Movie Review # 43 - The Feminist and the Fuzz - Elvis On Tour - Snoopy Come Home - Charlie Varrick - 3 days of the Condor - The Hindenburg - Across the Great Divide

A decade under the influence

Seven more movie reviews, let’s go!

Gee this is simply not the best batch. I said it.Today we start with (The Feminist and the Fuzz 1971) Barbara Eden stars with the good Morning America guy in this wacky film with some serious ideas that they bring into America’s living room, giving us the representation, and radical crumb many were literally dying for, but you just, as always knew they were gonna mainstream a few steps back at the end, the price that you knew you were gonna pay. I remember that made for TV movie, the day my kid went punk, that came out just as me and three other 16 year olds started the first ever punk band in our suburban catholic town, boy was that film a let down. I’d personally say that it’s worth a watch. It’s on you tube, watch it then pop back and listen hmmmmmmm, maybe.Next is (Elvis on tour 1972). It looks and sounds cool. There is just a lot of Elvis music here, and I could use more interviews. Also I’m sure that the filmmakers must of felt quite bound and gagged about really reporting what the saw and heard, at least in my head cannon it seems that way. The famous rock story of Elvis getting denied his prescription at a pharmacy on the road because a sympathetic pharmacist saw the massive addiction of Elvis to pills, and Elvis’s manager simply buying the pharmacy, is NOT here, how could it be. But I am sure it was all seen. Even with the puff piece attitude of this publicity thing you can see it pretty dang well.Next today we move on to (Snoopy come home 1972) This is the first of the trilogy of Charlie Brown feature films that were going to be covering for the pod, and the second in the film series after 1969’s A boy named Charlie Brown. Look this is great and our discussion is fabulous I’m sure, I’ve seen this movie several times in my life SO it’s more than ok that I fell asleep this time. Those other two lovelies can pick up my slack. There’s dog and bird discrimination for Snoopy and Woodstock as they travel to visit a sick friend.Next is (Charlie Varrick 1973) and Garak from deep space 9 is here. Garak plays Harman Sullivan, a hot head bank robber who like Veruka Salt, wants it all now. We also gots Joe don Baker, Felicia Farr, and the coach of the bad news bears himself Walter Matthau. Lots of great characters here to including the dean from Animal House, in this gritty great stock 70’s movie where, uh oh the bank robbers ripped off the mob. Whatever will they do? Let’s talk talk talk about it shall we.Onward to (3 days of the Condor)

Nows here’s a popular 70’s political thriller that your decade under the influence would love to time machine change a bit of. I love Robert Redford, he’s cute, thoughtful and chooses rad projects, even now. See (The company you keep 2012) where he plays a former Weather Underground activist. But here in Condor he makes this icky decision to not just hand the amazing force of Faye Dunaway the dang gun after they get to her pad. Just pisses me off ok. Great directing and cinematography here. Would you like to know more.(The Hindenburg 1975) is up to bat now and let’s just say that for me….George C Scott does NOT George C Scott enough, and the super cool Anne Bancroft is very under used, watch Turning point and Garbo speaks to compensate. The dick from Real Genius and Ghostbusters is good here, and I don’t hate this, wait, the amazing director Robert Wise is also under represented here. ACK,,,,,,,, moving on finally to wrap this poop up with (Across the great divide 1976)

Hey this is the one with the 2 kids, I dig this one. We reviewed the Sea Gypsies with Robert Logan a bit ago, and I was very surprised that he was in about 6 nature movies in the 70’s. What is going on world. This one is waaaaay better than what’s to come in my opinion.Ok I’m done, thank you very much for listening, please subscribe and give us some stars, and mayhems a sweet or not sweet review, it super helps, thanks.