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Re: Your top 10 Christmas movies
[Re: pizzaboy]
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11/18/12 02:30 PM
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No one mentioned "29th Street" with Danny Aiello and Anthony LaPaglia?
Okay, it's a mob comedy, not a Christmas film. But the denouement takes place on Christmas Eve and it's unforgettable. I figured someone would have mentioned it here of all places. It's Danny Aiello's best role. Hands down. Absolutely love that movie! It's a cross between "It's a Wonderful Life" and "Goodfellas". If you've never seen it I would HIGHLY recommend it!!!
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Re: Your top 10 Christmas movies
[Re: NickyEyes1]
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11/18/12 08:15 PM
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Every year on christmas eve i always watch "It's a Wonderful Life." I've been doing it since i was 16.
It's interesting how that tradition started. A girl i had been dating had broken up with me a few months earlier (there were other more personal family tragedies as well), so i was in a lousy mood. Watched TV all night. It's a Wonderful Life came on and depressed me! HAHAHA But i felt compelled to watch it every year since. I guess it reminds me that no matter how bad life is, it still is not rock bottom.
"strange things happen all the time, and so it goes and so it goes. and the book says, 'we may be through with the past, but the past is not through with us'" - MAGNOLIA
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Re: Your top 10 Christmas movies
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11/20/12 08:17 PM
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Now what about the WORST Christmas movie you have seen Perhaps others will come to mind, but for me the immediate answer is Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.  Signor V.
"For me, there's only my wife..."
"Sure I cook with wine - sometimes I even add it to the food!"
"When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?"
"It was a grass harp... And we listened."
"Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it? Every, every minute?"
"No. Saints and poets, maybe... they do some."
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Re: Your top 10 Christmas movies
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11/20/12 08:21 PM
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Come on, SV!! Pia Zadora deserved an Oscar for that movie amd you know it  .
"I got news for you. If it wasn't for the toilet, there would be no books." --- George Costanza.
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Re: Your top 10 Christmas movies
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11/20/12 08:28 PM
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When I was a kid, my mom took me to see a movie called "The Christmas Tree". It was about a rich man whose son is dying from radiation poisoning. He goes through all sorts of stuff to make his son's last months happy, including stealing some wolves from the local zoo for pets. On Christmas morning, he finds the kid under the tree and thinks he's trying to sneak a peek at his presents, but the kid has actually died waiting for Santa. I was only 7 or 8 at the time and was horrified beyond belief. Worst Christmas movie ever!
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Re: Your top 10 Christmas movies
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11/20/12 11:55 PM
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When speaking about versions of A Christmas Carol, I'm forced to admit I have a little more than the usual knowledge on the subject. For one thing, I played the part of Scrooge on two different occasions a number of years ago (directed one of the productions), I wrote my own stage adaptation of it, and I've also collected as many different versions as I could find (film, TV, radio) - though in recent years I will admit that I've eased up on the collection.
Anyway, the version with Alastair Sim was made in England in 1951. Called Scrooge in the UK, it was known as A Christmas Carol here in the US, where it became a holiday tradition on television - at least here in the NYC area. When I was quite young, the scene with Marley's Ghost used to scare the bejeezus out of me! It's been released on tape and DVD under the original title, I believe. One the very best versions, and one of my all-time favorites.
Alastair Sim also voiced Scrooge in an animated cartoon version made in the early 1970's. Michael Hordern again was Marley, as he had been in the 1951 film. Beautifully drawn, with everything resembling the old engravings that originally illustrated the story. My only complaint - it was too short!
The 1938 film version was made in the US by MGM, and starred Reginald Owen. Lionel Barrymore, who performed the role annually on radio, had been set to star in the movie adaptation, but illness forced him to step aside and Owen got the part, I believe, on Barrymore's recommendation.
Signor V.
"For me, there's only my wife..."
"Sure I cook with wine - sometimes I even add it to the food!"
"When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?"
"It was a grass harp... And we listened."
"Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it? Every, every minute?"
"No. Saints and poets, maybe... they do some."
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Re: Your top 10 Christmas movies
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11/21/12 08:42 AM
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When speaking about versions of A Christmas Carol, I'm forced to admit I have a little more than the usual knowledge on the subject. For one thing, I played the part of Scrooge on two different occasions a number of years ago (directed one of the productions), I wrote my own stage adaptation of it, and I've also collected as many different versions as I could find (film, TV, radio) - though in recent years I will admit that I've eased up on the collection.
Anyway, the version with Alastair Sim was made in England in 1951. Called Scrooge in the UK, it was known as A Christmas Carol here in the US, where it became a holiday tradition on television - at least here in the NYC area. When I was quite young, the scene with Marley's Ghost used to scare the bejeezus out of me! It's been released on tape and DVD under the original title, I believe. One the very best versions, and one of my all-time favorites.
Alastair Sim also voiced Scrooge in an animated cartoon version made in the early 1970's. Michael Hordern again was Marley, as he had been in the 1951 film. Beautifully drawn, with everything resembling the old engravings that originally illustrated the story. My only complaint - it was too short!
The 1938 film version was made in the US by MGM, and starred Reginald Owen. Lionel Barrymore, who performed the role annually on radio, had been set to star in the movie adaptation, but illness forced him to step aside and Owen got the part, I believe, on Barrymore's recommendation.
Signor V. Thank you, SV. It was the 1951 version that I liked, which I mistakenly referred to as the 1930s version. I never knew thewe was a cartoon version with Sim. What were the creative features or challenges you had with the adaptation you produced? My late brother was particularly fond of "A Christmas Carol," and owned various recordings of radio and album productions.
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