yeah it was great! Murphy playing the arrogant-then-ultimately-paranoid superstar, and the nerdy lookalike at the same time was great. This movie was the first time i got a hint that Murphy might have acting skills beyond simply telling jokes onscreen.
-------------- Original message -------------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have Bowfinger on DVD and watch it a few times a year. The scene with Kip crossing the freeway and the instance where the MindHead rep (Terrance Stamp) tells Kit that under no circumstances should he "show it to the Laker Girls" always leaves my ribs sore from laughing. Chubby Rain? Fake Purse Ninjas? Why not - gotta be better than the garbage Hollywood feeds us now... __________________________________________________________ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith http://www.linkedin.com/in/jlandrith http://www.jameslandrith.com http://www.multiracial.com http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __________________________________________________________ > 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 > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
