Film_Fatale
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> {quote:title=vallo13 wrote:}{quote}
> The only problem with that is Microsoft charges monthly, for their service. Sony does not, Sony is also WI-FI so it a little easier to gain access for On-Line gaming,service and/or downloading Demos or films. Without a price involved it's a little hard to say if it's a good deal or not.
> vallo
If you are already interested in having a 360, it's not a big deal.
I'm not saying this new feature is going to be for everyone. But under certain circumstances, it's a very helpful and cool thing to have.
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> {quote:title=CelluloidKid wrote:}{quote}
> Also, Netflix allow you stream movies to your Windows PCs instead of downloading them first.
The fact that you can't download them from Netflix is actually a disadvantage for many Netflix suscribers, myself included. And the Roku is old news, thank you very much.
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My favourite movie with Technicolour inserts is the original version of *The Secret Garden*.
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I'm not much of a gamer, but I had been thinking about getting either an XBox360 or a PS3. Now that the Xbox360 is going to allow you to stream Netflix movies, it definitely seems a bit more appealing....
*Microsoft's Xbox 360 to stream Netflix movies*
LOS ANGELES - Microsoft's Xbox 360 video game console will be able to stream thousands of movies over the Internet, thanks to a deal with Netflix.
The arrangement Microsoft Corp. announced Monday at the E3 Media & Business Summit in Los Angeles will give Netflix's 8 million subscribers another way to stream movies on a TV instead of a computer. A Netflix-backed startup called Roku already sells a small streaming device that connects to TVs.
The Netflix streaming service ? which operates in addition to its DVD-by-mail program ? offers 10,000 movies and TV shows. Microsoft's Xbox had movies available before, but not nearly as many. This expansion is key in helping Microsoft compete with Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3, because gaming consoles are becoming entertainment hubs with movies, videos and music.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080714/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_netflix
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This has really been a great SOTM so far, I think.
This week, I'm really looking forward to *A Majority of One* and *They Met in Bombay*.
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> {quote:title=sweetsmellofsuccess wrote:}{quote}
> BTW, I'm stilll loving Rose as co-host.
I am too! :x
Her contract is not up any time soon, is it?
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> {quote:title=ThelmaTodd wrote:}{quote}
> Casablanca is about resistance to evil and being willing to stick your neck out to do it. The ending is thus a message of resistance, at a time when the war was still on and Hitler not yet defeated.
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> Only a Nazi, Vichy sympathiser or someone ignorant of history would be disappointed with, or make light of the loaded political implications of the ending to *Casablanca*
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> Thelma
Well said, Thelma! Rick makes the ultimate sacrifice, giving up the woman he loves for a larger cause, with the future of humanity hanging on the balance. And of course he makes it easier for Renault to also do the right thing.
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Didn't they colorize *Yankee Doodle Dandy* a few years back? Anyone here actually watch that version?
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> {quote:title=Edgecliff wrote:}{quote}
> Why bother with an inferior remake when you can watch the original!
Um, because A) I've seen the original many times already; and
I'm a Matthew Broderick fan? 
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> {quote:title=hamradio wrote:}{quote}
> Humm, I think skimpole left out a catagory, what about a funny - comedy ending?
How about *Some Like it Hot* ?
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"No ordeal
Like the end of *Camille*..."
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Folks who collect R2 DVDs may be interested in these....
Optimum Home Entertainment have announced the UK Region 2 DVD release of two Screen Icons collections in July. Focusing on Richard Attenborough and Gerard Depardieu, more details follow?
14th July 2008
*Screen Icons: Richard Attenborough Collection* - ?44.99 - Featuring a range of his best roles, from the iconic Carol Reed / Graham Greene collaboration Brighton Rock, a BAFTA nominated turn in The Angry Silence to his everyman in stirring wartime classic Dunkirk, by way of some light relief in the classic Boulting Bros comedies Private?s Progress and Brothers in Law, this collection salutes an actor whose onscreen talents deserve to be lauded as richly as his considerable achievements in directing. Also included are a further two titles, both making their UK DVD debuts - The Ship That Died of Shame and The Man Upstairs.
There are no extras.
28th July 2008
*Screen Icons: Gerard Depardieu Collection* - ?34.99 - Born in Indre in 1948, G?rard Depardieu notoriously spent many of his formative years as a delinquent, living a transitory life until he was taken in by a small travelling theatre troupe and his acting career began. Bertrand Blier (director of Buffet Froid, included in this set) gave Depardieu his first big break in Les Valseuses that became a massive hit in France, thus establishing him as a star. Frighteningly prolific since then, this set features him in Buffet Froid, Mon Pere Ce Hero, Le Colonel Chabert and Tous Les Matins du Monde.
All titles are listed as widescreen with French language and English subtitles. The only title with extras is Tous Les Matins du Monde, which offers a making-of featurette and trailer.
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I'm not sure we get enough "A movies" from Paramount and Universal, let alone their B-movies... I'd just love to see a lot more from both studios, B-movie or not.
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I think I'd have to say *Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs*
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> {quote:title=coopsgirl wrote:}{quote}
> If I could have one programming wish it would be to see more Paramount films from the silent era through the 40s. Paramount still owns most of their silents and Universal owns most of the rest from 29 -49 and they both seem pretty loathe to have anyone see those films. Many of them feature my two favorite actors, Gary Cooper and Clara Bow. Very few of their silents and early films are available on dvd (some you cant even find bootlegs of
). I know a lof of them have been restored and I know many people would love to see those early Paramount films (not just Gary and Claras).TCM did sign an agreement with Paramount recently, which allowed them to show *Wings* among other movies, but I agree that they could definitely use a lot more of the old Paramount movies, regardless of whether Paramount or Universal owns them.
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Happy b-day to the great Ingmar Bergman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(July 14, 1918 - July 30, 2007)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000005/
Happy b-day, Harry Dean Stanton!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(July 14, 1926)
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So you would recommend the TV version then?
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Awesome photos, coopsgirl, thanks for sharing.
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Warner Home Video have announced the Region 1 DVD release of Warner Bros. *Classic Holiday Collection Volume 2* on 11th November 2008. The latest group of highly requested titles which are making their R1 DVD debut includes *All Mine to Give*, *Holiday Affair* and *It Happened on 5th Avenue* along with a special bonus disc *Blossoms in the Dust*. Digitally remastered, the films will be available both as a festive boxed gift set for $29.98 SRP and individually for $19.97 (*Blossoms in the Dust* will only be included as part of the collection).
Also available will be the *Warner Bros. Holiday Collection Volume 1* ($29.98 SRP) which includes *Boys Town*, *A Christmas Carol* and *Christmas in Connecticut* and a new bonus disc of *The Singing Nun*, which is exclusive to the collection. All are repackaged in a new slipcase to match the look of Volume 2.
*All Mine To Give* (1957)
A touching drama, All Mine To Give tells the sad story of six pioneer children who struggle to stay together on Christmas Day following the deaths of their parents. It stars Patty McCormack and Glynnis Johns along with Ellen Corby.
*Holiday Affair* (1949)
This classic Christmas romantic comedy stars Janet Leigh as a poor young widow torn between a boring successful businessman and a romantic ne'er-do-well. Robert Mitchum and Wendell Corey co-star.
*It Happened on 5th Avenue* (1947)
This screwball comedy is about a hobo and friends who move into a mansion while the owners are out of town for their Christmas holiday. The film was directed by Roy Del Ruth and stars Don DeFore and Ann Harding.
*Blossoms in the Dust* (1941)
Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon star in this true story of Edna Gladney, a woman who devoted her life to finding homes for unwanted infants. Felix Bressart co-stars. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy.
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That is one of the most adorable photos of Audrey I've ever seen! B-)
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Why would you think it's hard to visualize a film burnout?
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> {quote:title=ccbaxter wrote:}{quote}
> Skimpole, I really like how you've structured these categories and the examples you give to support each ending; you're either a writer or have a latent one hiding in you.
I agree, it's a very nice post. B-)
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> {quote:title=CelluloidKid wrote:}{quote}
> There was also a 1971 television production of "Death Takes a Holiday" featuring Yvette Mimieux, Monte Markham, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas and Bert Convy. This version is another rare piece of film history I can't locate.
If it's a television production, what exactly does it have to do with film history?
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Look for a possible theatrical re-issue of both *Godfather* movies around the same time as the new DVD re-issues, or just wait for the DVD/Blu-Ray if they do not play anywhere near you.
*'The Godfather': A restoration offer they couldn't refuse*
The trilogy's face-lift took a team of experts, several hundred thousand dollars and two years. Expect more color and clarity, especially in key scenes.
By Bill Desowitz, Special to The Times
July 14, 2008
Fans who pick up the recently announced "The Godfather: The Coppola Restoration," due out from Paramount Home Entertainment on DVD and Blu-ray on Sept. 23, are likely to see things in the 1972 Mafia saga and its two sequels they've never noticed before. The differences could be subtle to the casual observer, but the improved color and clarity give new visual punch to some of the most cherished sequences in recent cinema history.
"We wanted the blacks to be truly black, and the first image of Bonasera [salvatore Corsitto] was to appear out of that," said Francis Ford Coppola, speaking via e-mail about the opening scene of his landmark drama.
The restoration was a sizable undertaking that required a team of technicians, several hundred thousand dollars and two years of effort, largely because the negative for "The Godfather" had been nearly destroyed by overprinting and mishandling.
"I believe that there were only five or six shots in the first 20 minutes that were still original," said restoration supervisor Robert Harris, who previously had worked to restore films including "Vertigo" and "Lawrence of Arabia." "Virtually every splice was held together with Mylar tape. Tears went into image in hundreds of frames. Sections were totally without perforations."
The restoration might never have happened, though, without the intervention of Coppola's old friend Steven Spielberg. He persuaded Paramount Chairman Brad Grey to greenlight the undertaking, which included full-digital restorations of "The Godfather" and "The Godfather: Part II" and the remastering of "The Godfather: Part III."
"The restoration took so long because the former Paramount policy was not to spend money," Coppola said. "I called [spielberg], knowing how much he believes in restoration and how much he had expressed to me that he loved this film."
Although Coppola was not directly involved in the restoration effort, he offered Harris several directives in "bringing the [first two] films back to what they were in 1972 and '74." Harris, in turn, relied on Gordon Willis, the trilogy's cinematographer.
Known as the "Prince of Darkness," Willis typically underexposed light to heighten the mood of a scene and maintained strict control of how the negative was printed.
" 'The Godfather' [films] were designed to have a kind of classic retrospective look," Willis explained by e-mail from Massachusetts. "The lighting structure came out of a need to present [Marlon] Brando properly as an aging, monolithic don. My choice was to use overhead lighting to enhance Marlon's makeup."
The most dramatic enhancement, however, was to "The Godfather's" pivotal restaurant sequence, in which Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) guns down Sollozzo (Al Lettieri) and Capt. McCluskey (Sterling Hayden). Because of a printing error, half of the sequence always looked faded.
"This was one sequence that we held to the very end of the restoration," Harris said, "as we had [inspection technician] Joe Caracappa looking through hundreds of [film] cans from which we could attempt to harvest a better image . . . and the sequence finally looks as it should. You can really see the tension on Michael's face for the first time."
I'm a Matthew Broderick fan? 
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