tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13155938.post-11559566054394034692007-08-21T00:15:00.000-05:002007-08-21T00:15:00.000-05:00I see that you just added <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108515/" REL="nofollow">The War Room</A>.For another good old political film, check out <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055728/" REL="nofollow">Advise and Consent</A> from 1962. It's essentially a dramatization of a nomination fight, basically between wings of the Democratic Party. (Gore Vidal's "The Best Man", also with Henry Fonda, is also a good one in this genre.)<BR/><BR/>But I see that you've already got the terrific old Andy Griffith film <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050371/" REL="nofollow"> A Face in the Crowd</A>. For another really great and unexpected performance, run, don't walk to Netflix, and see William Shatner (!) in <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055019/" REL="nofollow">The Intruder</A>. It's an old Roger Corman picture starring Shatner as a racist agitator fighting school integration. (Essentially Elmer Gantry as a Klansman.) It's seriously a great acting performance by Shatner - the best work, by far, that I've ever seen him do.<BR/><BR/>I was moved to put this in my Netflix queue after seeing Henry Rollins interview Shatner on Rollins's IFC show. This was the only Roger Corman film that lost money at the box office. The film was shot on location in various little towns in southeast Missouri (in and around Sikeston, mostly). Evidently, they used locals in a lot of the scenes. You know they're not great actors, so it's interesting to hear how easily a certain epithet floats out of their mouths...<BR/><BR/>It's actually a very interesting little film. Seriously, you should ask Shatner about it if you ever get to interview him on KMOX, Paul.<BR/><BR/>Watch <B>The Intruder</B> and you'll be stunned, I promise you.Cooleynoreply@blogger.com