miracle of the white stallions is a 1963 film released by walt disney starring robert taylor ( playing alois podhajsky ) , lilli palmer , and eddie albert .

it is the story of the evacuation of the lipizzaner horses from the spanish riding school in vienna during world war ii .

major parts of the movie were shot in the hermesvilla in vienna .

the music for the soundtrack was based on the first movement of franz schubert 's marche militaire no 1 , d733 .

miracle of the white stallions

conveniently , these treasures must be hauled out on wagons pulled by white stallions .
( the story was retold in the 1962 disney film ' ' the miracle of the white horses , ' ' with the crucial roles filled by lipica lipizzaners . )
based on the autobiographical novel “the dancing white horses of vienna” by alois podhajsky , miracle of the white stallions tells us the true story of the lipizzaner stallions of the spanish riding school during wwii . walt disney productions produced the movie in 1963 , starring robert taylor , lilli palmer , and curt jurgens . it was filmed at the actual spanish riding school in vienna , austria .
recently walt disney’s miracle of the white stallions celebrated its 53rd anniversary . distributed by buena vista distribution in both the us and foreign markets , this live - action film was by no means a high - grossing blockbuster success . in fact , this 93 - minute film only made about $ 2 . 5 million . regardless of its financial success , miracle of the white stallions is a unique film in many ways and a true gem .
the spanish riding school only accepts lipizzaner stallions . other lipizzaner riding schools accept both mares and stallions .
correction : march 16 , 2000 , thursday a front - page article on saturday about a dispute over which horses qualify as lipizzaners , the performing animals first bred in slovenia more than 400 years ago , misstated the title and the date of a walt disney film about them . it was ' ' the miracle of the white stallions , ' ' not ' ' the miracle of the white horses . ' ' the film was released in 1963 , not 1962 .
general patton and colonel podhajsky after the evacuation of the lipizzaner stallions during ww2 .
large parts of this film were filmed on location at the spanish riding school and other areas of vienna . the actual riding and performance for general patton was performed be the spanish riding school and was choreographed by alois podhajsky . it is an amazing thing to watch and just another reason that miracle of the white stallions is so special . walt disney was very proud of the finished product and it was edited into two wonderful world of color tv episodes ; “walt disney’s wonderful world of color : flight of the white stallions : part 1 and part 2 . ”
the perfect horse : the daring u . s . mission to rescue the priceless stallions kidnapped by the nazis
, starring robert taylor as colonel alois podhajsky , featured the rescue of the stallions of the spanish riding school , the latest film tells of the rescue of the mares by the third army’s united states second cavalry .
this story of adventure and suspense in which the famed lipizzan stallions must be rescued from advancing axis forces during world war ii has been given a straightforward presentation on dvd . the miracle of the white stallions has been transferred to disc in the full - screen aspect ratio of 1 . 33 : 1 , while the audio has been mastered in dolby digital mono . the dialogue is in english , with optional spanish subtitles and closed captions in english . no additional bonus materials have been included for this release .
miracle of the white stallions : urltoken robert taylor , lilli palmer , curt jurgens , eddie albert , james franciscus , john larch , brigitte horney , philip abbott , charles regnier , erik schumann , douglas fowley , philo hauser , max haufler , michael janisch , frtiz wepper , arthur hiller , a . j . carothers : dvd
everyone agrees that a lipizzaner must have the classic white coat , arched neck , broad chest , short but strong legs and the rest of the look that makes the horse , in the words of the lipizzaner museum , ' ' a baroque work of art . ' '
lipizzaner stallions enter the spanish riding school around the age of four years old and training takes an average of six years or until the horse and rider have mastered “school quadrille . ”
the stock for the lipizzaner comes from the cross breeding of spanish , barb , arabian and the now extinct neapolitan horse breeds . eight stallions and 35 mares are recognized as the foundation stock for this breed . it is said that every lipizzaner horse ( even the horses of today ) are able to trace their lineage back to one of the original eight stallions .
, occurred in two parts : the united states third army under the command of general george s . patton , was near st . martins in the spring of 1945 and learned that the lipizzan stallions were in the area .
in wwii austria , col . alois podhajsky must protect his beloved lipizzaner stallions and make sure that they are surrendered into the right hands . but patton ' s something of a horse fancier and can help . . . if he sees the stallions perform .
just after joining the european union , austria asked to be named official keeper of the central stud book of origin of the 3 , 500 lipizzaners in the world .
vienna ' s famed spanish riding school – and its prized lipizzan stallions – is threatened by devastating bombing raids and indifferent nazi commanders . despite the dangers involved in evacuating the magnificent animals , the school ' s director and a handful of heroic citizens attempt a daring , life - threatening plan to move the stallions away from the ravages of war and keep the historic breed alive .
but in the age of globalization , even dreams of white horses need their fine print scrutinized by lawyers . both the european union and the world trade organization have been drawn into a dispute over what exactly makes a horse an official descendant of those first bred in this mountain hamlet in 1580 .
the mob is quickly defeated as bombs of the “conquerors” are heard in the distance . capture is inevitable and the colonel fears for the lives of his animals .
in 1945 the fate of vienna ' s famous lipizzaner stallions hangs into balance . american general patton could save them but first he asks to see them perform .
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i was quite disappointed because the film was not how i remembered it . there are not enough scenes with the beautiful white horses and the acting is pretty bad . the only redeeming quality is that it is based on true events in the second world war but this movie does not do the story justice .
one of the great untold stories of world war ii unfolds in walt disney ' s suspenseful adventure - drama . during the last perilous months of the conflict , vienna ' s famed spanish riding school - - and its prized lipizzan stallions - - is threatened by devastating bombing raids and indifferent nazi commanders . despite the dangers involved in evacuating the magnificent animals , the school ' s director ( robert taylor ) and a handful of heroic citizens attempt a daring , life - threatening plan to move the stallions away from the ravages of war and , more importantly , keep the historic breed alive . directed by arthur hiller .
one of the great untold stories of world war ii unfolds in this suspenseful adventure - drama . during the last perilous months of the conflict , vienna ' s famed spanish riding school - - and its prized lipizzan stallions - - is threatened by devastating bombing raids and indifferent nazi commanders . despite the dangers involved in evacuating the magnificent animals , the school ' s director ( robert taylor ) and a handful of heroic citizens attempt a daring , life - threatening plan to move the stallions away from the ravages of war and , more importantly , keep the historic breed alive . | the movie is based on the true story of a famed spanish riding school in vienna , which bred stately lipizzan horses .
begins with the nazi army not allowing colonel podhajsky to evacuate the horses for their safety . disobeying orders for fear of the horses ' lives , colonel podhajsky flees overnight with the horses from the school . after getting help from people along the way ( all of whom are fans of the lipizzan horses ) , colonel podhajsky gets the horses out of vienna . the members of the spanish riding school take refuge with the horses at st . martins .
is a departure from the traditional 1960s disney movie . a true drama in every sense of the word , the film is set during world war ii and tells the tale of the famed lipizzan horses of the spanish riding school and their escape from vienna .
the menus are static and 16x9 . only a portion of the film ' s score accompanies the main menu .
at the end of the superb performance , the colonel makes a final plea to general patton and the entire u . s . army to protect the spanish riding school and help in finding the lipizzaner mares trapped across the line of demarcation in czechoslovakia .
during world war ii , the high command of nazi germany transferred most of europe’s lipizzan breeding stock to hostau , czechoslovakia . the breeding stock was taken from piber in 1942 , and additional mares and foals from other european nations arrived in 1943 . the stallions of the spanish riding school were evacuated to st . martins , austria from vienna in january 1945 , when bombing raids neared the city and the head of the spanish riding school , colonel alois podhajsky , feared the horses were in danger . by spring of 1945 , the horses at hostau were threatened by the advancing soviet army .
during the last perilous months of world war ii , vienna ' s famed spanish riding school - - and its prized lipizzan stallions - - is threatened by devastating bombing raids and indifferent nazi commanders .
check the bibliography in this novel : the perfect horse : the daring u . s . mission to rescue the priceless stallions kidnapped by the nazis hardcover – august 23 , 2016 – by elizabeth letts . she’s covered more resources than i can imagine , and traveled to europe to visit the sites , met family members of the unsung heroes who risked so much to save the horse .
a disney film that doesn ' t quite know whether it is meant for adults or for children , the miracle of the white stallions is a fact - based adventure story that is never as exciting or impressive as the true events upon which it is based . a . j . carothers ' s screenplay is the main source of the problem , warring with itself by treating the material with too much simplicity for adults but not providing the kids with enough
oomph
to make it worth their while . director arthur hiller does not help matters , starting the film at a sluggish pace and keeping most of it languid , even when the story itself seems to be begging for more energy and verve . robert taylor ' s wooden performance also adds to the film ' s problems , although eddie albert helps to take up the slack whenever he is onscreen , and curd jurgens gives a nicely turned performance . still , stallions would be all too easy to dismiss were it not for the horses themselves , beautiful beasts whose grace and agility light up the screen . when they ' re given a chance to strut their stuff , the film breaks free from its usual plodding and manages to soar .
taken by the russians . ultimately , colonel podhajsky fights against the nazi government , anxious refugees , and many other obstacles throughout the course of the film for the beautiful lippizon horses .
patton learned of the raid , and arranged for podhajsky to fly to hostau . on may 12 , american soldiers began riding , trucking and herding the horses 35 miles across the border into kotztinz , germany . the lipizzaners were eventually settled in temporary quarters in wimsbach , until the breeding stock returned to piber in 1952 , and the stallions returned to the spanish riding school in 1955 .
what about the actual horses ? what was so special about these stallions that military men willing risked life and career to move a stable full of horses across enemy borders ? let’s take a look at this very unique , intelligent and classical breed of horse .
patton himself was a horseman , and like podhajsky , had competed in the olympic games . on may 7 , 1945 , podhajsky put on an exhibition of the spanish riding school stallions for patton and undersecretary of war robert p . patterson , and at its conclusion requested that patton take the horses under his protection .
the film opens with a narrated history of the lipizzan horses set to footage of the stallions and ponies playing in a field . the movie takes place in the spring of 1945 towards the end of world war ii . col . podhajsky gets a visit at the spanish riding school from nazi generals denying a request to remove the horses from vienna for their safety and forcing them to remain open , despite all of his staff being sent to war . fearing for the safety of the horses , podhajsky sneaks the horses out of vienna on a train to a refuge castle . a group of men unsuccessfully attempt to steal the horses to get away . podhajsky hears that an american general , general george s . patton jr . , will give money to help save the school if they can throw a private performance for him . the performance earns them the protection of the american army . a battle ensues as they attempt to relocate the horses , which are only saved because they mixed the limizzans with other common horses to confuse the nazis . upon their joyous return to vienna , they give their first performance since the nazis invaded to tremendous applause .
the colonel , with his riders headed back to war , his mares and foals sent off to the unknown in czechoslovakia , and his stallions threatened by air raid , appeals once more to the nazi powers to evacuate what remains of the spanish riding school . the request to remove the horses is denied by a very glum general striker . however , the “area defense commander” general tellheim informally gives permission to evacuate priceless “treasures” from the school .
the spanish riding school , built in 1735 and named after the original spanish heritage of the lipizzaner horses , still remains the home of the riding school . it was at this school that the traditional methods for training lipizzaners were developed . these methods are still in use .
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his wife says , “you must understand . there are people in this world to whom a horse is just a horse . white , black or piebald . not a thing of beauty of culture . just a horse ! a means of transportation or perhaps something to fill their stomachs . ” she follows up with a valiant plea for him to keep fighting , for the horses and for hope . smart woman . the colonel immediately denounces nazism , rids himself of his military rank and uniform , trashes all their weapons , and begins preparing for the arrival of the americans .
the merriment dies quickly as the men are informed that they will be forced to leave the school and head back to active service at the war front . dinner is then interrupted by the sudden sound of sirens , warning of an imminent air raid .
initially , the methods for training at the spanish riding school were passed down orally . it wasn’t until 1898 , almost 160 years after the opening of the school , that the first instruction guide was written .
once the u . s . army arrives , we are quickly introduced to a young major hoffman , who apparently hails “from that part of texas where they still know how to ride a horse . ” with his help , the colonel petitions the american commander to protect the 70 lipizzaner stallions residing in st . martin along with the mare and foals still in czechoslovakia . the commander can offer no such help .
it wasn ' t worth the increase in price of the item . otherwise , the movie was quite good ! i might order more movies if the prices were not so expensive .
anyway , the war ends and german officials are stripped of their country by the allies . the horses face another more immediate threat though , namely a creepy refugee and his mob , who intend to ride the horses out of eastern europe to flee the allied russians .
the stallions , though highly intelligent , remain indifferent to these human machinations . for who would neigh - say such a career : one or two shows a week , a little school , alpine vacations and a retirement to a paddock full of mares .
loosely based in fact , this slow - moving disney film is an uninspired treatment of an inspiring story - - the preservation of the famed lipizzan horses at the end of ww ii . returning to the screen after a three - year absence , robert taylor delivers a lackluster performance as col . podhajsky , the head of vienna ' s spanish riding school . worried about the fate . . . read more
is beautifully shot and has a few great moments , it is a generally disappointing film . the audience is given little reason to care for the characters or an emotional understanding of why it is important to save the horses , other than to preserve tradition . perhaps one of the weirdest things about the film is the clash of accents . robert taylor makes no attempt at hiding his stern american accent in a cast of real austrian actors , putting something that doesn ' t belong at the center of a film that otherwise strives for authenticity . as the film unfolds , all of the austrians seem very concerned with protecting the horses , but the audience doesn ' t get to see a performance until the second half of the film , making it hard to understand why they are so revered . the real colonel podhajsky choreographed the horses in the film and their dance sequences are interesting , but certainly not worth sitting through the rest of the film to see . calling it bad would be an overstatement , but it ' s not particularly great either .
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the colonel finds a very humble home to reside and train the horses while they wait out the war .
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disney should be ashamed of the video quality on this dvd . the print is riddled with artifacts and dust , the clarity of the picture is almost worse than a vhs quality . the colors are bright enough , but the image is not crisp or clear . there is a grainy glaze or fuzz that seems to cover the picture just as a vhs copy would exhibit . a good comparison to the video quality would be disney ' s terrible release of
archduke karl of the house of hapsburg could just pick a spot in his family ' s vast empire where he would breed a new horse , a mix of the powerful local karsters used by mounted knights with the fast but skittish arabians he purchased from spain and italy .
the spanish riding school , which is inside the hofburg palace , making austria ' s seat of government one of the few in the world with a distinctly horsey aroma , began giving public performances . they became one of vienna ' s chief tourist draws , and tickets now cost $ 17 to $ 80 .
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the lipizzaner horses at the spanish riding school demonstrate the “high school” movements of classical dressage — highly controlled stylized jumps and other movements known as “airs above grounds . ”
as you can tell , the story takes you from vienna , to st . martens , and through enemy territory . this causes the film to lack certain cohesiveness . unless one is familiar with horses , the importance of protection of the lipizzan breed also becomes a distraction . the performances given by all of the actors , however , are solid and impressive . this is a truly dramatic motion picture .
meanwhile , the third army’s united states second cavalry , a tank unit under the command of colonel charles reed , had discovered the horses at hostau , where there were also 400 allied prisoners of war , and had occupied it on april 28 , 1945 . “operation cowboy” , as the rescue was known , resulted in the recovery of 1200 horses , including 375 lipizzaners
howdy , i checked and there is no push to make the movie . i am working on the german officer who really turned the information into the allies . he was afraid the russians would make draft horses or food out of those fine horses .
for the next 217 years , the imperial stud farm produced the hapsburgs ' cavalry chargers and carriage horses . and even before vienna became famous for waltzing humans , the emperors were recruiting equerries from the courts of france to teach their nags to dance .
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i must admit that i missed most of the dialogue because the background was so incredibly beautiful . we were given an excruciatingly quick tour through the main training arena , the stables , and what looks to be an office literally covered from floor to ceiling with paintings of horses .
. filming was done entirely on location in vienna , austria , in many of the locations that the real story took place . the sherman brothers wrote a song for the film called
just say , auf wiedersehen .
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in january 1999 , slovenia registered the name . austria , furious , accused it of erecting barriers to trade , of trying to shut down the spanish riding school and of wanting the money the european union offers to breeders of endangered species . ' ' that was a faux pas , ' ' mr . pretnar said , since the trade group would have presumably seen austria ' s lunge for the master stud book as a bigger trade barrier . ' ' we capitalized on that . ' '
apparently , only a horse lover would understand the film . i saw it as a child long ago , have seen it twice in the last 10 years , and went to see the real lippizan stallions in performance . i have adored each viewing , and espcially seeing them in person . i have yet to find someone who doesn ' t like the movie . anonymously , pasopassion
but major hoffman formulates a plan . four - star general patton , rider in the 1912 olympics and avid horseman , is coming to st . martin in a couple of days . a performance for general patton just may convince america to protect the lipizzaner breed . training begins early the next morning to the amusement of the american soldiers .
in the last two weeks of the war , general tellheim brings news to the colonel . to save the school he must demilitarize it . it is the only chance the horses will have of surviving when the nazis are conquered , which is inevitable . you don’t watch many movies with “good” nazis . it was very strange for me to see these older , military men who had dedicated their life to a cause and then…
the larger part of the film takes place at st . martins . the spanish riders have to protect the horses from desperate austrian refugees , and put together a show for general patton . when asked for protection for the spanish riding school by the american army , general patton agrees and initiates an offensive movement into enemy territory to rescue the lipizzan mares , which were
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lipizzaner horses date back to the 16th century and were originally developed for nobility . the breed was named after the town they originated .
then mr . pretnar had a brainstorm . he would trump the european union by registering the lipizzaner name with the world trade organization .
despite disney ' s poor video quality on this disc , the dolby digital mono track is clean and sharp and serves a wonderful source of the sherman brothers ' song ,
just say auf wiedersehen
as well as the lamenting score that accompanies the more somber moments in the film .
a great story is how the lipizzanars got to the united states …… . temple smith !
the spanish riding school of vienna ' s director ( robert taylor ) protects its lipizzaners during world war ii .
since then the breed has prospered . that is , until the shootout at the w . t . o . corral began in 1995 .
regardless , the equestrianism , scenery , and historical props more than made up for those small inconsistencies . the riding was superb , as it was performed by the actual spanish riding school and choreographed by the real colonel alois podhajsky . the last ten minutes alone are worth the watch .
we are given a fullscreen version of the film which is obviously not the original aspect ratio as can be seen in the opening credits when a black box is shown around the whole picture to allow for the credits to be read entirely . framing problems are minor but noticeable , especially during the amazing horse show sequences when some horses are cut off .
the barrel - chested stallions are the world ' s most famous performing horses , but one must deeply love animals to understand the cult that has grown up around them in the last 420 years . what is it that makes grown men dedicate their lives to training their mounts to perfect a few moves : the courbette ( hop three times ) , the capriol ( jump up and kick ) and the pirouette ( once around without tripping ) ? the answer would help explain why there is a whole museum dedicated to lipizzaners in vienna , or why gen . george patton risked an armored brigade to save them in 1945 .
the movie begins in documentary style , with a narrator detailing a brief history of the spanish riding school , the lipizzaner breed , and austrian involvement in the war . we then are introduced to our lead character , colonel alois podhajsky who is desperately fighting to evacuate his beloved horses before the war strikes vienna .
the lipizzaner , or lipizzan horse is synonymous with the spanish riding school in vienna , austria .
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in world war ii , as the third reich was falling , the german officers in charge of the school risked execution to save the horses . fearing that the advancing americans would bomb the stables , or that hitler would shoot them for spite or the advancing russians would eat them , they secretly contacted general patton . he sent the second cavalry brigade into enemy territory to round them up , and later posed for photographers astride a steed that hitler had promised to emperor hirohito .
the other fascinating aspects of this film are the horse shows , which were choreographed by the real colonel alios podhajsky himself . another gem in this film is the song ,
just say auf weidersehen
. it is a lovely ballad sung by eddie albert ( the guy driving the winnebago in escape to witch mountain ) in an austrian tavern with other soldiers . the song is very sentimental without being foolish . the film is not the best in disney live - action films , but it stands as a respectable film and deserves a dvd release . now let ' s see what kind of presentation we get .
the german officer that actually came to the allies is mentioned in an obscure history… . as much as i have found out about him was that he was a flyer in wwi with the famous circus… . . he was decorated… . and after the horses rescued as the russians were coming in , the german officer disappeared… .
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this movie , all though extremely slow in some parts with the long , wooden monologues typical of an older film , was fairly good . i am not a war historian , so i can not account for the authenticity of the events depicted , but i do know that disney changed small things , such as exchanging the factual brown jackets in one performance for a flashy red .
i was lucky enough to acquire this movie from readers digest a couple of years back . the lippizaner horses are beautifull and for any horse lover that like to watch these horses do the
air above ground
it is very spectacular to watch . i think the movie get a superb description of how general patton was indeed responsible for the safeguard of this noble breed . please i would recommend to your organization to try to get it back on the market , so other people can see this beautifull movie . a great family movie and also great for people who love a bit of history .
late last year , both the european union and the trade organization washed their hands of the dispute , and asked austria and slovenia to settle it between them . ' ' now we ' re discussing everything - - the name , the breeding book , everything , ' ' mr . pretnar said . ' ' and that ' s all we wanted . ' '
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currently there are around 11 , 000 lipizzaner horses registered with the lipizzan international federation or lif . the lif is the governing organization that fosters adherence to traditional breeding objectives , ensures horses are registered within a database and have pure blood lines . the lif also creates education programs to promote the breed .
after a very serious discussion between the colonel and his wife , we are whisked away to the dining hall of the riders , where they are quite literally singing for their supper . in america we generally say , “an apple a day keeps the doctor away . ” in germany it’s “a wienerschnitzel for all that ails you . ”
a new film on the evacuation of lipizzaners from a nazi breeding farm in czechoslovakia during world war ii is expected to hit theatres in december 2016 .
in 1918 , the herd was broken up . italy , croatia , bohemia , austria and other remnants of the empire each got a few . no one might have noticed , except that the emperor ' s private dancers in vienna suddenly had to earn their own oats .
but the rules on ' ' geographical indication ' ' in the agreement on trade - related aspects of intellectual property rights , over which so many countries are battling before the world trade organization , do seem to allow them , although slovenia admits this is a test case .
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in general , the exercises taught to the lipizzaners are based on drills taught to cavalry riders to prepare their horses for wartime .
was released on march 29th , 1963 . while critics recognized the animal actors , they generally bashed the film . their complaints included the plot being boring for kids and not exciting enough for adults , the actors performances being too cold and calculated and the long run time . it didn ' t strike a chord with the public and was a failure at the box office . it debuted on tv in 1965 and made its home video debut in 1987 .
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arthur hiller was hired to direct his only disney film , who at the time was mostly a tv director . aj carothers adapted the screenplay , his first of several disney projects . like other internationally filmed disney movies , there aren ' t many familiar faces for disney fans . however , audiences at the time may have recognized two actors . well known screen star robert taylor was cast in the lead role towards the end of his film career and tv star eddie albert plays rider otto . he later found success on shows like
another horse lover totally concurs with the comment on sept 23 , 2011 . i and my husband just saw the lipizzaner horses perform at the spanish riding school in vienna , and my over 50 year dream has been to see the horses perform in vienna . this wish was inspired by the walt disney movie . i too am a horse lover .
lipica - - lipizza in italian , the town ' s second official language - - had the mountain air he liked for colts , and rocky ground that would force them to step high and run far in search of grass , building muscle .
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is a definite departure from traditional disney fare . the film is a dramatic story about a man whose strength and will are tested , and a parable of war about how times of ignorant force can destroy a culture ' s history . although the film does lag at times on what seems to be insignificant plot points , overall , it works decently .
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to both austria and slovenia , it is not merely a matter of looks or genes . attitude counts .
emotions run wild in the mind of a little girl who is uprooted from her peaceful life in the midwest and forced to move to san francisco in this pixar adventure from director pete docter ( up , monsters inc . ) . young riley . . .
watch this movie to see the spanish riding school perform and train . beautiful riding . . . very correct . if you can ' t drop in at the spanish riding school this movie is almost the next best thing .
i am not joking . this horse held a piaffe for almost 30 seconds of film , presumably unsaddled , without a handler , while on a train that was moving . and that was the most interesting part of their fleeing vienna . i was expecting a journey fraught with heartache and sacrifice , but actually they made the journey to st . martin with very little difficulty .
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' ' we might use it for tourist riding , or sell it , but it ' s not useful for breeding , ' ' said milan bozic , general manager of the slovenian national farm .
a thrilling movie if you are a horse lover , and a good movie for anyone interested in this chapter of history .
hn film critic amanda ronan continues trudging through her comprehensive list of every horse movie ever made . at # 20 , it’s
' ' then slovenia said , ' gentlemen , we are here and the lipizzaner comes from us and we want to be part of this game , ' ' ' mr . pretnar said . ' ' the answer was polite , but brussels replied , ' you ' re not yet an e . u . member , so you ' re out . ' this was an uproar here , because these are symbols of national pride . ' '
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a young girl secretly adopts a runaway monkey only to have to deal with the . . .
in the 16th century , before trademark laws and european union subsidies , these things were simpler .
is currently available on dvd . the film is presented in fullscreen , but it would have originally been released in matted widescreen , most likely a 1 . 75 : 1 aspect ratio . the opening credits are presented in open matte since they would get cut off it shown in the fullscreen aspect ratio . the film looks decent , but is flawed at times with flickering and discoloration . there are no bonus features .
then , as things got tougher for the hapsburgs , they got tougher for their horses . the herd escaped becoming napoleonic war booty in 1797 by retreating to hungary , but french troops looted lipica three times .
' ' each farm keeps its stud book but this is the holy bible , ' ' said bojan pretnar , director of the slovenian intellectual property office . ' ' it ' s an extremely important right , because you de facto decide on further breeding . ' ' italy , which has also bred lipizzaners in monte rotonda since 1945 , initially objected , but settled .
it is tradition at the spanish riding school for there to be stabled a least one bay lipizzaner stallion .
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on a personal note , i hope never to have to type the two words lipizzaner and czechoslovakia again… .
' ' the austrian people said , ' why should we have to pay for this if we don ' t even know what it is ? ' ' ' said barbara l . wutte , spokeswoman for the lipizzaner museum .
is based on personal interviews and new archival research . it is being adapted for the screen by paul russell smith .
does anyone know if this movie was ever completed and debuted ? i can’t find anything more on it . i’m very proud to say that my father was a part of this . if anyone can tell me more about the film - i would appreciate it if you’d update me . lidoroiz @ urltoken
my sister , jo , gave me this book for christmas and i am thoroughly enjoying it . letts’ detailed history is amazing and her narrative clearly depicts the unique connection between horses and the humans who love , admire and revere them so much .
the ducks must prove why they ' re called mighty when they face their toughest rivals in this all - new comedy adventure .
both countries ' national stud farms - - austria ' s has been in piber since 1918 - - train their best horses for nearly 10 years and give regular shows . any stallion that proves too stupid or too mean to perform becomes , in effect , a non - lipizzaner , trotted out of the stud books .
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in 1918 , when the empire lost world war i and was broken up , lipica went to italy . when italy lost world war ii , it went to yugoslavia . in 1991 , slovenia broke with yugoslavia , taking lipica along .
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unfortunately , disney has treated this film without any respect and decided to release a barebones fullscreen dvd with a terrible film print . i would only recommend a purchase of this film to people who love this movie or want to complete a disney dvd collection . however , it warrants at least as a rental to see a disney quite different from what most people remember .
in terms of appearance , lipizzaner horses are normally gray in color ( a process that can take about seven years ) and stand about 14 hands ( a relatively normal height for a horse ) . they are a sturdy , well - defined , muscular breed with surprisingly small hooves . it is said that lipizzaner horses mature slowly but can live well into their late twenties .
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is one of those catalog titles that disney seems to have released just to stop more people from asking for it . absolutely no effort has been given to this release . there is no love or care for this movie from disney . there are no special features on this disc . however , disney would like to make you think that there are by listing spanish subtitles as a
special feature
rather than a
technical specification .
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i bought this movie for my mother and she loves it ! very cute movie .
i saw this movie about 20 times ( or so ) when i was a kid . it was my favorite movie for a very long time .
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three kids have an unexpected adventure as they try to protect some rare birds in . . .
three kids have an unexpected adventure as they try to protect some rare birds in this comedy drama based on a book for young adults by carl hiaasen . roy eberhardt ( logan lerman ) is a 14 - year - old boy whose family has moved . . .


the holly and the ivy is a 1952 british drama film directed by george more o'ferrall and produced by anatole de grunwald .

adapted from a play by wynyard browne , it is about an english clergyman whose neglect of his grown offspring , in his zeal to tend to his parishioners , comes to the surface at a christmas family gathering .

ralph richardson , celia johnson , and margaret leighton star , while margaret halstan and maureen delany reprised their roles from the stage .

it had its u.s release in 1954 .

the holly and the ivy ( film )

the holly and the ivy by wynyard browne was such a play . it was produced…
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the holly and the ivy was adapted as a successful film starring ralph richardson and celia johnson . among the distinguished cast in this 1971 production are stephen murray , john samson , jane knowles , isobel black and geoffrey beevers .
' . . . literate and deftly played by the cast of fine performers . . ' ( from a contemporary review of the holly and the ivy in the new york times )
title the holly and the ivy year 1952 formats dvd , cinema distributor ( s ) optimum releasing , leisureview ltd . , british lion film corp ltd classified date ( s ) 22 / 01 / 2010 main language english bbfc reference azf036364
when the family comes together at christmas , with the two maiden aunts - the holly and ivy represented in human form ? - secrets tumble out , the family comes together , and peace and understanding comes to pass as it should in the festive season .
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bamboozled
( 2000 ) can we get away with negative portrayals of race when it ' s coming from a black director ? that ' s the very question that spike lee asked in his provocative 2000 film about a black , ivy league - educated tv writer who accidentally creates a minstrel show featuring characters in blackface . the idea was complex and brilliant ; unfortunately , the film was messy and disorganized , leading critics to pan the film .
the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans . it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .
a lovely film from the early fifties , none of the sickly sentimentality which hollywood would have made of a family christmas gathering .
we have an annual christmas ritual of watching the movie ' the holly and the ivy ' every year . it is all about families , christmas , modern life and the place of religion in it . this radio play is the origin of the movie , so i particularly enjoyed hearing the original source . there are some differences , as would be expected , between the movie and the radio play , but the movie is faithful to the play and uses most of the same dialogue . christmas is the ' best of times and the worst of times ' for families and the play captures this beautifully .
the actresses playing aunt lydia and aunt bridget - margaret halstan and maureen delaney - originated their roles on stage . they are the only performers in the film to have been brought over from the play .
as a fan of the film and of david lynch myself , i found that reading this pamphlet brought about a constant flow of triggered reminders , snap shots of memory of a film that i love and characters and scenes that i felt like i knew long ago . “the opening poem ‘go somewhere with me’ by collin kelley gives us the beginning and the end all at once in the first lines with :
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this is a wonderful production from 1971 of a delightful and moving play , made into a film starring ralph richardson , celia johnson and margaret leighton . this fully lives up to the film version with all performances just perfect for each role . i wholeheartedly recommend it - particularly at christmas when the play is set .
i was delighted to find the holly and the ivy on dvd and looked forward to seeing it again after an interval of many years . one of the most cherished episodes in the film for me is the children ' s performance of the nativity play , which could hardly have been anything other than the real mccoy , so artlessly halting and unpolished is it . to my great disappointment the section has been edited out of the film on this disc : no room at the inn becoming no room on the dvd , clearly . so if , like me , you are after this particular highlight , forget it where this print of the film is concerned . of course , the rest of the production is wonderful , with superb performances from a very reliable british cast , led by ralph richardson . but it ' s just a pity that the icing is not on this particular christmas cake , and it ' s a bit off to sell an incomplete picture , to say the least . please put the missing scene back in !
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‘lip synching’ by juliet cook is playful in its form and rhythm and dances around the lip synching theme which is a nod to the ‘this is the girl’ singing audition scene in the film . the lines change around in each stanza , until the reality has shifted to something else entirely .
“p . s . i love you” is rated pg - 13 ( parents strongly cautioned ) . caution : this film may cause sniffles .
the holly and the ivy
is the only realistic christmas movie of the 1950 ' s . it tells the story of an english minister , ralph richardson , and his three conflicted adult children : margaret leighton , celia , johnson , and denholm elliott . everybody in the cast does a great acting job . this is mr . richardson ' s last great role as a leading man in a movie . the story is like riding a roller coaster . christmas should be a calm time for families , but it is not for this english family . this movie is a forgotten gem .
so blue and hot and doomy with her cream beginning to clot with geriatric insects floating to the top they clink her limbs sting her sickly sweet girl - on - girl mirage balloon the jitters the cryptic jitterbug contest dream in which her fingers spread her blue nails shed like dead sequins in a key - shaped can in another indiscreet screen test desperate suckling of the metal rim’ karen head takes a slightly different approach in her poem ‘amnesia’ . instead of referring directly to the film she talks about the experience of watching the film in a cinema with older ladies tutting at the lesbian scenes . the image of watching this film at the cinema is itself a little play on the theme of people playing characters and she gets nicely meta as she refers to the actors themselves as she writes :
ak : i think it & apos ; s cool that one of the best and most popular cosplayers is an asian woman , considering how few asian characters there are to cosplay in american comics , film / tv and games .
i love good films of all eras whether they are old and b & w ; or more recent and in colour . for me , this is a film that i would play while i ' m still in bed early one christmas eve / day or boxing day morning before guests arrive or before going out . though for some people who are used to faster paced movies there might not be enough going on in this film visually . in this respect the fact that there are scenes with snow and an understated christmas background is vital to the success of the film . if it was set at any other time of year it would be a harder film to sell . this is a good english film set at a christmas time and i am surprised that i have not seen it advertised on telly before , or maybe i have overlooked it in the listings . i bought it because there are not enough english old time christmas set films where you can enjoy the feeling of nostalgia , except in well known films such as scrooge . if i have a couple of minor quibles it is that the film ends abruptly and according to previous reviewers , a couple of scenes are missing . the picture and sound quality are good and this dvd is probably the only uk release that is likely to be made .
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the theme of illusion and dreams is fervent throughout but i cannot stress enough how jam - packed this little pamphlet is with everything in between these dreams too . every line is like a strobe that throws light on a scene you’d forgotten about , but that’s not to say that these poems don’t stand up on their own merit . it’s hard to tell what someone who has not seen the film would make of these poems , i’m quite sure a lot would just go over the head but like the film itself , you don’t necessarily have to understand what’s going on ( indeed it took me about 4 viewings to understand the twist ) to appreciate the imagery and humour and tension . the film aside , parts of the last poem ‘untitled’ by esther johnson stand up alone :
maureen delaney , hugh williams , margaret halstan and john gregson have major parts , william hartnell , robert flemyng , roland culver and dandy nichols have walk - on roles , and the film is sensitively photographed in black and white by the skilled ted scaife ( camera operator on black narcissus and the third man ) . the director , george more o ' ferrall ( 1907 - 82 ) , worked largely in tv and made only six feature films , most famously the heart of the matter ( 1953 ) .
bf : the tron dress that victoria and jinyo created was beautiful , fashion - foward , and looked absolutely wearable , plus i loved the heart - shaped identity disk . and as much as i got stressed out about crabcat splitting up for episode three , i also really loved holly & apos ; s liliari costume and alien prop ( from galaxy quest ) and jessica & apos ; s tank girl costumes . i think that it was really cool to see that cosplay ( especially as a duo or a group ) might not only be about having the proper skills to complete the costume , but finding the right balance of work and play ; with holly and jessica , they & apos ; re both extremely talented individually , but their relationship as cosplayers really resonated with me ( and with my cosplay partner - in - crime , ali kay ) .
‘in the movies , everything is illusion . watts and haring play betty and rita , are diane and camilla , and in reality we can be anyone we want –’
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classic post - war drama starring ralph richardson as martin gregory , a clergyman whose commitment to his religious duties leads him to neglect his family . things come to a head at the family ' s christmas gathering . the film also stars celia johnson , margaret leighton and denholm elliott .
correction : a previous version of this article referred to
birth of a nation
as the first feature - length film . it was not . a quote from downy cited to entertainment weekly has also been updated .
and it’s nice that throughout this pamphlet there’s focus on characters outside of the main storyline such as the director and that scene where he comes back to find his wife in bed with someone else and his revenge is to pour paint into her jewellery box . the poems are playful and thankfully free of pretension . as a piece of fandom it’s spirited and brimming with detail , especially seen in emilie zoey baker’s numbered ‘no hay banda . there is no band’ , which charts our way from beginning to end of the film and had me smiling all the way through :
5 .
the king and i
( 1956 ) despite his penchant for exaggerating his exotic russian background , actor yul brynner was certainly not asian when he took on the role as king mongkut of siam on broadway and , eventually , the original film adaptation of
the king and i .
brynner would go on to reprise his role as king mongkut for the rest of his life , portraying the character over 4 , 000 on stage until his death in 1985 .
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breakfast at tiffany ' s
( 1961 ) mickey rooney ' s cringe - worthy portrayal of mr . yunioshi , the japanese photographer who lives in holly golightly ' s building , mars an otherwise stellar hollywood classic . more than 40 years after the film , rooney revealed that the criticism about his allegedly racist depiction
breaks my heart … never in all the more than 40 years after we made it - - not one complaint . every place i ' ve gone in the world people say , ' you were so funny . ' asians and chinese come up to me and say , ' mickey you were out of this world . '
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“p . s . i love you” won’t win any awards ; it isn’t the sort of work that flatters a critic’s taste . it’s preposterous in big and small matters ( holly complains about a lower east side apartment that any sane new yorker would kill for ) , and there are several cringe - worthy set pieces , some involving mr . butler and a guitar . the film is not a beautiful object or a memorable cultural one , and yet it charms , however awkwardly . ms . swank’s ardent sincerity and naked emotionalism dovetail nicely with mr . lagravenese’s melodramatic excesses : together the director and his star create a swell of feeling that helps blunt your reservations about being played as an easy mark , a sap or , worse , a girl , even if that’s exactly what you are .
beware . this is a cut version . two scenes are missing : the children ' s nativity and the scene where margaret and mick join carol singers in the village .
10 .
white chicks
( 2004 ) otherwise known for their uninspired comedy , brothers shawn and marlon wayan flipped their blackface stereotype on its head when they appeared in whiteface drag as two
white chicks
who are actually undercover cops . the critics weren ' t convinced ; the new york daily news reviewed the film as brimming with
witless racial clichés , stale sexism and homophobia and enthusiastic celebrations of extreme flatulence .
holmes , his friend watson ( or his brother mycroft ) work to solve the mysteries of the three gables , the dying detective , the golden pince - nez , the red circle , the mazarin stone , and the . . . see full summary »
bf : right ! but it & apos ; s tough . holly and jessica regularly assist each other with their costumes , and they helped chloe with creating her sand worm puppet , but the show didn & apos ; t include footage of her explicitly giving them credit when questioned about it in the competition . whatever happened , i suspect victoria was definitely put on the spot because she knew that yaya knew that jinyo was instrumental to her tron costume .
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“p . s . i love you” looks squeaky clean and utterly straight and very much removed from the shadow worlds in which ms . swank has done her best work . yet as directed by richard lagravenese , who shares screenwriting credit with steven rogers , it has a curious morbid quality . ms . swank plays holly kennedy , a 29 - year - old new yorker who , shortly after the story takes off , becomes a widow . her husband , gerry ( gerard butler ) , however , doesn’t fully disappear . instead he visibly lingers in her apartment — he seems less like a ghost than like a manifestation of mad grief — and in the letters he left behind . these letters are full of bossy instructions for holly on how to grieve and live . they are , in essence , a primer on how to be a widow .
but the reason this rivalry is in the show at all is for the purposes of a conflict . for dramatic reasons , yaya can & apos ; t be the unchallenged matriarch , even if she actually is . we see her protégé monika corrupted by the dark sexy side ! the truth is , based on what we & apos ; re shown , monika & apos ; s poison ivy cosplay wasn’t really that scandalous at all , it just wasn & apos ; t a winner . but monika is nevertheless depicted as being punished for being too sexual and loses the contest and becomes despondent and ashamed . that’s the feeling all reality shows want you to have about sex .
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bf : yeah , over the past couple of years i & apos ; ve been aware of reality television & apos ; s growing interest in tapping into the cosplay market , especially with the success of project runway and face off and the growing popularity of nerd culture and cosplay in the broader popular culture .
8 .
soul man
( 1986 ) what ' s more outlandish : the idea that a white privileged college student could disguise himself as a black man in order to win a harvard law school scholarship , or that a film about that very topic would be financed ?
soul man
is the unfortunate reality of the latter .
michael palin undertakes a journey by the most direct route possible with the most land to cross from the north pole to the south pole .
heroes of cosplay is a docu - series that follows nine cosplayers ( yaya han , riki lecotey , monika lee , victoria schmidt , chloe dykstra , jessica merizan , holly conrad , becky young , and jesse lagers ) as they work on intricate , ambitious costumes and travel to compete in costume contests at conventions all around the united states . the show is the cosplay community & apos ; s most visible representation in the national media so far . unfortunately , heroes of cosplay has garnered a fair amount of criticism from within and outside the fandom , from speculations of
fixed
costume contests to possible copyright infringement of cosplay photography .
but family tensions soon come to the fore , and as skeletons tumble from closets , the vicar finds his christmas spirit sorely tested and is forced to reconsider all the values he holds dear . . .
2 .
the jazz singer
( 1927 )
the jazz singer
follows jakie rabinowitz ( al jolson ) , who rejects his jewish heritage in order to pursue his dreams of being a popular jazz singer - - in blackface . the film was generally received positively by white and black critics alike , with harlem ' s amsterdam news writing ,
every colored performer is proud of [ jolson ] .
the family come home for christmas and a few chickens come home to roost in this drama about a widowed country parson and his children .
welcome to the post - recession world , where social discourse is subordinated absolutely to advertising and paid work is replaced with “experience” . this is the business model that was pioneered by the huffington post and described by tim rutten of the los angeles times as “a galley rowed by slaves and commanded by pirates” .
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the disappearance of a young woman ' s father and a mysterious note years later after the strange regular annual delivery of valuable pearls to her puts sherlock holmes on the case .
mr . lagravenese , who last directed ms . swank in the sympathetic drama “freedom writers , ” is in sync with his star from the get - go . he puts her in the middle of the frame and in a succession of mostly flattering outfits , and smartly surrounds her with well - ripened second bananas , notably kathy bates , as holly’s protective mother , and lisa kudrow and gina gershon , as her best friends . harry connick jr . swings in and out as a possible love interest , as does the temperature - raiser jeffrey dean morgan , a television actor ( “grey’s anatomy , ” “weeds” ) who bears a striking physical resemblance to javier bardem . mr . morgan’s appearance in “p . s . i love you” finishes off mr . butler ( last seen slaughtering persians in “300” ) far more effectively than does gerry’s terminal illness .
the film stars hilary swank , a square - jawed beauty at once angular and bosomy , vaguely masculine and unequivocally feminine , whose greatest roles — in “boys don’t cry” and in particular “million dollar baby” — have exploited her ambiguous physicality to enormous advantage . like some of the greatest sob sisters of the big screen — think of barbara stanwyck and joan crawford — she has a kind of working - class toughness bordering on hardness that makes the eventual cracks in her armature all the more effective . unlike stanwyck and crawford , though , ms . swank can come across as intensely , almost desperately eager to please , which invests her with tremulous pathos or makes you feel embarrassed on her behalf . stanwyck would have booted her offscreen . crawford would have eaten her for breakfast .
when the latest heir to the baskerville estate seems to be threatened by a family curse , only the master detective , sherlock holmes , can find out the truth .
10 . night winds blow the lovers and they land in red velvet . everything is a recording .
) from the sideboard , it ' s a different one . the close up shot of the photo shows him in uniform as opposed to civilian dress on the sideboard .
bf : yeah , i saw a lot of people who were really upset about what was
said
in regards to cosplay pet peeves and body types , and yaya and riki getting a lot of flack for voicing the harsher view . i think that it was clear that that the cosplay pet peeves discussion was artificially prompted and edited to create a rift between cosplay elite and cosplay amateurs .
at christmas , a vicar ' s family gathers , ostensibly for a warm reunion , but long - simmering problems and conflicts rise up to drive away any holiday cheer . this is , on some level , the granddaddy of the dysfunctional family plot as it came to be used in soap operas , tv - movies , and film . i ' m sure it ' s not the first ( gone with the wind might well count as one ) but it feels like it set a template that is still followed . based on a play , it ' s very stagy but the acting is superb all around , and i enjoyed seeing a remarkably young denholm elliott as the youngest son . in some ways , christmas isn ' t really all that crucial to the plot , but there are several lovely holiday…
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ak : the crucial difference between heroes of cosplay and other reality series is that cosplay is a creative pursuit . the talents of these people are manifest and the focus necessarily remains on the costumes - - much more than i would have expected based on 51 minds’ track record . the competition format makes it more of a reality show / game show hybrid .
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at critical points , those hostages to fortune seemed about to be called in : notably when the brutal phoenix park assassinations ( by a fringe fenian group ) jeopardised his just - formed alliance with the liberals in 1882 . that the political entente survived the politics of the last atrocity was essentially a victory for parnell ' s and gladstone ' s leadership and imagination . the current relevance of this story for anglo - irish relations need not be spelt out , and robert kee tells it with a combination of passion and control which appropriately echoes his hero .
ak : the fear and awe with which the other cosplayers talk about yaya is also really intriguing . in episode two , monika lee even talks about becoming yaya & apos ; s apprentice and being
discovered
by her .
ak : finally , there was a doctor doom cosplayer in the first contest that was the best doom i’ve ever seen . the costume was spot - on kirby and he even screamed , “richards ! ! ! ”
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ak : jessica’s tank girl was also fabulous and , as she explained , took tank girl cosplay to a new level by stripping out the cute and focusing on the badass qualities of the jamie hewlett character . victoria and jinyo’s tron dress was also a favorite of mine . i really like cosplays that are cute twists on a familiar character or look but that still express the essential idiom of the source . in this case , victoria looked like a woman at a formal event or posh nightclub in the grid . great stuff .
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ak : by a wide margin my favorite is riki’s rocketeer . as longtime ca readers know , we are huge dave stevens fans and have been really supportive of idw publishing’s rocketeer adventures anthology , which is the source of riki’s cosplay . cartoonist darwyn cooke came up with the maddeningly simple yet manifestly brilliant idea of having the rocketeer’s girlfriend betty - - modeled by stevens after bettie page - - finds herself in the positioning of wearing the famous jacket and rocket pack herself and rescuing the rocketeer for a change . because this is a rocketeer story it naturally plays out in such a way that she happened to be wearing nothing but vintage lingerie at the time , which riki bravely made part of her costume along with the custom jacket , buttons and homemade helmet and jetpack . i can just imagine riki reading that story and getting struck by a lightning bolt of inspiration , and it really shows in her cosplay . it’s one of the best cosplays of any character i’ve ever , ever seen .
katharine ( never ' kitty ' except in the yellow press ) was a well - connected liberal englishwoman whose charm , vivacity and intelligence captured the ostensibly icy parnell from an early stage . through the 1880s they lived in domestic seclusion at eltham , while her husband willie came and went from his london flat , and her vastly wealthy aunt across the park subsidised the household . the latter ' s fortune provided the main reason for keeping the shaky menage on the road ; recent biographers have assumed that willie ' s connivance was a fait accompli from an early stage . kee presents the relationship as much more ambiguous , and the husband ' s resentment of his rival as correspondingly more vehement . letters often bear him out , though the evidence in katharine ' s bombshell memoirs in 1914 may have been doctored in the o ' shea interest ( very few of the letters therein are given in facsimile ) . but kee has , among many other adjustments , re - established o ' shea ' s political credentials more convincingly than any other biographer .
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8 . the audition . there was so much breath in the room it would relax an asthmatic . ’
bf : a lot of the show has felt very scripted , like it’s deliberately creating drama between certain cosplayers . there has been some criticism of the editing of the show in terms of truncating quotes out of context . as both a fan of cosplay and as someone who has a major fascination with reality television and some insight into that business , how do you feel about the show in relation to the fandom ?
at 23 , and writing for an online - only magazine , i am a part of this landscape of exploitation , an atavistic “internship” culture that has been able to thrive in large part because of the global financial crisis , but that has been crucially aided in the uk by the conservative party’s conclusive establishment of great britain plc . among the worst hit by welfare reforms are those between 18 and 25 . there are approximately 7 . 5 million neets across the eu , nearly 1 million of whom are in the uk , and it is to the young unemployedthat these exploitative media sites appeal most .
from the early 1880s , much as parnell ' s domestic life revolved round eltham , his political life centred itself in britain ; he removed himself from continuing land agitation in ireland ( where the outcome of the land war had been to the advantage of strong farmers rather than subsistence tenants ) . the liberal commitment to home rule tied his hands ; he could no longer look for tory counter - bids ( more likely at the time than they appear in retrospect ) , and the treacly rhetoric of a ' union of hearts ' replaced confrontation politics . parnell continued to cast a cold eye on both british opportunism and irish sentimentality : kee conveys perhaps better than anyone the quality of royal remoteness that made him a great leader and eventually an icon for yeats and joyce . but he also analyses the irrationality of his passions , and his ' masterful talent for making the truth what he wanted it to be ' .
perhaps because of this masculine - feminine ambiguity , ms . swank has not often been cast as a romantic foil opposite men . she wooed another woman beautifully in “boys don’t cry , ” and in “million dollar baby” played the adoring daughter to a surrogate father , a symbolic romance conducted principally inside the confines of a boxing ring . one reason she was so good in brian de palma’s convoluted noir “the black dahlia , ” in which she crept around like poison ivy , is that her performance as a femme fatale is set inside quotation marks . she didn’t register as a toxically dangerous woman but as an idea of that irresistible sexist cliché . she filled out her character’s snug gown as a drag queen would .
it is christmas eve and the family are gathering at reverend martin gregory ' s norfolk vicarage . a soldier son destined for oxbridge , two elderly aunts with a passion for chatter , a cousin with a military background and a pair of daughters who are both hiding secrets join the vicar to celebrate the festive season .
bf : yaya is someone who was at the forefront of bringing the cosplay scene more into the public eye . she & apos ; s someone who has created a lifestyle and a career out of this hobby . she & apos ; s someone who has clearly worked to perfect every costume that she creates , probably because she is so aware of her role in the cosplay community . to be judged and critiqued by someone like that in the community , whose attention to detail and craftsmanship is admirable and meticulous , i can see why some of these cosplayers were extremely intimidated .
ak : well , the primary function of a reality show is to create conflict and make people look like a - - holes . 51 minds , the company that makes this show , is one of the all - time bests at this . they did all the great vh1 “celebreality” shows like the surreal life , flavor of love , rock of love , charm school and i love money . the whole point is to take people from certain lifestyles or scenes - - in the case of those shows , z - list celebrities , groupies , strippers , juiceheads - - and throw them in a thunderdome and make them fight for fame and / or money . that is essentially what & apos ; s gone on in heroes of cosplay , but with cosplayers .
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trading places
( 1983 ) this hit eddie murphy comedy ( an ' 80s take on
the prince and the pauper
) couldn ' t have been more un - pc by featuring a scene with dan aykroyd in blackface and dreadlocks .
3 .
swing time
( 1936 ) this is widely considered the best dance musical by legendary acting partners fred astaire and ginger rogers . inspired by real - life tap dancer bill
bojangles
robinson , astaire mimicked the actor ' s style and appeared in blackface for the musical number ,
bojangles in harlem .
as the curator of comicsalliance & apos ; s weekly best cosplay ever feature and a cosplayer myself , i & apos ; ve been approached for my thoughts on the show and its depiction of my community . with three of heroes of cosplay & apos ; s six - episode run now out there for all to see ( you can watch them on syfy & apos ; s youtube channel if you missed them ) , ca editor and reality tv obsessive andy khouri joined me for a discussion about the controversial show , the current state of cosplay fandom , and the nature of geek - centric reality television .
it would be easy to dismiss “p . s . i love you , ” about the agonies visited on a young married couple , as the big - screen equivalent of a paperback romance . certainly the refined critical mind understands that this is the kind of artful emotion machine that the movies have been making since the very first tear slid down an actress’s face , the droplet seen — and experienced — around the world by audiences who answered that bead of dew with a grateful flood of their own . cry us a river , mary pickford !
michael palin embarks on another epic journey of exploration and adventure , this time 15 , 000 miles through 18 countries around the pacific rim .
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well done ! very well handled family drama that is perhaps darker and more cynical than expected but balanced by an ending that , while pat , is appropriate given the hopeless of the middle section .
each of them has a little secret to tell , even if , in the case of his son it ' s that the entire family felt as if they could never tell his the unvarnished truth about themselves . one daughter wants to get married and move away but can ' t bear to leave the old man and can ' t even tell him that she ' s in love , while the other has had an affair with a now dead american airman and had a son by him who has also died , all of which she…
but i am not happy to continue participating in the condescending game of part - time service sector cultural capitalism , where i am told that it is a luxury to be able to “choose” when i “want” to work , and when i don’t . i am far from unique . the zero - pay contract may be the jewel in the new - media crown , but almost every industry is exploiting those crippled by the cruel and post - digital economic pattern .
but his life was replete with ironies . an apparently ignorant young squire from a protestant ascendancy background , he commandeered the irish home rule party at westminster in the late 1870s ; he subsequently achieved national dominance by heading the struggle of tenant against landlord and delivering fenian - style language from parliamentary platforms . the home rule formula which he forced on to the british political agenda was far from separatist republicanism , but still radical enough to split the liberal party when gladstone accepted it . the controversial alliance between ex - revolutionary young turk and grand old man collapsed when parnell refused to stand down after being cited in the o ' shea divorce case in 1890 ; opposed by the majority of his party , he died very suddenly in 1891 , aged 45 . still , the magic remained ; and as an old opponent remarked long afterwards , ' if we had the voters , parnell had their sons ' .
ak : we mentioned this part before with the chloe
hero edit ,
but we should get into the big , bloggable wtf moment of the whole show so far : the discussion about body types and how cosplayers should be conscious of how they will be judged online . the editing here is very obviously manipulative because nobody really says a complete thought . here & apos ; s how the conversation was cut together , including the one - on - one setups that are intercut as it happens :
bf : yes and no . i think that a lot of people in the fandom ( whether they cosplay or not ) are naturally competitive due to the nature of geek culture , but with cosplay it & apos ; s a bit skewed and complicated . on the show , they emphasize the competition because all the contestants are entering
weekly
contests at conventions , which of course will naturally lead to pitting the cosplayers against one another . however , i think it & apos ; s important to note that the majority of cosplayers at conventions aren & apos ; t entering costume contests or masquerades - - they & apos ; re just strutting around and taking photos .
movies that make you bawl were sometimes called five - hankie weepies , a sneery label calculated to insult the film and the teary filmgoer alike . there aren’t a lot of these made anymore in america , mainly because most of our movies now are about men and not women . even so , there are plenty of covert male weepies , films that transform emotions into actions , including acts of violence . “michael clayton” is a male weepy , as is “american gangster , ” which turns a duel between tough guys into a veritable drum circle of two . “p . s . i love you” is more obviously a weepy , but because it leavens sorrow with laughter , it probably requires no more than three hankies . i wouldn’t know : i just used the back of my hand .
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andy khouri : from the non - cosplayer & apos ; s perspective , i think there was a point in history where cosplay was this derisive , undignified thing that people associated with comic book and sci - fi / fantasy conventions . those cheap cardboard costumes , the infamous
tron guy
in spandex . and then cosplay seemed to shift into the domain of seriously creative people who looked like models and created professional quality costumes . the biographical content of heroes of cosplay puts yaya han at the forefront of this shift . what & apos ; s her deal ?
after the other reviews , i came to this hopeful , but finished bored . this flat adaptation betrays its stage origins badly . the christmas setting is totally superfluous to the plot - it could be a wet sunday in april for all the atmosphere it adds . i know it is a different era , but would somebody be able to keep
the big secret
from their family for four years ? the only plus was any chance to watch margaret leighton and celia johnson . one for the charity shop i think .
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in one of my other lives , i’m the administrator of a playwriting competition . every year , anywhere between 200 and 300 scripts are submitted . of these , i would estimate ( since i don’t actually read all the plays myself – i parcel them out among a dozen or so readers ) that at least 30 % have the same basic plot line : a group of people , frequently members of the same family , are brought together for some occasion – a wedding , a funeral , a holiday , something plausible – and , in the course of their gathering , long - held secrets and grievances are finally aired and brought to some sort of conclusion .
the o ' shea relationship was one tightrope parnell walked for a decade , oblivious to gossip , dempsteresque newspaper paragraphs and the mounting disquiet of his own party . there were other balancing acts , too , notably involving his apparent endorsement of separatist language in the early part of his career . kee has resurrected little - noticed speeches and shows parnell ' s adept use of fenian - speak for british as well as irish audiences ; it fits well with the theory , often reiterated but never proved , of a concordat between the fenians and the home rulers , in 1873 , which gave the parliamentarians three years to show what they could do . parnell ' s speeches from 1875 seem calculated to show the ' advanced men ' that one mp at least was keeping the faith . it conferred a heroic aura , distanced him from his background and helped him displace his leader butt ; yet it delivered vulnerable hostages to fortune .
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in fact , rather a lot . this book stems from decades of obsession , and a vast trawl of contemporary newspapers : for kee shows , better than anyone , just how far parnell ' s reputation was made by journalists . he also brings to the subject a genius for forceful narrative and dramatic effect . and he has made the decision , simple but very effective , to centre parnell ' s career where his priorities ( rightly or wrongly ) lay : his private life with katharine o ' shea , wife of a parliamentary colleague . thus the mounting excitement of the land war , and the speed with which parnell came to terms with gladstone , are related to this secret obsession . unintentionally , this replays many of the criticisms of his colleagues after the split ; but it is psychologically very convincing .
betty felon : yaya han is one of the biggest names in the cosplay world . she & apos ; s been cosplaying for over a decade and was one of the first cosplayers to develop a major web presence with her cosplay work . in fact , yaya han was one of the first people i looked up to when i started getting involved in the cosplay / convention scene when i was a teenager , so i totally understand if people also look up to her with both awe and pure intimidation .
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“i suppose people who fall asleep in the snow feel like this . they know they’ve got to keep awake but just for a moment they give up the struggle because cos the snow is so warm and cosy . ” “i’ve never heard yet of anybody freezing to death from a kiss . ”
i really loved that amazing galactus cosplayer who won best in show in the first episode - - his costume was outstanding ! i think one of the downsides of this show is that they don & apos ; t include any information on the other contestants of the contests . i would love more footage about some of the other cosplayers .
i really enjoyed this audio cd similar in vein to dear octopus . family arrive for christmas and secrets are revealed and family values affirmed . a nice feel good ending , i liked it so much i bought the dvd which is still available on amazon .
nothing provides more historiographical mileage than an enigma , and the 19th - century irish home ruler charles stewart parnell comes ready - made for immortality : a charismatic leader of irish nationalism who nearly brought off peaceable independence ( or at least autonomy ) , a man who stood for everything and nothing ; finally , a moses who was cast out by his people in sight of the promised land , and lost the world for love . no wonder that he subsequently ' deviated into literature ' , as conor cruise o ' brien put it ( an ironic fate for a man whose reading was largely limited to alice in wonderland and youatt ' s the horse ) .
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