Movie Theater Treasure of the Sierra Madre

[nashlaw]

Just watched it for the first time. Great movie. Walter Huston deserved the oscar he received. I believe his character is one my favorites, right up there with Gus McCrae in Lonesome Dove.

Without being too explicit and going to extremes, John Huston, as the director, did wonders showing Bogart going over the edge and into insanity. Subtle at first and then a full-blown slide into darkness.a

 

[MitchK]

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Batches? We don't need no stinking batches!

I love it!

 

[Fred_C_Dobbs]

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Treasure of the wha ...? Never heard of it.

 

[mrhog]

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A great movie!!!! I watch it whenever I can. Stinkin badges is my cell ring tone.

 

[Fred_C_Dobbs]

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Okay, since no one rose to the bait, I'll spill it. I ripped off my screen name, avatar and sig line from TOTSM. Because it is such an exquisitely crafted psycho-thriller, I think it's one of the 10 best movies ever made, definitely Bogie's best work.

If you don't recognize the voice, the American whose face you never see, the one who the down-on-his-luck Dobbsie keeps "putting the bite on" is John Huston, director of the movie and son of the Walter, the old prospector.

The Mexikid who sells Dobbs the half the winning lottery ticket that finances the prospecting expedition is an unbilled role for future star Mickey (Michael) Gubitosi. He later changed his stage name to Robert Blake. TOTSM was the favorite film of Perry Smith, the condemned murderer who Robert Blake played in the screen adaptation of Truman Capote's <span style="font-style: italic">In Cold Blood.</span>

BTW, the line, "Batches? We don't need no stinking batches!" is from the Blazing Saddles send-up scene of the TOTSM. It's never said in the real thing. For that matter, no one ever says "Play it again, Sam" in the movie Casablanca either, but that doesn't stop everyone "quoting" it.

 

[MitchK]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Fred_C_Dobbs</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Okay, since no one rose to the bait, I'll spill it. I ripped off my screen name, avatar and sig line from TOTSM. Because it is such an exquisitely crafted psycho-thriller, I think it's one of the 10 best movies ever made, definitely Bogie's best work.

If you don't recognize the voice, the American whose face you never see, the one who the down-on-his-luck Dobbsie keeps "putting the bite on" is John Huston, director of the movie and son of the Walter, the old prospector.

The Mexikid who sells Dobbs the half the winning lottery ticket that finances the prospecting expedition is an unbilled role for future star Mickey (Michael) Gubitosi. He later changed his stage name to Robert Blake. TOTSM was the favorite film of Perry Smith, the condemned murderer who Robert Blake played in the screen adaptation of Truman Capote's <span style="font-style: italic">In Cold Blood.</span>

BTW, the line, "Batches? We don't need no stinking batches!" is from the Blazing Saddles send-up scene of the TOTSM. It's never said in the real thing. For that matter, no one ever says "Play it again, Sam" in the movie Casablanca either, but that doesn't stop everyone "quoting" it. </div></div>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqomZQMZQCQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[Fred_C_Dobbs]

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Source of the quote:
[video:youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFwprS_L6tg[/video]

 

[hankpac]

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Dobbs: "If you're the police where are your badges?"
Gold Hat: "Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinkin' badges!"

 

[sirhrmechanic]

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Getting in late... though I was almost the first to post into this thread, I didn't have the right words.

One of the finest movies ever made. Ever. That's all. Bogart's descent into madness is so masterfully done that few movies before or since have ever matched it.

Citizen Kane, maybe. Nice to know there are still some fans of the real classics out there.

Oh... and I do regard Blazing Saddles as fitting into the 'real classics' category. Just a different genre. Talk about a movie that could NEVER be made today. It rates its own thread...

Cheers,

Sirhr

 

[Queequeg]

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Great film!

And I recognized you Dobbzy back when I first saw your handle!

 

[Fred_C_Dobbs]

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IMHO, most of what makes Citizen Kane such a landmark film is technical, not dramatic. Welles was nominated for the Best Actor oscar but I've never thought his performance was that noteworthy. It did win Best Screenplay, largely on the novelty of its nonlinear storyline, a technique that came to be used extensively in the golden decade of <span style="font-style: italic">Film Noir</span>, which closely followed CK.

But its technical innovations -- Gregg Toland's deep focus photography, dramatic camera angles and special effects -- pretty much revolutionized the movie industry.

TOTSM has none of that. Lots of dramatic lighting, as any good B&W film should, but otherwise all substance and no flash. Just compelling storyline and extraordinary acting. It won oscars for Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor, and was nominated for Best Movie. How Bogart escaped nomination for Best Actor is g-d's own mystery.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: queequeg</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Great film!

And I recognized you Dobbzy back when I first saw your handle! </div></div>
I would have expected as much. Tell Ishmael I said 'Howdy' next time you see him.