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airs Thurs., 7-24 for Kirk Douglas:
10:15 pm ETC- 85 mindocumentaryKirk Douglas shares stories about his life, his family, his work, and his philosophy in this documentary.
ARTICLE: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2020556/Kirk-Douglas-Before-I-Forget/articles.html
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thanks, lavender
During WWII, this oscar-winning actor had decided that despite his age, he just couldn't sit out the war, and hoped to enlist quietly in the navy
The next day he was sent to boot camp in San Diego -- where he was immediately detained by the Shore Patrol and returned to Hollywood! His studio chief had used his influence to get a deferment so that he could cast him in a new movie, which the boss claimed would help the war effort.This treatment by the studio left a bad taste in the actor's mouth for the film, the boss, and the studio.
For the rest of his life, the actor routinely cited this film as his least favorite movie.
-film & actor?
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hint: directed by W. S. Van Dyke
hint: a dark theme regarding the struggles and failures of a man trying to take a criminal shortcut to the American dream.
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next:
I'm Van Gogh painting pure sunlight. I'm Horowitz playing the Emperor Concerto. I'm John Barrymore before the movies got him by the throat. I'm Jesse James and his two brothers. All three of 'em.
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thanks, flash
next:
"There are two types of people in this world: those who like Neil Diamond, and those who don't."
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what, ME trust MY memory?? LOL
Nah,....the wonders of the internet
next:
"If I wasn’t really curious to learn something from it, I wouldn’t have made the film. Learning means, why do I want to understand him? He’s a whole other human being. I want to understand him, because understanding him is going to help clarify myself to myself."
-speaker, subject?
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The Last Gangster ('37) ?
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thanks, starlite
how 'bout this one:
You certainly could have fooled (the producer), who went full-steam ahead with his musicalization of a property that should have been left alone to begin with. Casting actors with little to no musical training & badly dubbing them was bad enough, but choosing a project that worked best in its original format was double trouble.
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Read this link.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/31192/31-bizarre-foreign-titles-american-movies
My best pick, "GI Jane", foreign title is "Satan Female Soldier".
and the translation of As Good as It Gets !!
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maybe Darryl F. Zanuck ?
(there's a song title also, but assume it's not that)
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maybe The Clock ('45) ?
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maybe Black Hand ('50) w/Gene Kelly?
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maybe Birdman of Alcatraz ?
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that's the one, metz
you're up....
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"Minnelli was the ideal choice to bring the story to the screen. A former stage designer known for his visual style that mirrored and amplified the dramatic story of each of his films, he was the right match for a movie about a painter."
-Gotta agree there, the visual style and detailing of the scenes to resemble Van Gogh's paintings was quite remarkable...
"Kirk Douglas wanted to play Van Gogh ever since director Jean Negulesco told him he resembled the artist. He threw himself into the role, to the point of taking on so many of the artist's stormy, unstable traits he frightened his wife in his off-hours at home."
-thought this was one of Douglas' best roles and certainly Oscar-worthy. Though Yul Brynner won that year for "King and I", which was also great.
(Okay, this last remark has been moved to a separate thread...)
One thing I've always wondered, is if an actor who's done a part on the stage and has had months or years to perfect his part in front of a live audience, should be given the same award consideration as an actor who's got one chance on film, AND whose performance is affected by the director and film editor ??
(just a thought)
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airs late Sun., 7-27
2:45 am ET98 mindramaLa Haine (1995) PREMIEREDir: Mathieu Kassovitz Cast: Vincent Cassel , Hubert Kounde , Said TaghaouiAfter a youth is tortured by the police, a riot explodes on the streets of Paris in this examination of racial tensions in France.
4:30 am ET90 mindramaDir: Karel Reisz Cast: Albert Finney , Shirley Field , Rachel Roberts .A factory worker lives for the chance to have fun on the weekends.
D: Karel Reisz. Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, Rachel Roberts, Norman Rossington.
"Grim yet refreshing look at angry young man, who in a burst of nonconformity alters the lives of girlfriends Field and Roberts. Superbly enacted. Script by Alan Sillitoe, from his novel. One of the first and best of Britain's "angry young men'' dramas of the '60s."
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airs late Sun., 7-27
12:15 AM134 minsilentPandora's Box (1928)Dir: G. W. Pabst Cast: Louise Brooks , Fritz Kortner , Daisy D'Ora .A young innocent's sexuality destroys all who come near her.
LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:
D: G. W. Pabst. Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Franz (Francis) Lederer, Carl Goetz.
"Hypnotic silent film stars legendary Brooks as flower girl who becomes protegee--then wife--of editor, with bizarre and unexpected consequences. Striking sexuality and drama, with Brooks an unforgettable Lulu. Scripters Pabst and Laszlo Wajda adapted two plays by Franz Wedekind."
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thanks, starlite
-Square-jawed soldiers load a shell into a World War I cannon, then turn it toward the camera, and blam! you know this movie has definitely started.
what '30s movie?
hint: directed by W. S. Van Dyke
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I just now remembered that TCM used to show a between-the-films interview with Omar Sharif wherein he talked about how Lean insisted- in more artful words than mine- that he be a total blank as the title character. I didn't sense any frustration when he mentioned it, but he did seem to be saying it was quite a challenge to convey nothing, feel nothing, project nothing as an actor.
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cute,.....Saratoga ?
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King and Country
- firing squad
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Do You Know This Song?
in Games and Trivia
Posted
The song "Put Me To the Test" from Cover Girl ('44) w/Gene Kelly, was a complete reworking of an instrumental used in the 1937 Fred Astaire musical A Damsel in Distress.
lyrics=Ira Gershwin, melody=J. Kern
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