Author Topic: Our Anne in a new movie: Get Smart!  (Read 6297 times)

Offline Aloysius J. Gleek

  • BetterMost Supporter!
  • The BetterMost 10,000 Post Club
  • *****
  • Posts: 10,011
Our Anne in a new movie: Get Smart!
« on: June 16, 2008, 09:01:59 am »

Well, I am nothing but loyal--I will go!




Maxwell Smart, as played by Mr. Carell, is as eager as a Labrador to get out of his cubicle and into the field. He gets a shot after the identities of almost all of Control’s agents are compromised and the chief (Alan Arkin) has no choice but to send out Smart next to the suave Agent 23, played by Dwayne Johnson, and the brutally beautiful Agent 99. (Anne Hathaway gets her vixen on to surprisingly convincing ends.) They are all, of course, working together to thwart world domination by the evildoers from KAOS.



Anne Hathaway and Steve Carell in “Get Smart,” based on the spy-spoof television series. Can the movie honor the past while bringing people who never saw the show into theaters?


Don Adams and Barbara Feldon in the “Get Smart” sitcom.

The New York Times article (via link) below:

Film
Agent of Reinvention (Sorry About That, Chief)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/movies/15carr.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all
"Tu doives entendre je t'aime."
(and you know who I am...)


Cowboy Curtis (Laurence Fishburne)
and Pee-wee in the 1990 episode
"Camping Out"

Offline Aloysius J. Gleek

  • BetterMost Supporter!
  • The BetterMost 10,000 Post Club
  • *****
  • Posts: 10,011
Re: Our Anne in a new movie: Get Smart!
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2008, 09:16:56 am »

Really, she is so pretty!



First Look at Get Smart!

Comingsoon.net

Inspired by characters from the classic television series "Get Smart," the film stars Steve Carell as secret agent Maxwell Smart; Anne Hathaway as his partner, Agent 99; Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (Gridiron Gang) as Agent 23; Terence Stamp (The Limey) as Siegfried, a key KAOS operative; and Academy Award winner Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine) as the Chief of CONTROL. The film also stars Ken Davitian ("Borat") as Shtarker; Masi Oka (TV's "Heroes") as Bruce; Nate Torrence (TV's "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip") as Lloyd; David Koechner (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy) as Agent Larabee; and Terry Crews (TV's "Everybody Hates Chris") as Agent 91.

The film is directed by Peter Segal (The Longest Yard, Tommy Boy) from a screenplay by Tom J. Astle & Matt Ember (Failure to Launch). Andrew Lazar (Space Cowboys), Charles Roven (Batman Begins) and Alex Gartner (The Upside of Anger) are producing, with Michael Ewing (50 First Dates), Dana Goldberg (Happy Feet), Peter Segal, Jimmy Miller (Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby), Steve Carell, Brent O'Connor (We Are Marshall) and Bruce Berman (Happy Feet) serving as executive producers.

Joining the director behind the scenes are Academy Award-winning director of photography Dean Semler (Dances with Wolves), production designer Wynn Thomas (A Beautiful Mind), Oscar-nominated editor Richard Pearson (United 93), Academy Award-winning costume designer Deborah Scott (Titanic) and Academy Award-winning special effects supervisor Michael Lantieri (Jurassic Park).

Filming began in Los Angeles on March 21, 2007, and will continue in and around Los Angeles, with future location filming taking place in Washington, D.C. and Montreal.

Get Smart opens in theaters on June 20, 2008.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=19822
"Tu doives entendre je t'aime."
(and you know who I am...)


Cowboy Curtis (Laurence Fishburne)
and Pee-wee in the 1990 episode
"Camping Out"

Offline Ellemeno

  • The BetterMost 10,000 Post Club
  • ********
  • Posts: 15,367
Re: Our Anne in a new movie: Get Smart!
« Reply #2 on: June 19, 2008, 03:30:00 am »
I LOVED the original TV series, created by Buck Henry and Mel Brooks (I didn't know who they were back then, but I sure know who they are now). 

I love Steve Carell.

I love our Anne.

And I will blushingly admit that I love The Rock. 

I can't wait to see this, even though the preview I saw the other night in a theater made it look D-U-M-B. 



Offline Kd5000

  • BetterMost Supporter!
  • Brokeback Got Me Good
  • *****
  • Posts: 910
Re: Our Anne in a new movie: Get Smart!
« Reply #3 on: June 19, 2008, 09:33:11 pm »
It looks like a doable summer film.  I did like the original series.  Given my disappointment with the new Indiana Jones movie and my mixed feelings about what else is coming out this summer, it might be nice to see something comedic. I can't imagine The Dark Knight having many funny moments.

Plus, I try to support Anne Hathaway after her performance in BBM and she recently gave a great and sincere sounding speech at the 2008 HRC dinner in Los Angeles.

Offline serious crayons

  • BetterMost Moderator
  • The BetterMost 10,000 Post Club
  • *****
  • Posts: 22,712
Re: Our Anne in a new movie: Get Smart!
« Reply #4 on: June 19, 2008, 10:57:56 pm »
I LOVED the original TV series, created by Buck Henry and Mel Brooks (I didn't know who they were back then, but I sure know who they are now). 

I love Steve Carell.

I love our Anne.

And I will blushingly admit that I love The Rock. 

I can't wait to see this, even though the preview I saw the other night in a theater made it look D-U-M-B. 

I am completely with you on everything you said, except:

1) I don't love The Rock, though my mind is still open about him.

2) I am extremely hopefully giving the previews the benefit of the doubt and finding them kind of funny. OK, so I wasn't ROTFLMFAO watching either the trailer or the NYT snippets. But I want so much -- for our Anne's sake, for Steve's sake, for Buck's and Mel's and Don Adams' and Barbara Feldon's sake, for myself as an 8-year-old's sake -- for it to be good.



Offline Katie77

  • BetterMost 5000+ Posts Club
  • *******
  • Posts: 7,998
  • Love is a force of Nature
Re: Our Anne in a new movie: Get Smart!
« Reply #5 on: June 19, 2008, 11:46:30 pm »
I was just watching Anne Hathaway as a guest on The View,  promoting Get Smart.

She was asked "Do you prefer working with the women or the men?"

And her answer "well the men I mix with in real life a usually gay........."

I didnt really take any notice of the rest of her sentence.

I know her brother is gay, so she probably mixes with his friends.

Is she connected with any male herself, does anyone know??
Being happy doesn't mean everything is perfect.

It means you've decided to see beyond the imperfection

Offline Aloysius J. Gleek

  • BetterMost Supporter!
  • The BetterMost 10,000 Post Club
  • *****
  • Posts: 10,011
"Tu doives entendre je t'aime."
(and you know who I am...)


Cowboy Curtis (Laurence Fishburne)
and Pee-wee in the 1990 episode
"Camping Out"

Offline Ellemeno

  • The BetterMost 10,000 Post Club
  • ********
  • Posts: 15,367
Re: Our Anne in a new movie: Get Smart!
« Reply #7 on: June 20, 2008, 01:39:13 am »
I am completely with you on everything you said, except:

1) I don't love The Rock, though my mind is still open about him.

2) I am extremely hopefully giving the previews the benefit of the doubt and finding them kind of funny. OK, so I wasn't ROTFLMFAO watching either the trailer or the NYT snippets. But I want so much -- for our Anne's sake, for Steve's sake, for Buck's and Mel's and Don Adams' and Barbara Feldon's sake, for myself as an 8-year-old's sake -- for it to be good.





Well, my love for the Rock is of a different nature.  I've never actually seen him in a movie, but he does something for me...  And I've seen him in a couple of interviews, and he seems plenty smart too, with a quick wit.  And we know how I like me some quick wit.

Who can tell us what the original Get Smart and That Girl had in common?  :)



Offline Ellemeno

  • The BetterMost 10,000 Post Club
  • ********
  • Posts: 15,367
Re: Our Anne in a new movie: Get Smart!
« Reply #8 on: June 20, 2008, 01:47:36 am »
Looking on the IMDb page for the old show, I found this link where, apparently, you can watch all the episodes in Seasons 1-5.  I haven't gotten it to work yet, if you can, let me know:

http://www.surfthechannel.com/show/television/Get_Smart.html

Offline serious crayons

  • BetterMost Moderator
  • The BetterMost 10,000 Post Club
  • *****
  • Posts: 22,712
Re: Our Anne in a new movie: Get Smart!
« Reply #9 on: June 20, 2008, 10:03:01 am »
Who can tell us what the original Get Smart and That Girl had in common?  :)

They both featured actresses with long, dark, sleek, perfect '60s hair? That's the main thing I would have noticed, because my own '60s hair was none of the above.