Finally took the plunge despite the shady quality of the Prime stream and the shoddy (albeit entertaining and extra sleazy) German dub… behold…
IL BOSS 
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CC AND COMPANY I just had to… even though it is a criminally shitty quality version that is out there. I hope at some point it will get a restoration. It has lotta heart and a great soundtrack.
’The Fury’ 1978, Directed by Brian DePalma.
Telekinesis, intrigue, and a fantastic score from John Williams, which is occasionally reminiscent of Bernard Hermann…One of my favourite DePalma films.
Followed by…a classic Universal horror, this year celebrating it’s 90th anniversary.
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I had no idea. This is one of the last “classic” monster films I haven’t seen so seems like a good year to watch it.
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the other night I finally saw the original The Hills Have Eyes 
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Did you like?
Yeah wasnt bad. But it’s no secret that it’s no masterpiece, it’s influence notwithstanding
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An insult to Bond fans if you ask me. I’ve never been so irritated walking out of a cinema.
Rewatch of Hard Times to prep for Saturday
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A Mario Bava double bill…
Followed by a likeable bunch of mother truckers…courtesy of the legend, Sam Peckinpah**
Long live Sam Peckinpah…and the ‘Rubber Duck’.
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Is that any good, Convoy? It’s been on my “to buy” list for some time being both a seventies picture (I was on a bit of a seventies kick a while back) and a Peckinpah film, but at the same time I’ve not heard all that much love for it anywhere, and I wonder if all its CB radio jargon antics, which seemed so cool when I was a kid in 1980 or so, would actually look quaint or even a bit naff now?
I mean I’ll almost certainly end up purchasing it for myself regardless at some stage, but I was curious as to your take on it Tosc, as someone who has a liking for it?
Of the Peckinpah movies I own, my current preference goes:
- The Wild Bunch (by a country mile)
- Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
- The Ballad of Cable Hogue
- Major Dundee
- Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
- Cross of Iron
- Straw Dogs
(I’ve got Ride the High Country on blu but I’ve not gotten around to watching it yet)
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Convoy isn’t bad for a movie based on a novelty song. If someone is in the mood for some light entertainment, they might enjoy it. I used to have a neighbor years ago that was a semi driver and he used to watch that movie at least once a month. I doubt that you’ll come to love it that much. 
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First film I ever walked out of in the cinema … it’s “mother truckin’” grim!
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Hi, LC.
I like the film, because it evokes so many childhood memories in me. Perhaps it is that, rather than anything else that has maintained my enthusiasm…
In 1978, my older brother used to work for a truck company years ago called ‘Foden’. He went to see the film at the cinema. I then bought the paper-back tie-in, and enjoyed it.
It wasn’t until a few years ago that I watched this on Satellite TV, and thought…'Whoa! here’s a bunch of everyday guys taking on the establishment - but doing it in a fun, couldn’t give a **** way.
I just think that’s it’s a feel-good movie…and I love the way that bad-ass Sheriff ‘Lyle’, played by the superlative, and ever-wonderful Ernest Borgnine, starts by being a real sonovabitch, determined to bring the truckers down, but ends with laughing his heart out at the irony of it all…
Yes, the ‘Convoy’ hit song does contribute to a great degree, but not to the extent where it over-shadows the film. It is hinted at at the beginning, and then played in it’s entirety at the end.
All in all, I can’t think of any other trucker movies. It is one of a kind.
Not ashamed to say that this reminds me of my child-hood…
Thumbs up.
Oh, and yes…to my way of thinking…‘The Wild Bunch’ will forever reign as Peckinpah’s triumph… 
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Hi, Aldo.
I’m not into long drawn-out debates on likes or dislikes.
May I ask, what didn’t you like about ‘Convoy’?
If you like Trucker films Toscano this one’s not too bad and of course has the independant trucker taking on the man too.
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Cheers Phil.
I’m not a massive fan of truckers, but will most certainly give this a go…Thank you, amigo.