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[whaywardj]

The ironic thing about "Casablanca" being a classic and "flawless" film was that nobody really wanted to do it. It was one of three films Bogart was contracted at the time to complete within a year and everyone just wanted to get those films out of the way so they could go on to other bigger and better contracts. Like: "Oh hell, let's just get something in the can so we can get the hell outta here." It was shot in three weeks for under a million bucks. 'Fog' was in the closing scene was used to hide the poor quality of the cardboard cutout planes on the 'airfield'. If I remember my film history correctly, Ingrid Bergman was 22 when she played the role of Ilsa, and the other two Bogie films no one wanted to do were "Sahara" and "Action in the North Atlantic."

"Casablanca" goes to show what you can do when you don't try too hard. (LIke Orson Welles' radiocast of "War of the Worlds", which started out as a Halloween prank. Think he was 25 when he pulled that little number out of his hat.)

Lot of Ingrid Bergman in her daughter, Issabella Rossellini, BTW, wouldn't you say?

[Vanilla Gilr]

YOU HAVEN'T SEEN CASABLANCA? WHAT? IMPOSSIBLE!

As for Gone With The Wind, it's like, "Lloydy, Lloydy Miss Scarlett! They done gone and burned Atlanta down!"

Damn Yankees.

Anyone here ever read "The Wind Done Gone?" ([url]http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/061810450X/102-7138978-1284905?v=glance[/url])

I've read 'Gone with the Wind' a few times...I know...I'm weird...biggest surprise to me...in the movie..Scarlett has one child...Bonnie...in the book...she has three...first a son..then a daughter...and then Bonnie.

Anyone ever read Wuthering Heights? Now that's a classic!...I'm a geek aren't I?

[Tone]

ACtually, some movies I want to see that I haven't are Gone With the Wind, It's a Wonderful Life, and Casablanca.

Hey invite me to that movie watching party - I haven't seen any of them either.

[Lloyd95]

Hey invite me to that movie watching party - I haven't seen any of them either.

Apparently we're the only two.

[Junsui]

I havent seen those movies either, except It's a Wonderful Life and I took a cinema class lol.

[whaywardj]

My god! An entire swath of cinematic history vanishing like Avalon into the mist! Who ARE these people?!

Vanilla Girl: You DID notice I said "The Wind Done Gone" and NOT "Gone With The Wind," didn't you? If not, all I can say is:

"Dysexlics! Untie!"

[Tone]

So... any of you seen Ghosts of Mars?

[whaywardj]

Yep. Three times.
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[Vanilla Gilr]

My god! An entire swath of cinematic history vanishing like Avalon into the mist! Who ARE these people?!

Vanilla Girl: You DID notice I said "The Wind Done Gone" and NOT "Gone With The Wind," didn't you? If not, all I can say is:

"Dysexlics! Untie!"

Of course I saw that....waaaaaaaay after I posted!

I love "it's a Wonderful Life"...always cry at the line..."Teacher says every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings"..."That's right Suzu...that's right"...even if theat's all I catch of the movie...a tear always falls...

[Tone]

Really Hayward? We saw that in the theatres opening night... it was me, my g/f at the time, and 3 or 4 other friends. Opening night and the theatre was pretty empty. Anyways I LOVED the movie, and afterwards ALL my friends and my g/f made fun of me cause they thought it blew... ;[

Did you like when the train conductors got into it? Throwin grenades at the martians?

Oh and also did you notice in the credits for cast they called the main monster - "Big Daddy Mars" ahahahha

[whaywardj]

Actually, I didn't watch it for any of that. I wanted to check our Pam Grier's performance. I REALLY enjoyed "Jackie Brown" and wanted to see her in an entirely different motif. Also wanted to check out Clea Duvall. I don't know why so many people panned "Ghosts." I think it's a tight little film, technically. Kind of an odd cast mix, too, I think. Then again, I'll watch anything from John Carpenter.

[Vanilla Gilr]

Actually, I didn't watch it for any of that. I wanted to check our Pam Grier's performance. I REALLY enjoyed "Jackie Brown" and wanted to see her in an entirely different motif. Also wanted to check out Clea Duvall. I don't know why so many people panned "Ghosts." I think it's a tight little film, technically. Kind of an odd cast mix, too, I think. Then again, I'll watch anything from John Carpenter.

Wasn't Pam "Foxie Brown"? If you have Showtime you can catch her on 'The L Word' too.