Nickelodeon

Much of Nickelodeon was shot in the foothills outside of Modesto CA where I lived. Everyone connected with the film stayed at the Holiday Inn which was where I hung out. Modesto is a small town and there wasn't much to... Full review

As Peter called it his Director's Cut and this was also a World Premiere. It was completely in black in white in a movie theatre for the first time ever. PB said he hadn't seen it ever on the big screen... Full review

As Peter called it his Director's Cut and this was also a World Premiere. It was completely in black in white in a movie theatre for the first time ever. PB said he hadn't seen it ever on the big... Full review

I have very mixed feelings about 'Nickelodeon', a movie by a director (Peter Bogdanovich) whom I find deeply self-indulgent. On the favourable side, 'Nickelodeon' is about the early days of film-making: a subject which passionately interests me ... and Bogdanovich... Full review

Clearly Peter Bogdanovich was running out of ideas and commercial luck by the time this movie hit the theaters. Ryan O'Neal repeating the role ( with much less success ) from What's Up Doc? is hardly watchable and very predictable.... Full review

A lot is wrong with Peter Bogdanovich's NICKELODEON, which is particularly disheartening since it surely had a good deal of potential. What could have been --- and should have been --- an affectionate tribute to the silent movie masters Bogdanovich... Full review

The critical "view" of this film is that it's a dog. But that's only true if you want to see films through the eyes of critics; and when this one came out, the critics were gunning for Bogdanovich. Why? Who... Full review

I had no idea this film cost so much. As charming and entertaining as it is, it is a million more than STAR WARS of 1977(and even THE BETSY...., sorry,) and 3 million more than Bogdanovich's previous film AT LONG... Full review

Oddly this is a film that I have always liked and still make a point to watch when it is televised. I say "oddly" because I find Peter Bogdanovich and Ryan O'Neal excellent examples of two people pretty much clueless... Full review

This expensive 70's flop is not nearly as bad as its reputation indicates. Leonard Maltin's review is pretty accurate. And it's got some fine performances by a good cast which includes- Ryan O'neal, Burt Reynolds, Tatum O neal, John Ritter,... Full review

directing silent movies for an unruly pirate ship of an upstart film company run by brash mini-mogul Brian Keith.....O'Neal and Reynolds' dull romantic rivalry dominates the proceedings..... ... Full Review

The young filmmakers are disconsolate as they leave the theater; the film was so good, they feel, that a better film will never be made. Instead, he keeps us on the outside of a curiously flat movie. ... Full Review

It collects two of the best films by director Peter Bogdanovich, who along with Francis Ford Coppola and William Friedkin ( The French Connection ) ruled Hollywood in the early '70s.....Bogdanovich's commentary offers a stream of anecdotes about the landmark shoot and references his deep knowledge of classic Hollywood cinema.....However, the big surprise is the inclusion of a superb commentary by the director that was most likely lifted from the long out-of-print laser disc (and was strangely missing from t ... Full Review

Peter Bogdanovich's Nickelodeon- which has just received a long-overdue DVD release featuring both its color theatrical version and a far superior black-and-white "director's cut"-begins with Ryan O'Neal's milquetoast lawyer intentionally losing a case, then racing out of the courtroom one... ... Full Article

American New Wavers during their 1970s heyday, Peter Bogdanovich differs from them in purpose and method. Not so much a modernist as a neo-classicist, his fondness for traditional Hollywood trappings can make him seem cozily conventional next to his more... ... Full Article

The words "director's cut" on the cover of a DVD usually mean a few more minutes of gags too coarse to make the R-rated version shown in theaters. ... Full Article

SPECIAL TO AMERICAN-STATESMAN Friday, April 17, 2009 A trickle of recent discs revolving around cinema's early years will culminate Tuesday with the release of a decades-later tribute to the era, Peter Bogdanovich's 1976 film "Nickelodeon." ... Full Article

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