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Bradshaw3

(7,529 posts)
Wed Feb 5, 2020, 07:54 PM Feb 2020

Lonely 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 OP
Haven't seen it but I'll go with Paths of Glory lame54 Feb 2020 #1
Paths of Glory is great. I prefer Lonely are the Brave Bradshaw3 Feb 2020 #3
My favorite too. What a phenomenal film. nolabear Feb 2020 #11
My favorite, as well. Aristus Feb 2020 #12
My favorite is 7 Days in May. Adsos Letter Feb 2020 #2
Another great Douglas film Bradshaw3 Feb 2020 #4
I would like to see Mendocino Feb 2020 #5
Good question as to why it hasn't been Bradshaw3 Feb 2020 #7
In these times, Mendocino Feb 2020 #9
He also played a really good scumbag crime lord in "Out Of The Past" hatrack Feb 2020 #6
Greatest Kirk Douglas scene Poiuyt Feb 2020 #8
My favorite movie of all time. NBachers Feb 2020 #13
A great movie. Hoyt Feb 2020 #10

Aristus

(66,462 posts)
12. My favorite, as well.
Wed Feb 5, 2020, 08:39 PM
Feb 2020

A good showcase for his liberal principles. Especially going up against Adolphe Menjou, a fairly nasty right-winger.

Mendocino

(7,505 posts)
9. In these times,
Wed Feb 5, 2020, 08:36 PM
Feb 2020

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"
Wed Feb 5, 2020, 08:02 PM
Feb 2020

One of my favorite noir movies . . .

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