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Car Forum / MINI / May 2006Message For Jim
Hey Jim as you say your father was born in Newcastle, are you a fan of Michael Caine's other masterpiece, being the 1971 classic "Get Carter" which was of course filmed in Newcastle in 1970! (Lots of Mini's feature, both cars and skirts!) I would love to visit Newcastle and see the sights like the great bridges there, oh and that amazing multi-storey high rise car-park at Gateshead, where Caine threw that bloke who used to be in Corrie (Brian Mosely as Alf?) off the top and he flattened a black Ford Zephyr/Zodiac and killed most of it's occupants too. I here the locals there want the car-park demolished, but there's a "Get Carter" preservation group who want it restored. I do hope it doesn't get pulled down, otherwise I won't bother visiting if it does. So do you like the original "Get Carter" too Jim? Taffy  Signature"Your Only Supposed To Blow The Bloody Doors Off!" ------------- Get FREE newsgroup access from http://www.cheap56k.com > Hey Jim as you say your father was born in Newcastle, are you a fan of > Michael [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Taffy To be honest I only managed to watch the first 5 mins of it last time it was on TV. Reading your description though, I've just queued it up in eMule :-) Give it about a week and I'll let you know. Cheers Jim Signature"Your Only Supposed To Blow The Bloody Doors Off!" > > Hey Jim as you say your father was born in Newcastle, are you a fan of > > Michael [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Cheers Jim Oh it's brilliant, lots of violence, bleakness and gals in Mini-Skirts etc and there's that amazing soundtrack whilst he's travelling to Newcastle by train. Definitely one of my favourite movies, after The Italian Job of course. Taffy ------------- Get FREE newsgroup access from http://www.cheap56k.com > Hey Jim as you say your father was born in Newcastle, are you a fan of > Michael [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Taffy About another 10 hours and I should have finished downloading the film Taffy. Seems to be problems getting hold of this one BUT I shall persevere :-) Cheers Jim Signature"Your Only Supposed To Blow The Bloody Doors Off!" > > Hey Jim as you say your father was born in Newcastle, are you a fan of > > Michael [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Cheers > Jim Don't be so tight Jim, go and buy the DVD! LOL Taffy ------------- Get FREE newsgroup access from http://www.cheap56k.com At last ! Finally got around to watching it today, that didn't take long ! The film is brilliant and after watching it I think I will go out and buy the DVD ! Oh for the days when girls wore skirts all the time and not bloody jeans ! Cheers for that one Taffy, I should have watched it years ago :-) Jim > At last ! > Finally got around to watching it today, that didn't take long ! [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Jim I knew you'd enjoy it as it's a classic, but do you know it got remade badly with Sylvester Stallone in the leading role, but with no Gateshead Multi-Storey high-rise car park death action or Mini-Skirted girls etc, yes the Yanks made a pigs ear of it much like the mess they made of "The Italian Job" a few years back. Taffy ------------- Get FREE newsgroup access from http://www.cheap56k.com >> At last ! >> Finally got around to watching it today, that didn't take long ! [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Taffy I was indeed aware of this. I usually make a point of NEVER watching remakes, especially of classic British films, they only serve to annoy me. The Italian Job being the most obvious, I vowed never to watch the remake, along with Hitchhikers Guide etc etc The next thing I suppose, after the Enigma machine rip off film will be a remake of how the merkins invented the bouncing bomb and how Barnes Wallace was battling Whittle to become president !! :-) Jim >>> At last ! >>> Finally got around to watching it today, that didn't take long ! [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > Jim What a couple of lonely bores! |
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