Good call for Callan. His hobby, was collecting and painting Napoleonic era model soldiers. There was an odd theory here in the UK, that his character in the later show 'The Equaliser' was Callan after he retired, using a different name, Robert McCall. I never bought into it. It's similar to Number Six, from 'The Prisoner', being John Drake from the earlier 'Danger Man' series, despite Patrick McGoohan vehemently denying it. Django is a superbly weird, cool, and violent movie. It was banned in the UK for several years. I first saw it on a VHS copy, and loved it. Franco Nero is one of those actors who are ridiculously cool without having to try, and you can't take your eyes off of him when he's on screen.
The characters of David Callan and Robert McCall are really different. I never bought the theory either. Drake is definitely The Prisoner. I do like the Denzel Washington Equaliser movies. Great action and a grounded character.
@@terrytalksmovies they're very similar, tortured highly skilled ex-military, ex-secret service with a conscience. They were the same person Callan was an assassin not a spy and McCall was created as a very obvious call back to him with his tortured conscience driving him to do good. They even got the same actor to play both roles. Like Danger Man and Prisoner the obvious link was there, they just didn't want to pay royalties to the other shows originators.
Loved Breaker Morant. Thanks for reminding us about Freeway. I saw it when it came out and was over the moon with it. I'm glad you like Election. We had the world premiere of it at our theater in San Rafael in 1999 at our re-opening weekend. The afternoon before the screening I gave Alexander Payne a personal tour of our new cinema gem.
I saw Breaker Morant as a 1st Classman at VMI in a Military Science Class on Military Professionalism. Not bad and teaches you something about what officers are supposed to do . . . .
I checked Tubi & Freeway is indeed on it. Thanks for bringing it yo my attention. I'll be watching it. By the way, I was one of those people watching Minus One on Netflix over the weekend. I know you've reviewed it already, but I really liked it. I thought the effects had a three dimensional believability to them, & it was nice to see a Godzilla film where people actually got squished for once. I also liked the score. But mostly, it shows how you can make a monster movie with an engaging story & interesting characters.
Callan reminds me of Edward Woodward's American TV series the Equalizer. Even the names are close enough that McCall might have been Callen in hiding. Another great Woodward film to bookend the video. I watched this in High School for history class. Alice is another I need to watch again. Entertaining Mr Sloan is another timely choice. I love these grab bag lists.
@@Skaramine Callan was the Equaliser before retirement, they just didn't want to pay to use the association. Callan was a reluctant British secret service assassin recently out of the army and under some security for criminal behaviour, which is how they controlled him. How do you think McCall learned all his skills? It's obvious he had experience and knowledge. The only reason they never made a direct reference is they'd have to pay royalties. So they didn't...
@@daveofyorkshire301 that's exactly what I was saying, but go for it. What about "McCall might have been Callen in hiding" gave you the idea that I was pushing any other reason for the name change except for CBS didn't want to pay the rights for Callen?
Glad to see someone talk about “Breaker Morant”-when l first saw it back in the 1980s,l was absolutely impressed by it.I thought it was a near perfect movie and a stunning courtroom/political drama.
Love your movie reviews! I just ordered copies of Bonjour Tristesse and Django since both sound really great. Please keep up the good work to help us with our cinema education! Also your LGBTQI+ support is greatly appreciated!
Thank you for these recommendations. Some I am familiar with, some I actually own, and some I have never heard of, but am always looking to expand my horizons. (which you do well) One thing I am expanding is my television show viewing. I am coming across a number of very good shows from closer to your neck of the woods and would love for you to post some of your hidden television gems from "Down Under." Thanks to Acorn I have been able to watch "My Life is Murder," and more recently "Brokenwood Mysteries." Would love to hear your take on these and others you might recommend. I "blushed" at your adult recommendation, though not really as I actually have this one in my collection, though nobody but you and I now know this. There is a great history of this film over on The Rialto Report. I love hearing the background on the making of "less than major" motion pictures. Keep it up and I'll watch you next time.
I saw Breaker Morant. It's a good movie, with a great cast. One of those military movies where military justice is to justice what military music is to music. I won't get into the actual history of the events. "Paths of Glory" is another movie about a rigged military trial. "Town Without Pity" has a fair trial, but just about everything else is unfair.
The Callan TV series had a powerful, depressing effect on me as a teenager - it was just so nasty and seedy and grey and shabby, and the toxic relationship between Callan and Lonely was so horribly mean-hearted. Definitely Edward ("Edward Woodward? Sounds like a fart in a bath!") Woodward's finest moment, that poisonous combination of primness and violence and disillusion. And Russell Hunter's too, that pathetic, grovelling, backbiting little man. And it had such a powerful title sequence and theme. I dont think I've seen the film version. (Actually, Callan in widescreen sounds almost wrong.) If it was any good - and that's almost any oxymoron for filmed TV shows - it might be a bit like Lumet's equally sordid and depressing The Offence. That could make an interesting video - British TV-to-film adaptations of the 1970s that weren't On The Buses or Dad's Army...
Nearest and Dearest (1972) That's Your Funeral (1972) Love Thy Neighbour (1973) Man at the Top (1973) Man About the House (1974) Not much there to talk about, alas.
@@terrytalksmovies The list could go on endlessly! Still, these adaptations kept the British film industry alive at a difficult time - and kept directors like Australian Don Sharp working (I see that Callan came directly after Psychomania in his filmography!)
The Carpetbaggers was an interesting movie. Sort of a Howard Hughes story, but with things like proxy fights in close corporations, widows' elective shares of estates and how corporations go public. George Peppard seemed to be the new dominant lead actor until just after The Blue Max in 1966. I think his sometimes very grating personality limited him (although, he did some interesting things for Universal in the late 1960s like What's So Bad About Feeling Good? or House of Cards?
Breaker Morant was very much a "breakout" movie for Beresford in that it played internationally as one of the Australian wave. However, Don's Party, and The Getting of Wisdom (speaking of Pride month) are as interesting. Great show!
Happy Pride! I will watch Entertaining Mr. Sloane, I had somehow never seen it. [And thanks for telling the queerphobes where to go. It's heart-warming.]
I don't know whether it's available in Australia but Vinegar Syndrome released a 4k edition of Bloodsucking Freaks last year that had a newly restored transfer. It was also loaded with extras for fans who want to know everything they can about Sardu and Ralphus. 😀
I'm always in the mood for Django....and even some of the psuedo "sequels".... And of course, Franco Nero in Vamos A Matar, Companeros! with Thomas Milian and Jack Plance is almost as good as Django in my opinion. You can't go wrong with Corbucci Also.....Godzilla Minus One is one I'm dying to see. Until I can, I'll be happy with the entire Showa being free on almost every platform....FYI, Shout! Factory js streaming a bunch of Kaiju and Kung Fu films for free all week. Looks like I'll accomplish nothing for about 7 days or so
I've seen Freeway and need to give it and Election a rewatch. I have Alice In Wonderland on DVD and agree it is a fun movie and I usually do a double feature with it and Flesh Gordon. Callan sounds interesting and sounds like it would be a good pseudo prequel to The Equalizer series. I love Django just for the image of a guy dragging a coffin around.
I have some of the Callan TV series on DVD. He reminds me of Michael Caine's "Harry Palmer" without the glasses. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw "Breaker Morant" regarding the story and discovering that Edward Woodward was a good singer. "Cotton Comes to Harlem" was unique among ''blaxploitation" films in that Godfrey basically played a cynical police detective with a deadpan sense of humor a la one of the cops on "Barney Miller."
The Chester Himes novel series, one of which is the source of Cotton Comes To Harlem, are worth checking out too. Great crime novels laced with some funny and grim humour.
Being a film lover I have just come across your channel. This is what I've been looking for, someone who talks about movies, hence I liked and subscribed straight away. I like the fact that you suggest different types of movies. I am not really into 'hard' horror movies, but I do like the old Hammer ones (plus some others) one of my favourites being The Plague of the Zombies. I love Asian movies, Japanese, Korean, Chinese plus European, especially Italian giallos from the 70s. One of my favourite French films is Les Uns et les Autres. I also love the old British films, especially detective stories (The Third Man being one of my favourites), and of course American movies (On The Waterfront etc.). So, I'm interested in all kinds of films. When I lived abroad I used to go to a cafe that showed films every evening, it was my favourite place. I'd love to have a cafe like that, but that's just a dream. Pleased I found you, take care!
another excellent eclectic selection; different genres, different decades. Freeway is great, and even it's follow-up (couldn't really call it a sequel) "Freeway 2 Confessions of a Trick Baby" is weirdly watchable if you're up for the dark, twisted journey. Matthew Brights take on "Hansel and Gretel" in same way that "Freeway" took some influence from Little Red Riding Hood.
Thanks. For Horror fans, I always recommend "The Serpent And The Rainbow," and "The Thing." On Netflix I watched "Errementari The Blacksmith And The Devil," which is an old story, or legend if you will, but it is done in an Excellent manner.
I've seen (and enjoyed) Callan, Django, Breaker Morant and Entertaining Mr Sloane (all excellent picks, and the latter is in my DVD collection - why are there not more Orton adaptations?). Of the others, I think you sold Freeway best, but I am also curious to see Bonjour Tristesse and Sylvia.
If I was going to recommend a pornographic movie as a hidden gem; and I have seen the X-rated Alice in Wonderland, my choice would be Café Flesh (1982). It's a post-apocalyptic, art-house, science fiction movie. The story is interesting; if far fetched, and it has some surprisingly good acting. I rate it much higher than the X-rate Alice. It stared B-movie queen Michelle Bauer and Richard Belzer has an uncredited role in one scene. He just has some dialogue, nothing more. About the other movies you mentioned, I agree that Breaker Morant is an outstanding movie and I also liked Cotton Comes to Harlem. I will have to check out the rest.
Great selection of movies. Just discovered Under The Silver Lake and have been rewatching The Final Programme. Saw Shoot The Piano Player for the first time recently, I guess that comes under "cult"?
@@terrytalksmovies as does "The Final Programme"! very weird, and somewhat kitschy but also kinky science fiction from early 1970's. I know that Michael Moorcock is considered a good author but seems like this is about the only film to have come from his work.
I've seen the color episodes of Callan, they were released on DVD here. Great, gritty show. Spy work as soul crushing and dirty. Blood Sucking Freaks' Ralphus was reused by a pro wrestling character in the 90s. Yes, a guilty pleasure, maybe some others know it too. Seen Cotton Comes to Harlem, Django, Breaker Morant and Entertaining Mr. Sloane. All very good, Morant might be the best, need to rewatch. Alice sounds good, saw Flesh Gordon not too long ago and I agree, why couldn't adult fare go that way.
Ha ha, only last night watched G Minus 1 and it was an eleven year old's dream movie. Lots to like, but to be picky, I would only watch the monster parts again. These were frankly spectacular and the best portrayal of Godzilla I have seen. The overall story did not make a lot of sense but at least was "family friendly" Cheers!
@@terrytalksmovies also saw it last night after it "dropped" on Netflix with little to no fanfare...and i'm totally within the demographic for it so am surprised there wasn't quite the usual pre- release hype, especialy for a film that got the Oscar for best SPFX. which i thought curious cos while they are great and even more Ingenius to have been done at such a low(er) budget, i didn't think the FX were as good as "The Creator.". Unless that was from the year before! But what i did get out of Gojira Take One, that I've never gotten from any Kaiju film and hardly from any monster/action FX heavy film was a totally engaging story and characters I cared enough about to feel their pain (okay, I shed tears on several occasions so maybe I'm just an ol' soppy wuss!)- there were moments that had early(?) Spielberg frisson (Jaws and Empire of the Sun), and that it set it before the original (1954) film while putting it into an alternative universe (Japan has apparently NOT had two atomic bombs dropped on it) was a bold choice. I think what got me was the heart-rending human stories, and the capacity of a nation (and one particular ex-soldier) to endure so much grief and hardship and rise above it...none of which I really expected to get from this type of epic. This is as different a Godzilla film from "Shin Godzilla" as that was from all its previous incarnations. Not just good for one of Japan's most iconic kaiju's, but a simply very good film.
I really liked, Freeway I could re watch it anytime. I liked George Maharanis and remember him from the TV series. Route Sixty Six. I wondered what became of him and his co star, Martin Millner. In my College days, Flesh Gordon and, Trader Horney were a hoot. The film club put on some awesome shows. Great fun, would like to see Alice. Preminger had a very diverse filmography always on the edge. The Man with the Golden Arm., Advise and Consent , A long list.
Maharis' career got sunk because he was gay and was arrested a couple of times. There are about six or ten great adult movies that work as movies as well.
@@terrytalksmovies Did not know this, surly he was not the only gay actor in Hollywood. I was not aware of the ,"Adult" films he worked on, He could have done a TV series given a proper lead.
I recently included Django in my Favourite Films Of The 60’s’ video but also Corbucci’s The Great Silence’ which was recommended by Solitary Robin’s channel. Both films are really great watches. Lots of other interesting recommendations in your video. Thanks as always. 👍
I think Breaker Morant is one of the great anti war movies . She who is the wife likes Alice in Wonderland . I do not think Django is that great of movie , but I never forgotten the opening with the coffin .
Thank you. A few here I will endeavour to track down. Some I never heard of, (like "Freeway") and others I deliberately chose to turn my back on though trumpeted on release ("Bonjour Tristesse" for example). Others I already own and value (like "Cotton Comes to Harlem").
Ned here brother Terry. I just saw the 1986 Aussie movie " Malcolm " on the recommend from I can't remember who. Have you done a review of it and do you have an opinion about it ? I hope you do like it as it was a beautiful, funny, strange surprise. Love that music by Penguin Cafe Orchestra that was recycled by Spacehog !
Malcolm is a weird little film. I haven't seen it for a long time. It is on Brollie, which is Umbrella's free streaming service here in Australia. I might have to dip into it again.
@@terrytalksmovies I was able to find a torrent and downloaded it. We both really loved it. Hope you can get a hard copy of it, if you're into it that is. By the way your review has me scrambling to find a DVD of Sylvia !
IMDB reckons 4x3 actually is the correct aspect ratio for the Callan film, for what it may be worth. The whole Callan series (with the film) is on DVD from ViaVision. Surprised that Bloodsucking Freaks is on blu here. I could've sworn it was banned here (not just in Queensland) but Refused Classification has practically no information on it either way. And if we're defending adult cinema, I'm going to put in a good notice for Jonas Middleton's Through the Looking Glass, which is... decidedly not an Alice in Wonderland adaptation, it's very much a horror film, and I gather it actually played regular cinemas in an R-rated version shorn of the hard stuff. Pretty much ended Middleton's career, though, cos I don't think people in 1976 were really looking for their porn to be quite so experimental (if I recall correctly the first sex scene doesn't come until about 20 minutes in)...
I think of oddball movies when I hear "cult films" "Breaker Marant" seens like a mainstream . Movies you may not be able to see in Australia. "Forbidden Zone" Ruchard and Danny Elfman film. "Eeaserhead" David Lynch
I'm a Breaker Morant and Cotton Comes to Harlem fan from way back, so I'm already good to go. (No slight intended, but there were moments when I wished Breaker had subtitles.) As both an Edward Woodward and Innocent Bystanders fan, I hope to catch Callan someday. (Interesting to note the similarity, but in name only, of Callan as in David to Callahan as in Harry.) I always associated the title Freeway with a 1988 movie, so I need to branch out and look at the 1996 one. Perhaps Sylvia could make a George Maharis double feature with The Satan Bug? Thanks, Ter.
Guess I will VPN and watch Freeway. And just found Django on Prime for 4 Euro. I haven't seen it for decade's. I finished Godzilla 2 times today, I may want to watch something else.
@@terrytalksmovies I feel the same. The story was good, not one wasted minute in the movie, the love story not the usual Hollywood kitsch, the effect were good enough to give it a real touch, but not perfect, so that the charm of the older movies is still in there. I have known the seat thingy, but it was still very tense. And the monster looks great. It didn't happen that often, that I watch the same movie two times on the same day, speaks for the quality.
I'd forgotten all about the adult Alice in Wonderland and have a copy...went through an odd point where i had to collect every conceivable version of Alice in Wonderland and ended up with about a dozen very different films. your review makes me want to see it again and give some more time go it. i like that you've a similar argument as i do...that all films are "exploitation" films ...each wants to "exploit" a different set of human emotions and exploit its viewer for their dollar...just some are more honest about it than others. that there was a "sweet spot" in the evolution of pornography in the 1970's is sadly very much a bubble in time. as a queer fella those type of films (more than just close ups and money shots, where everyone gets down to it from the first frame) for the discerning guy were by Wakefield Poole and Fred Halsted, but i don't think they ever got as detailed or well budgeted (comparatively) as "Flesh Gordon" or "Alice in Wonderland". be good to hear that there are others out there that have experimented with porn to this day, and the closest i can think of is Bruce Labruce. if you ever decide to an "all-adult review (hehe!) I'd be interested to hear what you could recommend amongst the best of the hetero sex world of film.
There's a good one called Champagne For Breakfast and a lot of the French films Alpha France put out in the 70s and 80s are worthwhile, too. Happy Pride Month.
How was Niven (your basic Scots Officer who served in the British Army) as a French sort of boulevardier . . . ? I can't see the casting, although Niven was a great actor.
Which kinda cult movie do you mean? 1..low budget, low box office 2..big budget, ruinous box office 3..forgotten movies that were big hits but.went nowhere and are largely forgotten today, despite having once been big. 4.70s movies that moved the needle forward but were forgotten.almost immediately..and are fortten , for whatever reasons 5. The New Hollywood Movement movies, that cannot be seen today because irony hasn't played well since the 60s and 70s. 6. Art house movies that were moderately successful, inspired other filmmakers, and today cannot be seen because it uses anti-heroes, unlikeable movie characters, and needs alot of or the riut act 7. Moviesforgotten by UA-cam reactors who have no idea as to what they're missing Which???
Mel Gibson was always a nutter. Bryan Brown always had more authenticity than Gibson and he's also supported the Australian film industry in myriad ways, which Gibson never did.
Callan (1960s) can be considered the forerunner of the Equaliser giving it it's ancestral heritage - The Equaliser being a 1980s UK TV show played by Edward Woodward too. Callan wasn't a spy as such he was a government assassin. He was assigned to agency "red files". Callan the monochrome years plus Callan the colour years is available on Amazon UK. The entire TV show.
How do YOU define “Cult Movie”? This is not an attempt to start an argument. I expect everyone has a slightly different definition. I’m just curious as to where you’re coming from.
@@terrytalksmovies you shouldn't talk to us like we're stupid, treat us like we maybe don't know what big words like "gratuitous" mean. It should be obvious that I was making a joke. And I doubt that with so much porn available that many men watch movies and TV hoping to see skin. I would much rather that Game of Thrones had had the young characters be their ages in the early books than see some of them naked. Louis XIV became king in his own right when he was only 13.
If you obey the bible do you also travel outside your village to poo? Deuteronomy 23:12-14. Or are you just using an iron age text to justify your prejudice and fear?
Ye do error not rightly dividing the Scriptures or knowing the Power thereof. I fear only a Holy God. I was pretty much enjoying your segment until you told me to bug off. Prayers tonight for you.
Good call for Callan. His hobby, was collecting and painting Napoleonic era model soldiers.
There was an odd theory here in the UK, that his character in the later show 'The Equaliser' was Callan after he retired, using a different name, Robert McCall. I never bought into it. It's similar to Number Six, from 'The Prisoner', being John Drake from the earlier 'Danger Man' series, despite Patrick McGoohan vehemently denying it.
Django is a superbly weird, cool, and violent movie. It was banned in the UK for several years. I first saw it on a VHS copy, and loved it. Franco Nero is one of those actors who are ridiculously cool without having to try, and you can't take your eyes off of him when he's on screen.
The characters of David Callan and Robert McCall are really different. I never bought the theory either. Drake is definitely The Prisoner.
I do like the Denzel Washington Equaliser movies. Great action and a grounded character.
@@terrytalksmovies they're very similar, tortured highly skilled ex-military, ex-secret service with a conscience. They were the same person
Callan was an assassin not a spy and McCall was created as a very obvious call back to him with his tortured conscience driving him to do good. They even got the same actor to play both roles.
Like Danger Man and Prisoner the obvious link was there, they just didn't want to pay royalties to the other shows originators.
Self depreciation with no redeeming social value like this channel, I busted out laughing. Good one, Terry! Interesting list of odd ball cinema.
My pleasure, mate. Glad you enjoy the channel.
Loved Breaker Morant.
Thanks for reminding us about Freeway. I saw it when it came out and was over the moon with it.
I'm glad you like Election. We had the world premiere of it at our theater in San Rafael in 1999 at our re-opening weekend.
The afternoon before the screening I gave Alexander Payne a personal tour of our new cinema gem.
Nice! Election is another great hidden and half forgotten gem. Wonderful.
The original Django is indispensable. All of Corbucci's westerns are hard as a coffin nail.
Yep. Corbucci really knew how to ramp up the tension and throw lateral ideas at the movie.
I saw Breaker Morant as a 1st Classman at VMI in a Military Science Class on Military Professionalism. Not bad and teaches you something about what officers are supposed to do . . . .
There's a movement now to exonerate Morant and to ignore the fact that he was a war criminal.
Freeway is awesome. Haven’t seen it in a while, gonna have to give it another look. Thanks for reminding me!
Hope you enjoy it! I love it.
I checked Tubi & Freeway is indeed on it. Thanks for bringing it yo my attention. I'll be watching it.
By the way, I was one of those people watching Minus One on Netflix over the weekend. I know you've reviewed it already, but I really liked it. I thought the effects had a three dimensional believability to them, & it was nice to see a Godzilla film where people actually got squished for once. I also liked the score. But mostly, it shows how you can make a monster movie with an engaging story & interesting characters.
Glad you found Freeway.
G Minus One is a work of genius made for $US20 million. That's incredible.
Just wish the Big G had more screen time., At least one good rampage. The original had three.
NEVER apologize for genre-jumping!
As always, great recommendations!
Thanks so much, Rob.
Callan reminds me of Edward Woodward's American TV series the Equalizer. Even the names are close enough that McCall might have been Callen in hiding. Another great Woodward film to bookend the video. I watched this in High School for history class. Alice is another I need to watch again. Entertaining Mr Sloan is another timely choice. I love these grab bag lists.
Thanks. Sloane is such a cheeky film and the dialogue is delicious, too.
The Equaliser was a 1980s UK TV show played by Edward Woodward
@daveofyorkshire301 it was a great show and I watched it religiously. Callen would be a good opener for an Equalizer binge.
@@Skaramine Callan was the Equaliser before retirement, they just didn't want to pay to use the association. Callan was a reluctant British secret service assassin recently out of the army and under some security for criminal behaviour, which is how they controlled him.
How do you think McCall learned all his skills? It's obvious he had experience and knowledge. The only reason they never made a direct reference is they'd have to pay royalties. So they didn't...
@@daveofyorkshire301 that's exactly what I was saying, but go for it. What about "McCall might have been Callen in hiding" gave you the idea that I was pushing any other reason for the name change except for CBS didn't want to pay the rights for Callen?
Glad to see someone talk about “Breaker Morant”-when l first saw it back in the 1980s,l was absolutely impressed by it.I thought it was a near perfect movie and a stunning courtroom/political drama.
People are talking about a statue of Breaker Morant... even though he was a war criminal.
Love your movie reviews! I just ordered copies of Bonjour Tristesse and Django since both sound really great. Please keep up the good work to help us with our cinema education! Also your LGBTQI+ support is greatly appreciated!
I always will support LGBTQIA+ people, Terence. Have a great Pride Month, mate.
Once again, I followed your advice and just watched Freeway. Absolutely loved it. Not sure how I missed it all these decades.
My work here is done. 😉
@@terrytalksmovies I’m even watching the vastly inferior sequel and somehow enjoying it.
I remember watching "Sylvia" a long time ago. Very well made.
It's very forward-looking too.
Thank you for these recommendations. Some I am familiar with, some I actually own, and some I have never heard of, but am always looking to expand my horizons. (which you do well)
One thing I am expanding is my television show viewing. I am coming across a number of very good shows from closer to your neck of the woods and would love for you to post some of your hidden television gems from "Down Under." Thanks to Acorn I have been able to watch "My Life is Murder," and more recently "Brokenwood Mysteries." Would love to hear your take on these and others you might recommend.
I "blushed" at your adult recommendation, though not really as I actually have this one in my collection, though nobody but you and I now know this. There is a great history of this film over on The Rialto Report. I love hearing the background on the making of "less than major" motion pictures.
Keep it up and I'll watch you next time.
Thanks @Laceykat66 I have a weird love of the Alice In Wonderland, as I do with Flesh Gordon. 😀
@@terrytalksmovies Most "porn" movies are dull and unimaginative so I appreciate one that tries to be "original."
I saw Breaker Morant. It's a good movie, with a great cast. One of those military movies where military justice is to justice what military music is to music. I won't get into the actual history of the events. "Paths of Glory" is another movie about a rigged military trial. "Town Without Pity" has a fair trial, but just about everything else is unfair.
Yep. Breaker Morant has some levels about imperialism, too. An Australian classic.
The Callan TV series had a powerful, depressing effect on me as a teenager - it was just so nasty and seedy and grey and shabby, and the toxic relationship between Callan and Lonely was so horribly mean-hearted. Definitely Edward ("Edward Woodward? Sounds like a fart in a bath!") Woodward's finest moment, that poisonous combination of primness and violence and disillusion. And Russell Hunter's too, that pathetic, grovelling, backbiting little man. And it had such a powerful title sequence and theme.
I dont think I've seen the film version. (Actually, Callan in widescreen sounds almost wrong.) If it was any good - and that's almost any oxymoron for filmed TV shows - it might be a bit like Lumet's equally sordid and depressing The Offence.
That could make an interesting video - British TV-to-film adaptations of the 1970s that weren't On The Buses or Dad's Army...
Nearest and Dearest (1972)
That's Your Funeral (1972)
Love Thy Neighbour (1973)
Man at the Top (1973)
Man About the House (1974)
Not much there to talk about, alas.
@@terrytalksmovies The list could go on endlessly! Still, these adaptations kept the British film industry alive at a difficult time - and kept directors like Australian Don Sharp working (I see that Callan came directly after Psychomania in his filmography!)
The Carpetbaggers was an interesting movie. Sort of a Howard Hughes story, but with things like proxy fights in close corporations, widows' elective shares of estates and how corporations go public.
George Peppard seemed to be the new dominant lead actor until just after The Blue Max in 1966. I think his sometimes very grating personality limited him (although, he did some interesting things for Universal in the late 1960s like What's So Bad About Feeling Good? or House of Cards?
Imprint did a rock solid George Peppard box set, too, which I like.
If it ever comes, I'm hoping to watch the Criterion Blu-Ray of The Wachowskis' BOUND for Pride Month.
Good choice.
Been a fan of Breaker Morant for decades.
It's a rock solid movie.
Breaker Morant was very much a "breakout" movie for Beresford in that it played internationally as one of the Australian wave. However, Don's Party, and The Getting of Wisdom (speaking of Pride month) are as interesting. Great show!
Thanks! I've already has a homophobic comment on supporting Pride. I must be doing something right.
I have seen half of these hidden gems and can really back up the recommendations for Bloodsucking Freaks, Django and Freeway in particular.
Yep. Cult films ARE subjective, but we know them when we see them.
Happy Pride! I will watch Entertaining Mr. Sloane, I had somehow never seen it. [And thanks for telling the queerphobes where to go. It's heart-warming.]
My pleasure, Catherine. Glad you liked it.
I don't know whether it's available in Australia but Vinegar Syndrome released a 4k edition of Bloodsucking Freaks last year that had a newly restored transfer. It was also loaded with extras for fans who want to know everything they can about Sardu and Ralphus. 😀
We can't get Vinegar Sydrome here, unfortunately.
@@terrytalksmovies That is unfortunate. Australia is not kind to collectors.
I'm always in the mood for Django....and even some of the psuedo "sequels"....
And of course, Franco Nero in Vamos A Matar, Companeros! with Thomas Milian and Jack Plance is almost as good as Django in my opinion.
You can't go wrong with Corbucci
Also.....Godzilla Minus One is one I'm dying to see. Until I can, I'll be happy with the entire Showa being free on almost every platform....FYI, Shout! Factory js streaming a bunch of Kaiju and Kung Fu films for free all week. Looks like I'll accomplish nothing for about 7 days or so
You'll dig Godzilla Minus One. It's amazing.
I've seen Freeway and need to give it and Election a rewatch. I have Alice In Wonderland on DVD and agree it is a fun movie and I usually do a double feature with it and Flesh Gordon. Callan sounds interesting and sounds like it would be a good pseudo prequel to The Equalizer series. I love Django just for the image of a guy dragging a coffin around.
Even better if you know what's in the coffin. 😉😀
@@terrytalksmovies Definitely!
I love Edward Woodard's TV work: Equalizer, CI5 etc. But I've never checked out his movies, except for The Wicker Man. I will look for more of them.
Enjoy the journey. 😉😀
Thank you for including Entertaining Mr. Sloane! Will definitely look for it as well as Freeway.
Both worth the search. I hope you find them. Freeway is on Tubi.
Great list of movies, some I'll need to get which is (almost) always the way when you put something on YT.
That's what the list is for. Have fun. 🙂
I have some of the Callan TV series on DVD. He reminds me of Michael Caine's "Harry Palmer" without the glasses. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw "Breaker Morant" regarding the story and discovering that Edward Woodward was a good singer. "Cotton Comes to Harlem" was unique among ''blaxploitation" films in that Godfrey basically played a cynical police detective with a deadpan sense of humor a la one of the cops on "Barney Miller."
The Chester Himes novel series, one of which is the source of Cotton Comes To Harlem, are worth checking out too. Great crime novels laced with some funny and grim humour.
Being a film lover I have just come across your channel. This is what I've been looking for, someone who talks about movies, hence I liked and subscribed straight away. I like the fact that you suggest different types of movies. I am not really into 'hard' horror movies, but I do like the old Hammer ones (plus some others) one of my favourites being The Plague of the Zombies. I love Asian movies, Japanese, Korean, Chinese plus European, especially Italian giallos from the 70s. One of my favourite French films is Les Uns et les Autres. I also love the old British films, especially detective stories (The Third Man being one of my favourites), and of course American movies (On The Waterfront etc.). So, I'm interested in all kinds of films. When I lived abroad I used to go to a cafe that showed films every evening, it was my favourite place. I'd love to have a cafe like that, but that's just a dream. Pleased I found you, take care!
Glad to have youy here. I hope you enjoy it. 😀
Great Selections 🤗need to see Freeway 😮Kristen Bell, played Jacky Chan’s girlfriend “Battle Creek Brawled” 😬
Kristine DeBell is a charming actress.
another excellent eclectic selection; different genres, different decades. Freeway is great, and even it's follow-up (couldn't really call it a sequel) "Freeway 2 Confessions of a Trick Baby" is weirdly watchable if you're up for the dark, twisted journey. Matthew Brights take on "Hansel and Gretel" in same way that "Freeway" took some influence from Little Red Riding Hood.
Thanks for the tips.
Haven't seen Callan for a long time. Probably see more in it than I did back then. Django is also a great gritty, gritty western
Agreed. Callan was way ahead of its time.
Thanks for the recco on Freeway. It's on Prime Video, if you have that. BTW, I really like your new venue. Makes a nice change from the basement 🙂
We don't have basements in Australia. The man cave is at ground level. 😉😀
Thanks. For Horror fans, I always recommend "The Serpent And The Rainbow," and "The Thing." On Netflix I watched "Errementari The Blacksmith And The Devil," which is an old story, or legend if you will, but it is done in an Excellent manner.
Thanks for the tip.
Netflix has also added Scavengers Reign this month. Originally an HBO/MAX series that WBD has passed on for a second season, highly recommend.
Thanks for the tip. 😀
I've seen (and enjoyed) Callan, Django, Breaker Morant and Entertaining Mr Sloane (all excellent picks, and the latter is in my DVD collection - why are there not more Orton adaptations?). Of the others, I think you sold Freeway best, but I am also curious to see Bonjour Tristesse and Sylvia.
Loot was made into a movie, so there is another Orton. I think it has Lee Remick in it.
If I was going to recommend a pornographic movie as a hidden gem; and I have seen the X-rated Alice in Wonderland, my choice would be Café Flesh (1982). It's a post-apocalyptic, art-house, science fiction movie. The story is interesting; if far fetched, and it has some surprisingly good acting. I rate it much higher than the X-rate Alice. It stared B-movie queen Michelle Bauer and Richard Belzer has an uncredited role in one scene. He just has some dialogue, nothing more.
About the other movies you mentioned, I agree that Breaker Morant is an outstanding movie and I also liked Cotton Comes to Harlem. I will have to check out the rest.
Café Flesh is great. A punk new-wave film disguised as a skin flick.
Great selection of movies. Just discovered Under The Silver Lake and have been rewatching The Final Programme. Saw Shoot The Piano Player for the first time recently, I guess that comes under "cult"?
Shoot The Piano Player, definitely. Under The Silver Lake works, too.
@@terrytalksmovies as does "The Final Programme"! very weird, and somewhat kitschy but also kinky science fiction from early 1970's. I know that Michael Moorcock is considered a good author but seems like this is about the only film to have come from his work.
I've seen the color episodes of Callan, they were released on DVD here. Great, gritty show. Spy work as soul crushing and dirty. Blood Sucking Freaks' Ralphus was reused by a pro wrestling character in the 90s. Yes, a guilty pleasure, maybe some others know it too. Seen Cotton Comes to Harlem, Django, Breaker Morant and Entertaining Mr. Sloane. All very good, Morant might be the best, need to rewatch. Alice sounds good, saw Flesh Gordon not too long ago and I agree, why couldn't adult fare go that way.
Alice and Flesh Gordon should be more respected in cinema. 😀
Ha ha, only last night watched G Minus 1 and it was an eleven year old's dream movie. Lots to like, but to be picky, I would only watch the monster parts again. These were frankly spectacular and the best portrayal of Godzilla I have seen. The overall story did not make a lot of sense but at least was "family friendly"
Cheers!
There's so much history, both Japanese and cinema history in that film. It's amazing they did it so cheaply. $US20 million.
@@terrytalksmovies Have to completely agree. The production design was impeccable considering the budget.
@@terrytalksmovies also saw it last night after it "dropped" on Netflix with little to no fanfare...and i'm totally within the demographic for it so am surprised there wasn't quite the usual pre- release hype, especialy for a film that got the Oscar for best SPFX. which i thought curious cos while they are great and even more Ingenius to have been done at such a low(er) budget, i didn't think the FX were as good as "The Creator.". Unless that was from the year before! But what i did get out of Gojira Take One, that I've never gotten from any Kaiju film and hardly from any monster/action FX heavy film was a totally engaging story and characters I cared enough about to feel their pain (okay, I shed tears on several occasions so maybe I'm just an ol' soppy wuss!)- there were moments that had early(?) Spielberg frisson (Jaws and Empire of the Sun), and that it set it before the original (1954) film while putting it into an alternative universe (Japan has apparently NOT had two atomic bombs dropped on it) was a bold choice. I think what got me was the heart-rending human stories, and the capacity of a nation (and one particular ex-soldier) to endure so much grief and hardship and rise above it...none of which I really expected to get from this type of epic. This is as different a Godzilla film from "Shin Godzilla" as that was from all its previous incarnations. Not just good for one of Japan's most iconic kaiju's, but a simply very good film.
How about looking at "The Magic Christian"? It was a bit of a cult back in the '80s then it disappeared! Of course, I have my dvd copy.
I have it on DVD too but for me, a little bit of Peter Sellers goes a long way.
I really liked, Freeway I could re watch it anytime. I liked George Maharanis and remember him from the TV series. Route Sixty Six. I wondered what became of him and his co star, Martin Millner. In my College days, Flesh Gordon and, Trader Horney were a hoot. The film club put on some awesome shows. Great fun, would like to see Alice. Preminger had a very diverse filmography always on the edge. The Man with the Golden Arm., Advise and Consent , A long list.
Maharis' career got sunk because he was gay and was arrested a couple of times. There are about six or ten great adult movies that work as movies as well.
@@terrytalksmovies Did not know this, surly he was not the only gay actor in Hollywood. I was not aware of the ,"Adult" films he worked on, He could have done a TV series given a proper lead.
I recently included Django in my Favourite Films Of The 60’s’ video but also Corbucci’s The Great Silence’ which was recommended by Solitary Robin’s channel. Both films are really great watches. Lots of other interesting recommendations in your video. Thanks as always. 👍
My pleasure @steve4films.
Great Choices! And I enjoy your SPFX!
I had fun with the effects, just noodling around with the editing software to make it more visually interesting. Thanks.
I think Breaker Morant is one of the great anti war movies .
She who is the wife likes Alice in Wonderland .
I do not think Django is that great of movie , but I never forgotten the opening with the coffin .
Django has its own charm.
Thank you. A few here I will endeavour to track down. Some I never heard of, (like "Freeway") and others I deliberately chose to turn my back on though trumpeted on release ("Bonjour Tristesse" for example). Others I already own and value (like "Cotton Comes to Harlem").
Everyone has different tastes in cinema. I tried to get a varied group of films for this video and I think I succeeded. 😀
A boss and mentor highly recommended Breaker Morant to me about 35 years ago. Fantastic movie.
It is. Very underrated, too.
Freeway is a banger. Reese is a firecracker.
Yep. It's a deeply punk movie, too.
Ned here brother Terry. I just saw the 1986 Aussie movie " Malcolm " on the recommend from I can't remember who. Have you done a review of it and do you have an opinion about it ? I hope you do like it as it was a beautiful, funny, strange surprise. Love that music by Penguin Cafe Orchestra that was recycled by Spacehog !
Malcolm is a weird little film. I haven't seen it for a long time. It is on Brollie, which is Umbrella's free streaming service here in Australia. I might have to dip into it again.
@@terrytalksmovies I was able to find a torrent and downloaded it. We both really loved it. Hope you can get a hard copy of it, if you're into it that is. By the way your review has me scrambling to find a DVD of Sylvia !
Craftwood is the best wood, or my name isn’t Edward Woodward….
Thanks chick.
IMDB reckons 4x3 actually is the correct aspect ratio for the Callan film, for what it may be worth. The whole Callan series (with the film) is on DVD from ViaVision.
Surprised that Bloodsucking Freaks is on blu here. I could've sworn it was banned here (not just in Queensland) but Refused Classification has practically no information on it either way.
And if we're defending adult cinema, I'm going to put in a good notice for Jonas Middleton's Through the Looking Glass, which is... decidedly not an Alice in Wonderland adaptation, it's very much a horror film, and I gather it actually played regular cinemas in an R-rated version shorn of the hard stuff. Pretty much ended Middleton's career, though, cos I don't think people in 1976 were really looking for their porn to be quite so experimental (if I recall correctly the first sex scene doesn't come until about 20 minutes in)...
Thanks for the tip on Through The Looking Glass. I'll check into it. 😀
I think of oddball movies when I hear "cult films"
"Breaker Marant" seens like a mainstream .
Movies you may not be able to see in Australia.
"Forbidden Zone" Ruchard and Danny Elfman film.
"Eeaserhead" David Lynch
Seen them both. I also have the soundtrack album to Forbidden Zone. 😀
I'm a Breaker Morant and Cotton Comes to Harlem fan from way back, so I'm already good to go. (No slight intended, but there were moments when I wished Breaker had subtitles.) As both an Edward Woodward and Innocent Bystanders fan, I hope to catch Callan someday. (Interesting to note the similarity, but in name only, of Callan as in David to Callahan as in Harry.) I always associated the title Freeway with a 1988 movie, so I need to branch out and look at the 1996 one. Perhaps Sylvia could make a George Maharis double feature with The Satan Bug? Thanks, Ter.
Sylvia and The Satan Bug would work. 😀
Guess I will VPN and watch Freeway. And just found Django on Prime for 4 Euro. I haven't seen it for decade's. I finished Godzilla 2 times today, I may want to watch something else.
Godzilla Minus One may be the best kaiju movie ever.
@@terrytalksmovies I feel the same. The story was good, not one wasted minute in the movie, the love story not the usual Hollywood kitsch, the effect were good enough to give it a real touch, but not perfect, so that the charm of the older movies is still in there. I have known the seat thingy, but it was still very tense. And the monster looks great. It didn't happen that often, that I watch the same movie two times on the same day, speaks for the quality.
I'd forgotten all about the adult Alice in Wonderland and have a copy...went through an odd point where i had to collect every conceivable version of Alice in Wonderland and ended up with about a dozen very different films. your review makes me want to see it again and give some more time go it. i like that you've a similar argument as i do...that all films are "exploitation" films ...each wants to "exploit" a different set of human emotions and exploit its viewer for their dollar...just some are more honest about it than others. that there was a "sweet spot" in the evolution of pornography in the 1970's is sadly very much a bubble in time. as a queer fella those type of films (more than just close ups and money shots, where everyone gets down to it from the first frame) for the discerning guy were by Wakefield Poole and Fred Halsted, but i don't think they ever got as detailed or well budgeted (comparatively) as "Flesh Gordon" or "Alice in Wonderland". be good to hear that there are others out there that have experimented with porn to this day, and the closest i can think of is Bruce Labruce. if you ever decide to an "all-adult review (hehe!) I'd be interested to hear what you could recommend amongst the best of the hetero sex world of film.
There's a good one called Champagne For Breakfast and a lot of the French films Alpha France put out in the 70s and 80s are worthwhile, too.
Happy Pride Month.
Breaker Morant is one of my favorite films hoping it's gets a 4k.
I don't think it's necessary. The blu-ray looks great.
How was Niven (your basic Scots Officer who served in the British Army) as a French sort of boulevardier . . . ? I can't see the casting, although Niven was a great actor.
Niven, Kerr and Seberg are rock solid in Bonjour Tristesse. See it.
BREAKER MORANT RULES
"Shoot straight, you bastards!"
Excellent selection!
Thanks. I'll have more in the future.
Which kinda cult movie do you mean?
1..low budget, low box office
2..big budget, ruinous box office
3..forgotten movies that were big hits but.went nowhere and are largely forgotten today, despite having once been big.
4.70s movies that moved the needle forward but were forgotten.almost immediately..and are fortten , for whatever reasons
5. The New Hollywood Movement movies, that cannot be seen today because irony hasn't played well since the 60s and 70s.
6. Art house movies that were moderately successful, inspired other filmmakers, and today cannot be seen because it uses anti-heroes, unlikeable movie characters, and needs alot of or the riut act
7. Moviesforgotten by UA-cam reactors who have no idea as to what they're missing
Which???
All of the above. 📽😀
Breaker Morant and The Light Horsemen 2 of my favorite Aussie movies.
Mine is Newsfront. That's a film that talks to the best nature of Australian egalitarianism.
like the fall guy I never liked Lee majors one dimensional so I wonder if Bryan brown has much more depth than Mel Gibson your opinion terry?
Mel Gibson was always a nutter. Bryan Brown always had more authenticity than Gibson and he's also supported the Australian film industry in myriad ways, which Gibson never did.
@@terrytalksmovies thank you terry always knew there was more to bryan than the movie cocktail
When exactly do you find time to actually watch all these movies?
I'm retired and I have three TVs.
Where did you get that "Cheezy Bitz" shirt? At a thrift shop/fast food shop? 🤪
Comfort shirt. It's very comfortable. 🙂😘
@@terrytalksmovies Is it from the Horace Rumpole collection? 😇
FREEWAY is great!
Isn't it?? 😀
Callan (1960s) can be considered the forerunner of the Equaliser giving it it's ancestral heritage - The Equaliser being a 1980s UK TV show played by Edward Woodward too.
Callan wasn't a spy as such he was a government assassin. He was assigned to agency "red files".
Callan the monochrome years plus Callan the colour years is available on Amazon UK. The entire TV show.
ViaVision also released Callan here in Australia.
Breaker Morning is really a great film.
Breaker Morant? Yep.
How do YOU define “Cult Movie”? This is not an attempt to start an argument. I expect everyone has a slightly different definition. I’m just curious as to where you’re coming from.
Same as everyone else. I know it when I see it.
I watch a lot of movie review UA-cam channels, but yours is the only one that I almost always agree with your recommendations!
I have the power to cloud the minds of my viewers, but I only do it for good. 😉😀
What's with the blank generic hat? Where's the fun in that?
Think of it as punctuation. 😉😀
"gratuitous [female] nudity" is an oxymoron.
Sometimes nudity is salient to the story.
@@terrytalksmovies you shouldn't talk to us like we're stupid, treat us like we maybe don't know what big words like "gratuitous" mean. It should be obvious that I was making a joke. And I doubt that with so much porn available that many men watch movies and TV hoping to see skin. I would much rather that Game of Thrones had had the young characters be their ages in the early books than see some of them naked. Louis XIV became king in his own right when he was only 13.
Food on your shirt
Not any more. 😉
The Bible calls homosexuality sin. I'm out. Nice beard, but the little yellow spot on your shirt is distracting.
If you obey the bible do you also travel outside your village to poo? Deuteronomy 23:12-14. Or are you just using an iron age text to justify your prejudice and fear?
Ye do error not rightly dividing the Scriptures or knowing the Power thereof. I fear only a Holy God. I was pretty much enjoying your segment until you told me to bug off. Prayers tonight for you.