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Sadly a similar fate was met by their one movie vehicle despite the fact that it stands as the best band film ever.
The film was released late on in the Giallo cycle, but more than stands up to many of the films released around the 'golden' period in the early seventies.
I have seen this play many times, from Olivier to Branagh, and this remains the one version that always stands out in my memory.
While it may not be his most laugh-packed film, MIGHTY LIKE A MOOSE stands as one of Charley Chase's most satisfying farce comedies, twenty minutes of clever sight gags, nicely choreographed physical comedy, and amusing quips (rendered via title card, of course) all based on a wacky and wildly implausible premise.
While she's leaning over a boat railing trying to get an earring, Owen stands behind her and creeps up...Soon the police are looking for Larry to question him, but he's at Owen's where he's being encouraged to live up to his end of a bargain he had no idea he made.
Of all the seasons and episodes of THE TWILIGHT ZONE, after seeing all the great, mind boggling, thought provoking stories, this one stands on top.
This film stands as one of the most amazing examples of compelling and artful film-making I've every seen.
His part stands side-by-side with the preacher attemtping to communicate with the Martians in War of the Worlds.
In this tale of a tightly wound Christian family that has three of its four members "born again" after a cake-caused car crash, what really stands out is how grounded most of it is, where there is so much potential to go over the top, and how truly inspired most of the acting is.
It's called CHOMPS, which stands for canine home security system.
A fantasy that has points in common with "Wings of Desire," "Northfork" tells the story of a '50s era small town in the middle of nowhere that is two days shy of being inundated and submerged thanks to the U.S. government's desire to make a reservoir on the place where the town stands.
This of course gets him fired as a teacher, but everyone stands at the graduation day to out themselves (in support), and Cameron even shows up to clear things up, so that everyone, especially school head Tom Halliwell (Elf's Bob Newhart) knows it's okay to be gay.
Also shows how woefully inadequate 'preparations' are for any such occurrence, as the government talks everything up but then stands there with their mouths hanging open as the tragedy unfolds.
It stands to reason that a conflict on such a scale as global warfare would capture the imagination of filmmakers everywhere and provide them with ample material on which to base a story.
But whether you like Shakespeare or not it won't matter - the movie stands on it's on.
This movie has all the elements of a standard modern day thriller, guns, techno, baddies, cash, etc, and yet it stands out from your average Hollywood also-ran.
Another major reason why this film stands out is coz the setting shifts to Jamaica after the beginning.
I really enjoyed this movie and it really stands out as the savior of the series.
He realises that if he even stands a chance of claiming the fortune, the cats will be out of the way.
it is unfortunate that this worthy effort stands in the shadow of it's predecessor- it is worth viewing in it's own right.
Besides, it's better directed than other movies, the story line always stands up, the characters themselves stand up.
"Film Noir" has always been one of my favorite genres, but this one stands apart from the rest.
He has the best scenes in the movie and also the best dialogue ("King illegal forest to pig wild kill in it a is", which stands for "It is illegal to kill a wild pig in the king's forest").He somehow mixes up all the words and speaks out a sentence that nobody understands.
As a statement by an artist of his love of life and his craft, "The Dead" stands alone.
To me this stands as a perfect version.
It's one of the best comedies of the 1970's and the definitive summer camp comedy thanks to Murrary's excellent comedic performance, which still stands as one of his greatest.
not a Larry Mcmurty masterpiece but it stands on its own as a good western, any of the lonesome doves do.
Kilo Finds himself going up against the higher realm of society and Political royalty in order to make clear how important a Man's Word is and stands for.
The mannequins?? Tourist Trap has the usual horror requirements (jiggly big boobed girl, goody two shoes girl, curiosity getting the better of people and never working out!), but it stands apart from the rest of the 70's genre in it's twist of an ending.
The image that stays with me most is when Yasuko stands before the mirror combing her hair, silently watching it come out in clumps.
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