Joe Mantegna was the dad in Searching for Bobby Fischer. Which I need to rewatch. Again.
And yes, Russ Tamblyn. I guess Seven Brides and West Side Story are his two best-known roles.
You all gonna be here when I wake up?
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
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Beverly - Aug 07, 2005 7:42:42 am PDT #6378 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
ChiKat - Aug 07, 2005 7:45:43 am PDT #6379 of 10002
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
I had about five very confused seconds of "Joe Mantegna is in Seven Brides?" before I figured out you were talking about Russ Tamblyn.
Thank you! I would still be confused if you hadn't posted that. I adore Seven Brides. One of my all time favorite movies.
Sean K - Aug 07, 2005 8:41:05 am PDT #6380 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
This also has the fantastic number "Get Happy," sung by Judy Garland in a tuxedo top and hat, surrounded by adoring dancing men in tuxes.
And I can't help but think about how vitally unhappy she likely was at the time.
Followed it up with Laurel Canyon, [snip] I couldn't seem to concentrate on the Bale-fulness for the luminescent McDormand.
Heh. How powerful is that, that her mere presence can knock the lust for Bale right out of your head.
Kathy A - Aug 07, 2005 8:56:16 am PDT #6381 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I remember the "Oh, my God, what happened to them?" reaction I had when Twin Peaks debuted, with both Riff and Tony thirty years older. Where did the time go?
DavidS - Aug 07, 2005 11:52:45 am PDT #6382 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
After Boat Trip, just how bad would a movie have to be to be considered "lowering oneself"?
Snow Dogs.
Russ Tamblyn has had a very interesting career. He's also in the super cool JD film High School Confidential. In the late sixties he dropped out and painted and like that until Twin Peaks. I remember him guesting on the TV show Fame, where they used the 7 Brides clip as backstory on his character.
DavidS - Aug 07, 2005 11:53:11 am PDT #6383 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Where did the time go?
Kathy you weren't even alive when West Side Story came out.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 07, 2005 12:01:51 pm PDT #6384 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
Snow Dogs was bad, but unless there's some Vault of Horror type movie with Cuba in it that Ed Wood directed posthumously, I don't think he's done anything worse than Boat Trip. I'd have paid good money to see Catwoman or The Cat in the Hat before shelling out ticket price toward that one.
sumi - Aug 07, 2005 2:11:56 pm PDT #6385 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
And in Laural Canyon they also cast an American as a Brit.
DavidS - Aug 07, 2005 4:03:12 pm PDT #6386 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Salon has an interesting piece on the Stepford Wife-ing of Katie Holmes. Public lobotomy: entertainment or abomination? Liz Smith does not approve!
erikaj - Aug 07, 2005 4:22:53 pm PDT #6387 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Liz Smith? Pot. Kettle. Or something. It's hard for me to believe that there is anything in there but "Columnist Liz Smith", come to think of it. Although if KH were my friend, I'd be freaked.