-FCDLAWupmB6qG2DeWl8r_golJ5JU8SBf4fJmmT3nw8N40s_xrQBVSOp4qQhGOcVllmNHNASBgFSHSvnyDaMymK8Y1ZZwxYLd0dGeUV4Z-x6Q1gaC/s1600/nc6.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">George C. Scott in THE NEW CENTURIONS</td></tr> </tbody></table>

action, clifton james, cop, crime, erik estrada, george c. scott, richard fleischer, scott wilson, seventies, stacy keach, vice

THE NEW CENTURIONS

year: 1972 cast: Stacy Keach, George C. Scott, Erik Estrada, Scott Wilson, Clifton James rating: ***1/2 Whether it’s an exploitive early 70...