Patrick Swayze, RIP
Sadly, I saw this in the news today - US film star Patrick Swayze dies. I liked him so I thought I'd mention two of his movies that I also liked ....
Point Break
This 1991 film also starred Keanu Reeves and Gary Busey, and told the story of bank robber/surfers (Swayze was their leader) and the two FBI agents who hunt them down (Busey and Reeves). Kind of funny was that the bank robbers called themselves the Ex-Presidents and wore masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon, and Johnson :) Reeves decides to infiltrate the bad guys, learns to surf, and becomes somewhat enamored of Swayze's charismatic character. There's a final showdown in Australia between the characters played by Reeves and Swayze, where a storm has produced waves the surfer can't resist.
Roger Ebert gave the movie three and a half stars - you can read his review here. And here's a trailer for the movie .....
City of Joy
The 1992 movie was based on the book of the same name by journalist Dominique Lapierre, was directed by Roland Joffé, and tells the story of three people who interact in Calcutte - a farmer (and family) who moves into town to find work, an American doctor who's become disillusioned with his life and takes a trip to Calcutta, and a woman running a clinic for the homeless in the "City of Joy" - the Calcutta slum of Anand Nagar. Ebert didn't like this film as much - gave it only three stars and thought it was too westernized and could have done without the Swayze character :). You can read his review of it here. I had trouble finding a trailer for the movie, but apparently, you can watch the whole film in parts at YouTube - here below is part 2 ....
Point Break
This 1991 film also starred Keanu Reeves and Gary Busey, and told the story of bank robber/surfers (Swayze was their leader) and the two FBI agents who hunt them down (Busey and Reeves). Kind of funny was that the bank robbers called themselves the Ex-Presidents and wore masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon, and Johnson :) Reeves decides to infiltrate the bad guys, learns to surf, and becomes somewhat enamored of Swayze's charismatic character. There's a final showdown in Australia between the characters played by Reeves and Swayze, where a storm has produced waves the surfer can't resist.
Roger Ebert gave the movie three and a half stars - you can read his review here. And here's a trailer for the movie .....
City of Joy
The 1992 movie was based on the book of the same name by journalist Dominique Lapierre, was directed by Roland Joffé, and tells the story of three people who interact in Calcutte - a farmer (and family) who moves into town to find work, an American doctor who's become disillusioned with his life and takes a trip to Calcutta, and a woman running a clinic for the homeless in the "City of Joy" - the Calcutta slum of Anand Nagar. Ebert didn't like this film as much - gave it only three stars and thought it was too westernized and could have done without the Swayze character :). You can read his review of it here. I had trouble finding a trailer for the movie, but apparently, you can watch the whole film in parts at YouTube - here below is part 2 ....
posted by crystal | 5:39 PM
2 Comments:
I enjoyed your comments about Swayze and his role in City of Joy. I also posted a comment with a poignant video from this movie:
http://satshanti.multiply.com/links/item/31/Patrick_Swayze_is_dead_at_57_-_-_-_video_of_him_in_City_Of_Joy
Hi Peter,
Thanks for the comment and the link :)
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