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From: kamorgan@athena.mit.edu (Keith Morgan)
Subject: Re: rollerball question
Followup-To: rec.arts.movies
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 03:03:45 GMT


In article <ru88qINN6hr@seven-up.East.Sun.COM> joneil@heretix.East.Sun.COM writes:
>o.k. movie fans. one question i can't find the answer to.
>on what books were the following movies based on:
>ROLLERBALL
>SOLENT GREEN
>
>thank you in advance, been trying to get this info for years
>
>john "my life is a big blur of fire and ice" oneil

Well, I'm playing catch up with the group and someone has probably
answered this but ....
ROLLERBALL: adapted by William Harrison from his story _Roller Ball
Murders_
SOYLENT GREEN: from Harry Harrison's _Make Room! Make Room!_

Keith
From: ab@nova.cc.purdue.edu (Allen B)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: List of Comic Book Cinema
Date: 14 Apr 92 17:59:14 GMT

In article <92102.112600RHK106@psuvm.psu.edu> RHK106@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
> Here is a list of all the comics-related movies I can remember:

Add:
Dr. Strange	(tv pilot and short-lived series)
Batman (1966)	(made for theaters after the series hit)
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From: patstew@oz.plymouth.edu (Pat Steward)
Subject: Re: WHITE MEN CAN'T JUMP (Jeopardy specific)
Reply-To: patstew@oz.plymouth.edu (Pat Steward)
Organization: Plymouth State College - Plymouth, N.H.
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 92 17:28:18 GMT

In article <1992Apr9.143619.26365@cbnewsj.cb.att.com> leeper@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (mark.r.leeper) writes:
>
>                            WHITE MEN CAN'T JUMP
>                      A film review by Mark R. Leeper
>
>Spoilers:
>
>     Plot problems:
>
>  2.  Why did just the right question categories show up on JEOPARDY?
>      Another security guard favor?  Not likely.

When I was on Jeopardy, one of my competitors had listed "mythology"
as her hobby.  Guess what showed up on the board?  They say the
catgories are purely random, but I wonder...
-- 
Pat Martin Steward                          patstew@oz.plymouth.edu
I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is;
I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express senti-
ments that differentiate me from a doormat.       Rebecca West, 1913
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
From: dgg@llcn2.jhuapl.edu (Dave Gawron)
Subject: Re: buckaroo banzai--good?? bad??
Organization: Johns Hopkins University
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 92 14:14:54 GMT

In <1992Apr15.170134.10309@panix.com> schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster) writes:

>In article <axolotl.703326833@syzygy> axolotl@socs.uts.edu.au writes:
>>tfarmer@datamark.co.nz (Thomas Farmer) writes:
>>
>>I watched it again recently, and it really is... different.  But not
>>nearly so extreme that there should never be a sequel (which is
>>the firm opinion of the bloke who owns the rights.)  All the Japanese
>>people I know who've seen it detest it, too. :-)
>>
>Heh. On a recent TV run, the part where Whorfin makes a racial slur at
>Hikita while watching TV at the mental institution is bleeped out.

That's interesting.  Did they also bleep out the part where Whorfin is
ranting:

	"Blacks... are here in New Jersey... coming to destroy us..."

You think that would get axed also.

-Dave-

"Where are we going?  Planet ten!"
"When?  Real soon!"
From: detrolio@andromeda.rutgers.edu (David De Trolio)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: POWER OF ONE
Date: 15 Apr 92 02:32:32 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

ssave@ole.uucp (Shailendra Save) writes:


>  Anyone who has seen this movie, a question:

>  How true is this movie?

From my studies on South Africa and from speaking with both
English citizens and others who were in or lived in South Africa
during this period acknowledge the move to aparthied law was hard
and violent.  There was a great deal of fears among Afrikaners that
blacks would soon obtain more rights under British rule.  The
election of the Nationalist Party in 1948 was the initial response to
this fear.

>  Another question:

>  If Germany lost the war, then how come they still had control 
>  of South Africa when the war was over? (1948?)

Germany never maintained control of South Africa during WW II.  There
were many in the Afrikaner community who looked to the Nazis fight
against Britain as a chance to move from under the rule of Britain.
There were many pro-Nazi organizations which surfaced during the war,
but did not achieve much and were soon disbanded as their leadership
were arrested for anti-government activities.

>  A must see movie.  Throughly disturbing.

Agreed.  People must understand South Africa is as much a disputed
land as Israel is.   The process of change which the South African
Government has put into effect will not alter the thinking of the
people for many generations.  It will take time.


-- 
David De Trolio - (detrolio@andromeda.rutgers.edu)
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From: rgt@kepler.unh.edu (Richard G Tomasso)
Subject: Re: Sharon Stone on SNL
Organization: University of New Hampshire  -  Durham, NH
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 18:39:17 GMT

In article <1992Apr15.064700.8063@news.Hawaii.Edu> teshima@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (A. Lani Teshima) writes:
>When Sharon Stone did her opening monologue on SNL the other weekend,
>there were a few very vocal people in the audience that kept yelling
>things to her. Did anyone catch what they were saying? I had a feeling
>they were hecklers saying something negative about her role in Basic
>Instincts, because they were very rude, interrupting her monologue to
>where it made her pause to compose herself momentarily.
>Any ideas?
>Thanks in advance! :)
Everyone I've talked to said that they were hecklers. My main clue was that
no one at all was laughing during most of it (probably until security
escorted the hecklers out).
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>(Ivo) Veach) 
>>Strange. This special LB edition of Aliens has been available here 
>>in the USA for over 3 months with no indication that it will be a 
>>limited edition. It looks like the UK distributor is pulling some
>
>Ah, but what about us lowly students who don't have laser disc players.  I
>need a VHS copy.  But I've never heard of a non-LD version of Aliens until
>G.D. Pratt (by non-LD version, I mean a non-LD version WITH the xtra scenes)
>mentioned this.  And they're probably going to put it only on PAL or something.

You just have to graduate and get a high paying job. You are majoring in
something practical such as finance and not something impractical
such as medieval literature? :-)

			   Danny Low
    "Question Authority and the Authorities will question You"
	   Valley of Hearts Delight, Silicon Valley
	     HP NPCD   dlow@pollux.svale.hp.com
From: dianetti@acsu.buffalo.edu (Donald J. Dianetti)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Let's clear this T 101/800 thing up...
Date: 8 Apr 92 23:12:38 GMT
Organization: UB

In article <1992Apr8.183154.18030@uwm.edu> craiga@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Craig R Albrechtson) writes:
>In article <1992Apr8.102832.23841@ms.uky.edu> nyberg@ms.uky.edu (Jack Nyberg) writes:
>>   NERDS!!!NERDS!!!NERDS!!!
>>
>
>If you think these guys are bad you should go check out
>rec.arts.movies.sf, there are some major geekoids there.
>They have nothing to do except to endlesslessy  argue over
>totally stupid and largly irrevelant points of the movies.
>-- 

     And you have nothing better to do than belittle people 
for doing something that they enjoy.  If it bothers you that
much, I recommend you don't read that newsgroup.  Save yourself
the aggravation.

Have a nice day.

-- 
"You can be the Captain, and I will draw the chart
 Sailing into destiny, closer to the heart"     
Xref: sparky rec.arts.movies:13221 rec.arts.sf.movies:3099
From: uslave@mcl.mcl.ucsb.edu (KJS @ucsb.mcl)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies,rec.arts.sf.movies
Subject: Re: Jennifer Connelly
Keywords: Jennifer Connelly, Walt Disney
Date: 7 Apr 92 18:29:10 GMT
Followup-To: rec.arts.movies

In <1992Apr7.090632.20633@acsu.buffalo.edu> v562f9vy@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Wolverine) writes:

>In article <1992Apr6.143528.21723@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, dnaraghi@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Dara Naraghi) writes...
>>In article <1992Apr3.213535.23560@cs.cornell.edu> parekhs@cs.cornell.edu (Sujay S. Parekh) writes:
>>>Hello, movie-lovers!! Those of you who have seen Rocketeer might
>>>remember the heroine Jennifer Connelly. One of my friends has an
>>>incredible crush on her, and I was wondering how to find out her
>>>address? Would Walt Disney studios tell me if I asked?
>> 
>>	I think the answer to that question is "Hell no!".  However, you
>>can always send her a fan letter in care of the Disney studio.
>> 
>>>Also, out of curiosity, has she appeared in other movies?
>> 
>>	I've seen her in two other movies, Career Opportunities and
>>The Hot Spot (she has a very short nude scene in this one).  I really
>>liked CO, even though it was kind of a goofy comedy.  The Hot Spot
>>kinda' sucked though, unless of course you watch it for reasons other
>>than the story :-)
>> 
>>-- 
>>*****************************************************************************
>>* Dara Naraghi                       * "Love isn't really blind...just      *
>>* dnaraghi@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu *  selectively nearsighted"--The Hulk  *
>>*****************************************************************************





>she also appeared in Labyrinth with David Bowie.



This question keeps turning up.  Is this a FAQ?  Somebody please post the list
of her movies from THE ACTRESS LIST, or, if no one is willing to do that, I'll
post a better list (THE ACTRESS LIST isn't *completely* accurate when it comes
to her), if I get enough requests.  I'm not angry or anything, it's just that
it's disappointing that that's the only thing talked about whenever someone
posts something about her...but at least it's better than one thread from the
recent past I can think of...:-)


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From: joe@archsci.arch.su.oz.au (Joe Nappa)
Subject: Re: SOTL questions...
Organization: Design Computing Unit, The University of Sydney
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 04:03:04 GMT

I have two problems: the first with both the film and novel, and 
the second with the film --
1. how many noticed the rather obvious clue that Lecter gave
Starling when she first came to visit him. Starling asked him
about the drawing he had on the wall of his cell. He told her it
was a view of the Duomo and Palazzo Vecchio, in Florence, as seen
from the Belvedere (the Belvedere is a royal pavilion, on a hill,
within the grounds of the Palazzo Pitti -- it has one of the
world's great views: of Florence and the River Arno laid out
before you). Now Gumb's first murder is in the town of Belvedere,
Ohio; if I remember rightly it's where Gumb hides out. Lecter
tells Starling that he has drawn the view from memory -- how
much more of a clue do you want? However, Harris never brings
this clue up again. If this wasn't an oversight then I am left
further impressed by Harris' skill: most writers, once they've
dreamed up something clever, find it very difficult to restrain
themselves from putting neon lights around it at some point to
impress the reader. Agatha Cristie's clues were all brought 
together at some point and described in case the reader missed
them. The film handled the clue in the same way. I thought if the
light bulb was going to light in Starling's head because of this 
clue it would have been when she delivered Lecter's drawings to
him in the courthouse cell, just prior to his escape.

2. in the novel Lecter tells Starling that he once ate a census
taker's liver "with fava beans and a big Amarone". Now in the
film, the Amarone (an Italian red wine, made from late picked
grapes in Veneto region of Italy, very high in alcohol and quite
suitable with red meats -- liver included, I guess) is swapped
for the more well known Chianti. BTW, an aspect of Lecter that's
left out of the film is his great reputation as a gourmet writer
-- pity, because the irony of this is, dare I say it, delicious.
Nevermind this omission. What is galling is that once again
Hollywood has decided that an audience made to think as little as
possible is a happy and contented audience. This sucks, frankly.
The only real excuse is that, perhaps, the power of Lecter's
statement would have been diluted if one is left puzzled by
something he says. As a gourmet Lecter would probably avoid
Chianti: it's become something of a trendy wine over the last ten
years -- popular more for its straw-wrapped flask than any great
quality as a wine (there are some great Chiantis, but they're 
hard to find outside Italy).

Joe

-- 
Joe Nappa                  *************************************************** 
joe@archsci.arch.su.oz.au  *"As genitals to wanton boys are we to th' gods   *
Dept. of Architec. Science * They play with us for their  sport"             *
Uni. of Sydney, AUSTRALIA  * -- Blackadder II  (appo-logies to W.Shakespeare)*
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From: madkiwi@camelot.bradley.edu (Michael Eade)
Subject: Re: Point Break - Coherent?
Organization: Bradley University
Distribution: na
Date:  7 Apr 92 15:57:45 GMT





















all right, to put it simply, Bodhi was an adrenalin freak.  They had pulled
off so many heists already that Bodhi was beginning to feel that nothing could  go wrong.   In fact nothing would have gone wrong had it not been for his       partners to react so badly to the new situation.  I believe that wwas what made the cop take the chance.

As Bodhi said, so long as you keep the people scared they won't do anything.
It was quite interesting to watch him progress.  After the robbery you can
see how upset he is, and how pissed he is for letting someone in his group get  killed.  However, you also see the rush he gets from escaping the cops.  He 
just switches to a different adventure, because the bank one was no longer fun.
***************************
Madkiwi@buhub.bradley.edu
Call me Michael, and remember 
to visit Hawaii at least 
twice a year!!
***************************
From: leeper@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (Mark R. Leeper)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: hammer
Date: 15 Apr 92 10:41:26 GMT
Organization: AT&T

In article <Ron_O'Hara.5074@tvbbs.wimsey.bc.ca> Ron_O'Hara@tvbbs.wimsey.bc.ca (Ron O'Hara) writes:
> Anyone into watching the British horror movies produced by the famous
> Hammer studios? I'm curious to know all the Frankenstein titles.
> 
> -- Via DLG Pro v0.991

There have been (in my opinion) three great cycles of horror films.
There was the German Expressionist cycle of the 20's, the Universal
cycle of the 30's and 40's, and the Hammer cycle of the mid-50s to
mid-70's.

I include in the Hammer cycle films from spinoff studios like Amicus
and Tigon, but it was really Hammer who started the cycle and created
the market.  Some of the best horror films ever made were made by
Hammer.  I like very much THE DEVIL RIDES OUT (a.k.a THE DEVIL'S BRIDE)
and TO THE DEVIL A DAUGHTER.  The Frankenstein series was for the most
part quite good.  (Someone else has listed the titles so I won't.)
What is particularly good is the presence of Peter Cushing.  Cushing is
a much under-rated actor, though he does get quite a lot of
appreciation in Britain where he has become sort of an avuncular
figure.  What was good about this series is that Victor changes from
film to film.  In each film his personality is different but a logical
result of what has happened in the previous films.  In some cases the
films had some sophisticated themes.  In FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED
he attempts to save a genius's life by transplanting the brain into
another body.  It is not a deformed or monsterous body, just another
body.  What goes wrong is basically technology shock.  Neither the
patient nor his wife can come to terms with this being the same person
if the body looks different.

Hammer eventually died of making too many films with sexy women instead
of new plot ideas.  But at their best they made films like CURSE OF THE
WEREWOLF, DRACULA (a.k.a. HORROR OF DRACULA), QUATERMASS AND THE PIT
(a.k.a. FIVE MILLION YEARS TO EARTH), and BRIDES OF DRACULA.  The cycle
of films they started included THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD and THE
WICKER MAN.  When I was a teenager I was a real fan of Hammer films and
I guess I still am.

				Mark Leeper
				...att!mtgzy!leeper
				(908)957-5619
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Subject: Re: Quote at the end of "Patton"
From: rivero@mdcbbs.com
Date: 14 Apr 92 12:14:53 GMT
Organization: M&E (Division of EDS), Cypress CA
Nntp-Posting-User: mdhc

In article <1992Apr7.213214.11642@hamblin.math.byu.edu>, bill@mathnx.math.byu.edu (Bill Smith) writes:
> Where does the quote come from that is used at the end of "Patton"
> about Roman generals riding through Rome in triumph with the slave
> standing behind in the Chariot saying "all glory is fleeting" [or
> something like that]??  Please email and I will post if there is
> interest.  Thanks.
> -Bill
> 

  If memory serves, it is from Patton's own writings.



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From: jameskau@aludra.usc.edu (James Kaufman)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: CITY OF JOY
Date: 17 Apr 1992 00:05:52 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu
Keywords: No spoilers

I just saw the movie CITY OF JOY, with Patrick Swayze and Pauline Collins.  I
thought it was pretty good (*** out of ****.)  It dragged a little at times,
but I though (IMHO) it was worth seeing.  Roland Joffe was there for a Q&A
session after the movie, btw, and he was *great*.  Funny, articulate, and
interesting.  Had lots of good anecdotes about how difficult it was to
film on location, and how Swayze admitted to him that he didn't know if he
was a truly talented actor or not.  The friends who I saw it with were pretty
sharply divided; a few thought it was great, most thought it was pretty decent,
and a couple despised it.
Opinions, anyone?

James Kaufman
jameskau@aludra.usc.edu
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From: fal20643@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Capt. Frank A. Lauro)
Subject: Re: Eroticism without nudity
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 19:58:23 GMT

fajack@cc.usu.edu writes:

>	My vote goes to "Sea of Love' in the scene where Ellen Barkin
>was seducing Al Pacino.  I don't recall she being naked, but man, 
>what a turn on !!!!!

I don't know how you could have forgotten such a memorable detail, but you 
did.  There's at least one scene in SEA OF LOVE (the first love scene
between Barkin's and Pacino's characters) that shows quite a bit of the
nubile Ms. Barkin.  
--------
Captain Frank A. Lauro          Commanding Officer       University of Illinois
fal20643@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu       USS ALEXA NCC 1764-D     Urbana-Champaign
--------
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 -- Boothby (Ray Walston) to Picard, TNG: "The First Duty"
From: frankm@microsoft.com (Frank R.A.J. Maloney)
Subject: TOP TEN MOVIES, as of 8 April 1992
Date: 08 Apr 92 18:49:54 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Windows/DOS Users Ed Group

Following is a list of the top-ten grossing movies in the U.S. as of 8
April 1992 (source: Seattle P-I, 8 April 1992). The first dollar
column lists the amount grossed in millions of dollars in the previous
weekend. The second dollar column lists the total gross receipts in the
U.S. through the end of the previous weekend.

1     WHITE MEN CAN'T JUMP               $10.2 M  $ 29.1 M

2     BASIC INSTINCT                      10.1 M  $ 49.1

3     BEETHOVEN                            7.6       debut

4     STRAIGHT TALK                        4.6       debut

5     THUNDERHEART                         4.5       debut

6     WAYNE'S WORLD                        4.4      93.3

7     MY COUSIN VINNY                      3.9      30.7

8     THE CUTTING EDGE                     3.4       9.1

9     LADYBUGS                             3.2       9.4

10    ROCK-A-DOODLE                        2.6        debut

COMMENTS:

Four debut films enter the list week, none of them particularly
strongly, but none of them big-budget flicks either.

WAYNE'S WORLD has a good chance of becoming a blockbuster (more than
$100 million) in two weeks at the present rate.

Some veterans of the list have departed this, the week after the Oscar
awards, including two Oscar-nominated (and winning): FRIED GREEN
TOMATOES (for the second time), THE LAWNMOWER MAN, and BEAUTY AND THE
BEAST.

-- 
Frank Richard Aloysius Jude Maloney
	"Only the mediocre can always be at their best." -- Mencken
For an average time write uunet!microsoft!frankm
For an even more mediocre time try frankm@microsoft.com
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From: gmcmanus@reepicheep.gcn.uoknor.edu (Gary McManus)
Subject: Re: "THUNDERHEART"
Organization: CIMMS/The University of Oklahoma, Norman
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 17:42:27 GMT

In article <1992Apr17.031436.6052@cbnewsj.cb.att.com> leeper@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (Mark R. Leeper) writes:
>one side and against the other.  Had he put in one sincere, honest
>person on the side of the assimilationists it would have been a much
>more powerful film.  If he had given just one or two reasonable
>arguments for the assimilationists' side this could have been a good
>film.  As it is he sidestepped the issues entirely and turned it into a
>purely good guys against bad guys film.  Now the fact that somebody

Sure, and if Hitler would have given a few reasonable arguments, world
war II never would have happened.  Heck, if S. Africa can explain to
me why apartheid is better, it would be okay, right?  Come on, some 
times the situation is good against bad, absolute.  The bad guy in 
this movie seemed to me to be the U.S. government.  They were the
ones subverting the goons to do this stuff.

G. Mc.
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From: gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com (gilbert.m.stewart)
Subject: Re: PLEASE STOP WITH THE VANITY
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 06:56:26 GMT

In article <4duVPla00WBLM8mKVm@andrew.cmu.edu>, Sandy Bodzin <sb5i+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
> In a previous post I wrote:
> 
> >My housemate and I have a bet.  He claims that Prince's ex, Vanity, has
> >never appeared in a broadly released movie while I claim that she has. 
> >However, I couldn't remember the movie.  Can anyone help.  Please email
> >as I am not a regular reader of this bboard.
> >Sandy
> You guys are amazing!  I asked my question and got more than 20
> responses.  Thanks for the answers.  Please stop the deluge.  
> Just amazing....

"Well, I asked this question on an electronic bulletin board that's
distributed to sites all over the world and got more than 20 
responses!"

Not so surprising, really.  Try asking more boring or more
little-known-information-related questions and you should get 
fewer responses.

GMS
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