In his autobiography Ernie, Borgnine recalled that being covered with live rats was creepy as hell - even though they were trained. The trainer of the rodents had to cover Borgnine in peanut butter to get the rats to attack him. He recalled that one of the rats actually bit him and he had to get...
Well I certainly never saw the original Roadshow version of The Alamo in 70 mm when it was originally released, but why would that prevent me (or anyone else) from wanting to see this film restored?
This was a blind buy for me as well. I watched it over the weekend and really enjoyed it. I don't know how this movie escaped my attention for so long, but I'm glad to have finally discovered it.
I could list more than ten (easily), but here are some I'd like to see:
The Outlaw
The Story Of G.I.Joe
The Yearling
Crossfire
Desire Me
The Man From Colorado
3 Godfathers
Oliver Twist
Whispering Smith
It's the best series of all time in my humble opinion. I'll never forget the first time I saw it in the early 90s on A&E. Not only had I never seen it before, I'd never even heard of it. I couldn't believe how good it was. My favorite series by far. That doesn't mean every episode is top notch...