nsallieharding
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The Alec Guinness movies were great, Hotel Paradiso (1966), Scapegoat(1959) and All at Sea (1958)are movies that I have never seen before. Scapegoat was one of the best movies I have ever seen by Alec Guinness. There are some more movies that will be worth the wait for also:
19 Friday (I gave away my copy of this and it will be nice to get it back)
The Teahouse Of The August Moon (1956) An Okinawan translator introduces U.S. occupation forces to the joys of local life. Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford, Eddie Albert. D: Daniel Mann. C 123m. LBX CC DVS
24 Wednesday ( This epic did not fare well at its release because people were down on epics because of the hype and big let down with Cleopatra)
The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) A mad emperor's excesses leave the Roman Empire open to barbarian invasions. Sophia Loren, Christopher Plummer, Alec Guinness. D: Anthony Mann. C 183m. LBX
28 Sunday
Sunset Boulevard (1950) A failed screenwriter falls into a mercenary romance with a faded silent-film star. Gloria Swanson, William Holden, Erich Von Stroheim. D: Billy Wilder. BW 110m.
29 Monday
What Price Hollywood? (1932) A drunken director whose career is fading helps a waitress become a Hollywood star. Constance Bennett, Lowell Sherman, Neil Hamilton. D: George Cukor. BW 88m.
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Summer Under the Stars is a little boring and repetitious, everyone knows it. There are about 5 movies that are being aired which are unique for the whole month, the rest are shown so many times that there is no reason to tune in (like my Mom says I'm not going to waste electricity on that). That being said, I really don't mind because there are other options out there and no channel is great all the time, we shouldn't feel like we need to be loyal to any one channel or option, rent DVDs, pick up a premium channel, or just turn the old tube off.
In short, it is ok to say that TCM is pretty boring this month and I'll just watch something else.
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The 47 Ronin, Part II (1942)
Aug 13 08:00am
Movies, 120 Mins.
***+ (Rated NR)
Japanese Lord Asano's 47 loyal samurai avenge his forced ritual suicide, as the two-part film ends.
Cast: Chojuro Kawarasaki, Yoshizaburo Arashi, Mantoyo Mimasu.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi.
Future Airings:
The 47 Ronin, Part II (1942), IFC Aug 13 02:00pm
The 47 Ronin, Part II (1942), IFC Aug 14 06:00am
"The 47 Ronin" is a pathetic account of a real japanese event, that took place around 1780. 47 Samurai warriors were forced to commit Seppuku, ( ritual suicide by perforating your own stomach ) after they avenge their master's humiliation and eventual death.
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It is an interesting note that Blockbuster lost so much money this last quarter and they blame it on a lack luster crop of Hollywood movies. As a result the bottom fell out of their stock, but after visiting one of their stores I can see why they are loosing money, a half dozen movies filled their walls and all movies that I would not even want to see on HBO or Showtime!
I get a little amused how people always dwell on Hollywood when the best movies are made in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and the UK. If it doesn't say BBC Films at the opening credits, and Sony Classics at the end, I know it is a bad movies.
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Wilde (1997)
IFC - Aug 08 01:45am
Movies, 120 Mins.
*** (Rated R)(Enhanced Wide-Screen)
Playwright Oscar Wilde espouses personal style, breaks conventions and attacks Victorian repression. Adult Situations; Language; Nudity.
Cast: Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave, Jennifer Ehle, Gemma Jones, Judy Parfitt, Michael Sheen, Zoe Wanamaker, Tom Wilkinson.
Director(s): Brian Gilbert.
Producer(s): Michiyo Yoshizaki, Michael Viner, Deborah Raffin, Alan Howden, Alex Graham, Marc Samuelson, Peter Samuelson.
Based on the best-selling biography by Richard Ellman, this unconventional biopic traces the brilliant, witty, and tragic life of Oscar Wilde from his rise to fame as a much-in-demand author and public speaker to his downfall and ultimate imprisonment for homosexuality. Irish-born and homosexual, Wilde (Stephen Fry, in a critically lauded performance) nevertheless takes a loving wife (Jennifer Ehle), with whom he has children. While married, he becomes aware of his true sexual identity after a chance encounter with an aggressive house guest. This leads to a very public affair with vain, rebellious young Lord Alfred Douglas (Jude Law), the son of the Marquess of Queensbury (Tom Wilkinson, IN THE BEDROOM). Despite an astoundingly successful writing career, Wilde's private life lands him in prison for "gross indecency," a synonym for homosexual behavior, which was illegal in England at the time.
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Two great films air on TCM this week, Monday Aug 8:
Aug 08 09:15am
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968)
Movies, 120 Mins.
*** (Rated PG)
Three veterans are reunited in Italy with a mutual lover they've been supporting for 20 years. Adult Situations.
Cast: Gina Lollobrigida, Shelley Winters, Peter Lawford, Phil Silvers, Telly Savalas, Lee Grant, Janet Margolin.
Director(s): Melvin Frank.
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Aug 08 08:00pm
Alfie (1966)
Movies, 115 Mins.
**** (Rated PG)
A cynical cockney bachelor picks up women, treats them badly and tells why in asides to the camera. Adult Situations; Language.
Cast: Michael Caine, Shelley Winters, Millicent Martin, Julia Foster, Jane Asher, Shirley Anne Field, Vivien Merchant, Eleanor Bron, Denholm Elliott, Alfie Bass, Graham Stark, Murray Melvin, Sydney Tafler.
Director(s): Lewis Gilbert.
Producer(s): Lewis Gilbert.
Distribution: Paramount
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Constance Bennett
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This reminds me of the story, "The Monkeys Paw". I wouldn't invite or wish anyone dead to show up at my door because they would stink the house up and they wouldn't want to be brought back anyway so they would be very upset! My second wish would be to wish them away. I would only have one wish left and it would be to have every movie made that is lost delivered to me on a regular bases by snail mail.
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On Fox Movie Channel Sunday Aug 6 at 10:00am:
The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
Movies, 120 Mins.
*** (Rated NR)
A small-town Mississippi boss tries to pair his daughter with an enigmatic drifter. Based on stories by William Faulkner. Adult Situations.
Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Orson Welles, Lee Remick, Angela Lansbury.
Director(s): Martin Ritt.
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The Wide Screen version of "Hello Dolly" aired on FMC a couple of weeks ago. They also aired the pan and scan version a week after, but I didn't waste time on that one. I guess that the nice thing about Directv is that it is easy to go online and change your programming choices, I do it alot, when I see something good on Shotime Unlimited or the HBO channels I pick them up or change one for the other and still keep the same monthly pricing. The weak thing about them is that they are limited on their premium channels (no HBO Comedy, Showtime Beyond). What did you have before, Dish Network or cable?
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Sweet Smell of Success is leased to Showtime, it is a great movie. I just saw it about two weeks ago. Tony is a real character in this movie who gets what he deserves in the end.
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This is the age old story, the critics just raved about this movie but everyone else asked for their money back as they walked out of the theatre. I just think that when films try to be so didactic they become a bore and impossible to watch.
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The 47 Ronin, Part I (1941)will be airing on IFC this saturday so don't miss it, it will be your only chance to see it. It will not be airing anywhere else for sure, and you won't find it at any DVD rental.
Japanese Lord Asano's 47 loyal samurai seek revenge for his forced ritual suicide, in the first of two parts.
Cast: Chojuro Kawarasaki, Yoshizaburo Arashi, Mantoyo Mimasu.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi.
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My favorites are anything by Irving Berlin,but "We're Having a Heat Wave" recorded in 1933 is one of the best. I also like Artie Shaw and Billy Holiday, Her song, "They Say" and "Why Don't You Do Right" are so good. The lyrics go like this----
You been goin round from door to door
letin other women make a fool out of you
Why don't you do right
Like some other men do
So get out of here
And, get me some money too.
Jazz Revisited on public radio plays these musicians.
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Yes, it airs on HBO Signature. Go to HBO schedule to see when it airs again so that you can see it.
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His film, One, Two, Three (1961)**** is my favorite. It is about a Coca-Cola company man in West Germany who panics when the Coca-Cola heiress marries a communist. It is directed by Billy Wilder so you know it's great. It aired on TCM about a year ago, its fast dialogue keeps the movie going, never letting up. I believe this was Cagneys last movie, I know he hated working on it because of the fast pace of the film.
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Thanks for all this interesting information from people who are so knowledgeable on the topic. I go to the Sony web page often to see which films they are restoring at the moment and which ones they have finished working on (sonypicturesmuseum.com). I notice that the Sony MGM/UA films show up on the Showtime, TMC, and Flix channels and the Fox films on HBO and Cinemax. You never see a Fox film on Showtime and never a Sony film on HBO. There most be some kind of backroom deals going on for this to be the case. This topic is so interesting to keep up with.
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I was perfectly willing to let this thread die, but I'm a good Irish person and I will join a good fight anytime! There was less of us bastards back then and we caused less damage. We sow what we weep and I think that it is too late for us to apologize for it. I was taught way back in high school in the 1970's that burning fossil foil caused future damage. I am not a liberal or a conservative, I'm a person who looks at the facts and makes imperical judgments. That is all.
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Foreign films are my favorites, some of the movies that I have on My Queue that I will be viewing soon are:
1: Onibaba (1964)Directed my Kaneto Shindo.
2: Ikiru (1952) Directed by Kurosawa.
3: Sanjuro (1962)D. Kurosawa.
4: War and Peace (1967) Directed by Sergi Bondarchuk. (Russian)Don't get this one confused with the terrible one that airs on TCM.
5: Repulsion (1965) Directed by Roman Polanski.
6: The Horse's Mouth (1958) Directed by Ronald Neame.
7: Ruling Class (1972) Directed by Peter Medak.
8: City of the Dead(1960)Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey, my horror movie for the month.
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I enjoy the music also, I've recorded tons of it off of public radio. It's so bouncy and goodtimes feeling that you can't help but enjoy it. The 1930's black movement is my favorite, the kind of stuff that influenced Bing Crosby during the 30's, and shows up in his early movies.
I enjoy the Art of the period also, which was influence by Jazz (Cubism, Abstract Expressionism, and Surrealism). I'm so lucky that I live just 2 hours away from Washington D.C., so that I can see all these great works of art on a regular basis.
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And as Stan said to Ollie: "I think we made a mistake buying the Brooklyn Bridge from that guy who sold it to us", Ollie replies, "no we didn't, we are gong to make a lot of money on that bridge someday".
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When casting someone as Marilyn, what has to be remembered is that she was intelligent, she took her acting serious, she was not fat. Drew fits all of these requirements better than anyone at this moment in time. Someone may come along later who is better suited, but for now Drew is the only one that comes close.
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I signed up with the special $4.99 deal that Blockbuster Online has going now just so I can get all of her movies, she was so wonderful. Some of the best movies ever made were made in the 1960's and to me this was the true golden age of Hollywood. So many great directors and stars were at their zenith at this moment in time. They felt free to express themselves because the conservative McCarthy era was over. A new President JFK gave us hope, freedom of expression blossomed, the Arts flourished, it was our golden age.
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Vallo, your right about sun spots, and the sun in general. I notice with Directv that the movies I watch during the night have better reception than when the signal has to compete with the sun. I would be interested if others experience the same effect, but to me the image is a little more pixilated during the day, especially in the summer months.
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Alaster Sim was also great in "The Ruling Class (1972)
154 Minutes.
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe.
Directed by Peter Medak.
This movie was meant to be released through United Artist, but they wanted to cut it down to 2 hours so the directer bought them out and released it through AVEC.
O'Tool is the heir to the title of 14th earl of Gurney but his relatives are a bit concerned about his behavior. Seems that he believes that he is Jesus Christ! So in order to protect the family name, they plan on arranging for him to sire an heir, then lock him up in a sanitarium.
You can rent this movie from Nexflex or Blockbuster online. It is a great movie.