No - the play was set in the 1930's, not actually filmed in the 1930's! He played Richard III as an English genera, pre WWII. It was fascinating! Came out in 1995 I think, had Robert Downey Jr and Jim Broadbent. McKellen did the screenplay, I believe.
Pat >
Oh, right. It rings a bell, though I haven`t seen it. I like Jim Broadbent a lot.
What a splendid Gandalf Ian McKellern made! Actually, he`s a very funny man when he`s just being interviewed as himself!
Pat P
Debra in VA See my quilts at
I'm not sure why you mention that. Personally, I rent movies for home viewing, and if I like one a lot I buy a copy of the DVD so I can watch it over and over. Only the gullible would pay money to someone for downloading a bootleg movie. I could download movies for free if I wanted to do so, but I choose to use my online time for other things. I consider it pointless to tie up my phone line long enough to download a poor quality bootleg movie that will be on store DVD shelves with great video and audio quality within three months.
Watching a movie at home in my comfy chair costs me $3.00 US per movie rental, plus about five minutes to get to and from the movie rental store. Snacks and a drink from the grocery store add up to $1.50 US, at most. I can invite friends over to watch the movie with me, and I can pause the movie for intermission whenever I wish. It's a lot less expense and hassle than physically going to the movie theater. Debra in VA See my quilts at
On Sat, 03 Jun 2006 01:44:53 GMT, Debra wrote absolutely nothing but hit the send button anyway.
I think that means it's time to go to sleep.
Debra in VA See my quilts at
Does it have a happy ending? It sounds like something I should look for (on tape maybe) but I need happy endings (or at least optimistic ones) in my movies.
I don't know if the older actors/actresses were better or if I just like old movies better. There are a gazillion old movies that I can watch over & over (Some Like it Hot,The Apartment, 12 Angry Men, The Maltese Falcon, almost anything with Cary Grant, etc) but there is only a handful of "recent" movies that I enjoy enough to watch a frequently
- French Kiss, While You Were Sleeping, Baby Boom, Tootsie, American Graffitti & the Back to the Future series. I've found that the current comedies/romances don't have the same charm as the older ones - they tend to try to get laughs from making kids act like obnoxious miniature adults or from making someone look foolish. The more serious movies "tend" to have too many special effects, explosions or car chases. Both types of movies seem to go way overboard with bad language. Sheesh! I know I'm a goody two shoes Pollyanna, but I don't live in a vacuum and I don't hear that kind of language on an every day basis. I don't like the sound editing in modern movies either. They all seem to be too loud in the action parts, and too quiet in the conversation parts. I thought it was just me, but I've even had kids (6 through 8th grade) at the library tell me that their families have to turn the TV volume up & down during some videos because it they turn it up to hear the words, the loud parts blow them out of the room. Granted, these are generalizations. I don't like every old movie & I'll probably think of dozens later tonight that I really enjoy but, over all, I watch more old ones than ones from the last 10 years I guess I'm done complaining now. Maybe I'll put in an old movie & do some stitching. :-) Liz from Humbug
There are some very nice theaters with what is called "stadium seating" - big comfy chairs, etc. But the prices! The only movies that I will pay over $10 (plus parking etc.) to go see are things like Harry Potter or the Lord of the Rings, where the big screen really adds to the experience. Otherwise it's DVDs!
Alison
I figured it out that with bus fare included, the cost of going to the movies was on a par with buying the DVD. Which then gets watched by several people for the price of only one of us going to the theatre.
The King`s Grey Mare by Rosemary Hawley-Jarman, too! Who`s a Rose for the Crown by, do you recall? I was a member of the Richard III Society for years.
Pat P
I loved Witches of Eastwick, too. Haven`t they recently remade it, though? They`ve just remade "The Omen", I see - looking forward to seeing Pete Postlethwaite as the priest - he was the sergeant in "Sharpe", and is always outstanding in whatever he does.
We don`t really like Joan Plowright. How about Anjelica Houston for the list? And one of our own scary ones - Rosalie Crutchley. Has anyone over there seen Amanda Redman, by the way? She`s very good (doesn`t quite qualify for "Great" but I watch anything that she`s in, all the same!). She only seems to be in something a little out of the ordinary and of good quality.
Pat P
Pat P
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Yeppers - 11 your time, midnight mine, looks like Florida is always an hour late lol
The reason I mentioned it, is that many of us are interested in which way technology is going in the future. The music recording industry took a long time to come to terms with the Internet, and only recently has finally worked out how to live with technological realities. If you have SDL (?), or a satellite hook-up, you dont "tie up my phone line". It will be interesting to see, in 3 or 5 years, how much movie viewing habits change. You cant replace the big screen of movie theatres in the home, or the reaction of a larger audience, but you can do most anything else.
Oh - I think I saw that!
Cheryl
Anne Easter Smith - what a great read it was! I'll look for KGM at the library.
Cheryl
Pat P wrote: > I loved Witches of Eastwick, too. Haven`t they recently remade it, though?
I adore Pete Postlethwaite -- he's always excellent. Did you see "Brassed Off"? Pete Postlethwaite AND a young Ewan MacGregor AND Stephen Tomkinson (Fr. Peter Clifford from Ballykissangel). Loved it!
sue
If you've finished the Umberto Ecco book, I'll bring you up KGM and We Speak No Treason next time I make it up there.
Elizabeth (haven't read them yet, but they're far enough down the list, I'll lend them to you)
I just happened to stumble upon this thread and saw the name "Pete Postlethwaite". He's an outstanding actor who goes unfortunately isn't a household name since he's not what Hollywood would consider one of the beautiful people. I LOVED the movie "Brassed Off". I saw it on PBS several years ago on a night when I couldn't find anything else to watch. Loved, loved, loved it!
/J
Sounds like a plan!!! Cheryl
Yes, it`s a happy ending, or perhaps it would be more accurate to say a CONTENTED ending. It`s a lovely, gentle film, anyway - quite different.
Pat P
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