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From: Tom A. Pennock <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 10:11 AM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Some big shoes to fill
Mommie Dearest
In a message dated 2/23/2012 11:19:06 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
How about Faye Dunaway when she said "Don't fuck with me, fellas."
>
>They
just don't make movies like that anymore.
>
>
>Do
they?
>
>
>K.
>
>
>On Feb 23, 2012, at 4:07 AM, [email protected]
wrote:
>
>> My favorite is Gene Wilder smoking weed and talking in a
high voice also the Waco kid's steady hand but he shoots with the other one
that cannot stop moving and I love the rendition of I get a kick out of You.
Lastly we cannot forget the bean scene...they don't make movies like this
anymore.
>>
>> This never happened to the other fella.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: peter contarino
<[email protected]>
>> To: MoPo-L
<[email protected]>
>> Sent: Thu, 23 Feb 2012
8:01
>> Subject: Re: [MOPO] How did he do such great stunts, with such
little feet?
>>
>> My favorite: Slim Pickins at the toll booth-
Anybody got any dimes? Someone go back to camp and get a shitload a’
dimes… From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of David Kusumoto
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 10:22 PM
>>
To: [email protected]
>> Subject: [MOPO] How did he do such
great stunts, with such little feet?
>>
>> What, no one cares
about Hed-ley Lamarr?
>>
>> > "How did he do such great
stunts, with such little feet?"
>>
>> Lamarr's (Harvey Korman)
final words after he gets shot by Sheriff Bart (Cleavon Little) outside of
Grauman's Chinese, gazing at Douglas Fairbanks' footprints (Blazing Saddles,
1974).
>>
>> My favorite scene in that picture is when Bart holds
a gun to his own neck, playing a stooge hostage who cries out "Help me,
somebody help me!" - in front of the clueless and racist townsfolk, who all
have the same last name, "Johnson."> Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:18:02
-0500
>> > From: [email protected]
>> >
Subject: Re: OT: DiCaprio Helps AMPAS Acquire Best Condition Ruby Slippers
from "Oz."
>> > To: [email protected]
>>
>
>> > "How did he do such great stunts, with such little
feet?"
>> >
>> > OK, that's a softball tossed up there
for all to knock out of the park.
>> >
>> >
Regards
>> >
>> > DBT
>> > Profile
>>
>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From:
MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Freeman
>>
> Fisher
>> > Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 7:10
PM
>> > To: [email protected]
>> > Subject:
Re: [MOPO] OT: DiCaprio Helps AMPAS Acquire Best Condition Ruby
>>
> Slippers from "Oz."
>> >
>> > Well I think
its swell Leo pitched in on the shoes, but I just don't think
>> >
their his size.
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>> >
On Feb 22, 2012, at 2:27 PM, David Kusumoto wrote:
>> >
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> >
>> > > February 22, 2012
>> >
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>> > >
>> >
> "Oz" Ruby Slippers Find Their Way Home.
>> > >
MAJOR ACQUISITION FOR THE ACADEMY MUSEUM OF MOTION PICTURES.
>> >
> Leonardo DiCaprio spearheads effort with help from Steven Spielberg,
Terry
>> > Semel.
>> > >
>> >
> Beverly Hills, CA - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
has
>> > acquired a pair of the iconic ruby slippers from "The
Wizard of Oz" for the
>> > Academy Museum of Motion
Pictures.
>> > >
>> > > Actor Leonardo
DiCaprio led a group of "angel donors" whose gifts to the
>> >
Academy Foundation enabled the purchase.
>> > >
>>
> > In addition to the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation - a
component fund of CCF
>> > Environmental and Humanitarian Causes -
donations came from
>> > producer-director Steven Spielberg and
Terry Semel, co-chair of Los Angeles
>> > County Museum of Art and
the former chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. and
>> > Yahoo! -
along with other donors.
>> > >
>> > >
"The ruby slippers occupy an extraordinary place in the hearts of
movie
>> > audiences the world over," said Bob Iger, president and
CEO of the Walt
>> > Disney Co. and chair of the capital campaign
for the Academy Museum of
>> > Motion Pictures. "This is a
transformative acquisition for our collection."
>> >
>
>> > > "Leo's passionate leadership has helped us
bring home this legendary piece
>> > of movie history," added
Academy CEO Dawn Hudson. "It's a wonderful gift to
>> > the
Academy museum project, and a perfect representation of the work we do
>>
> year-round to preserve and share our film heritage."
>> >
>
>> > > These slippers, known as the "Witch's
Shoes," are in the most pristine
>> > condition of the four pairs
of ruby slippers known to exist. It is widely
>> > believed that
these are the slippers Judy Garland wore in close-ups and
>> >
insert shots, most famously when Dorothy clicks her heels three times
to
>> > return to Kansas. They are called the "Witch's Shoes"
because they are
>> > likely the pair seen on the feet of the
Wicked Witch of the East after
>> > Dorothy's house falls on the
witch.
>> > >
>> > > After production of
the film ended in 1939, the ruby slippers were stored
>> > on
MGM's Culver City lot for the next three decades. Several pairs of
>>
> slippers were discovered in 1970 by costumer Kent Warner while he
was
>> > preparing for that year's historic auction of MGM
costumes, props and other
>> > production-related items. One pair
of slippers was sold at the auction and
>> > was donated
anonymously to the Smithsonian in 1979.
>> > >
>>
> > Warner kept the finest pair - the "Witch's Shoes" - in his
private
>> > collection for more than a decade before selling them
at auction in 1981.
>> > They were sold again in 1988 to another
private collector, and have been
>> > displayed publicly only a
handful of times in the years since, most notably
>> > at the
National Portrait Gallery and the Library of Congress.
>> >
>
>> > > The 2012 sale to the Academy was handled by
auction house Profiles in
>> > History.
>> >
>
>> > > Last October, the Academy and the Los
Angeles County Museum of Art
>> > announced plans to establish the
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures inside
>> > the historic May
Company building, currently known as LACMA West. The
>> > building
has been a Los Angeles landmark since its opening in 1939, the same
>>
> year "The Wizard of Oz" premiered.
>> > >
>>
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