Topic: SWEET CHARITY (Read 8932 times)

JMK · « **Reply #30 on:** July 31, 2011, 07:16:28 AM »

Hearty laugh o' the day department: Did anyone else see the hysterical article about the taxi driver who charged the lady $20 who jumped out of that Caribbean plane that crashed yesterday (everyone survived) to take her back to the terminal?

JMK · « **Reply #31 on:** July 31, 2011, 07:19:16 AM »

"Your clothes are on fire, that will be an extra $10."

Jennifer · « **Reply #32 on:** July 31, 2011, 07:23:27 AM »

DR Cillaliz, do the cats sleep in your room? Is that why they keep waking you? Or could you just close your door?

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #33 on:** July 31, 2011, 07:33:40 AM »

Hmmm... I wonder if DR MBarnum will show up at the retirement home this afternoon for the show?

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #34 on:** July 31, 2011, 07:33:54 AM »

Well... I guess bk could at least take some pictures for DR MBarnum.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #35 on:** July 31, 2011, 07:34:28 AM »

Anyhoo...

I don't really have to do much packing, but the more I stay online, the more I dawdle, and the more I don't get to packing, so...

Laters...

ArnoldMBrockman · « **Reply #36 on:** July 31, 2011, 08:17:53 AM »

Quote from: bk on July 31, 2011, 12:39:15 AM

And the word of the day is: GAZUMP!

And The Song Of The Day Is: YOU'VE GOT TO PICK A POCKET OR TWO

Druxy · « **Reply #37 on:** July 31, 2011, 08:24:12 AM »

I've never seen SWEET CHARITY on the stage, just the movie several times, which I really like.

Question:

The DVD has an alternate ending that is much more upbeat (i.e. McMartin character changes his mind and comes back to her) than the one in the theatrical release of the movie.

How does the play end?

Druxy · « **Reply #38 on:** July 31, 2011, 08:26:01 AM »

Also, does anybody know whatever became of Suzanne Charney?

I used to know her way back in the 1960s.

JMK · « **Reply #39 on:** July 31, 2011, 08:54:16 AM »

The original musical ends like the original ending of the film, more or less.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #40 on:** July 31, 2011, 08:57:31 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on July 31, 2011, 06:31:59 AM

Quote from: Jrand60 on July 31, 2011, 06:30:39 AM
Nice pitchers.

DR JRand60, have a listen to Simon Morgan's soundbytes.

Nice.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #41 on:** July 31, 2011, 08:58:43 AM »

Sunday.....I have penciled in my specials.....so now....for cues and numbers and pages.......

Jrand73 · « **Reply #42 on:** July 31, 2011, 08:59:23 AM »

I liked the DVD of The Corn Is Green......but I am disturbed by how much grain is in the picture.

JMK · « **Reply #43 on:** July 31, 2011, 09:05:54 AM »

Quote from: Jrand60 on July 31, 2011, 08:59:23 AM

I liked the DVD of The Corn Is Green......but I am disturbed by how much grain is in the picture.

Kernels, JR, kernels.

JMK · « **Reply #44 on:** July 31, 2011, 09:06:26 AM »

GOSFORD PARK is *much* better the second (or third, or fourth) time around, after you have the gist of what's going on and can start actually paying attention.

JMK · « **Reply #45 on:** July 31, 2011, 09:06:45 AM »

I will say do NOT get the Canadian/French Alliance Blu-ray release. It's horrible.

JMK · « **Reply #46 on:** July 31, 2011, 09:07:48 AM »

There are some people who just hate DNR, I deal with them all the time on Blu-ray.com. And to be fair, Universal especially is over aggressive with noise reduction on a lot of their catalog releases, leaving a kind of smeary, waxy look as a result. It doesn't bother me as much as it does some, but it is noticeable.

JMK · « **Reply #47 on:** July 31, 2011, 09:09:09 AM »

The sort of haloing in SWEET CHARITY from backlighting is also not the same haloing (also called ringing and edge enhancement) you get from too much artificial sharpening. That also doesn't drive me as crazy as it does some people (especially those with huge projection systems where it shows up more readily), but again it's very noticeable on some releases.

JMK · « **Reply #48 on:** July 31, 2011, 09:10:01 AM »

What I hate is aliasing and shimmer. If we put a man on the moon, why can't we compress video so that it doesn't freak out when there are parallel lines or close-cropped patterns to resolve. Of course, maybe we didn't actually put a man on the moon.

JMK · « **Reply #49 on:** July 31, 2011, 09:10:34 AM »

DR ArnoldMBrockman, your PM is something you should ask BK, Druxy or Pogue. They might have a better idea than I.

JMK · « **Reply #50 on:** July 31, 2011, 09:17:57 AM »

I loved SWEET CHARITY so much I actually forced my mother to take me to downtown Seattle (something she was normally loathe to do) to drop me off to see THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS with George C. Scott and Diana Rigg, as the accompanying second feature (remember when THAT used to happen?) was SWEET CHARITY. I believe that time it was the edited general release version.

JMK · « **Reply #51 on:** July 31, 2011, 09:18:21 AM »

My mini-frenzy here is done. Must find a taxi to take me back to the terminal now.

FJL · « **Reply #52 on:** July 31, 2011, 09:19:27 AM »

Terrifying tale of coke use in BK's notes.

Or was that diet Coke use?

FJL · « **Reply #53 on:** July 31, 2011, 09:27:45 AM »

So on the movie grosses front, COWBOYS & ALIENS is running very close to the SMURFS movie in box office receipts. Hollywood wags are said to be very surprised by this. Was SMURFS expected not to do so well?

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #54 on:** July 31, 2011, 10:22:21 AM »

Good Afternoon!

Greetings from East!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #55 on:** July 31, 2011, 10:22:54 AM »

*The East Section of the Fichlander, that is.

bk · « **Reply #56 on:** July 31, 2011, 10:23:58 AM »

I'm up after nine hours of blessed sleep. It's gray out but I'm sure the sun will be with us in about an hour.

bk · « **Reply #57 on:** July 31, 2011, 10:24:47 AM »

The "happy ending" version of Sweet Charity was never in the film past the preview stage. It was a banner year for Universal doing that kind of thing - Topaz had three endings shot.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #58 on:** July 31, 2011, 10:26:09 AM »

Quote from: FJL on July 31, 2011, 09:27:45 AM

So on the movie grosses front, COWBOYS & ALIENS is running very close to the SMURFS movie in box office receipts. Hollywood wags are said to be very surprised by this. Was SMURFS expected not to do so well?

SMURFS is essentially a "Family" film - even though most of the people who would actually know about "The Smurfs" are no longer children. And since "children" don't buy movie tickets, well... And "Cowboys & Aliens" has two major box office draws: Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #59 on:** July 31, 2011, 10:28:40 AM »

And now it's time to get read for the matinee.

Laters...

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