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The Dogs of War (1980)
If you were forced to see The Notebook ....
If your better half forced you to see The Notebook, there are only a few movies that will cure you of the dreaded "chick-flick" movie exposure infliction.
The Dogs of War is one of them. Take two viewings of this movie and call me in the morning (lol). Truly one of the best scripted and well filmed movies that any guy (or gal who is a fan of well done "modern flavoured" military films) would be proud to own.
I first saw this movie back in the early 80s and as soon as it was available to own on video, I snatched it up and it is still in my collection.
The Wild Life (1984)
Bananarama Sings Title Song
At the time of this writing (January 25, 2006), I am saddened to hear of the passing within the past few hours of Chris Penn. Other than Footloose, The Wild Life is the film that I remember Chris most from.
I still remember in the film, with slight fondness, of Chris' wrestling character and teammates sitting in their favourite restaurant with a huge plate of french fries in front of them, drowned in an entire bottle of ketchup.
Anyhow, my comment is in regards to the title track sung by Bananarama. After these many years, I still remember the rumour (Canadian spelling -- lol) that Bananarama was called in at the very VERY LAST moment to compose the track for the film and that they wrote the song on the plane bound to the recording studio to record the song and just after they recorded the song they went to shoot the low cost video for their title track. I heard that this entire process (from start to finish) took 4 hours to do! If this is true, then they truly are worthy of being the most successful female band of all time.
Anyhow this is just a rumour I had heard back in the day and still remember a generation later. Perhaps anyone who reads this can comment and clarify. Thanks.
TV 101 (1988)
It is, indeed, a shame
I, too, feel bad that this series did not last more than one season. In fact, TV 101 dealt with an issue that is at the forefront in people's minds today, but not during the time of which it was on the air (1988 - 1989) --- homelessness.
Although I do remember bits and pieces of the context of the series, I do remember during the Christmas period of, I believe Alex Desert's character Holden, discovering a schoolmate living in the basement of the school because the student was homeless and did not have a place to stay. This particular issue and many others which were dealt in a mature and dignified way, made this series stand out amongst even some of today's TV series.
It is a shame that it did not live longer and continue to put forward excellent story lines.