Best movie nobody's heard of...

[AGGEMAM]

Local Hero

Very good movie, and an amazing sound track by Mark Knopfler (sp?)

 

[Ghostwind]

I caught two movies in November on PBS that I thought were really good. Both are done by Robert Redford's production company and get into Navaho folklore. The first one was called Skinwalkers and the second was Coyote Waits. They are supposed to air the third movie in the triology this spring. All are based off of Tony Hillerman's novels. Good viewing if you like mysteries.

 

[Capellan]

There's a film that I enjoyed purely for the setting: Blood of Heroes starring Rutger Hauer (sp?).

Which for some reason is known as "Salute of the Jugger" here. I own it on DVD

It should be noted that it also stars Delroy Lindo, Joan Chen and Vincent D'Onofrio. Quite a cast, really

My personal favourite small-time movie: "Split Second", again with Hauer (and the lovely Kim Cattrall).

 

[Tanager]

Local Hero

Excellent choice, and if you like Local Hero, you might like Restless Natives, if you can find a copy of it.

Another hidden gem is After Life. a sweet Japanese romantic piece about death and moving on.

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I can't believe I almost forgot Free Enterprise , a couple of sci-fi geeks try to deal with turning 30 along with the help of William shatner.

 

[Cevalic]

I wouldn't call it a great movie, but if you're into cheesy movies that you can laugh at with your friends, I haven't found a better one than Hawk the Slayer.

 

[AGGEMAM]

My personal favourite small-time movie: "Split Second", again with Hauer (and the lovely Kim Cattrall).

Small time movie? I thought it was a big hit when it came out, also at the box office, well here anyways.

 

[Eridanis]

My vote goes to "The Navigator." A group of medieval peasants journey through time to the present day to find the cross that will save their town from the Plague. Good movie.

 

[Pielorinho]

There's one in the theater right now that you guys NEED to go see: Peter Pan. It's not unknown, but it's being ignored, and it's fantastic in both senses of the word. Don't expect a retelling of the cartoon version: this one hews close to the theatrical version, with a murderous Tink, a Captain Hook played by the same actor who plays the father, and realistic but unsettling sensuality in the two preteen leads. The effects are close to Baron Munchausen in aesthetic. Good stuff!

Okay, other movies, not complete unknowns but still a little obscure:

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T is great, as someone already mentioned. Live action ubertrippy Dr. Seuss movie, with the creepiest dance duel ever filmed.

The Vanishing, a French horror movie that's scared me more than any other movie I've seen. From what I've heard, stay far away from the American remake.

Living in Oblivion, an unheard-of arthouse flick about making an unheard-of arthouse flick. Steve Buscemi is always fun, and it's got the funniest dwarf scene evar. Although it starts slow, few movies have made me laugh as hard as this one did.

Daniel

 

[Hypersmurf]

That goes to the Robin of Sherwood telly series from the mid-1980's starring Michael Praed.

Oh yeah.

When that first aired in New Zealand, it played on our gaming night, at just the right time. The guys whose flat we played at didn't have a working television, so each week we'd all troop across the street to their (non-gaming) friend's place, watch Robin of Sherwood, and then head back to play D&D

I have most - but not all - of the series taped from the last time the series reran on TV here, but the quality's lousy... and our DVD player's Region 4 only.

I'm seriously considering buying a regionless player just so I can order the Region 2 DVDs from the UK...

-Hyp.

 

[CrusaderX]

Steven Speilberg's Duel, though I'm not sure how obscure it really is.