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The first day of 2009, and it's the last 6 days before 'Little Christmas'--
Aloysius J. Gleek:
--- Quote from: Ellemeno on January 08, 2009, 12:50:16 am ---And John, you would make a marvelous Jimmy Olsen. But you would make a marvelous great many people. You could be a whole Algonquin Round Table. :-*
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Oh, pshaw, Elle! (Blush!)
(Although I am looking a little bit like Edna Ferber these days....)
Aloysius J. Gleek:
--- Quote from: Ellemeno on January 08, 2009, 12:34:18 am ---"My favorite Richard E. Grant role, in The Player (I love that movie too):
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And there's this--
Richard E. Grant
(Hamlet Soliloquy)
Withnail and I (ending) (1986) (1:45)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zEVZGuU3BU[/youtube]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withnail_and_I
Withnail and I
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Withnail and I is a British film made in 1986 by Handmade Films. Written and directed by Bruce Robinson, it is based on his life in London in the late 1960s. Withnail was Richard E. Grant's first film role and launched him into a successful career. The film featured performances by Richard Griffiths as Withnail's Uncle Monty, Paul McGann as "I" and Ralph Brown as Danny the drug dealer. The film has tragic and comic elements (particularly farce), and is notable for its period music and many quotable lines. It has been described as "one of Britain's biggest cult films".
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'Marwood' leaves 'Withnail' in the rain in Regent's Park. There, for the first time, Withnail sincerely reveals himself, declaiming "What a piece of work is a man!" from Act 2 Scene ii of Hamlet to an uncomprehending pack of wolves[2] behind a fence in the adjoining London Zoo. Then, the camera remains still as he turns and walks further and further away into the distance, swinging the bottle, as the credits start to roll.
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Actors who were considered for the part of "Withnail" included Daniel Day Lewis, Bill Nighy and Kenneth Branagh. Richard E. Grant was told "half of you has got to go" by Bruce Robinson, in order to play the part....
Aloysius J. Gleek:
I'm certainly stretching the 'holiday' a bit--
It's the very last of Little Christmas--the 18th of January (it's 12 plus 12 days, so I'm procrastinating--) and it snowed! (Gee--isn't Summer yet??)
New York
'Turtle Bay'
50th Street
Between 2nd and 1st Avenues
Sunday
January 18, 2009
9:15 - 9:30 AM
29 degrees F
(about 20 degrees
warmer since Friday!)
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Meryl:
Beautiful as always, John. :-*
I think you've found your mission at BetterMost. Show everyone how great New York is so that they absolutely have to visit us! ;D
You really need to start a blog. Just PM Phillip and pick a name. C'mon, you know you want to. ;)
Berit:
You will cost me a fortune........just have to see it for myself!!
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