list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around The Wild One on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/The_Wild_One/38353/default.aspx Title: The Wild One
Year: 1954
Director: Laslo Benedek
Plot: "What are you rebelling against?" asks someone. "What've you got?" responds surly, leather-jacketed motorcycle punk Marlon Brando. It comes as a disappointment to discover that The Wild One, the quintessential Brando "rebel" film, is at base a traditional "misunderstood youth vs. the nasty system" effort, with a particularly banal finale. Based on a true incident, the film begins with Brando and his motorcyle gang invading a small town after having been kicked out of a cycle competition (but not before stealing the second-prize trophy). Brando's bikers raise hell all day, but some of the townsfolk are shown to be little better than the invaders. Sheriff Robert Keith, whose daughter (Murphy) has gone fond of Brando, finally responds to the bikers' destructiveness by jailing Lee Marvin, leader of a rival gang. When Marvin's buddies goes on a rampage, Brando exhibits his essential decency by safely escorting the sheriff's daughter out of the melee. The townsfolk misunderstand, assuming that Brando intends to rape the girl. He is attacked by a vigilante mob led by town hothead Ray Teal, who uses this excuse to exercise his own sadistic tendencies. Keith breaks up the mob and suggests that Brando leave; he tries to do so, but another angry response from the mob causes him to inadvertently strike and kill a pedestrian. At the subsequent hearing, the girl rushes to Brando's defense. Though grateful for the unexpected kindness, Brando is constitutionally unable to say "thank you" and rides out of town alone. The image of Marlon Brando astride his Triumph has entered movie folklore, just like King Kong on the Empire State Building or the billow-skirted Marilyn Monroe standing over a subway grating; it's too bad that The Wild One isn't a more worthy vehicle for Brando's talents. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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]]>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:31:31 GMTThe Wild One1954Laslo Benedek"What are you rebelling against?" asks someone. "What've you got?" responds surly, leather-jacketed motorcycle punk <a href="/players/P_____8070/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Marlon Brando</a>. It comes as a disappointment to discover that The Wild One, the quintessential Brando "rebel" film, is at base a traditional "misunderstood youth vs. the nasty system" effort, with a particularly banal finale. Based on a true incident, the film begins with Brando and his motorcyle gang invading a small town after having been kicked out of a cycle competition (but not before stealing the second-prize trophy). Brando's bikers raise hell all day, but some of the townsfolk are shown to be little better than the invaders. Sheriff <a href="/players/P____37399/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Robert Keith</a>, whose daughter (Murphy) has gone fond of Brando, finally responds to the bikers' destructiveness by jailing <a href="/players/P____46149/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Lee Marvin</a>, leader of a rival gang. When Marvin's buddies goes on a rampage, Brando exhibits his essential decency by safely escorting the sheriff's daughter out of the melee. The townsfolk misunderstand, assuming that Brando intends to rape the girl. He is attacked by a vigilante mob led by town hothead <a href="/players/P____70155/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Ray Teal</a>, who uses this excuse to exercise his own sadistic tendencies. Keith breaks up the mob and suggests that Brando leave; he tries to do so, but another angry response from the mob causes him to inadvertently strike and kill a pedestrian. At the subsequent hearing, the girl rushes to Brando's defense. Though grateful for the unexpected kindness, Brando is constitutionally unable to say "thank you" and rides out of town alone. The image of Marlon Brando astride his Triumph has entered movie folklore, just like King Kong on the Empire State Building or the billow-skirted <a href="/players/P____50065/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Marilyn Monroe</a> standing over a subway grating; it's too bad that The Wild One isn't a more worthy vehicle for Brando's talents. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide5Slightly Tagged (1-5)853http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t01808ixruu.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/The_Wild_One/38353/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/karina/archive/2008/8/15/34042.aspx Post By: Karina
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Post Date: 8/15/2008 11:00:59 AM
Body: Last night, like everyone else, I stayed up late to watch the All-Around Finals in Olympic Women’s Gymnastics. The thrill of cheering for our good, wholesome, corn syrup-fed girls to take their massive muscled thighs and (metaphorically, of course) break the necks of foreign competitors who are apparently ten years under the minimum age can’t be denied. But where even my beloved Bela Karolyi said from the start that Shawn Johnson was probably the American girl to beat, I had my money on Nastia Liukin. There’s just something about Nastia. She’s like part ballerina, and part assassin. From the moment I saw her, I had visions of her dressed up like Marlon Brando in The Wild One. Then, as last night’s competition went on, I kind of revised the fantasy: I imagined all of the competing gymnasts in a reform school exploitation flick, with Shawn as the good girl who doesn’t really belong there, and Nastia as the leader of the pack who teaches her it’s better to be bad. (It should maybe be here noted that last night, for purely non-recreational reasons, I was under the influence of vicodin). Anyway, after Nastia won the gold and my sympathy for the bad ass proved prescient, I checked it out, and it turns out Nastia does have an IMDb profile and a bit of acting experience! Well, sort of: she played herself in that cheesy tween-targeted gymnastics flick, Stick It! Apparently, I’m not the only one obsessed with seeing Nastia on screen: last night, this clip from the movie had less than 4,000 views on YouTube; about eight hours later, that count has tripled. Somebody get this girl an agent! But a really, really terrible agent, who will only cast her in schlock, please. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Karina Longworth
]]>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:00:59 GMTKarinaKarina on SpoutBlog8/15/2008 11:00:59 AM Last night, like everyone else, I stayed up late to watch the All-Around Finals in Olympic Women’s Gymnastics. The thrill of cheering for our good, wholesome, corn syrup-fed girls to take their massive muscled thighs and (metaphorically, of course) break the necks of foreign competitors who are apparently ten years under the minimum age can’t be denied. But where even my beloved Bela Karolyi said from the start that Shawn Johnson was probably the American girl to beat, I had my money on Nastia Liukin. There’s just something about Nastia. She’s like part ballerina, and part assassin. From the moment I saw her, I had visions of her dressed up like Marlon Brando in The Wild One. Then, as last night’s competition went on, I kind of revised the fantasy: I imagined all of the competing gymnasts in a reform school exploitation flick, with Shawn as the good girl who doesn’t really belong there, and Nastia as the leader of the pack who teaches her it’s better to be bad. (It should maybe be here noted that last night, for purely non-recreational reasons, I was under the influence of vicodin). Anyway, after Nastia won the gold and my sympathy for the bad ass proved prescient, I checked it out, and it turns out Nastia does have an IMDb profile and a bit of acting experience! Well, sort of: she played herself in that cheesy tween-targeted gymnastics flick, Stick It! Apparently, I’m not the only one obsessed with seeing Nastia on screen: last night, this clip from the movie had less than 4,000 views on YouTube; about eight hours later, that count has tripled. Somebody get this girl an agent! But a really, really terrible agent, who will only cast her in schlock, please. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Karina Longworth http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/8/15/34041.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 8/15/2008 11:00:51 AM
Body: Last night, like everyone else, I stayed up late to watch the All-Around Finals in Olympic Women’s Gymnastics. The thrill of cheering for our good, wholesome, corn syrup-fed girls to take their massive muscled thighs and (metaphorically, of course) break the necks of foreign competitors who are apparently ten years under the minimum age can’t be denied. But where even my beloved Bela Karolyi said from the start that Shawn Johnson was probably the American girl to beat, I had my money on Nastia Liukin. There’s just something about Nastia. She’s like part ballerina, and part assassin. From the moment I saw her, I had visions of her dressed up like Marlon Brando in The Wild One. Then, as last night’s competition went on, I kind of revised the fantasy: I imagined all of the competing gymnasts in a reform school exploitation flick, with Shawn as the good girl who doesn’t really belong there, and Nastia as the leader of the pack who teaches her it’s better to be bad. (It should maybe be here noted that last night, for purely non-recreational reasons, I was under the influence of vicodin). Anyway, after Nastia won the gold and my sympathy for the bad ass proved prescient, I checked it out, and it turns out Nastia does have an IMDb profile and a bit of acting experience! Well, sort of: she played herself in that cheesy tween-targeted gymnastics flick, Stick It! Apparently, I’m not the only one obsessed with seeing Nastia on screen: last night, this clip from the movie had less than 4,000 views on YouTube; about eight hours later, that count has tripled. Somebody get this girl an agent! But a really, really terrible agent, who will only cast her in schlock, please. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:00:51 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com8/15/2008 11:00:51 AM Last night, like everyone else, I stayed up late to watch the All-Around Finals in Olympic Women’s Gymnastics. The thrill of cheering for our good, wholesome, corn syrup-fed girls to take their massive muscled thighs and (metaphorically, of course) break the necks of foreign competitors who are apparently ten years under the minimum age can’t be denied. But where even my beloved Bela Karolyi said from the start that Shawn Johnson was probably the American girl to beat, I had my money on Nastia Liukin. There’s just something about Nastia. She’s like part ballerina, and part assassin. From the moment I saw her, I had visions of her dressed up like Marlon Brando in The Wild One. Then, as last night’s competition went on, I kind of revised the fantasy: I imagined all of the competing gymnasts in a reform school exploitation flick, with Shawn as the good girl who doesn’t really belong there, and Nastia as the leader of the pack who teaches her it’s better to be bad. (It should maybe be here noted that last night, for purely non-recreational reasons, I was under the influence of vicodin). Anyway, after Nastia won the gold and my sympathy for the bad ass proved prescient, I checked it out, and it turns out Nastia does have an IMDb profile and a bit of acting experience! Well, sort of: she played herself in that cheesy tween-targeted gymnastics flick, Stick It! Apparently, I’m not the only one obsessed with seeing Nastia on screen: last night, this clip from the movie had less than 4,000 views on YouTube; about eight hours later, that count has tripled. Somebody get this girl an agent! But a really, really terrible agent, who will only cast her in schlock, please. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/cinemarian/archive/2008/5/13/28850.aspx Post By: CinemaRian
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Post Date: 5/13/2008 4:27:24 AM
Body: Time has definatley not been kind to The Wild One, which wants to be a disturbing and bold statement about a supposed social problem, but, to use a term from the movie, is hopelessly square. Another example of 50's paranoia about anyone slightly outside of the mainstream, the movie is about a fight between two rival motorcylce gangs who take over a small town. The main gang is led by Johnny (Marlon Brando) who has thing for the sheriff's oh-so straight-laced daughter (Mary Murphey). After the other motorcylce gang arrives, the town goes nuts and to drive the gangs out by force. Only the good-ol sherrif (Jay C. Flippen) is the voice of reason. Although towards the end the movie is not quite as jingoistic as would seem at the beginning (giving Johnny a little more depth than usual) much of the way is unintentally hilarous. After West Side Story, these seem to be the most incompetetant gangs in movie history, and this movie can't get away with it by being set in the fantasy world of a musical. The gangs come off as obnixious bullies from middle school instead of anything actully threating. A particuarly like the scene where the gang members bother an old man by scatting singing in bebop style. I'm certain that would work today. That's not the only problems- the rear screen projection during the motorcycle sequences is obvious and comically distracting. This movie also has the classic 50's portrayal of police, where every policeman takes the correct, moral stance, with no hint of ambiguity, 100% of the time. Although I am sure that this movie must have been hard hitting in its day, it's lost it's impact, and any reason to view it. The Wild One (1954)
]]>Tue, 13 May 2008 08:27:24 GMTCinemaRianCinemaRian Blog5/13/2008 4:27:24 AMTime has definatley not been kind to The Wild One, which wants to be a disturbing and bold statement about a supposed social problem, but, to use a term from the movie, is hopelessly square. Another example of 50's paranoia about anyone slightly outside of the mainstream, the movie is about a fight between two rival motorcylce gangs who take over a small town. The main gang is led by Johnny (Marlon Brando) who has thing for the sheriff's oh-so straight-laced daughter (Mary Murphey). After the other motorcylce gang arrives, the town goes nuts and to drive the gangs out by force. Only the good-ol sherrif (Jay C. Flippen) is the voice of reason. Although towards the end the movie is not quite as jingoistic as would seem at the beginning (giving Johnny a little more depth than usual) much of the way is unintentally hilarous. After West Side Story, these seem to be the most incompetetant gangs in movie history, and this movie can't get away with it by being set in the fantasy world of a musical. The gangs come off as obnixious bullies from middle school instead of anything actully threating. A particuarly like the scene where the gang members bother an old man by scatting singing in bebop style. I'm certain that would work today. That's not the only problems- the rear screen projection during the motorcycle sequences is obvious and comically distracting. This movie also has the classic 50's portrayal of police, where every policeman takes the correct, moral stance, with no hint of ambiguity, 100% of the time. Although I am sure that this movie must have been hard hitting in its day, it's lost it's impact, and any reason to view it. The Wild One (1954) http://www.spout.com/blogs/dibot/archive/2008/3/24/26575.aspx Post By: dibot
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Post Date: 3/24/2008 10:01:11 PM
Body: Voodoo Moon is just your average trashy horror movie with a brother/ sister (Eric Mabius, "Reeker"/ Charisma Carpenter, "Relative Chaos") duo who are fighting to destroy the demon who killed their parents when they were young children. They both have special powers. Some of it is entertaining, but most of the dialogue is cringe-worthy. It wasn't very gore, but I did watch it on Sci-Fi, so that all could have been cut out. I liked the idea, the film was just a bit too cheesy to make it work.I heard so much goodness about My Life as a Dog that I feared it would never live up to the expectations. But it totally did. This film brought Swedish director Lasse Hallstrom ("The Hoax") to the international eye. The movie is depressing, sometimes uncomfortable, often funny and always touching. A young boy whose mother is seriously ill, is sent to live with some relatives in the country. There he meets all sorts of interesting characters. I loved it.The Wild One stars Marlon Brando ("The Score") as the leader of a motorcycle gang. They invade a small town and what starts out as innocent fun ends in disaster. While all the mayhem is going on, Brando meets a girl, Mary Murphy ("Katherine"), and they both see something in the other that they envy. An interesting story. Very watchable. And, of course, Brando is always fabulous.I finally caught up with Superbad and I have just one word: McLovin! I mostly loved this comedy about tow bests friend who are trying to get alcohol and girls for a last big high school party. Sometimes Jonah Hill ("Horton Hears a Who")'s yealling really got on my nerves. But I totally identified with the Michael Cera ("Juno") kid. I loved the home-ec sequence. The cops were pretty funny and I enjoyed the examination of male friendship. Though my husband says it's not always like that. Favorite quote: I don't think you have the technology or the steady had to pull of that procedure. (Or something like that)Of course, The Other Boleyn Girl is not as good as the book. But even putting that criticism aside, the movie is not that great. It's not awful, either, but, well. Scarlett Johansson ("The Nanny Diaries") and Natalie Portman ("Mr. Majorium's Wonder Emporium") star as sisters who both catch the eye of King Henry (Eric Bana, "Lucky You"). I loved the costumes and the acting, but there were other problems. The story is so big that we don't get the detail to really become involved with the characters. I rarely say this, but the movie needed to be a bit longer. It's political and a romance and both aspects needed more time. I think that would have solved most of my troubles.
]]>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:01:11 GMTdibotdibot Blog3/24/2008 10:01:11 PMVoodoo Moon is just your average trashy horror movie with a brother/ sister (Eric Mabius, &quot;Reeker&quot;/ Charisma Carpenter, &quot;Relative Chaos&quot;) duo who are fighting to destroy the demon who killed their parents when they were young children. They both have special powers. Some of it is entertaining, but most of the dialogue is cringe-worthy. It wasn&#39;t very gore, but I did watch it on Sci-Fi, so that all could have been cut out. I liked the idea, the film was just a bit too cheesy to make it work.I heard so much goodness about My Life as a Dog that I feared it would never live up to the expectations. But it totally did. This film brought Swedish director Lasse Hallstrom (&quot;The Hoax&quot;) to the international eye. The movie is depressing, sometimes uncomfortable, often funny and always touching. A young boy whose mother is seriously ill, is sent to live with some relatives in the country. There he meets all sorts of interesting characters. I loved it.The Wild One stars Marlon Brando (&quot;The Score&quot;) as the leader of a motorcycle gang. They invade a small town and what starts out as innocent fun ends in disaster. While all the mayhem is going on, Brando meets a girl, Mary Murphy (&quot;Katherine&quot;), and they both see something in the other that they envy. An interesting story. Very watchable. And, of course, Brando is always fabulous.I finally caught up with Superbad and I have just one word: McLovin! I mostly loved this comedy about tow bests friend who are trying to get alcohol and girls for a last big high school party. Sometimes Jonah Hill (&quot;Horton Hears a Who&quot;)&#39;s yealling really got on my nerves. But I totally identified with the Michael Cera (&quot;Juno&quot;) kid. I loved the home-ec sequence. The cops were pretty funny and I enjoyed the examination of male friendship. Though my husband says it&#39;s not always like that. Favorite quote: I don&#39;t think you have the technology or the steady had to pull of that procedure. (Or something like that)Of course, The Other Boleyn Girl is not as good as the book. But even putting that criticism aside, the movie is not that great. It&#39;s not awful, either, but, well. Scarlett Johansson (&quot;The Nanny Diaries&quot;) and Natalie Portman (&quot;Mr. Majorium&#39;s Wonder Emporium&quot;) star as sisters who both catch the eye of King Henry (Eric Bana, &quot;Lucky You&quot;). I loved the costumes and the acting, but there were other problems. The story is so big that we don&#39;t get the detail to really become involved with the characters. I rarely say this, but the movie needed to be a bit longer. It&#39;s political and a romance and both aspects needed more time. I think that would have solved most of my troubles. http://www.spout.com/blogs/hairylime/archive/2007/5/14/8761.aspx Post By: HairyLime
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Post Date: 5/14/2007 12:48:28 PM
Body: While unquestionably dated and a bit silly at times ("you hip to my rebop daddy-o, or are you a square?"), the heart and center of this movie, the young charismatic Marlon Brando is what keeps you coming back. Based on a true event, it nevertheless seems mighty improbable that these swing dancing leather clad delinquents could ever terrorize even the 'squarest of squarejohn' townsfolk. Brando plays the prototypical 'rebel with a heart' whose savage nature is calmed by the love of a 'good woman'. However Brando reaches beyond the stereotype to show us a rebel who is frankly bored to death with rebellion, but too proud and stubborn to see any other way of escape. He stands head and shoulders above everyone else in the movie and declares his star power with a sneer and a shrug and a mumbled "What've you got?" in answer to a passing remark "What are you rebelling against, Johnny". A young Lee Marvin also gives a decent performance as one of the gang.
]]>Mon, 14 May 2007 16:48:28 GMTHairyLimeHairyLime Blog5/14/2007 12:48:28 PMWhile unquestionably dated and a bit silly at times (&quot;you hip to my rebop daddy-o, or are you a square?&quot;), the heart and center of this movie, the young charismatic Marlon Brando is what keeps you coming back. Based on a true event, it nevertheless seems mighty improbable that these swing dancing leather clad delinquents could ever terrorize even the &#39;squarest of squarejohn&#39; townsfolk. Brando plays the prototypical &#39;rebel with a heart&#39; whose savage nature is calmed by the love of a &#39;good woman&#39;. However Brando reaches beyond the stereotype to show us a rebel who is frankly bored to death with rebellion, but too proud and stubborn to see any other way of escape. He stands head and shoulders above everyone else in the movie and declares his star power with a sneer and a shrug and a mumbled &quot;What&#39;ve you got?&quot; in answer to a passing remark &quot;What are you rebelling against, Johnny&quot;. A young Lee Marvin also gives a decent performance as one of the gang. http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/love/MemberTagFilms.aspxlove
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