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Vintage Movie Wallpaper of the Day
Friday, November 14, 2008

And so begins several days of vintage images from this film. Up first is this absolutely rare and classic publicity image from Welcome Home, Soldier Boys (1972). Give yourself 2 billion cinephile points if you can name all actors and the name of the lone actress in this still.

Welcome Home, Soldier Boys was directed by Richard Compton, who might be better known for having directed Macon County Line and Return to Macon County. The screenplay was from none other than Guerdon Trueblood who is perhaps best known for directing The Candy Snatchers. It has a fantastic cast and of the films that dealt with Vietnam and that came from the 70’s remains to this day one of the more underrated and under seen true gems. I wouldn’t at all call it necessarily like or similar to Rolling Thunder, but if you liked that film, then there is a real good chance you will also love Welcome Home, Soldier Boys!

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New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day
Thursday, November 13, 2008

I really hope that if nothing else this new Bond film goes back to the classic action opening set pieces that served as great adrenaline kicks despite often implausibility.

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One more image of Linda Haynes and William Devane to start your week out proper and right. Seems like I heard rumblings of a Blu-Ray version of this movie in the near future…

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LINDA HAYNES as Linda and WILLIAM DEVANE as Major Charles Rane.

Related Coverage:
::: Heywood Gould on ROLLING THUNDER - Weird Wednesday
::: Previous Movie Wallpaper (Cinema is Dope)
::: 3 Current Pictures of Linda Haynes

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I have to wonder if everyone is taking the new Coen Brothers Burn After Reading too seriously!?! Over at GreenCine Daily (read here) there is a very engrossing and expansive post covering critical reaction to the film from the 65th Venice International Film Festival. It would seem like if Raising Arizona had a cousin that was a spy film, then Burn After Reading would be that film.

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Vintage Movie Wallpaper of the Day
Sunday, August 24, 2008

High and Low (Tengoku to jigoku) will be screening as part of the Japan in Black program at this years San Sebastian International Film Festival (more info).

Japanese Cinema:
::: Jason Gray
::: Mark Schilling’s Tokyo Ramen
::: Midnight Eye
::: Nippon Cinema
::: Outcast Cinema
::: Ryuganji
::: Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow

Amazon.com Link:
::: Buy the High and Low - Criterion Collection
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