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Post by Siren on Mar 3, 2007 21:51:03 GMT -6
You're exactly right on the leading man and lady, kat. Since no one's jumped in to help with the title, I'll reveal it...
William, as played by Hugh in "Notting Hill"
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Post by katina2nd on Mar 5, 2007 19:37:35 GMT -6
Thanks Siren, wouldn't have gotten that in a month of sundays. Who goes next, do we flip a coin?
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Post by Siren on Mar 10, 2007 2:05:31 GMT -6
I flipped, and you won!
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Post by katina2nd on Mar 11, 2007 20:46:50 GMT -6
Righto then, let's see how we go with this one ...............
I'm a San Francisco Detective assigned to what appears a routine case when, at the request of an ambitious politician, my department puts me in charge of the security of a key witness in an important case for 48 hours.
Things go wrong when a leak leads to the witness and my partner being shot and I'm left to protect the badly wounded witness, attempt to find the cause of the leak and save my own career which the politician has vowed to destroy if the case falls apart.
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Post by Siren on Mar 14, 2007 21:06:14 GMT -6
Was this a Bruce Willis movie from a year or so ago? If not, I don't think I know this one, though I probably should.
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Post by katina2nd on Mar 15, 2007 19:18:08 GMT -6
Nope, not good ole Bruce, this was made in the late sixties, the one word title of the film is also the last name of the Detective, and he was played by a film icon of the period who tragically died at the height of his career. The film featured one of the earliest [ and best ] car chases.
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Post by Siren on Mar 15, 2007 21:55:02 GMT -6
Great clues, there, kat! Methinks it's the tremendously cool, completely unique Steve McQueen as "Bullitt".
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Post by katina2nd on Mar 17, 2007 7:13:51 GMT -6
Right on the money Siren, tis indeed mr cool Steve McQueen, and the film is of course Bullitt.
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Post by Siren on Mar 18, 2007 23:07:58 GMT -6
It's been far too long since I've seen "Bullitt". Thanks for the reminder!
I'm a young woman in the Old West, on the trail of the man who killed and robbed my father, who was on a trip to buy horses. I hire a sheriff to help me - a man known for his questionable, but successful, law enforcement tactics, and his love of corn liquor.
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Post by vox on Mar 19, 2007 14:51:18 GMT -6
Was it good ol John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn in 'True Grit' with Katherine Hepburn?
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Post by Siren on Mar 20, 2007 20:38:42 GMT -6
Yes, it's the one and only Rooster, but with Kim Darby as Mattie in "True Grit". Wonderful movie! Remember her dealings with the much put-upon horse trader? That scene makes me laugh every time.
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Post by vox on Mar 21, 2007 14:46:10 GMT -6
Yay! Great Movie Siren! I'm quite fond of the old westerns.
Well here goes!
I am a priest torn by conflict and ridden by overwhelming guilt for having abandoned my mother to enter the priesthood. I am torn spiritually by the confessions of those priests who seek my help as a psychiatrist, so much so that I question my own faith. Yet, I will do what is required of me as a priest concerned about the health of a child.
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Post by katina2nd on Mar 22, 2007 18:28:42 GMT -6
"Can you help an old alter boy Father?"
Would you by any chance be Father Damien Karras from the spine tingling "The Exorcist?"
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Post by vox on Mar 23, 2007 15:03:14 GMT -6
Yay! you did get it right Kat, we must be on the same wave length!
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Post by katina2nd on Mar 23, 2007 23:24:21 GMT -6
Yep, you know what they say about great minds Vox. By the way, what did you think of "The Exorcist?" And has anybody seen the Directors cut? I'm a Los Angeles Detective working Robbery/Homicide, driven by my job to the detriment of my private life, with my third marriage unraveling around my ears. With my team I'm currently trying to track down a group of highly professional, and vicious, criminals who pursue big money targets such as bank vaults and armored cars, and who seem to be one step ahead of me and my men, thanks in large part to the expertise of their leader who demands total discipline from his close knit team.
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Post by vox on Mar 24, 2007 11:38:43 GMT -6
I loved the Excorsit Kat, nothing else comes close to it! and yes I have seen the Director's cut!
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Post by moonglum on Mar 24, 2007 16:01:23 GMT -6
Hya Kat, I think this is one of my favorite films. You are Det. Vincent Hannah (played by Al Pacino) in Heat.
Hats off to the Mann that finally got Pacino and De Niro on screen together. Top drawer script, class acting and a great film.
MG
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Post by katina2nd on Mar 25, 2007 23:51:31 GMT -6
I loved the Excorsit Kat, nothing else comes close to it! and yes I have seen the Director's cut! Couldn't agree more Vox, in a class of it's own for movies of that genre, and an excellent movie by any standard. I saw the Directors cut for the first time a few months back, and the "spider walk" scene of Regan coming down the stairs scared the living daylights out of me it was so unexpected at that particular moment, only lasted for a few seconds, but certainly left an impression.
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Post by katina2nd on Mar 25, 2007 23:54:06 GMT -6
Hya Kat, I think this is one of my favorite films. You are Det. Vincent Hannah (played by Al Pacino) in Heat. Hats off to the Mann that finally got Pacino and De Niro on screen together. Top drawer script, class acting and a great film. MG Well picked Moonglum, I thought those clues may describe a number of films but you've nailed it in one go. And we're certainly in total agreement, one of my favourites also, a near flawless piece of cinema. It is hard to believe that Pacino and De Niro had never shared the screen, and although their scene together was fairly short it was amazing watching them interact, a truly memorable scene. One of my favourite Directors Mann, with The Last of the Mohican's, along with Heat, being high on my list of best movies. Recently saw Miami Vice, another superb film from him, dark, intense and gritty in the same manner as Heat.
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Post by moonglum on Mar 26, 2007 13:23:10 GMT -6
You know Kat, I can't get enough of those two. Ever since I first saw Taxi Driver I've loved De Niro's acting and I was the odd one out among my friends when I thought Pacino's Serpico was a great film. Mind you I had read the book. I think as actors, they've both gone from strength to strength.
Any road-up-as-like (as they say up north).
I am a stranger who arrives in a town divided by greed. I think I see a way to make money by playing both sides against each other.
MG
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Post by katina2nd on Mar 27, 2007 8:16:38 GMT -6
Superb actors both of them, and I'm with you about Serpico, thought it was excellent. Just saw the other day what I think is De Niros best film in quite some time, one that he directed and had a small role in called "The Good Shepherd" about the early days of the CIA, with Matt Damon in the lead, highly recommended.
Can't place who you are stranger, could we have a clue or two, perhaps a genre/era?
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Post by moonglum on Mar 27, 2007 12:48:12 GMT -6
You certainly can Kat. A cult film that 'started' a revolution in the way directors made this type of film. It was shot almost exclusively in Spain, but you would have to look much farther west to identify it's origins.
Too much? Or not enough?
MG
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Post by katina2nd on Mar 27, 2007 20:12:42 GMT -6
Nope just the right amount thanks Moonglum, great clues. You would be the Clint Eastwood character, usually referred to as "the man with no name" from "Per un pugno di dollari" <and don't think for a moment that I didn't have to look it up to be able to spell it > probably better known as .............. "A Fistful of Dollars."
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Post by moonglum on Mar 28, 2007 12:32:44 GMT -6
Spot on Kat. Your turn I believe.
MG
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Post by katina2nd on Mar 31, 2007 7:58:14 GMT -6
I'm a San Francisco cop with a healthy contempt for authority and what I see as obstacles placed in the way of me doing my job, which is to rid the streets of society's scum.
When hampered at every turn in my latest case, trying to track down a deranged sniper, I have no qualms about bending the rules to get results.
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Post by moonglum on Mar 31, 2007 10:15:46 GMT -6
I think our man with no name may just have resurfaced in the guise of 'Dirty' Harry Callahan. We could start getting a reputation, you know, for fostering Eastwood-mania.
MG
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Post by katina2nd on Mar 31, 2007 20:53:44 GMT -6
You're not wrong Moonglum, about both the character, it is indeed "Dirty Harry Callahan" or about us getting a reputation.
You know, I've come to respect his work more and more in the last few years, especially his work behind the camera which just goes from strength to strength with excellent films such as "Mystic River" "Million Dollar Baby" and "Flags of Our Fathers."
A real icon of the cinema for sure.
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Post by moonglum on Apr 1, 2007 13:04:45 GMT -6
You're right Kat he is a real icon. Over the years he's learnt his craft well and now I think we're seeing the best of his work. I remember watching him in Rawhide when I was a kid (god I feel old saying that).
I'm a 'thirtysomething' widow who decides to travel to resume a former career.
MG
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Post by katina2nd on Apr 2, 2007 8:17:52 GMT -6
Don't worry mate, I remember watching Rawhide as a kid also, not as often as I would have liked though because it was screened against Wagon Train which got top priority at our house.
Can't place your character, would your "former career" have been as a teacher?
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Post by moonglum on Apr 2, 2007 13:17:11 GMT -6
Ahh, good dependable old Ward Bond. No matter which movie you saw him in, it was as if he only knew how to play the one character, which was probably 'himself'. Who was the other guy in Wagon Train, was it Robert something-or-other? Cant remember.
Umm, former career would have been as a singer.
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