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Comment COOL β if you want to see Cool Hand Luke!
Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid: https://youtu.be/RfwmUCWqff8
The music is ragtime, specifically Scott Joplin, and was at least a decade past its heyday at the time this story takes place. Even so it was perfect for the film and sparked a renewed interest in that genre of music. As for it "not being a Butch Cassidy ending", the producers were mindful of that as well. Accordingly the last line of one of the trailers was "this time they just might make it".
Watch Cool Hand Luke for your next Paul Newman movie.
Donβt forget – you did see Robert Shaw in βFrom Russia With Loveβ
I had to Google what year the movie takes place. Then I Googled the conversion for 2023.
"$400,000 in 1936 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $8,540,920.86 today, an increase of $8,140,920.86 over 87 years."
Now THAT's a handsome profit!
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I think the Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ending helped make their "deaths" at the end of this one more believable to the audience before the big reveal.
And if you'd like another heist movie to watch, Tower Heist (2011) is awesome. Great cast, great writing, and great execution π
I've actually never seen this movie either, so it was entertaining to watch it along with you! You should also still watch Cool Hand Luke
You should react to The Northman by Robert Eggers (2022). It is a really intense, but good, movie and not that many people know about it. It's the most accurate Viking movie to date staring Alexzander Skarsgard. The story is from the Danish legend Amleth which Shakespeare drew inspiration from for his script, Hamlet.
400,000 us dollars then in 1930s is worth now in 2023 just over 7 million
Robert Shaw: Black Friday, Robert Redford: Three Days of the Condor
0:41 When I hear this music all I can really see is Tony Knowles fluking a blue into the middle pocket and Tony Meo with a resigned smile on his face. And Kirk Stevens in a fedora.
A stripper, then a comedian, a stripper, then a comedian — that IS the way shows are done in Las Vegas
Although this movie re-popularized Ragtime music, Ragtime was popular during the 1890-1910-ish. The Sting is set in 1936 during the Big Band era. I always found that a bit weird. However the Norman Rockwell-esque title art for the movie is spot on.
If you want to develop an even bigger crush on Robert Redford watch Jeremiah Johnson. He never played a more masculine role, in the best sense of that word.
Paul Newman is brilliant! Have you seen Road To Perdition? And Color Of Money? He is brilliant in those two as well!
Ah, the generations gap… it wouldn't surprise me if Brad Pitt grew up hoping people thought he looked like Robert Redford!
I'm loving the choices of movies to react to lately, keep them coming.
Paul Neuman your crush? The guys like 0ver 100 if he was aliveππ
Slapshot is the best Neuman movie
$400,000 circa 1930 translates to over 7 million in 2022… damn
Interesting trivia tidbit: director George Roy Hill became the first filmmaker to have two separate films with a $100 million box office gross. This is one, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is the other one.
"When I'm an old lady I'm going to hit people with my handbag" π
"I need a nickname" …Handbag Jenny…with a bag full of pennies.
DEFINITELY COOL HAND LUKE…a classic
You totally need to watch Redford 's "Sneakers" movie! Heist! Heist!
Great list of character actors in this
This is one of my favorite movies of all time. 4/5 Stars on my hard rating system.
$10,000 in today's money, $200,000. And half a Million dollars is 10 Million dollars in today's money.
The Joke, "you seen one you seen them all." "Yeah, but this on is eating my popcorn" is an old joke about a guy who sneaks a duck into a movie theater in his pants and unzips his pants to let it breathe.
Long odds versus short odds is a pony that pays 5 to 1 versus a pony that pays 2 to 1. So, if you bet $1000 on long odds, you win $5000 versus the $2000 on a short odds.
Phew! I'm glad you watched it ALL THE WAY to the end, Jen. I was afraid that you were going to have such flashbacks to Butch and Sundance that you would turn it off in protest before you saw the final reveal. π€ But you stuck with it to create another great reaction, Jenny Penny. β€ππ
So many great movies came out around this time. Out of all the reactors on YouTube and there's a quite a bit of them. Only a handful or less have actually viewed this and reacted to this masterpiece of a movie. I think Robert Shaw In my humble opinion. Basically stole the movie. And almost unrecognizable compared to what he starred in two years later. That would be the blockbuster called Jaws. Couple of movies that came out around the same time that are worth noting and reacting to. The original Death Wish, staring Charles Bronson. And the original, Taking of the Pelham one two three. Which stars Robert Shaw also, pretty much unrecognizable again in this role. Along with Walter Matthau t and Jerry Stiller. With of course a few notable character actors of the day. Both movies really showcase the vibe. That was going on in New York City in the early mid-1970s. Especially when it came to crime and everyday life. Stay safe and be well always.
The card game scene on the train. Is one of the greatest scenes in motion picture history. From start to finish !
SUCH AN INCREDIBLE TWIST OF AN ENDING. ONE OF THE BEST IN MOVIE HISTORY. ANOTHER ONE THAT'S A REAL BIG TWIST AND SHOCKER FOR AN ENDING. IS A LITTLE OLD MOVIE FROM 1973 OR '74. STARRING OLIVER REED WHO PLAYED PROXIMO IN THE GLADIATOR. IS A MOVIE CALLED TEN LITTLE INDIANS. YOU WILL BE JUST AS SHOCKED AT THE END OF THAT MOVIE AS YOU WERE WITH THIS ONE. MAYBE EVEN MORE SO. IT'S MORE ALONG THE LINES OF A MURDER WHO DONE IT. WITH MULTIPLE BODIES AND VICTIMS.
ROUGHLY THAT 400,000 IN TODAY'S MONEY WOULD BE 7.1 MILLION DOLLARS.
"Man, [Robert Redford] looks like Brad Pitt!" You have to watch "Spy Game", if you haven't already βΊοΈ
Really enjoyed your reaction. ππ