i've seen 'point blank' and the remake with gibson, and you've answered my 'm squad' question for no extra charge. i agree about both of those.
i'd like to see 'full contact' and 'the outfit'.
--- On Sat, 3/14/09, Mark Sullivan <DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net> wrote:
> From: Mark Sullivan <DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net>
> Subject: RE: RARA-AVIS: Re: I've finally begun THE HOT ROCK...
> To: "rara-avis" <rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Saturday, March 14, 2009, 11:56 PM
>
> No, haven't seen that one, either. I've read all of
> the books, but only seen a few of the movies:
>
>
>
> Point Blank, with Lee Marvin (in a bit of synchrony, the
> star of M Squad), which I thought was great
>
> Payback, with Mel Gibson, which I really disliked, but I
> have yet to watch the director's cut
>
> Full Contact, with Chow Yun Fat, which I really liked,
> although I didn't realize it had the same plot as The Hunter
> until I saw it listed on Trent's site
>
> Bittersweet, with Angie Everhart, which was watchable in a
> trashy straight to video kind of way
>
>
>
> All of the above are based on The Hunter. I also
> really liked Robert Duvall in The Outfit.
>
>
>
> I think that's all the Parker movies I've seen.
>
>
>
> > To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
> > From: sforstater@yahoo.com
> > Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:38:38 -0700
> > Subject: RE: RARA-AVIS: Re: I've finally begun THE HOT
> ROCK...
> >
> >
> > thanks, mark. did you see 'the split'?
> >
> > --- On Sat, 3/14/09, Mark Sullivan <DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > > From: Mark Sullivan <DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net>
> > > Subject: RE: RARA-AVIS: Re: I've finally begun
> THE HOT ROCK...
> > > To: "rara-avis" <rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com>
> > > Date: Saturday, March 14, 2009, 10:14 PM
> > >
> > > Sonny asked:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "in what film(s) was parker portrayed as black
> american man
> > > or euro gal?"
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Jim Brown played Parker (under the name McClain)
> in The
> > > Split, which was based on The Seventh.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > And Anna Karina played Parker (under the name
> Paula Nelson)
> > > in Made in USA, supposedly based on The Jugger.
> Other
> > > characters are named David Goodis, Donald Siegel,
> Richard
> > > Widmark, Richard Nixon and Robert MacNamara,
> which implies
> > > Godard did not exactly stick to the book. Haven't
> seen
> > > it myself, mostly because Westlake hated it so
> much he kept
> > > it from being released in the States. I do have
> a
> > > videotape of it, but no subtitles, and my high
> school French
> > > is pretty much forgotten, so I've never tried to
> watch it.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Mark
> > >
> > >
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