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Alright, it's time to announce the theme for January. This time around, I took a suggestion from Katy only to find out later that she was joking. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how we've ended up with a whole month of KURT RUSSELL movies ahead of us. You know what Jack Burton always says... what the hell?
I actually like ol' Kurt. I don't love him, but his presence in a movie is usually a welcome one for me. And sometimes, he's downright charismatic. In picking these movies, I've tried to focus on some of his more acclaimed work. And, on a completely selfish note, I've also chosen three movies that I haven't seen yet. The only one I vouch for is Big Trouble in Little China, which is included here primarily because those who haven't seen it need to do so asap. Russell has had a great working relationship with John Carpenter, and it's tough to decide which one to show, but I'm personally looking forward to revisiting this strange gem which I haven't seen since childhood. We'll get around to it later. I think we should watch these in chronological order.
First, some interesting facts about our actor.
-Judging by his filmography, he seems to be fond of playing Elvis and/or Elvis impersonators (Elvis, Forrest Gump, 3000 Miles to Graceland. He was even in a real Elvis movie when he was 10 years old (It Happened at the World's Fair).
-He's been in a ton of Disney movies, as he signed a 10 year contract in 1960. The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes anyone? He's played college whizkid Dexter Riley in three different movies.
-Tombstone is a great movie by almost all accounts.
-Has been with Goldie Hawn, who was a bona fide looker when she was younger, since 1982.
-Used to play pro baseball
-Libertarian...member of the NRA.
-personal quote: "If it hadn't been for video cassette, I may not have had a career at all."
Now, the features.
First up is Silkwood (1983)
Yeah, it looks pretty dramatic, but it's an interesting true story and supposedly pretty good. "The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant" (imdb) Good times!!!
We'll follow that up with the movie where Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell met, Swing Shift (1984)
"A woman finds romance when she takes a job at an airport plant to help make ends meet after her husband goes off to war." (imdb)
In the third week, we'll be watching the cult masterpiece Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Nuff said.
Finally, if I haven't singlehandedly driven this club to an early grave with this month's selections, we will check out some more recent Russell fare, 2002's Dark Blue
I'd wanted to see this cop drama about an LA officer dealing with corruption when it came out, but I forgot all about it until doing my research. I dunno. The movie may end up being standard fare, but I do like that fucking poster.
And, as a special optional bonus movie, feel free to watch and comment upon the Disney classic, The Fox and the Hound (1981), featuring the vocal stylings of Jack Burton himself.
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My first post here; roll out the red carpet.
For all the crap that he's been in, Russell remains one of the most underappreciated actors working, and this looks like a pretty good sample of his work. Not that I'm not dreading Silkwood; nothing like an Oscar-baity movie about a heroic female martyr (played by Meryl Streep) to get the critical juices a-flowin.
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i know exactly what you mean. i'm about to watch silkwood and i have to admit i'm not too excited about it. i really only included it because of some of the reviews i read and also because i've really liked/loved nearly every mike nichols movie i've seen (who's afraid of virginia woolf, carnal knowledge, biloxi blues, wolf, and jenny's favorite film, closer)
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I got 1-at-a-time netflix for christmas, and am excited to start watching films i'm told to watch. i'm glad you took katy seriously, because i love the shit out of big trouble in little china.
what is that?
black blood of the earth!
you mean oil?
no, black blood of the earth!
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My first post here; roll out the red carpet.
For all the crap that he's been in, Russell remains one of the most underappreciated actors working, and this looks like a pretty good sample of his work. Not that I'm not dreading Silkwood; nothing like an Oscar-baity movie about a heroic female martyr (played by Meryl Streep) to get the critical juices a-flowin.