"Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" (1974)

For the first time in years, I watched the 1974 Clint Eastwood movie, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot last night. It co-starred Jeff Bridges, George Kennedy and Geoffrey Lewis. Gary Busey, Catherine Bach, Dub Taylor and June Fairchild had smaller roles. Screenplay and direction was by Michael Cimino.

I had the movie on VHS (I may still have it but it maybe is somewhere in the garage) and is one of my favorite Eastwood movies. The locations used were in Montana and were nicely shot.

I watched the movie on Tubi/Pluto TV and it was a nice print and, surprisingly, uncut. There were no commercials either! Best of all, it was free!

I remember seeing Thunderbolt and Lightfoot at the Roadium Drive-In in Torrance, California in 1974. 

Cancer Announcements of Rush Limbaugh and Jeff Bridges

Above, Rush Limbaugh reacts at President Trump's announcement that
he'll be getting the Medal of Freedom within minutes from Melania Trump.

Very somber news.

Since I was in Gallup yesterday morning to vote and attend to other errands, I missed Rush Limbaugh's announcement of his health status until I got back home. 

Fox News reported:

Cancer-stricken talk radio legend Rush Limbaugh provided listeners a somber update on his condition Monday after recent scans showed “some progression of cancer,” which he said is “not dramatic” but still a step in the wrong direction. 

Limbaugh announced in February that he was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer and had missed several shows this month to undergo treatment.  

“From the moment you get the diagnosis, there’s a part of you every day, OK, that’s it, life’s over, you just don’t know when,” Limbaugh said. “So, during the period of time after the diagnosis, you do what you can to prolong life, do what you can to prolong a happy life. You measure a happy life against whatever medication it takes.” 

Hopefully, his doctors can modify his treatment to bring the cancer back into some kind of control. 

To read more, go here.

Speaking of cancer, actor Jeff Bridges yesterday announced that he has lymphoma. That was the kind of cancer that took my dad's life back on December 15, 1999.

My thoughts and prayers go out to Rush and Jeff.

For Relaxing Times...

Above, Olivia Wilde, Joseph Kosinski, and Jeff Bridges.

Ah, finally a nice relaxing Saturday to enjoy! I was called in to work the last two Saturdays. So far, no calls.

After starting and finishing two commissioned writing chores (that I hadn't been able to get to), the afternoon was spent kicking back watching 2010's Tron: Legacy over shrimp cocktails. It is with Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Bruce Boxleitner.

I found Tron: Legacy very entertaining. I don't recall ever seeing the original from the 1980s, although some things were oddly familiar to me.

Tron: Legacy features great SPFX and music. I recommend it.