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chelsea
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***<<< AT THE MOVIES >>>***
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Jun 23 12:57 UTC 1996 |
So, how was it?
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chelsea
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Jun 23 13:10 UTC 1996 |
The other day I was looking for a feel-good no-brainer type of movie, a
chick-flick, to round out a difficult day. So I rented "An American
President". I was quite surprised, actually, when it turned out to be a
fine, Capra-like film, well worth seeing. Not perfect but they don't
make perfect Capra-like films any more.
But there is hope - in the credits, under first assistant director, was
a Frank Capra III. Now, where is today's Hepburn, Tracy, and Henry
Fonda?
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general
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response 2 of 333:
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Jun 23 15:18 UTC 1996 |
Out there somewhere...hollywood just hasn't found them yet..<grin>
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cthulhu
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Jun 23 17:22 UTC 1996 |
I borrowed 'Babe' from my parents last night, and guess what?
it really was that good. i had been wondering why the hype <i
mean, entertainment weekly has run some article or at least
mentioned the film in *every* issue since it came out...>
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goroke
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response 4 of 333:
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Jun 23 17:33 UTC 1996 |
Frank Capra III has been around since at least 1973.
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rcurl
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response 5 of 333:
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Jun 23 19:11 UTC 1996 |
We rented the *original* _Hunchback of Notre Dame (193?), with Charles
Laughton. I found his character rather inconsistent, switching between
imbecilic and intelligent without apparent causes. But then, the title
of Hugo's book was _Notre Dame of Paris_ - without the "hunchback".
Since I certainly was familiar with the general story, I must have seen the
movie, and maybe even read the book - but cannot recall doing either.
Guess I'll have to look for a copy at the next library sale.
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void
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response 6 of 333:
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Jun 24 17:55 UTC 1996 |
i thought the original "hunchback" movie was the silent one with lon
chaney, made in the teens or twenties.
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goroke
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Jun 24 18:14 UTC 1996 |
Right. 1923-Silent. The first of the Universal cycle of "monster" movies.
It was followed two years later by "The Phantom of the Opera", also starring
Chaney.
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rcurl
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Jun 24 19:05 UTC 1996 |
Well well..we'll have to ask for Lon Chaney's _Hunchback_ at our local
friendly video store. Who added "hunchback" to Hugo's tale? Was it added
to the first English translation of the novel?
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doll
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response 9 of 333:
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Jun 25 02:13 UTC 1996 |
has anyone seen the disney hunchback yet?
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bru
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Jun 25 04:59 UTC 1996 |
We saw it on saturday.. It is an awesome movie, even if Hugo suffers
in teh translation, so to speak. The soundtrack is probably the best
ever to come out of disney.
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bjorn
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Jun 25 13:48 UTC 1996 |
I think it was rather stupid to have the gargoyles peg-pelvised (from prevues)
instead of giving them legs.
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eeyore
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Jun 25 14:32 UTC 1996 |
i agree with bru....i'm listening to the soundtrak as i type....:) it's very
NotFor Children, tho...but the parents would get a good kick out of it. the
music kinda reminds me of les miz. :) and the animation is incredible!!!!!!!
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tpryan
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Jun 25 22:18 UTC 1996 |
For me, the soundtrack was exciting *only* with the movie. Listened
to the CD twice through last night and it doesn't not hit me as one to
listen to on a regualar basis. (re: Hunchback soundtrack).
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eeyore
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Jun 26 06:04 UTC 1996 |
i don't know....i really like god help the outcasts....and really didn't like
the one by bette middler (kinda surprised me, but...:)
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meg
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Jun 26 12:05 UTC 1996 |
I saw the Disney Hunchback last Saturday, and was most pleasantly
surprised. Of course, it wasn't the same as the book (Rane - Barnes &
Noble has paperback copies of the book on sale for $4.95 - unabridged)
it was more a takeoff on the Charles Laughton version of the movie.
The one thing that struck me though was that it *wasn't* a kids movie.
Not unless you are prepared to explain to your child about lust (a
Disney movie about lust, imagine!) religion, eternal damnation and
hellfire, sin, witches, gypsies and burning at the stake.
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kain
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response 16 of 333:
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Jun 26 12:59 UTC 1996 |
so that's why it's not for kids... I getcha now
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kerouac
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response 17 of 333:
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Jun 26 16:10 UTC 1996 |
On Monday night I attended a free outdoor screening (in a park) of
"Citizen Kane" I think that I have seen this movie at least ten or
twelve times over the years and I still see new things in it every time I
watch it again. Just a great movie.
The cool thing about this screening is who stopped by to introduce it.
The movie is based on the life of publishing tycoon William Randolph
Hearst, who tried in vain to stop it from being made and then from being
released. His grandaughter, Patty Hearst, stopped by because she was in
town and heard the film was being screened. She talked emotionally about
how her family found the film to be such an accurate depiction of her
grandfather's life that it was scary and that she was not allowed to see
it when she was little. She said she was the only member of the Hearst
family who never publicly denounced the film, and that it was important
to her because she barely knew her grandfather and that the film helped
her to get to know him.
It did make me feel a bit old however when a college age girl sitting next
to me asked, "who's patty hearst?" You couldnt have been alive at a
certain time in the 70's and not known who she was.
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remmers
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Jun 26 18:12 UTC 1996 |
Patty Hearst had a small part in the John Waters/Johnny Depp movie
"Cry Baby". Amazing as it may seem to old coots like me, members
of the under-25 crowd are probably more likely to know her from
that than from the kidnapping story that made headlines for months
in the 1970's. Tempis fugit, as they say.
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omni
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Jun 26 18:13 UTC 1996 |
Older, or smarter?
I feel bad for those who ignore history, and historical types like Patty
Hearst, Charles Manson, Tim Leary, or G.Gordon Liddy. It shows me that this
person who is clueless about our culture and that is really sad. Ever watch
that Leno bit where he asks 30 ish people about pop culture, and history
and most if not all know the pop icon, but are really clueless about
history, and what they should've learned in school.
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fitz
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Jun 26 21:53 UTC 1996 |
Oh, this is a drift that I cannot resist: I have always been interested
in talking to different people about the notables and events that demark
differences between generations. P. Hearst, T. Leary, Huey Lewis have a
high recognition among those of you old enough to read newspapers in the
'70's and a low recognition for those younger than 30.
However, Charles Manson, and other notorius murderers, have wide
recognition across all generations. [This is my own experience--not
scientific at all.] If somebody were telling you about Effraim Zimbalist
and Elma Gluck, you would know more about what generation they were from
than you would if somebody were talking about Charles Whitman or John
Wayne Gacey. (Did I spell that correctly?)
I loved the story about Patty Hearst. Fantastic!
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aruba
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Jun 26 22:13 UTC 1996 |
Was Huey Lewis around in the 70s?
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ajax
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Jun 26 22:52 UTC 1996 |
I think it was the Simpsons where a kid asked "who is Paul McCartney," to
be answered by another, "wasn't he in Wings or something?"
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jerryr
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Jun 27 00:26 UTC 1996 |
huey lewis was at the top of his popularity in the mid 80's.
ok, i'll bite. who the heck was/is elma gluck?
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meg
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Jun 27 01:02 UTC 1996 |
A singer. She's Efraim Zimbalist Jr's mother. And it's Alma, not Elma.
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