I think I've told this story before, but I saw Arthur Penn on the Dick Cavett show years ago, and he had the funniest B&C anecdote ever. To sum up, during the filming of the death scene, Beatty froze up on the first take and just stood there smiling while all the squibs went off and Faye Dunaway went through her death throes. Man, I wish they kept outtakes like that back in the day - that would be comedy gold.
Love makes you do the wacky.
Willow ,'Beneath You'
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Frankenbuddha - Sep 17, 2004 8:18:48 am PDT #3968 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
DavidS - Sep 17, 2004 8:32:38 am PDT #3969 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
To sum up, during the filming of the death scene, Beatty froze up on the first take and just stood there smiling while all the squibs went off and Faye Dunaway went through her death throes. Man, I wish they kept outtakes like that back in the day - that would be comedy gold.
Damn, that's an expensive take. Ya gotta be in the moment, Warren!
Frankenbuddha - Sep 17, 2004 8:34:55 am PDT #3970 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Damn, that's an expensive take. Ya gotta be in the moment, Warren!
Well, according to Penn, he felt really bad about it - he just freaked out a little. Damn, though, I'd love to have seen the footage (from multiple angles).
tommyrot - Sep 17, 2004 8:41:05 am PDT #3971 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Interview with George Lucas about the DVD release ot the original SW trilogy and what-not.
Fred Pete - Sep 17, 2004 8:41:39 am PDT #3972 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
during the filming of the death scene, Beatty froze up on the first take
Last night I TiVo'ed Deliverance. So at first glance, I thought of a totally different Beatty....
Scrappy - Sep 17, 2004 8:47:28 am PDT #3973 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
"Squeal lahk a pig."
§ ita § - Sep 17, 2004 11:05:47 am PDT #3974 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Summarizing (that was almost Dummarizing) IMDB summaries seems to indicate that Sky Captain is very pretty, not that interesting, Wimbledon is pleasant enough, and Bernie Mac does a good job in Mr. 3000.
tommyrot - Sep 17, 2004 11:34:23 am PDT #3975 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
A drunk Edward Furlong was arrested for trying to free some lobsters.
I don't know what a freed lobster would do in Kentucky.
Aims - Sep 17, 2004 11:34:52 am PDT #3976 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Hit on his sister and drink a brew.
Same as everyone else.
Stephanie - Sep 17, 2004 4:56:20 pm PDT #3977 of 10001
Trust my rage
I just got back from Sky Captain and liked it a lot. Mainly for stylistic reasons. There was just a lot to look at (besides Jude Law, who never did anything for me before, but here...) and I really liked the Wizard of Oz effect with the black and white before the island and colors afterwards. The art deco (is that the right term...I'm not sure) style was really appealing to me.