I heard somewhere that at some point they wanted The Rockford Files to be more like HFO. Less with The Funny.(Which would have sucked, imo) James Garner said "You hired me, and you know what I do. You want Jack Lord, get someone else." They didn't, cause Garner was a producer. As much as I love classic TV(and I do--more than a friend) can the remake thing die, please? Because you can totally be *influenced* by something and not just drop new hotties on it. Like Veronica Mars is, in my opinion, and somebody in TV Guide's, very "Rockford-" influenced, but it's not fanfic...she's not his secret daughter or anything.
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erikaj - Aug 12, 2008 11:56:59 am PDT #1530 of 11831
Always Anti-fascist!
erikaj - Aug 12, 2008 11:57:05 am PDT #1531 of 11831
Always Anti-fascist!
Frankenbuddha - Aug 12, 2008 5:11:56 pm PDT #1532 of 11831
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
James Garner rocks. Like Clooney, he's the closest an American ever got to being Cary Grant. Unfortunately, he was far less appreciated than either (though he had some big successes).
sumi - Aug 13, 2008 3:40:47 am PDT #1533 of 11831
Art Crawl!!!
He really does (rock). Hmmm, is Rockford Files in repeats somewhere?
Frankenbuddha - Aug 13, 2008 4:28:38 am PDT #1534 of 11831
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Hmmm, is Rockford Files in repeats somewhere?
I don't know about that, but I think it has started coming out on DVD.
Fred Pete - Aug 13, 2008 4:34:03 am PDT #1535 of 11831
Ann, that's a ferret.
He also made some fine movies during the '60s, including Move Over Darling -- a remake of My Favorite Wife in which he takes the Cary Grant role with Doris Day in the Irene Dunne role. OK, it isn't as good as the original, but it's fine light entertainment. As is The Thrill of It All (in which he and Day also play a married couple).
Kathy A - Aug 13, 2008 6:25:17 am PDT #1536 of 11831
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I always loved the goofiness of the Support Your Local Gunfighter/Sheriff movies. But his best films (IMO) are The Great Escape and Murphy's Romance. (I've yet to see The Americanization of Emily, so I can't attest to the quality of that film, but I've heard it's good.)
Fred Pete - Aug 13, 2008 6:26:43 am PDT #1537 of 11831
Ann, that's a ferret.
It is, Kathy. Garner and Julie Andrews have some great chemistry in that one.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 13, 2008 7:05:54 am PDT #1538 of 11831
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
He was also really good in the HBO movie Barbarians at the Gate, which was a semi-satircal look at the tobacco industry. And, hell, I even enjoy the movie Maverick(the TV show, it should go without saying, is a classic).
Scrappy - Aug 13, 2008 8:05:23 am PDT #1539 of 11831
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Murphy's Romance is a really wonderful movie. Nice to see a RomCom which is A. not set in a city, B. does not revolve around Wacky Misunderstandings, and C. where the protagonists have a little mileage on 'em.