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Fig. 1. I grew up here. A wide balcony overlooked a huge screen.
A brief word about the ALEX movie theater located in Glendale, California. I was born in Glendale and as a youngster, my parents would sometimes come to this particular "picture palace" as they were known back then. The description was appropriate because some of the more elaborate movie houses, many of them dating from the 1930's, were indeed palatial. The ALEX, for instance, has (had) a beautiful balcony, a second story kind of thing that gazed down on a huge screen below. The view was better -- and more spectacular -- than you might imagine. Especially for a young person like me. Needless to say, my love of movies was born in these places (palaces). Years later, I still visited the theater from time to time and enjoyed smoking in the balcony while watching the latest Hollywood extravaganza.
I don't go to theaters anymore, or smoke cigarettes -- or look backwards all that much -- but those were the days. Kids today have IMAX 3-D and the rest of it, bigger and louder than ever. But better? The poetry and romance of viewing films, the act of watching them in addition to enjoying the film itself, has been lost along the way. I'm okay with that. Different times and all. And as long as documentaries continue to show the glitz and glamor that once accompanied the film experience, there will always be those who stare at nothing and revel in everything.
I don't go to theaters anymore, or smoke cigarettes -- or look backwards all that much -- but those were the days. Kids today have IMAX 3-D and the rest of it, bigger and louder than ever. But better? The poetry and romance of viewing films, the act of watching them in addition to enjoying the film itself, has been lost along the way. I'm okay with that. Different times and all. And as long as documentaries continue to show the glitz and glamor that once accompanied the film experience, there will always be those who stare at nothing and revel in everything.
H I S T O R I C A L
based on a true story | based on real facts | complete hogwash
Prequels, Originals, Sequels, Remakes
Tom Hanks’ FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON
THE DA VINCI CODE ANGELS & DEMONS INFERNO ALEXANDER Director’s Cut ALEXANDER The Final Cut SPARTACUS Blood & Sand SPARTACUS (original Kubrick epik) GREYSTOKE: The Legend Of TARZAN, Lord Of The Apes TARZAN The Ape Man ROBIN HOOD Prince Of Thieves ROBIN HOOD (2010 version) PRINCE OF THIEVES (1948) ROBIN HOOD (1938) THE MASK OF ZORRO THE LEGEND OF ZORRO IN THE NAME OF THE KING IN THE NAME OF THE KING II Two Worlds EXCALIBUR FIRST KNIGHT THE 300 SPARTANS 300 300: Rise Of An Empire THE LEGEND OF HERCULES HERCULES Dwayne Johnson THE IMMORTALS BONNIE & CLYDE | BONNIE & CLYDE (TV remake) ELIZABETH ELIZABETH The Golden Age THE MUSKETEER THE THREE MUSKETEERS THE SCORPION KING THE SCORPION KING 2 THE SCORPION KING 3 IRONCLAD | IRONCLAD Battle For Blood NINJA | NINJA II DEATHSTALKER | DEATHSTALKER II BARBARIAN QUEEN | THE WARRIOR & THE SORCERESS LONE SURVIVOR RULES OF ENGAGEMENT HOME OF THE BRAVE ACT OF VALOR AMERICAN SNIPER DAY OF THE JACKAL | THE JACKAL ONG-BAK The Thai Warrior ONG-BAK 2 | ONG-BAK 3 THE PROTECTOR BATAAN | BACK TO BATAAN PRIVATE PARTS NORTH & SOUTH THE IP MAN | IP MAN 2 \ IP MAN 3 THE IP MAN The Final Fight NOAH | THE TEN COMMANDMENTS EXODUS Gods and Kings SEABISCUIT | SECRETARIAT THE BLACK STALLION | WAR HORSE THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT Parts 1 & 2 THE ROBE | DEMETRIUS AND THE GLADIATORS MOBY DICK | IN THE HEART OF THE SEA MOBY DICK (gregory peck) KOREA The Forgotten War | VIETNAM The Ten-Thousand Day War LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM CAPTAIN BLOOD | THE SEA HAWK OPEN WATER 1, 2, 3 ZULU DAWN | ZULU THREADS | THE DAY AFTER | BY DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT |
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ROB ROY
BRAVEHEART KINGDOM OF HEAVEN KING ARTHUR KRAKATOA East (West) Of Java 10,000 B.C. QUEST FOR FIRE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (original) APOCALYPTO THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS (remake) THE LAST SAMARAI Akira Kurosawa’s RAN APOLLO 13 IN HELL WORLD TRADE CENTER FLIGHT 93 THE BLACK DAHLIA AMERICAN GANGSTER DILLINGER (1973) RAGING BULL OUT OF AFRICA HOLLYWOODLAND THE MESSENGER The Story Of Joan Of Ark CHANGELING AUSTRALIA MOMMIE DEAREST THE UNTOUCHABLES BARRY LYNDON THE RIGHT STUFF THE LAST LEGION ONE MILLION YEARS B.C. (remake) HELEN OF TROY (1958 original) KRAKATOA East Of Java THE LAST VALLEY GALLIPOLI VALKYRIE EMPIRE OF THE SUN THE ALAMO (remake) COLD MOUNTAIN MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA THE LAST LEGION THE EAGLE CENTURION 1911 ARN TROY GLADIATOR CUTTHROAT ISLAND THE VIKINGS (1958) AMISTAD TITANIC THE FOUR FEATHERS (remake) THE PRIDE AND THE PASSION MY WAY THE GREEN BERETS BONNIE AND CLYDE THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO (Touchstone) LONE SURVIVOR THE BEAST CREATION POMPEII THE DEVILS Oliver Reed FIRST KNIGHT PRINCE OF PERSIA THE LEGENDS OF HERCULES ASSASSIN'S BLADE WAR OF THE ARROWS BROTHERHOOD OF THE BLADES GLORY GANGSTER SQUAD IVANHOE THE CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR THE NEW WORLD A KNIGHT'S TALE CASINO JACK PATHFINDER THE GUILLOTINES THE ICEMAN WHITE VENGEANCE RED SONJA THE MUSKETEER LAWLESS THERE BE DRAGONS MOBY DICK 4th Version THE REVENANT THE IMITATION GAME AMAZING GRACE STALINGRAD SOLOMON AND SHEBA LITTLE BIG SOLDIER BARABBAS SECRETARIAT SEABISCUIT SPACE COWBOYS BLACK MASS THE ASSASSINS THE GHOST AND THE DARKNESS MUAY THAI WARRIOR DOCTOR ZHIVAGO ANTHROPOID THE ICEMAN FAIR GAME SALO: The 120 Days Of Sodom INTO THE WILD GETTYSBURG DEEPWATER HORIZON AMERICAN ULTRA THE THREE MUSKETEERS WARRIORS OF THE RAINBOW BEYOND THE SEA THE PIRATES LAST KNIGHTS INTO THE WILD RAGING BULL PHANTOM ZERO DARK THIRTY THE FROZEN GROUND HACKSAW RIDGE THE DOORS REMEMBER WARRIORS OF THE RAINBOW THE PIRATES LITTLE BIG SOLDIER SHAOLIN LEGEND OF THE FIST The Return of Chen Zhen THE FRENCH CONNECTION I & II SPARTACUS GORILLAS IN THE MIST LINCOLN ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA VICTORY @ SEA MONEYBALL LITTLE BIG MAN 99 HOMES PRIVATE PARTS THE GREAT GATSBY ROYAL DECEIT LAND OF MINE THE FREE STATE OF JONES COLONIA DEVIL'S KNOT CITIZEN KANE CAPTAIN PHILLIPS LAWRENCE OF ARABIA EL CID OPEN WATER 1,2,3 | 47 METERS DOWN HOUSE OF MANSON CAPTAIN BLOOD | THE SEAHAWK SWING TIME HOSTILES Disney's THE FINEST HOURS THE BIG SHORT THE SHALLOWS | THE REEF THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK QUILLS THE ARTIST JUNGLE BRUBAKER |
W E S T E R N S
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EL MARIACHI
DESPERADO ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO 3:10 TO YUMA 3:10 TO YUMA (remake) QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER CROSSFIRE TRAIL VALDEZ IS COMING LAWMAN A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY HANG’EM HIGH UNFORGIVEN TEXAS RANGERS \ DEAD MAN ONE-EYED JACKS ANY GUN CAN PLAY THE DEADLY TRACKERS MAN IN THE WILDERNESS SAM ELLIOTT THE DESPERATE TRAIL | YOU KNOW MY NAME ROUGH RIDERS THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES PALE RIDER BRONCO BILLY THE QUICK AND THE DEAD | THE QUICK AND THE DEAD TRUE GRIT (remake) TRUE GRIT (original) |
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APPALOOSA (2008)
THERE WILL BE BLOOD NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST DUCK, YOU SUCKER aka A FIST FULL OF DYNAMITE THE PROPOSITION Howard Hughes’ THE OUTLAW OPEN RANGE HIDALGO THE MISSING A MAN CALLED HORSE SILVERADO LEGENDS OF THE FALL FAR AND AWAY GONE WITH THE WIND McLINTOCK! THE MISSOURI BREAKS THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES (Brad Pitt) THE BIG TREES CAT BALLOU THE WILD BUNCH BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID JEREMIAH JOHNSON COLD MOUNTAIN THE ALAMO Remake BLAZING SADDLES MAVERICK WYATT EARP WILD BILL TOMBSTONE THE COWBOYS DANCES WITH WOLVES THE APPALOOSA (1966) THE GOOD, THE BAD, & THE WEIRD VERA CRUZ SERAPHIM FALLS DJANGO Unchained HOMBRE THE LONE RANGER (Depp remake) SEPTEMBER DAWN SWEETWATER RED HILL McCABE & MRS. MILLER SHENANDOAH THE TRAIN ROBBERS PANCHO VILLA THE WARRIOR'S WAY THE WAR WAGON LONESOME DOVE THE UNDEFEATED NEVADA SMITH EASTERN BANDITS THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALENCE THE NIGHT OF THE GRIZZLY THE WAY WEST THE LONG RIDERS A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST EXIT HUMANITY STAGECOACH Johnny Cash SLOW WEST THE HATEFUL EIGHT LITTLE BIG MAN MUAY THAI WARRIOR PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (original) SERENA LORD JIM HOSTILES COWBOYS AND ALIENS YOUNG GUNS |
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FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA BEHIND ENEMY LINES BEHIND ENEMY LINES II BEHIND ENEMY LINES III Columbia BEHIND ENEMY LINES IV Seal Team Eight TEARS OF THE SUN (director's cut) FULL METAL JACKET MEMPHIS BELLE MEMPHIS BELLE The Documentary Hanks’ & Spielberg’s BAND OF BROTHERS Hanks’ & Spielberg’s THE PACIFIC THE INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS RED DAWN RED DAWN (remake) RULES OF ENGAGEMENT HOME OF THE BRAVE COURAGE UNDER FIRE TORA, TORA, TORA IN HARM'S WAY IP MAN | IP MAN 2 | IP MAN 3 IP MAN The Final Fight INVASION USA MISSING IN ACTION DELTA FORCE DELTA FORCE 2 BATAAN | BACK TO BATAAN APOCALYPSE NOW Full Disclosure APOCALYPSE NOW Redux APOCALYPSE NOW The Complete Dossier VICTORY AT SEA The Complete Original TV Series VIETNAM The Ten-Thousand Day War The Complete Original TV Series LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM KOREA The Forgotten War PORKCHOP HILL SNIPER 1, 2, 3, 4 Reloaded THE PRISONER | COMMANDOS STRIKE AT DAWN CASTLE KEEP | YOUNG WINSTON | BITTER VICTORY THE DAY AFTER | THREADS | WORLD WAR III APOCALYPSE NOW | REDUX | FULL DISCLOSURE THE COMPLETE DOSSIER |
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THE DIRTY DOZEN
KELLY’S HEROES THE PATRIOT RUN SILENT, RUN DEEP BEACHHEAD BEACH RED ATTACK! THE BRIDGE AT REMAGEN THE DEVIL’S BRIGADE 633 SQUADRON A BRIDGE TOO FAR WAKE ISLAND BATTLE HYMN GRAY LADY DOWN TO HELL AND BACK MASTER AND COMMANDER The Far Side Of The World LORD OF WAR THE PEACEKEEPER PATTON TO END ALL WARS THE BIG RED ONE FLYBOYS BLACK HAWK DOWN CRIMSON TIDE THE KINGDOM RESCUE DAWN THE THIN RED LINE THREE KINGS BASIC PEARL HARBOR ENEMY AT THE GATES HART’S WAR WE WERE SOLDIERS WINDTALKERS K-19 The Widow Maker THE GREEN ZONE PASSCHENDAELE NONE BUT THE BRAVE THE GREAT RAID THE GUNS OF NAVARONE RED TAILS MY WAY TRIAGE ATTACK ON DARFUR PATHS OF GLORY ON THE BEACH (1959 original) ON THE BEACH (remake) HAMBURGER HILL TAE GUK GI Spielberg’s 1941 Spielberg’s EMPIRE OF THE SUN Spielberg’s SAVING PRIVATE RYAN Spielberg’s SCHINDLER’S LIST PLATOON RULES OF ENGAGEMENT HOME OF THE BRAVE WHERE EAGLES DARE THE KEEP HOME OF THE BRAVE THE BLUE MAX INVASION USA THE HURT LOCKER VALKYRIE CASUALTIES OF WAR FLIGHT OF THE INTRUDER ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT REDS BATTLE OF BRITAIN SPECIAL FORCES (French version) TROPIC THUNDER SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE LONE SURVIVOR THE BEAST OBJECTIVE, BURMA GO FOR BROKE NEVER SO FEW WAR HORSE THE PIANIST UNCOMMON VALOR FURY THE LONGEST DAY NO MAN'S LAND THE MARKSMAN MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA TAPS WRATH OF VAJRA ACT OF VALOR 13 RUE MADELEINE VICTORY THE MONUMENTS MEN VON RYAN'S EXPRESS THE BRIDGES AT TOKO RI FLYING LEATHERNECKS THE EAGLE HAS LANDED STALINGRAD TAKING CHANCE D-DAY The Sixth of June LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL ANTHROPOID 9TH COMPANY GETTYSBURG WARRIORS OF THE RAINBOW DESTINATION TOKYO THE PHANTOM ZERO DARK THIRTY THE DEER HUNTER HACKSAW RIDGE SEVEN DAYS IN MAY REMEMBER FLYBOYS THE BLUE MAX WINGS LAND OF MINE MORITURI THEY WERE EXPENDABLE MIDWAY LAWRENCE OF ARABIA DAS BOOT THE NIGHT OF THE GENERALS CROSS OF IRON SAHARA ALLIED BATTLE OF THE BULGE |
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Bond. James Bond.
T H E C O M P L E T E S E R I E S
[1962-2015]
Twenty-Six Films in Chronological Order
1962 | DR. NO | FROM RUSSIAN WITH LOVE | GOLDFINGER | THUNDERBALL | CASINO ROYALE | YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE | DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER | LIVE AND LET DIE | THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
THE SPY WHO LOVED ME | MOONRAKER | FOR YOUR EYES ONLY | OCTOPUSSY | NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN | A VIEW TO A KILL
THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS | LICENCE TO KILL | GOLDEN EYE | TOMORROW NEVER DIES | THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
DIE ANOTHER DAY | CASINO ROYALE | QUANTUM OF SOLACE | SKYFALL | SPECTRE | 2015
TAFFIN | KINGSMAN | The MAN From U.N.C.L.E.
[1962-2015]
Twenty-Six Films in Chronological Order
1962 | DR. NO | FROM RUSSIAN WITH LOVE | GOLDFINGER | THUNDERBALL | CASINO ROYALE | YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE | DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER | LIVE AND LET DIE | THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
THE SPY WHO LOVED ME | MOONRAKER | FOR YOUR EYES ONLY | OCTOPUSSY | NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN | A VIEW TO A KILL
THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS | LICENCE TO KILL | GOLDEN EYE | TOMORROW NEVER DIES | THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
DIE ANOTHER DAY | CASINO ROYALE | QUANTUM OF SOLACE | SKYFALL | SPECTRE | 2015
TAFFIN | KINGSMAN | The MAN From U.N.C.L.E.
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