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Karl Henning

#21600
June 23, 2015, 06:03:45 AM
Quote from: Cato on June 23, 2015, 04:58:05 AM
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Harrison Ford, however, steals the movie in the last third, aided by Kathy Baker.

*A critic (I no longer recall the name) had a rule against voice-over narration in movies, calling it a crutch for a weakness in cinematic technique.

These combine neatly in the "happy ending" which the studio imposed upon the theatrical release of Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, for which they brought Harrison Ford back to loop voice-over for leftover footage from The Shining, the helicopter view of driving through the mountains . . . .

Separately, I have placed a hold on a BPL copy of Sitting Pretty!
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Bogey

#21601
June 23, 2015, 06:33:43 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 23, 2015, 03:44:16 AM
Splendid!

No idea why it took me so long.  Like Titanic, one knows both where the story begins, and what the ending will be;  unlike T., I knew to expect excellent writing and engaging drama throughout  8)

One benefit from my only seeing it now is, recognizing a few of the cast from their work on The Twilight Zone, e.g.

I would have to do some digging, but I wonder that when it came out in the theaters if the audience were as wowed by how many "character actors" they saw up on the screen like we do watching it now. 

On another note, I am pretty picky with the Henry Fonda films I enjoy.  He just never netted me in like Bogey, Grant, or Cagney.
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Karl Henning

#21602
June 23, 2015, 06:37:28 AM
Quote from: Bogey on June 23, 2015, 06:33:43 AM
I would have to do some digging, but I wonder that when it came out in the theaters if the audience were as wowed by how many "character actors" they saw up on the screen like we do watching it now. 

On another note, I am pretty picky with the Henry Fonda films I enjoy.  He just never netted me in like Bogey, Grant, or Cagney.

Parenthetically . . . I wonder who the actor is, who is the voice-less, deer-in-the-headlights defendant whom we see when the camera pans from the courtroom (after the Judge's final instructions) to the Jury Pit.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Bogey

#21603
June 23, 2015, 06:43:03 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 23, 2015, 06:37:28 AM
Parenthetically . . . I wonder who the actor is, who is the voice-less, deer-in-the-headlights defendant whom we see when the camera pans from the courtroom (after the Judge's final instructions) to the Jury Pit.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0767847/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t16

Well, there you have this uncredited actors credentials.

A mystery for sure

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There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Bogey

#21604
June 23, 2015, 06:44:26 AM
If I recall, and IMDB seems to agree, none of the jurors ever had their name mentioned.  Correct?

Time for a rewatch of this one.
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Karl Henning

#21605
June 23, 2015, 06:48:27 AM
Quote from: Bogey on June 23, 2015, 06:44:26 AM
If I recall, and IMDB seems to agree, none of the jurors ever had their name mentioned.  Correct?

Time for a rewatch of this one.

I don't know how this may veer from the stage play, but Fonda and the eldest juror exchange last names on the court steps afterwards.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Bogey

#21606
June 23, 2015, 07:00:02 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 23, 2015, 06:48:27 AM
I don't know how this may veer from the stage play, but Fonda and the eldest juror exchange last names on the court steps afterwards.

Nice!
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

NikF

#21607
June 23, 2015, 07:03:54 AM Last Edit: June 23, 2015, 07:05:38 AM by NikF
Quote from: Bogey on June 23, 2015, 06:44:26 AM
If I recall, and IMDB seems to agree, none of the jurors ever had their name mentioned.  Correct?

Time for a rewatch of this one.

"What's your name?"
"Davis (Davies?)"
"Mine's McCardle. Well, so long!"
"You overestimate my power of attraction," he told her. "No, I don't," she replied sharply, "and neither do you".

Jaakko Keskinen

#21608
June 23, 2015, 07:11:53 AM
I think only Fonda movie I've seen is Once upon a time in the west, so the fact that he plays the bad guy didn't come to me as shocking as it was probably intended to be. Still a great movie, though...
"Javert, though frightful, had nothing ignoble about him. Probity, sincerity, candor, conviction, the sense of duty, are things which may become hideous when wrongly directed; but which, even when hideous, remain grand."

- Victor Hugo

Fëanor

#21609
June 23, 2015, 08:00:20 AM
Missing (1982) ~ Dir: Costa-Gavras; starring: Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, John Shea

Henry Kissinger: "America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests."

This flick is about the disappearance of Charles Horman, an American in Chile during the Augusto Pinochet's coup d'état in 1973.  The movie contended that the USA was complicit in the coup d'état and that Horman was secretly executed by Chilean army with the tacit agreement of the CIA on account of information he stumbled upon licking USA operatives to the Chilean command prior to the coup.  These allegations were later confirmed by released government documents.

Bogey

#21610
June 23, 2015, 09:24:47 AM
Fun trivia question
Which # juror did Fonda play?


There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Karl Henning

#21611
June 23, 2015, 09:44:09 AM
I shan't answer, having just seen the movie  8)
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

North Star

#21612
June 23, 2015, 10:02:49 AM
Two Season 8 Columbo episodes recently, with Hollywood director Alex Brady (Fisher Stevens) and Colonel Frank Brailie (Robert Foxworth). Not to be confused with Frank Brailey the pianist!

"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." - Confucius

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Karl Henning

#21613
June 23, 2015, 10:17:42 AM
Quote from: North Star on June 23, 2015, 10:02:49 AM
Two Season 8 Columbo episodes recently, with Hollywood director Alex Brady (Fisher Stevens) and Colonel Frank Brailie (Robert Foxworth).

Well, I should go back to the scene of those crimes . . . .
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Jubal Slate

#21614
June 23, 2015, 11:28:46 AM
I saw 1978 Dawn of the Dead. Didn't hold up for me. Ugh.

Karl Henning

#21615
June 23, 2015, 02:47:31 PM
Quote from: MN Dave :) on June 23, 2015, 11:28:46 AM
I saw 1978 Dawn of the Dead. Didn't hold up for me. Ugh.

D'you know, I've never watched it yet.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

George

#21616
June 23, 2015, 02:52:06 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 23, 2015, 02:47:31 PM
D'you know, I've never watched it yet.

Guess it just hasn't dawned on you, yet?
"The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable." – James A. Garfield

Karl Henning

#21617
June 23, 2015, 02:55:58 PM
Hah!
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Wakefield

#21618
June 23, 2015, 03:11:52 PM
In the Flesh (BBC3) is an interesting TV series of zombies for people never really interested in this theme. I mean it's quite more elaborated than usual...

https://youtu.be/3uAJklDka_U

Full disclosure: it was cancelled after season 2.
"Isn't it funny? The truth just sounds different."
- Almost Famous (2000)

rockerreds

#21619
June 24, 2015, 09:34:28 AM
Double header yesterday:
I'll See You In My Dreams
Me & Earl & The Dying Girl
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