I was getting all prepped to be annoyed that Bruckheimer is considering Johnny Depp for Tonto (and rumors have Clooney as The Lone Ranger) but I looked it up and he is part Cherokee, still I bet it's a wee part and Silverheels was all (Canadian) Mohawk.
I'm just trying to tell you that we have nothing in common besides both of us liking your penis.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
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Laga - Sep 25, 2008 12:22:04 pm PDT #8203 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
erikaj - Sep 25, 2008 12:44:43 pm PDT #8204 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!
Much as I love Johnny Depp, that sounds cheesy to me. Find an Indian actor.
Strega - Sep 25, 2008 1:15:49 pm PDT #8205 of 10000
I thought that was definite (the Tonto role).
Didn't he do an indie years back where he played a Native American?
ETA: Aha. The Brave, which he directed.
Beverly - Sep 25, 2008 1:36:44 pm PDT #8206 of 10000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I thought Depp is a quarter (eigth?) Cherokee. On his mother's side, of course.
Laga - Sep 26, 2008 12:20:54 pm PDT #8207 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I just watched the trailer for Inkheart over at Yahoo Movies. I'm still excited to see it (I mean, Paul Bettany breathing fire? Hell yeah!) but wow did they change a lot.
Barb - Sep 27, 2008 4:50:40 am PDT #8208 of 10000
“Not dead yet!”
Just watched Across the Universe last night for the first time. Surprised myself with how much I loved it. I mean, I love Julie Taymor's work and visual sensibilities and of course, Beatles, but given the Mama Mia!-like genesis in terms of let's create a story that we can fit the songs into, I was a little concerned. Mind you, I love MM!, it's good, cheesy fun, but taking into consideration the setting for AtU, I was just a wee bit concerned. Shame on me. So didn't need to be. I loved the not-so-subtle references to iconic figures from the era, loved the casting (Dana Fuchs is a total doppelganger for Joan Osborne and I barely recognized Joe Anderson, who I loved in Becoming Jane), and of course, loved the music.
Very cool. I'll quit babbling now.
Sean K - Sep 27, 2008 5:39:31 am PDT #8209 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
brenda m - Sep 27, 2008 5:42:21 am PDT #8210 of 10000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I heard that. Sad.
§ ita § - Sep 27, 2008 6:32:56 am PDT #8211 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh! Dear.
DavidS - Sep 27, 2008 7:07:39 am PDT #8212 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
That news bums me out.
Newman was a fellow Kenyon College alum and returned there fairly often to support the school. The summer I spent there working on the grounds crew, he and Joanne were around town as she played in Hayfever with the Kenyon Festival Theater. You'd see him around town all the time. He helped the school fund a new theater and directed the first production there.
Aside from that connection, he seemed like the last star to really come out of the studio system. I can't really think of another great movie star after him that had such iconic roles in black and white films as he did with The Hustler and Hud.
Early on he was a great movie star and leading man. Later, he really became a fine, subtle, complex actor. I think his best performance was in The Verdict - an underrated movie that still lingers in my memory. He was also excellent in Nobody's Fool.
And, you know, he seemed like such a mensch.