Count your fingers and check your wallet after opening "The Phil Silvers Show" box set. Hear that strangled cry, kind of like a drill sergeant caught in a bear trap? It means the con is on. The fix is in. Master Sgt. Ernest G. Bilko is back in the game. The show opens in mythical Fort Baxter, Kan., circa 1955. The Army base has a commander, but … [Read more...]
‘The Searchers’ finds new life on DVD
No one needs an excuse to revisit the "The Searchers." Here's one anyway: Warner's newly restored and remastered version of the 1956 John Ford-John Wayne masterpiece finally brings home the film in an approximation of its original theatrical glory. Colors are remarkable, and images seem complete. Owners of previous versions should upgrade without … [Read more...]
‘The Passenger’: Antonioni’s rocky road movie
Jack Nicholson says the making of Michelangelo Antonioni's "The Passenger" was "the biggest adventure in filming I ever had in my life." That's saying plenty and probably explains why the actor did his first solo commentary for the DVD. "It's very hard for me to separate the experience of making the movie from the movie itself," he says. For the … [Read more...]
‘Gunsmoke 50th Anniversary’ sets
Saturday, Sept. 10, 1955. America's top-gun cowboy star had a few words for CBS viewers. "My name's Wayne. Some of you may have seen me before. I hope so. I've been kicking around Hollywood a long time. I've made a lot of pictures out here. All kinds. Some of them have been westerns, and that's what I'm here to tell you about tonight. A western. … [Read more...]
‘The Wages of Fear’: Heart of ‘extreme blackness’
Henri-Georges Clouzot was a man ahead of his time. With "The Wages of Fear" the French director anticipated the golden age of over-amped, over-budget action films by three or four decades. In 1951, Clouzot abandoned the comfy soundstages of Paris, marching his cast and crew into the rocky hills of southern France. There, his craftsmen built a … [Read more...]
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