Johnny Depp says that his Willie Wonka is not based on Michael Jackson, but he isn't upset that some people think so.

I'd be. Think of the odds that we'll get a crappy Leno monologue/Weekend Update joke about it. Think of it and be depressed.

I just did an Amazon order for the DVD of The Prophecy (loved Walken and Viggo too much when I saw this last month not to have it on hand), and also the VHS tape (since it's not out on DVD yet) for "Who Am I This Time?" first broadcast on American Playhouse 20-some years ago, starring Walken and Susan Sarandon, directed by Jonathan Demme and based on the Vonnegut short story.

I seriously love this film, but loaned my tape of it to someone more than ten years ago and haven't seen it since. I wish it would come out on disc, but I'm not holding my breath for it.

One of the rare times when Walken plays a romantic lead, albeit a seriously dysfunctional one--he's a pathologically shy man who only comes to life on stage. His involvement with the small town acting group leads to him saying the title line when he's asked to, yet again, play the lead in the group's next play, "A Streetcar Named Desire." Seeing Walken do the "Stella!" scene, and seeing Susan Sarandon come down the stairs...oh, my, do they burn up the screen!

"Who Am I This Time?" first broadcast on American Playhouse 20-some years ago, starring Walken and Susan Sarandon, directed by Jonathan Demme and based on the Vonnegut short story.

I've always wanted to see that movie (I read the story decades ago and loved it). Damn - I wish it was on DVD. Was the VHS new at least or did you have to go used?

They had them available new and used--I got a new one through one of the vendors for less than $5!

I remember first reading the story in Reader's Digest before the movie was broadcast. In fact, that's why I tuned in to watch, since I really loved the story. They did an excellent job of adapting the story, and all the roles were performed very well.

"Who Am I This Time?" first broadcast on American Playhouse 20-some years ago, starring Walken and Susan Sarandon, directed by Jonathan Demme and based on the Vonnegut short story.

OMG I LOVE THIS MOVIE. I actually own it, having bought it from Amazon.com a couple of years ago (I had to wait, like, 6 weeks, for them to locate a copy.) The chemistry between Walken and Sarandon in this flick is scorching. Plus, it's such an adorable story. I didn't know it was based on a short story by Vonnegut! Neat.

Well, then.

Motive Marketing, which handled much of the "grass roots" marketing of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ, has acknowledged on its website that it has been hired by Disney to design and manage "an extensive Faith and Family Outreach marketing and publicity campaign" for the studio's upcoming The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. The film has been described in some publications as "The Passion for kids." In an interview appearing in the London Telegraph last week, Jim Burns, president of HomeWord, a Christian broadcasting network, described the movie as "wonderful from the Christian point of view." He added, "The Christian community will provide opportunities for people to take their kids to this movie through block-booking and church outings and we will be making sure that Christians go in droves."

I am not sure if I will like this narnia....

The film has been described in some publications as "The Passion for kids."

Uh.

we will be making sure that Christians go in droves

He says this like the general moviegoing public is lacking in Christians.