I love The Private Eyes. My best friend and I went to see it with his dad way back in 1980. Both my friend and I were rolling in the aisles, but boy did his dad hate it. It's the perfect comedy for fourth-graders, silly and ridiculous. I was lucky enough to find it on DVD not long ago for a reasonable price, and I laughed at it just as much as I did then. I wish Jason was still around to have watched it with me. RIP, Jason, and the same goes for your dad as well.
My dad took me and my sister to see it in the theater. I was about 6-7 and she was 2 years older. We loved it. My dad loved it as far as I know - I can't remember his reaction in the theater but as a family, we had it on VHS and watching it was a regular deal, with all 4 of us laughing our ass off. How can one not laugh no matter what Knotts & Conway do? The first version we had was recorded off its network tv premiere, and it contained the deleted scenes that FINALLY after 40 years, someone put up on TH-cam. They were deleted from my copy b/c I recorded over the TV version when it played on HBO, as the quality was 10x superior. My best friend of 40+ years just died last year, and we watched this movie over a hundred times, from little kids to college and beyond, and 30% of this movie's dialogue became part of our daily vernacular, but he almost didn't believe me on the deleted scenes I always told him about. ("I'll give ya 5 bucks if you don't tell her the peas are canned!" - LOOOL!) I'm so grateful that I was able to send him the YT link of those scenes and he got to see them before he died. Watched it today for the first time since he died, and it crushed me.
"Well ya know somethin' Mean Gene, all my little Jackamaniacs have been askin' me, how do you take on somebody like The Fabulous Jessica? Well when I lock the door of that steel kitchen, and the bell rings, we're gonna get down and dirty! You're gonna see moves nobody's ever seen before! So whatcha gonna do, Jessica, when the Jackster runs wild on you?!"
James M. Cain who wrote not only the Postman Always Rings Twice, but also Mildred Peirce, and Double Indemnity, possessed a real talent for these types of stories. Of course he wrote other things, but these 3 exemplify his form. Sadly, this version sucks the life out of the story that was a much better film when Lana Turner was in it. I suggest that if you want this TYPE of story set in the modern day rather than going back to the time period set in both Double Indemnity and Postman, try out Kathleen Turner and William Hurt in 1981's Body Heat. You will come back here and you will thank me.
The 1940s version is better, but also sanitizes Cain's novel due to Hays Code restrictions at the time. This version had the potential to be great and it's more explicit about the sexuality in the book, but the script is mostly muddled and the characters remain inert throughout.
i love Don Knotts, he almost feels like family or something the way i grew up with him. Private Eyes wasnt his best effort but i enjoyed it. Galaxina i actually really like too, i think it ios far funnier than people may think, it is dumb but it cracks me up. it is mostly only remembered for the Dorothy Stratton tragedy, but i think its worth a watch, it is slow though. and they are correct its a shame she didnt really get to do much in the role but be pretty.
Galaxina does basically the same thing that Mel Brooks Spaceballs did (lampoon sci fi movies) like several years before THAT movie, though less famously.
So Gene liked "Private Eyes" but not "The Shining." Yeah, that aged well! And why did they have to compare so many comedies to "Airplane!," which was unique and obviously influenced so many films to come? "Caveman" and "Galaxina" simply weren't in the same league as that classic.
Galaxina wants to be funnier than it really is. Avery Schreiber is trying SO hard, but the injokes -- most of the "comedy" comes from that -- are very poorly presented (Look, there's a guy with Spock ears, but they're upside down!!). Sadly, if this film is remembered at all, it's for the fact that it's Dorothy Stratten's last film before she was murdered. Galaxina doesn't exactly show her off at her best, however. Word was that Hugh Hefner wouldn't permit any nude scenes to remain in the film, but the fact remains: she looks great, but she simply wasn't given any opportunity to prove whether she was more than that. From the evidence of Galaxina - probably the only film anyone will check out with her in it - she wasn't.
Galaxina does basically the same thing that Mel Brooks Spaceballs did (lampoon sci fi) some several years before THAT movie, though much less famously.
So I have a major problem and I preface this by saying I adore both these men and the contribution to critical thinking on cinema, but to trash Postman which has tested time and praise some drivel that Don Knotts put out. Cmon man
I love The Private Eyes. My best friend and I went to see it with his dad way back in 1980. Both my friend and I were rolling in the aisles, but boy did his dad hate it. It's the perfect comedy for fourth-graders, silly and ridiculous. I was lucky enough to find it on DVD not long ago for a reasonable price, and I laughed at it just as much as I did then. I wish Jason was still around to have watched it with me. RIP, Jason, and the same goes for your dad as well.
My dad took me and my sister to see it in the theater. I was about 6-7 and she was 2 years older. We loved it. My dad loved it as far as I know - I can't remember his reaction in the theater but as a family, we had it on VHS and watching it was a regular deal, with all 4 of us laughing our ass off. How can one not laugh no matter what Knotts & Conway do? The first version we had was recorded off its network tv premiere, and it contained the deleted scenes that FINALLY after 40 years, someone put up on TH-cam. They were deleted from my copy b/c I recorded over the TV version when it played on HBO, as the quality was 10x superior. My best friend of 40+ years just died last year, and we watched this movie over a hundred times, from little kids to college and beyond, and 30% of this movie's dialogue became part of our daily vernacular, but he almost didn't believe me on the deleted scenes I always told him about. ("I'll give ya 5 bucks if you don't tell her the peas are canned!" - LOOOL!) I'm so grateful that I was able to send him the YT link of those scenes and he got to see them before he died. Watched it today for the first time since he died, and it crushed me.
Episode aired March 19, 1981 according to IMDB.
The make out session on the kitchen table is 🔥...Jack was getting it in!!!!
"Jessica Lange and Jack Nicholson are terrific in the wrestling scenes in this movie" lol Roger 🤣😂😁
"Well ya know somethin' Mean Gene, all my little Jackamaniacs have been askin' me, how do you take on somebody like The Fabulous Jessica? Well when I lock the door of that steel kitchen, and the bell rings, we're gonna get down and dirty! You're gonna see moves nobody's ever seen before! So whatcha gonna do, Jessica, when the Jackster runs wild on you?!"
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Postman is genius. I love both versions
James M. Cain who wrote not only the Postman Always Rings Twice, but also Mildred Peirce, and Double Indemnity, possessed a real talent for these types of stories. Of course he wrote other things, but these 3 exemplify his form. Sadly, this version sucks the life out of the story that was a much better film when Lana Turner was in it. I suggest that if you want this TYPE of story set in the modern day rather than going back to the time period set in both Double Indemnity and Postman, try out Kathleen Turner and William Hurt in 1981's Body Heat. You will come back here and you will thank me.
The 1940s version is better, but also sanitizes Cain's novel due to Hays Code restrictions at the time. This version had the potential to be great and it's more explicit about the sexuality in the book, but the script is mostly muddled and the characters remain inert throughout.
All three are awesome books.
How could you not grin at that freezer scene? Grumpy Gene.
"The movie is truly lost in space". How clever, Roger.
i love Don Knotts, he almost feels like family or something the way i grew up with him. Private Eyes wasnt his best effort but i enjoyed it.
Galaxina i actually really like too, i think it ios far funnier than people may think, it is dumb but it cracks me up. it is mostly only remembered for the Dorothy Stratton tragedy, but i think its worth a watch, it is slow though. and they are correct its a shame she didnt really get to do much in the role but be pretty.
Galaxina does basically the same thing that Mel Brooks Spaceballs did (lampoon sci fi movies) like several years before THAT movie, though less famously.
I can't believe they select academy award nominees to criticize!!!
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Tommy Lee Jones looks a bit like Neil Young?
"All Night Long" did extremely well at the box-office.
Distributed by Universal Pictures in March 20, 1981.
I just looked it up and it was a box office flop.
@@ricardocantoral7672 you’re right the film was a box office flop for Universal and Verna Fields will be leaving the studio as well.
So Gene liked "Private Eyes" but not "The Shining." Yeah, that aged well! And why did they have to compare so many comedies to "Airplane!," which was unique and obviously influenced so many films to come? "Caveman" and "Galaxina" simply weren't in the same league as that classic.
A lot of critics hated The Shining upon it's initial release.
P.A R.T = Nicholson seems he played it more like Clint Eastwood.....
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Directorial decision?
Galaxina wants to be funnier than it really is. Avery Schreiber is trying SO hard, but the injokes -- most of the "comedy" comes from that -- are very poorly presented (Look, there's a guy with Spock ears, but they're upside down!!).
Sadly, if this film is remembered at all, it's for the fact that it's Dorothy Stratten's last film before she was murdered. Galaxina doesn't exactly show her off at her best, however. Word was that Hugh Hefner wouldn't permit any nude scenes to remain in the film, but the fact remains: she looks great, but she simply wasn't given any opportunity to prove whether she was more than that. From the evidence of Galaxina - probably the only film anyone will check out with her in it - she wasn't.
Galaxina does basically the same thing that Mel Brooks Spaceballs did (lampoon sci fi) some several years before THAT movie, though much less famously.
Ebert was too harsh on that scale model, it was really just shot poorly and it was a much smaller model than most filming models.
Great actors in bad movies. It happens.
Sally Fields clients must all be deaf 😏
Blind. She's practically flat chested.
POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE... has a LANGE beaver shot.
John Colicos is actually better than Jack Nicholson in The Postman Always Rings Twice.
So I have a major problem and I preface this by saying I adore both these men and the contribution to critical thinking on cinema, but to trash Postman which has tested time and praise some drivel that Don Knotts put out. Cmon man
Backroads is awful. Cliched and redundant. Nothing to say.
"Backroads" was CBS' first theatrical release in March 20, 1981.
It did well at the box-office.