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On 12/4/2017 at 4:45 PM, RipMurdock said:
How the heck did they pick Paul Newman to play Rocky Graziano in this film? As a pugilism fan, this would be like picking Tony Curtis to play Jersey Joe Walcott or Stuart Whitman to play Joe Louis. Wonder if the Rock had some influence on picking Newman. Rocky was great thought as Martha Raye's man in her tv show. Did they ever make a movie about the other Rocky, Marciano and his life since he was the heavyweight champ.
James Dean was all set for this bio when he was killed, it's a fairly known true story. He kinda' inherited the role & most likely already know, but look for Steve McQueen in the beginning. It won *Oscars for B & W Cinematography & B& W Art-Direction
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5 hours ago, Sepiatone said:
The real Graziano used to be somewhat a regular on Merv Griffin's '60's talk show. I saw him on there several times, but never heard his opinion of the movie. As for not being one of Newman's "classics", I'll agree. But IMHO it still more than made up for THE SILVER CHALICE, in both his acting and as a movie.
Sepiatone
He had a very brief movie review show in the 1980's
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On 12/4/2017 at 5:01 PM, Dargo said:
Rip, there was a 1999 TV movie simply titled Rocky Marciano starring Jon Favreau in the eponymous role, but the reviews of it generally said it was no Raging Bull, and it got only fair-to-poor critical ratings.
And as far as I know, no other biopic of him has ever been done.
(...however, there is word presently that another movie is/might be in the works)
saw it & mediocre (**) typical tv movie
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On 12/13/2017 at 9:00 AM, sewhite2000 said:
I think the first movie I ever saw in a theater was a re-release of Mary Poppins around 1973 or so. Disney was always putting its old movies back in the theaters in the early and mid-70s. I saw many of their classic animated films for the first time the same way. I think it was a little too overwhelming an experience for me to take in much of the plot, but I was fascinated by the imagery.
Same movie for me & '67's "Jungle Book"
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13 hours ago, Bethluvsfilms said:
Of the two versions from James Cain's novel, I prefer the 1946 version. It was sexier (despite the fact there were no actual sex scenes unlike it's 80's successor), and for me Garfield IS Frank Chambers and always will be, just as Lana Turner will always be Cora, they were just that memorable in the roles.
Now Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange turned in fine performances in the 1981 film, but the script lets them down, badly and it also drags down the whole film, right up to the unsatisfactory climax.
Also appreciate the fact that the Frank and Cora in the earlier version at least showed some remorse for what they did to Nick....didn't see one lick of remorse from either Nicholson's Frank or Lange's Cora. As a matter of fact (SPOILER ALERT) Frank is rather smug as he is exiting the jail that he's beaten the rap (though Cora threatens later on to rat on him to the D.A.....if he can't be tried again, what the heck was he afraid of, and if wasn't really charged at the time, and thus still could be tried for Nick's murder, what was he doing in jail?).
Garfield's Frank is reluctant to want to kill Nick (at first), acknowledging that Nick never did him any wrong, it is Turner's Cora who urges him that they would be happier without her hubby in the way....yet she does acknowledge later on they did in fact take a life but foolishly believes that (again SPOILER ALERT) their unborn child will make up for taking Nick's life. Their final fates, technically, is just, because they had no right to commit murder, they had the option to just walk away, which Cora refused to do because she wanted her cake and eat it too. Still there is a sense of tragedy that things didn't have to end this way but their pride, greed, stubbornness and passion for each other proved to be their undoing.
You really want karma to catch up to Frank and Cora in the 1981 film, just as it did in the 1946 movie (as I say the Frank and Cora in the 80's film weren't the least bit sorry for what they did to Nick), but justice was only HALF served, which defeats the whole purpose of the story, not to mention the meaning of the title of Cain's book.
But *Lange proved she was a strong actress in it after "King Kong" (l976) & the overall 1946 film is stronger
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& Hanks taken for granted again per usual within the last few years
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Jakeem, your on the ball once again pal! Strangely they snubbed *Streep though?
I still bet overall with the 2017 *Oscar nods though "Dunkirk" & "Shape of Water" lead with the most
(P.S. sent you a couple messages)
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21 hours ago, CaveGirl said:
I remember it like it was yesterday. I was watching something on the tv that I found mesmerizing. And why not, since I was only about three or maybe even younger, and might not have ever watched before. My mother says she could not pull me away from the set, and thinks I was around that age. My earliest memory of anything is being in a crib, and supposedly I was out of it by the age of two.
My mother says I never had before seemed interested in the television and would mostly play with toys and ignore the set. My memory is that of a black and white film, that I think was probably from around the 1940's war years. This may sound silly but this is my vision formed after many years of what I saw from years of watching 1940's films and comparing them in my mind to my first film because I can still see scenes from this movie distinctly in my memory bank. I have only visuals, since I would not have had the words at that age, but what I remember most was a man falling off a bridge. I also remember that the film had something about an oil painting as a plotline, and there was another more famous painting underneath the newly over-painted one, and people were trying to smuggle it or hide it from the authorities. Even at this early age, the film was full of suspense and mystery.
I think the part with the man falling off the bridge, who maybe had been pushed, impressed me and also maybe was so dramatic that it stuck in my mind forever. My mother says I would constantly ask again and again, to see the show with the man on the bridge. To this day I've never seen it again, and you'd think with all the films I have seen that I would have encountered this scene at least once, but alas, no not ever as yet. Which still gives me hope that before I shed this coil, I will see it one more time and find if the film lives up to what I remember as being totally wonderful.I think most film fans and buffs of any major intensity, might have a fond feeling for the first film they ever saw so if you do, please share as it is fun to hear of other's beginnings with watching movies, as not just a sometimes sport, but as a real avocation for those who are addicted to the medium!
GREAT TOPIC!
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My mom took me to "Mary Poppins" in a reissue around '68 or so
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22 hours ago, jamesjazzguitar said:
Thanks for the info because I also had no idea who that guy was. Anyhow, My Favorite Year is one of my Favorite post studio-era films. Oh course the main reason being it's studio-era roots as explained by the hosts.
& directed by actor Richard Benjamin too
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15 hours ago, Sepiatone said:
You didn't see a connection because there was no "connection" except the mention that after BT I stuck around to watch "My Favorite Year".
And as it seemed EVERYONE 'round these boards knew that movie was scheduled last night I didn't see HOW anyone could think this thread was about something else.
Well, no WONDER I didn't know who that guy was. I don't have HBO, and I sorta resent Maltin's assumption that EVERYBODY does.
Sepiatone
To Sepiatone, was Maltin also a "GP"-("Guest Programmer") & if so, can you give me details on his 4 flix?
In the 1980's he wrote me back & with an ET logo-("Entertainment Tonight") on his top ten favorite movies>
*"Casablanca"
"The Maltese Falcon" (l94l version)
"Kane"
"Singin' in the Rain"
"The 39 Steps" (l935)
":Dumbo"
"His Girl Friday"
"A Night at the 0pera"
"King Kong" (33)
"modern Times" & "Swing Time" were his
& as for actors I know *Chaplin was his hero
& still has a marvelous site
Please let me know & I thank you
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On 12/12/2017 at 9:11 AM, Sepiatone said:
Stayed up to watch it after BEING THERE last night. Saw it lots of times and despite that I always manage to smile at all the funny parts( which are many), but STILL laugh out loud at the scene in which, when BENJIE brings Swann to his mother's home in Brooklyn for dinner and his Aunt shows up wearing her WEDDING GOWN.....
"Thanks. I only wore it once."
And in passing, I'll also express the opinion that of all the actors capable of showing a bemused expression. O'Toole's is the BEST.
My only consternation is at one point, when Maltin is talking to the guest programmer, a man who I had NO IDEA as to who he was, he mentioned the man being in one of the "funniest TV shows" but failed to mention WHICH ONE! I STILL have no idea who that guy was.
I didn't catch the name when it was mentioned, so........ Sepiatone
Always thought "Being There" was simply brilliant on every level. & 1982's terrific "My Faviorite Year" was a rarity in that Johnny Carson actually liked it so much, he somewhat gave it a plug on "The Tonight Show"
Many are already aware it was based on Errol Flynn on TV's "Your Show of Shows"-(I think it was the title?)
Another of 0'Toole's record (0 & 8 *Oscar noms.)
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On 12/11/2017 at 2:12 PM, laffite said:
Like Salieri, perhaps. Oh, there may be an actual grave but musically he is all but buried ...
& it won 8 *Oscars & made $53 million too
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On 12/11/2017 at 11:25 PM, Bethluvsfilms said:
While I like the Green Mile very much, I always felt The Shawshank Redemption was the better film....for one thing I think the movie had better villains. The warden (who I agree is another one I would nominate for a run in with the pitchfork) and the prison guard Hadley were more convincingly subtle in their villainy than Green Mile's Percy Wetmore and not so over the top as Wild Bill.
Shawshank also has a much more subtle message to it (never give up hope no matter what), and much more satisfying conclusion than Green Mile does. But this is just my opinion.
TREMENDOUS!
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My personal picks for "Essential Edward G."
"Key Largo" "Double Indemnity"=-(though mot among his greatest performances), "The Sea Wolf" "Little Caesar"_(I agree w/Danny Peary of "Alternate Oscars" & he deserved the *Academy Award)
He always felt 1940's "Dr. Erlich's Magic Bullet" was his best role
& of course 1965's "C. Kid"-(outright deserved s. actor & wasn't even in the race for it)
THANK YOU
(P.S. In '99 there was a very elderly guard at Warner Bros tour that knew him)
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16 hours ago, LawrenceA said:
Two Seconds (1932) - Downer domestic drama from First National and director Mervyn Le Roy. Edward G. Robinson stars as John Allen, a tough skyscraper construction worker with no luck at love. His best pal, co-worker Bud (Preston Foster), tries to set him up on dates, with no success. One night John happens to wander into a dancehall where he meets taxi-dancer-with-an-attitude Shirley (Vivienne Osborne). John falls her feisty charms and beautiful looks, even though Bud warns him that she's no good. But some guys just have to learn the hard way... Also featuring Guy Kibbee, J. Carrol Naish, Frederik Burton, Berton Churchill, Harry Beresford, and William Janney.
You know where things are headed as the film begins with Robinson's execution by electric chair imminent. The plot serves to show how he got there and why, and it's a fairly well done, if cliched (even for 1932), study on marital discord and the failed expectations of love and matrimony. Robinson's performance is pitched for the back row, but since this is the cinema rather than the stage, it can get a bit broad, with his courtroom meltdown scene firmly straddling the line between manic intensity and unbridled ham. (7/10)
Source: TCM.
Great poster!
To Lawrence, I remember this on but a number of years ago. Surely a bit dated & over the top though (**1/2-out of four) & not among his finest, opt of 101
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On 12/9/2017 at 9:41 AM, TomJH said:
Great to hear from a newbe with no anger issues.
Not a great, or good version for that matter Most cite the 1951 British version as finest
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Plus the OFCS-=(online film critics society)?
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& anything from the Florida Film Critics yet?
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What time are the SAG noms announced?
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On 12/3/2017 at 1:02 PM, jakeem said:When I first started oddsmaking *0scar, there were mainly only a few like the G. Globes, NYFCC, LAFCA & National Board of Review, [plus of course the DGALaurie Metcalf, who plays the exasperated mother of the title character in "Lady Bird," was named Best Supporting Actress of 2017. She is considered a leading contender for an Academy Award. Last week, she was selected Best Supporting Actress by The National Board of Review.The veteran performer is having a very good year. In June, she won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her role as Nora Helmer in the 2017 drama "A Doll's House, Part 2." The production was playwright Lucas Hnath's continuation of the 1879 play by Norway's Henrik Ibsen.Viewers of the television series "Rosanne" will remember Metcalf as Jackie Harris. She won three consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards in the 1990s for her supporting performances as Rosanne's younger sister. The sitcom is scheduled to be revived by ABC in the spring of 2018.The LA Film Critics Association's runner-up for Best Supporting Actress was the Grammy Award-winning singer Mary J. Blige for her acting turn in the drama "Mudbound."32 minutes ago, jakeem said:Here’s the full list of winners:BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM"God’s Own Country," Francis Lee, Jack Tarling, Manon ArdissonBEST DIRECTORRungano Nyoni, "I Am Not A Witch"BEST ACTORJosh O’Connor, "God’s Own Country"BEST ACTRESSFlorence Pugh, "Lady Macbeth"BEST SCREENPLAYAlice Birch, "Lady Macbeth"BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESSPatricia Clarkson, "The Party"BEST SUPPORTING ACTORSimon Russell Beale, "The Death Of Stalin"DEBUT SCREENWRITERFrancis Lee, "God’s Own Country"THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD (BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR)Rungano Nyoni, "I Am Not A Witch"
BEST DOCUMENTARY"Almost Heaven," directed by Carol SalterBREAKTHROUGH PRODUCEREmily Morgan, "I Am Not A Witch"BEST INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM"Get Out," directed by Jordan PeeleBEST BRITISH SHORT FILM"Fish Story"MOST PROMISING NEWCOMERNaomi Ackie, "Lady Macbeth"THE DISCOVERY AWARD"In Another Life", Jason Wingard, Hannah Stevenson, Rebecca Clare Evans, Chris BouckleyBEST CINEMATOGRAPHYAri Wegner, "Lady Macbeth"BEST CASTINGSarah Crowe, "The Death Of Stalin"BEST COSTUME DESIGNHolly Waddington, "Lady Macbeth"BEST EDITINGJon Gregory, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"BEST EFFECTSNick Allder, Ben White, "The Ritual"
BEST MUSICCarter Burwell, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
BEST MAKE UP & HAIR DESIGNNicole Stafford, "The Death of Stalin"BEST PRODUCTION DESIGNCristina Casali, "The Death of Stalin"BEST SOUNDAnna Bertmark, "God’s Own Country"To Jakeem, an even grater job than last year by you Do you agree there are now far too-many of these annual pre8oscar awards though? & it's finally good to see that some place acknowledges Andy Serkis It's obvious "Shape of water" will lead both the Globe & *Oscar noms though, with "Dunkirk' a close runner-up, only with the *AMPAS do to them not really having many technical categories, same with SAFG Awards
Willem Dafoe (pictured below with co-star Brooklynn Prince) was selected Best Supporting Actor of 2017 for his performance as Bobby Hicks, the manager of The Magic Castle Motel in "The Florida Project." He received Best Supporting Actor honors last week from The National Board of Review and The New York Film Critics Circle.
The LA Film Critics Association's runner-up for Best Supporting Actor was Sam Rockwell of the drama "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri."
Dafoe previously won the award in this category for his performance in the 2000 film "Shadow of the Vampire," director E. Elias Merhige's fictional account of the making of German film pioneer F. W. Murnau's 1922 classic "Nosferatu."
The LAFCA's Best Supporting Actor winner last year was Mahershala Ali of "Moonlight." He went on to win the Academy Award for his performance.
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WOW, you are pretty much the only individual to cite Michelle Pfeiffer being in this race I remembere this one & thought it mediocre (**) personally though But her performance is a 180 from her usual & most famous roles
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I haven't seen it yet & am wondering what others on here think? Overall it now appears it's a 3 way race to sweep the *Oscars i.e Best Picture "Dunkirk" "The Post" & "Shape of water"
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To Jakeem or whomever else, is "Shape of Water" really that good?
I didn't catch the name when it was mentioned, so........
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