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Just checked, and you're right, looks like there's no registration required. Never seen a simple solution like that on a forum before!
The sound effect of the trash compactor is the same sound effect of the 1964 007 Goldfinger movie when the Lincoln was getting crushed.
Yes, it's funny that you should mention it but I was looking through the trivia on IMDb for that very episode on my phone only yesterday afternoon and that fact jumped right out at me. I think I'd read it there before but had totally forgotten about it! I suppose that it was common enough for TV series like Columbo to use stock sounds (and sometimes even stock footage) from films with bigger budgets to achieve the effects they needed. I even had a thread here some years ago on this very subject (the use of stock footage from Bond films in TV series etc). The A Team was one other TV series that I remember did this with the use of stock footage from You Only Live Twice when one of the SPECTRE helicopters crashed into flames in the Little Nellie autogyro battle sequence. Here is that thread if anyone is interested: https://www.mi6community.com/discussion/14031/stock-footage-sound-from-the-james-bond-films-used-in-tv-shows-etc/
It's a pretty interesting fact to my mind and next time I watch Goldfinger I'll be sure to keep an ear out for that sound! It's just another little connection between Columbo and James Bond (of which there are many).
Another link with Bond in that episode is the fact that its guest star, Laurence Harvey, was considered for the role of James Bond himself. I believe he was one of the actors Charles K. Feldman had in mind for the lead role in a serious version of Casino Royale in the 1960s. I personally think Harvey would've been great in the role and he was a fantastic actor with a strong Bond look. Sadly he died from cancer in November 1973, aged just 45, in the same year that Columbo episode was released. The Most Dangerous Match is a good, solid episode with great music throughout and a fantastic psychedelic opening dream sequence! Harvey's character Emmet Clayton is also a rather cowardly person which makes a nice change of pace for a Columbo killer.
Good point re. stock sound (and footage). This trivia really jumped at me as well (for obvious reasons) - and I wonder if the same sound effect has been used elsewhere too. Also makes you wonder what else they might have borrowed for Columbo.
Agree re. Laurence Harvey. Every time I see something he starred in, I always think that he would have made a great Bond – especially a colder, ruthless kind of Bond. I think you see a bit of what he might have brought to the role in the spy thriller/drama A Dandy in Aspic. Far from a Bond type of spy film, but he very much looks the part, and at certain moments acts like he could jump straight into a Bond film.
The Most Dangerous Match is up there along my favourite episodes. I can't really put my finger on why though; there are episodes that have better plots or moves along a bit better - but I guess Harvey is key to why I like it. Emmet Clayton is far removed from the very cold and calculated Dr Barry Mayfield in the previous episode - A Stitch in Crime (played by Leonard Nimoy).
On a side note: I wonder what the production cost of making that psychedelic opening dream sequence was. It couldn't have been cheap!
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The Most Dangerous Match is not one of my favorites, but I really like Clayton's intense obsession with the possibility of losing to Dudek. It haunts him. What's at stake for him?
Also interesting to have the character be deaf. It's a good episode but not top tier in my mind.
I'll certainly be happy to send @columbophile a message on Twitter if needed, @mattjoes. :)
@Dragonpol
Columbophile and me talked a bit on the Columbophile forum, but afterwards he didn't tweet anything regarding the poster, so I would appreciate it if you could tweet this link (https://columbophile.com/forums/topic/death-lends-a-hand-poster/) to this conversation (https://twitter.com/columbophile/status/1188078522738151425). It's the conversation regarding the poster, of course.
Many thanks in advance.
Here is a selection of other examples...
@mattjoes: I'm sorry for the delay in replying but I have just tweeted your link in that Twitter conversation, as requested.
No worries, my friend. Thanks again!
I agree, @Fire_and_Ice_Returns. Glasses make for a very cool sight, exactly as you describe, ominous and voyeuristic.
I would also add this poster to that selection:
That's a great poster from a great movie, Michael Caine is probably the most recognizable actor to wear glasses, he wore them in The Ipcress File so not to be compared to Bond.
Austin Powers also, and of course Caine played Austin's father Nigel Powers ;))
It's my pleasure, @mattjoes! Any time you want anything else passed on via Twitter, just let me know! :)
Forgot to pay attention to the sound effect of the trash compactor; will have to do so the next time.
Have you heard the story Peter Falk used to tell about how he first got into sketching?
Here it is: https://youtube.com/watch?v=m5uvZNm3p2Q&t=5m32s
Incidentally, Falk was promoting the very last episode of Columbo in this interview.
I keep meaning to revisit The Cheap Detective with Peter Falk, I have always loved that film as well as Murder by Death
I haven't seen The Cheap Detective but I remember watching the trailer and finding it hilarious. I remember the very end was especially funny. I just watched it again. Goes like this:
Narrator: Neil Simon's Cheap Detective, the movie where there's something for everyone... except the cabbie.
Falk (talking to the cabbie): No tip. Death in the family.
Cabbie: I wish it was you!
:))
I liked Murder by Death but found it a bit sedate in terms of comedy. Fun film, nonetheless. On Ed Sikov's book about Peter Sellers, you can find the following story about the making of that film:
Peter Falk, "that one-eyed actor."
Those antics from Peter Sellers I am not surprised at all, I do find it amusing when egos clash like that. I am a life long fan of both Peter's, Sellers for all his antics was a genius, sad that his health issues impacted so heavily before his death. I would have loved to have seen Seller's as a guest villain on Columbo.
Incidentally, Moore guest starred on Falk's show, The Trials of O'Brien. I'd love to watch that, but apparently it hasn't been released on DVD.
I caught a bit of it the other day. It was fairly gripping, and Pierce was good in it. Pierce has tons of good films in his resumé.
Sellers was a major talent indeed. I've got a drama film starring him that I haven't watched yet but I'm looking forward to it. It's called The Blockhouse. Based on a story supposed to be true, though there are reasons to doubt it. Another film I'd like to watch of his more obscure early seventies period is The Optimists of Nine Elms. He was fantastic in Being There. The credibility of the entire film hinges on his performance, and he successfully walks a very delicate tightrope between appearing clever and foolish.
No, I hadn't - funny story!
"This is where I'm coming tomorrow!" :))
Forest Gump owes a lot to Chance Gardener, Sellers should have got the Oscar for his performance in Being There. The Optimists I was introduced to in English class at primary school, it illustrates the bleakness of the 70's well.
My Columbo box set includes a couple of Mrs Columbo episodes. Neither of them are particularly good, but I do want to watch the whole thing if I can find it.
Edit: I see it's available on Amazon UK; Funny enough, that's the French DVD collection!