moviefan1951

I apologize if someone has mentioned this before, but has anyone else seen this video on youtube? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj4PCOpQv90 I believe it was filmed by one of the guest programmers last November.

> CONSARN IT, I missed this. So sorry to hear that Bronxie. I wish I'd recorded it so I could upload it to youtube. However, I did find something on youtube that was recorded last November during the guest programmers event. No, I'm not kidding: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj4PCOpQv90

I just watched CineMaven's testimonial, what a beautiful person she is! And watching "Psycho" at Radio City Music Hall? I am totally green with envy.

> CM you were great!! I agree with you, MovieGoddess! And she has such lovely hair, too! Anyone who loves Alfred Hitchcock as much as I do is someone worth listening to. B-)

Jerome Robbins was a very talented choreographer, wasn't he? It's almost sad that reportedly he and Robert Wise didn't always get along so well.

>I 100% agree about remking Man of La Mancha---with SINGERS this time. It reminds me of the Pinky and the Brain parody of Man of La Mancha. I am not familiar with Pinky and the Brain, but in any event, it was rather sad to see such charismatic actors as O'Toole and Sophia Loren stuck in such a joyless effort. They deserved better, and so did audiences. Hopefully, a new version of this great musical is not an impossible dream.

> ... if it's not too crowded. Well, some people would say "the more, the merrier".

> Thank you for your one vote... Oh, you're perfectly welcome!

I would totally agree with that, Rick. Barbara Stanwyck would have been very good in "Notorious".

I don't see anything wrong with that hat. What would anyone dislike about it?

Hey, that's a _Murnau_ movie. Aren't you off-topic now? The Murnau thread is here: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=138165&tstart=0

Anyone else catch this TCM premiere today? I just recorded it, and was pleasantly surprised that it stayed letterboxed all the way through. (Inside joke, ok?). The cast is fairly good for a 70's movie. Oddly enough, I don't think I'd ever heard about it before.

You might be right about that. However right now I don't care about how much of an accomplishment it is. I'd just rather watch the better version before the weaker adaptation. Maybe after I've watched both of them I'd be more inclined to discuss the actual accomplishment or lack thereof.

And just what exactly is so wrong with "Force 10 From Navarone"? I mean, it's obviously nowhere near as good as the original, but it's probably pretty good compared to other action movies being made at that time. And Robert Shaw is always quite compelling, I think. He was really great in almost everything he was ever in.

At the risk of sounding too old-fashioned, I would have to say I always found Gene Wilder to be quite charismatic. He may not be handsome in the way that Depp is, but he usually came across as a genuinely nice, goofy kind of guy. He was great in the movies he made with Richard Pryor, and also in "The Frisco Kid", with Harrison Ford. And that's without even mentioning "The Producers" and all the great Mel Brooks comedies.

> So now you're suggesting I might not like movies in black and white? Noooooooo. No, no, no, no. Not at all. Really.

You're probably right, I should try that. What did you say the movie was called again?

> And the 1950s were certainly the era of conformity. A very good point, indeed! It's so easy to forget how much pressure to conform there was in America in the 50's.

> Oh, I didn't mean it that way! I just meant that people expected something different in movie posters back then than what they expect now. Oh, I think I know exactly what you meant! Anyway, "San Antonio" is on tomorrow, in case you haven't seen it. It's a pretty good western, especially if you like stuff in color.

I definitely agree with you on most of those points, movieman! Dowd definitely would make a great friend, and I like him just fine with all his eccentricities and his "mischievous" side.

captainnemo, some folks are about to start discussing "Rio Bravo" in the Western Rambles Thread, which you can find in the Westerns forum, if you're interested in joining in. I'll try to re-visit the movie shortly, but I can't be sure when I'll get around to it. Should make for an interesting discussion, though.

Smiler, that sounds like an absolutely awesome screening, lucky you! I won't comment in detail as it's been a long time since last time I watched it, but I do hope to get the new DVD re-issue that comes out in May and is supposed to have new bonus features.

OK I'll give it a try. "Hot Dog - The Movie": If you're totally starved for entertainment, this might just hit the spot. Howzat?

> Well I still don't have a top 25 list, but I do think I'll be putting In a Lonely Place on it. I just don't know how I'll rank it. But I definitely want to include it. It's such a great movie. To be frank, I'm not much for lists, but I think this movie definitely deserves all the recognition it has gotten, and maybe even more. It also happens to be one of Nicholas Ray's finest, imho. Actually, I think it may have even been selected for the National Film Registry at the Library of Congress. I should check on that.