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What are some of the coolest 60's -70s heist/action/crime movie previews (or current retro previews) or opening introductory movie or t.v. montages?

I’m thinking of the somewhat retro bit from Snatch, vaguely similar to the opening from Baretta or Starsky and Hutch but more british and stylized like Get Carter or The Italian Job (not so much Trainspotting, similar, but more stylized with shorter pacing) The opening in GTA3 might be a good example. Something with a funky or jazzy soundtrack and the action freezes.
I’m planning on doing a family video sort of like an opening movie sequence. Is there even a name for that sort of visual style?
posted by Smedleyman to Media & Arts (16 answers total) 4 users marked this as a favorite
 
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posted by Armitage Shanks at 8:03 PM on April 24, 2007


Hawaii 5-0 That herky-jerky camera work set to the beat of the music and the long zoom on Jack Lord is wayyy cool.
posted by wfrgms at 8:09 PM on April 24, 2007


Dolemite.
posted by longsleeves at 8:17 PM on April 24, 2007


Not 60s - 70s and not heist but I love the trailer for Buffalo '66.
posted by dobbs at 8:24 PM on April 24, 2007


Better link.
posted by dobbs at 8:26 PM on April 24, 2007


Mean Streets
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 8:33 PM on April 24, 2007


Ronin: one of the best 70's heist/car chase movies ever (even though it was made in 1998), and the trailer has all that snappy-cutting interspersed with pithy text stuff.
posted by biscotti at 8:58 PM on April 24, 2007


Not a movie but . . . Magnum PI. :)
posted by Sassyfras at 10:20 PM on April 24, 2007


the trailer for bullitt seems to be about as good as it gets in terms of what you're looking for:

http://trailers.warnerbros.com/web/play.jsp?trailer=bullitt_trailer

the trailers for dirty harry movies are pretty cool, too

http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/trailer.html?v_id=13884
posted by Salvatorparadise at 10:23 PM on April 24, 2007


The opening sequence of the original Thomas Crown Affair (1968) is all hip and mod and multi-split screen.
posted by Karlos the Jackal at 3:46 AM on April 25, 2007


The opening sequences for the TV series of The Saint (starring Roger "raised eyebrow" Moore) are really nice. There's a montage on YouTube that I looked at a couple of weeks ago, but it's blocked here at work. Have a snoop around and I'm sure you'll find it.

Doo-do-doo-do-do-doooo.... bumpy-bump-bump-bump.
posted by ReiToei at 4:24 AM on April 25, 2007


The video for Sabotage is the definitive word on the subject, IMO.
posted by mkultra at 7:08 AM on April 25, 2007


The Rockford Files and S.W.A.T. both had great intros, complete with theme songs that were top forty hits in the 70s. The answering machine messages from The Rockford Files even got a post in the blue.
posted by TedW at 8:17 AM on April 25, 2007


Seijun Suzuki
posted by GalaxieFiveHundred at 9:48 AM on April 25, 2007


The opening for Black Belt Jones. The music, the slo-mos, the freeze-frames, and the sound effects.
posted by phirleh at 11:09 AM on April 25, 2007


Response by poster: cool thanks everyone!
posted by Smedleyman at 11:38 AM on April 25, 2007


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