Going to the Movies

Movies are so great for bringing back the past ! Im nostalgic already. Django, Lost in the Desert and Stalag17 also come to mind. I went to Day of the Jackal with my dad in Casino theater in chennai and they refused to allow me in since it was an adults movie. So my dad dint want to go back all the way home and talked to the manager and he allowed us in !

Santosh

Originally Posted by Kamalji

Dear Chitra,

Wonderful rememberances.U brought back memories of those days gone by.Yes all these movies are my favourties too, like Guns of Navorne,Day of the Jackal,Back to the Future,Becket,And so many.

If u would like, I could suggest u some good movies of those days, like Night of the Generals ( Omar Sharif, Peter O toole), Becket (Peter O Toole) , this was remade into the hindi hit Namak Haram ( Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachan), and many other good ones I can suggest, which u can borrow from the library.

Recemntly watched Sound of Musio, and me and wife were mercimermized by it, seeing after maybe 40 years.

Regards.kamal

Kamal isnt it nice for just us to sit and watch old movies without kids around!.. The only two in the list I have not heard of is the Generals and Becket but saw the Hindi version.. wasnt that an incredible movie???

Originally Posted by Kamalji

Dear Chitra,

Here are some of the good movies I liked in the seventies.If u trust my choice, check them out

1) Mckenna’s Gold – Gregory Peck,Omar Sharif,
2) Dr.Zivago
3) Bridge on the River Kwai –
4) To Sir With Love – Sidney Poiter,Lullu (copied by Mahesh bhatt to Sir-Nasarudin Shah)
5) Guess Who’s coming to Dinner – Sidney Poiter,
6) Dirty Harry,For a Few Dollors More,The Good Bad Ugly ( all Clint Eastwood)
7) Where Eagles Dare – Cling Eastwood,Richard Burton
The Great Escape
9) Exorcist – Gregory Peck ( Scary)
10) Pretty Dolly – Omar Sharif,Barbara Striesland
11) Bonasera Mrs.Campbell ( Gina Lollobrigida) – copied by Sawan Kumar but a flop
12) The Graduate – Dustin Hoffman – Some lovely songs
13) Love Story ( Ryan O Neil,) – copied to Ankiyon ke Jharoko Se – Superb songs
14) Papillon – Steve Mcqueen
15) Enter the Dragon – Bruce Lee
16) Midnight Cowboy ( Dustin Hoffman)
17) Godfather 1 and 2
1 Von Ryan’s Express ( Frank Sinatra)
19) Danger Diabolik
20) Death Rides a Horse ( Copied to Zanjeer of Amitabh)
21) Pretty Woman ( Julia Roberts)
22) Ghost
23) Goodbye Mr.Chips ( Peter O Toole )
24) Witness for the Prosecution
25) The Russians are Coming
26) Shot in the Dark (Peter Sellers)
27) The Party ( Peter Sellers) copied to Amitabh’s Namak Halal
2 Cactus Flower ( Jack Lemmon)

So many more , will post u later.U can get some from the library, and most those librarians would not even have heard of, but u can check out the details on the interent of how these movies must be.

Happy viewing.Regards.kamal

Kamal Glad we are in the same page.. In your list have seen most.. Exorcist NOT going to see.. some I have not heard of very few that is.. but glad of yur list. Have you seen Dirty Rotten Scoundrels? If not get it and see right away.. Harsha will enjoy it more:)

Originally Posted by Arunarc

Dear AC
Another nice one..............We all 3 love to watch movies and usually in the theatre it is just great fun. In this country we are missing it so much as most of the theatres do have arabic movies, which unforutnately cannot understand..........hahaha. One day someone told us there is an english movie going on in some theatre, We 3 crazy people got ready and lol all 3 of us landed there, On the board outside the movie hall was a poster of english movie and we asked the fellow who give us tickets is it english he said yes yes, we were so happy and took the tickets and went inside and sat............hahahaha guess what??????????? some arabic movie was going on we came out and asked those guys and still they are saying yes english english...............we all 3 started laughing and told Welcome to Egypt, come we will go home.............
I think by the time we leave this place we are going to go will lots of jokes with us........

Aruna E.Queen that was really funny with the movie..

Dear AC, since you asked I have to write about my tent movie experience. When we visited our grand parents in the village, they had movies projected onto a big white cloth (sometimes torn and sewed together) in an open field. I was there for one of those movies.

Being grand daughters of the village Patwari, though we were given special treatment elsewhere, we would be same as everyone in the movie crowd. There were the hardworking villagers with the stinking sweat, rough skin, old smelling and dirty clothes and we used to push through that crowd to reach a platform in the corner and watch the movie. The sound waves fly towards the fields and we couldn’t hear anything. The image was dilute and blurry thanks to the poor technician, the ripped reel and the extra magnification!! But still people (Including us) have to see the movie.

Meanwhile someone has to relieve themselves and they would do it right there around the bush, shielding their behinds with their sarees, dhotis etc. And the fluid would run down the dry dirty slope far..far away. Sorry for being so graphic, but I am actually amazed at my memory. I was around 5 years old then and I still can see it in front of my eyes!!

The movie I saw was a Telugu movie called ‘JagathJenthrilu’ (Hard to pronounce but it means Jagat + Janthrilu = World’s rogues/smart/cunning people etc). After the movie when we went home, my grandma asked me the name of the movie I just saw and do you know what I tell her – With all my five-year-old knowledge and Telugu Vocabulary I said ”Jagan Cheddilu” –(Jagan’s underwears)!

hi AC,
had a gud time reading this...you must be one Frederick Forsyth fan...Day of the Jackal, Odessa File,... reminded me of my dad...he likes good english movies and so would take me only to such kind...you insisting that your son watched them reminded me of my own childhood....dad would insist that i watch those english movies, and i, like your son ended up liking them...
he raised me on a diet of movies like Last Emperor, bridge on the river Kwai, etc etc...i would also get to see a movie in a theatre only if it was this kind, or english children's movies...like roger rabbit, home alone, etc... and he would never approve of eating stuff sold in theatres too...
now of course, after marriage, i've enjoy movie outings with dh, we settle down with at least pepsi and a big tub of popcorn ....
last year i had been to some multiplexes in mumbai and chennai, and i must say, they are so well maintained, and neat, the pricier tickets are kind of justified....

well, as of now, waiting to see dasavatharam here....

Originally Posted by Venonimiss

Dear AC, since you asked I have to write about my tent movie experience. When we visited our grand parents in the village, they had movies projected onto a big white cloth (sometimes torn and sewed together) in an open field. I was there for one of those movies.

Being grand daughters of the village Patwari, though we were given special treatment elsewhere, we would be same as everyone in the movie crowd. There were the hardworking villagers with the stinking sweat, rough skin, old smelling and dirty clothes and we used to push through that crowd to reach a platform in the corner and watch the movie. The sound waves fly towards the fields and we couldn’t hear anything. The image was dilute and blurry thanks to the poor technician, the ripped reel and the extra magnification!! But still people (Including us) have to see the movie.

Meanwhile someone has to relieve themselves and they would do it right there around the bush, shielding their behinds with their sarees, dhotis etc. And the fluid would run down the dry dirty slope far..far away. Sorry for being so graphic, but I am actually amazed at my memory. I was around 5 years old then and I still can see it in front of my eyes!!

The movie I saw was a Telugu movie called ‘JagathJenthrilu’ (Hard to pronounce but it means Jagat + Janthrilu = World’s rogues/smart/cunning people etc). After the movie when we went home, my grandma asked me the name of the movie I just saw and do you know what I tell her – With all my five-year-old knowledge and Telugu Vocabulary I said ”Jagan Cheddilu” –(Jagan’s underwears)!

Dear Venus
Thank you for sharing. sometimes as a child the memories are remembered longer. Enjoyed reading about Jagan Cehddilu.. can only imagine how many times you were teased about it be others in family:)

Originally Posted by sowparnika

hi AC,
had a gud time reading this...you must be one Frederick Forsyth fan...Day of the Jackal, Odessa File,... reminded me of my dad...he likes good english movies and so would take me only to such kind...you insisting that your son watched them reminded me of my own childhood....dad would insist that i watch those english movies, and i, like your son ended up liking them...
he raised me on a diet of movies like Last Emperor, bridge on the river Kwai, etc etc...i would also get to see a movie in a theatre only if it was this kind, or english children's movies...like roger rabbit, home alone, etc... and he would never approve of eating stuff sold in theatres too...
now of course, after marriage, i've enjoy movie outings with dh, we settle down with at least pepsi and a big tub of popcorn ....
last year i had been to some multiplexes in mumbai and chennai, and i must say, they are so well maintained, and neat, the pricier tickets are kind of justified....

well, as of now, waiting to see dasavatharam here....

Dear Sowpar
Nice that you still remember the movies lists.. I know many are looking forward to seeing the latest!

Originally Posted by uncannybal

Movies are so great for bringing back the past ! Im nostalgic already. Django, Lost in the Desert and Stalag17 also come to mind. I went to Day of the Jackal with my dad in Casino theater in chennai and they refused to allow me in since it was an adults movie. So my dad dint want to go back all the way home and talked to the manager and he allowed us in !

Santosh

Dear Santosh
sometimes they fuss about these small things.. If memory serves me right I dont think there was any very violent scene in the whole movie.. unlike todays violence I mean. Many English movies were screened in the Casino Theatre!

Dear anand chitra,
Another nice one..............before Marriage,We all 3 (Me,My mother &sister) love to watch tamil movies in the theatre it was a great fun.
after marriage i missed a lot ......