“Apocalypse Now” (1979) was an institution in the house where I grew up. I think most fans will agree that Robert Duvall’s line here was the most iconic.
I am linking to The Dollar Theater on Youtube for the clip below.
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Rest easy, Robert Duvall.
Robert Duvall, star of “The Godfather” saga (1972-1990), “Apocalypse Now” (1979), “Colors” (1988) and “Falling Down” (1993), passed away yesterday at the age of 95.
Photo credit: Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Throwback Thursday: this intro for the 1984 TV premiere of “Alien” (1979)
Here’s another little goody related to ABC’s 1984 broadcast of “Alien” (1979) — the intro to it on “The ABC Sunday Night Movie,” complete with a content warning.
I am linking here, by the way, to the totally cool people at the Retro Channel on Youtube.
Throwback Thursday: this unfortunate 1984 ad for the network premiere of “Alien” (1979)
If you are even remotely familiar with Ridley Scott’s “Alien,” then you know that ABC’s marketing staff was not.
John Hurt is looking pretty spry. (At least they had the good sense to leave Ian Holm and Veronica Cartwright out of this mess.)
Anyway … did it really take “Alien” five years to reach network television? I seem to remember (falsely, I suppose) that it hit TV when I was still a very young child. Yes, HBO carried it only a year after its theatrical release — maybe that’s what I’m remembering. (People just called it “Home Box” back in the day. Being a little kid, I thought they meant the physical “box” –the converter — that sat atop the television.)
Yet I also seem to recall my family having Showtime, but not HBO … and people on my street still just called any premium channel “Home Box?” Whatever … it was a verrrry long time ago, and I wasn’t the brightest kid out there, anyway.
Source: Screen Gems on Facebook
My Facebook friends wanted me to make a meme out of my Ellen Ripley post.
So here it is.
Okay … in a deleted scene for “Aliens” (1986), Ripley is shown to have had a child, blah, blah, blah. But deleted scenes are not canon, My Dudes.
Postscript — my fellow nerds know that this message works equally well with Ms. Selina Kyle.
Donald Sutherland passed away today at the age of 88.
You can read Kiefer Sutherland’s tribute to his father right here at People magazine.
If you’re a nerd like me, then you remember the priceless actor from roles in movies like “Murder By Decree” (1979) and “The Puppet Masters” (1994). But nothing can beat his memorable turn in 1978’s “Invasion of the Body Snatchers.”
Rest in peace, thespian.
Photo credit: https://people.com/kiefer-sutherland-mourns-father-donald-sutherland-after-his-death-8666601
Poster for “Alien” (1979)
20th Century Fox.
A sure thing.
I noticed this last night. Ridley Scott is a Cinema God, and I should be cast out for nitpicking his genre-defining masterpiece. (If you need to ask which movie I am talking about, I’m not sure we can be friends.)
But the word nerd in me needs to point out that the computer here probably meant “ensure” instead of “insure.”
“The Avengers” #183, George Pérez, 1979
Marvel Comics.
*THE CALL IS COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE.*
THERE IS A STRANGE MAN IN MY HOUSE.
That’s okay, though — it’s me.
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