tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post6445231842110782774..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: 16 for 2016: the best political movies and TV showsMitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-70116072762228274862017-05-16T12:52:16.513-04:002017-05-16T12:52:16.513-04:00He is gaining popularity in Jabardasth Comedy Show...He is gaining popularity in Jabardasth Comedy Show which telecasts in ETV Channel on Thursday and Friday at 9.30 pm <a href="https://movietv4u.pro/tv-shows/" rel="nofollow">watch series</a><br />Saqib Khatrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07730556578524554655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-87105428187962911872016-11-06T16:28:49.354-05:002016-11-06T16:28:49.354-05:00I'm not sure "A Face in the Crowd" b...I'm not sure "A Face in the Crowd" belongs on this list, since Griffith's Arthur Godfrey-like character's political advisement is really a minor part of the film. That portion is great, but it isn't what the movie is about. I'd replace it and the Columbo episode with two excellent political thrillers made for television in the 1970's: "Vanished", the first 2-part miniseries with Richard Widmark, Arthur Hill, William Shatner, Larry Hagman, E.G. Marshall, et al--about a presidential aid who disappears, the persistent reporter and opposition senator who expose a blackmail plot; and "The President's Plane is Missing" with Buddy Ebsen, Raymond Massey, Mercedes McCambridge and Rip Torn--in which Air Force One crashes with the President aboard amid potential nuclear confrontation with China, and the VP must assume power without having been fully briefed while all around him have their own agendas.Sherinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-75769192925766622832016-11-03T02:16:02.821-04:002016-11-03T02:16:02.821-04:00Here and There ...:
- Manchurian Candidate:
I alw...Here and There ...:<br /><br />- <i>Manchurian Candidate</i>:<br />I always found it interesting that the only characters who were identified as "liberal" (1960s style) were played by two actors - John McGiver and Lloyd Corrigan - who were typecast their whole careers as comic bumblers.<br />Probably just coincidence ...<br /><br />- <i>Seven Days In May</i>:<br /><br />The Federal Government and the military did not cooperate with the filmmakers.<br />The JCS settings had to be made up by the art directors; the onscreen result reputedly impressed the real JCS so much that they adopted many of its features for the real location.<br />Also, the scene where Martin Balsam boards a Navy ship is "stolen footage"; Frankenheimer and Serling told the ship's crew that they were making a short film for the USIA, something they'd done before.<br />The rest of that sequence, in which Balsam blackmails John Houseman into ratting out the other Joint Chiefs, was done on a soundstage.<br /><br /> - <i>Fail-Safe</i>:<br />I always thought that Dan O'Herlihy and Walter Matthau were each playing the other's part.<br />Remember that in 1963, no one knew who Henry Kissinger was; the prototype was a much-publicized professor named Herman Kahn.<br />Also remember that Groeteschele (the movie prof) is supposed to be icy and superior to everybody; that was right in O'Herlihy's wheelhouse.<br />General Black was supposed to be something of a burnout, which was why he was doing desk duty at the Pentagon; this was Matthau's specialty before he turned full-time to comedy.<br /><br /> - <i>Wag The Dog</i>:<br />Dustin Hoffman's character was clearly based on the notorious producer Robert Evans - the fake tan, the styled hair, the lavish home and office.<br />Barry Levinson has made cameo appearances in his own films and those of his friends; he's a big, shaggy, shambling man, not in the least like 'Stanley Motss' in <i>Wag The Dog</i>.<br /><br /> - <i>Advise And Consent</i>:<br />Allen Drury, who wrote the original novel (and followed it up with five sequels), <i>hated</i> Otto Preminger's movie.<br />Drury was ultra-conservative (by '50s-'60s standards, anyway); he didn't care for Otto's '60s-liberal slant on certain story elements.<br />One example to serve for many: in the novel, Leffingwell is definitely a bad guy, manipulative and outrightly deceitful. Drury felt that casting Fonda prettified the character, making him more sympathetic than Drury thought he deserved to be. <br />That's one example; others on request ...<br /><br />It's late and the Cub coverage is getting cloying, so I'll stand down for now.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05527404061764217504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-57485791769001669492016-11-03T00:36:38.139-04:002016-11-03T00:36:38.139-04:00Terrific list. A FACE IN THE CROWD is definitely ...Terrific list. A FACE IN THE CROWD is definitely on my all time Top 10 films list, period. FAIL-SAFE is also terrific--kind of overlooked since it came out the same year as DR. STRANGELOVE, but really well acted.<br /><br />Another good political COLUMBO is from the ABC revival, "Agenda for Murder". Not as well scripted as "Candidate for Crime" but does have Patrick McGoohan as the murderer, which was always a plus. McGoohan also directed the episode.<br /><br />Devane was always a good choice for a Presidential role.<br /><br />I might have to find a spot for the thoroughly insane WILD IN THE STREETS (1968) on sheer entertainment value. Fourteen or fight! <br /><br />On the episodic TV front, F TROOP's foray into politics, "The Ballot of Corporal Agarn" and one of the funniest sitcom episodes to center on politics, the WKRP IN CINCINNATI episode "Carlson for President".<br />Halhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09291930694234773688noreply@blogger.com