Correct! (with 'one of the main actors' I meant Renee Zellweger, you know, Bridget Jones?)
That was what gave it away (the Renee Zellweger/Bridget Jones clue)!
Can someone else take the next turn, please? I've got too many things going on at once.
yes, also at the movie "the Edge of Reason ".
Thok: "the Edge of Reason"? I'm confused. Is that a clue for a movie title?
I have no new scene or song to post, but I seem to remember that, a while ago, Raggedy threw this thread open for chat about movies, so I'm here to chat about a movie I saw this afternoon: The World of Henry Orient, a 1964 movie with Peter Sellers as a concert pianist who is followed around New York City by two teenage girls, one of whom has a crush on him. When the movie was originally released, I was just about the same age as the girls in the movie, and the two of them were so much like my best friend and me that it became an instant favorite. I hadn't seen it in almost 40 years, so when I saw that the Film Society of Lincoln Center was showing it this afternoon, I took the afternoon off from work and went to see it.
I'm happy to report that it held up beautifully: the two girls were as charming as I remembered them, and this time around I actually paid attention to the adult actors, who were all very good, especially Peter Sellers (who was hilarious as he kept slipping back and forth between his character's original Brooklyn accent and the pseudo-continental accent he uses when he's trying to seduce a woman, which is most of the time) and Angela Lansbury (looking amazingly young as the rich-b-itch mother of one of the girls).
But what I think I loved most about the movie was how well it used New York. Central Park was almost like a character in the story, and now that I know the park better than I did in 1964, it was cool to recognize a lot of the places where the scenes were shot. And it was interesting see New York the way it was back in the days before the chain stores took over: there were no Starbucks, no Duane Reade or CVS drugstores, no Barnes and Nobles -- just little neighborhood stores on every corner. Ah, the good old days!
Oh Bree, I'm chuckling, but also feeling a bit "spooked" because just before I saw your post, I opened my new TCM Movie Guide to ----Wednesday, September 8, 9AM, --The World of Henry Orient, and as I had never seen it, was wondering whether I should bother taping it. The description reads: "Two poor little rich girls dog the steps of a womanizing pianist." No mention of New York. I'm so glad you posted. I love those "good old days and places" movies.
Several weeks ago, I saw a portion (before I dozed) of "A Thousand Clowns" (1965), which also is set in New York and will watch it in its entirety next month as it also takes place in New York around that time.
That is spooky!
I loved the movie version of A Thousand Clowns when I saw it in 1965. I saw a revival of the play on Broadway a couple of years ago, with Judd Hirsch in the Jason Robards role, and didn't think it worked as well. However, I still have fond memories of the movie, and will be interested to hear what you think of it when you've seen the whole thing.
I'll make sure I tape both movies so I don't miss anything. (lol)
BTW, did you know Abuzz has closed for good. I was just looking at some of the old movie quiz. Doesn't seem like two years ago.
I didn't know that about Abuzz. You're right, it doesn't seem that long ago (but then, it doesn't seem like 40 years since I was the same age as the girls in Henry Orient, either!)
I know what you mean and it's so easy to recall those years, but I'll be darned if I can remember what I did last week, or for that matter what I did two days ago.
Hello ladies. I was coming here to post about Abuzz closing 9/2, but I see you're ahead of me.
Earlier today I contemplated deleting our Abuzz movie thread from my Favorites, but couldn't do it. Guess I will after all...
And I gave up on trying to copy them. At times, we had 400 + replies to a thread, (I don't know how to copy files to a CD) --but we did have fun and we sure covered a lot of movies.
Thought of a real Oldie with three hits:
Intriguing Tempo
Enduring My Stretch
Cuddly One
Girl Crazy:
Fascinatin' Rhythm
Bidin' My Time
Embraceable You
I recently watched a TV interview with Mickey Rooney, who's in town doing a two-person show (with his wife) at the Irish Rep. I'm sorry to say, he struck me as one of the least gracious interviewees I have ever seen: he contradicted everything the interviewer said, and not in a charming way, either, but boorishly. He was so off-putting that, even though I subscribe to the Irish Rep, I've decided not to bother going to see this production.
Very interesting about Mickey Rooney. (He's got to be 84+ years old. Maybe he should retire. lol)
And while we're on the subject of interviews, I saw Shirley MacLaine interviewed by TCM host, Robert Osborne, and was really floored when she began talking about falling in love and having an affair with Robert Mitchum during the filming of Two for the Seesaw. Osborne was interested in knowing how she felt about working with certain actors, and when she elaborated upon the love affair, he really looked embarrassed. I know the interviews are taped, but at the time, I don't think he expected her to be so candid.
And yes to Girl Crazy. That was too fast.
Well, those are three of the best songs ever written!
Speaking of interviews, don't forget the Cate Blanchett interview on Inside the Actors' Studio is coming up soon (I think it's Thursday morning at 6 a.m., although my copy of the schedule is at home).
Thanks for the reminder. I'll check it out.
It's an excellent interview with Cate Blanchett! I'll probably watch it again.
I read about the Mickey Rooney show (I almost wrote Mickey Rourke - boy that would be a different show) in the NYT I guess. Sounded like it wouldn't be worth your time, bree.
