casablancalover
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Thanks, I needed to hear that. My old boyfriends are dating younger women.
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It would be tough enough to sit through these once.
Could you imagine doing post work on one of the HS Musicals, so you would sit and work on the same scene again, and again, and again.....?
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>Princess Victoria: *Do you ever feel like a chess piece yourself? In a game being played against your will.*
>Prince Albert: *Do you?*
>Princess Victoria: *Constantly. I see them leaning in and moving me around the board.*
>Prince Albert: *The Duchess and Sir John?*
>Princess Victoria: *Not just them. Uncle Leopold. The king. I'm sure half the politicians are ready to seize hold of my skirts and drag me from square to square.*
>Prince Albert: *Then you had better master the rules of the game until you play it better than they can.*
Albert (Rupert Friend) to Victoria (Emily Blunt) The Young Victoria (2009)
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But let's root for the Saints to be Marching IN this time!
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Congrats to the Saints. Sounds like a great game (hearing the neighbors upstairs moaning) I live in MN. Hope it's a great Super Bowl.
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> {quote:title=JonnyGeetar wrote:}{quote}
> I came thisclose to mentioning Camelot as well. My God, what did Jack Warner have against Julie Andrews?
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> Still Man of La Mancha is the worst movie musical ever.
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> Period.
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> (wait- just remembered that I haven't seen The Wiz , but I'll still bet La Mancha is worse.)
OMG, The Wiz...
Back in '85, my then 3 year old son took away the microphone from the Sunday School teacher and did some sound effects during the Christmas pageant. Far superior entertainment.
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I first saw Alan Bates in The Running Man (1963) and fell hard. Just love him...
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Agreed. The eyeballs were glued to Sophia Loren talents and they missed the story. The Impossible Dream was thinking it would be good...
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Hi ya. Jackie!
This is sort of fun; I'm guessing JH is caught up watching the Vikes/Saints game. Haha..
In his absence, a little Elvis:
A little Heart:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LLaeRUsWr0
And a little fun:
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> {quote:title=JonnyGeetar wrote:}{quote}
> Man of La Mancha with Peter O'Toole is actually _the_ dullest movie musical ever made, but I'd put Guys and Dolls not far behind.
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> Said it before, say it again: Makiewicz is overrated.
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> ps- I'm sure I misspelled the man's name
I would agree with Man of La Mancha, but let's not forget the lifeless Richard Harris/Vanessa Redgrave Camelot either.
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> {quote:title=fredbaetz wrote:}{quote}
> When the Germans took France Chevalier was married to a Jewish woman who he had married in 1937. He tried to keep a low profile, but he agreed to preform for French POW's at a POW camp { the same camp he had been a prisoner of war for 2 years in World War 1 } for a prisoner exchange. The Washington Post said of this "...he was one of those artist who sang for their supper without bothering about the respectability of their host". He helped in liberation of of 10 POW's. He refused to sing in Berlin for the collaborating radio "Radio Paris"General Dwight Eisenhower backed him up on this and the French court found him not guilty, but the English press took longer to forgive him.. He told Eisenhowers wife Mamie the Ike saved his life because the French underground was killing collaborators.
> I worked with a few people from France over the years in TV and the majority still though of him as a collaborator....
fredbaetz:
Thanks for the fill-in on the details. Most appreciated.
Edited by: casablancalover on Jan 24, 2010 8:38 PM
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I dunno 'bout that. The French were Very Much into Justice following the occupation. There was so much about the French Underground we are still learning.. Ever read _Wine and War_ by Don and Petie Kladstupp?
Anywhoo, Guys and Dolls is dull, and with musicals like Oklahoma, Love Me Tender, The King and I, and South Pacific coming to screens shortly after, G&D will be considered an expensive production, mostly for talent, and not nearly as good.
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I started to LOL when I thought of Keira Knightly or Natalie Portman.. Natalie did well in V for Vendetta, but I am at a loss about anyone in the 30s range.. Maybe Elisabeth Moss.?
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you know how to reach me..
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Damn.. This is one night I do not want to miss, and I do not have access to it tonight.. ANYONE take pity and record *To Each His Own* and *A Foreign Affair* for me??
Puleeze....
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Man, you'd think someone would've thought of that! But at that time, late fifties, there was a changing of the Musical guard. The casting in these musicals reflect that. In fact, that's the backstory of The Band Wagon...
You know who I think could have been great in the role? It could have been his premiere-- Bobby Darin.
Edited by: casablancalover on Jan 24, 2010 10:45 AM
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You've got it! No suspense in a story that clearly needs it. No pitching up the tone, or raising the stakes at all. It would help if we liked the characters more. Montag is just no hero to me. Not even anti-hero.
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When they have to talk to sing.. not a good sign.
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I know Brando's work, and I kept wondering how does a method actor do musicals of this nature? Rocking the Boat song was done far better in Leap of Faith.
This movie to me shows Brando can't do everything...
But he did do a movie in his later years with Johnny Depp, Don Juan DeMarco, that I liked quite a bit. He actually played a paunchy old guy.. Stick with what you know.
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Sunday's offerings; up for love:
and what did we sing in Church today? For once I actually found it:
Just As I Am:
Edited by: casablancalover on Jan 24, 2010 10:22 AM
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The biggest challenge as I see it, is that the story itself runs the danger of being dull. Dull movies where characters are reading or writing or watching TV or worse-- Typing at a computer!... Christie starts the movie watching TV (!!) The fires are a great device, but I agree it is slow moving. Works better as literature.
Wasn't the drug in the movie/book called somma.?
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Funny you should ask..I was just mentioning this movie the other day to someone else.. I do remember the movie, and while parts of it were fascinating (the concept of the Fire Department that sets fires) I'm afraid the scenes with Julie Christie were just deadly dull. I like Julie Christie, but the story seem to grind to a halt when she was on.
Oskar Werner is a stoic character (as he usually is) and I thought him to be a good choice for the lead.
Truffaut's direction is very systematic, focusing on this world the characters occupy without the written word. Story plays very clear, and not too many surprises..so not too clever either (though I really enjoy the opening sequence and credits), and seems very different from his other movies, especially Day for Night..
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>Ollie: *Get this house cleaned up! Do you know that my wife will be home at noon!*
>Stan: *Say, what do you think I am? Cinderella? If I had any sense I'd walk out on you.*
>Ollie: *Well it's a good thing you haven't any sense!*
>Stan: *It certainly is!*
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy Helpmates (1932)
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I loved that scene where Hardy discovers half the company is pining away for Jeanie-Weenie too.
I have too many favorites.. Towed in a Hole, Laughing Gravy, Our Wife, Midnight Patrol, County Hospital, A Fine Day ....
Edited by: casablancalover on Jan 23, 2010 11:40 PM
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Here the kids that are being discussed on the Dean Martin thread...
I'm a Fool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdPaptvujFA
And here is Jerry Lewis' talented son Gary Lewis.
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I had just returned from watching The Young Victoria, and was impressed with your account here of the court and its intrigues. Now I am curious to know more about Victoria and Albert.
Thank you for your fine post.