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From: fafhrd@jessica.stanford.edu (Adrian Klein)
Subject: Casablanca rerelease poster
Organization: is overrated.
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 18:32:42 GMT

In article <36555@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu> traveler writes:

>	My question to the net at large: ANyone know where I can get
>a copy of the Casablanca 50th Anniversary Rerelease poster?
>The theatre had one up...it was a really cool Chagall-like
>painting montage of BOgart, Bergman, etc. from various scenes in
>the movie, done in blue and purple tones.

There's a store here in Palo Alto called "Movie Memories" that had a copy
of that poster last time I looked ... but I guess it's pretty rare, and
the tag on it was around $50.  I don't have the phone # on me at the moment,
but if you're interested, E-mail me.  (I realize it's a little far away 
from your hometown, but I'm sure they'd mail it.)

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From: faa@athena.cs.wayne.edu (Felicitas A. Atabong)
Subject: Re: UNLAWFUL ENTRY (spoiler)
Organization: Wayne State University
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 19:51:20 GMT

In article <14q0gnINN18l@early-bird.think.com> barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin) writes:
>In article <1992Jul24.143750.18904@linus.mitre.org> jartz@mitre.org writes:
>>A modern yuppie couple has a burglar break into their house and
>>threaten the wife with a knife at her throat before fleeing.  Two
>>policemen come to take the report.  One of the two policemen
>>becomes consumed with their safety and ultimately decides that
>>he must get the husband out of the way to protect the wife.
>
>Did we see the same movie?  He didn't care about safety, and wasn't trying
>to protect the wife; he'd become obsessed with her (I was going to say
>"fallen in love", but he's clearly a character who is incapable of such a
>positive emotion), and he was trying to get rid of the husband so that he
>could take his place in her life.
>

I am also wondering if I saw the same movie as the poster above. The
policeman, I also recall, became obsessed with the wife, and wasn't
interested in protecting her. Infact, who would he protect her from,
since the person who attacked her, was caught by him, not far into the
movie.
From: lonestar.utsa.edu!gmclain@overmind.mind.org
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Video release of Greenway movies
Date: 23 Jul 92 00:59:00 GMT
Organization: University of Texas at San Antonio
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X-Spam-content: irrelevant


  Anyone know if "Prospero's Books" is slated for video release in the next
  year?  Also, I heard that Greenway's "Drowning by the Numbers" was released
  to video.  Is this true?

  Glenn...........
From: gallua.gallaudet.ed!rlwilliams@overmind.mind.org
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Christopher Walken
Date: 23 Jul 92 00:23:00 GMT
Organization: Gallaudet University
X-mailer: Stadel 3.4a-227
X-Spam-content: irrelevant

In article <1992Jul21.152615.20252@cbnewse.cb.att.com>, 
gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com (gilbert.m.stewart) writes:
> In article <1992Jul20.145613.1@gallua.gallaudet.edu>, 
rlwilliams@gallua.gallaudet.edu writes:
> 
> [ discussion of Walken deleted ]
> 
>> >  A not widely known short (hour long for HBO if I remember
>> > correctly) is "Who Am I Now?" with Walken and Susan Sarandon.  Quite 
good
> 
> [....]
> 
>> was called "who am I this time," but no matter. Since I don't get cable, 
and I
>> did see it, I think it was on PBS rather than HBO. anyway it's one of my
>> favorites.
> 
> So tell me.  What was it about?  Also, I don't remember what part
> Walken played in The Graduate.
> 
> GMS

-----------
I'm pretty sure Walken played... somebody's half crazed older brother.
Now I'm not sure if it was the graduate... Now I'm wondering if it was Love
Story...  
B. Who am I this time" is about a small town theater group who puts on a
different show every summer. Walken played a VERY shy man who was recruited 
to
play the lead in A Streetcar Named Desire. Once into the role he becomes
transformed into the part, almost becoming Brando. when he leaves the role he
reverts to his shy "clark kent" personna. There's also a sweet love story in
there...  Worth looking for.

rlwilliams
From: schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: pinocchio (1940)
Date: 25 Jul 92 14:32:30 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix & Internet, NYC

In article <17490136@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> rjn@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bob Niland) writes:
>In rec.arts.movies, eric.walker@channel1.com (eric walker) writes:
>
>
>Yes, but unfortunately Disney put the CAV Pinocchio (cat# 239CS) on
>moratorium years ago, and it is now a major collector's item.  There is a
>recurring classified add in Laser Disc Newsletter from someone trying to
>obtain a copy.  The CLV version (239AS) is probably also out of print.
>

My local LaserLand has the CLV copy in its rental bin. Alas, it's suffering
from more than a touch of laser rot on one side. Also, the print it was
made from isn't the best ... the colors are awfuly washed out. I'd
look forware to a re-release from the restored print.



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From: wbarnes@sura.net (Bill Barnes)
Subject: Batman Returns soundtrack (was Re: Really mega disappointment.)
Organization: SURAnet, College Park, MD, USA, NA, Earth, Milky Way
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 21:41:59 GMT

In article <aFVeoB1w164w@amigans.gen.nz> batman@amigans.gen.nz (Kerry Emerson) writes:
>Hmmmmm... well, the word on the street is that Batman Returns is pretty (if 
>not bloody) good(ish).

Well, I liked it, but that means virtually nothing.

>But what I want to know is, "Is the soundtracker, by 
>Danny Elfman, EXACTLY THE SAME as the one for Batman I or what???

No, Danny's just really repetitive 8->.  I like Elfman's scores, but they
all have a certain sameness to them - it's not that he can't come up with
anything new, it's that he seems to really like certain themes and can't
get away from them.
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From: ed@wente.llnl.gov (Ed Suranyi)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Favorite musicals
Date: 21 Jul 92 17:50:35 GMT
Organization: UC Davis Dept of Applied Science at LLNL

There doesn't generally seem to be much discussion of musicals in this
newsgroup.  Perhaps that's because there are so few made nowadays, aside
from Disney animated features.  There was a short discussion around the
time "Newsies" came out, but that movie bombed.

So I thought I'd come up with the list of my favorite movie musicals.
There are a couple of things to note.  First, they're almost all from
same era -- early 1960's to early 1970's.  That's because this is the
period I was growing up in, and many of my earliest movie memories are
of musicals.  Second, just because I didn't include your favorite
musical on this list doesn't mean I didn't like it.  More likely, I
never got a chance to see it.  So I'm definitely looking for your
suggestions.

So here are my favorites:

West Side Story -- Not only is this my favorite musical, but it's one of
my top ten movies of all genres.  Even though I've seen it many times,
Leonard Bernstein's music still thrills me, and Maria's speech at the 
end of the movie always leaves me in tears.

The Sound of Music -- I know that there's a lot of critical opinion
around that this movie is too schmaltzy, but it's a sentimental favorite
for me.  This is the first movie I ever went to that I remember by name.
My mother knew I liked music, so she thought I'd enjoy this movie.

Mary Poppins -- Another childhood memory.

My Fair Lady -- Perhaps the most interesting plot of any musical, and why
not?  G.B. Shaw was no slouch.

Oliver! -- "Three Bags Full" is one of my favorite musical songs.

Fiddler on the Roof -- I know the stage version was better, but I saw
the movie at least ten years before I saw a stage production, and I
loved it.

Hair -- Milos Forman did the seemingly impossible.  He took the
essentially plotless Broadway show and turned it into a real story, while
retaining almost all of the great music.

South Pacific -- How could I ignore Rodgers and Hammerstein's greatest
musical?

Well, that's my list.  I look forward to your suggestions.

Ed
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From: cah@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov (Allen Halsell)
Subject: Re: Unintentionally hilarious movies
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA)
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 21:06:23 GMT

In article <1992Jul22.184313.15882@Princeton.EDU> spencer@phoenix.princeton.edu (S. Spencer Sun) writes:
>A couple of friends and I watched "Life Force" last night on TV (side
>note, how old is this movie?  One of my roommates said he'd heard of it
>when it was in theaters but I don't remember it at all)... for those of
>you who saw it last night (or have seen it before and actually remember
>it)... you know the scene where they have the "girl from the park"
>hooked up to the heart scanner device (or whatever that was), with
>electrodes stuck to her head?  And when her 2 hours have elapsed, she
>starts going into convulsions, presumably trying to find more life force
>to suck up?
>
>Did anyone besides me find this scene incredibly hilarious?

I found the funniest part to be the scenes of rampage and destruction
with a totally naked woman walking through them to be pretty funny.
The fact that the vampire's performance is almost completely in the
nude must rank as one of the all-time cheap tricks.

All in all, a ridiculous and enjoyable movie.  Oh, and it's not too
old.  Mid eighties, I think.
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From: dtschett@scott.skidmore.edu (donna tschetter)
Subject: Re: HEATHERS WANTED
Organization: Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 20:42:53 GMT

Hello Eric--

We have lots of movie posters for sale !!!

e-mail me your wish list and I will get back to you with prices and
delivery dates!!!

Donna :>
From: eric@npri6.npri.com (Eric Williams)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: REVIEW: NAKED LUNCH
Summary: choice of terms
Date: 27 Jul 92 18:31:59 GMT
Organization: NPRI, Alexandria VA

In article <1992Jul27.014610.2960@zip.eecs.umich.edu>, stame@emunix.emich.edu (Stewart Tame) writes:
> It's been a while since I've read the book (about seven months or
> so) so the memory isn't *real* fresh.  Wonderful book.  
Some people might be confused by this term. It is a wonderful book
in the sense that it is composed of wonders, but it is not a pleasant
read. It is a wrenching, shame-riddled, noxious sewer of a book,
but that's the author's intention. It has great merit in its enthusiastic
meshing of bizarre and revolting images. I am not all the way through it...
yet. Like a rich dessert, I can only consume a little at a time.
It is a grave caveat directed toward anyone who might consider "playing" 
with drugs. 

BTW, I found the movie amusing, but indeed, it is quite different.

> I recommend it highly.
So do I.

> "But for the most precise literary antecedent to [_RN: The Memoirs of
>  Richard Nixon_], we must consider nothing less than Vladimir Nabokov's
>  _Pale Fire_ . . . "			-- Ron Rosenbaum
I'd be interested in hearing the rationale behind this statement,
being a VN fan. Is Mr. Rosenbaum comparing RN's writing to Nabokov or 
Kinbote (I assume the latter)?

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From: "eric walker" <eric.walker@channel1.com>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: the big picture and t
Date: 22 Jul 92 00:54:16 EST
Reply-To: "eric walker" <eric.walker@channel1.com>
Distribution: rec
Organization: Channel 1 Communications

UG>>     I believe her name is Emily Longstreth.  (No typo, that's how it's
UG>>     spelled.)  Jennifer Jason Leigh was also in "The Big Picture;" she
UG>>     played the sexpot.
UG>I wouldn't have called Leigh's character a sexpot - more like pleasantly
UG>quirky and weird.  She was the one Bacon's character ignored, at first,
UG>but came to appreciate.

     Oh, SHE was Jennifer Jason Leigh!  I thought Leigh played the
     bimbo bombshell girlfriend at the Hollywood party.  Shows you
     how much attentioned I payed to "The Big Picture."  It had
     some good laughs, but I found it to be rather shallow and harmless.
     I prefer my satires nasty and vicious, in the area of "Network."

     (But I'm having trouble deciding if I liked "The Player" or not.)
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From: hedges@pilot.njin.net (Douglas Hedges)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: George Miller
Date: 22 Jul 92 13:56:55 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

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

>The "right" George Miller (as opposed to the "wrong" George Miller, who,
>while competent, is much less talented - "The Man From Snowy River" is
>his best) took a break from filmmaking for a few years, possibly because
>of the highly unpleasant experience of making "The Witches of Eastwick".
>I've heard recently that he's trying to make a film, but I don't remember
>what it was.

I'd heard similar about the "Witches" filming ordeal.  Evidently
the actresses complained greatly that he was not an "actor's director"
(perhaps they should have, as witches, tried to raise George Cukor
from the dead  :-) and there were other trials as well.  I'm glad
to hear that he is trying to make another film.  I can't imagine
why someone that talented isn't in great demand by Hollywood but
I guess he's not part of "the club."  Thanks for the update.
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From: trb@cbnews.cb.att.com (tom.balent)
Subject: Re: dr. strangelove - las
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 11:09:19 GMT

In article <1992Jul26.1489.24782@channel1> "eric walker" <eric.walker@channel1.com> writes:
>
>The words written on the nuclear warheads are "Hi there!"  Supposedly
>(at least, according to one treatise I've read on "Dr. Strangelove"),
>this is a reference to homosexual activity, and thus it ties in with
>the constant sexual references that appear throughout the movie.
>

HUH? How in the hell is that a reference to homosexual activity? The
second bomb has the legend "Handle Like Eggs" on it, is that a 
reference to  anal intercourse? 

It is common practice for military personnel to pen "greetings" on 
the sides of bombs...probably since we have been dropping them on
each other. And, if nothing else, Stanley Kubrick is a stickler for
detail, so my guess is that is why the "notes" show up on the bombs.

Sometimes I think that some intellectuals just try too hard to find
meaning in the most obscure things.


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From: garrem@vccsouth16.its.rpi.edu (Matthew Olsen Garretson)
Subject: Re: Greta Scacchi (sp?) - Any fans out there?
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 22:02:22 GMT

She was also very good in THE PLAYER.      
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From: matt@cray.com (Matthew Marchese)
Subject: Re: Midnight Movies
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Distribution: usa
Date: 27 Jul 92 02:35:20 CDT

In article <1992Jul24.184747.5374@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> etbe_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Elisa Bergslien) writes:
>
>	I want to know what would be concidered an 'ultimate'
>midnight movie.  I already know about Rocky Horror, and 
>Eraserhead... I am interested in getting together a list
>of 'lesser known' midnight movies... 
>Any ideas ??
>
I wouldn`t dream of venturing an opinion re: an *Ultimate* MM. However,
I would be happy to provide a list of some personal favorites:

1) Eraserhead (Watch this film and lose your appetite for chicken, forever!)

2) El Topo (Spaghetti Western from Hell. Generally considered to be the
	    first Midnight Movie)

3) Forbidden Planet (Great 50's Sci-Fi, chock full of archetypes)

4) Plan Nine From Outer Space (Is it "The Worst Movie ever Made?". Watch
			       and decide for yourself. Can you prove that
			       it DIDN'T happen?)

5) Boy and His Dog (Yes, Don Johnson CAN act! A gritty and disturbing black
		    comedy about the aftermath of World War IV)

6) Dr. Strangelove (A different take on the end of the world. Required 
		    viewing for Capitalist and Communist Stooges everywhere)

7) Psych-Out! (Dick Clark vs. Haight-Ashbury! Taste a moment of madness!
               Smell the Color Purple! Great soundtrack by the Strawberry
               Alarm Clock and The Seeds. Jack Nicholson with a pony-tail!)

8) The Brain from Planet Arous (THE drive-in classic of all time! Giant
				paper-mache brains on wires being chased with
				axes!)

9) Head! (The Monkees do "Help!". Directed by Bob Rafelson, script by Jack
          Nicholson. Cameos by Victor Mature, Frank Zappa, Terri Garr, and
	  Annette Funicello! And yes, The Pre-Fab Four play all their own
	  instruments!)

10) Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill! (Russ Meyers on the rampage. Tura Satana
				  beats the snot out of everyone in sight
				  and jiggles her enormous hooters! This
				  film has inspired countless songs from
				  the Cramps...)

Of course this is only the tiniest sampling of what's out there. The real
fun of Midnight Movies is discovering them for yourself!

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Subject: Re: terminator ii
From: mbuc1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (Matthew Richard     Buchanan       )
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 23:15:39 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Dept. University of Auckland

In <1992Jul30.182537.41538@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu> jm0i@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (JOSEPH ALOYSIUS MCVEIGH) writes:

>The irony here is that Schwarzenegger was supposedly approached to play
>Reese in "The Terminator", but found the title role more intriguing.  Is this
>a rumor or - gaa-a-ag - "urban legend?"

I've read about the making of T1 and it seems that Ah-nold originally got
the part of Reese. He was in fact talking to Jim Cameron about how he
thought his opponent should move, and Cameron was so impressed with Arnie's
understanding of robotic movement that he offered him the bad-guy role.
Or something like that...

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Cheers,
Matt.

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From: reiher@ficus.cs.ucla.edu (Peter Reiher)
Subject: Cary Grant trivia (was: great directors )
Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department
Distribution: rec
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 16:29:26 GMT

In article <1992Jul25.1489.24698@channel1> "eric walker" <eric.walker@channel1.com> writes:
>     His (Cary Grant's)
>     whole Hollywood image was built on him being a suave gentleman, and
>     they didn't want to risk his career on one movie by a director who
>     had only recently come over from England.

Well, he did make films such as "None But the Lonely Heart" that went
against type.

Speaking of Grant going against type, I recently heard that when Vittorio
De Sica was looking for funding to make "The Bicycle Thief", one person he
approached was David O. Selznick, who agreed to pay for the film on the
condition that Cary Grant play the lead!  De Sica didn't agree.  (A damn
good thing, too.  It's hard to imagine that film with Grant in the lead.
It certainly would have been a very different film, and almost certainly
not a very good one.)

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From: gdg023@cck.coventry.ac.uk (Vicky Wayman)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: bat Ffans
Date: 27 Jul 92 16:21:25 GMT
Organization: Coventry Polytechnic, Coventry, UK

Doing an Fyp on the duality of Batman in regards to his own split identity,
the conflict of catwoman and of two face.
Can anybody suggest any useful comic editions, publications, addresses
as regarding duality in batman right from the early years tov the 
stuff of today.
Thanks for any info.
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From: ingria@bbn.com (Bob Ingria)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies,alt.cult-movies
Subject: Re: Cronenberg's Crimes of the Future
Date: 29 Jul 92 22:19:45 GMT
Reply-To: ingria@BBN.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: bbn.com
In-reply-to: ckt4x@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU's message of 29 Jul 92 19:37:26 GMT

In article <1992Jul29.193726.1949@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> ckt4x@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Curt Tsui) writes:
   KJOHNSSON@finabo.abo.fi  writes:
   > 
   > Anybody know anything about an early David Cronenberg film called Crimes of the
   > Future?!?

   I own a video copy of it (sorta bootleg tho) and another short,
   called "Stereo," on VHS.  Both are excellent, classic
   Cronenberg.  If your interested in acquiring a copy, e-mail me
   for the address of the place I got it from ($20 and some
   postage charge).  

``Stereo'' is about an experiment to induce telepathy.  It introduces
the image of the telepath who has drilled a hole in his forehead that
was later used in ``Scanners''.  This is black and white, with
non-sync sound (voice-over narration).

I've only seen excerpts from ``Crimes of the Future'' but it's in
color and also, I believe, with non-sync sound.

-30-
Bob
From: "eric walker" <eric.walker@channel1.com>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: new big name movies
Date: 22 Jul 92 00:54:16 EST
Reply-To: "eric walker" <eric.walker@channel1.com>
Distribution: rec
Organization: Channel 1 Communications

     Two rumours worth quoting:

     1) Talks are underway among several major studios to do a remake of
     the classic Errol Flynn swashbuckler "Captain Blood."  The name most
     often tossed about for the director is John McTiernan, who directed
     "Predator, "Die Hard," "The Hunt For Red October," and "Medicine Man."
     Kevin Kline may be set for the Flynn role.

     2) Production is scheduled to begin in Setember of the recent
     Anne Rice novel "The Witching Hour."  Richard Donner, director of
     "Superman" and the "Lethal Weapon" movies (plus many others), is
     slated to direct.
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