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From: bole@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu (Greg Bole)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: She's Having a Baby: cameo list?
Date: 22 Dec 92 01:06:13 GMT
Organization: HHMI/Human Genetics, Univ of Pa.

In article <1992Dec21.192329.26180@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>, curtw@euler.jsc.nasa.gov 
(Curt Wiederhoeft) writes:

> Has anyone out there in netland compiled a list of all the people who
> appear at the end of John Hughes' "She's Having a Baby?" 

Not I...

> And does anybody know HOW he got all those people to appear? 

Course it everyone involved could have asked friends to do it, actors, 
producers...or maybe the filming crew just went around to random sets
asking the actors to say a few strange names.

> I mean, I figure that Ally Sheedy and Matthew Broderick owed him favors, 
> but the cast of "Cheers?" Stewart Copeland? Warren Zevon? 

I noticed the cast of _The Great Outdoors_ (which I guess was filming at the
time) including Dan Ackroyd, John Candy and this guy who went to my high
school...he was a bit of a teen heart-throb at the time: Chris [damn what was
his last name?].  He played John Candy's son in that, and was also Bryce, the 
computer nerd that created Max Headroom in the American TV series of the 
same name.

I liked _She's Having a Baby_ alot.  It reminded me of Christopher Guest's
_The Big Picture_ (also starring Kevin Bacon, who strangely enough grew up
not far from that same damn high school...)

Phew, too much thinking for me.  I'm going to go lie down for a bit.  :^)

Greg Bole                         "I have crossed oceans of time to find you."
bole@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu         Gary Oldman in _Bram Stoker's Dracula_
From: lsnow@ncrclm.ClemsonSC.NCR.COM (Linda Snow)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Black Holes of Cinema
Date: 21 Dec 92 17:50:55 GMT
Reply-To: lsnow@ncrclm.ClemsonSC.NCR.COM (Linda Snow)
Organization: NCR E&M CLEMSON Liberty, SC

In article <IfAiWqK00WB4AuQXsD@andrew.cmu.edu> bs26+@andrew.cmu.edu (Benjamin Rudd Schoenberg) writes:
>I mostly agreed with everything in the original post except...
>>Meg Tilly!
>
>Did you SEE her in "Leaving Normal"?  Wow.

Yes.  She and Christine Lahti were both excellent.  Wonderful movie. 
Oscar-worthy performances.

Tilley was also great in "Agnes of God".  She has made a number of
mediocre movies since then, however.
.
.
.
.
.
From: ed@wente.llnl.gov (Ed Suranyi)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: (Unsolicited) advice against Blockbuster
Date: 21 Dec 92 20:24:27 GMT
Organization: UC Davis Dept of Applied Science at LLNL

In article <1992Dec21.005238.20089@en.ecn.purdue.edu> syd@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Dennis P Hilgenberg) writes:

>Six reasons not to patronize Blockbuster:

>1.  Small selection made to look big by:
[deleted]

It still has by FAR the largest selection in my town (Livermore,
California.)  Its foreign movie selection, in particular, is bigger
than that of any video rental place that I know of, within 20 miles.

>2.  Overcategorization:
>  a) Comedy, for example, divided into "romantic comedy," 
>     "wild comedy," "comedy," etc.  Same problem with 
>     drama, "classics," adventure, and so forth.  

Comedy is not subdivided at the Livermore store, except for classics.
I find that if I'm not sure where a particular movie might be I just
look it up in a book at the front of the store.  That tells me the
right section.

I've seen dozens of postings of people urging us not to shop at 
Blockbuster because its selection is smaller than other, cheaper stores.
For some of us, it just isn't true!

Ed
ed@wente.llnl.gov
From: "eric walker" <eric.walker@channel1.com>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: free movies
Date: 1 Jan 93 16:53:34 EST
Reply-To: "eric walker" <eric.walker@channel1.com>
Distribution: rec
Organization: Channel 1 Communications

DB>                    "The film sent to us was bad"

I work at Loews Theater in Harvard Square, Cambridge, and even though
I've only been there since August, we HAVE received bad prints from
the theaters.  Our print of A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME was so defective
that it couldn't even be shown, and we had to wait one day for Loews
to send us another print.

On the other hand, we had a bad problem one night when the film of
GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS went kaput, breaking about thirty seconds before
the movie ended.  We had to give out about ninety refunds to customers
that night - but there wasn't anything else we could do, because the
film just wouldn't work again.  When our projectionist finally got it
going, the final minute or so of the film was distorted and full of
noise, and the ending credits had been completely lost - but Loews
didn't send us a better print of the film for another two weeks.  And
since we are ORDERED to show a print a certain number of times every
day, we had to screen that bad print of GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS.  We put a
notice on the box-office window warning the public that the print was
bad, and they would have to decide then if they wanted to purchase
their tickets or not.

Furthermore, our print of RESERVOIR DOGS was missing a full eight
minutes - and we didn't find that out until opening night.  So again
we had to ask for a new print.

The problem is that Loews is a Big Corporation, and it's hard to get
the Corporation to listen to you when you're only one theater out of
literally hundreds.

We don't WANT to bilk the public.  We want to show them good movies.
We're not crooks - we're people who like movies.  After all, we work
at the theater because we choose to, and the pay isn't that great
either.  But Loews is a Big Corporation, interested in raking in as
much money as they can, and so they ORDER us to do things that we
don't like, such as charging $2 for a small popcorn or having only ten
minutes to clean a messy theater before the next crowd stampedes in.
Like any other human beings, we make our share of mistakes - but we
try to do the best we can.
---
  SLMR 2.1a  Kids seeing Batman Returns: "Mommy, what's a dominatrix?"
--
Channel 1 (R)   Cambridge, MA

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From: mgrimes@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Michael Grimes)
Subject: Re: Penelope Ann Miller
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 18:41:41 GMT

She was in Big Top Pee-Wee, The Freshman and  Awakenings.
Probably more, but's that all I can think of right now. I think she's excellent
and deserves more roles.
Newsgroups: alt.fan.godzilla,rec.arts.movies,alt.fan.letterman
From: jfurr@nyx.cs.du.edu (JKF)
Subject: Don't Slam Godzilla! (Was: Re: NYT reports NBC likely to keep Letterman)
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 92 04:31:42 GMT

In article <1992Dec24.191832.16289@netcom.com> bilan@netcom.com (Steve Bilan) writes:
>thomasc@ms.uky.edu (Thomas Campbell) writes:
>>>I am proposing to keep Letterman where he is and Leno where he is.  Change the
>>>times of the Tonight show and Late night show (News at 10pm, Tonight at 10:30,
>>>and Late night at 11:30).  This is a radical change and I don't know if it will
>>OH.. that has *no* hope of working.. assuming you're talking East Coast times
>>here.  The whole point of "Late Night" television is that it's on late at night.
>>You'd never be able to invade the Prime Time spectrum with talk shows they 
>>arn't *that* interesting compared to the Prime Time Fare....
>
>PARDON !?!?!?!?!?!?
>Have you seen what they're currently showing during primetime?
>I think that if they showed Godzilla movie reruns, they would
>probably get better rating points than what the current shows
>are getting.

Hey, watch it, pal.  Don't go around insulting Godzilla.  I knew Godzilla.
I've watched many Godzilla movies.  And let me tell you, pal: David
Letterman is no Godzilla.

Joel "Putting things in perspective" Furr
jfurr@polaris.async.vt.edu

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From: gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com (gilbert.m.stewart)
Subject: Re: 9 1/2 Weeks
Organization: AT&T
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 19:56:20 GMT

From article <1992Dec20.145422.10366@Virginia.EDU>, by tlc9y@Virginia.EDU ("tara lou"):
> you do not have to be a lesbian or an abused survivor in order
> to believe that our society dictates men's satisfaction over
> women's..i see beer commercials that satisfy men's needs [i
> drink beer, too], sportscar commercials [i would like one,
> too], and many other instances where men's pleasure is the
> aim..not women's.

Some beer commercials have scantily-clad attractive women because
heterosexual men react to it and buy the beer.  It may be that there are not so
many commercials with scantily-clad attractive men because Madison Avenue
has determined that it does not get them as much business from heterosexual
females.  The image for them is probably seduction of the "powerful/macho/
rich" male to "provide" for them.  Lowest common denominator?  You can
argue that if you want.  But the fact is, somebody's buying it, 'cause
it's still around.

Harlequin Romance novels that pepper the book shelves at supermarkets
have covers and contents that depict men in roles that appeal to the
mostly-female audience that buys these.  These could be considered just
as demeaning to men as the commericals are to women.  But there aren't
as many pictures, so somehow this is "okay".  Sure, it's trash, but if
it floats your boat, fine by me.

If you believe that Mad. Ave. is missing some markets, you might just
let them know.  But I think they know what makes money.

Advertising Exec 1:  "You know, if we had scantily-clad males in this
commercial, women would all buy this product."

AE 2:  "But that would demean men.  It would be wrong."

AE 1:  "What was I thinking?!  What a fool I've been for the Almighty Dollar!"

Yeah, right.

You might consider the markets and the "pleasures" that appeal to those
that patronize all products and services and note that no one with a
dollar to spend is being overlooked.

GMS
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From: flip@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Phillip D. Russell)
Subject: Re: re. Citizen Kane Question
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 08:18:56 GMT

In article <1992Dec23.144603.29202@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> dtussey@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Daniel W Tussey) writes:
>The fact that Rosebud was the name of Kane's sled as a boy is a fundamental 
>part of the movie, as I see it.  The entire movie is about a man who is 
>searching for happiness.  The sled symbolizes the happiness and comfort he felt
>as a boy, and that was taken away from him.  A big deal is made about the 
>Rosebud reference because it is the symbol for everyman's search for happiness.

How about the idea that the sled isn't about happiness, but about his
ability to strike out at the world. He isn't able to control anyone anymore
and he rembers back to when he was a child and he manipulated his parents.
This was also the time he first gained his wealth and did anything he
wanted.

Maybe he was wishing that he could start over again and not turn out
to be the "control" addict that he had become?

Flip

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From: conrad@brahms.udel.edu (Jon Conrad)
Subject: Re: Gifted Child Stars Was: Re: The Culkinator! 
Organization: University of Delaware
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 20:16:59 GMT

In article <gratrix.724950449@spot.Colorado.EDU> gratrix@spot.Colorado.EDU (Jackie Gratrix) writes:

>After reading all these posts on Culkin's performances, and the lack
>of talent therein, I'm interested in what child actors people think
>turned in good performances.  The best performance I can think of
>off hand would be Ricky Schroeder in "The Champ".  

I'd agree with that; unlike many child actors, Schroeder made a seamless
transition into being a good adult actor (he held his own with some
heavyweights in Lonesome Dove).  If only he can get better roles in his
movies....

Others:

Jodie Foster.  She's so well established as a fine adult actor now,
folks may forget how remarkable she was in Alice Doesn't Live Here
Anymore, Taxi Driver, and others.

Tatum O'Neal in Paper Moon and The Bad News Bears.

Dana Hill in Shoot the Moon.

Timothy Hutton.  Maybe this is borderline, as he was an adolescent in
it, but he sure was fine in Ordinary People.

Shirley Temple.  I know people cringe at the mention of her name, but
you can get over that and look at any of her movies, an amazing talent
is evident.

Justin Henry in Kramer vs. Kramer.

Henry Thomas and Drew Barrymore in ET.

Jon Alan Conrad
From: satish@a.chem.upenn.edu (Satish Nair)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Liam Neeson???
Date: 22 Dec 92 22:56:09 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

In article <1992Dec22.141915.27610@scott.skidmore.edu> dtschett@saims.skidmore.edu (donna tschetter) writes:
>
>
>What else has this actor done previous to "Leap of Faith"?
>
>Please post any information regarding previous movies he appeared in.
>
>Thank you.

He was ... DARKMAN!  Good movie if you're into the quick paced comic book
stuff. 

satish nair
From: reiher@ficus.cs.ucla.edu (Peter Reiher)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: apocalypse now (was r
Date: 23 Dec 92 20:43:39 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department

In article <1992Dec23.1489.35538@channel1> "eric walker" <eric.walker@channel1.com> writes:
>MC>The "Making Of" was called "Hearts of Darkness", and wasn't even nominated fo
>MC>an Oscar.  It SHOULD have been - one of my favorite films.
>
>I don't know the dirty secrets of the Academy, but I think one reason
>why HEARTS OF DARKNESS awasn't nominated for an Oscar was because it
>was a MADE-FOR-TV movie.  It was broadcast on cable months before it
>was released to theaters - I taped it off of Showtime myself.
>
>The Academy has a long-standing rule that a production must be
>released to theaters FIRST in order to qualify for an Oscar.  

Actually, I'm pretty sure "Hearts of Darkness" was eligible.  I believe
they gave it a one or two week LA theatrical release, to ensure eligibility,
before they broadcast it.  There is speculation that the people who select
the documentaries for nomination are prejudiced against films made for
television, though.  Given the documentaries recently that they haven't
nominated, there's speculation that they're prejudiced against anything
that doesn't feature an approved socially worthy cause (like handicapped
children or pollution), a jazz musician, or the Holocaust.

-- 
		Peter Reiher
		reiher@wells.cs.ucla.edu
From: ivy@chem.ucsd.edu (Ivy Blumberg)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Most Overrated Actor/Actress
Date: 29 Dec 1992 17:09:31 GMT
Organization: University of California San Diego, Chemistry
NNTP-Posting-Host: chedccf0.ucsd.edu

In article <1h4obgINN2vp@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> cb366@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mark B. Bendiksen) writes:
>
>rlwilliams writes:
>
>>Here here! someone willing to come out and say that if
>>you've seen one Streep movie, you've seen them all.
>>There's more to acting than accents and I think she puts the
>>same emotion in every script. I think great actors are
>>completely different in each movie. You find yourself
>>wondering if it was indeed the same person. I always
>>know I'm watching Streep and I feel like I'm watching
>>someone act.
>
>Well, I agree that acting is much more than mastering a
>foreign dialect, but nevertheless I certainly feel
>that Meryl Streep is completely different in nearly
>every role she takes on. It certainly amazes me that
>the actress who potrayed Karen Silkwood is the same
>one who was in _A Cry in the Dark_, and that the woman
>I saw in _Postcards from the Edge_ was the same
>as in Albert Brooks' _Defending Your Life_.
>
>Just MHO, of course.
>
>Mark B. Bendiksen

I think Meryl's comedies have definitely been lacking,
but I thought she was excellent in Silkwood and The
French Lieutenant's Woman.  These were both very good
films.  By the way, who was her lover in FLW?  I didn't
pay attention at the time but now that I remember back
it seems like it was Jeremy Irons.

ivy


Xref: sparky rec.arts.movies:36401 alt.fan.letterman:2241
From: huangf@athena.ecs.csus.edu (huangf)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.godzilla,rec.arts.movies,alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Why is this here? "The Lover" -- Article
Date: 1 Jan 93 01:36:34 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: California State University, Sacramento

In article <1992Dec29.064344.9144@ccd.harris.com> dht@controls.ccd.harris.com (Danh Tran) writes:
>>
>>        Indeed, the movie is already out on videotape in Chinese version
>>(I just rent it!) but the English version is probably not out yet. 
>>
>What is the Chinese title ("The Lover") of the videotape?  Thanks.
>
>
Why is this in alt.fan.letterman?  Not flaming; I've just been gone for
a while and I'm missing the connection. 

For the person who's making the list ("and checking it twice..."), I
watch Letterman and Seinfeld.  BTW, if Letterman moves to CBS, Leno
stays at NBC, and Koppel stays at ABC, this will mean that the Arsenio
Hall Show will no longer be broadcast right after the late local news.
Yeah!  Is this true for other areas of the country?

C-ya,


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From: aknowles@expert.expert.com (Anne Knowles)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: The Crying Game
Date: 30 Dec 92 21:01:37 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: Computer Publishing Group

Has anyone else seen this movie?!? What a great movie and no one is
posting about it. Highly recommended. It was wonderful.

Anne
From: dannyb@panix.com (Daniel Burstein)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: anybody else remember this film?
Date: 24 Dec 92 14:29:43 GMT
Organization: Panix, NYC

I've been scratching my brain over this one, can't find a listing in the
usual sources, and no one else seems to remember it.
  
Back in about 1965 I saw a movie whose premise was the Israeli war of
indepnednce against the British and Arabs.  The key point was it followed
some illegal immigrants arriving hidden in shipping cartons.

I'm -pretty sure- one actress was Sophia Loren, but none of the references
cite her.  The scene I recall was her being removed from a large wooden
shipping container which she shared with ?tractor parts? (to hide her). 
There was another person in there with her, but when our primary actress
is helped to her feet, she says something like: "don't bother with her,
she's been dead for a week"

Sorry I can't recall much more....  ANy hints greatly appreciated.
  
Thanks
Danny

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From: dtschett@saims.skidmore.edu (donna tschetter)
Subject: Trust?
Organization: Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 00:31:53 GMT


I have been trying to rent this movie on the recommendation of a
friend.  Anyone seen it?  Why is it so hard to find?

Did it ever come out in the theaters?

Any info very much appreciated.
From: nhmas@gauss.med.harvard.edu (Mark Shneyder)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Most Underrated Actor/Actress
Date: 3 Jan 93 03:02:28 GMT
Organization: HMS

In article <1993Jan1.184116.12024@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> rsengupt@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Rita E Sengupta) writes:
>
>Is Andie McDowell rated at all?  Does anyone take her seriously?

No. And no.

>Don't think she's been in anything else...Green Card would have been
>better with someone else...
>Can't think of who else right now... Goldie Hawn and Gerard Depardieu?

If I was a director I would've went with Kathleen Turner and Gerard.

-Mark
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From: randle@nosc.mil (Mike Randle)
Subject: Re: (Unsolicited) advice against Blockbuster
Summary: Rebuttal
Organization: /etc/organization
Distribution: rec
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 19:35:27 GMT
Expires: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 10:00:00 GMT

In article <1992Dec21.005238.20089@en.ecn.purdue.edu> syd@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Dennis P Hilgenberg) writes:
>Six reasons not to patronize Blockbuster:
>
>
>4.  Refusal to carry unrated movies, causing a good deal of,
>    for example, foreign films not to be represented.  Also,
>    selective censorship (e.g. no "Last Temptation of Christ").
>    I don't recall whether or not they stock NC-17 films.
>

As pointed out by Carl Gritter, Blockbuster does carry unrated films.
My local store carries Almost Pregnant, Crime of Passion, Heny: Portrait
of a Serial Killer, Re-Animator, etc. as unrated.  It also carries
The Last Temptation Of Christ.  The "selective censorship" is not a
national policy.  

Though I do rent from Blockbuster, I am not trying to advocate blind
devotion to that store.  Many of your other complaints are valid. I
hate over-categorization and slow checkout personnel.  I hate the prices
$4.25 for a new release.  And though the foreign section is the best
on my side of the island, it still stinks.  I an almost never find a 
particular foreign movie.  I would love to be able to rent films by
Marcel Carne and Pagnol, a good selection of Kurosawa and Mizoguchi, or
Satyajit Ray.  But that's life.

Mike Randle
From: nichols@math.umn.edu (Preston Nichols)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Has anyone seen this film?
Date: 21 Dec 92 23:38:34 GMT
Organization: University of Minnesota

In article <adobrien.724934419@unix1.tcd.ie> adobrien@unix1.tcd.ie (Austin  
O'Brien) writes:
> In <1992Dec17.075854.2543@inland.com> deck@inland.com writes:
> 
> 
> >	Has anyone seen a new film starring Anthony Hopkins entitled,"The
> >Efficiency Expert"?  [...]
> 
> I believe the film is entitled 'Spotswood'.
> 
> (But may be I'm thinking of a different Hopkins picture)
> 
> 
> Austin.

Same film, different titles for different continents.  I saw "The Efficiency  
Expert" in Minneapolis (U.S.A.); the story is largely set in a town called  
Spotswood (in Australia).

PN
From: xilin@northstar.dartmouth.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Movies you loved, but couldn't see more than once.
Date: 3 Jan 93 02:15:04 GMT
Organization: Project NORTHSTAR, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

In article <1286@xlnt.COM> david@elwood.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (David Johnson) writes:
>There are very few movies that I can stand watching more than once.
>"Amadeus" is the only movie I can think of offhand that I
>enjoy seeing again and again.
>
>-- 
>David Johnson
>XLNT Designs, Inc. (XDI)
>david@xlnt.com


I agree.  This is a very special movie, because people who love it really love Mozart and his music more than the movie itself.  Am I right?
From: jhumkey@cup.portal.com (John K Humkey)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Julienne Phillips movie
Date: Sat,  2 Jan 93 11:27:30 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)


   Several years ago there was a movie with Julienne Phillips and
   Danielle VonZerneck (spl.) about becomming Lifeguards.
   It wasn't Academy award material but, I'd still like to find it
   on video if I can.  I think the title was "LIFEGUARD".

   Has anyone heard of it?  Do you know if the video is available,
   and under what name?

   Thanks.
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