I know that we missed Movie Night in April and Wife and I wanted to make sure that we do not miss it again in May since we might have to miss June because of our traveling schedule. May’s movie night is all about great char chases, a themed much pined for after its pulling back in January. So mark Thursday, May 21st at 7pm (with the movie starting at 8 pm) on your calendars for May Movie Night – Great Car Chases.
Below are the descriptions of the four movie choices and then the actual voting poll. Once again I must remind you that it is your duty if you plan on joining us to vote and if you vote and do not come we will run you over with a big 18-wheeler!
Steve McQueen is the prototype for every movie cop who refuses to play by the book. Frank Bullitt (McQueen) must baby-sit a gangster for 48 hours. When hit men snuff the witness, Bullitt won’t be stopped in his quest for vengeance. Bullitt earned immortality for a 100-mph car-chase sequence as two automobiles bottom out their shock absorbers roaring through San Francisco’s hills.
In director Peter Collinson’s Golden Globe-nominated caper flick, enterprising swindler Charlie Croker (Michael Caine) hatches an ingenious plan to steal a huge cache of Chinese gold en route to Turin, Italy, as collateral for a new Fiat plant. The diversion for the heist: A gigantic traffic jam during an Italy-Great Britain soccer match. Incarcerated criminal genius Mr. Bridger (Noel Coward) helps Croker get financing — from his jail cell.
Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle (Gene Hackman), a foul-mouthed, violent narcotics detective, pursues a suave French drug dealer (Fernando Rey) through New York City with Captain Ahab-like zeal. Director William Friedkin took the provocative stance that both the narcs and the smugglers use similar thuggish ends to get what they need. This thrilling Best Picture Oscar winner (based on a true story) is famous for its riveting car-vs.-elevated-train chase.
Diva:
Action, arias and assassins all collide in Diva, a romantic thriller directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix. When 18-year-old Jules secretly tapes the concert of a superstar diva who refuses to be recorded, he accidentally winds up with another tape that identifies a top mobster involved in an international sex and drug ring. Suddenly, Jules is being chased through the streets of Paris by blackmailers, hit men and the police!
Now that you have read the descriptions, please vote below. Voting will close on Monday, May 18th, at 11:59 pm:
