Tie-in to Poirot, maybe.
John Gielgud
Real-life King - Chimes at Midnight (Campanadas a medianoche) as King Henry IV and Beckett (King Louis VII)
Music teacher - Shine
Animal rights activist - The Shooting Party
Servant - Arthur and Arthur 2: On the Rocks and
Murder on the Orient Express
Yes to Gielgud, and the movies all fit -- but strangely, I hadn't thought of Murder on the Orient Express, despite its being a tie-in to Poirot. I was thinking of Around the World in Eighty Days (in which Gielgud played Phileas Fogg's former valet) as the third "servant" movie. The reference, in my previous post, to "80 days" to the baseball season, was supposed to be a clue that would take you there!
I was wondering why you said that about the baseball season. When does the season start? (lol)
Gielgud is identified as the "veddy, veddy proper man-servant to millionaire Richard Widmark" in Orient Express. It was the "two" servants that gave it to me. I can barely remember "Around the World in 80 Days" except that I saw it at the theater when it opened and it was very very long.
No ties here that I'm aware of for this actor:
Teacher
District Attorney
Hollywood studio V.P.
Real-life singer
Opening day of the baseball season is April 3 -- which is actually only 75 days away, so I was stretching the truth a bit with that "80 days" remark!
Will sleep on your question.
Aggie, is it Keyser Soze?
Kevin Spacey--
Teacher--Pay It Forward
DA--A Time to Kill
Hollywood Studio VP--Hurly Burly
Real Life Singer--Beyond the Sea/Bobby Darin
Hey, Aggie, I loved Around the World in 80 Days. Of course, I remember being horrified it was going to cost 90 cents at The Palace!! Still, I loved any chance to see David Niven and Ronald Coleman and the eenormous cast of thousands. Big fun!
So did I get it???
You sure did, Loislane.
Kevin Spacey it is and all the right movies, too.
Your turn.
Off to a board meeting, I'll post one when I get home for you early birds to tackle!
Dang, I completely forgot they made a movie of Hurly Burly! No wonder I had trouble with this round.
Omigosh! I wasn't thinking of Hurly Burly for Hollywood studio V.I.P. My thought was "Swimming with Sharks" - "Buddy Ackerman (Kevin Spacey) is vice president of production for a big studio." (Also described further on as big-time movie producer.)
I should have thought of "Swimming with Sharks", because I've actually seen that movie. I thought I had seen most of Kevin Spacey's movies, but somehow I missed all the ones on your list except for that one. Based on the coming attractions I've seen, I have no desire to see Beyond the Sea.
I saw "Swimming with Sharks" on TV and don't remember much about it, but I thought "A Time To Kill" was a very good movie. I've never seen Hurly Burly.
Sorry folks, got home late, got up early and I'm falling around trying to get my brain in gear!
Will be back with a new one soon!
While we're waiting for lois to come back with a new question, I thought I'd show what a fair-minded individual I am by reporting that the nominations for the 2005 Laurence Olivier Awards (aka "the Larrys") have just been announced, and The Woman in White has been nominated for five awards: best new musical, best actress in a musical (Maria Friedman), best performance in a supporting role in a musical (Michael Crawford), best set design, and best sound design.
I'd consider The Woman in White a long-shot in the "best new musical" category (and I don't think that's just my prejudice talking), because the competition is The Producers and a very well-reviewed stage version of Mary Poppins (based on the movie).
For supporting performer (for both plays and musicals), the Larrys combine male and female performers into one category. Curiously, however, all of the nominees in the "best supporting performer in a musical" category are male: besides Michael Crawford, the other nominees are David Haig in Mary Poppins and Conleth Hill in The Producers.
The fact that The Woman in White got a nomination for "best set design" is interesting, because the sets are mostly projections that make a bare stage look like sets (lois could probably describe that for us in more technical terms, but I hope you know what I mean). I thought the sets were the best thing about the show, and apparently the Larry voters were also favorably impressed.
I was also very pleased that Alan Bennett's new play, The History Boys, was nominated for best new play, best director, and best actor (Richard Griffiths), and that the revival of the WWI play Journey's End was nominated for best revival. The winners will be announced on February 20. Stay tuned.
I'm off to a meeting now -- depending on how long it lasts, I'll catch you guys either later this afternoon or this evening (by which time Raggedy will undoubtedly have solved whatever question lois throws at us).
WoW! Interesting news at the Larrys.
I'm not altogether sure I like the glomming (sp?) of male and female into performer. I get the level playing field, and it sure makes a faster show, but being a detail oriented kinda gal, I like the Golden Globes which detail every possible category, sex and probably whether people are right or left handed.
I'd really love to see the set for Woman in White and anything by Alan Bennett is high on my list! I hope it makes its way 'cross the pond so we lesser mortals can view it!
Moving on to my third choice of people here...I hope to have one chosen after lunch!
Thank you for the very interesting info on Larry Awards, Bree. May I commend you for your "fair-mindedness".
I posted a lovely picture of Michael Crawford at WA2K as he is celebrating his 63rd Birthday today.
"The Woman in White" - now who wrote that? Oh yes, ALW, I believe.
Michael Crawford is 63? How is that possible? It seems like only yesterday he was playing a male ingenue in Hello, Dolly!
Getting back to the new Alan Bennett play, there's an interesting (if I do say so myself, since I contributed to it) discussion of a controversial aspect of the play on Fodor's travel talk board. If anyone is interested in reading the discussion, it's at:
Fodor's thread on The History Boys
Thanks for the interesting link, Bree. Excellent!
bree, thanks so much for the thread (and your brilliant posting btw). I love the fact that in an almost British like manner, people calmly are discussing the playwright's responsibility, dodgey subjects of sexuality and power and the prejudices that inflicts us all. I quite liked it :-)
I have found one which may confound you! It's bizarre and hopefully will stump you for quite some time so that we can continue these wonderful discussions! I shall post it anew...
A Real Life Senator
A Pilot
A farmer
Airport Executive
