I saw it yesterday afternoon. It is indeed awesome. I'm so very thankful they're including the falling piano clip in the promos so people will get that it's a comedy.
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Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 05, 2009 6:04:52 am PDT #4347 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
tommyrot - Oct 05, 2009 9:09:39 am PDT #4348 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Has anyone seen the Howard Hughes film Hell's Angels? The making of this film was featured prominently in The Aviator.
Anyway, here's something I didn't know:
For the World War One based Hell’s Angels, Hughes - aged just 23 - basically assembled the world’s largest private air force - approximately ninety aircraft - at a cost of around $600,000
For the scene in which the Gotha bomber (above) was shot down, Hughes insisted that the aircraft be put into a spin - with the aircrew bailing out if necessary. Daredevil pilot Al Wilson accepted, for the sum of $10,000. A mechanic named Phil Jones volunteered to be his assistant, releasing black smoke to simulate the aircraft being hit by gunfire. Jones lost his life when the aircraft fell to earth during the filming of the scene.
Two other stunt pilots died whilst involved with the movie, including Al Johnson of the legendary 13 Black Cats. Hughes himself was injured crashing a plane (allegedly whilst trying to micro-manage his stunt pilots in the air)
Damn.
Fred Pete - Oct 05, 2009 9:25:30 am PDT #4349 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Unfortunately, I remember Hell's Angels mainly for Jean Harlow's amazing presence but terrible acting as The Vamp.
Kathy A - Oct 05, 2009 9:35:46 am PDT #4350 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I think the only Jean Harlow film I've seen is Dinner at Eight, which concludes with this classic bit between her and Marie Dressler.
Fred Pete - Oct 05, 2009 10:04:11 am PDT #4351 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Kathy, check out Bombshell. Harlow throws what may be the best tantrum ever thrown on film.
Makes me wonder what she could have accomplished if she'd lived a few years longer. She was made for screwball comedy.
Kathy A - Oct 05, 2009 10:11:44 am PDT #4352 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I find the Harlow storyline in Dinner at Eight the best one in the film. She just about steals the movie outright, but Wallace Beery gives just as good as he gets from Harlow.
John Barrymore is a dud in the film, IMO, and the other more dramatic storylines are more melodramatic, in a cheesy way. Dressler does add some pathos as the ruined-by-the-crash former grande dame begging for money from her still-rich friend.
Scrappy - Oct 05, 2009 10:28:42 am PDT #4353 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Also see Red Dust. Gable and Harlow are sexy and funny as hell.
Fred Pete - Oct 05, 2009 10:44:44 am PDT #4354 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Billie Burke also has a great moment in Dinner at Eight with her reaction to a problem with the aspic.
Atropa - Oct 05, 2009 10:48:05 am PDT #4355 of 30000
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Why the HELL aren't you people talking about Zombieland which was certainly worth the 89% approval rating it got on the Tomatometer?
I burbled about it up-thread! I loved Zombieland! I want to go see it again!
tommyrot - Oct 05, 2009 4:06:34 pm PDT #4356 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
'My Black Friend' headed to big screen
Lionsgate and Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Films are partnering to develop the comedy "Will You Be My Black Friend?" with Chris Rock starring.
The project stems from a November GQ magazine article written by senior correspondent Devin Friedman, who began a self-conscious search for black friends on Craigslist. The white, married Manhattan journalist then pursued his quixotic quest to expand his social circle, with unexpected results.