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fynger - Posted - 11/12/2009: 04:33:35
I thought i'de start this thread as I remember PART of a movie i watched in about 1974 ( ish ) that had some nifty Banjo music in it and is a movie i dont know the title of and would love to find.
It was about an Astronaut ( i thought was James Franciscus but isnt ) He landed on what he thought was the moon but turned out to be some desert in the states...He walked until he found a road ( which he thought odd ) the some old couple in a car came along and just so happened to stop near him BUT they couldnt see him so he snuck into their car ..in the back of the car was a parrot in a cage and that could see him...turned out all animals could see him but not people as he was a few seconds 'out of time' with the real world.....I remember the Banjo music and even have it on cassette taped directly from the t.v.
So if you know what the film was could you let me know thanks...( no its not a twilight Zone or any of those series as ive recently watched all those and its not one of those )
If not then please continue the thread on any movies you know with Banjo music in them....Yeah we all know Deliverance.
......Cheers .....Kev.
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CUDavidO - Posted - 11/12/2009: 06:33:59
Hi Kev:
Don't forget Bonnie and Clyde.
CUDavidO
Pasadena, CA
Ronnie - Posted - 11/12/2009: 06:45:01
You can hear a lot of Bobby Thompson's banjo on the sound track of Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, and the Smoky and the Bandit 1 & 2 movies.
bobbythompsonbanjo.com
pearcemusic - Posted - 11/12/2009: 07:01:13
TV shows like Dukes of Hazzard featured guys like Larry McNeely, John Hickman, and Bill Knopf if I'm not mistaken.
The Pearce Family Bluegrass Band
pearcemusic.com
strokestyle - Posted - 11/12/2009: 07:41:03
Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer played music for the National Geo story of the Appalachian Mountain Trail that aired this past week. Sounded great as always.
fynger - Posted - 11/12/2009: 08:14:54
And the Beverley Hillbillies of course.
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Rich Weill - Posted - 11/12/2009: 08:23:54
Scottish comedian and actor Billy Connolly plays a banjo (as he does in real life) in the movie "Absolution."
Booger McGee - Posted - 11/12/2009: 08:30:59
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978).
sdfarris - Posted - 11/12/2009: 09:22:09
Raising Arizona has one of the best banjo soundtracks ever. And it's a very, very funny movie too.
Sam Farris
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banjonz - Posted - 11/12/2009: 10:04:38
Don't forget the ORIGINAL 'Vanishing point' movie.
Wayne
New Zealand
My short-term memory is not as sharp as it used to be.
Also, my short-term memory's not as sharp as it used to be.
fynger - Posted - 11/12/2009: 11:21:46
Thanks but its giving info on Movies with Banjo music in ....if i find an answer to the Astronaut film all the better thanks.
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fynger - Posted - 11/13/2009: 02:51:04
Thanks for the suggestion Simon...i'll look into that one....date seems too recent and i dont think he was a year out of phase....again thanks...i'll track it down.
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fynger - Posted - 11/13/2009: 07:01:23
Yay,,,,Time Warp is looking like the movie i've been after...Thanks....Now to try and find it. its a 1972 movie.
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Edited by - fynger on 11/13/2009 07:02:05
steve davis - Posted - 11/13/2009: 07:41:14
Harold and Maude
fynger - Posted - 11/13/2009: 08:06:15
Great Movie
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edsnyder - Posted - 11/13/2009: 09:18:38
I watched Land of the Lost yesterday with my 17yr old daughter that just had all 4 wisdom teeth out. I laughed a lot, she smiled a few times.
Anyway the point is that Will Farrell plays a banjo, badly, in one segment of the movie.
Ed e
You're only young once, but you can be immature forever!
The Old Timer - Posted - 11/13/2009: 11:11:51
You don't see the musicians, but there's OLD TIME banjo in Gangs of New York, in the bustling street scenes.
The Old Timer
"This here man is such a sap, he won't hold you on his lap, unless you are an old five string banjo!" Lester Flatt singing to Pearl about Earl Scruggs as husband material
arcticpoppy - Posted - 11/13/2009: 20:59:42
Thanks, Bisbonian, for adding just the laughs I needed on this cold Friday night! Go, Sabata vs Banjo!
fynger - Posted - 11/14/2009: 01:13:49
Watched a movie last night called 'Born to be Wild'....that had some in it.
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geemott - Posted - 11/14/2009: 06:01:31
A Simple Twist of Fate: Steve Martin plays a little bit of clawhammer.
Aside: why movies are so expensive. One scene of ASTOF was filmed at my kids' school. They sent an advance crew to scope it out & prep the site, then the real crew, getting it all set with body doubles & stand-ins, and then a week or more to shoot the scene. Movie script had to be approved by the headmaster, etc. Well naturally when the film came out we all went to see how good our school looked. I blinked and missed it, had to watch it a second time to catch it. That scene could have been shot anywhere in the world, without all the travel & logistics. Anyway, ain't complainin' just laffin.
GeeMott
"Sir, music played on the banjo is like a dog walking on its hinder legs. It is not done well, but you are surprised to find it done at all." --Sam'l Johnson, LLD (not the famous one)
guitdawg - Posted - 11/14/2009: 06:49:50
A movie that is somewhat Astro-nautical, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, (happens to have been written my my fav. author Douglas Adams  ) has a banjo focused musical them. Great track too! As I recall from watching the ole BBC show, that too had a similar soundtrack.
Maybe the banjo really is from space....
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~ guitdawg ~ Apple Latch Un = mountains ; Apple Layshun = drinks
Ronnie - Posted - 11/14/2009: 08:15:40
Woody Harrelson does a little crude picking in Zombie Land just before he clobbers a zombie with his Flint Hill banjo.
bobbythompsonbanjo.com
fynger - Posted - 11/17/2009: 01:25:51
Cat Ballou
Kev.
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banjokid1 - Posted - 11/19/2009: 18:06:12
There are a few scenes of Stubby Kaye and Nat King Cole in "Cat Ballou" where thy are pretending to play banjo with off camera banjo music.
banjokid1 - Posted - 11/19/2009: 18:06:22
There are a few scenes of Stubby Kaye and Nat King Cole in "Cat Ballou" where thy are pretending to play banjo with off camera banjo music.
CoE15NJV - Posted - 11/19/2009: 18:25:26
The Marx Brothers in the movie "Duck Soup"...when war is declared Groucho, Chico, Harpo, and Zeppo play (?) banjos in a short scene.
fynger - Posted - 11/21/2009: 01:36:21
BeDevil
Gary Griffin - Posted - 11/21/2009: 07:27:12
"Where The Lillies Bloom"
fynger - Posted - 11/21/2009: 07:55:23
Angel and the Bad Man
banjophil - Posted - 11/21/2009: 08:49:40
Paul Newman plays a banjo and sings a song in Cool Hand Luke (One of my all Time favorite movies)
Phil
banjokid1 - Posted - 11/22/2009: 17:03:27
quote:
Originally posted by banjokid1
There are a few scenes of Stubby Kaye and Nat King Cole in "Cat Ballou" where thy are pretending to play banjo with off camera banjo music. oops, sorry for the double post.
banjokid1 - Posted - 11/22/2009: 17:04:23
quote:
Originally posted by banjokid1
There are a few scenes of Stubby Kaye and Nat King Cole in "Cat Ballou" where thy are pretending to play banjo with off camera banjo music. oops, sorry for the double post.
O.D. - Posted - 11/22/2009: 19:39:31
[quote]Originally posted by sdfarris
Raising Arizona has one of the best banjo soundtracks ever. And it's a very, very funny movie too.
Playing banjo on that sound track is Ben Freed. He's a fantastic banjo player,you might want to check him out ,he's great. He's also a very generous and friendly guy.
He's helped me a lot with my playing ,often free of charge.
Regards, O.D.
fynger - Posted - 11/30/2009: 02:58:59
Westworld
kingfisher78 - Posted - 11/30/2009: 18:50:09
The missus reckons Steve Martin played the banjo in one of his movies.
She can't remember which one though.
Shane.
Booger McGee - Posted - 11/30/2009: 21:21:18
Was it Pennies from Heaven?
JamesTanglewylde - Posted - 11/30/2009: 21:52:34
The Man Who Fell to Earth starring David Bowie!!!
mrbook - Posted - 11/30/2009: 22:53:49
I just finished watching "The Pride of Jesse Hallam" starring Johnny Cash, one of those double feature DVDs that sell for $1.00 at Wal-Mart and other places. Johnny did the sound track of course. There is some banjo picking throughout the movie, with an interesting version of "Paradise," along with some other songs that didn't excite me. When the credits rolled around, I found the banjo player's name: Earl Scruggs.
fynger - Posted - 12/01/2009: 05:43:39
Theres a very small banjo section in the 2003 movie ' Ned Kelly '
rexhunt - Posted - 12/01/2009: 07:41:24
2000 Maniacs - a 1964 Hershel Gordon Lewis gore fest features the late Paul Champion as - you guessed it - the banjo player - AND, he's playing a real pre-war flathead.
Rex
rollin forward - Posted - 02/19/2010: 15:33:17
What was the point of that guy saying "who pickin the banja here?" to ed and bobby in deliverance by the way and why did they just blank him?
Gary Griffin - Posted - 08/14/2010: 10:29:41
Hey,
Just saw another one today called Zandy's Bride on the western channel
starring Gene Hackman.
eagleisland - Posted - 08/14/2010: 18:19:06
Late to this thread. But the title music to Tarantino's bizzare, disturbing and utterly weird "Pulp Fiction" was "Flowers On The Wall" by the Statler Bros. Serious banjo in the mix. Most likely Bobby Thompson, but don't know for sure.
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