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_Pete's Dragon_ (1977) ....!???....

*Kate Winslet to Channel Joan Crawford in HBO's 'Mildred Pierce' Remake* by Lesley Goldberg | Article Date: 02/12/2010 SheWired *Can you handle five hours of Kate Winslet?* Better yet, can you handle five hours of former _Heavenly Creature_ Winslet in 1920s garb? We?re talking corsets and possible Flapper attire, here, ladies. No, you?re not dreaming. HBO is making what for many is only a great daydream into a reality. According to The Hollywood Reporter, HBO has picked up the rights to Mildred Pierce, a five-hour miniseries from openly gay writer-director Todd Haynes, who directed _Far From Heaven_, a thoughtful re-imagining of Douglas Sirk's fifties' classic All that Heaven Allows. Mildred Pierce, an adaptation of James M. Cain?s novel, centers on Mildred Pierce Beragon (Winslet), a proud single mother struggling to earn her daughter?s love during the Great Depression in middle-class Los Angeles. The 1941 novel was previously translated to the big screen in 1945 in a vehicle that starred Joan Crawford in the title role and Ann Blyth and Jo Ann Marlowe as her daughters. Crawford won a best actress Oscar that year for her portrayal of the single mother in the noir thriller. Aside from Winslet?s casting, no other roles have been filled.

*Marilyn Monroe: Amazing never-seen-before photos of the late-lamented Hollywood sex siren* By Jody Thompson, Mirror.co.uk 5/02/2010 http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2010/02/05/marilyn-monroe-amazing-never-seen-before-photos-of-the-late-lamented-hollywood-sex-siren-115875-22021437/

*_Juarez_ (1939)*

*_Y Tu Mama Tambien_ (2002)*

Storm's popularity was capitalized on when she served as hostess of the NBC Comedy Hour in the winter of 1956. That year she starred in another situation comedy, The Gale Storm Show (aka Oh! Susanna), featuring another silent movie star, ZaSu Pitts. *Celebri-links .... ZaSu Pitts!*

*Kramer, Stanley* - An American film director and producer responsible for some of Hollywood's most famous "message" movies. His notable films include The Defiant Ones (1958), On the Beach (1959), Inherit the Wind (1960), Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), Ship of Fools (1965) and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967). His work was recognized with the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1961 and during his career has been nominated for Oscars 9 times.

*Janssen, Famke*

Sterling Hayden was in: _Johnny Guitar_ (1954) with Joan Crawford! *NEW STAR: Joan Crawford!*

Sterling Hayden was in: _Johnny Guitar_ (1954) with Joan Crawford! *NEW STAR: Joan Crawford!*

Otto Preminger directed Joan Crawford in: _Daisy Kenyon_ (1947)! *NEW STAR: Joan Crawford!*

*_Zabriskie Point_ (1970)*

Charles McGraw was in: _The Birds_ (1963) with Cinematography by Robert Burks! *Cinematographer: Robert Burks!*

_Untamed_ MGM, 1929

*Eagels, Jeanne*

The rebirth of Sinatra's career began with the eve-of-Pearl Harbor drama _From Here to Eternity_ (1953), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor directed by Fred Zinnemann! *Celebri-links ........... Fred Zinnemann!!!*

*Polanski, Roman* - A French-born and resident Polish film director, producer, writer and actor. Polanski began his career in Poland, and later became a critically acclaimed director of both art house and commercial films. Polanski's first feature-length film, Knife in the Water (1962), made in Poland, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He has since received five more Oscar nominations, and in 2002 received the Academy Award for Best Director for his film, The Pianist.

. Screen Rant - Paul Young - ‎Feb 10, 2010‎ *I don?t know if horror writer/director icon John Carpenter should be flattered or upset because most of his classic cult films are being remade, some for the good (Assault on Precinct 13) and some for the bad (The Fog, Halloween). A look at his IMDB page shows a reference to a They Live remake due out in 2011 but there hasn?t been any news on that for a few months.* A couple of days ago the news dropped that his cult classic Kurt Russell horror film The Thing was getting a prequel and now we find out that his other Russell movie Escape from New York is going to be remade. That?s right; Mister Eye Patch himself, Snake Plissken, is getting the remake treatment by New Line Cinema. They hired Wall Street re-write scribe Allan Loeb to work his re-write skills on David Kajganich?s first script for Escape from New York and according to NY Mag he ?nailed the humor of Plissken without slipping into camp.? Well that?s good to hear because nothing would kill this remake quicker than a campy man wearing an eye patch. It would be like a futuristic pirate movie with bad one liners. The first movie had New York City hit hard by destruction and turned over to the worst of the worst criminals. After a plane carrying the President of the United States crashed in the crime ridden metropolis, only one man is skilled enough to break in and rescue him from the place that no one breaks out ? my man Snake Plissken! So what has the studio changed in the story? Well for one, there is far less destruction in this version to save money. NYC will still be recognizable by its buildings and surroundings but the city has been abandoned because of the radiation from a dirty bomb that was set off outside the city limits. Another thing that was changed was the gender of the person Snake is rescuing. Loeb thought this would allow for more witty banter between the two. Also, the police are no longer in control of the prison but rather a privately run corporation although they will still have their headquarters in The Statue of Liberty. *_Says a source close to the project via NY Mag_:* ?It is not a disaster movie. It is an expos? of an ecosystem, if you put a huge wall around Manhattan and then dropped in the most effed-up, dangerous criminals on Earth.? So what won?t change about the film? Everything having to do with Snake, that?s what! New Line signed a contract with Carpenter that stated that Plissken ?must be called Snake, must wear an eye patch and must always be a bad-****!? OK, so how cool is that? At least Carpenter made sure that one of his coolest characters ever will remain that way. No designer clothes wearing, tree hugging, drum circle playing, hemp wearing, girl friend feet rubbing, sissy man here folks. I promise you, that because of Carpenter?s smart thinking, we won?t see Plissken watching Sex in the City while eating a entire tub of Ben & Jerry?s ice cream. With a name like Snake, he has to be bad-****! What do you think about the changes to the story for Escape from New York? No release date for Escape from New York yet. Follow me on Twitter @Walwus

popcorn .... _The Last Picture Show_ (1971) *NEW WORD: Unemployment!*

*_JFK_ (1991)*

*_United States of Leland, The_ (2004)*

Sonja Henie was in: _Iceland_ (1942) directed by H. Bruce Humberstone! *NEW DIRETOR: H. Bruce Humberstone!*

In these hard economic hard times the "TCM Classic Film Festival" is to expensive... would be cool tosee see the Joan Crawford film on the big screen!!.. I will stick with the Sedona film fest instead!

Day took on dramatic roles, including her 1954 portrayal of singer Ruth Etting in _Love Me or Leave Me_. Day would later call it, in her autobiography, her best film. _Love Me or Leave Me_ (1955) was directed by Charles Vidor! *Celebri-links .... director Charles Vidor!!*

*Disney, Walt -* American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon and philanthropist. Disney is famous for his influence in the field of entertainment during the twentieth century. As the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Disney became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation he co-founded, now known as The Walt Disney Company, today has annual revenues of approximately U.S. $35 billion.