Archive for the '1969' Category

Film #217 - Easy Rider (1969)

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

Easily one of the most over-rated films of the psychedlic era, I found Easy Rider to be ponderous, slow, boring and ultimately empty, without any point to hold the whole mess together.
I suppose if I, like so many fans of the film, first saw it stoned, I might have a different opinion. The plot, […]

Film #211 - On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service introduces George Lazenby in the role made famous by Sean Connery, James Bond. It would prove to be Lazenby’s only outing as the secret agent, but not because of a lack of quality. It’s true that Lazenby is a bit of a drag on the film (it was […]

Film #089 - Don’t Drink the Water (1969)

Friday, May 25th, 2007

Don’t Drink the Water is a film based on Woody Allen’s Broadway play of the same name. The action takes place in a US Embassy deep in the throes of the Cold War. The Hollander family, Walter (Jackie Gleason), Marion (Estelle Parsons) and daughter Susan (Joan Delaney) find themselves in the middle of […]

Withdrawal from the Time Bank: Film #229 - Freeze-In (1969)

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006

Viewed August 17, 2006
Freeze-In is a training movie shot by Sears to help introduce their salesmen to a new sales campaign for the Coldspot Time Bank, a new freezer that Sears introduced in 1968. Apparently, sales had been dropping off, so Sears decided to try and give them a jump start with this new […]