Conference bookie::movies

    Could it have been "Perfect Weapon" with Jeff Speakman as the lead? I
    remember it had quite a bit of karate-style kicking, but I vaguely
    remember knives, too.
    
    Catherine
    

re     <<< Note 83.1 by 16821::POGAR "Resident Movie Critic & Costner Fan" >>>
                              -< Perfect Weapon? >-

>    Could it have been "Perfect Weapon" with Jeff Speakman as the lead? I
  
 Hi Catherine,

  Nope, the movie I'm trying to remember takes place in South America (Argentina
and Chile, I think). The expatriate American saves the life of a Persever and
is taught how to knife fight. It had the best choreographed knife fights I've
seen, but it wasn't really a "martial arts" movie. I guess I'll start to visit
the local video shop and see if its out on video. I know that as soon as I see
or hear the title, it will come back to me.

Regards
Barry 
    

    Okay, Barry...
    
    I just called my friendly Blockbuster manager, and he came up with
    AMAZON, starring Robert Davi and Rae Dawn Chong (sp). That's all he
    could find. Sounds like something Robert Davi would be in, though.
    
    Catherine
    

RE     <<< Note 83.3 by 16821::POGAR "Resident Movie Critic & Costner Fan" >>>
                     -< Okay, here's another shot at it. >-

  >  I just called my friendly Blockbuster manager, and he came up with
  >  AMAZON, starring Robert Davi and Rae Dawn Chong (sp). That's all he
  >  could find. Sounds like something Robert Davi would be in, though.
    
    Catherine

    Maybe?
 I'll have to go to Blockbuster and look at the sleeve. I'll
 report back later.

Regards
Barry
    

> I'll have to go to Blockbuster and look at the sleeve. I'll
> report back later.

  Not Amazon :-(
I looked at every movie Blockbusters had. I guess since I can't remember the
title, the director or any of the stars I'm SOL :-). I did pick up the original
1936 version of The Last of the Mohicans for $10 while I was there, so it wasn't 
a wasted trip.    

Regards
Barry

    Maybe hope isn't lost.  I haven't seen this film but was Peter Coyote
    in it??  I seem to remember a review of a similarly-themed movie with
    him as one of the stars.  Of course, I can't remember the title but
    maybe this'll help...
    
    - Skip

re           <<< Note 83.6 by 21752::AWILLIAMS "It's a duck blur..." >>>
                              -< Peter Coyote?? >-
  
    Skip,

   I think that may be the guy. Now all I have to do is look up Coyote in
the order book. I'll have to wait till tomorrow, I was getting some strange
looks from the staff, after I'd been there two hours, going up one aisle  and 
down the other :-) 

Regards
Barry

    RE: .5 ("Last of the Mohicans")
    
    Actually, the 1936 version was not the first film of the book.  There
    was actually a 1920 (silent) version, shot on location at Big Bear Lake
    and Yosemite Valley, directed by Maurice Tourneur and Clarence Brown,
    with Wallace Beery.
    
    - Dave

re       <<< Note 83.8 by KOLFAX::WIEGLEB "Who is 'The Loneliest Monk'?" >>>
               -< An earlier version of "Last of the Mohicans" >-

  
>    Actually, the 1936 version was not the first film of the book.  There
>    was actually a 1920 (silent) version, shot on location at Big Bear Lake
>    and Yosemite Valley, directed by Maurice Tourneur and Clarence Brown,
>    with Wallace Beery.
    
    Dave,

   Very interesting, was that Wallace Beery Sr. or Jr.?
   Did he play Hawkeye or Chingkagacook (sp)
 
   Regards
Barry

    Barry -
    
    I agree with -.2 or so. It was Peter Coyote, and the movie was billed
    as an "erotic thriller." Far from erotic, but definitely a thriller. 
    
    Wasn't there a cassette tape or something like that involved that _the_
    girl had and Coyote was trying to protect her from the guys that wanted
    it? Plus, she witnessed some kind of murder or something. And then
    there was the twist (spoiler alert)...
    
    Wasn't Coyote's mentor the bad guy? I remember all the knives now.
    
    
    I'll keep taxing my brain and let you know. I did see the movie, but it
    was so wonderful that I can't for the life of me think of the name.
    
    Was it something like Indecent Exposure or Double Exposure? I think it 
    was just a two-word title.
    
    I also just placed a phone call to the Dallas Morning News film critics
    with a description of the film. The one critic I've met is on vacation
    this week, but I may have an answer back this afternoon.
    
    Catherine
    

Re: .10

Your description of the plot sounds just like that Sheen/Estevez film 
_Working_Men_ was it ?      They were dustbin men anyway, and a dead body was 
involved :-)

re    <<< Note 83.10 by 16821::POGAR "Resident Movie Critic & Costner Fan" >>>
>             -< **Something** Exposure?? Still thinking about it >-
    
 >   Was it something like Indecent Exposure or Double Exposure? I think it 
 >   was just a two-word title.
  
    Catherine,

         You got it, plot and all, only the title is just Exposure :-)
        Only trouble now is, Blockbusters don't carry it and the other
        place I went to, will order it, BUT the price is $92 :-(
        I'll keep checking around, now that at least I know the title.

   Thanks 
   Barry   

According to the databases, it also goes by the title "High Art" -- for
what that's worth.