SansFin
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I guess this means I am also a schlub since I am very much liking this week's programming.
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Not all movies were filmed in widescreen format. There are many ratios. I am sure others can list most common ones.
Also not all movies are available in original format. What TCM shows depends on what a film's owners can or will make available.
Edited by: SansFin on Sep 9, 2010 6:46 AM
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> {quote:title=movieman1957 wrote:}{quote}
> It is beautiful the way everyone moved from "Wake Of The Red Witch" to "Wuthering Heights" so seamlessly.
They are different versions of the same story.
Ralls is Heathcliff. Angelique is Catherine. He rose from obscurity. They fell in love despite the difference in their stations in life. They were separated because of Sidneye/Hindley's persecution. They met just in time to declare their love for each other before death took them. She died before him. He was reunited with her after death.
Sidneye is also Edgar Linton. He found a place in Angelique/Catherine's heart when her lover was away.
Commissar Desaix is Lockwood. He is method for screenwriter to tell backstory and give information in the way that is not too boring.
The octopus is Isabella. Ralls/Heathcliff meets the octopus/Isabella because of wealth and desire to show up someone. Geraldine Fitzgerald was cast as Isabella because she looks as if she could have been sea serpent in another life.
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> {quote:title=misswonderly wrote:}{quote}
> (Don't you hate it when people don't get your jokes?)
Always. It makes me feel very stupid.
What about Mortimer Snerd and Charlie McCarthy? They should at least have walk-ons.
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You give me far too much credit. I was doing a rift on 'splintered' with a actor named 'wood'. I do not know how to spell the first name of actor who played Frodo in *The Lord of the Rings* so I went with Woody Allen. I do like *Sleeper* but it was far from my mind.
Edited by: SansFin on Sep 5, 2010 9:44 PM
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> {quote:title=ValentineXavier wrote:}{quote}
> *Love is a Many-Splintered Thing*
Did Woody Allen have a cameo?
Edited by: SansFin on Sep 5, 2010 8:04 PM
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> {quote:title=Poinciana wrote:}{quote}
> A tall man with a deep voice talking to me may as well be mouthing the words.
If he is tall, dark and handsome with a deep voice who cares what he is saying?
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> {quote:title=ValentineXavier wrote:}{quote}
> This thread is just bobbin' along...
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He is a extra and wants more work. It is standard practice that extras keep their faces hidden as much as possible so they can be in many scenes without audience wondering why same ones are in so many different places.
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Most English I learned early in life was England-English rather than American-English. I have hearing loss in voice range. I can follow most old movies from England but need Closed Captioning to understand modern England-English movies and television shows. It is not only change in accents but also new idioms.
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> {quote:title=markfp2 wrote:}{quote}
> All film contracts had a clause in them that allowed stations to edit films to meet their local "community standards".
I was intern for independent television station last year because they wanted two months of slave labor and I needed someone to sign work certificate. They said their licenses did not allow making any cuts. They thought it might be because it could cause deletion of scenes containing product placements. They had to order print to meet their broadcast needs. They could not show some movies they wished to because there was no print cut to their standards.
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Robert Alda
Robert Ames
Robert Anderson
Robert Arden
Robert Armstrong
Robert Arthur
Robert August
Robert Barrat
Robert Beatty
Robert Benchley
Robert Blake
Robert Bloch
Robert 'Bobby' Burns
Robert Bray
Robert Carradine
Robert Clarke
Robert Colbert
Robert Coote
Robert Culp
Robert Cummings
Robert De Niro
Robert Donat
Robert DoQui
Robert Douglas
Robert Drivas
Robert Duvall
Robert Forster
Robert Francis
Robert Fuller
Robert Gentile
Robert Goulet
Robert Harron
Robert Horton
Robert Hutton
Robert Ivers
Robert Keith
Robert Klein
Robert Lansing
Robert Livingston
Robert Loggia
Robert Lowery
Robert McWade
Robert Mitchum
Robert Montgomery
Robert Morley
Robert Morse
Robert Newton
Robert Paige
Robert Preston
Robert Quarry
Robert Redford
Robert Rounseville
Robert Ryan
Robert Sean Leonard
Robert Shaw
Robert Stack
Robert Stanton
Robert Stephens
Robert Sterling
Robert Taylor
Robert Towne
Robert Townsend
Robert Vaughn
Robert Wagner
Robert Walker
Robert Walker Jr
Robert Webber
Robert Wilcox
Robert Williams
Robert Woolsey
Robert Young
Let us not forget:
Roberta Collins
Roberta Haynes
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Not an actor but very dear to my heart - Robert Osborne.
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> {quote:title=lzcutter wrote:}{quote}
> Chalk another one up to a faulty memory.
There is scene in *Charade* where two men are trying to shoot each other while hiding behind columns. I know that scene is actually supposed to be in *The Saint in New York*
I do not know why my mind misplaced it and it does not matter how many times I watch each movie I still know where that scene should be and the facts do not change anything.
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> {quote:title=jamesjazzguitar wrote:}{quote}
> I also don't believe TCM has the LEGAL right to colorize or censor.
That is perfectly true.
TCM can not and does not censor any movie because they only have license to broadcast each movie clearly specified number of times within clearly specified dates.
Licensees can request level of censorship. Those who wish to play movie on family channel during afternoon will ask for print which is heavily censored. Those who wish to play movie on adult-oriented channel late at night will ask for print which is not censored at all.
Owners of film do not have to provide uncensored prints. Many times owners will not release prints containing certain scenes because of concern for their corporate image. They do not wish to appear to be racist or purveyors of pornography.
To further complicate matters is fact that some owners do not have rights to uncensored versions. There are some films where previous owners censored movie and sold only rights to their version.
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> {quote:title=misswonderly wrote:}{quote}
> I have many areas of ignorance when it comes to movies
Many times if I say: "He's the tan one." people know who I mean.
I consider him one of my guilty pleasures. I must say I did not like him very much in his serious roles. I love him as camp parody of ideal Southern-California playboy. *Love at First Bite* (1979) is first movie I love him in.I can not comment on your ignorance of things. I have not seen it. You are one I have learned very much from. I am very happy you and others like you are on this board. I am a one who is ignorant of most things about movies.
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It is hard for me to distinguish Eastwood as director. I believe his power over movies grew so that in his later movies he was as much director as person whose name appears in credits.
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I have heard that in *The Quiet Man* there was a scene where Father is talking to his bookie. It was cut for time reasons. I would like to have seen that scene even if it did make the movie longer.
I read that 200 times as much film was shot for *2001* than what made it into the final cut. Most were assuredly multiple takes and different angles but there must also have been many scenes deleted.
It would be nice to have a contest where entrants are given all footage shot for a movie and they make versions for showing at fifteen minutes, ninety minutes, two hours and whatever they feel is best. I feel sorry for judges since story would become old very fast but the results would be very interesting.
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I am owed small present. I have been thinking of asking for Don't Mind if I Do by George Hamilton. Has anyone read it or can tell me if it is good?
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> Have we forgotten that until about 400 years or so ago women were not allowed on stage?
That touches on one of my peeves. Every time they cast a woman as Lady Macbeth or Ophelia they are showing disrespect for Shakespeare who wrote those parts for young men. Difference between effeminate man and testosterone-laden actress is small but it is definitely present and ruins modern performances.
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I am sorry to have to tell you it was fine on our DirecTV. I did not see the problem when watching it so I checked recording. Both times the suitcase was opened - in his office and in his apartment - there was no freezing. I hope they play it again soon so you can make a good recording.
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It is very possible she is not funny. She makes me laugh but I have been known to laugh at many things that are not truly funny.
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I have to wonder if some of humor is because men are clueless about women's clothes. Men's clothes are very simple. They look upon women's clothes as mysterious oddities. Idea of man putting on longline which hooks in back and dress which zips up back is funny in itself. Can you say contortions?
I think men in drag has always been staple of British humor. For Americans it must be extreme to be funny.
One imponderable of the world is why it is a+ bra but pair+ of panties.
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> {quote:title=traceyk65 wrote:}{quote}
> Just a quick question about your Pratchett readings and then I'll let it go--what books have you read?
I am sorry to say I do not remember them. I asked at library for fantasy humor and they gave me list of authors and titles I might like. I checked out several each week. After reading a few of Prachett's I crossed his name off list.
The 30th anniversary of 1980-Best Films!
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*Kagemusha* is a masterpiece everyone should know.
*The Last Metro* is excellent.
*Sonezaki shinju* is too little known. It is very touching.
*Rough Cut* is movie I want to like more than I do. There is nothing wrong with it. The stars are wonderful. Script is better than book. Still there seems to be no magic in it. It is dull and lifeless.