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Re: Rewatching movies from our pasts -- still good?
« Reply #90 on: September 04, 2010, 11:15:26 am »
The first major film by Robert Altman, M*A*S*H, is having a revival this summer for the 40th anniversary of its premiere. It's well worth seeing. One of the first episodic, ensemble films, it is noted for its eclectic soundtrack and sound effects. Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, and Sally Kellerman star, back when they were unknowns. Also a good example of the wartime black comedy that became so popular.
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Re: Rewatching movies from our pasts -- still good?
« Reply #91 on: September 04, 2010, 11:53:57 am »
Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, and Sally Kellerman star, back when they were unknowns.

While Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould are still busily working, Sally Kellerman seems to have gone back to being an unknown.  :-\


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Re: Rewatching movies from our pasts -- still good?
« Reply #92 on: September 04, 2010, 12:19:38 pm »
While Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould are still busily working, Sally Kellerman seems to have gone back to being an unknown.  :-\

That's because she's not young anymore.  >:(

And I always found the movie MASH very misogynistic, what with what they did to Houlihan and why and how they treated nurses who weren't currently having sex with them.

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Re: Rewatching movies from our pasts -- still good?
« Reply #93 on: September 04, 2010, 12:48:54 pm »
That's because she's not young anymore.  >:(

Exactly.

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And I always found the movie MASH very misogynistic,

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Re: Rewatching movies from our pasts -- still good?
« Reply #94 on: October 05, 2010, 12:08:32 pm »
Speaking of misogynistic, I saw The Social Network yesterday. Only one seemingly intelligent woman in it...played by our friend Rooney Mara!

But that's not a show from our past. So, to stay on topic, I settled down to enjoy a Sherlock Holmes segment on PBS last Sunday. To my delight, the damsel in distress was played by the lovely and eloquent Jenny Seagrove, none other than Marina from, you guessed it, Local Hero!!
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Re: Rewatching movies from our pasts -- still good?
« Reply #95 on: October 05, 2010, 12:27:08 pm »
But that's not a show from our past. So, to stay on topic, I settled down to enjoy a Sherlock Holmes segment on PBS last Sunday. To my delight, the damsel in distress was played by the lovely and eloquent Jenny Seagrove, none other than Marina from, you guessed it, Local Hero!!

What was the episode?

And how did I know that somehow your post would be about Local Hero?  ;D
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Re: Rewatching movies from our pasts -- still good?
« Reply #96 on: October 05, 2010, 01:53:56 pm »
And how did I know that somehow your post would be about Local Hero?  ;D

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Re: Rewatching movies from our pasts -- still good?
« Reply #97 on: October 05, 2010, 02:34:28 pm »
You guys know me so well!! The episode was "The Sign of Four," a rather famous case.
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Re: Rewatching movies from our pasts -- still good?
« Reply #98 on: October 05, 2010, 03:12:28 pm »
You guys know me so well!! The episode was "The Sign of Four," a rather famous case.

Then she must have been Mary Morstan, the future Mrs. John Watson.
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Re: Rewatching movies from our pasts -- still good?
« Reply #99 on: October 05, 2010, 03:54:33 pm »
Movies from the past, huh?

Well, it's October now, which means many many reruns of horror movies of the past.

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