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3 hours ago, Zea said:
Charlton Heston as Moses in "THE TEN COMMANDMENTS".
Many of Chuck's personal appearances and some movie roles post-TTC gave the distinct impression he really thought he parted the Red Sea and anyone who dared would have to pry that staff from his cold dead hands.
Heston is too melodramatic.
I think "Exodus: Gods and Kings" (2014) is very good. The main cast don't behave like they came out of a Shakespearean acting school. Having a kid to be "God" was weird though. Loved when Ramesses II hung that so called "Expert".
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Time will tell when someone does a remake.
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The 1933 short 'Kid in Africa" a parody of Tarzan films.
It's a riot Shirley powdered her nose and climbed out of the pot bone dry.
Think he...
..was the inspiration for...
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"Global Warming: The Musical"
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It finally dawned upon her, she looks like Yul Brynner.
"The Queen and I"
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Persis Khambatta getting her head shaved for the movie.
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Just saw this on my Directv guide...."The Bad Seed: Special Edition".
Don't know if this is the director's cut with gruesome deaths that were sugar coated or an extra victim.
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6 hours ago, calvinnme said:
You have to admit, to be such a bad actor, William Shatner had a very good career. I was watching Star Trek IV the other day, and that one is just a great comedic romp. It's funny how it was made to contrast "present day" with the future, but they really overdid the 80s stuff to the point that this film is now a great 80s retro film on top of just a good comedy. Every time you think something serious is happening, the score lets you know that this will all turn out fine.
Oh Nip about your original question? There was a little dime store novel that came out at the same time that Star Trek II was released in 1982. It actually had Chekov secretly in love with Khan's wife before Khan came on the scene. It was something he never told her, but it was meant to give some melodramatic background to the story. Yet Chekov wasn't even on the show when the episode about Khan aired. Interesting.
My evaluation of the Star Trek movies:
I (1979) - Look folks! We can do special effects better than we did in 1969!
II (1982) - The best serious Star Trek film with a link back to the original TV show.
III (1984) - Just a bridge between II and IV.
IV (1986) - A great comedy with a serious environmental message.
V (1989) - Don't bother.
I didn't see the others with the exception of "Generations" where they pass the baton from the original Star Trek gang to the new.
Did they ever got that one WRONG, the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.
Stars orbiting a super massive black hole.
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To go where no ex captain / admiral has gone before.
Fate worst than being left under a pile of rocks on Veridian III.
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One other thing that stood out about "Spartacus" was the crucifixion scene. Seems that the producer had some insight, knew how the hands and arms were affixed to the cross but wasn't certain about the feet so just left them dangling. Genius.
The Romans did crucify them close to the ground, not 20+ feet up in the air. They served as BILLBOARDS, stating...Don't Even THINK of Defying Rome - You Can Be NEXT!
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44 minutes ago, LawrenceA said:
That was impressive, particularly since TCM didn't go on the air until 1994.
It might have been AMC, no other channel I can think of showed widescreen back then. Know it was 1993 because I was on vacation. The only format that had widescreen was Laserdisc. Edited my OP, goodness AMC use to be so much like TCM back then, couldn't tell them apart. Even had their own host version of the late Robert Osborne, Bob Dorian.
AMC today...CRAP!!
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On 9/10/2018 at 9:26 PM, jakeem said:
I've always admired Douglas' athleticism -- whether he's battling Woody Strode in the gladiatorial arena of "Spartacus" or jumping onto the saddle in "The War Wagon." No wonder he and Burt Lancaster got along so well. Birds of a feather...
Always remember "Spartacus" as the first widescreen movie I watched aired on TV (AMC). Music score by Alex North is magnificent!
Sad no one post a recent photo, shouldn't be ashamed of aging (the American hangup).
Kirk with wife Anne Douglas also with us.
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"Wanted Dead or Alive" (1987)
**** the bonus.
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Last line that's truly a classic, "Gone With The Wind".
Frankly my dear I don't give a damn.
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43 minutes ago, johnpressman said:
Some years ago I saw a campy stage version of "The Bad Seed" in West Hollywood. All the female parts were played by men in drag and the male parts likewise. Rhoda was played by a six foot tall guy who needed a shave in a pinafore, blond pigtailed wig and roller skates. The audience was encouraged to shout "Leroy" whenever his/her character appeared and the Mr. Daigle part was played by a bald sock puppet manipulated by a drunk, over-the-top black man playing Mrs. Daigle! Hilarious!
Think he a troll on boards some time back.
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I think it's a case of crossed wires, it was Bill Daily not Barbara Eden!
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Re: last post.... Patty McCormack's role as the psychiatrist
I was thinking the producer had sort of went along the idea, "it takes one to know one".
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58 minutes ago, ChristineHoard said:
That's pretty much what Eve Arden said in MILDRED PIERCE. I guess she was right.
Thanks for the heads-up on the remake. I'll stick with the original.
Mildred Pierce did have a happy ending, picture Veda doing this or peeling a truck load of potatoes for LIFE.
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The ending certainly STINKS...the father died, little witch lived and to top it off, she gave a smirk
This is why some animals eat their young.
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On 9/8/2018 at 12:01 AM, jakeem said:
#TheNun
is heading for a franchise-best $44 million box office opening
Hard to tell fiction from real life.
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I watched the 2007 version of "Halloween" the other night and was a bit disappointed. They wrote off the Dr Loomis character and simply didn't have the feeling / atmosphere of the original.
Michael looks like a hippee.
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6 hours ago, jakeem said:
He also sang in the 1982 film version of the stage musical "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas." One song was "Where Stallions Run," written by his co-star Dolly Parton. It was deleted from the original movie, but ABC restored it for a 1984 telecast.
Movie theatres don't have a MUTE button.
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4 hours ago, ChristineHoard said:
Really, TCM mods, you're censoring a scientific term for a certain reproductive thing with a tail on it?
Now you know why the book was written.
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"Smokey and The Bandit" (1977) was his BEST!
The Bad Seed (2018)
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Could use an alternative title..."The Evil Lying Brat".