Finally picked up one of my favourite movies - GROSSE POINTE BLANK. Terrific film. I never noticed all the 007 references and links in the film!
Minnie Driver (GOLDENEYE)
Guns n' Roses version of LIVE AND LET DIE on the soundtrack (I like the way it segues into a muzak version when John Cusack enters the convenience store!)
A character drives a BMW (tenuous link I know!)
But the obvious reference is the failed assassination sequence, with Japanese chamisen in the background, that virtually copies the way Aki was killed in YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
I wonder if Cusack (who also co-wrote the film) is a Bond fan?
Grosse Pointe Blank
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manfromjapan
, Sep 04 2007 12:08 AM
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Posted 04 September 2007 - 01:03 AM
One of my favourite films with one of the most underated actors John Cusack in it. Now i'll have to watch it again to see all the 007 links which i have missed......
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Posted 04 September 2007 - 02:31 AM
I love GPB. Don't forget the most obvious 007 ref, the story of the world weary assassin who comes home.
I'll have to watch it again to catch the other refs myself.
I'll have to watch it again to catch the other refs myself.
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Posted 04 September 2007 - 03:11 AM
I love that movie.
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Posted 04 September 2007 - 04:23 PM
I really like Grosse Pointe Blank a lot. (Although very, very little of it was actually shot in Grosse Pointe, which sort of peeves me as a Michigander).
Great film with a great soundtrack. Now I want to watch it again...
Great film with a great soundtrack. Now I want to watch it again...
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Posted 04 September 2007 - 04:34 PM
One of my favorite movies of all time!
I love the scene in the diner.
I love the scene in the diner.
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Posted 05 September 2007 - 04:23 AM
I understand that Grosse Point wouldn't give permission because the character was an assassin.I really like Grosse Pointe Blank a lot. (Although very, very little of it was actually shot in Grosse Pointe, which sort of peeves me as a Michigander).
Great film with a great soundtrack. Now I want to watch it again...
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Posted 05 September 2007 - 03:59 PM
I understand that Grosse Point wouldn't give permission because the character was an assassin.
Well, that wouldn't surprise me. Although they did at least a little bit of filming there, so that confuses the issue slightly.
Normally I'm not too offended by film locations being doubled by other locations.
But when the location is in the title of the film...