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The Getaway (1972)
Wonderful West Texas Road Trip
I always enjoy watching "The Getaway" with Steve McQueen & Ali McGraw. They're both superb actors and the chemistry between them needs no explanation.
McQueen is one of the few actors who can do a real Texas accent and I sure miss him to this day. Sometimes I see Ali McGraw in the grocery store and she only looks a year or two older than she did in 1972.
Sally Struthers' character is fun to watch as she is a the antithesis of her 'Gloria' character on "All in the Family."
If you look closely when McQueen is buying the radio you'll see John Ratzenburger as the news announcer on the TVs in the sporting good store.
Watch "The Getaway" to see a piece of 1970s Americana, to see the two lead actors work so naturally together, to see lots of extras who later become famous, to see a fun bandit flick or to see Ali McGraw & Steve McQueen frolicking out of the city dump. For whatever reason, just watch "The Getaway."
Avalanche (1978)
Teenage Helen Hunt Spotted
"Avalanche" is worth watching if you allow yourself to look past the mediocre acting. It's a fun "tragic event" movie with lovely scenery.
A cute, teenage Helen Hunt can be seen in this movie asking skier 'Bruce Scott' for his autograph.
This movie also reminds me why Mia Farrow's acting jobs have always been limited. All the same, it's fun to watch.
Flesh and Bone (1993)
"Flesh and Bone," an artistically told story in the Texas Outback, gives us a cultural peek at ways of life we would probably not encounter otherwise...
"Flesh and Bone," with it's superb actors and their portrayals of an artistically told story in the Texas Outback, gives us a cultural peek at ways of life we would probably not encounter otherwise while solving a crime mystery and telling a cowboy's love story.
Haunted by his childhood, Arlis, so realistically portrayed by Dennis Quaid, reveals to us what being a cowboy is about. Running his business across West Texas with his memories, his devil on his heels, Arlis triumphs and beats his flesh and bone genetics. His double star-crossed love for the same child and woman unfolds as the story is told and he becomes a lonesome hero worthy of his lone star.
Gwyneth Paltrow's acting talents can be seen as she makes you believe she is Ginnie, a waiflike con seemingly devoid of any feelings other than borderline necrophilia and spiteful nastiness.
James Caan, as Roy, is Arlis' cruel father and Ginnie's old-enough-to-be-her-grandfather lover. Caan plays the the villain of both the past and the present with a calculated coldness that literally makes his eyes sparkle. (Watch for it!) Roy will make you ever thankful for the your own father who raised you, and your respect for and understanding of his son Arlis grows with the movie.
Meg Ryan makes us want to embrace Kay, the drunken but lovely cake dancer caught in an abusive marriage but who falls in love with cowboy Arlis. Ryan works her magic portraying Kay as a gentle, sometimes-intelligent, sometimes-naive soul who has been down on her luck since a fateful night before her first birthday but who still manages to smile at the world and believe in hope.
Caan's and Paltrow's characters, people who we pray we never meet, come off with a game playing realness that makes us remember why we lock our doors in our motel rooms and our homes. This uneasiness is balanced by the empathy we have for Ryan's and Quaid's good to the bone characters.
Never has a cowboy's love been better explained than in Dennis Quaid's face in the final moments of the film.
Four four-star performances by four top actor, this overlooked movie will become a classic someday in the near future.
Flesh and Bone (1993)
"Flesh and Bone," an artistically told story in the Texas Outback, gives us a cultural peek at ways of life we would probably not encounter otherwise...
"Flesh and Bone," with it's superb actors and their portrayals of an artistically told story in the Texas Outback, gives us a cultural peek at ways of life we would probably not encounter otherwise while solving a crime mystery and telling a cowboy's love story.
Haunted by his childhood, Arlis, so realistically portrayed by Dennis Quaid, reveals to us what being a cowboy is about. Running his business across West Texas with his memories, his devil on his heels, Arlis triumphs and beats his flesh and bone genetics. His double star-crossed love for the same child and woman unfolds as the story is told and he becomes a lonesome hero worthy of his lone star.
Gwyneth Paltrow's acting talents can be seen as she makes you believe she is Ginnie, a waiflike con seemingly devoid of any feelings other than borderline necrophilia and spiteful nastiness.
James Caan, as Roy, is Arlis' cruel father and Ginnie's old-enough-to-be-her-grandfather lover. Caan plays the the villain of both the past and the present with a calculated coldness that literally makes his eyes sparkle. (Watch for it!) Roy will make you ever thankful for the your own father who raised you, and your respect for and understanding of his son Arlis grows with the movie.
Meg Ryan makes us want to embrace Kay, the drunken but lovely cake dancer caught in an abusive marriage but who falls in love with cowboy Arlis. Ryan works her magic portraying Kay as a gentle, sometimes-intelligent, sometimes-naive soul who has been down on her luck since a fateful night before her first birthday but who still manages to smile at the world and believe in hope.
Caan's and Paltrow's characters, people who we pray we never meet, come off with a game playing realness that makes us remember why we lock our doors in our motel rooms and our homes. This uneasiness is balanced by the empathy we have for Ryan's and Quaid's good to the bone characters.
Never has a cowboy's love been better explained than in Dennis Quaid's face in the final moments of the film.
Four four-star performances by four top actor, this overlooked movie will become a classic someday in the near future.