rec.arts.movies.past-films Google Group

Re: Women become much more powerful in movie sequels

j...@usenetlove.invalid (John Doe) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:47:59 UT

Says a nym-shifting troll, before playing with his imaginary kill
file friend.
Re: Women become much more powerful in movie sequels

Re: Where are the great golf movies?

dmatthew...@sympatico.ca (Dave in Toronto) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:15:55 UT

The documentary _ Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine_ was a
fascinating look at the surpisingly ruthless world of chess
tournaments.-[link]
I remember seeing years ago a movie about chess - can't remember the
title it was European (perhaps German) B/W. A man is sentenced to a

Happy 90th, Dulcie Gray! ("Howards' Way," 1990)

lenona...@yahoo.com (Lenona) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:44:54 UT

[link]
[link]
Lenona.

Happy (late) 90th, Alan Young! ("Mr. Ed")

lenona...@yahoo.com (Lenona) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:42:37 UT

His birthday was yesterday.
Can't find any articles, so.....
[link]
Lenona.

Re: Women become much more powerful in movie sequels

byend.removethisbityousillyper...@eskimo.com (Avoid normal situations.) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:09:19 UT

[..]
I'm tired of you.
*plonk*

Re: Dick Van Dyke Films

d...@compassnet.com (Dave Garrett) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:36:35 UT

In article <fb7cb02c-e84e-4c67-b57e-
33397a99c...@u20g2000vbq.googl egroups.com>, msol...@verizon.net says...
THE COMIC was released on LD, FITZWILLY was not. For the latter film
I've made do with a letterboxed version taped off TCM.
Dave

Re: Good source for hard to find DVDs?

d...@compassnet.com (Dave Garrett) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:33:34 UT

In article <49d0d217-3484-4686-bd51-
2597c84d2...@j19g2000yqk.googl egroups.com>, rander3...@gmail.com says...
The US R1 DVD listed at the above eBay link is butchered - note the
aspect ratio is listed as 1.33:1. I can't remember if it's cropped or
panned-and-scanned, but there was a big stink about this when it was

Most memorable movie ending?

remai...@reece.net.au (rampf) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:40:58 UT

Among others:
Fail Safe (1964)
YouTube: [link]

Re: Good source for hard to find DVDs?

rander3...@gmail.com (Rich) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:32:47 UT

Why?
[link]

Re: Ben-Hur premiere 50 years ago

ultrasc...@gmx.de (Ultrascope) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:01:58 UT

quote:
"'South Pacific' had nothing wide angle, though of course it was all
widescreen and 70mm. ' "
While it is true that SOUTH PACIFIC makes little use of wide angle
shots, there are a few. At least one wide angle shot was done with the
128-degree lens, you can see it at 2:28:32 (chapter 41, "Operation

Re: Movie Theatre Popcorn still very bad for you

rander3...@gmail.com (RichA) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:55:35 UT

Unless you eat it all the time, what harm is it? Stupid bimbo.
ANYTHING eating in large caloric quantities is bad.

Re: Where are the great golf movies?

curtjest...@hotmail.com (curtjester1) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:52:30 UT

I've seen several at the range doing the 'Happy Swing' to some extra
yardage. Padraig Harrington has a beautiful Happy Swing as seen on
the Golf Lesson From The Pros series on TGC. I believe too in the
relevance of hockey players being better at golf than their sports
counterparts because of similar physics of the swing and their

Re: DARK PASSAGE (1947)

rpfai...@aol.com (Ray Faiola) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:44:29 UT

The height of Marc Lawrence's performances really peaked with KEY
LARGO and ASPHALT JUNGLE.

Re: Dick Van Dyke Films

gi...@brain.invalid (The Giant Brain) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:39:33 UT

I remember THE COMIC being very good. A great showcase for both Van
Dyke and Rooney's considerable comic talents. I haven't seen it in
decades, though.
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Nothing with Dick Van Dyke in it can be good.
He's awful, just awful. Not funny in any conceivable metric. I'd sooner put my

Re: Ben-Hur premiere 50 years ago

cri...@windstream.net (calvin) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:14:27 UT

On Nov 20, 1:21 pm, Dymphna <Dymphna.41y...@no-mx.forums.t ravel.com>
wrote:
The Technicolor was gorgeous on the DVD of
'The Adventures of Robin Hood' (1938) that I saw
a couple of months ago. Of course the movie
probably was restored, so the good color might
not necessarily be due to the Technicolor process.