Simon Pegg: Don't buy my DVD.
ROBERT WEIDE, the director of the film, How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, is encouraging fans to bypass the Region 1 (North America) DVD of the film when it's released in February, and suggests they consider purchasing the Region 2 (U.K./Europe) DVD when it's released on March 16. The comedy stars Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, Jeff Bridges, Gillian Anderson, Danny Huston, and Megan Fox.
The reason, says Weide, is simple. "Simon and I worked very hard to make sure the DVD would be packed with bonus material. The British distributors (Paramount) solicited our input and included all of the extras. Sadly, the American distributors (MGM/Fox) locked us out of the process and managed to leave off most of the bonus material."
I saw the '95 version of Bye Bye Birdie. During the '90s, ABC developed a habit of remaking an old musical each season. Birdie is worth seeing if you happen to run across it -- Vanessa Williams does a bang-up job as Rose -- but it doesn't compare with the original. Now, Bette Midler in ABC's remake of Gypsy....
I don't know if I'd say Bette was better than Rosalind Russell, but she certainly made it a contest.
I think it's safe to say she was the closest we're ever going to get in a modern incarnation.
And as much as I loved Rosalind as Mama Rose, her iconic role for me is Auntie Mame.
God, I'm going to have to watch that-- it's been an age.
SEAN!
I just watched the 9 trailer! SQUEEEEEEEEEEE.
Also, I saw that back when it was an animated short! There was no dialogue or plot at that point, but it was definitely the same movie. I liked it back then too.
no love for
Cheyenne Social Club
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*Nothing* from Lord of the Rings made it in?
I think I'd have dropped the scorpion monster from Howard the Duck in favor of the cave troll from Fellowship of the Ring. That's the first example of a fully CGI humanoid figure I recall interacting believably with live-action figures.
