Mike Newell also did Donnie Brasco
*lightbulb goes off*
I knew he'd done more than got mentioned above (but never got around to imdb). Pacino's last truely great performance, and one of Johnny's best. That's a director with range, I must say.
Faith: A kid. Angel's got a kid. Wesley: Connor. Faith: A teenage kid born last year. Wesley: I told you, he grew up in a hell dimension. Faith: Right. And what, Cordelia spent her last summer as… Wesley: A divine being. Faith: Uh-huh. Can I just ask--What the hell are you people doing?
'Why We Fight'
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Frankenbuddha - May 10, 2005 10:13:54 am PDT #2650 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
askye - May 10, 2005 10:35:34 am PDT #2651 of 10002
Thrive to spite them
I think Slate had a piece about the MGM dual disc sets and how great they were. Not just the picture quality but also the extras and that there are two discs because whatever process they used to transfer the movies had more information so took up more space which meant the picture quality was fantastic.
I haven't watched any yet, but I'm planning on it.
The two movies I've recently watched were Men with Guns (with CKR) and Greenfingers (with Clive Owen). I haven't exactly finished either yet and I think I ruined Greenfingers by watching it the same time as Oz. I couldn't help but wonder how the characters would do after Adabisi or Schillinger got a hold of them.
Kathy A - May 10, 2005 10:48:59 am PDT #2652 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Slate had a piece about the MGM dual disc sets and how great they were.
The Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 2-disc set has not only the Cinemascope version (on disc one, with a commentary by director Stanley Donen), but also the unseen-before-now "flat screen" version, which was filmed at the same time as the Cinemascope. Like Oklahoma (filmed in both Todd-AO and Cinemascope, IIRC), they had to use two separate cameras for the different film processes, and so doubled up the number of takes. Easter Parade has what looks to be a great American Masters bio of Judy Garland included on its second disc.
Cashmere - May 10, 2005 11:40:04 am PDT #2653 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
So, I'm doing some research so I can write a little background thing on Willie Nelson, and I pull up the imdb entry for The Dukes of Hazzard. I was trying to see if the boards said anything about the release date so I could add it to the background info. Dude. it's just wanking off in all directions Brittany vs. Jessica, I HATE JESSICA, JESSICA IS TEH AWSOM!!!, RACIST!, The Dukes never smoked pot!, I hate BURT REYNOLDS!!, BURT IS THE GREATEST ACTOR EVAH!~
Heather, stay FAR, FAR away from the IMDB comments for Kingdom of Heaven.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 10, 2005 11:54:20 am PDT #2654 of 10002
"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
Oh man, I got sucked into the comments for Ju-on a few months back. I can only imagine how bad the arguments get when the evil creatures being discussed are teen idols rather than vengeful ghosts.
Jessica - May 10, 2005 12:00:51 pm PDT #2655 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
stay FAR, FAR away from the IMDB comments for Kingdom of Heaven
But IMDB comments are HYSTERICAL! They're better than AICN Talkback!
Polter-Cow - May 10, 2005 12:14:44 pm PDT #2656 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Which (combined with the Zork games)
Hello sailor.
Cashmere - May 10, 2005 4:23:15 pm PDT #2657 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
But IMDB comments are HYSTERICAL! They're better than AICN Talkback!
Not when they (and we're not talking about bright people) start trying to relate current politics with those that happened a THOUSAND FUCKING YEARS AGO.
Scrappy - May 10, 2005 5:09:56 pm PDT #2658 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
IMDB folks are almost uniformly belligerent dopes. I did see a nice little community on the Big Lebowski boards.
Jessica - May 11, 2005 5:43:36 am PDT #2659 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Not when they (and we're not talking about bright people) start trying to relate current politics with those that happened a THOUSAND FUCKING YEARS AGO.
Are they ever doing anything else?