Oooh! Desk Set is on TMC! It might actually be my favorite Hepburn/Tracy movie.
You can't open the book of my life and jump in the middle. Like woman, I'm a mystery.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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Steph L. - Sep 15, 2005 4:01:25 pm PDT #7360 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
sj - Sep 15, 2005 4:01:26 pm PDT #7361 of 10002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Thanks, Jilli.
"They're the wrong trousers, Grommit!" I love The Wrong Trousers, especially the penguin as criminal mastermind (see? Not all penguins are cute and cuddly!).
I love "A Close Shave", I think it's called. So funny. We watched them on my first trip to England.
sj - Sep 15, 2005 4:03:12 pm PDT #7362 of 10002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Oooh! Desk Set is on TMC! It might actually be my favorite Hepburn/Tracy movie.
Thanks for the heads up. I think it is my favorite too, although it is hard for me to chose.
Jessica - Sep 15, 2005 4:06:17 pm PDT #7363 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Fans of pretty boys in eyeliner and heels should keep an eye out for Breakfast on Pluto, Neil Jordan's latest (comes out Nov 18). It's both incredibly precious and heartbreakingly sincere, and Cillian Murphy is just amazing. He completely disappears into the role.
I was especially amused by Stephen Rea's character, who this time gets to say to the transvestite lounge singer "Oh don't worry, I know you're not a girl."
Batman Begins fans will also enjoy Liam Neeson's character.
sj - Sep 15, 2005 4:22:42 pm PDT #7364 of 10002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
"Be careful. Be careful. You're in the major leagues here." One of my favorite lines in desk set. Probably doesn't hold up on its own though.
evil jimi - Sep 15, 2005 4:38:51 pm PDT #7365 of 10002
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
That huge speaker for the victrola at the dance lesson!
See now that pisses me off. There is no dance lesson in the book. Why add something new, when there is already so much that will have to be excised to make the story fit the confines of a Hollywood movie?
Steph L. - Sep 15, 2005 4:55:08 pm PDT #7366 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
"Be careful. Be careful. You're in the major leagues here." One of my favorite lines in desk set. Probably doesn't hold up on its own though.
Man, I adore that movie simply because Tracy's character falls for Hepburn's character because of her big sexy brain.
I love this exchange in the movie:
Ruthie: Do you think we're being redecorated?
Sylvia: Does he look like an interior decorator to you?
Peg: No. He looks like one of those men who suddenly switched to vodka!
Peg rules.
Though my favorite line, also delivered by Peg, is this one:
"You're like an old coat that's hanging in his closet. Every time he reaches in, there you are. Don't be there once."
Mr. Broom - Sep 15, 2005 5:00:27 pm PDT #7367 of 10002
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
Why add something new, when there is already so much that will have to be excised to make the story fit the confines of a Hollywood movie?
One reason I could think of would be to make it smoother. Take a large book and made large and judicious cuts and what you get is a script with lots of noticeable stitchmarks. All of my favorite film adaptations have included a generous (though not too generous) dose of original material to blend it all together. After all, PoA was a book as long as first two put together and made into a movie one-third of the length of the first two put together, and it's generally agreed that it was the best. It also had a few original bits to make the movie its own being. That's another thing that separated it from the read-from-the-page feel of Chris Columbus's films.
sj - Sep 15, 2005 5:08:06 pm PDT #7368 of 10002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I love those lines too, Teppy. Thanks again for letting us know the movie was on. I was feeling miserable tonight, and now I am much better.
Steph L. - Sep 15, 2005 5:11:12 pm PDT #7369 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Thanks again for letting us know the movie was on. I was feeling miserable tonight, and now I am much better.
Isn't it funny how HUGE the computer is? I kept looking over at my laptop and giggling.