Andreas Katsulas, who played the one armed man, also turned in an amazing multi season performance as the alien G'Kar on Babylon 5.

@RetrofanFilms

Жыл бұрын

He’s also done good work on Star Trek: The Next Generation; he played Tamalak, a Romulan Commander.

@swimfree-1023

Жыл бұрын

i'm in the middle of binging babylon 5 now! i'm nearing the end of season 4 :)

@kevinshelley2803

10 ай бұрын

​@@RetrofanFilms Yes, he was a superb Romulan.

@MisterBourgolini

6 күн бұрын

It's a shame Andreas Katsulas died of lung cancer. The original one-armed man from the TV series (Bill Raisch) also died of lung cancer. Man, being the one-armed man is such a curse to those that play that guy.

I saw it in the theater at age 23. My dad never went to movies, so I would take my mom to see ones she was interested in. On this occasion, though, Dad decided to join us. We loved it, but it holds a special place in my heart, because it was the only film the three of us saw together in the theater.

@user-pp5in1im4x

2 ай бұрын

Thats Special. Good Memories.

This is one of the greatest "Just sit down and watch again" films of all time.

I am no film expert, but i think there are few people in the world who can deliver "i don't care" that perfectly

@MrTbk1701

Жыл бұрын

And that line was improv.

@thisisscorpio6024

Жыл бұрын

It's like responding to "I love you" with "I know".

@historyofnerdom6111

Жыл бұрын

@@thisisscorpio6024that is both hilarious and spot on 😂

@o0pinkdino0o

Жыл бұрын

Also "shut up !" That line kills me.

@Peter-oh3hc

Жыл бұрын

@@MrTbk1701 didn't know that. Even more impressive

The Fugitive was originally a TV series from !963 to 1967. My parents watched it religously so when this movie came out, it was kind of an emotional movie for me...

juileanna moore had a bigger role in the film as a love interest for Richard, he would get in touch with her and ask for some more help because he saved the kid she would help him, but they felt like it was too soon for him to have another love after the death of his wife. So they edited her role down, but she got pretty good billing in the opening credits.

@ADifferentVibe

Жыл бұрын

It was a good call. Keep the story tight and focus on Kimble trying to find out the killer

@marlonclark1896

Жыл бұрын

they didn't have to make her a love interest they could've just had her be someone he just seeks help from

@Deined

9 ай бұрын

Scenes of a budding romance between Kimball and Moore's character were actually shown to test audiences before the film came out. Those audiences didn't like this happening in the midst of Kimball seeking out his wife's murderer, so this is arguably the biggest reason those scenes didn't make the final film.

@jdlewis3706

5 ай бұрын

Great reaction! FUN FACT: Director Andrew Davis improvised a tribute to The Fugitive TV show. There was a two part episode ( Never Wave Goodbye) that featured a chase scene in a parade that Davis wanted to improvise a tribute to. Despite his improvisation, the sequence came off as meticulous and well-crafted. I look forward to your future reactions! ❤

This movie was a big deal when it was in theaters. I saw it opening weekend and then again like a week later. It was a hell of a theatrical experience.

@vly9257

Жыл бұрын

A lot of people remembered the TV series, so it had an audience

@citizenbobx

Жыл бұрын

Harrison Ford then was Tom Cruise now. He has a movie out, you go. Not that they were all hits, but he had a pretty good batting average. I would say this was his last great action role.

@nsasupporter7557

Жыл бұрын

⁠@@citizenbobx”Tom Cruise now??” I don’t think so. Yes, Tom Cruise is one of the biggest stars ever. But now he’s washed up. I think what you mean to say is Harrison Ford was then was what Tom Cruise was in the late 90s and early 2000s.

@citizenbobx

Жыл бұрын

@nsasupporter7557 In the past decade, he's got Maverick last year, the two previous MIs, with a few smaller roles that still turned a profit to more than offset the "misses" I mentioned. So I don't think that what I said was a stretch. Granted, between COVID and the strikes and the overall turn away from theatrical releases and scripted entertainment, I'd say EVERYONE'S run is about to come to an end.

Hi, Shannelle! So, this was a big screen version of a popular sixties TV show of the same name called "The Fugitive" which ran for several years on prime time TV. Each week, Dr. Richard Kimball would evade authorities in his ongoing search for the elusive one armed man who murdered his wife. After several years, the series concluded with Dr. Kimball found the real killer and was exonerated. The series was so well liked it led to it's recreation for a big screen feature that you've just watched.

This is one of the most Chicago films ever made! Not just in the setting of the city as a whole, but its use of the non-touristy areas like Pullman and where Kimball rented the room. His landlady is a terrific example of the excellent casting done here, as well-she is a perfect example of the Polish immigrant women I encountered all over the city in the 1990s (now where I live in the NW suburbs, it’s Russian ladies I meet). The reporters were all actual Chicago TV reporters (you see a younger Lester Holt among them), and one of the two cops is played by a retired CPD cop. Also, Kimball’s lawyer is played by Richard Cusack, the father of John and Joan.

@ICEcoleman2k

Жыл бұрын

I grew up in Roseland, just up the hill from Pullman. The 111 street bus goes through that neighborhood, near where the bar Kimball steps out of going to Sikes residence. I lived a block away from that bar when I moved there with my first wife. Oh yeah, for Chicago scenes this is as fun as The Blues Brothers.

@b.victoradams9346

Жыл бұрын

That, and Harrison Ford was born in Chicago.

@bossfan49

Жыл бұрын

@@b.victoradams9346 And the director Andrew Davis who filmed several films in Chicago. Also.... Jane Lynch, Dr. Lentz, the two CPD Detectives Kelly and Rosatti, the cop who Sykes shoots on the train, Deputy Marshal Poole and the Corrections officer who lied about the train crash.... all from Chicago.

@bossfan49

Жыл бұрын

yes I remember reading the actor who played the Polish lady is from the NW side, or suburb and I would wager that the guy who played her son is native as well. Along with Lester Holt I recognized Pam Zeckman.

@libertyresearch-iu4fy

Жыл бұрын

I'm gonna go ahead and have to disagree with you there. I think 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' and 'The Blues Brothers' are a bit more Chicago.

*_If you want another "unfolding" movie with lots of intrigue, I highly recommend_** Sneakers **_(1992). It has an all-star cast (Which i will not spoil here) and a great musical score!_* *_Also greatly recommend_** The Score **_(2001), another one with a surprising cast, tension and a very different setting_*

@theronleague7692

Жыл бұрын

I would definitely second Sneakers. Great film with star after star. If you haven't seen it, you would love it.

@jamesward7175

Жыл бұрын

Oh, yes! I love both of those movies. I haven't thought about Sneakers in years. Definitely would love a reaction to that.

@inarar5334

Жыл бұрын

Thirded on Sneakers. So overlooked even when it first came out, I think they mismarketed it or something.

@nikolatesla5553

Жыл бұрын

And if you liked Sneakers, you must see The Hot Rock. Robert Redford is in both movies. Both are a bit funny. Both involve a Heist. Both have great casts and both are good popcorn movies.

@islandgreenstrong

Жыл бұрын

4th, 5th and 6th Sneakers...it's just so good!!

Based loosely on The Fugitive tv series, which was based loosely on the real life high profile Sam Sheppard murder case. His conviction was eventually overturned by the Supreme Court on the grounds that the unprecedented media presence during the trial and the refusal to grant a change of venue, denied him of his due process rights to a fair and impartial jury. He was acquitted in the second trial. Also, did you notice that Tommy Lee's sidekick Cosmo was Cypher from The Matrix?

@ForEternia

Жыл бұрын

That was Joe Pantoliano. He's been acting for years. The Goonies where he played one of the frateli brothers. He also played Ralph in The Sopranos.

@keith6485

Жыл бұрын

I was wondering if anyone was going to mention the Sam Shepherd case. My late ex-MIL was in Shepherd's hospital giving birth to her first child when they brought Shepherd in for treatment that night. It was a very interesting case that was studied for years after. We even did a "deep-dive" into the case when I was in high school in the mid 70s. I've always thought that the murderer was the female neighbor, who believed Shepherd's wife was having an affair with her husband.

It was Jane Lynch’s fourth role in a movie. At the time, she was still a working actress in Chicago. Throughout the 1990s, she would get bit parts in movies while also doing commercial work. One of the commercials she did was a Frosted Flakes commercial targeted at adults. The commercial was directed by Christopher Guest, who later remembered her and cast her in “Best In Show.” The rest is history.

The score does a lot of heavy lifting because Harrison Ford has very little dialogue. I absolutely love this movie. Like you said, it’s really tight. As much as I enjoy goofy action movies, there’s something so wonderful about this more mature thriller. Those practical crash effects are just amazing.

Ashley Judd did her own Fugitive lite movie with Tommy Lee Jones called Double Jeopardy.

@ADifferentVibe

Жыл бұрын

That movie was horrible in comparison to The Fugitive

@biguy617

Жыл бұрын

@@ADifferentVibe I liked it. Can’t be as bad as the Wesley Snipes spinoff movie he did with Tommy Lee Jones, US Marshals

Wrongfully Accused (1998) is a spoof on The Fugitive starring Leslie Nielsen. It's written and directed by Pat Proft, who co-wrote the Naked Gun trilogy and the two Hot Shots!.

@CrowTRobot

Жыл бұрын

My brother and I used to watch this and howl with laugher. Way funnier than Spy Hard.

@FloridaMugwump

11 ай бұрын

​@@CrowTRobotIt is illegal to parody more than 15% of a given piece of work without permission. You watched a parody of a movie genre.

I wish the screenplay and Harrison Ford had also been nominated. The editing and score nominations can really be seen in how the movie's drama and tension are maintained within that perfect pace.

@ADifferentVibe

Жыл бұрын

Harrison is really good but he had little dialogue compared to Tommy Lee Jones. Jones gave more emotional dynamics to drive the movie forward in comparison.

@caseymoe816

Ай бұрын

The big reason the screenplay was not nominated was because they were working on finishing it while still filming the movie! Because of that it was shot mostly in order. It’s also estimated that up to 70% of the dialogue was ad libbed! The cast was given direction as to where the scenes should start and where they should end so the plot could advance. Tommy Lee Jones encouraged his fellow Marshalls to put their own spin on their characters words, which leant a lot of authenticity to their parts. The praise the script gets is due in large part to the talent of the cast. Absolutely amazing.

The Cop on the Train is played by "Janitor" on Scrubs. They had an episode where JD realizes it.

Suggestion: MINORITY REPORT: I don't want to give away any spoilers, but if you want something adjacent to "The Fugitive," Minority Report would be a great follow-up. It was the first collaboration between Spielberg and Tom Cruise. Released in 2002, and I frankly think it's gotten better with age (dated effects aside). Based on a short story by Philip K. Dick.

@bretttodd6470

Жыл бұрын

Agreed! Do Minority Report

This is one of those movies that if I see it on television I stop everything and watch it.

Harrison made some great movies back then , this and “Presumed Innocent” are a couple favorites, thanks Shanelle!

@AngieHines

Жыл бұрын

Yes, Harrison Ford, Bonnie Bedelia and the late great Raul Julia!! Presumed Innocent is one of my favorite films.

@victortzul2516

Жыл бұрын

Yes! Add Witness to the list.

@justinamerican8200

Жыл бұрын

@@AngieHines Presumed Innocent is one of those secret gems.

@jkhoover

Жыл бұрын

Regarding Henry

@Dr.Acula76

Жыл бұрын

@@victortzul2516 Excellent movie and shot near where I grew up. I had a few friends who were extras in the barn raising scene and I used to go to the Dairy Queen in the opening scene

Harrison Ford mentioned this was one of his all-time favorite movies to make because he grew up in Chicago, and making a movie in his hometown felt like a "coming back around" milestone for him.

Tommy Lee Jones is amazing in this. So much so Hollywood gave his character a pseudo sequel with the film U.S. Marshals.

@jaquesshugossen9398

Жыл бұрын

I hope Shanelle watches that one as well!

@cluster_f1575

Жыл бұрын

While he was in a number of films before the Fugitive, it was this film that put his career on the map

@rxtsec1

Жыл бұрын

I didn't like the sequel though. Same premise basically. Try something different

@subliminallime4321

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't call it a pseudo sequel as much as a spin off. It isn't as good as The Fugitive, but definitely worth watching.

@rxtsec1

Жыл бұрын

@@subliminallime4321 I was disappointed cause they didn't do anything different. But that's just me

Fun facts. Dr.Sam Sheppard, the real life fugitive, was released from jail after being acquitted. He then became a pro wrestler in Tennessee territory and invented the Mandible Claw submission move!

What's on the 5th floor? "A scruffy-looking nerf herder!”

My Mom’s favorite movie of all time. One of my favorites as well. Good timing reacting to this; in less than two weeks it will be 30 years since it came out in theaters. Saw the TV show several months ago and we liked it as well. There was a very similar courthouse scene in the first season and my Mom and I were amazed by that.

What a good movie! Well-told story, tight pace, great acting all-around. I'm especially excited to share this one with you. Thanks! Here we go! :)

Love this movie. My favorite reference to it was in Scrubs when the Janitor was hiding the fact that he was an extra in it, when his actor actually was an extra in the movie.

This is one of those movies that I've see a dozen times, yet if I'm flipping through the channels and it's on..... there goes my afternoon!

Action suspense whodunnit ... great actors, great plot ... such a rewatchable movie!

OMG. How in the hell did I miss that you reacted to Heat?? That's my 2nd favorite movie ever. Saving that for after this one!

September 17th will mark the 60th anniversary of the debut of the TV show this film was based on. It lasted four seasons and the finale in August 1967 remains one of the highest-rated shows in TV history.

I still remember the original TV show "The Fugitive" with David Janssen as Richard Kimble. 120 episodes in 4 seasons.

Shinn vs Ramirez. Arizona argued that innocence is not enough to throw out a conviction. US Supreme Court agreed 6-3 in a decision written by Clarence Thomas.

Finally, The Fugitive. A complete movie.

The look on your face when your excited is just pure gold!

So the subway cop who interrupts Kimball and Sykes on the train is played by Neil Flynn, who also played "Janitor" in Scrubs. There's a Scrubs episode where J.D. and Turk discover that the mysterious and abrasive janitor in their hospital had a part in "The Fugitive," and it's hilarious. Apparently Neil Flynn plays the same Janitor character in "Clone High" as well.

@bossfan49

Жыл бұрын

Neil is from Chicago too, along with much of the cast...Jane Lynch, the two CPD detectives, etc..

As a kid, I loved watching the reruns of the old TV series. When the movie came out, I rolled my eyes--until I saw it. So well done, and a great homage to the original series.

Great reaction, definitely one of my all time re-watch movies. I still love the line "I knew that was an elevated train" by Tommy Lee ... so good.

@nsasupporter7557

Жыл бұрын

TLJ did not deserve that Oscar. All he played was a detective… whoopty do! 🙄 How many actors have played detectives before?

@bossfan49

Жыл бұрын

@@nsasupporter7557 He was a U.S. Marshal, not a detective. And they don't give Oscars according to the uniqueness of the role, they give Oscars for the performance.

@nsasupporter7557

Жыл бұрын

@@bossfan49 and my point is, his performance wasn’t anything special. There were other nominees in that category that deserved it way more and there are many other people who agree with me

@bossfan49

Жыл бұрын

@@nsasupporter7557 whoopty do.

@nsasupporter7557

Жыл бұрын

@@bossfan49 weak comeback

It's a great suspenseful action movie, but it's elevated so much by the quiet moments. The way he saves that boy, and the way Tommy Lee Jones' character gradually changes his mind. He doesn't ever say it, but his facial reactions are spot on, and you can feel him puzzling it over. He's obviously a cynical cop, so it takes a lot for him to entertain the idea, but when Richard keeps behaving in ways that aren't consistent with a killer, he's forced to be open to the idea.

"The Fugitive", and particularly Tommy Lee Jones character, were so popular that a sequel "U.S. Marshals" (1998) was made centring on Marshall Samuel Gerard and his team. It has an appearance by Robert Downey Jr. during the period he was struggling with substance abuse.

Man, he just had a TERRIBLE lawyer.

Great 90s film and the one that really made Tommy Lee Jones a household name.

The one-armed man, Sykes, was played by Andreas Katsulas who did an incredible run as G'Kar in the series Babylon 5. The Fugitive movie was based on a TV series by the same name. It ran for four seasons, and its finale was the most watched episode of television up until an episode of Dallas in 1980.

All of the reporters in the movie were actually local TV reporters. John Drummond, one of the featured reporters, worked the crime beat in Chicago for decades on CBS.

@ICEcoleman2k

Жыл бұрын

Yeah seeing all those reporters we've watched on the news in the movie was just magnificent ❤

Something that I think they should have in the trivia. The cop on the train ended up on Scrubs. He is the Janitor. They have an episode where JD thinks the Janitor IS the cop on the train, he denies it the entire episode until the end where he finally does his line and pose from the movie. Season 3 ep 8

@bossfan49

Жыл бұрын

Neil Flynn is from Chicago too. He played a cop on an episode of Seinfeld as well.

@exhistoriascientia

11 ай бұрын

Neil Flynn was reunited with Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as one of the two FBI men who interrogate Indy after he goes through decontamination following the atomic test exposure.

I remember seeing this in theaters and this was a BUSY summer for movies. Jurassic Park was out around the same time, In The Line of Fire was out too, very action heavy summer, really good. Honestly, there’s a run on quality movies between 1989 up until maybe 2004 or so where you’d be hard pressed to find bad ones. Yeah, The Fugitive was a solid movie that actually is kind of overlooked now. Not entirely sure why. Ford was cranking out good flicks at the time. Presumed Innocent, Witness and Regarding Henry are around this time too.

Fun fact - I rode on that prison transport bus many times as a kid. They bought my home towns (Downers Grove, IL) old public transit busses. We rode them every summer to the 4th of July festival downtown.

It was inevitable that you’d love how well this was done. It has a 70s tv matinee aesthetic, but with a polish to the script, direction, and acting that never lets it feel like it’s lost in that era. That aesthetic gives it a realism that wouldn’t have worked if it went with the Speed or Die Hard thriller/action route of its general contemporaries. I also knew you’d appreciate the train wreck shots. That is almost on a par for me with the dinosaur reveal in Jurassic Park for jaw-dropping effect, except with the train wreck it’s all practical and it’s sensational. You absolutely get a sense of weight of that diesel and the freight behind it, you can feel the massive bulk and it’s momentum. That was monumental cinema right there.

The score for this movie is underrated and put James Newton Howard on the map. He did ER after this.

@nsasupporter7557

Жыл бұрын

Dude, let ask you something… is “underrated” the most popular word in the 2020s?

One of the few TV-to-movie adaptations to be nominated for Best Picture. Directed by Andrew Davis, who would later go on to direct Disney’s HOLES. While they were filming this movie, Harrison Ford shot a brief cameo returning as Indiana Jones for “The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles”… which gave George Lucas the idea to develop KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL.

There is a sequel to this movie focusing on Jones’ character called “U.S. Marshalls.” It has one of the single biggest surprises in cinema history.

This movie has about the most economical dialogue I've ever heard. This is good writing.

Such a great movie. Looking forward to your thoughts on this one.

YES!! One of my favorite Harrison Ford mustang movies when I was younger! I remember watching this on VHS years ago. I didn't see STAR WARS till later. Anyway, a lot of actors were considered for the role of Richard Kimble, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Alec Baldwin, Michael Douglas, Tom Cruise, Mel Gibson, Richard Gere, Charlie Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Richard Dreyfuss, Dennis Quaid, Patrick Swayze, William Hurt, Jeff Bridges, and Nick Nolte. Jon Voight, Clint Eastwood and Gene Hackman were considered for the role of U.S. Marshall Sam Gerard. Tommy Lee Jones took home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in the movie.

@joeblankenship377

Жыл бұрын

With Michael Douglas, it would sorta feel like The Game.

It was a pretty big deal. The trailer was just the "Our Fugitive has been on the run..." scene, and it ended in "Your fugitives name is Dr Richard Kimble. Go get em." Since the TV show was still fresher in the minds of people (you'll catch references to it before the movie, usually a "one armed man did it" reference) so the name drop plus the title card got people pretty excited. I know my dad was super hyped for it.

"Sneakers" does the story unfolding thing really well

Please give Star Trek a chance. You don't know what you're missing out on. 🖖😌

@TheJamieRamone

Жыл бұрын

What @martinbraun1211 said!

@joegreene7619

Жыл бұрын

Go away. You literally do nothing but spam comments about Star Trek on channels that clearly aren't going to watch it.

I was a bit young to see this movie in theaters when it came out, but once it home release I got to see it. Absolutely love it to this day! The legal fallout and repercussions from something like this would be absolutely staggering. It didn't dawn on me until much later viewings just how much the Chicago PD were covering up for the one-armed man. "There's a unit there now," says the dispatch coordinator after Kimball's break-in of Sykes' residence which meant CPD were watching out for one of their own. Not only were marked units there in a hurry, but an unmarked car of plain clothes detectives were sitting right there! Almost as if they knew Kimball would target this particular one armed man. Fantastic story telling! There's totally an In-N-Out on the fifth floor.

@DestinyJW7

8 ай бұрын

The reason they had a car there already was because they ran the search on the prosthetics computer and Sykes was one of the 47 possibles they came up with - they figured Richard would visit his place eventually and they were hoping to catch him when he did. They weren't able to narrow down the search as much because they didn't know the key detail that the one-armed man's prosthetic was damaged in the fight (you'll note Richard entering in the date of the last adjustment, remembering the arm twisting - he even twists an actual prosthetic to match to confirm that it would've been damaged and would have needed fixing). So while the CPD does look guilty as sin, there's no evidence in the film that they did anything conspiratorial as much as they were just incredibly incompetent and didn't recognize that Sykes was lying to them when they interviewed him. Sam, on the other hand, picks that up right away and immediately tells Cosmo that Sykes is dirty as soon as they're outside his house.

The little touch that I appreciated was after Kimball hits Nichols in the back with the pipe, Nichols is facedown, passed out, with his gun still pointed at Girard. Gerard doesn't say anything, but immediately realizes just how close he was. And if you like movies to figure out, you absolutely need to review The Sting

@mrcapra

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I'd LOVE to see/hear your reaction to The Sting!

"The Defiant Ones" (1958) Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis - in which the fugitives are chained together but don't have a key

I love how, because Jones' character doesn't care about Kimble's case, is precisely why he can be trusted by Kimble.

While this may be common now, in a rarity for the early 90s, the movie was so successful that it was still playing in some theaters when the home video came out.

This was THE movie to see when it came out. To date myself, I remember the movie section of papers was nothing but showtimes for theaters showing this for MONTHS!! I didn’t see it in theaters, but once I saw on cable, I got how captivating it was.

I use to put on this VHS every night to help fall asleep while in university, and every night I would fast forward to the point that I would last recall from the night before

@Shanelle As you love trivia have another look at the award winning TV series that this film played homage to. The Finale was watched live by 72% of US households with TVs at the time and is still number 6 by percentage of the most watched TV shows ever. The recurring plot was the Dr helping / saving people over 4 seasons of being hunted and trying to solve the mystery of his wife's death and this film encapsulated that beautifully. p.s. I'd recommend the sequel U.S. Marshals (I know there's some debate about that though).😄

I was young but I remember going by myself to the theaters to see The Fugitive because I had seen the reruns of the TV series, and since then I've owned a copy on VHS and DVD and I've watched it a number of times.

If you want to see what's left of the train, it's right outside Dillsboro, North Carolina on the banks of Tuckasegee River. The tunnel scene is on the same railroad line and the dam scenes are from Cheoah Dam outside Robbinsville, NC

A day with a Shanelle reaction is a good day.

This movie is perfectly crafted and acted. The suspense and reveals are handled so well.

Sykes, the one-armed man, is played by a dynamite character actor, Andreas Katsulas. He had a number of bit parts, including playing Romulans on Star Trek: The Next Generation, but his monster role was as G’Kar on “Babylon 5.”

I saw The Fugitive for the first time when I was about 10 or 11 years old. I was too young to catch this one in theaters, but it left a huge impression. It is one of my favorites to this day.

The formula of the 60s TV show (which I never saw) was that Kimball was on the run and in hiding in different places each episode, with the cop chasing him. Kimball would both evade the cops and help locals. So the many cases of Kimball helping people throughout the movie was a nod to that structure. (There have been other shows which followed this formula, including The Incredible Hulk, a show I did watch.)

@mannygee005

Жыл бұрын

hey nice connection! The Incredible Hulk also had its share of memes copying the "sad walking away piano song" which if you search you'll find scores of videos still today. I didn't realize that maybe they took that formula from The Fugitive. I think television writers know of The Incredible Hulk and The Fugitive to write references, possible now obscure references in their own shows such as... Family Guy for example or Rick and Morty. History is sometimes erased but... there are still clips and shorts documenting phenomena of the past... The trailer for the TV series The Fugitive is remarkable... in black and white and a voiceover explaining everything... It's like the movie is a remake of the old trailer.

@thomasoa

Жыл бұрын

@@mannygee005 One key advantage is the format was that the regular cast was only two characters (two actors for The Fugitive and three actors for Incredible Hulk, counting Ferrigno) so the show could spend more of its budget on guest stars, or just make very cheap episodes. (The only show that had fewer regular cast members that I can think of was Columbo.)

One of the few KZreadrs I click on every time I see your reaction face haha Thanks for the frequent uploads

If i am in a stairwell that is empty and someone yells out a name no matter what it is from above me i am going to look..It doesnt have to be my name.

I'm old enough to remember the television series as a child, and as I recall when the final episode was televised, soldiers who were huge fans of the show were disappointed to miss it, as they were kind of busy, fighting and dying, in the jungles of Vietnam at the time of airing.

Great review! I also appreciate Roger Ebert's apt observation about this movie, that it clearly shows how Kimball can stay ahead of the marshalls, but only so far. The tension of how they're able to keep up with him is intoxicating.

I’m glad you mentioned the broadcasters use of the word sketchy because at the time of this movie it didn’t mean what it does now!

The TV show with David Janssen was one of my favorites when I was growing up in the 60's.

The train crash scene was achieved using fairly standard effects for the time. They filmed the crash and then projected it behind Ford as he was jumping/running away, the set was extended in front of the projection screen to give it realism. Other examples of this technique can be seen in Aliens during the drop ship crash and Stand by me when the kids jump off the bridge, here its almost an exact copy of that shot.

This is one of my favorite movies! As you said, the plot unveils perfectly and the script is witty and well crafted. I'm always a sucker for mysteries, and trying to figure out who killed his wife keeps you invested in Kimble's plight. I also love how they created the investigation scenes, Tommy Lee Jones and his team have a great dynamic that truly makes you believe they've been working together for years. That's wild about the train scene being done full-size! Wow! ~Caroline

Just to point out, there's no sewer in a road tunnel 🙂. It's for removing excess water.

The Old Fugitive TV show was great too. The original show is from the 60s. I love this movie. Tim Daily did a reboot of TV show after voicing Superman for the Superman animated series.

My Mom was excited for this movie because she's a fan of the original series. She didn't think he on the run for long enough, after seeing the guy in the series be on the run for many years. :)

I watched this in the theater when it was released and you’re absolutely right about the title card in the beginning being a jump scare! Everyone in the packed theater jumped!

The "warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse, and doghouse" line is referenced a lot in TV and movies.

Before I forget to comment, the dam he jumped off of is in western North Carolina. Most now call it the Fugitive Dam. The bridge at 13:46 is a good location for a picture of it. Its a couple of miles south of the infamous Tail of the Dragon road and 60 miles west of Dillsboro. US Marshals is a good follow up with Tommy Lee Jones and others reprising their roles.

In the 1963 TV series David Jansen chased the one armed man for 5 years. In the final episode he catches the one armed man just as Lt. Girard (a police lieutenant) catches up to Kimble. The one armed man falls from a water tower to his death, but not before Lt. Girard hears him confess to Kimble that he was the man who murdered his wife. It was the first TV series to have a final episode that ended the series with a final conclusion to the series. The night the final episode aired it was viewed by 78 million people (big numbers in 1967).

The US Marshals Service don't care if he is guilty or not. Their job is to apprehend fugitive criminals. That is what makes the "I don't care" line so good.

As a member of the US Marshall fugitive apprehension team, Tommy Lee would not be investigating any crime, that's why he "don't care". He's nor a detective. Plus, Harrison had his day in court and was, albeit wrongfully, legally convicted of the crime so every single member of all law enforcement considers him guilty, so there is no crime to investigate anymore. A stripper I worked with was an extra in this movie. She's in the banquet scene wearing a blue dress and Harrison walks by her. She said she was completely in awe of his presence and he was even more handsome in person than he is on screen.

Hard to believe it’s been over 50 years since I first saw Tommy Lee Jones in Love Story and Harrison Ford in American Graffiti.

Not sure how far back you read comments, but here’s insight into the train scene. These shots were filmed along the tracks adjacent to the Nantahala River in North Carolina. The Smoky Mountain Railroad runs a stretch from Bryson City to the Nantahala Outdoor Recreation Center, a crossroads with the famous Appalachian Trail. The site of the filming still preserves a couple of the rail cars for the tourists to see passing by. The jump effect off the dam takes place at the nearby Fontana Dam, Fontana Village. Part of the TVA development, power from the dam was used providing energy to the Manhattan Project atom bomb development in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The train sequence was monumental for the time.

The Fugitive was a tv series, starring David Jaansen, ran in the mid 60's I watched the original Fugitive back in the '60s.

This is one of the few movies (along with Goodfellas) I will stop what I’m doing and watch when I see it on television. Such a great film.

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agreed on Goodfellas! So insanely rewatchable!

Such a classic. One of the best American films of the early 90s.

This was a big sleepover movie, along with Jurassic Park, for 10 year old me and my friends in 1994 or so when they were on TV and video. The best reference is from Scrubs where part of the mystery around Neil Flynn’s Janitor character is whether or not he had a part in The Fugitive. Flynn plays the cop shot on the train

I worked in a video store back in those days, and this movie must have played on the store viewer screen at least 1000 times in the couple of months after it's video release... I still love it. :)

This was actually a pretty big summer blockbuster in 1993. These days the big franchises are comic book movies, but in the 90s-early 2000s it was remakes/adaptations of older tv shows. They generally tended to be more comedic like The Addams Family and the Brady Bunch movie, but there were exceptions like this and Mission Impossible that were more serious. But yeah, this was a big hit at the time. I think this was the second highest grossing film of the year behind Jurassic Park.

Another great cat and mouse movie is "Catch Me If You Can" which is based on a true story. As always, love your reactions Shanelle.

I've just recently discovered your channel and am enjoying your reactions and insights into some of my favorite movies. Seeing The Fugitive for the first time in a while reminded me of my favorite Harrison Ford movie: 1985's Witness. I think it would be right up your alley. Keep up the good work!

The tv show was more like a western with Kimble wandering through small towns trying not to give himself away. Fun fact, the series finale where Kimble finally cornered the one armed man was the highest rated episode of TV up to that time.