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"It’s more difficult to be convincing as a real person when acting on film than on the stage. The camera can get closer and your image ends up projected many times larger than life size. So, despite giving a Tony Award-winning performance as Richard Nixon in the theater version of Frost/Nixon, Frank Langella was not initially thought of as worthy to reprise the role in Ron Howard’s movie adaptation of the play. Part of it was that he’s not a big name, but another reason was that he looks nothing like Tricky Dick. Ultimately, Langella did get the part, and while he doesn’t resemble the former president, he apparently does a bang up job in the role. But the transition could easily have been as awkward as Ralph Bellamy’s reprisal of his Tony-winning portrayal of Franklin Roosevelt in Sunrise at Campobello. In the film version of that play, Bellamy’s vocal impersonation comes off more like a Scottish brogue (he sounds exactly like Sean Connery, in fact) than FDR’s signature “Locust Valley "
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"1982 may have been the greatest year ever. At least for a 9 year old movie geek it was. Sure, '81 brought us the births of Indiana Jones and Snake Pliskin and '83 would wrap up the Star Wars trilogy and introduce us to the glaive and Tom Cruise, but '82 gave us E.T., Fast Times, Rocky III, Conan, The Thing, First Blood, Tron, Wrath of Kahn and Blade Runner . To close out the year was a little movie called the Dark Crystal. I saw a few of these in the theatre, but as I was only 9 (and funds were slim), most would have to wait for VHS. I did get to see The Dark Crystal in the theatre however, most likely because it was from mother approved Jim Henson and company. And really, that's all I needed to know. It was by the father of the Muppets and the voice of Yoda. Does a kid need to know any more than that? For the uninitiated the Dark Crystal follows "
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Lost Interest?!?! A Travesty!!!
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"This film is criminally underrated here on Spout - John Huston may have directed a flawed film, but it's a masterpiece in my opinion (and I don't even really like musicals), especially when you compare it to the homogenized Disney version that came out in 1999. For one, look at the cast - Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Tim Curry, Edward Hermann, Geoffrey Holden (better known to some as the man behind the 7-Up commercials of the early '80's - "no caffeine...never had it...never will!) and of course, the effervescent performance of Aileen Quinn as that feckless, freckled and red-headed orphan, Annie. The songs are catchy and well known, the dance sequences and choreography are top-notch, and on a personal level, this is the film that made me appreciate widescreen transfers, as I remember how crappy this looked on VHS (it was filmed in 2:20:1 aspect ratio) even back then. Don't trust the rating here on Spout - this is only version of Annie you ought to see! "
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Great Movie
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"This was the best film version yet. Aileen Quinn actually could sing , dance, and act. And Tim Curry was super as Rooster. And Carol Burnett was great as Miss Hanigan. This version had a great cast and an actual cast that could act, sing, and dance. "
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