Film_Fatale
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I agree, it's good to see that Elvis will let the guests do the talking, but I wonder how that is going to work out with Quentin Tarantino. I think once he starts getting excited about a movie, he can just talk forever. Well, that's the impression I have from some DVD extras but I could be wrong
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Just found out this week that Gus Van Sant's new movie, *Paranoid Park* is apparently a Blockbuster exclusive. Not even Netflix has it. Hopefully, whatever window of exclusivity that Blockbuster has will hopefully be a short one!
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And I wasn't trying to play mod by suggesting you post the info in the Upcoming Releases thread, just wanted to suggest that because people who might be interested in that may not necessarily be checking this thread regularly.
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Where did you read that Genius Products was a close affiliate of Legend? I can find no such information on the respective websites for both companies. It does seem that Genius Products has at some point distributed family movies released by Legend. However the bulk of GP titles are recent theatrical releases from the Weinstein Co. and IFC films.
In any case, if you haven't seen any info about the Little Rascals on the Upcoming Releases threads, you may want to mention it there, too. Thank you for sharing!
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CK, if you really are serious about turning over a new leaf, how about you start by making duplicate threads for stuff that already has a dedicated thread?
I want to believe that you really are making a good-faith effort not to continue with the same kind of thing that has annoyed many forum regulars, particularly in the DVD forum. But even just a few days ago, you were still posing "new" DVD announcements that filmlover, Edgecliff, and others had already posted.
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> {quote:title=hlywdkjk wrote:}{quote}
> *"I used to be able to pick up some old-time radio broadcasts on the actual radio, but those stations evidently changed their format."* - tobitz
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> If you ever need an OTR fix, go here -
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> Radio shows streamed over the net 24/7. And the quality of the recordings are generally excellent.
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> Kyle In Hollywood
Another useful link! Thanks Kyle. B-)
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Well, another Paramount title that has recently been released through Legend Films is *French Postcards*, from the guys who also wrote *American Graffitti*. It's all about American college students in France. It should definitely appeal to anyone who's ever taken French lessons - or even who is fluent in French.
It's not a truly great movie, even as far as stuff from the late 70's goes, but it does feature Debra Winger and Mandy Patinkin in early roles (as well as the famous French actor Jean Rochefort).
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amazon.com is going to have a "lightning deal" as part of its daily specials today, starting at 5 pm EST/ 2 PST
They don't tell you exactly what it is until it begins, but here's the hint:
This alien comedy ran for six seasons, garnering 31 Emmy nominations and eight wins.
Past "lightning deals" have included the *Ford at Fox* collection (for a little over $100) so there's some good deals there.
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Do you ever just run out of shelf space at your place?
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> {quote:title=clore wrote:}{quote}
> Maybe the thing to do is to just create a new thread for each weekly examiner article.
The thing is, they aren't weekly articles. They are coming out on a near-daily basis.
Click on this link and you will see on the left-hand column a list of all the recent columns:
In the past, with CK flooding the forums on a daily basis, there were a lot of individual threads that would get zero responses and just clutter up the forum. I think this is even more likely to happen with the Krentzlin column, which consists largely of daily (or near-daily) recommendations.
At any rate, I hope you'll enjoy the broadcast tonite
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> {quote:title=casablancalover wrote:}{quote}
> There's a theme night "Hollywood" night; choices abound:
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> *Two weeks in Another Town*
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Yes, there are several other movies that deal with Hollywood life. But the reason I brought up *Two Weeks in Another Town* is that it is a sort-of-sequel to *The Bad and the Beautiful*, reuniting director Minnelli and some of the cast -- you even see a clip from *The Bad and the Beautiful* in *Two Weeks in Another Town*.
It's an interesting contrast, as well: *The Bad and the Beautiful* is in b&w and in Academy ratio; *Two Weeks in Another Town* is in glorious color and widescreen aspect ratio, signaling the changes that took place in Hollywood filmmaking between 1952 and 1962.
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> {quote:title=filmlover wrote:}{quote}
> I was making a list and I see that Aug, 26th-Oct.21 (especially Oct. 21) is going to be expensive for me:
> Some of the things I will probably have to wait until the next deepdiscount special sale.
filmlover, I don't know if this would work for you, but it works for me. Whenever I start dreading the potential cost of upcoming DVD releases, I just remind myself that, except for stuff that might be going out-of-print (like limited editions), almost everything else I could just rent whenever I felt like watching it.
Truth is, with all the DVD box sets and TCM recordings I've at home, I could probably stay busy for a year and a half, without getting any new stuff... :0
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> {quote:title=clore wrote:}{quote}
> I'm not blaming you CK for the duplicate thread with the same title, especially since the other one is obviously a retitling of an earlier thread and the duplicated post has a post-time later than your initial post.
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> I'm just bumping yours up because it was first and should be seen first.
Actually, clore, CK's thread *was* the duplicate thread. We have had this thread for several weeks now, in which to post Doug Krentzlin's column from the examiner.com. Many people in the TCM forums have been asking CK for more than six months now to refrain from starting threads on dozens of different subjects every day, when certain dedicated threads already exist. So far, CK has usually ignored the polite requests from filmlover, Edgecliff, and several other forum regulars.
In the past, CK has not hesitated to duplicate information which had already been posted by many of the forum regulars either in the DVD forum or in other TCM forums, apparently with the only purpose of seeing his name associated with something that can be found on the Internet. The sole purpose of me and, I believe, the other forum regulars who have asked CK not to start new threads or make new posts which only duplicate previously posted information, has been to keep the forums a little bit more tidy. It is not about "who posted it first" or anything like that.
Please take a look at the video forums if you get a chance, you'll see the frustration of many of the forum regulars at CK's antics, with some of them even pointing out that trying to reason with CK felt to them like talking to a brick wall.
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Happy B-Day, Betty Thomas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(July 27, 1948)
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> {quote:title=Poinciana wrote:}{quote}
> I have somehow missed Two Weeks.... Just Googled it and read a plot synopsis, sounds great. I'll join the lobbying effort.
I would say *Two Weeks in Another Town* should play at least as often, because unlike the earlier movie, it is not yet on DVD.
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> {quote:title=lzcutter wrote:}{quote}
> Didn't Syndey Pollack co-host it for about 2 years?>>
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> Guess we will have to wait and see!
The suspense is killing me! :0
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> {quote:title=Jenetico wrote:}{quote}
> With 96 pages, I am sure this movie has been mentioned before, but would truly _LOVE_ to see: The Alan Ladd movie version of "The Great Gatsby". It is on YouTube, with a Brazilian contributor, but not out here in the USA on VHS or DVD.
I'll second that!
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> {quote:title=hlywdkjk wrote:}{quote}
> I listen to "The Big Broadcast" each week. I have become hooked on "Johnny Dollar" - the insurance investigator with "the action-packed expense account". Great Fun.
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> One can listen to "The Big Broadcast" on the web "live" (7pm Sunday EDT) or delayed during the following week. See here -
> http://www.wamu.org/programs/bb/
Thanks for the link Kyle. B-)
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Didn't Syndey Pollack co-host it for about 2 years?
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I actually like this movie a lot. Just wish TCM would try to show it as a double bill with its sort-of-sequel *Two Weeks in Another Town* (also directed by Vincent Minnelli)
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And if it didn't get made, do you think there's any chance Rose would be hired for another year as TCM essentials host?
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Orson Welles' "The Thirty-Nine Steps" on WAMU-FM's "The Big Broadcast" (88.5 - July 27)
?The Big Broadcast? on WAMU-FM (88.5), which features ?old time" radio shows from the 1930s through the late 1950s, has been a local Sunday night institution for over 30 years now. (The show runs from 7 to 11 p.m.)
The lineup this coming Sunday, July 27, includes the original radio versions of ?Dragnet? and ?Gunsmoke,? as well as ?Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar,? ?My Friend Irma? and ?Wild Bill Hickok.?
The highlight of the evening is Orson Welles? radio version of the classic espionage thriller ?The Thirty-Nine Steps? (Aug. 1, 1938) which is adapted from the original John Buchan novel rather than the Alfred Hitchcock film. (The program airs at 10 p.m.)
Welles directs and plays the hero Richard Hanney who is framed for murder by foreign spies in pre-World War I London and must flee to Scotland in search of the real culprits. The most interesting aspect of the show is the way it anticipates Welles? ?Citizen Kane? with its jumbling of the chronological order of scenes and then repeating those scenes from a different character?s viewpoint.
This was the third episode of Welles? ?The Mercury Theatre on the Air.? (The most famous episode ?The War of the Worlds? came three months later.)
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Have you seen the posters for the new *Red Sonja* ? Somehow it's hard to reconcile that image with that of a TCM Essentials host.
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Well the latest news from Comic-Con is that she'll go on to play the title role in a remake of *Red Sonja* - but maybe she'll consider coming back when she's done with that.
'Sound of Music' daughter returns to Austria
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I hope she will enjoy reading about it.