I finally rented the Steve Martin movie "Pennies From Heaven" from Netflix, after hearing about it for years. I had no idea it was based on a Dennis Potter BBC mini-series.
Anyone else seen it?
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Dana - Feb 21, 2006 7:17:36 am PST #575 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
juliana - Feb 21, 2006 7:19:44 am PST #576 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Anyone else seen it?
Bits of it. We rented it, but couldn't keep up with the surrealism and finally fast-forwarded to Walken's scene.
Dana - Feb 21, 2006 7:23:26 am PST #577 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Yeah, Walken's bit was something.
I didn't find the musical sequences jarring at all, but once I saw Dennis Potter's name, I had some idea of what I was in for.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 21, 2006 7:33:26 am PST #578 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I finally rented the Steve Martin movie "Pennies From Heaven" from Netflix, after hearing about it for years. I had no idea it was based on a Dennis Potter BBC mini-series.
Anyone else seen it?
It's been years, but I remember really liking it. I've been meaning to pick up both that and the original BBC series (which is also out on disk), if only for the cognitive dissonance of seeing Bob Hoskins and Steve Martin in the same role.
Yeah, Walken's bit was something.
It was a great number. Also the reason the Fatboy Slim video DIDN'T surprise me. I knew he was a hoofer from way back.
I am amazed that Steve Martin basically learned to seriously dance for that role. Guess he really did have happy feet after all.
Scrappy - Feb 21, 2006 7:34:02 am PST #579 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I love that film. Martin is amazing and how fabulous are the two women? BF has had a life-long crush on Bernadette Peters and this film is one of the reasons why.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 21, 2006 7:37:51 am PST #580 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I love that film. Martin is amazing and how fabulous are the two women? BF has had a life-long crush on Bernadette Peters and this film is one of the reasons why.
Oh yes, and Jessica Harper, when she turns up in one of the musical numbers looking radiant in total contrast to the rest of how she played that character, was a total shock.
Dana - Feb 21, 2006 7:37:57 am PST #581 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
the original BBC series
I'm a little afraid of a longer version.
BF has had a life-long crush on Bernadette Peters and this film is one of the reasons why.
I love her. Her transformation is wonderful, and I almost didn't mind that she didn't really get to sing.
Hayden - Feb 21, 2006 7:49:02 am PST #582 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I love the hell out of that movie. The longer version is fantastic, too, but it doesn't have Christopher Walken doing the soft shoe.
tommyrot - Feb 21, 2006 9:04:36 am PST #583 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Vote for the worst movie title of all time: [link]
Some I've never heard of:
"Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?"
And I gotta disagree on this one - this is one of the best movie titles ever:
"The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?"
Betsy HP - Feb 21, 2006 9:13:57 am PST #584 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
"Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?"
Ah, the '70s. I think that was Gene Wilder, wasn't it?