Dude, I am SO in. We can raise money by selling the "making of" rights to the WB as a new hit reality series.
Brilliant! Except the movie will probably be a huge hit, and then all the new movies will star nothing but fifteen-year-olds.
Jayne: What're you gonna tell the others? Mal: About what? Jayne: About why I'm dead. Mal: Hadn't thought about it. Jayne: Make something up. Don't tell 'em what I did.
'Ariel'
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Sean K - Oct 21, 2004 7:42:55 am PDT #5007 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
juliana - Oct 21, 2004 8:06:21 am PDT #5008 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I saw Stage Beauty last night, and quite enjoyed it. However, when I went over to RottenTomatoes, it felt like I had seen a completely different movie than over half of the reviewers. Has anyone else seen it yet? Jessica? Beuller?
Kathy A - Oct 21, 2004 8:54:54 am PDT #5009 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Well, there was that gangster movie with all the characters played by children.
Bugsy Malone was great fun (Betsy already pointed out the bloop guns). And, it was directed by Alan Parker, who also directed one of my all-time faves, The Commitments.
"We tripped the light fantastic, turned cartwheels 'cross the floor, I was feeling kinda seasick, but the crowd called out for more. 'That's very profound, Jimmy--what does it mean?' I'm fooked if I know!"
Jon B. - Oct 21, 2004 9:25:46 am PDT #5010 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
And Jodie Foster as the Mae West character. Rrrrrrrow!
Bugsy Malone: Life on the Street?
Kate P. - Oct 21, 2004 9:30:44 am PDT #5011 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
What's Stage Beauty about, juliana? I vaguely recall seeing a review that made it look interesting, but I can't remember anything about it.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 21, 2004 9:32:31 am PDT #5012 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Not Juliana, but it's about Billy Crudup as an Elizabethan actor who spends most of his time in drag, IIRC.
Scrappy - Oct 21, 2004 9:33:25 am PDT #5013 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
And for that reason it's at the top of my list. mm-mmm.
tommyrot - Oct 21, 2004 9:33:43 am PDT #5014 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.
IIRC it's about the time when having female stage actors was legalized.
Kate P. - Oct 21, 2004 9:36:00 am PDT #5015 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Oh yeeeessssss. I definitely want to see that one.
juliana - Oct 21, 2004 9:37:13 am PDT #5016 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Not Juliana, but it's about Billy Crudup as an Elizabethan actor who spends most of his time in drag, IIRC.
Indeed. To be precise, he's the last great male actor of female roles on the English stage. His dresser is Claire Danes, and she's the first female onstage after Charles Stuart makes the declaration. Sort of A Star Is Born meets Shakespeare In Love. The real draw, however, is Crudup. He's bloody amazing. Watching as he switches gender in his head and seeing the control he has over his body was an entire lesson on acting.