Last year, I watched a couple of classic Howard Hawks movies, and I thought “well, I’ve gotta watch them all”. And… when it gets to the 60s, these are movies I’ve never heard of before:
So this is one of them. I was only able to find this bluray in a Spanish edition, but it’s got an English sound-track, too.
But… I’m guessing this isn’t one of them there Howard Hawks classics.
Ah, James Caan… he was one of the biggest stars for a while, but I think he’s basically been forgotten now?
Er… I’m not even sure that’s him…
Man! She went to bed without removing the makeup!?
What happened! This is really bad! It’s written and directed by Hawks, but it seems totally amateurish — the shots are incomprehensively awkward, and it’s been super duper boring so far.
“To be serious I think there were some pretty good things in it but as a piece of entertainment I don’t think I did a good job. I think there were some individual scenes that were pretty good and there were a lot of great race scenes. But I’m not proud of the picture as a whole.”
Caan later called the film “a joke”.
People like it less than the critics (but there’s only six reviews).
It’s Sulu!
Man, this is so weird. Not just the boring plot and stuff, but just on a scene to scene basis — they splice in still photos showing what they’re watching, for instance, so it looks like a parody of a movie. (They couldn’t afford shooting the reverse?)
Nobody likes this movie — I think that’s the lowest rating Hawks has on any movie?
OK, I’m bailing. It’s rare that I bail on movies, but this is just dire. It’s amazing that somebody who made Bringing Up Baby, His Girl Friday and The Big Sleep made something as awful as this.
Red Line 7000. Howard Hawks. 1965. ☐
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