Your Dad's Favourite Film?

I think it's The Sting, certainly one of his favourites. One of my favourites too, at least one of those films that you always watch when it comes on TV regardless of how many times you've seen it!
 
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The Apartment starring Jack Lemon. Never managed to get my son to watch any of my favourites, he wouldn't watch anything black and white (Billy Liar) and thought Gregory's Girl was a bit naff. I might be able to try him on Withnail and I now he's discovered drinking!
 
He always raved on about The Third Man.
Remember watching it as a kid on TV and wasn't impressed but saw it again in later life and appreciated it more.
Tried it on my own two offspring when they were in their teens and chastised for my recommendation. Maybe it grows on you!
Cue zither theme tune in head.....
 
my late father-in-laws was Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind - so again, whenever my wife sees it on, we have to watch it - another great film
 
Abel Tasman said:
As he was in the Navy in WW2. The Longest Day. He adored that film.
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Slightly off thread, but interesting (maybe) fact alert

My Dad was in the Navy in WW2 as well - telegrapher on several ships. War films used to drive him mad because whenever morse code signals were used in the films, he couldn't help but decipher them.

The maybe interesting fact is that the messages were always gibberish - studios weren't / aren't (?) allowed to use messages that make any sense in films
 
Malaguena said:
Slightly off thread, but interesting (maybe) fact alert

My Dad was in the Navy in WW2 as well - telegrapher on several ships. War films used to drive him mad because whenever morse code signals were used in the films, he couldn't help but decipher them.

The maybe interesting fact is that the messages were always gibberish - studios weren't / aren't (?) allowed to use messages that make any sense in films
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Is that right? So they couldn’t tap out messages like “ I want baked beans for tea please”?

my dad was also in the Navy and any film that featured minesweepers and battle ships. His top films were

Battle of the River Plate
The Cruel Sea
Sink the Bismarck
Dunkirk (original).
 
Ive been lucky enough to watch some great films i probably wouldn't have watch if not for my dad. Hard to pick his fav but probably either Forbidden Planet (great 50s scifi) or Duel (70s film about a truck chasing a car)

Notable mentions for:

Ben Hur
El Cid
Jason and the Argonauts
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest

Could probably list a top 50 if i had a good think about it. Loves his films.
 
Cardiffdaffs said:
Is that right? So they couldn’t tap out messages like “ I want baked beans for tea please”?
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Apparently so

Edit - though wasn't there an urban myth that the morse code sequence at the start of episodes of Inspector Morse spelled out the killer's name ? Think that's what it was though - a myth
 
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Malaguena said:
Slightly off thread, but interesting (maybe) fact alert

My Dad was in the Navy in WW2 as well - telegrapher on several ships. War films used to drive him mad because whenever morse code signals were used in the films, he couldn't help but decipher them.

The maybe interesting fact is that the messages were always gibberish - studios weren't / aren't (?) allowed to use messages that make any sense in films
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My dad did the same job in the Merchant Navy during WW2 and was in Singapore when the war finished and witnessed how badly the Japanese had treated the liberated prisoners of war and developed a hatred of them through it.
Strangely enough one of his favourite films was 'Bridge over the River Kwai'.
 
Kelly's hero's and Where Eagles Dare/Dirty Dozen. I just remember these classic WW2 films being on all the time in our house.

'sit down son and watch a classic' 😂

The funny thing is I will still watch them if on TV despite owning 2 of the 3 on Dvd.
 
Good question, I think my dads favourite films was The 39 Steps (Robert Donat version) or possibly Where Eagles Dare.
 
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