RagJohn Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Mine is Terminator I. To have such faith in a human future, in the face of such terror and pain, is a truly wondrous thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiaer.ts Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 (edited) Brief Encounter (1945), a film about an unconsummated love affair, is a true classic. David Lean directs Trevor Howard in Noel Coward's story set to Rachmaninoff's Second Piano ConcertoIt consistently ranks at or near the top all time film among British fans. (http://www.bfi.org.u...fi100/1-10.html)Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia....Brief_Encounter (ignore the "class consciousness" analysis tripe)Netflix: http://movies.netfli...5?trkid=2361637 (by mail and streaming video)A doctor and a housewife meet in a train station and proceed not to have a love affair. You'd think, "how boring." But it is a taut, suspenseful, and joyous drama. IMDb http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037558/ Edited December 19, 2010 by Ted Keer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaalChatzaf Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Casablanca. That scene where Viktor Lazlo tells the band to play the French National Anthem still gives me goosebumps.Also the end, when Rick and Capt. Renault walk off into the fogLouie, I think this the beginning of a beautiful friendship.Ba'al Chatzaf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reidy Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Queen Christina in the movies, Private Lives on the stage.I never thought that the affair in Brief Encounter was unconsummated. You might get this impression from the movie, but not from the play (Still Life in Tonight at Eight-Thirty). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiaer.ts Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Queen Christina in the movies, Private Lives on the stage.I never thought that the affair in Brief Encounter was unconsummated. You might get this impression from the movie, but not from the play (Still Life in Tonight at Eight-Thirty).I have seen Brief Encounter three times in the last two years. They make it quite clear they do not consummate the affair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RagJohn Posted December 20, 2010 Author Share Posted December 20, 2010 Another just occurred to me. THIS TIME NEXT YEAR. Alan Alda has a once a year, weekend affair with a married woman, for many years. I forget if he's married too, or not. Very poignant, tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiaer.ts Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Another just occurred to me. THIS TIME NEXT YEAR. Alan Alda has a once a year, weekend affair with a married woman, for many years. I forget if he's married too, or not. Very poignant, tho.Saw that as a teen when it aired on network TV, remember liking it.Same Time, Next Year (film)From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<table class="infobox vevent" cellspacing="5" style="font-size: 11px; color: black; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 1em; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 0.2em; float: right; clear: right; width: 22em; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em; "><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="summary" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; ">Same Time, Next Year</th></tr><tr class=""><td colspan="2" class="" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Original poster</td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap; ">Directed by</th><td class="description" style="vertical-align: top; ">Robert Mulligan</td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap; ">Produced by</th><td class="" style="vertical-align: top; ">Walter Mirisch</td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap; ">Written by</th><td class="" style="vertical-align: top; ">Bernard Slade</td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap; ">Starring</th><td class="" style="vertical-align: top; ">Ellen BurstynAlan Alda</td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap; ">Music by</th><td class="" style="vertical-align: top; ">Marvin Hamlisch</td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap; ">Cinematography</th><td class="" style="vertical-align: top; ">Robert Surtees</td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap; ">Editing by</th><td class="" style="vertical-align: top; ">Sheldon Kahn</td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap; ">Distributed by</th><td class="" style="vertical-align: top; ">Universal Pictures</td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap; ">Release date(s)</th><td class="" style="vertical-align: top; ">November 22, 1978</td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap; ">Running time</th><td class="" style="vertical-align: top; ">119 minutes</td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap; ">Country</th><td class="" style="vertical-align: top; ">United States</td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap; ">Language</th><td class="" style="vertical-align: top; ">English</td></tr></tbody></table>Same Time, Next Year is a 1978 American comedy film directed by Robert Mulligan. The screenplay by Bernard Slade is based on his 1975 play of the same title.<table id="toc" class="toc" style="font-size: 12px; color: black; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; margin-top: 0.5em; "><tbody><tr><td>Contents [hide]1 Plot synopsis2 Production3 Critical reception4 Awards and nominations5 References6 External links</td></tr></tbody></table>[edit]Plot synopsisThe film opens in 1951 at an inn located on the Northern California coast. Doris (Ellen Burstyn) is a 24-year-old housewife from Oakland, George (Alan Alda) a 27-year-old accountant fromNew Jersey. They meet at dinner, have an affair, and then agree to meet once a year to rekindle the sparks they experience at their first meeting, despite the fact both are happily married with six children between them.Over the course of the next two dozen years, they develop an emotional intimacy deeper than what one would expect to find between two people meeting for a clandestine relationship just once a year. During the time they spend with each other, they discuss the births, deaths, including George's son Michael dying in Vietnam, which changes George politically, and marital problems each experiences at home, while they adapt themselves to the social changes affecting their lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiaer.ts Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Oh, and of course there's Ghost. Rand would have gone ape-shit over it. Incredible plot gimmicks and sense of drama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDS Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Head and shoulders my favorite: The Year of Living Dangerously. Mel Gibson, Sogourney Weaver, and Linda Hunt playing a male dwarf. Great soundtrack. Nice development and scenery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiaer.ts Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Head and shoulders my favorite: The Year of Living Dangerously. Mel Gibson, Sogourney Weaver, and Linda Hunt playing a male dwarf. Great soundtrack. Nice development and scenery.Had always meant to see this since I saw Siskel and Ebert rave about it. Netflix has it for streaming and I have added it to my queue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaalChatzaf Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Head and shoulders my favorite: The Year of Living Dangerously. Mel Gibson, Sogourney Weaver, and Linda Hunt playing a male dwarf. Great soundtrack. Nice development and scenery.Had always meant to see this since I saw Siskel and Ebert rave about it. Netflix has it for streaming and I have added it to my queue.Definitely worth seeing. Linda Hunt was superb as Billy Kwon. Ba'al Chatzaf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiaer.ts Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Head and shoulders my favorite: The Year of Living Dangerously. Mel Gibson, Sogourney Weaver, and Linda Hunt playing a male dwarf. Great soundtrack. Nice development and scenery.Had always meant to see this since I saw Siskel and Ebert rave about it. Netflix has it for streaming and I have added it to my queue.Definitely worth seeing. Linda Hunt was superb as Billy Kwon. Ba'al ChatzafWhen I die and see God, my first choice will be Tom Baker:But Linda Hunt: is my second choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaalChatzaf Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 When I die and see God, my first choice will be Tom Baker:But Linda Hunt: is my second choice.After Tom Baker's reign as Time Lord was up, I lost interest in Dr. Who.Ba'al Chatzaf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiaer.ts Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 (edited) After Tom Baker's reign as Time Lord was up, I lost interest in Dr. Who.Have you seen the episode Blink of the new series?http://en.wikipedia....ink_(Doctor_Who)http://movies.netfli...2597?trkid=1660http://www.freeonlin...isode-10-blink/ Edited December 20, 2010 by Ted Keer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9thdoctor Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 After Tom Baker's reign as Time Lord was up, I lost interest in Dr. Who.Tut-tut, Eccleston was great. And if you've never seen Rowan Atkinson's one time performance...you just don't know about fear and feces! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbeaulieu Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Awesome! I'll have to look up Rowan Atkinson's episode. I never caught Dr. Who fever (probably should). But I dare say that Rowan as Mr. Bean always has me in stitches... especially the holiday episode where he won the turkey for guessing the exact weight. ~ Shane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9thdoctor Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Awesome! I'll have to look up Rowan Atkinson's episode. YouTube is, I think, the only way you can see it. It's good, but you won't be blown away. Note that it is a love story of sorts, so it's in keeping with the theme of the thread, more or less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiaer.ts Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Richard E Grant (shown below flirting with the 10th Doctor) is infinitely better suited to portray the Doctor than Rowan Atkinson. Next you'll be touting Stephen Frye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9thdoctor Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Richard E Grant (shown below flirting with the 10th Doctor) is infinitely better suited to portray the Doctor than Rowan Atkinson. Next you'll be touting Stephen Frye.Oh puhleeze, compare this, particularly to the 8th Doctor: Naturally he's long in the tooth for it now, but this scene from V for Vendetta had me going for half a minute: Anyway, the Rowan Atkinson episode was a spoof, though if he wanted (when he was younger) he'd easily have been the best ever. But it would have been a waste of his talent. I liked the cooking spoof.<div style="background-color:#000000;width:368px;"><div style="padding:4px;"><embed src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:item:southparkstudios.com:360879" width="360" height="293" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" base="." flashVars=""></embed><p style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding:4px;margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><b><a href="http://www.southparkstudios.com/full-episodes/s14e14-creme-fraiche">Creme Fraiche</a></b><br/>Tags: <a style="display: block; position: relative; top: -1.33em; float: right; font-weight: bold; color: #ffcc00; text-decoration: none" href="http://www.southparkstudios.com/">SOUTH<br/>PARK</a><a href="http://www.southparkstudios.com/guide/characters/randy-marsh">Randy Marsh</a>,<a href="http://www.southparkstudios.com/guide/characters/sharon-marsh">Sharon Marsh</a>,<a href="http://www.southparkstudios.com/guide/episodes/s14e14-creme-fraiche">more...</a></p></div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiaer.ts Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 There are nine Posh Nosh episodes, all very funny.See Richard E Grant as the Doctor and in Posh Nosh here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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