A movie you'll never forget...

[lspencer534]

For me it's The Last Picture Show.

Released in 1971 to critical acclaim and public controversy, The Last Picture Show garnered eight Academy Award nominations and was hailed as the most important work by a young American director since Citizen Kane. A surprisingly frank, bittersweet drama of social and sexual mores in small-town Texas, the film features a talent-laden cast led by Jeff Bridges (The Mirror Has Two Faces), Cybill Sheperd (TV's "Cybill") and Timothy Bottoms (The Man in the Iron Mask). Cloris Leachman (TV's "The Mary Tyler Moore Show") and Ben Johnson (Rio Grande) each won Oscars for their work in supporting roles.

The episodic, bleak and mournful film was shot on location over an eleven-week period in northwestern Texas in a dusty, wind-swept, one-horse, declining small-town that was on the verge of being forgotten in the early 1950s. Director Peter Bogdanovich's work recaptures and recreates the period of the early 50s (between WWII and the Korean War). One of the film's posters declared it as "the picture show that introduced America to the forgotten 50's."

I can still recall how moved I was when I first watched the movie in a theater. It was quite a change from your usual film back then.

The Last Picture Show - Trailer - YouTube

Yours?

[DukeAllen]

I have a lot of favorites, but as far as unforgettable for being touching or deep...I can't think of many. I remember seeing Awakenings and leaving the theater feeling down...

[MrPeabody]

For me I guess it was American Graffiti. It was ten years later, but I lived the life depicted in that movie ten years after the period it was set in, which means I was living it when the movie came out, and I was pretty much in the same locale.

I always thought I enjoyed watching the movie so much (I've seen it close to 100 times) because in my youth I knew someone who was like each of the characters in it. Of course, having one of the faster cars in town, my ego made me think I was John Milner. Then I saw an interview with George Lucas and he explained that the movie was autobiographical, and it told the story of everything that happened to him in high school condensed into one night and spread out among a handful of characters.

And I realized that was exactly it. Some nights I was John Milner, some nights I was Ron Howard's character, some nights I was Toad, etc. If I was ten years older and I knew George Lucas, I'm sure we would have had some wild times together.

[Grey Ghost]

I loved Friday, growing up. Being out of school and the whole weekend ahead of you. I would get a new model kit to build over the w/e. Go to the movies or drive-in that night with my friends. It didn't matter what was showing. It was just the thing to do and place to be. Then more junk food after the show. A simple and inexpensive routine full of fun and memories.

My first R rated movie was the original 'Walking Tall'. Parents had to go with us.

[Burro (He/Haw)]

Jaws, 1975. Not a fukin' care in the world in '75.

[lspencer534]

I loved Friday, growing up. Being out of school and the whole weekend ahead of you. I would get a new model kit to build over the w/e. Go to the movies or drive-in that night with my friends. It didn't matter what was showing. It was just the thing to do and place to be. Then more junk food after the show. A simple and inexpensive routine full of fun and memories.

My first R rated movie was the original 'Walking Tall'. Parents had to go with us.

I didn'y lmpw that Walking Tall was R-rated. The violence?

[lspencer534]

For me I guess it was American Graffiti. It was ten years later, but I lived the life depicted in that movie ten years after the period it was set in, which means I was living it when the movie came out, and I was pretty much in the same locale.

I always thought I enjoyed watching the movie so much (I've seen it close to 100 times) because in my youth I knew someone who was like each of the characters in it. Of course, having one of the faster cars in town, my ego made me think I was John Milner. Then I saw an interview with George Lucas and he explained that the movie was autobiographical, and it told the story of everything that happened to him in high school condensed into one night and spread out among a handful of characters.

And I realized that was exactly it. Some nights I was John Milner, some nights I was Ron Howard's character, some nights I was Toad, etc. If I was ten years older and I knew George Lucas, I'm sure we would have had some wild times together.

Very interesting! Did you listen to Wolfman Jack?

[Grey Ghost]

For me I guess it was American Graffiti. It was ten years later, but I lived the life depicted in that movie ten years after the period it was set in, which means I was living it when the movie came out, and I was pretty much in the same locale.

I always thought I enjoyed watching the movie so much (I've seen it close to 100 times) because in my youth I knew someone who was like each of the characters in it. Of course, having one of the faster cars in town, my ego made me think I was John Milner. Then I saw an interview with George Lucas and he explained that the movie was autobiographical, and it told the story of everything that happened to him in high school condensed into one night and spread out among a handful of characters.

And I realized that was exactly it. Some nights I was John Milner, some nights I was Ron Howard's character, some nights I was Toad, etc. If I was ten years older and I knew George Lucas, I'm sure we would have had some wild times together.

Same, can quote every line LOL My friend even built two tribute cars. I also enjoyed Vanishing Point and Two Lane Blacktop. Aloha Bobby and Rose, had a cool Camaro, but the movie sucked.

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[MrPeabody]

Same, can quote every line LOL My friend even built two tribute cars. I also enjoyed Vanishing Point and Two Lane Blacktop. Aloha Bobby and Rose, had a cool Camaro, but the movie sucked.

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f229/jerryholmes/DSCN8709-1_zps9659cf94.jpg

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f229/jerryholmes/DSCN8768_zpsc6b58588.jpg

I'm sure you know that the '55 in AG is the same one used in TLB.:yesnod:

[C5SilverBullet]

I'll never forget going to watch The Dark Knight. It is while I was living in Chicago (where most of it was filmed), and the atmosphere was just amazing.

[lspencer534]

Jaws, 1975. Not a fukin' care in the world in '75.

This scene I'll never forget. Dreyfuss said that as an actor one often has to feign interest in the story another actor is telling, but that Shaw's tale was "one of the most riveting things he'd ever seen or heard."

QUINT'S USS INDIANAPOLIS SPEECH - YouTube

[Grey Ghost]

I didn'y lmpw that Walking Tall was R-rated. The violence?

Had nudity, too. Brenda Benet (Bill Bixby's wife) at the bar in a black see-thru thing /drool. She was gorgeous. Killed herself after the death of their son.

[MrPeabody]

Very interesting! Did you listen to Wolfman Jack?

I lived in San Jose, a little too far north for him to reach. (he broadcast out of Mexico with a signal so strong it was illegal in the USA) I do remember being on a Boy Scout campout in Turlock and listening to him, though. He was more of a southern and central California thing.

They make a reference to the town of Turlock in AG, and at the end of the movie they say Ron Howard's character is an insurance salesman in Modesto. Either of those towns would work as the location of the story. In reality it was filmed mostly in Santa Rosa and Petaluma. The Mel's drive-in in the movie was in San Francisco. It had been closed and had to be renovated a bit for the movie.

The Sequel, More American Graffiti did some scenes at Fremont dragstrip, where I did my drag racing in the late 60s and early 70s. The official at the starting line was the real guy who did that job at the strip.

[lspencer534]

Had nudity, too. Brenda Benet (Bill Bixby's wife) at the bar in a black see-thru thing /drool. She was gorgeous. Killed herself after the death of their son.

I didn't remember that. I'll have to watch it again....:D

[Grey Ghost]

I'm sure you know that the '55 in AG is the same one used in TLB.:yesnod:

Yep, I've lusted for a 2 dr. '55 post for a long while. They built three for TLB. The guy said by the time they filmed AG, they had to rob pieces from the others to keep it going for AG. It can also be spotted in TLB form in an episode of Adam-12 (The Dinosaur). I spotted the '32 in an episode of 'Emergency'. There is a cult following for those movie cars. A couple of nice websites with all the history. :seasix: One guy in Maryland owns the TLB camera platform car. He takes it to shows in TLB setup. James Taylor even had him bring it to one of his concerts for him to see again in person.

[MrPeabody]

I loved Friday, growing up. Being out of school and the whole weekend ahead of you. I would get a new model kit to build over the w/e. Go to the movies or drive-in that night with my friends. It didn't matter what was showing. It was just the thing to do and place to be. Then more junk food after the show. A simple and inexpensive routine full of fun and memories.

My first R rated movie was the original 'Walking Tall'. Parents had to go with us.

My first R rated movie was Woodstock, I think. "GIMME AN F!":lol:

[aj]

30 Seconds over Tokyo
Bridges at Toko-Ri
Bambi

[The Cripp]

Strategic Air Command (SAC) 1953

Corny... but Jim Stewart enjoyed making that, because it mirrored his post-war flying days in the USAF.

[MrPeabody]

Yep, I've lusted for a 2 dr. '55 post for a long while. They built three for TLB. The guy said by the time they filmed AG, they had to rob pieces from the others to keep it going for AG. It can also be spotted in TLB form in an episode of Adam-12 (The Dinosaur). I spotted the '32 in an episode of 'Emergency'. There is a cult following for those movie cars. A couple of nice websites with all the history. :seasix: One guy in Maryland owns the TLB camera platform car. He takes it to shows in TLB setup. James Taylor even had him bring it to one of his concerts for him to see again in person.

Another thing that fascinates me about that movie is how some of the actors went on to be the biggest deals in Hollywood and some of them all but disappeared. I knew a guy who had a one-line part in the movie from community college. He liked to tell the horror story about the extras from the sock hop scenes who had to line up for 1962 haircuts to get a day or two of pay.

I think they used three '55s in AG. the main one, one camera car with the right side cut out, and the one they rolled in the drag racing scene.

[MrPeabody]

Strategic Air Command (SAC) 1953

Corny... but Jim Stewart enjoyed making that, because it mirrored his post-war flying days in the USAF.

One of the great aviation movies, for sure.:yesnod:

[aj]

Strategic Air Command (SAC) 1953

Corny... but Jim Stewart enjoyed making that, because it mirrored his post-war flying days in the USAF.

I remember being in the pool one day and the water started shaking. Looked up and there was a B-36 being escorted by 4 B-52s (nose, tail, both wings). The news reported it as the last B-36 making its last flight out of Carswell around the DFW area.

[The Cripp]

I remember being in the pool one day and the water started shaking. Looked up and there was a B-36 being escorted by 4 B-52s (nose, tail, both wings). The news reported it as the last B-36 making its last flight out of Carswell around the DFW area.

Convair B-36 Peacemaker makes low pass over Fort Worth neighborhood - YouTube :)

[Ol Timer]

Field of Dreams

I lost my Dad to cancer when I was in my early 20s, he in his early 50s. I literally sobbed when the Kevin Costner character and his father had a game of catch at the end of the movie. That brought (and still brings) a lot of sweet memories.

[DAB]

:shrug:

I was too broke to see movies when I was a kid.

Now none of them interest me.

[Sea Six]

For me it's The Last Picture Show.

Released in 1971 to critical acclaim and public controversy, The Last Picture Show garnered eight Academy Award nominations and was hailed as the most important work by a young American director since Citizen Kane. A surprisingly frank, bittersweet drama of social and sexual mores in small-town Texas, the film features a talent-laden cast led by Jeff Bridges (The Mirror Has Two Faces), Cybill Sheperd (TV's "Cybill") and Timothy Bottoms (The Man in the Iron Mask). Cloris Leachman (TV's "The Mary Tyler Moore Show") and Ben Johnson (Rio Grande) each won Oscars for their work in supporting roles.

The episodic, bleak and mournful film was shot on location over an eleven-week period in northwestern Texas in a dusty, wind-swept, one-horse, declining small-town that was on the verge of being forgotten in the early 1950s. Director Peter Bogdanovich's work recaptures and recreates the period of the early 50s (between WWII and the Korean War). One of the film's posters declared it as "the picture show that introduced America to the forgotten 50's."

I can still recall how moved I was when I first watched the movie in a theater. It was quite a change from your usual film back then.

The Last Picture Show - Trailer - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LrMutOPC-o)

Yours?

That was a great movie.

Did you see Texasville? It's the sequel to that movie. Not as good as TLPS but it was still a good movie.

If you're a fan of the original, it's a must-see.

[lspencer534]

That was a great movie.

Did you see Texasville? It's the sequel to that movie. Not as good as TLPS but it was still a good movie.

If you're a fan of the original, it's a must-see.

Yes, I saw Texasville, but TLPS was a hard act to follow.

[Norm]

The Blob with Steven McQueen. I believe that was the first movie I saw (age 11) where I experienced some anxiety watching it.

The Ten Commandments with Charlton Heston, probably the one that sticks with me the most.

Favorite war movie, Kelly's Heroes, Crapgame, Big Joe, Oddball, Moriarity, and the spaghetti western scene where Eastwood, Savales, and Sutherland walk towards the German tanker with the The G B U type music playing..........:D

[Cybercowboy]

The summer that featured Jaws and Star Wars (the original) was pretty memorable for me. Jaws scared the crap out of me, and Star Wars was just so ground breaking for the time.

[lspencer534]

The summer that featured Jaws and Star Wars (the original) was pretty memorable for me. Jaws scared the crap out of me, and Star Wars was just so ground breaking for the time.

I have probably seen Jaws 50 times and Star Wars the same. Here's an interesting version of the Star Wars music:

MECO - Starwars and Other Galactic Funk - FULL VERSION - YouTube

[RedLS1GTO]

Growing up I had a copy of Top Gun on VHS that I watched about a million times. I couldn't have cared less about the plot and would fast forward through the "boring" parts. I just loved those badass F-14s.

...and I have no doubt that movie achieved it's goal and played a significant role in me joining the Navy a decade later. When I joined, I had full intention of becoming a pilot but as fate would have it, my timing was terrible and that didn't happen. When I got commissioned they were in the process of retiring the F-14s which meant all of those guys were headed to the 18s. In short, an abundance of fighter jocks meant that pretty much 100% of incoming pilots went to either helos or props. If I couldn't fly a jet, I had no interest in being a pilot... so I checked the box next to SWO.

As it turned out my choice was a good one as not a single person in any of the flight school classes that I could have potentially been in got a jet seat. I guess some things just aren't meant to be.

[CBonsall]

mine is Jaws, we were on vacation on the St Lawrence water, parents took us kids to see that movie. scared the chit out of me. next day i`m water skiing and i fell. no big deal,but they didnt see me fall. they drove of until i couldnt see the boat. then while trying to swim to the shoreline i remembered the movie.i about drowned, panicked and if it was for a good Samaritan my parents would have lost me.needless to say for the rest of the vacation not even my toe got wet.

Even today, when i go to the gulf or daytona beach i still think of that movie.
also never watched that movie ever again.

[Yerf Dog]

Star Wars. I was 12 when that came out and I must have seen it a dozen times in the theater that year.

[Aerovette]

The Godfather :seasix:

Song of the South :seasix:

Max Hardcore 15 :leaving: :lol:

[island14]

Field of Dreams

I lost my Dad to cancer when I was in my early 20s, he in his early 50s. I literally sobbed when the Kevin Costner character and his father had a game of catch at the end of the movie. That brought (and still brings) a lot of sweet memories.

For some reason that one really hit home to me also...


Damn I miss my Dad!


:cert:

[Aerovette]

As far as single scenes go, and this is obscure, in Peggy Sue Got Married, she answers the phone and hears her grandmother on the other end. If I could talk to my grandparents today, it would be absolutely the best thing ever.

[Gina]

Ol' Yeller.

To this day, I won't watch movies with animals in them.:sadangel:

[Chuck A]

West side story. loved it
when i was in 3rd grade we did it on as a play i was a JET
VERY COOL, INDEED

[LATB]

Magnum Force.

It was the 1st R rated movie I seen. Early 1970's.

I also agree with Jaws. 1st time I stood in line for a movie. Probably the 1st time I stood in line for anything.

[DJ_Critterus]

In this order my unforgetables are:

1) Blazing Saddles
2) Porkys
3) Porky's II --- So sayeth the sheppard. So sayeth the flock
4) spaceballs
5) MASH

[NCC-1701]

Deepthroat....:D:D

[CertInsaneC5]

Deepthroat....:D:D

Well... someone had to go there. :Jeff '79:

Jaws, Star wars. 14/15 years old. Took my first date to the Star Wars one. That ended quite well. :cert:

[Shrike6]

Robin Hood ( The Errol Flynn&Olivia DeHaviland original)
Casablanca
And many more classics that I've seen so many times.
They just don't make 'em like that anymore.