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Now I'm curious to see Donald Sutherland's Gauguin film again, Wolf at the Door aka Oviri just to see what they did with the paintings in that film. It would make a good triple bill on TCM with Lust For Life.

Tomorrow we can resurrect that thread! I likened watching the two Mame movies as a worse alternative to water boarding.

This may have been intended for television but I'm certain it had a theatrical release before its tv debut as Ellen Burstyn was nominated for an Oscar for this. She wouldn't have been eligible otherwise. I think if the tv mow exceeded expectations the studios sometimes did a limited theatrical release just for awards season.

The Alpha Caper (1973) wasn't a bad little heist film as I recall with Henry Fonda and Leonard Nimoy.

Yes, The Golem starring Lucille Ball.

Has anyone mentioned one of my favourite film scores of all time: Aaron Copland's Of Mice and Men (1939)?

I finally caught up with Universe (1960) a short film made by the National Film Board (NFB) which was directed by Roman Kroiter and Colin Low, two of the IMAX pioneers. I was almost going to put this little post in the Bucket List thread as it is a film that I have long wanted to see. I had read that Stanley Kubrick was enamoured by this b&w short. And once viewed, you can see why. Thee are many model shots combined with mattes to give multi planet views of our own solar system. I think the images of distant galaxies may be artist's interpretations in some cases too much like the space corridor sequence in 2001 A Space Odyssey. It is only 28 minutes long and worth seeing especially for Kubrick fans. Of course, its effects have been superseded by modern technology but at least one thing about this film is almost unique: its narration. The narrator is none other than Canada's own Douglas Rain, the voice of HAL 9000 in 2001. The Toronto library system has but one copy on vhs for anyone nearby.

Alexander Nevsky (1938) is a pretty famous Sergei Eisenstein film in its own right. But its Sergei Prokofiev score has simply surpassed the film and become something that is often played by symphonies.

Yes, great observation. It is easier to be an arm-chair critic and sit on the fence instead of engaging in life. Fear of change and the unknown cripples these souls. That is something Marty learns to overcome and gets on with things by being his own man.

I was always under the impression that The Last Seduction was a bonafide theatrical feature so this is news, thanks. Fiorentino certainly made an impression with that film and as you say, too bad it was then ineligible under the Los Angeles Academy rules. I'm sure there are plenty of examples that films that started out as tv mow's that gained subsequent theatrical release abroad, if not in the U.S. Bergman's Scenes From a Marriage (1973) started out as a tv mini series in his native Sweden but played over here as a theatrical feature and the NYC Film Critics and BAFTA didn't let it bother them when they handed out the theatrical feature awards.

Not even the fact that I am in it? Sorry for shamelessly changing the subject for just one moment. Now, back to the subject .... Peter Gabriel's score for The Last Temptation of Christ was brilliant IMHO. It moved from score to source period music in markets and back to score again. Really inspired.

Carter Burwell's score for Raising Arizona (1987) was great fun and pointed that film in the right direction.

I'll take your word for it, Holden! Glad you were able to follow the plot.

Jane Eyre (1970) with George C. Scott, Susannah York, Jack Hawkins and Ian Bannen. Directed by Delbert Mann.

Tuesday, June 30 6 a.m. Crash (1932) with Ruth Chatterton and George Brent. Never seen this one. 7 a.m. Two Against the World (1932) with Constance Bennett. Haven’t seen this one either. 8:15 a.m. Grand Slam (1933) with Loretta Young. Looking forward to seeing this for the first time too. 9:30 a.m. The Captain Hates the Sea (1934) an early Stooges appearance! 8 and 10:30 p.m. eek! Auntie Mame followed by Mame. No, no, please .. I confess!!

Robbie Robertson did a great score for Scorsese's The Color of Money (1986).

'nuff said.

I was asked a question - read the thread next time. Did you feel compelled to make that comment, or something?

I see the original actor for this part, Jeremy Bulloch is still with us.

Monday, June 29 Max von Sydow night! Now here is someone who deserves an Academy lifetime achievement award for his 60+ year film career. 8 p.m. Hawaii (1966) One of Max’s best lead performances in the English language. This would make a good double bill with Charlton Heston's The Hawaiians some day. 3:15 a.m. The Emigrants. Maybe one of these days TCM will show the Jan Troell sequel, The New Land (1972) MIA is Max’s best screen performance: Pelle the Conqueror (1987). ​Max has enough Foreign and English language films up his sleeve to be Star of the Month.

Andrzej Wajda received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Oscars not long ago. He is best known for his Polish resistance WWII trilogy: A Generation (1955); Kanal (1957); and Ashes and Diamonds (1958) But also for Man of Iron (1981) with Lech Walesa I would also recommend Danton (1983) Korczak (1990) I saw Katyn (2007) at the BFI in the big theatre. It was well attended by a Polish crowd and at the end of that film dozens and dozens of people were leaving the theatre weeping. It was quite amazing.

John Prodromides' score for Andrzej Wajda's Danton (1983) is superlative.

Sig Arno's Toto in Preston Sturges' The Palm Beach Story (1942) is a gem.

IMHO the Phillip Glass score for Dracula (1931) takes Bela Lugosi's interpretation and transforms it from something that is a tad creaky and dated and makes it mesmerizing. It was always okay but the Glass score transforms it for the better.

**** Chung's score of To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) heightened the danger, excitement and tension in that film to new levels.