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Author Topic: The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post)  (Read 5489618 times)

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"I" is ingrown
« Reply #18970 on: February 08, 2009, 01:12:00 pm »
The insular, ingrown world of rural Wyoming was ingrained in Ennis.
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"L" is lambaste
« Reply #18971 on: February 08, 2009, 01:22:50 pm »
Until his dad decided to grow a pair and lambaste his grandpa for going against his parental dictates, Bobby wasn't sold on the idea of eating his dinner.
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"M" is multitudes
« Reply #18972 on: February 08, 2009, 04:02:15 pm »
On Monday (Sunday in the US), the multitudes will be watching to see whether "Brokeback Mountain" will win best picture, whether that nice Reese Witherspoon can claim best actress and how Jon Stewart compares with legendary host Billy Crystal.

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"N" is Newsome's
« Reply #18973 on: February 08, 2009, 05:06:47 pm »
The gossipy bartender gave Jack the lowdown on Lureen Newsome's father:  "Her dad sells farm equipment.  I mean big farm equipment.  Hundred-thousand-dollar tractors, shit like that."
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"O" is oldtimer
« Reply #18974 on: February 08, 2009, 06:41:09 pm »
Jack's father was an out-of-touch oldtimer.
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"P" is patronise (patronize)
« Reply #18975 on: February 08, 2009, 07:02:30 pm »
"He’s also very set in his ways. He prepares you so much that he doesn’t cloud you with direction. There are not many instructions; it’s always just crisp and clear. He also doesn’t patronise you by slapping you on the back after every scene and saying 'that was great, that was great… let’s try one more.' In fact, he never compliments you at all. Yet, it makes you try harder -- and you do end up doing better."

-- Heath Ledger on working with director Ang Lee   
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"R" is reasonable
« Reply #18976 on: February 08, 2009, 09:33:35 pm »
Q:Brokeback Mountain combines two themes that you have dealt with in earlier films – same sex relationships in The Wedding Banquet and the West in Ride with the Devil.  What made you want to revisit them in Brokeback   Mountain?

Ang Lee:  Well, Annie Proulx’s writing…it’s a great story.  Purely, I was moved by it.  I was introduced to the material by James  Schamus, and he said to take a look.  I got choked up when I read the short story, and I then I read the script; it sounded reasonable.  Of course, the realistic western was still not quite familiar to me.  The idea of the illusion of love that is Brokeback Mountain was very evoking for me, it felt existential. When the emotion lands, when they take off their shirts. So to me, it’s a great story, a great piece of American West writing.  And it haunted me. I went ahead and did The Hulk and didn’t even do ( Brokeback Mountain ), and it just stuck with me and refused to leave.

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"S" is swill
« Reply #18977 on: February 08, 2009, 10:38:43 pm »
Jack and Ennis like to swill both beer and whiskey.
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"T" is tax
« Reply #18978 on: February 09, 2009, 09:35:59 am »
Ang Lee said that Brokeback Mountain was shot in Canada "because it was cheaper and because of the tax breaks."

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"U" is uphold
« Reply #18979 on: February 09, 2009, 10:02:05 am »
At Thanksgiving dinner, L.D. tried unsuccessfully to uphold his reputation as the stud duck.
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