"FRIDAY MOVIE SUGGESTION NIGHT" PRESENTS: SILVER STREAK!
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Arthur Hiller directs our first film "out of the gate" for 2007 and it is funny if you like "silly humor". Writer Colin Higgins (who gave us "Harold and Maude" and "Foul Play") pairs up Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor for the first time and the results are hilarious! Not to be missed: Gene Wilder seducing Jill Clayburgh into his train cabin where there is only talk--no nudity, but after umteen bottles of wine the dialogue is side-splitting. Wilder asks her "Wanna see my new shoes?" and holds up his foot. THAT's "silly humor". The Plot is as diabolical as you'd expect. A book editor who looks a bit worse for the wear (Wilder) thinks that he sees a murdered man thrown from the train while on a cross country trip from Los Angeles to Chicago. The problem is nobody believes him! So, he launches his own "investigation" and winds up having the killer go after him! After being thrown from the train, wanted by the police, and joining forces with a car thief to re board the train to save his love (Clayburgh) many found this to be a spoof on Alfred Hitchcock movies. To me it spoofs just about everything! I think this movie is a GREAT way to start the New Year! The Cast: Gene Wilder is George Caldwell; Jill Clayburgh is Hilly Burns; Richard Pryor is Grover Muldoon; and Ned Beatty is Bob Sweet. So, grab a pillow, a blanket, light the fireplace, and curl up to this comedy!
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posted by Michael Manning @ 12:36 AM
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I love Gene Wilder! This is a GREAT movie!
I know I've seen it, but I'm not recalling most of the story. Maybe I'll have to watch it again.
I hadn't seen this one, but love Gene Wilder. "Young Frankenstein" is one of my faves :)
Suzanne! That scene I pointed out is just my own humor. I'd be curious to see if it tickles your funny bone!
jlee: Me too! This is cool because it is the first pairing with Richard Pryor and it's all unvarnished and so spontaneously funny with him!
I am a big Wilder and Pryor fan.
Will have to check this one out.
Green Tea: You will not be disappointed as this first pairing comes across as "fresh" and need I add...hysterical! :D
I thought the Wilder/Pryor chemistry was perfect in this brilliantly funny movie!
I meant to put a video on, but have been blogging instead. Oh dear.
Seamus: I agree! Probably because they never worked together before and so it was fresh!
Ellee: One of the great things about CD's or DVD's alike is that there is no timetable to hear or see them. At your leisure! BTW: Cool new photo!:)
Thanks Michael,
This is a great action comedy film. One of the stars in the film is Patrick McGoohan who is mostly known for his TV work as Secret Agent John Drake. (Secret agent man in the USA. And Danger Man in the UK).
He also starred and produced the Prisoner TV Series. And I have read in a book about Sean Conery Patrick McGoohan was selected to play the part of James Bond but he turned it down - and Sean Conery got the part.
Patrick McGoohan plays the bad guy in this movie.
A fun movie for the weekend.
Thanks Michael,
Glenn Bishop
Glenn: How cool! I wanted to start us off on the right foot!
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