Is this the BEST pre-TITLE sequence in movie history?

by Terry 12 years ago 15 Replies latest 12 years ago social entertainment

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  Terry 12 years ago

  This film was written by Julius Epstein who also wrote the script for CASABLANCA.

  If this scene doesn't grab you---you can't be grabbed!

  You will need to MAGNIFY it to full size or you will miss the "payoff".

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  Tater-T 12 years ago

  I don't know if it's the best .. but now you've got me thinking.. "what is?"

  It does grab you ......I'm dying to see the whole movie now.. for sure...

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  return of parakeet 12 years ago

  Saw that film a long time ago. Don't remember much about the plot, but I do remember that scene!

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  quincy_aka_quentin 12 years ago

  There are two ( now three ) that I can think of, two done by Sergio Leon. Eli Wallache's "introduction" in "The Good..The Bad and The Ugly". The better of his two was the opining scene for "Once Upon A Time In The West"Jack Elam, Woody Strode and an unknown actor [ for me ] are waiting at a train station for a man [ Charles Bronson ] they intend to kill.

  "Return from the Ashes" pre-title sequence is riveting. You know SOMETHING is going to happen, when it does you are caught off guard. The child's bang-bang-banging of the door draws your attention away from what follows. Also, the movie itself was Hitchcock in mood and execution.

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  glenster 12 years ago

  Some other pre-title sequences: Patton, Paint Your Wagon, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

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  Tater-T 12 years ago

  so the little boy is dead?.. right ? .. or are they looking for him the rest of the movie.. what the heck happens ??? next??

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  Dagney 12 years ago

  Great intro. Hopefully it's at Neflix. Thank for the suggestion.

  Wonderful music, John Dankworth.

  Edited to add: BTW, FYI it isn't in Netflix streaming but it is free streaming with Amazon Prime.

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  sooner7nc 12 years ago

  That is good, no very good.

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  glenster 12 years ago

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_open

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  poppers 12 years ago

  Thanks Terry. Just watched the entire movie on youtube - very good.

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