Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)

Classic Clint

Hadn't seen this for years and saw it mentioned on a Eastwood TV tribute so I bought it. What a great trip down memory lane. Classic early Clint with great performances from the other actors. Felt like I was up watching the Million Dollar Movie at 2am. December 10, 2008

thunderbolt and lightfoot

being a big fan of East Clintwood and Jeff Bridges, I wanted to see this early movie. It was great, only problem, the definition stinks, worse than VCR movies, so my flat screen made up for it by reducing the projected image on the screen by half. I have a 40 in. screen and ended up with a 30 inch picture, had I known that, I probably would have not ordered that DVD. August 3, 2008

Seven years after a daring bank robbery involving an anti-tank gun used to blow open a vault, the robbery team temporarily puts

Seven years after a daring bank robbery involving an anti-tank gun used to blow open a vault, the robbery team temporarily puts aside their mutual suspicions to repeat the crime after they are unable to find the loot from the original heist, hidden behind a school chalkboard. The hardened artilleryman and his flippant, irresponsible young sidekick are the two wild cards in the deck of jokers. Written by {booda@datasync.com}

June 5, 2008

"You stick with me kid. You're gonna live forever."

This 1974 caper movie manages the neat trick of both delivering what the audience wants and subverting their expectations at the same time. Clint Eastwood plays a crook on the run from ex-partners in crime George Kennedy and Geoffrey Lewis (often hysterically funny here) who teams up with Jeff Bridges' extrovert drifter to retrieve the loot from a previous robbery only to find his old accomplices tagging along and things - naturally - not going at all to plan. It's an almost perfectly judged mixture of comedy and action with both feet firmly on the ground in a way that would be almost unthinkable today. There's a real rapport between the outstanding cast and an affection for the characters that adds to the impact of the very Seventies ending. Writer-director Michael Cimino handles the mood swings adeptly and even injects a subtle undercurrent of sexual ambiguity that never gets in the way of the entertainment: this was a terrific movie in 1974, and if anything it's an even better one today. The transfer isn't great, but it is in the original 2.35:1 widescreen ratio. February 16, 2008

OVERLOOKED GEM!

A suprisingly touching and humorous movie that wrongly gets overlooked when people mention movies Clint Eastwoods has starred in. Although, it's Jeff Bridges who steals every scene and it seems Clint doesn't mind one bit. It's one of the few movies you can catch Eastwood crack a genuine smile, Jeff Bridges brings something fatherly out of Clint that is very sincere and real. The caper itself is beside the point, it's about these two misfits living day by day, and coping with life as its been dealt to them. A real pleasure. December 6, 2007

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