Mine are (in no particular order);
Legends of the Fall
You Know My Name
Untouchables
Bonnie and Clyde
Sand Pebbles
Lawless (in spite of all the gun grabbing hypocrites in the cast)
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Fury
Like all of those.
But. You are missing..."Last man standing" and "Road to perdition", just for starters. ;D
And, even though is not a theatrical movie "Boardwalk empire"
I'll back way up and say 'The Roaring 20s' with Cagney and Bogart is a good one but my favs are Last Man Standing and The Untouchables.
Any list of this type that does NOT include "The Maltese Falcon" is wrong.
Also, "To have and have not" Bogart and Bacall at their steamiest. Walter Brennan steps out in a Tragic role.
Pocket full of miracles.
Have to include "Public enemies" and "The public enemy" ;D
And "The Cotton Club"
And "Mobsters"
And "The Valachi papers"
There is a big list of favourites, they are slowly coming to mind. ::)
PS. And yes "Roaring twenties" also gets my vote. And The "Maltese falcon" of course
I can't believe I forgot the Godfather Series.
Thanks for the tips yous guys
Quote from: Pitspitr on September 08, 2017, 11:54:17 AM
I can't believe I forgot the Godfather Series.
Thanks for the tips yous guys
Aaaarrrrghh! :-[
So did I. ;D
So, we have also "The big sleep", the one with Bogart.
"Miller's crossing". That scene with the Thompson with "Danny boy" as a background music is spectacular.
And there is more...They'll come back from the back of my mind. ::)
PS. As I was typing, just remembered "Once upon a time in America.
And although it's a tv series. "Marlowe" with the late Powers Booth.
ST...you beat me to it...
Once upon a time in America.
"O Brother, Where Art Thou"
"You sold your soul to the Devil?!"
"I wasn't usin' it........"
"City heat"
People never paid much attention to this one but I liked it
"The Rocketeer"
They didn't need to necessarily have a gangster theme to be great for for era costuming and customs.
Chinatown (one of my favorites)
The Two Jakes (China town squeal)
The Great Gatsby (I prefer the 1974 version)
1926 W/Warner Baxter (Silent)
1949 W/Alan Ladd
1974 W/Robert Redford
2000 W/Toby Stephens (TV)
2013 W/Leonardo DiCaprio
Quote from: Bat 2919 on September 10, 2017, 11:41:13 AM
They didn't need to necessarily have a gangster theme to be great for for era costuming and customs.
Chinatown (one of my favorites)
The Two Jakes (China town squeal)
The Great Gatsby (I prefer the 1974 version)
1926 W/Warner Baxter (Silent)
1949 W/Alan Ladd
1974 W/Robert Redford
2000 W/Toby Stephens (TV)
2013 W/Leonardo DiCaprio
You beat me to "Chinatown" and "The Two Jakes"
In light of current events how could we forget Key Largo, Bogie and Bacall trapped in a hurricane with Edward G. Robinson as the heavy.
Oh and how could I have forgotten. The Sting
Would Legends of the Fall qualify? It was WW1 and post. Regardless, it was a great movie.
Quote from: Good Troy on September 11, 2017, 05:27:09 AM
Would Legends of the Fall qualify? It was WW1 and post. Regardless, it was a great movie.
But it starts Pre-Prohibition in the Indian Wars Period and goes all the way through the early 1960's. Most of it is set during prohibition
Besides it has some of the sexiest movie stars ever; the Henry, A rolling block, a 1873 Winchester,the Single Action Army, the Lee-Enfield, The Webley, the Police Positive, and 1908 Colt, a Couple of Smith & Wessons including a L-frame snubby, the 1874 Sharps, a Holand and Holand double rifle, and the Thompson. With all that sex appeal it's my kind of movie! ;D
Quote from: Pitspitr on September 11, 2017, 06:09:15 AM
But it starts Pre-Prohibition in the Indian Wars Period and goes all the way through the early 1960's. Most of it is set during prohibition
Besides it has some of the sexiest movie stars ever; the Henry, A rolling block, a 1873 Winchester,the Single Action Army, the Lee-Enfield, The Webley, the Police Positive, and 1908 Colt, a Couple of Smith & Wessons including a L-frame snubby, the 1874 Sharps, a Holand and Holand double rifle, and the Thompson. With all that sex appeal it's my kind of movie! ;D
You forgot the P.08 Luger. :o
My favorites were the Sharps that Decker used, and the Thompson...But I didn't like the guy with the Thompson....
Quote from: Good Troy on September 11, 2017, 02:08:22 PM
My favorites were the Sharps that Decker used, and the Thompson...But I didn't like the guy with the Thompson....
Me too, but I think the cop with the Thompson was a good guy...after he was on the receiving end of the Col.'s double.
Quote from: Pitspitr on September 11, 2017, 02:46:35 PM
Me too, but I think the cop with the Thompson was a good guy...after he was on the receiving end of the Col.'s double.
Yep..the Col could't have picked a better target.
The first time I saw the movie was on video..yes...video, at home. I had no clue who made the final shot..I was up from the chair screaming "who shoot??? who made that shot????"....The '73 certainly did a fine job there!
Quote from: Scattered Thumbs on September 08, 2017, 07:10:24 PM
"City heat"
Yayuhh! That was a ripper. I gotta see that again and count the guns that Eastwood pulled out in the garage.
One I've just been reminded of: "Lucky Lady" 1975, Liza Minelli, Burt Reynolds, Gene Hackman. Rum running on the high seas. The Battle at the end alone is worth the price of admission. (A magnificent round up of ocean going Ner-do-wells to inspire y'all) but Liza's singing is damn fine as well. And she does look good in those flapper outfits. Some great Lewis Gun footage too!
Also Thoroughly Modern Millie.
You might notice I don't take most movies very seriously.
A series on Netflix called "Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries" set in 1920s Australia is a really fun series.
Also, just watched "The Highwaymen" and while I despise Woody Harrelson, the movie itself is good!
(https://i.imgur.com/ZrX8Lzo.png)
Has this morphed, from favorite Zoot era movies? .... to just a list of zoot era ?
If so then I offer my contribution, I was involved in production of "OSCAR" Sylvester Stallone comedy.
In fact it is funny story how I was involved.... (if anyone cared to know) ::)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102603/
Gotta add "Public Enemies" and "The Highwaymen"
Quote from: Major 2 on May 23, 2019, 08:43:09 PM
In fact it is funny story how I was involved.... (if anyone cared to know) ::)
Oh, yes. I want to know. I see that that film received
three prestigious awards (Razzies), so you know it's good... ;)
I'm not a Zoot Shooter, but I do like movies. Well,
some movies.
CC Griff
Since nobody else has mentioned it, Johnny Dangerously. Michael Keaton, Joe Piscapo, Danny Devito, and Marylu Henner.
"You shouldn't have hung me on a coathook. My Father hung me on a coathook once... Just once!"
Quote from: Capt Quirk on May 25, 2019, 09:19:14 AM
Since nobody else has mentioned it, Johnny Dangerously. Michael Keaton, Joe Piscapo, Danny Devito, and Marylu Henner.
"You shouldn't have hung me on a coathook. My Father hung me on a coathook once... Just once!"
What that the one with the Joe Piscopo quote something like "My Mom hung me on a Hook...... Once."
Ha, had time to look it up (Johnnie Dangerously):
Danny Vermin : You shouldn't hang me on a hook, Johnny. My father hung me on a hook once. Once!
Danny Vermin : You shouldn't grab me, Johnny. My mother grabbed me once... ONCE!
Danny Vermin : [to Mrs. Kelly] You shouldn't kick me in the balls, lady. My sister kicked me in the balls once...
Danny Vermin : You shouldn't have shot me, Johnny. My grandmother shot me once...
Dang its' like a series...
Later
Dillinger with Warren Oats and Ben Johnson as Purvis.
Books
Quote from: Books OToole on September 04, 2020, 12:28:51 PM
Dillinger with Warren Oat
Yeah, Sgt. Hulka with the big toe
I liked that Dillinger too
"The Newton Boys" was worthy of adding to the list.
Miller's Crossing has a great Thompson bit in it.