Amazon人気商品ランキング／Arnold Palmer

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First came Allan Quatermain (King Solomon's Mines) now Bwana
A U.S. Capsule has returned from the moon and inadvertently landed in Africa. Naturally the president only wants the most knowledgeable and brave explorer to retrieve it before others claim salvage rights, Matthew Merriweather (Bob Hope).
The other leader banging a shoe on the table also wants the capsule and sends a noted anthropologist (Anita Ekberg) to use Merriweather to obtain the prize.
In reality Matthew has never been to Africa. His book is a rehash of his uncle's adventures.
You get the idea. Beautiful women, rough elephants, wild natives, and Arnold Palmer.

Gordon Douglas also directed "Them!" (1954) so he is no stranger to wild creatures. And from the rich backgrounds of the driving scenes you would never guess that it was filmed in Pinewood studios.

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都会派エドワーズのリアルな悲劇
邦題「酒とバラの日々」。ヘンリー・マンシーニのテーマ曲が余りに有名な１９６２年のモノクロ映画だが、映画の方はちゃんと見たことがある若いファンは少ないのではないか。「ティファニーで朝食を」の翌年にブレーク・エドワーズ監督が再びマンシーニとのコンビで作ったこの映画、題名から連想されるロマンチックな雰囲気や前作のイメージを覆すリアルな悲劇である。仕事柄、アルコールの縁で知り合い結婚したビジネスマン（ジャック・レモン）と元ＯＬ（リー・レミック）夫婦が、アルコール依存症という想像もしなかった原因で厳しい破局を迎える話。とりわけその禁断症状の凄まじさが公開当時話題を呼んだという。社会派映画らしく、全米禁酒協会のお墨付き臭が終盤、突如出てくる唐突感もあるが、余りに非情なラストはその唐突感を打ち消すほど衝撃的。蛇足だが、同年にエドワーズが三たびマンシーニと、そして再びリー・レミックと組んで撮った「追跡」（experiment in terror、コロンビア映画＝米Ｒ－１仕様ＤＶＤ既発売＝日本語字幕入り)も都会派スリラーの傑作なので、未見の方は是非どうぞ。

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James and Arnold, a daring duo
A fun shoot-im-up with lots of good chase scenes and a few good plot twists. One of the things that make the movie is Arnold going around strait faced and like the terminator without the metal endoskeleton.

Thoroughly rotten bad guy and drug dealer Viktor Rostavile ‘Rosta’ (Ed O’Toss) flees the USSR after encountering Capt. Ivan Danko ‘USSR State Police’. We find that he has big plans in Chicago where he plans to do a deal with Abdul Elijah ‘incarcerated Revolutionary political leader’ (Brent Jennings). Abdul has an agenda of his own. Everyone’s plans must be adjusted as Danko turns up in Chicago and teams up with Det. Sgt. Art Ridzik ‘Chicago Police Dept.’ (James Belushi) to track down and retrieve Rosta.

In the process of tracking we meet all kinds of dangerous criminals and beautiful women. Ridzik almost gets killed because of his instant affinity with a blond wayward nurse; he is in for a surprise. We also have the obligatory vehicle chase scene with a different twist.

Aside from the main players there are quite a few recognizable character actors which add significantly the movie.