Electra Glide in Blue
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Movie Reviews of Electra Glide in Blue
Movie Review: What are two motorcycle cops to do out in the lonely.....
Summary: 5 Stars
...desert, but roust hippies, chase women, get drunk, shoot off their guns, and ride their gorgeous Harley ElectraGlides (complete with saddlebags and that special saddle seat). This film has several things going for it: some gorgeous tracking shots of the desert scenery, good noirish dialogue, and two great performances from Robert Blake and Billy Ray Bush.
This was a special breed of film: low budget but every penny shows up on the screen, shot on time and on schedule, with B list actors who deliver A-list performances. Similar movies: the Billy Jack series, JOE (starring the late, great Peter Boyle), Dirty Mary and Crazy Larry; and Sam Peckinpah's character study, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.
Best scene is a tie: the first is when Robert Blake's character, standing at the bar, watches as the girl approaches him (pure, unadulterated sexual heat)and second is the masterful final shot, slow and lingering which you likely won't forget. If you've never seen it and you like the other movies I've mentioned above, OR if you are too young to recognize any of them, then you should really give it a try.......
Movie Review: One of the best cop films ever made bar none!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Simply outstanding, shame this movie does not get mentioned
and is overshadowed by films like "Dirty Harry" or "Die Hard".
Robert Blake is simply outstanding as an eager young, moral
cop trying to clean up the streets and vermin in a corrupt
world. Everyone is corrupt, his partner is publicly
abused as is his boss Harvey.
Blake plays Weathergreen a young cop who stumbles onto
a crime scene. Weathergreen actually does his own detective
work and is able to deduct that this isn't your regular
crime scene. It looks like a suicide but Weathergreen
knows it's a murder. As Weathergreen carries his investigatinn,
he sees how his corrupt workers abuse the name of the law:
Intimidating witness, having sex with town sluts,
planting evidence, etc.
Weathergreen eventually solves the murder but a heavy
price. This is just a top notch cop movie. The acting
is superb on all levels.
Movie Review: A Superb Character Study
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved this film when I first saw it... and still find it marvelous. It is a character study of superb proportions. Each person being fully developed and fascinating. It is also one of the very few films that touch on the fetish of policemen and the uniform they wear, especially in the opening sequence when our short hero John Wintergreen dons his boots, badge and gleaming black and white helmet... and in the character of "Jolene" (played perfectly by Jeannine Riley), who says "John Wintergreen, you were not my first policeman... no way, no way."
Part of the reason this film did so poorly in 1973 was the advertising posters and soundtrack record cover, which showed Robert Blake in uniform next to other men clearly a foot taller and the movie quote "Did you know me and Alan Ladd are the same height?", which led many to think this was a comedy. It clearly is not. It is at once a fine murder mystery, action film and, perhaps most importantly, a character study.
Movie Review: A beautifully photographed and smartly told story of a law officer trying to do the right things
Summary: 5 Stars
An excellent character study (unfortunately not reasonably priced here) of a good hearted law enforcement officer trying to make good and compassionate choices . Trying to do the right thing . And the people who surround and hinder him in those efforts . Magnificently shot for the screen by Conrad Hall and directed with great skill by a film maker i do not recognize (but i may well have seen other films by him) . Great character development , writing and acting abound . Stream it , if you have the ability , just like i did . I'd never even heard of it .Movie Review: GREAT FILM....GREAT SOUNDTRACK
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is very good...Yes there are members of the group CHICAGO in the film..Especially roles played by Peter Cetera and the late Terry Kath. I still have the LP Soundtrack which featured members of Chicago on it. When it first came out I would play the eight track in my car and people would say...Hey is that Chicagos new album? Its still a good movie