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Incidentally that Academy Awards special on TCM last night was really all over the place. Not exactly linear storytelling.
I couldn't agree more, DGF.
That was the most convoluted documentary on a subject that I have had the displeasure of viewing. They showed clips of nonentities instead of what any real film lover would have enjoyed seeing. I could not believe they had the footage of Claudette Colbert getting her award for IHON, after rescuing her from a train and then just cut away from it so quickly, as I've never seen that. But then they showed extensive footage of Matt and Ben that has been shown a million times and is probably on Youtube.
The show jumped around and was not entertaining at all, or even illustrative of the whole shebang in general. Pretty much a waste of good film stock.
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How about Taylor and Burton in THE COMEDIANS? Ha-ha.
Well, you've done it again, Downie!
Bravo!
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I got curious about what BATTLE OF THE BULGE, which is starting right now, got nominated for. Its imdb page says it got two Golden Globes nominations but zero Oscar nominations. Looking at oscars.org, I see a documentary called THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE - THE BRAVE RIFLES got nominated that year for Best Documentary, but there were no nominations in 1965 for the Henry Fonda movie that's playing right now.
Have I caught TCM in a truly colossal mistake? Or have I missed something?
If I were you, I'd consult Kirstie Alley about this as she is the expert, DGF.
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May I wish you a most Happy Birthday, GPF in advance!
Now I could pick a big star as done by TopBilled, since anyone as great as the Oomph Girl definitely deserves to be honored, but going in the other direction I would pick, drumroll please.
Kathleen Freeman!
Sure she was a character actress but of the extraordinaire kind and she was everywhere, both in tv and movies.
She lent her comic talents to big films like "The Seven Year Itch" even though this was her billing:
The Seven Year Itch
Woman at Vegetarian Restaurant (uncredited)
She was also a favorite of Jerry Lewis in his films, but was in many others and I would honor her since she is never honored. Put all her films on the day of February 17 and you will have a fun day I can assure you.
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Starting to sound like the Broadway sensation HAMILTON. I can't imagine much sounding worse than that musical's description, but everyone raves about it, so who knows.
I think it is just stupid too. Everyone should know by now that Hamilton was not black.
Can't they just look at the printed image on a piece of money and figure that out.
Duh! I bet he is rolling over in his grave at this abomination.
What next, How about Edgar Winter playing Muddy Waters in a film?
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OK, when it comes to movies, how about Walter Matthau in The Laughing Policeman? Not much to laugh about is he investigates a brutal massacre on a San Francisco city bus.
Good choice, plus the cartoon was very apt, Fedya!
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Forrest Carter, who was known as a Cherokee author, wrote the book "The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales" which became the basis for the Clint Eastwood film "The Outlaw Josey Wales".
Unfortunately it later was revealed that Forrest Carter was really Asa Earl Carter, a Ku Klux Klan member who had worked as a speechwriter for segregationist governor of Alabama, George Wallace.Next up?
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I'd like to see them do a remake of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in the way and fashion they done "25 Years A Slave". I am sure if done with the right sensitivity and historical accuracy it would be a sensational movie.
I can see it now. Lady Gaga can play Little Eva and Samuel Jackson can play Simon Legree, just like the way they remade the Wizard of Oz and switched it all up.
Or maybe the white parts should be played by blacks and vice versa.
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I say "Congratulations, Robert!"
I did a little checking to see exactly what criteria was used in awarding this honor and on the Hollywood Reporter site this is what I found:
" Robert Osborne will be the first to receive ADG’s newly created William Cameron Menzies Award for his work in championing classic motion pictures."
And if that is how it was judged, then I can think of no one more worthy of receiving this award since we probably wouldn't even be seeing many films with the work of William Cameron Menzies if Mr. Osborne was not around.
Bravo, Robert and get well soon!
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I've seen many mentions of ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS in relation to THE MARTIAN, but there's another film that has more than a passing resemblance to it. The title was MISSION TO MARS, from 2000, starring Gary Sinise, Tim Robbins, Connie Nielsen and Don Cheadle, and directed by Brian DePalma. It was a major release, but I believe it flopped at the box office. The story was something about the first manned mission to Mars going wrong, and another expedition is sent to find out what happened. When they get there SPOILER they find that one astronaut, played by Cheadle, had managed to survive this whole time by himself and against all odds. There was a short flashback showing how he survived, using clever, real-world, hard-science based solutions. The movie then veered off into Ancient Alien/2001 silliness, but I remember thinking at the time that the Cheadle story itself would have made a better movie. Guess I wasn't the only one, because this was the first film I thought of when I saw the trailer for THE MARTIAN.
Great post as usual, Lawrence.
I'd like to up the ante though and ask for a remake of the Disney, "Swiss Family Robinson" with Matt Damon playing the Tommy Kirk part. Don't know if Ben Affleck would be good in the Kevin Corcoran part though, as it would take more humor.
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Oh,yes. Gregory Peck did look good in this film
I have tried to see every movie Peck made and to the end. I didn't enjoy every movie he made though. The Omen and Walk the Line left me withnightmares
Hey, GPF did seeing Gregory as a Nazi, playing Mengele give you nightmares also?
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why would you cast kristin wiig of all people in a serious science fiction survival film?
answer: you wouldn't but the hollywood of 2015 will.
this sorta thing was done much better 50 years ago by ib melchior and paul mantee.
this just looks silly to all but the most dumbed down teen and twentysomethings.
pitiful.
what would really be something is for someone of today's hollywood could make a science fiction film that would have appeal to ALL generations of americans and the rest of the world as well. the young AND the old. this is what is marginalizing hollywood torwards it's decline.
if you can only think for fifteen year-olds then you gotta problem.
Thinking for fifteen-year old humans is a thankless task, to be sure, Nip which is why I refuse to do it.
I can see why you don't like Kristin as an alien. How about Melissa McCarthy?
P.S. Love that Paul Mantee!
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Let's start our own inner circle, which will be more "in" than their inner circle.
I refuse to join anything, club or organization unless DGF is a member.
Sorry, TCM but that is the stringent criteria that I use when joining any group.
By the way, DGF, why can't we call it the Outer Circle, since that would allow a lot more people to join since it would be so much bigger in size???
P.S. Speaking of red cloaks, DGF could our group be something like the one in Kubrick's "Eyes Wide Shut" as they really had some great parties as I recall.
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Hey I like THE NAKED JUNGLE. It's a great film. Disappointed was I when TCM did not air it during the Eleanor Parker Star of the Month tribute.
I am sure people can use their imaginations while watching it. If they so desire.
"Disappointed was I" too!
I admire your sentence constructions.
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Proving again that another quality that Hollywood has lost is that of the whimsical in film, one must only watch this film by Rene Clair to again discover it and hope it will become atavistic somewhere, somehow.
Even though Lake and March supposedly did not get along offscreen, onscreen they are sophisticated, witty, droll and amusing. They are as effervescent as the champagne they serve each other and as ephemeral as the smoke that portrays witch and warlock in the movie.
This movie was a joy to watch from start to finish, and if you didn't like it, well...you know who to blame!
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I thought maybe it was Rory Calhoun, who had a prison record, that was thrown to the wolves. (Rory survived, easily.) Was Nader included in the feeding frenzy, too?
In my earlier posts, I did not play up George Nader's sexuality, because the point I was trying to stress is that his career never had the kind of momentum Hudson's had, or any of the other leads at Universal in the 50s. Maybe Nader's personality was too quiet, and he blended in too well. I'd like to see some of his German films. I have a feeling that foreign directors probably cast him and used him in roles differently than Hollywood did.
Hey, TopBilled, I based my post on what I'd read in the past and from a "Confidential" magazine I own [i collect them!] but just to fact check a bit I went online and found the following that relates a bit of the story:
http://gayinfluence.blogspot.com/2012/10/george-nader_11.html
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I feel you don't really understand what the CRUX of the controversy is with the Academy and this current media event; It is all about the membership which is mostly all white males over the age of 55. That is a fact. Most folks are NOT saying that makes these members racist by default (and anyone that does is a fool). But there is a such a thing as inherent bias. e.g. most folks go out and see certain type of films; films that peak their interested and this related to one's background. FEW members see EVERY film released in a given year. What films each members sees impacts the 5 selections they make for each nomination.
The Academy has known for many years now that they needed to make a change in the process related to WHO gets a vote or NOT because the demographics of the nation where changing but the grandfathered members were, well indeed, mostly white grandfathers!
Darling James, I have dealt with "white males over the age of 55" almost my whole life.
Jada Pinkett-Smith has nothing on me, about what it is like to deal with them. One can either care about their power or ask why they accede to their power.
Of course, there is probably some bias in the AA, but it would behoove her to not complain only on the year when it singularly affects her hubby, was my issue.
Most people who are not "white males over the age of 55" just go on with things and finally learn to ask themselves why they would even care if that group is important to their self esteem, long term.
That is really my message. I find the whole Academy Awards thing kind of a joke, and if one can be hurt by a joke then perhaps they need to either try to fit into the joke structure or move on and find more rewarding ways to enrich their life.
Everything you say is true, I just am way more cynical about it perhaps. Thanks for your post as usual well expressed and put forth!
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All I can state to the naysayers of the naysayers is this; if one can't stand to read negative comments stay out of this forum.
Thank you, JJG!
It really ticks me off when I am criticizing someone and someone else starts criticizing me for criticizing the other someone with impunity.
Why it almost makes me want to take all my marbles and just leave the game room.
Especially when all I am doing is trying to help someone like Svengoolie [sp?] increase his ratings by being a wee bit more toothsome to the eyes of his female fans.
Call me shallow, but he ain't no Grant Williams. Now if he would just show "The Kiss of the Vampire" by Don Sharp one more time, I will cease and desist.
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You're funny (and cute). Make me laugh, that's what you do. LOL
Actually, seriously, I think there is a difference between BABES and BABIES in Toyland. But what do I know?
Thank you for understanding, TB.
If you want to talk about the dif between "babes" and "babies" I bet DGF would be a willing participant.
Another egregious title lie, is the film "The Naked Jungle". Not that I really wanted to see Charlton Heston sans clothing, but still. Did anyone naming that film think that there might be some female fans of Abraham Sofaer who would be totally disappointed?
I guess not!
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I may borrow this idea for a ClassiCategories round down the road. It's an interesting concept.
In this case, with Saroyan's story, I think it's meant to be ironic.
A few years earlier Rosalind Russell and James Stewart costarred in NO TIME FOR COMEDY, which is actually a romantic comedy about life backstage. Another ironic title full of intended 'misrepresentation.'
All I can say is if you are wrong, wrong, wrong, TopBilled.
"Irony" schmirony"!
No excuse is acceptable. Just like when there is a title like "Babes in Toyland" and it should be about infants but yet stars Annette Funicello and Tommy Sands.
But you are always welcome to use it as an extrapolation point for a "Classic Categories" concept.
Though we must disagree, just like Hermione Gingold and Maurice Chevalier in "Gigi" I hope we can still be friends.
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I see that William Saroyan's "The Human Comedy" is playing on TCM tomorrow.
I want to warn people that the title is very misleading. This movie is not about funny things at all, and everyone needs to be forewarned. I mean, it is actually very, very serious with Mickey Rooney's brother being sent off to war and just what is funny about that?
Nothing I can see.I know humor and what is humorous about World War II. That was just a rhetorical question and you need not answer. You would agree if you had been in the Big One, and even though I haven't I've seen enough movies where some people have been and they were not laughing.
Not at all.
So for all who can get a joke, but don't like to be misled I am giving you a heads up that William Saroyan is trying to trick his readers [and Clarence Brown the director also guilty of the same thing] with this title.
For all who are humor impaired here though, never mind!
2:45 AM HUMAN COMEDY, THE (1943)
A small-town telegraph boy deals with the strains of growing up during World War II.
Dir: Clarence Brown Cast: Mickey Rooney , Frank Morgan , James Craig .
BW-117 mins, CC,
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svengoolie is an idiot and a slacker!
no true space cadet TV aficionado would ever do what he did or allow it...
after the metalunan spaceship hits the ocean and explodes we then see against a yellowish background in a deep technicolor red 'The End'.
svengoolie's cruddy show omits the closing cast credits against a moving star field.
that's why cable TV needs guys like me hosting these things.
I would never cut out the closing credits like that not with that nifty moving star field.
that's the kind of thing true space cadets will sing out about.
Truer words were never spoken, Nip!
If not for us, who would there be to clean up late nite tv???
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If you're serious, we'll start with RANDOM HARVEST, MR. BUDDWING, and LOVE LETTERS. If you're not, never mind.
Excuse me, DGF? Am I not always serious, deadly serious?
Show up at the door of my film abode and I'll show you what I mean.
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I love the choreographic numbers of Berkeley! His imagination and resourcefulness were astounding, to the point that one does not mind the fact that the musicals he filmed practically have no plot. By comparison, a movie like MY FAIR LADY, which disappointed me so much that I have never wanted to watch it a second time, is the perfect warning against entrusting a musical to someone who has no experience or knack for that kind of project. If BB had directed MFL, it would have been TRUE MAGIC!
Post data: ballet is one of my favorite hobbies.
OMG, Palmerin, I have that Busby boxed set and it is fabulous. Occasionally I just get it out and fast forward to some of the most amazing visuals I have ever seen on film. I do watch the whole movie too, but have seen them so many times I don't feel guilty. Great stuff though I must say I'm glad I did not have to work for Busby as I read he was the Simon Legree of taskmasters.
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Hey, watch it, Dargo you know Chris Elliott [or as I call him The Man Under the Stairs] is my favorite actor and my especially favorite film of his, is the incomparable comedy, "Cabin Boy".