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Sir Thomas Daniel Courtenay featured today on TCM
Posted on 8/26/25 at 11:12 am
Posted on 8/26/25 at 11:12 am
My times are CDT.
10:45 PM The Night of the Generals (1967) directed by Anatole Litvak
Stars: Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay, Donald Pleasence, Christopher Plummer, Joanna Pettet
The movie is about a murdered prostitute in occupied France. The investigators are looking for a German general for it.
Nearly the whole cast is German officers.
1:15 PM King Rat (1965) a WWII prison camp movie directed by Bryan Forbes.
Stars: George Segal, Patrick O'Neal, Todd Armstrong, Tom Courtenay
I've watched two Tom Courtenay movies today. He's gone to bed with at least one hot chick in each.
3:30 PM Doctor Zhivago (1965) is directed by David Lean
Stars: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger, Alec Guinness, Tom Courtenay, Klaus Kinski
Courtenay won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in it. He starts the movie as 'Pavel Antipov', a young zealous revolutionary who marries Julie Christie's character 'Lara". He finishes the movie as 'Strelnikov' the most ruthless of all the Russian Revolutions generals.
It's a war movie with lots of romance and sex, but it's not Courtenay having sex with Julie Christie in the movie. Omar Sharif gets to have all of the fun with her, and Geraldine Chaplin, his wife in the movie.He's an MD and a poet. Who wouldn't love him?
7:00 PM Billy Liar (1963) is directed by John Schlesinger.
Stars: Tom Courtenay & Julie Christie
It's Courtenay's 2nd movie and Christie's third. I've never seen it, but I expect a lot of sex. The trailer makes it look like an English version of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, with Courtenay celebrating his escapades with various hot chicks.
The poster has me looking forward to it.
This post was edited on 8/26/25 at 1:03 pm
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Posted on 8/26/25 at 11:57 am to chinese58
If you haven't seen King Rat, watch it.
It hits on the horrors of life in a P.O.W. camp so much more than the other films of the period/genre... even more so than Bridge over the River Kwai.
And when Richard Dawson shows up for his small role, that was the tiny performance that launched his career.
It hits on the horrors of life in a P.O.W. camp so much more than the other films of the period/genre... even more so than Bridge over the River Kwai.
And when Richard Dawson shows up for his small role, that was the tiny performance that launched his career.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 12:32 pm to Fewer Kilometers
quote:Saw it in a theater as a kid.I definitely remember where the name comes from. May have seen it on TCM after George Segal died, but was busy while it was on. I don't remember Dawson being in it, so I really need to see it again.
King Rat
This post was edited on 8/26/25 at 12:59 pm
Posted on 8/26/25 at 1:26 pm to chinese58
When he was younger, my best friend always had a passing resemblance to Tom Courtney. Maybe with a little bit of Wright King thrown in. Saw "Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" (1962) over thirty years ago. Around the same time I saw "This Sporting Life" (1963). Pretty downbeat stuff. Such films always seemed to strike me as symbolic of the decline of the British empire. Morose, defeatist, depressing. Given an option, my British film-fest would more likely lean towards Jessie Matthews films, with perhaps a few Powell-Pressburger standouts thrown in for good measure.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 1:29 pm to Aeolian Vocalion
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Saw "Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" (1962) over thirty years ago. Around the same time I saw "This Sporting Life" (1963). Pretty downbeat stuff. Such films always seemed to strike me as symbolic of the decline of the British empire. Morose, defeatist, depressing.
But if you happen to like bleak and depressing movies then both are really good movies.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 2:57 pm to chinese58
It's a war movie with lots of romance and sex,
---well, 1965's movie version of sex
---well, 1965's movie version of sex
Posted on 8/26/25 at 4:47 pm to chinese58
that's the first time i've seen night of the generals, it's a who done it set against the backdrop of the conspiracy to assassinate hitler.
where a french member of the resistance who's daytime job is a detective with the paris police who becomes friends with a german colonel who's been charged to investigate the murder of a prostitute jack the ripper style. i can't tell you any more than that with out spoilers.
highly recommend
where a french member of the resistance who's daytime job is a detective with the paris police who becomes friends with a german colonel who's been charged to investigate the murder of a prostitute jack the ripper style. i can't tell you any more than that with out spoilers.
highly recommend
Posted on 8/26/25 at 6:05 pm to chinese58
quote:This is in top 5 faves of all time
7:00 PM Billy Liar (1963) is directed by John Schlesinger.
Stars: Tom Courtenay & Julie Christie
Posted on 8/26/25 at 11:04 pm to Aeolian Vocalion
quote:You really think people here are going to know Wright King?
Wright King
quote:Probably the best team sports movie ever made
Around the same time I saw "This Sporting Life" (1963)
quote:No Ealing?
my British film-fest would more likely lean towards Jessie Matthews films, with perhaps a few Powell-Pressburger standouts thrown in for good measure
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