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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
southendmd:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on June 16, 2011, 09:22:56 am ---Richard Chamberlain is the bishop?
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No, he's the parish priest, and was exceedingly dull in the role.
Front-Ranger:
Oh dang. No Thorn Birds redo then.
Say I heard a review that, surprisingly, Midnight in Paris is supposed to be good? Anyone seen it?
Meryl:
--- Quote from: Tony-Ranger on June 16, 2011, 11:27:04 am ---Oh dang. No Thorn Birds redo then.
Say I heard a review that, surprisingly, Midnight in Paris is supposed to be good? Anyone seen it?
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Yes, and I was happy to find it was in the vein of the old Woody Allen movies, doing for Paris what he did so beautifully for Manhattan, making it look like the most desirable city in the world. He also makes fun of intellectuals while adoring them, the way only he can do. Owen Wilson does well in the lead, recalling Woody's earlier incarnations while still keeping his own charm. Not earthshaking, but a nice night out. 8)
Front-Ranger:
Thanks, Meryl! Sounds like it's time to start watching Woody Allen movies again!!
southendmd:
A very emotional day here at the Ptown film festival. I have often found that the documentaries are the ones that stay with me.
First this morning, I saw an extraordinary film that will certainly stay with me. "Buck" is a film about a different kind of cowboy: a "tortured soul", who went from child trick-rope star with a sadistic father, to an unassuming sage who runs clinics to help people with horse problems, or as he says, helping horses with people problems. He understands what it is to be a horse, and gently but firmly shares that in his clinics. He criss-crosses the country, from Limerick, Maine to Thermopolis, Wyoming. Redford hired him as a consultant for "The Horse Whisperer".
(Brokie aside: his mother worked in Ennis, Montana.)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IShjmWYuHZ0[/youtube]
www.buckthefilm.com
Here's the calendar of cities where it can be seen: http://www.buckthefilm.com/playdates.htm
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