12:01 is a 1993 science fiction television film directed by jack sholder , and starring helen slater , jonathan silverman , jeremy piven , and martin landau .

it originally aired on the fox network in the united states .

it is an adaptation of richard lupoff 's short story " 12:01 pm , " published in the december 1973 , issue of the magazine of fantasy & science fiction .

the story had previously been adapted into the 1990 short film 12:01 pm starring kurtwood smith .

12 : 01 ( 1993 film )

12 : 01 ( 1993 film ) <EOT> this week we time travel to 1993 with tv film 12 : 01 , the sci - fi version of groundhog day .

based on a short story 12 : 01pm , d irector jonathan heap adapted his own 1990 short film into a tv feature and whilst 12 : 01 is a charming film it suffers from the fact that it’s almost exactly the same as ( and not better ) than groundhog day ( 1993 ) .

it premiered as part of the showtime 30 - minute movie anthology series and was later nominated for an academy award . a feature length adaptation , 12 : 01 , was released in 1993 .

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barry thomas is the hero from the 1993 american science fiction film 12 : 01 . barry saves the life of lisa fredericks , stops the maniacal schemes of evil scientist / businessman dr . thadius moxley , and saves the world from an infinite event loop called the " time bounce " .

i still liked 12 : 01 alot , sholder knows how to make a film look genuinely good and cinematic and kinetic , but somethings off when its pretending its a comedy / romance .

12 : 01 then is a decent film that has become semi - lost and forgotten . it also shows that being able to afford the rights to ‘ i got you babe’ does , indeed make a film more enjoyable than having a rubbish news report .

kurtwood smith as myron was amazing in 12 : 01 . i first saw this over 20 years ago and i ' ll never forget it . the storyline was amazing and you could feel for the emotional despair of myron , and kudos to kurtwood for his bravura performance . when watching 12 : 01 i wondered what could myron do to convince everyone a new day started without everyone forgetting again ? not much really , but 12 : 01 makes you ponder the meaning of reality and the circumstances that define our reality . could this really happen ? by the way , groundhog day was made a few years after 12 : 01 not vice - versa .

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gestern noch ermordet . heute schon verliebt . ( yesterday still murdered . today already in love . ) ( germany 1993 )

12 : 01 may be a romantic comedy filled with clichéd , but i thoroughly enjoyed it and that ' s all that matters . it is a shame that this film never took off and landed straight on tv , mainly because of groundhog day . though stories about characters stuck in time - loops have existed for an eternity , the short that 12 : 01 is based upon came out three years prior to groundhog day and kicked that whole theme off in the film medium .

12 : 01 , you see , is pure twilight zone with everyday bub castleman the only person aware that the entire world is eternally repeating the same lunch hour from 12 : 01 to 13 : 00 . despite contacting a scientist who predicted the event , castleman discovers he’s totally powerless to change his fate , even by painting a window with his brains . bleak just doesn’t cut it .

the only 12 : 01 appointment you need to keep is with jonathan heap ' s excellent thirty minute version of richard lupoff ' s story 12 : 01pm , which was nominated for an academy award for best short film in 1990 . this banal adaptation only serves to highlight the strength of the concept ; but , more significantly , it was released the same year as groundhog day , a film which doesn ' t acknowledge lupoff ' s story . there was a settlement out of court . groundhog day is a near masterpiece , while 12 : 01 is a dull and lazy tv film , which goes to demonstrate that inspiration plays second fiddle to the quality of the end product .

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i ' ve also done some teaching at the university of california and elsewhere , run a weekly talk show on kpfa in berkeley for many years , and had a few , generally painful , dealings with hollywood . a brilliant young filmmaker named jonathan heap made a superb 30 - minute version of my short story 12 : 01 pm . it was an oscar nominee in 1990 , and was later adapted ( very loosely ) into a two - hour fox movie called 12 : 01 .

because the film comes from writer - director steve zaillian ( 1993 ' s " searching for bobby fischer " ) , this emotionally distant drama has to be considered a disappointment . it doesn ' t help that travolta ' s performance is so stand - offish .

while i wouldn ' t say that harold ramis " stole " the idea from jonathan heap , he was definitely inspired by it . it ' s insanely difficult to get a hold of 12 : 01 so if you see it , grab it .

12 : 01 definitely belongs in the ‘found’ heap as the filmmakers consistently attempt to reinvent each familiar scene , go along with the fun and take the audience along with them . one would not mind reliving the experience of watching this over and over again .

it’s still the film he’s still best known for ; in fact , to this day , it’s the only film he’s known for . if you look him up on urltoken , there are just four writing credits to his name . one of them is the story credit for the italian remake of groundhog day ( “stork day” ) . two others are screenplays for a 1993 marlee matlin thriller and a 1994 film called s . f . w . that enjoys a solid 12 percent rating on rotten tomatoes . the fourth credit is groundhog day — a film so beloved , idiomized , and dissertated about that it’s passed into english vernacular . for almost 25 years , that lone film has remained , for good or ill , his calling card .

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the history of 12 : 01 is a little confusing . the short story was written by richard a . lupoff in 1973 , it was then adapted by heap in 1990 to a 30 - minute film . this film follows an everyman stuck in a time loop where he relives the same 59 minutes over and over and over . this short is supposed to be really good ( i haven’t seen it yet ) – it has a 7 . 8 on imdb and was even nominated for the best short oscar .

the best short film i have ever seen , with more pathos and horror than in most full - length movies . in a way , its also the scariest film i ' ve seen . the quality of acting and direction is such that you can really identify with the leading characters and are left wondering what the hell you would do in a similar situation . without giving anything away , the ending is also brilliant . i ' m reminded of this film whenever i see that the time is 12 . 01 , whereas i ' ve basically forgotten the 2 full - length versions , although they are both reasonably entertaining ( especially groundhog day ) . hopefully , this film will be made available on dvd , possibly to accompany groundhog day ? ?

the problem is that at the same time a huge american production was in place that had almost exactly the same story . this film was groundhog day and to be honest it did the job a lot better . realising that the idea of groundhog day was stolen heap and lupoff tried to sue the studios but as ever hollywood prevailed and nothing came of it . meaning that 12 : 01 was soon overshadowed by it’s the admittedly better rip - off .

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luckily 12 : 01 has more going for it than most low - budget sci - fi tv films . the cast some may recognise from previous films such as veteran favourite martin landau , jonathan silverman as one of the leads in weekend at bernie’s , helen slater most known for her role as supergirl and jeremy piven a . k . a . ari gold in the hit tv series entourage . quite a nice mixture of nineties movie stars and more experienced actors really . the film is an adaptation of a short story by the same name written by richard lupoff which was successfully made into a thirty minute short film in 1990 . the film was so well received ; it was decided to make this longer ninety minute tv version .

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12 : 01 ' s comedy is trying too hard , but when it slips into kind of action / espionage puzzle - solving it becomes fun and reminds me of sholder ' s the hidden , but we ' re only treated to a few pumps on the accelerator before we ' re back in mudtown and the pacings timing belt blows yet again . groundhog day ' s comedy works and murray ' s characters resolve feels earned . a fucking arsehole re - learning about humans . 12 : 01s ' feels unearned . hes too smug and catches on too quick .

on the first night of previews for groundhog day the musical , as the lights go down , it’s safe to say that most of the audience already knows the story that’s about to unfold . it would be hard to find anyone who hasn’t seen , or osmotically absorbed , the 1993 bill murray film on which this show is based , the story of a cynical weatherman trapped in a single repeating day .

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the story was also adapted - - actually plagiarized - - into a major theatrical film in 1993 . jonathan heap and i were outraged and tried very hard to go after the rascals who had robbed us , but alas , the hollywood establishment closed ranks . we were no art buchwald . after half a year of lawyers ' conferences and emotional stress , we agreed to put the matter behind us and get on with our lives .

this is all for me a real shame , as 12 : 01 is actually a decent movie once you can get over the similarities with groundhog day . it may not be as witty as the latter and does try too hard to explain the reason for the time loops but it is still really an enjoyable , relatable and charming movie that would probably have been ( and deserved to be ) more successful .

producer - director john sturges ' 1963 film the great escape , featuring allied prisoners of war attempting to escape a german pow camp during world war ii , and featuring future icons of the action genre including steve mcqueen and charles bronson , is an example of an action film prototype .

following the main character through his trials and investigations you really get a feeling of the horror and turmoil the simple every man is going through . i also came away from this film with the quote " consciousness is an independent variable " . of the two 12 : 01 movies i consider this the more impressive . as other reviewers have mentioned the film focuses on a 59 minute loop , and shows that if you only have one hour to live over and over again then you can ' t achieve very much . if you ' ve seen groundhog day and seriously got into the time loop , wanting to know more about why the main character was stuck then this movie might appeal as you here some science .

welcome back . i am sure many of you enjoyed your time with putney swope in our last chapter and his radical yet interesting ways of running an advertisement company . this week we shall look into the fun exciting world of time travel , even though if one stops and thinks about any plot that involves time travel plot holes can be found easily . yet it is something that is explored in film time and time again as it can open up so many different ideas and gives inspirational hope that we can alter the future or past to how we see fit . even more interesting is when a film dealing with time travel does not have an astronomical budget and therefore cannot rely on special effects to expand the scale of the film but rather come up with fresh ideas to drive the film forward . tv film 12 : 01 just does just that , and what it may lack in style and big names it makes up for it in the tension and idea department . also it boasts a cool cast and it is directed by jack sholder the man behind the horror sequel a nightmare on elm street 2 : freddy’s revenge and sci - fi eighties horror cult classic the hidden .

based on a 1973 richard a lupoff short story , the austere 30 - minute showtime channel short 12 : 01 is considered the first “groundhog day” type tale – so much so that the makers brought legal action against the team behind groundhog day , before later dropping the case . the similarities are more evident with the feature length tv movie made three years later , however – another adaptation of the same short story which features a much more upbeat ending .

a bit like groundhog day with a repeating day caused by a mad scientist ( martin landau ) also featuring helen slater ( supergirl ) . nice film .

the similarities between this 30 minute " movie " from 1990 and the feature movie " groundhog day " from 1993 are too similar for them to not be more closely related . the latter surely must have been influenced by the earlier movie . the stories are very similar , but even more similar is the outstanding way in which both movies are directed . even though the " same " timeframe is being repeated , the director shifts the camera perspective and dialogue encountered each time so neither film is boring .

" 12 : 01 pm " is an american short film from over 25 years ago that runs for slightly under an hour . it was written by jonathan heap and is probably still his best - known work today because of the oscar nomination it scored . and even if it did not win , then the topic similar to " groundhog day " stays in people ' s minds , especially as this one came out 3 years earlier and is thus even more original . we follow a man who has to live through the exact same hour of the day again and again and , unsurprisingly , quickly descends into insanity , even if a beautiful woman makes things look good for a while . it ' s certainly much darker than " groundhog day " , but if you loved the billy murray film , this one here is certainly worth checking out . i thought it was a pretty solid watch , especially the first half if the film . thumbs up .

blown - away . that was the result of watching this 25 minute short film made almost 20 years ago . obviously , i ' m another one of those groundhog day fans that , out of curiosity , wanted to see this movie . and i thought it was absolutely fantastic . it was like a true shakespearean play ; fascinating , and original story ( it was adapted from a short story , but this was the first film of many that dealt with " time - loops " and " repetition of time " ) , as well as a tragic and profound end . interestingly enough , after watching the movie , i felt it was one of the best shorts i ' d ever seen , and maybe only one or two were better , including " the lunch date " , which i found out is the same short film that beat " 12 : 01 pm " at the oscars in 1991 . so , for those of you who are gh fans , this is a must , and for anyone who is looking for an amazingly unique film experience in only 25 minutes or less , this movie is for you .

whoa , déjà vu : fruit loops , teal’c repeatedly getting hit in the face by a door , the briefing room , the premature return of sg - 12 , deciphering ancient tablets in jackson’s quarters . . . the list goes on .

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is a 1990 short film directed by jonathan heap and written by richard lupoff , jonathan heap , and stephen tolkin . it was based on lupoff ' s short story ,

some tv and film you see stick in your mind . i watched 12 . 01 pm in the 80 ' s on uk tv , and after talking about it years later with a friend realised that it ' d not be too difficult to track it down . simply put , i ' d say this is the best thirty minute story i ' ve ever seen on the telly . i managed to track it down , and watching it again in 2011 it ' s just as good as it was all those years ago . kurtwood smith is perfect and his performance is excellent . he manages to make the whole thing completely believable and terrifyingly sad . if you can get hold of a copy of 12 . 01pm , give it a try . as much as i love groundhog day , this is what it ' s all about . ray bradbury would be proud if this were his tale ( apologies to ray if he ' s done one like this , if he has it ' s not one i ' ve read ! ) . masters of sci - fi could only have hoped to produce a film like this .

three years after the short heap set about making the film into a longer version for the fox network . this tv movie would expand the premise of the short and make it so the whole day repeated over and over rather than just an hour . they hired a decent cast ( including helen slater and martin landau ) and made a film that’s really enjoyable .

this one doesn ' t really do anything new or different with the concept ( even for 1993 ) . the plot is pretty standard and predictable , it still manages to have some fun moments . my only real problem is that the main character spends more time trying to convince this woman that they fell in love in a previous loop than he does actually try to stop the time loops from happening .

i may be in the minorty , but i prefer this film to groundhog day . there seems more point to it . yes , it is obviously repetitive , but not overly so .

forgot about primer and the ' naked ' film sounds interesting . it ' s pretty cool how this plot device has been used in all of those tv show ' s episodes though .

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rubin is the guy who wrote groundhog day the musical . he’s also the guy who wrote groundhog day the film — both the original script and the version he later hammered out with director harold ramis .

this was a corker of a short sf film - highly intelligent writing , and loads better than heap ' s full length remake a few years later - which had an unnecessary happy ending - and tons better than the ( undeservedly ) better known groundhog day . last seen on channel 4 in the uk about 12 years ago , and never commercially released , as far as i can tell . . . if anyone ' s got this on video please get in touch - maybe we can trade . cheers

but being released the same time as groundhog day practically guaranteed that it wasn’t going to be a success . still a very enjoyable film . think of it as groundhog day with more of an actual plot !

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1987 ' s lethal weapon starring mel gibson , danny glover , and darlene love was another significant action film hit of the decade , and another " buddy - cop " genre classic , launching a franchise that spawned 3 sequels .

the 1988 film , die hard , was particularly influential on the development of the action genre . in the film , bruce willis plays a new york police detective who inadvertently becomes embroiled in a terrorist take - over of a los angeles office building high - rise . [ 10 ] the use of a maverick , resourceful lone hero has always been a common thread from james bond to john rambo , but john mcclane in die hard is much more of an ' everyday ' person whom circumstance turns into a reluctant hero . [ 11 ] the film set a pattern for a host of imitators , like under siege ( 1992 ) and sudden death , which used the same formula in a different setting .

had several science fiction tropes and concepts like time travel through a black hole . however , most of the film was structured around action sequences , many of them quite conventional ( hand - to - hand , shooting ) . while the original

barry thomas is the average office worker . he becomes attracted to lisa fredericks who works in the same company . after work , barry witnesses the murder of lisa and goes to a bar to get drunk . later that night , there is a storm and barry gets a shock from a lamp ' s faulty power wire at exactly 12 : 01 am . the next morning , he realizes that everything is happening exactly as it did the previous day . the next morning the day is repeated again . it is now barry ' s job - - being the only person alive who is aware of this time loop - - to stop the murder of lisa , and stop the time loop or be caught in time forever .

how is the loop broken ? it isn’t , not in the short film at least where castleman tries to top himself after learning he’s doomed to repeat the same 59 minutes over and over again , only to wake up back where he started .

the little - seen ' 12 . 01 ' is a real gem , and displays the beauty of short films . just the right length to explore the intriguing premise without over staying its welcome . i wish more feature length movies showed the subtlety and invention of this one ! kurtwood smith ( verhoeven ' s classic ' robocop ' , and jennifer lynch ' s absolute stinker ' boxing helena ' ) has never been better as a meek office worker who finds that the world is caught in a time loop , and that he is the only person conscious of the fact . smith is utterly believable as the bewildered and desperate man who frantically searches for some kind of explanation / solution for his extraordinary situation . a classic of its kind . try and see it !

both versions in deutsche . why not release in english ? total waste of a good film , and manufacturers could ' ve sold a lot more in uk had they not been so cautious . good job it ' s on youtube in english ! ! !

i remember watching this film when it was first broadcast on showtime . i really liked it then , and still do now . good writing and performances all around , especially by kurtwood smith who rarely gets a chance to play the lead in any project .

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the characters in every one of these time loop tales – whether by magic , technology or inexplicable circumstance – are forced to relive the same events over and over again until the cycle is broken , often learning a few things about themselves along the way . it’s a premise which powers duncan jones’ latest film source code , out on dvd and blu - ray today . if you haven’t heard , it’s rather good , so to celebrate we’re counting down our other favourite trial and error tales from tv and film .

his agent said , “get me a writing sample , ” so rubin went back to his list . idea no . 10 on the list was “a man lives the same day over and over . ” he wasn’t the first to think of this premise . the idea of reiterating the same stretch of time goes at least as far back as a 1904 short story by a british military strategist , in which a man dreams his way through the same battle , again and again . in 1973 , an american named richard a . lupoff published a short book titled 12 : 01 p . m . about a man stuck in a “disfiguration of time . ” ( lupoff briefly pursued legal action against columbia pictures after groundhog day came out , but the lawsuit was never formally filed . )

people kept writing to rubin to tell him what his movie was about . a monk saw it as a christian allegory ; a kabbalist analyzed the significance of its numerology . philosophy students wrote dissertations about groundhog day and nietzsche’s concept of the “eternal recurrence . ” an economist published a column claiming that the film “illustrates the importance of the mises - hayek paradigm as an alternative to equilibrium economics by illustrating the unreal nature of equilibrium theorizing . ” addicts told rubin that the film had helped them realize they were trapped in punxsutawneys of their own making .

the movie starts with barry waking up in an unbuttoned shirt and white boxer shorts . barry goes to work and witnesses the murder of lisa fredericks , one of utrel ' s head scientists for the super accelerator project ( a device designed for accelerating subatomic particles faster than the speed of light ) . for years , barry has had romantic feelings for lisa but only started to court her that day . after seeing lisa die , howard invites barry for a night of drinking to cope . when barry is at home ready to go to sleep he gets electroshocked at exactly 12 : 01 when he tries to fix a lamp . this is the exact time the " time bounce " happens ( a side - effect of utrel ' s malfunctioning super accelerator ) and causes barry ' s consciousness to be unaffected allowing him to remember events when the day repeats .

saw this years ago on showtime and have waned to see ever since . i love time travel / time bounce movies and books , especially groundhogs day ( just watched again with my son , his first time ) . anyway , great news , at least for now the short is on google video , so grab it if you can before the copyright police remove it . plot is simple , myron castleman - g - d - is trapped in a time bounce from 12 : 01 p . m . to 1 : 00 p . m . only his conscience doesn ' t reset , even his body reverts ( if he eats at 12 : 59 he is hungry again at the bounce . he learns that a professor at the tempus institute ( time in latin ) predicted that ( i ) matter and antimatter will collide causing the time bounce and that ( ii ) conscience is independent of the time bounce ( but apparently for only some , or one person ) . seems to me that this may be a form of punishment , i . e . hell . also , anyone who experienced this would likely go insane from lack of sleep . kurtwood smith gives a stellar performance as the " victim " and by the end you feel frantic and sorry for him wondering how anyone could survive .

i first caught this film in the same way as many of the reviewers here , by catching it as a featured film in the " : 30 minute movie " segments on showtime , hosted by rob reiner , back in the early 90 ' s . my wife and i were both instantly captivated by the story , which was later remade into a terrible feature - length film , and later modified to become " groundhog day . " kurtwood smith was an inspired choice to play the main character , and the limitations of the 59 - minute time frame made his frenzied efforts to escape his inescapable fate all the more terrifying . the ending , while old hat now ( since it ' s been remade again and again ) , was fresh and shocking for it ' s time . you ached for smith ' s character . the ending haunted me for a long time .

some historians consider the great train robbery ( 1903 ) to be the first action film . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] during the 1920s and 1930s , action - based films were often " swashbuckling " adventure films in which actors , such as douglas fairbanks , wielded swords in period pieces or westerns .

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it might not have been the first , but there’s a reason why the phrase “groundhog day” has become synonymous with this type of story . in the film murray ( still at the height of his comedic powers ) finds himself endlessly reliving 2 february in a snow - swept pennsylvania town , where he’s reporting from the annual groundhog day ceremony .

sci - fi action - sharing many of the conventions of a science fiction film , sci - fi action films emphasizes gun - play , space battles , invented weaponry , and other sci - fi elements weaved into action film premises . examples include g . i . samurai , terminator 2 , the matrix , total recall , minority report , the island , star wars , the men in black franchise , aliens , i robot , transformers , the hunger games , the maze runner , equilibrium , district 9 , serenity , akira , paycheck , predator , robocop , avatar , mad max 2 , divergent , they live , escape from new york and the fifth element . [ 30 ]

action adventure - a subgenre of the adventure film genre as well . typically , these films take place in exotic locations and frequently involve the hero travelling to several locations around the world . there are a lot of films with this combined genre . examples include the indiana jones and james bond franchises , and most superhero films are action adventure , too .

like the western genre , spy - movies , as well as urban - action films , were starting to parody themselves , and with the growing revolution in cgi ( computer generated imagery ) , the " real - world " settings began to give way to increasingly fantastic environments . [ 13 ] this new era of action films often had budgets unlike any in the history of motion pictures . [ 14 ] the success of the many dirty harry and james bond sequels had proven that a single successful action film could lead to a continuing action franchise . thus , the 1980s and 1990s saw a rise in both budgets and the number of sequels a film could generally have . [ 15 ] this led to an increasing number of filmmakers to create new technologies that would allow them to beat the competition and take audiences to new heights . [ 16 ] the success of tim burton ' s batman ( 1989 ) led to a string of financially successful sequels . within a single decade , they proved the viability of a novel subgenre of action film : the comic - book movie . [ 17 ]

this is a thirty minute film i saw years ago on showtime . it was part of some kind of short film series hosted by rob reiner . this was the best of the three . it involved a man who is doomed to inhabit the same hour over and over . when we first see myron castleman he ' s standing in an intersection . he goes to the park to eat his lunch . he goes back to the office . then bam ! he ' s standing in the intersection again . he tries to change things within the hour . but an hour isn ' t enough time ; so he always ends up at that intersection . at some point he realizes that he may be able to do something . at this point everything takes on a frenzied urgency . myron must race against the clock to find a way out . kurtwood smith plays myron with so much depth and emotion . i can ' t imagine any one doing a better job . i ' m glad i taped this ; i ' ve seen it several times . it is a haunting film ; a minor classic .

this well - meaning film ( based on the best - selling , nonfiction book by jonathan harr ) also undercuts itself by concentrating too heavily on all the courtroom proceedings , such as the countless motions for dismissal and other legal wrangling . the result , of course , is short shrift for the more compelling human element , namely the clients who hired the main character .

this short movie was written and directed by jonathan heap and hillary anne ripps . it was nominated for an oscar as a best short film , live action movie . it is a super great sci - fi flick that was lensed in 1991 . i am the man walking in the park wearing a brown suit , with a blonde headed lady . it was my very first show and i sort of though maybe it just may be a good film . i never did actually think that it would be nominated for an oscar . i think i was very lucky to have been in a show for the first time , that got nominated for an oscar . i feel kinda proud of being in it , even if you can only catch a glimpse of me now and then walking round and round the park . i was not credited in it but i still managed to have it recorded in the internet movie data base . my screen and stage name is joe casino . after this short film , i went on to make several other flicks and they may be viewed on imdb . com ( joe casino )

action film is a film genre in which the protagonist or protagonists are thrust into a series of challenges that typically include violence , extended fighting , physical feats , and frantic chases . action films tend to feature a resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds , which include life - threatening situations , a villain , or a pursuit which generally concludes in victory for the hero ( though a small number of films in this genre have ended in victory for the villain instead ) . advancements in cgi have made it cheaper and easier to create action sequences and other visual effects that required the efforts of professional stunt crews in the past . however , reactions to action films containing significant amounts of cgi have been mixed as films that use computer animations to create unrealistic , highly unbelievable events are often met with criticism . [ 1 ] while action has long been a recurring component in films , the " action film " genre began to develop in the 1970s along with the increase of stunts and special effects . common action scenes in films are generally , but not limited to , car chases , fighting and gunplay or shootouts .

superhero film - usually having elements of science fiction and fantasy , they focus on the actions of one or more superheroes , who usually possess superhuman abilities and are dedicated to protecting the public . these films are almost always action - oriented and the first film of a particular character often includes a focus on the origin of the special powers , including the first fight against the character ' s most famous supervillain archenemy . some superheroes are from marvel and dc , or they can be made - up . examples include batman , iron man , green lantern , spider - man , the avengers , x - men , thor , captain america : the first avenger , the incredible hulk , wonder woman , kick - ass , and superman . [ 37 ]

after the film groundhog day was a success , rubin started getting calls to work on scripts . he was now a known quantity — he was the guy who wrote groundhog day — and all producers seemingly wanted was for him to write the same movie again . a rom - com . something quirky . but not too quirky . maybe something with a time warp or a weatherman .

increasing numbers of films starring women as the action heroes are being produced . these are celebrated by artemis women in action film festival which honours women who work as actors , stuntwomen , and directors in action films . geena davis institute on gender in media works to document the onscreen time and representation in women in all film types with a view to improving the equality of work for actresses . analysis of the lines spoken in action films shows many recent films in this genre are dominated by male dialogue . [ 40 ] analysis of the lines in 2016 ' s biggest blockbusters show that despite much hype about the lead female in rogue one , and the female characters in suicide squad and captain america : civil war , these characters still had limited share of dialogue . [ 41 ]

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don simpson ( october 29 , 1943 – january 19 , 1996 ) was an american film producer , screenwriter , and actor . simpson , along with his producing partner jerry bruckheimer , produced such hit films as flashdance ( 1983 ) , beverly hills cop ( 1984 ) , top gun ( 1986 ) , and the rock ( 1996 ) . their films would go on to earn $ 3 billion .

some male actors appear to champion the cause of women in action films . tom cruise has been applauded for his asexual onscreen relationships with recent female co - stars , [ 42 ] cobie smulders in jack reacher : never go back and emily blunt in edge of tomorrow . tom cruise has been honoured with an artemis action rebel award for his work in championing strong female heroes in film . [ 43 ]

in 2012 , they were fresh off the success of their first musical , matilda , and they wanted groundhog day to be their next adaptation . warchus knew that rubin had been tinkering with a musical version of the film for years ( partly for fun ; partly because that was one of the rights he hadn’t signed away to columbia pictures ) . but they had a hunch that rubin had to be approached cautiously .

barry thomas ( jonathan silverman ) is a bored office worker that would rather be at the bar ordering shots than sitting at his desk trying to avoid doing any form of work at all costs . one day he gets up , his the snooze button on his radio alarm clock , brushes his teeth , has breakfast , stops his neighbour’s son from getting hit by a car while playing basketball , late to work and berated by his uptight boss anne jackson ( robin barlett ) just like any other morning . he is very attracted to a fellow co - worker lisa fredericks ( helen slater ) , but never has the courage to talk or even make eye contact with her , something his best friend howard richter ( jeremy piven ) loves to bring up at any given moment . after work that very same day he sees lisa murdered outside the office building . he decides to go to the bar and drink heavily to deal with the shock . while at home asleep he receives an electrical shock at 12 : 01 . the next day however the events of the previous day are repeated and barry is the only one aware of this and must find a way to prevent the murder of lisa and figure out what is causing this time loop or be stuck in it forever .

in august 2016 , the musical opened in london to mostly rave reviews . for rubin , the process of writing groundhog day for the second ( maybe third ? ) time was a kind of vindication , a do - over . where hollywood had mostly disposed of him by the time shooting began on the film , minchin and warchus saw him as a vital component all the way through workshops , rehearsals , and opening night .

this guy has shown up in so many things and perhaps best known from " that 70s show " , but if you ever saw 12 : 01 pm , you would have a new appreciation for his talent . this short is extremely well written about the frustrations of going through a time loop over and over for an endless eternity . in the process , he experiences so many things that we may take for granted . during one of his hours , he falls in love with a young lady in the park , then as his hours begins anew , she no longer knows him . during another hour , he helps needy person who others prefer to torment . then during yet another , he sees a newspaper with an article that a scientist predicted this might happen . he calls him to discuss it , learns a little , then on the next loop he rushes to see him . when he finds that there is nothing he can do , he realizes there is no way out of his situation , so he wrestles a gun from a security guard and blows his own brains out only to find himself standing back on that same corner at the end of the hour as he has and always will . kurtwood smith delivers the pain and frustration like no one else could . this short made me a big fan of his . if you get a chance , watch this short ! it ' s truly a 10 .

the film had been a solid success when it came out but not a phenomenon ; roger ebert gave it three stars . but as years passed , it seemed to gain resonance . the idea of a time loop became a standard trope in movies and television , and the term “groundhog day” itself became vernacular for any experience that seemed endlessly to repeat . rubin’s friends would call him up excitedly whenever they heard someone use it , until it became so common that they had to stop .

disaster film - having elements of thriller and sometimes science fiction films , the main conflict of this genre is some sort of natural or artificial disaster , such as floods , earthquakes , hurricanes , volcanoes , pandemics , etc . examples include independence day , daylight , earthquake , geostorm , 2012 , [ 27 ] the day after tomorrow , [ 28 ] poseidon , the towering inferno , dante ' s peak , deep impact , volcano , the core , armageddon , twister , and san andreas .

i found this one on youtube , parts 1 , 2 , and 3 posted separately . apparently it had been shown as a half - hour movie on tv . the story is very analogous to that of groundhog day . instead of repeating the same day , starting at 6am , in this one veteran actor kurtwood smith plays myron castleman , who repeats the same hour , starting at 12 : 01pm . but other than that , what he experiences is very close to the bill murray movie . you can do a lot less in 60 minutes ! so the frustration builds up a lot quicker . in the murray movie eventually he finds a way out , quite passively simply by becoming a better person with a normal ego . in this one , with " only " about 40 repeats so far , we don ' t find out if there is a way out . the other key difference is that an explanation of sorts is presented . something about a collision between matter and antimatter , as predicted by a scientist who coincidentally works a very short distance from myron . nothing really novel here , if you have seen groundhog day , and the acting and filming are of not particularly high quality . but for fans of groundhog day , as i am , an interesting film short .


chafed elbows is a 1966 film directed by robert downey sr . a manic comic parody made for $ 12,000 , chafed elbows was a commercial success that raised the flag of the underground film scene and elevated the good cause of bad taste .

the film was premiered at the gate theater in new york city and ran for over one month alongside scorpio rising .

downey photographed most of the movie with a still 35 mm camera and had the film processed at walgreens drugstore .

these pictures were animated alongside a few live-action scenes and almost all the dialogue was dubbed to rather hilarious effect .

one scene was shot in anthology film archives ’s upstairs theater back in the days when the building was still a defunct downtown courthouse .

all 13 of the female roles were played by elsie downey , robert downey 's wife , and the lead male role by george morgan .

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chafed elbows <EOT> with the headline : screen : ' chafed elbows ' ; underground film has flashes of humor .

chafed elbows : photography , william waering , robert prince ; editor , robert prince ; music , tom o ' horgan .

chafed elbows : follows a shiftless downtown manhattanite having his " annual november breakdown " as he wanders from one odd job to the next .

[ disc 1 ] . babo 73 ( 56 min . ) ; chafed elbows ( 58 min . ) / producer , robert downey sr .

the early films of robert downey , sr . ( a prince ) : babo 73 ( 1964 ) , chafed elbows ( 1966 ) and no more excuses ( 1968 )

the early films of robert downey , sr . ( a prince ) : babo 73 ( 1964 ) , chafed elbows ( 1966 ) and no more excuses ( 1968 ) | 366 weird movies

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george morgan and elsie downey in robert downey sr . ' s " chafed elboes " ( 1966 )

somewhere in the upper left hand corner of robert downey ' s mind dances a little vaudevillian with cane and striped hat . downey often discusses his work with him . the product of their collaboration is the most excellent and funny chafed elbows .

babo 73 ( 1964 , 56 min . ) - - chafed elbows / a goosedown production ( 1966 , 58 min . ) - - no more excuses / a film by robert downey and robert soukis ( 1968 , 46 min . ) .

presents five feature films directed by robert downey sr . , showcasing his comedic and experimental style , and featuring " babo 73 , " " chafed elbows , " " no more excuses , " " putney swope , " and " two tons of turquoise to taos tonight . "

the retrospective , funded by martin scorsese ' s film foundation , ends with sunday ' s double feature of " no more excuses " ( 1968 ) and " moment to moment , " ( 1975 ) a tour de force for the director ' s then - wife , elsie downey ( the mother in " chafed elbows " ) , who plays 10 roles .

other directors sense the farce in the drama of any still picture . fellini ' s white sheik is a parody of the italian fumetti , romantic cartoon strips with real pictures instead of drawings . but white sheik was made as a movie , with due respect paid to continuity of motion and thought . chafed elbows , whatever it is , has not paid respect to anything .

one of these days , robert downey , who wrote , di rected and produced the underground movie , " chafed elbows , " which opened at the downtown gate theater last night , is going to clean himself up a good bit , wash the dirty words out of his mouth and do something worth mature attention in the way of kooky , satire comedy . view full article in timesmachine »

i guess that it ' s not really a mystery why robert downey sr . ' s films get some weirdly bad reviews . though his films are smart and hip , downey goes after straight culture with an unmatched , gleeful , subversive eye , and generally hits what he aims at . chafed elbows epitomises this style , going after everything , including the making of movies itself . in chafed elbows , like chris marker , he uses still photographs to great effect , but more in the vein of national lampoon magazine than f - stop . this film plays like jazz , riffing from one theme to another , one scene to another , one character to another , eschewing plot for wit and speed and surreal wordplay . it ' s a wonder that this , and downey ' s other movies , were ever made , they are so wonderfully offensive . his audience is , perhaps intentionally , small . the rewards , however , for those who do love his films , are great indeed . viva downey !

" no more excuses , " the latest , almost - feature - length satire by robert downey , is as american as apple pie . the movie essay , from the young man who made the , underground hits " chafed elbows " and " babo 73 , " manages in 52 minutes to interrelate the assassination of president james a . garfield , east side singles bars , sex , the society for indecency to naked animals and large portions of " balls bluff . " view full article in timesmachine »

chafed elbows is my favorite of the downey sr . explorations . it was the story of a man involved in incest with his mother , and is a direct involvement in a murder . it was a hysterical piece , the dry humor therapist scene had me laughing my ass off . just these wise one liners all the way through , and underground cinema inside jokes made it an extremely interesting film . i thought the dubbing was annoying though , and would be better just to make it a regular shoot .

chafed elbows is also an experiment in visual humor . downey uses still pictures for more than half the movie , treating the frozen action as a cartoon . dinsmore is on a roof undressing a girl . stop . comment . he makes love . stop . he throws her off the roof into long island traffic . comment , existential chuckle . dinsmore gets a stop - action hysterectomy which , allowing for differences of taste , is still not the last laugh . but that it is humorous at all is downey ' s victory .

okay . chafed elbows is without a doubt one of the most unique flicks i ' ve ever seen . made in 1966 by robert downey sr . ( no clue pops was a film - maker ) , chafed elbows is a satire that completely dissects and makes fun of almost every single aspect of society . from racism and the police , to incest and music . filmed in a very peculiar but successful way , you ' re shown stills from a scene with very well - done dubbing . it ' s remarkably effective , especially in the laughs department . the flick follows around walter dinsmore , who basically goes around town interacting with whomever he crosses paths with . from a dude who wants to sell him as a painting because the weirdo painted his initial on his jacket , to his brother who wants to build a racist amusement park so he can help black people . god this flick was weird . but , it was also good , and intelligent , and funny . check this out if you ' re in the mood for good old - time satire .

in tonight ' s zany double feature , a man undergoes a breakdown , has a hysterectomy , discovers hundreds of dollars growing inside his body and carries on a passionate affair with his mother in " chafed elbows " ( 1966 , in which milk appears as , believe it or not , a cop , " for like 2 seconds , " downey said ) . in 1964 ' s " babo 73 , " the president of the united states deals with a communist plot to curtail the birthrate of the united states by distributing condoms . one new york critic said the film looked like it was shot on scotch tape .

new yawk new wave has been running at film forum since january 11 but still has a couple of precious days of life left . in a way , it’s one of the more ambitious curatorial projects to emerge from the theater’s august archivists . the series isn’t bound to a single era ( it encompasses the period from 1953 to 1973 ) , genre ( everything from madcap comedy to downcast drama makes an appearance ) , or even style ( there’s new wave , cinema vérité , post - noir , and whatever you want to call robert downey sr . ’s still - photos - plus - voiceovers oddity , chafed elbows ) . besides new york origins , the main thing this wildly [ … ]

i saw chafed elbows at the underground movies in about 1968 . very cheap production - rapid fire still pictures with a hilarious soundtrack . the throwaway one liners have a cumulative effect . a few of my favorites : walter is walking down a side street in new york . a man is sitting in the middle of the street with a can of white paint and a brush painting a line down the middle . walter says , " what ' s going on here ? " man says , " you ' ve gotta draw the line somewhere ! " you can never guess what the next line is . in another scene , walter sits in a pew in church . a naked woman appears in the pew right behind him and says , " i ' ll give you five dollars for your socks . i ' m a sock sniffer . " walter , completely serious , says , " how can you think about sniffing socks when all those people are starving in china ? "

feeling the onset of his annual november breakdown , walter dinsmore ( george morgan ) checks himself into a hospital . while there , he finds himself pregnant and gives birth to 189 ten dollar bills . after which , he is turned into a work of art at gunpoint ( or a walking advertisement for a fast food chain ) which brings on his annual january breakdown . his psychiatrist ( lawrence wolf ) tells him not to worry , not believing walter ' s worries about impregnating his mother ( elsie downey ) , at least until she confirms it over the telephone . " chafed elbows " is an unpredictable and amusing movie , definitely belonging to the times it was made and the underground scene where it was formed in warning against the dangers of commodification . as such , it is influenced by the works of preston sturges ( according to the director robert downey sr . at the q & a ) , and chris marker through its use of collage work , with the assistance of some wacky voices . the movie works so well in its own absurd and motley way that the otherwise tasteless incest storyline has little negative impact . if nothing else , elsie downey playing all of the female parts could imply the third biggest oedipal complex of all time .

this riot of bad taste was a breakthrough for downey , thanks to rave notices . visualized largely in still 35 mm photographs , it follows a shiftless downtown manhattanite having his “annual november breakdown” as he wanders from one odd job to the next , coming across all sorts of sordid types , from a desperate independent filmmaker to a destitute dirty - sock sniffer . and there is something to offend everyone : incest , murder , bad pop songs , you name it .

“it was just fun , ” robert downey sr . says of his early new york filmmaking days , in a new interview with bilge ebiri for the village voice .

these five films chart the unlikely ascendance of a hero of american underground cinema .

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anthology film archives evolved from roots and visions that go back to the early 1960s , when jonas mekas , the director of the film - makers’ cinematheque , a showcase for avant - garde films , dreamed of establishing a permanent home where the growing number of new independent / avant - garde films could be shown on a regular basis .

this dream became a reality in 1969 when jerome hill , p . adams sitney , peter kubelka , stan brakhage , and jonas mekas drew up plans to create a museum dedicated to the vision of the art of cinema as guided by the avant - garde sensibility . a film selection committee – james broughton , ken kelman , peter kubelka , jonas mekas , and p . adams sitney – was formed to establish a definitive collection of films ( the essential cinema repertory ) and to determine the structure of the new institution .

anthology film archives opened on november 30 , 1970 at joseph papp’s public theater . jerome hill was its sponsor . after hill’s death , in 1974 it relocated to 80 wooster street . pressed by the need for more adequate space , it acquired manhattan’s second avenue courthouse building in 1979 . under the guidance of the architects raimund abraham and kevin bone , and at a cost of $ 1 , 450 , 000 , the building was adapted to house two motion picture theaters , a reference library , a film preservation department , offices , and a gallery , opening to the public on october 12 , 1988 .

at the courthouse , anthology has found an ideal home as a chamber museum , dedicated to the preservation , study , and exhibition of independent and avant - garde film . it is the first museum devoted to film as an art form , and is committed to the guiding principle that a great film must be seen many times , that the film print must be the best possible , and that the viewing conditions must be optimal .

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downey takes his camera and microphone onto the streets ( and into some bedrooms ) for a look at manhattan ' s singles scene of the late sixties . of course , that ' s not all : no more excuses cuts . . . see full summary »

an experimental , ludicrous , plotless , absurd , surreal comedy . it is seemingly intentionally impossible to understand . it leaps from scene to scene , world to world , with recurring names and . . . see full summary »

dark satire in which the token black man on the executive board of an advertising firm is accidentally put in charge . renaming the business " truth and soul , inc . " , he replaces the tight . . . see full summary »

a young woman arrives in new york to visit a friend and lands in one hot spot after another as she fends off the perverted advances from every man she meets .

in an era when dick , jane , and discipline ruled america ' s schools , albert cullum allowed shakespeare , sophocles , and shaw to reign in his fifth grade public school classroom . through the . . . see full summary »

a parable based on the life of christ . this ain ' t your father ' s bible story , full of references about the destruction of the world through massive constipation and a new mexican setting .

the zany crew of a new york cable television station accidentally bounce a signal off the moon , bringing them worldwide attention .

hugo pool is a quirky tale of a los angeles pool cleaner who falls in love with a young man dying of lou gerhig ' s disease .

a documentary filmmaker , who has spent the last 15 years making films like " aluminum : our shiny friend , " is finally given the chance to make the documentary on indian farming he has always . . . see full summary »

this puber - comedy is a kind of mixture between " animal house " and " police academy " . four boys are sent , for different reasons , to the sheldon r . wienberg military academy . the life of . . . see full summary »

: my mother says that kissing a boy only leads to trouble and danger and skepticism .

the opening credits state : " special hindrance : n . y . c . police dept . "

this is among the strangest and most plot less comedies i have ever seen . after thinking about the film , i ' ve realized that it the protagonist manages to be insane and incestuous murderer . the film sort of follows him around over the course of two " mental breakdowns " in which he encounters a " sock sniffer " , marries his own mother , visits heaven , and much more . the film is wonderfully satirical , and it makes fun of almost everything , much like the very best of kurt vonnegut ' s novels . it ' s a highly creative work from a highly creative director , the underground filmmaker robert downey , sr . at this point , i ' m beginning to really adore downey sr . ' s sense of humor . it ' s always very satirical , dark , and offensive , and his filmmaking style is highly experimental , surrealistic , and absurd . all of these elements of humor and filmmaking are right up my alley and it seems that i ' m really going to enjoy the rest of the films on the " up all night with robert downey sr . " eclipse set from the criterion collection . i ' m seriously looking forward to " putney swope " !

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this new york art film is almost totally comprised of still photographs . it chronicles the hip and colorful life in soho during the 1960s . the filmmaker also comments and makes observations about the issues and cultural icons of the day ; included are his insights concerning the underground film movement .

about some crude and silly childish business over shock gags and rages against convention .

it ' s all good clean fun , of course . i can ' t believe disney hasn ' t remade it yet .

a chronicle of walter dinsomore ' s " annual breakdown , " 1966 : he gives birth to ten dollar bills , shoots a policeman , marries his mother and goes on welfare . this ultra - low budget underground comedy is told mostly through ( cleverly manipulated ) stills with only three actors supplying dozens of voices : it ' s almost like an illustrated radio play utilizing lots of leftover marx brothers jokes ( " i ' ve never been so insulted ! " " you ' re young still . " ) the incest , police corruption and murder is too silly to count as " transgressive . " an interesting experiment from the intriguing robert downey , sr .

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the movie is a series of one - liners and short skits involving the oedipian walter dinsmore . the straightmen are the black comedy figures of the new york scene : the bald psychiatrist ( who speaks like groucho marx ) , the underground movie maker ( " in underground movies the action is all behind the camera " ) , and the jewish caterer . the show recalls the most thunderous moments of burlesque , irreverence armed and swaggering .

there is a crudeness in this joking , and the crudeness is the best part of the movie . downey will do anything with the camera to get a laugh , even if it means leaving the screen black at the end of the film while a negrohippie voice slanders all that is good .

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walter dinsmore ' s annual january breakdown begins shortly after he leaves his mother ' s apartment . he is delivered by caesarian section [ or through a hysterectomy ? ] of 189 ten - dollar bills , an accumulation which is the result of swallowing a nickel when he was a child . psychoanalysis proves of little help to him inasmuch as he sees nothing wrong with being in love with his mother . death offers no solution ; heaven promptly rejects walter and sends him back to earth , whereupon he is sold as a pop art creation . he takes an acting job as a policeman in an underground film but finds that " all the action takes place behind the camera . " after the movie project folds because someone knocks over the camera , walter keeps his policeman ' s uniform , directs traffic at times square , and accepts bribes from pornography peddlers . he helps cater potato salad at a bar mitzvah and meets a woman who is hiding under a table . when their rooftop orgy is interrupted by the caterer , walter flings him to the street below . walter ' s cousin , in a telephone call from the dixie hotel on 43d street , complains that walter has made her pregnant . he throws her from the window , and she lands on a theater marquee , gaining instant " star billing . " after becoming a rock and roll singing sensation with a song entitled " in your black leather negligee , " walter returns home and finds that his father has died . walter marries his mother , becomes a proud father , moves to the suburbs , and lives happily on welfare . [ the order of events is uncertain . ]

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first off , where did those preposterous ratings come from ? have any of those nincompoops actually seen the movie ? it ' s certainly understandable if they hadn ' t , as it is extremely rare . more ' s the pity . this movie is a whoopee , stops - out , take - no - prisoners satire of absolutely everything : independent film - making , pop music , american mores , psychology , politics , family , education - - whatever popped into downey ' s head . it ' s completely plot less and totally absurd , and it feels very much like a " monty python " episode made by new yorkers in the ' 60 ' s . it ' s absolutely hilarious and i could go on for days about the performances too ( why didn ' t elsie downey and lawrence wolf have huge careers beyond their films with downey ? ) , but let ' s just leave it at this : if you ever get the chance , see it .

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robert downey sr . ’s films are ribald , socially - conscious , highly experimental works that make richard lester’s oeuvre seem polite and godard’s plot - heavy . though he achieved cult success with 1969’s putney swope , some of downey’s other , more radical works from the period are arguably more interesting , and their revival by way of an eclipse box set is exceptional news . up all night with robert downey sr . brings together five early films which show the director at his unhinged best , and if nothing else should prove a hedge against downey becoming a mere footnote to his more famous son’s career . a part of new [ … ]

" i like being aggressive in the storytelling . . . " : michael dinner on his cbs james ellroy adaptation ,

plot : a guy named walter experiences his annual breakdown , gives birth to cash , and marries his mother .

. i ' m a fan of the other robert downey movies i ' ve seen , mostly because the guy seems fearless . with this early flick , you get kitchen sink satire , goofball avant - garde , spotty comedy , and a cheap but completely unique style . like chris marker ' s

, this story - - though it would be a mistake to go into this looking for a story - - is told through a series of still images rather than moving pictures . the dialogue is ludicrously dubbed , and the music often feels like an assault . but i mean that as a positive . downey ' s wife elsie and george martin do all of the voices as director / writer takes on politics , art , religion , and relationship , attacks on everything with dada bullets and kooky gags that sort of recall a more surrealistic or drugged marx brothers . it ' s wild stuff , man .

looking at the ultra - conventional career of sherlock holmes / iron man robert downey , jr . , it’s hard to imagine that this talented but timid mcmoviestar was sired by a disreputable ultracool beatnik hepcat . indeed , if not for the implication of the “jr . ” designation and the genetic necessity of fatherhood , the average moviegoer would have no idea that a

exists . but exist he does , and a strange life has he led . to those who know him at all , downey is known as a director of obscure cult films and hollywood flops ( including his first hollywood flop , the sacrilegious but certified weird vaudeville jesus western

, a satire about a black power advocate who accidentally becomes head of a madison avenue advertising firm , the elder downey had led a fascinating life . by age 29 , downey

had lied about his age so he could enlist in the army , been court martialed , won a golden gloves amateur boxing championship , played semi - professional baseball , and written and directed his first underground movies , mostly shot in manhattan without permits , guerrilla - style . “after being thrown out of the house , four schools , and the united states army , i discovered that i was on the right track , ” said downey .

( 1964 ) . the story follows sandy studsberry , the meek “president of the united status” as he deals with an invasion from the red siamese and the antics of his own crazy cabinet , led by chester kitty - litter . all the attributes of early downey make their appearance here : absurd anything - can - happen plotting , amateur acting , dubbed audio , scenes filmed in public spaces , slapstick

silliness , and a single color sequence . with the exception of a few routines addressing racism ,

. understandably , this broth concocted by an amateur chef is far thinner than the comedy stewed by groucho and crew .

s sets are minimal ; the cabinet entertains ( then shoots ) luxembourg’s ambassador while sitting on folding chairs on a beach , and at other times characters are filmed in public running up the steps of the capitol or other national monuments to lend a sense that they really are politicos going about their business . taylor mead plays the prez as a sleepy - eyed spaz , and there are plenty of absurd moments : the cabinet pauses to do calisthenics in an empty field while a jugband medley of patriotic favorites plays on the soundtrack , studsbury tries to talk his private secretary out of a trash can after he has a nervous breakdown , and a peace poet’s monologue about enrolling in a negro college is interrupted by a parade of slaves . although there are occasional clever bits—one of the cabinet members is dubbed “the fascist gun in the west” and president studsbury is told he will be remembered as “a retarded foster dulles”—for the most part the improvised comedy falls flat and feels juvenile . basically , it’s just “public figures” acting like clowns—and unscripted clowns , at that .

for inexplicable reasons , downey credited himself in his early films under the title “robert downey ( a prince ) . ” it was a weird signature for a weird guy , who would only get weirder as his career built towards the ridiculous and sacrilegious greasers’ palace . these first three films show a young auteur , warts and all , finding his footing and honing his skewed sense of satire . downey would find a modicum of success the year after he made no more excuses with the outrageous adverting spoof putney swope . each of his first three movies runs under and hour and could be watched back - to - back - to - back almost as a single piece . the eclipse series publishes them together on disc 1 of the 2 disc “up all night with robert downey sr . ” set ( disc 2 contains swope and two tons of turquoise to taos tonight , an experiment which outweirded all previous downey attempts ) . no more excuses had been seldom seen since its debut , and eclipse restored the film from the only surviving print ; it’s not the greatest movie of the 1960s but it would have been a shame to lose this piece of underground film history from one of cinema’s few true originals . let’s just hope jr . will be treating dad to a beer ( or even two ) with the advance he’ll see from iron man iii . sr . ’s earned it ; he’s truly a prince among men .

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on the phone with a reporter from san francisco , filmmaker robert downey sr . was taking a trip down memory lane - of the city he first visited in the 1950s while in the navy , and of the harvey milk he knew in the days when the future mayor of castro street was working on wall street .

" i remember this vividly : we were going down the street with tom o ' horgan ( milk ' s friend and a composer for downey ' s films ) , " downey said . " and harvey said , ' you guys go ahead . i ' ll catch up . ' so i looked back . . . and he was helping a bum . givin ' him some money and helping the guy to his feet . that was it . that was who he was . "

that was in the 1960s , when downey was the self - described " prince " of the new york independent film movement , a time and place vividly captured in the restored prints of four of his most anarchic movies in a series at the yerba buena center for the arts .

" there were some people that got into that one , " downey said . " it ' s kind of a mess , but we actually shot at the white house . jfk was in europe , so we just had ( the actor ) walking around . "

it also features the director ' s famous son , robert downey jr . , and the film is the " iron man " actor ' s favorite of his father ' s films . " i ' m really happy for my son , " said downey sr . , referring to the younger downey ' s triumph over his troubles . " he ' s turned his life around . i ' m so proud of him . "

downey sr . , 72 , is still active . he ' s directed 18 movies , has completed a script updating his best - known film , his 1969 madison avenue satire " putney swope , " and is working on a documentary about german singer and actress lotte lenya .

" the last two or three weeks have been my best times , " said downey , who has battled his own demons in the past . " i feel better and have come through some health issues . my writing ' s sharp . "

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1 videodisc ( 242 min . ) : sd . , b & w ; 4 3 / 4 in .

babo 73 : taylor mead plays the president of the united states , who , when he isn ' t at the white house , conducts his top - secret affairs on a deserted beach .

no more excuses : downey takes his camera and microphone onto the streets ( and into some bedrooms ) for a look at manhattan ' s singles scene of the late sixties .

eclipse ( criterion collection ( firm ) ) . series 33 , up all night with robert downey sr .

dvd ; ntsc , region 1 ; dolby digital mono . ; 1 . 33 : 1 aspect ratio .

in english with optional subtitles in english for the deaf and hard of hearing .

babo 73 : taylor mead , james antonio , tom gaines , james greene , richard roat , william rydell .

babo 73 : music , tom o ' horgan ; photography , william waering ; editor , fred von bernewitz .

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2 videodiscs ( ca . 301 min . ) : col . and b & w ; 4 3 / 4 in .

[ disc 2 ] . putney swope ( 85 min . ) / produced by robert downey sr . , henri pachard

two tons of turquoise to taos tonight ( 56 min . ) / producers ray lofaro , max raab , bette wanderman ; screenplay by l . c .

special ed . - [ irvington , ny ] : criterion collection , c2005 .

2 videodiscs ( 105 min . ) : sd . , b & w ; 4 3 / 4 in . + 1 booklet ( 41 p . ; 19 cm . )

considered truffaut ' s greatest film , this is a story of friendship between two artists and their mutual love for the same woman .

special ed . - [ united states ] : the criterion collection , c2011 .

1 videodisc ( 91 min . ) : sd . , col . ; 4 3 / 4 in . + 1 booklet ( unpaged : ill . ; 19 cm . )

the legendary gilbert and sullivan troupe , the d ' oyly carte opera company , joined forces with hollywood for this 1939 technicolor version of the fabled comic opera , the first complete work by the famed duo to be adapted for the screen , directed by musician and oscar - nominated filmmaker victor schertzinger . the result is a lavish cinematic retelling of the british political satire set in exotic japan .

2 videodiscs ( 96 min . ) : sd . , b & w ; 4 3 / 4 in . + 1 booklet .

special features : schaffner ' s 1955 television version , with an introduction by ron simon , director of the paley center for media studie ; " 12 angry men " : from television to the big screen , a video essay by film scholar vance kapley ; archival interviews with lumet ; new interview about the director with writer walter bernstein ; new interview with simon about television writer reginald rose ; new interview with cinematographer john bailey .

a behind - closed - doors look at the american legal system as riveting as it is spare , the iconic adaptation of reginald rose ' s teleplay stars henry fonda as the initially dissenting member of a jury of white men ready to pass judgment on a puerto rican teenager charged with murdering his father . what results is a saga of epic proportions that plays out in real time over ninety minutes in one sweltering room . one of the most radical big - screen courtroom dramas in cinema history .

special ed . - [ united states ] : the criterion collection , 2009 .

money , sex , fashion , the city , love , language , war . in a word , everything . the film takes as its ostensible subject the daily life of juliette janson , a housewife from the paris suburbs who prostitutes herself for extra money . features include interviews , essays , and more . juliette , a bourgeois housewife , is a loving wife and mother whose domestic moments alternate with her days and nights as a call girl .

blu - ray edition . - [ irvington , n . y . ] : the criterion collection , [ 2013 ]

4 videodiscs ( 305 min . ) : sound , black and white ; 4 3 / 4 in . + 1 booklet ( 86 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm ) . sound : digital ; optical ; mono . lpcm . digital : video file ; blu - ray . region a .

stromboli / directed by robert rossellini ; produced by robert rossellini ; story by robert rossellini ; screenplay by sergio amidei , g . p . callegari , art cohn , renzo cesana ( 1950 , english version 106 min . , italian version 100 min . )

europe ' 51 / directed by robert rossellini ; produced by robert rossellini ; story by robert rossellini ; screenplay by sandro de feo , mario pannunzio , ivo perilli , brunello rondi ( 1952 , english version 109 min . , itlian version 118 min )

journey to italy / directed by robert rossellini ; produced by robert rossellini , adolfo fossataro , alfredo guarini ; story and screenplay by vitaliano brancati , robert rossellini ( 1954 , 85 min . ) .

the resulting collaboration produced a series of films that are works of both sociopolitical concern and metaphysical melodrama . stromboli , europe ' 51 , and journey to italy are intensely personal portraits that reveal the director at his most emotional and the glamorous actor at her most anguished , and that capture them and the world around them in transition .

dvd special edition . - [ irvington , n . y . ] : the criterion collection , 2013 .

5 videodiscs ( 518 min . ) : sound , black and white ; 4 3 / 4 in . + 1 booklet ( 84 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm ) . sound : digital ; optical ; mono ; dolby digital . video : ntsc . digital : video file ; dvd video ; region 1 .

[ v . 1 . ] disc 1 . stromboli ( english - language version ) ( 106 min . )

disc 2 . stromboli terra di dio ( italian - language version ) ( 100 min . ) .

[ v . 2 . ] disc 1 europe ' 51 ( english language version ( 109 min . ) disc 2 . europa ' 51 ( italian language version ) 118 min . )

[ v . 3 . ] viaggio in italia ( 85 min . ) = journey to italy .

stromboli . after world war ii , a lithuanian refugee marries a simple italian fisherman she meets in a prisoner of war camp and accompanies him back to his isolated village on an island off the coast of sicily . cut off from the world , she finds herself crumbling emotionally , but she is destined for a dramatic epiphany .

europe ' 51 . ingrid bergman plays a wealthy , self - absorbed rome socialite racked by guilt over the shocking death of her young son . as a way of dealing with her grief and finding meaning in her life , she decides to devote her time and money to the city ' s poor and sick . her newfound , single - minded activism leads to conflicts with her husband and questions about her sanity .

journey to italy . among the most influential films of the postwar era , robert rossellini ' s journey to italy charges the declining marriage of a couple from england on a trip in the countryside near naples . more than just the anatomy of a relationship , rossellini ' s masterpiece is a heartrending work of emotion and spirituality .

[ s . l . ] : criterion ; los angeles , ca : distributed by the voyager company , [ c1988 ] .

1 videodisc ( 110 min . ) : sd . , b & w ; 12 in .

special ed . - [ united states ] : criterion collection , [ 2010 ? ] .

1 videodisc ( 92 min . ) : sd . , b & w ; 4 3 / 4 in . + 1 booklet ( [ 18 ] p . : ill . ; 18 cm . )

in this beautifully shot and acted , psychologically complex western , van heflin is a mild - mannered cattle rancher who takes on the task of shepherding a captured outlaw , played with cucumber - cool charisma by glenn ford , to the train that will take him to prison . this apparently simple plan turns into a nerve - racking cat - and - mouse game that will test each man ' s particular brand of honor .

dvd ed . - [ new york , n . y . ] : criterion collection , [ 2009 ]

1 videodisc ( 86 min . ) : sd . , b & w ; 4 3 / 4 in .

a young canadian man makes the acquaintance of an international spy . when he finds her murdered in his flat , he takes over her mission and is pursued across scotland by both the police and a dangerous spy ring .

the 39 steps is a heart - racing spy story by alfred hitchcock , follwing richard hannay , who stumbles into a conspiracy that thrusts him into a hectic chase across the scotish moors . a chase in which he is both the pursuer and the pursued , as well as into an expected romance with the cool pamela .

1 videodisc ( 86 min . ) : sd . , b & w , single sided ; 4 3 / 4 in .

a man falsely accused of murder is chased across scotland as he tries to find those responsible .

dvd ed . - [ new york , n . y . ] : criterion collection , [ 2009 ] .

follows the exploits of richard hannay , a dapper everyman who ends up on the run after he is mistaken for a murderer .

" set in the impoverished back alleys of victorian london , the threepenny opera follows underworld antihero mackie messer ( a . k . a . mack the knife ) as he tries to woo polly peachum and elude the authorities . with a palpable evocation of corruption and dread , set to weill ' s irresistible score , the threepenny opera remains a benchmark of early sound cinema . " - - container .

director - approved special ed . - [ irvington , n . y . ] : criterion collection , c2007 .

4 videodiscs ( ca . 354 min . ) : sd . , col . and b & w ; 4 3 / 4 in . + 1 booklet ( unpaged ; 19 cm . )

[ v . 2 . ] cléo de 5 à 7 = cleo from 5 to 7 ( 1962 ) ( 89 min . )

[ v . 3 . ] le bonheur = happiness ( 1965 ) ( 80 min . ) - - [ v . 4 . ] sans toi ni loi = vagabond ( 1985 ) ( 105 min ) .

la ponté courté . a film about a fishing town and a couple who are evaluating their changing relationship . varda juxtaposes the two tales to create a unique perspective on life .

cléo from 5 to 7 . a girl waiting for the result of a medical examination wanders around paris thinking she has cancer ; the film focuses on her ever - changing moods , and her search for answers .

le bonheur . though married to the good - natured , beautiful thérèse young husband and father françois finds himself falling unquestioningly into an affair with an attractive postal worker .

vogabond . mona , an aimless drifter in the french countryside , deeply touches the lives of the people she meets and confronts them with her own ideas of freedom .

1 videodisc ( ca . 99 min . ) : sd . , b & w ; 4 3 / 4 in .

sensitively recreating the trials of truffaut ' s own childhood , portraying aloof parents , oppressive teachers , petty crime , and a friendship that would last a lifetime .

blu - ray special ed . - [ irvington , ny ] : criterion collection , [ 2008 ]

1 videodisc ( 99 min . ) : sd . , b & w ; 4 3 / 4 in .

antoine doinel is a young parisian boy who is neglected by his derelict parents , skips out on school , sneaks into movies , runs away from home , steals things , and tries , with disastrous results , to return them . like most kids , he gets into more trouble for things he thinks are right than for his actual trespasses . but , unlike most kids , he gets whacked with the big stick . he lives in a paris filled with dingy flats , seedy arcades , abandoned factories , and workaday streets . paris is a city that seems big and full of possibilities only when seen through the eyes of a child .

1 videodisc ( 95 min . ) : sound , color ; 4 3 / 4 in . + 1 folded booklet ( unpaged ) sound : digital ; optical . digital : video file ; blu - ray ; region 1 .

as kate and geoff prepare to celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary , their marriage is shaken when unexpected news threatens to change their lives .