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Title:	Movie Reviews and Discussion
Notice:	Please do DIR/TITLE before starting a new topic on a movie!
Moderator:	VAXCPU::michaudo.dec.com::tamara::eppes

Created:	Thu Jan 28 1993
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1249
Total number of notes:	16012

1020.0. "Alan Alda" by BOOKIE::chayna.zko.dec.com::EPPES (Nina Eppes) Tue Jan 23 1996 20:29

This is the official topic for discussing the actor Alan Alda.
The first few replies were moved from the "Canadian Bacon" topic.

Please try to concentrate on Alan Alda's film performances and not
get into detailed discussions of TV series (e.g., "M*A*S*H").

Thanks.

-- Nina

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1020.1	copied from 993 to start discussion	BOOKIE::chayna.zko.dec.com::EPPES	Nina Eppes	`Tue Jan 23 1996 20:35`	18
	<<< ORION::USER10:[NOTES$LIBRARY]MOVIES.NOTE;1 >>> -< Do DIR/TITLE before starting a new topic on a movie! >- ===============================================================================, Note: 993.2 Canadian Bacon 2 of 13 SWAM1::MEUSE_DA 11 lines 5-JAN-1996 19:13 -< a dud for me >- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This has to be one of John Candy's worst films. Just not that entertaining, nor that funny. Just a lame movie overall. Maybe cause I just can't stand Allen Alda. Dave
1020.2		TECWT2::BOUDREAU	Konkapot	`Wed Jan 24 1996 11:51`	7
	I think maybe Alan Alda's shelf life expired several years ago and that he hasn't gotten the message. Even Phil Donohue is calling it quits at the end of this TV season. Being a sensitive man just ain't what it used to be. There's no money in it.
1020.3	LIKED THIS MOVIE	PCBUOA::CHENARD		`Wed Jan 24 1996 14:02`	8
	I have never been a big Alan Alda fan (except for Mash) but I did like the movie "Same Time Next Year" with Ellen Burstyn. It is about a couple that have a once a year fling the same weekend at the same cottage by the sea and it is interesting how you see them change over the years. Mo
1020.4		BUSY::SLABOUNTY	Don't like my p_n? 1-800-328-7448	`Wed Jan 24 1996 14:18`	4
	He was a jerk in "And the Band Played On", but he did a great job at it.
1020.5		MOLAR::DELBALSO	I (spade) my (dogface)	`Mon Jan 29 1996 15:36`	8
	I seem to recall that in "The Four Seasons", Alda himself couldn't make up his mind whether to be good or bad. I've never seen a movie that gave a star that much lattitude in the quality of his acting between the high points and the low. Then again, I guess he directed it, so that would explain... Then again, "The Four Seasons" was generally a pretty sappy movie.
1020.6	same character/different names	GRANPA::JBOBB	Janet Bobb dtn:339-5755	`Mon Feb 05 1996 15:08`	10
	The comment I have about Alan Alda is that no matter what part he has, it's the same character. Now, granted, I haven't seen everything he has done, but certainly the ones I have seen... Four Seasons, Same time Next Year and a few others - he's the same character as he was for MASH but with different names and in different settings. However, that aside, Four Seasons and STNY are 2 of my "top 20 movies" and get watched at least once a year. janetb.
1020.7		SLEEPR::MAIEWSKI	Bos-Mil-Atl Braves W.S. Champs	`Tue Feb 06 1996 15:51`	7
	He was in a TV movie about AIDS where he played an ultra egotistical and abusive Research type Doctor. It was about as different from Hawkeye Pierce (was that the name?) as you could get and he played the part very well. I agree we're not talking tremendous range but he's not bad. George
1020.8		BUSY::SLABOUNTY	Don't like my p_n? 1-800-328-7448	`Tue Feb 06 1996 15:58`	3
	George, see reply 4.