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[dangerthrillryanson]

Wait, what?!?

Why am I just now realizing this?

[nerds-yearbook]

The last episode of Captain Nice aired on May 1, 1967. The series only lasted one season of 15 episodes. Even though it was the last episode to air, it was actually the second episode produced. ("Beware of Hidden Prophets" Captain Nice, TV Event)

[abs0luteb4stard]

W A T C H I N G

[kwebtv]

Terror in the Sky - CBS - September 17, 1971

Drama

Running Time: 90 minutes

Stars:

Doug McClure as George Spencer

Leif Erickson as Marty Treleavan

Roddy McDowall as Dr. Baird

Lois Nettleton as Janet Turner

Keenan Wynn as Milton

Kenneth Tobey as Captain Wilson

Jack Ging as Controller

Sam Melville as Stewart

Leonard Stone as Harry Burdick

Television film remake of 1957's Zero Hour!, which itself was based on the 1956 television play Flight into Danger. Arthur Hailey recycled the premise in his book Runway Zero-Eight which was co-written with John Castle in 1958.

[citizenscreen]

Jean Arthur with Ron Harper and Leonard Stone in a publicity shot for “The Jean Arthur Show” (1966)

[loveboatinsanity]

[thealmightyemprex]

WAtching Soylent Green

One of my favorite things to do while movie watching is spotting character actors and realizing where I know them from

Like why does the guy who runs this hotel look so familiar

Well its cause HES GOT A BLUEBERRY FOR A DAUGHTER

@ariel-seagull-wings @metropolitan-mutant-of-ark @the-blue-fairie @princesssarisa@filmcityworld1

[adamwatchesmovies]

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)

Some films capture the imagination so elegant, so perfectly, it seems almost effortless. Like The Wizard of Oz or Mary Poppins, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is such a film. Filled with splendid and memorable songs, unforgettable characters, distinct visuals, and a performance by Gene Wilder so good that to imitate it would be pure folly, this is essential viewing; a film destined to be revisited by children and their parents again and again.

Poor, kind Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum) lives in a small house with his mother (Diana Sowle) and his four grandparents. When legendary candy maker Willy Wonka (Wilder) announces he has hidden five golden tickets in his world-famous Wonka Bars, and that the children who find them will be allowed access to his mysterious factory, our hero dreams of finding one for himself.

This is a strange film. It’s whimsical, funny, tragic, and occasionally, a little frightening. The strange blends of emotion and bizarre imagery somehow fill you with comfort the same way as the bedtime fairytales you enjoyed as a child. The instant you see Charlie, you fall in love with him. You know how badly he wants to visit Wonka’s factory because he's you. As the tickets get snatched up one by one by vile children, your anticipation keeps growing. If the gluttonous Augustus Gloop (Michael Böllner) and insufferable Veruca Salt (Julie Dawn Cole) are the only ones who meet the reclusive Willy Wonka, there's no way he'll ever emerge from his factory ever again. Even if you already know what’s going to happen to them, to Mike Teevee (Paris Themmen), or Violet Beauregarde (Denise Nickerson), the child inside you is filled with such nervousness you forget.

When we finally go inside Wonka’s factory and learn the secrets of his chocolate, it’s pure bliss. You want to reach into the screen and stuff your pockets full of the impossible colors and textures you see. Then, there’s the music. Anyone who says they don’t remember the Oompa Loompas’ song, Pure Imagination or Candy Man, are lying; trying (for reasons no one but them could understand) to distance themselves from a children’s film that has a lot to offer adults. Like Grumpy in Snow White, the story frequently injects humor by undercutting what’s happening on-screen via Willy Wonka. He says exactly what you’re thinking a second before you’ve finished thinking about it. He’s full of sarcastic remarks and delights in seeing the spoiled brats who've entered his factory get what’s coming to them. If the visuals, the performances (Jack Albertson as Grandpa Joe stands out as particularly magical), the music, and everything else didn’t already cement the film as timeless, Wilder certainly does.

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is mandatory viewing. Your movie-viewing life isn’t complete without it. More than that, seeing it just the once isn’t enough. It’s the kind of picture you should see when you’re young - I vividly remember viewing the picture with my grade-four class – and again, at regular intervals during your lifetime to see how its appeal changes but never diminishes. Just thinking about it brings a smile to my face. (On Blu-ray, September 1, 2017)