johnm001

Not that I think the remake is a bad film. Just not in the same league as the original.

I have FIOS, and only get TCM in standard definition. The over the air channel MOVIES broadcasts in better quality. I wish FIOS would carry the TCM HD.

My brother found a Region Free DVD in Spain.O VENTO TAMBEIN TEM SEGREDOS.

that would be sad

In the summer of '73, I spent a rather fun and interesting evening with Omar Sharif in the Half Moon Club, in Salzburg, Austria. He cousin was the head waiter at the Cafe Winkler, and he and I had become friends. He was very nice and very funny. My he rest in peace. My favorite performance of his is as Feodor Sverdlov in THE TAMARIND SEED (which TCM really should show).

Right. They go through all the trouble and expense of shipping equipment, cast and crew to breathtaking locations, shooting in 70MM Todd-AO, and he destroys the beauty with garish filters and everyone stands in place and delivers musical numbers as if they were on a stage. That Hollywood producers allowed him 2 more musical films to direct, proves how inept they are at translating Broadway musicals to film.

GIGI has at least one MFL rejected song, "Say a Prayer for Me Tonight", which Eliza sang to Higgin's staff, just before the ball. It was cut while the show was still trying out, prior to Broadway opening. Minnelli's ON A CLEAR DAY... is horrible. However, at least he realizes he is making a movie, and not filming a play. He takes his camera outside and goes down a street. He understands he's working in the movies, far more than Cukor. The film needed Charles Walters or Robert Wise, or anyone else (other than Josh Logan), who understood MOTION pictures. Since you love MFL so much, you'll be happy to know they have done a "definitive" (at least from an image and sound perspective), Blu-ray, coming soon. I will not be buying it, just like all the previous home video releases.

I, personally, don't think that had anything to do with the WSS Oscars. Rita, is dubbed in all but, "America".

I've never made any contention other than I am thrilled Julie Andrews is not in the film version of MY FAIR LADY. It's abysmally directed, imo. Since you seems to know everything I've ever said about the film, I'm surprised you don't recall me saying that, many times.

She such a favorite of mine. Up until the early 70s, I saw every film she made, in a movie theater. I have excellent Blu-rays of THE MOON-SPINNERS, IN SEARCH OF THE CASTAWAYS, SUMMER MAGIC and my favorite THE TROUBLE WITH ANGELS. I have DVDs of WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND and many of her other films. She and her sister Juliet are appearing in Australia in the play, LEGENDS. I'd love for them to bring that to the States.

I certainly hope you ordered the original and not the remake!

I love SUSPIRIA beyond all reason.

Actually, the public did sort of stay away. MY FAIR LADY was a phenomenon on stage, and its cast album was the biggest selling album (any genre) of all-time, at the time the film was made. Jack Warner predicted that his film would be the biggest movie of all-time, and considering the success of the stage show and the cast album, it should have been. It wasn't even the biggest film of the year, and it's cost was high, so it's box-office net wasn't all the tremendous. Yes, it was a hit film, by any standard, just nowhere near what they anticipated. People definitely stayed away. As for Oscars, they aren't an indication of anything real. The real issue with MY FAIR LADY is not its cast, but its direction, which, despite what the Academy says, is abysmal.

We'll have to agree to disagree on this one!

It's an over-the-air channel, so it is available via cable or without. You should check to make sure.

I quoted myself to add that they also dubbed Russ Tamblyn in "The Jet Song", after the fact. Tamblyn recorded it and sang to his own track when they filmed the number, but Tucker Smith who is also is in the film and sings, "Cool", dubbed him. Saul Chaplin (associate producer and in charge of all the music choices), was funny that way. He had an expectation of how something should sound, and would choose to dub to get it. Although, accordingly to Tamblyn, he never heard that anyone was unhappy with his take on the song, and would have, gladly redone it, to give them what they wanted. Chaplin did the same thing to Rita Moreno, who is only singing in "America".

Originally, the film was going to be cast without any "stars". Then, the Mirisches got cold feet and said that one of the leads needed to be an established star. Thus Wood. Robert Wise's original choices for Tony and Maria were Keir Dullea and Barbara Luna. Dullea, refused to cut his hair for the role, and Luna was out when Wood was in. Years later, I sat next to Keir Dullea at a charity dinner, and asked him about the hair business. He confirmed, saying he was terrified of actually doing the role and used it as an excuse to get out of it. He didn't appear to regret it, though I don't know that, for sure. Beymer was cast, because Wise liked his audition. He was slated to be dubbed, from the beginning.

Saw it on MOVIES channel, not too long ago.

She did her own signing for WEST SIDE STORY, then was dubbed by Marni Nixon. I'm talking about her voice on the songs in WSS. Nixon's voice is better, with better intonation, but, I actually believe that all they needed to do was "sweeten" her voice, not completely replace it.

Why is it so hard to believe that people could recite all the dialog from a movie? In the case of VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED, for example, I had already seen it, 16 times while it was in theaters in 1960/61. I've seen it, countless times, since. Why shouldn't I be able to recite the dialog? Also, from 1959 until 1983 (and a couple of times, since), I was a regional stage actor. So, it was my job to memorize and recite lines. Still, I think anyone who has seen a film enough times should be able to recite the dialog. I can do that with several stage plays and musicals, as well.

It did????!!!!

There was such an enormous backlash when Audrey Hepburn got the role of Eliza, that from that point forward, women stars were very apprehensive to be dubbed in movie musicals. People, today, would find it difficult to believe how major a news item Hepburn's casting was. None of it positive. I am sure that is what was behind Lucy's not allowing herself to be dubbed. I even recall her addressing it on talk show, prior to MAME's release. I think it was THE MERV GRIFFIN SHOW. I also remember her stating that Lansbury had, in effect, turned the movie role down, stating that she preferred to work on the stage. Which, of course, was not true. I don't believe the bit about Lucy taking notes in the wings.

Still, as good as it might now look on home video, it looked cheap when it was released in theaters, at the end of the roadshow era, where we were used to seeing films projected in 70MM and 6-track stereophonic sound. 35MM mono, just didn't cut it.

I saw JAWS during its original theatrical release, about a dozen times, starting with a real, surprise sneak preview during a February evening showing of EARTHQUAKE (JAWS didn't open until the following summer). I never saw it on television, or any video release of the film. However, there definitely was a scene where all the bounty hunters were piled into various boats and Hooper is trying to reason with them. In fact, it is the scene when Hooper arrives. There is dialog between the men, in short snippets. Are you saying that this scene was not shown at the TCM theatrical showing, or that there is an extended version of this scene?