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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLonely are the Brave was Kirk Douglas' favorite film of all the ones he made
And mine too.
Based on a novel by the great Edward Abbey. Douglas loved the book and spearheaded the film, recruting equally talented writer Dalton Trumbo for the screenplay. It is about trying to live a life of freedom in an increasingly ordered world. A beautiful movie, made in 1962 in New Mexico.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonely_Are_the_Brave
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Lonely are the Brave was Kirk Douglas' favorite film of all the ones he made (Original Post)
Bradshaw3
Feb 2020
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lame54
(35,321 posts)1. Haven't seen it but I'll go with Paths of Glory
Bradshaw3
(7,529 posts)3. Paths of Glory is great. I prefer Lonely are the Brave
nolabear
(41,991 posts)11. My favorite too. What a phenomenal film.
Aristus
(66,462 posts)12. My favorite, as well.
A good showcase for his liberal principles. Especially going up against Adolphe Menjou, a fairly nasty right-winger.
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)2. My favorite is 7 Days in May.
Bradshaw3
(7,529 posts)4. Another great Douglas film
All kinds of great actor in it t but Douglas topped them all, IMHO.
Mendocino
(7,505 posts)5. I would like to see
The Monkey Wrench Gang made into a film.
Bradshaw3
(7,529 posts)7. Good question as to why it hasn't been
Too inflammatory?
Mendocino
(7,505 posts)9. In these times,
glorifying eco-terrorism wouldn't fly. You can make a bloody Quentin Tarantino mass murder , but you can't have a film where the heroes burn bulldozers.
hatrack
(59,592 posts)6. He also played a really good scumbag crime lord in "Out Of The Past"
One of my favorite noir movies . . .
Poiuyt
(18,130 posts)8. Greatest Kirk Douglas scene
NBachers
(17,136 posts)13. My favorite movie of all time.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)10. A great movie.