Is he chasing him to prevent the death of innocents, or to catch him for arrest and/or questioning?
I haven’t seen FC in ages but I assumed it was the latter.
I’m not sure “catching” is the right word, since he wound up shooting him.
Well, Popeyes gonna Popeye.
I haven’t actually seen the film (or, apparently, its poster) in ages.
IIRC, doesn’t Popeye get turned into a Junkie in FC2?
Never saw it, but could be.
Friends of Eddie Coyle is IMO an underappreciated classic. Decades before The Departed or Black Mass and a better film than both.
Yes, but he kicks it cold turkey. Not pleasant.
Friends of Eddie Coyle above made me think of The Killing of a Chinese Bookie. d.-Cassavettes,; with Gazarra and Cassel. Star Trek reference: the Mob Boss is played by Captain Tracey of The Omega Glory and Dr. Simon van Gelder of Dagger of the Mind, respectively. Namely, Morgan Woodward.
I imagine you already know this, but the producers of The French Connection didn’t get permission to shoot that chase scene, so the streets weren’t closed or cleared for them. There’s a moment in there where a woman is pushing a stroller across the street and is nearly creamed by one of the cars. I gather that’s real; that was a normal pedestrian shocked and terrified to have a car roaring up on her and her baby.
A major Hollywood production didn’t get permits to shoot a big chase scene? That’s nuts. I have to admit I’m skeptical.
It’s well documented.
On the sequences filmed in the street, Friedkin claimed, “[Stunt driver] Bill Hickman [who also had a role in the film] drove 26 blocks at 90 mph. … The only thing staged was [when Doyle’s car narrowly avoids a collision with] the woman and baby.”
He added that the production was “very lucky” that nobody was hurt. “I wouldn’t do anything like this today,” said the helmer.
So I guess the bit that I seized on is staged. Thank goodness for that.
Wow.5
Already seen (A surprisingly small list, given all the recommendations here):
Alien
Omega Man
classic Planet of the Apes movies
Starcrash (thanks MST3K - really funny movie)
Animal House
Life Of Brian
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Superman
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Death Race 2000
Network
The Paper Chase <----- I love this movie, more movies like this please!
Sorcerer (I love this one too, and it’s the reason I joined Qt3!)
The Jerk
Watership Down
A Bridge Too Far
Ok, recommendations so far, I’ll divide up into streaming services later:
Hulu
Carrie
Taxi Driver
Marathon Man
Mr. Majestyk
Netflix
None of the movies listed were found. Maybe the search engine I was using doesn’t search Netflix well? Or do they really have none of these movies?
Amazon Prime
Saturday Night Fever
The Conversation
Capricorn One
Saturn 3
A Boy & His Dog
Paper moon
The Shootist
Smile
The Bad News bears
HBO Now
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid <— 1969, not the 70s
The Omen
Max Go (Cinemax)
Deer Hunter
Filmstruck
Night Moves
The Man Who Would be King
Mean Streets
Badlands
All the President’s Men
Get Carter
Eraserhead
Five Easy Pieces
Solaris
Stalker
Picnic At Hanging Rock
Walkabout
The Last Wave
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
The American Friend
Jeanne Dielman, Quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
Dersu Uzala
Dodes’ka-den
Cabaret
F for Fake
Aguirre, The Wrath of God
Kramer vs Kramer
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
The Last Picture Show
Fantastic Planet
Black Moon
Starz
Young Frankenstein
The Conversation
Serpico
Days of Heaven
Three Days of the Condor
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Zardoz
Rollerball
Day of the Jackal
Two Mules for Sister Sara
Blue Collar
Showtime
Assault on Precinct 13
Kanopy
Saturday Night Fever
Harold and Maude
The Conformist
Eraserhead
Solaris
Walkabout
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
F for Fake
Paper moon
Black Moon
Epix
Rocky
Manhattan
Fandor
Dark Star
Stroszek
The Wild Geese
Shudder
The Wicker Man
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
TubiTV
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Rental Services only
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Chinatown
Halloween
Poseidon Adventure
Blazing Saddles
A Clockwork Orange
The Outlaw Josey Wales
The Long Goodbye (Only rental on Vudu for some reason)
Klute
The Parallax View
McCabe & Mrs Miller (not on Google/Youtube)
Day of the Locust (Only on Google/Youtube)
Nashville
The Getaway
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
The Sting
Logan’s Run
Soylent Green
Deliverance
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
Patton
Quintet
Andromeda Strain
Silent Running
Westworld
Black Hole
Damnation Alley
Wizards
Time after time
Barry Lyndon
The Great Waldo Pepper
American Graffiti
THX 1138
Bananas
Love and Death
Slaughterhouse Five
The Hospital
Hard Times
Brewster McCloud (iTunes Only)
Charley Varrick
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Hair
Breaking Away
My Bodyguard <----- 1980
Straight Time
The Odessa File
Scarecrow
Duel
Don’t be Afraid of the Dark (Google, Youtube only)
Performance
Don’t Look Now
The Last Detail
Friends of Eddie Coyle
Holy Mountain (Amazon only)
Smokey and the Bandit
Not available anywhere in June 2018 / Unable to find
Dawn of the Dead
The Devils
New York, New York
The Great Ecstasy of the Sculptor Steiner
Prime Cut
The Driver
Juggernaut
Emperor of the North
Two Lane Blacktop
The Last Valley
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Vanishing Point
He sure does.
Damn, dude. You didn’t have anything else going on, right?
Heh. I figure I’ll watch the ones on Hulu, then Netflix. And keep the rest around for a wishlist for down the road.
Uh where’s my recommendation?
Added. Better than The Departed? That sounds awesome.
Didn’t someone earlier mention The Conversation? Why isn’t it on your list?
It is, but it looks like I misspelled, which I’ll correct. Thanks.
Also, I’ve seen the first 5 minutes of The Conversation during film appreciation class. I’ve never forgotten it. I really do need to see the whole thing.