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Yes, and most people I know who've read it also liked it.
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And so humble, too
I echo BIRDY's post in that saying I came here merely because I had no one else to talk classics with. I'm alone in my world of classics! (I've converted a few to them, though) This is a really addictive site, you'll be astonished at how knowledgeable these folks are! Hope you enjoy yourself.Ditto that!
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That was a good movie too. The remake is unfairly maligned, tho.
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I guess I'm lucky I didn't know how bad the PD prints were
Good job, TCM!!!
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FYI, MissGoddess earlier posted:
Posted: 03/06/2007 10:07 PST in response to: malkat in response to: malkat
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LOL! I don't think it's "blasphemy" at all, Malkat, though I don't agree. He was an actor and not a god so anyone can think as they please, that's what make these discussions interesting!
I do think he was a marvelous and supremely underrated actor. His persona and showmanship deceive many into thinking he's playing the same guy over and over but he does play against type from time to time and in True Grit he presents us with a really marvelous character.
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A lot of stage productions have to be adapted in different ways when they are adapted for the screen, and I can think of very few musicals that get nearly everything so right as My Fair Lady does; almost all the non-musical elements are fairly similar to Pygmalion, which is also a delightful movie in its own right.
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A lot of what JA did in the early 80's would appear to have been motivated at least in part by the desire to shake loose from the typecasting that practically killed her career, so to some extent some people might see S.O.B. and Victor/Victoria from that perspective.
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Funny you should mention it, I read it fairly recently.
For those who might be interested here is some info:
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Sanders (1906-1972) is best remembered as one of the silver screen's consummate cads (his portrayal of cynical theater critic Addison DeWitt in All About Eve won him an Oscar in 1951) and for his suicide note: "I am leaving because I am bored." In this biography authorized by Sanders's sister and including previously unpublished material from family letters and journals, VanDerBeets, who teaches English at San Jose State University in California, covers Sanders's privileged early childhood in czarist Russia, his upbringing in England after the Bolshevik Revolution, his movie career--which declined as he tired of the profession--his four marriages (including an entertainingly tempestuous one to Zsa Zsa Gabor), his financial debacles and his final decline in the late '60s. The author offers few startling insights but does show, in Sanders's own words, how his family's sudden loss of wealth after fleeing Russia led the actor to mask his resulting insecurity and unhappiness with a public facade of misanthropy. Photos.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
George Sanders, who won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in All About Eve (1950), appeared in more than 100 films from 1936 until his death by suicide in 1972. He usually played elegant villains, and he also had the reputation of being a cad in his private life. VanDerBeets halfheartedly and unsuccessfully tries to argue that there was another Sanders behind the public facade. Overall VanDerBeets has done a very competent job, and even if the book isn't brilliant, it's still preferable to Sanders's own Memoirs of a Professional Cad (LJ 1/1/60) or Brian Aherne's memoir, A Dreadful Man (LJ 9/1/79).
- John Smothers, Monmouth Cty. Lib., Manalapan, N.J.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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*double post*
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Aaaaaalrighty then.
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The positive nature of Julie's early, onscreen characters helped me to be more positive in my dealings with the adult world, no matter how "Pollyanna" (Is that another thread?) it may seem to other posters. I am grateful for those screen moments that steered me into a happier outlook on life that I might not have had otherwise.
Well I would imagine that the "positive nature" of such characters would have been very similar had they been portrayed by another actress. And there's no way to know how movies like Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music may have hurt Andrews' career by typecasting her.
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There are almost too many to mention.
Prince Faisal in Lawrence of Arabia comes immediately to mind, as does the elder Obi-Wan Kenobi in episodes 4-6 of the Star Wars saga. Ewan McGregor did a good job of channeling Guinness in episodes 1-3.
Tunes of Glory is probably a very underrated movie with top-notch performances by both Guinness and John Mills, both cast against type.
Guinness could be quite compelling even in arguably flawed movies like Our Man in Havana and The Swan.
Of course his flashiest roles would have to be the eight characters he played in Kind Hearts and Coronets.
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Absolutely, I think most models would be easy to use for stuff like recording movies. You probably won't be using any advanced editing options...
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> I saw that Winnie the Pooh has turned 80.
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> Always, loved Disney's Pooh and the voice of Rabbit
> (Ken Sansum) I saw he has a new Family animated show
> at www.landofbluebears.com it's called "Who Saves The
> Village?" and is directed by Fred Crippen who
> created/directed Roger Ramjet.
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> I hope there is more Family Films coming out.
I would love seeing a few more Winnie the Pooh movies myself...
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Guess we're back to the john-SueSue monologue. Oh well. Yeah that was a fun movie, too, and it had a great cast:
(Cast overview, first billed only)
Maurice Chevalier ... Jacques Paganel
Hayley Mills ... Mary Grant
George Sanders ... Thomas Ayerton
Wilfrid Hyde-White ... Lord Glenarvan (as Wilfrid Hyde White)
Michael Anderson Jr. ... John Glenarvan
Antonio Cifariello ... Indian Chief
Keith Hamshere ... Robert Grant
Wilfrid Brambell ... Bill Gaye
Jack Gwillim ... Captain Grant
Ronald Fraser ... Guard
Norman Bird
George Murcell
Inia Te Wiata ... Maori Chief (as Inia Wiata)
Mark Digham
Michael Wynne
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Here is the cast list to help you remember
Cast(Cast overview, first billed only)
Hayley Mills ... Nikky Ferris
Eli Wallach ... Stratos
Peter McEnery ... Mark Camford
Pola Negri ... Madame Habib
Joan Greenwood ... Aunt Frances Ferris
Irene Papas ... Sophia
John Le Mesurier ... Anthony Gamble
Paul Stassino ... Lambis
Sheila Hancock ... Cynthia Gamble
Andr? Morell ... Yacht Captain
George Pastell ... Police Lieutenant
Tutte Lemkow ... Orestes
Steve Plytas ... Hearse Driver
Harry Tardios ... Bus Driver
Pamela Barrie ... Ariadne
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I'm especially excited about the one that features Rita Hayworth
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The Zodiac Killer was a serial killer who operated in Northern California for ten months in the late 1960s. He coined his name in a series of taunting letters he sent to the press until 1974. His letters included four cryptograms, three of which have yet to be solved.
The Zodiac murdered five known victims in Benicia, Vallejo, Lake Berryessa, and San Francisco between December 1968 and October 1969. Four men and three women between the ages of 16 and 29 were targeted. No connections between them have ever been discovered. They appear to have been victims of opportunity, nothing more. While it is often claimed that the Zodiac knew his victims, there has never been credible evidence to suggest this was true. Numerous others have been thought to be Zodiac victims, but the evidence is scant at best.
The killer's identity remains unknown. The San Francisco Police Department marked its investigation "inactive" in April 2004 and reopened it some time before March 2007. The case remains open in other jurisdictions as well.
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I agree the use of widescreen in this movie is quite delightful.
I was lucky enough to watch this back in the early 90's at a film festival with one of the stars in attendance, I remember the audience reaction was through the roof!
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You may also consider whether a DVD recorder would be a worthwhile investment. Blank DVD-R's can be 60 cents each or cheaper, and also record up to 8 hours.
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I'm gonna keep my fingers crossed that the production goes on as scheduled, once in a while some project will be "in production" but then someone pulls the plug before shooting begins.
Oh as for the general topic, I'd like to add that the best comic-book movie not actually based on an existing comic (IIRC) is Sam Raimi's Darkman
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Well, there's always Gary Cooper!
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Show Boat is one of the true perennials of movie musicals, having been adapted more times than any R&H musical, including the 17-minute abridged presentation in Till the Clouds Roll By. It is also a very sympathetic portrayal of the plight of African-Americans in a not too distant point in American history.
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My Fair Lady is certainly about learning to have class, and by the end of the movie Eliza has arguably more class than Professor Higgins. And sorry but sense has absolutely nothing with seeing that Julie Andrews just isn't as classy and could never be as classy as Audrey Hepburn was.
I echo BIRDY's post in that saying I came here merely because I had no one else to talk classics with. I'm alone in my world of classics! (I've converted a few to them, though) This is a really addictive site, you'll be astonished at how knowledgeable these folks are! Hope you enjoy yourself.
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Not every musical has to be the most gargantuan and the splashiest spectacle on the face of the Earth for it to be enjoyable. The human element is there and that's the most important thing. I've never once failed to fully engage with all the characters and their feelings as the film progresses; in that sense it rings more true than a lot of other musicals (which are nonetheless enjoyable).
There isn't a single scene in the whole movie that I don't enjoy exactly as it is, and the movie's charm has not been diminished by the years.