September 2011
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'Cabaret', 1972
Liza Minnelli designed all her own hair and make-up for the film with the help of her father, famed musical director, Vincente Minnelli.
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August 2011
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“‘Fanny’ is Faneul H Peabody, just the kind of man I’ve been...”
– Trixie Lorraine, ‘Gold Diggers of 1933’, 1933
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'Conan the Destroyer', 1984
Wilt Chamberlain’s first and only film role.
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“Even though I’m no more than a monster - don’t I, too, have the...”
– Dae-su Oh, ‘Oldboy’, 2003
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Film Index #078
’You Can’t Take It With You’, 1938
Starring James Stewart, Jean Arthur and Lionel Barrymore
Written by Robert Riskin, George S Kaufman and Moss Hart
Directed by Frank Capra
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“Fuck-a-bees!”
– Dawn Campbell, ‘I Heart Huckabees’, 2004
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'Saludos Amigos', 1942
This was the first Disney animated feature to be shown in South America before it was screened in the USA.
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“There’s only one thing you love, Danny: that’s Danger. Cliffhanging....”
– Beatrice Ocean, ‘Ocean’s Eleven’, 1960
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'Murder, My Sweet', 1944
Audiences initially stayed away from this film, thinking that ‘Farewell, My Lovely’ (the film’s original title) was yet another Dick Powell musical. When the studio changed the title to ‘Murder, My Sweet’, box office receipts picked up considerably.
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Film Index #077
’The Muppet Movie’, 1979
Starring Jim Henson, Jerry Nelson, Dave Goelz and Frank Oz
Written by Jack Burns and Jerry Juhl
Directed by James Frawley
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'Halloween', 1978
Due to its tight budget, the prop department had to use the cheapest mask that they could find in the costume store - a ‘Star Trek’ William Shatner mask. They later spray-painted the face white, teased out the hair, and reshaped the eye holes. Shatner admitted that for years he had no idea his likeness was being used for this film. It was only during an interview that someone mentioned...
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Cinematically Speaking
That Novemberist: If you could open your own 'Big & Tall' type clothing store, what would you call it?
This Novemberist: The Man Who Grew Too Much.
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'Waterloo Bridge', 1940
Released a few months after the invasion of Poland, and in the middle of the Blitzkrieg, this is likely the earliest Hollywood film to include the Second World War in its plot.
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“A cautious young fellow named Lodge, Had seatbelts installed in his Dodge. When...”
– Blood, ‘A Boy and His Dog’, 1975
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Film Index #076
’Memento’, 2000
Starring Guy Pearce, Joe Pantoliano and Carrie-Anne Moss
Written by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan
Directed by Christopher Nolan
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“La bella luna! The moon brings the woman to the man. Capice?”
– Old Man, ‘Moonstruck’, 1987
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'48 Hrs', 1982
James Remar often went without any sleep before shooting his scenes in order to give bad guy Ganz, a more washed-out, psychotic look.
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'Sabotage', 1936
Some critics objected to the way Alfred Hitchcock chose to end the sequence involving the delivery of the bomb on the bus. Hitchcock, stung by the criticism, is said to have regretted his decision. Nonetheless, the treatment is faithful to Joseph Conrad’s book.
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“Someday we’ll find it, the rainbow connection. The lover, the dreamers,...”
– Kermit the Frog, ‘The Muppet Movie’, 1979
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Film Index #075
‘Alfie’, 1966
Starring Michael Caine, Shelley Winters and Millicent Martin
Written by Bill Naughton
Directed by Lewis Gilbert
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'The High and the Mighty', 1954
Jan Sterling reportedly shaved her eyebrows off for her role in the film and they never grew back.
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“Almira Gulch, just because you own half the county doesn’t mean that you...”
– Auntie Em, ‘The Wizard of Oz’, 1939
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'Despicable Me', 2010
Steve Carell describes Gru’s accent as a cross between Ricardo Montalban and Bela Lugosi.
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“Come on. Skin back your ivories. You’re as limp as spaghetti. You’re...”
– Kent Murdock, ‘Murder with Pictures’, 1936
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Film Index #074
’Misery’, 1990
Starring Kathy Bates, James Caan and Richard Farnsworth
Written by William Goldman and Stephen King
Directed by Rob Reiner
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“That house is not fit to live in. No one’s been able to live in it. It...”
– Minnie Huxley, ‘The Changeling’, 1980
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Cinematically Speaking
That Novemberist: If you could open your own roofing company, what would you call it?
This Novemberist: Cat on a Hot New Roof.
