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The Top 5 Thread...; ...for Movies!
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Jan 29 2007, 02:44 PM
Round 31: TOP 5 BEST REMAKES

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"Macbeth" (1948) (Directed by Orson Welles, Starring Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Roddy McDowall, Dan O'Herlihy).....

No, you've lost a lot of highbrow cred there. It's fashionable to regard Welles as a misunderstood genius but his version of Macbeth sucked.
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No. You are dead wrong. It was an excellent adaptation. Maybe not as good as his Mercury Theater King Lear, but an excellent use of film.

I think it is probably more fashionable these days to p*ss on Orson Welles.
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He certainly had his moments but his weird deviations from the script in Macbeth did nothing for me.
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Round 32: TOP 5 SEQUELS

1. The Godfather II
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. Terminator T2
4. Mad Max 2
5. Superman II
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Round 32: TOP 5 SEQUELS

1. Mad Max: Road Warrior
2. Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
3. Aliens
4. Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn
5. The Bride Of Frankenstein
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Round 33: TOP 5 NEW YORK MOVIES

1. Manhattan
2. Annie Hall
3. Taxi Driver
4. The Fisher King
5. Dog Day Afternoon
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Round 33: TOP 5 NEW YORK MOVIES

1. The Godfather (1972)
2. Manhattan (1979)
3. The Clock (1945)
4. Death Wish (1974)
5. Marathon Man (1976)
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Round 33: TOP 5 NEW YORK MOVIES

1. After Hours
2. Desperately Seeking Susan
3. Taxi Driver
4. Annie Hall
5. Basquiat
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Round 32: TOP 5 SEQUELS

"Conte d'hiver" (1992) (Written and Directed by Eric Rohmer, Starring Charlotte Véry, Frédéric van den Driessche, Hervé Furic, Michael Voletti)
"Mon Oncle" (1958) (Directed by Jacques Tati, Written by Jacques Tati, Jean L'Hote, Jacques Lagrange, Starring Jacques Tati, Adrienne Servantie, Jean-Pierre Zola)
"Manon des Sources" (1986) (Directed by Claude Berri, Written by Claude Berri and Gérard Brach, Starring Emmanuelle Béart, Yves Montand, Elisabeth Depardieu, Hippolyte Girardot)
"Palindromes" (2004) (Written and Directed by Todd Solondz, Starring Rachel Corr, Hannah Freiman, Sharon Wilkins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Emani Sledge, Shayna Levine, Valerie Shusterov, Will Denton)
"Son Of Paleface" (1952) (Directed by Frank Tashlin, Written by Frank Tashlin and Joseph Quillan, Starring Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Roy Rogers, Trigger, with cameos by Bing Crosby, Chester Conklin, Jerry Mathers, Cecil B DeMille)
"7 The Hard Way #2" (2004) (Directed by Vince Vouyer, Starring Angel Long, Jackie Moore, Vanessa Virgin, Brandon Iron, Arnold Schwarzenpecker, Dick Delaware, Erik Everhard, Brian Surewood, Brian Pumper)


Round 33: TOP 5 NEW YORK MOVIES

"Eyes Wide Shut" (1999) (Directed by Stanley Kubrick, Written by Stanley Kubrick and Frederick Raphael, Starring Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sydney Pollack, Todd Field)
"The Immigrant" (1917) (Written, Directed, Produced and Edited by Charles Chaplin, Director of Photography - Rollie Totheroh, Starring Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Henry Bergman, Eric Campbell)
"What Happened Was..." (1994) (Written, Directed, Edited and Music by Tom Noonan, Starring Karen Sillas and Tom Noonan)
"Rope" (1948) (Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Written by Arthur Laurents, Hume Cronyn, Starring James Stewart, Farley Granger, Cedric Hardwicke, John Dall)
"New York Stories" (1989) (Directed by Woody Allen, Francis Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Written by Woody Allen, Francis Coppola, Sofia Coppola, Richard Price, Director of Photography - Sven Nykvist, Vittorio Storaro, Néstor Almendros, Starring Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Julie Kavner, Heather McComb, Talia Shire, Nick Nolte, Rosanna Arquette, Steve Buscemi, Giancarlo Giannini, Don Novello, Adrien Brody, Larry David, Holly Marie Combs, Chris Elliott, Kirsten Dunst, Deborah Harry, Peter Gabriel, Ed Koch)
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Round 34: TOP 5 LONDON MOVIES
Films set in, or partly in, London, England

1. Mona Lisa
2. Nil By Mouth
3. Notting Hill
4. An American Werewolf In London
5. 28 Days Later
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Round 34: TOP 5 LONDON MOVIES
Films set in, or partly in, London, England

1. Brief Encounter
2. Bunny Lake Is Missing
3. Hanover Street
4. Mrs. Miniver
5. To Sir, With Love
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Round 34: TOP 5 LONDON MOVIES
Films set in, or partly in, London, England

1. Bend It Like Beckham
2. Love Actually
3. The Prestige
4. Dirty Pretty Things
5. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
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ROUND 34: TOP 5 LONDON MOVIES

IN NO ORDER.

1. Pride and Prejudice ( with Colin Firth, of course :wub:)

2. Hard Day's Night

3. Notting Hill

4. To Sir, With Love (gosh that brings back memories)

5. Love Actually

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Round 34: TOP 5 LONDON MOVIES
Films set in, or partly in, London, England


1. Hard Day's Night

2. To Sir, With Love

3. Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels

4. Blow Up

5. Alfie
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Round 33: TOP 5 NEW YORK MOVIES

1. Goodfellas

2. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (nobody said it had to be set in Manhattan!)

3. Rear Window

4. French Connection

5. On the Waterfront
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Round 35: TOP 5 MOVIES STARRING JACK NICHOLSON

1. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
2. The Shining
3. Chinatown
4. As Good As It Gets
5. The Departed
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Round 35: TOP 5 MOVIES STARRING JACK NICHOLSON

1. The Postman Always Rings Twice
2. The Missouri Breaks
3. The Shining
4. Chinatown
5. Five Easy Pieces
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Only five? Wow. Okay...

(in no particular order)

--Prizzi's Honor
--Terms of Endearment
--A Few Good Men
--One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

...and a toss-up between:

--The Postman Always Rings Twice and,
--As Good As It Gets

Oh yeah, and what about:

--Chinatown
--Something's Gotta Give
--The Two Jakes
--Broadcast News
--Five Easy Pieces
--Carnal Knowledge

...and what about...

Okay, okay. :D ;)

EDITED:Sorry, gotta add one more.....:blush:

GREAT flick:

--About Schmidt (can't believe I forgot it before... :rolleyes: )
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Am I to assume that you're a bit of a Jack Nicholson fan...? :lol:
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Mar 17 2007, 05:01 PM
Am I to assume that you're a bit of a Jack Nicholson fan...?  :lol:

Does it show that much?!?! :blush: :lol: ;) Ya gotta admit....he's amazing. :) Maybe this one on Nicholson should have been a Top 10. :lol: ;)

Okay, so how does this work? Anyone can suggest a Top 5 topic? Movies only I assume?
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Round 35: TOP 5 MOVIES STARRING JACK NICHOLSON

1. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
2. Chinatown
3. Easy Rider
4. The Shining
5. About Schmidt
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Mar 18 2007, 02:56 AM
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Mar 17 2007, 05:01 PM
Am I to assume that you're a bit of a Jack Nicholson fan...?   :lol:

Does it show that much?!?! :blush: :lol: ;) Ya gotta admit....he's amazing. :) Maybe this one on Nicholson should have been a Top 10. :lol: ;)

Okay, so how does this work? Anyone can suggest a Top 5 topic? Movies only I assume?

Well, I've been 'driving' the topic so far and, yes, it's based on movies only. I threw the floor open to anyone a while back but nobody took my kind offer up ( :lol: ), so I've got a list that I'm currently going through.

If you have a 'Top 5' you want to contribute then, I'm very happy to hear your suggestions! :)
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Round 36: TOP 5 MOVIES STARRING KATE WINSLET

1. The Life Of David Gale
2. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
3. Titanic
4. Finding Neverland
5. Heavenly Creatures
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Round 36: TOP MOVIES STARRING KATE WINSLET

1. Sense and Sensablity

2. Hamlet

3. All the King's Men

4. Life of David Gale

5. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
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Round 36: TOP 5 MOVIES STARRING KATE WINSLET

1. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
2. Heavenly Creatures
3. Finding Neverland
4. Sense and Sensibility
5. The Holiday

(not a big fan of Titanic, and I'm sure Little Children will take over
the number five slot when I finally get around to seeing it... ;))
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Round 36: TOP 5 MOVIES STARRING KATE WINSLET

1. Sense And Sensibility
2. Hideous Kinky
3. Titanic
4. Finding Neverland
5. Quills
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Looks like I'm going to have to watch Sense & Sensibility! :lol:

Round 37: TOP 5 MUSICIANS TURNED ACTORS

1. Mark Wahlberg
2. David Bowie
3. Will Smith
4. Cher
5. Ludacris
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Round 36: TOP 5 MOVIES STARRING KATE WINSLET

Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
Finding Neverland
The life of David Gale
Titanic
Sense and Sensibility
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This is funny... :lol:

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Round 38: TOP 5 'BEST PICTURE' OSCAR WINNERS

1. Schindler's List (1993)
2. Annie Hall (1977)
3. The Godfather Part II (1974)
4. The Godfather (1972)
5. American Beauty (1999)
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Round 38: TOP 5 'BEST PICTURE' OSCAR WINNERS

1. Gone With The Wind (1939)
2. The Godfather (1972)
3. The Godfather Part II (1974)
4. Ben-Hur (1959)
5. Annie Hall (1977)
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Round 37: TOP 5 MUSICIANS TURNED ACTORS

1. David Bowie
2. Will Smith (IMO, a far better actor than he ever was a singer)
3. Barbra Streisand
4. Cher
5. Liza Minnelli
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Round 38: TOP 5 'BEST PICTURE' OSCAR WINNERS

1. American Beauty (1999)
2. Rain Man (1988)
3. Chicago (2003)
4. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
5. Silence Of The Lambs (1991)
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Round 37: TOP 5 MUSICIANS TURNED ACTORS

David Bowie
Sting
Mos Def
Cher
Ringo
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Mar 25 2007, 09:10 AM

Lawrence of Arabia
The Godfather
The Godfather part II
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Schindler's List
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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Forrest Gump
Casablanca
American Beauty
Gone With The Wind
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Round 39: TOP 5 SPORTS MOVIES
Either based around a sport, sporting event or the world of sport

1. Raging Bull
2. Jerry Maguire
3. Rocky
4. Bend It Like Beckham
5. Million Dollar Baby

Honourable mentions: The Hustler and The Waterboy which were both originally on my list until I saw Clare's. :duh:
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Round 39: TOP 5 SPORTS MOVIES
Either based around a sport, sporting event or the world of sport

1. Chariots Of Fire
2. Bend It Like Beckham
3. Happy Gilmore
4. Million Dollar Baby
5. Phar Lap
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:duh: D'oh! I feel an edit coming on...

How could I forget two of those you've mentioned, Clare? :blush:
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Round 39: TOP 5 SPORTS MOVIES
Either based around a sport, sporting event or the world of sport

Jerry Maguire
Rocky
The Club
This Sporting Life
and, if we can include miniseries,
Bodyline
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Round 39:  TOP 5 SPORTS MOVIES
Either based around a sport, sporting event or the world of sport

1.  Raging Bull
2.  Jerry Maguire
3.  Rocky
4.  Bend It Like Beckham
5.  Million Dollar Baby

Honourable mentions:  The Hustler and The Waterboy which were both originally on my list until I saw Clare's.  :duh:

HA! Love this! :lol: So THAT's how we get to add more than 5! "Honorable Mentions"! :lol: I'll have to remember that. (Coulda used that info on the Nicholson category!! :lol: :P ;))
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Round 38: TOP 5 'BEST PICTURE' OSCAR WINNERS:

--Shakespeare in Love
--One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
--The Godfather
--A Beautiful Mind
--Kramer vs Kramer

Honorable Mentions:

--Ordinary People
--The Godfather II
--Driving Miss Daisy
--Annie Hall
--Braveheart

....and of course....

--Casablanca (which should probably be much closer to the top of my list ;))
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Round 40: TOP 5 MOVIES STARRING JOHNNY DEPP

1. Donnie Brasco
2. What's Eating Gilbert Grape
3. Pirates Of The Carribean: The Legend Of Jack Sparrow
4. Finding Neverland
5. Blow
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Round 40: TOP 5 MOVIES STARRING JOHNNY DEPP

Ooh, I like this category! :wub:

1. Ed Wood
2. Edward Scissorhands
3. What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
4. Finding Neverland
5. Tie: Sleepy Hollow/ Benny and Joon
What a long, strange trip it's been....
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Round 40: TOP 5 MOVIES STARRING JOHNNY DEPP

1. Pirates Of The Carribean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl
2. From Hell
3. Sleepy Hollow
4. Ed Wood
5. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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Round 40: TOP 5 MOVIES STARRING JOHNNY DEPP
:wub:

Finding Neverland
From Hell
Chocolat
Edward Scissorhands
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

I already deleted Blow from my list, don't make me delete another.
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Round 40: TOP 5 MOVIES STARRING JOHNNY DEPP


3. Pirates Of The Carribean: The Legend Of Jack Sparrow

you mean the video game? :P
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Round 40:  TOP 5 MOVIES STARRING JOHNNY DEPP


3.  Pirates Of The Carribean: The Legend Of Jack Sparrow

you mean the video game? :P

:lol: Well what do you know - that'll teach me to cut & paste from IMdB without even checking! I naturally meant The Curse Of The Black Pearl. :blush:
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Round 41: TOP 5 MOVIES STARRING JODIE FOSTER

1. Taxi Driver
2. The Silence Of The Lambs
3. Inside Man
4. The Accused
5. Little Man Tate
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Round 41: TOP 5 MOVIES STARRING JODIE FOSTER

1. The Silence Of The Lambs
2. The Accused
3. Panic Room
4. Maverick
5. Bugsy Malone
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Round 41: TOP 5 MOVIES STARRING JODIE FOSTER

in chronological order:

1. Freaky Friday
2. Taxi Driver
3. The Hotel New Hampshire
4. Stealing Home
5. Little Man Tate
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Round 41: TOP 5 MOVIES STARRING JODIE FOSTER

1. The Silence Of The Lambs
2. Carny
3. The Accused
4. Taxi Driver
5. Little Man Tate
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Round 42: TOP 5 MOST UNDESERVED 'BEST PICTURE' OSCAR WINNER & WHAT SHOULD HAVE WON INSTEAD!

1. 1996 - The English Patient won, but any of the other nominees would have been preferable! (Fargo is my pick of the bunch)
2. 1980 - Ordinary People won, but Raging Bull should have won instead
3. 1998 - Shakespeare In Love won, but Saving Private Ryan should have won instead
4. 2002 - Chicago won, but The Pianist should have won instead
5. 1984 - Amadeus won, but The Killing Fields should have won instead
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Round 42: TOP 5 MOST UNDESERVED 'BEST PICTURE' OSCAR WINNER & WHAT SHOULD HAVE WON INSTEAD!

1. 1988 - Rain Man won, but should have been Mississippi Burning
2. 1989 - Driving Miss Daisy won, but should have been Dead Poet's Society
3. 1998 - Shakespeare In Love won, but should have been Saving Private Ryan
4. 1996 - The English Patient won, but should have been Shine
5. 2005 - Crash won, but should have been Capote
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Round 42: TOP 5 MOST UNDESERVED 'BEST PICTURE' OSCAR WINNER & WHAT SHOULD HAVE WON INSTEAD!

I never pay attention to this award, but I do know that "How Green Was My Valley" won over "Citizen Kane" in 1941 and "Mrs Miniver" beat "The Magnificent Ambersons" in 1942. They should have just closed up shop after that.

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5.  1984 - Amadeus won, but The Killing Fields should have won instead

I agree with this completely. "The Killing Fields" was excellent.
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Round 42: TOP 5 MOST UNDESERVED 'BEST PICTURE' OSCAR WINNER & WHAT SHOULD HAVE WON INSTEAD!

I never pay attention to this award, but I do know that "How Green Was My Valley" won over "Citizen Kane" in 1941 and "Mrs Miniver" beat "The Magnificent Ambersons" in 1942. They should have just closed up shop after that.

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5.  1984 - Amadeus won, but The Killing Fields should have won instead

I agree with this completely. "The Killing Fields" was excellent.

What do you think about Amadeus, Lissa? It may be a presumption, but I'd have thought that you'd be well read regarding Mozart's life as well as his music, seeing as he's a composer very close to your heart.
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It's not to say that Shakespeare In Love wasn't a great film and in many other years it would have deserved to win, especially the previous year when pretty much anything deserved to win over Titanic.
But it wasn't a patch on Saving Private Ryan. I guess they felt they'd already given Spielberg and award for a war film so he didn't get another one. That's the thing that shits me about the Oscars - it's all about whose turn it is. For instance, of all the films that Paul Newman might have won an Oscar for, he eventually got it for The Colour of Money. I guess they figured it was their last chance. Similarly, Winona Ryder deserved to win many times she was nominated but didn't. Now that she's been through the obligatory public breakdown, she'll stand a chance next time she's nominated. Sympathy vote, y'know.

But I digress....

1 The aforementioned Shakepeare in Love (Saving Private Ryan)

2 Titanic (take your pick - let's say Good Will Hunting. Or LA Confidential. Any of them really)

3 Rain Man (The Accidental Tourist) {not saying Rain Man was a bad film, just not as good as it could have been. Great performances, but rather obvious in places and rampant product placement.}

4 Around the World in 80 Days (Giant)

5 Marty (Mister Roberts)
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Round 42: TOP 5 MOST UNDESERVED 'BEST PICTURE' OSCAR WINNER & WHAT SHOULD HAVE WON INSTEAD!

-- In 1966, "A Man For All Seasons" won, but "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" should have.

-- In 1967, "In The Heat Of The Night" won, but "Bonnie & Clyde" should have.

-- In 1973, "The Sting" won, but "The Exorcist" should have.

-- In 1975, "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" won, but "Dog Day Afternoon" should have.

-- In 1978, "The Deer Hunter" won, but "Midnight Express" should have.
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Round 42: TOP 5 MOST UNDESERVED 'BEST PICTURE' OSCAR WINNER & WHAT SHOULD HAVE WON INSTEAD!

-- In 1966, "A Man For All Seasons" won, but "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" should have.

-- In 1967, "In The Heat Of The Night" won, but "Bonnie & Clyde" should have.


Really? I adore A Man For All Seasons and thought that was a great pick. Yes Virigina Woolf was wonderful, but I think A Man For All Seasons was more suited.

I do agree with you Bonnie and Clyde should have won. Amazing film.
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Round 42: TOP 5 MOST UNDESERVED 'BEST PICTURE' OSCAR WINNER & WHAT SHOULD HAVE WON INSTEAD!

-- In 1966, "A Man For All Seasons" won, but "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" should have.

-- In 1967, "In The Heat Of The Night" won, but "Bonnie & Clyde" should have.

-- In 1973, "The Sting" won, but "The Exorcist" should have.

-- In 1975, "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" won, but "Dog Day Afternoon" should have.

-- In 1978, "The Deer Hunter" won, but "Midnight Express" should have.

I agree with Midnight Express and Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? over their respective winners, but the other three...

Well, they're interesting choices, Gary, (and you're going to think that I'm picking on you because of the whole Flying debate - but I'm honestly not!) and while I believe that all of your alternative suggestions would have been valid winners, I just can't say that the winners were undeserved. The Sting, One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest and In The Heat Of The Night are all fantastic films all, respectively, worthy of winning the 'best picture' Oscar. As were your alternative suggestions, of course. :)
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Well, they're interesting choices, Gary, (and you're going to think that I'm picking on you because of the whole Flying debate...


We were both right about "Flying" - for what the song was/is, I am right in saying people are "too" critical - and for what it wasn't, you are right in comparing it to "real" songs. Also, I don't mind being "picked on" - my skin isn't that thin. Anyway, that's what friends do, isn't it?

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...and while I believe that all of your alternative suggestions would have been valid winners, I just can't say that the winners were undeserved.  The Sting, One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest and In The Heat Of The Night are all fantastic films all, respectively, worthy of winning the 'best picture' Oscar.


I won't bore you with my reasons, but I really did not like those three movies - I am a huge Nicholson fan, though.
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What do you think about Amadeus, Lissa?  It may be a presumption, but I'd have thought that you'd be well read regarding Mozart's life as well as his music, seeing as he's a composer very close to your heart.

This could be the longest post in the history of this board.

Or not.

I have read the occasional book and written a paper or two on Mozart. While I am no Alfred Einstein, I probably know more about Mozart than I do anyone I have never personally met. But what does this have to do with "Amadeus"? That film is the story of Cain and Abel.

If you ignore the blatant historical, character, music and factual inaccuracies, it is a mildly amusing film with great music. In all fairness, it never claimed to be a biography of Mozart (or even Salieri). Peter Shaffer specifically wrote the play as the Cain and Abel parable, based on Pushkin's play (which claims that Salieri killed Mozart). That is why it is called "Amadeus", which means "loved by God". Mozart himself preferred Amadč, so if you were to write an accurate biography and give it his middle name (for some reason), you would probably not use Amadeus.

I wrote my senior thesis on Mozart myths. There are many. "Amadeus" repeats many of them and even makes up a few on the way. I used to blame the film for misleading the public into believing an inaccurate portrayal of the man, but there is no evidence to suggest that anyone involved in the film ever promoted it as a biography. People simply assumed it was. I cannot fault the filmmakers for that.
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On a par with Shakespeare in Love then?
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Except that Shakespeare never wrote anything himself.

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Round 43: TOP 5 MOVIE PLOT TWIST ENDINGS
(Please refrain from spoilers, as some people may not have seen the movies & may want to!)

1. The Usual Suspects
2. The Sixth Sense
3. Crimes & Misdemeanors
4. Fight Club
5. The Sting
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Why "Crimes And Misdemeanors"? Because of what did not happen to you know who? You can tell me in code. I have seen it 1,000 times.

I think "Match Point" was more surprising.
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Why "Crimes And Misdemeanors"? Because of what did not happen to you know who? You can tell me in code. I have seen it 1,000 times.

I think "Match Point" was more surprising.

Yes, because - simply put - nothing happened, no retribution, a lessening sense of guilt... I thought it was a magnificent plot twist and very representitive of life and not simply drama.

Match Point was a bit of a re-telling of Crimes & Misdemeanors set in stereotypical England, wasn't it? I enjoyed it enough, but the film didn't really speak to me about the London I know and the plot similarities to C & M's left me feeling as if I'd seen the film before.
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Round 43: TOP 5 MOVIE PLOT TWIST ENDINGS

1. Citizen Kane 1941

2. Psycho 1960

3. Carnival of Souls 1962

4. Night of the Living Dead 1968

5. Planet of the Apes 1968


Honorable Mention to:

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(Please refrain from spoilers, as some people may not have seen the movies & may want to!)

1. The Crying Game
2. American Beauty
3. The Sixth Sense
4. Primal Fear - if you haven't seen this, WATCH IT! It's incredible.
5. Arlington Road
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"Crimes And Misdemeanors" was the superior film, but the ending was not surprising or twisty. It was very realistic, though. I found what happened to Character X in "Match Point" far more surprising, especially in a Woody Allen film. It might not have been very representative of London, but I will let you in on a little secret. Most of his films are not very realistic depictions of life in New York.
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but the ending was not surprising or twisty.  It was very realistic, though.

I think that by definition, THAT makes it "surprising and twisty". ;) Good flick just the same....
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Round 43: TOP 5 MOVIE PLOT TWIST ENDINGS

although, not necessarily twists at the end....

The Usual Suspects
The Crying Game
A Beautiful Mind
Slueth
Give My regards to Broad Street
(well I didn't see it coming! :P )
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Give My regards to Broad Street
(well I didn't see it coming! :P )

Exactly how thick are those specs of yours? :lol:
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Round 44: TOP 5 WOODY ALLEN MOVIES

1. Manhattan
2. Annie Hall
3. Broadway Danny Rose
4. Crimes & Misdemeanors
5. Bullets Over Broadway

A 'Top 5' isn't enough for this guy! ^_^
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Round 44: TOP 5 WOODY ALLEN MOVIES


Ah hell, I hate Woody Allen! <_<
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Round 44: TOP 5 WOODY ALLEN MOVIES

Interiors (1978)
Written and Directed by Woody Allen
Director of Photography - Gordon Willis
Starring Diane Keaton, Mary Beth Hurt, Kristin Griffith, Geraldine Page, Sam Waterston, EG Marshall, Maureen Stapleton, Richard Jordan

Joey (Mary Beth Hurt): I feel the need to express something, but I don't know what it is I want to express. Or how to express it.

Woody plays Bergman, and does a pretty good job (ironically, he offered the Geraldine Page part to Ingrid Bergman, but she was busy working on perhaps the greatest Ingmar Bergman film at the time).


Stardust Memories (1980)
Written and Directed by Woody Allen
Director of Photography - Gordon Willis
Starring Woody Allen, Charlotte Rampling, Jessica Harper, Marie-Christine Barrault, Tony Roberts, Daniel Stern, Louise Lasser, Laraine Newman
With tiny parts by newcomers Sharon Stone, Brent Spiner, Armin Shimerman and Alan Colmes

Sandy Bates (Woody Allen): Shouldn't I stop making movies and do something that counts, like helping blind people or becoming a missionary or something?
UFO (Woody Allen): Let me tell you, you're not the missionary type. You'd never last. And incidentally, you're also not Superman. You're a comedian. You want to do mankind a real service? Tell funnier jokes.

Woody does Fellini and pisses off his fan base by combining comedy and drama (which most of his fans now seem to prefer). Filmmed in early 1980, it includes a scene where a deranged fan calls out his name before shooting him at close range with a pistol.


Shadows And Fog (1992)
Written and Directed by Woody Allen
Director of Photography - Carlo Di Palma, Music by Kurt Weill
Starring Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, John Cusack, Julie Kavner, Wallace Shawn, Kenneth Mars, John Malkovich, Jodie Foster, Lilly Tomlin, Kathy Bates, David Ogden Stiers, Donald Pleasence, Kate Nelligan, Fred Gwynne, Michael Kirby, Madonna, Kurtwood Smith, John C Reilly, William H Macy

Clown (John Malkovich): It's the hardest job in the world, trying to make people laugh.

Woody does Kafka. The cast alone is worth the price of admission. Of little note: This is his most expensive film, mostly because it required the largest interior motion picture set ever built in New York. Not something we expect from a Woody Allen film.


The Purple Rose Of Cairo (1985)
Written and Directed by Woody Allen
Director of Photography - Gordon Willis
Starring Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Dianne Wiest, Edward Herrmann, Van Johnson, Glenne Headly, Michael Tucker

Cecilia (Mia Farrow): I just met a wonderful new man. He's fictional, but you can't have everything.

Woody does Chaplin and depresses the hell out of his audience.


Radio Days (1987)
Written and Directed by Woody Allen
Director of Photography - Carlo Di Palma, Music by Dick Hyman
Starring Seth Green, Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Julie Kavner, Michael Tucker, Josh Mostel, Wallace Shawn, Kenneth Mars, Jeff Daniels, Tony Roberts, Danny Aiello, Gina DeAngelis, Mercedes Ruehl, Kitty Carlisle Hart, Renee Lippin, Todd Field, Joy Newman, Rebecca Schaeffer, William H Macy, Larry David, Don Pardo, Tito Puente, Diane Keaton, Woody Allen

Narrator (Woody Allen): For some miraculous reason, it's a wonderful feeling having a teacher you've seen dance naked in front of a mirror.

Woody pays homage to Orson Welles and his own childhood. This is a comedy, but the Polly Phelps story always makes me cry. And if you do not, you are dead inside.
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Thanks for that detailed 'Top 5', Lissa. I have yet to see Stardust Memories, but love the other four you've posted. I'm also a big fan of Take The Money & Run, mainly because it's a very funny movie... plus about half-a-dozen other Woody films which haven't been mentioned here.

As I said, a 'Top 5' for Woody just isn't enough. ^_^
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Not being a Hitchcock fan, I'm going to sit this one out, but I'm still interested in reading others'.
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Woody Allen movies omg i ould rather sit though Sgt Pepper.
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Round 45: TOP 5 ALFRED HITCHCOCK MOVIES

I'm going to take Lissa's approach here, courtesy of IMDb:

1. Rope (1948) - James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger, Cedric Hardwicke, Joan Chandler

Manhattan socialites Brandon Shaw (Dall) and Phillip Morgan (Granger) choke the life out of an associate, David, as an intellectual challenge to commit the perfect murder. Not content to escape the penalty of law by simply disposing of the body quietly, they furthermore devise an elaborate and dangerous display of arrogance: The two stuff David's lifeless body into a chest and throw a dinner party serving their guests, literally, from the convenient tabletop of the young man's grave.

2. Strangers On A Train (1951) - Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker, Leo G. Carroll

Psychotic mother's boy Bruno Anthony (Walker) meets famous tennis professional Guy Haines (Granger) on a train. Guy wants to move into a career in politics and has been dating a senator's daughter while awaiting a divorce from his wife. Bruno wants to kill his father, but knows he will be caught because he has a motive. Bruno dreams up a crazy scheme whereby he and Guy exchange murders. Guy takes this as a joke, but Bruno is serious and takes things into his own hands.

3. Psycho (1960) - Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin

Phoenix officeworker Marion Crane (Leigh) is fed up with the way life has treated her. She has to meet her lover Sam (Gavin) in lunch breaks and they cannot get married because Sam has to give most of his money away in alimony. One Friday Marion is trusted to bank $40,000 by her employer. Seeing the opportunity to take the money and start a new life, Marion leaves town and heads towards Sam's California store. Tired after the long drive and caught in a storm, she gets off the main highway and pulls into The Bates Motel. The motel is managed by a quiet young man called Norman (Perkins) who seems to be dominated by his mother.

4. North By Northwest (1959) - Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Leo G. Carroll, Martin Landau

Middle-aged Madison Avenue advertising executive Roger O. Thornhill (Grant) is mistaken for a government agent by a gang of spies. He gets involved in a series of misadventures and is pursued across the States by both the spies and the government whilst being helped by a beautiful blonde.

5. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) - James Stewart, Doris Day, David Gelin, Christopher Olsen

Dr. Ben McKenna (Stewart), his wife Jo (Day) and their son Hank (Olsen) are on a touring holiday of Africa when they meet the mysterious Louis Bernard (Gelin) on a bus. The next day Bernard is murdered in the local marketplace, but before he dies he manages to reveal details of an assassination about to take place in London. Fearing that their plot will be revealed, the assassins kidnap Hank in order to keep the McKenna's silent. Ben and Jo go to London and take matters into their own hands.


Honourable Mentions

Vertigo (1958)
Rear Window (1954)
The Trouble With Harry (1955)
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OMG, Clare -- that's my list as well, except for #5 B)

1. Rope (1948)
2. Strangers On A Train (1951)
3. Psycho (1960)
4. North By Northwest (1959)
5. The Trouble With Harry (1955)
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OMG, Clare -- that's my list as well, except for #5 B)

1. Rope (1948)
2. Strangers On A Train (1951)
3. Psycho (1960)
4. North By Northwest (1959)
5. The Trouble With Harry (1955)

Yeah, it was a toss up for me between the two. The Man Who Knew Too Much just pipped Harry for me, only because Hitchcock was the Master of Suspense and probably should have dispensed with the comedy.
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Round 45: TOP 5 ALFRED HITCHCOCK MOVIES

I am going to take my approach as well, courtesy me (and notes from college).

Lifeboat (1944)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Written by Jo Swerling, Ben Hecht, Hume Cronyn, Story by John Steinbeck
Director of Photography - Glen MacWilliams
Starring Tallulah Bankhead, Hume Cronyn, Henry Hull, William Bendix, Mary Anderson, Heather Angel, Walter Slezak, John Hodiak, Canada Lee
With cameos by William Yetter, Alfred Hitchcock

One of Hitchcock's gimmick films. The entire film takes place on the boat. It also includes my favorite Hitchcock story. After a shot in which Tallulah Bankhead walks over the camera (placed on the floor of the boat and facing upward), DP Glen MacWilliams told Hitchcock that Bankhead was not wearing underwear. His response was, "I don't know if this is a matter for costume, makeup, or hairdressing."


Rope (1948)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Written by Arthur Laurents, Hume Cronyn, Ben Hecht, from a play by Patrick Hamilton
Director of Photography - William Skall, Joseph Velentine
Starring James Stewart, Farley Granger, John Dall, Cedric Hardwicke
With cameo by Alfred Hitchcock

Based on the Leopold and Loeb murders, the film is supposed to be one long shot, but that was physically impossible. Pre-digital cameras simply could not hold 80 minutes of film and theater projectors could never play such an enormous reel anyway. A gimmick like this would never work with a mediocre director, but Hitchcock's number one rule was always that the story came first. He made sure that the story worked before he set about making it one shot or keeping the camera in the boat.

More technically impressive than the single shot idea is how the 80 minute film seems to take place in about two hours. Although shot in real time, the time itself is sped up so that events (like the sunset) take less time than they actually would while the film seems longer than it actually is.


The Lodger (1927)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Written by Eliot Stannard and Alfred Hitchcock, from novel and play by Marie Lowndes
Director of Photography - Gaetano di Ventimiglia, Music by quite a few people over the years
Starring Ivor Novello, Marie Ault, Malcolm Keen, "June", Arthur Chesney
With cameos by Reginald Gardiner, Alfred Hitchcock

This is the first film where Hitchcock shows his mastery of suspense and well choreographed blocking. It is basically the story of Walter Sickert (better known as Jack the Ripper).


The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Written by Frank Launder, Sidney Gilliat, from a novel by Ethel White
Director of Photography - Jack Cox
Starring Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, May Whitty, Linden Travers, Paul Lukas, Cecil Parker, Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne
With a cameo by Alfred Hitchcock

We have all seen this story before. After someone disappears, people try to convince our hero that she never existed in the first place. But she knows the truth. Or does she? What saves this film is that it had not been done to death in 1938 and there is a complex mystery surrounding musical configurations. Plus it has model trains. What's not to like?


Spellbound (1945)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Written by Ben Hecht, Angus MacPhail, from novel by Hilary Sanders and John Palmer
Director of Photography - George Barnes, Music by Miklós Rózsa
Dream sequence by Salvador Dalí, Production Designer - William Cameron Menzies
Starring Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Rhonda Fleming, Norman Lloyd, Michael Checkhov, Leo Carroll, Bill Goodwin, Paul Harvey
With cameos by Erskine Sanford, Alfred Hitchcock

"Just another manhunt wrapped up in pseudo-psychoanalysis" according to Hitchcock.
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1 = The Godfather
1 = Godfather Part II
2. Dog Day Afternoon
3. Serpico
4. Scarface
5. Donnie Brasco
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Round 46:  TOP 5 MOVIES STARRING AL PACINO

Oooo....good topic. :)

1. The Godfather (all three parts)
2. Looking for Richard
3. Scent of a Woman
4. Dog Day Afternoon
5. Serpico
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1. Dog Day Afternoon
2. Carlito's Way
3. Scarface
4. Heat
5. Insomnia
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The Panic In Needle Park (1971)
Directed by Jerry Schatzberg, Written by Joan Didion, John Dunne
Starring Al Pacino, Kitty Winn, Alan Vint, Raul Julia, Paul Sorvino

All about the glitz and glamour of life in New York.


Scarecrow (1973)
Directed by Jerry Schatzberg, Written by Garry White
Starring Gene Hackman, Al Pacino, Dorothy Tristan, Eileen Brennan

All about the glitz and glamour of life in Pittsburgh.


Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
Directed by James F*cking Foley, Written by David F*cking Mamet, based on his f*cking play
Starring Al Assh*le Pacino, Kevin Pieceofshit Spacey, Jack Jerkoff Lemmon, Alec Inconsiderate Pig Baldwin, Ed Goddamn Harris, Alan Sh*thead Arkin, Johnathan Sphincter Pryce

A bunch of f*cking assholes trying to sell sh*t to losers.


Out Of It (1969)
Written and Directed by Paul Williams
Starring Jon Voight, Barry Gordon, Joe Pesci, Al Pacino, James Woods

Another slapstick Pacino comedy.


Chinese Coffee (2000)
Directed by Al Pacino, Written by Ira Lewis, based on his play
Music by Elmer Berstein
Starring Al Pacino, Jerry Orbach, Susan Floyd

Theater folk, pft.


Gigli (2003)
Produced, Written and Directed by Martin Brest (his mother is so proud)
Starring the one who is not Matt Damon, that Selena chick, Christopher "Anything For Money" Walken, Al Pacino

Pacino kills a guy. It was probably a last minute improvisation.
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1. The Departed
2. Pan's Labyrinth
3. Waitress
4. Apocalypto
5. The Great Escape
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1. Play Misty For Me
2. The Last King Of Scotland
3. Summer Of Sam
4. Prairie Home Companion
5. 10 Rillington Place
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1. Trainspotting
2. Shallow Grave
3. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith
4. Brassed Off
5. Miss Potter
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Round 48: TOP 5 MOVIES STARRING EWAN McGREGOR :wub:

Moulin Rouge!
Trainspotting
Big Fish
Down with love
Velvet Goldmine

bonus: Young Adam for the nude scenes
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1. Trainspotting
2. Shallow Grave
3. Big Fish
4. Down With Love
5. Velvet Goldmine
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Round 48: TOP 5 MOVIES STARRING EWAN McGREGOR :wub:

Moulin Rouge!
Trainspotting
Big Fish
Down with love
Velvet Goldmine

bonus: Young Adam for the nude scenes

Yet you didn't rate The Pillow Book? :o :D
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May 23 2007, 02:48 AM
Round 48: TOP 5 MOVIES STARRING EWAN McGREGOR :wub:

Moulin Rouge!
Trainspotting
Big Fish
Down with love
Velvet Goldmine

bonus: Young Adam for the nude scenes

Yet you didn't rate The Pillow Book? :o :D

something tells me I really need to see this film
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I really don't like Ewan McGregor.
I don't believe in Bondi. I don't believe in rugby league. I believe in Yoko, John Lennon, the Lost Weekend and me.
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May 23 2007, 06:07 AM
I really don't like Ewan McGregor.

Really? But he's such a cool guy!
...and in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
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