movie hats that inspired you...

[scottyrocks]

So what it's full of HATS Some damn nice Westerns by the way

Okay, if we're going with westerns, then I'd have to say watch Lonesome Dove. Lotsa great hats, especially in scenes with extras.

 

[Sam Craig]

Quick and the Dead has a lot of terrific hats ... no fedoras, though

The Maverick remake, too ... nice hats, no fedoras

The True Grit that is coming out this Cmas ... looks like some "interesting" hats ... no fedoras to speak of

I enjoyed Road to Perdition again recently, but aren't the hats more like the 40s than the 20s or whatever it's supposed to be?

Nice hats, though

Sam

 

[scottyrocks]

So what it's full of HATS Some damn nice Westerns by the way

Oh, and as far as my questioning of your post, the title of the thread is 'A GOOD Fedora movie.' Thats why I questioned the western bent. Hats? Yes. Fedoras? No.

No biggie, though.

 

[Sam Craig]

Speaking of a good movie with fedoras ... check out (and this has probably been mentioned) Public Enemy

It's a well thought out and even handed dealing with that story

And nice hats, too

Sam

 

[CharlieB]

DesertDan mentioned Roger Rabbit, so for other retro or retro-future films, how about Dick Tracey (the Warren Beatty version) or Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. The last one, despite being predominently CGI has a great retro-future noir feel.

 

[Mike in Seattle]

Just watched Miller's Crossing. It's as if the hats were the star of the show.

Great tip - the local Barnes & Noble had a big sale going on mysteries and found it for $5.99. Great movie!

 

[bradford]

The Quick and the Dead. Sharon Stone, Leonardo DeCaprio (The Kidd) and Gene Hackman.

I recognized the bar and a couple of the other buildings and the cemetary the movie was filmed in. They still stand today and are the real McKoy.

The Quick and the Dead was filmed at Old Tucson Studios in Tucson, AZ. I was still living in Tucson when it was filmed and my girlfriend back then was friends with the girl who doubled Sharon Stone's thigh and legs in some scenes. The double was extremely attractive.

As for hat movies, I am currently watching The Untouchables on AMC. A classic hat movie and a hell of a cast with Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert DeNiro and Andy Garcia.

 

[Sam Craig]

What do you propose to do?

Sam

 

[Blackthorn]

What do you propose to do?

Sam

Here endeth the lesson. (It's not in the book of James, though...one of my favorite books in the New Testament)

 

[BanjoMerlin]

I think the contemporary films are the best for fedoras. You get more of a look at the hats men actually wore and how they wore them.

There are some great scenes in Pickup on Second Street.

A man walks into a woman's apartment, takes his hat off, looks around for a place to put it and drops it - crown up - on a table.

A man puts his hat down on a sink and then picks it up by just grabbing the crown, messing up the crease in the process.

Richard Widmark picks up his hat from a table (it is sitting crown up with the brim up all around), he puts the hat on his head and snaps the brim down with a one-handed swipe that was too natural to be acting.

And a bunch of great hats. Most look like they were owner-creased. Some look truck-tire creased.

 

[Brad Bowers]

Could be pixelation, but it sure looks like a classic frayed ribbon.

Brad

 

[Michael Carter]

I just finished watching The Untouchables with Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, and Robert De Niro.

Lots of fedoras in that movie. And Capone's famous white fedora with the funky snap.

 

[frussell]

I liked the hat Henry Fonda wears in "The Wrong Man," Alfred Hitchcock's mistaken identity classic. I recently watched "Amelia," mostly because I thought it would have some cool hats, but they all looked like more modern crown heights and brim widths. I could have sworn Richard Gere was wearing an Akubra Stylemaster. Not my favorite hat movie at all. Frank

 

[BanjoMerlin]

Watched Knute Rockne All American again this morning. A lot of great hats (many late 30s styles) but not much attention paid to period correctness.

 

[1961MJS]

Hi

I seem to remember seeing a lot of Fedoras in "The Sting". I don't remember details, I played the music a lot more than I watched the movie. I did look up The Sting on Google and looked at the pictures. Paul Newman wearing brown pants, suspenders, wife beater and pre-Indy, Indy Fedora picture comes up somewhere.

Later

 

[Widebrim]

Kansas City Confidential (1953) with John Payne is an excellent hat movie. The straws seen in the Tijuana portion are especially delicious. Another good one is Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950), featuring Dana Andrews. I hate to admit that I've never seen Mulholland Falls, but judging by the posters and promos, it appears to feature some solid fedoras.

 

[Sam Craig]

Mulholland Falls, unfortunately, is so riddled with nudity and unnecessary brutality that the story line gets lost.
Sadly, what they accomplished with Film Noir ... great writing, acting, lighting and costuming -- featuring world-class hats -- has been lost on this generation of film makers ... and the last one, too, including Nolte and his crowd.
Mulholland could have been a terrific film, but when you look close, even the hats are second rate in comparison to what was being done in the 30s and late 40s.

Sam

 

[Sam Craig]

BTW

Cagney really knew how to wear a hat.

Look at the stills from his gangster fliks of the 30s
Man, did that guy look striking in a narrow-brimmed fedora

He was actually frightening in some of those shots

The later wide brimmed lids were striking, but so were the ones that Cagney, Cooper and the rest wore in the 30s

Sam

 

[Widebrim]

Mulholland Falls, unfortunately, is so riddled with nudity and unnecessary brutality that the story line gets lost.
Sadly, what they accomplished with Film Noir ... great writing, acting, lighting and costuming -- featuring world-class hats -- has been lost on this generation of film makers ... and the last one, too, including Nolte and his crowd.
Mulholland could have been a terrific film, but when you look close, even the hats are second rate in comparison to what was being done in the 30s and late 40s.

Sam

Sad to hear that. The hats looked good at least in the photos I've seen...

 

[Sam Craig]

Actually, the hats look good in the movie, too, though they are not nearly as unique as the originals
It's just that the movie is so ... modern ... even "The Two Jakes", which had its problems, is closer to the flavor of the Noir era

I thought Public Enemies did the gangster thing much more like the 30s and 40s

Sam