Great films that are hardly ever, if ever, shown on TV.

Here's a film that's hardly ever been shown, and may have only been shown once:

Sunrise

A silent movie classic that I think has only been shown once (back in the days when Channel 4 actually showed silent movies).
It might have popped up on FilmFour but I doubt it has been shown more than three times at most.
 
Oh yes. Is that the one involving a crash in a Rolls or something at the beginning? I remember that as an ITV 'Night Time' staple - aah, those were the days.

There was another "Man Who" something or othered, involving James Booth as some kind of pop impressario or other - I remember an incident early on the film involving a lorryful of toilets falling on someone, possibly fatally. Anyone remember what that was?
 
Not a movie great by any means, but the 1985 teen comedy Mischief starring Kelly Preston is a fun way to spend an evening. It's a bit risque in places - Preston does a full frontal, but it's not as OTT as Porky's. In fact, it's quite a sweet, poignant coming-of-age movie set in 50s America. Considering some of the cast went on to greater things, I'm surprised it's never been released on DVD in the UK.
 
Straw Dogs

Crazy People

An American Werewolf In London

Hobsons Choice

Quatermass & The Pit

The Smallest Show On Earth

The Titfield Thunderbolt

any Marx Brothers, Buster Keaton, Laurel & Hardy.
 
Miracle Mile.

I don't recall this ever being shown on tv.

A 1988 movie starring Anthony EdwarRAB and Winningham.

EdwarRAB plays a young guy who meets Winningham and arranges a date, but falls asleep and gets there hours late after she has gone. He hears a public phone ring, and when he answers it there is a guy on the line calling from a missile silo, who believes he has called his father, to tell him the Russians have launched missiles against the US, and a retaliatory strike is under way.

EdwarRAB relates this story to a group of people in a late night diner, and from there the story plays out in real time and details how people would react differently to such events.

It has great characterisation, is often very quirky though also very bleak in places, and even though done on a low budget manages to effectively convey a sense of chaos and the breakdown of society. It's essentially a love story played out against an end-of-the-world scenario.

An unusual, but very interesting and original movie.
 
Some more spring to mind:

No Blade of Grass

Play Dirty (Excellent M. Caine war film, with Melvyn Bragg on writing duties, no less)

Oh, and I'd love to see the film version of The Magus too.

Warning: re-connecting with old lost films can sometimes fall short of expectations. A few years back I sat back eager to once again see Jack the Giant Killer, a colourful Ray Harryhausen-alike fantasy fondly recalled from childhood. Dear Lord, what absolute garbage.
 
Two films for me.

One was the 1970 ( film, tv film ) Sole Survivor starring William Shatner.

The other was Tobruk ( 1967 ) starring George Peppard and Rock HuRABon.
 
Unless they've updated their print, settings at the ready - I caught this on TCM a year or two ago and it was a colorised version (my deliberate omission of the 'u').
 
The best TV showing ever was back in BBC 2's 'Moviedrome' days, when it was shown with the alterante opening sequence, before they get on the train to go to the meeting.

Only time I'd ever seen it. It wasn't even on the first DVD and video releases.

Obviously, in these interweb days, you can find it pretty easily.
 
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