What are your favourite Rod films?
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pouncemo — 11 years ago(September 29, 2014 06:33 PM)
Top three are:
Hotel
The Glass Bottom Boat
Sunday In New York
Also,
The Time Machine
The V.I.P.s
Fate Is The Hunter
My top three would be Desert Island top 20 (if I ever get stuck on a desert island). I still have a huge crush on Rod. I'll give The Train Robbers and 36 Hours a try per your recommendation! -
Maddyclassicfilms — 11 years ago(January 09, 2015 05:56 AM)
My two favorite films of his are
36 Hours and Young Cassidy.
He nails it in both of them.
I haven't seen
Young Cassidy
yet but it's one I'm quite interested in.
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valis1984 — 11 years ago(January 09, 2015 05:56 AM)
The Birds
,
The Time Machine
and
Zabriskie Point
. Always enjoyed
Hotel
but haven't seen
The Mercenaries
since I was a kid (loved it then).
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hobnob53 — 11 years ago(January 09, 2015 12:34 PM)
Sorry to break in again, Maddy, but
Hotel
is one of Rod's very best films and best performances. Probably in my top three or so of his films. It's quite exciting, with a good cast, well-acted, and rather wistful in its way. I hope you'll like it.
Like
Dark of the Sun
it's available from Warner Archives, as are several other of Rod's films, such as
Chuka
and
The Liquidator
.
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hobnob53 — 11 years ago(January 09, 2015 10:13 AM)
My favorites:
World Without End
The Time Machine
The Birds
Fate is the Hunter
36 Hours
Hotel
Dark of the Sun
I could add some more but if I were limited to a "lucky 7" those would be the picks. I'm also not including films like
Giant
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hobnob53 — 11 years ago(January 09, 2015 12:45 PM)
Me again! (But I can always talk about Rod Taylor.) Have you seen
Fate is the Hunter
? Rod's actually the second lead after Glenn Ford but the film works very well, with a great payoff. Ford plays an airline official investigating the cause of the crash of a jet airliner piloted by Rod, his old Army Air Force buddy. Very well done too, and also with a fine sup111cporting cast.
I think someone mentioned the World War II drama
36 Hours
and if you haven't seen that it's one of Taylor's most intriguing roles, as a
German
(!) medical officer behind an elaborate scheme to get the details of D-Day out of a kidnapped American officer (played by the late James Garner). I think Rod steals the show in that one too.
Both are on DVD, but you may have to look a bit.
36 Hours
is out of print but readily available if you look.
Fate
comes from the independent outfit Twilight Time, which releases its discs in limited editions of 3000. The DVD sold out a couple of years ago and copies today are kind of pricey last I saw. There is however a Blu-ray still available.
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Maddyclassicfilms — 11 years ago(January 10, 2015 04:06 AM)
Me again! (But I can always talk about Rod Taylor.) Have you seen Fate is the Hunter? Rod's actually the second lead after Glenn Ford but the film works very well, with a great payoff. Ford plays an airline official investigating the cause of the crash of a jet airliner piloted by Rod, his old Army Air Force buddy. Very well done too, and also with a fine supporting cast.
I think someone mentioned the World War II drama 36 Hours and if you haven't seen that it's one of Taylor's most intriguing roles, as a German (!) medical officer behind an elaborate scheme to get the details of D-Day out of a kidnapped American officer (played by the late James Garner). I think Rod steals the show in that one too.
Yes I've seen both of those films and liked them a lot. Of the two I prefer
36 Hours
, Rod played a very interesting villain and it's a great story.
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cat_vincent24 — 11 years ago(January 09, 2015 10:17 AM)
The Birds. But I also thought he was in this other movie from long ago that I can't remember the name. I thought it was "Them" or "The Triffids" but that's not it. There was a lot of odd lightening one night and most people looked up at it harmlessly. Then the next morning when everyone woke up, they were blind (the people that looked at the lights). I can't think of the moviecan someone help me out. Thanks.
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Maddyclassicfilms — 11 years ago(January 09, 2015 10:52 AM)
I thought it was "Them" or "The Triffids" but that's not it. There was a lot of odd lightening one night and most people looked up at it harmlessly. Then the next morning when everyone woke up, they were blind (the people that looked at the lights). I can't think of the moviecan someone help me out. Thanks.
I think you may be thinking of
The Day Of The Triffids
. (1963)
Rod wasn't in that so you may be mistaking him for Howard Keel who is the lead in that film.
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MsELLERYqueen2 — 11 years ago(January 09, 2015 11:58 AM)
I admit that I haven't seen too many of them. I really like
Sunday in New York
, and I thought that the episode of
The Twilight Zone
(
And When the Sky Was Opened
) was terrifying!!! I should have hidden behind the couch while watching it.
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aussiebears — 11 years ago(January 09, 2015 09:28 PM)
The Birds
Watched The Virgin Queen with Bette Davis not long ago and Rod Taylor was actually in the opening sequence, his voice gave it away for me, I don't think he was even in the credits for the movie.