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Richard Kimble, so it was you who was instrumental is securing TWO ON A GUILLOTINE for airing on TCM?
I thought so but wasn't sure.
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Looks like most of the Godard films on September 16th didn't make it across the border.
Life's mysteries.
The Godard salutes is one of the highlights of the month for me.
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But not in Canada.
Is THE AVIATOR airing in Canada?
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It's been a long time since I've seen a stage production of WEST SIDE STORY, but yes, there were several lines in the original that were changed for the movie. I can't remember specific ones, but I seem to recall that there were some in the "Officer Krupke" number.
I think you'd have to see a professional production to hear it that way. The company that controls the performance rights has a "cleaned-up" version for high school and community theater productions which is more in line with what they said in the movie.
Remember, Broadway has alway sbeen more accepting of language like that than Hollywood so it was pretty common that shows adapted for the movies had changes in them.
Don''t forget too, that even in the 1960's when WSS was released, there were still state and local censor boards in the U.S. (New York was one of them) that would never have passed a film with that kind of language in it.
" S-p-e-r-m to worm" was in the original stage production (and in subsequent Broadway revivals) of WEST SIDE STORY, but was cleaned up for the movie version.
The "clean up" that annoys me the most is Anita's verse in the "Tonight" quintet.
The stage version:
"Anita's gonna get her kicks tonight.
We'll have a private little mix tonight.
He'll walk in hot and tired.
So what.
Don't matter if he's tired
As long as he's hot."
The movie version:
Anita's gonna get her kicks tonight.
We'll have a private little mix tonight.
He'll walk in hot and tired.
Poor dear.
Don't matter if he's tired
As long as he's here."
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Delta Burke was the one dressed all in lavender, with a big lavender hat & 2 white orchids(?), with the dangly 80's earrings & 4 ropes of pearls, with the photographer--she is definitely in the trailer for the film that is posted.
That was Ann Wedgworth.
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think that's from Garden of Allah ('36) w/Dietrich & Ch. Boyer.
Airs on 7-7
Thank you!
GARDEN OF ALLAH appears to be part of the 100th Anniversary of Technicolor tribute in July.
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Monday, July 6
7 a.m. The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947) with Janet Leigh’s film debut. This may have played when she was star of the month recently ? but I missed it.
TCM did play THE ROMANCE OF ROSY RIDGE during Janet Leigh's Star Of The Month tribute, and I did miss it.
I'm glad TCM is airing it again.
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She was great in Steel Magnolias. I best remember Ann Wedgeworth on the soap Another World. Got to watch this wonderful actress on the soap practically everyday. So glad you thought of her Holden
Although her role in MISS FIRECRACKER is not a large one, Ann Wegeworth makes a big impression.
I had forgotten about her and Trey Wilson singing "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" during the swimsuit competition of the pageant until I saw the movie again recently.
I didn't see Delta Burke in the movie though.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcuVEXlDLVA
song by Courtney Barnett, "Nobody Really Cares If You Don't Go To The Party"
Lyrics here: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/courtneybarnett/nobodyreallycaresifyoudontgototheparty.html
Was movie is the clip at 1:15 in the July promo video from?
The clip (in color) shows Marlene Dietrich with a torch.
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Just a reminder: it's Sally Field, not Fields.
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Also in the film is the wonderful Delta Burke, who has an unbilled cameo--her best line I can't quote.
The wonderful Ann Wedgeworth also has a role as Miss Blue, the pageant director.
It's her voice at the opening of the trailer saying: "Only one of those fahv will be cray-owned Miss Firecracker."
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Thanks for the reminder to watch MISS FIRECRACKER. I am a transplant to Mississippi, and the movie will be a first time viewing for me. As far as I could find, the movie was made in Yazoo City, MS. which is in the Delta. Last Saturday night The Mississippi Pageant 2015 was held in Vicksburg, MS. The winner was Miss Southern Mississippi, and she will compete in the Miss America Pageant in September.
Yes, the movie MISS FIRECRACKER is set and was filmed in Yazoo City, Mississippi.
In Beth Henley's play The Miss Firecracker Contest the action is set in Brookhaven, Mississippi.
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Airing tomorrow (July 4, 2015) on TCM is MISS FIRECRACKER, adapted by Beth Henley from her play The Miss Firecracker Contest.
Starring as contest hopeful Carnelle Scott is Holly Hunter, reprising the role she played in the play.
In addition to Hunter, the movie also features wonderful performances by Mary Steenburgen (as Carnelle's cousin Elain, a former Miss Firecracker) and Alfre Woodard (as seamtress Popeye Jackson).
Alfre Woodard has said in interviews that Popeye Jackson is her favorite film role.
For me, the weakest link in the movie is Tim Robbins (as Carnelle's cousin and Elain's brother), mostly because his Southern accent sounds so fake compared to the authentic-sounding accents of Holly Hunter and Mary Steenburgen.
Which of these beauties will claim the coveted title of Miss Firecracker in Yazoo City, Mississippi's annual Fourth of July pageant?
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Friday, July 3
4:30 a.m. Marlowe (1969) Perhaps not the best Marlowe, but pretty solid nonetheless and features an appearance by Bruce Lee.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYgEjqAV3_g
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I thought this thread was going to be about Degrassi.
Paige Michalchuk rocks.
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The photo is of Joan Fontaine, that's what the JF stands for
She was born Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland October 22, 1917. Her older sister Olivia de Havilland was born July 1, 1916
Are you sure it's not Audrey Dalton?
The "JF" could be a red herring.
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WOULD it be irony that in the movie 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, the character Dr. Floyd flies to that big space station, before proceeding to the moon, on a shuttle craft with a big PAN AM logo on the fuselage and tailpiece? But, by the time the ACTUAL year 2001 rolls around there IS no PAN AM anymore?
No, it's not irony because, by definition, intent is the crucial element of irony: the intended meaning is different the literal meaning.
Since the fillmmakers were not aware that PANAM would not be around in 2001, there was no intent on their part to imply otherwise, hence no irony.
By the way, rain on your wedding day is not ironic either.
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Yeah, and Bela Lugosi's singing voice there isn't all that bad EITHER!!!
Ah, so that's who's voicing Max off-camera in the clip.
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Mary Richards went through many hairstyles during the run of THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW.
SEASON 1
SEASON 2
SEASON 3
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Actually, Ben-Hur screenwriter Gore Vidal, in an interview for The Celluloid Closet, confirmed those rumors about the homoerotic subtext. He claims that he needed to add an extra layer to the story (it was three hours long), so he proposed the subtext to director William Wyler who hesitantly agreed and who also told him to tell Stephen Boyd (Messala) but not Heston. Heston may not have known, but now that it's out there, he has to deny it.
Here's the link:
Yes, the gay back story in BEN-HUR was very deliberately added by screenwriter Gore Vidal and director William Wyler.
Stephen Boyd was directed to play the back story while Charlton Heston was left "out of the loop" for fear that he would freak out.
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One only need watch ARTHUR to know Liza was a wonderful, relaxed and very natural comic actress. (And to bemoan the fact that she did not get enough chances to show this on screen.)
Yes, and one only need to watch THE STERILE CUCKOO to see what a "natural" dramatic actor Liza Minnelli is.
People who say that her performance in CABARET was "over the top" don't understand Sally Bowles.
By the way, that expression "over the top" irks me.
Who decides what "the top" is anyway?
I see people behaving in "real life" in ways that some would label as "over the top" if they saw that behavior in a movie.
Sometimes, less is less.
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LIZA in her [..] prime would have blown the hinges off the doors as MAME.
I agree. Some have said Liza Minnelli was too young at the time, but how old was was Mame supposed to be anyway?
Lucille Ball was in her 60s when she made the movie and didn't they use a filter on the camera lens to make her look younger?
Someone also said Liza wasn't a good enough actor to play the role of Mame, but I very strongly disagree with that statement.
She's one of the best, especially when it comes to musical material.
Here's a clip of Liza performing the song "So What" from the stage musical CABARET.
The song (which was not used in Bob Fosse's movie) was sung by Sally's German landlady Fraulein Schneider.
It's amazing what Liza Minnelli does with the song with no costumes or sets.
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JOHNNY TREMAIN was aired in widescreen even though the schedule did not state it!
I was expecting Pan-and-Scan but was pleasantly surprised.
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