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Apex Mountain
Dennis Christopher; cycling movies; irritable Italians; Masi Gran Criterium; scarce Blu-rays; villains named Rod
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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.
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Approx. transcript time · 01:11:22Read transcript
- Robyn Douglass is a recognizable face whose name may be less familiar; Dooley and Barrie are praised as elite that-guy and that-gal actors given substantial roles.
What’s Aged the Best?
College towns; Indiana sports; cycling movies; Rod; Robyn Douglass; Mercedes; Amy Wright; John Ashton; Barbara Barrie; P.J. Soles; Cutters nickname
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- College towns remain excellent film settings, with townie-student tension and familiar streets, bars and pizza places.
- Indiana sports in 1979 hold up especially well, coinciding with Larry Bird’s college season.
- Cycling movies are more cinematic than running movies because crashes and interference create additional possibilities.
- Rod’s pink polo, blue convertible, swimming and handsome college-villain persona remain excellent, as does Bochner’s later Die Hard connection.
- Robyn Douglass is praised among a crowded field of seventies stars and for The Lonely Guy.
- Rod’s blue Mercedes and the reverse-driving shot are admired, alongside simpler seventies downtown streets.
- Amy Wright’s run through The Deer Hunter, The Amityville Horror, Breaking Away and Inside Moves demonstrates her character-actor strengths.
- John Ashton as Mike’s brother efficiently conveys their relationship when threatening to take the car away.
- Barbara Barrie is an outstanding screen mother with her own sexual life and a moving passport scene.
- P.J. Soles’s busy six-year run and appeal are praised, alongside the reported marriage to Quaid and lost Princess Leia role.
- Changing the local nickname from Stoners or Stonies to Cutters avoids drug confusion and produces a memorable name.
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