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Author Topic: The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post)  (Read 5483808 times)

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"U" is unfamiliarity
« Reply #19640 on: April 28, 2009, 11:54:31 am »
If he had to describe what had attracted him to directing Brokeback Mountain, Ang Lee would say, "I think the unfamiliarity was very attractive to me. I wanted to shoot a straight, mainstream, somehow offbeat [movie with a] realistic West, which is quite unfamiliar to the world's population, even to a lot of Americans I know from the cities, from Hollywood movies, television. That unfamiliar [world] is centered, almost anchoring America. That conservative side, that mystery -- it's becoming more and more aware to us every day. That's really haunting with this particular material. It's both haunting, evoking, and [it] distilled the idea of a romantic story to me. A very pure form—that makes it very attractive to me."
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"W" is wisecrack
« Reply #19641 on: April 28, 2009, 12:27:00 pm »
If Ang were to win an Oscar for best director, he would make a wisecrack whilst holding the statuette:  "I wish I knew how to quit you".

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Round 802!
« Reply #19642 on: April 28, 2009, 05:43:35 pm »
Round 802!

WWLMD?



What Would Larry McMurtry Do?
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"A" is adapting
« Reply #19643 on: April 28, 2009, 05:50:21 pm »
If asked to discuss the adaptation of Annie Proulx's 11-page short story into a two-hour film, Larry McMurtry would compare adapting the story to hiking a mountain: a challenge, but well worth it. McMurtry says it's the best material he's ever worked with as a screenwriter.
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"B" is Ball
« Reply #19644 on: April 28, 2009, 07:40:09 pm »
If Larry McMurtry watched the movie Monster's Ball, he would end up thinking that Heath Ledger would make the perfect Ennis.
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"C" is Comanche
« Reply #19645 on: April 28, 2009, 09:30:50 pm »
If Larry McMurtry were to try his hand at executive producing again after Brokeback Mountain, he would wait til the production of the mini-series based on his own novel, Comanche Moon.




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"D" is Dove
« Reply #19646 on: April 28, 2009, 10:10:32 pm »
If Larry McMurtry were to write an intelligent, romantic novel of the mythic west titled Lonesome Dove, he would win the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
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"E" is essays
« Reply #19647 on: April 28, 2009, 10:56:03 pm »
If Annie Proulx, Larry McMurtry, and Diana Ossana had to write essays for Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay, Larry would write "Adapting Brokeback Mountain."
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"F" is Falls
« Reply #19648 on: April 28, 2009, 11:25:52 pm »
If asked where he was born, Larry would reply:  Wichita Falls, Texas.
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"G" is Guild
« Reply #19649 on: April 29, 2009, 12:44:46 am »
If Larry McMurtry won an award from The Writers Guild of America, he would win best adapted screenplay, with Diana Ossana, for Brokeback Mountain.
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