#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched Steve McQueen going down his own road, tougher than ever. Two Great Stars Appear Together For the First Time! The director of "The French Connection" is on the streets again! ENTER Jim 'Dragon' Kelly. He clobbers the mob as..

#TitleCardTuesday #filmsky The three main characters are named after dogs. Short Round was named after screenwriter Willard Huyck's dog, which was named after the orphan in The Steel Helmet (1951). Willie was named after Steven Spielberg's dog and Indiana was named after George Lucas' dog.

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#TitleCardTuesday #filmsky The car that Man Stoner drives at the beginning of the movie was owned by Jack Nicholson (pal of director Lou Adler) When Cheech & Chong enter Strawberry's House, the song that is looping on the turntable is the live version of "Star Star" by The Rolling Stones.

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Released #OTD in 1988 #filmsky This was the first time Eddie Murphy played multiple characters in the same film, inspired by Peter Sellers who did the same in Dr. Strangelove (1964) The name "Zamunda" (Prince Akeem's home country) was created by Richard Pryor for one of his routines.

Released #OTD in 1972 #filmsky Robert Redford originated the project and personally hired Michael Ritchie to direct it as he had worked as a technical adviser on various political campaigns. Groucho Marx has an uncredited walk-on cameo in what would be his last screen appearance.

Happy 100th Birthday #melbrooks #filmsky #comedy #botd

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched The True Origins of Hip Hop ...Where nothing can possibly go worng! New takes on parenting, living with a cat who sees ghosts, yard cleaning videos, artificial intelligence, and more! Never have so few taken so many for so much.

Released #OTD in 1973 #filmsky

#Jaws released #OTD in 1975 #filmsky my earliest intro to Jaws was from the Sunday Night Movie on TV in the early 80s

The Thing (1982, John Carpenter) #TitleCardTuesday #filmsky. Opened the same day as Blade Runner (1982). The similarities don't end there; both movies met with unfavorable reactions by critics... and are now considered masterpieces by film fans.

The Wild Bunch (1969, Sam Peckinpah) #TitleCardTuesday #filmsky Sam Peckinpah was inspired by his hunger to return to films, the violence seen in Bonnie and Clyde & America's growing frustration with Vietnam and what he perceived to be the utter lack of reality seen in Westerns up to that time.

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Next pick for the #Furious4KShelf #filmsky

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched The violence, the hate, the way-out parties...exactly as it happens! Welcome to Marlowe Country! If you steal $300,000 from the mob, it's not robbery. It's suicide. Will your school be NEXT?

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Weird Science (1985, John Hughes) #TitleCardTuesday #filmsky According to Bill Paxton, Chet's line "How about a nice greasy pork sandwich served in a dirty ashtray?" was based on something his father John Paxton used to say to him when Bill was hungover from a night of drinking.

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Rio Lobo (1970, Howard Hawks) #WesternWednesday #filmsky

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