filmlover
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I would LOVE to see a movie about Herbie, or you want I should bop you with this here lollipop?.
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But there is no need for multiple threads.
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No, you are obsessed and I think many on the message board will agree.
For example, awhile back, at a time when you had created someting like 20 different threads about Garbo in a three-month period, the TCMWebAdmin asked you to keep your comments about GG to just one thread. Yet, here you are, now having created THREE different threads about the same movie with GG, "Inspiration," in three days (two on the 18th, and one on the 21st.)
That's obsession.
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Kino is releasing *The Early Years of Stanley Kubrick* on Blu-ray. This will include Fear & Desire, The Seafarers, Day of the Fight, and The Flying Padre. Release daye will be in the Fall.
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The character has been under the control of DC Comics for a few decades now. There had been a lawsuit back in the Forties and Fifties in which DC (National Periodical Publications) sued Fawcett Publications (the company that produced the Captain Marvel character), saying that Captain Marvel was a ripoff of Superman.
DC has revived the character several times since getting control of it, but none have been successful. And DC couldn't call the comic book itself "Captain Marvel" because Marvel Comics already had a licensed Captain Marvel of their own. And also just saying Marvel was something that didn't go over well with either company. DC could call the character Captain Marvel in the stories, but the title of the comic was usually Shazam (which was also the name of a TV series with Captain Marvel that didn't last long).
Another thing that might not be laugh-proof in the cinema of today is that he is a boy (Billy Batson) who becomes Captain Marvel by yelling "Shazam!" Plus there are the supporting characters...
Mary Marvel (Billy Batson's sister)
Captain Marvel Jr. (who is a crippled newsboy that becomes CM Jr. by yelling "Captain Marvel," which meant he could never call out the headlines of Capt Marvel without making the switchover, nor could he even say the name in conversation)
the Lieutenant Marvels (I am not making this up) -- Fat Marvel, Hillbilly Marvel, Tall Marvel
Hoppy, the Marvel Bunny
Uncle Marvel
Mr. Tawky Tawny, the talking tiger
And, LOL, yes, Baby Marvel.
(Oh, and during the 1960s there was a shortlived character called Captain Marvel from an independent comic company. This was not the old Fawcett character, but a new one who had the power - are you ready for this? - to separate his arms, head, and legs from his torso by yelling "Split!")
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There you go again, creating multiple threads about GG...and this time outdoing yourself by creating two threads on the same day about the same film, both times in sheer panic mode. I have never seen anyone obsess about a film star as much as you do. This is too silly, indeed.
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I just got the email about the update. Kirk Douglas and 20,000 Leagues! I am there!!!!!!
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What I find truly amazing is looking at the schedule below and seeing how films play for only three days and they are gone, some less than that. For example, "Private Number," which was the first run for this June 1936 release was only booked for three days, a Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, not even Friday! When you think about the time spent in the studio putting such a film together, if you blinked it was gone. I guess this also shows how many films were being produced in 1936 (almost 600 films, according to Wikipedia).
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I would add "Moscow on the Hudson" to that list.
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Tonight, there is an important propoganda short about the British people during the bombing raids of London in 1940. "London Can Take It" was credited for mustering support from the U.S.A. in their effort against Nazi Germany, though we wouldn't fully get into it until after Dec. 7, 1941.
Humphrey Jennings is a filmmaker virtually unknown today but his was a powerful voice in the UK during the war. Two volumes of his work are available on Blu/DVD (Vol. 2 will be coming out 4/23) in the UK.
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On TCM today:
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Both of the following are up for pre-order from Amazon.
Blu and DVD from VCI on June 5th:
DVD only, also June 5th:
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The second week of June 1936
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Yellow Submarine is getting a Blu release from Capitol Records on May 29th. It is already up for pre-order on Amazon.
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> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote}Ditto could never be confused with any English professor I know.
Not even from the School of Hard Knocks?
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In addition to starring Spencer Tracy, "The Last Hurrah" has a supporting cast from the golden age that delights any film lover. I feel such a smile crossing my face as they appear on screen one by one...Pat O'Brien, James Gleason, Basil Rathbone, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Ricardo Cortez, Wallace Ford, Edward Brophy, Donald Crisp, and Frank McHugh.
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Dang, I forgot to list the Amazon Deal of the Day, which is still good for three more hours (til midnight PST)...
The Blu-ray Stanley Kubrick Limited Edition Collection is $60.99 and contains 9 films: Spartacus / Lolita / Dr. Strangelove / 2001: A Space Odyssey / A Clockwork Orange / Barry Lyndon / The Shining / Full Metal Jacket / Eyes Wide Shut
or you can get the DVD set Stanley Kubrick: the Essential Collection for $30.99, which has the same films.
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Good catch about Desiree.
Yes, the $10 is one time per account. I placed an order a few hours ago for Demetrius and Mysterious Island, using the $10 code, since they are both available now. (And I ordered Picnic a few days ago through their Amazon listing since I have some credit there.) I did a test, seeing if I could get it again for a pre-order on Grapes of Wrath and Zorba the Greek, but it came up as one time only per account. Too bad, too, because that $10 makes it a little easier to pay the higher price of TT films. I am wondering if one were to use a different email if they could do another order?
Edited by: filmlover on Mar 16, 2012 11:47 PM
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I saw "Cobra Woman" a few weeks ago and it was hilarious. She played twins, and in one scene where she is the evil cult leader, she does this dance that will have you rolling on the floor, and the funniest part is where she points bam-bam-bam to different people she sentences to death. You can see it here:
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Well, my matinees were in the early 1960s, and my matinee cowboy was John Wayne.
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A note to anyone who is thinking about ordering Screen Archives Entertainment titles, whether it be Twilight Time or otherwise, if you order directly from SAE and order for than $50, you can get $10 off by using the code "AMAZON". (Yes, you use it on SAE's site, not Amazon's.)
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> The John Cassavetes film? Finally, that's wonderful news!
And if you have an all-region Blu player, there is more Cassavates news. In the UK, the BFI is launching The John Cassavates Collection. It will have 5 films. It starts on April 23 with Shadows (1959) and Faces (1968), each on combo Blu/DVD releases. Cassavetes' three mid-1970s features A Woman Under the Influence (1974), The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) and Opening Night (1977) will be released in Dual Format Editions later in 2012.
Here are the extras for the first two films:
*Shadows:*
Presented in both High Definition and Standard Definition Audio commentary with actor Seymour Cassel and film critic Tom Charity Falk on Cassavetes: the early years (DVD only, 13 mins): never-before-seen interview footage with Cassavetes' friend and collaborator 16 mm footage of John Cassavetes and Burt Lane's acting workshop (DVD only, 4 mins) Original theatrical trailer (DVD only, 4 mins) 32-page illustrated booklet featuring new essays and notes from Michael Atkinson, Brian Morton and Tom Charity
*Faces:*
Presented in both High Definition and Standard Definition
* Alternative opening sequence (DVD only, 20 mins)
* Alternative opening sequence audio commentary (DVD only, 20 mins): Peter Bogdanovich and Al Ruban discuss an earlier cut of Faces
* Seymour Cassel interviewed by Tom Charity (DVD only, 47 mins)
* 32-page illustrated booklet featuring interviews and new essays from Tom Charity and Al Ruban
And more British news:
*Odd Man Out* (1947 James Mason) will get released on Blu in the UK on May 7th.
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Other Blu news:
Disney has announced a number of Disney and Touchstone titles coming to Blu in 2012. Though there are many titles in this list that are recent and I wouldn't normally bother lsiting them, I am going to list all that were in the announcement. There are some good animated films and some classic live action in there:
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May 15th, 2012:
{font}{font:Calibri}- Father of the Bride / Father of the Bride Part II{font}
{font:Calibri}- Bringing Down the House{font}
{font:Calibri}June 5th, 2012:
{font}{font:Calibri}- The Color of Money{font}
{font:Calibri}- Cocktail{font}
{font:Calibri}- Ransom{font}
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June 19th, 2012: {font}{font:Calibri}- Sister Act / Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit{font}
{font:Calibri}- Evita{font}
{font:Calibri}- Newsies{font}
{font:Calibri}July 3rd, 2012:
{font}{font:Calibri}- Home on the Range{font}
{font:Calibri}- The Horse Whisperer{font}
{font:Calibri}- Phenomenon{font}
{font:Calibri}- Step Up{font}
{font:Calibri}- Treasure Planet{font}
{font:Calibri}- Under the Tuscan Sun{font}
{font:Calibri}August 7th, 2012: {font}{font:Calibri}- The Aristocats{font}
{font:Calibri}Fall 2012:{font}
{font:Calibri}- Adventures in Babysitting{font}
{font:Calibri}- Ed Wood{font}
{font:Calibri}- Ghosts of the Abyss 3D{font}
{font:Calibri}- Grosse Pointe Blank{font}
{font:Calibri}- High Fidelity{font}
{font:Calibri}- Judge Dredd{font}
{font:Calibri}- Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure{font}
{font:Calibri}- Pete's Dragon{font}
{font:Calibri}- Pocahontas / Pocahontas 2: Journey to a New World two-movie package{font}
{font:Calibri}- The Rescuers / The Rescuers Down Under two-movie package{font}
{font:Calibri}- Romy and Michele's High School Reunion{font}
{font:Calibri}- The Tigger Movie
Beginning in October 2012:
The Absent-Minded Professor
Arachnophobia
- Atlantis: The Lost Empire
- Babes in Toyland
- Beaches
- Brother Bear
- Cold Creek Manor
- Dick Tracy
- Flubber
- The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
- Hocus Pocus
- The Santa Clause Trilogy
- Son of Flubber
- Sweet Home Alabama
- While You Were Sleeping
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*New Criterion releases, with a list of their extras:*
*The Gold Rush* (June 12th, 2012) — DVD and Blu-ray
* New high-definition digital restoration of the 1942 sound version - 1942 version has an uncompressed monaural soundtrack
* New 2K digital transfer of the reconstructed original 1925 silent film, restored in collaboration with the Cineteca di Bologna - Restored 1925 version has a newly recorded version of director Charlie Chaplin's score, presented in 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio
* New audio commentary for the 1925 version by Chaplin biographer and archivist Jeffrey Vance
* Three behind-the-scenes programs: - Presenting The Gold Rush, which traces the film's history from original release to rerelease to 2003 reconstruction and features film historian Kevin Brownlow and Vance \- Music by Charles Chaplin, featuring conductor and composer Timothy Brock \- Visual Effects in The Gold Rush, featuring effects specialist Craig Barron and Chaplin cinematographer Roland Totheroh
* Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush (2002), a short documentary featuring filmmaker Idrissa Ouedraogo
* Four theatrical trailers
* A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Luc Sante and James Agee's review of the 1942 version
*Harold and Maude* (June 12th, 2012) — DVD and Blu-ray
* New high-definition digital restoration
* Uncompressed monaural soundtrack
* Optional remastered stereo soundtrack
* Audio commentary by Hal Ashby biographer Nick Dawson and producer Charles B. Mulvehill
* Illustrated audio excerpts of seminars by Ashby and writer-producer Colin Higgins
* New interview with songwriter Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens)
*Shallow Grave* (June 12th, 2012) — DVD and Blu-ray
* New, restored digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Brian Tufano
* 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
* Two audio commentaries: - Director Danny Boyle \- Screenwriter John Hodge and producer Andrew Macdonald
* New interviews with stars Christopher Eccleston, Kerry Fox, and Ewan McGregor
* Digging Your Own Grave, a 1993 documentary by Kevin Macdonald on the making of the film
* Andrew Macdonald and Kevin Macdonald's video diary from the 1992 Edinburgh Film Festival, where they shopped around the script for Shallow Grave
* Shallow Grave trailer
* Trainspotting teaser trailer
* A booklet featuring an essay by critic Philip Kemp
*Gray's Anatomy* (June 19th, 2012) — DVD and Blu-ray
* New high definition digital transfer, supervised by director Steven Soderbergh
* 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
* New interviews with Soderbergh and cowriter Renée Shafransky
* A Personal History of the American Theater monologue by Spalding Gray, filmed in 1982
* Theatrical trailer
* A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Amy Taubin
*And Everything is Going Fine* (June 19th, 2012) — DVD and Blu-ray
* New high-definition digital restoration
* Uncompressed monaural soundtrack
* Making of And Everything Is Going Fine, featuring director Steven Soderbergh, producer Kathie Russo, and editor Susan Littenberg
* Sex and Death to the Age 14, Spalding Gray's first monologue, created in 1979 and filmed in 1982
* Trailer
* A booklet featuring an essay by writer Nell Casey, editor of The Journals of Spalding Gray
*The 39 Steps* (June 26th, 2012) — DVD and Blu-ray
* New high-definition digital restoration
* Uncompressed monaural soundtrack
* Audio commentary by Alfred Hitchcock scholar Marian Keane
* Hitchcock: The Early Years (2000), a British documentary covering Hitchcock's prewar career
* Original footage from British broadcaster Mike Scott's 1966 television interview with Hitchcock
* Complete broadcast of the 1937 Lux Radio Theatre adaptation, performed by Ida Lupino and Robert Montgomery
* Visual essay by Hitchcock scholar Leonard Leff
* Excerpts from François Truffaut's 1962 audio interview with Hitchcock
* Original production design drawings
* A booklet featuring an essay by film critic David Cairns
*The Samurai Trilogy* (June 26th, 2012) — DVD and Blu-ray
* New high-definition digital restorations of all three films, Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto, Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple, Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
* Uncompressed monaural soundtracks
* New English subtitle translations
* New interviews with translator and historian William Scott Wilson about the real-life Musashi Miyamoto, the inspiration for the hero of the films
* Trailers
* A booklet featuring essays by film historian Stephen Prince and Wilson
this is too silly
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Interesting, the replies in favor of Johnbabe are coming from people who haven't been around long enough to have experienced his GG threads everywhere. As mentioned, even the TCMWebAdmin told Johnbabe to keep his comments to just one thread, not create 20+ different threads in a three month period as he has done in the past. I am hoping he will realize he is going a little crazy again and returning to old habits.
As long as he posts multiple threads, I will not be quiet. His devotion to her is that of a fanatic. Stick around, Geminigirl, you will see what we mean. You cannot believe how many here complained about it.