Comments on: Million Dollar Movie

By: Mr OK Jazz Tokyo

Mr OK Jazz Tokyo — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 10:18:34 +0000

[0] Never even heard of this before, got to catch it!
[22] That would be a shocking waste of celluloid…I wish Will Smith would go away…

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 00:18:33 +0000

[21] It's been talked about as a comedy (with some action). Not sure if it will happen anytime soon; both have nearly three dozen priority projects between and it sounds like it's still in development hell, but you never know.

By: Raf

Raf — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 23:40:40 +0000

[20] Is the remake supposed to be a comedy? They may be playing it straight.

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 22:00:42 +0000

I knew I would have something to say on this topic… there has been word for about a year now of Denzel and Will Smith teaming up to do a remake of Uptown Saturday Night. I have mixed feelings about that; Denzel’s so far removed from comedy it would be almost an unpleasant shock unless he was completely parodying himself.

By: Matt Blankman

Matt Blankman — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 21:27:06 +0000

[10] Thank you – I think you nailed the movie as well.

By: Raf

Raf — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 21:07:04 +0000

[16] That should read *good* Though given the dress of the time, it was pretty goofy too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0Fc9zaB-s8

By: Raf

Raf — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 21:06:14 +0000

[15] Larry Hagman too!

By: Raf

Raf — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 21:04:58 +0000

I have “Uptown Saturday Night” in my collection. It’s definitely a period piece. I like watching Rosalind Cash and Denise Nicholas (Piece of the Action & Let’s Do It Again). Soundtracks were pretty goof too.

By: Matt Blankman

Matt Blankman — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:57:28 +0000

[12] Yeah, I dig that one, too – Cosby, Keitel, Raquel Welch…and Allen Garfield – what a super 70s cast!

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:55:18 +0000

Not even for John Amos? LOL

By: Matt Blankman

Matt Blankman — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:46:17 +0000

[11] I liked them when I was a kid, but I can’t imagine sitting through them now.

By: Raf

Raf — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:45:36 +0000

You may also want to check out Bill Cosby in “Mother, Jugs and Speed” if you like him in dark, dramatic roles.

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:42:14 +0000

Huge Cosby fan but never loved the UPTOWN SAT NIGHT flicks. Yeah, I’ll watch this, which I’ve only seen in pieces. Thanks, Snoops.

By: wsporter

wsporter — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:41:14 +0000

Saw this in HS when it first came out. I was (and remain) a big ‘I Spy’ fan and was disappointed that Culp and Cos didn’t share the same easy friendship and banter that makes ‘I Spy’ still so much fun. The movie was paned and I was disappointed. I really didn’t like seeing “Scotty and Kelly” at such a low ebb. I saw it again some years later and couldn’t believe I didn’t “get it” my first time through. To know you’ve lost even before you wake up in the morning and still try is a little bit about life but it doesn’t make for particularly happy or escapist viewing. I guess you have to have played and lost some to get there and to be able to appreciate it. It’s a movie that’s well worth looking into. Thanks Matt.

By: Matt Blankman

Matt Blankman — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:27:16 +0000

Back to the original topic – Alex, you’re a Cosby fan, no? You should give the movie a look.

By: Matt Blankman

Matt Blankman — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:25:18 +0000

[7] If memory serves, it was generally a positive review! Peckinpah responded saying that he had drank with Kael and liked her but that with her “facist” quip she was “…cracking walnuts with her ass.”

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:18:48 +0000

I don’t know about facist but I didn’t like that one. But hell, she loved just about everything else the man did.

By: Matt Blankman

Matt Blankman — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:11:01 +0000

I was about to give you grief for misspelling “Peckinpah,” until I realized I’d misspelled “credit.”

Yeah, she and Peckinpah had an interesting relationship. She called STRAW DOGS a “facist work of art.” Sam told her she was full of shit, but not without affection.

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 19:59:11 +0000

5) She loved early Spielberg and Scorsese too. Obvisouly, Peckinpaugh and Altman were tops for her. But also Paul Mazursky.

By: Matt Blankman

Matt Blankman — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 19:55:03 +0000

[3] Yeah, I really like The Long Riders, but I don’t think Hill’s career really lived up to Pauline’s hype, though he’s still at it (did some nice work on Deadwood).

Give her credite – when she swooned over a young filmmaker, she went whole hog. DePalma was another of her pet directors.