NFT: 'The Fugitive' is such a damn good movie.

Dr Kimble could never walk into an industry conference these days without several security checks! And that’s because homeless people regularly got free lunches … and protesters had fun too…. for decades at those things

But yes, those two - apparently TLJ played football at Harvard - were fantastic

It was

jones was a bit over the top but was a great foil for Ford. I've definitely seen it 10 times

There’s a distant childhood memory. I had to look it up- 74 to 75. I was 12 years old and loved that show,

was 14 when it came out. Remember being entirely gripped while watching. Movie has aged well too.

won an oscar for supporting actor award for that role in Fugitive.

Not a wasted line or set piece
It just moves. Eminently rrwatchable.

on rewatch the Tommy Lee Jones character is kind of cartoonish. To be fair, sometimes when I watch a movie like this, it can seem tired because it has been imitated so much.

I have rewatched it many times. I saw a "behind the scenes" clip about the film recently. Lots of cool insights, including the fact that the director let the actors improv many of their lines to seem more natural and have the natural comedy flow...It worked great! "I didn't kill my wife!" Jones, "I don't care!" (not in the script)

And the scene where Ford escapes in the St. Patrick's Day parade was also not in the script, the parade was real, and they just decided to see if they could make the scene work. Ford was worried he might be recognized in the crowd, but the hair dye worked, he said, "for the most part."

Star Wars movies and the others he was in back then, because he wasn't the typical brawny invincible action hero like so many others of the era.

Don't get me wrong, I love Arnold and Sly and Chuck Norris and others, but Ford's characters took a beating, and had to get by on brains, wits, balls and some luck

One of my favorite all time movie lines is from Raiders, when Indy says he's going after the truck, gets asked how, and says "I dunno, I'm making this up as I go"

Tommy Lee Jones was great in Fugitive too. The sequel was a little too goofy, but still entertaining

If anyone listens to Bill Simmons/Ringer podcast, "The Rewatchables," they just did this movie a couple of weeks ago.

are so perfectly cast. I believe they are cops in several different movies.

In comment 16405059 mfsd said:

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Star Wars movies and the others he was in back then, because he wasn't the typical brawny invincible action hero like so many others of the era. Don't get me wrong, I love Arnold and Sly and Chuck Norris and others, but Ford's characters took a beating, and had to get by on brains, wits, balls and some luck One of my favorite all time movie lines is from Raiders, when Indy says he's going after the truck, gets asked how, and says "I dunno, I'm making this up as I go" Tommy Lee Jones was great in Fugitive too. The sequel was a little too goofy, but still entertaining

No to miller the thread, but that's a great comment about Ford being somewhat vulnerable at least. The scene in Raiders where the big German boxer is just annihilating him is great.

as they were back then

In comment 16405284 Sy'56 said:

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as they were back then

so true!!

I saw it in the movies and it so riveting. problem today is the writing generally stinks.

but there are so many bad 90’s movies, lol. We get the benefit now of picking and choosing what to watch and not watch, but pre internet you kinda just rolled the dice and showed up at the theater and got what you got. For every Fugitive you got a few US Marshalls.

I remember being so pumped to go see ‘US Marshals’. I walked out extremely disappointed, Haha.

In comment 16405475 SFGFNCGiantsFan said:

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I remember being so pumped to go see ‘US Marshals’. I walked out extremely disappointed, Haha.

I was about 12/13 at the time. I enjoyed it because of my age, was a staple movie for sleepovers because it was PG13. But watching that 5 years later in college and it was a joke.

Sticking to Harrison Ford for a moment I remember my parents letting me see that on vacation in 1997 and loved that as well. Rewatching that as an adult is rough, haha. The action wasn’t good enough to justify the awful script.

Air Force One*

The one movie if it's on I will leave on even if commercials.

Great trivia note: The original actor cast as Dr. Charles Nichols was Richard Jordan. Jordan was actually filming The Fugitive in April 1993 when he was diagnosed with the brain tumor and dies shortly thereafter.

Richard Jordan as Nichols would have been amazing.

In comment 16405865 Bobby Humphrey's Earpad said:

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The one movie if it's on I will leave on even if commercials. Great trivia note: The original actor cast as Dr. Charles Nichols was Richard Jordan. Jordan was actually filming The Fugitive in April 1993 when he was diagnosed with the brain tumor and dies shortly thereafter. Richard Jordan as Nichols would have been amazing.

Interesting, he was good in a lot of roles in the 80s/90s

Wasamatter? You don't like explosions and music so loud that it drowns out the insipid dialogue??!!

Gonna watch the Fugitive tonight. Thanks.