In Texas we honor GIANT, while realizing that GIANT is a kind of lovesong to the myth of Texas, the Texas that even Texans have never quite seen. I don't believe that any other film pays homage to the idea of any placein quite the same way. Ferber tried to repeat her success with ICE PALACE -about
Hi from Joe B I believe that George Stevens' GIANT is one of the truly great American films. Edna Ferber's book was an entertaining best seller by as Tennessee Williams put it, "a successful writer of impersonal fiction." Stevens turned it into a cinematic masterpiece that pays tribute to a
Right on, Koose. I loved MUNICH. Many people did not, but I thought he did a splendid job on a tough subject. As far as books THE NAME OF THE ROSE by Umberto Eco is a much better book than the film.ToochisJoseph Bonelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dear Koose!! I agree wholeheartedly!! Joe B
And I agree with Phil, Sue, JR and anyone else who, like myself, will not have a vestige of AOL in their (his/her) computer. Now if I could only get that AOL-Won't-You-Hurry-and-Install-It thing out of my damned Start Menu!! Joe B.Phil Edwards Cinema Arts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dear Koose!! I agree wholeheartedly!! Joe B in NOLADavid Kusumoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ** With apologies to the late Peter Benchley, Spielberg's "Jaws" is so superior to the original novel, filled as it was with pages of convoluted and distracting subplots.** "Jaws" the film may seem an
David,
Nice selection of card sets at super starting prices... just two
questions:
Why 10-day auctions? I have never understood the rationale behind them.
When I see an auction 9 or 10 days out I promptly move on, thinking "I'll
check back later when it's closer to closing..." but often d
Ho hum
Thankfully a Spielberg film is not always an event and his remake of War of
the Worlds proves how nonchalant he can be over what could have been a
wonderful, brilliant film.
For me Peter Benchely's Jaws is a superior novel to the film, more detail
etc. However Spielberg did take al
I know some of you have bought map drawers
or had cabinets built for poster storage.
My collection is roughly 400 posters,
virtually all linen backed, and is currently stored in 6” PVC tubes. I’m
considering having a cabinet made to store them flat.
How many LB’d posters can reason
(Sorry - the first one got sent too
soon)
Hello All:
I have decided to put up on Ebay some of my finest
lobby sets that I have from the 70's and 80's. Some GREAT titles including
TAXI DRIVER, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, LAST TANGO IN PARIS,
TERMNATOR and many many more. ALL are starting at
Combining both matters -
Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang 1978, from the story by
the late, great Mordecai Richler both fine efforts, with Alex Karras as the
Hooded Fang and then remade, poorly, in 1999, perhaps because the
Hooded Fang was performed (?) by Gary Busey!
How about novels
Hello All:
I have decided to put up on Ebay some of my finest
lobby sets that I have from the 70's and 80's. Some GREAT titles including
TAXI DRIVER, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, LAST TANGO IN PARIS,
TERMNATOR and many many more. ALL are starting at 99 CENTS!!! All have NO RESERVE. All will be
Hi,
I have about 40 Auctions closing TOMORROW NIGHT, lots of FIRST TIME
LISTED US Posters of ALL SIZES---GREAT 3 Sheets, like EXECUTIVE SUITE (Stanwyck,
Vintage 50's Film Noir), THE VIRGINIAN (Joel McCrea Western Classic) NEAR MINT!,
Orig FIRSTFUK OF DOLLARS, FIGHTING CHANCE US 3 Sheet--B
Anyone out there interested in a late-1950's / early 1960's Pressbook
collection of this material?
Alan
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I'm such an idiot. I can't believe I didn't notice what I was doing with
T2.
Well, I'm a Goober!
DBT
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CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
GUNS OF NAVARONE
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all american posters, except one australian daybill
thanks
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Actually, Scarlett Johansson first made an impression on me, and I'm
sure many others, in the excellent indie pic GHOST WORLD. Check it out
if you haven't seen it already.
Tom
Joseph Bonelli wrote:
<"when a new face has come along and really improved a film or the movie
industry in general -
At 05:07 PM 5/5/06 -0700, David Kusumoto wrote:
>** More than "Star Wars," Spielberg's "Jaws" -- for better or worse -- began
>the concept of opening "wide" (gasp, 400 theaters vs. today's 4,000
>screens!) -- hastening the demise of single-screen movie-houses and the
>"blockbuster" mentality tha
Title: AOL Email
Everything Sue says is true.
Every time this subject comes up,
all the people who KNOW there is a problem
with
AOL say the same things.
All the AOL people who don't want to recognise there is a
problem seem
to presume it's some sort of anti-AOL conspiracy by all of
us
who s
** With apologies to the late Peter Benchley, Spielberg's "Jaws" is so
superior to the original novel, filled as it was with pages of convoluted
and distracting subplots.
** "Jaws" the film may seem antiquated today in the age of CGI and
super-duper special effects, but 31 years later, it rema
Yes, I love the scene where he swoops down and rescues Maureen O'Hara!Alan Heimann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: not only my favorite remake but one of my favorite movies CharlesLaughton's Hunchback of Notre Dame..i guess i long for frollo rather thanfroto Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site
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An American Werewolf in London
The Beat Generation
Beneath the Valley of the Ultra Vixens
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Liz
For me, THE GRADUATE has always been the perfect example of an exceptional film made from a mediocre novel. A lot of the dialogue is lifted but the direction and performances lift the film to another level.
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not only my favorite remake but one of my favorite movies Charles
Laughton's Hunchback of Notre Dame..i guess i long for frollo rather than
froto
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i thought it was 1913... so i guess you are
correct.
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The earliest listing we have on LAMP is a 1910 silent
film titled Wonderful Wizard of Oz released by Selig Polyscope
Co. Is there anything earlier than this?
Sue
Michael B wrote:
why hasn't any of the true film historians pointed out that the
1939 WIZARD OF OZ is actually a rema
Yeah, well ...
It is a different animal, but the same smell
allenday
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> Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 16:30:26 -0400
> From: Dave Rosen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Fwd: [MOPO] CHALLENGE: a
> better remake ?
> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.
Aliens was better than Alien.Doug Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Some would say Godfather 2 was superior to 1, but it's splitting hairs asboth are great.I'm going with Terminator 2 being better than 1. Both were good, IMHO.DBT|-Original Message-|From: MoPo List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED
why hasn't any of the true film historians pointed out that the 1939 WIZARD
OF OZ is actually a remake.
this is one of my film trivia trick questions. Within 5
years, when was the original WIZARD OF OZ filmed? when the reply, is 1939,
i
say.
i am happy that scott used THE
BISHOP'S WIFE as an example. I purchased the mint insert on ebay at
thanksgiving. i doesn't fit the mood of my 70 displayed posters (of
hitchcock, stanwyck, bette davis, and serious cary grant roles), but it is one
of the rarer and more beautiful posters that
Have you seen it in 3-D? Fantastic!Michael B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: one of my favorite films is DIAL M FOR MURDER, 54 hitchcock. i refuse to watch remakes of brilliant films. I remember being on a plane, and the remake was shown. as being a member of this captive audience, i s
Cindy
an interesting thread you have started better than the book?
Bullitt maybe?
Cobra (dare I say it?) Yes.
Apocalypse Now much better than Hearts of Darkness.
West Side Story better than Romeo and Juliet (I think so)
Frankenstein (Karloff|) much better than the book
Dracula (Lu
<"when a new face has come along and really improved a film or the movie industry in general -- out of the blue?"> Hi from Joe B in NOLA-- Scarlett Johanssen-- so gorgeous and delightful in "Lost in Translation"-- and I haven't even seen "Girl With the Pearl Earring." Joechanninglyletho
Little Women 1994 – the Susan
Sarandon one edges out
Little Women 1933 – (Katharine
Hepburn)
Little Women 1949 – Elizabeth Talor
I’ve never seen the silent 1918
version.
But how about movies better than the book
they came from? Altman’s MASH is what I think of first.
Ci
It's a rare remake that is
better than the original. The BAD: "The Preacher's Wife" (1996), the horrible
remake of "The Bishop's Wife" (1947). Whitney Houston vs.. Loretta Young? No
contest.
Second example: The 2001
version of "Sweet November" (Keanu Reeves/Charlize Theron) has none of t
Actually, I was going to point this out, too...
Dave
Posteropolis
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> Sequels and remakes are two different animals.
>
> Kirby McDaniel
> www.movieart.net
>
> On May 5, 2006, at 12:05 PM, allen day wrote:
>
> > Regarding remakes ...
> >
> > I thought Alien was one heckuva f
Remakes Remakes Remakes.
Oh boy what a quagmire?
Well we know that Italian Job the remake was absolute garbage. It cannot
compare to the original nor could Get Carter. Mean Machine (twice remade) had
nowhere near the atmosphere and levity compared to the original.
There are so many remak
Naomi Watts in "Mullholand Drive"
HUBBA HUBBA !!
lobby card invasion wrote:
Great thread, Channing
Here's a list of "fresh faces" and the movies in which they appeared,
which made an indelible impression on me, with performances that
demanded one take notice of them.
In no particular or
Glad to see someone's paying attention...
Zeev
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Sequels and remakes are two different animals.
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Great thread, Channing
Here's a list of "fresh faces" and the movies in which they appeared, which
made an indelible impression on me, with performances that demanded one take
notice of them.
In no particular order:
Ray Liotta (and to a lesser degree Melanie) in Something Wild
John Turturro
Walter,
Seems fine to me... people who aren't interested don't have to read it
and we have sellers sending through lists of 100 or 200 posters, so why not a
WTB? Of course, you have to be prepared for some sellers to send you lists of
hundreds of posters that are NOT on your list...
-- JR
walter
hi send me one to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'll see
what I have
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I have two want lists that I want t
Have an original Star Wars available. This one is style A NSS# 77/21. It is
in great shape having been stored rolled in tube over the years. It has very
tiny pinhole makes on the border from my younger days when it was up on the
bedroom wall. This poster is an original and is ROLLED. No fold
hello
I have two want lists that I want to circulate to
Mopo members, each of them has several hundred titles on them.
Is this too many for a Mopo posting?
sincerely
Walter Reuben
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Hi,
I have two new Da Vinci Code posters in stock - the final style "A" and the
finals style "B". Both are 2-sided originals in unused, near mint to mint
condition and both have the credits on them.
Thanks for looking:
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Sequels and remakes are two different animals.
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On May 5, 2006, at 12:05 PM, allen day wrote:
Regarding remakes ...
I thought Alien was one heckuva flick.
Aliens was probably equal or better.
The sequels after Aliens ... puhhleeeze
allenday
--- Michael B <[E
Channing wrote: "For those of you who yawn at the thought of another
vehicle with Ben Affleck or Tom Cruise or Charlize Theron or Julia Roberts
or Cameron Diaz -- can you think of other times when a new face has come
along and really improved a film or the movie industry in general -- out of
th
I want to let all MoPo members of the 1,173 U.S. 27" x 41" one-sheet movie
posters (including a LOT of "better" titles) which I added to eBay on
Tuesday May 2nd starting at around 7 PM CST, as 7 day auctions, ending
Tuesday night, May 9th, starting at the same time. This is the SECOND
HALF of
Fellow MoPoers:
I currently have over
280 movie posters, stills, autographs and collectibles closing
on E-bay tomorrow, Saturday, May 6. All are offered without a reserve!! Opening bids range from $2.99 to
$9.99!!
As of Friday, May 4,
there are still over 200 items that have yet to
I've been enjoying the remake thread going around now and had a thought
about something similar last night. I was watching JERRY MAGUIRE on
cable and remembered how great and refreshing it was to see a new
actress on the screen when it first came out. Renee Zellwegger was
smart, pretty, sweet
Regarding remakes ...
I thought Alien was one heckuva flick.
Aliens was probably equal or better.
The sequels after Aliens ... puhhleeeze
allenday
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> Subject: [MOPO] CHAL
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The 1941 version of The Maltese Falcon was the third
version of Hammett's 1929 novel. That's not a bad
movie.
Alan Bayersdorfer
--- Doug Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Some would say Godfather 2 was superior to 1, but
> it's splitting hairs as
> both are great.
>
> I'm going with Terminat
Thomas Crown Affair was nicely re-made.
Doug Taylor wrote:
Some would say Godfather 2 was superior to 1, but it's splitting hairs as
both are great.
I'm going with Terminator 2 being better than 1. Both were good, IMHO.
DBT
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Some would say Godfather 2 was superior to 1, but it's splitting hairs as
both are great.
I'm going with Terminator 2 being better than 1. Both were good, IMHO.
DBT
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Not sure about the time frame there, but I'd have to say David
Cronenberg's THE FLY remake was a far superior film than the original.
Of course Cronenberg's film was - as is often the case with his films -
a serious film presented in the guise
of a "horror" film.
The original, while a more fa
one of my favorite films is DIAL M FOR MURDER, 54 hitchcock. i refuse
to watch remakes of brilliant films. I remember being on a plane, and
the remake was shown. as being a member of this captive audience, i
started watching it. it was so stupid, and so violent and so different, i
took o
If it's a fraudulent listing, Ebay should be
entitled to keep the listing fees. The seller is the one who defaulted on
their contract.
Andrea
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