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re: Manchurian Candidate vs. The Interview
Posted on 12/20/14 at 5:12 pm to BuckyBadger
Posted on 12/20/14 at 5:12 pm to BuckyBadger
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And just for hilarity, it was released in 62 and was the Thursday nite movie of the week in 65. In fact,IT WAS THE FREAKING DEBUT.
And when did it show on TV in 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, etc.? Just a coincidence?
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Posted on 12/20/14 at 5:15 pm to EthanL
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I've watched the Manchurian candidate several times (the Denzel Washington remake) I am 38. Perspective, that's all I got.
Haven't seen the remake with Denzel. What is your review of it?
Posted on 12/20/14 at 5:19 pm to Zach
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Haven't seen the remake with Denzel.
Nor I - the movie I saw was in black and white. And I'm pretty sure it didm;t have Sinatra in it. Was Sinatra the MC or the POTUS?? I am confident Sinatra was not the MC.
Maybe my memory is bad - and I am associating some other movie with the Manchurian Candidate.
Old age is the pits.
Posted on 12/20/14 at 5:29 pm to Zach
It's good. Updated to have been during The Gulf War and the aftermath. Meryl Streep, Jon Voight, Liev Schreiber.
Posted on 12/20/14 at 5:34 pm to Zach
I remember seeing it in its initial release at the Joy Theater, in Rayne.
The bullet through the Milk Carton into John McGiver was a stunning Scene.
I saw it again, in '89. It had not lost any of its Power.
The bullet through the Milk Carton into John McGiver was a stunning Scene.
I saw it again, in '89. It had not lost any of its Power.
Posted on 12/20/14 at 5:47 pm to NHTIGER
quote:You were special. Most of the country didn't have cable. More to the point I was referring to the hundreds of channels. Things lie Amc and amc classic weren't around.
"special"? Are you serious? I lived in a small town in a rural area between the NH lakes and mountains and we had cable TV in 1960. Watched the Yankees game daily on WPIX out of NYC. Best of both worlds - getting both Red Sox and Yankees games regularly when you're a kid. and never felt we were "special" as a blue-collar working class family in a blue-collar factory town.
Posted on 12/20/14 at 5:51 pm to Zach
quote:You were wrong. Now you want to play conspiracy theory. How about you post something that shows it was banned. Cause as of now you have nothing.
And when did it show on TV in 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, etc.? Just a coincidence
Are you really suggesting that it deserved more viewings? Based on what? There are countless great movies that weren't replayed.
How many times you see Three Days of the Condor on Tv? Or the Parallax View?
Omg. You've just convinced me that there is a conspiracy.
Posted on 12/21/14 at 7:48 am to BuckyBadger
Lemme splain it to ya, Bucky. My point is that banning the Sony movie is nothing new. Movies have been banned for stupid reasons before. If you don't think MC was banned then how about FREAKS? It was cutting edge at the time but deemed too visually disturbing (adults with birth defects) to be shown.
Then there is Birth of a Nation. By far the most significant film of it's day. But banned because it depicted the KKK as being justified due to Reconstruction abuses.
Then you had the TV series of Amos and Andy. It's reruns were run in afternoons in the early 60s, then banned in the late 60s because it was deemed offensive to blacks. It was a very funny show.
Then there is Birth of a Nation. By far the most significant film of it's day. But banned because it depicted the KKK as being justified due to Reconstruction abuses.
Then you had the TV series of Amos and Andy. It's reruns were run in afternoons in the early 60s, then banned in the late 60s because it was deemed offensive to blacks. It was a very funny show.
Posted on 12/21/14 at 8:15 am to Zach
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Zach
Zach,
Brother, I'm an old fart and I saw the movie in its initial run. it was fantastic.
Here's what Wiki says about your issue:
According to rumor, Sinatra removed the film from distribution after the John F. Kennedy assassination on November 22, 1963. Michael Schlesinger, who was responsible for the film's 1988 reissue by MGM/UA, denies the rumor. According to him, the film's apparent withdrawal was not due to the assassination, but due to lack of public interest by 1963. The film, in fact, became the premiere offering of The CBS Thursday Night Movie on the evening of September 16, 1965, and was rerun in April 1974 on NBC's Saturday Night at the Movies. Sinatra's representatives acquired rights to the film in 1972 after the initial contract with United Artists expired, but he later stated that he was unaware of the transaction at the time. After a successful showing at the New York Film Festival in 1987 renewed public interest in the film, the studio reacquired the rights and it became again available for theater and video releases.[5][6]
It was not that unusual at the time for there to be a large gap in time between a film's theatrical run and its appearance on television. Also, the film, despite critical acclaim, was not a commercial success (even as of today its lifetime gross is less than $3 million). It wasn't really appreciated by the public until years after its release.
This post was edited on 12/21/14 at 8:23 am
Posted on 12/21/14 at 9:37 am to VOR
I saw it when it came on TV. I thought it was an excellent movie. But so were lots of movies that were not shown in the theaters due to controversy.
In the early 70s I frequently went to 'film festivals' ... screenings in front of 20 or 30 people. The movies were not available in theaters mostly due to 3 reasons:
a. they offended some group
b. foreign films with subtitles
c. they were too complicated for the average audience
These screenings probably don't occur anymore since we've got the internet.
In the early 70s I frequently went to 'film festivals' ... screenings in front of 20 or 30 people. The movies were not available in theaters mostly due to 3 reasons:
a. they offended some group
b. foreign films with subtitles
c. they were too complicated for the average audience
These screenings probably don't occur anymore since we've got the internet.
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