Heh, I was going to say that I thought I used to have choices between TWO old movies between AMC and TCM. I still have them both programmed into favorites, so now it's usually a choice between Cary Grant or 'Death Wish 3".
Giles: Stop that, you two. Riley: He started it... Xander: He called me a bad name! I think
it was bad; it might have been Latin.
'Selfless'
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Lilty Cash - Jan 31, 2005 5:34:09 pm PST #8609 of 10001
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
Frankenbuddha - Jan 31, 2005 5:36:45 pm PST #8610 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Heh, I was going to say that I thought I used to have choices between TWO old movies between AMC and TCM. I still have them both programmed into favorites, so now it's usually a choice between Cary Grant or 'Death Wish 3".
See, now I want to SEE Cary Grant in Death Wish 3. He would have been an interesting contrast to Bronson.
Lilty Cash - Jan 31, 2005 5:40:08 pm PST #8611 of 10001
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
Cary Grant would wipe the floor with Charles Bronson. Bronson'd be all brute strength, but Cary Grant would be quick like a cat and wily!
(Unless the whole "Caveman always wins" theory is in effect. Then, I don't want to see that movie.)
Kathy A - Jan 31, 2005 5:43:03 pm PST #8612 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
It depends--early Bronson vs. early-to-mid-career Grant would be an interesting pair-off. Bronson in the "Great Escape" years was nothing if not wiry, and could actually act, and was also damn hot!
Frankenbuddha - Jan 31, 2005 5:52:23 pm PST #8613 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Bronson in the "Great Escape" years was nothing if not wiry, and could actually act, and was also damn hot!
Absolutely brilliant in ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST. It did kind of soldify his stoic killer persona, but he definitely had some chops once upon a time (er, so to speak). I can't blame him for coasting, though. He was definitely someone the suits were going to limit to action roles.
I actually meant, though, that I'd love to see Cary Grant in the Charles Bronson role. Lovely cognitive dissonance and all.
bon bon - Jan 31, 2005 6:01:36 pm PST #8614 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
My understanding is that Turner stopped licensing the movies he owned to AMC once he put TMC on the air.
§ ita § - Jan 31, 2005 6:04:31 pm PST #8615 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Someone's a big old meanie-pants.
DavidS - Jan 31, 2005 6:51:53 pm PST #8616 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
My understanding is that Turner stopped licensing the movies he owned to AMC once he put TMC on the air.
Exactly right. Turner bought up the MGM library (and several other libraries from the golden studio age). When various leasing agreements with AMC expired, he simply used those libraries to found TCM. As I recall it, he got the libraries for a really cheap price. I couldn't believe how easy it was for him to snap up the rights.
Connie Neil - Jan 31, 2005 7:02:26 pm PST #8617 of 10001
brillig
At least colorization seems to have gone the way it deserved.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 01, 2005 2:56:59 am PST #8618 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Turner bought up the MGM library (and several other libraries from the golden studio age).
Including, I think, a goodly chunk of the Warner library.