Secondhand Lions!

RenoGuy · May 5, 2017

Saw this movie last week (while I was waiting to see if I would be picked for jury duty!)

Never heard of it before; it was released back in 2003.

Apparently it was never really marketed well, and only took in about $41 M in it's theater run.

Maybe it's just me, but I've seen more and more really good movies that don't get any marketing by the studios just because they have a conservative, good old American theme to them.

This one, I think, was a pretty good movie.

Stars Michael Caine, Haley Joe Osment and the irrepressible, and always watchable, Robert Duvall!

Check it out; I'm sure you folks will like it.

Seems to be mostly available either as PPV, streaming from Youtube and Amazon, or on dvd from Amazon and others.

I snagged a dvd from Amazon for just over $4 used. Streaming can be found for as little as $2.99

Check it out.

--Jay

kwselke · May 5, 2017

It 'Drifted' into my life a year or so back.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkccqolaVGg[/ame]

Thanks to Bigride.

Great movie!

kwill1911 · May 5, 2017

It is a great movie. The guns used in it were provided by a friend of mine and the shooting was done by another friend of mine who does a lot of firearms and explosives work on locally shot movies (Austin TX). He also made that little skeet thrower on the trailer that they bought and we still use it.

mtgianni · May 5, 2017

Wow I guess it depends on the local. I was excited at the previews and watched it in the theater then owned it on VHS. I think we have a disc of it now.

Trooperdan · May 5, 2017

One of my favorite movies!

Bob L · May 5, 2017

Been one of my favorites as well. Always a feel good movie.

Donna K · May 5, 2017

NOTHING with Duvall in it will ever disappoint... just sayin'

gregintenn · May 5, 2017

Anything Duvall is in is good stuff. This was no exception.

HOUSTON RICK · May 5, 2017

Saw it when it came out and got it on DVD. It is a family favorite here.

ACP230 · May 5, 2017

Have owned it for years.

Ivan the Butcher · May 5, 2017

I still want to hear what every young man needs to know!

Ivan

THE PILGRIM · May 5, 2017

Did you notice who was driving the truck that delivered the Lion?

kwselke · May 5, 2017

Ivan the Butcher said:
I still want to hear what every young man needs to know!

Ivan

There are two things you need to know about women, and nobody knows what they are?

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meaneyedcatz · May 5, 2017

A family favorite in our house. Just good clean fun.

e3mrk · May 5, 2017

It's a great rainy day Movie.

nicky4968 · May 5, 2017

cartoons were drawn by Bill Waterson (Calvin and Hobbes).

boykinlp · May 5, 2017

Fantastic movie! If I remember correctly, I went to YouTube and found some alternate endings. They were fun to watch too.

rwsmith · May 6, 2017

I've seen very good movies.....

I've seen very good movies that were 'sleepers'. This was one of them. When I was a movie-goer I'd pick a movie I hadn't heard much about and just go watch it myself. Sometimes I was pleasantly surprised.

Flying upside down through the barn. Go out with a bang.

The fight.

The 'great rival'.

Having hallucinations at night.

Good movie I wouldn't mind seeing again sometimes. Not your typical 'formulaized' movie. Very original.

Bullet Bob · May 6, 2017

A real favorite. I rarely watch any movie, but I've seen this one at least three times over the years.

FPrice · May 6, 2017

I wasn't too keen on it when I first saw it but over the years I've come to realize that it was MUCH better than I first thought.

THE PILGRIM said:
Did you notice who was driving the truck that delivered the Lion?

No, now I have an excuse to watch it again.

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