Conference back40::soapbox

	Watched Serial Mom on video Wednesday night. That was one funny movie!

	And then to think it was based on a real story.

	I wonder how many mom's there are out there ready
to snap like that ? Makes me wonder what my wife does at 
home all day. She is always on the phone when I try and call,
is she ticking our neighbors off......??

    got addicted to Scarlet, shouldn't have, lost too much sleep!

    Doncha mean "red" or "white" or maybe "Thunderbird?"  Ain't no swill
    named "Scarlet" imho...
    
    Oh, "ScarletT".  Sorry... :-)
    

	Teekema, has yer neighbors talked about obcene phone calls?

	They haven't said anything,.........yet.

	They do act very paranoid thou.............%^)

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| They do act very paranoid thou.............%^)


	That's probably due to you, not your wife

	Watch it glen, I'll come over and give you some noogies...%^)

	Promises promises promises....

    Saw Stargate last weekend...
    
    decent escapist fare. I give it a seven in the sci-fi genre. Better
    than any Star Trek film, for comparison. The guy from the Crying
    Game played Ra (Egyptian Sun God). Telegraphed ending.
    
    -b

	Last night Patrick Stewart said they will be combining Star Wars and
Star Trek in a movie. He will be in a love triangle with Princess Leeya, Laya,
whatever her name was. He said Harrison Ford already agreed to making the
movie. When it was pointed out to him that they were in different time frames,
he responded by saying, "It's science fiction!"  He seemed very serious about
it too.

    
    My Top Ten Fave Movies (in no particular order):
    
    - Apocalypse Now		- The Draughtsman's Contract
    - Pulp Fiction		- 2001: A Space Odyssey
    - Local Hero		- 9.5 Weeks
    - Brazil			- Monty Python & The Holy Grail
    - Manhattan			- Star Wars (yes, I know it was
    					     terrible, but...)
    
    jc
    

   I was disappointed in Generations.  It was OK.  I was expecting much
   more.  

    re: .10
    
    I saw Stargate as well, and I agree.  Check your reality
    at the door and have a good time.
    
    Mary-Michael

    I saw Stewart on Leno's show, and I thought the whole Princess Leia
    thing was a big chain-yank.  As much as I admire his acting skills,
    Stewart is usually pretty disappointing on talk shows.  I'm not
    all that fond of TNG, but even at that I'm bemused by what appear
    to be his mixed feelings on the "Trek Phenomenon".
    
    re: "Generations"
    
    I guess I took my "disappointment hit" earlier when I'd read the leaked
    script... once I "accepted" that, the actual film came off as a pretty
    good implementation of the script.  There were certainly better TNG
    episodes, though.  And I can see where some TNG fans would be quite
    disturbed at some of the goings-on, but to say any more would be
    spoiling things.
    
    Chris

    I saw stargate, I thought the special effects were great.
    
    I also saw "Interview with an Vampire"
    
    I liked it.  If you can get past all the blood sucking you might even
    find some parts of the movie humorous.  

    
    I thought Stargate was the worst movie I've seen all year. 
    
    I saw Generations last night. Thumb up!
    
    Paul
    

Saw Stargate tonight and thought it was the _best_ theatrical movie I've seen
this year.

Then again, it's the _only_ theatrical movie I've seen this year. . . 

    
    take the kids to see "the santa clause."  a good family movie and
    an early start on a little christmas cheer.

    saw gump last night. STILL a big crowd in the theatre. corny story line
    for sure. but well acted and entertaining.

    
    >corny
    
    no, it was really a clever and concious play on the cynicism
    seen in so much of modern life.
    
    one part it did have a problem about was ther rather slick
    attempt to genuflect to the antiwar mobs sensibilities by
    arranging to have the amp power cut off.
    
    what did gump say? i'd really like to know. 

    just bought a copy of grumpy old men with matthau(sp) and lemmon.
    funniest movie i've seen all year.
    
    

	Saw Generations this weekend. I really liked it. It was the first Star
Trek movie that had plenty of laughes, without the laughter being at the old
men trying to be young again. :-)


Glen

    Saw Interview With the Vampire.  So-so movie.  Not as gory (IMO) as
    some of the shoot-em-up movies out.  Wait for the video.
    
    Dan

	Saw Generations, Friday - it was OK, still haven't decided if
	I liked it or not.  Also saw trailers for a new movie Legends 
	(?) with Brad Pitt - MSO Babes, let's put together a field 
	trip for this one!!!!  (yikes!)

Pat

    
    Saw `The Professional' on Saturday.  It was less violent and more
    sentimental than the trailer suggested.  Not bad, but required a
    certain suspension of disbelief for some of the more `fantastic'
    aspects.
    
    The kid who played the girl was very good (I don't usually like
    child actors very much).  We'll be seeing more of her in the future, 
    I'm sure.
    

    
    saw 'the santa clause' saturday nite...i really liked it. tim allen is a
    hoot.  a nice movie that the whole family can enjoy together...
    
    

    I rented a movie last night called "The Hudsucker Proxy."
    
    The thing that really made me interested in this movie was the cast,
    which includes: Paul Newman, Charles Durning, Jennifer Jason Leigh,
    and one of my favorites: Tim Robbins.
    
    Well, in the first couple minutes of the movie, Charles Durning says
    one "line" -- "ahem" -- winds his watch, climbs atop a boardroom
    table, runs down its length and pitches himself through the window...
    falling 44 (or 45 if you count the mezzanine) stories to his death.
    An interesting but hardly Oscar producing role for Mr. Durning.
    
    Enter Tim Robbins, who is a mail clerk for the Hudsucker Company.
    Now that Mr. Hudsucker (Charles Durning) is no longer in charge,
    they look for the biggest loser they can find to become president
    of the company... deflating the stock price so that the greedy
    directors (chief among them, Paul Newman's character) can buy
    up all the stock before it goes public. Tim Robbins. Mail Geek.
    becomes... Tim Robbins. President and CEO...
    
    But Mr. Robbins foils their plan by making the company filthy
    rich by inventing the Hula Hoop. The story line is interesting,
    and the movie is funny until...
    
    Jennifer Jason Leigh arrives. Now the movie is supposed to be a
    take-off on the fast-talking movies of the 1940s... the Spencer
    Tracy/Katherine Hepburn type roles. Unfortunately, JJL is about
    as bad as it gets and overplays the role to the point of obnoxiousness.
    That is why, 54 minutes into the movie, I rewound it and brought
    it back.
    
    So, my review of the movie is this: very promising cast, very
    promising script... but JJL (who's normally not this bad) makes
    the film unwatchable. Therefore, I can only give the movie a 1,
    or maybe a 2 for some of the great cinematography in the opening
    scenes.
    
    -b

    <- Yup... Bizarre movie.

    >Was Tim Robbins the guy who played Jacob in 'Jacob's Ladder'?
    
    Yes, and he also had two more recent films, both of which I
    liked: "The Player" in which he plays a movie producer turned
    murderer, and "Bob Roberts" in which he plays a con-man running
    for Senator.
    
    -b

    
    
    Yup, Jacob's Ladder.  A great movie.  The end unravels all the
    strangeness throughout the rest of the movie.  Definitely worth a
    second watch.
    
    
    Mike

	well, there seems to be a consensus.

    
    
    In the box?

    Saw Frankenstein, because I was alone and my wife and kids wouldn't
    want to see it.  Neither would I.
    
    Nowheres near as good as the one with Gene Wilder and Terri Garr...

Hi, I'm looking for the title of a movie. I only caught a couple of minutes on 
the tube some years ago and this is what I remember:

A mother and daughter are at a truckers' gas/food stop. Mom is leaning against
a 16 wheeler and owns a bag (or backpack), appears to be her sum total 
possession. Daughter is trying to persuade mom to come back to earth and be 
like other normal people. Mom is something of a free spirit and tries to 
explain that it's ok for daughter to feel the way she does but hitching rides 
with truckers and doing her own thing is where she's at. Mom appears centered,
content, at peace with the world. Daughter is all bunched up about mom and life.

Anyone know this one?

Mark

    Not sure,but it could be "The Neon Ceiling"?  I think its about a mom
    and daughter who stumble across a gas(?) station out west thats run by
    a dude who takes old neone signs and puts them on the ceiling of his
    establishment.  The recollection is real fuzzy, as I saw the movie in
    the mid 70's while putting a hurting on a case of Genessee Cream Ale's
    16 ouncers.
    
    Dan

    
    I saw Stargate - it was entertaining.  a very good representation of
    the egyptian pyramid/ufo source myth.
    
    Pulp Fiction was awful in every sense of the word.  its amazing what
    canne glorifies as good or great.
    
    Interview with the Vampire is a well-crafted movie.  the sets/filming
    is beautiful. the acting superb.  the story however is basically two
    hours of hopelessness and despair.  i'm quite certain now that vampires
    in large part represent the humanist vision of immortality - endless
    pleasure, power, sensuality, darkness, hedonism, selfishness, riches.  
    i cannot say it was a good movie, only a well-crafted one.
    
    jeff

    .39 - Das Vampire...
    
>   endless pleasure, power, sensuality, darkness, hedonism, selfishness,
>   riches...
    
    Isn't that why we're working here??? 

>Das Vampire...

Der Vampir.

Thank you for your attention.

/john

Broke in a new copy of _Life of Brian_  on Saturday night.

A film fit for Jehovah.

    Were you wearing your fake beard?

---
yes	(in me best baritone)
---

    Lovely day for a stoning...

    "Blessed are the cheesemakers...."

...Oh, that's nice. They 'ave a 'ell of a time.

    "From now on, I want to be known as 'Loretta'".
    

        Coincidence -  we  watched  "Life  of  Brian" (for the umptieth
        time!) at the weekend too.
        
        

    	"Are you a virgin?"
    
    	"Well that's none of your bloody business!"
    
    	(aside) "Yup, she's a virgin..."

    "Wewease Bawwabus"

    "I was sitting there mindin' me own business, when along comes Jesus and
     cures me, without so much as a `by your leave'..."

    
    the hyenas in Lion King were great. critters after my own heart.

    Didja read the New Yorker slam of the Lion King?  'Twas a wonder to
    read; they picked it to shreds ("Funny how the animals rejoiced when
    the Lion King & retinue returned; presumably they preferred being
    eaten by a higher class of predator.").
    
    Not that I've actually SEEN the flick mindjoo.
    

    
    its a bore.  it is an original Disney script.  can't compete with the
    brothers grimm, imo.
    
    jeff

    Well, I thought it was great, and so did my kids. Nyah. 8-p

    
    Did a double date with Marsden and Emma (and me and Joanna) just before
    Thanksgiving for the Lion King.  Was the two twos first big screen movie. 
    They enjoyed it enough to make it to the end.
    
    We even stayed for the credits, where the four of us cheered a friend's
    name as it scrolled up the screen.
    
    								-mr. bill

    >Didja read the New Yorker slam of the Lion King?
    
     The New Yorker has a snot problem.

Seems to me that some of the most entertaining and best made movies to come 
out these days are coming from the animation studios at Disney. Yeah, you 
can fault them in a lot of ways -- but what can't you? For my buck, its 
hard to beat the diversionary splendor of B & t B, Aladin, and Lion King. 
And I get to take the kids along, too.

    with the lions in control, the "circle of life" was maintained and
    balanced; when a wimp lion made a deal with the hyenas to sell out and
    kill the rightful heir, and the hyenas took over, they destroyed
    wantonly; their packs ran wild, and the "circle of life" was damaged.
    The vibrant veldt became a wasteland of death.  I thought it could be
    loosely compared to stalinist-era soviet practise; the destruction of
    the kulaks in the name of collectivized agriculture, with the
    subsequent destruction of productivity and the vegetables rotting in
    the fields.  Hyenas standing in for stalinist thugs.
    
    No wonder the New Yorker didn't like it, buncha commies.
    
    DougO

    Actually, hyena farts ruined the ozone layer, causing massive UV
    destruction of the veldt.  Keep yer fax strate.

    Over Thanksgiving I watched a film called Romeo is Bleeding, starring
    Gary Oldman, Lena Olin and Annabella Sciorra. Oldman portrays a cop
    on the take, Sciorra plays his wife, and Lena Olin portrays a Russian
    gangster.
    
    I think I  would describe the film as a somewhat pretentious character
    study.
    
    My attention must have lapsed, because I really didn't get the scene
    with the chainsaw, the prosthesis and the corpse.

    
    
    hyena farts!?!?!?!??!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?
    
    
    

    
    ...don't ask.

    	Saw Sophie's Choice last night.
    
    	Haunting.  I'll be thinking about that one for a long time.

    
    
    but hyena farts!?!?!?!?
    
    
    

    shouldn't that be hyena butt farts?

    You mean they have the ability to fart out of other orifices?

    <-- this troubles me.

    
        Do they laugh while their farting? Or do they fart, then laugh?
    

    Or do they laugh so hard, it makes them fart...

    Can hyena's fart out there ears?

    
        Do they laugh so much because of all the farting going on?

    
    Hyenas.
    
    No '.
    
    Honestly, Glenn.  I'm appalled.

    Getting off saying the word...?

    What's wrong with saying boys?

    
    ...and Rosie's not a boy!
    

    What an absolutely hysterical string!!
    
    'Scuse me, I gots to leave the room & open all the windoze.
    
    |-{:-)
    

    Perhaps one or more hyenas saw a particular scene from "Blazing
    Saddles", and it spread like ...
    
    Dick

    RE: other orifices etc.  Yes, I have seen the results of a cranial fart
    when someone with zero understanding comes up the a "brilliant" idea. 
    They usually have large org charts under them.  
    
    Brian

    
    
    Just leave them closed and enjoy the.....er, bouquet, Dan. :')

    
    I saw the adverts this morning for the movie version of Michael
    Crichton (sp?)'s _Disclosure_.  Great book.  Hope the movie does it
    justice.
    
    I usually don't frequent cinemas, but am willing to make an exception
    in this case.  It opens the 9th.

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| its a bore. it is an original Disney script. can't compete with the brothers 
| grimm, imo.

	You're an expert at being a bore Jeff..... me thinks the animation and
the storyline combined help make this movie such a success. Plus the fact that
the name Disney doesn't carry that same cringe it had a few years back, which
led to Touchstone films.


Glen

 Sheesh....

    Re: .86
    
    >Great book.  Hope the movie does it justice.
    
    I liked the book.  I'm just sorry that we're going to have yet another
    movie in which the successful businesswoman is the villain (or do I
    need to say villainess?).  It's not that I don't want them to make it
    into a movie, I want them to make more movies where a successful woman
    isn't evil or pitiful.

    <--- Rent Baby Boom. Great example of a successful business woman. And
    it's funny.

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| -< do i look like a "Joe" or what? >-

	Unless you got a ponytail, glasses like father mulkayhe (sp?), I'd have
to go with the what.

    Recently saw "Speed" with Keanu Reeves (sp?)...
    
    One critic described it as "Die Hard on a Bus"... pretty accurate,
    except that it was actually, "Die Hard on a Elevator, Bus and Subway".
    Dennis Hopper plays a crazy villain... talk about a stretch!!! :-) :-)
    All sorts of improbable situations, like LA cops acting bravely and
    in the best interest of the citizens and TV reporters providing a
    useful service... about the only realistic aspect of the movie was
    that virtually every place they went, there was construction in
    progress...
    
    Still, it was decent VCR fare and contributed a new babe to my
    boinkability list... (the woman who was in "Demolition Man" and
    who also *very nicely* graced the cover of "TV Host" magazine
    a few months back ... sorry I can't remember her name, I was,
    er, distracted... :-)
    
    -b

    	re .92
    
    	You're obsessed.  Get a life.

> (or do I need to say villainess?)

Oh, by all means, please do.

    Re: .93
    
    Sandra Bullock

    RE: .96
    
    Bingo...

    What was the only movie to have it's credits at the end spoken rather
    than printed to be read?
    

XXX-rated or otherwise?

Citizen Kane treated the cast credits interestingly with audio, though they
weren't actually spoken credits.

    was it a movie for the blind?

Went and saw Ahhnald last night.  Enjoyed the movie - light comedy and about 
what I would expect.  I would love to know Maria Shrivers reaction - I bet 
Ahhnald based a lot of his actions/reactions on true life experience. Of 
course you do have to check your logic meter at the door, but that's to be 
expected ahead of time don't you think?

    
    Did he, at any point, say "grab my hand"?

    I saw Arnold on Letterman's show a week or two ago, and he freely
    admits that quite a lot of his performance is based on Maria's
    pregnancies!
    
    He also noted that the Kennedy clan didn't ask him to campaign
    for Uncle Ted.  (chuckle)
    

    Vote for Ted... or I'll be bach...

    	Is Maria S a renegade republican?  In a recent conversation in
    	which I participated, that was the claim someone made.

    I've never heard what Maria's political affiliation is.
    Arnold, however, is a staunch Republican.
    
    Must make for interesting talk at the holiday table in
    Hyannisport!
    

    Maria's political affiliation is Kennedy.

    
    Another "credits" question.
    
    In which film did the credits consist of the stars 'revealing' 
    themselves. (ooh err).
    
    
    
    Derek.
    

    ONe film where this happened was The List of Adrian Messenger.

    Anybody else want to guess at .98?
    
    

Re: <<< Note 52.111 by BSS::HAYESJ "Veryfunny,Scotty.Nowbeamdownmyclothes." >>>

>>    Anybody else want to guess at .98?

Well if you want a total guess, Mel Brook's Silent Movie?

                      Roak

But I don't think so...

    Answer to .98

    >What was the only movie to have it's credits at the end spoken rather
    >than printed to be read?
    
    I thought about this for some time and figured that it had to be a fairly
    old movie, as the credits back then were not as long as they have been
    over the more recent years.  I still couldn't think of it, so the one who
    posed the question gave me the answer...
    
    it was so simple, why didn't I remember it?  It was a memorable movie...
    
    M*A*S*H

29th Street

 hard to go wrong with Aiello in the mix.

    
    >  hard to go wrong with Aiello in the mix.
    
    Seen "The Pickle?"
    
    

    Yeah, I saw it.  What a bomb!!
    

 okay well.  i said "hard", not "impossible".  ;>

 no, i haven't seen "the pickle" and now i won't - ever.  thanks.

    Yep, Aiello is good.  Very good.  Mostly.  :>
    

    
    Re .110
    
    Correct.
    
    I couldn't remember the title.
    
    
    
    

    I know this is sad but....
    
    I rented "The Beverly Hill Billies" (sp?) the other day. Gawwwd it was
    terrible. Didn't see enough of Lea Thompson neither.
    
    never, ever, ever, ever (ever) again. 

    re: .121
    
    I've seen lots and lots of movies in 41 years.  "The Beverly
    Hillbillies" has the honor of having won my coveted "The Worst Film of
    All Time" award.  I wrote a "review" on it for a movie-loving pal, and
    now he absolutely refuses to rent it.  I've offered to rent it myself
    and bring it over for us to watch together (because it is an
    experience), but he says he won't let me in the house if I have a
    "Hillbillies" tape in my hand.
    
    Chris

    Beverly Hillibillies is only Second Worst, the real coveted honor
    goes to "Ishtar". That POS was the absolutely worst sewage to ever come
    out of Hollyweird.

    Looks like Dumb and Dumber (or whatever) will be likely to win that
    coveted honor.
    
    Can anyone explain the appeal of such a waste of celluloid?

    Jim Carrey.

    
    Great haircut btw.

	There is some movie that he was in long ago, that is being released. I
think this is the one. IF it is, he doesn't spend much time in it. 


Glen

    Nope, not this one.

    
    cam neely is in it too!!!!
    
    (not the porn...the dumb one... ;>:>)
    
    

	bummer raq.... he's a cutie...

   So, is "Dumb and Dumber" an old movie released to cash in on Jim
   Carrey's popularity, or is it {shudder} a *new* film?

    
    
    i do believe it is a new film....cam is in it and he was on a phone
    interview the other day on a radio station and he (or the radio guy)
    said something about needing something to fill the void of the hockey
    strike...
    
    

    Went to see The Mask, at last, yesterday evening. What a waste of 
    money :^( It was simular to the things that dangle between a human
    male's legs.

    I saw MASK and noted how easily it was to dismiss accountability for
    one's actions.. The MASK made him steal the money and therefore he
    wasn't really a bad guy and the *real* bad guys paid for the crime he
    committed... seemed like warped justice and certainly not edifying for
    kids who shirk responsibility and accountability so easily today!
    
    The only part I LIKED was the when the dog got masked! :-)

    So we agree then it was bollox! oppps did I over stretch the language ?
    

    Going back to "Dumb and Dumber", I laughed more in the trailor for this
    film than I did during MASK. I was kinda wanting to see this but......

    I dare anybody to say Ace Ventura Pet Detective wasn't funny. I hope
    Jim Carrey does another Ace movie.

    Glenn

    
 re: Note 52.12  <<<CSSREG::BROWN "KB1MZ FN42" >>>
    
   > Beverly Hillibillies is only Second Worst, the real coveted honor
   > goes to "Ishtar". That POS was the absolutely worst sewage to ever come
   > out of Hollyweird.
    
      you musta missed "heaven's gate".  has to be seen to be believed.
    

    Ace Ventura was *not* funny!

    tee hee

I rather liked the bit in A.V. when the landlord came to check out if A.V. had 
any pets....


Chele

    Well just goes to show tastes differ.  I thought A.V. was quite funny
    in a cornball sort of way.  Made me laugh, a lot.
    
    Brian

    -.1 Brian, I'm sure what they meant to add was ..."to me."
        
       Otherwise, they'd be assuming a right to say what you might
       think is funny or entertaining. We bith know no one would
       ever assume that :-)
    
       Chip

    Oh.  I see.  I must have missed the implied IMO, again.  Silly me. 
    :-). 

    re: Ace Ventura
    
    Well, for me it was when he went to that party and made a complete goof
    out of himself. Oh, and the scene where he played Hindskits Velvet,
    Trainer of Dolphins. And what about trying to get admitted to mental
    home, work boots and a pink frufru doing football slow-mo. Comic
    genius.

    If you didn't find that funny, your corset was on too tight.

    Glenn

I'm with Glenn (well, not _with_ him, but...)

"Come to me, my jungle friends."

    YES! YES!
    
    Can you feel that baby? HUH? HUH? HUH?
    
    I have exorcised the demons! This house is cleah.
    
    Losers! Loo hooo, ze herrrr!

 the sliding glass door thing was purty freakin' funny too

    Rrrreeeeeee heeeee heeeeee heeeeh heeeeallly.

    "Blue Lagoon" is the worst movie ever.  "Perfect" is a close 2nd.

    AV - Allllllllllll Riiiiighteee Then...

    Mind if I ass you a few question?

    What's the matter? Afraid I'll make a stink?!?

    "For God's sake Jim, I'm a doctor, not a pool man!"

   I know "Perfect" gets critical brickbats, but I feel that any movie that
   contains extensive footage of Jamie Lee Curtis leading an aerobics class
   is not without merit.

    First ve are making zee dolphins disappear, zen ve have zee vite tiegahs
    und ze stuffink in ze pants, und I'm gone!

    Ace Ventura was funny - No arguing
    
    No thanks

    tee hee (was too!!):^)

I liked it

Chele

    <- ...and that's all that really counts, now isn't it!

    It was funny in parts, but annoying in others.  He overdid the
    silliness, IMO.

    <--- Jim Carrey overact??? Say it isn't so! ;^)
    
    C
    

    Buncha pious grumps, I say.
    
    
    "Stuff probably looks better on the way out!"

	William Shatner, now there is an OVERactor! Jim Carey? Nah, he's just
silly.... Shatner does it because he thinks that is the way it should be!


Glen

    Yabut at least Shatner was reasonably restrained in "Generations".
    I walked in there fully expecting him to ruin it, and he actually
    did okay.  He even did some subtle (!) facial expressions during
    the Enterprise-B scenes.  Later, though, I'll admit he overdid
    the "Sounds like fun!" line, but I think that was his only lapse.
    
    Chris

    
    Amazing the trash that folks like these days.  Jim Carey is Ren on Ren
    and Stimpy!   And they are just as bad!

    -.1 I don't consider Carey's stuff in trash category. I do have a
      trash catagory, but it has nothing to do with a little mindless
      schtik(sp?)...
    
       Chip

    I thought Billy West (?) did both Ren and Stimpy's voice...
    
    But in any event, Carrey sets my teeth on edge.  Can't stand him,
    not even for a split second.  Fortunately, he can only make a finite
    number of goofy faces, which the insatiable, short-attention-span
    public will quickly tire of, and then he will become a Trivial
    Pursuit question.
    
    Chris

   I saw a movie magazine article on "Star Trek: Generations" describing
   the several takes of the scene of Shatner and Stewart on horseback.  The
   scene looks fine, the reporter said, but every time they shot it Shatner
   punched different words -- in other words, it was all shtick to him.
   Stewart, when asked if it was difficult for a classically trained
   Shakespearian actor to work with that technique, was diplomatic 8^)

    .170
    
    > Stewart, when asked if it was difficult for a classically trained
    > Shakespearian actor to work with that technique, was diplomatic 8^)
    
    as well he might be.  shatner is also a shakespearean, albeit canadian
    rather than brit.

   Don't blame his acting on being Canadian!

    re: .170 Steve
    
    Ha-ha... that doesn't surprise me too much (doing the lines
    differently every time), but it was still funny.  How about
    "Don't let them promote... YOU!"
    
    As much as I used to defend him in the old Trek conference
    (imagine yawning through three years of Hunter in the lead
    role, for example), I think he stopped taking the character
    seriously after the first couple of years.
    
    "Hey, it was just a... LARK!" :-)
    
    Chris

    I was joking about Ren - He just reminds me of him... trash.
    
    :-)

Free the Framingham 14.

	Ren is NOT trash. He's just always angry! 

	And Billy West does do both Ren & Stimpy NOW, as they booted the
creator, John K (wouldn't even attempt to spell it) from the show. 


Glen

    If you go to the movies for reality, you will be disappointed. I saw
    "Speed" to feast my eyes on Ms. Bullock, and what a feast it was!!
    
    Excuse me, I need to get a towel!!!!!!
    
    ...Tom 

	Speed

	what unfortunate twist of fate made Keanu Reeves take up acting?
	pitiful.  the only thing worse than the acting was the dialogue.

	ridiculously impossible stunts.  stripping wires while riding
	supine on a piece of metal on wheels, traveling at 55 mph, underneath
	a bus.  most people couldn't strip a wire while sitting
	in an easy chair, traveling at zero mph, in their livingroom, without
	cutting into a wire.

	people say "oh, but there's lots of action!".  whoop-dee-doo.

>	a bus.  most people couldn't strip a wire while sitting
>	in an easy chair, traveling at zero mph, in their livingroom, without
>	cutting into a wire.


 You musta been watching me hooking up my new receiver Friday night ;-)

>>    If you go to the movies for reality, you will be disappointed.

	first of all, i didn't go to it - it was rented.  and secondly,
	trust me, i don't need any lectures about reality in movies.
	there are impossible stunts that are done well, as in Raiders,
	and then there are the _ridiculously_ impossible ones, and this
	was chock full of 'em.

	Lady Di, I MUST remind you though, the movie had Keanu Reeves in it.
Nuff said... :-)

	Sorry to disagree, I thought Speed was great. Kept you
on the edge of your chair all through it. And when you thought
it was over, it started all over again.

	Totally radical................%^)

	>>And when you thought
	>>it was over, it started all over again.

	yes, that was unfortunate too.

    .181
    
    keanu reeves is sufficient reason not to see a film.  his presence in
    much ado about nothing was ovbiously to suck in the younger crowd, and
    he came nigh unto ruining the film with his utter ineptitude.

	But he is soooo cute... :-)

    .185
    
    no.  he is a spoiled brat, and he looks like it.

| <<< Note 52.186 by SMURF::BINDER "vitam gustare" >>>


| no.  he is a spoiled brat, and he looks like it.

	What he looks like is.... adorable...

    glen, i've never questioned your taste.  until now.

	>>What he looks like is.... adorable...


	eesh.  he had exactly one pained expression during the whole movie,
	which he alternated with having no expression whatsoever.

	

    
>> no.  he is a spoiled brat, and he looks like it.

	Well, if that's what a spolied brat looks like, I would be 
	willing to learn how to deal with it!

	Pat

   I don't want to get into how cute he may be, but to know that he went
   from "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" to this is to me astonishing.

>>   I don't want to get into how cute he may be, but to know that he went
>>   from "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" to this is to me astonishing.

	he was at least funny in that.  the vapid expressionlessness came in
	handy.

	his "acting" in "Speed" was the most pathetic i've seen in quite
	some time.

	Dick, I'm sorry you had to question my taste, but he really is
adorable! 

	Lady Di, if the expression wasn't so cute, it would have been bad. But
the guy is a hunk! (although Brad Pitt is best)

	Steve, it is QUITE the change from Bill & Ted to this. Talk about a
make-over. From seeing him on the talk shows a few times, he seems to be more
like he was in Bill & Ted though..... :-)

   Such venom, Lady Di!
   
   I must admit that Sandra Bullock's acting is minimalist as well.
   I guess that leaves Dennis Hopper, dean of the Chemistry Department of
   the William Shatner School of Overacting... 8^)

    If anyone expected anything but impossible stunts, improbable maniacs
    and an endless string of violence and destruction than you were sorely
    mislead.  I however thrive on this and was thoroughly delighted.  Why I
    sat right down in front of the teevee with a nice cold glass of Carton
    de Merlot and a big bowl of Reddenbackers w/white cheese and enjoyed
    the explosion fest. 
    
    Brian

  >> Such venom, Lady Di!

	"venom"?  what's evil and spiteful about assessing someone's
	acting as terrible?  gimme a break.

	Well, it's not like Arnold Schwarzenager or Jean-Cleaude
are great actors either %^(

    They're not?!?!? Oh my, I guess I need to recalibrate my talent
    sensors.

    I liked "Speed"...good blast of continual action.  I was too busy
    watching Ms. Bullock to pay much attention to what's-his-name, though,
    so I have no idea what you people are talking about.  8^)
    
    The "bus jump" was a bit much, though.  I don't mind a bit of
    unrealistic stuntmanship, but this was too much.
    
    -steve

    A sneak preSNARF.
    

   Oh, I agree with your opinion on his acting.  I just feel that you've
   been delivering it with surprising zeal.

    
    Saw the movie this past weekend... You have to turn your brain off at
    the door... Entertaining, fast-paced. Sure there were a lot of flaws... 
    who cares? I paid $2.50 for it and was entertained... 
    
      The bus leap was just that... a leap of logic!! :) The other thing I
    moaned about was the train at the end.. Why couldn't they just shut the
    power off to the tracks??

    I enjoyed the movie TIMECOP more than SPEED. And I must admit
    Jean-Claude really isn't that bad an actor and I'd rather have his
    looks than Kenu Reeves.

    I guess I like time travel stories.

    Glenn

	zeal. ;>  geez, if i raise my voice one decibel, everybody's
	all over me.  ooh er, etc.

   It was the repetition, I guess.  As I said, I agree with you.
   
   Siskel and Ebert reviewed "Dumb and Dumber."  Ebert didn't like it, but
   admitted there was one scene so funny it nearly hospitalized him.
   (I don't know or care what it was 8^)

     It's the dynamic range, Di. If Chelsea were making the same comments,
    no one would bat an eye. If it were <she who shall not be named for
    fear of provoking her to infest this conference as well>, then people
    would wonder if she were not feeling well, being so mild of word... ;^>

    
    
    Well, I support you lady Di.  FWIW (not much I realize)
    
    
    
    Mike

    >> Why couldn't they just shut the power off to the tracks??
    
    that's what *I* said!!!  i mean, it isn't electric for nothing!!
    
    and lady di, i agree with you on most counts here...keanu (sp) can't
    act.  his voice sounded so fake.  i vaguely remember bill & ted's
    adventure, but i am sure he was much better in that, being the air-head
    that he seems to be.  and there really wasn't a whole heck of a lot of
    stunts in the movie that could have been done by your every day swat
    member...
    
    and glen, as <> said, i have never doubted your tastes til know...how
    can you put keanu and kenny in the same category!?!?!?!?!??!
    
    

    It was interesting to me that the speed of the train could be increased
    but the throttle couldn't be decreased. It was more fun their way!!
    
    ...Tom 

 I kinda liked Keanu Reeves in "Parenthood" (in a couple of scenes anyway).




Jim

   maybe he was absent from acting class the day they did "looks of anxiety".

    I believe that was just gas.

| <<< Note 52.210 by GAVEL::JANDROW "brain cramp" >>>


| and glen, as <> said, i have never doubted your tastes til know...how
| can you put keanu and kenny in the same category!?!?!?!?!??!

	I haven't. Keanu is better.... :-)

    i'm with lady di. speed sucked.

    While in the Doctor's office the other day, was going through the few
    magazines that were about.
    
    Anyhow, one of them had a "review" of sorts of Speed by Click and Clack.
    
    
    For one of several bus stunts, how much would it have cost to fix?
    
    This is my bad (and not as funny) recollection of what they wrote, but...
    
    Exiting the highway, hitting cars on off ramp:
    
    Click - Bus drops below 55, boom, new bus, 250K.
    Clack - Oh come on, what if they did stay over 55?
    Click - Then easy, 400 pounds bondo, three hours labor, $250.00
    Clack - You forget, we are talking city workers.
    Clack - That's right, 400 pounds bondo, three hundred hours labor, $25K,
    still cheaper than a new bus.
    
    								-mr. bill

    >> I haven't. Keanu is better.... :-)
    
    i'll remember that...
    
    

    From whence 'Keanu' - ?
    
    

    
    
    yes, i do believe he is of some sort of polynesian ancestory...
    
    either that or indian
    
    

It's "unique" backwards, almost.

| <<< Note 52.218 by GAVEL::JANDROW "brain cramp" >>>

| >> I haven't. Keanu is better.... :-)

| i'll remember that...


	:-)

    There seem to be a lot of Jesus movies on TV these days.
    
    Jeffrey Hunter, Max von Sydow, Ben-Hur, Barrabas, and perhaps others.
    
    Weren't no "keanu's" back in them golden days of Hollywood.

    I recently saw two hilarious Bill Murray movies, that I strongly
    recommend.  
    	What about Bob?  &   Quick Change
    They are two very funny movies with Bill Murray at his best.
    			Enjoy!
    						steve

    
    We had a double Bill Murray over here just before Christmas.
    "Quick Change" was very funny. 
    "Caddyshack" wasn't quite as funny as I'd remembered, but Rodney
    Dangerfield had some classic lines.
    
    
    
    Derek.

    How ironic.  I watched "Speed" a few days ago.  It was alright.
    I also watched "Philedelphia".  I thought it would suck, but even
    though there were some "tender" (GACK) moments in the movie I thought
    it was good.  At then end of the movie when they were watching home
    movies of <whatever-his-name-was> (tom hanks) ouch... (no need to pass
    the hanky y'all).

    We went to the movies a week ago and before seeing the feature, had to
    live thru 5 previews...that's a girl's only flick...that's a guy's only
    flick...that's trash...that's a buddy-day flick with mom...that's a
    girl's flick...1 outta 5 that I would like to watch...that's why my
    Blockbuster membership is invaluable.

 My ex got one of my kids "Benny and Joon" for Christmas.  I'd never seen
 the film, but watched it Christmas Day...I really enjoyed it.




Jim

    Saw "Ready-To-Wear" aka "Pret-a-Porter" over the weekend with my wife. 
    She didn't like it, I rather did.  EsPEcially seeing Sophia Loren who
    looked absolutely SMASHING, and the fashion-show-to-end-all-fashion-
    shows at the end of the moompitcha.  Something to write home about
    fersure!!
    

    .227
    
    "...That's why my Blockbuster membership is invaluable."
    
    They used to be a BIG client, and are still, as far as the movie stores
    are concerned (they're now owners of Spelling (proud inventors of
    the 'Love Boat'), as well as a large string of music stores
    (Blockbuster Music, Camelot, blahblah).
    
    Too bad their upper management opted (in a political move) to use
    an IBM-based store polling system (i.e. price updates go out, POS
    data comes in).  I heard a sales-dog barking about their travails
    today re: their IBM-based system.  Too bad they had to lay off 100
    Dallas-based people by January 31 to prove they were "right".

    
    I prefer Video Signals in Stow/Acton/Acton II/Boxboro/WestBoylston/Sudbury.
    
    They let you keep the movies for x nights = number of movies + 1 up to 7 
    nights (other than new releases) and calculate 3 nights from Monday as
    Thursday, unlike Blockbuster who calculates 3 nights from Monday as
    Wednesday.
    
    I have no financial interest, bla bla bla.

    Watched The Cowboy Way last night and laughed my no so little rear end
    off more than once.  For moi, it was truly entertaining.  No real
    memorable acting talent per se but I was in the need for being
    entertained and I was.  Not a bad pick if you are in need of an unserious
    semi action adventure comedy flick with horses and sheep.  
    
    Brian 

    Sounds like a movie for Gene. 
    
    ;-)

    Well, since you brought it up.... I was thinking the same thing myself
    when I was watching the little cowpokes (sheeppokes?) at the beginning
    having their sheep ride demolition derby but I wasn't going to mention 
    it.  
    

    
    onmigod!!!  last weeq or so, steve and i rented it cuz i heard good
    things about it...and  in the begining, the little boys have  a little
    rodeo (not the qind tine and deb have) and they are riding sheep!!  and
    i said something to steve about gene and sheep, but he was clueless on
    the matter...anyway...i liked the movie...i was rather entertained. 
    woody harrelson is quite the comic...

 Watched "The Last Action Hero" with my son Scott last night...kinda fun.




Jim

    Saw "SPEED" last night.  Okay, I guess.
    
    Dan

 Rented Maverick tonight...loved it the first time I saw it in a theatre, and
 liked it just as much on the small screen (though the scenery was much better
 on the big screen).




 Jim

    Went to see "Interview With A Vampire" last week.
    
    Hmmmmmm, wanna be one now !

    
    "Life of Brian" New Year's Eve 8^).

    Rented:          (rated on a scale of 1-10)
    
            1) The Client -- Entertaining * 6
    
            2) China Moon -- Entertaining * 7
    
            3) Remains of the Day -- Okay * 6 (not my kind of movie)
    
            4) Blown Away -- Very Entertaining * 8
    
    Chipo

    The Jungle Book. Good movie.

    Rented City Slickers II and Jurassic Park (just to see the lawyer
    chomp) N.Y.E. 
    
    City Slickers II was one of the most frustrating movies I have ever
    watched.  The characters were annoying at best.  The humor was rehashed
    C.S. I.  Trash.  
    
    J.P. was J.P.  Missed most of it as we turned it off to watch the ball
    drop and then I went to bed.  The rest of the folks watched it through
    though.  I may still rent it again as I found it enjoyable.
    
    Brian

    saw Mark Twain & Me, The Fugitive, The Freshman and Bridge Over the
    River Kwai on video while on holiday. 

    I saw "Blown Away" last night. Not very good, in my opinion.
    
    First, I'm usually not all that picky, but I really got bothered
    by the "details" in this film. Minor things like the supposed
    Boston Police Bomb Squad responding to a call at MIT... which
    is in the city of Cambridge (besides, if someone told me there
    was a bomb in Cambridge, I'd be tempted to say "it's about
    time!!!" :-)
    
    Next was a scene where the bomb setup was some elaborate thing
    hooked up to a computer... and the victim had to keep typing
    or the bomb would explode. So, they hook up another keyboard
    through a switch-box and have a robot type on it!!! Duh!!!
    A keyboard has a micro in it boneheads! Put in a new ROM that
    pretends to type.... you don't need a robot!
    
    Then, how come this mad bomber _always_ used a red wire for
    ground? (when in fact, international standards indicate that
    if a solid red wire is used in a circuit that it indicates
    "hot")... and how come he only builds bombs with one ground?
    Here's a hint: real bombers don't use color code at all.
    They generally don't like someone mucking with their creations.
    
    I know, you think I'm being anal. But look, if you're going
    to make a movie based on inadequate characters and mediocre
    performances, at least get _something_ right.
    
    A piss-poor 3.
    
    -b
    (who was at Copley watching them film the bomb in the truck
    sequence)

    -.1 can you say movie? I guess I'm partial to Jeff Bridges. I
      thought daddy Lloyd played a good role as well.
    
      BTW, red isn't hot here, is it? I thought green was hot, balck was
      ground, and why would a bomber (who generally exhibits very individual
      signatures about his work) follow convention. 
    
      I do the very same thing with WWII movies. You can always pick out
      a # of faux pas, but I still find entertainment value.
    
      Oh well... Chip

    	Saw a few over the weekend.
    
    	Homeward Bound.  (Oh, Peter.  I'm here to protect you!)
    	Little Man Tate.
    	Walt Disney's Treasure Island.
    	Shadowlands.

    As I said, I thought the performances were lame. So fine,
    I've seen a lot of good movies with lame performances...
    they were good because they had other things going for
    them.
    
    Except for some mildly interesting pyrotechnics this was
    strictly by the numbers... almost as much as the Star
    Trek films, you could predict exactly what would happen,
    who was gonna git blowed up next, ect. ect. ect.
    
    I wonder though if that stunt-person really did manage to
    get completely out of the way of those cars at the end...
    that was a pretty hairy "gag" as they call it in the
    stunt trade.
    
    -b

    >    that was a pretty hairy "gag" as they call it in the
    >    stunt trade.
    
    
    What would this be called in another trade?
    
    ;-)
    

    It would be called, incorrectly, a stunt. For some reason
    which is beyond my comprehension "stunt(persons)" perform
    "gags". I suppose this would be OK if comedians performed
    "stunts"...
    
    -b (the troubled)

    For 50 bucks it wouldn't.

    if you want some laughs check out "lords of flatbush". it was made
    before stallone and winckler were stars and is very entertaining.

    
    
    
    The punch does have kind of a wang to it...........

    Also took in "Life of Brian" over the HollyDaze, but not on New Year
    Zeeb itself...  We were at our traditional venue, with our traditional
    daughter, her hubby, and his folks, at Ye Olde Harvard Clubbe on Comm
    Ave in Baahstyyyn, watching the superannuated investment bankers try to
    frug (with) each other.  But after we recovered, Life of Brian was, as
    ever, wonderful...
    

    
    
    
    Saw some of it meself, Dr Dano.  Twas on the comedy channel.  Going to
    have to look at the whole thing again from the local video, dat's fer
    sure.

    saw "the santa clause".  it was a pretty good variation of the formula
    theme.  tim allen is appealing.  some of the f/x props were bad or too
    obvious.  when the sleigh goes off the roof the first time, the rails
    it's riding on are clearly visible.  and his fat costume is terrible
    around the neck.  in general it had a sort of "cheap" feel to it, which
    i'm not accustomed to from disney.  but its topped $130 million this
    weekend.
    
    jeff

    RE: Santa Clause
    
    Number 5 at the 1994 box office overall too...
    
    #1 Forest Gump
    #2 Lion King
    #3 True Lies
    #4 Flintstones (why, I don't know, I thought the movie blew chunks)
    #5 Santa Clause
    
    -b

 Yes, Flintstones was quite disappointing...

    flintstones blew BIG chunks.  it was so bad that even the opportunity
    to ogle large expanses of halle berry's delectable skin didn't redeem
    it.

	Saw the new Jungle Book from Disney.

	It was a lot better than I expected and my kids can't
stop talking about it.

    did they set it in india, where kipling set his version?  i've been
    watching the promos, but i can't figure out why mowgli's accent isn't
    anything like an indian accent.

    Re: .242
    
    >The Jungle Book. Good movie.
    
    Any movie with Cary Elwes _and_ Jason Scott Lee has got to be worth at
    least a matinee....
    
    
    Re: movies
    
    Over the holidays, I saw _Little Women_ (well done, but probably not
    too interesting if you didn't enjoy the book) and _IQ_ (predictable,
    but sweet and funny, with Meg Ryan and Tim Robbins being adorable). 
    Also saw _The Mask_ again (Jim Carrey _is_ a cartoon, so it worked
    quite nicely).  Finally saw _The Crow_ on video (an okay revenge film,
    but more atmosphere than anything else), also _Inherit The Wind_ (too
    much speechifying, of all things...), _The Philadelphia Story_
    (classic), _The Hunt for Red October_ (the sub fight is surprisingly
    suspenseful, for all that it's preposterous), and _The Fugitive_ (Tommy
    Lee Jones is the Big Dog all right).  Unusually light on theater
    viewings this year, but one of my regular movie cohorts was down with
    the flu.

	It is set in India.

	Mowgly speaks no English when he is found in the Jungle
and is taught English the british way during the movie. The process
of teaching him is quite amusing. The other Indian's speak the india
type of english (somewhat exagerated).

    .263
    
    > taught English the british way during the movie.
    
    bwahahaha!  it is as i feared, effendi.  they screwed it up.  badly.

    Lion King now #1 on a late surge to overtake FG. Saw it last night.
    Something to do with the holidays, kids bein' home from school, and
    multiple "sit-thrus". Of course, this could always be a media hoax.
    
    Chip

    Watched the Client last night while sitting with a sick friend.  It was
    better than I expected though I wanted to smack the kid more than once. 
    Always enjoyed Susan Sarandon, thought she was cast well in the role as
    Reggie Love.  It was okay, glad I waited to rent it versus seeing it at
    the theater.  I would recommend it.
    
    Brian 

    agreed Brian... i'd like to enjoy SS (one of my favorites). the
    kid definitely needed a dummy-slap 'specially when he wanted to
    confirm the body.

	the client

	another dud.  extremely contrived.  mediocre acting.
	if it hadn't been for tommy lee jones, it would have been
	totally worthless.  and easty was right - grisham sux.

    Re: .268
    
    About the only things the movie had in common with the book were the
    names of the characters and the fact that the kid knew where the body
    was.  The whole relationship between Reggie and the kid was different,
    and Foltrigg was an unredeemed politician.
    
    Grisham writes pulp fiction.  It's good for entertainment value, but no
    one will call it literature.

    
 >>   Grisham writes pulp fiction.  It's good for entertainment value, but no
 >>   one will call it literature.

	having read "The Firm", i concur.

    The Firm was a good movie though. I thought it was going to be a dud,
    but it surprised me.

    Glenn

	gak.  the book was at least better than the movie.

    Negative.
    
    The ending in the movie version of The Firm was *much* more plausible
    than that of the book.
    
    One of the few movies I thought was superior to the book.
    
    Mark.

	well, there's no accounting for taste, as they say.

    "With Honors"
    
    Starring Joe Pesci and Brendan Frasier.
    
    An excellent example of what you get when you give a whining
    liberal a movie budget. A total turd of a film. Everyone
    involved _should_ be homeless.
    
    -b

    Perhaps it was because I thought it was going to be a complete dud.
    
    Can't help it, i liked it.

  >>  Perhaps it was because I thought it was going to be a complete dud.

	that about sums up how pitiful the movie industry has become.
	if it's not a complete dud, we're surprised.

 I was really enjoying The Firm until the end..I never read the book though..




Jim

    We finally got around to seeing "The Lion King" over the holidays.
    It was beautifully animated, but aside from the nice daddy and
    evil uncle, it seemed to me that the characters weren't very
    well defined, particularly the "lead" Kimba, whoops I mean
    Simba.  :-)
    
    He aged pretty quickly there, too.  I was hoping the aging would
    be more gradual, the way "Rudolph" grows in his annual Christmas
    special.  The second half of the movie seemed to be rushed, as if
    they were running out of ink and had to finish.
    
    But in general, it was much better than I'd been expecting, and now
    I'll have to go and try to find videos of the old "Kimba" series.
    
    Beware:  if you see a Disney film anytime soon, you will most likely
    be a captive audience to a looooooonnnngggg (over four minutes) trailer
    from an upcoming in-the-works Disney animated feature.  Since you're
    not supposed to know who the characters are until the "surprise
    ending" title flashes on the screen, I won't give it away here.
    
    Hint:  the guy is not a cartoon rendering of Fabio, though one wonders
    if he was the model.
    
    Chris

      I saw Jungle Book and thought it was really good too.  I 
      thought Lion King was ok.  I didn't think it was anything
      great and don't understand its enormous success.  Wouldn't
      rate it nearly as high as Alladin and Beauty and the Beast
      (which is my favorite Disney).
    
      A couple months ago I saw the Shawshank Redemption and I 
      really liked it a lot.  Some of it seemed a little unrealistic
      to me, but I didn't mind.
    
      Next year, Disney will do Pocahontus and the year after that
      The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

    .280
    
    Pocahontas
            ^
    
    no need to thank me.  :-)

    Ready to wear - ho hum except the last scene.  Last scene I noticed
    anyway...
    
    To live - great

	"blown away"

	purty good.  tommy lee jones is always such a joy to watch.
	wish they hadn't done the slow motion thing as much as they
	did, but otherwise, a decent flick.

    on video yet?

>>    on video yet?

	yes, sir.  i almost never go to the movies.

	One of my favourite Jeff Bridges movies can usually be caught
	every couple of months at some ungodly hour (what makes an hour
	ungodly anyway - a TTWA)- the movie is "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot"
	and also stars Clint Eastwood.

 I loved Thunderbolt and Lightfoot..




Jim

	<-----------

	You are obviously a man of good taste   :*)

    me too, but i thought the real star was the ordinance!
    
    Chip

    Well, I rented one of the most heart warming movies I've ever seen.

    "Rudy"

    What a great movie. A true story.

    The first time I watched it, I was choking back the tears. I watched it
    again today and I balled my eyes out. 8,-}

    If you like an underdog beats the odds type of story and you like
    football, you'll love this movie. 

    Glenn gives this one 2 thumbs up and then some!

    Tnx Glenn!!
    

    Oooops.

    Over the weekend I rented:
    
    THE PAPER - With Tom Hanks and Glen Close. Good flick about the
    newspaper game. A fair amount of humor, moves along pretty good, enough
    action, and a decent story. I would recommend it.
    
    MAVERICK - With Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, and the guy who used to star
    in the "Rockford Files" (the neurons responsible for accessing that
    portion of the memory bank are just not firing today.) Very
    entertaining if you're in the mood to be entertained ... i.e., not in
    the mood to watch a serious movie. I liked it a lot, 'cause by the time
    the weekend comes I don't want to take ANYTHING serious! 
    
    
    

    .294
    That would be James Gardner [sic]. 

    Garner

    .296
    Thank you.

    I knew you guys would know.
    

    
>    MAVERICK - With Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, and the guy who used to star
>    in the "Rockford Files" (the neurons responsible for accessing that
>    portion of the memory bank are just not firing today.) Very
 

     The guy who used to star in the Rockford files also used to star
     in Maverick.





   Jim    
    

 Snarf Wars

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| THE PAPER - With Tom Hanks and Glen Close. 


	I thought it was Micheal Keaton who starred in that movie and not Tom
Hanks.....

    It was Michael Keaton...
    
    -b

    RE: .302
    
    ...er  umm  .. blush ... yah it was Michael Keaton.
    
    Only Monday an' I already made a mistake.
    

    rented House of the Spirits this weekend w/Jeremy Iron, Meryl Streep
    Glen Close, Wynona Ryder.....(sorry for any sp errors)
    
    Very good movie - Recommend this one.
    
    Chip

    	Princess Bride.
    
    	Never saw it before.  Glad I finally got to.

re: .-1, Joe

How did it compare with the script published here in the 'box?

    	I didn't see the script.  
    
    	Pointers?

Oh, well, it was in "Lines from the movies", either this 'box or last . . . 

    The Omen.
    
    Slickly done -- and the late Lee Remick looking great.

    .310 now THERE's an image to conjure with!!! :-)
    
    Care to elucidate, just to forestall any incipient nightmares??
    
    |-{:-)
    

    Even in death she looks good. ;))

    The Paper - Lots of FOUL language, otherwise good movie.
    
    Rudy - Rented it almost 3-4 months ago.  My boys LOVED it, as did I. 
    Goes to show you "heart" counts for a lot!
    
    Maverick - GREAT movie, laughed myself silly.
    
    

    Rudy made me want to be a Catholic.  8^)

    
    
    
    Saw a good one thins weekend, "The Saint of Fort Washington".
    
    
    Saw a real bad one as well, "Spank the Monkey".  

    
    <-- SPANK THE MONKEY?????

    
    
    Yup, and what I found odd was theat the box had thumbs up reviews from
    some folks (Rolling Stone mag for one).  And indeed, there was a scene
    where our hero was indeed in the loo, giving it his best......until the
    dog scratched on the door and ruined the mood for him.  Of course the
    part where he and his mother got drunk and slept together was a real
    hoot.......

    Oh my, that sounds like academy award material ... (if the
    cinematography was good :-)
    
    -b

	Heard the Jerky Boys movie is coming out this week. Why do I get the
feeling it will be like their album (which my roomate has) and get old very
quickly into it???


Glen

	Mike W --  what do you expect when you make your movie selections
		   from the little room behind the curtain at the video
		   store???

    
    
    Hey, hey, hey..........the room isn't that little.
    
    
    Mike

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| Hey, hey, hey..........the room isn't that little.

	That's for sure.... you'd never get your head in if it was!

How would I know?  I've never been in there, of course!

{look of astonished innocence}

All I know's there's a curtain, that's all.  That's all!!!

    Huge profits to be made from that little back room.  

    Rented Wolf with Jack Nicholson/Michelle Pfeiffer.  Boring, slow,
    shallow, and too long with a lousy ending.  The seasons were all
    screwed up, Winter in Vermont but spring/summer in NYC?  I have never 
    been a M.P. fan myself but was disappointed in J.N.  He did make a good 
    wolf though.  Definitely in the "Glad I didn't waste the money to see 
    it at the theater" category.  Also in the "Shouldn't have wasted the 
    money to see it at home" category.  Almost as slow as The Two Jakes.  
    
    Brian

    
    I was browsing at the local video store last night (it sucked imnsho)
    and what did I see but _Spank(ing?) the Monkey_...
    
    No, I didn't get it 8^).

    
    
    
    Did you read the reviews on it, Deb?  

    
    Naah, I just saw the box on the shelf, gave myself the V8 thwack, and said
    "Well bless my soul, this really IS a movie!"                            

Rented "Philadelphia" this past weekend. One of the few tapes I've rented
in the past several years which had me saying to myself, "Stop what you're
doing, sit down, and pay attention to the movie, Stupid!"

    In a bout of insomnia last night, I watched "Torpedo Run" on TNT,
    a WWII submarine movie starring Glenn Ford and Ernest Borgnine.
    
    Aside from the unfortunate constant reminder of "McHale's Navy"
    generated from Borgnine in a Navy uniform throughout the movie,
    I was wondering whether this movie was a portrayal of actual
    events (I came in shortly after the opening, so I missed any
    opening narrative there might have been).
    
    Essentially, the submarine "Grayfish" relentlessly pursued one
    of Japan's most important carriers (whose name escapes me), almost
    to the point of obsession.  I won't give away the ending or some
    of the goings-on during the film, but the events portrayed seem
    too "unreal" to have actually happened.
    
    It was mostly well-done (I've always liked Ford and Borgnine anyway),
    but the ending seemed strangely anti-climactic in spite of the events.
    
    Chris

    if memory serves me, it did depict actual events.  dramatized for movie
    audiences, of course.

    Wow, in that case, I'm extremely impressed with the Captain.
    I'll have to go do some research on this...
    
    Chris

    was the ship the Yamamoto?
    
    Chip

    
    Watched _Much Ado About Nothing_ last night.  Other than a couple of rather
    silly visuals (the splashing in the fountain and the swinging on the
    swing bit), I very much enjoyed it.  For me, Shakespeare is definitely 
    meant to be seen and heard rather than read.  

    Terminator 2
    
    kid	 - "don't kill anyone"
    
    Arnie (puzzled) - "but that's what i do - i'm a terminator"

    re: Yamamoto
    
    I don't think so... but I had the TV turned down pretty low because
    it was so late, and although they must have said the name of the
    carrier twenty times, I never heard it all that clearly.  I think
    it started with a "G".  Someone had identified it as the primary
    carrier involved in the Pearl Harbor attack.
    
    Chris

I remember a book called "Run silent, run deep" gave many accounts of WWII
sub warfare. written by an ex-sub commander based on experiences of most/many
of the commanders he served with. I believe it discusses the sinking of the 
biggest carrier after a long pursuit. (been years since I read it so???)
Public Library for a starting point.

Amos

    >Watched _Much Ado About Nothing_ last night.  Other than a couple of rather
    >silly visuals (the splashing in the fountain and the swinging on the
    >swing bit), I very much enjoyed it.  For me, Shakespeare is definitely 
    >meant to be seen and heard rather than read.  
    
    Kenneth Branaugh, Emma Thompson, Denzel Washington and Michael
    Keaton were all excellent.
    
    Keanu Reeves was laughably bad. Three strikes in a row (the
    other two being Dracula and Speed) for Keanu. I did like him
    in Point Break though...
    
    I watched it again last week while following the text of the
    play in the Yale Shakespeare guide... the variations between
    the movie and the original text were only slight, which
    surprised me.
    
    I find it easier to follow Shakespeare if I have the text,
    as some of the language usage is not immediately obvious,
    and it's nice to be able to look it up, particularly when
    you have an annotated guide like the Yale book.
    
    -b

    
    I have to agree about Keanu Reeves.  He was completely wooden.

    Did he lumber around a lot?

    Watched "True Lies" earlier this week. Definitely enjoyed it.
    It has its silly and overdone moments, but that's par for
    the genre. The stars are Arnold Schwartzenegger, Jamie Lee
    Curtis and Tom Arnold.
    
    The story line is a secret agent whose wife thinks he's a
    computer salesman. She gets bored and has an affair with
    someone who _claims_ to be a secret agent. To teach her
    a lesson, Arnold uses his "real" job to set Jamie Lee and
    her boyfriend up. But Arnold and Jamie Lee get sucked into
    real espionage in the process.
    
    The way the bad guy was "offed" was truly unique. He was,
    um, fired. That's all I'll say.
    
    Tom Arnold was surprisingly good in his role as Arnold's
    spook side-kick. He definitely has a future now that he's
    wisely distanced himself from Rosanne.
    
    And Jamie Lee... look. Stop with the urban legends. The
    lady is sexy and all feminine. She has no dick, inside
    or out. She's married and has kids for gawd's sake, and
    frankly, most women who have squirted out a baby or
    two should look so good... :-) :-) I think she's a babe.
    
    -b

    Arnold says "grab my hand!" a lot in this movie.

    
    ..."squirted out a baby or two"???
    
    Uh-b-b-bleah.

LIke in "Alien?"

    
    I wish I hadn't just had lunch 8^p.

    ..."squirted out a baby or two"???
    
    I was being facetious oh Dearest Mz. Deb. I've been around when
    two babies were squirted out (hopefully I was also around when
    they were squirted in, but that's another matter :-), and I
    can tell you that I'm glad I can't have babies (and no, you
    can't call me Loretta). It was much easier to discusss whether
    Cherry or Walnut sands better with the obstetrician (we really
    did this and I still hear about it).
    
    We concluded the answer is Cherry, FWIW.
    
    -b

    Re: .342
    
    >She has no dick, inside or out.
    
    I don't think that was ever claimed.
    
    >She's married and has kids for gawd's sake
    
    Adopted, as I recall.  Not that it matters.  Regardless of whatever her
    genes might (or might not) say, she is female.

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| I have to agree about Keanu Reeves.  He was completely wooden.

	I believe that's what Geffen has said on several occassions.... :-)

    
    I might find that funnier if I knew who Geffen was 8^).
                                                     

    A gay man perhaps?

	I think it's Robert Geffen, head of Geffen Records, Geffen movie
productions, Geffen etc.... he's a billionare....

    David Geffen

    
    And his connection with Keanu Reeves is...?

    
    >And his connection with Keanu Reeves is...?
    
    That neither is an actor.
    

    
    Somebody is going to get {{{smaq}}}ed, and SOON!

    OK, since no one else will answer you, I'll be glad to Mz. Deb.
    
    David Geffen prefers Cherry too.
    
    HTH.
    
    -b 

    
    I can feel the top of my hair whiffling in the breeze as all these
    replies go RIGHT OVER MY HEAD!
    
    Are you saying, obliquely, that David Geffen and Keanu Reeves are an item?
    
    I think my brain is set on 16 in a 78 world.
                                 

	I thought you had heard. They were supposed to have gotten married (a
Union) recently. It was on the radidio a couple of days back.


Glen

    
    Boy, see what you miss when you don't listen to the radidio?

You're not alone, Debra.  I didn't know that Keanu Reeves and
David Geffen were a couple or married or whatever.  I did know
that Geffen was a mega-billionaire Hollywood type, though.

I'm surprised to learn that Keanu is an actual living person.
I thought he was one of those life-sized cardboard cut-outs
or sumpin'.

    
    
    RE: Cardboard cut-outs....
    
    No, but if you ever see a blow-up doll of him, LET ME KNOW!!  :*)
    
    
    
    
    Terrie
    

Is Keenue Reeves really gay? I always hear rumors that he is, but it
is never from a reliable source... where did this rumor that he and 
Geffen are "married" come from??? Any valid source?

Is it just me or do other people think that sometimes the gay community
spreads rumors about stars being gay??? Richard Gere comes to mind...
Also the various theories about Kirk and Spock being gay (I know, they are
not real people...)

/scott

    Is this _another_ urban legend? Can anyone provide proof that
    Geffen and Reeves are married; a reference that is not sold
    at Supermarket check outs would be nice...
    
    Both have been linked with various actresses over the years,
    and Geffen was at a party in NY last year with a fabulous
    looking woman model (I know, 'cause I was there... it was
    at Leona Hemsley's "Palace" Hotel and the purpose of the
    party was to celebrate the success of Peter Gabriel's
    Secret World tour.) [And tough if it appears I'm dropping
    names,  I just have evidence which contradicts the notion
    that David is shagging Keanu...]
    
    -b

    
    re: last couple....
    
    I think WBZ reported it!!
    
    Yeah!! That's the ticket!!
    

    
    I don't personally care if Keanu Reeves is gay or not; he doesn't have
    a hairy chest.

    
    >...Geffen was at a party in NY last year with a fabulous
    >looking woman model
    
    Well, Rock Hudson married Doris Day.  Some people will go to certain
    lengths to preserve their privacy.  And, he could swing *both* ways...

    
    <-- Rock Hudson only married Doris Day in the movies.  He did marry a
        woman, though.					    	

    David Geffen is openly gay, FWIW.

    
    "Geffen" sounds a lot like what my cat does in the middle of the night
    after chewing on one of the plants...
    

    
    Shoot...who married Doris Day then?  Burt Reynolds?
    

    David Geffen is openly gay or so I heard first hand on the radio. 
    Dunno bout Keanu Reeves and really do not care.  I find his acting bad
    either way.  
    
    Brian

    
    Naah, you're thinking of Dinah Shore, and I don't think Burt ever
    actually married her.
    
    Doris Day had, I think, 3 husbands.  I don't remember who they were, but
    I don't think they were household names.

    >David Geffen is openly gay, FWIW.
    
    Well that was one hell of a drag queen he was with then. I've seen her
    on various "fashion reports" and she was also in a Victoria Secret
    catalog. I guess that must be what Victoria's Secret is! :-)
    
    -b

    Mebbe they're just friends.

>    Doris Day had, I think, 3 husbands.  I don't remember who they were, but
>    I don't think they were household names.

I would have guessed Smiley, Happy, and Sunshine . . . 

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| No, but if you ever see a blow-up doll of him, LET ME KNOW!!  :*)


	I'll bring mine with me Fried-day. Won't yer hubby get jealous?




Glen

	Why would the gay community need to spread false rumors? We would only
look bad in the end (no pun intended) if we did. 

| <<< Note 52.364 by MPGS::MARKEY "Investor in Belgian Jewelry" >>>

| and Geffen was at a party in NY last year with a fabulous looking woman model 

	He also told babawawa that he wuz gay on teeevee....

Glen

| <<< Note 52.366 by POWDML::LAUER "Little Chamber of Belgian Burgers" >>>


| I don't personally care if Keanu Reeves is gay or not; he doesn't have
| a hairy chest.

	And that's something bad???? Personally, I like that in a man.... :-)

| <<< Note 52.368 by POWDML::LAUER "Little Chamber of Belgian Burgers" >>>


| He did marry a woman, though.

	Yeah, haven't youse peoples seen McMillan & WIFE!!??

    No but I saw McDonald and wife on Saturday Night Live!!
    
    Ronald McDonald was great!!!

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| Well that was one hell of a drag queen he was with then. I've seen her
| on various "fashion reports" and she was also in a Victoria Secret
| catalog. I guess that must be what Victoria's Secret is! :-)

	Pssssst.... Brian...... she could have been a real woman...... just
thought ya might like to know..... or maybe it was Mr. Reeves himself? :-)

    >Pssssst.... Brian...... she could have been a real woman...... just
    >thought ya might like to know..... or maybe it was Mr. Reeves himself? :-)
    
    Oh she's quite real. _Exactly_ the type of woman I like. _Exactly_. I
    kept thinking "You luhky luhky bahstad", and to think he might not have
    appreciated giving her a good WMR. FOOOOOL! She was frighteningly
    babe-a-licious.
    
    -b

    I'll be grievously troubled if I ever receive a Victor/Victoria's
    Secret catalog in the mail.

    Um, Glenn?  Are you the only one in there these days?  If not, wouldn't
    this be most appropriate for you?  Just thought I'd ask.  :-)

    
    
    Glen!  Awesome!  Alan won't be jealous of a blow up doll...
    All I wanna do is 'look' at it.  :*)
    
    
    Anyone else coming friday night??  There are still a few 
    openings due to a couple of late cancellations...
    
    
    Let me know!!
    
    Terrie
    

    David Geffen is openly gay.  I haven't heard anything about Keanu
    Reeves.  I haven't heard about any union.  You can bet that it will
    appear in _People_ magazine, should any such thing ever occur.  I'll
    believe it when I read it there.

    Well, I'm out-gunned I guess. OK, Geffen is gay, with fabulous taste
    in women.
    
    -b

Chelsea, you read People?!

	And you get your facts there???? 

| I don't personally care if Keanu Reeves is gay or not; he doesn't have
| a hairy chest.

	>And that's something bad???? Personally, I like that in a man.... :-)
    
    
    No no.  Read for comprehension, darlin' 8^).  I don't care if he's gay
    or not because he doesn't have a hairy chest.  If he DID have a hairy chest,
    I'd be sad if he were gay.
    
    I like the furry types 8^).

    {bristle}

    That would be me.  I have a pelt that helps to keep me warm :-).

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| | I don't personally care if Keanu Reeves is gay or not; he doesn't have
| | a hairy chest.

| >And that's something bad???? Personally, I like that in a man.... :-)


| No no.  Read for comprehension, darlin' 8^).  I don't care if he's gay
| or not because he doesn't have a hairy chest.  If he DID have a hairy chest,
| I'd be sad if he were gay. I like the furry types 8^).

	Uhhhhh.... then I DID read it right.... ya see, I like them smoothies..

    
    
    RE: .....ya see, I like them smoothies......
    
    
    Oh well, I got big bumps.....sorry Glen....
    
    
    
    
    
    :*}
    

    > .....ya see, I like them smoothies......
    
    Are we still talking about chests here? (or chest hair?) :-)
    
    -b
    

    Re: .390, .391
    
    I subscribe to People, US (in a moment of extreme weakness),
    Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, Time, Newsweek and Discover.  I
    also receive publications from the Smithsonian, National Musuem of the
    American Indian, and the Library of Congress.
    
    I get my facts from Soapbox....

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| RE: .....ya see, I like them smoothies......


| Oh well, I got big bumps.....sorry Glen....


	But they ain't got no hair, errrrrrr..... ahhhhhh.... right? 

movie snarf!

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| > .....ya see, I like them smoothies......

| Are we still talking about chests here? (or chest hair?) :-)

	Chest hair.... we're trying to find out if Terrie has any!

    Oooooo. Are nipples involved? :-)

    
    
    RE: .399/.401
    
    Hey, I'm Italian.....I've got a few.....:*)
    
    
    
    
    Terrie
    

	yes they are involved Brian. I believe some people have different names
for nipples though.... 

    
    
    Like  'tumor' ?????  HAHAHAHA
    
    
    
    
    
    Terrie
    

	That's the word Terrie!


Glen-who-was-there-for-the-telling-of-the-story-but-not-for-the-event

    "It's NOT a tumah!"

    
    
    From Kindergarten Cop!!!!  I loved that movie!!!  :*)
    

    
    .395
    
    Oh!  My apologies, Glen, I misunderstood you.  You see, my brain just
    couldn't process favoring smoothness over furriness 8^).
    
    (Honestly, I like chests of all sorts, so please don't be offended if 
    you're follicularly challenged in the chest region.  I just _prefer_
    having something to sink my fingers into 8^)) 

    So who is David Geffen? (I know I should have asked earlier but...)

He's a Hollywood mogul/producer type.  Also founded
his own recording label, Geffen Records.

    He also apparently likes men who are made of wood. Makes him beam from
    ear to ear.

	Then why did he divorce Pinoccio?

    He wasn't into nasal sex?

	Maybe he wouldn't lie, tell a truth, tell a lie, tell a truth fast 
enough anymore. 

    Or, perhaps he just looked down his nose at nasal sex.

	hey, do ya think maybe he sneezed???? 

    Sounds like a Cyrano special.

    
       "True Lies" - Jamie Lee Curtis.....I'll look at her differently from
    now on...a definite babe, the call girl dance scene was great. Even my
    daughter was jealous looking at her physical condition. Pretty
    entertaining movie.
    
       "Wolf" - fell to sleep before the ending but the wife says there was
    no ending so I didn't miss much.....bad movie!

    
    
    	"Legends of the Fall"
    
    	Good flick...long (2.5 hours)...FANTASTIC scenery (it was filmed
    	outside of Calgary)....great looking men.  If you're a sap like
    	me, bring a kleenex.  
    
    	JJ
    

    -1 True Lies i agree...
    
       also rented Mother's Sons with JLC... she played a very nasty mommie
       (in the buff a couple times)... anyone questioning her femininity
       ain't even close!
    
       rented A River Runs Through It - outstanding study!!!
    
       Chip 

    >also rented Mother's Sons with JLC... she played a very nasty mommie
    >(in the buff a couple times)... anyone questioning her femininity
    >ain't even close!
    
    JLC gets naked and I missed it ?!?! I know what I'm feeding my
    VCR next time I go to Ballbuster, er, Blockbuster Video.
    
    -b

    Blockbuster won't have it.  They don't rent dirty movies and neither
    should you.  :-)

    Ummmm... I just wanna view the credits. Yeah, that's it.
    
    -b

    my copy was ffree from any foreign matter... :-)

>       (in the buff a couple times)... anyone questioning her femininity
>       ain't even close!

Nobody questions her "femininity"... sigh...

She has a condition where her chromosones are actually male. She would
have developed into a male had it not been for the slight problem that she
is insensitive to the male homormone... it has no effect on her body
therefore she developed as any human would by default, as a female.

However, since she is chromosonally a male, she didn't develop a full vagina
or uterus or ovaries... Instead she has a partial vagina (which looks fine
from the outside) and her testies stayed up insider her. She recently had
them taken out since, if left in, I believe they could become cancerous...

She has a daughter, adopted. She's married to Chistopher Guest from SNL and
Spinal Tap. She is one of a very few people with this condition known as
Male Hormonal Defeciancy (???)...

/Scott

Rented "Maverick" this weekend.  A decent, entertaining film
for a Saturday night.  Especially liked the character of
Joseph.

Also saw "The Mask".  Not stupendous, but okay for a $2.63 
rental.  Be sure to watch past the end of the closing credits
and catch Space Ghost's promo for his talk show on the 
Cartoon Network.  It had me in stitches.

Although I don't know if JLC really has this condition...

I read somewhere once that many of these "males" develop into truely
stunning women, and more gorgeous models and actresses have this
condition than you'd think...

    >Rented "Maverick" this weekend.  A decent, entertaining film
    >for a Saturday night.  Especially liked the character of
    >Joseph.
    
    I forget both the character's and the actor's name, but the guy
    who played the main villian in Maverick (who tried to hang Mel
    Gibson's character) was the guy in the opening scene in Indiana
    Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark... he's the guy with Indy
    in the cave as they go for the "lost idol"... the one who tries
    to steal the idol and strand Indy, only to end up with a spear
    stuck through his forehead.
    
    Just thought you'd like to know...
    
    -b

    I liked the scene where Danny Glover shows up to rob the bank. He gives
    Maverick a double take, removes his scarf, Maverick gives him a double
    take, then they both say "nah". As Glover is leaving the scene of the
    crime his mumbling "I'm getting too old for this sh**".

    Glenn

    Re: .424
    
    >Blockbuster won't have it.
    
    Yes, they will; that's where I rented it.  "Mother's Boys" is a fairly
    standard psycho-thriller -- not outstanding, but worth renting.

    beg to differ (again) Scott... the tone of some of the notes in the
    previous 'box certainly DID question her femininity... 
    none here (not yet, anyway).
    
    Chip

    RE .431  That was hilarious, Glenn.  

    
    
    saw 'disclosure' saturday nite...pretty darn good movie, i
    thought...demi looked great (as usual)...michael is getting old, but
    he's still got it...
    
       

    -1 got what? :-)

	"it", Chip. Aren't you paying attention!!??

    Ooops, sorry... :-)
    
    Chip

I went to "Nobody's Fool" last night, and Paul Newman most definitely still 
has *IT*.  He's a real life 70 year old, playing a 60 year, and could still 
pass as a 50 year old!  This movie was thoroughly enjoyable and I could have 
sat in the theatre for another 3 hours watching the same characters.  Paul 
flirts with all the women in the movie, including Jessica Tandy - great 
screen chemistry - what a loss her recent death is.  And I don't usually 
care for Melanie Griffith (her "little girl" voice sends chills down my 
spine), but she and Paul were charming together.  I bet it was a thrill for 
her to be sharing the screen with such a classy guy. Bruce Willis plays his 
usual smart-alecky stuff - I like the guy in most everything he has done 
(especially Pulp Fiction).  

Watched something called "Greaser's Palace" yesterday.

Rather odd little movie, to be brief.

    My folks rented Born on the 4th of July, so I got to see it when I came
    over for dinner.  One word describes it perfectly:
    
    depressing...absolutely and utterly depressing
    
    I rent movies to be entertained, not depressed.  If I want to be 
    depressed, I'll watch the evening news.  ymmv
    
    -steve

    <---- I agree. I felt sick after watching that one.

    rented Mask... i'm not sure how i felt about it other than bizzare!
    
    Chip

    Guarding Tess- amusing. I got a few laughs out of it. Worth the $2 for
    two of us.

I was finally coerced into watching Jurassic Park recently.  What a load
of old bollocks.

Chris.

	Jeff Goldblum was the best thing in it, I thought.  And the
	herd of running critters was decent.

	

    
    Saw "The Mask" over the weekend...
    
     Best part of it was the dog...
    

The dog *was* the best character in "The Mask".

The Space Ghost interviews at the end of the
tape are a trip, too.

    The dog was stealing scenes from Jim Carrey -- and that ain't easy.
    
    Speaking of Jim Carrey, Jeff Goldblum and easy, check out a little
    cotton-candy fluff of a movie called "Earth Girls Are Easy," also
    starring Geena Davis.  Loosely based on the Julie Brown song.

    Saw Mask last night.  It was just okay.  Effects were sort of cool and
    the story line was cute.  The detective was a putz and badly cast IMO. 
    I got a few chuckles out of it.  I am not sorry I missed it at the
    theater.  
    
    Brian

    
    Rented "True Lies" last night....
    
    Shut my brain off (no wise cracks :) and really enjoyed it! 

    Andy, you take all the fun out of it. :-)

    
    <------
    
    Oh go ahead Brian....
    
    I'll accept one from you! :)
    

	"Killing Zoe" - some good acting, particularly by Jean-Hugues Anglade.
	I happen to like the Tarantino style, so I thought it was decent.
	Beaucoup blood though, as usual.

 

    RE: Chelsea and Earth Girls...
    
    I liked that movie too! Just a fun, goofy little flick with absolutely
    no point! Ya' need one of those every once in a while!!!
    
    -b

	"Natural Born Killers" - Intense.  Woody and Juliette were good.
	It was clearly a Tarantino brainchild, but I can live without Oliver
	Stone's MTV-like mish-mash production.

 Watched "The Mask" last weekend..wouldn't have rented it for myself, but
 my son wanted to see it..not bad

 Watched "Clear and Present Danger" yesterday..enjoyed it.





Jim

    
    
    	"Little Women"
    
    	Good flick.  And it's about time they're making movies long
    	enough to almost be worth the $7 it costs to go!
    

    Just out of curiosity, were there any men in the audience 
    watching Little Women?
    
    
    
     

Pedophiles, every one, John.

:^)

I'm glad they've finally made a movie that has meaningful roles for dwarfs --
it must be the first one since "The Wizard of Oz."

Oh, "Little Women" isn't about dwarfs?  Never mind.

    Re: .461
    
    >I'm glad they've finally made a movie that has meaningful roles for 
    >dwarfs --
    
    There was a movie called "Under the Rainbow," starring Carrie Fisher,
    among others.  It was about the dwarves and the making of "The Wizard
    of Oz."  There was also "Willow," in which the protagonist was a dwarf. 
    (It costars Val Kilmer, which is my primary reason for watching....)

    I watched a new movie on Saturday night, it was that good I have 
    actually forgotten what it was called !
    
    How annoying........

    Now Playing:
    
    PLEASE ENTER AND WE SHALL BEAT YOU ON THE HEAD
    SOLIDLY & CONTINUOUSLY, FOR THE NEXT TWO HOURS
    
    Next question?
    
    |-{:-)
    

    ...watched the January Man with Kevin Kline, Suasan Sarandon,
       Alan Brinkman, Harvey Keitel, Maria Mastrianonnoooooo (or something
       like that), Danny Aiello... 
    
       i hadn't seen it in so long. i forgot how much i liked it...
    
       Chip

    "Blue Steel" with JLC premiered on TV over here last night. a c**p
    film, but JLC was nice.
    
    ric

    
    Rented Patriot Games (yea I know 2 days before it was on TV) ... 
    
    not very good IMO.  The book was much richer as would be expected. 
    More troubling were wholesale changes in the plot, motivations, and
    roles.
    
    Maybe watching these movies requires watching the movie before reading
    the book?
    
    Greg
    

 What was the name of the last (most recent) Dirty Harry movie?

    The Dead Pool

 Phew...thank you..

    Re: .465
    
    >Maria Mastrianonnoooooo (or something like that)
    
    Mary Elizabeth Mastriantonio (I might have an extra "i" in there.) 
    Tonight I'll be watching "The Color of Money," in which she stars,
    along with Paul Newman and Tom Cruise.  Unless I watch "Ladyhawke"
    instead.  Depends on what kind of mood I'm in.

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    ok...now it's in here twice...
    
    

    Sorry, I didn't see yours before I put this in.

    re: -1
    
     Sounds like a line from some porno movie featuring hermaphrodites.

    .475
    
    hey where can i rent that ?
    
    ric$sicko

    RE: .474
    
    Not only that, he didn't know you had already posted it.

    Thanks little buddy.

    Jeeeeze..... How many times to I have to tell you it's Vertically
    Challenged.

    Oh <r.o> I just did it again, didn't I....

    Saw Natural Born Killers over the weekend.  Very disappointed.  A little
    to surrealistic for me.  
    
    Rented Cops and Robbersons as well.  A few laughs but dumb in the more
    recent Chevy Chase tradition.  
    
    Brian

	Anyone see the Brady Bunch movie yet? They took the Brady's as they
were in the 70's, and brought them into the 90's. It was one of the funniest
movies I've seen in a long time.


Glen

    Did they keep all the group sex that's alleged to have happened
    behind the scenes too? Might even be worth seeing if they did...
    :-) :-) :-)
    
    -b

> It was one of the funniest movies I've seen in a long time.

And to think I wasted my time watching a rerun of Blazing Saddles . . .

 I saw Brady Bunch over the weekend...loved it.




 Jim

    >483
    If they did it would have been X-Rated and the we woulda had to start a
    not along side of Traci Lord's and so on and so forth.

	Traci Lords playing Mrs. Brady? Now talk about having a use for Wesson
Oil! :-)

    
    playing on cable channel tnt this week is "the good old boys", starring
    tommy lee jones.  liked it a lot, and i think most others will too.
    better than most recent theatrical releases, i reckon.
    
    bill

    Two movies last night... had to do something while I was going through
    all my basses and restringing them and setting them up for a bunch
    of gigging I have coming up, so I set up a table in front of the TV
    and popped in a couple of tapes.
    
    First was John Candy's last movie, called Wagons East. The premise
    is a rag-tag bunch living in the west, who decide to return east
    (bucking the trend, I guess). Candy is hired as their "wagon
    master"; the person who leads the way. Ellen Green (of Little
    Shop of Horrors fame) plays the hooker with the heart of gold
    and the chest of titanium, Richard Lewis, in a real stretch
    plays a guy who whines a lot, a couple of the people from the
    new Star Drek farce are in it, and there's one absolutely
    precious performance by a guy who plays a General Custer type.
    Unfortunately, the credits didn't say who played what, so
    other than the obvious, I can't help you. The movie is not
    great, in fact, it's pretty lame. But, the General (or Colonel)
    was a riot and I would recommend the movie on that basis alone.
    There's some other funny scenes too, I won't spoil it. It's
    about a 5, especially since anything with Ellen Green in it
    is more than OK by me (yes, I find her attractive...).
    
    Then there was Wolf. Michelle Pfieffer looking ravishing.
    Jack Nicholson looking like he did in the Shining, and
    James Spader looking annoying. Not much positive to say
    about this film.
    
    -b

        Ellen Green - yum.  "Suddenly Seymour is standing beside me..."

        &y
        

	Brian, my roomate rented that a couple of weeks ago. I thought there
were some promising parts to the movie too. I LOVED the gunfight. :-)

    
    Gee Glen, I wonder why? :-)
    

	cuz it wuz funny?????? :-)

	Watched "Four Weddings and a Funeral" Monday night.
	Very dry humor....  I liked it.  Now I must hunt
	down Hugh Grant.

>	                                 Now I must hunt
>	down Hugh Grant.

Didn't Jake Baker get in trouble for stuff like this?

    Saw Forrest Gump last night.
    
    As much as I like John Revolta's performance in Pulp Fiction, I
    wouldn't mind seeing Tom Hanks win 2 Oscars in a row.
    
    Here's a trivia question, who was the last person to win 2 best actor
    Oscars in a row and what were the years?

    .494
    
    good luck ! hope you succeed then i can hunt down Liz Hurley 8-)
    
    ric

 Last night a difficult conflict as to what to watch on the tube arose..Seinfeld
 (which I hate to admit has not been very funny lately) and "Who is Julia?",
 a tale about a woman who receives a brain transplant (and has to rate as one of
 the absolutely worst made for TV movies ever).  I stuck with Jerry, et al.



 Jim

re: Brazil

I've tried to watch this several times.

Sometimes when I've tried to watch it, if I haven't had anything to
drink, I turn it off after a short while saying, "I must not be inebriated
enough to appreciate this." Other times when I've tried to watch it
after I've had a few, I turn it off after a similarly short while
saying, "I must not be sober enough to enjoy this".

Question:
     Just how pasted should one be to watch this film?

    Try other forms of mood/conscious altering substances :-).  

    
    Note 52.499

    >Question:
    >Just how pasted should one be to watch [Brazil]?
    
    Criminally so...
    
    :^)
    

    Being more or less pasted will have no effect on one's ability
    to make sense of "Brazil". My suggestion would be to rent and
    watch Eraserhead first; Brazil will make sense by comparison,
    and you'll feel like you somehow "got it".

    -b

    
    Why I Liked `Brazil'
    by John (not Joan) Collins
    
    I liked `Brazil' because it was like `1984', except it was 
    at once both more frightening and much, much funnier.
    
    The End
    

I watched Eraserhead once years ago. I don't recall whether I was sober
or not at the time.

A Clockwork Orange has been about the same for me as Brazil.

    
    
    	A Clockwork Orange....classic piece.....
    
    

    My son brought home A Clockwork Orange once and suggested i stay out of
    the room, so of-course i watched it, maybe i am a little old and jaded
    but i did not find it as bad as they thought i would, i understood the
    premise behind the whole thing, i might even have spoilt it for the
    kids because i knew what was happening and they were hoping it would
    shock me.
    
    joan

    I just finished reading the book for my English class, and from what I
    can remember of the movie, they changed quite a bit.
    
    Most important change is that they left the real ending out of the
    movie.  The real ending is a lot different.

    RE: A Clocwork Orange....
    
    It was a shocker in 1969-1970 or there abouts.  Most of the stuff in
    there is pretty tame by today's television standards.  It was a big
    cult film when I was in college. 
    
    

    
    "Clear and Present Danger"
    
     If you've read the book, don't waste your money...
    
    Total disappointment...
    

    Yeah, I sort of agree unfortunately.  The book was good IMO the move
    sucked.  Did not care for the casting of Clark either.  

Watched Schindler's List yesterday, for the first time. Not the sort of
movie one is likely to forget soon.

 I haven't been able to bring myself to watch that one.

    re: .503 "Brazil"
    
    Agree completely... it's on my "Top Ten Favorite Movies" list.
    However, I also find it intensely depressing and anger-provoking,
    so the copy that I received as a gift three or so years ago sits
    on the shelf in its original wrapper, to this day.  Every time
    I look at the box and think "Hey, I'll watch this tonight", five
    seconds later I say "Nahhh, I don't feel like getting that upset
    tonight".
    
    Chris

    re: "Top Ten Favorite Movies"
    
    As long as I mentioned this in my previous reply, I might as
    well enter a "top ten" list here for the heck of it... some
    titles come and go over time, but these usually show up in
    the Top Ten, in no particular order:
    
    American Graffiti
    A Christmas Story
    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
    Brazil
    My Favorite Year
    King Kong
    The Wizard of Oz
    2001: A Space Odyssey
    The Sound of Music
    The Trouble with Angels
    
    Chris

    >"Clear and Present Danger"
    >If you've read the book, don't waste your money...
    >Total disappointment...
    
    
    and don't watch it with andy...and i thought he was testy in the
    'box... :>
    
    
    

    Actually, I liked "Clear and Present Danger" on the screen;
    Tom Clancy's books are what annoy me. Too many characters;
    too much jumping from place to place; too damn big. Just
    tell the story Tom...

    The movie version had an excellent scene where they were
    ambushed in an alley, although it looked much better on
    a large screen. I also thought Willem Defoe was well cast
    as Clarke. My main complaint about the movie was the
    ending; very clumsy and anticlimatic... it started
    to go downhill once they "offed" the cuban intelligence
    officer...

    So what do I know? :-)

    -b

 Man, I agree with Mr. Markey, including his thoughts on the ending!





Jim

    
    
    Watched "Airheads" on laser disc Friday night with some friends.
    
    	Was so stupid we laughed our a**** off .....
    

    
    
     Rented "StarGate" last night...
    
    Excellent flick!!! Good Special effects!
    

    I liked it too.

    What a pyramid club eh?

    Rented Time Cop.  It was as expected, shallow, gratuitous sex and
    violence and perfect for non-cerebral entertainment.  
    
    

>    Rented Time Cop.  It was as expected, shallow, gratuitous sex and
>    violence and perfect for non-cerebral entertainment.  
    
Gratuitius sex? There was 1 sex scene, but it was pretty mild by today's
standards... usually, when I think of gratuitous sex in movies, it's 
usually a Joe Bob drive-in movie, or a Sharron Stone/Maddonna flick...

/scott

    .522, .523
    
    aw sh**, there i was having read .522 thinking "yes that's one for me"
    then i read .523
    
    8-(
    
    ric

    Scott is right.  It was right at the beginning though so it was off on
    the right foot oo-er :-).  The virtual reality clip wasn't too bad
    though.....
    
    Brian  

    Re: .523
    
    >Gratuitius sex? There was 1 sex scene, but it was pretty mild
    
    Are you thinking that "gratuitous" means "kinky" or "revealing"?  A
    scene is gratuitous if it's not something that advances the story.

    I've seen far worse movies than Time Cop.

    <---- what she said :-).  

    Who me?
    
    
    Ursula

    now that you mention it, yes, you too Ursula.

    Well, you were pointing at me after all.
    
    {wink}{wink}
    
    Ursula

>    Are you thinking that "gratuitous" means "kinky" or "revealing"?  A
>    scene is gratuitous if it's not something that advances the story.

hmm... I was thinking more along "excessive"... 

And I forgot about that VR scene... ;-)


/scott

    
    RE: Time Cop...
    
      It wasn't too bad... except for not being able to or not trying to
    explain time travel paradoxes...

    Yes, the time riders would not be changed by the events they changed.
    That bothered me.
    
    That's why I think the Star Trek TTG episode "Yesterday's Enterprise"
    is the best time travel story I've ever seen.

    i rented time cop last saturday. i thought it was one of his better
    movies (not necessarily with the most action).
    
    Chip

    I guess when you refer to "gratuitous sex" in the 'box you should be
    very explicit.
    

    Not only that, you should describe it in as much detail as possible.

    ... but please do not provide tooooo much information :-)
    
    Chip

    Okay, I'll recap the scenes for you all and you can decide whether or
    not it was gratuitous.  I have taken proper precautions to spare you
    the more graphic details.
     
    JCVD meets his wife in the mall.  They play a stranger to stranger pick
    up game and go off home as they both have the afternoon off.  (It get
    better I promise)
    
    The next scene we see a pan shot starting at JCVD's & movie wife's
    feet, naked and moving up the thighs where we catch a glimpse of JCVD's
    ######## and movies wife's #######!  They are entwined you see and he
    has his ###### near her ###### and they are about to ######.  They roll
    around a little kissing deeply etc. when you catch a glimpse of her
    ######s (which IMO were quite nice).  The phone rings and thye get up
    to get dressed and then the bad guys show up.  
    
    Later on @ Time Cop HQ, the resident computer geek is using the
    multibillion dollar hardware to play a VR sex scene with a very fine
    looking person of the female pesuasion.  It shows her on a bed, sans
    clothes and you can see her ######s quite clearly.  She is beckoning
    the computer geek seductively and there is full frontal ###### where
    the ######s and ####### are clearly visible.  
    
    Quite exciting really, neither had anything to do with the story.  

	I saw Bye Bye Love last night. Pretty good movie. A little predictable,
but a lot of good laughs. It's worth seeing.


Glen

    
    Saw `Demolition Man' on TV last night...Stallone made a big mistake
    allowing them to cast Snipes and Bullock opposite him.  Made him look
    like a crash-test dummy.
    
    It was nae Scottish...
    

    Wesley Snipes looks like he's having so much fun with that part.

    hey, do you think Dennis Rodman is a copy cat?
    
     :-)
    
     Chip

	Oh yeah, in, "Bye Bye Love", Ed Flanders has a part in it. Looks like
that might have been the last part he had before he killed himself. 


Glen

 while home yesterday I stumbled across an episode of St. Elsewhere..loved
 that show.




 Jim

>	Oh yeah, in, "Bye Bye Love", Ed Flanders has a part in it. Looks like

Whose Ed Flanders and when did he kill himself??? Ned Flanders from the
Simpsons is causing a memory block...

Lisa plays her sax, and Ned says "Kids, do you know what that sound means?"
The kids look up in excitment "Judgement day!!!"

/scott

	SCREAM!!! That was great Scott! :-)

	Ed Flanders was on St. Elsewhere as Dr. Donald Westphal (sp deb?). The
one who wasn't the real old one, but the next in line for age. He always wanted
to help everyone, but he always seemed sad. 


Glen

Dirty Dancing`s on the telly.  It looks just as crap as it did the first
two times.

Chris.

    I'm kinda fond of that movie.  Of course, Patrick Swayze is way cuter
    than Jennifer Grey....  (And any movie with Jerry Orbach cannot be a
    total loss.)

>	Ed Flanders was on St. Elsewhere as Dr. Donald Westphal (sp deb?). The
>one who wasn't the real old one, but the next in line for age. He always wanted
>to help everyone, but he always seemed sad. 

Ah... was he the one with the son who was autistic(sp?)...

When did he kill himself? Any reason given why he did it?

/scott

RE:              <<< Note 52.550 by UHUH::MARISON "Scott Marison" >>>


>Ah... was he the one with the son who was autistic(sp?)...

 Yes, although the final episode cleared that up.




>When did he kill himself? Any reason given why he did it?


 3 weeks ago perhaps?  No reason given.



 Jim

| <<< Note 52.551 by CSLALL::HENDERSON "Friend will you be ready?" >>>


| >Ah... was he the one with the son who was autistic(sp?)...

| Yes, although the final episode cleared that up.


	Jim, you give this and leave them hanging..... :-)  The final episode
showed the snow coming down onto the hospital, and as the camera pulled back,
it was the autistic son (who now plays on Dr Quinn) looking into one of those
things with water that you shake and watch the snow happen (what is the name of
those things?) Westphal was still his father, but the older doctor was the kids
grandfather. AND, neither were doctors. The last thing Westphal said was
something like, "He's been staring into that all night. I wonder what he's
thinking about?" In other words, the entire show was from his son's
imagination. What puzzles me though is why would he imagine his father showing
his butt to his boss? :-)


Glen

    
    
    
    Saw Natural Born Killers last night.  Was okay, a lot of good evil
    conflict stuff going on, but there were some other things about the way
    things transpired that were too far fetched.
    
    
    Mike

    
    "Legends of the Fall".  Spectacular cinematography.  Anthony Hopkins
    great as somewhat embittered ex-military commander retiring in
    breathtaking western state.  He's raised three sons himself pretty much
    since wife is too sophisticated and can't live without the eastern
    civilization therefore stays in the east.  Three sons very close.  One
    passionate, sensitive and engaged to a beautiful, sophisticated Harvard
    girl who comes to western house.  Oldest boy follows all the rules. 
    Middle child (Brad Pitt) is wild, Indian-influenced, animal lover,
    hunter, etc. and of course, irrisistable.  All love the girl.  World
    War I.  Death.  Brothers hating each other, dividing loyalty of father.  
    And so on.
    
    It is an excellent film.  I recommend it strongly.
    
    jeff

    I heard that Brad Pitt has been cast in the role of a person with 24
    different personalities. Don't know the name of the movie.

    Somehow, the idea doesn't seem very original.

    Glenn/Deirdre/Pamela/Franny/Ned/Dierdre/Anton/Sean/Alice/Jimi/Pauline/Rex/
    Nathan/Melanie/Ursula/Hildegard/Nigel/Boutros Boutros/Leslie/Shareena

    "Stybble?"

    
    
    saw 'blown away' over the weekend...not a bad flick...tommy lee jones
    is everywhere these days, eh??  my biggest nit was the over-emphasis of
    the actors trying to speak with a boston accent...and i liked lloyd
    bridges as the old irishman...the beard looked good...
    
    and this forest whitaker dude...i know i have seen him before, and i
    haven't seen 'the crying game'...anybody know what other flicks he was
    in that i might have seen???

   Unforgettable appearances by Forest Whitaker....
   
   Good Morning Vietnam  (Brizzzzzzzzzzzzizzzzzzzz)
   Bird.  (Title role)
   A Rage In Harlem
   The Crying Game
   
   Forgettable appearances....
   
   Fast Times at Ridgemont High
   Stakeout
   Platoon
   The Color Of Money
   (many more....)
   								-mr. bill

	I heard Brad Pitt's new movie is called,






                    The Life and Times of the Richardson's

    The Richardson's what?

	Pitt is doing your life stories my man! It will be interesting to see
how your other selves live. :-)

    you mean selve's don't you?

whatevvah

    
    
    mercy buqets, mr. licea-kane...
    
    
    i think i was thinking of 'good morning vietnam'...
    
    now i can sleep tonite... :>
    

    
    Saw `Muriel's Wedding' last night.  In spite of the fact that there
    were NO robots, aliens, or the undead, it was still a pretty good
    flick.
    
    Can't get these ABBA tunes out of my head, though!
    

    >>>>    Can't get these ABBA tunes out of my head, though!
    
    Reason enough not to see the movie.

    Awww, come on Brian... Waterloo!!! Aaaaaccckkk...
    
    Congrats on the mountain bike! Now go shred some woods and make sure
    you're wearin' your skid lid!
    
    Chip

      re: .555
    
      I have no idea of who this movie is about, but I know who
      I WANT it to be about!
    
      A book came out perhaps 15 years ago called, "The Minds of
      Billy Milligan."  I thought it was an EXCELLENT book.  It
      was about an alleged multiple personality who just happened
      to have been the 'Campus State Rapist' (the campus being
      Ohio State).
    
      I really liked the book; the personalities this guy had were
      amazing and it might have been 22.  I know it was more than
      Sybil's 16.
    
      The author of the book was Daniel Keyes who just happened to 
      also write the short story "Flowers for Algernon" which made
      it to the big screen by the name of "Charly" (quite a movie,
      best actor for Cliff Robertson).
    
      Anyway, I hope thats who the movie is about and I'd like to
      reread the book.
    
    						Tony

      I am curious as to the movies that John Hurt has played in.
      I always thought he was a fine actor.  He's the guy who played
      the drugged out British prisoner in 'The Midnight Express.'
      (Excellent role.)  He was the guy with the cat who had this 
      sick laugh and when the main guy asked how to escape, he just
      laughed and said, "Take the midnight express."
    
      He also played John Merrick (The Elephant Man) as well as 
      Caligula in the John Jakes classic I Claudius.  Excellent roles
      there as well.
    
      He's one of those guys that (to me) always does a really excellent
      job, but somehow is usually in the more obscure roles.
    
      What else has he been in?
    
    						Tony

>>      I am curious as to the movies that John Hurt has played in.

	"A Man For All Seasons"!!  He was Richard Rich.
	Excellent, excellent job.

Hurt was also in the first Alien movie. He's the guy with the real bad
case of ingestion.

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