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« on: February 16, 2025, 01:53:01 »
I was prompted to post here my list of eight favourite films I would want to be able to watch on that proverbial desert island:

Quote from: johnneyw on February 15, 2025, 02:33:23
One of my all time favourite films.

Battle of Britain (1969)

Zulu Dawn (1979)

Zulu (1964)

Reach for the sky (1956)

Waterloo (1970)

Titanic (1997)

633 Squadron (1964)

The Day of the Jackal (the proper 1973 one, not the unnecessary remake).

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« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2025, 09:47:40 »
Four in order of release from me ...
* You've got mail (1998)
* Erin Brockovich (2000)
* Amelie (2001)
* The Holiday (2006)

... aquaintences tend to think I'll enjoy any film or TV show featureing a train or railway, and whilst there is sometimes some interest in that, they are overall wrong.  There is also an intense irritation at films that feature public transport or geographic locations and I know they have got it wrong.  Notting Hill delights in that the car dash across London did take a sensible route as I recall. A film we were watching the other night had "West Cornwall Station" which was actually Bodmin, and the heroine (almost) left on the London train in the current era which was still composed of Mark I carriages, and called for a brief pick up stop there which is kinda awkward when a reversal would be needed. "The Presence of Love" - 2022

Overlapping with Chris - only really Titanic; not a great one for the war films - more the romcoms.
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« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2025, 11:04:36 »
For myself, in no particular order would be;

Zulu, as already mentioned up thread.

The Third Man

Apocalypse Now

The original Star Wars

On Her Majesty's Secret Service (in my opinion the most underrated Bond film)

Close Encounters of the Third Kid


...and a special mention for A Bridge Too Far.

Edit to add that CfNs inclusion of Day of the Jackal would also get a special mention from me....again the original version.
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« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2025, 11:30:43 »
Quote from: grahame on February 16, 2025, 09:47:40
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* You've got mail (1998)


An old friend of mine, Caroline, was in that film playing someone called Gillian.  Haven't seen her for decades now, I gather she moved to the states some time back.
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« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2025, 16:18:35 »
[quoteClose Encounters of the Third Kid][/quote]


Did the first  two stay further back Huh?!!!
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« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2025, 20:00:53 »
In no particular order...

The Blues Brothers
The Ladykillers
Pulp Fiction
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Snatch
The Titfield Thunderbolt
All The President's Men
Fitzcarraldo (best watched along with the making of documentary Burden of Dreams)
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« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2025, 22:38:27 »
Also in no particular order:

Genevieve
The Ladykillers
Way Out West
Oh, Mr Porter!
A Night to Remember
The Maltese Falcon
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Ice Cold in Alex
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