Comments on: The Ed Morrissey Show: Jeb Bradley; Top 5 Heston films of all time

By: wildweasel

wildweasel — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:35:22 +0000

dont overlook Agony and the Ecstasy…..

I have a memory of Charlton Heston on a night time TV show a long time ago as an expert on Michaelangelo. They had some other expert on Michaelanglo on who started spouting off about Michaelanglo’s alleged homosexuality and going all down that path.

After he was done, Heston spent the next 10 minutes explaining to the moron about the immense research he did on Michaelangelo for the part in the film and how he was basically wrong about everything he just said about Michaelangelo the queer.

pwned – big time – by Heston.

By: srhoades

srhoades — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:35:10 +0000

In order:

1. The Agony and the Ecstacy
2. Will Penny
3. Ben Hur
4. The Greatest Show on Earth
5. The Ten Commandments

Runners up: The Private War of Major Benson and Dark City.

By: Johan Klaus

Johan Klaus — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:22:14 +0000

Grow Fins on April 10, 2008 at 2:09 PM

You don’t like Norman Rockwell?

By: Johan Klaus

Johan Klaus — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:17:48 +0000

Midway! Planet of the Apes, Ben Hur, Ten Commandments, A Touch of Evil and The Naked Jungle.

By: Mojave Mark

Mojave Mark — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:58:30 +0000

You mean WAYNE’S WORLD wasn’t on the list. Have you no humanity???

…From my cold dead hands…

By: bootheel

bootheel — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:22:55 +0000

this last deer season i took my 30-40 KRAG and my son took his 8MM MAUSER. both historical weapons we pretended we were in the BOXER REBELLION. LOL

By: bootheel

bootheel — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:21:05 +0000

BEN HUR
TEN COMMANDMENTS
EL CID
55 DAYS AT PEKING
KHARTOUM

while i enjoy a good SCI-FI FLICK it was my opinion they were not his best movies. he will always be to me the the GREAT EPIC MOVIE ACTOR OF ALL TIME.

By: profitsbeard

profitsbeard — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:19:32 +0000

Erratum: THE NAKED JUNGLE (not "Savage"). (And don't forget 55 Days at Peking and Midway.)

By: profitsbeard

profitsbeard — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:13:27 +0000

Ben Hur (Miklos Rosza's score is also classic); Will Penny; Planet of The Apes (never saw any of the "sequels", on purpose, since they were pointless); El Cid, and the flawed, but fascinating Touch of Evil (Orson Wells' last hope in Hollwood, with a stunning, loooooooong opening sequence). Also like Soylent Green, which was Joseph ["Citizen Kane'] Cotton's last film, and Pony Express, The Savage Jungle, Khartoum and The Agony and the Ecstasy, with The Warlord a strong runner-up (Richard Boone almost stole the film). Heston was a good guy, who will be missed greatly, but who got a lot of fine work recorded for future generations to savor. Unless the Statue of Liberty ends up in sand to her navel...

By: auzerais

auzerais — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:51:05 +0000

The very first movie I can remember seeing as a 6yr old child was my parents taking me to see the wonderful "El Cid" with Sophia Loren. I still consider it one of my all time favorites. It is important for ppl to see or rewatch this today, as it is the heroic struggle of the 11C Spanish kingdoms fighting against vicious Islamic invasions.

By: Speakup

Speakup — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:48:45 +0000

I saw the screencap and thought you were going to interview Moses or at least Heston, either would be amazing.

By: B26354

B26354 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:39:03 +0000

Wasn’t he in “Bowling for Columbine”?

By: Apeking

Apeking — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:30:01 +0000

“Are you serious? Ben Hur? A good film? Take away the spectacular chariot scenes and the epic historical drama props etc”

That’s the heart of the movie, though – the spectacle. You might as well argue that, without the special effects and the camerawork and the music, “2001″ would have been a jumped-up episode of Star Trek. It’s broadly true, but a film is more than just a lot of words, it’s an audio-visual experience.

By: hadsil

hadsil — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:49:36 +0000

Earthquake!!!

By: Del Dolemonte

Del Dolemonte — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:19:13 +0000

Turner Classic Movies will be showing some of Heston’s more obscure films starting Friday afternoon, along with an interview he did with TCM host Robert Osborne.

By: aengus

aengus — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:12:15 +0000

I haven’t seen all of his films but loved Ben Hur, Touch of Evil and Planet of the Apes.

By: Weebork

Weebork — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:45:41 +0000

Captain,

By the way, I just viewed the feed and while the video is fine, the audio is garbly in places.

Just an FYI.

By: firepilot

firepilot — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:21:28 +0000

Waynes World

hahaha

By: TexasJew

TexasJew — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:50:52 +0000

Will Penny,
Definitely

By: Mark1971

Mark1971 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:47:08 +0000

Planet Of The Apes
Ben Hur
Will Penny
The Big Country
Omega Man

One of Heston’s movies that gets overlooked is Khartoum. Not among his best, but still a good movie.

By: RMCS_USN

RMCS_USN — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:26:06 +0000

Gotta add Midway to the list…

By: Kafir

Kafir — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:43:56 +0000

Five Best Charlton Heston films?

Planet Of The Apes
The Ten Commandments
Ben-Hur
Soylent Green
Omega Man

While the “damn dirty apes” line is classic, my favorite part of the movie is the trial where he has the frank discussion with Dr. Zaius and as they’re dragging him away, he yells “What are you afraid of, Doctor!?” The next best is the final scene where he finds the Statue of Liberty and everything becomes crystal clear. “You MANIACS! G-d damn you all to HELL!”

By: jewells45

jewells45 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:41:33 +0000

Are you serious? Ben Hur? A good film? Take away the spectacular chariot scenes and the epic historical drama props, and you have a cardboard script acted out by come-to-life mannikins from the Norman Rockwell Museum of Bible History.

Damn, who peed in your corn flakes?

By: adamsmith

adamsmith — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:38:06 +0000

I just saw on the news Jimmuh Cahtuh is talking with Hamas in Syria. If he can’t be tried and hung for treason, can we at least make him into Soylent Green? Then again, socialists probably taste real sour, or is it bitter??????

By: jgapinoy

jgapinoy — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:17:11 +0000

Grow Fins

Sure–A cardboard script acted by mannequins won eleven Academy Awards.