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  1. I suspect that the last exchange would be a giveaway, had I seen the movie. George
  2. Bruce Campbell? In his autobiography ("If Chins Could Kill") he mentioned that he had great roles in minor movies and minor roles in great movies. And he's been on several TV series. George
  3. Liam Neeson The A-Team Bradley Cooper George
  4. Johnny Depp Benny and Joon Julianne Moore George
  5. "Tell me where your friends are hiding." "I’ll never talk." "Is that right? Then let’s make it official." "I want it. I’ll make you a deal. If I get that thing started, it’s mine." "That’s no deal. That’s just you taking my car." "If I get it started, I keep it and I work here every day for a year. I’ll scrub the grease off the floors, okay? I will pick up and organize every scrap of paper in this place. I’ll even detail your horrible, disgusting toilets. Please. It’s my birthday." "Sorry, no deal. Because we ain’t hiring. -- It’s yours, kid. Happy birthday." "Thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you!" "And my toilets are gorgeous." "The darkest nights produce the brightest stars." "You kissed me! "On the cheek." "Still counts....Still counts." "Please, this is a mistake!" "Stay cool, hold your fire." "I don't want to hurt anyone." "Who called in the Air Force?" "That's not the Air Force. Run!" "They literally call themselves Decepticons. That doesn't set off any red flags?" 1: "They've broken through the front lines!" 2: "I've lost contact with the Capitol!" 3: "There's too many of them!" 4: "Stand fast!: George
  6. Craig T Nelson All the Right Moves Lea Thompson George
  7. I never watched "Everybody Loves Raymond." I loved his character (Jack McDermott) in "The Dream Team," but I didn't recognize the name. George
  8. Yep. Afternoons Mon-Fri for four years, I believe. George
  9. I should amend that. Gilbert did a LOT of damage to Jamaica and the Yucatan. Its impact was much less, though, when it hit the main Mexico coast. George
  10. That part of the Mexican coast is pretty sparsely populated, so even when Fermand makes landfall, it shouldn't impact too many people. When the massive Hurricane Gilbert hit 30 years ago, it went ashore about the same place. The only casualties from that one were people on a bus, evacuating, which fell into a river. George
  11. As Raf mentioned, the disturbance in the Gulf seems to be headed off to Mexico. (I didn't realize that the picture I inserted was also a "hot" link, showing current conditions.) I know for a fact, though, that Harvey is still on folks' minds, here. George
  12. I'm sure there's a coming, but I just don't see it yet. George
  13. No. Due to the grueling five-shows-a-week schedule, the expense and the difficulty of video editing in those days, most scenes were shot in a single take. Actors and actresses routinely flubbed their lines and searched for the teleprompter, set pieces collapsed, props malfunctioned, crew members walked into shots, microphones and secondary cameras got in the way, and it all wound up being preserved, because the production team figured each episode would only be seen one time. This was the first daily soap opera to be offered in syndication. Visual effects were very costly for a daytime soap opera. In order to keep within the budget, the show's creator, Dan Curtis, decreed that no more than five characters could appear in a single episode (this was occasionally relaxed for sweeps-week episodes, in which major plot twists took place). Thayer David holds the record for playing the most characters in this series. He portrayed Matthew Morgan #2, Ben Stokes (in 1795), Professor Timothy Eliot Stokes, Sandor Rakosi (in 1897), Count Petofi (also in 1897), Quentin Collins (his mind in Petoffi's body, also in 1897), Stokes (Parallel Time), aged Professor Stokes (1995), aged Ben Stokes and farmer Mordecai Grimes (both in 1840), and aged Ben Stokes (Parallel Time, 1841). George
  14. Due to the grueling five-shows-a-week schedule, the expense and the difficulty of video editing in those days, most scenes were shot in a single take. Actors and actresses routinely flubbed their lines and searched for the teleprompter, set pieces collapsed, props malfunctioned, crew members walked into shots, microphones and secondary cameras got in the way, and it all wound up being preserved, because the production team figured each episode would only be seen one time. This was the first daily soap opera to be offered in syndication. George
  15. After producers Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff became interested in the script, they offered the scriptwriter an unprecedented $350,000 for the rights. He had $106 in the bank, no car, and was trying to sell his dog because he couldn't afford to feed it, but he refused to sell unless they agreed to allow him to star in the film. They agreed, on the condition that he continue to work as a writer without a fee, and that he work as an actor for scale. After Winkler and Chartoff purchased the film, they took it to United Artists, who envisioned a budget of $2 million with an established star, particularly Robert Redford, Ryan O'Neal, Burt Reynolds, or James Caan. When Winkler and Chartoff told United Artists that they could only get the screenplay if the writer starred, United Artists cut the budget to $1 million, and had Chartoff and Winkler sign agreements that they would be personally liable if the film went over budget. The final cost was $1.1 million. Chartoff and Winkler mortgaged their houses for the last $100,000. The good news: they made a mint on it. It was the highest-grossing movie of the year. George
  16. I'm not sure why I could cut and paste the first quotes without getting the space between the lines, but the later quotes didn't work that way. "Tell me where your friends are hiding." "I’ll never talk." "Is that right? Then let’s make it official." "I want it. I’ll make you a deal. If I get that thing started, it’s mine." "That’s no deal. That’s just you taking my car." "If I get it started, I keep it and I work here every day for a year. I’ll scrub the grease off the floors, okay? I will pick up and organize every scrap of paper in this place. I’ll even detail your horrible, disgusting toilets. Please. It’s my birthday." "Sorry, no deal. Because we ain’t hiring. -- It’s yours, kid. Happy birthday." "Thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you!" "And my toilets are gorgeous." "The darkest nights produce the brightest stars." "You kissed me! "On the cheek." "Still counts....Still counts." "Please, this is a mistake!" "Stay cool, hold your fire." "I don't want to hurt anyone." "Who called in the Air Force?" "That's not the Air Force. Run!" George
  17. I'm finding this picture from the National Hurricane Center a bit disconcerting. In addition to Dorian, we have a disturbance SE of Texas with about a 50% chance of tropical development, and an even more likely storm coming off the coast of Africa. It is that time of year, I suppose. George
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