What the Beck???
After the Rain came the Flooding
I was on my way to Bed, Bath, and Beyond when
I noticed that the field was really full of water.
And then I glanced up and saw that it had crossed
the road and was very deep!
Wow! That is one heck of a lot of water!!!
After the Rain came the Flooding
I noticed that the field was really full of water.
the road and was very deep!
Bucket List Update
Academy Award Nominated Movies
1954 On
the Waterfront
starring: Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Karl
Malden, Lee J. Cobb,
Rod Steiger
plot – Brandon works on the docks and prize fights
on the side.
His boss is awful and makes him throw a fight and set up his friend to
be murdered. A trial eventually happens
and Brando comes up against his boss (Cobb).
This
was a pretty famous movie, but it wasn’t my cup of tea.
1955 Picnic
starring: William Holden, Kim Novak, Susan
Strasberg, Cliff Robertson
plot – A hobo comes to Kansas and spends the Labor
Day Picnic
with an old friend. The women in the town all have issues that somehow
relate to him.
This
was a pretty good movie. It was funny to write the word hobo, because it is a
word that isn’t really used any more. This movie had some pretty famous actors
in it and it is worth watching
1956 The
Ten Commandments
starring: Charleton Heston, Yul Brenner
plot – An outstanding motion picture about the
life and times of
Moses and his freeing the people of Israel.
I
think I saw bits and pieces of this movie, but was surprised at the scope of
the move for the time it was made. It is a classic and is fabulous.
1961 The
Guns of Navarone
starring: Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony
Quinn, Irene Papas, Richard Harris
plot – This is a WWII war movie. A team of men are
sent on a mission to take out the guns that kept our side from sailing
up a channel in the Aegean Sea.
This
was a great movie. My Dad loved war movies and this one was well done.
1962 The
Longest Day
starring: Robert Mitchum, John Wayne, Sal Mineo,
Eddie Albert, Red Buttons, Richard Burton, Henry Ford, Paul Anka, Arletty,
Sean Connery, Fabion, Steve Forrest, Peter Lawford,
Roddy
McDowell, Edmund O’Brien, George Segal,
Rod Steiger, Robert Wagner, Stuart Whitman
plot – The movie was set in France in 1944.
General Eisenhower sends
the Allies to land on the beaches of Normandy. General
Cot takes his troops to Omaha Beach, and even though
they lost many men, they did get into the French territory. The
Germans were not prepared for this invasion.
This
was a great movie. I remember watching a portion of this movie with my Dad. I loved
seeing all of the familiar stars, and the story was excellent.
1963 Tom
Jones
starring: Albert Finney, Suzannah
York, Hugh Griffith, Edith Evans,
Joan Greenwood
plot – The setting was in the 1700s,
in England. A baby is found
and raised by a squire. Tom falls for a girl, but they can’t marry due to
social standing. Tom Gets kicked out and
eventually reunited with the girl. It was a comedy and won Best Picture for
1963.
I really don’t see how this movie won when it was up against
Cleopatra and Lilies of the Field.
I didn’t love it at alls.
1965 Doctor
Zhivago
starring: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie,
Rod Steiger, Geraldine Chaplin, Alec Guiness, Tom Courtnay
plot – A complicated love story of
Yuri and Lara during the Russian Revolution.
This was a fabulous movie. I loved learning more about the
Revolution, but the acting and the storyline are what made this movie a winner
for me.
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