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I haven't seen the film.... but I was just looking at a bio about Bob Fosse within the last few weeks and the section about the making of Star 80 was fascinating, if also disturbing. It was pretty clear that everyone involved was more than a bit uncomfortable with it all. Fosse was really in a dark place moodwise at the time and was really afraid of hurting the actors, who he truly liked while filming such sordid scenes. Eric Roberts hated playing his role (he got it though over the original pick, Richard Gere). The whole crew were dreading the filming of the ending, since the film was shot in sequence. It also remarked how unlike most crime films, almost every single moment of the film was meticulously planned, almost choreographed before filming.

I'm just happy to see so many turn up there! I already caught up with The Happy Ending and The hospital and I was after those for years......

Indeed. Their later glory years, then they were much curtailed after Heaven's Gate. Just for the record, one of their 80s films, Betrayed (1988) is also on Prime as well, so that can be added to the list. I think that 1984's Pope of Greenwich Village is also up as well.

This reminds me. I stopped months ago after 1961 on the UA project. I'll pick it up again, take it all the way.....

Perhaps it was the nature of the character. After all, that big reveal of Dunaway's was notorious at the time.

That's true. Paramount has a rich history, and so much is undereen. Not just De Mille, but many 30s/40s films not seen for years, the Hal Wallis productions, even titles from the 70s and 80s that are very rare occurrences on TV

1917, I guess. Alternate:Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Joaquin Phoenix Renee Zellweger Brad Pitt Laura Dern Bong Joon-Ho/Parasite Little Women Once Upon a Time in Hollywood parasite joker (blah) Hope that 1917 wins here. "I 'm Going to Love Myself Again"/Rocketman Alternate:" Into the Unknown "/Frozen II Ford V Ferrari once Upon a Time in Hollywood Little Women The Lion King bombshell 1917 1917 Toy Story 4

They might have been cut thanks to the pan and scan.

Plus many Paramount titles haven't shown in a long time. But Paramount is bringing The Firm and The Hours this year. I liked the former in spite of a confusing ending, but The Hours was too dry for me outside of the performances.

I thought it was Oscar month. With more recent films to act as hooks for younger audiences, plus many well known classics.

There have always been message films, but it is true that some films these days force-feed it too hard. I saw a title on HBO yesterday from 2018 called The Hate U Give. It was like being hit on the back of the head repeatedly with a frying pan for over two hours. I got the picture within 5 minutes about what we were supposed to think, but then it went on endlessly. Sincere performances could only help so much.

The thing is though that many of the films that are showing are wonderful films. But, yes many repeat too much. In the whole month of February, there are only 65 films I have not seen. But it is TCM's most watched month....

Not as far as I know

It is interesting that Sylvia Miles was the one person who received Oscar attention for this (as Jessie Riordan) but until this post, no mention of her was made.

Somewhere out there in the world is the alarming double feature of Cats and Dolittle.... Alarming enough to make you make a face like this before the end.....

Nudity (of both genders), rape, murder, language. Up until now, it was aired in an edited cut with a TV-PG rating. The film was originally rated R, so that's some indication.

The one thing I'm curious about with the new version of West Side Story is if Rita Moreno, who is back in a small (if also reportedly beefed up role) gets another nomination for being in a new version of the film that brought her a win in early 1962.

it's worth noting that he made ABC into a giant in the late 70s. Up until that time, it had been the puny younger sibling of CBS and NBC and lagged in the ratings, but Silverman turned it for a time into the biggest network on TV.

my anticipation for it is low as well. I'm beginning to wonder if its a new trend to promote one of next year's award contenders at this year's Oscars. Last year Netflix advertised for The Irishman during a commercial break. [tangent note: netflix films The Irishman, Atlantics, American Factory, and Marriage Story are all getting Criterion Collection DVD/Blu releases later this year]

Coming in April on DVD/Blu-Ray, a rare Bette Davis title. Also in April, one of the most polarizing titles of the late 60s on DVD/Blu

it seems Ramos is in the highly anticipated 2020 film In the Heights, based on the Tony Award winning musical, already pegged as a contender for next year. Call it early promoting.

Don't know who two of them are. I know Mackay. He's the young lead of 1917. Also appeared in the 2003 Peter Pan, The boys are Back (2009), and Captain Fantastic (2016). I'm just happy to see Keaton and Weaver and Cruz and Reeves and Martin here. people i have seen in many films.

More presenters announced. Including several very familiar faces.

February Blu-rays:

She was such a wonderful writer. Plenty of cinematic memories in her filmography.