"Peter Gunn" always started out with a very dramatic opening sequence, which cut, at the height of tension, to the iconi
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Melon_Blando — 11 years ago(March 04, 2015 02:27 AM)
"Peter Gunn" always started out with a very dramatic opening sequence, which cut, at the height of tension, to the iconic titles and theme music.
They were all good, but there is one I remember in particular.
There was a man sitting on a bench at night, reading a newspaper. You don't see his face, because he's holding the newspaper up and the camera is opposite him. There's also a sniper/assassin? across the street, with a rifle. The scene builds up, assassin getting ready, man turning newspaper pages, camera closing in; then at the climax there's a gunshot and a bullet-hole appears in the paper, cue music.
In terms of attention-getting openings, it's brilliant, but I don't know the name of the episode.
Does anyone know it, by any chance?
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MikeF-6 — 11 years ago(March 04, 2015 02:46 PM)
I also remember that opening very well, but in my memory the sniper had a crossbow and it was an arrow pierced the newspaper.
UPDATE: It was a crossbow! I found it on YouTube.
This shocker opening has been in my head for a l-o-o-o-ong time.
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paullaffs — 10 years ago(June 04, 2015 05:46 PM)
Possibly the best music of any TV show. Henry Mancini. The album, Music from Peter Gunn, is classic and great. (The theme song is my ring tone.)
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