newspaper boy is a malayalam – language indian film released in 1955 .

the film is noteworthy in that the entire production programme from script-writing to direction was controlled and executed by students .

the group of students were from adarsh kalamandir and was written and directed by p. ramdas .

the screenplay was based on a short story written by ramadas himself .

though the film had a shoestring budget of ₹ 175,000 ( us$ 2,600 ) , featured mostly amateur actors , and was made by an inexperienced crew , newspaper boy was a critical success .

influenced by italian neorealism , the film is also remembered for being the world 's first commercial film made by students .

newspaper boy ( 1955 film )

guru dutt ' s 1955 film mr . and mrs . 55 opens with a newspaper boy ' s full - throated sales pitch :
p . ramadas directed newspaper boy in 1955 , at the age of 22 , while he was still a student .
newspaper boy ( 1955 ) : india ' s first neorealistic film . the film drew its inspiration from italian neorealism and was released a few months before satyajit ray ' s debut film pather panchali , another neo - realistic film .
teddy boy mike waits for his friend pat on a cleared bombsite , london 1955 .
see today ' s front and back pages , download the newspaper , order back issues and use the historic daily express newspaper archive .
p . ramdas passed away on 27th march 2014 . you can watch a documentary on the making of newspaper boy below , named
local dance in peterborough 1955 with roy bradley ( a teddy boy wearing a drape jacket ) on the far right .
first malayalam as well as south indian film to win the national film award for best feature film . and the first film to participate in an international film festival .
. till the 1950s , malayalam film didn ' t see many talented film directors . the milestone film
photograph of teddy boy , arthur fisher aged 17 from salford , lancashire on a salford lad ' s club camp in 1955 .
walt started mckinley high school in 1917 and he began to draw for the student newspaper . his
that , the ability for many of us to recreate the look of the pre - 1955 teddy boy - 59 years or more later .
newspaper boy is a malayalam–language indian film released in 1955 . it is the first neo realistic movie in the language . the film , a drama of stark realism , narrates the life of the common man on the street . the film is noteworthy in that the entire production programme from script - writing to direction was controlled and executed by students .
leonard sims , a young teddy boy sports his newly tailored drape jacket with flap button - down pockets . the photograph was part of an article published in the daily mirror newspaper on friday 13th november 1955 entitled why i wear these togs .
the man who arranged malayalam cinema’s maiden tryst with neo - realism is no more . p . ramadas , maker of newspaper boy , considered the first neorealist experiment in malayalam , newspaper boy was released a few months before the world saw a new kind of indian cinema , a luminous masterpiece , through satyajit ray’s pather panchali .
robert mitchum in the night of the hunter ( 1955 ) . photograph : bfi
while ray went on to became one of the most celebrated film makers of the world , the same did not happen with p . ramdas , the young director of newspaper boy who produced this films with a group of students from thrissur , kerala . p . ramdas went on to direct two other films , sadly none of them created the impact which newspaper boy had .
this thriller about the battle for control of a newspaper is quite intriguing and boasts a starry cast .
“ newspaper boy was ahead of its time , ” ramadas once claimed . “the malayali audience was not ready for it at the time of its release . ” newspaper boy was a costly experiment for him . it cost rs . 1 . 75 lakh . ramdas lost all the money , but was happy that he made malayalam cinema richer .
michael bonner , the film editor for music and film magazine uncut , agrees .
the first malayalam film competed for palme d ' or of cannes film festival .
walk down memory lane : actor adoor pankajam along with the director of ` newspaper boy , ' p . ramdas , at the meeting organised to mark the 50th year of release of the film in kochi on friday .
it was released on may 13 , 1955 , in eight cinemas across the state .
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film songs , and that habit has stayed with them till now . the history of malayalam film songs begins with the 1948 film
at elephant & castle , south london , july 1955 - note the unusually long sideburns of the teddy boy with the double - breasted waistcoat for the period .
a ticket for the press preview / media opening of disneyland on july 17 , 1955 .
definition of a cult film : a film watched by 100 people 10 , 000 times .
jerry barker finds a lost boy whose rich father is extorted into paying a ransom for his return but the boy accidentally dies and jerry goes to prison .
the new york times newspaper for july 19 , 1955 , reinforced that july 18 was the opening day with 15 , 000 guests and waiting times of up to an hour for attractions , purchasing merchandise or eating .
robert mitchum and billy chapin in the night of the hunter ( 1955 ) . photograph : bfi
clip from the great yarmouth teddy boy weekender in 1994 taken by paul mcquarrie .
world war , 1914 - 1918 - - war work - - boy scouts .
world war , 1939 - 1945 - - war work - - boy scouts .
the present
follows the story of a boy and his new puppy .
organizations such as kerala film producers association , kerala film distributors association , kerala cine exhibitors federation and kerala film exhibitors association have coordinated work stoppages .
according to ' boppin brian ' spilsbury , it was in late 1981 / early 1982 that ray ferris and him had decided to go and research the true edwardian style at the manchester central library newspaper archives . this was the begining of the move back to the original pre 1955 teddy boy style and these teddy boys were actually at the forefront of re - discovering their teddy boy roots .
the 1955 movie “picnic” was filmed there , making it one of the most famous bridges in kansas .
teddy boy george lamont in a black and white ' dog - tooth ' drape jacket with black velvet collar and cuffs with his girlfriend , teddy girl edna hockridge , aberdeen scotland 1955 .
rescued from a plane , an american boy ( jon provost ) sets out with a japanese boy to find his parents ( teresa wright , cameron mitchell ) in tokyo .
collection title : boy scouts of america . old hickory council records , 1912 - 2001
in the 1970s , the malayalam film industry saw the rise of film societies . it triggered a new
the los angeles times newspaper for july 19 , 1955 , stated : “plagued by opening - day jitters , walt disney’s fabulous disneyland yesterday threw open its gates to an eager and waiting public . fittingly enough , the first two customers were a 7 - year - old boy and a 5 - year - old girl . ”
first malayalam film produced by collecting fund from public . the only south indian film to feature in british film institute ' s top 10 indian films list .
richard wooley with paul culshaw and fiona in the 1980 ' s sporting the authentic pre - 1955 image .
- 1955 style of dress , which had become bastardised and become somewhat lost during the annals of time .
1955 was always considered as turning point in indian cinema . that year saw satyajit ray ‘s pather panchali being released , meanwhile in kerala just a few months before that a neo - realistic film newspaper boy was released which did not make much waves , but the similarity between both films cannot be ignored . both films used non professional actors , and both were made by debut directors .
so you can ' t call usual suspects a cult film . that ' s film noir .
considered the first mature film in malayalam . the film excelled in direction , screenplay , acting and music .
the lonely wife of a newspaper editor falls in love with her visiting cousin - in - law , who shares her love for literature .
his job at the newspaper put him in contact with tennessee williams , author of “the glass menagerie , ” who encouraged inge to write .
cosh boy
starring james kenny , joan collins , hermionie baddeley , hermioine gingold , betty ann davis and robert ayres . the film was b
there are many reasons to celebrate rebel without a cause , the epochal 1955 film that screenwriter stewart stern called “the story of a generation that grew up overnight . ”
richard woolley , paul culshaw , simon moon and fiona somewhere in london portraying the original pre - 1955 image .
charles laughton directing robert mitchum and peter graves in the night of the hunter ( 1955 ) . photograph : bfi
advertisement for tv show about disneyland . [ kansas city star . july 17 , 1955 . p . 11e ]
advertisement for tv show about disneyland . [ kansas city star . july 17 , 1955 . p . 2e ]
the film engendered controversy ( and efforts at suppression in early 1941 through intimidation , blackmail , newspaper smears , discrediting and fbi investigations ) before it premiered in new york city on may 1 , 1941 , because it appeared to fictionalize and caricaturize certain events and individuals in the life of william randolph hearst - a powerful newspaper magnate and publisher .
at 31st street and forest avenue . disney put an ad in the newspaper requesting artists who wanted to learn animation to come work for him .
in 1954 , the film neelakuyil captured national interest by winning the president ' s silver medal . scripted by the well - known malayalam novelist uroob , and directed by p . bhaskaran and ramu kariat , it is often considered the first authentic malayali film . another notable production was newspaper boy ( 1955 ) , which contained elements of italian neorealism . this film is notable as the product of a group of amateur college filmmakers . it told the story of a printing press employee and his family being stricken with extreme poverty .
first malayalam film to release with subtitles ( english ) in outside kerala , in other than film festival screenings .
- note the teddy boy on the right with the drape with the half - moon pockets .
items relating to camp raven knob , publicity materials for british boy scouting , and other items .
notably , another group of then young teddy boys from the farnborough and north camp area of hampshire - paul culshaw , jerry lunn , richard wooley and frankie calland started to adopt the original pre - 1955 edwardian style . the farnborough group were also one of the first groups in the early 1980 ' s to reject the 1970 ' s teddy boy image and adopt the original edwardian pre 1955 teddy boy image to excellent effect .
robert mitchum in the night of the hunter , 1955 , based on a novel davis grubb and adapted by agee .
orea established its first film awards ceremonies in the 1950s , as the film industry began its post - war recovery . the decade saw the establishment of the seoul cultural awards ( launched in 1955 by the city of seoul ) , the golden dragon awards ( launched in 1955 by a group of filmmakers ) , the buil awards ( launched in 1958 by
, one of korea ' s most conservative right - wing newspapers . several film companies , notably east film which produced
jazz saxophonist charlie
bird
parker ( forest whitaker ) lives fast and self - destructs , dead at 34 in 1955 . the film won an oscar for best sound mixing .
till the 1950s , malayalam film didn ' t see many talented film directors . the milestone film neelakkuyil ( 1954 ) , directed by ramu karyat and p . bhaskaran , shed a lot of limelight over its directors . ramu karyat went on to become a celebrated director in the 1960s and 1970s . p . bhaskaran also directed a few acclaimed films in the 1960s . the cameraman of neelakkuyil , a . vincent , also became a noted director of the 1960s and 1970s . [ 17 ] another noted director of the 1950s was p . ramadas , the director of the neorealistic film newspaper boy ( 1955 ) .
assemble a collection of newspaper clippings and magazine articles about changes that are occurring on the african continent . discuss these stories in relation to the segment of the film that deals with wright ' s visit to africa .
an ad in the july 15 , 1955 , los angeles times indicated that disney ' s opening day was july 18 .
“ disneyland preview and meeting at the summit . ” kansas city star . july 17 , 1955 . p . 2e .
a teddy boy dances with his girl at the royalty mecca dance hall , tottenham , london 1954 .
the 1970 ' s - the new age of the teddy boy and the emergence of rockabilly music .
1955 : nominations : best supp . actor ( sal mineo ) , supp . actress ( natalie wood ) , motion picture story
for more than 35 years , the disney company and international media have touted that disneyland opened on july 17 , 1955 . the date appears in books , newspaper and magazine articles and is used as the key date for the beginning of all the disneyland anniversary celebrations in the last few decades .
a young teddy boy - george taken in the traditional terraced streets of salford , lancashire - mid fifties .
pinoeered
new - wave cinema movement
in malayalam . first malayalam film to win the national film award for best direction .
however , a number of army and air force units did everything they could to knock this teddy boy style out of their squaddies and airmen with limited success . here is an example of this from the daily mirror , june 11th 1955 :
crew : ( color ) widescreen . available on vhs , dvd . original review text from 1955 . running time : 111 min .
halstead’s swinging bridge in riverside park gained fame in the 1955 movie “picnic , ” starring william holden , rosalind russell and kim novak .
description of unidentified parcel of land , family camping directory , brochures on in - school boy and girl scouting .
his movies and his theme parks . the mickey mouse club began october 3 , 1955 , and ran until 1959 on abc . episodes of
however , during the seventies and eighties due to the influence of the ' glam image ' that had infiltrated the teddy boy scene , the original teddy boy style had become largely diluted and to a large degree , somewhat lost .
the gossip columnist louella parsons persuaded her newspaper boss hearst that he was being slandered by rko and orson welles ' film when it was first previewed , so the hearst - owned newspapers ( and other media outlets ) pressured theatres to boycott the film and also threatened libel lawsuits . hearst also ordered his publications to completely ignore the film , and not accept advertising for other rko projects .
most straight reviewers of rebel didn’t pick up on anything beyond boy - meets - girl in the romantic entanglements , even as they recognized the effect the film would have on young viewers .
two sisters torment each other , while a boy wanders around the corridors of a hotel among old people and dwarves .
cosh boy , the clothes they wore and the fact that the general population regarded them as a menace to society .
10th october 1953 : london gang member colin donellan dressed in fashionable edwardian teddy boy style outside a cecil gee shop .
the return in the prominence of the teddy boy and the so called rock ' n ' roll revival - 1967 .
review :
a bullet for joey
( 1955 ) starring edward g . robinson and george raft ; blu - ray edition from kino lorber
so to see teddy boys strutting their stuff in eccles was nothing new and was in - keeping with the character of the town . at that time during the seventies and early eighties , eccles was a place that had changed little since the fifties and was an appropriate place for this to happen . eccles teddy boy , ray ferris was to be the first person to spearhead this move back to the original pre 1955 teddy boy style , after co - opting second generation manchester teddy boy , boppin ' brian spilsbury .
t . e . d . s . brought the teds together as one force and with the media interest in the group , managed to spread the word throughout the teddy boy scene and beyond . this is why this group were successful where the others were not in promoting a more original and authentic style of teddy boy clothing amongst the whole of the teddy boy movement .
a number of teddy boys still prefer to maintain the 1970 ' s image and of course as a unified movement , there is room for these teds to take their rightful place within the teddy boy movement . although the teddy boy has a certain way of dressing based on a common theme , there is no right or wrong dress code that dictates what style a teddy boy should be wearing , because at the end of it all the teddy boy is an individual and most ostensively - a rebel !
the first 3 - d film produced in india , my dear kuttichathan ( 1984 ) , was made in malayalam . [ 1 ] the first cinemascope film produced in south india was the malayalam film thacholi ambu ( 1978 ) . [ 2 ] the world ' s first film with just one actor in the star cast was the malayalam film the guard ( 2001 ) .
amma ariyan ( 1986 ) : the first film made in india with money collected from the public . the film was produced by odessa collective , founded by the director of the film john abraham and friends . the fund was raised by collecting donations and screening charlie chaplin ' s film the kid .
the film opens distinctly with scenes of urban singapore , first in the downtown area – the clock tower of victoria memorial hall , anderson bridge and a panoramic shot of the esplanade park ( queen elizabeth walk ) – before cutting to scenes shot in the vicinity of the katong / joo chiat area . there , a newspaper boy peddles newspapers on the move along ceylon road , makes a turn at the junction with east coast road ( where 328 katong laksa is today ) , picks up pace and begins running down east coast road , waving the newspaper sheets in the air to attract buyers . he passes a cold storage outlet ( its katong “retail sub - depot” [ as named in newspaper ads from the 1920s ] , or “sub - branch” [ in ads from the 1950s ] ) .
in the short film , which is based on a comic book strip by a brazilian artist named fabio coala cavalcanti , the boy opens up a box from his mother to find a small , excited puppy inside . the boy ' s joy , however , quickly turns to disgust when he realizes the dog only has three legs .
summary : typical instance of the commercially successful realist bengali melodrama of this period , as a pop variation of what the later new theatres directors were doing after the war . a compositor in a printing press ( bannerjee ) brings his wife ( sen ) and son babla ( bhattacharya ) to calcutta . he has an accident and his overworked wife succumbs to tuberculosis . babla leaves school to work as a newspaper hawker . when he finds a purse full of money , he dutifully returns it to its owner and refuses to be helped . returning home , he finds his mother dead . widely advertised in the hindi market , the film was accurately described in filmfare ( 16 . 10 . 1953 ) as failing ‘from sheer excess’ . the film’s malayalam remake , newspaper boy ( 1955 ) , was much more of a critical success .
an edinburgh teddy boy in a two piece drape suit that is in need of a good pressing - mid 1950 ' s .
“ rosebud . ” the mysterious final utterance of newspaper tycoon charles foster kane ( orson welles ) sparks a search for its meaning . except kane died alone . so who heard his dying words ?
the film was released at eight centres in 1955 . it was screened at jose theatre in thrissur ,
mr . ramdas says . the movie narrated the life of the common man on the street .
i would not say that the audience loved watching the film . for instance , they started hooting when we said that the film is beginning at the end of it .
chillingly one film critic , reviewing the film before her murder , described the satanists as resembling
a small , far - out californian religious sect .
to be considered for nomination in the best foreign film category for that year , making it the first film in malayalam to be chosen for oscar nomination .
a pretty decent film noir from fritz lang . while not nearly as massive a film as say m or metropolis , this is still a very well done film , even if it isn ' t perfect . this is part murder mystery and part a movie about the newspaper buisiness and to be honest i kinda would have prefered if they had chosen one or the other to focus on , preferably the murder mystery as i found that to be the most interesting aspect of this . the love story on the side i could have done without altogether . vincent price is in this as the useless son , who has inhearited this newspaper comapny from his recently deceased father , without having any clue of how to actually run a newspaper company . he ' s good in his role . i also liked the kid who played ' the lipstick killer ' . all in all a good film , that has some minor flaws but is worth watching for fans of fritz lang or film noir in general .
following his father ' s death , a boy leaves home to study in calcutta , while his mother must face a life alone .
the internet and the access of historical photographs and the interest in the roots of the british teddy boy , particularly the pre - 1955 era ( before the advent of rock ' n ' roll in britain ) has given the teddy boy movement a knowledge that the rank and file of teds never had previously . this new found knowledge has given the ability for the teds to rediscover themselves and where they came from and on top of
dulquer salmaan , is an indian film actor who appears predominantly in malayalam films . referred sometimes as
dq
, he is the son of film actor mammootty
in 1996 , a brief 3min 45 sec black and white film was made by photographer and film maker bruce weber entitled teddy boys of the edwardian drape society .
surely what makes a cult film is if the film achieves a
cult following
or not . nothing to do with a set of rules to follow .
first copyright case in indian film industry as well as literature publishing of kerala .
first malayalam film to get a home video release in blu - ray format .
padayottam ( 1982 ) : india ' s first indigenously produced 70 mm film .
a disneyland advertisement in the los angeles times newspaper on friday , july 15 , 1955 , had this information : “opening—disneyland , walt disney’s magic kingdom , will officially open on monday , july 18th , and remain open every day during the summer from 10 a . m . to 10 p . m . beginning in the fall , disneyland will be closed on mondays . ”
a group of teddy boys find themselves with nowhere to go and hang around on the old kent road at elephant and castle , south london , 13th july 1955 .
at the same time british audiences were also beginning to encounter american rock and roll , initially through films including blackboard jungle ( 1955 ) and rock around the clock ( 1955 ) . both movies contained the bill haley & his comets hit
rock around the clock
, which first entered the british charts in early 1955 - four months before it reached the us pop charts - topped the british charts later that year and again in 1956 , and helped identify rock and roll with teenage delinquency .
here is a fairly exciting , suspenseful and provocative , if also occasionally far - fetched , melodrama of unhappy youth on another delinquency kick . the plot bears no resemblance to the content of a book of the same title published a few years ago . the book was a clinical study of a withdrawn boy . the film presents a boy [ … ]
“we don ' t even mail a postcard out of here without [ walt’s personal ] ‘ok’ , ” meck told newspaper columnist james bacon , so walt approved the notion that july 18 was the official opening day .
newspaper revived the awards , and they have been held every year since . the hosting of the grand bell awards in the spring and the blue dragon awards in december tend to draw the most local press coverage .
( 2013 ) became the first malayalam film to cross the 50 crores mark at the box office . the film was critically acclaimed and became remade in four languages .
the 70s saw the emergence of a new wave of cinema in malayalam . the growth of the film society movement in kerala introduced the works of the french and italian new wave directors to the discerning malayali film enthusiasts . adoor gopalakrishnan ' s first film , swayamvaram ( 1972 ) , brought malayalam cinema to the international film arena .
mohanlal is an indian actor who works predominantly in south indian film industry . he has enacted a wide range of characters . mohanlal has done more than 300 movies and has bagged four national film awards and nine state film awards . . . . .
this heralded a new era for the teddy boy movement and during the late 1960 ' s and especially during the 1970 ' s teddy boy groups and rock n roll clubs and societies could be found throughout most of britain ' s main cities and towns as the momentum picked up .
he edwardian drape society have arguably along with other teddy boys , been responsible for holding the teddy boy movement together during the last 25 years .
a cult film is one that is not good enough to attract a large audience .
( formerly madras ) , which then was the capital of the south indian film industry . by the late 1980s , the malayalam film industry returned and established itself in kerala
daniel founded the first film studio , the travancore national pictures limited , in kerala .
became the first malayalam film to cross the 100 crores mark at the box office .
first malayalam film to be submitted as india ' s official entry to the oscars to be considered for nomination in the best foreign language film category for the year 1997 .
my dear kuttichathan ( 1984 ) : india ' s first 3 - d film .
recently malayalam film industry is getting concentrated in kochi contrary to the trend in 80 ' s and 90 ' s when thiruvananthapuram was the base of malayalam film industry . most of the film shooting is nowadays done in kochi and its suburbs . [ edit ]
materials relating to raven knob scout reservation ; film ( f - 4688 / 1 ) and videotape ( vt - 4688 / 1 ) versions of a snapshot album of raven knob , filmed 1 - 2 april 1955 ; and other items . about 50 items .
ramadas directed his film in 1955 at the age of 22 , while he was still a student . on may 5 , 1954 , the shooting was launched in thiruvananthapuram . g . v . raja , scholar and sports promoter , was present at the function .
on july 4 , 1955 , members of the club , along with their wives and children were invited to a special preview of disneyland for a total of roughly 90 people .
this remarkable disney film was based on the
uncle remus
stories in the late 1800s of joel chandler harris ( first published as columns in the atlanta constitution newspaper ) , and was presented as one of their earliest , innovative live - action and animation mixtures . the film ' s song
zip - a - dee - doo - dah
won the academy award for best song .
there were reports of police investigations of teddy boy activity in camden town , and a detective superintendent was widely quoted as sending out a message to his men to
find every teddy boy , go into the pubs and dance halls and bring in the boys of that gang
. a week later , a 21 year old was arrested and sent for trial , the same detective superintendent said at the preliminary hearing that the boy had an ' excellent ' character and was not a teddy boy . there was no evidence that he had been a member of a gang .
the era of colour films came to malayalam cinema with its first colour film , kandam bacha coat ( 1961 ) . chemmeen ( 1965 ) , directed by ramu kariat and based on a story by thakazhi sivasankara pillai , went on to become immensely popular , and became the first malayalam film to win the national film award for best feature film .
surely what makes a cult film is the following it generates from its fans .
cult
status is not something which a film critic can just hand a film like an award . so isn ' t this article a little off the mark or what ?
three eccles ( salford ) teds circa 1981 / 82 at mill brow , salford where a big teddy boy fight took place in the late 1950 ' s . teddy boy , bill evans talks about this fight in the book , teddy boys a concise history by ray ferris and julian lord . bill evans was actually in that fight . the three teds sporting the pre 1955 style in the photograph are dave cotton rip , ray ferris and wayne percival ( aka percy ) .
a texas ranger ( clint eastwood ) hunts an escaped convict ( kevin costner ) who takes a 7 - year - old boy hostage in 1963 .
clearly not one to dwell on negative energy , the playful dog stumbles while he chases a ball around the room . he grows on the boy .
being a native of thrissur , this was easy for ramadas . kurup helped the director find a boy , moni , to play the lead role .
the hitchcocks undertook an international publicity tour for the film during november and december 1955 , telling press that he had considered making his customary cameo appearance by playing the role of harry himself —
but it is almost impossible to direct on your back
. [ 39 ]
despite the variety of styles and differences in opinions within the teddy boy movement , one thing is for sure , the british teddy boy is likely to be around for a good few years to come and represents the first distinctive style that made teenagers in britain stand out and be different from the rest . the teddy boy ' s were the originators of a distinctive youth culture in britain and the first rebels against conformity and conventional style . they have continued to maintain that reputation to this day , standing out from the rest of society - the british teddy boy really has become a british cultural icon !
on july 13 , 1955 , walt disney hosted roughly 300 guests for the “tempus fugit celebration” of his 30 th wedding anniversary at frontierland’s golden horseshoe saloon and on the mark twain riverboat .
i would suggest that time makes a film into a cult film . i would define it as a film that wasn ' t mainstream or generally popular when first released but the few fans who did enjoy it - loved it . over time ( years normally ) , the number of these fans increases through word of mouth etc . and the film begins to enjoy cult status . remember , a film can be become a cult film just because it ' s so terrible thus proving there are many and varied reasons why fans love particular films .
i would say a cult film is something that is ignored by the main stream and welcomed by a select few who really
get
the film . films such as clerks .
another noted director of the 1950s was p . ramadas , the director of the neorealistic film
f - 4688 / 2 : camp raven knob summer camp ceremony film , ca . 1965
moonnamathoral ( 2006 ) : first indian film to be shot and distributed in digital format .
it was actually paul trainor from eccles ( near salford ) in 1981 who was the first teddy boy to actually start wearing the more authentic drape .
after her son is kidnapped and later found , a woman ( angelina jolie ) insists that the boy who was returned to her is not her child .
troop lists ; materials relating to the savings stamp and victory loan campaigns ; pamphlets , including the boy scout scheme in a nutshell ; and other items .
adaminte makan abu , the award assembling drama film directed by salim ahamed , has been chosen as india ' s official entry to the academy awards to be considered for nomination in the best foreign film category for the year 2011 . it is is the second malayalam film to be nominated for the academy award for best foreign language film after rajiv anchal ' s guru .
in addition to reviewing films , agee was also a groundbreaking screenwriter , adapting davis grubb’s novel the night of the hunter into the vividly creepy 1955 movie of the same name , and also helping to adapt c . s . forester’s novel the african queen into the 1951 film classic .
notable personalities directors malayalam cinema boasts many brilliant film directors , starting with j . c . daniel , the director and producer of the first malayalam film , vigathakumaran ( 1928 ) . unlike other indian films at that time , most of which were films based on the puranas , he chose to base his film on a social theme . though the film failed commercially , he paved way for the malayalam film industry and is widely considered the father of malayalam cinema .
film script . translation of : le voleur de bicyclette . [ paris ] : l ' avant - scène du cinéma , 1967 . original italian language film entitled : ladri di biciclette .
list of council officers ; membership reports ; correspondence indicating the retirement of roscoe stevens as scout executive and his replacement by ted kellogg ; long - range camping committee report ; operating income and expense summaries ; newspaper clipping about silver beaver award winners .
how the hell can we allow these hep cats to outdo the british teddy boy in terms of authentic clothing , we need to do something about this ! .
write an assessment of richard wright : black boy with regard to its usefulness in showing connections between the facts of a writer ' s life and his works .
the future of the teddy boy movement will be determined by a new generation and this photograph although made to look like it was taken in 1955 was actually taken on saturday 5th july 2014 outside the famous tramway hotel , , pakefield , lowestoft , england . pictured left to right are young dublin teddy boys , daire kimmage , connor brennan and lee cummings .
on saturday , july 16 , 1955 , there was a special performance of the golden horseshoe revue show at disneyland for representatives of its corporate sponsor , pepsi cola , and some other invited guests .
included in the toronto international film festival ' s essential 100 , movies every cinephile should see .
donnie darko a cult film ? i think that it is an insult to the definition ' cult film ' and any films that appear in the list . shallow , incohesive and overrated maybe .
in 1973 m . t . vasudevan nair who was by then recognized as an important author in malayalam , directed his first film nirmalyam , which won the national film award for best feature film . g . aravindan followed adoor ' s lead with his uttarayanam in 1974 . k . p . kumaran ' s adhithi ( 1974 ) was another film which was acclaimed by the critics .
two photographs of african - american boy scouts and other youth groups associated with the mount zion baptist church , winston - salem , n . c . , 1940s and 1950s , and a compact disc containing scanned photographs of boy scouts from the wahissa lodge and camp raven knob taken during the 1970s , 1980s , and 1990s .
the difference between the emergence of the teddy boy in the 1950 ' s and the re - emergence of the teddy boy in 1967 is that the teddy boy of the 1950 ' s was a youth fashion statement against austerity and the beginning of the identity of the teenager in britain . as previously stated , teddy boys in the early 1950 ' s initially had no connection with rock ' n ' roll music until it arrived in britain in october 1955 . in 1967 however , teenagers had already become established throughout the fifties and sixties and the re - emergence of the teddy boy was directly connected with 1950 ' s rock ' n ' roll music . the interesting thing is that the teddy boys who led the revival were not teenagers , they were second generation teds in their mid twenties and in some cases original teddy boys in their early thirties .
roy william hannam in 1956 at dunscroft near doncaster in the west riding of yorkshire , a real smart teddy boy ! ( photograph courtesy of mr . hugh finnegan )
after reading black boy , write your own autobiography . in what ways are the dominant images in wright ' s autobiography similar or dissimilar to those in your own ?
although many incidents of hooliganism , violence and rowdyism were reported at face value . the press coverage of a murder that took place in may 1955 provides an example of the role played by the mass media . a sixty year old cypriot was killed by one of a group of four youths in a road in camden town . there was nothing about this unpleasant killing that indicated a ' typical ' teddy boy crime , yet almost all the newspapers which appeared on the following morning referred to the killer as a ' teddy boy ' .
following the kansas board of review of motion picture ' s decision to ban the film , the kansas state supreme court upheld the decision . ( three states , maryland , ohio , and kansas had banned the film . ) the state ' s censorship board had used current state censorship laws to ban the film and release it without a seal of approval . in the case of holmby productions v . vaughn brought up in a maryland court in 1953 , the blocking of the film ' s release by the maryland and kansas state censor boards was contested . in 1955 , the us supreme court unanimously overturned the ruling of the kansas supreme court to uphold the film ' s banning , declaring it unconstitutional . the film ' s court victory was one more indication that the influence of the production code was weakening . a pca seal of approval was granted to two of preminger ' s films in 1961 , the moon is blue ( 1953 ) and the man with the golden arm ( 1955 ) .
colin kennedy , editor of uk film magazine empire , argues that if kill bill is considered cult
we ' ve moved so far from my understanding of what a cult film to be
.
i cannot believe you have missed out withnail and i . the most cult film known to film . shame on you ! if you havn ' t seen it i have one suggestion . do !
in the film , before the first women ' s meeting , the young woman who buys a newspaper in the opening scene , mona , the comic sidekick of the megalomaniac sita devi , informs the rustic , middle - aged house cleaner ,
nanny ,
that the
divorce bill
is going to pass . the house cleaner responds with sarcasm :
being a cult film has nothing to do with budget , director , style or content - in fact , in today ' s world where the internet brings the opinions of the few to the masses the idea of a cult film is almost inaplicable - a cult film has a cult following . using logic and statistics , if you have heard of a film , then it cannot possibly be cult .
marthanda varma ( 1933 ) : the first indian historical drama film . the film was based on the life of marthanda varma , the maharajah of the indian princely state of travancore in the mid 18th century . marthanda varma was film adaptation of a novel in the same name by c . v . raman pillai , making it one of the first indian film adaptations from literature other than the puranas .
( 1955 ) launched james dean ' s career even as it signaled its abrupt end . released just one month after dean died in a car accident near paso robles , california at the age of 24 ,
younger teds like george from south wales will be responsible for keeping the teddy boy movement alive in future years . george is pictured here at the wildest cats weekender in july 2014 and is wearing an authentic recreation of a pre - 1955 outfit featuring a plain black single link drape jacket , a burgundy brocade waistcoat with 15 3 / 4
pleated front trousers and oxford shoes .
an unlikely friendship forms between a bigoted war veteran ( clint eastwood ) and an asian boy ( bee vang ) who tried to steal the man ' s treasured automobile .
prithviraj sukumaran is an indian film actor , producer , and playback singer , who primarily works in the malayalam film industry . additionally , he has also associated with bollywood , tamil , and telugu industries .
and his comets . it was the first major film to feature rock music on its sound track .
, a businessman with no prior film experience , who is credited as the father of malayalam cinema .
o ' faaby ( 1993 ) : india ' s first live - action / animation hybrid film .
this ‘running newspaper boy’ sequence is but a lead - in to introduce the key characters of the film : the miserly rich man and the noble trishaw - puller . the rich man calls for a trishaw in front of a shophouse ( no . 111 east coast road ; cold storage was at no . 103 / 105 ) and p . ramlee’s character’s trishaw stops for him opposite the joo chiat police station . this sets up the first encounter between the main protagonist and antagonist , a precursor to the many animosities to come later in the movie .
the most famous venue in london during the early 1970 ' s was the famous ' black raven ' which was the main central london teddy boy pub in bishopgate street , london ec2 . the black raven finally closed its doors on saturday 16th august 1975 , however the pub actually started to become a teddy boy haunt from about 1965 / 1966 onwards .
although teddy boys are associated with rock ' n ' roll music , the style actually came before the music . rock ' n ' roll was generally adopted by the young generation ( which of course included the teddy boys ) from 1955 when the film , blackboard jungle , was first shown in cinemas in the britain .
national service , unfortunately , aggravates the trouble . most boys regard it as a tiresome chore that has to be completed before life really begins . between school - leaving and call - up there is little incentive to settle down .
- unknown newspaper column 1954 .
this group was known as ' the edwardian drape society ' or ' t . e . d . s . for short , and had been formed with the objective of taking a co - ordinated approach at encouraging those teds still around to start wearing a more authentic form of teddy boy clothing and to reclaim the original 1950 ' s teddy boy style .
…his first major success with blackboard jungle ( 1955 ) . based on a popular novel by evan hunter , the film is set in a new york city school terrorized by teenage hoodlums ( played by vic morrow and sidney poitier , among others ) until a new teacher ( glenn ford ) intervenes . extremely influential , the drama…
the film was accused of drawing remarkable , unflattering , and uncomplimentary parallels ( especially in regards to the susan alexander kane character ) to real - life . the notorious battle was detailed in thomas lennon ' s and michael epstein ' s oscar - nominated documentary the battle over citizen kane ( 1996 ) , and it was retold in hbo ' s cable - tv film rko 281 ( 1999 ) ( the film ' s title referred to the project numbering for the film by the studio , before the film was formally titled ) .
a film like pulp fiction is not cult , as it played to massive audiences and was marketed accordingly .
( 2014 ) became the first malayalam film to have a simultaneous release across the globe on 6 november .
as with the delinquency kick generally , the switch - blade stuff and the unhappiness of kids ( typically the fault of their parents in such screen fiction ) there are newspaper clippings and other evidence in support of the “chicken run” phobia . the sequence is rooted in ghastly reality .
many teddy boys that have continued to maintain the 1970 ' s style of dress saw this as a form of dictatorship , by what they considered , as a group of elitest teds who wanted to become the teddy boy fashion police . however , this was never the intention - the reason was to simply return the style of the teddy boy back to the pre
apu , a young boy , lives in a small bengal village with his parents , his sister and aged aunt on the borderline of poverty . part 1 of the apu trilogy .
soon , however , it became a landmark film in the fight against film censorship after a unanimous supreme court decision in 1952 , in the case of burstyn v . wilson . it stated that the new york state board of regents could not ban the film - it declared movies a form of free speech . the court ruled that
sacrilege
was too vague a censorship standard to be permitted under the first amendment . film was finally freed from federal censorship , although local censorship boards could still ban a film deemed ' objectionable ' .
…“rock around the clock” in blackboard jungle ( 1955 ) , the power of rock and roll on film was obvious . hollywood , however , treated the new music as a fad , which director frank tashlin spoofed in the girl can’t help it ( 1956 ) , the story of a talentless singer ( played by jayne mansfield ) who…
many young men in the mid - fifties however could not actually afford to purchase the entire teddy boy outfit and would wear only elements of it . the shoes were an affordable part of the teddy boy style ; brothel creepers , lots of entwined leather on the top and thick crepe soles . that element spread as shoes were more readily available than the clothes themselves .
best picture 2004 old boy ( dir . park chan - wook ) best director : park chan - wook ( old boy ) best actress : kang hye - jung ( old boy ) best actor : jeong jae - young ( someone special ) best cinematography : jeong jeong - hoon ( old boy ) best screenplay : jang jin ( someone special ) best supporting actor : baek yoon - shik ( the big swindle ) best supporting actress : goh doo - shim ( my mother , the mermaid ) best new director : choi dong - hoon ( the big swindle ) best new actress : kwak ji - min ( samaritan girl ) best new actor : kang dong - won ( romance of their own ) jury prize : repatriation ( dir . kim dong - won ) lee pil - woo award : lee kyung - soon , sound designer of obaltan ( 1961 ) , my houseguest and my mother ( 1961 ) , chunhyang - jeon ( 1955 ) , etc .


garfield : a tail of two kitties is a 2006 american-british family comedy film directed by tim hill and written by joel cohen and alec sokolow .

it is the sequel to the 2004 film garfield : the movie .

the film stars breckin meyer , jennifer love hewitt , billy connolly , ian abercrombie , roger rees , lucy davis , oliver muirhead , bill murray , tim curry , bob hoskins , rhys ifans , vinnie jones , joe pasquale , richard e. grant , jane leeves and roscoe lee browne .

this film was produced by davis entertainment company for 20th century fox , and was released in united states on june 16 , 2006 .

a video game , garfield 2 , was developed by the game factory .

the film earned $ 141.7 million .

garfield : a tail of two kitties

“garfield : a tail of two kitties” is rated pg for some off - color elements .
summary : despite a cool animated cat , “garfield : a tail of two kitties” is just as bland as its predecessor .
this cast list of who was in garfield : a tail of two kitties includes both lead and minor roles . ( 51 items )
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garfield : a tail of two kitties is the second live - action movie based on garfield , released in 2006 . it is a sequel to the 2004 film garfield .
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just consider a tail of two kitties more endurable , more a movie than garfield : the movie , and you won ' t be too disappointed .
garfield : a tail of two kitties cast list , listed alphabetically with photos when available . this list of garfield : a tail of two kitties actors includes any garfield : a tail of two kitties actresses and all other actors from the film . you can view additional information about each garfield : a tail of two kitties actor on this list , such as when and where they were born . to find out more about a particular actor or actress , click on their name and you ' ll be taken to page with even more details about their acting career . the cast members of garfield : a tail of two kitties have been in many other movies , so use this list as a starting point to find actors or actresses that you may not be familiar with .
the best thing that can be said about garfield : a tail of two kitties is that the movie isn ' t quite as bad as its name .
garfield : a tale of two kitties : it ' s the prince and the pauper , feline - style .
the bottom line : only see “garfield : a tail of two kitties” if you saw and enjoyed the first “garfield” movie . everyone , except for children , will probably be bored .
kids should see garfield : a tale of two kitties . it ' ll help prepare them for a lifetime of mediocre entertainment ahead .
but the best thing that can be said about
garfield : a tail of two kitties
is that the movie isn ' t quite as bad as its name .
i spent a full day with garfield : a tail of two kitties , but it ' s a fraction of a fraction compared to the people who made it . i learned to like it . how must they feel ?
the title of the film is a parody of charles dickens ' a tale of two cities .
the garfield sequel , a tale of two kitties , is trying hard to emulate the magic of babe , adding a stable full of barnyard animals to back up the unlikable feline .
garfield : a tail of two kitties : comedy . starring breckin meyer , jennifer love hewitt , billy connolly and the voice of bill murray . directed by tim hill . ( rated pg , 80 minutes . at bay area theaters . )
smarmy and smug , garfield : a tail of two kitties is the unwanted , unnecessary sequel to 2004 ' s garfield . though the script includes some ostensibly clever references to literature ( for plot , twain ' s prince and the pauper , for title only , dickens ' a tale of two cities ) , the majority of the film consists of dopey jokes about garfield ' s insatiable appetites , selfishness , and laziness .
garfield : a tail of two kitties . garfield : a tail of two kitties is a 2 . american comedy film directed by tim hill and written by joel cohen and alec sokolow . it is the sequel to the 2 . garfield : the movie . the film stars breckin meyer , jennifer love hewitt , billy connolly , ian abercrombie , roger rees , lucy davis , oliver muirhead , bill murray , tim curry , bob hoskins , rhys ifans , vinnie jones , joe pasquale , richard e . grant , jane leeves and roscoe lee browne .
according to bert livingston - general sales manager of 20th century fox - garfield : a tail of two kitties was made only due to the first film ' s international success . the sequel was also not expected to do as well in the box office . [ 1 ]
garfield : a tail of two kitties lapped up a slim $ 7 . 3 million , a third of the first movie ' s $ 21 . 7 million opening . more often than not , family sequels make less than their predecessors , and garfield joins the ranks of 102 dalmatians , stuart little 2 and babe : pig in the city among past casualities .
everyone else , however , looks mortified , and can you blame them ?
[ 7 ] peter hartlaub of the san francisco chronicle gave the film one out of four stars , saying
the best thing that can be said about garfield : a tail of two kitties is that the movie isn ' t quite as bad as its name .
[ 8 ] nathan rabin of the a . v . club gave the film a c , saying
two kitties marks a considerable improvement over its predecessor . it ' s faster paced and the filmmakers wisely shift the focus away from bland owner breckin meyer and onto a menagerie of chattering animals . after a dreadful first entry , two kitties elevates the garfield series almost to the level of mediocrity .
[ 9 ] claudia puig of usa today gave the film one and a half stars out of four , saying
it comes off like a coughed - up furball : a wan rehash with too many elements of the hard - to - swallow 2 . box office [ edit ] garfield : a tail of two kitties grossed $ 2 .
joe leydon of variety gave the film a positive review , saying
good kitty ! superior in every way to its underwhelming predecessor , garfield : a tail of two kitties is a genuinely clever kidpic that should delight moppets , please parents - - and maybe tickle a few tweens .
[ 4 ] janice page of the boston globe gave the film one and a half stars out of four , saying
you ' ll only be attracted to garfield : a tail of two kitties if you ' re very young , you ' re very easily entertained , or you just can ' t get enough of jim davis ' s lasagna - scarfing cartoon cat .
[ 5 ] roger ebert gave the film three out of four stars , saying
garfield : a tail of two kitties is actually funnier and more charming than the first film .
[ 6 ] elizabeth weitzman of new york daily news gave the film one and a half stars out of four , saying
connolly , bless him , throws himself heartily into the task of acting opposite a computer - generated cat given to bad puns and flatulence .
good kitty ! superior in every way to its underwhelming predecessor , “garfield : a tail of two kitties” is a genuinely clever kidpic that should delight moppets , please parents — and maybe tickle a few tweens . the fox release faces a real catfight at the box office , however : in addition to “cars” and “over the hedge , ” the [ … ]
cats making funny noises while eating . nom nom nom ! puppies & babies & kitties oh my ! new videos all the time ! subscribe : urltoken the billion - dollar , cutting - edge science of convincing dogs and cats to eat what’s in front of them . garfield : a tail of two kitties is a 2006 american comedy film directed by tim hill and written by joel cohen and alec sokolow . it is the sequel to the 2004 film .
despite making many of the same mistakes , “garfield : a tail of two kitties” manages to make a few new ones , too . first of all , it uses the tired old plot of “mistaken identity” . this story has been done so many times in so many different incarnations and it simply doesn’t work anymore . there are also a couple of poor musical numbers . one takes place while garfield makes lasagna with other animals and another is done to “the jeffersons” theme song .
i tricked myself into liking garfield : a tail of two kitties , but filmmakers unknowingly trick themselves into liking and using bad movie ideas all the time . screenwriters toil over drafts of the same story for months . producers push through obvious mistakes to get the job done . executives who greenlight movies cling to familiar ideas because they seem safe .
garfield : a tail of two kitties
is a genuinely clever kidpic that should delight moppets , please parents - - and maybe tickle a few tweens . the fox release faces a real catfight at the box office , however . but , if the tepid first pic could gross nearly $ 200 million worldwide , this frisky follow - up could claw its way toward even more impressive grosses .
the garfield theory - garfield ' s dream ? - cartoon conspiracy ( ep . 51 )
has there ever been a more emasculating title for a movie than
garfield : a tail of two kitties
? seriously , just for fun , stand near the box office at a big multiplex this weekend and watch all the grown men walk up .
ummm . . . one adult and three children for garfield . . . ummm . . . a tale of . . . ummm . . . forget it , kids , we ' re seeing ' the omen . '
this film is about garfield and an identical looking british royal cat being mixed up in identity .
garfield : a tail of two kitties
is not so entertaining even as a children ' s film . the plot is entirely predictable , and is not so interesting either . garfield is portrayed to be unsympathetic and even annoying . breckin meyer ' s character looks entirely silly and redundant , and he could be cut away without much effect on the story . bill murray ' s voice over a garfield is monotonous , dull and un - energetic . the lengthy scene where animals cook reminds me of
ratatouille
, but only 10 % as adorable , entertaining and fun as
ratatouille
. ian abercrombie ' s character as a smithee the butler is the only interesting and likable character in the film .
garfield : a tail of two kitties
is dull and disappointing . it fails to transform the magic from the original comic strips .
while the story line is a bit too complex for a 5 year old , mine enjoys the antics of garfield the cat . adults may get a kick of of bill murray as garfield , ot . . . continue reading
12 : 01pm : i think the tail of two kitties team knew they were making a terrible movie . for one , there ' s a character named smithee . for two ,
old lady gives stupid cat her entire estate
– aka the plot of the movie – appears as a headline on a tabloid in the movie next to something about an alien baby . for three , dargis ' attack dog is named rommel . what british lord names a dog after a high - ranking nazi field marshal ? they knew .
the computer animation of the two cats is once again excellent , but the novelty has worn off .
the
garfield : a tail of two kitties
screenwriters try to mix in some adult humor because , you know , that ' s what pixar does . but the lines are mostly lame or inappropriate , including one scene where garfield imitates hannibal lecter and tells odie :
time to grab some chow before i eat your liver , with some fava beans and a nice chianti .
have fun explaining that to the kids on the way out .
but connolly is such a naturally winning comedic and character actor that he manages to wring a funny moment or two out of the tedious proceedings .
7 : 01pm : feels weird eating dinner while watching garfield a 12th time . feels weird doing anything but watching garfield .
10 : 10am : all of making a murderer is waiting for me on netflix . every 2015 best picture nominee is still in theaters . there ' s a dvd of breaking bad ' s first two seasons i haven ' t watched . david mitchell ' s slade house is on my nightstand . there ' s some nice graffiti near my house of a mustard bottle doing karaoke . i ' m acutely aware of everything else i could be watching instead of my seventh go - ' round with garfield : a tail of two kitties . i want to like this thing so much right now . but why does garfield keep doing bad impressions ? why does he sound like an angry new york hotdog vendor all a sudden ? ! ?
cute movie . garfield gets mistaken for a regal cat with a big inheritance . funny scenes .
but probably you ' ll only be attracted to ` ` garfield : a tail of two kitties
if you ' re very young , you ' re very easily entertained , or you just can ' t get enough of jim davis ' s lasagna - scarfing cartoon cat . and even then , you might want to wait till the movie comes out on dvd so you can skip over the drippy breckin meyer / jennifer love hewitt parts .
garfield : a tail of two kitties grossed $ 28 . 4 million in north america , and $ 113 . 3 million in other countries , for a worldwide total of $ 141 . 7 million . the film opened to number seven in its first weekend , grossing $ 7 . 3 million . according to 20th century fox , the studio was aware that the film would not make as much as the first , and only made it based on the worldwide success of the first film .
america ' s favorite fat cat is back , and this time , he ' s giving england the royal treatment ! it ' s a british invasion of a different kind when garfield , along with pals jon and odie , travels to london and meets his mirror - image in prince , an aristocratic kitty who has inherited a fabulous castle . he two trade places , and soon garfield is living large as only he can ! there ' s just one problem : the dastardly lord dargis wants him out of the picture . a tail of two kitties is twice the laughs and double the fun for the whole family . . . it ' s good to be the king !
garfield is back and this time garfield and his canine sidekick odie follows their owner , jon arbuckle , to england , the u . k . may never recover , as garfield is mistaken for a look - alike , regal cat who has inherited a castle . garfield savors the royal treatment afforded by his loyal four - legged subjects , but his reign is in jeopardy ! the evil nefarious stubborn lord dargis is determined to do away with garfield , so he can turn the castle into a resort . garfield ' s bigger , better , more perfect world is soon turned upside down in this tale of two kitties .
when garfield follows his owner , jon arbuckle , to england , the u . k . may never recover , as garfield is mistaken for a look - alike , regal cat who has inherited a castle . garfield savors the royal treatment afforded by his loyal four - legged subjects , but his reign is in jeopardy . the nefarious lord dargis is determined to do away with garfield , so he can turn the castle into a resort . garfield ' s bigger , better , more purr - fect world is soon turned upside down in this tale of two kitties .
garfield : a tail of two kitties
is actually funnier and more charming than the first film . the plot contrives to get me to england in the suitcase of my master , who has flown over to propose to his girlfriend , liz ( jennifer love hewitt ) , who is attending a conference on animals at castle carlyle , which prince has just inherited from the late lady eleanor , a cat lover . with intelligent estate planning , i ' m sure we ' d see a gratifying rise in the numbers of home - owning cats .
garfield ' s song in the castle is a variation of
movin ' on up
, the theme song of the jeffersons .
garfield a tale of two kitties is the most majestic and awe inspiring piece of artwork i have ever had the immense pleasure of viewing . every single inch of film in this masterpiece is pure gold to all viewers . the cast is magnificent , the scripting is beautiful and the cat himself is the most fantastic feline i ' ve ever laid eyes on . no other thing on earth will ever be able to touch the enjoyableness of this film . every time i watch it i bask in its rays of glory and wonder . everything else is 0 / 10 000 will never be as good as garfield a tale of two kitties . i would recommend this film to every single human being on earth that wants to experience something absolutely amazing . 11 / 10
that sales - driven tactic made me wonder whether the same phenomenon might happen with movies . could i learn to love an objectively bad movie - - garfield : a tail of two kitties , say - - by watching it over and over again ? to find out , i spent a recent fur - filled day subjecting myself to repeated viewings of the 10 - year - old sequel comedy on repeat , without distractions , for 24 straight hours . luckily for science , i took notes .
a cia interrogator is lured into a ruse that puts london at risk of a biological attack .
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…
garfield is adopted by a greedy lord with nefarious plans to open up his estate as a hunting ground .
as in the first film , garfield spends way too much time boogying to the music of the black - eyed peas , and the slang , catch - phrases , and pop - culture references here all passed their expiration date long ago . in keeping with the refined comic sensibility of its core demographic in the under - 5 set , the comic possibilities posed by the gastrointestinal system and crotch and ass - biting are explored extensively , with connolly taking the brunt of the abuse . yet two kitties marks a considerable improvement over its predecessor . it ' s faster paced and the filmmakers wisely shift the focus away from bland owner breckin meyer and onto a menagerie of chattering animals . after a dreadful first entry , two kitties elevates the garfield series almost to the level of mediocrity .
parents need to know that garfield : a tail of two kitties ( sequel to garfield ) has some crude humor . the villain makes rude comments about female bodies and behaves in a predatory fashion . he also tries to drown the ( animated ) cat , trains his rottweiler to attack the cat , and schemes to gain control of an inherited estate ; he wields a crossbow and an old - fashioned gun . the cat teases and abuses a smaller dog repeatedly , then draws the big dog into a trap by calling him a
girly dog .
the dog bites a man in the crotch and the butt on separate occasions ; a man is ravaged by animal - orchestrated hijinks . animals take over and trash a kitchen ( a ferret gets drunk ) . some potty humor .
but forget his review of
garfield .
no use mewling over spilt milk . this week , my new movie comes out , inspired ( i am happy to report ) by the gratifying box - office success of the previous one .
garfield : a tail of two kitties
is my most ambitious work to date , starring me in a dual role as ( ahem ) garfield and also as a british cat named prince . as in the first movie , i do bill murray ' s voice while playing myself . in my role as prince , i do the voice of tim curry , an actor i have admired ever since jon took me to a drive - in to see
the rocky horror picture show
while he smoked human catnip .
10 : 11pm : it ' s over . finally . happy to be alive . the funny conclusion to all of this is that , if a group of friends said they wanted to watch garfield : a tail of two kitties right now , i would probably join them . i ' ve watched it 13 times in a row ( averaging 25 - minute breaks ) , and . . . i could definitely watch it again . i ' d call that a success as far as the experiment is concerned . plus , i actively enjoy it - - i ' m not simply numb from feline water torture .
the dvd includes a
drawing with jim davis
featurette and two games : garfield ' s maze , and odie ' s photo album . it also includes a music video , trailers , and footage not seen in theaters . [ 1 . the film was nominated for two golden raspberry awards in 2 .
good kitty ! superior in every way to its underwhelming predecessor , “ garfield : a tail of two kitties” is a genuinely clever kidpic that should delight moppets , please parents — and maybe tickle a few tweens . the fox release faces a real catfight at the box office , however : in addition to “cars” and “over the hedge , ” the surprisingly child - friendly “nacho libre” also is competing for family auds . but , if the disappointingly tepid “ garfield : the movie” ( 2004 ) could gross nearly $ 200 million worldwide , this frisky follow - up may could claw its way toward even more impressive grosses before it catapults to the top of homevid sales charts .
jon and garfield visit the united kingdom , where a case of mistaken cat identity finds garfield ruling over a castle . his reign is soon jeopardized by the nefarious lord dargis , who has designs on the estate .
i ' m a fan of the garfield comics , i saw the first movie and enjoyed it . the second movie ,
garfield ' s a tail of two kitties
, was about the same . i didn ' t like it any better or any worse than the first film . it wasn ' t a
laugh out loud
film . the funny parts make you smile or make you laugh a little . the special effects for garfield looked a bit better than the first movie ' s . the story was pretty good , i thought it was clever at some parts . the movie could have been better , but it was enjoyable . it ' s a good family film , if you want to spend some time with your kids or family then see this . my score : 7 / 10
voice cast [ edit ] reception [ edit ] critical response [ edit ] on rotten tomatoes , the film received an 1 . the site ' s consensus reads ,
strictly for ( very ) little kids , a tale of two kitties features skilled voice actors but a plot that holds little interest .
[ 2 ] on metacritic , the film has a score of 3 .
during the song
moving on up
, we see paintings of prince ' s ancestors . in one of them is jim davis , the creator of garfield .
2 : 42pm : ninth viewing done and i maybe , kind of like a tail of two kitties . it ' s a classically dumb kids ' movie in a post - pixar era . that ' s all . i can quote a lot of the lines now , which makes it
quotable
by default . everything is ingrained . i know all the beats and can accept all the nonsense at face value . there are no premature deep thoughts protecting my brain . just enjoying wacky bullshit for what it is . i ' ve lived with these harmless ( sometimes lovable ) characters so long now that i look forward to seeing their finest moments .
garfield inadvertently switches places with prince : jon finds prince climbing out of a drain and takes him to the hotel , while prince ' s butler smithee finds garfield in the street and takes him to carlyle castle .
there ' s something kind of strange about a bunch of animals cooking in a kitchen , when many of those animals would normally be getting cooked in a kitchen . but that is the least of this movie ' s problems .
garfield 2 is all over the map , but it ' s also a mash - up of classic slapstick . there ' s a marx brothers mirror routine , odie making like chaplin / asta from the thin man series , a dash of tom and jerry , the old
two dates / same night
gimmick , a smattering of a hard day ' s night , an agatha christie inheritance - mystery vibe , a noises off ! - style farce , and blank check .
2 : 47am : garfield is cgi , which means there are a ton of shots of nothing in this movie . i imagine the crew on set , aiming their ridiculously expensive camera at a gutter , the director consulting with the director of photography on how many seconds of static sewer shot is needed to allow the cgi artists to add in the character . that takes planning . i respect that . if you think of garfield as invisible , this movie gets strange really fast . the crew basically shot an adaptation of garfield without garfield . shots of an empty pie tin in the back seat of a rolls royce . hotel furniture . a dog chasing nothing . all the other animals are live - action .
even for the chubbiest comic cat in captivity , garfield ' s onscreen shtick is wearing a bit thin .
when garfield is first served a meal at carlyle castle , he wonders if he is on fear factor .
rotten tomatoes , a review aggregator , reports that 11 % of 73 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review ; the average rating is 3 . 5 / 10 . the site ' s critical consensus reads ,
strictly for ( very ) little kids , a tale of two kitties features skilled voice actors but a plot that holds little interest .
on metacritic , the film has a score of 37 out of 100 based on 20 critics , indicating
generally unfavorable reviews
. audiences polled by cinemascore gave the film an average grade of
b +
on an a + to f scale , the same grade earned by its predecessor .
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 .
garfield and prince parody the mirror scene from the marx brothers film duck soup .
1 : 03pm : andy serkis ' mocap performance as garfield is really something .
garfield alludes to the silence of the lambs when he talks about eating odie ' s liver
with some fava beans and a nice chianti
.
what happens when you throw in an insecure virgin bride , a reformed playboy groom , two overbearing mothers who can ' t stand each other , one philandering husband , a high - strung wedding planner , the invasion of unruly village gate - crashes , a thief on the loose , a best man with a flashdrive full of secrets , a sexy ex with vengeance on her mind , two loyal bridesmaids ready to go to war , and a brother seeking his father ' s approval ? a hilarious melting pot of potential disaster . will it all be too much ? or will true love stand even the most chaotic of wedding celebrations as offered in the wedding party ?
this ‘tale of two kitties’ is yet another hollywood kids’ film subscribing to the offensive stereotype that britain is peopled with aristocrats who live on vast estates and are waited on by a devoted and subservient staff . but perhaps realism was never going to be top of the menu in a film about a talking cat . that said , garfield’s animation is noticeably more convincing this time , allowing him ( and doppelgänger prince , voiced in style by tim curry ) almost to blend in with the real animal cast — not just odie , but a whole forgettable and underused menagerie on the estate .
garfield ( murray ) and his owner jon ( meyer ) travel to london so that jon can propose to his girlfriend liz ( hewitt ) . there , garfield is confused with a wealthy english cat ( tim curry ) and taken to live a life of luxury  making him a target for jealous lo
garfield may be a popular comic - strip character , but he doesn ' t exactly light up the big screen .
garfield travels to london and manages to trade roles with a rich , english , fat , orange cat named prince .
garfield gets in the way when his owner jon attempts to propose to veterinary liz .
12 : 22pm :
what garfield 2 gets wrong about feline gastric systems .
a specially trained squad of guinea pigs is dispatched to stop a diabolical billionaire from taking over the world .
with murray tossing about impudently rude remarks like so much confetti , and connolly appearing to channel a “fawlty towers” era john cleese in his verbal and physical tomfoolery , “a tail of two kitties” remains sufficiently comical to captivate auds of all ages . ( the funniest bit for movie buffs : an inspired allusion to the groucho / harpo mirror scene in “duck soup . ” ) hoskins adds to the fun as a gruff - spoken straight man — or , more precisely , straight dog — and there are similarly deft vocal performances by such notables as curry , richard e . grant , rhys ifans and ( perfectly cast as an intimidating but dim - witted attack dog ) vinnie jones .
of course , garfield stows away in jon’s suitcase , with odie , jon’s spirited but mute pet dog , also tagging along . through a fortuitous twist of plot contrivances , garfield winds up trading places with his exact look - alike : prince ( voiced by tim curry ) , a singularly spoiled tabby who has inherited a vast fortune and palatial estate .
what worked : if you liked the first “garfield” movie , you’re probably going to like this sequel . it’s more of the same in a slightly different package .
scooped up by the castle butler , garfield discovers what it ' s like to live in the lap of luxury while also missing no opportunity to insult his english hosts , including a bulldog voiced by bob hoskins and a goose with the honk of sharon osbourne . prince spends his time torturing odie and discovering the joys of lasagna , which stopped being a funny food about two minutes after it first appeared in davis ' s decades - old strip .
first , i am owned myself by a cat , so i naturally enjoy anything having to do with cats . garfield : a tale of two kitties is a happy , funny , silly movie . it is much funnier than the first garfield movie . i think this is mainly because of billy connolly , who is hysterical as the
bad
guy in the movie . garfield ends up in london , and gets switched with a cat who looks just like him , and who is a prince and has a vast estate . billy connolly ' s character wants the estate , and wants to get rid of the cat . silly fluffy comedy then follows . i really enjoyed it . it is light , fun and happy . yes , it is made for children . but i think any animal lover would also enjoy this movie . just go to see it knowing it is pure fluff , and you will have a good time .
the film was released on dvd on october 10 , 2006 . the dvd includes a
drawing with jim davis
featurette and two games : garfield ' s maze , and odie ' s photo album . it also includes a music video , trailers , and footage not seen in theaters .
much like the previous “garfield” opus , new pic offers a seamless juxtaposition of a computer - generated title character with flesh - and - blood co - stars and digitally - tweaked quadrupeds . but the sequel doesn’t merely coast along on the novelty of having garfield , the indolent orange tabby of comic - strip fame , interacting with real people ( and mostly real animals ) .
while prince slums with commoners jon and liz , garfield enjoys a life of luxury under the dutiful care of smithee ( ian abercrombie ) , a faithful butler , and winston ( voiced — terrifically — by bob hoskins ) , an obsequious bulldog .
i enjoyed this movie just as much as the first one . bill murray is amazing as he returns as the voice of garfield . it all begins mostly about a month after the first movie left off . garfield and odie follow jon to london , because jon wants to propose to liz . but little does garfield know , there ' s a royal cat named prince who just inherited a million , and he looks just like garfield . but an unfortunate event that occurs , that the two - look - a - like cats switch places , so garfield is living as a king , as prince is rooming with jon and odie . will they switch back before its too late . this movie was just as entertaining as the first movie . this movie will inspire animal lovers just as well as the first movie did .
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in the grand estate garfield is residing in , he receives the royal treatment , including a butler and a team of four - legged servants and followers . garfield teaches his animal friends how to make lasagna , while prince learns to adapt to a more humble setting , while in jon ' s company . lord dargis sees garfield and thinks prince has come back - if the lawyers see prince / garfield they will not sign the estate over to dargis , who secretly wants to destroy the barnyand and kill the animals to build a country spa . dargis makes many attempts to kill garfield , one involving a unmerciful but dim - witted rottweiler , rommel ( voiced by vinnie jones ) .
the two cats meet when garfield ' s owner , jon ( meyer ) , travels to london to propose to his veterinarian girlfriend , liz ( hewitt ) . garfield and his nonverbal canine housemate , odie , smuggle themselves across the pond , eventually landing at tourist sites from big ben to buckingham palace , where odie ' s high point is peeing on a guard .
jon goes to london to be with liz and garfield sneaks with him . meanwhile a deceased queen gives everything to her cat prince xii . her only heir lord dargis becomes jealous and tries to kill prince . garfield & odie sneaks out to the streets of london . lord dargis throws prince in the river and ends up in the sewer of london . smithee the butler believes he found prince but it was really garfield and jon find odie with prince and mistakes him for garfield . now the castle animals must keep garfield safe and keep him thinking he ' s royal to save their lives .
i am among the large minority of people that actually hate this movie . lets face it people setting it in a different country wasn ' t good enough to beat the first one . garfield 2 starts of in jon arbuckle ' s home , and after he fails to pop the question to his girlfriend , she travels to england . jon follows her and so does garfield . garfield then travels around london and gets mixed up with an identical cat . the other cat lives in a castle and garfield ends up getting pampered . the evil new owner of the castle , lord dargis , tries to stop the other cat and garfield from getting the palace back . the setting , as i said before was rubbish , the acting was wooden and garfield was annoying . not good
garfield , prince , odie and jon save the day , smithee alerts the authorities , and dargis is arrested . garfield , who had been trying to stop jon from proposing to liz , has a change of heart : he helps jon in proposing , and she accepts .
jon yearns for liz and they kiss at the end ; dargis insinuates sex with abby and makes crude remark to liz (
that makes two of you ,
alluding to her breasts ) .
? i have . good . ) however , just because shopping season has officially started , doesn ' t mean it ' s a slow week . far from it . this week there was a bumper crop of contenders for the dvd pick of the week . i narrowed the list to two tv on dvd releases (
to be fair , there ' s a supporting cast of talking farm animals who are amusing at times . and while the idea of having an animated garfield and live action actors was a disaster in the first film , the special effects people have made significant improvements .
garfield ' s owner , jon ( breckin meyer ) chases his girlfriend liz ( jennifer love hewitt ) across the atlantic , but he ' s thwarted by his cat , garfield , and dog , odie , who stow away on the plane . garfield gets lost and ends up switching places with a wealthy british cat who just inherited a fortune . the rest of the movie is less a plot than an international incident , with garfield and his friends burping , passing gas and falling in sewage as english landmarks go by in the background . did we mention that odie urinates on a buckingham palace guard ?
helmer tim hill ( “muppets from space” ) maintains a suitably zippy pace , even during stretches of exposition , and achieves an uproarious level of lunacy while garfield , reveling in the good life , offers his own version of “movin’ on up” ( aka tv’s “the jeffersons” theme song ) .
families can talk about garfield ' s laziness and selfishness : how does his stint as a pretend
prince
teach him to appreciate his generous owner jon ? they could also talk about why garfield is so likeable despite his many bad qualities .
first assistant camera :
a
camera ( as john a . waldo )
garfield teaches his animal friends how to make lasagna , while prince learns to adapt to a more humble setting , while in jon ' s company . lord dargis sees garfield and thinks prince has come back - if the lawyers see prince / garfield they will not sign the estate over to dargis , who secretly wants to destroy the barnyand and kill the animals to build a country spa .
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garfield : holy cow . i could hear my footsteps . mom . . . dad . . . i ' m home . winston : your highness ! garfield : you ' re talking to me , froggy ? winston : it ' s me , your trusty servant , winston . garfield : hey . . . garfield : warning , i don ' t fight fair . i scratch , and i bite . winston : it ' s alright , sire . all is well now , your . . . garfield : . . .
garfield : a tale of two kitties is a very disappointing movie compared to the first garfield . i like the first one much better . it had more funny jokes , better moments and a much better plot / setting . this movie was very predictable and really boring . the weirdest part of all is how all the animals could talk but no humans understand what they ' re saying , that just sucked and was a big disappointment . this movie also isn ' t funny at all , all the
jokes
garfield says aren ' t funny in the least bit . he tries so hard to act funny and cool it just doesn ' t work . this movie is only about 90mins but it felt like i was watching it for hours . its really boring and not that great . this movie may be good for kids but is completely dull for teens and adults . i wouldn ' t recommend this movie at all , its a waste of time and day . . .
good day sir , cheerio
- very gay line from the movie .
may might have gotten off to a slow start , but it sure made up for it in the end . june looks to keep up the fast pace , but out of the dozen or so movies opening wide this month , only two look like they have to potential to be monster hits and after that there is a huge drop - off in box office potential . there are a few others that should earn their keep , and maybe one or two that will surprise , but most look average at best .
a pair of mischievous high school kids create the illusion of a haunting on an unsuspecting neighbor . while keeping his every reaction under surveillance , they see much more than they bargained for .
a tribute to the late tab hunter , a gay matinee idol and hollywood trailblazer .
jon arbuckle buys a second pet , a dog named odie . however , odie is then abducted and it is up to jon ' s cat , garfield , to find and rescue the canine .
wait wait wait . you mean to tell me that bill murray , being the stunning hipster god that he his , thought that a script for a movie based off of a daily newspaper comic strip starring a fat , lasagna - loving orange cat was written by the coen brothers ? ! those of us who can read english know that garfield was written by joel cohen , of cheaper by the dozen fame . but wait ! it gets better !
the first garfield film was a huge success — with under - eights . for anyone older , it was an ordeal , and the same is true of this undercooked , prince and the pauper - style sequel .
for those keeping score at home , the garfield movies cast the lasagna - munching misanthrope as an anthropomorphized computer - animated talking cat . his foil odie , meanwhile , is a non - anthropomorphized , non - talking , non - animated canine played by a real dog and garfield ' s anthropomorphized animal compatriots are played by real , non - animated animals , but voiced by prominent ( human ) character actors . the series ' distracting , inexplicable mish - mash of live action and animation , genuine animals , and cartoon replications remains a mindfuck of a conceit , but the dismal first garfield at least gave audiences plenty of time to get acclimated to its multiple layers of miscalculation . it also set the bar so low that a sequel almost couldn ' t almost help but clear it .
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meanwhile , at carlyle castle in the british countryside , the late lady eleanor ' s will is read . she leaves all of carlyle castle to prince xii ( voiced by tim curry ) , her beloved cat who looks just like garfield . this enrages the lady ' s nephew , lord dargis ( played by billy connolly ) , who will now only get the grand estate once prince is out of the picture . lord dargis traps prince in a picnic basket and throws him into the river . garfield inadvertently switches places with prince : jon finds prince climbing out of a drain and takes him to the hotel , while prince ' s butler smithee finds garfield in the street and takes him to carlyle castle . in the grand estate garfield is residing in , he receives the royal treatment , including a butler and a team of four - legged servants and followers .
when dargis is talking to liz in the kitchen , he is wearing a brown suit . he then leaves the kitchen in pursuit of garfield , and the next scene shows him in a black jacket and gray pants . there was no time to change clothes .
when his roommate spends the rent money on hookers , alex , a 35 year old video game tester has to find a new place to live . after an
encounter
with his friend ' s mom , alex is forced to move in with his grandmother . trying to save face with his younger co - workers , alex says that
a really cute chick said i could sleep with her and her two crazy girlfriends
( meaning his grandmother and her two roommates ) . written by epandzik23
who doesn ' t love garfield ? really cute movie that is enjoyed by the kids and adults in our family .
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one of the strongest points of the film is garfield himself . his animation is very good and the voice of bill murray is perfectly suited to the personality of the character . any time he’s on the screen , the movie is at its best . and like in the previous movie , he’s well paired with the cute live action odie .
boog , a domesticated 900lb . grizzly bear , finds himself stranded in the woods 3 days before open season . forced to rely on elliot , a fast - talking mule deer , the two form an unlikely friendship and must quickly rally other forest animals if they are to form a rag - tag army against the hunters .
but it comes off like a coughed - up furball : a wan rehash with too many elements of the hard - to - swallow 2004 original .
tech values are exceptional across the board . best of all , rhythm & hues f / x wizards surpass their work on the previous pic with an even more animated garfield .
i’ll also add that my kids enjoyed this “garfield” sequel . while they did get quite antsy in the last third of the movie , it generally kept their attention quite well .
story : when liz goes to london for a conference , jon decides to fly there as well and surprise her with an engagement ring . little does he know that garfield and odie have tagged along in his luggage . once there , the fat feline gets mistaken for a missing cat named “prince” . prince is the heir to an eccentric animal lover’s fortune and now owns a large castle and is pampered by a large staff of servants . it turns out that the woman’s nephew , dargis , attempted to dispose of prince to win the fortune . however , his plans fall apart when garfield was mistaken for prince and returned to the castle . after the accidental switching of identities , prince finds himself dealing with jon and odie while garfield finds himself in the lap of luxury . but what will happen to garfield and the other animals when dargis attempts to finish him off once and for all ?
garfield and prince taunt dargis , whose plan is exposed , and are seen by the lawyers . dargis threatens everyone if they don ' t sign the papers to him , taking liz hostage . garfield , prince , odie and jon save the day , smithee alerts the authorities , and dargis is arrested . garfield , who had been trying to stop jon from proposing to liz , has a change of heart : he helps jon in proposing , and she accepts .