i am a dad ( hangul : 나는 아빠다 ; rr : naneun abbada ) , also known as i am father , is a 2011 south korean crime film co-directed by jeon man-bae and lee se-yeong , and written by yoon hyeon-ho .

it stars kim seung-woo as a corrupt cop who frames innocent people .

but when his daughter ( kim sae-ron ) gets injured because of his work and needs a heart transplant , he discovers that the heart would come from the wife of a magician ( son byong-ho ) he framed for murder .

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i ' m not looking for your dad , i ' m looking for my dad . i need to find my dad .
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i was fortunate to have two dads , a rich dad and a poor dad . through my book rich dad poor dad , i shared the experiences that made me successful so others could begin to see money and finances in a whole new way .
colli dad , siarad am hynna - what time is it on tv ? cast list and preview .
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i sometimes swear . i always mock my kids . i’m * usually * joking . i do not accept guest posts . i will accept free beer . ( and vacations ! )
tag yourself i am the guy saying
dad the dog ' s out there pissing
as if dad – i . e . the man currently on a chair in what appears to be football socks , flapping a gym towel ineffectively at a bat – has any capacity or ability to do anything about it
tag yourself i am the quiet feeling this – the hand dust , the tiny moment of elated success – might be the greatest ever moment in derry ' s life . tag yourself i am enormously glad to have seen it .
no yes - i would like to be contacted by phone about special offers from rich dad .
tag yourself i am the sentence ,
oh , fuck it . oh ! ho ! ho ! oh !
tag yourself i am this particularly weak flap by derry , a weak flap amongst weak flaps , the flap so weak it errs towards the existential , as if the flap is saying : what am i , and how did i end up here . standing on a chair in september . yelling and flapping at a bat .
the reason i must be rich is because i have you kids .
the reason i ' m not rich is because i have you kids .
“i got way too big off views / back to the basics , i won’t lose . ”
i get it now . i ' m the only one who can stop what she started . i can stop all of it ! she wouldn ' t have wanted this . but i do .
my real dad was very educated , worked hard , and made a good income . however , he held traditional views about money and as a result ended up struggling financially all his life – i call him my poor dad . my rich dad , ( my friend’s dad ) did not have a college degree , also worked hard , but he thrived financially . unlike my poor dad , he had a rich mindset and thought about money very differently and as a result ended up being one of the richest men in hawaii . through my rich dad’s financial advice , i discovered how to let money work for me and become a successful business owner .
when i heard the news of you , i did the things that most daddies do . i opened up my heart so wide , for you to have a place inside . i tried to imagine the person you ' d be , would you look or act like me ? i thought of the things we would do , the times we ' d share , just us two . i would hold your hand in mine , be your protector , strong yet kind . i would be your hero and friend , give advice on which you ' d depend . i remember the day you were born , i cradled a miracle , small and warm . what words i had were scarce and few , a tear was the best that i could do . life gave me a moment so rare , bursting with pride , love and care . i promised you then all that i had , see you are my child , i am your dad .
tag yourself i am maureen just immediately going back to ironing , do not pass go , do not collect £200 , do not make a cup of tea or have a sit down and a breather – no : life goes on , ironing needs doing and the dog needs shouting at for having a piss . tag yourself i am just absolutely not fucking around here just because a bat just devastated my kitchen .
my rich dad said , “the poor and middle class work hard for their money . the rich have their money work hard for them . ” the power of thinking like the rich — the message of rich dad poor dad .
i , dad and buried ( aka mike julianelle ) , am a 41 - year - old brooklyn dad who is sharing my experiences as a father and whining about the ways the existence of my son s ( detective munch is seven , the hammer is two ) – not to mention the myriad responsibilities surrounding their existence – are destroying my social life .
steven screams that he doesn ' t know a thing about
my dad
. aquamarine claims that yellow diamond asked for
a ' my dad ' , a ' connie ' , a ' lars ' , a ' sadie ' , a ' mailman ' and an ' onion i think ' — six human variations specified on a report by peridot - 5xg
.
son , i am disappoint is a series of exploitable comics illustrating uneasy or disconnected dialogues between a son and a father . it is similar in nature to what ' s all this racket , son , although the phrase is used to express disappointment in someone ' s actions or words , rather than irritation . the phrase
i am disappoint
itself has gained much more popularity than the original comic .
tag yourself i just hit a bat with a towel but i ' m not quite sure if i caught the bat , so , tentatively , like looking inside a tissue after blowing your nose , i check inside the towel , which is empty , and a bat flies around near my head , and there , muffled by a door , i can hear a simple scream :
he ' s making a mockery out of you , boy .
“i was like , ‘i’m going to travel anyways , i’m never going to be home , if it’s what ' s going to make my mom happy , then that’s ok , ’” owens said . “then we moved here and then i ended up taking a break from modeling , so i ended up living here . ”
let me put this out there : i am a gilmore girls superfan . i ' ve watched the entirety of the show multiple times through and know it inside out . i ' ve gotten to the point where i know exactly what gilmore girls episode can complement my exact moods and what gilmore girls quotes i can whip out at family gatherings as a snappy comeback to silly questions about my personal life ( in true lorelai gilmore form , my mom gets every single one ) .
this episode takes place immediately after the events of
are you my dad ?
.
i am my mom
is the 25 th and last episode of the fourth season of steven universe , the 128 th episode overall , and the final episode in the sixth stevenbomb .
while continuing his search , steven stumbles across a small blue gem , asking the question of
are you my dad ?
. after steven exclaims his surprise at seeing her , the gem repeats her question , asking if steven is
my dad
. steven informs her that he is not her dad .
whats a social life ? ? ? i can’t remember . it’s only down hill from here .
luke , i am your father
is a misquotation of a line uttered by the villain darth vader in the 1980 science fiction film star wars : episode v – the empire strikes back , which is often cited as an example of the mandela effect .
tag yourself i am all of the shit and crap that has accumulated on the kitchen table , just a raft of shit , just layers of it , shit that ' s been there for months , i guarantee you – gua - ran - tee you – that there is a broadband bill down in there from 2013 . guarantee .
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“i’d call this pretty much the headquarters of where a lot of filming is done , ” alex said . “this is where we hang out though , you know what i mean ? i’ve always been the one that has everyone come over . ”
anyone that has ever accused american dad of not being smart should look no further than the stylistic experiment , “blood crieth unto heaven . ” in a shining example of the sort of ambition that american dad would cavalierly operate with , this episode is structured as a missing manuscript from a renowned playwright .
“i’m ready for it to get out there because a lot of people don’t know what the show’s about , ” said main cast member alex kompothecras , 22 . “it’s a lot of misjudgment . so i’m ready , i’m anxious for people to get this on the air . ”
tag yourself i am the most dad ever towel . every dad has this towel . dads don ' t have nice towels . dads always have towels they got free with a golf bag once , or a towel they found in a hire car . dads never buy towels , but towels apparate towards them . towels appear in dads ' lives in a way they do not appear in ours . my dad once found a towel down a country path while he was walking the dog . this happened . he bought it home and washed it and nobody questioned it . the dad towel . and every dad towel , every single one , is violently patterned like this . half dots , half plain . or : coloured white - on - blue one side , blue - on - white the next . they have been there in plain sight your whole life . and never – never once – have you ever seen anyone other than a dad use them . what else are dads up to , if they have in place this secret infrastructure of towels ?
hey dad and buried – i just found your website on scary mommy . you are quite a brilliant writer , not to mention hilarious ! even more , you sound like a pretty amazing father and an outstanding husband ! ( a definite rarity in this day and age . ) anyway – just wanted to give you a shout out , you are doing a great job , i look forward to reading a lot more from you !
“i go , ‘you guys are really having a hell of a lifestyle , ’” gary said . “i said this would be a good reality show . plus they’re good kids , so that was the main thing , they weren’t bad kids . i said this would be a good story because when i was growing up , you had ‘father knows best , ’ you had ‘my three sons , ’ you had people with values and i didn’t see that in the tv of late . ”
rich dad always took a percentage off the top of any income he earned . he put this money into an investment account that went toward purchasing his assets . poor dad spent all his money first and never had any remaining for investments .
having two dads gave me the benefit of contrasting perspectives . i use this contrast to teach millions of people a new view on money . the biggest difference i see between the rich and the poor or middle class , is financial education and how they think about money . do you think rich ? compare the views of my poor dad and my rich dad and see where you currently fit .
steven stops aquamarine , saying he will tell her where is
my dad
is . steven makes up the fact that he is
my dad
. aquamarine , somewhat doubtful in this
steven
also being a
my dad
, ends up accepting and believing this answer in order to make their mission faster and get off the planet .
american dad has comfortably fallen into the tradition of their christmas episodes having some unusual , epic quality . just like the simpsons champion their halloween installments , american dad has decided to make their annual christmas episodes appointment television .
haha , thanks . my sense of humor is not for everyone , i know . but i love those comments that don’t get me . they are usually funnier than anything i could ever come up with . thanks for reading !
“rich dad world’s goal is to increase your financial iq , and bring you a world of possibilities , a world of learning , a world of understanding . a take charge world , where you’ll be equipped to take command of your finances and live a rich life . ”
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on may 9th , 2008 , the single - serving site no i am your father [ 4 ] was launched , featuring various translations of the vader quote , including 1337 speak , morse code and binary ascii . on may 11th , 2009 , the guardian [ 5 ] published an article identifying the line
luke , i am your father
as a pervasive misquotation . on october 2nd , 2011 , youtuber bashthemonkey uploaded a recording of a 4 - year - old reacting to the pivotal star wars scene ( shown below ) , accumulating upwards of 3 . 97 million views and 4 , 800 comments in the following two years . on january 2nd , 2012 ,
luke , i am your father
was added to wikipedia ' s
list of misquotations
page . [ 3 ]
christ , i didn’t check the date on that . june ? ! forgetaboutit .
i wanted to nominate you for the versatile blogger award . details here , urltoken
a version of this article originally ran in 2013 . american dad’s 13 th season is currently airing on mondays at 8 : 30pm , on tbs .
tag yourself i am not irish but i feel like this speaks to a universal feeling of family life , the warmth and hysteria , the chaos , telling your dad the bat is losing its legs when it isn ' t , maureen peering , the interrupted ironing , the hundreds and hundreds of cupboards , the telly still on in the background , the pissing dog , the four - pint of milk on the kitchen table , the raft of crap , the linoleum floor , shirt - and - shorts combo , the quiet peacefulness of family life immediately shattered by the introduction of an element of disorder , a bat : i am all of it , we are all of it , this is the most accurate depiction of family life ever in history . figure out a way to hang it in the louvre , next to the mona lisa . this is our generation ' s art and it needs to be preserved forever . tag yourself , i am all of it , derry is all of it , maureen is all of it , the bat is and so are you
steven sees the gem on a branch behind connie . connie looks at the gem , and is pleased that the gem looks very similar to her drawing . connie attempts to help the gem , telling her to jump down to be caught safely . the gem asks connie
are you my dad ?
. connie is confused and offers to help the gem find
your [ the gem ' s ] dad
. the gem proceeds to explain that she isn ' t looking for
your dad
but instead for
my dad
.
the final sequences are a bit of a departure from what is an otherwise standard and unstylized narrative . i’m not quite sure they worked but i appreciated the effort nonetheless . the filmmakers took a little poetic license and were more florid in their mise - en - scene . despite all its flaws
tag yourself i am the question how in the fuck did the bat get in ? this is seemingly a house made exclusively of doors . marie is behind the door . tadhg is behind the door . everyone is behind a door , except for derry , flapping alone on a chair with a towel . how did a bat get in through that door - laden labyrinth ? this some kind of fucking genius bat ? or is the bat an idiot ? which is it
“every hacker has their fixation . you hack people , i hack time , so you should know , when i set a timeline there’s a reason . you have 50 hours and 23 minutes ; at that point when all parties are ready , we’ll initiate the hack . ”
my beautiful 18yr old daughter had sent me a link to this site on sons needing protection too ( i have a 7 & 8yr old , handsome boys they are ) and i foresee myself being the “don’t you dare hurt my sons or you’ll deal with me ! ” mentality . i cringe at the very thought of that googly eyes looking their way all the while my head is red hot and steam coming out of my ears as i grow my evil horns and snarling ! ! you just got “mauled ! ” mmmmm . . that wasn’t so . . bad . next ! ! a’s i wipe my mouth and straighten my hair and clothes as i ask my sons , “hey ! you guys wanna go watch a movie ? ”
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grant asks ,
when you exposed yourself . . . did you have an erection ?
he responds ,
no , i mean , no . partial , maybe i think .
tag yourself i am derry ' s self - satisfied hand dust off even though he did next to fucking nothing to get the bat out of the house and clearly the whole ordeal took a substantial amount of time and so there is absolutely no place for a
job well done !
hand - dust , what hubris from derry , what sheer cheek .
in early episodes of the show , rory stares at photobooth photos of a young lorelai and christopher . i don ' t know who that guy might be ( imposter ! ) , but it definitely isn ' t the man who is introduced as rory ' s dad episodes later .
believe it or not , american dad had been turning out some of the most cutting edge , consistent animated comedy for over the past decade .
discovered you through my friend dani over at martinis and minivans . i love your sarcasm . and i especially love all the negative comments people have left on your blog ! screw them . you’re funny .
tag yourself i ' m
mam will you get out . derry will you catch him .
when elliot smashes the camera , i thought that was a neat way to even more firmly acknowledge the fourth wall and explicitly show the changing viewpoint .
i didn’t mention joanna , but i can’t wait to learn more about how she intends to maneuver past the police . if she can stab herself with a pickle fork to induce labor , she would be willing to do anything to ensure her family’s survival .
white : the melody of the curse ( hwa - i - teu : jeo - woo . . .
luke , je suis ton père parodies are a series of exploitable french comics featuring an illustrated depiction of darth vader ( “dark vador” in french ) and luke skywalker from the star wars
i am your father
scene . the comics were initially made with puns and rhyming captions before expanding to include versions in which vader is substituted with celebrities and fictional characters .
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about a bunch of young kids being raised in a foster family . and he had a role in the recent show ,
some episodes of american dad go for a bigger message beneath all of the craziness , but this episode is just a strong example of the show being silly . this installment boils down to roger and stan dueling over who is the better actor , which finds a ton of material to pull from .
there are so many excellent roger episodes to pick from in american dad , but the more i think about it , the more i end up coming to the conclusion that “the great space roaster” might be his finest outing . the episode sees roger celebrating his birthday and wishing for nothing more than his family to mercilessly roast him , an event that he doesn’t at all take well .
a corrupt detective infiltrates a gang and tries to save his daughter . one day he finds out the heart his daughter would receive as a transplant is from a magician he falsely accused .
i just read a bunch of your stories for the first time . you are hilarious ! the articles are informative and overwhelmingly funny . keep doing it man !
protip : press ' i ' to view the image gallery , ' v ' to view the video gallery , or ' r ' to view a random entry .
aquamarine states that they cannot go back to homeworld without getting all six
human variations
, and are unable to leave without steven , who they believe is
my dad
. under the stress , steven thinks a bit and admits that he is not
my dad
. aquamarine is getting upset , as this mission keeps getting longer . steven mentions that he can end the mission .
stan has displayed a number of staunch prejudices throughout american dad’s run . stan ends up besmirching the wrong old person’s reputation and gets a curse placed on him that prematurely ages him . watching stan cope with his new feeble body is a lot of fun , especially when he must scale mount kilimanjaro as the antidote to returning to normal . a lot of this episode coasts off of stan’s attitude , but it’s a strong display of his firm , entrenched opinions opening up a sliver .
aquamarine constantly asking ' are you my dad ? ' could be referencing the doctor who story the empty child where the boy constantly asks ' are you my mummy ? ' .
the cat ( go - hyang - i : jook - eum - eul bo - neun doo gae - . . .
the one where ross meets elizabeth ' s dad ,
season 6 : this seems like a plot hole the show ' s writers were aware of and decided to embrace anyway . bruce willis actually agreed to make this cameo for free after losing a bet to matthew perry .
this blog serves as a continual diary of my development as a father and – soon ! – as an expert parent with the world’s first and only perfect children . expect some pictures , maybe even a video or two . but no judgment . because i don’t truck with that .
a quiet pawnshop keeper with a violent past takes on a drug - and - organ trafficking ring in hope of saving the child who is his only friend .
, he hams it up as an investigator prone to excessive bouts of violence . kim plays detective han with a straight face , his portrayal of detective han is humorless and unironic . normally i would take issue with a performance such as this one but given my expectations , which i have already outlined , it fits quite well with the style of the film .
“i think ever since siesta key got voted the no . 1 beach , it’s not like this hidden gem anymore , ” trautman said . “i feel like some people think we’re exploiting sarasota and siesta key , but really we’re just beautifying the city . ”
steven turning himself in and following aquamarine and topaz references captain picard getting captured by the borg from the star trek : the next generation episode , the best of both worlds . it also references to han solo getting frozen in carbonite from star wars episode v : the empire strikes back , especially the infamous quote from darth vader
i am your father
as the title .
are you my dad ?
is the 24 th episode of the fourth season of steven universe , the 127 th episode overall , and the fourth episode in the sixth stevenbomb .
but last night’s episode was a turning point , and i am not talking about the massive developments that dotted episode eight — it was the first time the veil was lifted and we glimpsed the real world . we aren’t beholden to elliot’s interpretations of the action happening around him . we’re able to see what is happening outside of elliot’s purview , which enables the audience to better judge and interpret the implications of various characters’ statements and actions .
the original source of the comic strip is unknown , but the image macro series was first posted to 4chan in 2008 . an encyclopedia dramatica article about the comic was first published on 28 november 2008 . since then , the comic has spread to other forums , such as urltoken [ 1 ] , and the phrase
i am disappoint
has found common usage in internet slang .
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the blue gem , now childishly ecstatic , spins her wand and lets go of the beam , sending steven flying straight into a tree . the blue gem mentions to topaz that all they need is
my dad
before they can leave .
“i want to tell the truth . that’s where my storytelling comes from . my feminism comes from somewhere else : acute dissatisfaction . ”
rich dad says ,
if you stop working today , an asset puts money in your pocket and a liability takes money from your pocket . too often people call liabilities assets . it ' s important to know the difference between the two .
is not quite a b - movie , but it comes close and for me , before watching it , i had similar preconceptions . that is to say it looked cheap , gritty , exaggerated , generic , and featured a second - tier korean star .
the video was filmed by tadhg fleming , and went viral when reposted by @ jonnohopkins , and if you haven ' t seen it then i would describe it as
the citizen kane of portrait - mode snapchat stories about a bat getting in
. but i would like you to now avert your gaze away from the video and instead turn it deep inwards . who are you ? what are you ? what is the very spirit of you ? your essence ? you know it . but sometimes it ' s hard to express . who , exactly , are you : are you a mood , a note on a piano , a taste , a feeling ? are you light , colour , heat , sound ? whatever you are , i think you can find yourself in this video . i think you can tag yourself in amongst the chaos . here are some suggested tags – feel free to add your own :
accordingly , the entire cast is put into the roles of a fractured family in a production that’s aping on tracey letts’ august : osage county . american dad marries its dark sense of humor with the melodrama of theater perfectly . this episode might take a few viewings to win you over , but it’s such a unique , surreal experience that truly tries to make you feel like you’re watching pulitzer prize - winning drama and not an animated sitcom .
steven remembers and
flashbacks
to the events of
marble madness
, when he was telling peridot about the many humans that still existed on earth , and listing the examples (
. . . there ' s my dad , connie , lars and sadie , the mailman , onion . . . i think . . .
) .
i am undecided whether mr . robot is actually elliot’s father . tyrell has mentioned his father’s passing , noting it is a matter of public record , and angela referenced the death during the barbecue at gideon’s apartment . if his passing was a ruse , or if elliot somehow forgot the death ( and then imagined the statements from tyrell and angela ) , that would seem far too messy a plot for a show as intricately conceived as mr . robot . but there have been countless clues that our point of view and knowledge are skewed , since we are forced to rely on elliot to narrate , so it’s possible that elliot’s father didn’t die and elliot’s recollections are tainted .
the more brutal twist was the reveal that darlene is elliot’s sister . after he informs her that the steel mountain plan will go off in less than two days , she’s elated . “‘be happy — you did this . just like that , you’re going to change the world , ” she tells him . “i would love to take credit on this … you are seriously the best person i know . i love you so much . ”
it’s debatable , but i’d argue that “cops and roger” has the funniest visual gag to ever come out of american dad ( and i’d go as far as saying that it’s also one of the most surprising , satisfying gags in the history of animated sitcoms ) and so for that honor alone this episode deserves mad accolades . on top of that , the installment also gets to have too much fun with roger running amok in bad lieutenant mode , rising the ranks from trainee , to cop , to crooked cop before you have time to snort a line of coke .
200 episodes is a tremendous milestone that only a select number of television shows have had the privilege of achieving . with the sort of spectacle that american dad put together for their 100 th episode ( see : killing 100 characters ) , understandably a lot of people would be expecting something even more extravagant / blood - thirsty this time around . very wisely , “the two hundred” takes a page out of fan - favorite , “rapture’s delight” and transports the show’s setting to a desolate wasteland , draping everything in nuclear holocaust chic .
this episode might not register or be a “clear choice” for many viewers , possibly because it’s such a recent inclusion ( in fact , several episodes from last season have made the cut here , speaking to the overall quality of the series ) or because it’s not a “big” episode . however , it’s exactly for this reason that “the unincludeds” works so well and why i’m such a fan of it .
watch this video . i know you have already seen this video , but this is like me saying ,
hey , look at this art—
and i ' m pointing to the mona lisa , here , widely accepted to be the best art . i ' m like ,
look at this art ! look how good it is !
and you just going : nah , i ' ve already seen it . but that doesn ' t mean you can ' t look at it again and wonder about the machinations behind that wonderful smile . who was she ? what was she thinking ? how did she come to be painted in such a magnificent way ?
the whole stelio kontos sequence alone makes this episode a classic , but other pieces of insanity like principal lewis seeing a werewolf on the security camera and roger ultimately being hired by cap’n crunch for crime scene photography push this outing even higher . it’s also got one of the few appearances of reginald koala , the american dad character that time forgot .
again , i am still collecting my thoughts about what role mr . robot plays within elliot’s family ( if any ) , but there have been extremely subtle hints . last episode , romero tells mr . robot to “say hi to the kids . ” at the time , it was assumed he meant fsociety , since all of its members are in their 20s , but perhaps he was alluding to something else . also , when darlene nearly initiates the steel mountain tape - burn , it sounds like she yells , “dad ! ” to mr . robot ( it also sounded like
god ,
but this show invites conspiracy theories like no other outside of lost ) .
steven pieces together that aquamarine is looking for someone named
my dad
, based on a list he gave . steven gets upset and blames himself for letting this happen . garnet gets ready to punch topaz , but is stopped when punching her would hurt the humans trapped inside . garnet is grabbed by topaz , who throws her into a wooden fence .
ok , so fenn is a pretty iconic actress ( audrey horne ! twin peaks ! ) , and even if you ' ve never seen any of her work before , she still has the sort of spectacular face that you don ' t forget in a hurry . somehow she plays the girlfriend of jess ' s dad in season 3 and then also plays anna nardini ( april ' s mom ) in season 6 . did nobody think that we ' d notice ? i ' m onto you , gilmore girls .
the statement
i can ' t afford it
shuts down your thinking . by asking the right question , you mind opens up and looks for answers .
siesta key — on a sprawling couch in a siesta key mansion , eight young adults sit posing for photos , talking and laughing with one another . they behave like old friends , perhaps assembling before a day on the beach or a night out at the nearby beach club .
each seasonal greeting from the series is special , but “rapture’s delight” might be the only episode of the show that actually made my jaw drop and say aloud , “holy shit . ” this episode really has everything , from turning bible scripture into a post - apocalyptic mad max - esque romp , to bewildering action sequences and a twist ending that still gives me chills when i think about . “rapture’s delight” is american dad at its most untethered and has become the benchmark for not only all other christmas episodes , but also all episodes of the series , period .
recently i ' ve also become insanely addicted to the gilmore guys podcast ( two dudes expressing their love for my favorite show ? winner ) , and if there ' s one thing that two fellas scrutinizing every seemingly small moment of a show you think you know better than anyone can do for you , it ' s that they make you realize minute flaws that you never knew existed . i ' m talking plot holes , people ! and gilmore girls has a whole bunch of them .
that all being said , the real reason that this episode is on here is that steve’s b - plot is very ambitiously told entirely through a “trapped in the closet” musical parody . getting excuses for steve to sing is always a good thing in my book , but this actually uses the music to tell an ornate story that goes as far as involving principal lewis and murder . “trapped in the locker” is a very bewildering decision , but it’s a fine example of how american dad is still mixing things up so late in their lifespan .
hundredth episodes are always given lofty expectations . american dad appropriately plays into that expectation by dramatically killing off 100 characters , but this episode is really an opportunity to comment on hayley and jeff’s relationship , and stan needing to come to terms with it .
the time has come once again for me to sit down and think about all the new korean films i had the opportunity to see in 2013 and come up . . .
by pierce conran sales have been impressive as box office admissions reached a new peak and local films maintained a + 50 % market share . . .
“i hope they take away from the show that a group of friends can come together , have some drama , but still keep it classy and not be trashy , ” apostolides said . “we’re not a ‘jersey shore , ’ we do have problems on the show , but for the most part we’re all really good people . ”
seriously , she never just says
oh , my mom would hate that . . .
but
my parents would hate that .
lane ' s dad never makes a physical appearance in the show and nobody ever asks where he is . he is the carmen sandiego of stars hollow except no - one seems to be singing his name in a similar theme song , if you catch my drift .
revealing themselves as the
crystal gems
, aquamarine brushes this off , remembering hearing about
rose quartz ' s lackeys
in a report . aquamarine and topaz are not on the earth to beat pearl , garnet , amethyst , or steven . they promise to let them go if they told where
my dad
is .
aquamarine asks where
my dad
is , as she notices that steven knows all of the captured humans ( mentioning that
the list
did come from a
steven
) . while steven does not understand , garnet tells the homeworld gems to let the humans go , but they refuse . aquamarine asks who they even are .
tulip talks to god , and it’s not a pleasant conversation , and we learn a little more custer family history in one of season three’s funniest episodes .
this episode somewhat confirms steven ' s feelings for connie , saying
i love you
( both to connie and to the group ) before turning himself in to aquamarine and topaz .
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with a new gem in beach city , pearl infers she must be here for the crystal gems , and that they should prepare for a fight . steven explains that she is looking for her dad , and that many of his friends have gone missing . everyone is confused , as gems don ' t have dads . connie mentions that steven has a dad , but garnet clarifies that no other gem is like steven . connie brings up the idea that the gem could be like steven . garnet decides that they should split up to find this gem . steven is excited at the possibility of garnet unfusing into ruby and sapphire , but garnet meant splitting up into teams to search beach city . steven is teamed up with connie , pearl with amethyst , and garnet
with herself
.
a grisly unsolved murder links three seemingly unrelated stories in three different japanese cities .
he thinks “siesta key” will change that by giving the community a national spotlight .
however , when elliot finds the unlabeled cd in his booklet ( a quick aside : i loved that krista’s cd was labeled as a talking heads record ) , he is confronted with hundreds of photos of mr . robot , both alone and with elliot , so there is a familial connection . perhaps mr . robot is elliot’s stepfather . either way , the options for what could happen during the show’s final two episodes are limitless .
as he leans in to kiss darlene , she recoils , angrily rebuking him until she realizes what has happened . “did you forget who i am ? ” she asks him , tears brimming . rami malek has emerged as one of the most exciting actors working at the moment , and his portrayal of elliot during this twist is fantastic . the way his eyes shift back and forth , how he tries to laugh it off . he knows who she is — you’re darlene ! the way he reacts when the realization hits him that she is his sister is staggering .
by pierce conran while 2016 has a been a difficult year in many regards , one area where it has excelled has been korean cinema . with b . . .
the story of two outlaws and a bounty hunter in 1940s manchuria and their rivalry to possess a treasure map while being pursued by the japanese army and chinese bandits .
for a second , just imagine that you turn up to your day job every day , snarling at customers , being rude to staff , sarcastic to your manager and flat out refusing to do your job and complaining about it loudly every second that you have the chance . this is michel — owner of the worst employee ever gold medal , who was never fired and even more unbelievably was invited to become a partner in sookie and lorelai ' s own inn business . i don ' t know about you , but i ' ve never had such good luck .
friends has lots of these . susan sarandon was on ross ' s
list
of women he was allowed to sleep with ; joey later slept with a character played by susan sarandon . ross referred to himself as
cro - magnum p . i . ,
monica later slept with magnum , p . i . they try to get a table by giving the name
winona ryder
, rachel went to school with a character played by winona ryder . at one point they were trying to come up with the capital of cambodia , and guessed ,
sean penn ,
who they later met . ross came up with the idea for
jurassic park ,
and joey later met a character played by jeff goldblum .
lorelai and rory are busy people , we get it . but there are so many occasions where they both order a gigantic feast , eat a couple of bites and then jump up and leave with great urgency . i don ' t know about you , but when there are pancakes in front of me , schedule be damned , because those bad boys are getting demolished .
then there’s also a glorious side - plot that sees steve and friends discovering toshi’s parents’ sex doll and setting out to make a shot - for - shot remake of the film mannequin with it . i’d be more than happy if that were it , but roger soon takes over and turns this into a production of the goonies , which is still pretty wonderful . there’s also some fantastic trademark roger backstabbing at the end that goes on to an absurd length .
all in all 2011 was a bit of a disappointing year for korean cinema , at least as far as commercial cinema was concerned . on the other ha . . .
“fatherhood is a crucifixion . you die by degrees , with your arms outstretched . ”
when steven asks sour cream about checking for onion in his favorite places , the scenes change and click in a slideshow , similarly to a classic view - master camera .
but don’t worry : a national tour is set to kick off in fall 2019 .
gary paid for a jacksonville production company to film a pilot . alex said the pilot was pretty similar to what they’ve been filming , following his relationships with friends and family .
“lost in space” is a memorable episode for the simple fact that it’s drowning in aliens and we get a closer look at the rest of roger’s kind . but beyond all of the space madness , the episode also has a shining emotional core to it : jeff’s love for hayley . the memory montage of jeff and hayley moments is sweet in itself , but the episode then shifts into the legendary category for the incredibly choreographed sequence set to wax fang’s “the majestic . ” none of this pomp and circumstance is at all necessary here , but the fact that american dad goes that weird extra mile just for a satisfying visual is exactly why they’re so great .
this reveal was evident from the episode’s start . the camera opens wide to show darlene , on a balcony , with a man in a suit who , from behind , looks shockingly like elliot . she’s with a hookup , talking about society’s class redefinition and wealth redistribution . “there’s you in the middle somewhere , ” he says . “the consummate survivor . ”
it’s no secret that american dad stumbled onto a veritable goldmine in the form of roger’s many , many personae throughout the series . we’ve also been privy to witnessing roger do some truly reprehensible things , so the concept of meeting the worst of roger’s personae—someone that’s so vile that he’s gone as far as “retiring” the character—holds a ton of potential behind it . at the same time , such an idea also has the potential to inevitably be disappointing , with spanish’s actions no way being as brutal as what we can imagine . well , nope . ricky spanish is a pretty big motherfucker .
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2 . ) heat a cast iron pot on stove top and melt the beef lard .
you hear collins flatly confess to molesting an 11 - year - old new york girl - - a relative of his first wife - - saying ,
there was one moment of touching where her hand , i put her hand on my penis .
he also acknowledges exposing himself to the girl
a couple of times
. . . he says when she was 11 , 12 and 13 .
a former serial killer with alzheimer ' s fights to protect his daughter from her psychotic boyfriend .
you had me at “destroying my social life . ” wait until you have a second one .
esmail indicates the change in perspective through the scene between angela and darlene at the ballet class . one wears a black leotard ( darlene ) and the other ( angela ) a white one , a dichotomy that alludes to the forces pulling elliot ( whom they discuss in the scene ) .
to help promote the show , mtv held a press event at the siesta key mansion owned by alex’s father , gary kompothecras , a chiropractor known for founding the 1 - 800 - ask - gary legal and medical referral service who is also trying to build a hotel on siesta key .


bless 'em all is a 1948 british musical comedy film starring hal monty and max bygraves , the latter in his screen debut .

three men meet when they are called up for the second world war and fight together in the battle of france .

it is on the british film institute 's 75 most wanted list of lost films ; only a two-and-a-half minute trailer was known to survive at the time .

however , a reader notified bfi that a cut-down version titled be kind sergeant was being offered for sale on ebay .

bless ' em all ( film )

beverley sisters & the syd lawrence orch . , on cd “bless ’em all” ( pickwick , 1995 )
it’s not that director black , his creative team and his cast are not working hard , bless ‘em . but badham’s film worked because of a alchemical brew specific to film .
they say there ' s a troopship just leaving bombay , bound for old blighty shore heavily laden with time expired men , bound for the land they adore . there ' s many an airman just finishing his time , there ' s many a twerp signing on . you ' ll get no promotion this side of the ocean , so cheer up my lads , bless ' em all . bless em all , bless em all , the long and the short and the tall bless all the sergeants and w . o . ones , bless all the corprals and their blinkin sons , ' cos were saying goodbye to them all , as back to their billets they crawl you ' ll get no promotion this side of the ocean , so cheer up my lads , bless ' em all they say if you work hard you ' ll get better pay we ' ve heard all that before clean up your buttons and polish your boots scrub out the barrack room floor there ' s many a rookie has taken it in , hook line and sinker an ' all you ' ll get no promotion this side of the ocean so cheer up my lads bless ' em all . bless ' em all , bless ' em all , the long and the short and the tall , bless all the sergeants and w . o . ones , bless all the corprals and their blinkin sons , ' cos were saying goodbye to them all , as back to their billets they crawl you ' ll get no promotion this side of the ocean , so cheer up my lads , bless ' em all now they say that the sergeant ' s a very nice chap , oh what a tale to tell . ask him for leave on a saturday night and he ' ll pay your fare home as well . there ' s many an airman has blighted his life through writing rude words on the wall you ' ll get no promotion this side of the ocean so cheer up my lads bless ' em all bless ' em all , bless ' em all , the long and the short and the tall , bless all the sergeants and w . o . ones , bless all the corprals and their blinkin sons , ' cos were saying goodbye to them all , as back to their billets they crawl you ' ll get no promotion this side of the ocean , so cheer up my lads , bless ' em all nobody knows what a twerp you have been , so cheer up my lads
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i wrote “bless ’em all” while serving in the old r . n . a . s . at dunkirk in 1916 [ actually , his service record indicates that he joined in january 1917 ] . and , furthermore , it wasn’t “bless . ”
chain lightning ( 1950 ) - - ( movie clip ) bless . . .
numerous postwar films about the late conflict used bless ’em all to establish atmosphere or to quote the era . in the captive heart ( 1946 ) , a british film set in a prisoner - of - war camp in germany and starring michael redgrave , pows sing bless ’em all in their compound . it is heard briefly in the us army air force drama twelve o’clock high ( 1949 ) , starring gregory peck and dean jagger , and in chain lightning ( 1950 ) , humphrey bogart and eleanor parker are among the singers gathered around a piano in a wartime london nightclub . also in 1950 , in the blue lamp , the famous british police film starring dirk bogarde , a drunk serenades a police station with a snatch of the song . in 1951 , director john ford chose to include bless ’em all in his documentary about the korean war , this is korea !
old dan , though , is not a man to be trifled with .
just let ' em try it ,
he snarls ,
just let ' em know we have the biggest and the fastest , just let ' em know we ' re not too chicken to use them . . .
in captains of the clouds ( 1942 ) , a technicolour film about hardy canadian bush pilots going off to war and partly shot on location in canada , james cagney and alan hale sing and dance a spirited version of bless ’em all . also in 1942 , a very young robert stack and the rest of his squadron of “polish” flyers sing bless ’em all around a piano on their english airfield in ernst lubitch’s to be or not to be , starring jack benny and carole lombard . that same year , the song makes an appearance in the frank randle comedy , somewhere in camp . in 1944 , bless ’em all appears in the film version of the oscar wilde short story the canterville ghost , starring charles laughton as the ghost , and robert young , margaret o ' brien , and reginald owen , and in the comedy english without tears , starring michael wilding and margaret rutherford .
numerous postwar films about the late conflict used bless ’em all to establish atmosphere or to quote the era . in the captive heart ( 1946 ) , a british film set in a prisoner - of - war camp in germany and starring michael redgrave , pows sing bless ’em all in their compound . it is heard briefly in the u . s . army air force drama twelve o’clock high ( 1949 ) , starring gregory peck and dean jagger , and in chain lightning ( 1950 ) , humphrey bogart and eleanor parker are among the singers gathered around a piano in a wartime london nightclub . also in 1950 , in the blue lamp , the famous british police film starring dirk bogarde , a drunk serenades a police station with a snatch of the song . in 1951 , director john ford chose to include bless ’em all in his documentary about the korean war , this is korea !
fred godfrey holds the distinction of having written two of the twentieth century’s most famous wartime singalong songs , both icons of their time for generations of english - speaking people : world war one’s take me back to dear old blighty and world war two’s bless ’em all .
the new couplets formed the basis of a second version , called bless ’em all no . 2 , which formby recorded in february 1941 . as with the first version , however , godfrey’s name again did not appear in the composing credits of formby’s regal zonophone disc .
bless ’em all still surfaces in odd places : paul mccartney , no less , sings a snatch of the song in his 1984 film give my regards to broad street , and tommies sing it around a piano ( what an original idea ! ) in the academy - award - nominated 2007 film atonement , starring james mcavoy , keira knightley , and vanessa redgrave , whose father michael appeared in a film that used the song more than half a century earlier .
subsequently , bless ’em all became a hit around the english - speaking world at war — including in the united states , where americanized lyrics were supplied by al stillman ( who would go on to write the words for such great hits as juke box saturday night , moments to remember , no , not much ! , chances are , and teacher , teacher ) . before long , bless ’em all began to be used in films whenever the script called for a group of people to gather around a piano for a singalong , especially if the setting was wartime london .
another which turned up , although not in its original form , is bless ’em all ( robert jordan hill , 1949 ) . an eagle - eyed british film enthusiast contacted us when he spotted a print for sale on ebay entitled be kind sergeant which turned out to be a cut - down version of the film . this kind of ‘repurposing’ was quite common among smaller production companies who would then rerelease the films as short programmer fillers .
long after it was listed on the bfi’s list of ‘most wanted’ missing films , bless ‘em all was finally tracked down in belgium’s cinematheque royal . the somewhat scratchy , well - worn 35mm print that was found there , which features distinctive burnt - in french and dutch subtitles , was transferred into the bfi’s collection in late 2014 . it is currently the only film copy known to exist .
all in all , this is a film of distinct contrasts . when it ' s good it ' s absolutely fabulous . but , when it ' s overdoing the 3d and cgi , it ' s tedious .
but “bless ’em all” in its raw state did not occur to me as a publishing proposition , and it was left to the ingenuity of young jimmy hughes , frank lake and mr . [ s . ] vanlier , of keith prowse , to make it so respectable that it might have come straight from the vicar’s tea party !
perhaps the most pleasing non - film find was donated by a collector who was trying to sell some of his memorabilia . a screenplay he had from the 1971 film nobody ordered love ( robert hartford - davis ) didn’t find a buyer , so he very generously passed it to us . this particular film is actually about the making of a film and , unusually , a script of the fictional ‘film within the film’ came with it .
although a degree of controversy surrounds the writing of bless ’em all , godfrey always claimed to have come up with the song during world war one while serving with the royal naval air service . in a letter published in the daily mirror on 2 april 1941 , in response to a query about the song’s origins , he relates the following story :
as the cast reassemble to give us a rousing final rendition of christmas together , the snow begins to fall and scrooge hoists tiny tim onto his shoulder where he closes the film with the words that were , after all , written for him -
god bless us every one .
the central message here isn ' t so much
god bless us , everyone
as
god save us , everyone .
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——— , bless ’em all no . 2 ( regal zonophone mr - 3441 [ & other numbers ? ] , 1941 ) ; reissued on lp “george formby and his ukelele” ( world record club sh - 151 ) ; reissued on 5 - cd set “george formby , the war and postwar years , volume 2 of the jsp compilation” ( jsp cd - 1902 , 2006 )
bless ’em all was also used in two wartime films about the us marines , who adopted the song as their unofficial anthem . in guadalcanal diary ( 1943 ) , starring lloyd nolan , william bendix , and anthony quinn , bendix and other marines sing it while digging a gun pit on that infamous island — unusually , they sing the british lyrics . and in marine raiders ( 1944 ) , the song is used as a recurring theme in the scenes set in australia — at one point , stars pat o’brien and robert ryan sing it in a melbourne club . a wartime documentary entitled tunisian victory ( 1944 ) , co - directed by frank capra and narrated by burgess meredith ( among others ) , also interpolates bless ’em all in the soundtrack .
us printing issued in conjunction with the 1942 film to be or not to be .
the uk reprint for the 1961 film the long and the short and the tall .
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daniel appears as confused as we are . after all , like us , he ' s not had the benefit of marley having dropped by to put all this into context .
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( 1969 ) , in which it is sung by the film’s star , warren mitchell .
either that , or the film ' s budget would only stretch to one musical number .
but , i digress . back to the future . . . . sorry , film .
thus scrooge , in the robustly miserable form of albert finney , waltzed onto the screen , accompanied by a cast of all singing , all dancing , classically trained authentic working - class cockneys .
a late silent film unique in british cinema for being produced , written and directed by women .
to its purposes — as in a new zealand all - blacks rugby “captains” tv commercial from 2007 .
all in all , this is a well made and well acted adaptation of the tale , and the sets and locations succeed wonderfully in conveying a sense of the age in which the story is set .
this rare calvert film was loaned to us by cohen media and has been scanned and preserved digitally .
it is , so the credits claim , the earliest known version of a christmas carol on film .
all in all , though , this is a genuine piece of dickensian film history and , as such , is well worth watching , if only for its curiosity value . its antiquated feel certainly adds to the atmosphere - and who needs ghosts when you ' ve got a particularly annoying collection of cratchit children ?
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us printing issued in conjunction with the 1942 film captains of the clouds , with americanized lyrics by al stillman .
found ! material on the film had been misfiled on the bfi’s own database and was located after an audit .
found ! the director of the film , henri helman , generously donated his own personal print to the bfi .
but these are just niggling points and , all in all , this was such a satisfying re - working of the story that i ' m surprised it hasn ' t been shown every christmas since it first aired in 2000 .
since then , we have had scores of emails and letters from film enthusiasts reporting sightings of the films and offering material . many members of the public sent emails along the lines of “that film isn’t missing , i’ve got it on dvd ! ” however , while it’s great to know that a film has survived on tape or dvd , this doesn’t mean it’s out of danger . many such bootleg copies derive from television screenings here or abroad ; the film will have been transmitted from a tape format , meaning the film material it originally came from could be long gone .
a number of fred godfrey’s songs have turned up on the silver screen over the years , sometimes in unexpected places . bless ’em all has been used numerous times in films set in world war two , while other godfrey songs have helped to evoke the music hall era . in only a couple of instances , for max miller and george formby , was godfrey commissioned to write songs for a particular film . godfrey songs have the distinction of being heard in three films that either won or were nominated for the academy award for best picture : cavalcade ( 1933 , winner ) ; twelve o’clock high ( 1949 ) ; and atonement ( 2007 ) .
found ! a print turned up at paramount’s archive , and the studio generously donated a digital file of the film .
another title that surfaced on dvd after our call - out . the archive now holds digital material on the film .
and , in all honesty , anthony walters makes a really convincing tiny tim , so much so that i think his depiction of the character is one of the best , if not the best i ' ve watched . so , in closing , may i say , god bless him , whatever he ' s doing now .
one of the most gruesomely memorable of all british anti - smoking promos depicts fat oozing out of nonchalant smokers ' cigarettes .
the publicity generated by last summer’s announcement of the discovery in new zealand of a british silent film on which hitchcock had worked shows that there is a great public interest in cinematic treasure troves . while the print of the white shadow , a film directed by graham cutts in 1923 , isn’t complete , it is a missing piece in the jigsaw of british film history .
then , too , we used to shove a piano up on to an old lorry and go and do concerts for the troops up the line . as there were no ladies present “bless ’em all” became a sort of national anthem . archie glen also sang a new song of mine called “down texas way” at one of our dunkirk ( 1916 , if you please ) concerts [ again , the actual year seems to have been 1917 , as down texas way was published that year ] . i sent it to my publisher and it sold half a million copies .
all in all though , this version makes a good effort at re - telling the story , and its target audience - of which , given the fact is was made in 1969 , i was one - would , no doubt , have loved it .
fred godfrey receives credit in this 1961 australian reprint issued in conjunction with the film the long and the short and the tall .
the game is afoot as we begin an international hunt for a lost film version of arthur conan doyle’s a study in scarlet .
all in all , whilst not an outstanding version , this is certainly a reasonable adaptation , beautifully illustrated throughout , and it manages to cram dickens story into a mere twenty five minutes without losing too much of either the atmosphere or the moral of the original .
i ' m the dead ,
the stranger continues ,
all the dead . we ' re quite a stew .
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every year , around early december , i prepare myself for my dickens christmas walk by both reading the book and watching the film .
the earliest version i have been able to track down is this incomplete silent film by robert w . paul that dates from 1901 .
the holy grail of our most wanted list – hitchcock’s second silent film the mountain eagle – hasn’t yet come to light , but the bfi and film enthusiasts everywhere remain hopeful that it , along with the other ‘lost’ films , may one day be restored to the screen .
buzzing comedies such as the spy who dumped me await you in our summer movie guide . check in for all the info you need .
barrymore , however , did get to introduce the film ' s trailer which was billed as a
fireside chat
with lionel barrymore .
i ' m sorry mr jones ,
carole replies ,
but mr cohen would only let us film outside his grocery shop if we let his grandson appear in the film . and the lad ' s got a lovely voice , don ' t you think ? '
the glitzy , genial , star - studded , screwball - y bastard son of barton fink . both are set at the fictional war - era capitol studios , both pit vulgar hollywood titans against the hollow nobility of the creative class . ( the coens have always been neutral in this clash , god bless & apos ; em . they love taking the piss out of both . ) but whereas barton fink is a brilliant , kafkaesque black comedy , hail , caesar ! is… lightly amusing ?
there is no way to gauge how good the film will be . following the success of films like straight outta compton , there is a chance that it could turn out some huge numbers at the box office . but there are also black biopic failures that stand out as well , like wendy williams’ television film about the late aaliyah . the poor casting choices for that film were the talk of black twitter for weeks .
found ! who would have thought the belgians were fans of max bygraves ? a subtitled print of the film was located at the belgian cinematek .
we get a final
god bless us , every one !
from tiny tim , before the camera pans in on the faces of various cute cratchit children , and the credits roll to bring another version of a christmas carol to an end .
but , all good things must come to the end , and so too must this outing of scrooge . so , it ' s with a heavy heart that you bid a tearful farewell to sixty minutes of your life that you ' re never going to get back , as you watch tiny tim struggle to his feet and bring the festivities to a close with a rousing
god bless us , everyone !
short comedy film starring hal monty and max bygraves as two sailors on leave . hal tries his hand at boxing but gets more than he bargained for .
a superhero who is the very first of her kind could be headed to theaters . according to deadline , american gods writer maria melnik will pen the film
this post contains spoilers for the first purge . the first purge — which is actually the fourth film in the purge franchise , and a prequel — was
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…
love , life and laughter ( 1923 ) : spanish promotional postcard card . in spain the film went by the title risas y lagrimas ( laughter and tears )
a film about the landmark roe v . wade supreme court case is currently in production , and is reportedly facing backlash for a pro - life stance on the
if you have film material on any of these titles , or any clues to where we might track it down , please contact us at fictioncurators @ urltoken .
a 16mm print was purchased by the rights holder , and the film is now available on dvd . the bfi national archive would still like to preserve material .
in yet another departure from the original story , the film ' s last line isn ' t the immortal tiny tim utterance ,
god bless us . every one !
, but , rather , it is left to colin baker to deliver the lyrics from one of the production ' s musical numbers ,
sing a song of christmas , sing it in your heart . let the light of christmas fill your heart .
it set me wondering about all the different film adaptations there must have been over the years , and so i decided to begin researching the various celluloid incarnations of ebenezer scrooge by compiling a list of the many adaptations of a christmas carol and , having done so , i set about watching as many of them as i could .
the first film to use this huge fred godfrey hit was , oddly , a swedish production called trötte teodor ( 1931 ) , where it is given the title var har du vatt i natt ? it is also heard in the 1933 british film comedy that’s my wife , starring the now - forgotten claud allister , frank pettingell , and the delightful betty astell ; in beloved enemy ( 1936 ) , starring merle oberon , brian aherne , donald crisp , and a young david niven ; and on the soundtrack of the 1948 film of terence rattigan’s play the winslow boy , starring robert donat . the song was revived once more for the 2015 film the dressmaker , starring kate winslet .
it ' s a huge relief when the film cuts back to scrooge who continues his homeward journey through the snow hurling rasping insults at every man and dog he meets .
but , all joking and cynicism aside , carol for another christmas does have a certain nostalgic charm about it and the performances from the various actors are gripping , albeit depressing .
so , although this is not the best version of the dickens classic , it is certainly a quality adaptation and belongs fairly high up in the top ten all time versions .
( 1969 ) , in which it is sung by the film’s star , warren mitchell . it has also appeared in television shows , including a 1966 episode of the british series
noël coward uses this song , performed by seaside singers , to quote the edwardian era in cavalcade , his academy award - winning 1933 film starring diana wynyard and clive brook .
indeed , theater patrons around the world have been seduced in advance by fond memories from their youth or middle - age , flashing back on the 1977 film by john badham .
and so scrooge sets off on his journey through his past and present which , to be honest , although beautifully shot , is much like other film versions of the story .
but it all comes right ( or goes wrong ) in the end - except for sir derek jacobi , whose efforts to reclaim his role are cut short by the sudden , and dramatic , arrival of dame diana rigg , whose attempt to recite tiny tim ' s ,
god bless us , every one !
, is hijacked by robert , who is , in turn , interrupted by the abrupt arrival of ellie morris , back in her intended role as tiny tim .
will tiny tim live ,
scrooge enquires of the spirit , and it ' s all you can do to stop yourself shouting at the screen
please god no .
once inside , all is hustle and bustle , as a group of jolly carolers urge the milling throng to ,
harken while you may , for christmas day is near .
i have , you see , been watching the many film versions there have been of the charles dickens classic in an endeavour to find the best movie adaptation of a christmas carol .
thus are we treated to one of the most unusual introductions to ebenezer scrooge , or as he is in this case , daniel grudge , ever to have been committed to film .
this stylishly creepy film was the british selection for cannes in 1974 but for the years since has only been available on poor vhs copies . then , in 2014 , a negative was discovered…
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i don ' t think i have ever borne witness to a more un - scrooge - like scrooge in all of the film versions that i have sat through ; and boy have i seen some un - scrooge - like portrayals . even scrooge mc duck , bore more of a resemblance to dickens ' s misanthropic miser , and he had feathers and a huge bill to contend with .
saturday night live – the musical is and always will be a license to print money . the initial 1998 london stage version moved two years later to broadway where it played 501 performances . it then had 38 , count ‘em , 38 separate full - fledged productions and extensive tours across a dozen countries including this one , and three versions aboard cruise ships .
daniel then treats fred to a terrific updating ( well an updating to 1964 and the cold war years ) of scrooge ' s berating of all and sundry at the beginning of the original carol .
kenneth more turns in a splendidly jocular portrayal of the ghost of christmas present and proceeds to get scrooge so drunk on the milk of human kindness ( which looks suspiciously like red wine ) that it ' s a wonder he doesn ' t wake up on christmas morning with the mother of all hangovers and proceed to throw up all over the little boy he shouts down to from his bedroom window .
in the atmospheric opening scene of this 1999 outing for a christmas carol , a victorian hearse , pulled by two black horses , and followed by two figures , dressed all in black - and sporting , if i might say , two particularly splendid stove - pipe hats - picks its way across the snowy summit of a hill to which skeletal trees cling tenaciously , as a blizzard rages all around .
, starring james mcavoy , keira knightley , and vanessa redgrave , whose father michael appeared in a film that used the song more than half a century earlier . though associated particularly with world war two ,
all that aside though , this is a terrific version of the carol and the songs , although not particularly memorable , are most certainly catchy and you find yourself humming them at the most inopportune of moments .
being forced to repeat christmas eve , however , gives scrooge the opportunity to try his hardest to reform several times , each time making a clumsy hash of it until it all comes right in the end .
now , i don ' t know about you , but i always find that a song helps in these situations ; and , sure enough , scrooge ' s mother launches into a tear jerker entitled ,
god bless us every one .
she should be thankful that tiny tim doesn ' t have her imprisoned for stealing his catch phrase .
this song was written for george formby , jr . ’s 1943 film get cracking . the lad with the ukulele performs it sitting atop a home - made “tank” that is meant to help repel the invader .
luckily , it looks like benny boom’s team did a pretty good job aligning actors with the famous people they play in all eyez on me . click through these side - by - sides and decide for yourself .
we then follow scrooge through his christmas morning redemption , before bob cratchit does a news reporter - type piece to camera , in which he informs us that scrooge was as good as his word etc . etc . and tiny tim , riding on scrooge ' s shoulder , closes the whole affair with a joyous
god bless us , every one .
this big godfrey hit is heard in the 1946 british film gaiety george , starring richard greene and ann todd , and , somewhat remarkably , in the 2017 blockbuster wonder woman , starring gal gadot and chris pine .
this is an ongoing project and , eventually , it is my intention to have a review of every film version of a christmas carol , so please be sure to check back regularly for updates and new reviews .
and , it has to be said , as opening sequences go , it is gripping and quite spooky . if they ' d kept this momentum going we ' d have a genuine marrow chiller of a film .
mgm ' s determination to make this a
family friendly
film meant that they took certain liberties with the original storyline as they attempted to tone down what they saw as the unsuitable elements of the dickens narrative .
some of “run all night” doesn’t make a lot of sense and i wished for a little more grit and a little less polish in some of its darker beats ( although viewers should be warned that this piece doesn’t shy away from extreme violence at times ) . there’s also a fine line between entertainment and being a bit too on - the - nose when you choose to set a shoot - out in an irish bar to the pogues , but the film had won me over by that point . and that’s when you really know an action film has worked overall—when its flaws are beaten down like the guys who choose to cross jimmy conlon by what works .
there were also cries of “what about . . ? ” and some compelling arguments for additions , among them the herbert wilcox film the little damozel ( 1933 ) and bob kellett ’s 1974 comedy all i want is you… and you… and you… both of these titles , along with more than 400 other british films missing from the national collection , were on a long list of ‘wants’ which had to be whittled down to 75 during the process .
in 1935 , seymour hicks reprised the part he had made his own in thousands of stage versions , plus the 1913 film adaptation , and played the title role in this , the first talking version of the dickens classic .
you find yourself just waiting for the first custard pie to be thrown but , instead , we get the film ' s only musical number when the assembled guests rise to their feet and give a stirring rendition of
god save the queen .
at which point the film cuts to the starving , scrabbling poor outside the kitchen window who are also standing to attention and singing along as well ! how ' s that for gritty social realism ?
one of the great advantages that animation has over human - acted movies , is that the director can use the magic of the medium to do things that are impossible with the more traditional and commonplace methods of film making .
the second spirit to appear is the ghost of christmas past . there is a genuinely moving sequence when scrooge places a comforting , transparent arm around his younger self as they sing
i ' m all alone in the world
the missing 1923 film love , life and laughter , considered one of the finest british features at the time and part of the bfi most wanted search for 75 ‘missing’ british films , has been found at an archive in amsterdam .
on coming to the door , mrs cratchit exclaims ,
it ' s a prize turkey
and you can ' t be sure whether she ' s referring to the bird or the film that you ' ve just sat through .
i ' m all of your aef ' s ,
comes the reply ,
also the bef ' s , the huns , the ruskies ,
and your heart sinks as you realise that the sermonising is far from over .
by bill hirschman talent , energy and enthusiasm strut across the broward stage door production of saturday night live – the musical . unfortunately , this company does not have enough of those virtues to rescue this misconceived material that should stayed a film .
just how creepy the film is going to be becomes evident from the outset , when the camera zooms out from the wizened , white face of a very dead jacob marley , his jaw bandaged shut , and two pennies covering his eyes .
we then follow scrooge on his homeward journey , in the course of which he encounters jane krakowski , jesse l . martin and geraldine chaplain , all of whom try to encourage him to be a better person and help out their various causes .
danai gurira as afeni shakur sure , she gave birth to one of the greatest pop culture figures of all time . but afeni shakur was great in her own right . she was also an activist and member of the black panther party . as the subject of his timeless classic “dear mama , ” there is no denying how much she meant to the late rapper . walking dead fans rejoice ! the actress who plays your beloved michonne is now playing matriarch to the greatest rapper of all time .
the film version i have always watched is the 1951 adaptation starring alastair sim , largely because a ) i consider it the finest version ever made and b ) because it brings back happy childhood memories , of when it was always on tv .
it wasn ' t until audiences found
magnolias
that harling and the others involved with the production realized it had the trappings of a comedy .
all the women i knew were really funny ,
harling said of his approach to the setting that surrounds the tragedy at the story ' s center .
they all love one - liners and they talk in bumper stickers , and they’re sharp , funny women .
martindale still regales him with memories of their surprised reactions to the audience ' s reception .
i just saw her not too long ago ,
he said .
she’ll say , ' remember when we just didn’t realize we were gonna get all those laughs ? we thought we were doin’ a drama ! '
i ' m , i ' m , ssssssorry , mr jones
, she stammers , as the director fixes her with a stare , so wilting , that it brings a decided flush to her cheeks ,
but the vicar said we could only use his churchyard if we let his sons appear in the film . and , it ' s not like it ' s cost us anything ; after all , the parish ladies guild knitted their costumes out of used washing up bottles .
daniel , though , is having none of this lily - livered liberalism , and his parting
christmas present
to his nephew is a homily in which he tells him to put all his energies into
developing the fastest bombers and the most powerful missiles on earth , they ' ll provide a lot more security for our young , and for the rest of the world ' s young than all of your debating societies , forums , treaties and other forms of surrender and handout . . .
bette davis . the 80 - year - old actress wanted to invite harling for tea at her hotel near columbus circle . davis hadn ' t yet seen the play , but elizabeth taylor had . ( police were forced to shut down the street outside the theater because so many people were rubbernecking taylor ' s arrival . ) davis wanted to play ouiser , and she suggested taylor for m ' lynn and katharine hepburn for clairee .
it was fantastic ,
harling recalled .
if i ever write a book , it’s a complete , incredible chapter . she basically , bless her heart , wanted to show that she was up and at ‘em and doing it . there was nobody else and she was looking fabulous .
luckily for harling , it was in someone else ' s hands to break the news to davis that the movie would be casting younger women .
a hit for billy williams , “the man in the velvet suit , ” this take - off on the wacky animal dances of the era ( the turkey trot , the grizzly bear , the fox trot — about the only one that survived ) was revived in the zany gene wilder film , the adventures of sherlock holmes smarter brother ( 1975 ) , where it is sung and danced to by wilder , madeleine kahn , and marty feldman . it is also heard in the 2014 australian film tracks .
although the show was originally broadcast in colour , the only recording of it was preserved by kinescope , which consisted of a film camera being placed in front of a black and white television set in the studio , in order to record the show .
i suppose it was inevitable that , sooner or later , somebody would make a blue film version of the charles dickens classic . the only real surprises are that a ) it took till 1975 and b ) it ' s only ever been done once .
suddenly , however , marley ' s disembodied head appears , and begins darting around the tableau ; and you find yourself admiring his nerve at turning up , uninvited , at the last supper , when he is , after all , as dead as a doornail .
you can picture the cast and crew freezing , looks of nervous concern etched across all their faces , as david jones shimmies down the drainpipe from the rooftop , on which his director ' s chair is precariously perched , and strides over to the little boy .
following belle ' s rejection of him , there is a scene , which is in the book , but which is often left out of film versions , when the ghost of christmas past tells scrooge to
look , and see the happiness you have missed .
we then witness belle as the happily married , doting mother of so many children , i counted at least sixteen , that , deep down , scrooge must have been thanking his lucky stars that she gave him the old heave ho all those years ago .
we ' d had oliver and pickwick and so the time seemed right to give dickens christmas classic the full razzle - dazzle musical treatment - they had a head start with this one since dickens had , after all , written it in staves as opposed to chapters .
for example , second fiddle , the last film by britain’s most prolific director maurice elvey , was regarded as a fairly average domestic comedy on its release but its gender politics are interesting to a modern audience , dealing as it does with women’s position in the workplace .
however , it sticks extremely closely to dickens ' s 1843 story , unlike many dramatizations that have gone before it ; and it ' s certainly an original and ground breaking adaptation in which the recreations of victorian london more than compensate for the film ' s shortcomings .
in all honesty , this scene just doesn ' t work , and you begin to realise the restrictions of computer generated wizardry . this scene required a pathos that , at present at least , only human actors can portray and the animated characters are more annoying than poignant .
the look that scrooge shoots towards the front door says it all . but , it ' s too late , there ' s no escape . he ' s trapped , hemmed in by the stepford cratchits and , as the orchestra strikes up , and tim takes a deep breath , scrooge ' s left hand closes in on the back of the boy ' s neck and you can see the torment etched into his features as he fights the urge to drive tim ' s face hard into the table and end the torment once and for all .
lasting just over 13 minutes , this adaptation , made in 1910 and directed by j . searle dawley for thomas edison ' s film production company , this version makes a reasonable go at presenting the important aspects of dickens story , and the ghosts themselves are well attempted .
there may be no movie that better epitomizes the bond of female friendship than
steel magnolias .
released 25 years ago this week , it ' s become a touchstone - - mothers share the film with their daughters , teen girls turn to it as a sleepover staple and men of all ages find themselves taken with the tale of six brassy southern ladies ( sally field , dolly parton , shirley maclaine , daryl hannah , olympia dukakis and julia roberts ) faced with one grave tragedy . initial reviews were mixed , but it became 1989 ' s 14th highest - grossing film nonetheless . today , you can ' t turn on a television set without finding it somewhere . we caught up with robert harling , who adapted the movie from his 1987 play , to learn just how much
steel magnolias
means to him .
“run all night” is also subtly elevated by a top - notch team behind the camera , especially editor craig mckay , a two - time oscar nominee for “ reds ” and “ the silence of the lambs . ” for at least an hour , “run all night” hums—to be fair , there’s a bit of a sag in the middle and the entire piece runs too long at nearly two hours . but take note of the way mckay and collet - serra orchestrate a great sequence in a subway station , creating a rhythm between the cops trying to find mike and the bad guys coming after jimmy . or look at the great car chase scene , which is shot in a bit too much close - up ( as are a few of the fights ) , but has a visceral pace to it that makes it impossible to look away . or watch one of the final sequences in a train yard and the way it perfectly fits together to build tension . there’s a tempo to “run all night” that really serves as the entertaining foundation of the whole film , and it’s what so many boring action films lack .
in april 1963 , the un announced that its new foundation would be producing a series of six movies , each of which would air simultaneously on all three us television networks without , thanks to an investment of $ 4 million from the xerox corporation , the need for commercial breaks .
scrooge then leaves the counting house , pausing to retrieve his top hat from his long - suffering assistant , and informs cratchit that , in lieu of the fact he ' ll be taking christmas day off , he ' d better be at work all the earlier the next day .
a strong supporting cast backs george c . scott ' s fantastic portrayal of scrooge and , i have to say , i consider this to be one of the all time great versions , and one that certainly has the right mood and feel to both the settings and the performances .
although i ' ve not been able to track down a full online version , there are several clips from the film that can be viewed at the turner classic movies site here . if you would prefer to watch the full uncensored version ( ! ) it is available on amazon .
our appeal hasn’t always turned up film material , but we have also received a lot of information and related material on several of the titles . alan rothwell , star of linda ( don sharp , 1960 ) , sent us some images scanned from his own collection ; the family of actress moyna vawser , who has a small part in michael powell ’s the man behind the mask ( 1936 ) , provided us with photos of her appearance ; and a collector in america shared a spanish postcard advertising the silent film love , life and laughter ( george pearson , 1923 ) .
but , who really cares about liberties when you have such a first rate film version as this . it ' s well acted , well told , well presented and , as it draws to a close , you find yourself most certainly wanting to ask for more - oops wrong book !
thankfully , the moment passes , and scrooge sets about paying his annual christmas eve visit to the local brothel where , surrounded by a bevvy of scantily clad beauties , he tucks in to a massive portion of turkey , waited on by erica , the aforementioned daughter of his dead partner , whilst the pipe smoking madame , martha , bemoans the fact that he could have his pick of any of her girls but
all you do is eat .
you can see her point , how would he feel if all she ever did when she visited his saloon was roger the barman ?
this re - telling is narrated by michael redgrave in a tone that is so spookily reminiscent of the old pathé news reels , reporting on the devastation of the london blitz , that your first reaction on hearing the introduction is to dive for cover and await the wail of the all clear siren .