The
quintessential British caper film of the 1960s, The Italian Job is a flashy,
fast romp that chases a team of career criminals throughout one of the biggest
international gold heists in history. Michael Caine is Charlie Croker, a
stylish robber and skirt-chaser just out of British prison. Shunning
rehabiliation for recidivism, Croker takes over "The Italian Job," a
complicated plan to hijack gold bullion from Italy - right from underneath the
noses of the Italian Police and the Mafia. The job, whose original mastermind
was murdered, clearly requires the sponsorship of a richer, more established
criminal than Croker. He turns to the auspices of the eccentric Mr. Bridger
(Noel Coward in his last film role), a suave, regal, incarcerated English crime
boss with a peculiar fascination with the Queen. Bridger provides Croker with a
quirky group of Britain's most infamous computer hackers (including a
lascivious Benny Hill), bank robbers, hijackers, and getaway drivers - the ex
-con is soon well on his way to relieving Italy of the gold. - Aubrey Anne
D'Armino, All Movie Guide.
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DR.
STRANGELOVE
PLOT SUMMARY
"In 1964, with the Cuban Missle Crisis fresh in viewers' minds, the
Cold War at its frostiest, and the hydrogen bomb relatively new and
frightening, Stanley Kubrick dared to make a film about what could happen if
the wrong person pushed the wrong button - and played the situation for laughs.
Dr. Strangelove's jet-black satire (from a script by directory Stanley Kubrick,
Peter George, and Terry Southern) and a host of superb comic performances
(including three from Peter Sellers) have kept the film fresh and entertaining,
even as its issues have become (slightly) less timely. Loaded with
thermonuclear weapons, a U.S. bomber piloted by Maj. T.J. "king" kong (Slim
Pickens) is on a routine flight pattern near the Soviet Union when they receive
orders to commence Wing Attack Plan R, best summarized by Maj. Kong as "Nuclear
combat! Toe to toe with the Russkies!" On the ground at Burpleson Air Force
Base, Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake (Peter Sellers) notices nothing on the news
about America being at war. Gen. Jack D. Ripper (Sterling Hayden) calmly
informs him that he gave the command to attack the Soviet Union because it was
high time someone did something abouit fluoridation, which is sapping
Americans' bodily fluids (and apparently has something to do with Ripper's
sexual dysfunction). Meanwhile, President Merkin Muffley ( Sellers again) meets
with his top Pentagon advisors, including super-hawk Gen.Buck Turgidson (George
C. Scott), who sees this as an opportunity to do something about Communism in
general and Russians in particular. However, the ante is upped considerably
when Soviet ambassador de Sadesky (Peter Bull) informs Muffley and his staff of
the latest innovation in Soviet weapons technology: a "Doomsday Machine" that
will destroy the entire world if the Russians are attacked." -
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HIGH
NOON
PLOT SUMMARY
"This Western classic stars Gary Cooper as Hadleyville marshal Will
Kane, about to retire from office and go on his honeymoon with his new Quaker
bride, Amy (Grace Kelly). But his happiness is short-lived when he is informed
that the Miller gang, whose leader (Ian McDonald) Will had arrested, is due on
the 12:00 train. Pacifist Amy urges Will to leave town and forget about the
Millers, but this isn't his style; protecting Hadleyburg has always been his
duty, and it remains so now. But when he asks for deputies to fend off the
Millers, virtually nobody will stand by him. Chief Deputy Harvey Pell (Lloyd
Bridges) covets Will's job and ex-mistress (Katy Jurado); his mentor, former
lawman Martin Howe (Lon Chaney Jr.) is now arthritic and unable to wield a gun.
Even Amy, who doesn't want to be around for her husband's apparently certain
demise, deserts him. Meanwhile, the clocks tick off the minutes to High Noon -
the film is shot in "real time," so that its 85 minute length corresponds to
the story's actual timeframe. Utterly alone, Kane walks into the center of
town, steeling himself for his showdown with the murderous Millers. Considered
a landmark of the "adult western," High Noon won four Academy Awards (including
Best Actor for Cooper) and Best Song for the hir, "Do Not Forsake Me, O My
Darling" sung by Tex Ritter. The screenplay was written by Carl Foreman, whose
blacklisting was temporarily prevented by star Cooper, one of Hollywood's most
virulent anti-Communists. John Wayne, another notable showbiz right-winger and
Western hero, was so appalled at the notion that a Western marshal would beg
for help in a showdown that he and director Howard Hawks "answered" High Noon
with Rio Bravo (1959)." - iTunes
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TERMINATOR
2
PLOT SUMMARY
"A
sequel to the low-budget sci-fi action thriller that made him and star Arnold
Schwarzenegger A-list Hollywood names, writer/director James Cameron upped the
ante with this follow-uo by employing a more sweeping storyline and
cutting-edge special effects. Linda Hamilton returns as Sarah Connor, now a
single mother to rebellious teen John Connor (Edward Furlong), during the late
nineties. Having been informed by a time-traveling soldier in the first film
that John will one day grow up to become humanity's savior from a
computer-controlled Armageddon, Sarah has responded by becoming a muscle-bound
she-warrior bent on educating John in survival tactics and battle strategies.
Her ranting about humankind's future has landed Sarah in an insane asylum and
John in the foster care system. The rebellious John has responded to his
situation by getting into scrapes with the law. When a new and improved
Terminator android called the T-1000 (Robert Patrick) arrives from the future
to eliminate John, an older model T-800 (Schwarzenegger) is sent to protect the
boy. The T-1000, however, has the ability to morph itself into any shape it
desires, allowing it chameleon-like powers and near indestructibility. The
T-800 saves John's life and helps break Sarah out of the institution. Staying
only one step ahead of the dogged T-1000, Sarah leads her son and the T-800 to
the headquarters of Cyberdine Systems, the company that will invent a robotic
intelligence that will eventually take over the world. There, they attempt to
convince inventor Miles Dyson (Joe Morton) to help them stop the future from
ever occurring by destroying his work. Dyson sacrifices himself in an explosion
to save the world, leading to a final showdown between the two Terminators at a
steel foundry. Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991), which won four Oscars in
technical categories for its groundbreaking effects, was followed by a short
sequel filmed exclusively as an attraction for theme parks, Terminator 2: 3-D
Battle Across Time (1996)." - iTunes
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DIE
HARD
PLOT SUMMARY
"Facing
Christmas 3,000 miles from his estranged wife and two children, New York
policeman John McClane (Bruce Willis) flies to Los Angeles bearing presents and
hoping to patch up his marriage. Stylish and cool Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) is
in Los Angeles as well for the holiday season, but he's not there to gove out
presents. He's there to take: more than $600 million in negotiable bearer bonds
from the multinational Nakatomi Corporation, where McClane's wife Holly (Bonnie
Bedelia) is an executive. When the takeover becomes hostile, it's up to John
McClane to take on the terrorists with all the grit and determination he can
muster -- but not without a sense of humor." - iTunes
