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Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 02:52:44 -0500
From: "Kelly White" <white1@ameritech.net>
Subject: Re: [MV] Favorite lists
Hello all,
Some friend of mine from work, who are all movie buffs, recently started up
a movie club that I host every couple of weeks. We each bring a movie that
has been chosen from a specific category listing. This past time we each
choose one of our favorites. I had Rebecca, one had Return of the Living
Dead 2, another had Funny Games and the last one had Demons. None of us
liked each others movie. I always said, movies are like religion. It all
boils down to taste. I can't wait until the next time....
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Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 11:32:17 +0000 (GMT)
From: magicpatrick@youpy.fr
Subject: Re : Re: [MV] Favorite lists
>Hello all,
>
>Some friend of mine from work, who are all movie buffs, recently started up
>a movie club that I host every couple of weeks. We each bring a movie that
>has been chosen from a specific category listing. This past time we each
>choose one of our favorites. I had Rebecca, one had Return of the Living
>Dead 2, another had Funny Games and the last one had Demons. None of us
>liked each others movie. I always said, movies are like religion. It all
>boils down to taste. I can't wait until the next time....
I have seen Funny Games last month on the video and I really disliked it. It has been shot like all old german serials (Derrick for exemple), the actors wasn't convincing and the direction was very slow and annoying. I think that the screenplay would have deserved a better director.
But I liked the Tom Tykwer's movie, Run Lola.
If some one want to see a very good foreign movie,
rent "Old Gun" (1976).
Patrick
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Pour en savoir plus : http://www.youpy.fr
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AUSTIN POWERS: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME - WILLY WINKER
by Mark Ramsey
http://www.moviejuice.com/1999/austinpowers.htm
June 12, 1999
First, director Oliver Stone is plucked from a winding cruise on a straight road for driving drunk with a stash of hash (and I ain't talkin' Dinty Moore). Then, reflecting Stone's pull at the state capital, out comes the brand new California State Oliver Stone Driving Test.
Some sample questions:
1. A "Stop" sign is....
a) That distracting red blur at the roadside that's always in the way of your randomly swerving Porsche
b) That signal a bartender gives you indicating it's time to get behind the wheel in the unlikely event you can find it
c) That frustrated feeling you get when you can't turn on the car radio no matter how many times you punch the lighter
d) That signal from Meg Ryan when you come on to her during the shooting of The Doors
2. Possession of Hash means....
a) You and Missy Misdemeanor Elliot have something in common
b) Dennis Hopper's only a smoke ring away
c) You're sure Anthony Hopkins has that Nixon accent down cold
d) The studio suits can stop questioning the outrageous potato chip, door bead, and black light budget
e) If love can be free, then why can't I?
Gear-shifting....
God Bless Mike Myers, people.
Who else can blend low and high camp with such finesse? Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me is one sexy stew, baby.
Yes, if you - like the dim-witted laughing hyena behind me in the theater - think it's funny when the star bumps into a pole, gets bitten in the balls, or says the word "shag," (no matter how many times he says it) then you'll laugh until your couch potato-fed sides hurt. Hey lady, has the ranch hand branded you yet? Have the aliens mutilated you and surrounded your carcass with artful crop circles?
If, on the other hand, you marvel at the witty brilliance of fashion photographer Austin directing models to pose as if they're "making a series of tunnels like the Viet Cong," or if you groove on the exuberant Dr. Evil trying to tame his recklessly revolving chair by invoking dialogue from The Exorcist ("The power of Christ compels you!"), then baby, this bird's for you.
Special kudos to brat packer Rob Lowe for a spookily uncanny Robert Wagner impression. There's a talent! Some folks can touch their nose with their tongue, others can riff on R.J. Anybody know a good Stefanie Powers impersonator? Me, my specialty is Sam the Butcher ("We got a sale on rump roast this week Alice, if you know what I'm saying. By the way, your blue uniform and apron look particularly menial today.")
Mike's wildest transformation is into Scottish super-heavyweight spy "Fat Bastard." As Scottish characterization goes, Mike is the Yin to Sean Connery's Yang, and there's many a yang joke in this flick for sure. Says Fat Bastard, "I haven't seen my willy in two years, which is long enough to declare it legally dead."
Speaking of willys, many a one-eyed trouser spy came in from the cold at the sight of delish crumpet Heather Graham. Although the same can't be said for 3rd Rock refugee Kristen Johnston who, as Ivana Humpalot, reminds us that one in the hand may indeed beat two in the bush.
Austin returns to the swingin' 60's to recover his lost mojo and unite piano-man Burt Bachrach with Elvis Costello, the Dionne Warwick of the new millennium. Unfortunately, theirs is a duet unlikely to inspire mojo unless "mojo" is another word for the howling of wild dogs. I'm afraid the Sphinx has aged better than Elvis, and that's with thousands of years of head start! Meanwhile Bachrach sings without a mic - or maybe he's chewing on his saliva. Who can tell?
Cameos by class magnet Tim Robbins (one of my faves), hemp magnet Woody Harrelson, cheese magnet Clint Howard, and final thought magnet Jerry Springer were great fun. And the Dr. Evil Rap is destined to be a movie comedy classic! Mike, you go, boy.
Once again, of course, Austin Powers sets up an inevitable sequel's sequel. Which means another gig for R.J.! Not to mention another string of shagworthy birds. Kendra Copafeel? Titsiana Bendover? Iva Bushman? Wanda Hornblower? Denise Rodman?
Stay tuned, baby!
Copyright 1999 Mark Ramsey. All rights reserved. NO PORTION MAY BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE AUTHOR.
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Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 13:40:15 -0600
From: "The Reporter" <gregorys@xmission.com>
Subject: [MV] Movie News - 05/30/99
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) - Columbia Pictures has asked a federal judge to
dismiss a $50 million lawsuit over the rights to a movie about the
life of former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali. If the
suit's allegations are true, Ali should be the defendant rather than
the movie company and its parent, Sony Pictures Entertainment,
Columbia attorney Jim Quinn told U.S. District Judge Samuel Wilson on
Wednesday. But the plaintiffs, former Ali spiritual adviser Jabir
Herbert Muhammad of Chicago and Jason Hirschfeld, the son of Ali's
former lawyer, did not name Ali a defendant in the suit filed in
March. The suit alleges that Muhammad and Hirschfeld are partners
with Ali in Muhammad Ali Productions Inc., which the suit said was
formed in Virginia in 1988, when Ali lived near Charlottesville, to
"own, develop and commercialize any authorized biographical or
autobiographical story of the life and times of Ali."
Quinn argued that the case is a breach-of-contract matter between Ali
and the plaintiffs. Dale Cooter, the attorney for the plaintiffs,
told Wilson that Ali did not have the authority to sell the rights to
his life story and that Columbia's movie, which is to star Will
Smith, bars any hope of Muhammad or Hirschfeld making a film. Wilson
said he will make a ruling in a few weeks.
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(AP) - A leading home video organization endorsed President Clinton's
plan to require teens to show photo ID to see R-rated movies, but
rental store operators were divided Wednesday over whether the
get-tough policy is a good idea. The Video Software Dealers
Association is asking members to "actively check IDs" and will
provide stores with posters explaining the rating system for both
movies and video games. "We are encouraging people to enforce it
strongly," said Kelli Clayton, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles-based
organization, which represents the home entertainment industry. She
said most video stores already let parents restrict accounts so
children cannot rent R-rated movies without permission. The National
Association of Theater Owners, which represents about two-thirds of
the nation's movie screens, adopted the photo ID plan Tuesday during
a White House ceremony with Clinton.
Video store operators, who are not bound by the VSDA's endorsement,
had mixed reactions to applying the rules to their stores. Court
Attinger, owner of Videophile Inc. in Seattle, said he didn't think
making video stores police children would work. "We're not going to
be the arbiter of morals," Attinger said. "Personally, I'm of the
opinion that it's too late. The barn door has been open too long."
David Nighbert, manager at Tower Records-Video in New York City, said
he favors requiring a photo ID for young people. "If you make a rule
that says kids of a certain age aren't allowed to see a film, it's
only right to enforce it," Nighbert said. He added, however, that the
responsibility for shielding children from inappropriate material
should lie with parents.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Early test audiences didn't quite understand it,
and the opening weekend box office was nothing to write home to mum
about. But people started to get the swing of 1997's "Austin Powers:
International Man of Mystery." The modestly budgeted film made a
respectable $54 million at the box office, then became a phenomenon
on video. Now, this quirky creation of Mike Myers, who was inspired
by bittersweet memories of his comedy-loving, Liverpool-born father,
has a sequel coming out this weekend, one that poses the first
serious challenge to the "Star Wars" juggernaut. "Austin Powers: The
Spy Who Shagged Me" is accompanied by an aggressive, if somewhat
unusual, promotional campaign: a major soundtrack with an original
song by Madonna, toys, watches, T-shirts and a parade of magazine
covers, from Rolling Stone with Myers in Austin persona, to the pet
publication Cats, fronted with the hairless wonder Mr. Bigglesworth,
the feline friend of Austin's nemesis, Dr. Evil (also played by
Myers, in heavy makeup).
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(SW Networks) - The space-race comedy "Guam Goes to the Moon," which
would have reunited "Swingers" pals Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau, is
now officially spinning out of orbit. The project - about two NASA
washouts and their attempts to make Guam a legitimate space power -
was to be directed by Ron Underwood, who directed the hit "Mighty Joe
Young." But Underwood has just bailed on the project. Daily Variety
notes that the director's decision was sparked by Paramount's
hesitancy to give the movie a start date. This would be the second
project in a row to languish for Favreau, whose script for "Guam" is
said to be top-notch. Earlier in the year, then-cash-strapped
Universal bobbled "Leatherheads," a period football comedy which was
supposed to star Favreau and George Clooney. Underwood is still set
to direct Eddie Murphy and Jennifer Lopez in the quirky sci-fi comedy
"Pluto Nash."
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(SW Networks) - Ben Stiller has just signed on to direct the
based-on-real life comedy "The Making of a President 1789," a quirky
project which purports to show - in exacting historical detail - what
kind of person America's first president really was. Monty Pythoner
John Cleese is set to star in the piece, which producer and "Men in
Black" screenwriter Ed Solomon said, "is about Washington and the
slaves he brought with him, his girlfriends, his heavy drinking, and
his gambling. He was an utterly inept general," notes Solomon, "but
he was amazing with PR ... We're telling a true story that nobody
knows." No release date has been set.
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(SW Networks) - While actress-turned-musician Jennifer Lopez is
topping the Billboard charts, superstar musician and aspiring actress
Mariah Carey is focusing her attention on film roles. Carey told
reporters that one of the film projects she is working on is still in
pre-production. "There's a project in development right now called
'All That Glitters' that Kate Lanier is writing," Carey said. The
film is set in the 1980s and features Carey as a singer who is
discovered by a DJ. Other films in the works that Carey has been
linked to include "Double O-Soul" with Chris Tucker and "The
Bachelor" with Chris O'Donnell and Brooke Shields. Carey aid that she
is being very careful about the film roles she chooses.
"By exploring smaller projects I thought it was kind of a different
approach than the people who immediately go out and do their own
vehicle, which can be risky. I'm trying to be the best actress and
the best artist that I can be." At the Blockbuster Entertainment
Awards, Carey won the award for Favorite Female Pop Artist for
"Number Ones." The awards show will air at 8 p.m. ET Wednesday, June
16 on FOX.
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