Was not the "Bligh Me" an intentional "error" that was intended to be a pun of sorts?
I guess we should just be happy it was not an anagram! Bruce On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 3:17 PM, <jboh...@aol.com> wrote: > Thas More like it. > > I gather the Pres has apologised to us for the Brit bashing as BP is > Anglo-American...Oil be coming round the mountain... > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Halegua Comic Art <sa...@comic-art.com> > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > Sent: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:15 > Subject: Re: [MOPO] OT; BLIGH ME, GUVNOR > > do you mean our > > B P > r a > i r > t t > i n > s e > h r > s > > > > At 01:06 PM 6/13/2010, Kirby McDaniel wrote: > > Quite right; we can always learn something from our former owners! > > K. > On Jun 13, 2010, at 2:28 PM, jboh...@aol.com wrote: > > Might I point out to our colonial cousins it is Blimey! Not Bligh Me. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Halegua Comic Art <sa...@comic-art.com> > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > 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: brucehershen...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: OT; BLIGH ME, GUVNOR > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > > 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 <ki...@movieart.net> > 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<http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059113/>, > A Man for All Seasons <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374856/> (from his > earlier play), and Ryan's Daughter <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066319/>, > 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 <p...@cinemarts.com> 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 <ki...@movieart.net> To: > MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU 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 <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000027/>: You, I suspect, are > chief architect of this compromise. What do you think? Mr. > Dryden<http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001647/>: > 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: lists...@listserv.american.edu > 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: lists...@listserv.american.edu > 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: lists...@listserv.american.edu > 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: lists...@listserv.american.edu > 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: > lists...@listserv.american.edu 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: > lists...@listserv.american.edu 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: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
