See! Bruce understands. The rest of you are dense. K.
On Jun 13, 2010, at 3:25 PM, Bruce Hershenson wrote: > 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, <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > 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, [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. > 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.
