Movies! Movies! Movies! (Non-Japanese)

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Now I've got that on DVD...

Errol Flynn and Olivia DeHavilland... Great film duo.

I saw Captain Blood in a theater in Berkeley a few years ago, and Ms. DeHavilland came to do a Q&A with the audience.

First we watched a remastered version of the movie, and then she stepped up on stage and started chatting with the audience.

What a grand, lovely, gracious lady.

When she said she was getting too tired to go on talking the whole damned audience got up, applauded, and about 400 of us walked her to her car.

I've got The Crimson Pirate on DVD as well. :mrgreen:

Burt Lancaster and his childhood bud, Nick Cravat. :thumbsup:

There used to be all sorts of questions about Nick Cravat, and why he always played mutes in movies.

He couldn't act. He really was mute. He didn't speak English.

Turns out, he just had a really thick Brooklyn accent and he couldn't shake it. And since he was doing all those swash buckling movies with Lancaster, the directors condition for using him was simply that he shouldn't open his mouth.

Years later he started talking in some of his appearances, and damned if I could figure out what "accent" they were talking about. He sounded just like everyone else in my family.

Geezer wrote:There used to be all sorts of questions about Nick Cravat, and why he always played mutes in movies.

He couldn't act. He really was mute. He didn't speak English.

Turns out, he just had a really thick Brooklyn accent and he couldn't shake it. And since he was doing all those swash buckling movies with Lancaster, the directors condition for using him was simply that he shouldn't open his mouth.

Years later he started talking in some of his appearances, and damned if I could figure out what "accent" they were talking about. He sounded just like everyone else in my family.

LOL. :hehe:

Interestingly, I read that both he and Lancaster died in 1994...

Yeah. I was just reading their bios. Cravat and Lancaster both died in '94.

Turns out... In 1991 Lancaster was visiting Dana Andrews (Alzeheimer's) in the hospital, and he had a massive stroke.

Bed ridden, never able to speak again, he died in '94 of a heart attack.

That sucks. I gotta stop reading the bios.

Geezer wrote:Yeah. I was just reading their bios. Cravat and Lancaster both died in '94.

Turns out... In 1991 Lancaster was visiting Dana Andrews (Alzeheimer's) in the hospital, and he had a massive stroke.

Bed ridden, never able to speak again, he died in '94 of a heart attack.

That sucks. I gotta stop reading the bios.

Yeah, it's really depressing to read about stars who had so much energy and vitality, then hear them have so many health problems later in life... Seeing Gene Kelly frail and in a wheelchair was particularly painful for a big fan like me. :puppydog:

Yatta!!

I got my DVDs in the mail today: The Bourne Ultimatum and Kurosawa Akira's Drunken Angel... :woot: :dancing: :victory:

bmwracer wrote:Yatta!!

I got my DVDs in the mail today: The Bourne Ultimatum and Kurosawa Akira's Drunken Angel... :woot: :dancing: :victory:

Did you get them from Amazon.com? I ordered two DVDs (documentaries) from them like two weeks ago and I still haven't gotten them. Last time I ordered I got it that same week. :sweat:

Must be the weather.

Wynter wrote:Did you get them from Amazon.com? I ordered two DVDs (documentaries) from them like two weeks ago and I still haven't gotten them. Last time I ordered I got it that same week. :sweat:

Yup.

I ordered it from Amazon on the 12th and three days later... Voila!! :woot: :victory: :dancing:

Must be the weather.

The cold ain't lookin' so good now, ne? :P :hehe:


:patpat:

bmwracer wrote:
The cold ain't lookin' so good now, ne? :P :hehe:

No. :pout: Mind you, I LUFF winter. The cold is just a part of that package.

I'll check the post office tomorrow.

Wynter wrote:No. :pout: Mind you, I LUFF winter. The cold is just a part of that package.

I'll check the post office tomorrow.

Oh yeah, you have that wacky post office that's open on Sundays. :victory:

You're more than welcome to come over and watch Bourne...

I even have popcorn and Meiji Black chocolate. :mrgreen:

bmwracer wrote:
Oh yeah, you have that wacky post office that's open on Sundays. :victory:

You're more than welcome to come over and watch Bourne...

I even have popcorn and Meiji Black chocolate. :mrgreen:

Did you say chocolate?! I'll bring my blanket and heater. :mrgreen:

Bourne + chocolate = hella fun!

Wynter wrote:Did you say chocolate?! I'll bring my blanket and heater. :mrgreen:

Bourne + chocolate = hella fun!

I'll be waiting. :victory:

Finally watched The Bourne Ultimatum on DVD today... :victory:

It's as good as the first time I saw it in the theater... With the comforts of home. :D




Gomen, I couldn't wait for you any longer, Wyn-chan. :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:Finally watched The Bourne Ultimatum on DVD today... :victory:

It's as good as the first time I saw it in the theater... With the comforts of home. :D




Gomen, I couldn't wait for you any longer, Wyn-chan. :beaten:

That's what all the boys say. :beaten:

Wynter wrote:That's what all the boys say. :beaten:

LOL.

Uh huh. :beaten:

Watched The Golden Compass two days ago

~jeezz..I love Nicole Kidman :smitten: :smitten: :smitten:

Fye_D.Flowright wrote:Watched The Golden Compass two days ago

~jeezz..I love Nicole Kidman :smitten: :smitten: :smitten:

I was supposed to see that yesterday, but we ended up spending too much time at the Japanse Restaurant. How was it?

just saw The Bourne Identity.

9/10 for the action, directing etc. and 6/10 for the story. very worth watching. it just wasn't really my cup of tea.

i have the other two DVDs ready to watch and going to watch it tonight :victory:

i chose bourne over LotR and Pirates of the Carribean since my friend recommended it... and lent me the DVD :hehe:

The Bourne Identity is good, but The Bourne Supremacy is great... And The Bourne Ultimatum falls in between the two... :)