I'm confused (or maybe im not remembering the scenes-- ahem). I dont recall oil companies (reckless or otherwise) or individuals like bin Laden EVER being alluded to in LAWRENCE.
Can you explain the "tie in" to those comments? -KL On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 8:05 AM, Kirby McDaniel <[email protected]> wrote: > Adrian and MOPO, > I did not mean to insult anyone and especially any of our > British members by my posts. If any of this was taken by anyone as > anything other than a rather bemused allusion to the scene in > LAWRENCE let me correct the record here. Looking back on the thread, I can > see > how my comments to Adrian could be misinterpreted easily. I'm sorry > for any misunderstanding that this post may have caused. > Any serious thoughts I have about the spill, > which is not a joke and which is a huge tragedy for the Gulf Coast, > the area where I grew up, I would not choose > to air on MOPO at all, but especially in a way intended to inflame members > of the list or to create hard > feelings over a serious matter that is way off topic. > And yes, finally, I did misspell "blimey"! > Kirby > > On Jun 14, 2010, at 2:03 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > Kirby, my acerbic little chum...your pun was noticed...it wasn't clever. > > Dense? Well I am not wrapped in my coccoon of American clay and making > acidic remarks about a British company over a third owned by the US and I am > not a US politician trying to make mid term election aspersions and shift > the blame to anyone but good ol' Uncle Sam. > > And as for BP being reckless...Mmmm Exxon comes to mind, oh and Viet Nam and > chasing after Weapons of Mass destruction in Iraq and now the futile actions > in Afghanistan...and the UK is reckless enough to follow where many have > not. (Yes we had a presence in Viet Nam allbeit unofficial). > > The UK remembers it's debt and Special Relationship to all those men who > died on the Normandy beaches and we rise above the ridiculous comment by a > two bit politician who promised so much but will deliver so little. > > Thankfully there are many in the US who have brains and understand the > predicament. After an American crew/company using the oil rig BP has stepped > up to the plate and will take on the job of repairing a mistake that wasn't > in their control. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Halegua Comic Art <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:32 > Subject: Re: [MOPO] OT; BLIGH ME, GUVNOR > > oh cmon Kirby, "your reckless oil company"? > what BP does has nothing to do with the British people > some 38% is owned by Americans > > hey wait.... where did you get 27% the Kuwaitis?? > 38% US ownership & 45% UK ownership is in itself 83% > > > At 02:25 PM 6/13/2010, you wrote: > > Adrian, > > Your reckless little oil company is 27% owned by the Kuwaitis! I'm sure > Osama Bin Lube is at the bottom of it (no pun intended) somewhere or > another. > > We may take your 12% dividends and build a soccer stadium with it. > > K. > > > On 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? 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