The worst movie ever made?

[GK]

Anything else?

 

[jackinnj]

Surprising from a Ringo Starr movie. Great fortune he made up for it soon after with The Magic Christian.

I saw that one in theater...i think people were running for the doors it was so disgraceful...

 

[rdf]

I saw that one in theater...i think people were running for the doors it was so disgraceful...

They missed the only redeeming bit, Rachel Welch as 'Priestess of the Whip'. A life-altering event for a young teen back then.

 

[FrankWW]

Dunno about worst, but most boring was "Ludwig" made by Visconti. Paralyzingly, numbingly, boring. No, never stayed 'til the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiTs2CWIvKg

 

[scott wurcer]

Is that a Carry On film? I don't get the 'refined and subtle' aspect watching any of the films I mentioned.

No, I can't say I ever saw a Carry On film, though I am told that I was present for a screening of "Carry On Nurse" (I was probably nodding off).

Alec Guinness, for instance, had quite run of Brit-Com. There was a time before Obi-Wan after all.

 

[jackinnj]

Alec Guinness, for instance, had quite run of Brit-Com. There was a time before Obi-Wan after all.

"Kind Hearts and Coronets" and "The Lavender Hill Mob" to mention 2 of the funniest. The latter inspired some of "A Fish Called Wanda".

Carry on Cleo

 

[kevinkr]

I figure "The Magic Christian" is way up at the top my list, but "Star Crash" deserves at least an honorable mention with "Barbarella" trailing slightly behind.. 😀

 

[jackinnj]

I figure "The Magic Christian" is way up at the top my list, but "Star Crash" deserves at least an honorable mention with "Barbarella" trailing slightly behind.. 😀

Oh, Pygar!

 

[scott wurcer]

Synchronicity alert

Patrick Cargill who wrote the inspiration for "Carry On Nurse" appeared in "The Magic Christian" as the auctioneer. He was also one of the better No 2's.

Also don't underestimate Terry Southern, you need to do your homework.

 

[rdf]

Synchronicity alert 2

Also don't underestimate Terry Southern, you need to do your homework.

Dr. Strangelove is one of my life-long favourite movies.

Also don't overestimate me, I had no inkling about this Terry Southern feller. The parallels never caught my attention until you raised it. The Wikipedia blurb for the Magic Christian under Southern reads:

The Magic Christian was one of Peter Sellers's favourite books—his gift of a copy to Stanley Kubrick had led to Southern being hired for Dr Strangelove -- and a film version of the book had long been a pet project for the actor, who intended to play the lead role of Guy Grand. In 1968 Southern was hired for the project and he worked on a dozen drafts of the screenplay for the The Magic Christian, but Sellers also tinkered with it while Southern was working on The End of the Road. At Sellers' request, a draft by Southern and director Joseph McGrath was re-written by Graham Chapman and John Cleese, two young British TV comedy writers who would shortly become members of Monty Python. Cleese later described McGrath as having "no idea of comedy structure" and complained that the film ended up as "a series of celebrity walk-ons"

 

[GK]

No, I can't say I ever saw a Carry On film, though I am told that I was present for a screening of "Carry On Nurse" (I was probably nodding off).

Carry on up the jungle is worth hiring just for an introduction to ‘Aphrodisia’, then nodding off……..

 

[GK]

Carry on up the jungle is worth hiring just for an introduction to ‘Aphrodisia’, then nodding off……..

Edit:
You do need to see the film to understand what I'm babbling about......

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[jacco vermeulen]

One only needs to see Sid James' unsavory grin once to have it engraved on the cranial memory bank for ever.

(Sid apparantly lived identical to the way he looked on screen, no decorum)

 

[GK]

You’d be grinning too if Valerie Leon from the lost tribe of Aphrodisia abducted you for her breeding program.

Valerie Leon was one of the hottest women to ever walk the earth, IMO

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;second to Sade that is:

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[rdf]

Ya, well, to get back on topic, no mystery how this jewel fell into the memory hole. Of the '2 awards and 5 nominations', five are for Razzie Awards.

 

[jackinnj]

I didn't even know this movie was in color -- as I had seen it in my 'yute on one of the 3 VHF channels back in the ancestral homeland -- it's on TCM (Turner Classic Movies) at the moment: "The Blob" -- an awful movie but fun to watch.

 

[jackinnj]

Carry on up the jungle is worth hiring just for an introduction to ‘Aphrodisia’, then nodding off……..

"Carry on Up the Jungle" is not part of the 6-DVD set which was sold in the states (yes, my wife gave me the packaged set for Christmas several years ago.)

You can tell that Aphro-disia peaked my interest.

 

[rdf]

"The Blob" -- an awful movie but fun to watch.

Steve McQueen eventually redeemed himself for that one.

 

[maxlorenz]

Worst movies.

Dear Sy wrote:

Wow, there's so many. Let's put aside movies like Plan 9 that didn't have pretensions of greatness. Let's put aside movies that everyone knew were going to be awful, like the Keanu Reeves remake of Day the Earth Stood Still. Let's choose something that was pretentious and actually had a chance of being good.

Following these guidelines I must vote for ALEXANDER...

 

[GK]

The latest Sandra Bullock film seems to be a real doozey.

I’ve been resisting the temptation to list this dud out of fear of appearing fixed on a particular theme, but what the hell.