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By the way, I will be printing up a little sheet for each of us that features their secret menu (taking their burgers, fries, and shakes to the extreme), so we can really go to town this year!

I've mentioned before about Taxi Driver coming out on Blu (April 5th) and the it certainly is looking to be one the great releases for content to come out so far this year. Amazon's pre-order price is $12.99!!! from the review on Blu-ray.com Sony has pulled out all the stops and released what amounts to a definitive Blu-ray edition of Taxi Driver. *Housed in a sturdy and handsome trifold cardboard case that contains a dozen color and black-and-white lobby card reprints, this special edition also boasts a myriad of on-disc extras, including an interactive script, three audio commentaries, a Martin Scorsese interview, several featurettes, a making-of documentary that runs over an hour in length, storyboards, photo galleries, and more*. Interactive Script to Screen: A unique feature that presents the script on-screen as the film plays. Users may choose to sync the script with the film or to peruse it independently of the movie. Original 1986 Audio Commentary: Originally recorded for the Criterion Collection LaserDisc release of Taxi Driver, this track features Director Martin Scorsese and Writer Paul Schrader. Scorsese discusses his filmmaking style, shooting in New York, set design, casting, and plenty of other insightful tidbits. Meanwhile, Schrader discusses the rapidity with which he wrote the script, the themes of the story, the genesis of metaphor through theme, refinements to the script along the way, and plenty more. The commentators were recorded separately and later edited together. A moderator of sorts identifies the speakers and provides various background tidbits of her own. Audio Commentary: University of Virginia Professor Robert Kolker delivers what is easily the best and certainly most unique commentary of the bunch. His insights are incredibly precise and thought-provoking as he dissects the picture from every conceivable angle; he points out nuances in the photography and colors, how every scene emphasizes the greater whole, and much more. This track is basically akin to attending a film class lecture; it is alone worth the price of admission. Audio Commentary: Writer Paul Schrader returns to man the third and final track, discussing candidly the fallacies in his original script, differences from the script and the final film, the superiority of an actor demonstrating a trait rather than describing it, the performances of the cast, and plenty more. There are a few lengthy stretches of silence; still, this is a quality track, but if time is a factor it's the one of the three to gloss over. Martin Scorsese on Taxi Driver (1080p, 16:52): The director discusses what it took to get the film onto the screen: the people who made it happen, the casting process, Writer Paul Schrader's vision, the filmmakers's passion for the project, his inspirations and shooting styles, the character of Travis Bickle, the film's noir roots and European influences, and more. Producing Taxi Driver (1080p, 9:53): Producer Michael Phillips speaks on his involvement in the project: his attraction to the script, the film's themes, its characters, the work of Director Martin Scorsese and Actor Robert De Niro, the friction between the filmmakers and the studio, and other fascinating insights. Writer Paul Schrader also shares a few thoughts throughout the piece. God's Lonely Man (1080p, 21:42): An in-depth look at Travis Bickle, set against the backdrop of Writer Paul Schrader discussing his personal background and his influences in and process of writing the script. Influence and Appreciation: A Martin Scorsese Tribute (1080p, 18:30): Oliver Stone, Paul Schrader, Roger Corman, Robert De Niro, Robert Kolker, and others speak on the work and style of Director Martin Scorsese while also exploring the man behind the films. Taxi Driver Stories (1080p, 22:23): Former cab drivers discuss working in New York City in the 1970s. Making Taxi Driver (480p, 1:10:55): A comprehensive documentary that covers the entire filmmaking process, looking at the qualities and themes of the film, the work of the cast and crew, the film's legacy, and plenty more. Much of the information overlaps from previous commentaries and supplements, but viewers looking for a piece that's thorough but a bit more concise than the entire supplemental package will find much value here. Travis' New York (1080p, 6:16): Taxi Driver Cinematographer Michael Chapman and former New York Mayor Ed Koch discuss the New York of the 1970s. Travis' New York Locations (1080p, 4:49): A fascinating split-screen feature that shows nine clips from the 1975 film alongside the same New York locations as they were in 2006. Intro to Storyboards by Martin Scorsese (1080p, 4:32): The director speaks on the importance of storyboarding to his success. Storyboard to Film Comparison (1080p, 8:21): Various scenes played alongside their hand-drawn storyboard counterparts. Galleries (1080p, 9:28): Bernard Herrmann Score, On Location, Publicity Materials, and Scorsese at Work. Taxi Driver Theatrical Trailer (480p, 2:09).

Hi, Edge, I mentioned Misfits at the bottom of the Ben-Hur post below, and The Horse Soldiers a page back.

Edge, thanks for taking the time to list those. I was going to do it earlier this morning but couldn't catch a break from work.

Saturday, April 1, 1939

Two Weeks With Love airs today on TCM Leslie Nielsen, Walter Brennan, and Vic Damone appear today

The 39 Steps stage production you are referrring to is likely the one that has been around for about 6 years. It has 4 actors assuming all the roles. I saw it and it is quite fun.

The cover art has been announced for Night Flight

mav, don't even bother. If you check out mikemcgee's posts in other threads, you will find out that what he means by wanting TCM to run "film history" is he wants them to show Nazi propoganda films. He comes out of hiding every once awhile and starts in again on this. This is one of his posts (exactly as written): your propaganda german classic films like titanic were made either at low or mediam budgetts and were made in a hurry for example the personal lives of the characters in the 1943 version were reduced to show more of their public lives to get the propaganda message across others like fredericus bismark and it's seqeul and kolberg the last propganda film and the only one in color the historical characters were shown more for what they did in the public than their private lives one of the succeful musical german propaganda films wuntzkonzert was actually a low bugette movie it used footage from the movie olympia there were only three musical numbers crammed near the end two numbers from non propaganda films that were on a better budgett three bachalors in paradise 1940 and one night in may 1938 in which in those movies the numbers were done better than in wuntsckonzert the actress who played inge ilsa werner who played in munchassen wasnt given a chance to display her singing talents and her novelty to whistle tunes probably cause of low budgett outside of this over of the 1000 films that were done between 33 and 45 were mainly escapist types like **** blut the empress and I the family buscholts starring the first actress of german cinema henny portence the family schnieke andy hardy type movie rose in tirol starring the abbot and costello of germany hans moser and theo ligens Gierwally women of my dreams the postmaster most of these films were musical romances and family fare of that time

Friday, March 31, 1939

Michael Landon is on TCM today

classicflix.com is reporting that Vera Cruz is coming from MGM on Blu-ray for June 7th! No extras, except for a trailer. http://www.classicflix.com/vera-cruz-bluray-june-a-944.html?osCsid=6c025961469f6826a8ddac0c764b0fe7

Thursday, March 30th, 1939 I love this idea of having a famous star as each of Flynn's loves

> {quote:title=musikone wrote:}{quote} > Keep in mind that this festival is held in *France,* where people don't know how to make movies! > > > musikone Tell me something...do you really believe in the things you post or do you just like to start firefights?

Hi, musikone, When you want to reply to one particular post or person, you should click reply on that person's post, not the most recent person to reply. Doing it the latter way causes confusion because it looks like you are responding to them.

I was born in B.C. But I am a proud American now.

Fred, In your reply to musikone, you said, "Try to disregard the insults of our rude posters who think they own the board." I have looked through every reply to musikone in this thread and no one has insulted him in their reply to him. Show me where anyone did. filmlover

lz, here is that thread: http://forums.tcm.com/thread.jspa?threadID=158191&tstart=330&messageID=8491869#8491869 musikone, the first post contains a TCM definition. Be sure to read through ALL the posts in the thread and you will see why we don't want to go through it all again. And even that thread was a spinoff of other threads.

Sorry, thought you were degrading Canadians. I was born in Canada.

> {quote:title=musikone wrote:}{quote} > *How would you define a "classic" film?* What is fair game for showing under this label and what is not? How about a film released in the year 2000? Or the year 1990? Or the year 1980? Etc., etc. > > Should and of these films be denied a "classic" designation? > > Think about it. > > > musikone > > Al is in Wonderland! > where things are seldom what they seem to be Don't even go there. We had a very long thread about this and in the final verdict, nobody agreed about anything and nobody changed their mind from when they entered the thread.

One thing that nobody has mentioned in this thread yet is that last night - if you took the time to watch - was about selections from TCM guest programmers. The films chosen were ones that mean something special to them. Annie Hall, by the way, won Best Picture, and actually when was the last time you saw it aired on another channel? In Which We Serve was from 1942, and is one of the great dramas about WWII ever made. Elevator To The Gallows was from 1958 and I cannot recall when I have ever seen it on TV. Jason and the Argonauts was from 1963, which makes it almost 50 years old (come on, how old does a film have to be to be a "classic") and has a great Bernard Herrmann score, plus it is a wonderful Ray Harryhausen fantasy film. To finish off the evening, TCM had two other Harryhausen films. What's wrong with that?

What are you going on about? Why are you explaining a DVR to me? I already mention a DVR in my answer (mine has a capacity of 250 hours - or 50 HD hours).

Wed., March 29th, 1939