Re: t-and-f: Rating track movies
ED, I fully agree with you about Olympia (you are refreeing to Lennie Riefenstal's movie, aren't you?) even though the very fact of being Jewish sends a chill through my spine thinking when, where and by whom it was produced. Uri Goldbourt Quoting Ed Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Netters: Ed Koch's list of track films had a few omissions, one of them being The Human Comedy. where Mickey Rooney was a HS hurdler (if you can figure that one out---at least it was the low hurdles). It came out toward the end of WW II the scropt was by William Saroyan and it had a first class cast. Propabably rated about 3 stars. Can't believe the 3-star rating Maltin gave Personal Best, a piece of junk if ever there was one. I would rate the Geb movie over the one Pre movie I saw (can't remember by title, but it was the one with Donald Sutherland as Bowerman). It was unpretentious and as real as any movie about our sport can get, IMHO, Olympia stands by itself, the greatest sports documentary of all time, as well as a reflection, sometimes unintnded, of an Olympics whose histoiral setting will never be matched. Ed Grant.
Re: t-and-f: Rating track movies
Can't remember what the movie was called but it featured Kenny Moore in the nude! Of course the script demenaded it... there could not have been any other reason. Randall Northam
Re: t-and-f: Rating track movies
It was Personal Best which, as stated previously, didn't deserve 3 stars Regards, Martin - Original Message - From: Randall Northam [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ed Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: posting [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 1:38 PM Subject: Re: t-and-f: Rating track movies Can't remember what the movie was called but it featured Kenny Moore in the nude! Of course the script demenaded it... there could not have been any other reason. Randall Northam
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The second Pre movie is Without Limits which is on the list. Ed Koch -Original Message- From: Ed Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: track net [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, December 20, 2001 12:05 PM Subject: t-and-f: Rating track movies Netters: Ed Koch's list of track films had a few omissions, one of them being The Human Comedy. where Mickey Rooney was a HS hurdler (if you can figure that one out---at least it was the low hurdles). It came out toward the end of WW II the scropt was by William Saroyan and it had a first class cast. Propabably rated about 3 stars. Can't believe the 3-star rating Maltin gave Personal Best, a piece of junk if ever there was one. I would rate the Geb movie over the one Pre movie I saw (can't remember by title, but it was the one with Donald Sutherland as Bowerman). It was unpretentious and as real as any movie about our sport can get, IMHO, Olympia stands by itself, the greatest sports documentary of all time, as well as a reflection, sometimes unintnded, of an Olympics whose histoiral setting will never be matched. Ed Grant.
Re: t-and-f: Rating track movies
on 20/12/01 14:52, Tom Derderian at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What was he doing while he was nude? Or what was Marial Hemingway doing to him? Tell the list. I dare you. Tom I truly don't remember. The movie was so bad I was half asleep but then the sight of a valued member of the press corp as well as an outstanding runner in the buff was such a shock I can't remember. What's worse is that I can't remember if Ms Hemmingway was in the altogether as well. Randall Northam
Re: t-and-f: Rating track movies
In a message dated Thu, 20 Dec 2001 2:04:08 PM Eastern Standard Time, Randall Northam [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Can't remember what the movie was called but it featured Kenny Moore in the nude! Of course the script demenaded it... there could not have been any other reason. Ahh, but one of the scenes led to one of the best lines in track history (not that it ever got any public play). That's the scene where Kenny is taking a whiz (can't recall if he's nude or not) and Mariel Hemingway comes up behind him, puts her arms around his waste and takes care of the mechanics. The next spring, at the Stanford Invitational, Daley Thompson was in town (this was in the days when he trained in SoCal in March and April) and the first thing he said--not exactly sotto voce--when their paths crossed was, Hey, Kenny! Loved the movie; big role, small part. gh
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Muriel Hemingway was in actual fact doing it to Patrice Donnelly. Regards, Martin - Original Message - From: Randall Northam [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Tom Derderian [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: posting [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 5:05 PM Subject: Re: t-and-f: Rating track movies on 20/12/01 14:52, Tom Derderian at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What was he doing while he was nude? Or what was Marial Hemingway doing to him? Tell the list. I dare you. Tom I truly don't remember. The movie was so bad I was half asleep but then the sight of a valued member of the press corp as well as an outstanding runner in the buff was such a shock I can't remember. What's worse is that I can't remember if Ms Hemmingway was in the altogether as well. Randall Northam
