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percy toboggan
23-Nov-08, 16:40
I hadn't seen this for nearly forty years.
It left an impression because I finally got to drive some of Route 66 in Millennium year...
anyway I got the dvd a prez for me anniversary like.

Watched it yesterday and it's fantastic. Henry Fonda acting his socks off...and an ensemble of long dead folk (most of 'em) .

The imagery of an auld heavily (unfeasibly) laden truck bumping and grinding its way out west had etched into me memory but to have it on a disc to savour has chuffed me no end. It is certainly in my top ten movie list.

Added t' me Leveller's c.d....Runrig...and Miss Potter dvd and staying wed for 38 years has certainly paid off!:D

Mrs.T had a fossil watch - appropriate coming from moi !
joxville
23-Nov-08, 16:59
It can never match the depth of Hell Drivers: http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0051713/

Starred Patrick McGoohan, Herbert Lom, Gordon Jackson & Sean Connery amongst others.

What a film....what a cast....what a pile of crap! :D
Kodiak
23-Nov-08, 17:29
It can never match the depth of Hell Drivers: http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0051713/

Starred Patrick McGoohan, Herbert Lom, Gordon Jackson & Sean Connery amongst others.

What a film....what a cast....what a pile of crap! :D


I agree as this was not a Film I liked at all, it is one I would go out of my way to avoid.
percy toboggan
24-Nov-08, 18:42
You have to be joking...
please, tell me you are joking.

Hell Drivers - whilst in now way competing on the same emotional level as 'Grapes of Wrath' stands as a high watermark in nineteen fifties British cinema ! With a cast - almost all of whom went on to bigger, greater things' this every day tale of avarice, underdoggery and triumph of good over er...rampant Irish antagonism and Bill Hartnell chicanery is definitely one to be prized and cherished by any film buff worth his cellulloid.
joxville
24-Nov-08, 19:28
Maybe because it is so old is the reason I think Hell Drivers was awful. In fact, it was so bad they probably had a paramedic on standby to rescucitate the actor's career's.

My cinematic memories begin somewhere around the times of the fantastic Herbie films , filled with colour, great scripts, great acting and beautiful locations. *Aye, they dinna come much better than that. :D






*If you believe that pile of tosh then your a bigger fool than I. [lol]
TBH
24-Nov-08, 19:30
Have you tried preparation H, Percy?
percy toboggan
24-Nov-08, 20:13
Have you tried preparation H, Percy?

Only the 'X' Factor do far TBH....
Not sure what yer talkin' about but I'll wager it's in good humour.
TBH
24-Nov-08, 20:19
Only the 'X' Factor do far TBH....
Not sure what yer talkin' about but I'll wager it's in good humour.Grapes of wrath, piles, preparation H, Haemorroid cream.:D
joxville
24-Nov-08, 20:21
I think TBH possibly meant to post the preparation H comment on the Drug Dealers Daughter thread in response to you saying your booty is too achin' for shakin'.
TBH
24-Nov-08, 20:24
I think TBH possibly meant to post the preparation H comment on the Drug Dealers Daughter thread in response to you saying your booty is too achin' for shakin'.LOL, he could always use one of these:
http://www.hemorrhoidscushion.co.uk/index.htm
joxville
24-Nov-08, 21:15
Poor old percy no longer smiles
His achin booty is full of piles
Go to here is my hint
Rest yer arris on a polo mint [lol]
http://www.hemorrhoidscushion.co.uk/index.htm
gleeber
24-Nov-08, 21:40
Ive never seen the film although I can see Henry Fonda being perfect for the part.
I read the book over a few days one Christmas 30 years ago. It made a miserable Christmas. Fantastic story though.
George Brims
25-Nov-08, 00:32
Another Steinbeck book made into a great film was "Of Mice and Men". Actually there have been two versions of it, the 1992 with Gary Sinise and John Malkovitch in the main roles, and the 1939 one with Burgess Meredith and Lon Chaney Jr. I haven't seen the earlier one but the later one was very well done.


They have also done "Cannery Row" as a movie with Nick Nolte. Another one for my list of things to get around to seeing some time. I'm going to be so busy when I retire!
percy toboggan
25-Nov-08, 18:33
Poor old percy no longer smiles
His achin booty is full of piles
Go to here is my hint
Rest yer arris on a polo mint [lol]
http://www.hemorrhoidscushion.co.uk/index.htm

Less o' the old joxy.
Piles ain't in it.
Suddenly you ain't as funny as you used to be.
percy toboggan
25-Nov-08, 18:34
Ive never seen the film although I can see Henry Fonda being perfect for the part.
I read the book over a few days one Christmas 30 years ago. It made a miserable Christmas. Fantastic story though.

The film is unmissable gleeber.
Treat yerself.