GregoryPeckfan Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 In re: THE ZHIVAGO THREAD I didn't start the thread, but I have resurrected it a few times, and for the record I'm actually okay with the film, & I understand where people are coming from who both love and hate it. The thread itself, has stronger roots in the fact that ZHIVAGO airs about two dozen times a year on TCM, and always in prime time or on a weekend afternoon, and there's not a tribute or spotlight that passes where they don't use it if they can. It's kind of a, go to time slot filler for them, and as is the case with a lot of other titles has become somewhat less special as a result of its saturation on the network over the years. Oh, okay then. I understand and thanks for letting me know it's a thread about the frequency of a movie playing. It is hard for me to tell these days outside the off-topic section which threads are somehow going to be less about a movie and more about political views of the country where it is set. Ie. I'm never sure when I will read a thread that somehow won't go into something about current politics etc. ie another Putin This thread is actually is about the film. I think it is Omar Sharif's best movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Oh, okay then. I understand and thanks for letting me know it's a thread about the frequency of a movie playing. It is hard for me to tell these days outside the off-topic section which threads are somehow going to be less about a movie and more about political views of the country where it is set. Ie. I'm never sure when I will read a thread that somehow won't go into something about current politics etc. ie another Putin This thread is actually is about the film. I think it is Omar Sharif's best movie. I try to make sure my thread titles give a reasonably accurate idea of what the thread is about. There are some who like to keep the topic a mystery with cryptic titles, though. I think they think it makes them look clever. Personally, I find that deception annoying. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted February 21, 2016 Author Share Posted February 21, 2016 Monday, February 22 12:30 p.m. Grand Hotel (1932). Garbo, Barrymore times two, Crawford, Beery … Great fun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenIsHere Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Sunday, Feb. 21st--A Premiere??; All times E.S.T.: 6:00 p.m.--"The Four Musketeers" (aka "The Revenge of Milady")--(1975). There are no user reviews, a sketchy four sentence long full synopsis, and length of film, in minutes, reels,, and feet and other categories are blank. A premiere? THE FOUR MUSKETEERS has aired before on TCM. Faye Dunaway (as Milady) really shines in this movie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenIsHere Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Bye Bye Birdie. When I first saw this movie I thought it was annoying. I don't know why. Though I loved Paul Lynde, he cracks me up. Ann-Margret is gorgeous and her charisma is what makes this film. I hardly recognized Janet Leigh in this movie. For whatever reason, I've seen this film four times now and it grows on me each and every time. My only complaints are that the actor playing Conrad Birdie is too old and Bobby Rydell is such a square--Ann Margret would eat him alive. Paul Lynde is a hoot in BYE BYE BIRDIE. "Kids! What's the matter with kids today?" I agree that I seem to like the movie more on subsequent viewings. I do have to suspend disbelief about Ann-Margret's infatuation with Conrad Birdie. Bobby Rydell (who plays her high school boyfriend) is cuter and sings better than the guy who plays Conrad Birdie in the movie. I do really like Conrad's performance of "Honestly Sincere" in the movie though. "Hug me! Suffer!" I can't help singing along with Ann-Margret during the opening song (which was written for the movie, not in the original play): "Bye Bye Bird-hee! I'm gonna miss ya so. Boi-bye Bird-hee! Why'd ya have to go . . ." I'm proud to have graduated from the same high school as Ann-Margret! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limey Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Oh, okay then. I understand and thanks for letting me know it's a thread about the frequency of a movie playing. It is hard for me to tell these days outside the off-topic section which threads are somehow going to be less about a movie and more about political views of the country where it is set. Ie. I'm never sure when I will read a thread that somehow won't go into something about current politics etc. ie another Putin This thread is actually is about the film. I think it is Omar Sharif's best movie. I'd have to agree with that - Zhivago, like most stuff Lean had a hand in, is a movie I'll happily throw a few hours at when it's aired (for the record, I watched it in December & I just finished watching it again) - for me, it doesn't feel like 3+ hours have passed by. The screenplay presents the characters with some tough decisions, in tough times & you get get to see where it all leads without it all getting overwrought. The ending is suitably bittersweet & there's that final aesthetic touch where the end credits roll at the same apparent speed as the water leaving the dam's floodgates. Super stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedya Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 As far as all-star cast movies go, I prefer Dinner at Eight and even Union Depot to Grand Hotel. My pick for tomorrow would be Foreign Correspondent, at midnight ET. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregoryPeckfan Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 As far as all-star cast movies go, I prefer Dinner at Eight and even Union Depot to Grand Hotel. My pick for tomorrow would be Foreign Correspondent, at midnight ET. We don't get Foreign Correspondent in Canada anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedya Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 I'm sorry you're Canadian. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Paul Lynde is a hoot in BYE BYE BIRDIE. "Kids! What's the matter with kids today?" I agree that I seem to like the movie more on subsequent viewings. I do have suspend disbelief about Ann-Margret's infatuation with Conrad Birdie. Bobby Rydell (who plays her high school boyfriend) is cuter and sings better than the guy who plays Conrad Birdie in the movie. I do really like Conrad's performance of "Honestly Sincere" in the movie though. "Hug me! Suffer!" I can't help singing along with Ann-Margret during the opening song (which was written for the movie, not in the original play): "Bye Bye Bird-hee! I'm gonna miss ya so. Boi-bye Bird-hee! Why'd ya have to go . . ." I'm proud to have graduated from the same high school as Ann-Margret! I like the dance they do to "A lot of Livin' to Do." I wasn't digging Conrad Birdie. It would have been nice if Elvis could have done the movie like what was originally intended. I can't help but sing the opening "Bye Bye Birdie" song like Ann-Margret too! Lol. When I first saw this movie, I recognized Dick Van Dyke and Janet Leigh's "Put On a Happy Face" song from an episode of "The Golden Girls." Blanche performs this song in her granddaughter's place in a little kids pageant. That's cool that you went to the same high school as Ann-Margret! Nobody famous graduated from my high school. The actor who played Napoleon Dynamite went to our rival high school, but he's seven years older than me, so I would have never come across him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
film lover 293 Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 A Garbo film that hasn't had a review written for it since 2011, among others: All times E.S.T.: 11:00 a.m. "Romance" (1930)--Garbo is an opera singer who loves a priest. Maltin gives this two stars. Garbo got a Best Actress nomination for this. Film should be surprisingly good, or a delight for fans of cinematic silliness. 8:00 p.m. "A Foreign Affair" (1948)--Director Billy Wilder and Marlene Dietrich at their best. 12:00 a.m. "Foreign Correspondent" (1940)--For those who can receive the film, it's worth staying up for. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 I like the dance they do to "A lot of Livin' to Do." I wasn't digging Conrad Birdie. It would have been nice if Elvis could have done the movie like what was originally intended. I can't help but sing the opening "Bye Bye Birdie" song like Ann-Margret too! Lol. When I first saw this movie, I recognized Dick Van Dyke and Janet Leigh's "Put On a Happy Face" song from an episode of "The Golden Girls." Blanche performs this song in her granddaughter's place in a little kids pageant. That's cool that you went to the same high school as Ann-Margret! Nobody famous graduated from my high school. The actor who played Napoleon Dynamite went to our rival high school, but he's seven years older than me, so I would have never come across him. I saw Bye Bye Birdie in Radio City Music Hall, when I was a kid. I was disappointed with it at the time, because I loved the original Broadway cast album. A lot of songs were not used in the movie. But I do like the film more now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenIsHere Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 I saw Bye Bye Birdie in Radio City Music Hall, when I was a kid. I was disappointed with it at the time, because I loved the original Broadway cast album. A lot of songs were not used in the movie. But I do like the film more now. Yes, several songs from the stage play were cut, but the wonderful opening and closing song "Bye Bye Birdie" (or should I say "Bye Bye Bird-hee"?) was written especially for the movie. I love how New Trier High graduate Ann-Margret Olson makes the two versions so different. Opening = Girl Closing = Woman (Ann-Margret!) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted February 23, 2016 Author Share Posted February 23, 2016 Tuesday, February 23 8 p.m. The Caine Mutiny (1954). And he was right about the strawberries! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 I going to record Kind Lady (1951). I don't know much about it, but it's the right genre, and I like a few John Sturges movies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregoryPeckfan Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 I going to record Kind Lady (1951). I don't know much about it, but it's the right genre, and I like a few John Sturges movies. I've seen it. You're right about it being the right genre for you. I'm recording it again so I can watch it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tikisoo Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 I noticed that there is a thread that has been created specifically for people who hate that movie. I haven't read the thread....(snipped) Sometimes it can be enlightening to hear other people's point of view. After reading others' impressions, my appreciation and perspective about a movie can be more well rounded. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted February 24, 2016 Author Share Posted February 24, 2016 Wednesday, February 24 12:15 a.m. Network (1976). I’m in this one for about five seconds! Just look for the handsomest dude in the front row of the Howard Beal show. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I'm recording Blues in the Night, because it sounds interesting, and I think someone on here was touting it recently. I wanted to like Network. It has a great script, and great direction from Sidney Lumet. But there's one scene during the Howard Beale show where some goofy fella in the front of the audience ruins the movie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregoryPeckfan Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I'm recording Blues in the Night, because it sounds interesting, and I think someone on here was touting it recently. I wanted to like Network. It has a great script, and great direction from Sidney Lumet. But there's one scene during the Howard Beale show where some goofy fella in the front of the audience ruins the movie. I've seen Blues in the Night but it has been years. RE: Network: I enjoyed this movie a lot years ago.. In fact, I loved it. But this was before there were a huge number of 24 hours news networks and that news really was entertainment. Now I can't watch it anymore. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted February 24, 2016 Author Share Posted February 24, 2016 I wanted to like Network. It has a great script, and great direction from Sidney Lumet. But there's one scene during the Howard Beale show where some goofy fella in the front of the audience ruins the movie. That must have been my friend that I went with to the shoot. I was told years later by the editor that Lumet cut my reaction shots in the Beale Show to the bone because I was stealing the picture from Peter Finch. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tikisoo Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I'm recording: 2/23 2:15A SKYS THE LIMIT with 2/28 8P BLUE SKIES Two well rated Fred Astaire films I haven't seen before. The first one has fave Robert Benchley, while the second one pairs Astaire with blowhard Bing Crosby. And bonus! both have "sky" in the titles. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 That must have been my friend that I went with to the shoot. I was told years later by the editor that Lumet cut my reaction shots to the Beale Show to the bone because I was stealing the picture from Peter Finch. You would probably have to- literally, literally- stand on your head and spit Silver Dollar pieces to steal a scene from Peter Finch. Finchy seems like he'd've cut a ***** that tried to steal his scenes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregoryPeckfan Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Tonight act 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific is a gem of a movie from 1979 called A Little Romance from late in Lawrence Olivier's career. He helps a young couple flee to make a dream come true. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted February 24, 2016 Author Share Posted February 24, 2016 Thursday, February 25 8 p.m. The Longest Day (1962). Fantastic achievement to make this film on such a huge scale with no computers! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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