Quite right; we can always learn something from our former owners! K. On Jun 13, 2010, at 2:28 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> Might I point out to our colonial cousins it is Blimey! Not Bligh Me. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Halegua Comic Art <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > 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: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: OT; BLIGH ME, GUVNOR >> To: [email protected] >> >> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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: [email protected] >> 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: [email protected] >> 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: [email protected] > 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: [email protected] > 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: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
