I forgot all about "Grand Prix". No other racing movie has ever come close to comparing with it. Sort of like the chase scene in "Bullitt" - hasn't been bested yet and probably won't be. I saw Grand Prix in Cinerama when it came out in 1966.
There was one other great racing movie, Lemans (1970) with Steve McQueen. Garner was great in Grand Prix. I like'm both equally.
I suppose tastes in films vary a lot. I was certainly a Steve McQueen fan, but Lemans never came close to comparing with Grand Prix.
I forgot all about "Grand Prix". No other racing movie has ever come close to comparing with it. Sort of like the chase scene in "Bullitt" - hasn't been bested yet and probably won't be. I saw Grand Prix in Cinerama when it came out in 1966.
There was one other great racing movie, Lemans (1970) with Steve McQueen. Garner was great in Grand Prix. I like'm both equally.
I suppose tastes in films vary a lot. I was certainly a Steve McQueen fan, but Lemans never came close to comparing with Grand Prix.
Originally Posted by Beoceorl
Originally Posted by deltakid
IMHO, his absolute best movie was one that never seems to get credit "36 Hours". A Psych movie about the Germans trying to convince him he had amnesia and get the date for the DDay invasion. Very seldom on TV, but well worth the time.
I thought that was a great movie too.
36 Hours was a decent film worth watching once but it was a long way from James Garner's best efforts.
He didn't feed the worms soon enough for me, as I became aware of his anti-politics. I was a great Maverick fan as a kid, not knowing he thought I shouldn't be allowed to own guns.
TV has become nothing more than the Petri dish where this country grows its idiots.
Support your Local Sherriff and Support your Local Gunfighter were good. Garner has a lot of great support. He had a good run but I hated his politics.
watched Rockford files as a kid in the 70's ..watching the whole DVD series of it now
One of my favorites when I was in JH & HS in the 70’s
"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
Ya know, he made quite a few western movies and I read several years ago that some of the western movie actors had a quick draw contest. I dont remember all that were in the contest, but IIRC, James Arness, Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, Lee Van Cleef, Ben Johnson, Richard Boone and several more competed. James Garner won.
Little known, but Sammy Davis Jr was at the top of that last.
Maybe a bigger surprise is Jerry Lewis probably beat all of those guys…
I never met him. So I could care only slightly less. He was an actor.
Speaking of actors, my mother met Henry Fonda, and had several interactions with him. She was working in her uncle's dry cleaning business in Jackson while Fonda was filming "Spencer's Mountain." Fonda dropped off and picked up his own laundry. Again, I don't care, but she did.
This fascination with (((celebrities))) is one of the reasons the world is so broken. They lie and pretend, and we reward them with wealth, notoriety, fame, and influence.
My kids make up stories and act them out daily. Obviously POTUS material.
Ya know, he made quite a few western movies and I read several years ago that some of the western movie actors had a quick draw contest. I dont remember all that were in the contest, but IIRC, James Arness, Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, Lee Van Cleef, Ben Johnson, Richard Boone and several more competed. James Garner won.
Little known, but Sammy Davis Jr was at the top of that last.
Maybe a bigger surprise is Jerry Lewis probably beat all of those guys…
Ya know, he made quite a few western movies and I read several years ago that some of the western movie actors had a quick draw contest. I dont remember all that were in the contest, but IIRC, James Arness, Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, Lee Van Cleef, Ben Johnson, Richard Boone and several more competed. James Garner won.
Little known, but Sammy Davis Jr was at the top of that list.
Maybe a bigger surprise is Jerry Lewis probably beat all of those guys…
I was going to add Jerry, but could not remember where I read it and some one would call me out
If God wanted you to walk and carry things on your back, He would not have invented stirrups and pack saddles