LornaHansonForbes
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On 12/16/2021 at 12:01 AM, Princess of Tap said:
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24 minutes ago, Mr. Gorman said:
RICHARD BEYMER starred in a rather obscure 1963 black-and-white movie called THE STRIPPER with Joanne Woodward. I've seen it. It's decent enough. I remember wanting to see the movie for a number of years -- this goes back to the late 1990s -- and when I couldn't find it for 'rent' at any local video stores I ended up buying a 'new' copy via Special Order. I would not be denied what I wanted to watch!
THE STRIPPER has a similar plot line to the 1961 B&W movie "A Cold Wind in August" with Lola Albright and Scott Marlowe, btw.
There's my 2¢ 'story' on Richard Beymer.
surely you have this masterpiece on VHS, no?
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(A musical number for SPIELBERG'S FICTIONAL SINGING AGENT)
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🎶"I'm not well, SEE the movie is flopping/Shoulda been swell, but the movie is flopping!
An Oscar? LIKE HELL! 'cause the movie is flopping/Won't even break even, 'cause the movie is flopping...
And don't tell STEPHEN, but the MOVIE IS FLOPPING TODAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!"🎶🎶🎶🎶 -
OH ****.
I apologize.
I thought I was posting the above clip in THE SONDHEIM OBIT thread.
I'll still leave it cause its fun though.
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13 hours ago, Princess of Tap said:
The only time I remember seeing Beymer was on a couple of episodes of "Murder She Wrote".
Was he simply unlucky or did he have a particular problem?
I don't know, but I'd like to, and if anyone reading knows why RICHARD BEYMER'S CAREER WENT "PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFT!!!" after WEST SIDE STORY, please so fill us in.
Within three years of starring in the best picture winner, he was doing guest roles on TV, by the 1980's he was in stuff like SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT 3
I know the surviving cast of WEST SIDE STORY- CHAKIRIS/MORENO/TAMBLYN have kinda ostracized him, he didn't go to the reunion (or wasn't invited) and NATALIE WOOD hated him and treated him like **** while filming, but apparently that had to do with her being peeved they didn't hire WARREN BEATTY for the main part.
I think he is the one big problem with WEST SIDE STORY, he is miscast and not particularly engaging.
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19 minutes ago, CinemaInternational said:
Killing off most of the big name cast probably didn't help either. Especially killing off Jack Nicholson twice. (Sylvia Sidney's cackle of laughter as congress was blown up seemed to be the one element everyone liked)
"The Nancy Reagan Chandelier!" also got a good laugh, no small feat seeing as how it comes around the 50 minute mark (we were all worn down to nubs by then.)
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9 minutes ago, Allhallowsday said:
It was that opening sequence that was not cool but disgusting. Horrifying.
And BURTON wanted it to be even more horrific, with the farmer being run over by the flaming herd of cows!
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1 minute ago, Allhallowsday said:
No, I think [MARS ATTACKS!] was at the end of its run and I remember him groaning and hiding under his hand. He glared at me and stated "This is painful".
i saw it in the theaters opening weekend and I still recall the STRONG SENSE OF DISCOMFIT IN THE ROOM that started 5 minutes in...and lingered until the end.
man, it laid an egg.
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The male lead in the 2021 version (ANSEL ELGHORT sp?)) must be PRAYING TO THE GODS he doesn't take the same path as RICHARD BEYMER....(who was at least in a successful version)
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53 minutes ago, Allhallowsday said:
I have a friend who will never forgive me for suggesting we see MARS ATTACKS one mall weekend afternoon...
26 YEARS LATER and I bet they STILL bring it up on or around December 13th!
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3 minutes ago, txfilmfan said:
What you found was Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened... by Lonny Price, who was the original Charley Kringas in Merrily...
It's not just about the failure of the production. It will resonate with anyone who lost their youthful optimism, or saw their heroes fail, or wonder what might have been...
YES THATS IT!
I will give it a second try this evening and hopefully my Netflix will cooperate this time.
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27 minutes ago, LuckyDan said:
And they'd probably let you smoke if you still have the habit.
imagine if this thing manages to linger in theaters til January (as the original article suggests has been arranged)?
Litters of possums and raccoons might move in.
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5 minutes ago, King Rat said:
If Spielberg really wanted to update West Side Story, wouldn't the Jets have been Black? Blacks vs. Puerto Ricans would make us see the story with new eyes.
ALSO not a period piece. CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG, but it looks like this version is also set ca. 1961/the late fifties. That brings nothing new as well.
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6 minutes ago, LuckyDan said:
Are theaters generally crowded in your area? The last few times I've been to the movies, it was me, a scattered couple or two, and the projectionist. Also if you want to avoid crowds the looks like the one.
ALSO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A DESERTED LOCATION TO EXCHANGE A HOSTAGE OR MAKE A BRIEFCASE DROPOFF....
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9 hours ago, EricJ said:
The one week when nobody wants to go near a shopping mall, those who do rarely want to go for a movie, teens who do want to go to a movie are geeked to wait one more week to go to the big blockbuster that carved out that valuable third-week slot, and parents with kids are going to wait for after-Christmas school vacation, after the holiday chaos is over.The Princess & the Frog, Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Monster Hunter, Mortal Engines, Jumanji: the Next Level, the Day the Earth Stood Still remake, In the Heart of the Sea...All fell victim to the Bermuda Triangle of December movie releases.
also, debateably, MARS ATTACKS!!
(although one could blame MARS ATTACKS!! for the failure of MARS ATTACKS!!)
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9 hours ago, EricJ said:
Uh, yeah, we liked it too. Got it on disk.
Not to be Pedantic, but don't you mean "disc"?
(Seriously solid burn though.)
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Back in 1982, STEVEN SPIELBERG played a prototype of THE ET GAME FOR ATARI and gave it an enthusiastic thumbs up that led the company to go full steam ahead with its Christmas release.
40 years later it's good to see HE'S STILL UP TO THE SAME ****.
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31 minutes ago, UMO1982 said:
There was never an audience for this remake.
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I was superbored last night and cruising NETFLIX when I came across a recent documentary about the failure of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG ca. 1981, but every time I tried to play it, NETFLIX crashed and I went back to my home screen.
NETFLIX knows I've been talking smack about it.
(whatever, they deserve it)
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Why Steven Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story’ flopped at the box office
in General Discussions
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Hey, apologies again, This time for the above post. It seems that when I’m posting on my phone, Sometimes it *won’t* clear a previous message I have written, in this case my response to Princess of Tap so I just have to post the blank quote.