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Since: Aug 15, 2003
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2003 6:18 pm
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I just finished watching 'House of Games' with Joe Mantegna & Lindsay
Crouse. It reminded me how, in my youth, I loved to read books & see movies
about con-artists. It's a genre that I thought would proliferate after the
success of 'The Sting', probably my all-time favorite, but I've run across
very few since. Could anyone recommend something in that vein? I'd
appreciate it.
sp
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2003 10:34 pm
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"silas" <silasmprophet.TakeThisOut@netscape.net> wrote in message
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> I just finished watching 'House of Games' with Joe Mantegna & Lindsay
> Crouse. It reminded me how, in my youth, I loved to read books & see
movies
> about con-artists. It's a genre that I thought would proliferate after the
> success of 'The Sting', probably my all-time favorite, but I've run across
> very few since. Could anyone recommend something in that vein? I'd
> appreciate it.
>
> sp
A few which come to mind are "The Flim-Flam Man" with George C. Scott,
"The Game" with Michael Douglas, and "The Grifters" with Anjelica Huston
and Annette Bening. All of these are very enjoyable movies, in my opinion.
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2003 11:04 pm
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silasmprophet.RemoveThis@netscape.net (silas) wrote in
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>I just finished watching 'House of Games' with Joe Mantegna &
>Lindsay Crouse. It reminded me how, in my youth, I loved to read
>books & see movies about con-artists. It's a genre that I thought
>would proliferate after the success of 'The Sting', probably my
>all-time favorite, but I've run across very few since. Could
>anyone recommend something in that vein? I'd appreciate it.
>
The Con
Sympatico
Shooting Fish
The Traveller
Spanish Prisoner
Grifters
Matchstick Men
Confidence
Nine Queens
Let it Ride
Hard Eight (aka Sydney)
Orphans
or, you can do www.IMDB.com and search PLOTS for CON MEN, CON
GAMES, etc.
*There was one starring Corey Haim ... about a con man dad and a
racetrack or something.
--
FLASH
(to the Vicar)
Still worshipping God, I see.
Last I heard he was worshipping me!
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2003 11:04 pm
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"Kyle E. Coyote" <KYLLRelite2v231.DeleteThis@AOHell.com> wrote in message
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> silasmprophet.DeleteThis@netscape.net (silas) wrote in
> <vjtbb19b71o50.DeleteThis@corp.supernews.com>:
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> >
> >I just finished watching 'House of Games' with Joe Mantegna &
> >Lindsay Crouse. It reminded me how, in my youth, I loved to read
> >books & see movies about con-artists. It's a genre that I thought
> >would proliferate after the success of 'The Sting', probably my
> >all-time favorite, but I've run across very few since. Could
> >anyone recommend something in that vein? I'd appreciate it.
> >
>
> The Con
> Sympatico
> Shooting Fish
> The Traveller
> Spanish Prisoner
> Grifters
> Matchstick Men
> Confidence
> Nine Queens
> Let it Ride
> Hard Eight (aka Sydney)
> Orphans
>
> or, you can do www.IMDB.com and search PLOTS for CON MEN, CON
> GAMES, etc.
>
> *There was one starring Corey Haim ... about a con man dad and a
> racetrack or something.
>
>
Thank you both. I'm on my way to Blockbusters.
sp
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2003 11:14 pm
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2003 5:29 pm
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2003 2:54 pm
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"Kyle E. Coyote" <KYLLRelite2v231.TakeThisOut@AOHell.com> wrote in message
>*There was one starring Corey Haim ... about a con >man dad and a
>racetrack or something.
Ooh, I bet that was a cracker!!! >> Stay informed about: Con movies... |
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 1:13 pm
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"silas" <silasmprophet.DeleteThis@netscape.net> wrote in message news:<vjtbb19b71o50.DeleteThis@corp.supernews.com>...
> I just finished watching 'House of Games' with Joe Mantegna & Lindsay
> Crouse. It reminded me how, in my youth, I loved to read books & see movies
> about con-artists. It's a genre that I thought would proliferate after the
> success of 'The Sting', probably my all-time favorite, but I've run across
> very few since. Could anyone recommend something in that vein? I'd
> appreciate it.
Kiss or Kill
The Swindle (1997 with Isabelle Huppert) >> Stay informed about: Con movies... |
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(Msg. 9) Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 2:42 pm
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"silas" <silasmprophet.DeleteThis@netscape.net> wrote in message news:<vjtbb19b71o50.DeleteThis@corp.supernews.com>...
> I just finished watching 'House of Games' with Joe Mantegna & Lindsay
> Crouse. It reminded me how, in my youth, I loved to read books & see movies
> about con-artists. It's a genre that I thought would proliferate after the
> success of 'The Sting', probably my all-time favorite, but I've run across
> very few since. Could anyone recommend something in that vein? I'd
> appreciate it.
>
>
NOBODY LIVES FOREVER (1946) is a Warners melodrama starring John
Garfield as a con man who falls in love with his target, Geraldine
Fitzgerald, much to the dismay of his backer, George Coulouris, in a
ridiculous but mesmerizing over-the-top performance.
Preston Sturges's THE LADY EVE (1942) stars Barbara Stanwyck and
Charles Coburn as a daughter-father team of cardsharps, who pick
herpetologist Henry Fonda as their pigeon on a cruise. Absolutely
hilarious.
W.C. Fields in MY LITTLE CHICKADEE as a con man who meets his match in
Mae West. He himself gets conned in THE BANK DICK ("Beer flowing over
your grandmother's paisley shawl"). He plays a medicine show huckster
in POPPY.
PAPER MOON (1973) - Ryan O'Neal and Tatum O'Neal as a con team.
THE TRUMAN SHOW - where Jim Carrey gets conned by a whole nation.
Bill Tung plays "Conman Tung" in Jackie Chan's hilarious farce,
MIRACLES (1989), a remake of Franki Capra's A POCKETFUL OF MIRACLES.
What would you call Zero Mostel in THE PRODUCERS (1968) but a con man? >> Stay informed about: Con movies... |
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(Msg. 10) Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 2:43 pm
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The Spanish Prisoner (with Steve Martin) and
The Nine Queens
were particularly good.
"Kyle E. Coyote" <KYLLRelite2v231 DeleteThis @AOHell.com> wrote in message
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> silasmprophet DeleteThis @netscape.net (silas) wrote in
> <vjtbb19b71o50 DeleteThis @corp.supernews.com>:
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> >
> >I just finished watching 'House of Games' with Joe Mantegna &
> >Lindsay Crouse. It reminded me how, in my youth, I loved to read
> >books & see movies about con-artists. It's a genre that I thought
> >would proliferate after the success of 'The Sting', probably my
> >all-time favorite, but I've run across very few since. Could
> >anyone recommend something in that vein? I'd appreciate it.
> >
>
> The Con
> Sympatico
> Shooting Fish
> The Traveller
> Spanish Prisoner
> Grifters
> Matchstick Men
> Confidence
> Nine Queens
> Let it Ride
> Hard Eight (aka Sydney)
> Orphans
>
> or, you can do www.IMDB.com and search PLOTS for CON MEN, CON
> GAMES, etc.
>
> *There was one starring Corey Haim ... about a con man dad and a
> racetrack or something.
>
>
>
> --
> FLASH
> (to the Vicar)
> Still worshipping God, I see.
> Last I heard he was worshipping me!
>
> --Black Adder (goes Forth) >> Stay informed about: Con movies... |
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(Msg. 11) Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 2:43 pm
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Dare I add,
"Catch Me If You Can"
:)
"Kyle E. Coyote" <KYLLRelite2v231.RemoveThis@AOHell.com> wrote in message
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> silasmprophet.RemoveThis@netscape.net (silas) wrote in
> <vjtbb19b71o50.RemoveThis@corp.supernews.com>:
>
> >
> >I just finished watching 'House of Games' with Joe Mantegna &
> >Lindsay Crouse. It reminded me how, in my youth, I loved to read
> >books & see movies about con-artists. It's a genre that I thought
> >would proliferate after the success of 'The Sting', probably my
> >all-time favorite, but I've run across very few since. Could
> >anyone recommend something in that vein? I'd appreciate it.
> >
>
> The Con
> Sympatico
> Shooting Fish
> The Traveller
> Spanish Prisoner
> Grifters
> Matchstick Men
> Confidence
> Nine Queens
> Let it Ride
> Hard Eight (aka Sydney)
> Orphans
>
> or, you can do www.IMDB.com and search PLOTS for CON MEN, CON
> GAMES, etc.
>
> *There was one starring Corey Haim ... about a con man dad and a
> racetrack or something.
>
>
>
> --
> FLASH
> (to the Vicar)
> Still worshipping God, I see.
> Last I heard he was worshipping me!
>
> --Black Adder (goes Forth) >> Stay informed about: Con movies... |
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(Msg. 12) Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 3:25 pm
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sneakers (with robert redford) was one i bleive
"lpsz" <dontbother RemoveThis @blame.spam> wrote in message
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> Dare I add,
>
> "Catch Me If You Can"
>
> :)
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> "Kyle E. Coyote" <KYLLRelite2v231 RemoveThis @AOHell.com> wrote in message
> news:93D989454Kyllrelite2v231aolco@130.133.1.4...
> > silasmprophet RemoveThis @netscape.net (silas) wrote in
> > <vjtbb19b71o50 RemoveThis @corp.supernews.com>:
> >
> > >
> > >I just finished watching 'House of Games' with Joe Mantegna &
> > >Lindsay Crouse. It reminded me how, in my youth, I loved to read
> > >books & see movies about con-artists. It's a genre that I thought
> > >would proliferate after the success of 'The Sting', probably my
> > >all-time favorite, but I've run across very few since. Could
> > >anyone recommend something in that vein? I'd appreciate it.
> > >
> >
> > The Con
> > Sympatico
> > Shooting Fish
> > The Traveller
> > Spanish Prisoner
> > Grifters
> > Matchstick Men
> > Confidence
> > Nine Queens
> > Let it Ride
> > Hard Eight (aka Sydney)
> > Orphans
> >
> > or, you can do www.IMDB.com and search PLOTS for CON MEN, CON
> > GAMES, etc.
> >
> > *There was one starring Corey Haim ... about a con man dad and a
> > racetrack or something.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > FLASH
> > (to the Vicar)
> > Still worshipping God, I see.
> > Last I heard he was worshipping me!
> >
> > --Black Adder (goes Forth)
>
> >> Stay informed about: Con movies... |
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(Msg. 13) Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 9:46 pm
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hemal_patel.DeleteThis@btconnect.com (Goonigoogoo) wrote in
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>sneakers (with robert redford) was one i bleive
No. SNEAKERS was garbage. The problem with SNEAKERS was that they
made up some of the security/electronic devices, and the way these
devices *would* work, to make the film work. I've been in the
security business for years. I've installed security and access
control systems (retina, fingerprint, and voice recog devices, etc)
for NASA, the entire Presidio Military base(including their 4star
General's house), United Defense (where they build tanks for our
military), and many other places.
SNEAKERS is a bad example because they didn't actually con anyone
with anything. They couldn't have circumvented the devices they did,
the way they did. Whenever they ran into a problem in the reality in
the script, the made something up to get around it.
When SNEAKERS came out, my best friend and I went to see it. He's in
the same business I'm in. ALL THROUGHOUT the movie, we laughed and
laughed at all the bullshit they pulled onscreen--things that
COULDN'T work in the real world.
>"lpsz" <dontbother.DeleteThis@blame.spam> wrote in message
>> Dare I add,
>>
>> "Catch Me If You Can"
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>> :)
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN. This is a great story--the real story--but, I
didn't like the film so much. Not for anything in particular, I just
didn't find myself engrossed in the "cons" of the film. That's what
I'm looking for in a con movie. I did adore Chris Walken's
performance, tho.
BTW, did I mention CONFIDENCE in my list? I liked that movie a whole
bunch.
kyle
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(Msg. 14) Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 9:50 pm
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leo86 RemoveThis @my-deja.com (leo86) wrote in <ba221860.0308211342.2ea12c34
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>PAPER MOON (1973) - Ryan O'Neal and Tatum O'Neal as a con team.
Love this one!
STARS FELL ON HENRIETTA (with Robert Duvall)
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(Msg. 15) Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 10:40 pm
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