Apex Mountain
Dennis Christopher; cycling movies; irritable Italians; Masi Gran Criterium; scarce Blu-rays; villains named Rod
In the discussion (11)
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- Dennis Christopher is unequivocally at Apex despite a later career that did not match the initial stardom expectations.
- Dennis Quaid is rejected; Robyn Douglass is a probable yes, qualified by praise for The Lonely Guy.
- Jackie Earle Haley is rejected in favor of Kelly Leak, with Little Children and Watchmen also mentioned.
- Cycling movies receive agreement, ahead of American Flyers; Quicksilver and other films are considered while discussing a possible cycling month.
- Used cars and Daniel Stern are rejected, with Stern’s Home Alone, City Slickers and The Wonder Years period preferred.
- Irritable Italians and the 1978 Masi Gran Criterium bicycle receive affirmative selections.
- Peter Yates is initially rejected for Bullitt, then reconsidered because of this film’s Oscar success and unknown cast; no settled final answer emerges.
- Hart Bochner is rejected in favor of Die Hard, with his directing of PCU also praised.
- Indiana movies divide opinion between this and Hoosiers, with a tentative preference for Hoosiers.
- Hard-to-find Blu-rays receive an affirmative nomination, illustrated by the expensive out-of-print Twilight Time release.
- Villains named Rod receive an affirmative late Apex nomination.