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The L-Shaped Room (1962)
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The film was green-lighted as result of a famous star, Leslie Caron, agreeing to play the lead (she was living in England at the time, following her marriage to Peter Hall). As a result, the lead character she played was changed into a Frenchwoman, having been English in the original novel.
Picked this up yesterday, watching today.
A favourite of mine and seen it a zillion times, but never like this.
3 disc set, not bad for £12. :thumbsup:
4K Dolby Vision/Atmos remaster from the original negative, with improved effects added.
Scan is taken from original negative, a lot of works gone into it so 4K transfer is pretty great.
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Robert Wise's Directors Cut is the better film, originally released on DVD in 2011 and still have my copy.
Always hoped it would come out on bluray at some point, never mind remastered 4K.
3 Disc Set, has all the special features from previous releases and new stuff about this 4K release, new commentaries that kinda thing.
Have the Theatrical Release on 4K on AppleTV, but as a physical media guy who finds that better quality, some Movies are worth having in the best quality possible.
The recent 4K 2001 is a great example of that, picture from the disc is stunning and adds to the experience of the film.
Happy Days.
good oe that gaz
Sunday matinee showing of Casablanca, 1942.
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The Day of the Jackal (1973)
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Director Fred Zinnemann wanted the Jackal to be played by someone anonymous and indistinct, so he eschewed famous names in favor of casting a relatively unknown actor named Edward Fox. He later admitted this concept may have led to this movie's lack of expected success when it was released in theatres.
The special lightweight rifle that The Jackal concealed in a crutch was a genuine working model. Two of them were made for this movie. One was handed over to the British authorities, and the other now resides in the Paris Cinematheque.
Basic Instinct, 1992... 4k bluray.
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Upon seeing the film, Steven Spielberg noticed Wayne Knight and immediately wanted him to play Dennis Nedry in Jurassic Park (1993). He stayed through the end credits just to find his name, and Knight ended up being the first actor cast.
Michael Douglas (a former race-car driver) did most of his own stunt driving in the film.
Sharon Stone wasn't a big name and didn't read for the part, fearing she'd be disappointed. When she finally read the script and knew she was right for the role, she didn't want to call Paul Verhoeven (whom she had worked with on Total Recall (1990)) and ask if she could audition for him. "I wouldn't ask, because I didn't want him to test me just because he felt obligated," she told Playboy. One day, Verhoeven had her come in to dub lines for an airplane version of Total Recall (1990), so she wore a tight Catherine-esque dress to demonstrate to Verhoeven that she could play the man-eater part. "I was being cool. Very cool," she said. "I didn't want him to think I was insane, but I did want to give him a general idea that I could transform myself. Men are visually stimulated, and that's usually enough, at least at first." The dress worked, and Stone tested with Michael Douglas and won the role.
another Dickens classic... the tv mini series rolled into one...
David Copperfield, 2000. ..
Harry Lloyd (Young Steerforth) is the great-great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens, who wrote the novel on which this production was based.
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This version makes a change from the novel. In the book, young David is put to work pasting labels on bottles of wine at Murdstone and Grinby's wine company. In this movie, he is put to work pasting labels on jars of blacking (shoe polish). No doubt the change was made, because Charles Dickens was put to work pasting labels in Warren's Blacking Factory at the age of twelve, when his father John Dickens was imprisoned for debt.
John Sullivan, the writer of Only Fools and Horses (1981), was originally slated to write this adaptation, with David Jason cast as Mr. Micawber, effectively re-uniting him with his Only Fools and Horses co-star Nicholas Lyndhurst as Uriah Heep. However, Sullivan left the production when the BBC moved it from the comedy department to make it into a full-blown period drama instead (even though it still boasts numerous stars of BBC comedy in various roles). The role of Mr. Micawber eventually went to Bob Hoskins. Sullivan then wrote his own mini-series Micawber (2001) as a vehicle for Jason.
Death on the Nile, 2022... 4k bluray
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