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From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies,rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: "Lathe of Heaven" - where are you?
Keywords: LeGuin, SF,TV,video
Date: 6 Nov 92 19:13:05 GMT
Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Organization: Vidiot's Hangout

In article <1992Nov3.224230.14977@ulysses.att.com> jdt@ulysses.att.com (Jonathan D. Trudel[ftd]) writes:
<In article <4370@vidiot.UUCP>, brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:
<|> In article <Bwy5o1.6rH@cgl.ucsf.edu> strob@labmed.ucsf.edu (Steve Robert) writes:
<|> <In article <4320@vidiot.UUCP> brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:
<|> <>Believe it or not, I have it on tape.  I recorded the first (I think it was
<|> <>the first airing) in July of 1980.
<
<I wasn't surprised that you had it.  Come on, really, it shows just how much of a vidiot you really are :-)
<
<|> <We must both be really old farts.
<|> 
<|> Not that old!  Give us a break.

[First off, to make it easier on all of us trying to read and edit your posts,
press the enter/return key before you get to the 80th character in a line.
Even though you may have auto-line-wrapping on your display, it doesn't get
posted that way.  Thank you for your cooperation.]

<Well, I have to admit that I, too, have it on tape, when it was first broadcast, although it was on before we had cable in my parent's house.  And, I recorded it
<using a Hitachi VCR, so you can be sure it's not some weird sort of synchronicity.  And, I'm less than 30.

I had a two-head Quasar piano-key VCR at the time.  And I'm less than 45 :-)

<*I* taped Hitchhikers Guide the first time it was on, and the weird part about that is that the episodes ended at different times from what I saw in later rebroadcasts of the show.  

The series was redited for the second run, in order to have it land on 30
minutes episodes.  Bad decision.
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From: rod@cats.ucsc.edu (Rodrick Su)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Jennifer Eight Nitpick
Date: 7 Nov 92 00:53:41 GMT
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	Saw Jennifer Eight today.  My one and only problem is the car that
	John Berlin owns.  How can a man drawing on a cop salaries pay for
	that car, and in LA no less?

	Other than this flick is well worth my money.
-- 
	"I've matured, Colonel. Before I fought purely for money. Now I have
higher ideals.  I fight for democracy and money." 	Victor O'Reilly,
							Games of the Hangman.
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From: wallis@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu (Mindy Wallis)
Subject: "Even Cowgirls. . ." Movie
Organization: Institute for the Learning Sciences
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 15:18:36 GMT

I heard on CNN yesterday that they are finally making "Even Cowgirls Get
the Blues" into a film starring Uma Thurman as Sissy.  Anyone else know any
more about this?

-------
Mindy
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Institute for the Learning Sciences
Northwestern University


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From: avison@cheshire.oxy.edu (James Bothwell Avison)
Subject: Re: Prospero's Books
Organization: Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041 USA.
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 18:23:40 GMT

Speaking of Prospero's books, I noticed that it has come out on video.
Anyone know if this is widescreen or pan+scan?  I loved the movie, but
the images will be destroyed of it was pan+scaned.  Thanx!
				James
From: arnold@pyramid.unr.edu (Bruce M Arnold)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Goosebumpers!
Date: 10 Nov 92 22:46:43 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: University of Nevada, Reno  Department of Computer Science

I think one of the weirdest "goosbumpers" that I have ever had is at the
beginning of the most recent _1984_ film (that was made in 1984).. the
part where they are all singing the anthem of the party.. This REALLY
REALLY freaks me out, and I don't know why..

(anyone care to help)

Ps. still looking for that _The_Living_Daylights_ soundtrack.. please help


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From: mouse@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Ridley Scott's The Duellests
Date: 5 Nov 92 17:19:20 GMT
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

In article <Bx4zIF.Gs5@gabriel.keele.ac.uk>, gerry@keele.ac.uk (G.D.Pratt) writes:
> BRAY CHRISTOPHER (braca2@cspyr1.cs.adfa.oz.au) wrote:
> : Saw this in my video store the other day, it said it won the Cannes film
> : Festival Debut award for 1977.  
> : 
> : Is it a good film, how does it compare to others of Mr Scott????
> : 
> 
> It is a very good film - it is a Joseph Conrad Short Story (I think - 
> this is from memory) which is filmed sort of as a Western. I think it
> is remarkable for the use of colour filters to get some breathtaking
> visual effects - I'd say it was be the most beautifully filmed movie I
> ever seen. Whenever I read about one of these giant flat TV screens
> you're gonna be able to hang on the living room wall I think I'd try
> it out with this film in the video. Great soundtrack and sound
> recording also - especially the sabre duels which rattle your fillings.
> --
> gerry pratt  --  workstation support  --  university of keele
> email:  gerry@seq1.keele.ac.uk   *   telephone :  0782 583072
> "these opinions are mine, mine, Mine.....ALL MINE I TELL YOU!"
-- 
This is one of my all-time favorites!  When it first came out, the
colors were just beautiful.. took my breath away... though usually
you now see only washed-out prints.  Really believeable sense of
the period:  I esp. liked the interior shots of rooms with long
narrow windows and heavy drapes, shafts of sunlight and filelight
and candles; corridors and hallways in disarray, cold, wet, clammy;
cantinas you can just SMELL!  I counted 8 saber duels.  In the
early beautiful prints, you could see sparks flying off the blades.

And, most of all, the marvelous ending.  Talk about a cliff-hanger...
you just don't know how it all ends until the last line as a voice-
over, and a final shot of the figure standing in silhouette against
a heavy, gray, stormy sky.

I highly recommend it, but try to see it from a good print, as that
makes a whole level of difference.

Nancy

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From: jamesc@cs.concordia.ca (SCHIDLOWSKY james c.)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Until the End of the World question
Date: 12 Nov 92 05:54:37 GMT
Article-I.D.: daily-pl.5436
Distribution: na
Organization: Computer Science, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec


I read an interview with Wenders, and he explains a few things... 
he views the film as being 2 in films in one:  1. a chase, detective
story, and 2. the sci-fi 'home-movie'.  Across both is the love story.

Originally he wanted the film to be 6 hours, but the distributors did 
not allow it, so he had to cut it to 3.  He cut mostly from the first
part, which certainly shows, since the story and locations jump around
so quickly.  

I view this film like a long book.. if you cut lots of chapters out,
you lose the story.  The problem is, he couldn't have made 2 separate
movies, since they would have been incomplete.  

I was disappointed in general, but there were some great moments, 
particularly in the last half.  I would like to see the 6 hour version
(with intermissions!).  Why?  Because I've liked a lot of Wenders' 
work, especially _Wings of Desire_ and _Paris, Texas_, and I felt that
the film suffered from the cutting.

Trivia: He started writing the film back in 1979!

I guess he's currently working on the second part of _Wings of Desire_.

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From: pejulaju@sandman.cs.hut.fi (Pentti Lajunen)
Subject: Re: STAR WARS
Reply-To: pejulaju@niksula.hut.fi (Pentti Lajunen)
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 12:50:00 GMT

In article <dsblack.721516543@vincent2.iastate.edu> dsblack@iastate.edu (Vilkata TDK) writes:

>I think it would be cool either way...  I'd like to see new faces, but having
>people like Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman in it would be awesome, too!
>Hmmm... Dustin Hoffman would make a great Anakin!  Or Obi-Wan... I don't know
>how old they're supposed to be in the Clone Wars, but let's face it: Dustin
>Hoffman would be able to do just about any age!  Maybe even Sean Connery for
>one of them.  ........

And Arnold Schwarzenegger would be fine also, as long as he plays the part
of Darth Vader under the helmet and black costume and James Earl Jones
dubbs his voice. Or then Arnie could play role of some Star Wars monster....
with or without make-up.

seriously: What I've heard is that they're trying to make these films within
very tight budget. I suppose they're not gonna make these another T2 (budget
wise, that is. And hopefully not otherwise, either. 8-) If this is true, then 
its unlike that there will be a lots of major stars (some but not many). 
Hmm, sounds too good to be true. But I can always daydream, can I?
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From: fgn@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (frank.g.neves)
Subject:  Christmas Movies
Followup-To: rec.arts.movies
Summary: Related New Thread
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 11:37:20 GMT

Since we've all been discussing our favorite Christmas movies, and since
a number of different incarnations of the Scrooge-concept have shown up
more so than a lot of other movies, how about the following:

          Who would you like to see play Ebeneezer Scrooge?

My own personal choice has to be Wallace Shawn. To me, it would be an
instant classic.  Anyone care to contribute their thoughts?

Frank
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From: mritchie@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Michael S Ritchie)
Subject: Re: What is a masterpiece ? (Citizen Kane, Raging Bull, etc.)
Followup-To: alt.cult-movies
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 03:49:19 GMT

One thing a masterpiece is (frequently) is a movie which has had
a great deal of influence or impact on either the culture (something
like Casablanca or The Godfather) or on other filmakers (like
Citizen Kane, Raging Bull, some Bergman), personal identification
aside, which is why some movies get named again and again on
"best-of" lists for sometimes seemingly obscure reasons--I've never
seen what's "great" about Raging Bull, though I admit I've only
seen it once.
--Michael
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From: doug@ramona.com (Goojie)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies,alt.cult-movies
Subject: movies worse than rocky horror
Date: 12 Nov 92 02:09:35 GMT
Organization: Ramona Engineering

I know we've gone over movies that are so bad they're entertaining in
a corny sort of way. I was wondering more about movies like _The Rocky
Horror Picture Show_ which are not only a monument to stupidity, they're
real boring, too. The only requirement is that you have to watched the
movie all the way through without going to sleep. Obviously, that exempts
any Madonna movie from consideration. We're talking true survival here!
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From: donnell@manowar.micro.umn.edu (BogusMan)
Subject: Re: Bad Musicals <was: "Worst Movie Of All Time, so bad it's bad!>
Organization: none
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 16:23:55 GMT

In article <Nov.10.14.36.27.1992.21095@math.rutgers.edu> bgonzal@math.rutgers.edu (Bil Gonzalez) writes:
>In article <1992Nov8.165508.4922@news2.cis.umn.edu>, donnell@tuna.micro.umn.edu (BogusMan) writes:
>> On the subject of Bad Music, let's talk Bad Musicals! 
>>... 
>
>First of all, CSTM was one of the biggest box office blockbusters in
>Europe and especially Australia, where the Village People currently
>tour for two months out of the year and still sell out STADIUM shows.
>It was only in the US that it did pitifully, and that was because of
>the Disco Sucks/Disco's Dead movement and boycott of dance music by
>the radio industry in the early '80's.  Not that it's a great film,
>but movie musicals in general have bombed since the late '70's.  Even
>Victor/Victoria whic is now considered a classic (yes, a classic)
>bombed at the box office.
>
>Secondly, I find the comment about the crew's nickname for the film
>very hard to believe since being an Allen Carr production, directed
>by Nancy Walker (yes, Rosie the Bounty Lady), the film was made in a
>very gay-positive atmosphere.  Many members of the crew were in fact gay.
>One was the late Drew Okun (Sp?) who was a very famous gay and
>sometimes straight porno star.  Allen Carr was notorious for hiring
>his newest "interests", and ran quite a production company.
>
>Having many links to the above subject, I would be interested in
>knowing where you got your information.
>
>BTW - your posting seems very homophobic.  Is there supposed to be
>some correlation regarding the fact that the film was gay oriented and
>the fact that it was a bomb?  Gays can't make good films?
>
>Bil Gonzalez
>bgonzal@math.rutgers.edu

The "quote" about the crews nickname comes from "The Hollywood Hall Of 
Shame" by the Medved brothers. So is additional information I used.
I could care less  whether or not the whole thing down to the catering
and craft service, etc... was done by gays.
I am ashamed at trusting the Medfly twits for information> I should have
known better. And I know the Village People are still around. They stop in
town once a year, here.

Sorry for any offense.
						--Judex--
PS: but the film is not very good, regardless.
From: ma90alb@brunel.ac.uk (Ashley L Brandwood)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Spaceballs
Date: 9 Nov 92 15:12:30 GMT
Organization: Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Has anyone heard if there is to be a sequel to spaceballs.

I heard it was to be called Spaceballs 3: the search for spaceballs 2 about a year ago, but have hear nothing since.

ashley
From: poy@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Stephen Poy)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: James Woods
Date: 10 Nov 92 17:02:39 GMT
Reply-To: poy@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Stephen Poy)
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

he was also pretty god in that movie Best Seller with brian dennehy
(sp).
From: jsp@uts.amdahl.com (James Preston)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: The 100 Funniest Movies (Re: Ent. Weekly...)
Date: 9 Nov 92 19:13:18 GMT
Reply-To: jsp@pls.amdahl.com
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA

bf911@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (David J Mulligan Jr) writes:

}Here's the entire list (without descriptions) that I typed in for a couple
}of friends:

Ohmigod, where's "Being There", "Mr. Blandings Builds his Dream House",
"Father Goose", "The Great Race", "The Wackiest Ship in the Army"?  These
people prefer the likes of "Bedazzled", "Splash", and "Used Cars"?  There 
truly is no accounting for taste.

--James Preston
From: cn@otter.hpl.hp.com (Colin Needham)
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1992 20:15:50 GMT
Subject: Re: James Woods
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol, UK.
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies

In article <1992Nov4.155041.27886@cs.nott.ac.uk>, mjb@cs.nott.ac.uk writes:
>Hi, can anyone give me a list of films with James Woods in?

From the r.a.movies actors list (available via ftp from boulder.colorado.edu
in pub/tv+movies/lists) :

Footsteps (1972) (TV)
Great American Tragedy, A (1972) (TV)
Hickey and Boggs (1972)
Way We Were, The (1973)
Gambler, The (1974)
Distance (1975)
Foster and Laurie (1975) (TV)
Night Moves (1975)
Alex and the Gypsy (1976)
Disappearance of Aimee, The (1976) (TV)
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood (1976) (TV)
Choirboys, The (1977)
Raid on Entebbe (1977) (TV)
"Holocaust" (1978) (mini)
Gift of Love, The (1978) (TV)
Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel, The (1979) (TV)
Onion Field, The (1979)
Black Marble, The (1980)
Eyewitness (1981)
Fast-Walking (1982)
Split Image (1982)
Videodrome (1983)
Against All Odds (1984)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Badge of the Assassin (1985) (TV)
Cat's Eye (1985)
Joshua Then and Now (1985)
Promise (1986) (TV)
Salvador (1986) (AAN)
Best Seller (1987)
Cop (1987)
In Love and War (1987) (TV)
Boost, The (1988)
Boys, The (1989) (TV)
Immediate Family (1989)
My Name Is Bill W. (1989) (TV)
True Believer (1989)
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction (1990) (TV)
Boys, The (1991) (TV)
Hard Way, The (1991)
Citizen Cohn (1992) (TV)
Diggstown (1992)
Straight Talk (1992)
And Your Name Is Jonah (????) (TV)

Cheers,

Col

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From: bleys@tronsbox.xei.com (Bill Cavanaugh)
Subject: Re: Christmas Movies
Organization: Xanadu Enterprises Inc.
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 03:23:13 GMT

In article <1992Nov6.113720.28973@cbfsb.cb.att.com> fgn@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (frank.g.neves) writes:
>Since we've all been discussing our favorite Christmas movies, and since
>a number of different incarnations of the Scrooge-concept have shown up
>more so than a lot of other movies, how about the following:
>
>          Who would you like to see play Ebeneezer Scrooge?

How about Burgess Meredith?

bill
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From: teshima@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (A. Lani Teshima)
Subject: Re: NEWS: "Rainforest Wood Out of Hollywood"
Organization: University of Hawaii
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 02:43:48 GMT

In article <1992Nov5.011903.23877@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu> bchurch@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (Robert Church) writes:
>Regardless of the opinions of individuals on the net, Hollywood has been
>pretty one sided about environmentalism. We've got Sting going on about the
>rainforests and movies like Medicine Man and The Emerald Forest (jungle?).
>Anyway, it's pretty hypocritical of the same people to be using this wood.
>I see it as a put up or shut up kind of issue.

To say there is hypocrisy in Hollywood is probably a real
understatement. It reminds me of Michael J. Fox's character in "the
Hard Way," who went on a talk show and talked about his concern for
the environment, although the character lived on palacial grounds with
huge pool, etc. Many people are willing to contribute funds to
environmental groups, but are not willing to change their lifestyle.
There are some very conscientious folks in Hollywood, though. Ed
Begley, Jr. (St. Elsewhere? That tall blond fella) is really into
practicing what he preaches. He composts, etc. and does a number of
things.


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From: jgacker@news.gsfc.nasa.gov (James G. Acker)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies,rec.games.trivia,bit.listserv.cinema-l,rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Film/TV Trivia Quiz Answers: All Actors Big- and Small-Screen, Part 2
Date: 6 Nov 92 21:15:29 GMT
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Organization: Goddard Space Flight Center
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	Edward Platt from GET SMART was also Cary Grant's lawyer in the
greatest Hitchcock movie -  "North by Northwest".
From: jonathan@comp.lancs.ac.uk (Mr J J Trevor)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Trivia
Date: 10 Nov 92 10:21:33 GMT
Organization: Department of Computing at Lancaster University, UK.


The first is by Jack Nicholson in Witches of Eastwick.


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From: anthony@panzer.b17b.ingr.com (Anthony Shipman)
Subject: re. Alien III video release date
Organization: Intergraph
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 17:40:40 GMT

Keywords: 
My newspaper says it's to be released this week (11-6)
From: revpk@cellar.org (Brian 'Rev P-K' Siano)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: *+++****+CARACTACUS POTTS+_+_+_+_+__
Date: 13 Nov 92 00:02:07 GMT
Organization: The Cellar BBS and public access system

vpillai@vms.ucc.okstate.edu writes:

> 
> hi
> 	can anyone help me with a doubt
> 
> 	WHICH MOVIE CREATED THE CHARACTER "CARACTACUS POTTS"?
> 
> 	Thanking in advance for the reply

	That was "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," based on a children's book by
Ian Fleming.


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