list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Blind Date on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Blind_Date/3624/default.aspx Title: Blind Date
Year: 1987
Director: Blake Edwards
Plot: When speaking of Laurel and Hardy's first feature film Pardon Us, Stan Laurel described it as "a three-story building on a one-story base"-in other words, a 2-reeler stretched and bloated into 6 reels. Much the same could be said of Blake Edwards's Blind Date, though one wonders if Stan Laurel could have even gotten two reels out of its wafer-thin premise. At the outset, yuppie Bruce Willis is warned not to let his blind date, southern belle Kim Basinger, drink anything stronger than lemonade. So what does Willis do the first chance he gets? That's right, kids; he plies poor Basinger with champagne. And then he wonders why his life rapidly goes to hell in a handbasket. In his first starring movie role, Bruce Willis manages to find all sorts of nuances in his one-note role, while Kim Basinger is very funny when she's blotto-at least, for the first five minutes or so. John Laroquette costars as a character straight out of a 1920s bedroom farce; he's also pretty good, even though his dialogue is numbingly unamusing. Blake Edwards is famous for his ability to make a lot out of a little...but there has to be a limit somewhere. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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]]>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:17:49 GMTBlind Date1987Blake EdwardsWhen speaking of Laurel and Hardy's first feature film <a href=/films/26106/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Pardon Us</a>, <a href="/players/P____98871/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Stan Laurel</a> described it as "a three-story building on a one-story base"-in other words, a 2-reeler stretched and bloated into 6 reels. Much the same could be said of <a href="/players/P____88685/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Blake Edwards</a>'s Blind Date, though one wonders if <a href="/players/P____98871/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Stan Laurel</a> could have even gotten two reels out of its wafer-thin premise. At the outset, yuppie <a href="/players/P____76618/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Bruce Willis</a> is warned not to let his blind date, southern belle <a href="/players/P_____4427/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Kim Basinger</a>, drink anything stronger than lemonade. So what does Willis do the first chance he gets? That's right, kids; he plies poor Basinger with champagne. And then he wonders why his life rapidly goes to hell in a handbasket. In his first starring movie role, <a href="/players/P____76618/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Bruce Willis</a> manages to find all sorts of nuances in his one-note role, while <a href="/players/P_____4427/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Kim Basinger</a> is very funny when she's blotto-at least, for the first five minutes or so. John Laroquette costars as a character straight out of a 1920s bedroom farce; he's also pretty good, even though his dialogue is numbingly unamusing. <a href="/players/P____88685/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Blake Edwards</a> is famous for his ability to make a lot out of a little...but there has to be a limit somewhere. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide2Slightly Tagged (1-5)10132http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t152253djfh.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Blind_Date/3624/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/groups/Movie_Polls/Re_Which_of_these_is_your_favorite_from_Matt_Thorn/657/41115/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: MovieBugz
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Post Date: 3/18/2009 1:17:49 PM
Body: [quote user="Dr_Gor"] [quote user="Risselada"] Please reference this thread for the rules of this group. This list was taken from the wonderful book 10 Bad Dates with De Niro: A Book of Alternative Movie Lists Please vote only once in each poll. Movies referenced in this poll:Leaving Las VegasThe Lost WeekendHarveyDays of Wine and RosesWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Blind DateNil by MouthThe Long GoodbyeWithnail & I [/quote] I did not vote in this poll. My favorite "drunk" performances were not even mentioned... What about Dudley Moore as "Arthur"...? What about John Wayne? What about Peter O'Toole who usually WAS drunk whilst performing a drunk character in a movie... What about Dean Martin in Rio Bravo and Robert Mitchum in El Dorado ... (my "link a movie" function still isn't working too good...) ... < GOR > [/quote] I agree with you about Dudley Moore in ARTHUR ! So many drunks, but only 10 movies to choose from!!!! Although Nicholas Cage in Leaving Las Vegas gave a hilarious and compelling performance, I chose Elizabeth Taylor in Whose Afraid Of Virginia Woolf . She was hauntingly convincing, -who knows she may have been drunk while filming it! (LOL)! I also found it hard to highlight the movie name for linkage, so I did it manually with ease- just holding the SHIFT KEY down and use of the arrow key to highlight the title worked better for me. Nancy -aka- Movie Bugz
]]>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:17:49 GMTMovieBugzMovie Polls3/18/2009 1:17:49 PM[quote user="Dr_Gor"] [quote user="Risselada"] Please reference this thread for the rules of this group. This list was taken from the wonderful book 10 Bad Dates with De Niro: A Book of Alternative Movie Lists Please vote only once in each poll. Movies referenced in this poll:Leaving Las VegasThe Lost WeekendHarveyDays of Wine and RosesWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Blind DateNil by MouthThe Long GoodbyeWithnail &amp; I [/quote] I did not vote in this poll. My favorite "drunk" performances were not even mentioned... What about Dudley Moore as "Arthur"...? What about John Wayne? What about Peter O'Toole who usually WAS drunk whilst performing a drunk character in a movie... What about Dean Martin in Rio Bravo and Robert Mitchum in El Dorado ... (my "link a movie" function still isn't working too good...) ... &lt; GOR &gt; [/quote] I agree with you about Dudley Moore in ARTHUR ! So many drunks, but only 10 movies to choose from!!!! Although Nicholas Cage in Leaving Las Vegas gave a hilarious and compelling performance, I chose Elizabeth Taylor in Whose Afraid Of Virginia Woolf . She was hauntingly convincing, -who knows she may have been drunk while filming it! (LOL)! I also found it hard to highlight the movie name for linkage, so I did it manually with ease- just holding the SHIFT KEY down and use of the arrow key to highlight the title worked better for me. Nancy -aka- Movie Bugz http://www.spout.com/groups/Movie_Polls/Re_Which_of_these_is_your_favorite_from_Matt_Thorn/657/41039/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Dr_Gor
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Post Date: 3/14/2009 6:53:34 PM
Body: [quote user="Risselada"] Please reference this thread for the rules of this group. This list was taken from the wonderful book 10 Bad Dates with De Niro: A Book of Alternative Movie Lists Please vote only once in each poll. Movies referenced in this poll:Leaving Las VegasThe Lost WeekendHarveyDays of Wine and RosesWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Blind DateNil by MouthThe Long GoodbyeWithnail & I [/quote] I did not vote in this poll. My favorite "drunk" performances were not even mentioned... What about Dudley Moore as "Arthur"...? What about John Wayne? What about Peter O'Toole who usually WAS drunk whilst performing a drunk character in a movie... What about Dean Martin in Rio Bravo and Robert Mitchum in El Dorado ... (my "link a movie" function still isn't working too good...) ... < GOR >
]]>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:53:34 GMTDr_GorMovie Polls3/14/2009 6:53:34 PM[quote user="Risselada"] Please reference this thread for the rules of this group. This list was taken from the wonderful book 10 Bad Dates with De Niro: A Book of Alternative Movie Lists Please vote only once in each poll. Movies referenced in this poll:Leaving Las VegasThe Lost WeekendHarveyDays of Wine and RosesWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Blind DateNil by MouthThe Long GoodbyeWithnail &amp; I [/quote] I did not vote in this poll. My favorite "drunk" performances were not even mentioned... What about Dudley Moore as "Arthur"...? What about John Wayne? What about Peter O'Toole who usually WAS drunk whilst performing a drunk character in a movie... What about Dean Martin in Rio Bravo and Robert Mitchum in El Dorado ... (my "link a movie" function still isn't working too good...) ... &lt; GOR &gt; http://www.spout.com/groups/Movie_Polls/Which_of_these_is_your_favorite_from_Matt_Thorne_s/657/40954/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Risselada
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Post Date: 3/11/2009 11:40:23 AM
Body: Please reference this thread for the rules of this group. This list was taken from the wonderful book 10 Bad Dates with De Niro: A Book of Alternative Movie Lists Please vote only once in each poll. Movies referenced in this poll:Leaving Las VegasThe Lost WeekendHarveyDays of Wine and RosesWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Blind DateNil by MouthThe Long GoodbyeWithnail & I
]]>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:40:23 GMTRisseladaMovie Polls3/11/2009 11:40:23 AMPlease reference this thread for the rules of this group. This list was taken from the wonderful book 10 Bad Dates with De Niro: A Book of Alternative Movie Lists Please vote only once in each poll. Movies referenced in this poll:Leaving Las VegasThe Lost WeekendHarveyDays of Wine and RosesWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Blind DateNil by MouthThe Long GoodbyeWithnail &amp; I http://www.spout.com/blogs/krazydave/archive/2007/9/10/19623.aspx Post By: krazydave
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Post Date: 9/10/2007 4:25:04 PM
Body: awesomely funny movie
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