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Title:Movie Reviews and Discussion
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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

66.0. "Year of the Comet" by SPEZKO::KILLORAN () Thu Mar 11 1993 15:43

    
    
    
    Has anyone else seen "Year of the Comet"?
    
    We rented it this weekend and it wasn't a bad
    movie.  It is a comedy adventure with a little 
    romance.
    
    Stars Tim Daly from the TV show Wings and an
    actress that I cannot recall her name.
    
    All in all, it was light and I enjoyed viewing
    the countryside of Scotland.
    
    Jeanne
    
    
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66.1Penolope12368::michaudJeff Michaud, DECnet/OSIThu Mar 11 1993 17:277
>     Stars Tim Daly from the TV show Wings and an
>     actress that I cannot recall her name.

	His first name is Penolope (sp?) and I believe, but not sure
	that her full name is Peanolope Ann Miller.  She was also in
	"Other Peoples Money", and it may of been her also in the
	movie "The Freshman".
66.2STAR::MARISONScott MarisonThu Mar 11 1993 17:3717
         <<< Note 66.1 by 12368::michaud "Jeff Michaud, DECnet/OSI" >>>
                                 -< Penolope >-

>	His first name is Penolope (sp?) and I believe, but not sure
>	that her full name is Peanolope Ann Miller.  She was also in
>	"Other Peoples Money", and it may of been her also in the
>	movie "The Freshman".

I don't know if she was in "Year of the Comet", but Penolope Ann Miller
was in "Other Peoples Money", "The Freshman", "Big Top Pee Wee" (she
played the school teacher), and also I believe "The Gun in Mary Lou's
Handbag" (or some such title...)

/Scott

p.s. oh ya, and "Awakenings" too.

66.3I thought it was an astronomy flick :^)16564::NEWELL_JOJodi Newell - Irvine CAThu Mar 11 1993 18:026
    I saw Year of the Comet. I enjoyed it but would not recommend
    paying full price to see it. Beautiful scenery. Bad or at least
    misleading title (unless you're a very serious wine-lover).
    
    Jodi-
    
66.45235::J_TOMAOThu Mar 11 1993 19:3210
    Misleading title is an understatement.....I read the write-up before I
    rented it and since I'm pretty good at rememebr ing storylines of hits,
    and this one I didn't recognize, I knew I was in for an 'interesting'
    or 'amusing' story.  It was o.k. and it had a few good little plot
    twists.  It was worth the rental price.
    
    We saw this the same night we rented Single White Female and got to see
    both the "Wings" Brothers in one night :^}
    
    Joyce
66.5thumbs down...16821::VETEIKISFri Mar 12 1993 03:064
    I will pan this one. I turned it off after about 45 minutes. So light
    on content the tape literally floated out of my VCR...
    
    CV
66.6Scottish Tourist Board approved ;^)GOLF::HERMANWhat's so funny 'bout P,L&amp;U?Sat Mar 13 1993 15:3719
    I had rented this because I remember seeing the trailer in the cinema
    and thinking it really captured the breathtaking beauty of the Isle of
    Skye. 
    
    I rented it, and was pleasantly surprised to see it also had
    breathtaking scenery around Cannes.
    
    I kept hoping that the actors would stay off-screen and was annoyed
    when they did close-ups or went indoors. As the previous reply said,
    *very* light. The actor who played the male lead was wooden, though
    Penelope Ann Miller was okay. I remember thinking that he was a
    second-rate Tom Selleck in the role. 
    
    Cheaper to rent this than go to the Scottish Highlands (unless you live
    there, of course), and probably has better production values than a
    travelogue.
    
    Cheers,
    George
66.7More castles, less actors16821::VETEIKISMon Mar 15 1993 20:017
    re. .6
    
    You're right. I wish there would have been more scenery. It really was
    the best part of the movie. There was one shot of a gorgeous Scottish 
    castle on a small island in a loch. This castle is Eilean Donan and it
    gets my vote as the most beautiful castle in the U.K.