Another "What was that movie?" question

[moonrocks]

@Cambion7

Let me take a stab at it : "Final Approach", released in 1991.

[photo_angel2004]

@Blutach

Could your movie be "Deadly Strangers", a 1974 film with Hayley Mills? I saw it a very long time ago, but sounds similar to what you're describing.

Well 1974 would explaine why I dont know this movie. LOL I was 4 then, watching Mr. Rodgers . LOL

[BR7]

What does that prove I seen Cool Hand Luke and it was made in 1967 and I wasn't born yet

[photo_angel2004]

you have a point there. LOL

[blutach]

It seems like it's only on VHS and so I don't expect it to be shown on TV even.

Regards

[moonrocks]

Well 1974 would explaine why I dont know this movie. LOL I was 4 then, watching Mr. Rodgers . LOL

Every once in a while there's an upside to being an old timer, like having been around long enough to have seen way too many movies.

It seems like it's only on VHS and so I don't expect it to be shown on TV even.

I noticed Amazon marketplace sellers were offering the Paragon VHS release. But that's the frustrating thing, the sheer tonnage of films, mostly from the 1930's through the 1980's, that will just never be released on DVD. What a loss, especially as VHS fades away.

[drfsupercenter]

If you convert them to DVD when new, you won't lose quality as the VHS does.

[moonrocks]

If you convert them to DVD when new, you won't lose quality as the VHS does.

Yes, but for the old movies, thirty years old say, it's a problem. Many only had a short run on VHS before production was stopped, and lots more were never released at all.

So even if you can find a copy today it's often a beat up old rental that gives a very poor transfer, and depending upon the movie, you can pay quite a bit for it. And as each year goes by the quality, and supply, of those tapes dwindles.

For example, on Amazon, 30 year old used VHS copies of "Deadly Strangers" are going for between $40-$50 a piece. That's a lot to pay for an old VHS tape that may have a horrible image after you pop it into your VCR.

[drfsupercenter]

I see.

My English teacher bought this 1985 TV-made Oliver Twist movie after she found out that hers was illegal, I reccomended Amazon and she bought the cheapest one used at $50 (sheesh that's a lot)

The quality was kinda fuzzy, but they had converted it to DVD (they meaning the A/V people at my school) so it preserved what it looked like then. After playing the tape for her four classes, you would have to figure it degraded a lot but the DVD was still good.

[Cambion7]

So, what's the outcome? Did either find what you were looking for? They both sound worth checking out.

From the original thread, the movie with the college kid making love potions...

The Winner Is:

Party Animal, 1984

My brother told me the title and I rented it just to see. Sure enough... farting pills.... nervous woman.... DONT LIGHT THE MATCH! Woosh!

Now all I have left is to find the movie above with the fighter pilot.

Regards,
Cam

[Kabuchan]

It seems like it's only on VHS and so I don't expect it to be shown on TV even.

Regards

Blu, have you tried eBay ? There are a few, but they are bundled with another movie.

[moonrocks]

@Cambion7

Are you sure it wasn't "Final Approach" ? Stealth fighter pilot, crashes, get's interrogated, turns out to be dead himself? I could have sworn that would have been it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101874/

[photo_angel2004]

WOW there is a bar called Final Approach which i located by the Air port here. I wonder if thats where they got the name for the bar from. LOL

[moonrocks]

Could be where they got the name. But, if that bar is near an Airport... I wouldn't think so. "Final Approach" is a standard flight expression used by air traffic controllers and pilots. It just means that the plane was given its final navigational course for landing.

But, if the bar owners are movie lovers anything's possible! Cool name for a bar though

[photo_angel2004]

the bar could also be a final landing for those that drink too much LOL