On 6/5/2022 8:15 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> In article
> <422258039.676176071.657071.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com>,
> anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>
>> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>>> In article
>>> <363838652.676165301.034720.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com>,
>>> anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>>>>> Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> The Long Kiss Goodnight (blu-ray) 1996 action spy movie starring Geena
>>>>>>> Davis as an average mom who happens to have amnesia. One day she
>>>>>>> appears on TV in a parade and is spotted by an inmate who after seeing
>>>>>>> her breaks out of jail to get his revenge against her. He tracks her
>>>>>>> down, but it turns out that she has a history of violence and is more
>>>>>>> than a match for him. She's really an assassin for the CIA and with
>>>>>>> some help from a PI (Sam Jackson) she hired to find out who she really
>>>>>>> is, she starts to get her memory and old life back. But things go
>>>>>>> wrong, and she winds up being hunted by her own agency. This movie is
>>>>>>> a guilty pleasure and holds up great. This was directed Davis'
>>>>>>> husband at the time, Renny Harlin.
>>>>>
>>>>>> This movie was notorious for putting her career as a leading lady in the
>>>>>> toilet. She had a pretty decent career going till her husband went out
>>>>>> of his way to choose bad projects for her.
>>>>>
>>>>> I spaced out on the truly horrid movie he'd chosen for her: Of course it
>>>>> was Cutthroat Island.
>>>>
>>>> That was it!
>>>
>>>>> One of three big-budget movies released by New Line Cinema, that put
>>>>> them out of business, as none found much of an audience. The others were
>>>>> The Island of Dr. Moreau (remake)
>>>>
>>>> Val Kilmer's career never should have recovered.
>>>
>>> It has a great score by John Debney, though.
>>>
>>> I have a lot of score recordings for movies that were lame but for which
>>> the music was top notch.
>>>
>>> CUTTHROAT ISLAND
>>>
>>> JAWS 2
>>>
>>> TEMPLE OF DOOM
>>>
>>> FIRST KNIGHT
>>>
>>> even STAR TREK: TMP, which I consider mediocre at best but which has a
>>> fantastic score
>>
>> +1
>>
>>> Can't remember the last time I watched the films, but I listen to the
>>> scores all the time.
>>>
>>
>> THE BLACK HOLE
>
> Yep, another good one.

I went through a lot of time, effort, and money, to get a fixed copy of
the blu-ray which included the overture.