Well, it's SOMETHING like that! Actually, it's 1.75%.
k. On Jun 13, 2010, at 4:32 PM, Richard Halegua Comic Art wrote: > oh cmon Kirby, "your reckless oil company"? > what BP does has nothing to do with the British people > some 38% is owned by Americans > > hey wait.... where did you get 27% the Kuwaitis?? > 38% US ownership & 45% UK ownership is in itself 83% > > > At 02:25 PM 6/13/2010, you wrote: >> Adrian, >> >> Your reckless little oil company is 27% owned by the Kuwaitis! I'm sure >> Osama Bin Lube is at the bottom of it (no pun intended) somewhere or another. >> >> We may take your 12% dividends and build a soccer stadium with it. >> >> K. >> >> >> On Jun 13, 2010, at 3:17 PM, jboh...@aol.com wrote: >> >>> Thas More like it. >>> >>> I gather the Pres has apologised to us for the Brit bashing as BP is >>> Anglo-American...Oil be coming round the mountain... >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Richard Halegua Comic Art <sa...@comic-art.com> >>> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >>> Sent: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:15 >>> Subject: Re: [MOPO] OT; BLIGH ME, GUVNOR >>> >>> do you mean our >>> >>> B P >>> r a >>> i r >>> t t >>> i n >>> s e >>> h r >>> s >>> >>> >>> >>> At 01:06 PM 6/13/2010, Kirby McDaniel wrote: >>>> Quite right; we can always learn something from our former owners! >>>> >>>> K. >>>> On Jun 13, 2010, at 2:28 PM, jboh...@aol.com wrote: >>>> >>>>> Might I point out to our colonial cousins it is Blimey! Not Bligh Me. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Richard Halegua Comic Art <sa...@comic-art.com> >>>>> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >>>>> Sent: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 20:26 >>>>> Subject: Re: [MOPO] OT; BLIGH ME, GUVNOR >>>>> >>>>> I agree David >>>>> >>>>> Bridge on the River Kwai being a good example. No happy ending there >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> At 11:38 AM 6/12/2010, David Kusumoto wrote: >>>>>> I have always felt that Bolt's screenplay in "Lawrence" is not just >>>>>> good, but spectacular. There's a reason why it remains in the top ten >>>>>> lists of the greatest films ever made. It is so far ahead of its time >>>>>> with its ambiguous portrait of Lawrence that it feels timeless and >>>>>> undated. In fact, the parts that linger on the visual majesty of the >>>>>> desert or the battle scenes sometimes drags down the pacing. I've >>>>>> always felt (and I know there is debate about this), that despite my >>>>>> love for Gregory Peck, who won Best Actor that year, that Peter >>>>>> O'Toole's performance in Lawrence is simply electric and drop-dead >>>>>> perfect. And what an ending! It disappoints many, but it is an >>>>>> anti-climax that is faithful to the integrity of where Lawrence's story >>>>>> HAD to go. Can you imagine some corn-ball U.S.-tinkering happy ending >>>>>> tacked on to make Lawrence's efforts uplifting and redemptive? >>>>>> >>>>>> A generalization, but I think the Brits have a knack for making >>>>>> wonderfully written films that - as I wrote last year - are masked when >>>>>> they're budgeted by American dollars and cast (e.g., Anthony Quinn, who >>>>>> was a major star here in 1962) to draw an American audience. >>>>>> Astoundingly, the country-of-origin and first printing of "Lawrence" is >>>>>> the U.S.A. like "Bridge over the River Kwai" (which was cast budgeted to >>>>>> include William Holden) - despite being thoroughly British in tone and >>>>>> sensibility. Hence my obsession with "country-of-origin" posters which >>>>>> I treat like first edition books regardless of less than attractive art. >>>>>> I'm bitter that the beginning of Carol Reed's "The Third Man" was >>>>>> butchered by Selznick when it was released in the U.S.; the British >>>>>> version is superior. But at least in the case of the wonderfully >>>>>> written "Third Man" -- the country-of-origin is rightfully the U.K. >>>>>> >>>>>> Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 11:57:20 -0500 >>>>>> From: brucehershen...@gmail.com >>>>>> Subject: Re: OT; BLIGH ME, GUVNOR >>>>>> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >>>>>> >>>>>> I think Bolt started the screenplay for The Bounty, but had a stroke and >>>>>> the eventual film contains little of his original writing. >>>>>> >>>>>> I imagine the movie with a screenplay by the Bolt of the early 1960s, >>>>>> and it would have been wonderful. >>>>>> >>>>>> I first read the three novels by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall >>>>>> (Mutiny on the Bounty, Men Against the Sea, and Pitcairn's Island) as a >>>>>> teen, and I know there is still a great series of movies (or an epic TV >>>>>> mini-series) waiting to be made of the entire story (only parts of which >>>>>> were addressed in the earlier versions). >>>>>> >>>>>> Bruce >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 8:50 AM, Kirby McDaniel <ki...@movieart.net> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> He also co-wrote the script for THE BOUNTY (1984), the mutiny on the HMS >>>>>> Bounty story, which David Lean had always wantedto film, but was never >>>>>> able to get financed. >>>>>> This film takes a fuller look at the BOUNTY epic, and is enjoyable >>>>>> enough, directed by Roger Donaldson. But one can only imagine that tale >>>>>> with the Lean camera and editing synergy and perfectionist sensibility. >>>>>> Maybe the >>>>>> financiers remembered all too well the MGM experience with the Brando >>>>>> version. I have always liked that version. >>>>>> LEAN went on to make A PASSAGE TO INDIA, a thoroughly wonderful film, in >>>>>> my opinion. I think that'sout on BLU - RAY now. >>>>>> >>>>>> K. >>>>>> On Jun 12, 2010, at 7:49 AM, Bruce Hershenson wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Robert Bolt, who wrote Lawrence, quickly followed with Doctor Zhivago, A >>>>>> Man for All Seasons (from his earlier play), and Ryan's Daughter, a >>>>>> pretty amazing string of wonderful screenplays. >>>>>> Of course he didn't manage to include a tagline as great as "Get off my >>>>>> lawn!" in any of them, but he did his best. >>>>>> Bruce >>>>>> On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 1:06 AM, Phil Edwards <p...@cinemarts.com> wrote: >>>>>> Odd, we nearly always think of LAWRENCE in terms of its epic scope and >>>>>> spectacular visuals, but it has one of the most literate andprecise >>>>>> screenplays of almost any film I can think of. >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>> From: Kirby McDaniel >>>>>> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >>>>>> Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 2:06 PM >>>>>> Subject: [MOPO] OT; BLIGH ME, GUVNOR >>>>>> Tony Hayward: I am reminded of the wonderful line Claude Rains (Dryden) >>>>>> gets in LAWRENCE: >>>>>> >>>>>> Prince Feisal: You, I suspect, are chief architect of this compromise. >>>>>> What do you think? >>>>>> Mr. Dryden: Me, your Highness? On the whole, I wish I'd stayed in >>>>>> Tunbridge Wells. >>>>>> http://www.theonion.com/articles/massive-flow-of-bullshit-continues-to-gush-from-bp,17564/ >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >>>>>> ___________________________________________________________________ >>>>>> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >>>>>> Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu >>>>>> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >>>>>> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.= > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
