What's your favorite "great-but-overlooked" movie?
My first choice would be The Commitments (1991), one of the funniest movies I ever saw, but it's not really an overlooked movie; in fact, it's become a kind of cult classic.
So my nominee is The Matchmaker, a great 1997 comedy starring Janeane Garofalo, Milo O'Shea, Denis Leary & David O'Hara.
It was filmed mainly in Ireland, and it's very funny - I've probably seen it at least 30 times.
It's definitely worth renting on Netflix...especially if you love Ireland.
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Would make a good double feature with Waking Ned Devine. Eccentric Scots and Irish -- both purveyors of good whisky, too.
"I'll make a good Gordon, Gordon."
When I bought my VCR a few decades ago, the then exorbitant price included a video of your choice - and "Local Hero" was the one I chose. 
I missed it completely. I'll take a look. 
I love that....the "Daddy-O"
"Keep Mr. Wee Wee in the pants. Always in the pants!"
I guess it isn't totally forgotten.
I thought it came out in 78-79.
i saw it first in Tokyo at a cheap matinee that catered to American service members. That was in 83.
I had it on tape for years.
It's not "great art," but it's laugh-out-loud funny and well worth a look.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110907/mediaviewer/rm2215943680
I hate it when I screw up useless trivia!
What's the one with Bogie where he holds the diner customers hostage?
Must be having parallel conversation in one of the alternate universes tonight 
One of my favorite movies. I have the hugest crush on David O'Hara.
I liked the bedroom mixup scene the best.
Parents interviewed about Alfie's character when he was young while wearing Groucho glasses
I loved Take the Money and Run, and I think it's one of his very best, along with Bananas and his first film, "What's Up Tiger Lily"...where he took a crappy Japanese spy movie and put in his own lyrics ("Two Wongs don't make a white"
I'm a huge Woody Allen fan, but except for "Play it Again, Sam"...I think his early movies were better than his later ones, including Annie Hall, which won several Oscars.
Since stevil already took care of "Funny Bones" in post #87, this is my default "most wanted DVD" at a yard sale.
Forget about the plot. This movie can sell widescreen TVs.
Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines
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Principal photography
The film was photographed in 65 mm Todd-AO (which produces a 70 mm print once the sound tracks are added) by Christopher Challis. Royal Air Force Air Commodore Allen H. Wheeler was head technical consultant during planning. Wheeler had previously restored a 1910-era Blériot with his son, and provided invaluable assistance in the restoration and recreation of period aircraft for the film.
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Aircraft
The film is notable for reproductions of 1910-era aircraft, including a triplane, monoplanes, biplanes and also Horatio Phillips's 20-winged multiplane from 1904. Wheeler insisted on authentic materials but allowed the use of modern engines and modifications necessary to ensure safety. Of 20 types built in 1964 at £5,000 each, six could fly, flown by six stunt pilots and maintained by 14 mechanics. The race take-off scene where seven aircraft are in the air at once included a composite addition of one aircraft. Flying conditions were monitored carefully, with aerial scenes filmed before 10 am or in early evening when the air was least turbulent, for the replicas, true to the originals, were flimsy, and control, especially in the lateral plane, tended to be marginal. When weather conditions were poor, interiors or other incidental sequences were shot instead. Wheeler eventually served not only as the technical adviser but also as the aerial supervisor throughout the production, and, later wrote a comprehensive background account of the film and the replicas that were constructed to portray period aircraft.
Todd-AO
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Todd-AO process
The Todd-AO process uses two separate film stocks; a 65 mm negative is used during production and then used to produce the 70 mm positives for distribution. The image size and sprocket perforations on the two are the same, and the positives are printed using contact printing with the negatives centered on the larger 70 mm film. The extra space on the 70 mm positive lies outside the perforations, the 2.5 mm on either side is used to support some of the soundtrack. This allows the Todd-AO format to support six sound channels and much better fidelity. Four lens options covered a 128, 64, 48 or 37 degree field of view.The aspect ratio of this format was 2.20:1.
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Films produced in 70 mm Todd-AO
The following films were produced in the 70 mm Todd-AO format. (This list does not include films photographed in Todd-AO 35 (see above)).
Oklahoma! (1955) – 30 frame/s (also photographed in CinemaScope for conventional distribution)
Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) – 30 frame/s (also photographed in Todd-AO 24 frames/s and reduction-printed for conventional CinemaScope distribution)
The Miracle of Todd-AO (1956) – 30 frame/s; short subject
South Pacific (1958) – this and all subsequent were 24 frame/s
The March of Todd-AO (1958) – short subject
Porgy and Bess (1959)
Can-Can (1960)
The Alamo (1960)
Scent of Mystery (1960) – credited als Todd 70
Cleopatra (1963)
Man in the 5th Dimension (1964) – NYC World's Fair short subject
The Sound of Music (1965)
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
The Bible: In the Beginning (1966) – Dimension 150 variant
Doctor Dolittle (1967)
Star! (1968)
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Krakatoa, East of Java (1969) – selected scenes (see Super Panavision 70) – presented in 70 mm Cinerama
Airport (1970)
Patton (1970) – Dimension 150 variant
The Last Valley (1971)
Baraka (1992)
I can't find a still online that does this film justice. The image is so wide and so fitting for aerial photography that it will be letterboxed on a flat screen TV.
Here's an example:
Oklahoma! (1955)
65mm
Those kids in that movie are hilarious. I always crack up at the scene where they're yelling at each other in German while trying to start the helicopter.
Also that movie launched the career of a band that I am a huge fan of called AFI. 
Movie was full of interesting details...
Tikki
Just kidding! 'A bridge too far'.
