Showing posts with label Charlton Heston. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Charlton Heston. Show all posts

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Earthquakes bring out the worst in some people.


I recently watched Earthquake and  it was really bad and one of the worst of the 70's disaster films. Not only is there an earthquake but they thought they needed a large flood to finish off what was left of the city of Los Angles. These disaster films always have weird casts. This one has Heston, Kennedy, Gardner and Roundtree and Walter Matuschanskayasky as a drunk which was the best part of the film the rest was bad. He was only on screen for about 5 minutes.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

I give ya warning, you step foot in Blanco Canyon once more and this country goin' to run red with blood until there ain't one of us left!


I haven't seen The Big Country in a long time. And I'd have to say I enjoyed it very much.The  first thing I like about this film is it's dramatic musical score by Jeromre Moross which was nominated for an Oscar but lost to The old man and the sea by Dimirti Tiomkin.  It also has many great actors who perform brilliantly such as Gregory Peck,Charlton Heston,Jean Simmons,Carroll Baker,Charles Bickford and Burl Ives for which he won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor which he well deserved. This was one of the few times the Academy used it's head. The Big Country is a timeless  classic and a must see for all movie lovers.