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That'll be you busy for most of the evening Grant. It's pretty long.

Lol. There is an intermission half way when you have to change discs.I can do odds and sods while a film like this is on, as its easy to follow.

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Lol. There is an intermission half way when you have to change discs.I can do odds and sods while a film like this is on, as its easy to follow.

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Does an usherette walk around during the intermission with a tray of fags, drinks and snacks? :lol:

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Does an usherette walk around during the intermission with a tray of fags, drinks and snacks? :lol:

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:D I wish :rolleyes: could fair do with an usherette about now :eyebrows:

got a xmas kiss off my neighbour tonight:eyebrows: told him to shave next time :lol: boom boom

Episode 6 in the Frankenstein Chronicles :eek:

Wow, amazing episode - never saw the twist in that coming.

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George Cukor's "My Fair Lady" from 1964 is tonight's film. Not seen it for a while but listened to the soundtrack last week.

Starring Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Jeremy Bret and Wilfrid Hyde-White Star in this fabulous musical, originally written as a play by G B Shaw and written for the screen by the great A J Lerner.
... Marni Nixon sang a fair amount of Hepburn's parts even though she was a good enough singer, but not all as some said; you can actually tell easily when you tune in your ear, and I actually preferred Hepburn's voice although she obviously didnt have the range.
Harrison was originally unamused that Hepburn got the role, as he wanted someone who was uncomfortable in the fancy ballroom scenes,(think Julie Andrews was his choice) stating the Hepburn has spent most of her life in ball-gowns, which is a stretch tbh. Still he did admit later that she was his favourite leading lady


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A picture now f the waif-like Audrey; one of the most beautiful of leading ladies ever

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I am not a big fan of musicals but this version of Pygmalion is a good film, good story.

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John Ford & Henry Hathaways' 1962 sweeping western saga; "How The West Was Won" starring James Stewart, John Wayne, Gregory Peck, Henry Fonda, George Peppard and Debbie Reynolds as stand outs in a stand out cast of biblical proportions. Spencer Tracy I think did the voice overs and apart from the main cast there were more than 12,000 extras employed in the film.. Still holds its head hight today after 54 years.

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Good film

Boxing Day film is "The Great Escape" from 1963 and directed by John Sturges. Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Garner, James Coburn, Richard Attenborough and many more top names. Written by one of the escapers, Australian former POW Paul Brickhill, who also wrote Reach for the Sky and The Dambusters.

John Sturges told Pleasence to 'butt out' after the latter had offered some advice on the validity of many of the technical errors he was making, and was politely told to mind his own business. Later, when another star from the film informed John Sturges that Pleasence had actually been a RAF Officer in a World War II German POW Stalag camp, Sturges requested his technical advice and input on historical accuracy from that point forward. I always liked that story.;)

Great film and although not always accurate, it does go along at a decent pace and keeps your attention with some great acting. Not sure about the motorbike stuff, and was probably put in to keep McQueen happy.

A tribute to wee Angus Lennie who played the mole and died last year. He was well known in Scotland as 'Sunny Jim' in the superb Para Handy Series, and was also the cook Shughie McFee in Crossroads during the seventies.

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shown, Garner and Pleasence

Watched 'The Dirty Dozen' again last night. Thoroughly enjoyed that. Some excellent actors in it, with Lee Marvin on top form.

Forever young (1992) starring Mel Gibson in a less action man role. The georgous at the time, Jamie Lee Curtis is the romantic piece and Elijah Wood the boy who ties them...

The B-25J seen in this film is known as "Photo Fanny" and is located at the Planes of Fame Museum in Chino, California.

excellent, if a bit light-hearted film and worth a watch if youve not seen it.

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