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April 2nd, 2012, 02:37 AM
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#61 | | Cutting your grass
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 5,673 |
The Terror of Tiny Town FTW
A Western where the entire cast is midgets. They walk under the swinging bar room doors, and can hardly reach the bar.
Go to 57:30 for the midget fight. BEST MOVIE EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Last edited by Lawnmowerman; April 2nd, 2012 at 03:06 AM.
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April 2nd, 2012, 03:41 AM
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#62 | | Revisionist
Joined: Nov 2011 From: Closer to Calais than to Birmingham Posts: 3,445 | Quote:
Originally Posted by Lawnmowerman  The Terror of Tiny Town (1938 Movie) - YouTube
The Terror of Tiny Town FTW
A Western where the entire cast is midgets. They walk under the swinging bar room doors, and can hardly reach the bar.
Go to 57:30 for the midget fight. BEST MOVIE EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | Thanks for finding this. I referenced it in another thread but I recall it under the title "Low Noon". http://www.historum.com/lounge/37010...tml#post902129 | | | |
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April 5th, 2012, 03:43 AM
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#63 | | Historian
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 1,155 | Quote:
Originally Posted by Ancientgeezer | Evil Toons
I remember seeing 'Terror of Tiny Town', it was bizarre, I think a penguin waddles across the screen at some point?
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June 30th, 2012, 06:58 AM
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#64 | | Historian
Joined: May 2012 From: On a soapbox. Posts: 2,647 | Quote:
Originally Posted by SirOrmondeWinter | Lol, I'd watch that. Tiny Town link has been terminated sadly.
The recent spate of Sci-Fi Channel movies, breaks its own record for badness almost every week...
"Titanic II", "Two-headed Shark", "Sharktopus", etc, the list is endless and hilariously bad  Quote:
Originally Posted by Naomasa298 Check out Carry On Cowboy for a realistic depiction. |  (I get all my facts from Carry On films) | |
Last edited by Sicknero; June 30th, 2012 at 07:06 AM.
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June 30th, 2012, 07:05 AM
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#65 | | Historian
Joined: May 2012 From: On a soapbox. Posts: 2,647 |
Wiped
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July 3rd, 2012, 12:30 PM
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#66 | | .
Joined: Jul 2011 From: na Posts: 3,067 |
I'm a huge fan of Sergio Leone. While some of his movies are a shot-to-shot copy of Kurosawa (Yojimbo - A Fistful of Dollars) his other films such as Once Upon a Time in The West and Once Upon a Time in America are both masterpieces.
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July 3rd, 2012, 12:42 PM
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#67 | | Citizen
Joined: Jul 2012 From: Everson Wa. Posts: 47 |
THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES is my favorite. Even has some real Indians.
Andy
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July 3rd, 2012, 01:20 PM
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#68 | | Scholar
Joined: Sep 2010 From: Nyeri, Kenyan Highlands Posts: 953 |
Has anybody mentioned Bad Day at Black Rock? Spencer Tracy at his best.
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July 4th, 2012, 12:45 AM
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#69 | | Historian
Joined: May 2012 From: Denmark Posts: 1,576 | Quote:
Originally Posted by Fireatwill I'm a huge fan of Sergio Leone. While some of his movies are a shot-to-shot copy of Kurosawa (Yojimbo - A Fistful of Dollars) his other films such as Once Upon a Time in The West and Once Upon a Time in America are both masterpieces. | All of his movies are masterpieces (I haven't seen his first one, the sword and sandal movie he made, though), and I also think everyone is quite aware that his westerns was not made with realism in mind. He was a master at conveying a story in paced scenes with very little dialogue. And his nihilistic universe is a refreshing breath of fresh air from the black hat/white hat template of most contemporary Hollywood westerns.
It is amazing that he could turn around and create an epic movie like Once Upon a Time in America, where, with the same set of tools as he used in his westerns, he could suddenly make this melancholic, slow paced story of development and the passage of time. It is really a shame that he didn't get to make more movies.
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July 4th, 2012, 12:58 AM
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#70 | | Historian
Joined: May 2012 From: On a soapbox. Posts: 2,647 | Quote:
Originally Posted by Piscator Has anybody mentioned Bad Day at Black Rock? Spencer Tracy at his best. | Love that film! Does it qualify as a western though..?
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