I mean, I probably last saw Annie when I was ten, so I can be forgiven for not making the connection. But that's really weird.
Gimme some milk.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
Boxed Set, Vol. II: "It's a Cookbook...A Cookbook!!"
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much any other "genre" show that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
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Dana - Nov 28, 2005 12:46:14 pm PST #5444 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
evil jimi - Nov 28, 2005 1:08:24 pm PST #5445 of 10001
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Michael Caine .... a Steven Seagal movie.
On Deadly Ground is a pretty good movie, and certainly a lot better than Jaws 3D or The Hand. I think Caine is mostly over his do-any-movie-for-the-money-irrespective-of-the-quality period.
P.M. Marc - Nov 28, 2005 1:22:56 pm PST #5446 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
My introduction to Tim Curry (not to Carol Burnett) came via the movie Annie. I'm sure I would have run into him eventually in something else; but meeting him first as a smirking roué rather than as, I don't know, Satan, makes for a much more accurate impression of his body of work. By contrast, I had no idea who Albert Finney was for at least another decade, because Daddy Warbucks isn't exactly a representative role.
I managed to avoid Annie for years, so my introduction to Tim Curry was RHPS and my introduction to Albert Finney was Tom Jones.
Neither leads to especially accurate impressions of their bodies of work.
Betsy HP - Nov 28, 2005 1:30:08 pm PST #5447 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Actually, I think RHPS is a pretty accurate impression of TC's body of work: always willing to go over the top, and usually asked to do so.
DCJensen - Nov 28, 2005 1:34:06 pm PST #5448 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
My mom was introduced to Malcolm McDowell in Clockwork Orange when it came out in the theaters. Only movie she's ever walked out on.
Fast forward a decade later, she loved him as H.G. Wells in Time After Time. It was another decade until I told her it was the same actor.
She truely boggled.
P.M. Marc - Nov 28, 2005 1:36:38 pm PST #5449 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Actually, I think RHPS is a pretty accurate impression of TC's body of work: always willing to go over the top, and usually asked to do so.
Sadly, usually with less singing, dancing, and crossdressing.
Betsy HP - Nov 28, 2005 1:41:06 pm PST #5450 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
True. But I'll always have Muppet Treasure Island. Actually, I won't swear to the cross-dressing in that one.
§ ita § - Nov 28, 2005 1:45:10 pm PST #5451 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
He doesn't sing or dance in Blue Money, but if memory serves, Curry does crossdress. As a nun.
Theodosia - Nov 28, 2005 1:51:55 pm PST #5452 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I'll second the goodness of Curry's performance in Muppet Treasure Island.
If you want a Malcolm McDowell threefer, check him out as an over-the-top Mick Jaggeresque rock star in Get Crazy, including singing his own songs. It is a wonderfully comic performance.
Katie M - Nov 28, 2005 1:57:09 pm PST #5453 of 10001
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
It's terribly gauche to admit that my favorite Tim Curry movie is Clue, isn't it? Well, I'll just have to be gauche, then. "Communism was just a red herring!"