That was the case on "Whole Lotta Love".

He did a lot of movies with Lumet. I mentioned in another thread recently seeing The Anderson Tapes. I really like Family Business.

It was on Turner Classic Movies, and strangely enough they are showing it again pretty soon (I want to say sometime later this week or early next).

It makes sense that it would be. I can imagine that the MPAA was more progressive in terms of language as @avclub-e129a878f7b0e5aa9ac09e0282f64ea6:disqus alluded to. There is validity to the historic quality the film has for showing what happened without much theatricality and sticking to the truth as much as possible.

I had a dream about Breaking Bad actually. Hank, Jesse, and Walt are all in a van headed towards a crash that took a trajectory similar to a bicycle accident I had when I was 8 years old and skinned my knee pretty bad.

Actually, I just found out the film was originally rated R. I have no idea why I thought it was PG all this time.

From the DVR: The Anderson Tapes, 1971 thriller directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam, Alan King, and introducing Christopher Walken. Connery is the focus, but damned if it isn't fun seeing Walken being as youthful and energetic few actors are in their first films.

What I'm predicting about this new Hank/Jesse alliance is that Hank eventually sees more in him than this junkie he's only known as a DEA agent. A begrudging respect, that could have started to grow once Jesse walked away. That said, his plan better be good

There's your spin-off. Karate Lawyer.

Walt's propensity for bullshit tonight was a thing of beauty. He was angling towards getting Junior to see through the weak layer towards the solid stuff.

I kind of thought the same thing, at 9 years old.

It's possible the studios weren't as focused on making movies "with a message" back then. This was also the age of hyper-macho-patriotic action movies, so if anything "liberal" Hollywood then was as much about stroking the uber-conservative consciousness. 

Tell us if any Amish show up.

Maybe I haven't gone to enough stuff but I've never noticed any of this. Closest was the drunk frat guy at a concert I was at a few years ago. I wasn't all that upset but my brother was a hair away from decimating him.

That still of the whole class looking at him (Krabappel included) is priceless.

Man I'm 3 minutes into this. Brutal.

@avclub-1eef45ef03673157e63ffab5e8c42326:disqus I think it was Phish.

And I bet Pacino has tons of lines thrown at him so it's all become white noise to him.

I watched To The Wonder on VoD and have to partly agree with what you're saying. Mine's a 40-inch set and I was blown away by what I saw but I in part felt I was getting a fraction of what I would get on the big screen.

I think the best piss quote is still from The Outlaw Josey Wales "Don't piss down my back, and tell me it's raining".