that was "Bowfinger", a really good, underappreciated film where Steve Martin wants to shoot a film with Eddie Murphy, but can't afford him (he can barely afford a film camera). i don't think Murphy's playing himself in the film, but he is playing a famous actor. Martin can't afford the actor, but wants to shoot the film, so he gets a small, cheap crew, and starts secretly shooting the actor from hiding, then splicing those long furtive shots into a movie. For all the troublesome stuff--closeups, actual speaking roles--he finds a nebbish who looks remarkably like the actor, then uses this lookalike to shoot the scripted parts. It was an enjoyable film, but sometimes I feel as if i'm the only one who saw it.
-------------- Original message -------------- From: "tdemorsella" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have trouble liking Graham in films too. However, I liked her in Committed, lost in Space, and a movie whose name escapes me starring Eddie Murphy and Steve Martin --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Daryle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Interesting thing about ³From Hell². It is arguably the Hughes Brothers¹ > greatest film. It was also their last. I think this is a great Johnny Depp > performance, and if I¹m not mistaken, was the first of the whole ³Johnny > does an accent well² roles. Heather Graham did not belong in this picture > by any stretch of the imagination. To be fair, though, I have only seen two > films where she DID belong, one was ³Lost In Space² (or as I like to call > it, ³this group of actors all decided they wanted Ferraris and wanted a > movie studio to pay for them all in cash² because this movie was absolutely > not meant for anyone to really see it.), and ³Committed². Casey Affleck and > the dark haired Wilson brother are also in ³Committed² making it one of the > best parades of B-listers in recent film history. Truly something > Showtime should be playing again and again. > > I¹m going to go out on a limb and suggest a picture that will make many of > you cringe, but is worth seeing on DVD in the privacy of your own home, > especially if you have like 8-13 year old kids in said home: ³The League Of > Extraordinary Gentlemen.² or, in Hollywood-ese: ³LXG². Yes, I know. Why? > Because if you¹ve ever read the books, you¹ll see that they were trying to > make this movie a slick version of those books. The adventure and excitement > are actually IN this picture. The effects (and Sean Connery) kill it. This > is a better comic book movie than either Fantastic Four picture. > > > On 12/21/07 12:06 PM, "Bosco Bosco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I am vaguely remembering that I saw this but I may have to revisit it > > to refresh. > > > > B > > --- ravenadal <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:ravenadal%40yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > >> > Oh yeah! I forgot the Hughes Brothers' excellent "From Hell," > >> > starring Johnny Depp. > >> > > >> > ~rave! > >> > > >> > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com> , > >> Bosco Bosco <ironpigs3@> > >> > wrote: > >>> > > > >>> > > I just saw the trailer for Hellboy 2. It looks to be every bit as > >>> > > good as the first one. I'll miss John Hurt but I think this could > >> > be > >>> > > truly fun > >>> > > > >>> > > B > >>> > > --- Daryle <yokozuna@> wrote: > >>> > > > >>>> > > > I still hold Spider-Man 2 as the best ever made. > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > I think ³American Splendor² was pretty well done, and recently > >> > I > >>>> > > > saw, for > >>>> > > > the first time in its entirety, ³The Punisher². The acting, > >> > well, > >>>> > > > is pretty > >>>> > > > horrible, but if you can stand the X-Men movies, Punisher¹s > >> > worth > >> > a > >>>> > > > rental. > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > On 12/20/07 4:41 PM, "Bosco Bosco" <ironpigs3@> wrote: > >>>> > > > > >>>>> > > > > > >>>>> > > > > > >>>>> > > > > > >>>>> > > > > > >>>>> > > > > On an earlier thread someone mentioned that the latest Batman > >>>> > > > film > >>>>> > > > > was their favorite comic adaptation. I really like it as well > >> > > >> > and > >>>> > > > it > >>>>> > > > > got me to thinking about some of my other faves. I think V > >> > for > >>>>> > > > > Vendetta is my personal favorite and I loved, loved, loved > >>>> > > > Hellboy. I > >>>>> > > > > really dug the most recent Batman as well as the first > >> > Spiderman. > >>>> > > > I > >>>>> > > > > wasn't so fond of the X-Men though I did like them. > >>>>> > > > > > >>>>> > > > > Anyone else got some pics or recommends. I am thinking of > >>>> > > > updating my > >>>>> > > > > netflix queue > >>>>> > > > > > >>>>> > > > > Bosco > >>>>> > > > > > >>>>> > > > > __________________________________________________________ > >>>>> > > > > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > >>>>> > > > > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > >>>>> > > > > > >>>>> > > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > I got friends who are in prison and Friends who are dead. > >>> > > I'm gonna tell ya something that I've often said. > >>> > > > >>> > > You know these things that happen, > >>> > > That's just the way it's supposed to be. > >>> > > And I can't help but wonder, > >>> > > Don't ya know it coulda been me. > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >> > > > __________________________________________________________ > >> > ______________ > >>> > > Never miss a thing. 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