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Jeff Bridges is so cute in this one. Playing a writer - and something of a rube - as he's being carried out, wounded, on a stretcher, he's reciting "the room lit up with gunfire", already writing about it out loud.
I've always found Jeff to be a likeable actor. Very much enjoyed watching his work right from the very beginning of his career.
Yes, Jeff Bridges is a very good actor even in his early work in movies like THE LAST PICTURE SHOW.
I think he is the baby in THE COMPANY SHE KEEPS starring Jane Greer.
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This is an upcoming classic by Jean-Luc Godard that I am looking forward to seeing again. September schedule looks great.
Alphaville
PLAYING ON TCM: 16-SEP-15 02:15 AM
Cast: Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff.
Dir: Jean-Luc Godard.
Details: Horror/Science-Fiction | Black and White | 99 mins.
Yes, TCM's tribute to Jean-Luc Godard on September 16 is one of the highlights of the month for me.
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I met Pat a few times and worked with her once. She was one of those whom one could spot around New York City. Maria Cooper Janis once invited me to a party, in honor of her husband Byron, at the French Consulate. Seated in a corner were Pat Neal, Arlene Dahl, and Marian Seldes.
Is Maria Cooper Janis the daughter of Gary Cooper?
Does this mean that she and Patricia Neal eventually became friends?
I understand that one of Gary Cooper's daughters was quite hostile to Patricia Neal at one point.
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Just watched "Viva Las Vegas" (1964)--Shock of shocks, Ann-Margaret knocks Elvis Presley off the screen--they do an I Love You-I Hate You style duet (Elvis, A-M respectively & I've already forgotten the name of it) early in the film & Elvis does his part like he's asleep; & A-M totally steals the scene, in terms of singing & comedic delivery & timing, & then proceeds to steal the film. Elvis goes through the film like he's asleep; he only wakes up for the title production number. A-M is the one to watch here. After co-starring with Barbara Stanwyck in "Roustabout" (1964), Presley never co-starred with a woman of equal box-office appeal or acting ability (excepting Joan Blondell, who received 3rd billing in "Stay Away Joe" (1968), which I've never seen, but the title sounds like a warning to potential audiences).
I love Ann-Margret . . . and not just because she went to New Trier High School.
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Personally Holden, I wouldn't attend a GREASE II screening regardless of HOW much I was paid!
Seriously?
I can't wrap my head around that one.
For a million dollars ---even for $10,000 ---- I would attend a screening of FOREST GUMP and I totally and completely loath and despise that movie.
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Don't overlook Hearts of the West.
Yes, HEARTS OF THE WEST is a great movie that TCM introduced me to.
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A few years ago in Chicago there was a production of TROGG!: THE MUSICAL.
I think the title was specifically spelled with an extra "G" for legal reasons.
The setting was moved from England to southern California.
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I recorded THE BREAKING POINT to watch later.
I caught some of it today when it aired.
I couldn't help thinking about Patricia Neal's recounting of John Garfield's explanation of her character to her: "You're a wh***, you know what I mean? You're a wh***."
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Has it already been pointed out that his name is Eddie Muller, not Mueller?
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Has anyone attended (or plans to attend) a showing of the GREASE sing-a-long Fathom event?
I saw that at least one theater in my area showed it today and will showing it again this week.
I admit that I'd be more likely attend a GREASE 2 sing-a-long.
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As much as I love the movie, I love the trailer even more; and as many times as I have watched the movie, I've watched the trailer even more.
ps- that is an ambitious double-chignon Joan is working from behind.
Yes, and I wonder if it served as one of the inspirations for Princess Leia's hairstyle in the original STAR WARS movie.
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'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse' - what an inviting title to a thoroughly tedious movie. Shoulda been sued for misleading advertising.
I didn't know there was talkie version of THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE.
I'm only familar with the silent film with Rudolph Valentino.
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A day devoted to Patricia Neal is a great one indeed.
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From what I understand, and what I've heard/read, Natalie Wood was not pleased to learn that she was going to be dubbed by Marnie Nixon in the film version of WSS.
Natalie Wood was told that her own singing would be used in the movie, but (according to Marni Nixon) they always planned to dub Natalie's voice with Marni's.
Natalie was understandably upset that she was lied to. The studio needed a box office name for the movie so they placated her with voice coaching.
If they had genuinely worked with Natalie on her singing rather than just praising her and leading her along, her singing would have been strong enough for the movie.
From the clips of her actual singing, it is clear that she had a pleasant singing voice.
She just needed someone to genuinely work with her.
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Thanks, Dargo, for posting this.
I checked and LISTEN TO ME MARLON is "Coming Soon" to Landmark's Century Centre Cinema (at Clark and Diversey) in Chicago.
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THE ROAD BUILDER aka THE NIGHT DIGGER is TERRIFIC. I am sorry I missed it as I have only seen it once. It is a neo gothic suspense thriller where Patricia Neal plays a middle-aged spinster caring for her blind mother in a decaying Mansion in the English countryside. Nicholas Clay - who is smoking hot and shows his butt - moves in and becomes their handyman, but is secretly quite a dangerous person.
The screenplay of THE ROAD BUILDER was written by Roald Dahl, who was Patricia Neal's husband at the time.
I've never seen this movie but am looking forward to it.
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Sunday, August 16
noon. The Breaking Point (1950). This is one of the highlights of August for me. John Garfield and Patricia Neal. For some reason this film is now hard to find. Wallace Ford is very good in it too.
4 a.m. The Road Builder (1971). Don’t know much about this one. Pamela Brown co-stars.
I'm very much lookig forward to both of these Patricia Neal movies.
I recorded THE BREAKING POINT to watch later but caught part of it already today.
Even though THE BREAKING POINT and TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT are adapted from the same Ernest Hemingway source material, the stories seem compleely different. I doubt that Patricia Neal does a little dance at the end like one Lauren Bacall does at th end of TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT.
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Natalie Wood with Gypsy Rose Lee on the set of GYPSY
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I'm looking forward to Alan Arkin's day on August 21 during this year's Summer Under The Stars.
I'm especially excited about seeing for the first time LITTLE MURDERS, adapted by Jules Feiffer from his play.
The play lasted only 7 performances on Broadway but was subsequently successfully produced in London by the Royal Shakespeare Company. After the London run, the play was revived Off-Broadway, directed by Alan Arkin. Feiffer won an Obie Award for this production, which ran for 400 performances.
The film adaptation was also directed by Arkin.
I'm also interested in seeing FULL MOON HIGH, which also stars Alan Arkin's son Adam Arkin.
The movie also features the last movie performance of Elizabeth Hartman (except for her voice work in THE SECRET OF NIMH).
Of course, WAIT UNTIL DARK and THE HEART IS A LONELY HUINTER are airing on Arkin's day.
I wish TCM was also airing LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE as part of the tribute.
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The current issue of Entertainment Weekly has an article about Kylo Ren, who looks to be the most intriguing new character in STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS.
Played by Adam Driver, Kylo Ren is obssessed with Darth Vader.
But who is Kylo Ren?
Could he be . . .?
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So Eddie, how about when you show up again if you dedicate a few nights to films in the so-called "Neo-Noir" genre?
Here would be a few of my suggested titles:
RED ROCK WEST (1993): A terrific and relatively unsung film directed John Dahl who has made some of the best neo-noirs during the last few decades. Starring Nicolas Cage(yeah, yeah, I know all you Cage haters, but I swear he's REALLY good in this one), Dennis Hopper, Lara Flynn Boyle and the terrific actor who died much too young at age 54, J.T.Walsh.
THE LAST SEDUCTION (1994): Another very well made and suspenseful film by director John Dahl, and starring Linda Fiorentino as one of the best femme falates in movie history, regardless of the era made, and who should have been at least nominated for an Oscar but for this film being shown on HBO before its release to theaters, and thus disqualifying her for a nomination.
BLOOD SIMPLE (1984): The first film made by the now well known Coen Brothers, and in which and in true noir fashion features enough plot twists to satisfy anyone into this genre.
(...okay all you out there who might be a little tired of watching the same movie over and over in which the Roberts Mitchum and/or Ryan go down in flames by the end of 'em, and who would be open to this suggestion, it's time to give me a few of YOUR suggested Neo-Noir titles to give to Eddie here)
Great suggestion, Dargo.
I will add that maybe BLUE VELVET can be part of a Neo-Noir night and hopefuly it will not be bumped this time.
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Han Solo's "I know" response to Princess Leia's "I love you" in THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK.
(In RETURN OF THE JEDI, Leia responds "I know" to Han's "I love you.")
There are so many great Han and Leia moments and retorts.
Leia (to Han): "You stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf herder!"
(from THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK)
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This clip cracks me up:
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doan forget this guy...
Was Jabba a psychopath?
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I'm surprised someone hasn't written JAWS: THE MUSICAL.