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| The Big Bird Cage (1972) | |
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| Topic Started: Apr 26 2009, 07:46 PM (115 Views) | |
| Laughing Gravy | Apr 26 2009, 07:46 PM Post #1 |
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Okay, a couple of things you should know about The Big Bird Cage. First, it's not to be confused with The Big Doll House or any of the other myriad "Topless Bimbos in a Filipino Prison with a Sadistic Warden" films. Second, it's arguably the greatest movie ever made. Written & Directed by Jack Hill, executive producer Roger Corman; take a bow, guys. Okay, so Sid Haig and Pam Grier are a pair of banana republic "revolutionaries" who make grandiose plans while they rob nightclubs to finance their motley band of miscreants. One of their robberies goes awry, and innocent bystander Anitra Ford is arrested and sent to a horrible prison for gorgeous, over-sexed women, who are forced to work some sort of colossal rice press. The warden is a nut and the actor who plays him only has one acting mode: scream out of the side of your mouth and hope for the best. Oh, and did I mention that all the guards at the prison are screamingly gay? Well, they are. Frustrates the women something fierce. Anyway, eventually Grier & Haig hatch a plan to spring the babes as part of their "revolution", and Grier stages a mock assassination attempt to get herself assigned to the prison, while Haig masquerades as a screamingly gay prison guard to get himself assigned to guard duty. Eventually, all hell breaks loose. If you haven't seen this film, you're truly missing a cult masterpiece. It's one of my favorite movies of all time, perfect in every respect, hilarious and filled with gorgeous, scantily-dressed women. Gentlemen, go find a copy. Oh, yeah, the DVD is good, with commentary by Jack Hill and trailers for other chicks in chains movies. The film is presented in 1:33 aspect, but it is not panned & scanned and doesn't appear to have a lot of space at the top of the screen so I dunno what aspect it was filmed in. |
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| The Batman | Apr 27 2009, 05:46 AM Post #2 |
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Not saying this is correct but, according to IMDb, the movie was filmed in 1.85:1 aspect ratio, so this must be a cropped version in some way. |
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| Laughing Gravy | Apr 27 2009, 07:22 AM Post #3 |
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Well, I assume, although they didn't seem to have cropped out any of the boobies. |
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| The Batman | Apr 27 2009, 07:39 AM Post #4 |
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That's all I was worried about, thanks, LG!  Edited by The Batman, Apr 27 2009, 07:41 AM.
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| panzer the great & terrible | Apr 27 2009, 09:15 AM Post #5 |
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Boobies are conveniently located near the middle of a person; hence they're rarely cropped. Alas, Netflix doesn't have The Big Bird Cage. |
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| Laughing Gravy | Apr 30 2009, 07:41 AM Post #6 |
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Another reason - along with all their $^%&#* popup ads - to hate Netflix. |
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