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Charly (1968)
Filmed on my street
Great movie, Flowers for Algernon required reading in school. When the film was in production it was filmed in and around my neighborhood of South Boston. The apartment Charly Gordon lived in was my friends house. The scene where Charly beats Algernon in the maze race, and runs down the hill and trips , was filmed on Halloween night. A large crowd of us, I was 10 at the time were watching the filming from the top of the hill, G St. The fall was not scripted and Cliff Robertson was actually hurt during the fall. Side note, the house next door was used for filming a scene in the movie The Verdict, where Paul Newman breaks into a mailbox of a nurse to get her monthly phone bill. At the base of this hill is Carson Beach, where in the intervening years between the both movies a 14 story apartment building was erected.. Charly no building, the Verdict it's there . 1967 to 1981 respectively, both shots the cameras used were almost in the same spot.
Mountains of the Moon (1990)
Best Movie No One Knows About
Saw this film by accident in the 90s. Have seen it three to four times since, and every time it is more fascinating. Always amazed that in the end, of a true account of the times it was set in, that the so called civilized were so uncivil. It also set me on a journey to watch anything that included Delroy Lindo, Patrick Bergen, and Fiona Shaw, and Iain Glen. Unfortunately it never made success at the box office, as it was too cerebral for the masses, in light of it having some truly incredible scenes.
The Terminal List (2022)
The book is always better
Artistic license is alive and well in the worse way. Another brilliant book butchered. Writing this in E2, can't see it getting near to what Jack Carr so aptly scribed.
The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
"Are the noises in my head bothering you"
Brilliant, in my vault of watch this anytime you have the chance. Love the documentary beginning about time, and modern life. I could never get a good mimic of Bushmen language.
The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966)
EEEgermuncy, evherybuddy to git from strett
Understood how funny this movie was as a 9 year old kid when I first saw it as a Saturday matinee in 1968. Still stands the test of time. Though as I watch it whenever the chance arises, I appreciate more the actors, and movies of that day, I catch more hilarious lines, and love it even better. This is a movie that is in my personal vault of watch it over, and over again, and not be bored.
Iosi, el espía arrepentido (2022)
Good story telling
A good story that isn't lost with switching time lines, it actually keeps coherency in the viewers mind with a very good makeup department on characters in latter year scenes. Depth of plot not obliterated with artistic license towards having too much gratuitous violence... seems like a " based on a true story", stayed true to actual events. Not for the subtitled challenged. It's also nice to see actors from different countries, and cultures.