Shot at 60 part VIII: Christmas

Merry Christmas, folks. As it’s Christmas, I feel the need to do a Shot at 60 on Christmas movies. For your information:  As only a couple of Christmas movies were released theatrically in the 1970s, I’ve used three 1980s and three 1990s Christmas movies instead of usually having two. Enjoy! Scrooge (1970) National General Pictures / Dir: Ronald Neame / Prod: Solo   Santa Claus: The Movie (1985) … Continue reading Shot at 60 part VIII: Christmas

Shot at 60 part VII: Jack Nicholson

Welcome to the second of three special Shot at 60 posts focusing on actors. Enjoy! The Last Detail (1973) Columbia Pictures / Dir: Hal Ashby / Prod: Ayres   The Passenger (1975) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Dir: Michelangelo Antonioni / Prod: Ponti   One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) United Artists / Dir: Milos Forman / Prod: Zaentz & Douglas   Terms of Endearment (1983) Paramount Pictures / Dir: James L. Brooks … Continue reading Shot at 60 part VII: Jack Nicholson

Shot at 60 part VI: Sylvester Stallone

Welcome to the first of three special Shot at 60 posts focusing on actors. Capone (1975) 20th Century Fox / Dir: Steve Carver / Prod: Corman   Death Race 2000 (1975) New World Pictures / Dir: Paul Bartel / Prod: Corman & Weatherill   Rocky (1976) United Artists / Dir: John G. Avildsen / Prod: Chartoff & Winkler   Nighthawks (1981) Universal Pictures / Dir: Bruce Malmuth / Prod: Poll … Continue reading Shot at 60 part VI: Sylvester Stallone

Shot at 60 part V: Another Nine Shots Taken at Hour One.

I’m back…to bring you, my fans, another nine shots taken at hour one!   Superman (1978) Columbia-EMI-Warner / Dir: Richard Donner / Prod: Spengler   Alien (1979) 20th Century Fox / Dir: Ridley Scott / Prod: Carroll, Giler and Hill   Escape from Alcatraz (1979) Paramount Pictures / Dir: Don Siegel / Prod: Siegel & Daley   Predator (1987) 20th Century Fox / Dir: John McTiernan / Prod: Gordon, … Continue reading Shot at 60 part V: Another Nine Shots Taken at Hour One.

Shot at 60 part IV: Another Nine Shots Taken at Hour One.

Assuming that you liked last week’s ‘Halloween special’… another edition of Shot at 60 is upon us. Here are the nine shots: Last Tango in Paris (1972) United Artists / Dir: Bernando Bertolucci / Prod: Grimaldi   Deliverance (1972) Warner Bros. / Dir: John Boorman / Prod: Boorman   Mad Max (1979) Roadshow Distributors / Dir: George Miller / Prod: Kennedy   Blade Runner (The Final Cut edition) (1982/2007) Warner Bros. … Continue reading Shot at 60 part IV: Another Nine Shots Taken at Hour One.

Shot at 60 part III: Halloween

Happy Halloween, folks. To celebrate this year’s Halloween, here is a horror-only Shot at 60 post. Like the previous two, I’ve used three films from the 1970s, two from the 1980s, two from the 1990s, and two from the 2000s. Here are the nine shots: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) Bryanston Pictures / Dir: Tobe Hooper / Prod: Henkel, Hooper, Parsley and Saenz   Halloween (1978) Compass International … Continue reading Shot at 60 part III: Halloween

Shot at 60 part II: Another Nine Shots Taken at Hour One.

Evening… Here are another nine shots from nine different films taken a second or two after the one hour mark in a film’s duration: On the Buses (1971) MGM-EMI / Dir: Harry Booth / Prod: Chesney & Wolfe   Dog Day Afternoon (1975) Warner Bros. / Dir: Sidney Lumet / Prod: Bregman & Elfand   The Deer Hunter (1978) Universal Pictures / Dir: Michael Cimino / Prod: Spikings, Deeley, … Continue reading Shot at 60 part II: Another Nine Shots Taken at Hour One.

Shot at 60: Nine Shots Taken at Hour One.

Welcome to my first post… Instead of posting an iconic shot from nine different films, I’m being different – I’m posting a shot from a second or two after the one hour mark in a film’s duration. Here are the nine shots: Dirty Harry (1971) Warner Bros. / Dir: Don Siegel / Prod: Siegel & Daley   Chinatown (1974) Paramount Pictures / Dir: Roman Polanksi / Prod: … Continue reading Shot at 60: Nine Shots Taken at Hour One.