http://allmovie.com gives Human Comedy 4 stars, Jericho Mile 3 and Endurance 2. Regards,
Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edward Koch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Edward Koch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 4:57 PM Subject: Re: t-and-f: Track Movies (was Bruce Dern) > Update: > > Human Comedy gets 3.5 stars in the movie guide; > Endurance gets 2.5 stars; > The Jericho Mile is not listed. (generally only television movies currently > available on video make the guide.) > > Ed Koch > -----Original Message----- > From: Edward Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 11:14 PM > Subject: Re: t-and-f: Track Movies (was Bruce Dern) > > > >We had another thread about track/running movies some time back and I went > >to my latest edition of Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide to check the star > >ratings of the movie's mentioned. Here is what I came up with: > > > >4 stars: Lonliness of the Long Distance Runner > > Olympia ( re1936 Olympics) > > > >3.5 Stars: Chariots of Fire > > Gallipoli > > Personal Best > > Million Dollar Legs (W.C.Fields, not Betty Grable) > > > >3 Stars: Blackbeard's Ghost > > Bob Mathias Story > > Walk, Don't Run (Cary Grant) > > Without Limits > > World's Greatest Athlete > > Yank at Oxford > > > >2.5 Stars: Billie (Patty Duke as HS runner) > > Jim Thorpe - All American > > Running Brave (re Billy Mills) > > > >2 Stars: Goldengirl > > On the Edge (Bruce Dern) > > Prefontaine > > Revenge of the Nerds (the Javelin Scene) > > Visions of Eight (re 1972 Olympics) > > > >1.5 Stars: The Games (screenplay by Eric Segal) > > Meatballs (the race scene) > > Running (Michael Douglas) > > > >Maltin does not give stars to television movies. Instead, he rates them as > >Above Average, Average, or Below Average. He rates The Jesse Owens Story as > >Above Average. > > > >If anyone has other films, I'll be glad to look their ratings up. > > > >I found it interesting that a critic with no track-orientation (to my > >knowledge) came within a half star of how I would rate most of the above > >that I have seen. I would, however, lower Personal Best a star, and raise > >Visions of Eight a star. I would put Chariots of Fire at the top of the > >list. As for Best Comedy, I'd choose between Million Dollar Legs, Walk, > >Don't Run, and Blackbeard's Ghost. the latter is a typical Disney comedy > but > >I have a soft spot in my heart for any film in which the track coach wins > >the girl over a football coach. > > > >Ed Koch > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Date: Monday, December 17, 2001 9:25 AM > >Subject: t-and-f: Bruce Dern (was Famous people in T&F) > > > > > >> > >>In a message dated 12/16/01 8:35:24 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> > >>>Bruce Dern went to college at Penn and may have competed on the track > team > >>>but it was before my time. > >> > >>He did in fact compete and was a good half miler, but quit the team his > jr. > >>year in a dispute w/ the coach (Ken Doherty? - I think the time frame is > >>pre-Tupp, but it's before my time as well) over having to trim his > >sideburns. > >> > >>Incidentally, I recall reading in an interview that his film contracts > >>stipulated that he had to have at least one scene in which he was running > >>(and I think that's true). IMHO, his movie based on the Dipsea (I think > >it's > >>titled "Running Free") is one of the Top 10 running flicks ever, partly > b/c > >>Dern looks so believable as a runner. If you watch it and don't want to go > >>out for a hard 10 mile trail run, you need to check your pulse. > >> > >>Jim Gerweck > >>Running Times > >
