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Frances Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3577 In a Castle in the Hills Gender:	Where have the old movies gone? Aug 15^th, 2011 at 3:43pm The ABC used to put on old movies after midnight five days a week. Some of them were pretty ordinary but some were very good, classics even. For some time now there have hardly been any - sometimes none at all. This week there are two, but they don't sound very interesting.
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Reply #1 - Aug 15^th, 2011 at 3:58pm

Frances wrote on Aug 15^th, 2011 at 3:43pm:

The ABC used to put on old movies after midnight five days a week. Some of them were pretty ordinary but some were very good, classics even. For some time now there have hardly been any - sometimes none at all. This week there are two, but they don't sound very interesting.

They been having some goodies on late saturday nights on ABC2 for the last few weeks.

A few dollars more
The good the bad and the ugly
High plains drifter
and so on, and so forth...

I'm sure theres more, but they're the ones I've noticed. And too bad if you don't like westerns, but seriously, who doesn't like westerns?

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Frances Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3577 In a Castle in the Hills Gender:	Re: Where have the old movies gone? Reply #2 - Aug 15^th, 2011 at 4:08pm ... wrote on Aug 15^th, 2011 at 3:58pm: seriously, who doesn't like westerns? Me....
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... Gold Member Offline Posts: 23673 WA Gender:	Re: Where have the old movies gone? Reply #3 - Aug 15^th, 2011 at 4:11pm Frances wrote on Aug 15^th, 2011 at 4:08pm: ... wrote on Aug 15^th, 2011 at 3:58pm: seriously, who doesn't like westerns? Me.... GAH! Maybe you'd like them if you got to know them....
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Reply #4 - Aug 15^th, 2011 at 4:22pm

Perhaps, but I still think I wouldn't like them. There's only one other genre I like less than westerns, and that's war movies - although, that said, there are a handful of movies set in a war that I like, although they generally are ones that have some other theme, such as 'The Spy In Black' which is set during First World War and stars Conrad Veidt and Valerie Hobson.

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... Gold Member Offline Posts: 23673 WA Gender:	Re: Where have the old movies gone? Reply #5 - Aug 15^th, 2011 at 5:03pm Well they did have guess whos coming to dinner on the other day. I didn't watch it though - not enough shootin' for my liking.
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Frances Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3577 In a Castle in the Hills Gender:	Re: Where have the old movies gone? Reply #6 - Aug 15^th, 2011 at 5:11pm Not one of my favourite movies either. I've seen it once and I'm not inclined to revisit it. Not that I'm saying it's a bad film, it's just that I didn't like it much.
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Grey Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 5341 Gender:	Re: Where have the old movies gone? Reply #7 - Aug 15^th, 2011 at 5:23pm 'The Moon Is Blue' wasn't bad Well okay it was bad, but it's the sort of stoopy I like in old movies.
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Reply #8 - Aug 15^th, 2011 at 5:48pm

I thought about recording "The Moon is Blue" because it has a good cast, but after reading what the plot was all about, decided not to.

Tonight's movie is "The Clay Pigeon". It might be OK (some B grade films noir can be really good) but somehow I have my doubts. Might be worth recording it to watch later though - I can always throw the DVD out if it's no good....

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Deborahmac09 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1619	Re: Where have the old movies gone? Reply #9 - Oct 16^th, 2011 at 1:27am ABC 2 tonight was The Manchurian Candidate.
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Grey Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 5341 Gender:	Re: Where have the old movies gone? Reply #10 - Oct 18^th, 2011 at 12:51pm Deborahmac09 wrote on Oct 16^th, 2011 at 1:27am: ABC 2 tonight was The Manchurian Candidate. Maybe it's time I got a set top box I'd've liked to have seen that, but the last thing I need is more tele... decisions decisions.
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Karter New Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1 Wellington St Kingston, ON Gender:	Re: Where have the old movies gone? Reply #11 - Oct 24^th, 2011 at 5:42pm The Clay Pigeon is an okay sort of movie..I just like few scenes of the movie..
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Big Donger Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 102373	Re: Where have the old movies gone? Reply #12 - Nov 5^th, 2011 at 5:11pm Get rid of the name, sock.
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muso Gold Member Offline Posts: 13151 Gladstone, Queensland Gender:	Re: Where have the old movies gone? Reply #13 - Nov 7^th, 2011 at 9:11pm Like Barbarella ?
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Annie Anthrax Gold Member Offline Posts: 7062 Gender:	Re: Where have the old movies gone? Reply #14 - Nov 8^th, 2011 at 10:56am If I was to ever switch teams, Anita Pallenberg would be the reason.
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