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Title: YOU KNOW THE DRILL
Post by: bk on November 05, 2005, 12:10:39 AM: Well, you've read the notes, you now know the drill, therefore it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're off getting to know the drill.
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Post by: bk on November 05, 2005, 12:10:57 AM: And the word of the day is: TOMFOOLERY!
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Post by: bk on November 05, 2005, 12:14:49 AM: And now - Dino at the piano.

And what a loverly day of postings we had yesterday - let's keep it up, shall we?
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Post by: Charles Pogue on November 05, 2005, 12:26:26 AM: Upcoming film I am looking forward to: The Libertine with Johnny Depp. I have read this play and find it quite wonderful. It is about the historical Earl of Rochester...famous dissolute rake, poet, and cohort of Charles II in the time of the Restoration. He also hung out with various playwrights and theatre folk at the time. Depp should be very right for the role.

So, BK, are we supping? Where? When? It has been too long.
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Post by: George on November 05, 2005, 12:39:59 AM: The obvious movies that I want to see are "Rent," "The Producers" and the fourth Harry Potter movie...whatever it is (I haven't read any of the books). After that, I can't think of any specific movies that I've heard about that I really want to see. ::)
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Post by: Michael on November 05, 2005, 05:20:29 AM: Quote from: George on November 05, 2005, 12:39:59 AM
The obvious movies that I want to see are "Rent," "The Producers" and the fourth Harry Potter movie...whatever it is (I haven't read any of the books). After that, I can't think of any specific movies that I've heard about that I really want to see. ::)

Other than those three films mentioned above I am not sure what is coming to the theaters and most likely I won't go out of way to see them.
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Post by: FJL on November 05, 2005, 05:38:01 AM: Topic of the day:

In terms of Broadway shows, I'd say I'm most intrigued by LESTAT and TARZAN.

Away from Broadway, I'd say the curiosity factor has me intrigued by LORD OF THE RINGS, which will be in Toronto in early 2006. I'm not a big fan of the LOTR movies, but Skip loves them, so we have our tickets for a matinee in March (planning on flying to Toronto in the morning, seeing the show then coming right back - a jet-setting :) type of thing we haven't done in many years). Skip is looking forward to it because of love of the underlying material, I'm just waiting excitedly to find out HOW they do it.

Approaching a certain level of insanity, I really can't wait for the Paper Mill production of HELLO DOLLY, which I'm not seeing until next July. That may have as much to do with my loving trips to Paper Mill in good weather as my wondering what the heck Paper Mill will do with this one. A straightforward production, maybe? Some sort of rethinking, as they've apparently managed to pull off mighty successfully (per the critics) with their current CINDERELLA blockbuster? I can't wait to find out what they do with DOLLY - seriously.

(For full disclosure, our LAST STARFIGHTER choreographer/musical stager Jennifer Paulson Lee did the choreography for CINDERELLA, so I'm looking forward to seeing that in a few weeks, too, but boy, has she found herself with a hit with this CINDERELLA. But Paper Mill in the fall/winter just ain't the same as Paper Mill in the spring/summer.)
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Post by: Jennifer on November 05, 2005, 06:08:40 AM: I happened to see both the Kristin Chenoweth Old Navy commercial and the John Lithgow soup commercial yesterday. I liked the first (but thought they should have used her singing abilities, since Old Navy loves doing musical commercials). I thought the soup commercial was a joke (i saw the one with the pajamas). It seemed so totally out there and crazy!
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Post by: vixmom on November 05, 2005, 06:23:30 AM: TOD: Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire
Rent
Capote
Good Night & Good Luck
Libertine
Producers
Pirates of the Carribean II
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 05, 2005, 06:31:57 AM: Yesterday I saw pictures of a mini-Erik and a map of O-hee-O.

I watched THE GREEN SLIME. Lots and LOTS of shots of minature rockets and other hardware doing stuff....and some of the actors walking around. Robert Horton and Lucianna Paluzzi had exactly the SAME hair color! And Richard Jaeckal looked awfully SHORT.
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 05, 2005, 06:33:02 AM: The Drill was full of tomfoolery UNTIL they called the Drill Instructor, who straightened everything out.
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 05, 2005, 06:33:51 AM: I am looking forward to Good Night and Good Luck, The Libertine (as well), and The Producers.

Yes, DRJOSE please post those rehearsal pics. And a pic of Stuart!
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 05, 2005, 06:35:33 AM: The Sportsman's Lodge??!!!!

May 1959 - Mike Connally column: Dining at the Sportsman's Lodge, twosome Allison Hayes and Robby Gordon, the director.

August 1959 - Mike Connally column: Newsome twosome at the Sportman's Lodge, Allison Hayes and Sy Devore!
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Post by: vixmom on November 05, 2005, 06:35:56 AM: No Green Slime here thank goodness.... we are all on the mend finally....

oh you meant.... never mind.....
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Post by: vixmom on November 05, 2005, 06:39:20 AM: Ew Radio Coty I am not aware of any "refunds", partial or otherwise for providing taped music rather than live.

The Vixter's girlscout troop is attending the Nov 19th 9 AM show. a special outing just for th girls and moms. I have very mixed feelings about attending with the lockout so I am hoping that the issues are resolved before then.

BTW this is the Vixter's first Chirstmas Spectacular and my own first visit to Radio City in abour 30 years so are there any interesting factoids anyone would care to share about the venue that I can share with the Scouts?
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Post by: td on November 05, 2005, 06:42:48 AM: I am looking forward to BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN more than any other film this coming season.
Second on my list is Peter Jackson's version of KING KONG, I think the trailer is quite good, too.
RENT, the movie, holds some fascination as I am not a fan of the show or its score. I'm thinking, that like PHANTOM, I'll enjoy the film more than the stage show.
THE PRODUCERS, of course. Big fan of the original film (but who could replace the divoon Estelle Winwood?) and of the show. Still trying to figure out why Bialy's opening number "King of Broadway" has been deleted, though.
Those are the ones I will see theatrically, before the dvds arrive.

On Broadway, I want to see THE WOMAN IN WHITE. Yes, I know that tomovoz and I are in disagreement over this one - I like the score (and I'm not an ALW fan) and I love the story. Plus the fact that I can see both Maria Friedman and Michael Ball on the same stage is reason enough for a winter trip to NYC.
I don't think I need to remind ANYONE how much I want to see LESTAT. . .
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Post by: td on November 05, 2005, 06:45:01 AM: for you, vixmom:

http://www.radiocity.com/themusichall_history.html (http://www.radiocity.com/themusichall_history.html)
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Post by: td on November 05, 2005, 06:46:28 AM: vixmom - if you have any techies or geeks in the troup, they might find this interesting:

http://www.asme.org/history/roster/H217.html (http://www.asme.org/history/roster/H217.html)
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Post by: td on November 05, 2005, 06:49:02 AM: There are also some nice thoughts posted here, as well as some trivia such as the last film to play at Radio City Music Hall and peoples' fond remembrances of the place:

http://cinematreasures.org/theater/55/ (http://cinematreasures.org/theater/55/)
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Post by: td on November 05, 2005, 06:49:43 AM: I do believe I am frenzied out. ;D
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Post by: Ginny on November 05, 2005, 07:09:51 AM: Hoo and Ray - no managers in my department today!

TOD - In addition to those already mentioned, I'm looking forward to seeing Memoirs of a Geisha with my book group ladies - some of us have already read the book, some of us are just now reading it. We'll go to the movie together and then to someone's house for a soup supper.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on November 05, 2005, 07:17:56 AM: Good morning, fellow dear readers.

Last night we had a kind of a rehearsal for next weekend's big do, which is going to fail big time. We learned how to make espresso on the donated espresso machine, tried out the popcorn machine, and figured out how to play a movie on the computer through the projector onto the big screen. We watched "The Princess Bride." No one else had seen it before, so it was enjoyed by all. After that I came home and stayed awake most of the night, thanks to the espresso.

This afternoon we are going to see the tour of Annie. It's a rerun, as they brought Annie through once already.

The end.
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 05, 2005, 07:20:05 AM: Radio Coty Music Hall is a landmark.
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 05, 2005, 07:26:20 AM: Off to work until 7 pm. Maybe I can post from there. Time will tell.
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Post by: Matt H. on November 05, 2005, 07:42:49 AM: Good morning!

Need I say it again? Beautiful, gorgeous, etc., etc.

Paradise.
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 05, 2005, 07:47:06 AM: DR MS - I forgot to say....we want LOTS of pictures from your EYE-talian trip coming up.

Now I am gone.
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Post by: Matt H. on November 05, 2005, 07:47:12 AM: I've read some intriguing upcoming DVD releases from 20th-Fox during this coming year.

Looks like they've finally realized the treasure trove they've been sitting on and are going to start releasing CHARLIE CHAN and MR. MOTO movies in 2006. Supposedly four movies per set.

There is going to be a Jayne Mansfield box with THE WAYWARD BUS, WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER?, and THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT.

VALLEY OF THE DOLLS and BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS are coming in 2006.

FInally some Betty Grable and Alice Faye: PIN UP GIRL and WEEKEND IN HAVANA.
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Post by: Matt H. on November 05, 2005, 07:49:04 AM: As for movies coming up, I've already mentioned this past week that BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, HARY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE, RENT, and THE PRODUCERS are on my must-see list.

Also, MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA sounds intriguing.
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Post by: Matt H. on November 05, 2005, 07:51:01 AM: As for TV: I'm looking forward to the returns of '24,' LESS THAN PERFECT, and SCRUBS. I guess I will watch AMERICAN IDOL again this year, but after last year's disappointing winner, my enthusiasm has waned a little bit.

Also, NBC has a new dramedy series coming called THE BOOK OF DANIEL that sounds very interesting.

Dick Wolf's new NBC young lawyer series CONVICTION also sounds like a must-sample show.
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Post by: Matt H. on November 05, 2005, 07:52:58 AM: I read this morning that Paramount is planning on releasing a new anniversary edition of BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S.

Let's hope it will be a much improved transfer than what we now have available to us.

This is one of my favorite films, so I don't mind double dipping IF the transfer is improved with cleaner, brighter video.
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Post by: Matt H. on November 05, 2005, 07:55:50 AM: Here's the new cover art for BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S:
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Post by: Matt H. on November 05, 2005, 07:56:27 AM: Can that serve as a page dance, too?

:D
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Post by: Matt H. on November 05, 2005, 07:59:46 AM: I believe I read that the new BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'Sis scheduled for February 7th.
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Post by: MBarnum on November 05, 2005, 08:13:27 AM: Upcoming movies that I am looking forward to are the new KING KONG and the John Abraham movies WATER and GARAM MASALA.
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Post by: bk on November 05, 2005, 08:13:41 AM: I'm up, I'm up.

I'm looking forward to the new DVD of Tiffany's. The last DVD, while anamorphic and well-colored, was too dark and too soft. I'll put that on the sale pile today.
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Post by: Matt H. on November 05, 2005, 08:45:04 AM: As for upcoming CDs, well, the original cast CD of LESTAT, of course! Can't expect to see the show until next summer at the earliest.
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Post by: Matt H. on November 05, 2005, 08:45:25 AM: I'm all alone on a Saturday! Argh!
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Post by: bk on November 05, 2005, 08:50:58 AM: Nobody here but us chickens.

I watched a really amusing DVD last night - two hours of grindhouse movie trailers - those sleazy trailers for films that played 42nd St. during the late 60s and throughout the 70s. My favorite was from 1970, a film called The Pink Angels - a "gay" biker film that I would now love to see.
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Post by: bk on November 05, 2005, 08:54:36 AM: The other film that looked fascinating, shot in Duovision, was called Wicked, Wicked - you'd think you were watching the sleaziest, cheapest film ever made, and then you start noticing some of the cast - Tiffany Bolling, Arthur O'Connell, Aldo Ray, Madeline Sherwood, and you begin to wonder why they would ever take part in such a horridly cheap film - then you find out it's an MGM release directed by the Twilight Zone's Richard L. Bare. Made the same year, I believe, as Bartel's Private Parts. The latter, of course, I'm very fond of, and is a film that holds up very well. As to Wicked, Wicked, I would now like to see it, although it looks fairly hideous from the hideous trailer. It's probably worth it for the wailing of Tiffany Bolling singing the TITLE SONG.
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Post by: bk on November 05, 2005, 08:58:18 AM: Wicked, Wicked also features - wait for it - Edd "Kookie" Byrnes and Diane McBain. Duovision was apparently split screen - yes, the entire film is done in split screen.
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Post by: bk on November 05, 2005, 08:58:50 AM: I must see Wicked, Wicked NOW!
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Post by: bk on November 05, 2005, 09:03:45 AM: Someone find Wicked, Wicked for me - I must hear the title song IN FULL!
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Post by: TPunk on November 05, 2005, 09:15:21 AM: TOD: I'm looking forward to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Rent, The Producers, Shopgirl, Walk the Line, and the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

I've read all of the Harry Potter books and Shopgirl so I'm excited for those. And I've never ready the Chronicles of Narnia, but everyone who knows my taste in reading has strongly recommended them to me. Maybe I'll read the book before seeing the movie.

On Broadway, I'm excited for Lestat, Tarzan and the Color Purple.
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Post by: TPunk on November 05, 2005, 09:20:29 AM: I have a headache... too much red wine last night.
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Post by: S. Woody White on November 05, 2005, 09:23:32 AM: Quote from: bk on November 05, 2005, 08:50:58 AM
Nobody here but us chickens.

I watched a really amusing DVD last night - two hours of grindhouse movie trailers - those sleazy trailers for films that played 42nd St. during the late 60s and throughout the 70s. My favorite was from 1970, a film called The Pink Angels - a "gay" biker film that I would now love to see.
Cluck cluck cluck ca-CAAWWWWW!!!

Der Brucer used to belong to a gay biker club called the Lobocs.

Honest! I can't make these things up!
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Post by: S. Woody White on November 05, 2005, 09:29:52 AM: Looking forward to the new Potter, Brokeback Mountain, The Producers. I'll pass on Rent, didn't care for it on stage and see no reason to care for it on film.
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Post by: S. Woody White on November 05, 2005, 09:35:08 AM: I've spent my morning roasting and peeling chestnuts. I got something like 14 ounces of nutmeats from 20 ounces of nuts. I would have totalled more nutmeats, but some of it was consumed during the peeling process. ::)

And yes, I used my new digital scale to get the weights. Cool!
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Post by: S. Woody White on November 05, 2005, 09:43:20 AM: While I was peeling (go for it, TCB!), the doorbell rang. A young woman was at the door, and explained that she and her husband had found a beagle pup in our neighborhood earlier, near the corner. Since she knew we had several dogs, she was wondering if it was one of ours.

Nice to know we've got a reputation.

They had taken the pup to the local animal hospital; he has a collar, but no tags. However, they did find that he has one of those microchips, so that might help finding his home. Until then, he'll be staying with the young couple who found him.

Beagles are cute, I have to admit.
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Post by: bk on November 05, 2005, 10:06:44 AM: I'm REALLY being given the Evil Eye, so I shall return in a few hours.
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Post by: Jason on November 05, 2005, 10:51:56 AM: "Valley of the Dolls" is finally being released on DVD?? Oh! Rapture!!
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Post by: George on November 05, 2005, 10:58:22 AM: Okay, you can add these to my list:

Brokeback Mountain
Capote
King Kong
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Pirates of the Carribean II

:D
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Post by: TCB on November 05, 2005, 10:58:22 AM: I see elmore! Welcome home, my friend!
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Post by: TCB on November 05, 2005, 11:01:41 AM: T.O.T.D.

I am looking forward to seeing:

HARRY POTTER (in a theater)
KING KONG (maybe, in a theater)
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Post by: Jennifer on November 05, 2005, 11:03:11 AM: I am also looking forward to seeing RENT and THE PRODUCERS. I have not seen a movie at the theatre in many months!

Just came back from a fair where I saw my sis and her new 7 week old. She is too cute! I went over last night and we gave her a bath (and she didn't cry).
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Post by: TCB on November 05, 2005, 11:04:30 AM: I will withhold judgment on BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN until I find out what the finished film is like.
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 05, 2005, 11:19:30 AM: Quote from: TCB on November 05, 2005, 10:58:22 AM
I see elmore! Welcome home, my friend!

Thank you, dear DRTCB! I've had a fantastic day, and I have the HHW vibes to thank. I hope they work for my friend Dylan as well.

I was up at 6:00 am this morning, dressed, and checked out of the hotel by 6:45. The taxi got me to O'Hare by 7:10 and I was able to get standby on the 8:00 flight to LaGuardia. The flight was a breeze, and I was back in my apartment by noon. I've phoned Dylan to check on him, been to the post office for the week's mail, and now I have to do laundry.

The gala last night was amazing! Everyone at the Humanities Festival said it was the best ever. The conductor Aaron Gandy did an amazing job, everyone - with one exception - did quite well. I love Leslie Uggams and her husband Graham (of Oz, DRTomovoz: Sydney). My orchestration of "Stormy Weather" was Leslie's last number and she tore down the house. After the closing "Over the Rainbow," nobody in the audience wanted to leave. It was truly a great night. There was a wonderful party after the show, as well as a wonderful dinner before. I did the Jose Eating Tour of Chicago.

We had one casualty on the concert and Sue Birch, our music librarian, needs all the positive vibes you can send her: on Wednesday night, after leaving Symphony Hall, she fell and broke one ankle and sprained the other. She's in great pain, and I don't know how she's dealing with her flight today from Chicago. Negotiating taxis, wheelchairs and car services sound so unpleasant and terrifying. She may need surgery, and the Humanities Festival is helping her with a lawyer on the fall. I told her that I would be glad to handle for her any commitments she's got in the next few months, and I wish her all the best.

DRRodzinski, great new avatar!
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Post by: George on November 05, 2005, 11:32:18 AM: Elmore, glad to know that you are home, safe and sound! And congratulations on the wonderful evening!!

Can you comment on the "one exception?" ;) You don't have to name names...unless you want to.
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Post by: George on November 05, 2005, 11:37:22 AM: Quote from: bk on November 05, 2005, 08:50:58 AM
I watched a really amusing DVD last night - two hours of grindhouse movie trailers - those sleazy trailers for films that played 42nd St. during the late 60s and throughout the 70s. My favorite was from 1970, a film called The Pink Angels - a "gay" biker film that I would now love to see.

BK, here's a picture of the pressbook that was on eBay last month, but the auction closed without any bids.
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Post by: George on November 05, 2005, 11:43:47 AM: And reading the IMDb listing (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0156894/), there is a Bruce Kimball in the cast. ;)

The one review, however, very strongly recommends that everyone completely avoid this movie!
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Post by: George on November 05, 2005, 11:45:27 AM: I must post...
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Post by: George on November 05, 2005, 11:45:56 AM: Quote from: bk on November 05, 2005, 12:10:57 AM
And the word of the day is: TOMFOOLERY!

The Page Three Word-of-Day Dance!:

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Post by: George on November 05, 2005, 11:47:50 AM: Whew...now I'm going to watch last night's "Threshold."
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 05, 2005, 11:53:23 AM: Quote from: George on November 05, 2005, 11:32:18 AM
Elmore, glad to know that you are home, safe and sound! And congratulations on the wonderful evening!!

Can you comment on the "one exception?" ;) You don't have to name names...unless you want to.

We had to cut one number because a performer arrived a day later than the rest of the cast and didn't know her music, even though she'd had the songs for several weeks. I honestly think she didn't want to do the concert.
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Post by: Tomovoz on November 05, 2005, 11:55:47 AM: Tomfoolery: Collective noun for Rodzinski and TCB.
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Post by: Tomovoz on November 05, 2005, 12:05:15 PM: TOTD: All the films mentioned by DRs so far.
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Post by: Cillaliz on November 05, 2005, 12:21:06 PM: TOD
Good Night and Good Luck
Capote
Brokeback Mountain
Rent
Producers
Where the Truth Lies
Hmmm I think there may be more....I'm thinking about Chicken Little tomorrow lol
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Post by: MBarnum on November 05, 2005, 12:43:18 PM: Quote from: Cillaliz on November 05, 2005, 12:21:06 PM
TOD
Good Night and Good Luck
Capote
Brokeback Mountain
Rent
Producers
Where the Truth Lies
Hmmm I think there may be more....I'm thinking about Chicken Little tomorrow lol

Cillaliz, if you see CHICKEN LITTLE I would love to hear your report on it. I was thinking of taking my grandneice Taylor to it next Friday, but it hasn't gotten very good reviews....so I don't know...
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Post by: MBarnum on November 05, 2005, 12:44:10 PM: Although gosh knows, Taylor and I aren't that particular about the types of movies we like! LOL!
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Post by: Ginny on November 05, 2005, 12:44:56 PM: DR elmore - it's nice to see you back safe and so satisfied with your Chicago experience. Thanks for the postcard!
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Post by: MBarnum on November 05, 2005, 12:45:40 PM: I must now hie myself to the southernmost parts of Salem and get a BK recommended movie (SWORD OF THE BEAST) that my sister ordered for me from Netflix.

I think I might have a Japanese film festival tonight.

Which reminds me, where has Hisaka been?
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Post by: MBarnum on November 05, 2005, 12:46:26 PM: Welcome back home DR Elmore3003!
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Post by: François de Paris on November 05, 2005, 12:55:20 PM: Quote from: td on November 05, 2005, 06:42:48 AM

On Broadway, I want to see THE WOMAN IN WHITE. Yes, I know that tomovoz and I are in disagreement over this one - I like the score (and I'm not an ALW fan) and I love the story. Plus the fact that I can see both Maria Friedman and Michael Ball on the same stage is reason enough for a winter trip to NYC.
I don't think I need to remind ANYONE how much I want to see LESTAT. . .

Maria Friedman sure knows how to carry a song and has wonderful breath control!

Michael Ball can be "very good" at times when he controls that darn vibrato!
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 05, 2005, 01:02:15 PM: Quote from: MBarnum on November 05, 2005, 12:46:26 PM
Welcome back home DR Elmore3003!

Thank you, Mikey!
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Post by: Matt H. on November 05, 2005, 01:13:27 PM: I remember hearing about WICKED WICKED from ads on Dean Martin's old variety show (he had a deal with MGM to publicize their releases so that his show could use clips from their musicals with Dean and guests continuing the song which had begun on film.

I think I clipped the review out of VARIETY which should be around here someplace. It sounded amazing but I don't think it ever played here.
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Post by: Matt H. on November 05, 2005, 01:20:35 PM: I am about a month behind in reading my hard copies of VARIETY and I just read an interview with one of London-THE WOMAN IN WHITE's producers. They closed the show to make some alterations in it (I'm assuming to make it closer to what's going to open in NYC; they did this with SUNSET BLVD. if I'm not mistaken). The show has been running a year in London but hasn't paid back even 50% of its capitalization.

With a show which is only a moderate "hit" by London standards, one wonders why it was even brought over here.
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Post by: Matt H. on November 05, 2005, 01:25:45 PM: This afternoon, I took a film off the shelf I hadn't watched in many years: FANTASIA. It's still a mind-boggling film experiment, but it's easy to see why it wouldn't have been popular with audiences. Despite the amazing visuals keyed to those classical pieces, one or two segments would seem more than enough to have satisfied theatergoers back in the day. Even as much as I love the film, I could put it on pause, mop the kitchen, and come back to it (which is what I did). Sitting though all of that music and shapr and color is like devouring five or six rich desserts one after another. Sounds more fun than it is in actuality.
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Post by: Matt H. on November 05, 2005, 01:27:14 PM: Tonight, MEET THE FOCKERS comes on HBO, and since I did not see it in the theater, I am planning on watching it. Once it goes off, I may play WIN A DATE WITH TAD HAMILTON! to finish out the night. FOCKERS is in a two hour time slot, but I don't think it runs that long. At least, I hope not.
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Post by: Cillaliz on November 05, 2005, 01:43:49 PM: Quote from: MBarnum on November 05, 2005, 12:43:18 PM
Cillaliz, if you see CHICKEN LITTLE I would love to hear your report on it. I was thinking of taking my grandneice Taylor to it next Friday, but it hasn't gotten very good reviews....so I don't know...

I'm thinking about it tomorrow, not sure yet. It's gotten a lot of press here because in the movie they eat Jolly Time Popcorn which is made here in Sioux City. I'm atually thinking a double feature Chicken Little and Wallace and Grommit - I could use a day of silly. I'm sort of cranky today
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Post by: Matt H. on November 05, 2005, 01:58:52 PM: Got no packages today and was very disappointed. :(
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Post by: bk on November 05, 2005, 02:04:05 PM: Back from an absolutely four-star brilliant lunch. Brilliant was the conversation, with our very own Pogue, and brilliant was the food, courtesy of the best deli in the entire world - Langer's, at 7th and Alvarado, one of the worst neighborhoods in Los Angeles, but Langer's has been going strong there for fifty-seven years, when it was more desirable to live there. It's a mere block from famous MacArthur Park.

Finally picked up Oklahoma! and The Sound of Music, as well as two more samurai films from Criterion, Kill, and Samurai Spy, both of which sound splendidly splendid.
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Post by: Ginny on November 05, 2005, 02:05:17 PM: It's been an odd day here at work (well, odder than usual). In addition to neither department manager being here, many of our experienced full-timers are also on vacation. In their place, we have many subs and new part-timers, and they all seem to think I'm the "go to gal." Now I remember why I stepped away from library administration 20 years ago.
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Post by: Matt H. on November 05, 2005, 02:13:33 PM: As I said before, I will NOT, I will NOT, I will NOT buy THE SOUND OF MUSIC again.

But I am looking forward to reading the opinions of those who do get it and choose to discuss it. :)
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Post by: Matt H. on November 05, 2005, 02:15:12 PM: And now, since I have done the mopping already, I am going downstairs to find myself some trouble to get into before settling in for a night of TV/DVD/DVR watching.

WBBL.
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Post by: Michael on November 05, 2005, 02:21:56 PM: Quote from: George on November 05, 2005, 11:37:22 AM
BK, here's a picture of the pressbook that was on eBay last month, but the auction closed without any bids.
(http://www.haineshisway.com/community/attachments/Pink_Angels_Pressbook.jpg)

Anyone notice how much the poster looks like the poster from It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
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Post by: Ginny on November 05, 2005, 02:23:23 PM: Yay, workday is 'bout done. I'll be on my way home soon to see what DH Richard has up his sleeve for dinner. Bye for now.
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Post by: Charles Pogue on November 05, 2005, 03:31:35 PM: I can only echo BK's "brilliant" re: lunch. we laughed, dished the dirt, and talked of scandalous doings. He does a great "Pink Angels" impression.
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Post by: td on November 05, 2005, 03:50:45 PM: Quote from: François on November 05, 2005, 12:55:20 PM
Maria Friedman sure knows how to carry a song and has wonderful breath control!

Michael Ball can be "very good" at times when he controls that darn vibrato!

DR Francois - do you have Ms. Friedman's LIVE cd?
(Do you want a copy of Ms. Friedman's LIVE cd?)
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Post by: bk on November 05, 2005, 04:33:28 PM: Might I just ask where in tarnation IS everyone? We need some Saturday night fever, baby.

Since I'm not going to get around to watching the full movie of Oklahoma! and The Sound of Music, I will give my first impressions.

Oklahoma! I would say the Todd-AO transfer is a near disaster - it's dark, it's got constant flickering, and it's not that sharp. I would say the Cinemascope transfer is much sharper, but still dark, and I just don't find the Cinemascope version of the film interesting or compelling. And despite the major problems with the Todd-AO transfer, that image has so much depth and life at times it's almost breathtaking - one can only hope that at some future date Fox gets its act together and does a proper transfer, and while they're at it, get rid of the Samuel Goldwyn logo at the beginning. So, for me, the Todd-AO transfer, with all its problems, is the only version I'll be watching - the performances are better, the direction and cutting is better and, of course, it's got the overture and intermission and exit music.

The Sound of Music, which has gotten much negative press from the usual suspects, looks pretty damn good to my eye, but then I never thought there was a problem with the last DVD, which the same usual suspects tried to say was one of the worst-looking DVDs of all-time. Obviously, those anal boobs have never seen any REALLY awful-looking DVDs. They went on and on about "edge enhancement" something I never saw on the DVD. And, of course, these selfsame anal boobs are now saying this transfer looks a little softer (it doesn't, really, but they're saying it anyway) - well, duh - they took all the edge enhancement off the transfer this time, stupidly listening to the anal boobs, and when you do that the image is softer - as someone recently explained, you HAVE to use a little edge enhancement on every DVD transfer, otherwise the image will invariably be soft. It's the amount used that's the trick.
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Post by: François de Paris on November 05, 2005, 04:40:45 PM: Quote from: td on November 05, 2005, 03:50:45 PM
DR Francois - do you have Ms. Friedman's LIVE cd?
(Do you want a copy of Ms. Friedman's LIVE cd?)

td:

"You've got male!... I mean MAIL!" :)
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Post by: Jane on November 05, 2005, 04:42:00 PM: Rodzinski I love your new avatar.

Vixmom, so pleased The Vixter has good teachers this year. Cute photos. How does she like her new Girl Scout troup?

Cillializ, François & Ginny-LOL. Nurse Jane paid for that post & departure-the movie was terrible. Then we popped in another DVD Keith had rented in error. I told him we had seen the movie.

DRLaura sound like you need good vibes for next week’s “big do”.
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Post by: François de Paris on November 05, 2005, 04:42:42 PM: ANAL BOOBS is the title of my next... movie! LOL!
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Post by: Jane on November 05, 2005, 04:46:24 PM: Welcome home Larry and good vibes to Sue Birch.
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Post by: Jane on November 05, 2005, 04:52:51 PM: I deleted the second post. I'm having major problems going from page to page and posting. Or I was having problems, seems to be working now that I have to leave. ;D
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Post by: Jane on November 05, 2005, 04:56:10 PM: LOL François. I responded to your post which you have apparently deleted after noticing I deleted my duplicate post on page 3.

Did anyone else follow that? :D
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Post by: François de Paris on November 05, 2005, 05:02:30 PM: Shaiman hears 'inner song' in 'Bob' musical

By Borys Kit Fri Nov 4, 3:17 AM ET

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Tony-winning composer-lyricist Marc Shaiman has signed on for musical duties on Disney's "Bob the Musical."
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Mark Waters ("Mean Girls") is attached to direct the comedy, which follows a mild-mannered man who suddenly hears the "inner song" of people's hearts after being struck in the head.

"Once I read the script, I felt I had to do it," said Shaiman, who was nominated for an Oscar for co-writing the song "Blame Canada" in 1999's "South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut."

"I wouldn't have been able to live with myself if someone else did it. It's a very sweet valentine to musicals, but (it) sends them up at the same time."

Shaiman said the script will show why people sing in musicals.

"The emotions are so strong that dialogue is not enough. It takes that and shows it in a literal sense and a magical sense. And each person he comes across, male and female, has a different point of view and different emotion, and they'll be different generationally and socially, so each song will be unique. It's our way to have our cake and eat it, too, with many different styles."

Shaiman, who won a Tony as composer and co-lyricist on Broadway's "Hairspray," is a five-time Academy Award nominee for his work on such movies as "The First Wives Club" and "The American President." He is working on the stage musical of "Catch Me If You Can."
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Post by: François de Paris on November 05, 2005, 05:03:43 PM: Quote from: Jane on November 05, 2005, 04:56:10 PM
LOL François. I responded to your post which you have apparently deleted after noticing I deleted my duplicate post on page 3.

Did anyone else follow that? :D

No! I don't think so!
It's just the two of us, baby!! ;) (Ooops! Pardon my French!)
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Post by: François de Paris on November 05, 2005, 05:06:02 PM: Well, it's not Dick & Jane!

Tonight, it's a one time musical: François & Jane!
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Post by: MBarnum on November 05, 2005, 05:40:38 PM: Just for BK, a page 4 Leslie Parrish dance!

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Post by: Jrand73 on November 05, 2005, 05:52:56 PM: Welcome home to DR ELMORE....and to echo his sentiments: Nice New Avatar, DR RODZINSKI.
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 05, 2005, 05:56:24 PM: Quote from: MBarnum on November 05, 2005, 05:40:38 PM
Just for BK, a page 4 Leslie Parrish dance!

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DRMBarnum, go out and buy the new Nov/Dec issue of FANFARE magazine, a classical music magazine: there are a couple of articles on Bollywood music you will enjoy.
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 05, 2005, 06:00:35 PM: DR MATTH good news about the Dolls and Beyond DVD's! BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S - what a lovely movie....in all ways.

DR CILLALIZ thanks for reminding me of WHERE THE TRUTH LIES....another I am looking forward to.
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 05, 2005, 06:01:28 PM: FANFARE?

That's the movie that they're shooting in JACQUELINE SUSANN'S VALLEY OF THE DOLLS - the miniseries!
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Post by: Jrand73 on November 05, 2005, 06:02:59 PM: I saw WICKED, WICKED when it was first released, yes I paid top dollar to sit in the new Jerry Lewis Cinema and see it.

As for Duovision - it was like watching two different movies on two 19" television sets side-by-side. Tiffany's wailing of the title tune is one of the few things I do remember....only because it was awesome in its awfulness.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 05, 2005, 06:43:33 PM: What a day! What a fine day! What a glorious day!

Gloriosky! It was a KEEN day.

I got up, I posted a box (returning some shoes to Magellan's), I "sat" for eyeglass fittings, I shopped at Tower Records (for the first time in YEARS and ONLY bought DVDs!!!), I shopped at Trader Joe's (bought my weight in various pistachios), I took lunch at Burger King (a classic Whopper and medium Coca Cola), I picked up my glasses, I shopped at Harry & David's (don't ask!!! I won't tell!), I shopped at Cingular (nothing major), and then I returned here to the home cocoon.

I called my mom and we chatted a while, and laughed at the antics (i.e., the tomfoolery) of some of our relations, and then I watched "Two for the Road" and LOVED it all over again (and it looks just fine to me!!).

I've made a gallon of iced tea, I'm prepping supper and contemplating what I shall watch next.

Oh, yes! I was pleasant to everyone I came into contact with. That was a treat for me (and them).
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 05, 2005, 06:47:00 PM: DR Jose: Thank you for the comments on "Lestat." I perfectly understand your cautiousness at forming opinions at this early date. I'm sure you had a wonderful week, and I cannot wait until the show crystallizes on the stage in San Francisco.
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Post by: Joy on November 05, 2005, 07:19:05 PM: Good evening, everyone!
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Post by: bk on November 05, 2005, 07:20:31 PM: Oh, dear, oh, dear, this will NOT do, oh, no, this will not do. Let us not achieve a new low here at haineshisway.com. Let us get off our lazy butt cheeks and get some postin' goin' on.
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Post by: bk on November 05, 2005, 07:20:48 PM: I must see Wicked, Wicked in Duovision.
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Post by: Joy on November 05, 2005, 07:22:52 PM: TOD

Shows: To be honest, I am so excited and aroused by Sweeney Todd that I really can't concentrate on anything else new. However, the description of Bob sounds like a lot of fun!

Movies: Brokeback Mountain, CHRONICLES OF NARNIA (which I have read to shreds over my entire life, not just as a kid), Goblet of Fire, Producers, Rent, and... I'm sure there are more I'm not remembering. However, I'm so excited about Narnia that I could just cry with... er... myself.
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Post by: bk on November 05, 2005, 07:23:48 PM: I must decide whether I need to eat anything else this evening. At luncheon, I had a corned beef sandwich with cole slaw and Russian dressing (on the sandwich) - but the nice thing about Langer's that is quite different than Jerry's Deli or Art's Deli is that the sandwiches are not huge. They are normal-sized. So, I had that and Pogue and I split some kishka (they have the best kishka anywhere - period). So, I could conceivably eat a little something else this fine evening. I'm trying to get through the Mario Bava movie I'm watching, but I'm finding it a bit of a trial and I may switch over to something else.
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Post by: Tomovoz on November 05, 2005, 07:24:16 PM: It is a lazy spring day here in Oz. I've been spending my time attempting to "clean" up "50 Guitars Go South Of The Border Vol 2" in readiness to transfer it to CD.
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Post by: Joy on November 05, 2005, 07:24:49 PM: BK: I do so love Panera. When I worked in Branson, it was the thing that saved me from turning into a chicken fried woman. Branson is not exactly a healthy eating paradise. One word: BUFFET. Anyway, I love the chicken noodle soup at Panera, and the Greek Salad is fantabulous. And they have fresh-brewed iced tea, which is such a godsend at a fast-food place.
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Post by: Joy on November 05, 2005, 07:25:22 PM: Jose, Stuart? Stuart who? Is he in the business? Oh boy, Jose's got a boyfriend, Jose's got a boyfriend... :)
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Post by: Joy on November 05, 2005, 07:27:10 PM: Matt H, I do SO love Fantasia, and I honestly thought Fantasia 2000 would be crap; but it was beautiful! I love the Rhapsody in Blue, with the Hirschfeld line drawing cartoon -- absolutely brilliant and so moving. There was something else in it too that was just amazing and really got to me emotionally... but now I can't remember. It was too long ago that I saw it.
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Post by: Joy on November 05, 2005, 07:31:12 PM: Anybody know any pop singers -- GOOD ONES, and not musical theatre people, real pop singers, although they can certainly be both if they can really honestly do pop very well -- who are looking for a recording contract? Sounds like a dumb question, but I'm trying to update my files for a possible casting gig.

Speaking of casting, the auditions for the student film, "Inevitable", are on Monday. I'm pretty pleased with the schedule I have now, lots of the actors to whom I responded have confirmed their auditions, so that's nice. I'm very excited to do my first solo flight as a casting director!
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Post by: Joy on November 05, 2005, 07:33:30 PM: Quote from: bk on November 05, 2005, 07:23:48 PM
At luncheon, I had a corned beef sandwich with cole slaw and Russian dressing (on the sandwich)

drool..............................
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y14/grottoboy/homer_simpson_drool.jpg)
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Post by: François de Paris on November 05, 2005, 07:43:05 PM: Quote from: Ron Pulliam on November 05, 2005, 06:47:00 PM
I'm sure you had a wonderful week, and I cannot wait until the show crystallizes on the stage in San Francisco.

I guess you mean... coagulates!?!? :D
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Post by: François de Paris on November 05, 2005, 07:45:26 PM: Quote from: Tomovoz on November 05, 2005, 07:24:16 PM
It is a lazy spring day here in Oz. I've been spending my time attempting to "clean" up "50 Guitars Go South Of The Border Vol 2" in readiness to transfer it to CD.

Hummm... what is "south of the border" when one lives in Oz?!
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Post by: François de Paris on November 05, 2005, 07:48:15 PM: Quote from: Joy on November 05, 2005, 07:27:10 PM
Matt H, I do SO love Fantasia, and I honestly thought Fantasia 2000 would be crap; but it was beautiful! I love the Rhapsody in Blue, with the Hirschfeld line drawing cartoon -- absolutely brilliant and so moving. There was something else in it too that was just amazing and really got to me emotionally... but now I can't remember. It was too long ago that I saw it.

Yes, but showing it in IMAX was so dreadful!!
(I have to confess that I did see it on "regular" screens, the way it was made to be seen!)
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Post by: François de Paris on November 05, 2005, 07:53:31 PM: Quote from: Joy on November 05, 2005, 07:27:10 PM
There was something else in it too that was just amazing and really got to me emotionally... but now I can't remember. It was too long ago that I saw it.

Can't remember the musical piece but was it the "whale thing"? I thought it was so visually stunning!
The Noah's Ark stuff with Donald Duck is, imho, a total mess!

Fantasia 2000 should have been as good and innovative as the first one was! Unfortunately, it was not!
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Post by: td on November 05, 2005, 07:55:04 PM: The Steadfast Tin Soldier sequence get me every time.
The Pine of Rome (with the whales) made my go out and buy some classical music. . .
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Post by: François de Paris on November 05, 2005, 07:57:01 PM: There still are moments in Fantasia -- the original -- that I find, I have to unshamely admit, quite boring! But what is good is terrific!
Sorcerer's Apprentice is a masterpiece!
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Post by: Joy on November 05, 2005, 07:57:08 PM: No, it wasn't the whales... although I agree that that was stunning.. and it wasn't the Soldier... although that certainly was emotional... hmm...

Oh well.
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Post by: td on November 05, 2005, 07:58:22 PM: PAGE FIVE DANCE:
(http://thecia.com.au/reviews/f/images/fantasia-2000-0.jpg)
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Post by: François de Paris on November 05, 2005, 08:02:21 PM: Quote from: Joy on November 05, 2005, 07:57:08 PM
No, it wasn't the whales... although I agree that that was stunning.. and it wasn't the Soldier... although that certainly was emotional... hmm...

Oh well.

I guess it must be the final segment (The Fire Bird Suite) done by the French/Italian Brothers... who supervised the direction of The Hunchback of ND.
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Post by: François de Paris on November 05, 2005, 08:07:06 PM: http://www.allmoviephoto.com/c/PaulBrizzi_1.html
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Post by: Matt H. on November 05, 2005, 08:07:40 PM: That's why I've been so adament about THE SOUND OF MUSIC and not considering buying the new one. I just watched the last deluxe DVD set of it a few weeks ago, and it looked wonderful to my eyes. So, short of a high defin ition disc of the film, clearly years away, I won't be buying it again any time soon.

The OKLAHOMA news is disappointing. I didn't buy the last DVD of OKLAHOMA! because it wasn't anamorphic and I figured I could watch the laserdisc and get close to the same resolution (and I paid a pretty penny for that laserdisc). So, now I will want this due to the enhancement, but I'm sorry it isn't better.
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Post by: François de Paris on November 05, 2005, 08:10:45 PM: Mickey Mouse: Mr. Levine! Okay, Mr. Levine. Everybody's in place for the next number.
James Levine: Thanks, Mickey. When...
Mickey Mouse: But we can't find Donald, so you stay here and stall for time, I'll be right back.
[Exits]
Mickey Mouse: [Offstage] Donald! Oh Donald!
James Levine: When we hear Sir Edward Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance" we think of a graduation ceremony.
Mickey Mouse: Donald, were are ya?
James Levine: Actually, Elgar composed it for many kinds of solemn events.
Mickey Mouse: Donald!
James Levine: This march inspired the Disney artists to recreate the age old story...
Mickey Mouse: Donald, are you hiding in...
Daisy Duck: Aaaah!
Mickey Mouse: Oh, sorry, Daisy!
James Levine: ...of Noah's Ark, with one slight twist.
Mickey Mouse: [Knocking on door] Oh, Donald Duck?
Donald Duck: Who is it?
[Mickey and Donald's shadows are projected against a panel; Donald is in the shower]
Mickey Mouse: Donald, its me, Mickey. You're on in 30 seconds. Hurry.
Donald Duck: What? You gotta be kidding!
[Mumbles angrily as he leaves the tub]
Mickey Mouse: [Peeking behind a wall] Psst! Okay, Jim. He's on his way. Go to the intro.
James Levine: Ladies and gentlemen, "Pomp and Circumstance," starring Donald Duck.
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Post by: Matt H. on November 05, 2005, 08:11:35 PM: Quote from: François on November 05, 2005, 07:53:31 PM
Can't remember the musical piece but was it the "whale thing"? I thought it was so visually stunning!
The Noah's Ark stuff with Donald Duck is, imho, a total mess!

Fantasia 2000 should have been as good and innovative as the first one was! Unfortunately, it was not!

That was "The Pines of Rome" that had the blue whales.

I loved FANTASIA 2000, every bit of it.
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Post by: MBarnum on November 05, 2005, 08:17:16 PM: You know what, I don't think I have ever seen FANTASIA...but I have watched a few Bollywood movies in my time and it is time to watch another. Here is my second Bollywood movie of the weekend.

ANJAAN RAHEN (1974) which is a remake of one of my favorite films TO SIR WITH LOVE.

(http://66.223.111.68/dvdImages/b3571.jpg)
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Post by: François de Paris on November 05, 2005, 08:18:16 PM: This is a review done at the time by a friend of mine:

LESSONS FROM FANTASIA 2000
By Peter Adamakos

Part 1

Now that FANTASIA 2000 has come and gone in IMAX, and come and gone on regular-sized movie screens, there are some lessons to be learned from the experience that reveals the state of the art and business of animation today as perhaps no other contemporary film does.

Most obvious is the choice of how to show the film. The original FANTASIA, once it was determined to be a feature film, was planned as a wide-screen stereophonic feature. This was a phenomenal undertaking since there had been only sporadic attempts at wide screen projection in the silent days utilizing differing approaches or techniques. In the end, costs being what they were, a wide screen format was abandoned, and Walt Disney would have to wait another 15 years to release what would become his first feature cartoon in wide screen, the Cinemascope production LADY AND THE TRAMP. He did get his second wish, however, and with the help of RCA, stereophonic sound was first heard in 1940’s FANTASIA. The world would have to wait another 15 years for someone to make a second stereophonic film. The new sound system, named Fantasound, was only available in a few theaters in the largest cities. The others got regular sound prints and did not have to rewire their theaters.

FANTASIA was a flop, and within a year the distributor, RKO, edited the film down in length and released it as the bottom half of a double feature with some long-forgotten western. Its publicity campaign, “Fantasia will Amazia” didn’t help. The complete feature was reissued in 1947 to no great business. When reissued in 1956 and 1964, it came back in “wide screen” as originally planned. Of course all they could do was in effect “letterbox” it by cutting off about one third of the top and bottom parts of the film, then stretching the rest so that the hippos looked like blimps (as one critic put it.) Not until 1970 did recent generations see the film as it was originally made.

So what did the marketing geniuses of FANTASIA 2000 do? Apparently they did not learn from the distorted showings of the first FANTASIA over the years and created a new mess for the new film, which was made in standard 35mm. They decided to release it in IMAX. It was not made in IMAX, the layouts were not planned for showing in IMAX, but hey, bigger is better, right? Wrong. If you saw the film in IMAX you saw what a disaster that decision was. The action at times was too fast to be seen, much less absorbed in the IMAX format. At most you could take in and process only a portion of what was happening onscreen, because you were not placed in a position to see the entire screen’s action in the number of frames each took to unfold. Even the slower sections were only glimpsed, as your eyes darted about to see every part of the screen then your brain tried to put the sections all together in a composite scene before it moved onto the next shot. There was no sense of perspective either as a humpback whale was now the same size as Donald Duck’s ass. It was like looking through a keyhole trying to take in the whole room inside while only able to see part of the room at any one time. It was the hippo blimps all over again. But today Bigger is Better and we were in effect being told that in IMAX, Fantasia will Amazia!

Of course not every city has an IMAX theater, so most people couldn’t or wouldn’t travel to see it. Then a couple of months ago the film was released to regular theaters, but only until July 13th we were told. My suspicion is that the theater chains, in the midst of the biggest movie summer ever, were not too pleased to take up screen time with what was now used goods. My guess is that Disney, using its clout dictated that they would have to take the film, but agreed it would only be for a short time. The film did not have the benefit of a huge new publicity campaign. That was done six months earlier. Critics were not going to review it all over again. There was even some confusion as to what this new release was. Our paper, in its weekend mini reviews of all the movies playing said “This is not to be confused with the recent IMAX version, demonstrating their own confusion, and that of the public. To the public that knew what it was, this was six-month-old news. It was an “old” picture that had no buzz left in it, and so it did dismal business. The take so far is about $60 million, great for the IMAX Company but a disaster for Disney? Even their animated clunkers usually earn about double that. Opening both the original and the new FANTASIA in only a few cities proved an original and repeated disaster. This should have been obvious; especially today when major films open on over 2,000 screens and the trailers blanket television morning, noon and night to achieve that all important first weekend gross. Good or bad as they are, is there anyone not aware of recent films like THE PATRIOT, CHICKEN RUN or THE PERFECT STORM? When it eventually comes to video it will likely be a poor seller, with little anticipation built in or reach beyond the market that buys every Disney animated video, whatever it is.

The saddest figure in all this is, of course, Roy Disney. This was his pet project for the last 15 years or so. The humpback whale sequence was the first completed, almost eight years ago. The film now becomes a footnote, an oddity, in Disney animation, just like the first FANTASIA did at the time of its release. Roy Disney is not the main loser, however. We are. We the audience, we the animation enthusiasts are. This film should have become a landmark film as revolutionary to animation as SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS or WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT and THE LITTLE MERMAID were. The first FANTASIA was truly state of the animation art, in many ways unequalled in the last 60 years. It showed what animation could be and hinted at what it could become. But its failure meant a different track for Disney, or rather a continuation of the past, and after the success of SNOW WHITE, to which FANTASIA was constantly (unfairly) compared, an eventual CINDERELLA, ALICE IN WONDERLAND, PETER PAN and SLEEPING BEAUTY became a no-brainer inevitability.
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Post by: Matt H. on November 05, 2005, 08:18:36 PM: Well, MEET THE FOCKERS was okay. I think the first one (MEET THE PARENTS) was fresher and funnier; this had more of the same plus the outrageous antics of Dustin Hoffman and Streisand hamming shamelessly. But the inspiration was less on display here.

I'd be lying if I said I didn't laugh at some of it, but this is clearly not the kinds of comedy I love. Give me BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S or RETURN OF THE PINK PANTHER any day.

I watched HBO's high definition broadcast which gave me the chance to see every wrinkle, nip & tuck of the stars.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 05, 2005, 08:19:43 PM: DR Matth: Which laserdisc of "Oklahoma!" do you have? Is it the one mastered from the Todd-AO negative? That's the one I have and it's splendid.
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Post by: François de Paris on November 05, 2005, 08:19:43 PM: Part 2

A successful FANTASIA 2000 might have meant a shift, even partial, from the standard Disney fare today of vapid animated musicals and predictable and easier 3D animation subjects like toys, dinosaurs and bugs. What, no robots? Above all, it could have made Disney the place to be as an animator, where you could hope to do animation projects worth their effort. Disney would have been on the cutting and leading edge of animation again, the undisputed leader instead of the copycat-catch up-me too studio it has become. JURASSIC PARK? We’ll do DINOSAUR. ROAD TO EL DORADO? We’ll do THE EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE. ANTS? We’ll do A BUG'S LIFE. In the theme park business Disney used to be so far ahead of everyone else, the theme park business WAS Disney. But a day at a Disney theme park and a day at say, Universal, are not that different an experience—the same technology, the same kind of adventures, the same newest roller coaster. Disney used to define theme parks by being first with new technologies they owned, not bought, that no one else had. Their theme parks are done better than anyone else, yes, but they are no longer unique. And the same is true of their animation today. By not stretching the field, who looks to Disney today to do the unexpected, to decide the animation of the future, to (heaven forbid) take a risk?

Well, they did FANTASIA 2000 and that’s something comfortable Steven Spielberg would never even try to do. The biggest lesson of FANTASIA 2000, and its biggest failing point is not that the audiences stayed away solely because of poor marketing and screening, they stayed away because of poor word of mouth. The film, sad to say, just wasn’t very good. The creative people at Disney failed Roy Disney, us, and animation. The film was sabotaged from within. They had a chance to do the miraculous (as they did do with the original) and they failed. Here was their chance to do a pure animation film, state of the art, not dictated by the marketing department for a change. Roy Disney fought for this film, and for animation and in the end the best creative people in animation today let him down.. They were called upon to do battle for animation’s future and they failed.

FANTASIA 2000 has its strong points, but they are usually moments here and there. There isn’t one segment that will “amazia”. The overwhelming feeling watching FANTASIA 2000 is how under whelming it all is. Having one of the segments from the original film, THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE (and there were to be more old ones coming back originally) gave an opportunity to compare the two FANTASIAs. I have often argued that the animators at Disney today are in some ways better than those of the past. But the one thing this new film lacks is the stuff that made Disney animation great at its core—imagination and inventiveness. THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE is full of imagination and invention. Every shot, every action is so rich and full, yet flows seamlessly into the whole for an overall even greater tapestry. There is an excitement to seeing the animation. The animation of the new film is writ small because the ideas and their execution are so underdeveloped. The whole film gives the feeling that first impressions became final choices. You don’t create a Sorcerer’s Apprentice, a Night on Bald Mountain and so on with half efforts. These are meticulously crafted animation pieces, worked on and worked on until sculpted down to a masterpiece of invention, wit, taste and a passion you can witness in the final work. The new film looks like it was, by comparison, slapped together without breaking a sweat. Seeing the original FANTASIA in theaters always exhausted me by the end. There was so much visual and audible stimulation that I was drained. There was much to think about animation-wise for days. A few hours after seeing FANTASIA 2000 I was thinking of other mundane things. FANTASIA 2000 was a half-effort thrown together by today’s animation self-proclaimed geniuses. No doubt they will now continue to decry the kind of animation, the type of crass marketing-driven subjects they are “forced” to do in the industry. We have all lost, and this hope for the rebirth of animation was stillborn.
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Post by: Tomovoz on November 05, 2005, 08:23:02 PM: I found "Meet The Parents" remarkable in its unfunniness! I had no desire to go and see a sequel.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 05, 2005, 08:25:13 PM: Quote from: Tomovoz on November 05, 2005, 08:23:02 PM
I found "Meet The Parents" remarkable in its unfunniness! I had no desire to go and see a sequel.

Me, too, Tom. It was quite painful, actually. There are no surprises when every gag is set up to inflict humiliation upon one of the characters...and no character is quite interesting enough to endure the obvious shame that is coming as a result of something purely stupid on his behalf.

Zoolander was far funnier. And that's not a compliment.
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Post by: Matt H. on November 05, 2005, 08:25:53 PM: After that was over, I put in YOU'RE IN LOVE, CHARLIE BROWN since I had enjoyed GREAT PUMPKIN so much the other day. This was the fourth PEANUTS cartoon made for TV and the last featuring the original voices of the main characters. I think all of the first four are classics to be treasured, and I much enjoyed this one though it's obvious no touching up has been done at all to the master of this show (unlike GREAT PUMPKIN which looks brand new on DVD). It's fairly drab looking, especially in the second half. But the story is so cute (Charlie trying to work up nerve to talk to the little red haired girl before summer vacation starts) that the visuals are good enough. So glad I have these to watch often. I just always feel better about the world after watching these shows.
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Post by: Matt H. on November 05, 2005, 08:27:07 PM: Quote from: Ron Pulliam on November 05, 2005, 08:19:43 PM
DR Matth: Which laserdisc of "Oklahoma!" do you have? Is it the one mastered from the Todd-AO negative? That's the one I have and it's splendid.

Yes, that's the one I have. I never bought the CInemascope version.
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Post by: Matt H. on November 05, 2005, 08:29:27 PM: I'm not a great fan of comedy of humilation either, but I think De Niro's stuffy father taking the world so seriously just struck me as funny.
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Post by: Joy on November 05, 2005, 08:29:34 PM: I, too, disliked Meet the Parents, and was not overly pleased with Meet the Fockers. Just something about it really rubs me the wrong way. I was so uncomfortable watching those movies.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 05, 2005, 08:30:32 PM: Well, TV is a total "wash" this evening. Absolutely nothing on of interest.

Glad I have some DVDs to pick from...
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Post by: macchus on November 05, 2005, 08:31:45 PM: I went to see the matinee of "Romance" by David Mamet at the Mark Taper Forum this afternoon. I am usually a huge fan of Mamet's, and some of his huge talent is on display here. But the play, for me , was utterly disappointing.
The goal here appeared to be to simply make you laugh constantly. Not an unworthy goal, but he only made me laugh three times in about 90 minutes.
Mamet knows all the rules of comedy, the actors know how to play it, all the rhythms are there, and he certainly knows how to push words together. But there is no foundation, little structure, and no concern about the characters. When this occurs, all that's left is to try to be funny. The targets and weapons are bumbling forgetfulness and unrestrained vitriol.
A major flaw is that it is a play about a courtroom trial and we are consciously not told what the defendant is on trial for. It sounds clever, but it comes off as conceit. If the trial isn't about anything important, then nothing the characters are talking about is important. At the very end, we learn that the case is quite trivial.
A "Glengarry Glenross", a "House of Games", an "Oleanna" it's not. Three laughs in ninety minutes at sixty bucks a throw ain't much of a deal.
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Post by: Matt H. on November 05, 2005, 08:35:13 PM: Quote from: Ron Pulliam on November 05, 2005, 08:30:32 PM
Well, TV is a total "wash" this evening. Absolutely nothing on of interest.

Glad I have some DVDs to pick from...

FOCKERS was all I could find to watch (but I had been curious since it was SO popular, and it was popular worldwide, something that not all American comedies are).
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Post by: TCB on November 05, 2005, 08:36:58 PM: I don't usually forward third party e-mails that I cannot personally verify, but the person that forwarded this to me, assure me that it was sent to her friend directly, and they are indeed friends of her friends. So, I am forwarding this attachment. I find it interesting, depressing, shocking, and frightening that this is happening in our very own country, and not some third world country.

Also, this post is not meant as an indictment against anyone, but rather as an eye-opener to those of us who have become used to the Disaster of the Week where everything is neatly wrapped up two hours or less.

____________________
Hi Guy's & Dolls,

Here we are nine weeks after Katrina. Lot's of changes but we're looking at years before things will be anywhere near "normal".

XXXXXXXX & I:

**   Still no outer roof on our store.
**   I replaced the missing shingles on our house.
**   No insurance settlement yet on the store or the house.
**   Power has been staying on and the phones work pretty good.
**   We are having a "sun room" built on to the house where the covered patio was.
**   I haven't been shooting since last June.
**   It rained yesterday, only the second rain since the storm, lucky for the people living in tents.

If I seem content the next few items may explain why.

Other folks:
#   Thousands are living in tents.
#   Hundreds of these are little pop-up camper type tents set up in fields and ball parks and on most any type of community property.
#   Porta potties are every where for the tent dwellers and homeless.
#   Many people have tents or most any kind of shelter set up on their own property where they can.
#   They contractors have been hauling trash daily but most of the lower ground is still piled high with debris and even some bodies are still mixed in it.
#   Hiway 90, what's passable is for emergency and trash haulers only.
#   The only access to Biloxi is the I-110 bridge, Cowan-Lorraine Rd, and Hiway 49 (both in Gulfport). Pass Road is the only East-West road on the Peninsula.
#   The beach area South of the railroad tracks is off limits and for the most part has no power or water.
#   Every building that was on the beach front is all or mostly gone. Most homes that were within 100 yards of the beach are gone.
#   The Eastern most mile of Biloxi City is gone.
#   Long Beach and Pass Christian are mostly destroyed.
#   Bay St Louis is mostly destroyed.
#   Waveland and Claremont Harbor are flat, just dirt.
#   Most of the municipal water systems are working.
#   Most fast food places are only open part time because they can't get employees. Most of the people who worked those jobs are gone or drawing unemployment and are better off then when they were working.
#   Most side roads are passable using one lane.
#   Home Depot and Lowes up by I-10 have lines whenever they are open.
#   Keesler has a little commissary in the old NCO club building and a small BX in the student area.
#   Food stores are starting to get stocked up (much of our sustanance came from New Orleans wholesalers).
#   Gas is anywhere from 2.49 to 3.30 for regular SS.
#   Most of our public services, drivers licenses, etc , have moved 100 miles inland to the Hattiesburg area.

I could go on and on but just think of the simple things
that you might need to do around your town on a daily basis and then try
to imagine what you would do if they were no longer where they've always
been and the routes that you always use to get to them weren't there.
Actually in my own "lucky" way XXXXXXX and I and our kids are doing fine. As a friend once told me in Korea after a particularly bad battle, "Krach you could fall in shit and come out smelling like roses". Makes me smile to remember old Jack Miller, the guy who made that one up, AND I guess some of the magic is still hooked to me and mine. Thank God!

I want you all to know that we really appreciate our Bat
friends and all the phone calls and encouragement that you all supplied us is what friendship is really about.

Thanks for being our friends,

XXXXXXX & XXXX
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Post by: Matt H. on November 05, 2005, 08:37:10 PM: I will want a good DVD for tomorrow, however, so I will look long and hard at the to-watch shelf.

I've got IN COLD BLOOD there I know, but having just seen CAPOTE which covers much of the same ground, I think it'll be on hold a little while longer.

I'm thinking maybe LENNY.
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Post by: Matt H. on November 05, 2005, 08:37:54 PM: Oh, I saw that Sony/MGM is putting out a DVD of RYAN'S DAUGHTER very soon, too. I know some of you are fans of it (I'm not).
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Post by: Joy on November 05, 2005, 08:41:00 PM: Francois, thanks for the article. It makes many interesting points -- for example, I knew that the failure of the original release of Fantasia was due to some marketing issue, but this is a much more thorough history lesson. I happen to disagree, however, with the author's overall negative view of 2000. As I said before, I was pleasantly surprised. The Rhapsody in Blue was brilliant, and the author doesn't seem to notice its existence.

Horseracing... ;)

Well, enough of this Tomfoolery, I must stop playing and working for the day and go to bed. Good night all!
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Post by: MBarnum on November 05, 2005, 08:43:32 PM: Oh, my gosh, I loved MEET THE PARENTS! But then I have never been accused of having good taste in movies.
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Post by: MBarnum on November 05, 2005, 08:47:03 PM: And as my pick for the Bollywood movie to watch turned out to NOT have any English sub-titles, despite the front cover stating that it did, I decided to go with another film.

RUSTOM SOHRAB (1963) A spectacle about treachery in 720 B.C. Iran-Persia starring Prithviraj, Premnath, Mumtaz, and any number of other actors and actresses sporting just one name.

The DVD cover states "The Greatest Hit in Entertainment History" So you know it has to be good. LOL!

(http://66.223.111.68/dvdImages/b4124.jpg)
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Post by: Joy on November 05, 2005, 08:47:26 PM: And thanks, TCB, for posting that letter. Those conditions are unimaginable for me, but it's good to know that people are not giving up and are trying however they can to get their lives back. It certainly puts life in perspective, especially for those of us who do WAY too much whining about our lives not being where we want them to be. At least I have a stable home, a nice apartment, a safe and healthy family, plenty of resources should I need them in an emergency, great friends, good jobs, an amazing husband, and a nice rack. Amen.
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Post by: Matt H. on November 05, 2005, 08:49:20 PM: I think I'm about ready for bed. See you folks back here tomorrow.

Good night.
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Post by: Tomovoz on November 05, 2005, 08:51:56 PM: As with DR Joy. I was quite surprised at how much I enjoyed Fantasia 2000. I think some of the nay sayers may be remembering the joy of seeing the first Fantasia through a child's eyes. (Which of course is an obscure reference to a Frida Boccara song).
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Post by: Matt H. on November 05, 2005, 08:52:11 PM: Page 6 Lucy Cry Dance!!!
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Post by: Michael on November 05, 2005, 08:52:33 PM: I just discovered that a movie our esteemed BK appeared in was released last September by MGM/UA.

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Post by: Matt H. on November 05, 2005, 08:52:54 PM: Once again, good night, all.
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Post by: TCB on November 05, 2005, 09:04:35 PM: Quote from: Joy on November 05, 2005, 08:47:26 PM
And thanks, TCB, for posting that letter. Those conditions are unimaginable for me, but it's good to know that people are not giving up and are trying however they can to get their lives back. It certainly puts life in perspective, especially for those of us who do WAY too much whining about our lives not being where we want them to be. At least I have a stable home, a nice apartment, a safe and healthy family, plenty of resources should I need them in an emergency, great friends, good jobs, an amazing husband, and a nice rack. Amen.

You are right, Joy, it certainly makes you appreciate what you have in your own life.

One of my co-workers said to me last week that the hurricanes really weren't that bad, because only 1,000 people died. That is when I realized that last December's tsunami disaster (which killed over 100,000) had forever changed our perspective of what qualifies as a disaster.
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Post by: Rodzinski on November 05, 2005, 09:19:33 PM: Forget to include yourself under the "tomfoolery" rubric, Tomovoz??
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Post by: Rodzinski on November 05, 2005, 09:20:51 PM: JRand, you actually went to a Jerry Lewis Cinema? I had read about them in one of his bios, but I didn't know anyone actually went to them. Were they nice?
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Post by: Tomovoz on November 05, 2005, 09:27:21 PM: Quote from: Rodzinski on November 05, 2005, 09:19:33 PM
Forget to include yourself under the "tomfoolery" rubric, Tomovoz??
No fool like an old fool.

(Tab Hunter sang about young fools though)
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Post by: Rodzinski on November 05, 2005, 09:30:11 PM: Successful day at the (very crowded) record fair...
-Found a great Bea Wain Japanese import LP from 1982 that has marvelous packaging and sounds incredible.
-Two Homer and Jethros
-An LP of Julian Slade singing songs from "Salad Days" and other of his shows
-Roxy Music's 2nd LP
-a "Charlie Weaver" LP
-an extra copy of Gordon Jenkins' bizarre "Seven Dreams" album
-various other odds and ends, all pretty cheap.
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Post by: Rodzinski on November 05, 2005, 09:31:07 PM: Did SALAD DAYS have popularity down under, Tomovoz?
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Post by: Tomovoz on November 05, 2005, 09:35:03 PM: "Salad Days" and "Free as Air" were very popular with the local rep companies in the early 60's.
Of course with the change of season we have started our salad days.
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Post by: Tomovoz on November 05, 2005, 09:36:42 PM: Of course I quite like "Slade" too. Slade and T Rex were my favourite "Glitter Bands" of the 70's.
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Post by: François de Paris on November 05, 2005, 09:40:48 PM: Quote from: TCB on November 05, 2005, 09:04:35 PM
You are right, Joy, it certainly makes you appreciate what you have in your own life.

One of my co-workers said to me last week that the hurricanes really weren't that bad, because only 1,000 people died. That is when I realized that last December's tsunami disaster (which killed over 100,000) had forever changed our perspective of what qualifies as a disaster.

Only dorks can have their "perspective" changed by the increasing numbers of victims of disasters!
If your co-worker had been living way down under, he/she might not be able today to utter such uncongruity: we all know that 1 000 dead people is 1 000 too many! Does that mean that the survivors are "luckier"? Well, in a way, yes, but...

We should always count our blessings for sure!

(Now let see; what am I gonna eat tonight and what new cd and dvd should I order from Amazon?? Hope they get here real fast!!)
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Post by: François de Paris on November 05, 2005, 09:43:08 PM: Quote from: Tomovoz on November 05, 2005, 09:36:42 PM
Slade and T Rex were my favourite "Glitter Bands" of the 70's.

Glitter and be Gay!! :D
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Post by: François de Paris on November 05, 2005, 09:45:03 PM: Quote from: Tomovoz on November 05, 2005, 09:36:42 PM
Of course I quite like "Slade" too. Slade and T Rex were my favourite "Glitter Bands" of the 70's.

Not enough snow here for a Slade Ride, I'm afraid!!
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Post by: Tomovoz on November 05, 2005, 09:45:28 PM: I've given up the Glitter!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on November 05, 2005, 09:45:34 PM: Good Evening!

Well, my week of Lestat rehearsals has come to an end, and, again, it was a very good week. A truly memorable experience.

And now... Well, now, I'm actually pretty tired. The whole week just began to catch up to me a few hours ago. I actually fell asleep on the subway for the first time. Thankfully, I woke up just a stop away from where I needed to get off. Whew!

And now...
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Post by: Rodzinski on November 05, 2005, 09:47:04 PM: I was kind of half searching for FREE AS AIR today. The two songs Julian Slade performs on the album I got are nice.

On a sidenote, he sings a one-off song about planning a charity ball where he actually references the band Slade.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on November 05, 2005, 09:48:44 PM: BK - Juliana Hansen sends her love. It turns out she got cast in the workshop I played auditions for a few weeks ago. -And the workshop was taking place in the same complex as the Lestat rehearsals. We ran into each other in the elevator on the way down to lunch.

*And I have to say she looked pretty groovy. She's working on a new 70's/Disco show, and she was wearing some pretty
cool threads. I saw more than a few heads turn when she was walking down the sidewalk. :)
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Post by: Cillaliz on November 05, 2005, 09:48:47 PM: Well, I had a great time at Dolly Parton tonight. It was pretty much all blue grass.country plus a few of her hits "I Will Always Love You" "Nine to Five" and 'Here You Come Again" I really enjoyed it. She also did some of her old old stuff, played the ducimer, the banjo, the guitar and the harmonica.

Of course the tour is for her new album which is a group of her favorite songs from the 60s and 70s with guests - on the CD not in the concert. (Not sure how she got Yusef Islam -Cat Stevens- I didn't think he was performing any more) anyway, she claims that it isn't a protest album, but we're talking Where Have All The Flowers Gone, Turn Turn Turn, Blowin In the Wind, Imagine.....well you get the picture and she does say these songs seem to reflect our current times.

MBarnum, if you like the blue grass style of country, you'd enjoy the concert. You almost wouldn't recognize her, she's had a lot of work done, but she joked about it saying the only thing about her that isn't phony is her heart, hey at least her phony looked good, especially since she's about to turn 60.

She's had some trouble with her voice on the tour, is taking antihistimines and took several breaks to drink water but sang for 1 1/2 hours, was very upbeat and I thought for the most part her voice was very strong.

She did say that she is having a lot of fun writing the songs for the new musical version of "Nine to Five" that she is hoping will be Broadway Bound soon
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Post by: François de Paris on November 05, 2005, 09:49:42 PM: Un jour, un enfant

Paroles et Musique: Frida Boccara 1969
© 1969 Editions French Fried Music
note: Concours Eurovision 1969 - France - 1ère

1 - Un jour se lèvera
Sur trois branches de lilas
Qu'un enfant regardera
Comme un livre d'images
Le monde autour de lui
Sera vide et c'est ainsi
Qu'il inventera la vie
A sa première pa-a-ge.

2 - En dessinant la forme d'une orange
Il donnera au ciel son premier soleil
En dessinant l'oiseau
Il inventera la fleur
En cherchant le bruit de l'eau
Il entendra le cri du cœur.

3 - En dessinant les branches d'une étoile
Il trouvera l'enfant, le chemin des grands
Des grands qui ont gardé
Un regard émerveillé
Pour les fruits de chaque jour
Et pour les roses de l'amour.
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Post by: bk on November 05, 2005, 09:49:44 PM: Too bad dear reader Joy is not on this coast - she could probably do a better job than my casting director.

I've only watched the Rhapsody in Blue segment of the new Fantasia, and I found it quite wonderful - I should pull out the DVD and watch the rest.

Watching Revenge of the Sith right now. HD cameras have come a long way, I must say.
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Post by: Rodzinski on November 05, 2005, 09:50:54 PM: Gary Glitter has taken an unseemly path.

Sweet is probably my fave glam band.
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Post by: bk on November 05, 2005, 09:51:00 PM: I appear in Night Visitor (which I wrote about back in September) for a total of thirty seconds - done as a favor to the director. I also polished some of the awful dialogue, but they didn't use much of the polish and went instead with the awful dialogue. I recognized a few lines in the meet cute of the boy and the girl, but that was about it.
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Post by: Cillaliz on November 05, 2005, 09:51:29 PM: Got my flu shot this morning. I'm glad I did, sounds like they may be running low again this year. Maybe that's just a scare tactic, I don't know.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on November 05, 2005, 09:53:56 PM: DR Joy - Stuart is not in the business. He's a literary agent. I'm not sure we're at the "boyfriend" stage, but the topic has been discussed. In fact, it was discussed earlier tonight.

:)

*And that's all the news for now on that front. ;)
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Post by: Rodzinski on November 05, 2005, 09:54:06 PM: I saw FANTASIA 2000 on the IMAX. Looked okay to my undemanding eye. The whales were the most memorable.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on November 05, 2005, 09:57:18 PM: DR Joy (Part Deux) - Just in case I get sidetracked over the next 24-36 hours - which is a possibility with all the stuff I have to get done before Tuesday morning's first rehearsal for Damn Yankees...

Break A Leg! Have a fun time casting!
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Post by: Cillaliz on November 05, 2005, 09:57:53 PM: DR Rodzinski I love your new avatar
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Post by: JoseSPiano on November 05, 2005, 09:58:32 PM: DR elmore - Welcome Home!

*I'll call you in the morning regarding brunch plans.

**And don't forget, if you're planning on heading out tomorrow, it's Marathon Day here in NYC.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on November 05, 2005, 09:59:28 PM: DR vixmom - I need your snail mail address. :)
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Post by: Cillaliz on November 05, 2005, 10:00:19 PM: Well I am sleepy, I must say the concert was a wierd experience in a way. There were 4000+ people there (in an arena that holds 10,000 - not so good) I think I only knew 2 other people and was one of the younger people there. I didn't think of Dolly as being for the "mature" set, but that's who was there.
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Post by: Tomovoz on November 05, 2005, 10:00:35 PM: The Song from Frida Boccara above (Thank you François) is lovely. The English release was "Through The Eyes Of A Child". Paul Mauriet issued it as a single too. He was hoping to recapture the success of his Eurovision "cover' from the year before "Love Is Blue"
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Post by: Cillaliz on November 05, 2005, 10:01:35 PM: Well, I'm off to sleep. I have a slight head ache and a lot to get done tomorrow, so I'm going to get some rest.
Night
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Post by: JoseSPiano on November 05, 2005, 10:04:13 PM: As for the Topic of the Day...

The only upcoming movie I'm interested in seeing is "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe". The whole series of C.S. Lewis books were a major part of my education. I read the first book when I was in fourth grade, and then reread them when I was in high school. And since I went to a Catholic high school, we analyzed them for their religious content.

I will probably end up seeing "The Producers" and "Rent", but they're not on a must-see list.
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Post by: Rodzinski on November 05, 2005, 10:10:42 PM: Thanks Cillaliz. I must credit MBarnum for the photography.

I like that not even the former Cat Stevens could turn Dolly Parton down.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on November 05, 2005, 10:13:46 PM: OH!

And has anyone else seen the trailers for that "Nanny McPhee" movie? The one with Emma Thompson and Colin Firth. -And Angela Lansbury - who appears in the trailer, but does not get mentioned not listed in the credits?!?!?!?
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Post by: Rodzinski on November 05, 2005, 10:14:22 PM: And now, sleep alone can ease my mind (to quote Paul Williams' "Faust" from PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE).
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Post by: JoseSPiano on November 05, 2005, 10:19:49 PM: Well...

It's official... I'm ZONKED!

Goodnight.
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Post by: bk on November 05, 2005, 10:37:45 PM: It's Official - I'm Zonked - That's the title of my next novel.
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Post by: MBarnum on November 05, 2005, 10:53:03 PM: I had heard about Dolly's new album and I will be getting it. I love so many of those songs and it will be fun hearing her sing them!
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Post by: bk on November 05, 2005, 11:37:20 PM: Apparently everyone else is zonked to, since no one is posting. Two hundred anyone, or shall we just sit here like so much fish?
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Post by: Tomovoz on November 05, 2005, 11:57:56 PM: I suspect that the fish shall win BK.
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Post by: bk on November 06, 2005, 12:12:47 AM: I suspect it too, because the fish are WUSSBURGERS! Not only WUSSBURGERS, but WUSSBURGERS WITH CHEESE!
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Post by: bk on November 06, 2005, 12:13:05 AM: I hate AOL!!!
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Post by: bk on November 06, 2005, 12:13:17 AM: AOL I hate!!!
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Post by: bk on November 06, 2005, 12:13:28 AM: Hate I AOL!!!
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Post by: bk on November 06, 2005, 12:13:39 AM: And now - Dino at the piano.
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Post by: bk on November 06, 2005, 12:13:58 AM: I can just keep this going until the cows come home.
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Post by: bk on November 06, 2005, 12:14:18 AM: However, I shall post the new topic now.