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[MiniMinorMk3]

Charlton Heston during the filming of Ben Hur

[MiniMinorMk3]

Jane Asher

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Hunter S Thompson

[MiniMinorMk3]

[Pieman]

On 25/11/2024 at 16:19, primeradoner said:

Well  I was at Wembley Stadium in1974 and both Noel and Hot Rod driver Barry Lee got their arses handed to them by Stock car legend Stuart Smith. They were all driving identical Escort Mexicos  

If there's any film of that I would like to see it.  Stuart could have driven a skip on wheels and still kick everyone's arse - it was very rare for him to drop a race in the F1s at all in the 1970s (and we're in a similar period of complete dominance by Tom Harris 50 years later).

[primeradoner]

1 hour ago, Pieman said:

If there's any film of that I would like to see it.  Stuart could have driven a skip on wheels and still kick everyone's arse - it was very rare for him to drop a race in the F1s at all in the 1970s (and we're in a similar period of complete dominance by Tom Harris 50 years later).

It was part of the pre-meeting entertainment and I'm not sure if  a copy of it exists. My favourite Stuart moment was the 1984 long track championship at Baarlo.  The odds on favourite for victory  Friedhelm Welters was on the front row with a much better handling car. Stuart knew that if Friedhelm was ahead after the first lap then it was all over so he made sure it didnt happen. There's definitely footage of that one

[Metal Guru]

2 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Charlton Heston during the filming of Ben Hur

Wow, didn’t know they used scooters and used CGI to make them into chariots.

[sheffcortinacentre]

Nothings new.

[Metal Guru]

On 28/11/2024 at 07:23, Hertz said:

Kim Wilde

 

“ Wilde? Of course I am! Madonna’s got a bloody Ferrari!”

[martc]

Bruce, the 25-foot shark from 'Jaws' rides through traffic in Boston, 15/9/88, en route to the Museum of Science for the 'Science of Movie and Television Magic' exhibition.

[martc]

[martc]

Britt Ekland posing on a Lancia, 1963.

[MiniMinorMk3]

 

[Metal Guru]

13 hours ago, martc said:

Bruce, the 25-foot shark from 'Jaws' rides through traffic in Boston, 15/9/88, en route to the Museum of Science for the 'Science of Movie and Television Magic' exhibition.

Did they buy it from the film  studio or is it a loan shark?

[Pieman]

What is the car immediately behind the shark?

[somewhatfoolish]

1 hour ago, Pieman said:

What is the car immediately behind the shark?

Audi 100/5000 or 80/4000 maybe?

[Metal Guru]

13 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said:

Audi 100/5000 or 80/4000 maybe?

I thought a US spec Golf I.e a Rabbit.

[MiniMinorMk3]

9 hours ago, Pieman said:

What is the car immediately behind the shark?

 

8 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said:

Audi 100/5000 or 80/4000 maybe?

 

7 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

I thought a US spec Golf I.e a Rabbit.

It's a US spec Mk1 Jetta

Rabbits only had single lamps

[Hertz]

On 11/12/2024 at 19:43, Metal Guru said:

“ Wilde? Of course I am! Madonna’s got a bloody Ferrari!”

TBF Madonna was a kid in America....

[Paul Makin]

Wild(e)?  She was absolutely livid

[chaseracer]

On 12/12/2024 at 11:25, martc said:

Bruce, the 25-foot shark from 'Jaws' rides through traffic in Boston, 15/9/88, en route to the Museum of Science for the 'Science of Movie and Television Magic' exhibition.

Tragically, due to excess speed and failed tie-downs, Bruce was flung across the Atlantic and became embedded in the roof of a house in Headington, near Oxford...

[The Old Bloke Next Door]

[lesapandre]

On 10/12/2024 at 17:05, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Charlton Heston during the filming of Ben Hur

Filmed at Cinecitta in Rome 1958 hence the bike.

Well worth seeing the film at the cinema if it is revived sometime - shot in 'widescreen' and intended to be seen on that format in cinemas. It's an impressive thing with a number of British actors including Jack Hawkins, Hew Griffith (who won an Oscar), Finlay Currie and incredibly John Le Measurier who plays the Roman doctor in the chariot race.

[lesapandre]

On 10/12/2024 at 17:07, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Hunter S Thompson

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me."

[mintwth]

On 18/12/2024 at 10:12, lesapandre said:

Filmed at Cinecitta in Rome 1958 hence the bike.

Well worth seeing the film at the cinema if it is revived sometime - shot in 'widescreen' and intended to be seen on that format in cinemas. It's an impressive thing with a number of British actors including Jack Hawkins, Hew Griffith (who won an Oscar), Finlay Currie and incredibly John Le Measurier who plays the Roman doctor in the chariot race.

Technically, it was shot in MGM Camera 65 which uses a 70mm anamorphic lens and 65mm film and gives a 2.76:1 aspect ratio. However, to avoid cinemas having to invest in new projection equipment it was adapted to be shown in scope (2.35:1) on 35mm film projectors. If Ben Hur was intended to be seen in the format it was shot in, this would have massively limited its audience to cinemas with, or willing to invest in, 70mm projectors. 

Cinemas with 35mm projectors typically had lenses and gates to show films in widescreen (1.85:1) or scope (2.35:1).

Widescreen today is more often used to refer to the 16:9 (1.78:1) format than the 1.85:1 cinema format.

Incidentally, the decision to use MGM Camera 65 was made by Ben Hur's producer and MGM executives, the director strongly disliked the wider format. 

[MiniMinorMk3]

Margot Fonteyn

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[Tayne]

1 hour ago, Joey spud said:

I thought this was Rod Hull at first.

[Joey spud]

1 minute ago, Tayne said:

I thought this was Rod Hull at first.

And you'd be right to think that.