Tag Archives: running

Watermelon Man (1970)

Posted on April 23, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Melvin Van Peebles Writer: Herman Raucher

Posted in Comedy | Tagged 1970, bigot, body swap, bus, carl kress, comedy, estelle parsons, godfrey cambridge, herman raucher, insurance, john b. bennett, melvin van peebles, paul williams, race, run, runner, running, salesman, transformation, w. wallace kelley, watermelon man | Leave a comment

Forrest Gump (1994)

Posted on November 23, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Zemeckis Writer: Eric Roth (Based on the novel by Winston Groom)

Posted in Drama, Romance, War | Tagged 1994, adaptation, alan silvestri, arthur schmidt, black panther, boat, bob hope, dick cavett, dick clark, don burgess, elvis presley, eric roth, football, forrest gump, gary sinise, gerald ford, haley joel osment, john f. kennedy, john lennon, kurt russell, lieutenant, lyndon b. johnson, medal of honor, mykelti williamson, neil armstrong, ping pong, president, richard nixon, robert f. kennedy, robert zemeckis, robin wright, romance, run, runner, running, sally field, shrimp, shrimping, steve starkey, steve tisch, tom hanks, vietnam, war, watergate, wendy finerman, winston groom | Leave a comment

The Jericho Mile (1979)

Posted on February 14, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writers: Patrick J. Nolan and Michael Mann (Story by Patrick J. Nolan) Michael Mann’s first movie. Very solid for a TV movie. Strauss is good.

Posted in Drama, Sports | Tagged 1979, arthur schmidt, brian dennehy, convict, drama, drugs, folsom, folsom prison, gang, gangs, heroin, inmate, jimmie haskell, michael mann, murder, murderer, mustache, olympics, patrick j. nolan, peter strauss, prison, prisoner, race, rexford l. metz, roger e. mosley, run, runner, running, sport, sports, the jericho mile, track, track and field, trial, warden | Leave a comment

Chariots of Fire (1981)

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Hugh Hudson Writer: Colin Welland

Posted in Drama, Sports | Tagged 1924 olympics, 1981, athletes, ben cross, britain, british, chariots of fire, christian, colin welland, drama, england, hugh hudson, ian charleson, ian holm, jewish, missionary, nicholas farrell, olympics, race, running, sports, sprinters, track, uk | Leave a comment