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The Towering Inferno (1974, John Guillermin)

January 13th, 2010 · No Comments

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 […]

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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· ★★

Soldier in the Rain (1963, Ralph Nelson)

September 11th, 2007 · No Comments

Soldier in the Rain is a peculiar film. It’s one of Steve McQueen’s odder performances–his character is a doofus, both the protagonist and the subject of the audience’s (intended) laughter. Jackie Gleason gives an excellent performance, though his scenes with McQueen compare poorly to the ones with Tuesday Weld. Their scenes really bring something special […]

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Tagged: Allied Artists· Blake Edwards· Jackie Gleason· Maurice Richlin· Ralph Nelson· Steve McQueen· Tuesday Weld· William Goldman· ★½

The Magnificent Seven (1960, John Sturges)

May 2nd, 2007 · No Comments

Apparently, no director has ever needed a good script more than John Sturges. His work in The Magnificent Seven is static, the camera as disinterested in the film’s goings-on as the majority of the cast. He lets the camera sit and stare, cutting when it wakes up from its nap. He also appears not to […]

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Tagged: Charles Bronson· Eli Wallach· Hashimoto Shinobu· John Sturges· Kurosawa Akira· Oguni Hideo· Robert Vaughn· Steve McQueen· United Artists· William Roberts· Yul Brynner· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ

An Enemy of the People (1978, George Schaefer)

July 16th, 2006 · No Comments

Growing up–early, before I’d really seen any movies–I knew Steve McQueen was in The Great Escape (though I hadn’t seen it, I’d seen the motorcycle clip) and I knew he’d gotten his start in The Blob. When I first did get into film, when AMC was still the station to watch, I discovered McQueen had […]

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Tagged: Alexander Jacobs· Arthur Miller· Charles Durning· George Schaefer· Henrik Ibsen· Richard A. Dysart· Richard Bradford· Steve McQueen· Warner Bros.· ★★½

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