ABCs at the Movies: The Doubles Round!

[Meryl]

[MaineWriter]

Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon, rich widows, dancing, a cruise ship....you get the idea.



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I'm back! I'm back! Easter brunch is over, the family has come and gone (although we did have a good time). I didn't show anyone my new tattoo though...LOL

[memento]

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Three for the price of one.

[oilgun]

This is a decent comedy from Québec.  Most of the film takes place in various cars driving on the highway between those two cities.

[Artiste]

Did you see that film oilgun?

I wonder if I did!

More?

Hugs!

[Fran]

From IMDb:

Riding the Rails is the story of the children the either ran away or were forced to leave home during the Depression. In most movies the hobos riding the rails are shown as grown men and as bums. This movie debunks that myth and shows that most of the rail riders were teenage runaways.

The story is told very effectively in a series of interviews with the survivors from this era and shows footage from old movies and newsreel. Most of survivors are now in their late 70's or 80's but were as young as 13 when they first ran away. These are very personal stories about children who had no hope of a better life and how they hopped boxcars hoping to find something better.

I've seen this documentary a number of times now and it never fails to move me. I remember the first time it came on TV it was late at night, I had to work the next day but I couldn't stop watching it. The whole next week I couldn't get these people out of my mind. It all happened over 60 years ago when the world was a very different place and yet their stories are still very moving today. This documentary really captures the desperateness of the depression and shows the sincerity of the people that grew up in that time.

[southendmd]

This one features submarines, trains, helicopters, a car that can "drive" underwater, and more.  Plus, that great opening on skis.

The "amphibious" Lotus Esprit

[oilgun]

This is a shameless plug for the boys!
This movie adaptation of the cult Canadian show was unfortunately a disappointment, but still had plenty of laughs.  I mean these guys are so huge and beloved here, they are practically an institution.
Although Julian, Ricky & Bubbles are going nowhere fast, in contravention of this round's requirements, they do spend a lot of time in a trailer park inside various mobile homes which are designed to, well, move...

[MaineWriter]

[southendmd]

AKA "Homo Faber"

IMDb:  Walter Faber (Sam Shepard) has survived a crash with an airplane. His next trip is by ship. On board this ship he meets the enchanting Sabeth (Julie Delpy) and they have a passionate love affair. Together they travel to her home in Greece, but the rational Faber doesn't know what fate has in mind for him for past doings.