Wed Feb 5, 2020, 06:54 PM

Bradshaw3 (5,065 posts)

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

Response to Bradshaw3 (Original post)

Wed Feb 5, 2020, 06:55 PM

lame54 (29,293 posts)

1. Haven't seen it but I'll go with Paths of Glory

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Wed Feb 5, 2020, 06:57 PM

Bradshaw3 (5,065 posts)

3. Paths of Glory is great. I prefer Lonely are the Brave

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Wed Feb 5, 2020, 07:38 PM

nolabear (37,643 posts)

11. My favorite too. What a phenomenal film.

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Wed Feb 5, 2020, 07:39 PM

Aristus (53,946 posts)

12. My favorite, as well.

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

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Wed Feb 5, 2020, 06:57 PM

Adsos Letter (19,459 posts)

2. My favorite is 7 Days in May.

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Wed Feb 5, 2020, 06:58 PM

Bradshaw3 (5,065 posts)

4. Another great Douglas film

All kinds of great actor in it t but Douglas topped them all, IMHO.

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Wed Feb 5, 2020, 07:01 PM

Mendocino (5,511 posts)

5. I would like to see

The Monkey Wrench Gang made into a film.

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Wed Feb 5, 2020, 07:03 PM

Bradshaw3 (5,065 posts)

7. Good question as to why it hasn't been

Too inflammatory?

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Response to Bradshaw3 (Reply #7)

Wed Feb 5, 2020, 07:36 PM

Mendocino (5,511 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.

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Wed Feb 5, 2020, 07:02 PM

hatrack (52,225 posts)