For a disaster movie to succeed, I suppose all it really has to do is keep you interested for its running time. The Towering Inferno runs almost three hours and manages that task, so much so, the ending seems a little abrupt . It’s not like the first act breezes by, either. In fact, it […]
Entries Tagged as 'Faye Dunaway'
The Towering Inferno (1974, John Guillermin)
January 13th, 2010 · No Comments
Tagged: 20th Century Fox· Dabney Coleman· Faye Dunaway· Frank M. Robinson· John Guillermin· Paul Newman· Richard Martin Stern· Robert Vaughn· Steve McQueen· Stirling Silliphant· Thomas N. Scortia· Warner Bros.· William Holden· ★★
Three Days of the Condor (1975, Sydney Pollack)
July 26th, 2009 · No Comments
The espionage genre has gotten so stupid over the last couple decades, it’s hard to even imagine how a mediocre entry could be good. Now, it’s watching the least worst. Three Days of the Condor is such a peculiar film, even though it’s wholly commercial–I mean, Dino De Laurentiis produced it.
It’s not just a spy […]
Tagged: David Rayfiel· Faye Dunaway· James Grady· John Houseman· Lorenzo Semple Jr.· Max von Sydow· Paramount Pictures· Robert Redford· Sydney Pollack· ★★½
Network (1976, Sidney Lumet)
March 31st, 2008 · No Comments
Network lost Oscars. It doesn’t really matter what it lost them to, because the absurdity of the Academy Awards is summed up in that one statement. Network lost Oscars.
I’m not sure what shot is Sidney Lumet’s best in the film, because I’m remembering two of them from the last half. These aren’t necessarily the best […]
Tagged: Faye Dunaway· Ned Beatty· Paddy Chayefsky· Robert Duvall· Sidney Lumet· United Artists· William Holden· ★★★★
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999, John McTiernan)
January 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Every time I watch Thomas Crown, I wonder if there’s some magical explanation for all John McTiernan’s other films (except Die Hard, which is, too, singular). Because The Thomas Crown Affair, as I love saying, is the last great utterly mainstream film. But there’s something more… the tone of the film, the Bill Conti score, […]
Tagged: Alan Trustman· Faye Dunaway· John McTiernan· Kurt Wimmer· Leslie Dixon· Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer· Pierce Brosnan· Rene Russo· ★★★★
Blind Horizon (2003, Michael Haussman)
December 15th, 2005 · No Comments
Okay, here’s a hint: if your choice of titles are Blind Horizon and Black Point, go with Black Point. Black Point isn’t a good title for Blind Horizon, which might be an impossible-to-title film, actually, but Blind Horizon has nothing to do with the film. There are no poignant horizon shots and Val Kilmer isn’t […]
Tagged: Amy Smart· F. Paul Benz· Faye Dunaway· Lions Gate Films· Michael Haussman· Neve Campbell· Noble Willingham· Sam Shepard· Steve Tomlin· Val Kilmer· ★★½



