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• Movies I watch before each holiday - Mart 09:25:54 11/13/03 (0)
  In Reply to: Movies I watch every holiday posted by Rico on November 10, 2003 at 06:25:23:

  New Years Eve: It's a Bundyful Life (Married with Children episode)
  Good Friday/Easter: 10 Commandments, Ben Hur, King of Kings
  Memorial Day: Midway
  July Fourth: 1776
  Veterans Day: The Longest Day
  Chistmas: Scrooged, Christmas Vacation, Jesus of Nazareth
  ... just my 2¢ ♪ moderate Mart £ ♫

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• "Sahara", the remake. - Victor Khomenko 06:41:50 11/10/03 (5)
  In Reply to: Movies I watch every holiday posted by Rico on November 10, 2003 at 06:25:23:

  I don't know if you know that Bogie's "Sahara" is a lame remake of a rather good Soviet film "Trinadtsat'" (Thirteen) by the great Mikhail Romm, made in 1937.

  That fact is usually not advetised.

  If you ever manage to get your hands on the original, it is very well worth it.
  

  
  
  
  

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  • Re: "Sahara", the remake. - rico 07:06:45 11/10/03 (4)
    In Reply to: "Sahara", the remake. posted by Victor Khomenko on November 10, 2003 at 06:41:50:

    Thanks, I did NOT know that. I will keep an eye out for the one you mention. I first saw "Sahara" at a drive in in the forties as a kid and have never forgotten it. Why it's never been on LD or DVD is a mystery. "A little bit 'a bread, a little bit 'a cheese, a little bit 'a wine".
    
    

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    • But it IS available on a DVD - Victor Khomenko 07:14:08 11/10/03 (3)
      In Reply to: Re: "Sahara", the remake. posted by Rico on November 10, 2003 at 07:06:45:

      Look here...
      

      
      
      

      • Sahara on Amazon   (Open in New Window)

      
      

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      • Re: But it IS available on a DVD - rico 07:28:23 11/10/03 (2)
        In Reply to: But it IS available on a DVD posted by Victor Khomenko on November 10, 2003 at 07:14:08:

        COOL! I'm going to get it. Thank you so much. I note that the customers give the film 4 1/2 stars out of five. I guess they don't think it's "lame".

        Thanks again, Rico

        p.s., now I don't have to watch ANYTHING in VHS.
        
        

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        • Re: Absolutely and definitively lame. nt - patrickU 08:51:56 11/10/03 (0)
          In Reply to: Re: But it IS available on a DVD posted by Rico on November 10, 2003 at 07:28:23:

          nt
          
          

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        • Re: But it IS available on a DVD - Victor Khomenko 07:37:55 11/10/03 (0)
          In Reply to: Re: But it IS available on a DVD posted by Rico on November 10, 2003 at 07:28:23:

          ***I note that the customers give the film 4 1/2 stars out of five. I guess they don't think it's "lame".

          Well, Bogie's acting is still absolutely fine there, so it was natural for people to like the film. But I am sure they also reacted to the patriotic plot... I suspect if they knew that was a knock-off, and using the SOVIET film as a model, at that, things might have been different.

          Between the two films, the original was far more dramatic, as the originals often tend to be, and if you get the chance to see them side-by-side I think you will agree Romm's film (as the whole) is far superior.

          But I suspect your chances of finding the original are probably pretty much non-existent.
          

          
          
          
          

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