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From: e37fast@skyfox
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: RE: Top Five Movies of All Time
Date: 13 DEC 92 15:54:54 GMT
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
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Now I too shall share my opinion with those who don't really care.

I would be unable to select five of my favorite movies from the huge number
of films that I have seen.  I might be able to choose some of my fave flicks
in different subject areas, such as comedy, romance, action, drama etc.

However, some films I have seen that come to mind at the moment and thus
would have left some impression on me would have to be

The Princess Bride.......Apocalypse Now..........Of Mice and Men.......
..Beauty and the Beast..........Rear Window............2001..........
Bugsy..........and many more.  There are so many comedies I enjoyed (A
Fish called Wanda, Naked Gun, etc) dramas such as GoodFellas, JFK, The
Color Purple,.... and what about some science fiction films such as Star
Wars, Trek Films (yes I'm a trekker), Alien......then there are action
movies that aren't considered classic films but are great entertainment
(which is what movies are meant to be). These would include Terminator,
Die Hard, and the like.  (Not too many real action films previous to 1980).
Then there are the classic westerns of the 60's, different musicals, and
I almost forgot horror films like The Exorcist.

I apologize for rambling in my discussion. The point is that one
cannot select 5 "best" films.  It's far too subjective.  Most movies
I see I enjoy.  Only a few affect me, those being ones I would consider
"best."  But this does not make them the best.  As long as great new
movies are produced, I'll be happy.


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From: rsopicki@pro-amber.cts.com (Randy Sopicki)
Subject: Linda Hamilton
Organization: ProLine [pro-amber] -- Spring Valley, Ca
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 13:42:13 PST

Has anyone got any idea what project Linda Hamilton might be considering
next?
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From: stovall@ficus.cs.ucla.edu (Steven Stovall)
Subject: Re: John Ford's Cavalry Trilogy
Organization: UCLA, Computer Science Department
Date: 16 Dec 92 01:50:08 GMT

hist1261@waikato.ac.nz writes:

>The three films are Fort Apache (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), and
>Rio Grande (1950).  They are only loosely a "trilogy", their similarity resting
>more in their subject matter and thematics than it does in an on-going
>narrative.  The John Wayne character's in the first and the last films share a
>common name (Kirby Yorke I think, Wayne even reused the "Kirby" part for his
>Green Berets character), but their is little in Grande to suggest that it is
>a direct sequel to Apache.  The character that recurrs most clearly though is
>Victor McLaglen's - his sergeant figure appears to change little from film to
>film (or from Ford's earlier Wee Willie Winkie either), but perhaps that is to
>do more with the limitations with McLaglen as an actor than anything else.

"Fort Apache" and "Rio Grande" are superior movies; almost *all* John Ford
movies made after Stagecoach are superior films (Ford, along with Hitchcock
and Hawks, were the seminal models of the auteur theory). But "She Wore a
Yellow Ribbon" is, IMO, second only to The Searchers in the Ford catalog
(although most people would choose "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance").

_______________________________________________________________________________

steven stovall
stovall@exeter.cs.ucla.edu
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From: vaughanj@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Jake Vaughan)
Subject: Apocalypse Now bet
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 02:36:02 GMT

I have this bet with my friend about who stars in the movie Apocalypse Now.  I
know who it is but he does not believe me.  So that we don't waste anymore
bandwidth, please email me.

Thanks

Jake Vaughan
vaughanj@sage.cc.purdue.edu

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From: "eliot gelwan" <eliot.gelwan@channel1.com>
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Subject: u.s. remake of "spoor
Date: 11 Dec 92 19:53:32 EST
Reply-To: "eliot gelwan" <eliot.gelwan@channel1.com>
Distribution: rec
Organization: Channel 1 Communications

On 12-11-92 KEVIN JAMES  wrote:

KJbammerla@cs.ruu.nl (Boris Ammerlaan) writes:
KJ
KJ>I'm looking for any and all information about the U.S. remake of the Dutch
KJ>movie "Spoorloos", which was a adaptation of a novel by Tim Krabbe, called
KJ>"Het gouden ei". If anyone nows ANYTHING, please e-mail me.
KJ
KJ>		Boris Ammerlaan
KJ
KJHeck, I'd be interested in getting ahold of a subtitled copy of this
KJmovie on video.  I heard a review of it on NPR last year sometime, and
KJhave never seen a trace of it here.  I certainly hope we are talking
KJabout the same film here.  My Dutch is not mooi, but I think the title
KJis something like "without a trace", and the story is about a young man
KJwhose fiancee disappears when he leaves alone in their car after they
KJrun out of gas.  Please slap me around if I am wrong.MURPHY

There is not yet a U.S. remake, but the subtitled English version
does exist all right. It had a brief "art theater" release -- I
saw it at the Coolidge Corner Cinema here in Boston a couple of
years ago -- and is called _The Vanishing._ It *is* now on
videotape in better video stores.

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From: <M3SDESK@ESOC.BITNET>
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Subject: Re: Jurassic Park
 <1992Dec14.190234.694@twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com>
 <1992Dec15.205737.13503@PacBell.COM> <1gngglEINN5kn@uni-erlangen.de>

Although I am waiting for J.P. just like the rest of you, there is one thing wh
ich worries me, the ending. Its been quite some time since I read the book but
I remember that it was gripping all the way through, then weak at the end.
Will they change the end or leave it open for "J.P. 2 - the return"

Any ideas?

                      n. desk
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From: summer@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU (Mark Summerfield)
Subject: _Toys_, the trailer
Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 23:19:27 GMT

reiher@ficus.cs.ucla.edu (Peter Reiher) writes:

>"Toys" is an odd film with a very unusual look, from all I've heard.
>Levinson probably wants to surprise the audience with the film's look,
>so he's limiting the publicity.  Which means it could be very good,
>very bad, or somewhere in between.  It was the film Levinson always
>wanted to make as his first movie, but this was the first opportunity
>he had to actually get it made.  It's definitely a labor of love.

I saw the trailer for "Toys" last night.  It's very funny -- Robin Williams
standing in a field (which he says is actually the "world's largest sound
stage"!)  It's a sequence of short, very different, very funny "experimental"
advertisements for the film, with no footage from "Toys".  Anyone who has
seen the trailer for "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" will notice some
similarity.

Mark.
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From: kaxiras@falcons.cs.wisc.edu (Stefanos Kaxiras)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Enough is Enough (was Re: Top Five Movies of All Time)
Date: 15 Dec 92 23:42:48 GMT
Organization: U of Wisconsin Madison - Computer Sciences

pejulaju@daredevil.cs.hut.fi (Pentti Lajunen) writes:

>In article <1992Dec6.091129.24458@leland.Stanford.EDU> peer@ccrma.stanford.edu (Peer Landa) writes:

>>I can't believe what I'm reading . . the american culture has either fucked  
>>most of you, or the people who's responding on this haven't seen that many  
>>movies.

>You took the words right from my mouth. Its quite interesting to notice
>that about 99.999% of the films listed here are made in USA. Come on people!!
>You hopefully not think that almost all the best films are made in good
>old U.S. of A. If you want to list your personal American favourites, then
>change the subject, please. I feel ill reading stuff like "Fletch is one of 
>the best films ever made!" (excuse me, I have to go and puke.)

>>This is my best five at the time in alphabetical order:

>Sorry, no list from me. Its impossible to judge which are "the best"
>films ever made.

I agree with Pentti. Americans are very ignorant regarding
foreign cinema. Most masterpieces do not come from USA.
You people have no idea of Italian cinema, German cinema
(epsecially the very early one - silent ), Jpanese, Russian
( two of my favorite movies -SciFi mind you- come from Russia ),
and what have you.

Enough is enough.
Do not use the term 'top five movies of all time'. There
is no such thing. 

Say '*MY* five most favorite movies'.
And don't have any illusion that *you* judge art work.
You only talk about how much entertainment you've got out
of the money you paid for the ticket.

Stefanos.
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From: Paul.Williams@brunel.ac.uk (Paul M Williams)
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Subject: Re: Source for Blade Runner Prop?
Date: 14 Dec 92 11:14:41 GMT
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Chanel Summers (summers@usc.edu) wrote:
: Does anyone know of a source that sells replicas of Harrison Ford's gun from
: Blade Runner?

What are the two red LEDs on Fords gun for??????

Paul
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From: hseung@anat3d1.anatomy.upenn.edu (Hyunsuk Seung)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Where is this russian movie?
Date: 18 Dec 92 00:37:36 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

jflood@iat.holonet.net (Jim Flood) writes:
> Four years ago I saw a Russian movie in Paris (subtitled in French)
> which was called if I remember "Requiem Pour une Massacre" (direct
> translation: Requiem  for a massacre???). It was the story of a young
> Russian boy set during the german army's scorched-earth retreat in Russia
> during WWII, if I understood the subtitles! I remember it was a very
> powerful story and I have on occasion searched the Russian movie section
> of video rental outlets ever since hoping to see it again. Has anybody
> ever heard of this movie (in the U.S.)?

From your description it seemes like the movie you saw was Andrei
Tarkovsky's _Ivan's Childhood_ (or _My Name is Ivan_ as printed on
video tapes).  

Hyunsuk Seung
hseung@anat3d1.anatomy.upenn.edu
From: brad@optilink.COM (Brad Yearwood)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Sitting Ducks (was Re: French movies (sigh!))
Keywords: sacrilege, infidel, ceremonial-dagger, jihad, Jaques-Potatie
Date: 15 Dec 92 05:37:54 GMT
Organization: Optilink Corporation, Petaluma, CA

In article <1992Dec10.081326.13540@actrix.gen.nz>, Richard.Holmes@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:
> ... One of the films on my top ten relies
> heavily upon it, Henry Jaglom's "Sitting Ducks", which is the funniest film
> I've seen in ages.

Interesting that you mention Sitting Ducks.  Maybe I was just in a bad mood
when I saw it, and maybe I should give it a second chance, but I cannot
recall a film which I liked less.  What I recall of the film is a bunch of
insufferable characters babbling frenetically in insufferable New York-ese.

Brad Yearwood   brad@optilink.com    {uunet, pyramid}!optilink!brad
Petaluma, California
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From: mccreary@sword.eng.hou.compaq.com (Ed McCreary)
Subject: Re: The Culkinator!
Organization: Compaq Computer Corp.
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 00:25:36 GMT

In article <1992Dec18.231045.18521@rigel.econ.uga.edu> hughes@dogwood.botany.uga.edu (Wayne Hughes) writes:
>In article <1992Dec18.162113.1@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu> bole@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu (Greg Bole) writes:
>>
>>Deja vu, eh Wayne?
>>
>   Roasted Culkin for Christmas anyone?  Mmmm.

Weeeeeeelllllll doggy, them's good eatin'.

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Subject: Re: annoying nuances in films
From: shoran@mtroyal.ab.ca
Date: 18 Dec 92 16:24:33 MST
Organization: Mount Royal College, Calgary, Alberta

In article <jyc.724438140@Leland>, jyc@leo.Stanford.EDU (Jon Corelis) writes:
> 
>    What always bothers me is when people order drinks or food and then
> leave without paying for them.  I wish real life was like that. 

What annoys me even more are characters ordering meals, drinks, etc, then
leaving a minute or two later with the food, drink, etc HARDLY TOUCHED!!!
What a waste!  As one who watches every penny, I'd make damn sure I took the
stuff with me.

Stef
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From: cal@gsbux1.uchicago.edu (Cal Lott)
Subject: Re: Millers Crossing
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 15:30:46 GMT

sde0@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (SCOTT DAVID EHLERS) writes:

>If you have two dollars, rent it.  Not just a gangster movie.

	I agree. MILLERS CROSSING is another fine film from the Coen
brothers, Joel and Ethan. It is a deep, funny film with a great deal
of detail that rewards viewers who pay attention. The performances are
excellent, and the dialogue is wonderfully scripted. This film was a
real sleeper that deserved a great deal more attention than it got.

	All IMHO, of course. This film is well worth a rental.

						-Cal
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From: mab7g@Virginia.EDU ("midori meech baer")
Subject: Re: let's start a personals column!
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 00:35:11 GMT

there is a personals newsgroup.  find it.  what does it have to
do with rec.arts.movies?!

meech
From: alanchem@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Alan Scott Olson)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Spielberg Bashing
Date: 16 Dec 1992 18:10:29 GMT
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Originator: alanchem@csd4.csd.uwm.edu

Personally, I'm tired of the Spielberg bashing.  SS is one of the most
prolific, and successful directors/producers of the modern age.  So, his
films have been primarily targeted at families and children...so what!
I was one of the children growing up and looked forward to his movies, and
loved them all.

Who can argue that ET wasn't a terrific film.  Jaws scared the *#@! out of
me, but I still loved it.  The Raiders trilogy was great.  IMHO, he should
have won Best Director for The Color Purple.  I could ramble on about how
I enjoy every movie I've seen by him, but why.

After reading Jurassic Park, I said to myself, "This would be a great movie,
and, God I wish Spielberg would direct it".  Now, I cannot wait for it to
come out.  

The guy is a genius, plain and simple.

- Alan

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From: dtorok@nynexst.com (David Torok)
Subject: Re: BRAZIL -European Cut.  Technical notes.
Organization: NYNEX Science & Technology, Inc.
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 92 23:18:59 GMT

: 1) If any of you have seen or do see this "European" release of BRAZIL
: I would be interested in knowing what you thought/noticed.

I saw it (two nights in a row) in NYC this past October.  In general, I 
prefer the European release to the American one.  However, one scene which
I thought was better in the *Am* version was:

(SPOILERS BELOW)

The scene where Sam "kills" the Samarai warrior in his dream appears much
earlier in the Euro version than the American version.  In the American
version the scene appears when Sam is in the department store after a
terrorist bombing, and threatens a security guard with a mannaquin's arm.
At the conclusion of the dream sequence, we see that he has felled a security
guard, and then gets the butt of a gun on his head.

In the European version, there is no tie-in between reality and his dream-
world; he sees the face of a security guard on the Samarai in the dream, 
but then we cut to an unrelated scene in reality.

Other comments:

I liked the "psudo-interrogation" before going into the chair at the end
(with the various "credit officers").

Some of the extra footage seemed to be in 1-2 extra lines in various scenes
rather than entire "missing" scenes. These were not particulary effective
nor ineffective.

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From: acw4@quads.uchicago.edu ("The Wan-ster")
Subject: Re: Most SHOCKING film in my childhood
Reply-To: acw4@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 18:43:45 GMT

I have yet to see this one but seom of my friends were REALLY scared
from the movie "Witchboard."  In fact, they believe in the Ouija board!

A.
From: "eric walker" <eric.walker@channel1.com>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: jurassic park
Date: 18 Dec 92 08:22:57 EST
Reply-To: "eric walker" <eric.walker@channel1.com>
Distribution: rec
Organization: Channel 1 Communications

PR>The LA Times reported recently that "Jurassic Park" has completed
PR>principle photography, early and under budget.  This is in contrast
PR>to speculations that it would go tens of millions over budget.  And
PR>despite a hurricane.

     It's easy to trash Spielberg, but the guys in the know have said that
     only two of his films have come on over budget.  One of them was HOOK,
     and I forget what the other was.  1941, I think...

     One reason why Hollywood loves Spielberg so much (other than the fact
     that his films make tons and tons of money) is because he's a reliable
     director.  By "reliable" I don't necessarily mean "quality" (the third
     INDIANA JONES movie was a lot of fun, but it wasn't in the same league
     as the first movie), but rather the fact that Spielberg usually
     finishes his projects on time and (again) within budget.  In today's
     Hollywood that's an important talent.

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From: jjdti@usho77.hou281.chevron.com (J.D.Tilander)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Most Overrated Actor/Actress
Date: 17 Dec 92 20:48:44 GMT
Organization: Chevron

In article <1992Dec17.114202.1@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu> bole@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu (Greg Bole) writes:
>In article <3cm2!fp@rpi.edu>, kimp@rpi.edu (Phil Kim) writes:
>
>> Overrated:
>>   Actor - Kevin Costner
>
>Ok, ok, after seeing Kevin Costner pop up on 5 out of the last 5 
>"overrated actor" postings, I have to speak up.
>
>What are you all using as criteria?  Does he make too much money?
>Does he show up in too many movies?  Does he get talked about in the 
>press too much?
>
>As far as I know, Costner's never been awarded an Oscar for acting, he's
>never recieved a critics award for acting...why is he overrated?
>
>He's handsome, very charismatic, and he has been batting at leaast .800 in 
>my book.  He just stars in some pretty fabulous films: _Silverado_, _Field 
>of Dreams_, _The Untouchables_, _Dances With Wolves_.
>
 Agreed.  And I recently saw JFK...(you know, kids and all, I never see these
movies when they come out) and I thought Costner was REALLY GOOD.
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From: csroc@dime.prime.com (Charles Sroczynski x4014 5-2)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Most Underrated/Overrated Actor/Actress
Date: 17 Dec 92 21:00:19 GMT
Reply-To: csroc@dime.UUCP (Charles Sroczynski x4014 5-2)
Distribution: rec
Organization: Prime Computervision, Bedford MA

>aknowles@expert.expert.com (Anne Knowles) writes:
>
>>       Most Overated -- Kevin Costner
Kevin has been outstanding in Dances with Wolves, Silverado
and the Untouchables(even if Sean Connery was better). Just
because he's a "pretty boy" doesn't mean he cannot act. Oh
yes he was pretty good in Bull Durham too.
>
>>Actress: Most Underated -- Linda Hunt
How can this be. Linda Hunt is well appreciated
for her roles in The Year of Living Dangerously,
Silverado, to name a few.  I think she is 
appreciated for her supporting roles, in fact,
she is usually acclaimed for her work.
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From: gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com (gilbert.m.stewart)
Subject: Re: What is Molly Ringwald doing
Organization: AT&T
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 07:07:01 GMT
Keywords: molly ringwald

In article <1992Dec13.004359.17244@cs.mcgill.ca> jerry@cs.mcgill.ca (Gerald (Jerry) KUCH) writes:
>In article <1992Dec9.231625.16292@cbnewse.cb.att.com> gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com (gilbert.m.stewart) writes:
>>In article <Bz05FJ.7uz@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, anderson@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Chris Anderson) writes:
>>> 
>>> What is Molly Ringwald doing these days?  Last I heard, she had
>>
>>
>>Just hanging out.  Watching Roseanne right now.
>
>Why the sudden interest in Molly Ringworm?
>
Excuse me, Jerry, but it was not "sudden", and, as I'm sure you'll 
agree, I think you owe an apology to Molly.

GM(a-t-t-s)S