Yes to Maggie Smith, and you got all the movies. She was a piano teacher in The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (a disappointing movie adaptation of a very good novel), but I didn't count that as one of her "teacher" movies because I thought it was a little too far-fetched.
I didn't see the Judith Hearne movie, nor any of the Harry Potter movies. Saw the others on TV. Speaking of piano, I'm watching Song to Remember with Cornel Wilde as Chopin and Merle Oberon as George Sand. Love the music.
Psychiatrist
International arms dealer
Real-life writer
Real-life dancer
Vanessa Redgrave
Psychiatrist - Girl, Interrupted
International arms dealer - Mission: Impossible
Real-life writer - Agatha (Christie)
Real-life dancer - Isadora (Duncan)
If I'm right, I'll try to post a new question over the weekend -- I'm just about to run out of the office to meet my niece for dinner.
Speaking of music, I got a new computer at work recently, and it came with speakers, so now I can listen to CDs as I work. I can't tell you how much it's improved my morale! Rather than carry CDs from home to the office, I've been going to the library near the office and checking out CDs to listen to at work. I grab whatever's available at the library that looks interesting, even if it isn't the kind of thing I ordinarily listen to, which has turned out to be kind of interesting. I just had a jazz afternoon, with Thelonius Monk followed by John Coltrane followed by Joshua Redman (a young saxophonist).
That's great. How nice to have the library so close. I'll enjoy hearing about what you get from the library. Just so it's not bluegrass or polkas.
Yes, you got all the Redgrave movies. I'll bet it was the dancer that gave it to you.
I've been trying to remember a song (in addition to a poem and a song from a B'way show) all three driving me crazier, and rather than start a new thread, thought I'd give it a whirl here. I wish I could read music and jot the notes down here because I remember the tune well, but have forgotten all but the first and last lines:
Forgotten you?
Well if forgetting
Means aching (or) yearning with all my heart
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If this means forgetting
You're right here, dear
And I have forgotten you there.
Doesn't ring any bells right away, but I'll let it steep for a while and see if anything occurs to me.
Raggedy, I did a google search for your lyrics and found...
...a link to an A2K page where you'd posted those lyrics a year ago May!
http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=203227#203227
But sadly, no other results that were useful.
OH, Mac, that is so funny. I had forgotten that I had asked about "Forgotten" there. (LOL) How did you ever find that post? You are amazing.
Maybe that's a song that is best forgotten as is B'way's "You can't make a nylon pocketbook out of a pig's ear. Exclamation point. Unquote."
Thank you, ladies.
I did a google search for the lyrics "if this means forgetting" - unfortunately there were only a few results, and none of them were your song...
Now that I know our A2K posts are google-searchable, I'm going to be more careful about what I say!
Here's the long overdue next question. This actor has played:
Real-life artist
Fictional writer
Human rights lawyer (twice)
Shell-shocked WWI veteran
Me too, Bree. I posted a question on a thread here about "blind spots" on VHS tapes, and when I googled for more information, lo and behold, my question was on Google. Yikes.
And remember when I mentioned that the four movies we discussed were all being shown on TCM this month and you said: "That is quite a coincidence -- or is it? Have you considered the possibility that the people in charge of programming at TCM are monitoring this thread to get ideas about what movies they should show? "
Maybe there's something to that. Maybe we do amount to a hill of beans. (lol)
So, TCM, if you are watching, I have this to say. I'm sorry that Howard Keel died. I enjoyed many of his musicals, and it's commendable that you're devoting a full day today to his movies, but it would have been considerate if you would have let me know yesterday that you were preempting "King's Row" and "Love Affair" which I programmed last night. (I will call you today to find out when they will be aired.) And one thing more, I think the DVD movie scene quiz you are advertising now is a great idea, but I was there first.
And now, no more google gabbing.
Good question, Bree. I'm thinking about it.
I'm stumped.
So three guesses for a clue, please:
Alan Bates
Ronald Colman
Kenneth Branagh
It's possible you haven't seen any of these movies, as they're all fairly new (and one of them is extremely new). The oldest one is from 1987, and the others are all 21st-century movies, as my movie-going diaries show (or would show, if I actually kept such diaries).
I'd never have guessed who it is except for the "diaries". And I'm not sure about the movies.
Colin Firth
real-life artist - Girl With a Pearl Earring (Vermeer)
fictional writer - Love Actually?
human rights lawyer - Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason and maybe, the first Bridget Jones?????
Shell-shocked WWI veteran - A Month in the Country
Yes to Colin Firth, and you got all the movies right. I thought of him because one of the reviews of Bridget Jones: the Edge of Reason that I read over the weekend mentioned that his character was a human rights lawyer, and it took me aback because I read the first book and saw the first movie, and I had no recollection of what his character did for a living.
I wanted to use The English Patient as one of the movies, because I thought you had probably seen that one, but I realized I have absolutely no idea what his character did in that movie (besides act oblivious while his wife was running around with Ralph Fiennes) -- was he some sort of civil servant, maybe?
I saw the first Bridget Jones, but couldn't remember what he did for a living. I have never seen The English Patient from beginning to end and don't even remember Colin Firth. I have tried to watch it several times, but it has not held my interest. (Maybe if I had read the book?)
New question:
Real-life artist
FBI Agent
Doctor/Scientist
Amnesiac (in one portion of the movie)
Still thinking about this. (Got busy at work this afternoon, and didn't have as much time to devote to it as I would have liked.)
My first thought was Jodie Foster, who was an FBI agent in The Silence of the Lambs and a doctor/scientist in Contact, but I can't come up with anything for the other two movies. There might be an amnesiac in there somewhere if I dig, but I'm pretty sure she's never played a real-life artist. Thinking...
It's rather sneaky.
