Why yes, they ARE holding hands.

[sarren]

The Defiant Ones was an awesome, awesome film starring Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis as convicts who escape from a chain gang - chained together. I've recced it before, even, except now I have screencaps!!!



Joe has sacrificed his (very good) chance at escape in order to save Cullen, getting himself shot in the process. Cullen then sacrifices HIS chance at escape because he won't leave Joe behind.


Don't worry, it's just a flesh wound *g*




"You'll make someone a fine old lady one day."
"I guess I will."







Cullen is looking up at the Sheriff standing over them with a gun. Joe's more interested in looking at Cullen. D'Aw.

Comments

[przed.livejournal.com]

All I can say is god bless Tony Curtis. Not to mention Sidney Poitier. *g*

[sarren.livejournal.com]

Tony Curtis is a GIFT.

I don't think we'd met a couple of years ago when zebra363 and I went through an extended madly obsessive 'The Persuaders' phase?

I think it was actually my single most absolutely joyous moment as a slasher when I had proof that Tony Curtis REALLY WAS playing them as a couple.

Scene:

Danny is sitting down Brett walks up behind him and holds out a paper for Danny to take. Danny reaches up and RUNS HIS FINGERS DOWN THE LENGTH OF BRETT'S HAND before taking the paper. Brett then leans closely over Danny to read the paper.

ACTUAL. DELIBERATE. CARESS.

If you haven't seen it, it's about at the 2:50 mark in this awesome vid (http://joandarck.livejournal.com/258943.html)

On the special edition, Curtis actually comments about Brett and Danny being in love, but I can't remember his exact words.

I love Tony Curtis SO MUCH.

[przed.livejournal.com]

Tony Curtis is certainly a gift.

He's also one half of the very first, ultra-slashy couple I ever fell in love with as a kid: him and Kirk Douglas in Spartacus. Talk about hurt/comfort, they try to kill each other to spare the other one a worse death. Awwwww. Tony Curtis has a lot to answer for in the twisted corners of my psyche. And I love him for it.

The vid is too much fun, BTW. They're certainly all over each other. Some day I'll give the Persuaders a go.

[neery.livejournal.com]

:DDDDDD I'm going to watch it tonight, too, and I was planning to take those exact screencaps, too. It's been years since I've watched the movie, but that scene has stuck with me.

[sarren.livejournal.com]

YES! It's the one scene I've always remembered clearly.

Nearly as cute...

(http://pics.livejournal.com/sarren/pic/000qsda5/)

I didn't include this last night cos I was planning on making an icon, then I realised how stoopidly late it was and went to bed.

[klia.livejournal.com]

LOVE The Defiant Ones! That last scene is jaw-droppingly slashy. I swear, I had no idea until a few years ago that Tony Curtis did so many slashy things, but then the guy has chemistry with practically everyone.

Have you seen dorinda's caps of him and Burt Lancaster in Trapeze?

http://dorinda.livejournal.com/2097.html

[sarren.livejournal.com]

I keep eyeing that off, but I keep putting it off because of my total lack of interest in anything to do with circuses. Those piccies of them gazing longingly at each other are freakin awesome, though. But they don't stay together at the end???

[klia.livejournal.com]

I really, really dislike circuses (especially clowns), myself, so I wasn't exactly inclined to watch Trapeze, let alone like it. But Curtis and Lancaster are just incredibly beautiful to watch, and slashy as hell, so I became a convert.

The end? Well, as someone who loves a lot of war films, when both guys are still alive at the end, I call it a win. And the end of Trapeze makes no sense as it stands, so it's easy to speedbump over it right into fanfic. *g*

[sarren.livejournal.com]

Unsatisfying endings can be VERY inspirational *g*

[victorian-tweed.livejournal.com]

Lovely!! Can we watch this together one day please?

[sarren.livejournal.com]

Yes please!!! Not this year though - it's Bunny 10th birthday and Dragonfly has promised her since she was BORN that we are going to the themeparks on the Gold Coast.

[victorian-tweed.livejournal.com]

You will have the best time! I love the Gold Coast and have many, many happy memories of holidays there, both as a child and as an adult.

[mcicioni.livejournal.com]

I second victorian_tweed with all my heart. "This chain's our wedding ring" followed, much later, by "You're dragging at the [now gone] chain" *melts into an incoherent puddle*. Not to mention the scene in the swamp, with a totally distraught Joe, and an intense Cullen. Pleaseplease let's get together and watch BOTH Defiant Ones and Trapeze (which I also have).

[sarren.livejournal.com]

I am totally up for that - won't be able to get over there this year though, sadly - we have a family holiday in Qld planned then.