Odd Men Out

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The Film Forum's 12-day Jules Dassin retrospective began yesterday. I've never seen Night and the City (Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, 1950), and so I'll be catching the 5:40 pm show. I've never seen Dassin's Up Tight! either, but the rep on this one -- a militant black revolutionary riff on The Informer -- is pretty bad. Such that it'll probably never make DVD. I'm guessing that another late '60s black-militant melodrama, Robert Alan Aurthur's The Lost Man with Sidney Poitier and Joanna Shimkus, will never see DVD either. Like they never existed.

Posters for Dassin's Up Tight!, Authur's The Lost Man.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on March 28, 2009 at 1:01 PM

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George Prager says ...

The Lost Man? Shit. Never heard of it. I'd love to see that. I wonder how many Joanna Shimkus movies are on DVD? Not THE MARRIAGE OF A YOUNG STOCKBROKER (unless Ben Stiller does a remake). Maybe ModCinema will do one. I would love to see UpTight as well.

I wish A MAN CALLED ADAM (Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra Jr.)was on DVD.

Posted by George Prager at March 28, 2009 1:35 PM

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ZayTonday says ...

The Lost Man had such an awesome Quincy Jones score.

Posted by ZayTonday at March 28, 2009 1:48 PM

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BobMorton says ...

widmark is at his rabid best in night and the city. london is great city for noir. pretty classic ending.

Posted by BobMorton at March 28, 2009 2:18 PM

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btwnproductions says ...

UPTIGHT (the title on the print) is worth a look...if Legend Films does a second release of Paramount films, this would be of interest:

http://robertcashill.blogspot.com/2008/07/uptight-with-dassin-and-dee.html#links

Posted by btwnproductions at March 28, 2009 2:54 PM

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SergioM says ...

I have always wanted to see Uptight out of a curiousity factor. I think Dassin was a tremendous director (Rififi, Brute Force...) until he met and married Melina Mercouri and he sort of lost it.

The Lost Man I actually have seen and it's pretty bad. Aside from a good opening bank robbery sequence, it quickly becomes a a long, boring slog with a clearly very uncomfortable Poitier strutting around wearing shades saying lines like: "Can you dig it , man?"

Posted by SergioM at March 28, 2009 8:12 PM

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Chauncey Gardner says ...

Night and the City is a fantastic flick! The ending is particularly well done.

Can you post your thoughts after seeing? Curious to know what you think

Posted by Chauncey Gardner at March 28, 2009 8:40 PM

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TVMCCA says ...

Assuming THE LOST MAN is too old to be put on Hulu.

Posted by TVMCCA at March 29, 2009 12:16 AM

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Larry Karaszewski says ...

I have a soft spot for Dassin. I'm a huge fan of a forgotten film of his "10:30 P.M. Summer"... if it's screening, check it out. It shows up on the MGM HD channel every once in a while. Great mood and performances from Peter Finch, Melina Mercouri, and Romy Schneider.

I've never seen "The Lost Man"... but I'm curious. It's a black remake of one of my favorites "Odd Man Out."

Posted by Larry Karaszewski at March 29, 2009 1:14 AM

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moviemaniac2002 says ...

"Lost Man" should be seen, if for no other reason than the chillingly brilliant Quincy Jones main
title music....a sing-song children's street chant
counterpointed with ominous orchestral swells.........it's better than anything in the film
itself.

Posted by moviemaniac2002 at March 29, 2009 8:30 PM

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dd says ...

I'm a huge fan of a forgotten film of his "10:30 P.M. Summer"... if it's screening, check it out. It shows up on the MGM HD channel every once in a while. Great mood and performances from Peter Finch, Melina Mercouri, and Romy Schneider.

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